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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Several locals on Germany's evacuation are now dead
Unexpectedly.
[DW] The German government says some people it wanted to evacuate after the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
took power in Afghanistan have since died. Some deaths were violent mostly peaceful, but none seemed linked to any cooperation with Germany, it said.


Thirty-two people who helped German armed forces during their mission in Afghanistan or were otherwise endangered have died while waiting to be taken to Germany following the Islamist Taliban's takeover in August 2021, according to German media.

The information was given in response to a question by Left Party parliamentarian Clara Bunger, with German news magazine Der Spiegel reporting first on the matter.

HOW DID THE DEATHS OCCUR?
According to the list provided in response to the question, 15 of the Afghans concerned died a natural death or in an accident.

However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
nine died in violent mostly peaceful incidents, including one local helper killed during an attack on a mosque by the terrorist group "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....
," the list says. Another local helper did away with himself.

The cause of seven of the deaths remained unclear, the information provided by the government said.

However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
according to the government, none of the deaths was visibly connected to anyone's activities in helping German forces.

The German Bundeswehr formed part of a 20-year US-led military mission in Afghanistan that came to a disorderly conclusion in July 2021.

The government says it has arranged to take in more than 36,000 former local support staff and other endangered Afghans, including journalists and human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
activist muppets, together with their approved family members over the past 15 months. More than two-thirds who have received such approval have been able to come to Germany, it says.

A 'DISASTER'
However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
Bunger called the situation a "disaster," telling Spiegel that the government had criminally failed to fetch endangered people from Afghanistan in time.

She also reproached the new government for not bringing at least those people to safety who had been told they could come to Germany.

The pullout of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
-led troops from Afghanistan in 2021 was widely perceived as chaotic, with evacuations of Afghans seen as being in danger from the incoming Taliban rulers taking place with a general lack of preparation. Many in Germany and elsewhere have since been concerned about the fates of those people who had aided foreign forces, whom the Taliban likely view as traitors to the country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/09/2022 03:16 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Former Afghanistan's senate member dies of disease
[Khaama] He looked so lifelike. Death from disease? Whoda thunk it?
Posted by: Frank G || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


US, Taliban hold first in-person meeting since Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed
[NYPOST] Two top Biden Administration officials met face-to-face with Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
leaders Saturday for the first time since July, when al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra...
was killed in an American strike in Kabul, according to a report.

CIA Deputy Director David Cohen and State Department negotiator Tom West met in Doha, 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...
with the Taliban’s head of intelligence, Abdul Haq Wasiq, CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
reported.

The CIA and State Department did not officially comment on the meeting.

The US broke off direct talks with Afghanistan’s ruling faction after learning that they had been harboring al-Zawahiri, the architect of the September 11 attacks, in the Afghan capital for months — a clear violation of the Doha Agreement, in which the Taliban promised that Afghanistan would not shelter al Qaeda members.

The terror leader was killed in his luxe Kabul apartment by a US dronezap July 31 — but his presence in Afghanistan drew sharp criticism from Republicans.

"The American people were lied to by President Biden," charged Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Posted by: Fred || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Fifth Column
BLM founder Patrisse Cullors spends thousands renovating backyard of posh $1.4M LA home
More on this story from yesterday.
[NYPOST] The controversial Marxist co-founder of Black Lives Matter recently completed tens of thousands of dollars in renovations at her posh Los Angeles home, including building a new plunge pool and backyard sauna, according to a new report.

Patrisse Cullors, 39, the former leader of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, also added a children’s play area for her young son outside her 2,580-square foot three-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Los Angeles’ Topanga Canyon neighborhood, photos show.

The images reveal a deep plunge pool that has yet to have water added, as well as a small shed that houses the sauna. A child’s swing set and covered slide is also visible in the photograph.

Cullors, who resigned from the national group a month after The Post revealed that she had gone on a real estate buying spree last year, paid $1.4 million for the Topanga Canyon home in March 2021, according to public records.

At the time of her May 2021 resignation, Cullors insisted her "retirement" from the group that she had led for six years had been in the works, and was not tied to the controversy surrounding the shopping spree in which she amassed four properties for more than $3.2 million amid the group’s troubled finances.
Posted by: Fred || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  The Reverends must really be pissed off for being shown up by the BLM leaders in how to play the Race Card for $$$$$$.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/09/2022 19:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Speaking of Revs, two birthdays yesterday: the Great Chicago Fire and, threescore and ten years later, Jesse Jackson. Hmmmm.
Posted by: Daffy the Obscure6560 || 10/09/2022 20:04 Comments || Top||


Great White North
Canada to deny hundreds of IRGC officials' entry protesting Amini’s related violence
Posted by: Fred || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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