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Interesting, B, how many of those lady pols have been involved in scandals involving racy photos. I'm thinking if anybody was ever interested in looking at racy photos of male politicians they'd be every bit as prone to such misbehavior. Witness Anthony Weiner, or don't if you want to spare yourself. I'm just thinking there is something about the average politician, male or female, that makes them unashamed.
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I seem to remember a post from GB USMC some months ago saying he was all right but involved in major work projects. Or so dying brain cells signal....Caveat emptor...
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[AnNahar] A jacket wallah on Sunday rammed his car into a military checkpoint in northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... 's Borno state near the border with Cameroon killing three soldiers in an attack blamed on Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... Islamists, residents said.
Three other soldiers were also injured in the early morning attack in Gwoza town, a resident, Dahiru Yunusa, told Agence La Belle France Presse.
"It was a suicide kaboom by a man believed to be a Boko Haram (member) who drove his car into the checkpoint and killed three soldiers," Yunusa said. "The huge blast which was heard throughout the town."
The attack in Gwoza, 100 kilometers (60 miles) from state capital Maiduguri, happened when the bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into the checkpoint outside a secondary school in the town that has come under repeated attack by the krazed killers, leaving dozens dead.
It occurred around 7:00 am (0600 GMT) but the news of the incident took several hours to emerge due to the area's poor telephone network following the destruction of telecom masts in previous Boko Haram attacks.
Musa Buzu, another resident who gave a similar account, said the military cordoned off the scene of the blast until 4:00 pm.
Residents thronged the scene to look at the mangled remains of the car used by the suicide bomber, Buzu said.
"The town was still asleep when the suicide bomber attacked the checkpoint with a deafening kaboom that awoke the whole town," he said.
Military spokesmen were not available to comment on the attack.
Last month, the traditional monarch of Gwoza, Idrissa Timta, was killed when Boko Haram gunnies ambushed the convoy of three emirs on their way to the funeral of another influential emir.
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"Effendi, I am come to report that the natives are getting restless again."
[AnNahar] A court in 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... sentenced five young Shiites Sunday to jail terms ranging from three to six years for insulting the kingdom's flag during protests, an official source said.
They were prosecuted for lowering a flag from a school during demonstrations in Eastern Province and replacing it with a black Shiite banner.
The same source said the five replaced an official plaque on which was written "The Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" with one stating "The Kingdom of Qatif of Tomorrow."
Demonstrations in Eastern Province, where most of the mainly Sunni kingdom's two million Shiites live, erupted in 2011 alongside a Shiite-led protest movement in neighboring Bahrain.
They took a violent turn in 2012 and festivities between police and protesters have so far killed 24 people, including at least four coppers, according to activists.
Tensions eased later that year when seven senior Shiite dignitaries from Qatif responded favorably to a call from King Abdullah for the creation of a center for dialogue between Sunnis and Shiites.
[AnNahar] Some 17 Yemeni coppers were maimed in an ambush by Shiite Houthis as fighting between government forces and the rebels neared the capital, officials said on Sunday.
The Huthis -- also known as Ansarullah -- have been pushing out of their northern mountain strongholds towards Sanaa in a suspected bid to expand their sphere of influence as Yemen is reorganized into six regions.
"Armed turbans belonging to the Ansarullah Huthi (rebels) shot up security patrols carrying out their duties in the capital" on Saturday, state news agency Saba said.
Militants blocked a road in Sanaa's Al-Jarraf district, where the rebels have a representative office near to the interior ministry, and opened fire on police patrols from surrounding buildings.
Seventeen coppers, including three officers, were maimed in the assault, it added.
Security officials told AFP the incident took place after authorities jugged You have the right to remain silent... two wanted rebels and tried to arrest others.
Ansarullah said in a statement security forces "targeted" the rebels' bureau in Sanaa to "ignite a meaningless war."
On Saturday, hundreds of Yemenis protested outside the presidential residence in Sanaa over what they say is the authorities' inaction over the Shiite rebel advance on the capital.
Battles between troops and rebels neared Sanaa on Friday, with festivities reaching the town of Bani Matar, only 15 kilometers (nine miles) northwest of the capital, tribal and security sources said.
The sources said that "dozens" have been killed, but were unable to provide a toll.
Military officials have said Yemeni jet fighters have pounded rebel positions over the past two days, destroying an arms depot in the northern town of Hamdan, while army reinforcements have been deployed around Sanaa.
A new round of festivities between rebels and security forces erupted in Yemen's north a week ago, ending an 11-day truce agreed after mediation backed by United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... envoy Jamal Benomar.
Huthis have been battling the central government for years from their Saada heartland, complaining of marginalization under Saleh, who stepped down in 2012 after a year-long uprising.
They had said that a federalization plan agreed in February following national talks as part of a political transition would divide Yemen into rich and poor regions.
They seized areas of Amran province in fighting with tribes in February that killed more than 150 people.
In addition to the Shiite rebellion, the government in Sanaa is also facing a southern separatist movement and an Al-Qaeda insurgency.
Members of the security forces, particularly officers, are frequently targeted in attacks.
"Unknown gunnies" rubbed out General Abdullah al-Mehdar, an instructor at Yemen's military academy, as he was leaving a mosque in Sanaa late on Saturday, a security official told AFP.
The two assailants escaped in the vehicle they were traveling in, the same source said.
Al-Qaeda turbans are usually blamed for such hit-and-run attacks. But members of the network have never claimed the assaults.
[AnNahar] Al-Qaeda gunnies have killed two people in southeast Yemen because they believed they were practicing witchcraft and sorcery, which are forbidden under Islam, a security official told Agence La Belle France Presse on Sunday. "Hah! Youse cannot kill me! I am invisible!"
"I can still see you."
"I meant invincible!"
The killings took place late on Saturday in the town of Shehr in Hadramawt province, the official said. "[Gasp!] [Groan!] ... See? I'm not dead! I'm merely... merely... rosebud!"
"Al-Qaeda gunnies on a cycle of violence opened fire on Omar Abdelhafiz, killing him immediately," the official said. "Lookitdat! The wizard caught the bullet with his teeth!"
"I think he swallowed it wrong, though..."
Several hours later, two other gunnies killed another Shehr resident, hairdresser Saeed al-Hadrami, the source added. "They killed hairdresser Saeed al-Hadrami? But... but... I had an appointment with him on Tuesday!"
Jihadists had several times threatened both men, accusing them of "practicing witchcraft and sorcery", the official said. "It took a lot of goats sacrificed to Shaitain to make Fatima look presentable!"
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[Ynet] Suspected al-Qaeda forces of Evil killed a senior army officer in front of his home in the capital Sanaa, Yemen's Defense Ministry said.
The ministry said in a statement Saturday that two men on a cycle of violenceshot up Brigadier-General Abdullah al-Mehdar, a member of the committee assigned to restructure the armed forces, and fled.
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[DAWN] At least two suspected gunnies belonging to a banned murderous Moslem organization were killed in an encounter with police during a search operation conducted Sunday in Afghan Basti of 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... 's Sohrab Goth area near the Superhighway, DawnNews reported.
Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Malir confirmed that the operation was conducted in the area upon receiving a tip-off about the presence of foreign murderous Moslems, adding that the police's raid team came under gun attack during the operation.
Police personnel returned the gunfire as a result of which two suspected gunnies were killed, he added.
Sources said that five suspected foreign gunnies were also taken into custody during the operation.
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[DAWN] With the Zarb-e-Azb operation underway in North Wazoo Agency, the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. Police launched a massive search operation on Sunday, arresting more than 118 illegal residents, including a Sri Lankan national, from the posh Hayatabad Township bordering Khyber Agency.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Najeeb-ur-Rehman said more than 700 police officials, including lady police personnel, took part in the operation.
Sniffer dogs were also used in Phase 6 and 7 of Hayatabad Township area raids.
He added that the operation in North Waziristan tribal region was also a reason that the suspects may intrude in posh Township areas.
The operation started at about 5am and was launched after the paramilitary forces received a tip-off about the presence of suspects in the area.
Station House Officer (SHO) of the Tatara cop shoppe Riaz Khan said that the operation was divided in eight phases.
He added that most of the suspects in Hayatabad were living illegally or could not provide identification documents. An investigation to determine their identity is underway.
He further added that the operation was also conducted to sensitise people about the present Tenant Law and identify illegal residents living in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... 's capital Peshawar.
The government has recently introduced a new Tenant Law according to which every person living on rent in KP should register themselves with the local police.
They are required to provide complete details of their family members and No Objection Certificate (NoC) to the concerned cop shoppe.
Previously, a number of suspects living in parts of Peshawar including Hayatabad had been tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! , which prompted the KP government to enact a law in order to trace the illegal residents in the area.
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Baghdad: Iran has sent hundreds of military planes to Iraq to retaliate against the al-Qaeda linked Islamic-jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham ISIS in Mosul and Salahaddin Province. A source from the Iraqi Ministry of defense who asked to remain anonymous revealed that after Iran sent military supervisors and Quds force soldiers, they have now sent 130 military planes. The source also explained that the highly developed planes are capable of reaching specific targets in both Nineveh and Anbar province. However, according to the Iranian Ministry of defense, the planes are those that were confiscated by the Tehran Regime in 1991 while fighting with Iraq and that Iran has decided to give them back to Iraq. The official from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense rejected the statement from the Iranians. The news has not been confirmed by other sources. basnews.com | Ekurd.net
[AnNahar] A suicide kaboom and a boom-mobile Sunday targeted people mourning an Iraqi police officer who died in festivities two days before, killing six people, police and a doctor said.
The jacket wallah detonated explosives inside a building near the city of Ramadi, west of Storied Baghdad, where people had gathered to pay their condolences to the family of Colonel Majid al-Fahdawi.
Later a boom-mobilewent kaboom! nearby. The two attacks killed a total of six people and wounding eight.
Iraqi security forces are battling a major Death Eater offensive that is advancing east through Anbar province, of which Ramadi is the capital.
Fahdawi was apparently killed in festivities in the border town of al-Qaim on Friday, which is now in the hands of Death Eaters.
Beginning late on June 9, gunnies led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) but also including a number of other groups such as loyalists of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, overran most of one province and parts of three others north of Storied Baghdad.
The security forces wilted in the face of the initial onslaught, in many cases abandoning vehicles, equipment and even their uniforms.
They appear to have recovered in the past few days, with officials touting gains against Death Eaters, though hard boyz have made territorial progress elsewhere.
[AnNahar] Militants killed 21 leaders in the western Iraq towns of Rawa and Ana during two days of violence, officers and doctors said Sunday, after security forces made a "tactical" withdrawal, as the government lost control of another border crossing with Syria.
Some of those killed were rubbed out on Saturday, when the Death Eaters moved into the towns, while others were slain the following day.
The killings came after Iraqi security forces members departed the towns, clearing the way for the Death Eater takeover.
"The military units' withdrawal (from Rawa and Ana and al-Qaim) was for the purpose of redeployment," Lieutenant General Qassem Atta said, referring to it as a "tactical" move.
Witnesses said Death Eaters moved into Rawa and Ana, in Anbar province, on Saturday evening, after security officers and witnesses also reported Death Eaters entering al-Qaim, a town on the Syrian border, earlier in the day.
Anti-government fighters have held all of one city in Anbar province, where the towns are located, and areas of a second since early January.
The control of Rawa and Ana allows the Death Eaters to open a strategic route to neighboring Syria where they also control swathes of countryside along the Euphrates river valley.
ISIL aims to create an Islamic state incorporating both Iraq and Syria, where the group has become a major force in the rebellion against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... .
Media reports said Death Eaters seized control of the al-Walid border crossing with Syria on Sunday.
Anti-government fighters already hold areas of the western desert province of Anbar which abuts the Syrian border, after taking all of one city and parts of another earlier in the year.
Elsewhere, government forces launched an air strike on the Death Eater-held city of Tikrit, killing at least seven people, residents said, as the defense ministry announced air strikes on the northern city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... .
The Death Eaters also clashed with security forces and pro-government tribal fighters in al-Alam east of Tikrit, with Death Eaters killing the women's affairs adviser to the provincial governor.
Beginning late on June 9, Death Eaters led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) but also including a number of other groups such as loyalists of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, overran most of one province and parts of three others north of Storied Baghdad.
The security forces wilted in the face of the initial onslaught, in many cases abandoning vehicles, equipment and even their uniforms.
They appear to have recovered in the past few days, with officials touting gains against Death Eaters, though Death Eaters have made territorial progress elsewhere.
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[BBC] The Iraqi government appears to have lost control of its western borders after Sunni turbans reportedly captured crossings to Syria and Jordan.
Officials said the rebels took two key crossings in Anbar on Sunday, a day after seizing one at Qaim, a town in the province that borders Syria.
The strategically important airport in the northern town of Tal Afar has also reportedly fallen to the rebels.
Isis-led turbans have cut a swathe through parts of Iraq.
Since the fall of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... in early June, Isis - the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - have helped win large areas in the west and north.
They have taken four strategically important towns in the predominantly Sunni Anbar province - Qaim, Rutba, Rawa and Anah - in the last two days.
Gunmen reportedly captured the border posts of al-Waleed, on the Syrian frontier, and Turaibil, on the Jordanian border, on Sunday after government forces pulled out.
The capture of frontier crossings could help Isis transport weapons and other equipment to different battlefields, analysts say.
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[Ynet] Islamic forces of Evil have made further territorial gains in Iraq Sunday including the capture of a border crossing with Jordan, feeding fears that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may try to spread operations to Israel's closest neighbors reported the News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
Militants also took control of a Western border crossing with Syira according the report, bringing the large majority of western Iraq under ISIS control.
Sources in the Jordanian army reported Sunday that the country had announced large troop transfers to cover the border with Iraq after the krazed killer group the Islamic state of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) captured the main border crossing between Jordan and Iraq.
The sources said that the military had sent dozens of units to the area.
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FYI, someonen in US Mil knew this was a possibility. An old friend of mine has been over in Jordan since Thanksgiving of last year training Jordnaian units, along with US Army Special Forces "train the trainer" mission that was instituted at that time as well in Jordan.
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One other thing: ISIS will find out that the Jordanians have a professional western the army of Hashemite tribe, not a sunni or shia rabble. This is the only Arab army that can be considered well trained and professional - they are of Birtish origin and training, and have longevity with British and US Liaison work. If the ISIS tries it, the ISIS will likely die in large numbers for no gain. Plus the Mafraq (thats the border province in Jordan) Is very sparse, and anyone trying to infiltrate or move there is quite open to a fairly capable Jordanian Air Force F-16s. And the ISIS will get a hell of a surprise from the very capable Jordanian Special Ops forces, who approach western levels of skill training and equipment.
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Could ISIS be depending on a Jordanian branch of Al Qaeda for help from behind the lines, OldSpook? Not that I know of such a thing existing, but everyone else seems to have one these days. Or perhaps the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, which was acting uppity not so long ago?
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They did will enough in '67 and Black September, but yeah, all that was a long time ago. Still Martial skills tend to stick thru generations if they got a good hold the first time.
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The other thing to consider is that Jordan is not a religious state. There are large numbers of Christian churches in Amman. When I was in Amman, I stayed at the Hyatt and I had a beautiful view of the main Mosque but within a couple of blocks in each direction of the Mosque were four Christian Churches. I took a picture to send home, you can see the steeples and the crosses in the same frame with the Mosque.
After Zaqawi's attempted chemical terrorist attack on Amman and the two bombings of the Intercontinental and the Hyatt in Amman, there is no love lost between the Jordanians and Al Qaeda or any other fanatic Rabble
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[AnNahar] Sunni turbans advanced through west Iraq after seizing a strategic Syria border crossing, as U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... arrived in the region Sunday aiming to bridge widening rifts.
The latest assaults saw the security forces making "tactical" withdrawals in the face of an murderous Moslem onslaught that has displaced hundreds of thousands and alarmed the world amid fears Iraq could tear itself apart.
The bad boys, led by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL), seized the towns of Rawa and Ana after taking the Al-Qaim border crossing on Saturday, residents said.
The government said its forces had made a "tactical" withdrawal from the towns, control of which has allowed the turbans to open up a strategic route to neighboring Syria, where they also control swathes of countryside along the Euphrates river valley.
ISIL aims to create an Islamic state that will incorporate both Iraq and Syria, where the group has become a major force in the rebellion against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... .
Washington wants Arab states to bring pressure on Iraq's leaders to speed up government formation, which has made little headway since elections in April.
While American leaders have stopped short of calling for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to step down -- arguing that it is up to the Iraqis to choose their own leaders -- they have left little doubt that they feel the Shiite premier has squandered the opportunity to rebuild his country since US troops withdrew in 2011.
"We gave Iraq the chance to have an inclusive democracy. To work across sectarian lines, to provide a better future for their children," President Barack Obama I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money... told CNN Friday.
"Unfortunately what we've seen is a breakdown of trust."
The seizure of Al-Qaim leaves just one of three official border crossings with Syria in the hands of the federal government. The third is controlled by Kurdish forces.
Anti-government fighters already hold areas of the western desert province of Anbar, which abuts the Syrian border, after taking all of one city and parts of another earlier in the year.
Elsewhere, Iraqi government forces, fighting back against the snuffies after initially wilting before their onslaught, Sunday launched an air strike on the bad boy-held city of Tikrit, killing at least seven people, residents of the city said.
The snuffies also clashed with security forces and pro-government tribal fighters in Al-Alam, just east of Tikrit, with turbans killing the women's affairs adviser to the provincial governor.
The firefight, which began Saturday evening, continued into Sunday.
The fighting came as Kerry landed in Cairo on a trip to the Middle East and Europe, with the US aiming to unite Iraq's fractious leaders and repel the bad boys.
America's top diplomat was also due to visit Amman, Brussels and Gay Paree, where Washington is also expected to push for greater efforts to cut off funding to ISIL.
"First and foremost, we are urging countries that have diplomatic dealings with Iraq and that are in the region to take that threat as seriously as we do," a senior State Department official said.
"Second, we are underscoring the need for Iraqi leaders to expedite their government formation process and to come together around a new government that is inclusive."
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , also noted that "a lot of the funding and support that has over a long period of time fueled extremism inside Iraq has flowed into Iraq from its neighbors."
While Kerry is also expected to travel to Iraq for his second visit since taking over as secretary of state in early 2013, it was not known when he would do so.
Washington had initially favored Maliki when he first became prime minister in 2006 as he was seen to be cracking down on Shiite militias while reaching out to Sunni leaders.
But in recent months, he has made what critics say are increasingly sectarian moves, triggering calls from U.S. leaders for him to represent all Iraqi people, particularly minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds.
Obama has offered to send up to 300 military advisers back to Iraq, but has so far not backed air strikes that have been requested by Storied Baghdad.
U.N. aid agencies said they were rushing supplies to Iraq to help more than one million people displaced by the latest violence and unrest earlier this year.
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If Obama and the idiots at stet keep pressing for unity, they will get it - Sunnis unified under an ISIS banner.
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The snuffies also clashed with security forces and pro-government tribal fighters in Al-Alam, just east of Tikrit, with turbans killing the women's affairs adviser to the provincial governor.
Al Alam is a Sunni area, so it's clear that not all Sunnis are pro-ISIS.
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ZF, Im aware that not all Sunni are ISIS, but the fact remains that so manyhave joined ISIS, that the non ISIS Sunni will be rolled pretty quickly by neighboring tribes. Its the Prisoner's Dilemma, writ large. The key is the inability of the ISF (IA, Police) to provide any security for those sunni who wish to fight the ISIS.
Thats why the Obama solution of doing nothing will end up wit ISIS having their own Caliphate in the middle of Iraq. What is needed is some way to support the Sunni tribes in the middle in an autonomous self-rule area, like the Kurds are doing up north. That is why Obama will fail - he has no ballls to override State, anbd he simply isnt smart enought to carry this off, and he is too arrogant to task the CIA and Mil assets to achieve this end via assets operating openly in Jordan and Kurdistan, semi-clandestine fashion - which means some officials uniformed elements openly training in places liek Camp Taji, and the hard ops guys operating covered/covert in rural/remote areas, and completely clandestinely in Syria. The Open Support would be airpower strikes on any and all ISIS command elements and any large enough groups of forces.
Problem is that the groudwork for this should have been laid in a while back, and I doubt that anyone in the administration now had the foresight and guts to do so.
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Addressing future US Army officers at West Point, the President declared: 'Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.'
Seems like Obama is no carpenter. He is destroying US power and prestige in the world. I never thought that I would say this but please, bring back Jimmy Carter.
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OS man, read your second paragraph, you are making a huge leap, the leap being that the President gives a damn. I doubt he could get thru that paragraph, excellent tho it is, with out eye glazing and NBA dreams wiping out all information.
He doesn't care. He's got 2.3 years of damn fine living ahead of him and this kinda shit is not going to screw that up.
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Maybe he doesn't care about Iraq - that's no big deal. The problem is the wider sweep of things if the ISIS is allowed to control a geographic keystone of the middle east - and the ISIS has promised to strike at us. I take that at face value, and even Obama cannot be that stupid or narcissistic.... or can he? To use an old phrase, Obama may not be interested in war, but war will certainly be interested in him.
[Ynet] Air Force attacks positions in Syrian-controlled Golan Heights in retaliation for missile attack which claimed life of 13-year-old teen.
The Israel Air Force launched attacks on nine Syrian military positions in the Golan Heights late Sunday night in response to a missile attack earlier in the day that killed a 13-year-old boy on the Israeli side of the border.
The IDF said the targets belonged to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... 's Syrian army, and included command posts and firing positions. The military confirmed direct hits on the targets. High-precision ground-to-ground Spike (Tamuz) missiles were also used in the attack.
Residents of northern Israel reported hearing kabooms from across the border with Syria.
The strikes were launched shortly after midnight, when IAF jets fired missiles on Syrian army positions on the Syrian-controlled Golan Heights.
Syrian opposition sources claimed that there were 3 attacks on Syrian army positions. They said the headquarters of Syria's 90th Division, which is stationed in Quneitra, was also attacked.
[Ynet] Elite engineering unit Yahalom uncovers hiding holes and weapon caches in homes of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, activists in Hebron area.
The IDF has discovered dozens of suspected terror tunnels in the Hebron area during Operation Brother's Keeper. Members of Israel's elite engineering unit Yahalom uncovered the tunnels and hiding holes while searching for the three teens kidnapped in the West Bank ten days ago.
Some of the tunnels were found by soldiers inside the homes of Paleostinians, under large pieces of furniture and laundry machines. According to one senior officer in the engineering corps, the IDF had no prior intelligence reports regarding the tunnels.
Using their specialized equipment, Yahalom (diamond in Hebrew) forces participated in dozens of raids on the homes of Paleostinian activists across the West Bank, confiscating caches of weapons and explosives.
The unit's forces discovered close to 20 laboratories for manufacturing improvised explosives devices hidden in homes they searched. "We would arrive at a suspicious hope and find a family living on the first floor and a laboratory with explosives on the third floor," said a senior officer in the unit.
"We also discovered underground spaces in the Hebron area which we had not known about previously. Because of the intensive operations, we have had to cut short the advanced training for some of our soldiers in order to reinforce the units in the field, even as we continue our operations in the Gazoo sector and GOC Northern Command," he added.
IDF forces continued to comb the area north of Hebron on Sunday, searching wells, water reservoirs, pits and ditches on agricultural lands, and homes in order to find the kidnappers or a clue that will lead Israeli forces to them.
Situation assessment
IDF leadership is expected to conduct an assessment of the situation at midweek to decide on whether to continue the massive search or to transfer the thousands of soldiers to another area. They will also decide on whether to continue tightening restrictions on the Paleostinian population during the month-long Ramadan holiday that begins next week.
IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Moti Almoz said the IDF has focused its efforts on finding the missing teens. "We are conducting an enormous intelligence effort in cooperation with Shin Bet personnel and with guidance from the civil authorities. This effort will continue in the coming days."
[Ynet] While search for missing teens continues, 2 Paleostinians killed, 11 maimed during festivities in Ramallah, Nablus; Forces arrest 9 Paleostinians, raid 5 charity organizations
Two Paleostinians were killed overnight Saturday and 11 were maimed during festivities with the IDF in Ramallah and Nablus. In addition, IDF forces tossed in the clink Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! nine Paleostinians as the search for the three teens who went missing in Hebron continues.
Since Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, from Talmon, Naftali Frenkel, 16, from Nof Ayalon, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, from Elad. disappeared last Thursday, the IDF has conducted a massive search operation in the West Bank, which has seen over 300 Paleostinians arrested and at least four killed.
In Nablus, Muhammad Atalla was killed during festivities between youths and IDF forces, and 11 Paleostinians were maimed. The festivities broke out when the youths attempted to prevent the IDF from conducting arrests in the area.
Israeli border coppers shot and killed 36-year-old Ahmed Haled in the Al-Ain Refugee camp in Nablus, after he approached the forces in what was described as a threatening manner. The army reported that they fired warning shots before shooting him. IDF sources says it appears the Paleostinian was mentally unstable.
The majority of search efforts for the three is still in the area northwest of Hebron and efforts over the next day or two will continue in the same area.
IDF's wave of arrest continued overnight Saturday, as nine Paleostinians were arrested. In addition, military forces raided five 'Dawa' Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, affiliated charities.
"We are receiving stronger evidence about the link between Dawa and terrorism," a senior military official said. The official stressed that "the fact that there dozens of people are being arrested every night does not mean that we are taking the foot off the pedal, but that we are concentrating our efforts in searches north of Hebron. A total of 350 people have been arrested since the beginning of the operation and nearly 1,300 targets have been scanned."
Special rescue units stationed in the West Bank were rushed to the Hebron area on Saturday where, according to police and other security sources, they focused searching through caves and wells with the help of the Paratrooper brigade as part of Operation Brother's Keeper to find the missing teens continues.
Despite the extensive search, there haven't been any breakthroughs in the search so far. Without any concrete intelligence leads, the IDF started searching a wider area - starting in Highway 35, north of Hebron, where the kidnapping occurred, and continuing west towards Highway 60.
[Ynet] Paleostinian youths threw stones and bricks at a Paleostinian Authority cop shoppe in Ramallah following recent security incidents in the West Bank in the past several days. In addition, the youths threw stones at IDF vehicles in the area. According to the Paleostinians, a Paleostinian was killed overnight Saturday during festivities with IDF soldiers.
Because boys will be idiots, and just now being idiotic in the direction of the IDF can get a lad killed for realsies, not just Paliwood style.
[Ynet] For first time in more than a year, and amid West Bank searches and IAF attacks in Gazoo, a Paleostinian was tossed in the clink Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! after he managed to cross Gazoo border fence and penetrate into Israel.
A terrorist armed with a hand grenade was arrested on Sunday after infiltrating into Israel from Gazoo Strip.
He was caught in an area between the communities of Yated and Sdei Abraham in the north-western Negev by a local guard. IDF forces that were dispatched to the area arrested him and took him in for questioning. No injuries were reported in the incident.
This was the first time in more than a year that a terrorist from the blockaded Gazoo Strip penetrated into Israel,
The border fence works?! But everyone knows fences don't work!
and came as tensions in the area were already high.
In the West Bank, IDF forces were in the midst of conducting Operation Brother's Keeper in a bid to find three missing Israel teens Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel, leading a massive arrest operation which has seen more than 300 Paleostinians arrested and at least three killed.
In the Gazoo area, IAF forces responded overnight to ongoing rocket fire by attacking terror targets, signaling the end of yet another tit-for-tat fire exchange between Israel and Gazooforces of Evil organizations.
A preliminary investigation indicated that the terrorist had infiltrated into Israel by crossing the border fence near southern Gazoo Strip at approximately 4 am Sunday.
The IDF spokesperson said that circumstances of the incident were still being investigated.
Haim Levin, head of the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, said "this is a very serious event and highlights the need for local security coordinators in the communities themselves, 24-hours a day."
His comments referred to a 2013 Home Front Command decision to stop funding security coordinators and IDF patrols in some 22 border communities. The IDF said the move has yet to be implemented, and a military source said "it is too soon to connect the decision to the incident."
The last time a similar incident took place was a year and a half ago when a Paleostinian from Gazoo managed to infiltrate into Israel and was killed after entering a residence in the very same Sdei Abraham community, lightly wounding one. He was shot and killed by the IDF.
Rocket fire
IAF fighter jets attacked three terror activity sites in the southern Gazoo Strip and one terror activity site in the central Gazoo Strip overnight Saturday, in response to rocket fire into Israel on Saturday night.
Three rockets went kaboom! onto open areas in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council on Saturday night. No one was hurt and no damage was caused.
The first rocket hit at around 8:40 pm, while the other two fell about three hours later.
A rocket hit a road in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council on Saturday morning. No one was hurt in that incident either, but damage was caused to the road.
Since the beginning of Operation Brother's Keeper in the West Bank to find the three kidnapped Israeli teens, over 20 rockets were fired from the Gazoo Strip at Israel.
Cities and towns in southern Israel prepared for such a contingency following the kidnapping.
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni said during the week that "for now, we're giving the IDF all the time it needs to strike them (Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,) and bring the boys back home safe and sound."
Two volunteer rangers were killed in an ambush in Narathiwat province yesterday evening. A pickup truck carrying a group of volunteer rangers was on its way to a local school to provide security for a student sporting event when it was sprayed with bullets from both sides of the road as it passed through a village. Seven rangers were wounded in the attack. Two of them were later pronounced dead in the hospital.
In another attack, military informant Abdulkolik Cheha was gunned down by gunmen as he arrived home from a village mosque.
[The Telegraph] Israeli warplanes bombed the Syrian military headquarters and a number of other targets inside Syria, the Israeli military said Monday, in a blistering response to a cross-border attack that left an Israeli teenager dead the previous day.
In all, Israel said it struck nine military targets inside Syria, and "direct hits were confirmed." In addition to the Syrian military headquarters, Israel said it targeted unspecified "launching positions." There was no immediate response from Syria.
In Sunday's attack, an Israeli civilian vehicle was struck by forces in Syria as it drove in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. A teenage boy was killed and two other people were wounded in the first deadly incident along the volatile Israeli-Syrian front since Syria's civil war erupted more than three years ago.
"Yesterday's attack was an unprovoked act of aggression against Israel, and a direct continuation to recent attacks that occurred in the area," said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a military spokesman. He said the military "will not tolerate any attempt to breach Israel's sovereignty and will act in order to safeguard the civilians of the state of Israel."
The sudden burst of violence has added to the tense situation in Israel, where forces have spent the past week and half in a broad ground operation in the West Bank in search of three teenage boys believed to have been abducted by Hamas militants. UN condemnations and stern Champ regime warnings should arrive NLT midmorning, noon EST at the very latest.
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Wow, looks like Israel has decided to join The Banksters/Ghey EUrabia/Those Damn Neocons/Soviet Obamastan's Petrodollar Racket in trying to force their anti-Russian natural gas pipeline on peaceful Syria. When will they realize the Cold War Is Over?
[AnNahar] Jihadists fighting in Syria's war put to use for the first time on Sunday American-made Humvees that they seized during a lightening offensive in Iraq this month, a monitor said.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... , or ISIL, used the armored vehicles to capture the villages of Eksar and Maalal in Aleppo province, which borders Turkey, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
It came after heavy fighting against the Islamic Front and its al-Qaeda-affiliated ally, the al-Nusra Front, said the Observatory, a Britannia-based group that gets its information from a network of sources on the ground.
The two villages are located near the town of Azaz, which ISIL Death Eaters abandoned at the end of February under attack from rebels fighting to oust Syria's Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... ISIL, which espouses a radical interpretation of Islam and aims to set up a state stretching across the Syria-Iraq border, is now expected to launch a bid to retake Aazaz.
ISIL seized the Humvees and sent them to Syria after Iraqi soldiers abandoned them during a surprise Sunni jihadist offensive that claimed Iraq's second city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and swathes of other territory in mid-June.
Also on Sunday, ISIL gunnieskidnapped 20 Kurdish students on the road between Hasakeh and Qamishli in northeastern Syria, said the Observatory.
It comes three weeks after ISIL kidnapped 145 Kurdish students in Aleppo, as well as 193 Kurdish civilians at Qabasine village in the same province.
Parents of five students who managed to escape said the jihadists demanded that they join them in the fighting.
Kurdish militias, who are also trying to expand their autonomous region, have fought for months with ISIL, which has been seeking to seize from their control oil fields in northern and eastern areas.
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Unless the Champ extends the service warrantee and maintenance contract, these vehicles will quickly disappear from service. Too bad actually. These Humvees dramatically simplify the Russian assisted targeting challenge.
Five people were tossed in the clink ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... on Sunday in the Bekaa region on suspicion of plotting an act of terror.
"Army intelligence agents apprehended a group of five people who were plotting a terrorist act," state-run National News Agency reported.
"They were referred to the relevant judicial authorities and an investigation is underway," NNA added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Kinnison began his slow infiltration of the sewer system... Voice of Leb radio (93.3) said the army arrested "five Lebanese and Syrian gunnies, among them Omar al-Satem, who were en route to Arsal."
It described al-Satem as "one of the most dangerous runaways," saying the gunnies were arrested a checkpoint in Baalbek on suspicion that they were plotting an act of terror.
Later on Sunday, the Army Command issued a statement saying the five suspects were arrested at the Hrabta-al-Labweh checkpoint in coordination with the intelligence directorate.
It identified the detained men as "Lebanese nationals Omar Mnawer al-Satem -- a cousin of the terrorist Qutaiba al-Satem who had blown himself up in Haret Hreik — and Ibrahim Ali al-Braidi, in addition to the Syrians Atallah Rashed al-Berri, Abdullah Mahmoud al-Bakkour and Jawdat Rashid Kammoun."
The statement said they were arrested on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Kinnison began his slow infiltration of the sewer system... al-Satem family, which hails from the northern region of Wadi Khaled, issued a statement clarifying that Omar Mnawer al-Satem who was arrested by the army "is not the runaway wanted by the Lebanese state" and that the name of his mother is Suad.
"The runaway is called Omar Ahmed al-Satem and the name of his mother is al-Sheikha," the family clarified.
[AnNahar] Syrian troops backed by fighters from Leb's Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... on Sunday launched an assault to oust rebels from the foothills of the Qalamun mountains north of the capital, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said.
Regime forces took parts of the strategic Qalamun region near the border with Leb in April, but some 2,000 rebel fighters withdrew to the hills, from where they have launched guerrilla attacks.
Fourteen fighters from Hizbullah have been killed in the area over the past two weeks, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Syria's state broadcaster showed footage of the troops, saying they had taken "some hills overlooking the Rankus plain and are pursuing terrorist groups who tried to infiltrate the region from Leb."
An interviewed by the channel said "the army has cut the route off to terrorist groups who try to return to the region from time to time. The operation is continuing until the whole of the Qalamun area has been cleansed.
"This land will be a cemetery for all Death Eaters who decide to return."
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now... 's regime refers to l
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said that "rebels hiding in the heights and in caves have been attacking army and Hizbullah positions for weeks after being pushed out of the region, which also prompted regime forces to withdraw."
He said the rebels had launched a counter attack "and succeeded in retaking their positions and expanding their presence."
Since the Syria conflict erupted in March 2011, more than 162,000 people have been killed and millions displaced.
Meanwhile fighters were expected to exit the embattled Yarmuk camp in southern Damascus "within hours", a Paleostinian official told Agence La Belle France Presse in the Syrian capital on Sunday.
Anwar Abdel Hadi, political director of the Paleostine Liberation Organization in Syria, said "the gunnies will pull out of the camp, checkpoints will be dismantled and rubble removed."
The pullout is part of a truce agreed between the PLO and gunnies "with the approval of the Syrian government," he said, adding that the fragile ceasefire went into force at 1500 GMT Saturday.
In mid-February, a truce paved the way for the withdrawal of fighters from al-Qaeda's franchise in Syria, al-Nusra Front, from Yarmuk, but fighting flared again in March.
The jihadists had accused regime forces besieging Yarmuk of violating the earlier ceasefire agreement.
Once home to 150,000 Paleostinians as well as Syrians, Yarmuk has been under total army siege for the past year.
[AnNahar] Security forces kicked off on Saturday a security campaign at the Sunday Market in the Sin el-Fil area of Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported.
According to NNA, security forces are inspecting the identification papers of foreigners and checking their residency permits.
The news agency said that the precautions measures come in light of the implementation of a security plan across Leb.
Several people from different nationalities and who don't have their legal papers were detained.
The army recently boosted its security measures after obtaining information of a terrorist act planned to be carried out across Leb by a group linked to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed...
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[AnNahar] Army forces on Saturday cordoned off the al-Qobbeh area in the northern city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... after a man riding a cycle of violence did not comply to a checkpoint's orders to stop.
The state-run National News Agency reported that troops fired gunshots at a person driving a cycle of violence in al-Qobbeh because he did not stop when army forces ordered him to do so.
Troops then condoned off the region where it was suspected that the man headed to, in an attempt to capture him.
Radio Voice of Leb (100.5) added that all roads leading to the area were closed by military forces.
OTV, meanwhile, reported that a person was maimed in the Tripoli shooting, noting that it happened in the surroundings of Tripoli's state hospital.
Saturday's incident comes one day after a deadly kaboom took place in the Bekaa region of Dahr al-Baydar, when a jacket wallah driving a car went kaboom! just as troops at an Internal Security Forces checkpoint ordered him to stop.
The blast resulted in the death of Chief Warrant Officer Mahmoud Jamaleddine and in the injury of 33 others.
[AnNahar] The Internal Security Forces announced on Saturday afternoon the arrest of over 20 runaways in the northern region of Majdlaya.
"As forces continue the implementation of the security plan in the North, the regional police department managed to arrest 26 runaways in the surroundings of the Vehicle Registration Authority in Majdlaya," the ISF said in a released statement.
The ISF noted that the detainees have several judicial warrants against them.
They are wanted "on charges of insulting and attacking security forces, being involved in robberies, firing gunshots, possessing a knife, and violating traffic rules, amongst other wrongdoings," the statement elaborated.
Earlier on Saturday, the state-run National News Agency reported the arrest of "several people from different nationalities" at the Sunday Market in the Sin el-Fil area of Beirut.
The implementation of the aforementioned security plan kicked off earlier this year in an attempt to restore calm and stability in several Lebanese regions, particularly in the North, the Bekaa and Beirut.
And in the past few days, the army boosted its security measures after obtaining information of a terrorist act planned to be carried out across Leb by a group linked to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed...
On Friday morning, the Hamra area in Beirut was the scene of a major crackdown over a suspected terror plot, with security forces arresting 102 people at a number of hotels, among whom only 17 remain in jug.
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[AnNahar] Investigations are ongoing with three of the suspects placed in durance vile Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! during a security raid in the Hamra neighborhood in Beirut on Friday, reported the daily al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... on Sunday.
The Hamra area in Beirut was the scene of a major crackdown over a suspected terror plot on Friday, with security forces arresting 102 people at a number of hotels, among whom only 17 remain in jug.
"These terrorist groups were plotting to carry out a major terrorist act against a ceremony that was scheduled to be held before noon at the UNESCO Palace" in Beirut, reported the National News Agency.
Earlier on Friday, AMAL Movement decided to postpone a conference at the UNESCO Palace after receiving security warnings and following contacts with Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq. Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... was supposed to attend the conference.
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But of course, Shipman! All those lovely Francophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa, not to mention in the Maghreb -- Morocco and Algeria and all -- and then of course there's Lebanon. Mr. Wife found his high school French a lifesaver in Morocco, where the Arabic is as different from what he'd learnt in Cairo and Jeddah as Cantonese is from Mandarin.
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Well maybe he picked up snatches of it in the belly of an air force Neptune or some such.
My understanding, such as it is, is that the proprietor of this blog studied the classics, Vietnamese and Russian. But then again, maybe he traveled thru Rhode Island a lot, it's hard to know, a mystery. Only Atomic Conspiracy knows for sure, and he ain't talking.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Ynet] Suspected al-Qaeda 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[AnNahar] Sunni 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[Ynet] Elite engineering unit Yahalom uncovers hiding holes and weapon caches in homes of 
Two Paleostinians were killed overnight Saturday and 11 were 
[Ynet] Paleostinian youths threw stones and bricks at a Paleostinian Authority 
[Ynet] For first time in more than a year, and amid West Bank searches and IAF attacks in 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[AnNahar] Syrian troops backed by fighters from 
[AnNahar] Security forces kicked off on Saturday a security campaign at the Sunday Market in the Sin el-Fil area of Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported.
[AnNahar] Army forces on Saturday cordoned off the al-Qobbeh area in the northern city of 
[AnNahar] The Internal Security Forces announced on Saturday afternoon the arrest of over 20 
[AnNahar] Investigations are ongoing with three of the suspects 
