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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] "An agreement on cooperation in this area was signed," RIA Novosti quotes Azizi as saying.
According to him, the agreement was signed on the Russian side by Inteko Group within the framework of the Russia - Islamic World. KazanForum forum.
Inteko Group has already conducted geological exploration in Afghanistan and will begin drilling operations to extract oil, said Rustam Khabibullin, head of the Russian Business Center in Afghanistan.
At the same time, work will begin on the construction of an oil refinery at the selected site. The site is equipped with the necessary utilities, Khabibullin added.
The agency's interlocutor also noted that this is the first agreement of this kind.
Earlier, the first underground oil storage facility was put into operation in Russia. It is located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and can already be used.
The Taliban have been discharged from the terrorists. Now it can be officially mined. The Chinese, by the way, are already developing Afghan lithium deposits.Since Afghanistan has persistent problems with fuel and lubricants, cooperation with the Taliban in the oil sector is one of the obvious areas of interaction for Russia.
In the future, we can expect agreements on the extraction of rare earth metals (yes, Trump, rare earth metals),
…lots of places have them. The rarity is that it takes a lot of raw ore to get a small amount of the refined stuff — but new deposits seem to be found every few months…
as well as on agriculture. Russia has already imported food to Afghanistan, and in the future, it is beneficial for us that Afghan farmers move away from poppy crops to growing ordinary grain crops.
That would be beneficial for everyone — there’s a serious market glut for opioid products.
The Chinese have already established cooperation of this kind in the border provinces of Afghanistan. Increasing the area of grain crops is the best way to systematically reduce the production of raw poppy.
Well, in the long term, Afghanistan may become another market for Russian goods.
P.S. On the negative side, the stubborn Taliban pushed through a ban on chess in Afghanistan. Such paroxysms of the Middle Ages will seriously hinder the transformation of Afghanistan into a normal state.
It will never happen so long as the Pashtuns/Pakhtons are running things.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... has demanded the United Arab Emirates to explain its decision to expel Sudanese consular staff from its consulate general in Dubai, stating that this constitutes a violation of the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations.
This move comes amid a new escalation in the dispute between the two countries, following Khartoum's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Abu Dhabi.
These developments come amid rising tensions between the two sides, which began with drone attacks on vital areas in Port Sudan in early May.
Port Sudan has been the temporary seat of the Sudanese government since the outbreak of conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in April 2023. Khartoum accuses Abu Dhabi of providing military support to the Rapid Support Forces, including supplying them with weapons used in the attacks.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry issued a statement indicating that Emirati authorities recently expelled most members of the Sudanese consular mission in Dubai without providing clear reasons.
The statement indicated that the expelled diplomats were detained for eight hours at Dubai Airport after completing travel procedures, during which their smartphones and electronic devices were arbitrarily searched.
The statement described these actions as a flagrant violation of the Vienna Conventions, which guarantee the protection and immunity of diplomats.
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This move comes amid a new escalation in the dispute between the two countries, following Khartoum's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Abu Dhabi.
Do I have this right?
1) Sudan cuts diplomatic relations with Abu Dhabi
2) Abu Dhabi kicks out Sudan's grifter/diplomats
3) Sudan whines that a country they don't have diplomatic relations has kicked out its diplomats in a most undiplomatic way.
As Fred Flintstone might ask "What should Abu Dhabi Doo?"
[NAHARNET] The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice program on Monday announced a reward of up to $10 million for information on ''Hezbollah financial networks in South America.''
''Hezbollah has maintained a presence in the Western Hemisphere since the 1980s, particularly in the Tri-Border Area (TBA) of Argentina ...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita... , Brazil, and Paraguay,'' RFJ said.
''The group is responsible for carrying out terrorist attacks in the Western Hemisphere, including the July 18, 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Society. Hezbollah was also implicated, along with Iran, in the 1992 attacks on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina as well as the 1994 bombing of Alas Chiricanas flight 00901 in Col n, Panama,'' it added.
The statement claimed that ''in the TBA, Hezbollah members, supporters, and controllers are involved in large-scale revenue-generating schemes, including trade-based money laundering, narcotics trafficking, charcoal and oil smuggling, illicit diamond trade, bulk cash smuggling, smuggling of cigarettes and luxury goods, document forgery, and the counterfeiting of U.S. dollars.''
''They also generate revenue from commercial activities across Latin America, including construction, import/export trade, and real estate sales,'' it added.
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Surprising announcement. Embassies in Asuncion and Buenos Aires were collecting information on tri-border in the 1980s. Lebanon served as trampoline as the Paraguay rep in Beirut was selling passports and travel documents to both Shiites and Sunnis. Since then it was established to the satisfaction of DEA who was running the narcotics show from Ciudad del Este. The tri-border remains untouchable because the governments of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina in effect lost control of the region long ago.
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I may be confusing Noriega with some other ratbag dictator, but if I recall, the quote was "He may be a sumbitch, but he is *our* sumbitch". Right up until he wasn't.
Intelligence agencies enjoy some degree of success in small clandestine collection activities and missions. The kind of stuff which they were designed for. Larger scale military operations however, do not appear to be their forte. The Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, and Afghanistan could be offered as examples.
The transition from traditional collection to actual military operations is generally their downfall. Providing intelligence to other decision makers is seen as mundane. Becoming an 'operator' and shaping events is much sexier.
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A reminder of a parallel track of certain groups. Hawalah-long standing and often semi-immune from LE investigation to avoid "instantaneous" accusations of being Islamophobic, a serious woke crime second only to being a racist, and often conflated with it.
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[KavkazUzel] The prosecution considers Khasin Kabardaev, a resident of the Adyge-Khablsky district, to be the organizer of the extremist cell; five more local residents will appear in court as its participants.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, in May 2024, a court in Cherkessk placed six residents of Karachay-Cherkessia under arrest, suspected of organizing and participating in the activities of the extremist organization "At Takfir wal-Hijra". "At Takfir wal-Hijra" is not popular among residents of the North Caucasus and has not claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks in Russia, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated at the time.
The organization "At-Takfir wal-Hijra" (accusation of unbelief and hijra) appeared in Egypt and spread in the North Caucasus, especially in Kabardino-Balkaria in 1997-1998. Supporters of the organization belong to the Salafi movement in Islam and are distinguished by strict demands on co-religionists, according to the "Caucasian Knot" article " Kabardino-Balkaria: On the Path to Disaster. Prerequisites for the Armed Revolt in Nalchik on October 13-14, 2005."
They called themselves Jama'at al-Muslimin (Society of Muslims), but their Egyptian neighbours mockingly called them Excommunication and Exile. Cult-like, they require members to cut off all contact with their families. The introverted Takfir Wal Hijra faction split off from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the 1960s. The extroverted “moderate” faction followed Ayman Al-Zawahiri into Al Qaeda. Takfir Wal Hijra consists of loosely affiliated cells which have committed acts of terror as far afield as Morocco and Holland.
The Adyge-Khabl District Court of Karachay-Cherkessia has accepted for consideration the case of six residents of the republic who were detained in May 2024 on charges of involvement in an extremist religious organization.
The prosecution believes that the organizer of the At Takfir wal-Hijra* cell was Khasin Kabardaev: according to the investigation, he used his knowledge of the Islamic religion and Sharia, as well as his “leadership skills” and authority among members of the Muslim community of Karachay-Cherkessia, to create a division of the banned organization in the republic.
The goal of the cell is said to be the propaganda and dissemination of radical views and ideas of the ideologists of "At Takfir wal-Hijra"* among the Muslims of the republic. According to investigators, the voluntary members of the association were Arsen Aichepshev, Murat Kabardaev, Nazir Koshev, Murat Mulazhev and Mikhail Smadich, who supported the religious views of Khasin Kabardaev, the United Press Service of the Courts of Karachay-Cherkessia reported today on its Telegram channel.
The hearing on the case is scheduled for May 21. The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have any comments from the accused or their lawyers regarding the prosecution's version of events.
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[Regnum] In Moscow, a court refused to collect 1 million rubles from the MSM Group company (the organizer of concerts, including the Piknik group, in Crocus City Hall) in favor of the victim of the terrorist attack. This is reported by TASS.
“The Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow has decided to deny the claims of A. N. Zagoskin,” the agency quotes the judge as saying.
The plaintiff had previously stated that he had been poisoned by carbon monoxide during the terrorist attack and suffered severe psychological stress. He was not officially recognized as a victim in the criminal case, but he did provide the court with medical documents confirming that an ambulance had been called after the terrorist attack.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, MSM Group refused to compensate the victim who claimed damage to his health. In addition, the company Crocus International was brought into the case as a third party.
On March 22, 2024, terrorists broke into Crocus City Hall, opened fire on visitors and employees of the concert hall and started a fire. As a result of the terrorist attack, 146 people died, six of them children. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened several criminal cases, including under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist attack"). 12 people were arrested. Currently, 19 defendants are already in custody.
[Rudaw] The Bavarian Supreme Court held a trial for a Kurdish couple accused 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) links on Monday, more than a year after their detention for several charges, including crimes against Yazidis.
Twana was born in 1981 and hails from Kurdistan Region’s Halabja province. He has been living in Germany since the early 2000s. In Munich, Twana joined some Islamic turban groups and later went to djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and Raqqa and became a member of ISIS. His wife, Asya, is a Kurd from Iraq’s Hawija town in Kirkuk province. For her 18th birthday gift, her father took her hand and brought her into the ranks of ISIS. There she married Twana.
The couple were previously named in the Rantburg archives as Twana H.S. and Asia R.A.
Since April 9, 2024, Twana and Asya have been imprisoned in Germany on charges of membership in a foreign terrorist organization, committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, and sexual assault against individuals under 18 years of age.
"If the charges brought against them by the public prosecutor are confirmed, then there will be life imprisonment; the complaint is about genocide. The client we represent in this process and other Yazidi survivors whom we have represented talk about two main motivations for why they participate in these trial processes and why it is important to them," Natalie von Wistinghausen, a lawyer for a Yazidi girl who survived ISIS atrocity, told Rudaw.
Twana has been accused of sexually abusing two Yazidi girls, one of which is expected to be present in a future trial as a witness.
ISIS swept through vast swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014 and declared a so-called caliphate in a brazen offensive that saw the group take control of around a third of Syria’s territory as well as several Iraqi cities, including the second largest northern city of Mosul. It was declared territorially defeated in 2017 and 2019 in both countries respectively.
During the jihadists’ brutal reign, they committed heinous atrocities, such as genocide, sexual slavery, and massacres against non-Moslems, especially the Yazidi ethnoreligious group.
[IsraelTimes] Mahdawi Mahdawi joins post-commencement ceremony vigil outside university’s gates, raising photograph of his classmate Mahmoud Khalil, who remains in federal custody
Less than three weeks after his release from an immigration jail, the Paleostinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi strode across the graduation stage at Columbia University on Monday morning, savoring a moment the Trump administration had fought to make impossible.
Draped in a keffiyeh, Mahdawi, 34, paused to listen to the swell of cheers from his fellow graduates. Then he joined a vigil just outside Columbia’s gates, raising a photograph of his classmate Mahmoud Khalil, who remains in federal custody.
"It’s very mixed emotions," Mahdawi told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. "The Trump administration wanted to rob me of this opportunity. They wanted me to be in a prison, in prison clothes, to not have education and to not have joy or celebration."
You already got the education, idiot, though clearly it didn’t take if you are that confused about the situation. “They” just didn’t see reason to keep you in the country long enough to be formally handed that sheepskin while wearing a pseudo-Medieval costume.
Mahdawi, a 34-year-old legal resident of the US, was detained during an April 14 citizenship interview in Vermont, part of the widening federal crackdown on pro-Paleostinian activists.
He was released two weeks later by a judge, who likened the government’s actions to McCarthyist repression. Federal officials have not accused Mahdawi of committing a crime, but argued that he and other anti-Israel student activists should be deported for beliefs that may undermine US foreign policy.
For Mahdawi, who earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Columbia’s School of General Studies,
…perfectly suited for standing behind a counter in colourful polyester for minimum wage, politely asking, “Would you like fries with that?”
the graduation marked a bittersweet return to a university that he says has betrayed him and other students.
"The senior administration is selling the soul of this university to the Trump administration, participating in the destruction and the degradation of our democracy," Mahdawi said.
He pointed to Columbia’s decision to acquiesce to the Trump administration’s demands — including placing its Middle Eastern studies department under new leadership — as well as its failure to speak out against his and Khalil’s arrest.
He said Columbia’s leadership had denied his pleas for protection prior to his arrest, then ignored his attorney’s request for a letter supporting his release from jail.
A spokesperson for Columbia University did not return an emailed inquiry.
Mahdawi was born in a refugee camp in the West Bank and moved to the United States in 2014. At Columbia, he organized campus protests, led a Buddhist association
…clearly a matter of protective colouration and taqqiya, because while he reportedly meditates beautifully, there is no peace to be found in his heart…
and co-founded the Paleostinian Student Union with Khalil.
The Jordanian-Palestinian graduate philosophy student at Columbia boasted to a Vermont Gun shop owner that he had plenty of experience with guns, having built 9mm submachine guns and used them to kill Jews back home in Palestine — he started his career throwing rocks at IDF soldiers as a child, then led anti-Israel Palestinian student groups since arriving in America a decade ago, true to the traditions in his family where a cousin is an Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade field commander. He is president of the anti-Israel Palestinian Students Union at Columbia, since 10/7 organizing violent anti-Israel protests and taking the opportunity to beat up Jews, for which he was arrested thrice; he was also caught at the Canadian border with drugs, but one imagines the judge did not think that a notable event; Mr. Mahdawi did not think any of this an issue before he was arrested for a revoked green card on his way to his scheduled citizenship exam.
Khalil would have received his diploma from a Columbia master’s program in international studies later this week. He remains incarcerated Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in Louisiana as he awaits a decision from a federal judge about his possible release.
Mr. Khalil, 30, was a frontman for Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the student coalition that spearheaded violent and vicious anti-Israel protests at the school, hosted at least one specially designated foreign terrorist, and broke into, occupied, and vandalized a university building. All of which led the Trump administration to treat Columbia like a post-Civil War southern state in need of Reconstruction.
As he prepares for a lengthy legal battle, Mahdawi faces his own uncertain future. He was previously admitted to a master’s degree program at Columbia, where he planned to study "peacekeeping and conflict resolution"
…no doubt he planned to apply his steller Jew-beating skills to the problem, or perhaps he still prefers his youthful favourites: rocks and homemade submachine guns..
in the fall. But he is reconsidering his options after learning this month that he would not receive financial aid.
Somebody finally noticed the not-so-minor problems with that...
For now, he said, he would continue to advocate for the Paleostinian cause, buoyed by the support he says he has received from the larger Columbia community.
"When I went on the stage, the message was very clear and loud: They are cheering up for the idea of justice, for the idea of peace, for the idea of equality, for the idea of humanity, and nothing will stop us from continuing to do that. Not the Trump administration nor Columbia University," he said.
How much time and federal money do you suppose that particular bit of stupidity cost the university, dear Reader?
The School of General Studies graduation comes two days before Columbia’s university-wide commencement, as colleges across the country are bracing for possible disruptions.
Last week, New York University announced it would withhold the diploma of a student speaker who criticized Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... in his graduation speech.
[FoxNews] New task force filing up to 50 warrants weekly to get more illegal immigrants into federal custody
United States Attorney for the District of CaliforniaBill Essayli is taking major action to crack down on "sanctuary" policies in the Golden State.
He’s launching "Operation Guardian Angel," which is a task force, made up of assets from ICE, HSI, DEA, FBI, ATF, and Border Patrol, to begin scanning a criminal database every single day to identify arrested illegal aliens in local jurisdictions that DOJ can charge with felony illegal-reentry.
"They've made it almost impossible for ICE to do their job, issue detainers and get criminal illegal immigrants out of jails. So what we're doing instead is we're going to start issuing warrants," he told Fox News.
"We're going to flood the system with warrants for criminal illegal immigration that are in county jails, they can ignore a detainer, but they cannot ignore a criminal arrest warrant," Essayli continued.
"As soon as an illegal immigrant is booked into a county jail, we're reviewing their file. And if they meet the elements of illegal reentry, which is a federal crime, we are filing a complaint and getting an arrest warrant issued before they're released from state custody."
Essayli said that the first-of-its-kind program will make the Golden State a "testing ground" for other sanctuary jurisdictions throughout the country, as the administration aims to get illegal aliens with criminal charges and convictions swiftly out of the United States.
While border crossings have plummeted, the administration is aiming to boost the number of removals. The CBP One app was turned into the CBP Home app, where those in the country illegally can now self-deport with a paid-for flight and an $1,000 stipend once they have been confirmed to leave the country.
As for illegal aliens in the criminal justice system, the attorney said they plan to file up to 50 warrants a week in his jurisdiction, which covers Los Angeles – there’s already been 350 filed since Trump took office.
"They have no choice, they will comply. And if they don't comply, if they interfere in our ability to arrest a federal felon, they can expect to face consequences for that. So I don't expect any resistance from the local authorities," he said.
Felony re-entry was largely not prosecuted during the Biden administration. Essayli says his predecessor, the US Attorney in Los Angeles under Biden, only filed 17 of these cases in two years.
The attorney said transferring from local to federal custody is one of the better ways to get hold of illegal aliens with criminal charges.
"This is the safest way for us to get criminal illegal immigrants. Get them while they're still in state custody, where they've been searched. They have no weapons, and we can do a safe transfer," he said.
[Rudaw] More than 600 displaced people on Sunday returned to the Yazidi heartland of Shingal (Sinjar) from Duhok province, Iraq’s migration ministry said, as officials anticipate a rise in returns once schools go on break.
"The 126 families of 617 people returned to Shingal district from Duhok province," the spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displacement Ali Jahangir told Rudaw on Sunday.
He added that once school holidays begin at the start of summer, the pace of repatriation will increase, noting that over 13,000 families have already returned from the Kurdistan Region in recent years, with around 21,000 still remaining.
In June 2014, 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) seized control of large swathes of territory in Iraq’s north and west. A little over a month later, in August, the group launched a wide-scale attack against the Yazidi community in Iraq's northern Shingal.
During the August 2014 assault, ISIS killed and kidnapped around 9,900 Yazidis. Recognizing the systematic targeting of the Yazidis as genocidal, the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... also reported that up to 200,000 Yazidis were displaced from Shingal, many of whom settled in camps across Dohuk.
According to the migration ministry, returning Yazidi families will be provided with four million dinars (around $3,000) in financial assistance, along with some essential household appliances including a refrigerator, stove, and television.
Though more than ten years have passed since ISIS launched its attack on Shingal, much of the Yazidi community remains displaced. Their return has been hindered by a combination of security concerns, political disputes, and infrastructure and reconstruction challenges. The presence of various gangs has also created an unstable environment, further deterring many Yazidis from returning.
“OK,” replied the IDF. “We’ll just continue the war until you surrender — give us back all the hostages, living and dead, disarm, and get out of Gaza.”
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Head of Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ' Political Bureau Abroad, Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... denied the rumors about the movement agreeing to release 9 ''Israeli'' captives in exchange for a two-month truce, emphasizing that talks about such an agreement are inaccurate and an attempt to deceive global public opinion.
Abu Zuhri told al- al-Jazeera that the occupation is trying to confuse the arena with fake news in order to pressure the resistance and carry out its crimes.
He confirmed that Hamas will not hand over the occupation's captives as long as it insists on endlessly continuing its aggression against Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... ''We initiated the handover of soldier Edan [Alexander] to create an atmosphere for reaching an agreement, but the American administration did not appreciate our step,'' he said.
He expressed the movement's readiness to release all the captives at once, but only on the condition that the occupation commits to ending the war with international guarantees.
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[NAHARNET] A list backed by most political parties won all 24 seats of Beirut's municipality on Sunday, maintaining Christian-Moslem parity on the capital's municipal council.
Political rivals such as Hezbollah and the Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... came together to form the list, arguing that such a temporary coalition was necessary to preserve equal Christian-Moslem power-sharing.
The list was also backed by the Amal Movement, the Kataeb Party, the Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... , al-Ahbash, the Tashnag Party Socialist party representing the Armenian diaspora in Leb. They're Christians, but they try to remain neutral, which means they get shot at without shooting back... , the Hunchak Party and MP Fouad Makhzoumi.
A rival list was formed by MP Nabil Bader, the Jamaa Islamiya and a figure who was considered close to al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... Movement.
Four other lists were also formed in the capital, including one by the Beirut Madinati civil society group, which won one third of the capital's votes in the 2016 polls.
Voter turnout reached 21% in Beirut, 44.57% in Zahle, 41.11% in West Bekaa, 37.70% in Rashaya, 34.15% in Hermel and 48.88% in Baalbek.
The Lebanese Forces meanwhile announced its victory in the Zahle municipal polls against a list backed by all the other political forces and families in an electoral battle in which the Free Patriotic Movement gave its supporters the freedom to vote for either list.
LF leader Samir Geagea ....Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005.... hailed a ''major victory'' in the city, saying ''Zahle has chosen progress, change, civilization, illusory sovereignty, deaders and Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... A Hezbollah front man meanwhile said the party and its ally the Amal Movement won in the city of Baalbek, the city of Hermel and in 19 towns in the Bekaa.
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Don't think they have parity anymore in London, it seems.
Reality doesn’t care what you accept, dude. Sorry.
[NAHARNET] Hezbollah MP Ali Fayad warned Monday that ''the military, political and financial pressures that Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?... is facing are expected to escalate,'' noting that some sides mistakenly think that ''their escalation will push the Lebanese people to surrender.''
''These are wrong calculations, because threats boost the Lebanese society's firmness and readiness to defend itself,'' Fayad added.
''Hezbollah is showing full readiness for cooperation for the sake of a salvation course that leads to recovery, stability and reform, but it will strongly reject any attempt to impose political conditions that harm Lebanese illusory sovereignty or aim to remove the right of the Lebanese to defend themselves,'' the MP said.
''The complications of the current period necessitate further responsibility and firmness,'' Fayad went on to say, calling for ''adhering to national unity.''
He added: ''What increases the fears of the Lebanese is the fall of international guarantees, especially from the two countries sponsoring the implementation of Resolution 1701.''
Accusing the U.S.-led ceasefire committee of ''full bias'' in Israel's favor, Fayad said ''the gateway to stability and recovery in Lebanon begins by pressing Israel to withdraw from the five hills, halt hostilities, release the captives, respect Lebanese illusory sovereignty and lift the obstacles in the way of reconstruction.''
Moreover, Fayad said ''Hezbollah has positive intentions for cooperating with the government within the context of dialogue and understanding, with the aim of building state institutions and enabling them to perform their missions. But we will not accept or tolerate that some leave our people out in the open, without any protection, guarantees or capabilities.''
''Protecting the Lebanese people is the state's duty, as per its ministerial statement and presidential inauguration speech, and it needs to commit to its sovereign role in safeguarding national rights,'' the politician added.
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Is this typical spring weather?
There seems to be a lot of wind.
[NAHARNET] President Joseph Aoun has said diplomatic contacts are ongoing especially with the U.S. to pressure Israel to stop its attacks on Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... , adding that Deputy U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Morgan Ortagus will visit Lebanon soon.
In an interview late Sunday with Egyptian digital television channel ON E, Aoun said the Israeli occupation of five Lebanese hills is preventing the Lebanese army from deploying on the border. "We are in constant contact with the U.S. to urge it to pressure Israel," he said, explaining that Lebanon is seeking a truce deal and not a normalization of ties with Israel.
"We have asked for indirect negotiations to demarcate the land border the same way we did with the maritime border" with Israel, Aoun told the Egyptian channel.
As for his dialogue with Hezbollah over the handover of its weapons, Aoun said he and Hezbollah are exchanging messages but that the group's security situation does not allow it to have meetings. "Hezbollah represents a segment of the Lebanese population and has the right to participate in the politics but not to keep its arms."
Aoun said that addressing the Hezbollah's disarmament should not be done too hastily, adding that Lebanon has good relations with 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... but does not accept any foreign intervention. "If the U.S.-Iranian negotiations reach a conclusion, it will affect the region and Lebanon," he said.
Aoun will also discuss this week with Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> the disarmament of Paleostinian camps.
By long-standing convention, Lebanon's army stays out of the Paleostinian camps -- where Abbas's Fatah movement, bad boy group Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... and other gangs are present -- and leaves the factions to handle security.
Last month, the army said it had arrested several Lebanese and Paleostinians in connection with rocket attacks towards Israel.
Abbas last visited the country in 2017 and will arrive in Lebanon on May 21
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[NAHARNET] A decision to disarm the Paleostinian refugee camps in Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?... has been taken and Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> ' visit to Beirut on Wednesday will be ''decisive in this regard in terms of devising the plans and executive mechanisms,'' Lebanese sources informed on the Paleostinian file said.
''Lebanese officials prefer that the plans be Paleostinian and shared with the Lebanese side, with Lebanon pushing for the disarmament process to be among the Paleostinian themselves and led by the Fatah Movement,'' the sources told ad-Diyar newspaper.
''The Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... Movement for its part has sent positive signals on its readiness to hand over weapons if there is a major Lebanese-Paleostinian decision in this regard, as eyes remain fixed on the hardline organizations inside the camps and whether they will cooperate or the matter will require surgical measures carried out by Fatah and its allies,'' the sources added.
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