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CCP reports coup attempt in China!
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Africa North
6 GNA Syrian mercenaries arrive at Al-Hadaba Hospital Tripoli who have symptoms of covid19
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Al-Sarraj militia executed the sons of the commander of the operations room Sobrata
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Arabia
Saudi executes Yemeni over Spanish theatre group stabbing
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
The man, identified as Imad al-Mansouri, had been sentenced to death for the November 11 attack during a live performance in Riyadh, which state media linked to militant group Al-Qaeda and which Madrid said left four performers wounded.

The assailant was accused of going on a stabbing spree during a musical in the capital’s King Abdullah Park, one of the venues hosting the two-month “Riyadh Season” entertainment festival.

It was the first such assault since the country began easing restrictions on entertainment.

The state-run Al-Ekhbariya television said the attacker took orders from an Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen, but so far there has been no claim of responsibility from the group.

Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

#1  "a live performance in Riyadh."

Things have changed! When I was in Riyadh (mid 90s), plays, theater, and movies were strictly forbidden. Period. Wow.
Posted by: Tom || 04/17/2020 11:27 Comments || Top||

#2  He killed the only openly gay man in KSA!
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 12:24 Comments || Top||


Saudi-led coalition in Yemen: We abide by the ceasefire and support the efforts of the UN envoy to #Yemen
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Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


The Grand Turk
EU promises to respond to Turkey's threatening actions in eastern Mediterranean
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Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  A very strongly worded diplomatic communique (h/t Keith Laumer)?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/17/2020 4:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Unfortunately, Reteif emigrated.
Posted by: Hupoluling Big Foot6792 || 04/17/2020 9:20 Comments || Top||

#3 

Dionne Warwick - Promises Promises
Posted by: Woodrow || 04/17/2020 15:10 Comments || Top||


Turkey records more than 4,800 #coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours
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Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Gotta think all of this 'reaccurate' counting is an effort to appeal for future reparations.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/17/2020 17:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Not to worry. They're all Gulanists.
Posted by: Ebbimble Slaviger4179 || 04/17/2020 17:36 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
11 Tableeghi Jamaat members test positive for Covid-19 in Sanghar
Virus jihad wannabees.
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Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Tablighi Jamaat


Iraq
Iraqi government has refused to take in Iranian Shia pilgrims due to border closure
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Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran records a total of almost 78,000 #coronavirus cases and 4,870 deaths
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Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Any at the nuke works? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/17/2020 4:52 Comments || Top||

#2  More magic numbers.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 5:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Their numbers look managed to me.
Posted by: KBK || 04/17/2020 9:49 Comments || Top||


Since the IRGC has been responsible for disseminating the statistics a lot of deaths have been hidden
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Unlike those NYC is burying on Hart Island.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/17/2020 16:50 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks
Virtual ‘caliphate’? ISIS takes advantage of coronavirus crisis to make comeback on social media
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Digital Media Center in Iraq revealed an increase in the number of accounts belonging to the so-called "Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
" (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) and their supporters on social media platforms, especially Facebook.

The center said in a blurb that "this return came during the past months that accompanied 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 and led to a delay in the response of Facebook’s support to delete accounts."

"The members of ISIS and those who support them took advantage of the opportunity and started creating new accounts or reactivating old accounts, and they published and promoted their terrorist operations through the platform," they said

The Center warned users not to interact with these posts even if it was criticizing them through comments or sharing them, which leads to unintentionally free promotion.

They called on users to make "the necessary concerted efforts to counter the terrorist tide through extensive reporting of these accounts so that Facebook closes them."
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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Two weeks of WOT
Fri 2020-04-17
  CCP reports coup attempt in China!
Thu 2020-04-16
  Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf
Wed 2020-04-15
  China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy
Tue 2020-04-14
  GNA carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman
Mon 2020-04-13
  Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein
Sun 2020-04-12
  Houthi militia has sentenced four journalists to death in Yemen for ‘treason and espionage,’
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  Krakatoa volcano blows up
Fri 2020-04-10
  Iraq names its third prime minister in 10 weeks
Thu 2020-04-09
  Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy
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  Pakistan Scrambles to Quarantine 100,000 Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat Event
Tue 2020-04-07
  Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country
Mon 2020-04-06
  Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran,
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Fri 2020-04-03
  Iran’s Speaker Reportedly Diagnosed with Coronavirus


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