[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Kingdom of Soddy 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. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... is due to host a meeting of the religious scholars or Ulemas to discuss the Taliban ...Arabic for students... -led insurgency against the Afghan government, it has been reported.
The decision to hold a meeting of the World Ulemas was reportedly taken during the visit of the Afghan High Peace Council Secretariat Chief Mohammad Akram Khpolwak to Saudi Arabia this week.
The Ulemas from different part of the world will participate in the summit and are expected to announce their stance regarding the Taliban-insurgency and the justification the group gives to the ongoing war.
According to the officials, the Ulemas will also hold talks regarding the presence of the foreign troops in Afghanistan.
The meeting will be organized months after the Afghan government shared its offers with the Taliban to encourage the group for peace talks.
However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... the Taliban group has so far rejected to participate in any form of dialogue for grinding of the peace processor.
"The meeting in Jeddah will have high impact since in the past Pak Learned Elders of Islam have repeatedly termed the war here as jihad and a righteous act," Afghan High Peace Council front man Ehsanullah Tahiri told Arab News.
Tahiri further added that the upcoming moot will decide that the Afghan war has no legality.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Laghman ...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.
After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men. provincial and Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MUDH) officials are saying that the construction of 4000 residential houses and apartments will kick off soon in Laghman province.
The provincial government said Sunday that the Minister of Urban Development and Housing Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi informed regarding the plans for Laghman during a meeting with the governor of the province Mohammad Asif Nang.
According to a statement released by the provincial government, during his meeting with Minister Naderi, governor Nang shared his recommendations regarding the urban development, detailed urban development plan of Laghman, the ring road of Sultan Ghazi Baba townhip, high rise residential buildings construction in Laghman, and construction of a major mosque and guesthouse in the governmental complex.
In his turn, Minister Naderi said the work on 4000 residential houses and high rise residential buildings will kick off in the near future with the support of the private sector in a bid to resolve the issues the residents of the province face in the housing sector.
He also added that a delegation led by deputy housing and urban development minister will visit Laghman soon in a bid to conduct initial assessments for the two major projects, according to Laghman governor’s office.
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[All Africa] The National Consensus Forces (NCF) alliance of opposition parties has called on the Sudanese people to stand up against the "oppressive Khartoum regime". According to the National Umma Party (NUP), Sudan has reached "a state of complete bankruptcy".
In a statement on Thursday, the NCF pointed to the ongoing deterioration of the situation in the country. "It is going from bad to worse because of the failing government and its clumsy policies on all levels."
According to allied opposition, "the only option" to save Sudan is "to take to the streets, embark on a political strike, and carry out various forms of civil disobedience in order to bring down the oppressive Khartoum regime".
The NCF urged the people to establish district or village committees to organise the uprising.
The statement pointed to the public protests in January, against renewed austerity measures that led to the doubling and in some cases tripling of the prices of basic consumer goods. The authorities reacted by detaining not only demonstrators, but also dozens of opposition leaders. A number of journalists, including correspondents of foreign press agencies, were held as well.
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[AAWSAT] Houthi ...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 Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. 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 ... militias buried on Saturday leader of its council Saleh al-Sammad in the Sabeen Square, near the memorial of the unknown soldier and facing al-Saleh Mosque.
The Iran-backed group sought to organize a massive funeral for its leader, who was killed by a Saudi-led coalition air raid some ten days ago, in an effort to portray him before the public as a legitimate leader instead of a figure in a militia, which is not internationally recognized.
The location of the burial sparked widespread anger among the Yemenis, who viewed it as a "Houthi violation of the symbolism of the place Yemenis had chosen decades ago as a memorial for Yemen's unknown soldiers, who took part in the 1962 revolution that overthrew the Imam rule."
Despite the large funds paid by the Houthi to their followers to participate in the funeral and the forced attendance of employees and students, the turn out was unusually slow because the majority of Sanaa residents, except those loyal to the militia, refused to obey their orders.
Mahdi al-Mashat, who was appointed as Sammad’s replacement as the head of the Supreme Political Council, was present at the funeral along with other big shots, such as the cousin of its leader, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi.
Houthi delivered a speech at al-Saleh Mosque before Sammad’s corpse was buried in a nearby location west of the mosque.
In addition to the militias' violation of the symbolism of the location, activists in the General People's Congress (GPC) noted that this same area was where the first shot was fired against former President former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... , his relatives, party leaders and civilian supporters in December.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Bangladesh Jamaatul Ulama Chairman and imam of Bangladesh’s largest Eid congregation in Sholakia, Kishoreganj Sheikhul Hadis Farid Uddin Masuud has expressed deep concern about the ongoing internal crisis in Tabligh Jamaat.
If the situation is not resolved soon, it will cause irrevocable damage to the Ummah, he said in a statement issued on Sunday.
"Everyone needs to come forward to solve the crisis and maintain unity among Tabligh Jamaat. It is necessary for the Ulama-e-Kiram to sustain a good relationship between themselves," Farid Uddin said.
"Everyone will need to maintain peace and order to keep the works of Tabligh active."
Urging all to solve the crises sensibly, the imam further said: "General people and the Ulama-e-Kiram have always helped each other. They cannot be competitors to each other. It is to be noted that the fatwa declared by Darul Uloom Deoband does not permit anyone to create chaos.
"In this case, we should limit our activities according to the statements made by Darul Uloom Deoband. Maintaining a strict position will not bring good results for anyone; rather, it will impede the works of Tabligh and Islam."
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[DAWN] An antiterrorism court on Saturday acquitted two suspects, who have been sentenced to death in the Safoora bus carnage case, in a case related to an attack on a private school in 2013.
Saad Aziz, alias Tin Tin alias John, and Tahir Hussain Minhas, alias Saeen, were booked for allegedly hurling a hand grenade at the school in North Nazimabad in March 2013.
The ATC-XVII judge, who is conducting trial in the judicial complex inside the Central Jail Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , announced the order after recording evidence of the witnesses and hearing concluding arguments from both sides.
During a cross examination, defence counsel Mohammad Jiwani argued that the prosecution had examined four witnesses, who were all coppers. He further argued that there was not a single independent witness in the case, filed on behalf of the state.
He contended that the investigating officer produced CCTV footage, showing two pillion-riding attackers hurling a hand grenade that damaged the boundary wall of the school, but none of them could be clearly identified to determine that they were his clients.
The defence counsel argued that there was no evidence to connect his clients to the commission of the alleged offence and pleaded to the court to acquit them of all charges levelled against them on the basis of mala fide intentions on behalf of the police.
The special public prosecutor claimed that there was ample evidence available on record to establish the role of the suspects in the attack on the school building, which had spread panic and terror. He pleaded to the court to convict them in accordance with the law.
Saad Aziz, Tahir Minhas and other members of a group inspired by the Death EaterIslamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group were sentenced to death by a military court in cases related to the Safoora bus carnage and murder of rights activist Sabeen Mahmud. In April, an ATC had acquitted them in a case of attempt to murder and encounter with law enforcers for lack of evidence.
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[DAWN] A 23-year-old Indian national, Dalwinder Singh, who had crossed into Pakistain at Kasur's Ballanwala village on March 6, 2017, was handed over to Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) on Sunday, read a statement issued by the military's media wing.
Singh was handed over to the BSF by Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Rangers at the Wagah checkpost "after following due legal process," the statement said.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations, Singh thanked Pakistain's security forces for the "treatment and care meted to him throughout the duration of his stay and for allowing him to return to his homeland".
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[AAWSAT] A federal appeals court on Friday held its first session to consider whether to allow the involuntary transfer of a dual-citizenship suspected member of ISIS from US military custody in Iraq to a third country. The court refused to disclose the name or the first-country of the ISIS fighter, but according to US media sources, he is from the Middle East and had attained the US citizenship.
US sources reported on Saturday, that President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... wants to send the ISIS member back to his first country. Trump also contacted leaders in his homeland and indicated that he received assurances that the man will receive a fair trial when he returns home.
The Washington Post indicated on Saturday that this is an unusual case before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and it raises significant questions about how the courts balance national security interests with the constitutional rights of citizens.
Judge Sri Srinivasan asked the attorney representing the Justice department whether he could name another case in which a US citizen held in one country was forcibly transferred to another.
Justice Department representative James Burnham responded that: "No, not as I stand here."
He urged the court to defer to the executive branch on matters involving military operations and diplomatic relations.
Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking... Attorney Jonathan Hafetz of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told the court there must be a legal basis for such a hand-off based on a treaty or statute and not "an ad hoc executive deal."
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#1
The west needs to get it's arse in gear and make joining ISIS etc a revocation of citizenship.
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Meanwhile, Attorney Jonathan Hafetz of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told the court there must be a legal basis for such a hand-off based on a treaty or statute and not "an ad hoc executive deal."
Where was this guy when 0bumhole was inking executive deals with Iran?
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Yardarm, rope, some assembly required, drums and drumroll optional Hostis humani generis (Latin for "enemy of mankind") is a legal term of art that originates in admiralty law. Before the adoption of public international law
--Whatever 'international law is (other than someone's opinion)-- ...pirates and slavers were already held to be beyond legal protection and so could be dealt with by any nation, even one that had not been directly attacked.
Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “significant development” regarding the Iran nuclear deal that he will reveal in a speech this evening has been coordinated with the US.
“Obviously, Netanyahu’s announcement tonight on the Iranian nuclear program is fully coordinated with the US side. The call with Trump yesterday and Pompeo’s visit would have locked it in,” he posts on Twitter.
According Israeli news reports, Netanyahu will reveal intelligence information, based on a large cache of documents recently obtained by Israel, which he believes proves Iran has duped the world regarding the state of its nuclear program.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a cache of documents he says proves Iran lied to the world about its nuclear program, even after the nuclear deal with the world. "Iran did not come clean about its nuclear program," Netanyahu said in a prime time address in English.
Presenting 55,000 pages of documents and 183 CDs, Netanyahu said Iran hid an "atomic archive" of documents that on its nuclear program.
Iran is "blatantly lying" when it says it doesn't have a nuclear program, Netanyahu claimed, laying out what he claimed was proof Iran had developed and continued to develop its nuclear program.
Netanyahu concluded by saying "Iran lied about never having a secret nuclear program. Secondly, even after the deal, it continued to expand its nuclear program for future use. Thirdly, Iran lied by not coming clean to the IAEA," he said, adding that, "the nuclear deal is based on lies based on Iranian deception."
Trump spoke with Netanyahu over the phone on Sunday to discuss the current situation in the Middle East, the White House said. The readout of their phone conversation stated that they "discussed the continuing threats and challenges facing the Middle East region, especially the problems posed by the Iranian regime’s destabilizing activities."
In a rare move, Netanyahu called the heads of Israel's two news broadcasts and updated them with the content of his planned statement.
Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, said before Netanyahu's speech that the prime minister is just "the boy who can't stop crying wolf at it again."
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To get info such as this, and in such quantities, Israel must have collaborators in the program - as well as at highest levels of Iranian government and security apparatus (hint, hint).
The Ayatollah is dying of rabies?
[Jpost] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to give a speech disclosing "dramatic news about Iran" at 8pm on Monday, Israeli media reported Monday afternoon.
Media reports indicate Netanyahu will address the Iran nuclear deal and not the overnight strike in Syria. A large portion of his speech will be in English.
The speech is scheduled to be given from the Kirya military complex in Tel Aviv.
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Thank you for the heads up, gorb. Drudge posted the link, so it should get plenty of attention in the outside world, too.
[IsraelTimes] A French consulate worker charged with smuggling arms from Gazoo to the West Bank will remain in jug throughout his trial, an Israeli court rules Sunday.
Romain Franck, a French citizen, was charged last month along with several Paleostinian suspects with belonging to a gun-running network that sold the weapons to arms dealers between November and February.
According to prosecutors, Franck took advantage of reduced security checks for consular vehicles to transport the weapons out of the Paleostinian enclave.
Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service said Franck was motivated by money, with the indictment alleging he was paid a total of around $5,500.
At the Beersheba district court on Sunday, Judge Nasir Abu Taha orders that Franck remain in jug for the duration of his trial, after his attorney Abed Abu Amir agrees there was "alleged evidence" against his client, court documents read.
Speaking with news hounds after the hearing, Abu Amir says Franck was being kept in jug because he could not meet the conditions for house arrest: two guarantors staying with him around the clock.
"We have one person and he can’t stay with him all the time," he says. "We hope soon to find another guarantor and we can bail him out."
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According to prosecutors, Franck took advantage of reduced security checks for consular vehicles to transport the weapons out of the Paleostinian enclave.
Ease up on the checkpoint security a bit. They will come.
[AAWSAT] Paleostinian officials have launched an unprecedented attack against the US permanent representative to the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... , Nikki Haley ...Trump administration's ambassador to the UN. First woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley was the youngest governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems... , accusing her of "lying and falsifying facts."
The Permanent Observer of Paleostine to the United Nations, Ambassador Riad Mansour, told the press at the UN headquarters in New York: "The statement that Haley delivered in the UN Security Council room... lacked credibility and created a wave of great discontent among the Paleostinians."
He added: "Nikki Haley did not mention a single word regarding the suffering and death inflicted by the children and the Paleostinian people at the hands of the occupation forces; if her words are true about Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", using children as human shields, she must agree to form a fact-finding committee to know who is the offender and who is the victim."
As for his country’s options in the current situation, Mansour pointed out that these would include resorting to the UN General Assembly or the International Criminal Court, without elaborating.
On Friday, Mansour revealed that he sent three separate letters to UN Security Council President Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which included data on the number of people killed and the new Paleostinian casualties by Israeli fire in Gazoo.
Israel killed 44 Paleostinians up to Friday and maimed some 5,000 during Paleostinian demonstrations near the Gazoo border.
However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... Haley accused Hamas of "using children as cannon fodder."
"Anyone who truly cares about children in Gazoo should insist that Hamas immediately stop using children as cannon fodder in its conflict with Israel," she said at the Security Council.
Paleostinian and Israeli medical and rights reports have shown excessive use of fire by Israeli forces against isolated demonstrators, deliberately killing or damaging their bodies. In specific cases, the Israeli forces opened an investigation.
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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
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Kingdom of 
...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for 
[Dhaka Tribune] Bangladesh Jamaatul Ulama Chairman and imam of Bangladesh’s largest Eid congregation in Sholakia, Kishoreganj Sheikhul Hadis Farid Uddin Masuud has expressed deep concern about the ongoing internal crisis in Tabligh Jamaat.
[AAWSAT] A federal appeals court on Friday held its first session to consider whether to allow the involuntary transfer of a dual-citizenship suspected member of ISIS from US military custody in Iraq to a third country. The court refused to disclose the name or the first-country of the ISIS fighter, but according to US media sources, he is from the Middle East and had attained the US citizenship.
...Trump administration's ambassador to the UN. First woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley was the youngest governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems...
