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Donbass referendums' results revealed, blank ballots seen counted: Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporozhye all choose Russia
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Afghanistan
Taliban Claims Pakistan Receives Hefty Money for Permitting US Airstrikes on Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
government authorities assert that US drones invaded Afghanistan through the airspace of Pakistain. They claim that Pakistain receives millions of dollars in return.

In a meeting commemorating World Tourism Day, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, Political Deputy of the Taliban government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claimed that Pakistain had allowed the US to use its airspace so that American drones could enter Afghanistan.

The top Taliban official also said that Pakistain receives a substantial amount of money in exchange for enabling US drones to utilize its airspace to Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
Afghanistan.

He maintained that they have evidence, and videos, at their disposal to back their claims of how Pakistain has given the US access to its airspace.

Although Stanekzai acknowledged Pakistain’s economic crisis, he stressed that it should not exploit Afghanistan’s situation to alleviate its precarious economic situation.

Previously, the Taliban Minister of Defense, Mullah Yaqoub Mujahid accused Pakistain of allowing its airspace and territory to be used by the US’s drones.

However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
Pakistain refuted the Taliban minister’s claims calling them "conjectural allegations", and a violation of the norms of "responsible" diplomatic conduct.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/28/2022 02:12 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  I am sure we are pouring money into both sides probably from people in adjacent cubicles at CIA headquarters. At the end of the day they financiers go to Buffalo Wild Wings together and watch the Commanders suck.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/28/2022 12:18 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Turkish drones ‘join’ Somalia al-Shabab fight
[ShabelleMedia] Somalia has confirmed that Ottoman Turkish drones have joined an ongoing military offensive against the al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
bully boys.

Somalia’s Interior Minister Ahmed Mo’alim Fiqi told privately-owned Universal Somali TV that the Ottoman Turkish-owned surveillance and combat drones provided air support for the Somali army.

In recent weeks the Somali government forces and armed clans in central Hiiraan and Galgudud regions have dislodged al-Shabaab from some areas.

The state TV reported that the army had expanded the offensive against al-Shabaab in central Somalia to parts of the south-western Gedo region, where the bandidos bully boyz hold some territory.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
is among the countries that have been supporting the Somali government.

Mogadishu hosts Turkey’s largest overseas military base, which opened in 2017, where thousands of Somali soldiers have been training.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/28/2022 01:47 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Great. Just what Somalia needs to counteract the scourge of radical Islam … help from the Erdogan government.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/28/2022 12:23 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian High Court Jails 66 Internet Fraudsters
Posted by: Fred || 09/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Iran developed a plan against Azerbaijan during the 44-day war
Posted by: Fred || 09/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


The Grand Turk
Turkey releases football supporters arrested for waving Kurdistan flag
Follow up to this story from yesterday.
[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish court on Tuesday decided to release five Kurdish men who were arrested earlier this week for raising the Kurdistan flag in the Kurdish city of Amed (Diyarbakir) in southeast The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
during a football match.

The Diyarbakir-based Amedspor club beat Bursaspor with a 2-0 victory on Sunday. Some of the supporters of the Kurdish football club waved the Kurdistan flag and held up pictures of Kurdish figures and Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, whose death in the custody of Iranian forces has sparked local international outrage over the last week. This angered the supporters of the other club and nationalist Turks on social media, with some of them claiming that they were not allowed by the security forces to take even coins to the stadium and wondered how the Kurds were able to take flags.

Police arrested two Amedspor supporters later on Sunday and three others early Monday. However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
they were all released on Tuesday with the condition to remain under judicial control, the Nationalist Youths of Kurdistran (CNK), told Rudaw English.

The CNK, which promotes Kurdish identity in Turkey, organised the stadium activity of the Kurds and the arrested were its members.

Mustafa Konuk, one of the arrested Amedspor fans, told Rudaw’s Mashallah Dakak after his release on Tuesday that they told the judges that what they did was not a crime.

"They told us that the T-shirts we were wearing included colors which represent the terror organization. We told them that this is the symbol of our girl, Zhina Amini, who was brutally killed," he said.

The Ottoman Turkish government often associates Kurdish symbols like the Kurdistan flag to Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), arresting those waving it for terror charges. However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
some Ottoman Turkish officials have welcomed Kurdistan Region’s officials with the same flag.

The Kurdistan flag has also been present during Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) brass hats’ meetings with their Ottoman Turkish counterparts.

Konuk also said that some 10,000 people were saying "Biji Kurdistan" (Long live Kurdistan) in the stadium but only five of them were arrested, noting that they did not commit any crime.

Hisyar Ozalp, a lawyer for the five people, told Rudaw on Monday that there have been similar cases in the past in which raising of Kurdistan flag was not seen as a crime but warned that the court decisions regarding his clients’ cases in the future might be affected by the reaction of natioalist Turks.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/28/2022 01:47 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Hopefully each of the Kurdish factions have selected different teams to support. The important stuff needs to remain a priority.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/28/2022 12:21 Comments || Top||


Turkey responds to 'vulgar' comments by German politician
[RT] Türkiye has expressed outrage over derogatory remarks made by German Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Berlin’s ambassador to Ankara was summoned on Tuesday to be handed a note of “strong” protest over the statements, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgic condemned Kubicki’s “insulting statements” made during his election campaign in Lower Saxony, claiming they were “unacceptable” and that the politician was “not suitable” for his position in parliament.

While the Foreign Ministry did not disclose which particular statements drew the attention of Ankara, some media outlets pointed to Kubicki referring to Erdogan as a “sewer rat” and blaming him for potentially creating another migrant crisis in Europe.

“He is completely devoid of political morality and responsibility,” Bilgic said of Kubicki, adding that such “indecent statements” indicate his “political and moral level, and reveal his vulgarity."

Kubicki has since confirmed to Reuters that he did in fact refer to Erdogan as a “sewer rat” while addressing a rally during his election campaign. The German politician, who is part of the pro-business Free Democratic Party, one of the ruling parties in the country, said he made the comparison while trying to draw attention to the rise in the number of illegal migrants moving to Germany from Türkiye, which he said “could intentionally spark the next [migrant] crisis.”

“The wave of refugees along the Balkan route [from Türkiye] is again increasing, which is a challenge for German foreign and domestic policy," he was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Posted by: Fred || 09/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Iraq
Doors of the CF are always open to the Sadrist movement, leader of AAH, Qais al-Khazali
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Southeast Asia
Uyghur convict in Indonesia deported amid fears he was sent to China
[BenarNews] Indonesia deported a Uyghur terror convict in July after he served his sentence, police revealed without saying where he was sent amid fears that he was expelled to China which, 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...
says, represses Uyghurs and other Moslem minorities.

Ahmet Bozoglan, 35, who was convicted in 2015, had a Ottoman Turkish passport when he was arrested in Poso, a regency in Central Sulawesi province, the year before.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 09/28/2022 01:09 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Probably worth doing some mental math on whether it was worth misbehaving on purpose in lockdown to extend your stay. It a life-sentence either way and the latrine will smell the same, but the Indonesians probably don't have doctors good enough to harvest your organs.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/28/2022 12:27 Comments || Top||


Ex-guerrillas in southern Philippines begin turning in last batch of firearms
[BenarNews] Former separatist rebels in the southern Philippines turned in hundreds of weapons on Tuesday, including high-powered assault rifles, as part of the final phase of decommissioning the ex-guerrillas and their firearms as agreed upon in a peace deal with Manila.

But leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a former separatist force, said it was likely that some ex-rebels may use the money they receive for handing over their guns to buy newer firearms, a potential scenario authorities are working to stem across the south. The greater Mindanao region is still volatile and armed Moslem hard boy groups remain active.

The authorities were taking steps to prevent ex-fighters from purchasing new firearms, said Murad Ebrahim, the grizzled leader of MILF who currently heads a transitional authority in the south, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Moslem Mindanao.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 09/28/2022 00:51 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Note: The Bangsamoro, now the oldest most active of the Islamist movements and one originally financed by Mo. Jamal Khalifa, brother-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, has not given up the struggle.
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 || 09/28/2022 9:07 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkey Seeks Economic Normalization With Syria After Political Failure
[NPASYRIA] Both The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
and Syria ruled out, in separate statements, the possibility of any political normalization between the two countries for the time being. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
Turkey has another option that could bore fruits; the economic normalization.

This follows the applause by Russia’s Foreign Ministry that it supports holding a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries, and expressed readiness to render help to host it if necessary.

Ottoman Turkish Presidency Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said contacts with the Syrian government were limited to security meetings.

In a statement made to Ottoman Turkish channel NTV published on September 22, Kalin denied any plans by his country to contact Syrian government, for the time being.

Kalin said Turkey’s position towards Syria is clear that the Astana format process and the Constitutional Committee [talks] continue.

On September 24, Mekdad denied the existence of any negotiations with Turkey.

Mekdad said, in a press statement to the Russian Sputnik, "There are no negotiations, there are no contacts, there is nothing at least on the level of foreign ministers."

On the sidelines of the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
General Assembly 77th session recently wrapped up in New York, Mekdad told Sputnik "Syria supports the Astana process. Why? Because it is the only viable format in which real results have been achieved. Many achievements have been made possible through the Astana process."

Mekdad called on Ankara to take its commitments made within the Astana format more seriously, "This is the only problem we face."
Posted by: Fred || 09/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte



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