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Afghanistan
Afghan MP Lalai accused of irresponsible firing in Kabul under alcohol influence
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A prominent Afghan politician representing the southern Kandahar province in the Lower House of the Parliament, WolesiJirga, has been accused of conducting gun sex in Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
city while being under the influence of alcohol.

The Kabul Police has confirmed that the incident took place late on Thursday night in the West of Kabul city, involving MP Lalai Hamidzai.

The incident has reportedly taken place in the vicinity of Karte Se area of the city, involving Lalai and many of his bodyguards.

Kabul Police Chief Hassan Shah Farogh confirmed that the gun sex continued for at least half an hour, erupting discomfort among the city residents.

The police officials further added that Lalai is also accused of disrupting the local residents by hitting at the door of their houses.

Lalai and his bodyguards reportedly fled the area after the security forces were deployed to stop the firing.

According t the Kabul Police, investigations show the politician was not under any kind of threat, promising that necessary steps will be taken to address the irresponsible firing under the alcohol influence.

Posted by: Fred || 03/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Kabul Police has confirmed that the incident took place late on Thursday night in the West of Kabul city, involving MP Lalai "Curly Bill" Hamidzai.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/19/2017 10:52 Comments || Top||

#2  The Kabul Police has confirmed that the incident took place late on Thursday night in the West of Kabul city, involving MP Lalai Hamidzai.

Now if it happened in the 'West of Phoenix', it'd be commonplace.
Posted by: Pappy || 03/19/2017 14:31 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Turkey will open military base in Somalia in April
According to the Yeni Safak newspaper, the Turkish Army will train Somalia troops and troops from other African countries at the base, which has been under construction near Somalia’s airport in Mogadishu since March 2015. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and General Staff’s Chief Gen. Hulusi Akar are expected to take part in the official opening ceremony, which is due to take place in April.

The construction costs reportedly make up $50 million. About 500 soldiers will be able to train at the same time, the base occupies 400 hectares and includes three military schools, dormitories and depots.

Somalia has been mired in an armed conflict with Islamist militants for about two decades. The crisis has significantly undermined the positions of the country’s government within the country’s territory and made it rely on foreign assistance, with Turkey being one of the main investors and aid providers.
Posted by: Steve White || 03/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  First it was Black Hawk down now the second installment in the thrilling Escape from Somalia series Black Turkey Down the opening scene if you can picture this is a bunch of the Oz'z flying monkey soldiers in Turkish military uniforms getting arse raped by pirates with phuck nato fist rings driving donated stretched mercedes benzs with chandeliers on the hoods! Of course the movie will be as realistic and truthful as the Bhenghazi we by weapons by the truck load butt can't defend ourselves scenario! The best advisors from all intel groups are hard at work in HollyWood planning a September 11th release date! The list of stars include monkeys from numerous zoos some gorillas and assorted Nato important types and the Grand OZ of Turkey as himself! The crew from Black Hawk Down gets rescued by the OZ's troops only to find out that they will be sold into servitude to train child armies in Africa or China and their energy companies! Lots of plot twists folks it is a must see!
Posted by: Crinegum Ulaigum2776 || 03/19/2017 22:01 Comments || Top||

#2  The dinner scene with pork stuffed gourds while they all eat naked wearing pink flip flops is the love scene !
Posted by: Crinegum Ulaigum2776 || 03/19/2017 22:03 Comments || Top||

#3  You are newc's learnbot and I claim my five pounds!
Posted by: Slusosh Wittlesbach3911 || 03/19/2017 23:57 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Hezbollah Financier Arrested In Morocco Following US Request
An alleged financier of the terrorist group Hezbollah was arrested in Morocco Thursday at the behest of US authorities, according to South African online publication News 24. Lebanese businessman Kassim Tajeddine was reportedly detained in Casablanca on Sunday while on his way from Guinea to Beirut, his lawyer said in a brief statement.

“We now know there is an extradition order from the US authorities,” the lawyer added.

According to News 24, US Treasury officials believe Tajeddine is “an important financial contributor to Hezbollah," being listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist since 2009.

The US Treasury Department claims that Tajeddine, through a multinational business venture, used a money laundering scheme to funnel cash to the Shi'te militant organization.
Posted by: Steve White || 03/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


China-Japan-Koreas
Will Daesh threat cause China to revise terror response?
[VOA] Daesh released a video earlier this month explicitly threatening China with attacks on its soil. Analysts say that as China seeks to expand influence its nationals are being exposed to a greater terror threat — and Beijing is having to adapt. The video purports to show Chinese ethnic Uighurs fighting for Daesh in Iraq who threaten to return home and shed "rivers of blood."

The video invokes the persecution by Beijing of majority-Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang. China tightly controls access to the region and verifying reports of attacks there is difficult.

Analyst Raffaello Pantucci of Britain's Royal United Services Institute said, "This year at least two potential attacks so far and a number of other odd incidents taking place. And we've seen the governor in Xinjiang province actually having a very heavy clampdown and a very visible escalation of the security presence in the region, all of which suggests that China is increasingly concerned about the problems related to terrorism and extremism, and clearly IS is part of that picture."

Daesh may be a common enemy, but there has been little coordination between China and the global coalition fighting the group, says Mathieu Duchatel of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He said, "China wants support from Western states on its policies in Xinjiang. China considers that the anti-terror efforts that it is leading in Xinjiang are not being endorsed by countries in the West and the response in Europe at least is that there is a lack of transparency."

"China has a category which it calls the three evils. Terrorism, extremism and separatism are put together in the same basket," Duchatel said.

China adopted a law in 2015 allowing military deployment overseas on anti-terror missions. But Duchatel says working alongside Western or Russian forces against Daesh remains unlikely. He said, "The long-standing approach to terrorist risks for China has been to avoid attracting too much attention and becoming a target."
Posted by: ryuge || 03/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Tablighi Jamaat

#1  I have a feeling China will be just a little more heavy handed than most countries. They do have roaming executin vans for death row recipients.
Posted by: chris || 03/19/2017 19:09 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Erdogan urges Turks to Outbreed Whites in Europe
[AP] ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turks living in Europe to have at least five children, saying it would be the best response to Europe's "injustices."

Erdogan made the comments Friday while campaigning in the city of Eskisehir for a referendum that would usher in a presidential system and enhance his powers.

The Turkish leader has unleashed scathing rhetoric toward European nations -- especially the Netherlands -- after Turkish ministers were prevented from carrying out campaign meetings there.

On Friday, Erdogan told Turks in Europe: "Go live in better neighborhoods. Drive the best cars. Live in the best houses. Make not three, but five children. Because you are the future of Europe. That will be the best response to the injustices against you."
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Great White North
Canada: Invaders from 13 Countries "Can't Be Deported"
[The New Observer] Illegal invaders pretending to be refugees from 13 Third World states who cross into Canada from the U.S. cannot be deported, no matter how flimsy their "asylum" claims might be.

According to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), invaders claiming to be from Somalia, the Gaza Strip, Syria, Mali, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Burundi, Haiti, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iraq, will not be deported from Canada no matter what their personal circumstances might be.

The CBSA has two categories of non-deportation countries. The first, "Administrative deferral of removals" (ADR), is "meant to be a temporary measure when immediate action is needed to temporarily defer removals in situations of humanitarian crisis."

According to the CBSA, once the "situation in a country stabilizes the ADR is lifted and the CBSA resumes removals for individuals who are inadmissible to Canada and have a removal order in effect. "

However, as most invaders already know, once they have been granted any sort of legal status in Canada, it becomes almost impossible to remove them once again.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Is Canada asking for the same kind of trouble that Europe countries are having? Humanitarian cause for whom--not the citizens of Canada? Are mid-East Muslim majority countries such as SA or UAE taking refugees?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/19/2017 9:27 Comments || Top||

#2  I thought I read (here) Canada was hard to get into. Isn't that why Lena Dunham (et al) hasn't left yet?
Posted by: Bobby || 03/19/2017 11:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Lena Dunham can't come up with the requisite cash.
Posted by: Pappy || 03/19/2017 14:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Lena could wait for the annual caribou migration and sneak in with the rest of the herd.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/19/2017 14:38 Comments || Top||

#5  That would explain why she's trying to lose weight...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/19/2017 15:45 Comments || Top||

#6  The pores of the porous border are only so big.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/19/2017 16:10 Comments || Top||

#7  Lena has been losing weight lately according to NYPost. Note: a smug smarmy tapered turd that curves to the left is still a piece of shit
Posted by: Frank G || 03/19/2017 16:14 Comments || Top||

#8  Don't fall for the usual news type thinking. When all the legal paths have been exhausted there are deportations for sure . . . . . . and quite a few of them are not nice at all, sometimes involving blindfolds, handcuffs and more. It just takes time, but when it had been done, it is final.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 03/19/2017 16:56 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkish Amb to Israel: Iran's Regional Ambitions Must Be Contained
Turkey shares Jerusalem’s concern about Iran’s regional ambitions and nuclear potential but differ when it comes to strategy, the country’s new ambassador to Israel, Kemal Okem, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

Iran’s “nuclear file is a concern for everyone,” said Okem, speaking briefly to the Post after delivering a wide ranging policy speech at Tel Aviv University that was followed by a question and answer session.

Ankara, he said, believes the best way forward is through containment not isolation.

“We have had a common border [with Iran] for hundreds of years which remains unchanged. They see us as a strategic competitor... We saw the need for engaging and containing their ambitions,” he said.

With regard to Iran in Syria, he said he sees a “little bit” of progress in that Iran had assumed some kind of responsibility, while on the topic of Russia in Syria, he said to the Israelis in the room: “Good luck, you have a new neighbor.”

The ambassador said the threat from terrorism and Islamic State can be found in Berlin and Istanbul and that Turkey is part of the international battle against extremism and ISIS. Both Muslims and Jews should be fighting this battle, he said.

“Terrorism is a global phenomenon it is always there and it won’t go away without a global fight,” which is one of the reasons, he said, Turkey must continue its cooperation with Europe.

“There are some misperceptions about Turkey’s role and policies and this should be corrected,” Okem said, explaining that his country was not shifting away form the Western World.

On the issue of Gaza, he said Turkey supported its people but not Hamas.

“We do not accept the linear analogy that is trying to be established that every one living in Gaza belongs to Hamas and is a terrorist. We do not accept this. We have to distinguish between people who are suffering and people who happen to be members of Hamas as a political party,” he said.

It is important for Turkey, he said, that it is providing financial assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza as part of its return to normalized diplomatic ties with Israel following a five-year freeze, and is thankful to Israel for the help and cooperation it has shown in helping Ankara with this mission, which includes support for an industrial park in Jenin and a hospital in Gaza.
Posted by: Steve White || 03/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I thought the Caliphate of Sultan Erdogan bin bullshit was the future? Why doesn't HE step up?
Posted by: Frank G || 03/19/2017 1:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Yep, let you & him fight: and we'll chear from sidelines - whomever is loosing.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/19/2017 1:58 Comments || Top||

#3  If the Turks shade toward Israel, it is because they are very wise. Once various Jihad groups, Syria & Hezbollah exhaust themselves killing one another, they can roll them up in a mutually beneficial exercise. Iran is too far away to help and US is no longer in their corner.
Posted by: alpha2c || 03/19/2017 3:28 Comments || Top||

#4  "..Iran's Regional Ambitions Must Be Contained.."

Which is one reason why Turkey has troops in Iraq even though the Iraqis say it is a violation of sovereignty.
Posted by: lord garth || 03/19/2017 9:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Which is one reason why Turkey has troops in Iraq

That and keeping an eye on the Kurds.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 03/19/2017 10:40 Comments || Top||

#6  Kurds also a big reason why Iran has their folks in Iraq.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 03/19/2017 10:40 Comments || Top||

#7  yes the Kurds are a second reason for Turkey's interest

the third reason is history - Ottoman empire occupied Iraq for three hundred years (in two separate occupations interrupted by a Mamluk occupation) and it was sometimes pretty brutal and always favored the Sunni - a fair number of Iraqis speak turkish
Posted by: lord garth || 03/19/2017 11:44 Comments || Top||

#8  The Turks are crazy but not stupid, the Mullahs are just flat crazy.

The Turks know a nuclear strike on Israel will pollute large areas of southeast Turkey with radioactive fallout...the Mullahs don't seem to give a shit if the prevailing winds blow fallout all over Jordan, Iraq and Southwestern Iran.

I guess all of those genius nuke scientists in Soddy and Iran didn't study the effects of nuclear weapons quite as thoroughly as US educated physicists.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 03/19/2017 11:51 Comments || Top||

#9  Turkish Amb to Israel: Iran's Regional Ambitions Must Be Contained

Yes. Right after The Honor of Erdogan's Moustache is defended.
Posted by: gorb || 03/19/2017 13:43 Comments || Top||



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Sun 2017-03-19
  Four wanted Maute militants nabbed in Lanao
Sat 2017-03-18
  Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport this morning after taking soldier's gun: official
Fri 2017-03-17
  Four Killed as Bangladesh Police Storm Islamist Hideout
Thu 2017-03-16
  Kommander Abdullah, 10 others die in airstrike in Paktika
Wed 2017-03-15
  Dozens killed in suicide bombing at Damascus "Palace of Justice" courthouse
Tue 2017-03-14
  Suspected ISIS gas attack hits Iraqi forces in west Mosul
Mon 2017-03-13
  Kenyan police nab 6 terror suspects in coastal town
Sun 2017-03-12
  Double suicide attack kills 40 in Damascus
Sat 2017-03-11
  Syrian force a ‘few weeks’ from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deployed
Fri 2017-03-10
   Ax attacker at Düsseldorf main train station arrested
Thu 2017-03-09
  Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders
Wed 2017-03-08
  IS gunmen dressed as medics kill 30 at Kabul military hospital
Tue 2017-03-07
  Mufti Hannan jailbreak attempt fails
Mon 2017-03-06
  New wave of US air raids on Qaeda in Yemen
Sun 2017-03-05
  Jordan hangs 15 death row prisoners at dawn in further break from moratorium on executions
Sat 2017-03-04
  Kurdish YPG fighters repel treacherous Turkish attack near Syria’s Afrin


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