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Africa Subsaharan
Identity Of Ruthless Bandits' Leader Holding 29 Kaduna Students Exposed
[SAHARAREPORTERS] Awanted and notorious bandidos’ leader, Buderi Isiya, has been revealed as the leader of the gang holding 29 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, among many other victims in the state.

Isiya, according to intelligence sources, is in his late 20s, but has a large contingent of fighters and great herds of cattle across Kaduna State.

It was learnt that despite coordinating several kidnapping operations, Isiya has managed to remain evasive because of the sophisticated and deadly weapons his gang possesses, making him hard to reach.

According to Daily Nigerian, Buderi Isiya also has close operational ties with Zamfara bandidos’ leader, Dogo Gide, who controls the southern part of the Zamfara forest. Dogo Gide was the one who shot the famous bandidos’ leader, Buharin Daji, in March 2018.

Isiya is currently holding 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, who were kidnapped on March 11, in an unknown location, believed to be in the same Kaduna State.

About 39 students had been kidnapped from their college dormitories on March 11, 2020, but 10 of the students — seven male and three females — were released two weeks ago after payment of ransoms by their parents.

The kidnappers had demanded N500 million in ransom from the Kaduna State government but Governor Nasir El-Rufai vowed that his administration would not negotiate with bandidos.

When the government stood its ground, the bandidos began reaching out to parents of the remaining students to demand ransom following which 10 persons were freed.

"If you look at the video he released, you will hear him ordering the victims to speak so that ransom would be paid on time," a source stated.

Operating along Igabi-Giwa axis and forests in Chikun, Buderi is one of the most ruthless bandidos in the state.

"Buderi killed many security agents and civilians. Last year, his gang killed four coppers. He buys arms and ammunition to maintain his primacy. He is very ruthless and deadly.

"He has thousands of cattle scattered in different locations of the state. He also controls a number of camps," the source added.

Last Saturday, parents of the remaining 29 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, had revealed that the bandidos were threatening to kill the male students and get married to their female colleagues.

At a presser in the school premises last Friday, the parents had urged Nigerians to help raise funds for them to rescue their children.

They said they were not afraid of arrest and prosecution by the Kaduna State Government as long as their children will be freed.

The Secretary of the parent’s union, Friday Sanni who spoke on behalf of others said as parents, they had no choice but to pay the ransom for the release of their children.

"We are calling on Nigerians, non-governmental organizations, charity organizations and donors to come to our aid in donating to rescuer our children. We don’t know what is happening to them, the bandidos have threatened to kill our children if we play with them.

"The other time they said they will marry the female and kill the men and that a time will come when even if we bring the money, the money will not be useful," he had lamented.
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)


Arabia
Saudi Arabia closes eight Turkish schools
Another blow to the creeping Turkification of the Ummah...
[Garowe] Saudi 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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were, to inclid Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
decided to close eight Ottoman Turkish schools at the end of the current academic year, according to what the official Ottoman Turkish Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday, in a decision that would anger Ankara, who seeking to calm relations with Riyadh.

According to Anadolu, the Saudi authorities have informed the Ottoman Turkish Ministry of Education that these eight institutions must close their doors permanently at the end of the current school year.

These institutions have a total of 2256 students, according to the agency.

Agence La Belle France-Presse tried to contact the Ottoman Turkish Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education but did not receive a response.

Last month, the Ministry of Education reported that 26 Ottoman Turkish schools were operating in Saudi Arabia. The closure of eight of them could lead to renewed tensions between The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
and Saudi Arabia.

Relations between Ankara and Riyadh have been significantly strained since 2017, especially due to Turkey's support for 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...
in its dispute with Saudi Arabia.

Adding to the tension was the killing of Saudi journalist beloved martyr of journalism Jamal Khashoggi
......who was simultaneously a very well paid Washington Post columnist and a long time propagandist for the Moslem Brotherhood and Al Qaeda — he died while on the Qatari payroll, but previously wrote at the behest of then-Saudi intel chief Prince Turki al-Faisal......
in 2018 inside his country's consulate in Istanbul.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Houthi official: 9-11 was American and Zionist ploy to attack Islam
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  that makes sense. Not good sense, but an Arab sense
Posted by: Frank G || 04/30/2021 12:37 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
Chinese President Xi offers to help India fight COVID-19 - state media
[JPost] - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered to help India fight against the coronavirus pandemic, state media reported on Friday.

Xi also expressed his condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"China is willing to enhance cooperation with India on fighting COVID-19 and provide support and assistance to India," state television quoted Xi as saying.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/30/2021 10:02 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
Iranian Arab separatists plead not guilty to terror charge in Denmark
[IsraelTimes] Three leaders of an Iranian Arab separatist group plead not guilty to financing and promoting terrorism in 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 the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
with Saudi 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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were, to inclid Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
’s backing, as their trial opens in Denmark today.

The three risk 12 years in prison if found guilty.

Aged 39 to 50, the trio are members of the separatist organization ASMLA (Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz),
...Sunni Arabs who’re tired of being ruled by Shiite Persians, so they’ve been getting feisty...
which is based in Denmark and the Netherlands and which Iran considers a terrorist group.

The three, one of whom a Danish citizen, have been held in jug in Denmark since February 2020.

Gert Dyrn, lawyer for the eldest of the three, tells AFP that in his client’s opinion "what they are charged with is legitimate resistance towards an oppressive regime."

"They are not denying receiving money from multiple sources, including Saudi Arabia, to help the movement and help them accomplish their political aim," Dyrn says.

His client has lived as a refugee in Denmark since 2006.

According to the charge sheet seen by AFP, the three received around 30 million kroner (four million euros, $4.9 million) for ASMLA and its armed branch, through bank accounts in Austria and the United Arab Emirates.

The trio is also accused of spying on people and organizations in Denmark between 2012 and 2020 for Saudi intelligence.

Finally, they are also accused of promoting terrorism and "encouraging the activities of the terrorist movement Jaish al-Adl, which has activities in Iran, by supporting them with advice, promotion, and coordinating attacks."

The case dates back to 2018 when one of the three was the target of a foiled attack on Danish soil believed to be sponsored by the Iranian regime in retaliation for the killing of 24 people in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, in September 2018.

Tehran formally denied the attack plan in Denmark, but a Danish court last year jugged
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
a Norwegian-Iranian for seven years for his role in the plot.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/30/2021 01:03 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:


Fifth Column
Trans antifa member Jarrod DeFerrari aka “Sofie” is being cancelled by Portland antifa groups following accusations of abuse toward her ex, Leslie Johnson
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Seeing that from the chin up is nauseating enough.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/30/2021 10:15 Comments || Top||

#2  'Ferrari DeJarrod' and 'dickgurl' had better potential, trust me.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/30/2021 11:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Serious headache after reading all this.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/30/2021 14:01 Comments || Top||

#4  ...Just no pleasing some people.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/30/2021 14:17 Comments || Top||

#5  WTF is happening to our country?
Posted by: Fester Barnsmell9203 || 04/30/2021 20:25 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkey Central Bank Sees Year-End Inflation at 12%
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Yup. The price of ping-pong balls and typewriters are becoming pricey.

Oh? You mean food and clothes?
No, they aren't included on the inflation calculation "bucket" as they have gone up 30%+ and would not be fit to calculate the desired outcome.
Posted by: Nomad || 04/30/2021 12:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Democrats: Hold our Raki.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/30/2021 16:20 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Fazl accepts resignations of ANP, PPP from PDM
[DAILYTIMES.PK] Pakistain Democratic Movement (PDM) 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...
on Wednesday accepted the resignations of Pakistain People’s Party (PPP) and 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) from all posts of the opposition alliance, a private TV channel reported.

The PDM chief, while reshuffling the PDM ranks, also approved the appointment of Hafiz Hamdullah as information secretary. Earlier, ANP’s Mian Iftikhar held the post.

On Monday, Maulana Fazlur Rehman had once again urged the PPP and the ANP to reconsider their decision to resign from all posts of the alliance. "I urge them to reconsider the situation, and if they have committed a mistake, they should accept it [...] as these are the tenets of democracy," Fazl had said while addressing a presser flanked by other PDM leaders.

On April 12, the PPP had announced that the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) had called upon its members to resign from all positions of the PDM, while leaders of the ANP had withdrawn from the alliance after show-cause notices were issued to the party to explain their actions during the recently held Senate polls.

The presser had come after the opposition alliance met in the day to deliberate over its anti-government strategy. However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
PPP and ANP were not invited to the steering committee meeting.

Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami


Iraq
500 Christian graduates join the Peshmerga Forces
[SHAFAQ] About 500 Christians from the Nineveh Plains region graduated today Thursday from a military training course for the Peshmerga Ministry.

The graduation ceremony held at a camp in the Shikhan area of Duhok governorate. Then these personnel are officially members of the Peshmerga forces.

The Commander of the Zeravani Peshmerga forces, Major General Aziz Waisi, confirmed in a speech that this Occasion is an evidence of "coexistence and pluralism in the Kurdistan Region."

"All are equal before the law. There is no discrimination among Yezidi, Christian, Shiite or Sunni. Anyone will be praised or faced by law according to his work." He added.
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Excellent!
Posted by: Sonny Black || 04/30/2021 7:14 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel reopens Gaza fishing zone as cross-border tensions subside
[Ynet] IDF liaison to Paleostinians says lifting of restrictions, which came off heels of rocket salvos fired from Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,-controlled enclave into Israel, subject to 'continuation of peace and... security stability'.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/30/2021 01:03 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Israeli Minister: Our Warplanes Can Reach Iran
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] An Israeli cabinet minister sharpened his country's warnings against what it would deem a bad new nuclear deal between 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 the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and world powers, saying war with Tehran would be sure to follow.

As President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?...
explores a possible US return to the 2015 deal to contain Iran's nuclear program that his predecessor Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election...
abandoned, Israel has stepped up calls for more sweeping curbs to be imposed on sensitive Iranian technologies and projects.

Iran, which this week resumed indirect talks with US envoys in Vienna on reversing its retaliatory violations of the deal in exchange for the removal of sanctions reimposed by Trump, has ruled out any further limitations on Iranian actions.

Reiterating Israel's position that it does not consider itself bound by the diplomacy, Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said: "A bad deal will send the region spiraling into war."

"Anyone seeking short-term benefits should be mindful of the longer-term," he told Rooters. "Israel will not allow Iran to attain nuclear arms. Iran has no immunity anywhere. Our planes can reach everywhere in the Middle East - and certainly Iran."

Cohen said that in addition to denying Iran the means of enriching uranium and developing ballistic missiles, world powers should make it stop "destabilizing other countries" and funding turbans.

Israel sent senior delegates to Washington this week to discuss Iran with US counterparts. The White House said the allies agreed on the "significant threat" posed by Iran's regional behavior.
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


PA President Abbas effectively announces the Palestinian elections are postponed
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  As predicted.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/30/2021 2:43 Comments || Top||

#2  The check to Dominion didn't clear I take it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/30/2021 8:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Even the Paleostinians don't care about "The Palestinians" anymore.

I kind of feel sorry for Abbas, having to find a new grift at that age. It was good while it lasted.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/30/2021 12:21 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
51 Candidates to Run for Presidential Elections in Syria
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Golly. I wonder who's gonna win?
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Aoun Rejects Using Lebanon to Harm Saudi Arabia, Gulf States
Watch the hands, not the mouth.
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Lebanese President Michel Aoun
...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
has said he rejected turning Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
into a "transit point" to harm Arab countries, mainly Saudi 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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, as were most major jihadi commanders were, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
and Gulf states.

"These countries have always stood by Lebanon’s side," the President said during a meeting with Industry Minister Imad Hobballah, who was accompanied by a delegation from the Board of Directors of the Industrialists Association.

Riyadh on Friday announced the suspension of the fresh produce shipments from Lebanon, saying they were being used to hide drugs.

The Saudi news agency reported that customs officials in the Red Sea port of Jeddah seized 5.3 million banned captagon pills hidden in a consignment of pomegranates from Lebanon.

"Saudi Arabia is a brotherly country and we are interested in preserving the existing economic cooperation with it. Today, we are exerting great efforts to uncover the circumstances of what happened and put things back on the right track," the President stressed.

Aoun explained that Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi has been assigned to follow-up the issue with the competent Saudi authorities.

"We hope to reach solutions," he said.

The President indicated that measures approved at a meeting held at Baabda Palace on Monday will be implemented, and security apparatuses will tighten control over export from Lebanon to reassure countries that receive Lebanese agricultural and industrial products.
Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Iran Revolutionary Guards
Raid President and Foreign Minister's Offices
[IRANWIRE] IranWire sources report that this morning officers from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Unit raided the offices of President Hassan Rouhani
...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man...
and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
...Persian foreign minister, Mouthpiece of Mullahs, good friend of John Kerry and similar exemplars of Merkin values...
After a short altercation with the security guards of the president’s office and the Foreign Ministry, the Guards took a number of documents from the premises.

The raids took place after government front man Ali Rabiei had stated that Iran’s intelligence ministry was investigating the source of a recently-leaked interview with Zarif.

The IRGC Intelligence Unit is a rival organization to the Ministry of Intelligence, which is the country’s equivalent of the CIA and the FBI.

In the recorded interview, which was leaked to 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 the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
International last weekend, Zarif had told journalist and economist Saeed Leylaz that he believed Iranian diplomacy had been "sacrificed" to the regime's military interests.

He described alleged efforts by former IRGC Quds Force commander Ghasem Soleimani and Russia to sabotage the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and shared new details about the Quds Force's regional operations.

The leak sparked widespread controversy, with various parties calling for Zarif's resignation or impeachment. Zarif has been touring Arab countries since the tape surfaced and was in Kuwait on Thursday.

The interview was one of 33 conducted by the Presidential Center for Strategic Studies for a planned oral history project. It was set to focus on the achievements of the country's 11th and 12th governments and was in its post-production phase at the time of the leak.

Earlier Thursday, the government announced that the head of the Center, Heshamoddin Ashena, who was overseeing the project, had "resigned" and been replaced by Rabiei.

Ashena took to Twitter to castigate the "professional bandidos with political ambitions" he said were involved in sharing the tape, saying it had caused "an informative, methodical and non-confidential programming to be abused politically and in the media... It appears to be a political and security dilemma."

Tehran Prosecutor's Office also confirmed a lawsuit had been filed in connection with the audio file's publication.

Iranian state media reported on Thursday that 15 people involved in the production had been barred from leaving the country while investigations are ongoing.

Posted by: Fred || 04/30/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  "...And finally, death to Zarif - hey, wait a minnit...."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/30/2021 14:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Zarif had told journalist and economist Saeed Leylaz that he believed Iranian diplomacy had been "sacrificed" to the regime's military interests.

Well, that and spilling the beans about Lurch.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/30/2021 14:32 Comments || Top||

#3  It seems the "moderates" are loosing the internal battles - making it harder for their "western" allies.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/30/2021 14:34 Comments || Top||

#4  It's not just the US that has a deep state.
Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944 || 04/30/2021 14:45 Comments || Top||



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Thu 2021-04-29
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  Afghanistan: US Will not Provide Air Support after Withdrawal
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  Explosive-laden balloons launched from Gaza towards Israel
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