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Suspects accused of toppling a statue and hitting a cop on head with bottle actually indicted by Portland grand jury
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Good morning
What Trump said privately
about Meghan after her Oprah interview
Tuesday March 16th, 2021

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Saudi scholar Salman al-Odah trial delayed for four months
Syria: Turkey asks for western support amid Russia-backed attacks
Iraqi drug trafficker freed in ambush while travelling to court
Iraq paramilitaries agree to stop attacks on US if Kadhimi demands withdrawal
Turkey, Iran may be on collision course in Iraq — analysts
US lawmakers urge Israel to vaccinate Palestinians as 'occupying entity'
Black Lives Matter Activist
Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Donors

Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2021 00:10 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I hope that the regular appearance of the Front Page is evidence that Fred is feeling awesome!
Posted by: Bobby || 03/16/2021 7:45 Comments || Top||

#2  With or without the Front Page, I want Fred to continue being awesome and healthy.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 03/16/2021 8:12 Comments || Top||

#3  ^^^^ Agree

I stay healthy by starting and ending my day with


and
(with no interuptions in between)
Posted by: Eohippus Angusong5784 || 03/16/2021 8:21 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ Where's your coaster for the drink? ...Philistine...Mrs. Warthog would have harsh words for me...
Posted by: Warthog || 03/16/2021 9:24 Comments || Top||

#5  Was her reputation for um, dalliance, justified or was it she just couldn't get away wearing that outfit?

BTW_ Keep it up, Fred
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/16/2021 9:26 Comments || Top||

#6  Good to see you back Fred. Stay healthy. I wonder if Fred will have a St. Patrick's Day treat on the Scimitar? Dancing Leprechauns who perform magic?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/16/2021 10:41 Comments || Top||

#7  The tonic water has quinine in it. Might be good for you but don't tell Dr. Falsie.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/16/2021 11:48 Comments || Top||

#8  From nightmares, one morning, poor Mata,
Once everyone's inamorata,
Awoke. Through her door
Shone the spotlight once more,
Only now on a horrible blatta.
Posted by: Glumble Shimp3262 || 03/16/2021 23:58 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
Omaha police officer shot in the face by 'shoplifter, 21
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Kenya Lamont Jenkins Jr., 21, was arrested after a high-speed chase and charged with attempted murder and the use of a weapon to commit a felony

  • Jenkins allegedly shot Officer Jeffrey Wittstruck four times when he was caught stuffing a package of T-shirts into his backpack at the Westroads Mall in Omaha

  • Wittstruck had been dispatched to JC Penney at 3.27pm on Friday after Jenkins was detained by store security

  • The suspect shot the officer when he arrived to the security office and tried to arrest him; Jenkins then led officers on a high-speed chase
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good bye Kenya Lamont Jenkins Jr., You are going up river for a long time. Have a nice trip.

Posted by: Fearing Squat5199 || 03/16/2021 3:12 Comments || Top||

#2  He will be out in less than 5 years
Posted by: Ulomomp Hupimble9527 || 03/16/2021 6:50 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm sure there is racism involved. Waiting for the riots mostly peaceful protests to begin.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 03/16/2021 8:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Suspect fled in a white BMW sedan. Did Daddy buy it for him, or did he 'arrange' the deal himself?
Posted by: Bobby || 03/16/2021 17:08 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
NDS kills key ‘Daesh Commander’ in Nangarhar
[KhaamaPress] According to the local officials, NDS’ special operatives clashed with 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....
turbans (ISIS) in the Mohmand district of eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
on Sunday night.

National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) special forces clashed with Islamic State turbans in Mohmand district of eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday night, killing the district chief, Mahmood Jan, officials said.

"Mahmood Jan", the ISI-K district chief was killed during the operation.

Sources indicated that the killed individual was a well-known ISIS fighter and the group’s commander, who time to time plotted violent mostly peaceful attacks on security forces.

A provincial official reported that the Afghan cops arrested three other ISIS members.

Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the congregants were being herded into the paddy wagon...
Mohammad Saber Tokhi an area representative in the Qalat district was targeted by an IED explosion.

Hekmatullah Kochi, commander of Zabul police told the media, that the incident happened at around 9:00 am this morning in the Chowk area in Qalat city.

Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
took the responsibility for the attack.

This comes despite peace efforts in Afghanistan, just recently Los Angeles times reported that Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said that the war in the country will intensify and the Taliban could threaten major cities unless the Biden administration does not push for an end to the conflict within the coming two months.

LA TIMES quoted Gen. McKenzie saying: "If we withdraw and no deal was made with the Taliban, I think the government of Afghanistan is going to be in for a very stiff fight to retain possession of towns and cities".

President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
and General McKenzie had a meeting on Saturday in Kabul, both discussed the security situation, the grinding of the peace processor, and America’s support to Afghan national defense and security forces.

The war in the country is so complex at a level that Interior Ministry front man Tariq Arian said that according to the MoI investigations, a private media outlet was involved in the transfer of explosives.

He added there are serious questions in this regard and that MoI is working to find the desired answer for it.

Arian did not provide any further details about the media outlet.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Avalanche kills 25 Taliban fighters on route from Pakistan
It looks like Allah doesn’t approve of them, and chose to make his opinion known.
[KhaamaPress] Local sources in Paktia province confirmed that 25 Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
have been killed in an avalanche in the Jaji Ariob district of the province.

Mohammad Lal Amiri, front man for the Paktia Police HQ told the media that the incident took place on Sunday night in the " Zaghni" valley of ​​Jaji Ariob district.

Amiri added that 25 Taliban including some group’s Pak commanders were killed in the incident.

According to him, these Taliban affiliates intended to come to Afghanistan from Pakistain taking the mountainous route through the zone.

The Taliban have not yet commented.
"OUCH"
The Meteorological Department warned of heavy snowfall in 30 provinces two days before the natural disaster hit.

This comes as the Ministry of Defense stated on Monday that the Taliban have suffered heavy casualties during the battles in Arghandab and Zherai districts of Kandahar province.

The Ministry of Defense said in a released statement on Monday that Afghan national defense and security forces backed by air support launched a clearance operation in Arghandab and Zherai districts of Kandahar province.

As a result of which 18 Lions of Islam were killed and three others were maimed, MoD said in the statement.

The MoD bulletin added, thon the lam premises of Zherai and the Kandahar-Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
highway were cleared of Taliban fighters and the Highway is currently open to traffic.

During the operation, ANDSF also discovered and defused 13 mines placed in the Zherai, Dand, and Arghandab districts of Kandahar province.

The southern Kandahar province is one of the most insecure provinces of Afghanistan, where the Taliban has influence in various parts of the region.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Kinda wondering if cheap drones from India couldn't drop 50 / 100 lbs. of dynamite on those slopes to cause the avalanches, 'cuz that would kick ass...
Posted by: Raj || 03/16/2021 0:13 Comments || Top||

#2  That's calls for some Bailey's in coffee this morning!
Posted by: Clem || 03/16/2021 6:01 Comments || Top||

#3  The key to success in the Spring Offensive is GETTING to the Spring Offensive.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/16/2021 6:05 Comments || Top||

#4  There's a climate change/CO2 angle here somewhere.
Posted by: Clem || 03/16/2021 6:08 Comments || Top||

#5  They were put on ice
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/16/2021 7:06 Comments || Top||

#6  They were promised global warming. Instead they were turned into Birdseye frozen peas.
Posted by: Grasing Omolumble3126 || 03/16/2021 20:31 Comments || Top||


3 Female Govt Workers Killed in Kabul Blast: Sources
[ToloNews] Three women, one an employee of the Ministry of Telecommunication and IT, an employee of the Ministry of Education and the other an employee of the Ministry of Information and Culture were killed in a kaboom that targeted their bus in the Dahan-e-Bagh area in Kabul on Monday afternoon.

Kabul police initially said that 15 civilians were maimed in the earth-shattering kaboom.

The blast occurred around 3:50 pm local time in the Dahan-e-Bagh area after a bus struck a mine, the statement said.

"The victims have been transferred to the hospital," it said.

The statement did not provide further details about the blast.

Sources said that the bus was carrying the employees of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.

No group including the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
immediately grabbed credit for the blast.

On Sunday, five people were killed, and 16 more people were maimed, in two separate blasts occurring in less than one hour of each other in PD3 and PD6 of Kabul city, Kabul police said.

Both explosions targeted vehicles and "all the victims were civilians," according to security sources.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


Africa North
Libyan National Army destroys terrorist hideout in southern Libya
[AlMasdar] The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced the implementation of a military operation targeting terrorist elements in the southern part of the country on Sunday.

In a statement published on his Facebook page, Major General Khaled al-Mahjoub, Director of the Moral Guidance Department in the Libyan Armed Forces, said that "The Libyan Arab Armed Forces Special Operations Force carried out a qualitative operation that targeted one of the terrorist hideouts in Ubari in the southern region."

He continued, "A warehouse that was intended to supply terrorist elements with ammunition as part of the 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....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) and al-Qaeda terrorist program, was blown up before any attempted relocation in the south."

The statement indicated that "a terrorist hideout was previously raided 3 months ago in the south."

The statement of the Director of the Moral Guidance Department in the Libyan Armed Forces said that the "the powerful strikes against terrorist groups are continuing, and that the struggle against terrorism will continue until it is eliminated."

On March 10, the Libyan House of Representatives agreed to grant confidence to the government of national unity headed by Abd al-Hamid al-Dabaiba.

Abdel Hamid Dabaiba was chosen, through talks held by the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
in Geneva early last month, to head an interim unity government to oversee the preparations for the elections scheduled to take place at the end of this year.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 02:42 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Arabia
Missiles fired by Houthis hit uninhabited areas
[AlAhram] The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
said on Monday that the Iranian-aligned Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
group had fired two ballistic missiles towards the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait but succeeded in hitting only uninhabited border areas, Saudi state TV reported.
At least they hit the right country, which is better than half the rockets shot off by the Palestinians of Gaza.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  They'll improve targeting in the next few months, unfortunately.
Posted by: Raj || 03/16/2021 0:07 Comments || Top||


Britain
Far-left demonstrators continue a third straight day of anti-police protests in central London
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta hit by 'chemical attack'
[EuroNews] Investigative Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta said Monday that an unidentified chemical substance was found at the entrance of its offices in Moscow.

"In the morning, a chemical attack was carried out on the building where our editorial office is located," said Novaya Gazeta editor in chief Dmitry Muratov in a statement.

"We can't walk between floors or go to the street," he added.

The chemical substance is currently under analysis by Russia's security service FSB, Muratov said.
Well, that's comforting
Syria investigation
The incident comes as three NGOs filed a lawsuit on Monday against Russian mercenary group Wagner over the torture and killing of a detainee in Syria. Muratov noted in the statement that the case was "based on our articles".

In 2019, Novaya Gazeta published an investigation into the assassination. Images showed Russian-speaking men hitting their victim with a hammer and then dismembering him, eventually spraying him with gasoline and setting his body on fire.

The newspaper also published on Monday an investigation into abuses committed in Chechnya. The autonomous republic in the Caucasus region is run by authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 03/16/2021 08:35 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Piss off Putin and he gives you the jab. And the jab isn't a vaccine it's a neurotoxin designed to kill you in seconds. The Chinese decided to kill us all with a slower acting pathogen called covid19. They may have succeeded. We'll see.
Posted by: jpal || 03/16/2021 18:09 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Suspects accused of toppling a statue and hitting a cop on head with bottle actually indicted by Portland grand jury


[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office has announced that two accused rioters connected to violent mostly peaceful Black Lives Matter-Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
protests in Portland, Ore. have been indicted.

A grand jury last week indicted Minira Snead-Alsaud, 20, and Brandon Paul Bartells, 38.

Snead-Alsaud was indicted on charges of felony rioting and attempted assault of a public safety officer. On May 30, 2020, Snead-Alsaud was allegedly part of a mob of BLM-Antifa rioters who vandalized and looted downtown businesses for approximately five hours. She is accused of trying to incite others to violence, assaulting coppers, and specifically, striking a deputy on the head with a bottle.

Snead-Alsaud was originally arrested at the time alongside with almost 50 others but she was quickly released without bail. The case was closed in August 2020 but was reinstated this year after law enforcement provided additional evidence to the district attorney’s office.

Bartells, a far-left activist from Ocean Shores, Wash., who was also arrested at a riot in Kenosha, Wisc., was indicted on felony riot and felony criminal mischief charges. On Oct. 11, 2020, an gang of around 250 rioters gathered in downtown Portland where they proceeded to topple statues and vandalize and loot a nearby museum. Last week’s grand jury in Portland saw evidence that over $10,000 in damages were done to city property. Police say Bartells was the driver of the van that assisted in toppling a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt with chains and straps.
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  White trash, and some brown trash. Nice mix. I'm feeling multicultural right about now.
Posted by: Raj || 03/16/2021 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2 
Two Young People On The

Posted by: Fearing Squat5199 || 03/16/2021 3:04 Comments || Top||

#3 
I would love to see is a documentary interview with the parents, teachers and etc....

To better understand how manure like this is raised, allowed or "Planned" to develop the way it became.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/16/2021 6:10 Comments || Top||

#4 

My take:
_______ was politically released without bail and this case was politically dropped, along with 100's of others. Having served the Socialist America election purpose.

Her and other cases were or will be reinstated this year. If any continued activities take place that are embarrassing the Socialist-Democrat Junta.

So law enforcement was allowed to provide its additional evidence, which it already had, to the Tribunal Justice's office.

Summary:
She and others have served their political purpose and under Socialist Democrat rule must be bridled or now jailed. Subject to release as needed in 2022 and 2024.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/16/2021 6:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Ernesto Guevara was also "needed" for a season.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/16/2021 6:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Quick glance at the picture and I thought "wow, Meghan and Harry have devolved so quickly!"
Posted by: Thomogum Omereng5658 || 03/16/2021 8:47 Comments || Top||

#7  Would that be 'Alsaud' or perhaps 'al-Saud'? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Cesare || 03/16/2021 8:52 Comments || Top||

#8  Strange that grand jury indictments are happening at this time and not while Trump was POTUS. Are these useful idiots who have outlived their usefulness?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/16/2021 10:35 Comments || Top||

#9  Are these useful idiots who have outlived their usefulness?

Yes, and now they're a menace because they keep shining a light on why they were there in the first place.

You will notice that none of the Antifaux 'Generals' (or whatever they call them) were in the group. Those folks knew enough to walk away after their job was done.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 03/16/2021 15:48 Comments || Top||

#10  Old Chinese proverb: Never topple a statue on camera when there's a cop standing under under it. And cut your hair you look trashy.
Posted by: jpal || 03/16/2021 17:21 Comments || Top||

#11  Useful idiots.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 03/16/2021 17:29 Comments || Top||

#12  The case was closed in August 2020 but was reinstated this year

Burn Loot & Murder, create mayhem so that Orange-POTUS gets the blame. Stop as soon as OrangePOTUS leaves the WH
Posted by: Jort Unaigum5267 || 03/16/2021 19:24 Comments || Top||

#13  Individuals are members of The Umbrella Organization franchised to SPECTRE (an acronym of Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion) and are only part of a sub-base tier of expendables, through the cut-out AFA.
Posted by: Alma mater Clink7396 || 03/16/2021 19:43 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Border agents catching illegals from Yemen and Iran – Kevin McCarthy at the border
[Right Scoop] Kevin McCarthy is at the border today in El Paso and reported that agents are telling him that they aren’t just catching illegals from Mexico and Latin America, but also Yemen, Iran and Sri Lanka:

I know this isn’t a shock to any of you, but all of this is happening because of Biden’s horrific border policies. People from around the world are coming because they know Biden will welcome them in.

In this video, McCarthy says they also told him they are catching people on the terrorist watch list:

McCarthy says that Biden needs to come to the border, admit this is crisis, and reverse his policies that have created it:
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/16/2021 01:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems


India-Pakistan
Pak YouTuber and Islamic scholar Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza survived a second assassination attempt on Sunday
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1 
Posted by: Nero Sliver8217 || 03/16/2021 8:31 Comments || Top||


Honey trapped Army jawan arrested for leaking information to Pakistan
[OneIndia] The intelligence wing of the Rajasthan Police arrested a 22 year old Army personnel on charges of spying and leaking information to Pakistain agents. Akash Mehria, who hails from Sikar, was allegedly honey trapped. He is alleged to have provided information to two Pakistain women. He is said to have been trapped on Facebook.

He was on a visit to his home, when he was summoned to Jaipur. He was then questioned by several intelligence agencies. The agencies said that he was involved in supplying crucial information to the Pak agents. The Pakistain agents got in touch with him through fake identities over the internet.

After he received a friend re quest on Facebook, he started giving out crucial information relating to the Army through his phone. He had also indulged in chats that were explicit in nature. Mehria who was posed in Sikkim had joined the Indian Army in 2018 and completed his training in 2019.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


ISIS module case: NIA conducts searches in Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka; Three held
[OneIndia] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday arrested three persons as it conducted simultaneous searches at 11 locations in Kerala, Karnataka and Delhi in connection with terror activities of a group propagating the violent mostly peaceful ideology of the ISIS terror group, an official said.

An NIA spokesperson said the searches were carried out by the premier anti-terror probe agency with local police units at 11 locations -- eight in Kerala's Kannur, Mallapuram, Kollam and Kasargod districts, two in Bengaluru and one in Delhi.

The case pertains to the terrorist activities of a group led by one Mohammed Ameen of Kerala, the official said. Three people -- Ameen and his associated Mushab Anuvar and Dr Rahees Rashid -- were arrested after preliminary examination, the NIA official said.

The group has been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram for propagating the violent mostly peaceful Jihadi ideology of ISIS, and radicalising and recruiting new members to the module, the NIA official said.

The NIA had started the paperwork but haven't done much else against seven known and other unnamed persons under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the UA (P) Act on March 5, 2021.

The NIA official said the group of radicalised individuals, under the leadership of Ameen and having allegiance to the proscribed terrorist organization ISIS, had identified certain people in Kerala and Karnataka for assassination.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraq
RAF Typhoons struck multiple Isis targets across northern Iraq last week
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Rocket attack reported on Balad airbase north of Baghdad
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

7 rockets target Iraq base housing US troops; 5 hit nearby village

[IsraelTimes] Seven rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase housing US troops north of Baghdad on Monday, a security source said, the latest in a string of attacks Washington routinely blames on Iran-linked factions.

The evening attack on al-Balad did not cause any casualties or damage inside the base, the security official said.

The other five rockets crashed into a nearby village, he added, noting that all seven were fired from a separate village in the neighboring province of Diyala, east of the base.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Iraqi drug trafficker freed in ambush while travelling to court
[MIDDLEEASTEYE.NET] An Iraqi narco suspected of having ties with an gang escaped on Monday after men disguised as soldiers forced the police to hand him over while he was being transported to court.

The trafficker who has not been named was arrested on Sunday for holding a "large quantity of drugs" in the southern province of Maysan.

A police source told AFP that at least 100 coppers escorted the trafficker to a court in Amara before gunnies dressed as soldiers ambushed the convoy.

"They arrived in four 4x4 vehicles, all of them armed, and the police who numbered about 100 had no other choice but to surrender their prisoner," he said.

The police source added that the gunnies acted on behalf of a "powerful faction", which he declined to name for security reasons.

Iraq has long served as a transit point for drugs coming from Afghanistan and 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 heading to Europe.
Al Ahram adds:
Missan, one of Iraq's poorest provinces, is a haven for narcos linked to powerful pro-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...
groups who impose their rule on local authorities.

Drug consumption was rare in Iraq during the reign of dictator Saddam Hussein, with both users and dealers facing the death penalty
if found guilty.

But after Saddam's ouster in 2003 drug consumption boomed across Iraq, which had long been a transit route for drugs making their way into Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
from Afghanistan and Iran.

In 2017, Iraq stopped issuing the death penalty for drug users and dealers, opting for prison sentences.
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF troops shoot two suspected of firebombing West Bank settlement
[IsraelTimes] Israeli troops shot two people who threw Molotov cocktails at homes in the West Bank settlement of Beit El on Monday night, the military said.

Israel Defense Forces soldiers spotted three suspects tossing the Molotov cocktails and fired at them, hitting two, the IDF said in a statement.

The incident followed several violent mostly peaceful incidents in the West Bank a week ago.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 01:32 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  זה לא פורטלנד פה (Here is not Portland)!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/16/2021 5:24 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army launches massive operation against ISIS in central Syria: video
[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside their allies from the Paleostinian-led Jerusalem Brigade (Liwaa al-Quds
...the Jerusalem Brigade is a Paleostinian-Syrian pro-Government group that operates in Aleppo, formed in 2013. The group is composed of predominately Sunni Paleostinians from the al-Nayrab district as well as the former refugee camp Handarat. It is believed to be the largest Assadist auxilliary force operating in storied Aleppo....
) and Russian Armed Forces, launched a large-scale military operation against the 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....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) terrorist organization in the central region of the Arab Republic.

According to reports from the Homs Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies began heavily targeting the Islamic State’s positions in the Badiya al-Sham region, which is where the terrorist group has carved out a large area of influence in the vast Syrian Desert.

In addition to the ground forces of the Syrian Arab Army and Jerusalem Brigade, the Russian Aerospace Forces have begun to heavily bombard the Islamic State’s positions between the Homs, Hama and Deir Ezzor governorates.

These Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s by the Russian Aerospace Forces have forced the Islamic State to abandon some of their hideouts in central Syria, especially in the mountainous part of the Syrian Desert, which ISIS has used avoid Syrian Army patrols.

In a video released over the weekend, the Syrian Armed Forces can be seen in the desert, as they prepare to begin their operation against the Islamic State.

Later, video footage emerged of the Syrian Army combing through areas of the Badiya al-Sham region, as sapper units searched for explosives left behind by the terrorist group.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 02:42 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Are these (ISIS) forces or disenfranchised Sunni? Years ago there was a revolt in Syria against Assad, does the press just all Sunni rebels ISIS?
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 03/16/2021 12:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Al Masdar differentiates between the various flavours of anti-Assad Sunni jihadis in Syria, Vespasian Ebboting9735. Another article from the same site references the Free Syrian Army, the Turkish sock puppet that’s a mix of Turkic Muslim, Brotherhood types and runaway ISIS cannon fodder, and Al Nusra, the native Syrian group of Al Qaeda in Syria.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 14:56 Comments || Top||


Syrian forces foil terrorist attack in Damascus
[AlMasdar] The Syrian intelligence forces reportedly thwarted a potential terrorist attack in the Damascus countryside on Monday after learning of the operation from locals.

According to the local media, the Syrian intelligence forces arrested three suspects and killed three others during an operation to thwart these potential terrorist attacks in Damascus.

The local reports said the Syrian intelligence forces also seized boom belts that were in the possession of the suspects in Damascus.

The Syrian intelligence forces reportedly learned of this terrorist operation from the locals in the towns of Kanaker and Zakiyah, which are located in the Damascus countryside.

No further details have been released.

It is not clear what organization the suspects are part of; however, Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) sleeper cells have been operating in southwest Damascus, al-Quneitra and Daraa for nearly three years.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 02:26 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Iran releases footage of Revolutionary Guards 'missile city' base
[AlAhram] Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard inaugurated a new underground facility designated for missile storage, the country’s state TV reported.
That’s the kind of thing that can be located using ground-penetrating radar, right?
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...
released images and film footage on Monday of what it said was a new Revolutionary Guards base armed with cruise and ballistic missiles and "electronic warfare" equipment.

A report on state TV described the base as a "missile city" and showed rows of what looked like missiles in a depot with cement walls. It did not give any details on its location.

Alireza Tangsiri, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards' naval unit, told state TV the base had equipment to detect enemy signals.

The report said the base's "electronic warfare equipment" included radar, monitoring, simulation and disruption systems.

"What we see today is a small section of the great and expansive missile capability of Revolutionary Guards’ naval forces," Guards commander Major general Hossein Salami said in the broadcast.

Last year, the Guards force said it had built a number of underground "missile cities" along the Gulf coastline.

Iran, which routinely boasts of technological advances in its armed forces, has one of the biggest missile programmes in the Middle East.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Very sporting of them to keep civilization apprised of target acquisition.
Posted by: Cesare || 03/16/2021 13:33 Comments || Top||



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