[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Syrian mercenaries fighting in Libya on behalf of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... are not backed by "the Syrian opposition," the joint president of Syria’s Constitutional Committee and former head of the Syrian opposition coalition, Hadi al-Bahra, said on Friday.
"No military faction or any official body that represents the Syrian opposition is supporting or sending any fighters to participate in the conflict in Libya," he said in an exclusive interview on Al Arabiya’s Diplomat Avenue.
"As an official body and a political body we are against the participation of any Syrian citizen in fighting outside Syria’s borders," he said.
"It is very sad to hear such news that casts shadows over an important aspect of the tragedy in Syria," al-Bahra said, adding that the Syrian citizens in the war-torn country "were looking for any work opportunity" to survive and support their families.
Reports have emerged recently that a number of the Syrian mercenaries fighting in Libya on behalf of Turkey have already deserted their ranks and fled to Italia, according to a report in the French daily Le Monde, which quoted French intelligence sources.
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[AlAhram] The court convicted the 37 defendants of carrying out 54 liquidations against coppers and citizens
A Cairo criminal court handed preliminary death sentence ...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead... s to leading terrorist Hisham Ashmawy
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[Jpost] The Jerusalem Post can exclusively report that a prominent German attorney has filed a lawsuit against the giant online travel agency Expedia for denying service to an Israeli passenger who sought travel aboard a Kuwait Airways commercial plane.
Attorney Nathan Gelbart told the Post on Saturday that a court hearing will take place on Wednesday. "Kuwait Airways denies transportation of Israeli passengers because of a racist boycott law against the Jewish State, claiming it must not let Israeli passengers on board."
"The truth is: Kuwait Airways does not want to transport Israeli passengers. The antisemitic regime of Kuwait owns Kuwait Airways by 100% and can change this situation with one phone call," Gelbart told the Post.
He added that "This is ridiculous. Expedia.de shamefully supports this racist boycott by selling tickets for Kuwait Airways. Gelbart Legal together with the US-based Lawfare Project will continue to fight against racism and discrimination against Jews, especially when it occurs on German soil."
Gelbart said "Kuwait Airways discriminates against Jews and Expedia provides support" in connection with the alleged bias.
The lawsuit was filed against the German branch of Expedia. The "de" in Expedia.de is an abbreviation for Deutschland (Germany).
The world headquarters of Expedia is based in Seattle, Washington.
The implications of Gelbart's lawsuit could have an effect on Kuwait's regime. A proven charge of bias could lead to Expedia discontinuing business the Gulf monarchy.
A Post media query was sent to Expedia on Saturday.
The Berlin-based attorney Gelbart has won significant cases over the years, including a landmark case against a German antisemite in January 2018 who has ties with the EU and US-designated terrorist entity Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,.
The pro-Hamas German activist sought to block the head of the Munich Jewish community, Charlotte Knobloch, from repeating her statement in which she said that he is "notorious for his antisemitic remarks." The obscure activist promotes the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) campaign against the Jewish state. Gelbart won the case, permitting Knobloch to repeat her remarks.
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On first guess, Kuwait Airlines would not have the right to discriminate against Jews even if their home country mandated that they did during operations inside other countries where such discrimination is banned, but they would be able to discriminate against Jews in nations where such discrimination is allowed (such as Kuwait itself). Same for Expedia. That's how giant corporations generally are forced to operate. What law you follow generally relies upon what nation you are operating inside of, not where you are based (exceptions provided by treaty and international accord).
[GellerReport] The 16-year-old French high school student I wrote about a few days ago, has been asked by the police to go into hiding because the authorities are unable to ensure her safety, after she received several death threats for insulting Islam on social media.
The delegate from the French Center for the Muslim Cult Abdallah Zekri even said about the young high school student: “She asked for it, she has to bear the consequences.” No prosecutor will launch an investigation into his incitement to hatred – and we must have confidence in the justice system.
Mila, from Lyon, in eastern France, who claims to be a lesbian, shared a series of short Instagram videos in response to online homophobic and racist abuse from religious Muslims.
The teenager, who regularly posts videos of herself singing on her Instagram profile, told those who were abusing her that she hated all religions, she hated Islam, that there was nothing but hate in the Islamic Koran and that Islam itself was sh*t.
She subsequently received a torrent of abuse, alongside a number of serious death threats, that has led to her requiring police protection.
And now, Mila is no longer able to set foot inside her school, and she fears the incident will put an end to her dreams of a singing career.
“I can no longer set foot in my high school, and I can’t even change my high school because it’s the whole of France that wants me dead,” she told feminist publication Bellica.
I am not racist, not at all. You cannot be racist towards a religion. I said what I thought, you will not make me regret it. There are still people who will get excited, I clearly don’t give a damn, I say what I want, what I think.
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Actually I'm positively surprised by the reaction of the French political class, given the circumstances.
The justice minister was harshly criticized not only by the opposition but also by the governing party. The interior minister explicitly affirmed the right to blaspheme i.e. criticize religion.
The situation in France is very, very bad but not nearly as bad as in Germany for example.
Turkey also hosted a large Hamas delegation and Haniyeh in mid-December.
Hamas currently has its delegation making a world tour, with recent stops in Qatar and Malaysia and other countries where it is trying to drum up support. Egypt and Israel have both been in contact with Hamas over recent months and reports indicated a long-term cessation of violence from the Gaza Strip could be in the works.
Israel accused Hamas of plotting attacks from Turkey in reports released in December at The Telegraph and in a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry website in 2018. The latter referred to economic and military activity. Turkey has recently slammed Arab countries for being open to Trump’s deal, accusing them of treason. Turkey’s foreign minister recently called Europe “spoiled, racist children.”
Turkey’s support for Hamas is part of a wider agenda where it is accused of working with extremist groups in Syria and has sent Syrian mercenaries it recruited to fight in Libya. In October and November US officials privately referred to Turkish-backed Syrian rebels as “undisciplined” and “jihadists” involved in human rights abuses and ethnic cleansing in Syria. Turkey also works with Russia to acquired Russia’s S-400 system which has angered US officials. Ankara has also been growing closer to Iran.
A recent cache of documents revealed that the Muslim Brotherhood and IRGC met in Turkey in 2014 to consider regional strategy.
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It's getting really hard to keep these regions straight. I thought at first it was Kak, as in Kakistan ie SF Bay Area, and thought maybe those Anti-Vaxxer mommies in Marin County had scored their first polio case.
OPEC oil output plunges in January to a multi-year low as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf members overdeliver on a new production-limiting accord and Libyan supply drops due to a blockade of ports and oilfields, according to a Reuters survey.https://t.co/7OZHy7KT2x
Here in NH it's still in the 2.50 range.
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We're in Columbia, SC.
Mike
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I’m in the DFW area, Weatherford, Parker County. I’ve seen gas at $1.91, I expect it to drop further. I filled up the Wing yesterday with Ethanol Free unleaded at $2.09/gal. Yes, we can get Ethanol free gasoline here.
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Oil consumption in China is way down because of the efforts to contain the virus have limited travel and commerce there.
probably takes 2 M bpd off the demand side
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$2.70 here in Eastern Mass. That was a station right off Rt 3 North in Hanover on Thursday, so you could probably get it elsewhere for 10 - 15 cents less if you shop around.
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The Saudis can't keep cutting back forever. They have a HUGE welfare state for their citizens--free education, as much as they want, and wherever they want, for example--plus lots of other goodies. They need cash, and there is only one source they have for it--oil exports.
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Buc-ees out by Texas Motor Speedway is showing $1.84/gal for regular. 😆
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In Anchorage, AK we have gasoline at $2.75 and diesel at $2.71. Propane at $2.90. It has been slowly dropping. We have one refinery up here at Nikiski on the Kenai peninsula.
Flint Hills in North Pole shut down. It used to supply the diesel and jet fuel for Eilson and Elmendorf AFB and Anchorage Intl airport.
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"OPEC oil output plunges in January to a multi-year low"
Awwwwwwwww - ain't that just too bad. :-D
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Gas was $1.96 last Thursday or Friday (Richmond, VA - Sam's Club) :-D
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"Hug a fracker!"
I'm trying to find one to hug, #1 grom. ;-)
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What are you doing in Richmond, Barbara?
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[JPost] - Left-wing politicians rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday night against the "Deal of the Century" which they said was a plan for ’transfer’ and ’apartheid.
"This isn't a peace plan, it’s not even a plan," said MK Tamar Zandberg (Meretz). It’s a recipe for annexation, transfer, violence and apartheid, Zandberg told the activists who attended the rally. To put it into perspective - in the last elections all the left parties together got like 10/120 mandates
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Jan 13, 2020 On the eve of the September 2019 election, Meretz merged with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Democratic Israel and Stav Shaffir's Green Movement and ran as a single list, known as the Democratic Camp. Together, these three parties were able to garner just five seats.
[Haaretz] A document unsealed after 60 years reveals the Israeli government’s secret intentions behind the imposition of a military government on the country’s Arab citizens in 1948: not to enhance security but to ensure Jewish control of the land Proud to be known as the New York Times of Israel, Haaretz presents its own 1619 project: a very long piece excoriating the eeeeeevil [Labour Socialist Zionist] government of the founding generation of Israel for hiding the fact that, under conditions of war with the Arabs, it treated the resident Arab population with suspicion, while glossing over the fact that it is under the current rightwing government that the archives are being opened to public scrutiny. Failure to do so will result in.... well, there's the graphic.
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Well, if there was such a plan - it didn't work. A pity.
The Lebanese government has received a central bank circular aimed at regulating relationships between banks and their customers and will study and decide on it within days, says Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni.https://t.co/uB1vD0dfkx
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
[Haaretz] A document unsealed after 60 years reveals the Israeli government’s secret intentions behind the imposition of a military government on the country’s Arab citizens in 1948: not to enhance security but to ensure Jewish control of the land 
