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Iran foreign minister calls Trump peace plan for Middle East 'delusional'
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Lawyer says man charged in Hanukkah machete attack incompetent for trial
[IsraelTimes] Federal court gives US Attorney’s Office two weeks to respond to application for a competency evaluation for Grafton Thomas who maimed five people, one critically, in assault.

A psychiatrist has found Grafton Thomas
...psychotic, depressed, and off his meds, he researched and attacked with a machete a Hassidic rabbi celebrating Hannukkah with his family and friends at his home. Mr. Thomas’s family and their minister would have us believe he is a gentle and loving man when not a wannabe psychotic, Joo-hating mass-murderer. If only there were a place for such people...
incompetent to stand trial on federal hate crime charges stemming from a machete attack at a Hanukkah party that maimed five Hasidic Jews, Thomas’s attorney said Monday.

Defense attorney Michael Sussman said in a statement that he has asked a federal judge to hold a competency evaluation for Thomas, who was arrested hours after a stabbing attack on Dec. 28 in Monsey, an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City.

The federal court has given the US Attorney’s Office two weeks to respond to the application for a competency evaluation, Sussman said. The US Attorney’s Office declined to comment to the media on Monday.

Thomas has pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
to attempted murder and other charges in Rockland County. He pleaded not guilty to 10 hate-crime charges in federal court on Jan. 13. Thomas is being held without bail in federal custody.

Investigators found anti-Semitic writings in Thomas’s journals and articles on Jews and Nazis on his cell phone, according to a complaint filed by the US Attorney’s Office.

Sussman and Thomas’ mother have said Thomas suffers from mental illness and was not responsible for his actions. Sussman has said Thomas has no history of violent acts or anti-Semitism.

One of the victims, 72-year-old Josef Neumann, remains in a coma with a fractured skull and other injuries.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Of course.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/28/2020 8:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Ignorance of the law is no excuse, so neither can insanity be. It doesn't matter if they understand, what matters is they did it.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 01/28/2020 22:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Of course he is crazy. Only a crazy person would do such a thing. Now, keep him away from the rest of us!
Posted by: SteveS || 01/28/2020 22:39 Comments || Top||


Africa North
#Turkey is ready to send 200 new #terrorists jihadist to libya within the next 24 hours
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Egypt advises Iraq to expel US, other forces in bid for stability
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
How fortunate that nobody really pays attention to Egypt except Israel and Libya.

Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  [Search domain en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Monitor] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Monitor
Al-Monitor (Arabic: المونيتور ‎) is a media site launched in February 2012 by the Arab American entrepreneur Jamal Daniel and based in Washington, DC, United States. Al-Monitor provides reporting and analysis from and about the Middle East
Posted by: b || 01/28/2020 6:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Are you suggesting it’s a biased source, b?
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/28/2020 16:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Could have said US, Iranians instead of US, Other Forces.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2020 17:38 Comments || Top||


UNSMIL denounces attack against #Mitiga Airport
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


#Erdogan from #Algeria: #Libya should not turn into an arena for terrorists and warlords
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Arabia
Former #IRGC official says #Qatar paid $3 billion in compensation for the killing of #Quds Force ex-commander #QassemSoleimani
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Qatar (MB)

#1  Pallets of Euros or a wire transfer? Maybe they used Zelle or Venmo!
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2020 7:35 Comments || Top||

#2  But why would Qatar pay for something America did?
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/28/2020 16:51 Comments || Top||


Arab Coalition backing the Yemeni legitimate government announces the launch of an air bridge to transfer critically ill Yemeni civilians abroad
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Saudi minister says Israeli passport holders cannot visit
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  Taquia has limits!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/28/2020 4:48 Comments || Top||

#2  We welcome visitors from everywhere to our country.
Even from Israel.
Unless they're Juice, of course.
Posted by: SteveS || 01/28/2020 17:39 Comments || Top||


Cyber
'New Jersey state attorney general prohibits police from using Clearview AI facial recognition because photos are taken from controversial sources including Facebook and Venmo
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2020 07:38 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  New Jersey attorney general Gurbir S. Grewal

Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2020 12:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Does he feel OK? He looks a bit Sikh.

Punjabi Snark O'The Day.
Posted by: SteveS || 01/28/2020 12:48 Comments || Top||

#3  He's afraid he'd be mistaken for a Mooselimb terrorist and he's right of course. Too bad for Sikhs I feel bad for them.
Posted by: jpal || 01/28/2020 13:31 Comments || Top||

#4  Overall, it like all tech. It's coming and it ain't going away. Like nuclear weapons the best that can be hoped for is a very tight leash. On the one hand, it's creep as hell, especially if you are a squarejohn citizen minding your own business. On the other hand, if the cops are already actively looking for someone, there's a strong chance there's a good reason for that. Where the line is drawn is the rub.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/28/2020 14:25 Comments || Top||

#5  It's just another data set for PII (Personally Identifuabke Information). Any PII data can be mishandled, leaked, abused. Nothing particularly weird or unique about facial data.

Frankly I'd rather have my facial data stored with law enforcement than entrust Google with all the data they typically collect. I have no idea why people trust the latter more than the former.
Posted by: Lex || 01/28/2020 16:47 Comments || Top||

#6  Used for ... what, exactly? The Stasi and Gestapo depended on typewriters and rooms full of file cards to support their villainy. It ain't the tool, it's the intent.
Posted by: magpie || 01/28/2020 19:16 Comments || Top||

#7  Lex,
Neither are trustworthy.
Posted by: jvalentour || 01/28/2020 21:31 Comments || Top||

#8  All this wonderful tech might make travel more interesting, at least for those without gov or corp entanglements. In one generation we'll have gone from "Wow, that looks like an expensive camera... and I can run pretty fast," to "Hey, amigo, how's my new phone sound? Listen, there's three gabachxs coming in on the 3:15 that need robbing," to "Si, Comandante, they go for a run every morning at 0500. You say he's retired and childless... has type Rare blood, very attractive kidneys, and $97,000 in the bank... and his wife looks like that? Who says Christmas comes but once a year?"

Luckily, there's no corruption in this country, especially not in the big anonymous cities or way out in the sticks.
Posted by: Sleack Flereck8847 || 01/28/2020 22:00 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Pro-Turkey hackers have been targeting governments and other organizations in Europe and the Middle East
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkish prosecutors probe dozens over quake social media posts
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Ottoman Turkish prosecutors are investigating dozens of people for "provocative" social media messages about the deadly earthquake in eastern The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
, reports said Monday.

The corpse count from Friday’s quake in Elazig province reached 41 people as rescue teams pulled the body of the last missing person from under the rubble, the country’s disaster agency said.

The Ankara prosecutor’s office is investigating 50 individuals on suspicion of "spreading fear and panic" and "insulting the Ottoman Turkish people, the Ottoman Turkish republic and the state institutions," the Hurriyet daily reported Monday.

The suspects are accused of sharing fake images about the quake on social media.

President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
also criticized "immoral" online messages.

"They criticize the government’s actions over the past 20 years... Are we able to stop earthquakes?" he said on Sunday.

Ottoman Turkish authorities were winding up their rescue efforts on Monday, with the government’s disaster agency AFAD saying a total 45 people had been pulled alive from the rubble.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told news hounds that 24,000 tents had been provided, 1,000 container shelters were being built, and funds had been released to repair damaged buildings.

Most of the victims died in Elazig and some in the neighboring province of Malatya. The quake was felt in other countries including Iraq and Syria.
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Earthquakes are Gulanist conspiracies.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2020 11:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Allan favors those who keep their mouths shut.
Posted by: jpal || 01/28/2020 11:18 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Illinois's Islamist Turkish Connection
Lots of links at the link — worth saving to explore in depth.
[AmThinker] The Moslem American Society-Islamic Circle of North America (MAS-ICNA) 2019 convention held in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
last month reveals the Illinois Islamists’ ties with the autocratic Ottoman Turkish regime of President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
, and how Erdogan uses U.S. Islamists organizations as an arm of his foreign policy.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/28/2020 03:06 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


India-Pakistan
4 minor boys arrested for vandalising Hindu temple in #Thar village
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Iraq
#PMU Leader Rayan Al-Kaldani: #Iraq Needs Prime Minister Who Will Outlaw Weapons For Everyone But Security Apparatus
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  Is Rayan Al-Kaldani Arabic for 'Beto O'Rourke'? The identical gun policy gives it away.
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2020 7:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Good luck, Ray. There's probably more guns per capita in Iraq than in Idaho.
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/28/2020 9:21 Comments || Top||

#3  #Iraq Needs Prime Minister Who Will Outlaw Weapons For Everyone But Security Apparatus

It is a totally genius plan. Just don't forget to pass a law requiring criminals to obey the law. That seems to be the sticky point with gun control laws in our country.
Posted by: SteveS || 01/28/2020 11:46 Comments || Top||

#4  Ban dust storms while you are at it.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2020 17:27 Comments || Top||

#5  /\ Be careful what you ask for. Banning dust storms would require trash pick up.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 17:30 Comments || Top||


Pro-Iran And #Iran-Backed Elements In #Iraq Deny Any Responsibility For Attacks On U.S. Targets
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

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Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2020 13:01 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz praises US President Trump for drafting a Middle East peace deal
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran foreign minister calls Trump peace plan for Middle East 'delusional'
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Big words. So refined. So astute. So worthy of his double-stitched, Super 1000s tailored Italian suits (hold the necktie - we're moose-limb, remember)
Posted by: Lex || 01/28/2020 3:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Keep it up you Persian SOB and you'll see just how "delusional" the Orange Man can become.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 4:52 Comments || Top||

#3  Keep talkin' smack, rug humper - it's not too hard to put you next in the Solemani on-deck circle, if ya know what I mean...
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2020 7:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Oddly enough, I agree with him. Peace takes all parties involved; war only takes one...and we know where Persia stands.
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/28/2020 9:15 Comments || Top||

#5  Secretary Jahn Fn Karry still advising this mook?
Posted by: Frank G || 01/28/2020 9:41 Comments || Top||

#6  "...peace plan for the Middle East" does seem to be an oxymoron so he has a point. Unless you feel like going "full-on Mongol" and exterminating all of the combatants.
Posted by: magpie || 01/28/2020 11:47 Comments || Top||

#7  Peace Plan for Middle East should probably read Peace plan for Arab vs Israel conflict.

Middle East is a big region and no plan would cover all of the bloody little spats. Real problem is to keep Iran from influencing the Palestinians.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/28/2020 16:00 Comments || Top||

#8  Oh, there's a way 2 of three parties can have peace. When party #3 refuses and ceases to exist, they no longer matter to the peace process.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 01/28/2020 16:05 Comments || Top||

#9  US no longer accepting the Palestinian lies is a huge step towards peace.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/28/2020 17:07 Comments || Top||

#10  various Dem Senators are taking a variety of positions - most are against the plan because Trump is for it
Posted by: lord garth || 01/28/2020 17:18 Comments || Top||

#11  A ringing endorsement.
Posted by: Iblis || 01/28/2020 19:40 Comments || Top||


Turkey Building Homes in Syria for People Fleeing Idlib
[AnNahar] Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
said Sunday that work was underway to construct homes inside Syria for people fleeing the war-torn country's last rebel-held stronghold.

"In an area 30-40 kilometers deep in Syria close to our border, we have planned to build, not a tent city, but homes, and the construction has begun," Erdogan said.
That would be in the cities and villages where they recently drove out the Kurds. How generous of them.
"We want our Idlib brothers and sisters to take shelter in winter here," he told news hounds during a presser in Istanbul.

Ottoman Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on January 15 mentioned talks with Russia about a proposed "safe zone" but there has been little detail offered by officials or media.

But Ottoman Turkish NGO the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said Thursday that work had started in a bid to build 10,000 homes for displaced residents in a village in the Idlib region five kilometers (three miles) from the Ottoman Turkish border.

IHH said 450,000 people had fled toward the border in the past five months.

Erdogan said he was frequently talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
about "ensuring the safety of civilians" in Idlib.

He warned Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
last month that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
could not handle a new wave of refugees alone since the country already hosts over 3.6 million Syrian refugees.

Syrian regime attacks on southern Idlib have increased since December, leaving more than 358,000 people displaced, according to United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
figures.

Russian air strikes in the region killed eight civilians Thursday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

This was despite a ceasefire sponsored by Damascus ally Russia and rebel supporter Turkey earlier this month intended to halt the violence.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte



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