[ToloNews] Ahmad, a commander of NDS special forces, who led the operation to arrest Aslam Farooqi, the leader of the Khorasan branch of ISIS, said the operation was the most complex and precise operation he had carried out in his seven years of duty.
Ahmad, a 26-year-old NDS commander, said he and his subordinates originally intended to arrest an explosives and weapons supplier named Shah Wali who was active in Kandahar, but Ahmad said his (Shah Wali's) arrest opened the way for further successive operations in Kandahar.
"Our operation lasted six days and nights, and we carried out twelve operations and we carried them slowly because they (enemies) had moved to civilian areas," added Ahmad.
Ahmad said that during their second operation in Kandahar, he and his associates found that they were closer to Aslam Farooqi, the leader of the Khorasan branch of ISIS, than ever before, and that they would reach him if they proceeded cautiously.
"An operation was carried out in four or five parts of the city (in one of the southern provinces), and Aslam Farooqi was in one of the districts when we arrested him," Ahmad added.
Abdullah Orakzai, also known as Aslam Farooqi, was a resident of Akhondzadagan village of Orakzai agency, which is located in the tribal areas of Pakistain.
In addition to leading the Khorasan branch of ISIS, Farooqi also carried out responsibilities such as recruiting ISIS in Pakistain and running international communications for the Khorasan branch of ISIS.
After the peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban ...Arabic for students... , only two major terrorist attacks took place in Kabul - one was an attack on a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat party, in which thirty-two people died, and the other was an attack on the Sikh’s shrine in Kabul, which killed twenty-six people. Both attacks were claimed by ISIS.
"There is a real ISIS that is in contact with Syria and Iraq, and a second ISIS that originally operated under the umbrella of the real ISIS in some provinces and districts. Perhaps the information about this person (Aslam Farooqi), was given to the Afghan cops by another ISIS group," said Khan Agha Rezaie, a parliament member.
"The arrest of Aslam Farooqi is a major achievement for the government and national security forces; it means that ISIS has been defeated in Afghanistan," said Jawed Safai, a member of parliament.
Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadem, Hafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat. He is periodically placed under house arrest so it looks like the govt is doing something. Once the heat is off they let him go.... , Abdul Haseeb Pashtun-infested Logari and Abu Saeed Bajuri were the ISIS leaders who were killed between 1393 and 1397 (solar years) in government forces operations in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province.
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[KhaamaPress] The United States reiterated its outrage with the ongoing political chaos in Afghanistan, emphasizing that business can’t be as usual for international donors in the country.
"It can’t be business as usual for international donors in #Afghanistan. International aid requires partnership with an inclusive government and we all must hold Afghan leaders accountable to agree on a governing arrangement," Alice Wells, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia said in a Twitter post.
Alice had earlier strongly reacted to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... ’s move regarding the dismemberment of the Ministry of Finance after the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) warned that the move would harm the country’s development and jeopardize the sustainability of peace if an agreement is reached with the Taliban ...Arabic for students... "Troubling new @USIP report that the Afghan govt is "eviscerating" & "gravely weakening" the Ministry of Finance by "carving out key constituent parts, putting them directly under the presidential palace." The Afghan people need accountable government," she said in a Twitter post.
The U.S. Institute of Peace in a report said the Afghan government is eviscerating the ministry‐carving out key constituent parts, putting them directly under the presidential palace, and gravely weakening one of the country’s most effective institutions. "It’s a move that’s bad for Afghanistan’s governance and financial viability."
"The ministry’s dismemberment began on February 19 when‐amid the ongoing dispute over the results of the presidential election‐President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree instituting major changes in its administrative structure and reporting arrangements," USIP added in its report.
The report also added "Under this order, three core functional areas of the Ministry of Finance (MoF)‐revenue, customs, and treasury and budget‐are to be carved out as independent units, reporting directly to the President’s Office (via the Administrative Affairs Office of the President), completely bypassing the minister of finance and deputy minister."
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he was 67
he had a prior heart condition
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Had dinner with while I was in Libya
A brilliant man who could enthrall you for hours on just about any subject you name except how to form and run an effective government
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Rating agency Capital Intelligence Ratings on Saturday lowered Bahrain’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ’BB-’ from ’BB’, a statement from the agency said.
At the same time, the rating agency affirmed the sovereign’s short-term foreign and local currency rating at ’B’. The outlook for all ratings remains negative.
CI expects that the Kingdom’s fiscal and external balances would weaken significantly over the next 12 months due to the impact of lower oil prices and the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... pandemic.
The rating agency also said the current volatility and risk aversion in global financial markets would hamper Bahrain’s capacity to secure the funds needed to cover its large financing needs. The downgrade also takes into account the decline in the country’s net external asset position, large pressures on its modest level of international assets, and limited capacity to withstand a prolonged period of low oil prices.
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[DW] The global coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... lockdown is making it hard for Mexican narco mobs to operate. With borders shut and limited air traffic, cartels are turning on each other.
There's nothing you can't find on Mexico City's Tepito Market, locals say. In this maze of alleyways and stalls, you can buy anything from brand-name clothing, to flat-screen televisions, toys, glasses, drones, mobiles and much more. Wares produced in informal workshops are on offer, as are counterfeit consumer goods from China and even illegal drugs and weapons.
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The tunnel runs more than 1.3 kilometers under the border wall between the US and Mexico and is equipped with an elevator. "We never really thought they had the moxie to go that far," one US official said.
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I recall the outrage over the Walmart model. Coming into a small community, extinguishing the local hardware and clothing stores....then closing down if the expected margins were not met. Walmart closures led to people having to drive 15-25 miles to the next town and a Super Walmart, the old hardware and clothing stores were gone.
The Walmart business model appears to mirror that of the Chinese business model, or vice versa. Shocking, no ?
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I know it's surely cost that bastard Soros everything he's spent for decades on trying to destroy borders and sovereignty. And possibly, the incorrigibly careless muslims in every nation, their lives. The chinese it will hurt for years to come, you shall see. And the champions of mob virtue and collective pressure shall probably never do business like they used to again.
Life, in the political world is altered forever now. Without a shot fired, without a legislation, fast-tracked by that oldest, most primal motivator of men. Fear.
This blasted thing, whether escaped from a lab or evolved from demonic strain, is a force of nature that has lain waste to all our diverse enemy and their wiles. It has given our Governments a much needed chance to re-evaluate our imperatives and projected possibilities for other future things like it, that shall have to be now strategized for. This means a lot, both from the public administrative and mass psychological perspectives. And the results can be a more secure social environment for our citizens, more discipline and less buggery by public nuisances like liberals.
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#8 IMO, the most important outcome of Covid-19, is that a lot of (otherwise good people) learned that the Universe doesn't give a damn that they think.
Global benchmark #oil prices trade as much as $3 a barrel lower as the market opens for Monday's trading session, reflecting fears of oversupply in the market.#OOTThttps://t.co/u0qiHYCdTh
[DW] Only 8% of racist attacks on asylum-seeker hostels in Germany from 2015 to 2018 resulted in convictions, according to a new TV documentary. The filmmakers accuse authorities of lax pursuit of 'cocky' far-right suspects. The point of a "documentary" is advancing the agenda. Nobody makes one without a reason
Researchers at southern German regional public broadcasters SWR and BR had requested data from all 16 of Germany's states, or Länder, asking for attack counts and resulting convictions.
Between 2015 and 2018, they found, 2,558 incidents had occurred nationwide, ranging from abusive graffiti near hostels to serious arson and bombing attacks.
Hardly 600 such incidents were, however, publicly noted by Germany's federal Interior Ministry over that period, they asserted.
And, the counts of cases solved and convictions made were even less, according documentary makers led by Anna Tillack and Ann Kluhspies. Of the 2,558 incidents only 18%, or 467 cases, were actually investigated or led to discovery of perpetrators. And, in only 206 cases, or 8%, did fines or jail terms result on conviction, found the documentary team.
Furthermore, glaring regional differences emerged: In Baden-Wurttemberg 64% of its cases actually probed resulted in convictions. In Brandenburg state ‐ outlying Berlin ‐ only 28% ended in perpetrators being convicted.
Many far-right Death Eaters known to authorities also possess arms permits, note the filmmakers, but Germany's domestic interior agencies do not sufficiently notify weapons offices ‐ usually located in city or country administrations.
"The number of right-wing Death Eaters with weapons permits has almost doubled since 2016," observes the documentary team.
[Rudaw] Half of the US-led coalition troops in Iraq will have left the country by the end of 2020, Iraq’s premier-designate Adnan al-Zurfi has said, while a timetable for the departure of the other half will agreed upon by early 2021.
Zurfi made the remarks in his first televised interview as PM-designate, conducted by state media outlet al-Iraqiya on Sunday night.
"I talked to US ambassador and coalition officials in Iraq about a schedule for coalition troop withdrawal from Iraq," he said. "Half of the US-led coalition troops will withdraw from Iraq by end of 2020, while the other half will leave Iraq after we agree on a schedule by the beginning of next year."
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[Jpost] After Ali Mohammed Younis, a Hezbollah commander in charge of pursuing spies and collaborators was found killed in southern Lebanon over the weekend, Lebanese and Iranian media began reporting that the Mossad "and its mercenaries" were suspects in the assassination.
Hezbollah sources said Younis was found stabbed to death in his vehicle, Lebanese MTV news reported. He was found south of Nabatiya, Sputnik news reported.
A body was found on Saturday at the same location with stab and bullet wounds, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported. The report included an image that appeared the same as the image published in the Iranian reports about Younis’s death. A suspect has been arrested, NNA reported.
Al-Quds Al-Araby reported that the statement issued by Hezbollah mourning Younis indicated that his death was connected to his work, adding that the death may have also been due to differences between Younis and another group over financial issues.
...not at all the kind of thing that would motivate Mossad...
The Janoubia news website reported that Younis had been working for a while on a "sensitive file." Sources told the website that Younis was on a mission pursuing a target when he was ambushed by three vehicles and killed. Another person traveling with him was injured in the incident and mistakenly believed to be the murderer, according to Janoubia. It is unclear if he is the suspect that NNA reported.
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My impression is that they found two bodies, article isn't clear. Apparently Younis was just stabbed while another body found at the same location was shot and stabbed.
Stabbing is much quieter than shooting, just saying.
Interior Minister Arye Deri said on Sunday that a total lockdown of #Israel during the evening of Passover is planned and will be announced in the next two days. https://t.co/zq2O48Egph
The Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of #coronavirus in #Iran, despite claims it mishandled the crisis. Read more here.https://t.co/ewqsxTzrqj
#Iran’s military did “well” by downing a civilian Ukrainian airliner in January, says Hassan Norouzi, the spokesman for the Iranian parliament's legal and judicial committee, adding that no arrests have been made in relation to the incident.https://t.co/T0P4d9ryjJ
An Iranian newspaper criticizes #Khamenei’s close associate for disclosing that slain commander #Soleimani paid salaries to fighters of an Iranian proxy group in Syria. https://t.co/wyQKWMGihc
#Lebanon’s commercial banks will work with the central bank to determine a daily exchange rate for dollars under a new FX trading system being launched, the banking association says.https://t.co/tlJknumXNc
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Just like the scientists during Trinity test who were freaked out..they kept looking at this bright object in the sky and an astronomer finally had to tell them that it was Venus that they were looking at not something strange...(Rhodes-The Making of The Atomic Bomb)
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.
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...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
