[Khaama Press] The former Afghan intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil unveiled the links between Syed Hamid Gilani and the notorious Haqqani terrorist network as Gilani’s recent remarks about Taliban ...Arabic for students... group has sparked furor among the officials and the Afghan people.
In an online statement, Nabil said Tuesday that Gilani has repeatedly transported a notorious leader of the Haqqani network in his personal car from Islamabad to Kabul in a bid to organize meeting with the detained Haqqani leader Anas Haqqani.
Nabil further added that the government is well aware that the deadly attacks in Kabul are being carried out by the Haqqani network but are claimed by ISIS group.
Nabil also added that efforts are underway by certain individuals for the release of Anas Haqqani but did not elaborate further regarding the efforts.
Gilani on Saturday claimed that all the members of the leadership council of the Taliban are based in Afghanistan.
He also went on to claim that the Taliban leaders are prepared to participate in peace talks with the Afghan government and that his party will form a delegation with the Ulema Council members to start peace efforts.
However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... the Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS), in a statement said Monday that it condemns the recent remarks by Gilani regarding the Taliban group leadership.
The statement further added that the Taliban group leadership council members are all based on the other side of the Durand Line and in key cities of Pakistain.
NDS in statement also added that the international community also has a well understanding regarding the issue regarding the Taliban safe havens in Pakistain.
[AlAhram] A Giza criminal court sentenced on Tuesday 23 people to life in prison, 223 others to 15 years, 22 to three years, and acquitted 109 on various violent offences committed during the 2013 dispersal of a sit-in in Giza’s Nahda Square in 2013.
In April 2015 the prosecution referred 379 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi to court over their participation in the Nahda sit-in in July 2013.
The Nahda protest, which took place in Giza near Cairo University, was one of two major sit-ins ‐ the other was in Cairo’s Rabaa El-Adaweya ‐ calling for Morsi’s reinstatement.
The defendants were charged with murder, attempted murder of two coppers, rioting, terrorising people, forming an gang, thuggery, vandalising public property, and possession of weapons.
The court has also ordered the defendants to pay compensation for vandalism; EGP 25.788 million to the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University, EGP 2.902 million to Orman Park, EGP 10.9 million to Giza governorate, and EGP 137,000 to the Giza Zoo.
The verdict can be appealed before the Court of Cassation within 60 days.
Following the deadly dispersal of the sit-ins at Rabaa and Nahda on 14 August 2013, which left hundreds killed and thousands incarcerated Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! on a variety of charges, there was a wave of attacks by Morsi supporters on churches and cop shoppes around Egypt.
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"Ever spend time in a Turkish Egyptian prison, Billy?"
[AlAhram] A Cairo criminal court issued a preliminary death sentence on Tuesday against four people convicted of forming a terrorist cell in Giza in a 2014 case.
The court, which has set a 19 February session to issue its final verdict, has referred the sentence to the Grand Mufti, the country’s top religious authority, whose opinion is legally required in death penalty cases but is not binding.
The defendants were charged with forming a cell that aimed to carry out attacks on members of the judiciary, attacks on public and private property, and protesting without consent.
The February court session will include verdicts for all 30 defendants in the case, which will be subject to be appeal.
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U.S. crude oil production is expected to climb to more than 10 million barrels per day (bpd) early in 2018, reaching that milestone for the first time since 1970, and to continue to surge into 2019 to a record high, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday.
Production was expected to hit 10.04 million bpd during the first quarter of this year, the agency said in a monthly report. The 10 million-bpd milestone previously had not been expected to be reached until the fourth quarter.
The EIA revised its production growth forecast for 2018 sharply higher to 970,000 bpd from 780,000 bpd in its previous outlook.
U.S. output will be at an all-time high in 2019, surpassing 11 million bpd by the end of that year, a new high for national output, the EIA said in the report. The average production in 2019 will rise 580,000 bpd to 10.85 million bpd, the agency said in its first outlook for next year. Better than nuking Mecca
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Theoretically, our production exceeds our consumption and so we are a net exporter...right now we are ahead of KSA as the largest exporter of oil in the world...and we keep driving down oil prices as we get better at wringing oil out of those shale and tar sand deposits. Hence, the mass purge of dilettantes in the KSA royalty as they are having trouble meeting their budget goals with current oil prices.
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Well, a lot of that growth took place under Obama.
Riiiiight. Even Mitt called him on that fib. The growth took place in spite of Obama.
Thank you free enterprise. Well, relatively free enterprise.
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The United States produces 25% of the world's GDP with only 5% of the population. We have the world's most efficient economy by far. However I think that is racist or something.
[IsraelTimes] Iranian ambassador reprimanded after Revolutionary Guard agent convicted and sentenced for targeting pro-Israel official
The German government has protested to the Iranian ambassador in the country following the conviction of an Iranian agent for spying on targets including a former German politician who headed a German-Israeli friendship group.
The Pak man was convicted in Berlin last year of espionage and sentenced to more than four years in prison. His targets included Reinhold Robbe, who headed the German-Israeli Association, and a French-Israeli economics professor.
Iranian Ambassador Ali Majedi was summoned to the Foreign Ministry just before Christmas. After German media reported on the meeting, the ministry said Tuesday he was told that "spying on people and institutions with a particular relationship to the State of Israel on German soil is a blatant violation of German law."
The ambassador was told that such activities would not be tolerated.
In March 2017, 31-year-old Mustufa Haidar Syed-Naqfi was sentenced to four years and three months in prison "for working for a foreign intelligence service."
German media reported during the trial that local security agencies believe Robbe was being eyed by Tehran as a possible liquidation target in retaliation for an Israeli operation against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The court found he spied "against Germany and another NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... member," La Belle France, for the al-Quds Force, the foreign operations wing of the elite Revolutionary Guards.
Syed-Naqfi compiled dossiers on possible attack targets with ties to Israel. Investigators found detailed files on the men and their daily routines, with hundreds of photos and video clips.
The court heard they detailed the targets’ homes and work places, various access routes to them, as well as information on security guards, surveillance cameras and nearby cop shoppes.
The service suspected the al-Quds Force was preparing for a possible future conflict with the United States and Israel, when it would hit targets in Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... in a form of "asymmetrical warfare."
The 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... -born Syed-Naqfi came to Germany as a student in 2012 and most recently lived in the western city of Bremen.
The defendant traveled to Iran at least twice, in October 2015 and February 2016, and received at least 2,052 euros ($2,237) for his intelligence activities.
He was jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... in July 2016, but declined to testify during the trial ‐ "out of fear," according to his lawyer.
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[Ynet] Germany's highest court on Tuesday halted the deportation of a Ottoman Turkish citizen convicted of supporting an Islamist Death Eater organization, saying authorities should first ensure he wouldn't face torture or inhumane prison conditions in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... The Federal Constitutional Court overturned a ruling by a lower court that ordered the deportation of the man, who was born and raised in Germany, after he was convicted of travelling to Syria and supporting a "terrorist organization."
Nearly a thousand people are believed to have left Germany to fight with Islamist Death Eaters. Some are now returning as the jihadist group's presence in the Middle East crumbles.
An appetizer:
[GatestoneInstitute] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has an nine-year long record of supporting the Islamist cause while refusing to engage with reformist Muslims.
Perhaps most disturbing were Trudeau's comments to a gathering of Islamist front groups: he told them that he shared their beliefs, their set of values and their shared vision.
Canada will not be able to plead ignorance or inability while facing accusations of complicity from any future American terrorist victims.
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I'm pretty sure 90% of Canada's problems would be solved if Quebec had to go it alone. Why the rest of Canada puts up with it is beyond me. Trudeau is just another liberal idiot.
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[Office of the Inspector General - Homeland Security] A new report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finds that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to face significant challenges with its screening of aliens who may have ties to terrorism. Auditors warn ICE may have missed opportunities to identify, apprehend, and adjudicate the status of aliens posing the highest risk to public safety and national security.
The report, "ICE Faces Challenges to Screen Aliens Who May Be Known or Suspected Terrorists (REDACTED)," concluded that ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) faces significant limitations in implementing its Known or Suspected Terrorist Encounter Protocol (KSTEP). ICE established KSTEP to streamline the screening protocol of all aliens and to coordinate and exchange information with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Despite its implementation, the agency’s KSTEP policy fails to require continued screening of the majority of nearly 2.4 million aliens no longer in ICE custody but under ICE supervision. Continues.
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Auditors warn ICE may have missed opportunities to identify, apprehend, and adjudicate the status of aliens posing the highest risk to public safety and national security.
If ICE were subject to the intelligence community 'coordination' process, perhaps their "missed opportunities" were..... baked in.
[DAWN] China on Tuesday rejected the speculations that it was planning to establish a military base in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Gwadar district, NDTV reported.
In June 2017, a Pentagon report had singled out Pakistain as a possible location for a future Chinese military base. The prediction came in a 97-page annual report to Congress that read: "China most likely will seek to establish additional military bases in countries with which it has a longstanding friendly relationship and similar strategic interests, such as Pakistain." China had categorically denied the report at the time.
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[IsraelTimes] PM tells NATO ambassadors that Israeli intel has thwarted 'several dozen major terrorist attacks,' some involving civil aviation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday indicated that Israel has prevented hijacked airplanes from crashing into European cities.
"We have, through our intelligence services, provided information that has stopped several dozen major terrorist attacks, many of them in European countries," he told foreign diplomats in Jerusalem.
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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A mass grave with relics of tortured women was found in west of Mosul city, Nineveh, a police source was quoted saying on Monday.
“Relics of 20 women were found inside a mass grave while removing debris in western Mosul,” Col. Omar al-Hajjar told DPA.
The victims, according to Hajjar, “were executed by Islamic State as they were trying to escape toward the eastern side of the city during the liberation offensives last year.”
“Security troops recovered all the bodies along with their identity cards. They were transferred to forensic medicine department in Mosul to extradite them to their relatives,” he added.
Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State Sunni extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria.
Last week, MP Farah al-Siraj said 4,000 bodies are still under the debris in the Old City of Mosul.
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh provincial council has denied finishing 50 percent of the rehabilitation works in the western side of Mosul, saying that reconstruction had not started yet, but just removal of the rubble.
In remarks on Tuesday, Mohamed Ibrahim, member of the council, said, “talks about reconstructing 50 percent the western flank of the city are totally untrue.”
“Only 40 percent of electricity distribution and water networks are rehabilitated in western Mosul, in addition to opening of some schools,” he added. “The reconstruction works have not started yet, but only removal of debris.”
Ibrahim noted that “the reconstruction of Mosul requires a lot of money as well as long time.”
On Monday, Federal Police Chief Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat said police forces finished 50 percent of their works to rehabilitate war-scarred areas of western Mosul. Refugees have been repatriated from camps to their living areas in addition to reopening of schools and bridges.
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May their families find Strength & be Comforted. May their murderers see Justice.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq is getting USD75 million from the United States for stabilization efforts, while setting more than USD208 million for the reconstruction of war-scarred areas.
"U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman announced today that the U.S. government is providing $75 million in additional funding to help stabilize Iraq following its full liberation from ISIS," the embassy said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The United States plans to provide a total of $150 million for stabilization efforts in 2018, which will bring the total U.S. contribution to $265.3 million since 2015," the statement added.
"Strengthened by this new funding, the stabilization program will continue to help the populations of liberated areas return to their homes and resume normal lives by restoring services such as water, electricity, health, and education," it noted, adding that the funding will partly address the needs of ethnic minorities affected by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... presence.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment... the Iraqi government has earmarked IQD248 billion (USD208.320 million) for the reconstruction of areas damaged by the war against Islamic State Death Eaters since 2014.
Mostafa al-Hiti, head of the Reconstruction Fund for Areas Affected by Terrorist Operations (REEFATO), told Iraqi newspaper al-Sabah that areas included within the fund’s operations include Anbar, Salahuddin, Nineveh, parts of Diyala, Kikruk, northern Babil and the Baghdad Belt.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has said troops are still following the remnants of Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... , adding that his country will achieve prosperity like it defeated terrorism.
In a speech on occasion of celebrating the 96th anniversary of Police, Abadi said, "We are still following the remnants of the defeated bandidosbandidos hard boys in the desert and al-Jazira. We will conquer them."
"Congratulations to the champions of the Interior Ministry on their day, which comes at times of great victories against Islamic State," Abadi added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, Butch shot Black Bart's other gun out of his other hand...... the Saudi Okaz newspaper has quoted an Iraqi security report as saying that around 3,000 IS members are still at Nineveh desert, in addition to hundreds of snuffies in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Diyala and Salahuddin.
The report tackled logistic support that the snuffies still receive from unknown resources, according to sources speaking to Okaz. It was unclear if the report discussed presence of a plan for the snuffies to control regions between Diyala and Salahuddin through blocking all roads leading to them.
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[AlAhram] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's military will continue its operation in Syria's Afrin and Manbij regions, President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey... said on Tuesday during a parliamentary address to his ruling AK Party.
In 2016, Turkey launched the Euphrates Shield operation on its Syrian border to eradicate what it called a "corridor of terror", made up by the dual threat of Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... and Syrian Kurdish fighters.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq is getting USD75 million from the United States for stabilization efforts, while setting more than USD208 million for the reconstruction of war-scarred areas.
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
