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Haftar's forces strike Murzuq in southern Libya
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Seventh Illegal Alien Arrested In Montgomery County On Sexual Abuse Charges
[DAILYCALLER] Emilio Carrasco-Hernandez was arrested in Montgomery County, Maryland, for allegedly raping a minor, making him at least the seventh illegal alien to be recently arrested for sex crimes.

Carrasco-Hernandez, a 37-year-old Honduran national, was arrested by local authorities for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl, according to a police report first obtained by ABC 7 News. He was previously deported from the U.S. in April 2017, but was able to re-enter the country sometime afterward.

Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigations began looking into sexual abuse allegations against Carrasco-Hernandez on Aug. 25, the date when the attack allegedly took place. The 15-year-old girl was in her grandmother’s bedroom when Carrasco-Hernandez allegedly pulled down her pants and underwear, and began to bite down on her breasts, according to the police report.

He then allegedly began to rape the maiden of tender years, holding her down so she could not move. The victim reported a "stinging" feeling afterward, and had "trouble using the bathroom." The victim at the time was under the care and custody of her mother and Carrasco-Hernandez, where they all were living together in a home in Silver Spring, Maryland, according to the police report.
Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  county exec, Marc Elrich, is a Bernie Bro

the county council is almost all leftists
Posted by: lord garth || 09/02/2019 0:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Apply the 'attractive nuisance' principle to self declared sanctuary jurisdictions. Make them accountable to victims in establishing the environment.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/02/2019 8:10 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm proud of my legislators (all Right wingers) who passed the POCSO Act, 2012 in India. Making the rape of a child (anyone under 16) a non-bailable, grave crime with only the death sentence at the end of it.

So far close to 40 sentences have been announced, and 14 men hanged. But it's a step in the right direction.

A society that turns a blind eye to it's young - leaves them to the mercy of it's 'humanitarian adoptee' charges, can only expect anti-establishment hatred and mental illness from them.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/02/2019 14:05 Comments || Top||

#4  He was just mowing the lawn
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/02/2019 17:57 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Khalilzad concludes talks in Doha saying ‘U.S. at the threshold of an agreement with Taliban’
[KhaamaPress] The U.S. envoy for Afghan peace Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has said that he has concluded the 9th round of peace talks with Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
.

Ambassador Khalilzad said in a Twitter post "We’ve concluded this round of talks with the Taliban in #Doha. I’ll be traveling to #Kabul later today for consultations."

Furthermore, Ambassador Khalilzad said "We are at the threshold of an agreement that will reduce violence and open the door for Afghans to sit together to negotiate an honorable & sustainable peace and a unified, sovereign Afghanistan that does not threaten the United States, its allies, or any other country."

The 9th round of peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban representatives kicked off nearly 10 days ago in the Qatari capital of Doha.

Earlier, reports had emerged that the U.S. and Taliban representatives have reached to an agreement on final draft of a peace agreement.

Counter-terrorism assurances, intra-Afghan dialogue, ceasefire and troops withdrawal are among the key issues the two sides have held extensive talks so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/02/2019 02:59 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa North
UN mission in #Libya vows to lodge case of Tripoli's Mitiga Airport attacks at the ICC
[TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Arabia
Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry instructs its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately
[TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Europe
French prosecutor: Knife attack suspect in ‘psychotic state’
[NYPOST] An Afghan man was in a "psychotic state" and on drugs during a stabbing in La Belle France that killed one person and injured eight others, but Sherlocks haven’t found any terrorist ties, a regional prosecutor said Sunday.

A psychiatric evaluation of the man in jug for Saturday’s attack revealed he was experiencing "paranoid delirium," prosecutor Nicolas Jacquet said.

The suspect reported he "heard voices" telling him to kill, according to Jacquet. A 19-year-old man died after being stabbed with a knife in the attack outside a subway station in the Lyon suburb of Villeurbanne.

Passers-by surrounded and apprehended the assailant before police arrived, according to the prosecutor. He thanked them.

"Their courageous, responsible intervention was decisive," Jacquet told news hounds.

A witness broadcaster BFMTV identified as Sofiane described trying to help people who were stabbed and rounding up others to go after the attacker.

The man from Afghanistan in jug has been living in a French center for asylum-seekers, and held a temporary French residency card, Jacquet said. The suspect was first recorded in La Belle France in 2009, and subsequently traveled to Britannia, Italia, Germany and Norway before returning to La Belle France in 2017.

Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  "Their courageous, responsible intervention was decisive,"

Now we'll piss on it and send him to a low-security sanatarium with rose bushes and blue walls for a year or two, before we release him on them again.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/02/2019 4:06 Comments || Top||

#2  OH yes, I wonder if they'll supply him with a goat so he won't get lonely and depressed.
Posted by: Ebbuns Borgia3791 || 09/02/2019 13:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Radical islam is a psychotic state.
Posted by: anymouse || 09/02/2019 14:39 Comments || Top||

#4  repeat of a trope episodic...

Your native who knifes is exotic;
He's knottily wrong or neurotic!
But violently crazed
Moslems, Allah be praised,
Almost always are simply psychotic.
Posted by: Galactic Coordinator tse Tung3226 || 09/02/2019 17:40 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Pillion riding to be banned in Karachi from eve of 9th Muharram, says Sindh CM
[DAWN] Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Sunday approved a ban on pillion riding in Karachi from the night of the 8th of Muharram until Ashura in order to maintain law and order and avoid any untoward incident.

In a meeting with officials of government and law enforcement agencies, the chief minister said that while he is not in favour of pillion riding, the recent murder of a doctor by motorcyclists has "forced him to take the decision". In the rest of the province, the ban will be imposed on the 9th and 10th of the Islamic month.

Shah said that while there had been no major untoward incident in Sindh in the past three years, the killing of the doctor shows that the government "still has a lot to do".

"We have done our best in the restoration of law and order situation in the city (Karachi) but we still have to do a lot," he told the attendees.

Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  Sidecars for all!
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/02/2019 10:27 Comments || Top||

#2  What the hell is pillion riding? I'm guessing it's a Paki term for riding in a sidecar while gunning down infidels with a AK.

Am I wrong?
Posted by: jpal || 09/02/2019 20:17 Comments || Top||

#3  A pillion is a second seat for a passenger on motorcycle right behind the driver.

Now that you mention it, I'm surprised they don't do the sidecar/AK-47 thing.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/02/2019 20:33 Comments || Top||


Pakistan to provide consular access to Indian spy Jadhav on Monday: FO
[DAWN] Pakistain will provide consular access on Monday to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who is being held on charges of espionage and terrorism, the Foreign Office said on Sunday.

Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal announced the decision via a post on Twitter.

"Consular access for Indian spy Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving Indian naval officer, and RAW
... India's Research and Analysis Wing, Pakistain's equivalent of the Boogie Man...
operative is being provided on Monday, September 2, 2019, in line with Vienna Convention on Consular relations, ICJ judgment and the laws of Pakistain," he wrote.

"Commander Jadhav remains in Pakistain’s custody, for espionage, terrorism, and sabotage," he said in another tweet.


Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  He's not a RAW 'operative'. He's an idiot. Not that there aren't any idiots in the RAS.

Firstly, Kulbhushan is a hindu from Maharashtra, an unlikely deep cover asset. We don't use such a distinctly diverse ethnicity in the bloody 'Stain. It's like asking an Australian to infiltrate into Cameroon as a Sheik.

Secondly, these boys don't cross borders illegally. They generally travel executive-class into Pakistain and out. There are no 'wet-suit' incursions and late night LALO drops, just a fat, beady eyed, Paki traitor waiting to receive us at Jinnah International.

Lastly, if we want information from Pakistain, it's easier to buy it from the brass itself. Give 'em enough money and they'll sell their own citizens' organs.

Kulbhushan was ex-navy. He had a business with Iranian partners. Also, it's rather difficult for Indians with hindu names to do business there so he may have have faked some ID to get permits. He may have faced some difficulties with local mafias, approached some INT guy through his old navy contacts hoping to get RAW's protection. Whether he got it or not is immaterial. The Pakis may have misconstrued such a conversation for 'spying'. It's a stretch, the case.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/02/2019 4:36 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Qatar announces drastic cut in funding for Gazan fuel — report
[IsraelTimes] Surprise statement comes as Israel said to restore supply to coastal enclave, after week-long cut in response to spike in rocket attacks.

In a surprise move, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
’s envoy to the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip said Sunday his government would cut its funding for fuel shipments to Gaza, needed to power the enclave’s lone power station, by half, Army Radio reported Sunday.

The statement comes within hours of Israel reportedly restoring shipments of fuel it cut last week over a spate of rocket fire and other violence from the enclave.

Qatar is signed on a contract, together with the UN, to supply three million liters of fuel weekly for electricity production in Gaza through the end of 2019. If the reports are correct, the envoy, Mohammed al-Emadi, appears to have unilaterally withdrawn from the agreement, telling Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", officials on Sunday that Doha would only pay for 1.5 million liters each week.

The decision could reduce electricity supply in the territory to just six hours a day, Army Radio calculated on Sunday morning.

The reports appear to have caught both Israel and Hamas by surprise. Israel’s COGAT, the Defense Ministry agency that manages contact with Paleostinian society and civilian agencies, said it was looking into the reports and had reached out to officials in the Qatari government for clarification.

On Saturday, the Paleostinian news site Sawa reported that on Sunday Israel would end its own cutback of fuel supplies to Gaza, which it imposed on August 26 after a three-week spike in rocket fire and attempted infiltrations into Israel by button men from the Strip.

The regular supply to Gaza’s power station was resumed Sunday morning.

Egyptian mediators told Hamas officials at a meeting in Cairo on Friday that Israel would resume the supply if the weekend passed without violence. That afternoon, some 6,000 Gazook protesters gathered at the border fence, with several throwing grenades and improvised bombs at IDF soldiers, and four were arrested by Israeli troops after attempting to jump the border fence carrying knives and a grenade, according to the IDF. One soldier was lightly hurt in the violence.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/02/2019 01:26 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Qatar (MB)

#1  Heh heh. Sucks to be Gazooks
Posted by: Frank G || 09/02/2019 7:22 Comments || Top||

#2 
My solution is to elect responsible representatives. Vote Hamas. Again.
Posted by: Roger Smith || 09/02/2019 15:42 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran unveils new reconnaissance and attack drone
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
on Sunday unveiled a jet-propelled drone it said is capable of finding and attacking targets far from the country’s borders with precision.

Dubbed the "Kian," the unmanned aerial vehicle was designed, produced and tested by experts of the air defense force within about a year, said the head of the force, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard.
"KIiiiiaaann!"
The drone comes in two models capable of "surveillance and reconnaissance missions and continuous flight for precision missions," state news agency IRNA quoted him as saying.

"This drone can undertake any drone missions we entrust it with... it can fly more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and find its target with precision," he said.

The newly launched UAV can carry different munitions and can climb to an altitude of 5,000 meters (15,000 feet), according to state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
"This unmanned aircraft is capable of hitting targets far from the country’s borders and undertaking air defense from the enemy’s territory," said Sabahifard.

Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Geagea rejects placing Lebanon in ‘a devastating war’ amid regional tensions
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The head of the Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
Party Samir Geagea
... Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005 ...
warned on Sunday that "it is unacceptable to put Leb in front of the possibility of a devastating war" amid regional tensions.

"What remains of a state status and a powerful era, if the strategic decision in the hands of parties outside the state institutions," Geagea.

"We do not understand on what standards one of the Lebanese parties today wants to push Leb and its people into the confrontation between the United States and Iran," he added.

On Sunday, Hezbollah said its fighters destroyed an Israeli military vehicle, killing or wounding those inside. There was no immediate word from the Israeli military on any casualties.

Geagea also called in a tweet upon President Michel Aoun
...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
"to take a clear, firm and transparent position regarding this matter."

Israel has been on alert for a possible confrontation with Hezbollah for the past week after drones attacked what security officials in the region described as a target in a Beirut suburb linked to precision-guided missile projects.
Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2019-09-02
  Haftar's forces strike Murzuq in southern Libya
Sun 2019-09-01
  Live blog at this link on IDF vs Hezbollah current battle.
Sat 2019-08-31
  Islamic State claims suicide bomb attack on separatist fighters in Yemen's Aden
Fri 2019-08-30
  28 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Balkh operations
Thu 2019-08-29
  Israel Police Arrest Palestinian Trying To Enter Court With Pipe Bomb
Wed 2019-08-28
  Drone belonging to #Haftar destroys an ambulance
Tue 2019-08-27
  VIDEO LINK MUSK DID IT! Starhopper flys and LANDS!
Mon 2019-08-26
  IED exploded outside holding area of Pak Consulate General in Jalalabad
Sun 2019-08-25
  Taliban militants kidnap a member of Provincial Council from Samangan-Baghlan Highway
Sat 2019-08-24
  Afghan Special Forces storm the hideout of a key ISIS facilitator of suicide bombings
Fri 2019-08-23
  Gaddafi-loyal commander killed by pro-Haftar forces
Thu 2019-08-22
  Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
Wed 2019-08-21
  Taliban chief Mullah Haibatullah was the primary target of Quetta bombing
Tue 2019-08-20
  Furniture, books 'torched' at girls school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer
Mon 2019-08-19
  Another prayer leader killed near Quetta


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