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[REGNUM] Armenia's appeal to the Collective Security Treaty Organization in connection with the situation on the border with Azerbaijan is an attempt to politicize the process. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov stated this on May 15 .
"Armenia's appeal to the Collective Security Treaty Organization on this issue (the situation on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border) has no grounds, and this is nothing more than an attempt by the leading circles of Armenia to politicize the problem," the press service of the Republic's Foreign Ministry quoted him as saying.
As REGNUM reported earlier , on May 14, Armenia officially applied to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in connection with the violations committed by Azerbaijan on the border in the Syunik region (Armenia).
Let us remind you that the tension on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan arose on May 12: Yerevan states that the Azerbaijani military illegally crossed the border of the republic.
Bernie-Bro and acquaintance of Dick "Dick” Durbin
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] The FBI quietly admitted Friday that the 2017 Alexandria, Virginia, baseball field shooting that nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise has been classified as "domestic terrorism" carried out by a "domestic violent mostly peaceful holy warrior" targeting Republicans after the bureau previously classified it as "suicide by cop."
The revelation appears in the middle of an appendix on page 35 of a 40-page FBI-DHS report released on Friday titled "Security Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism." In a section describing approximately 85 different "FBI-Designated Significant Domestic Terrorism Incidents in the United States from 2015 through 2019," the Alexandria baseball field shooting appears, with the FBI categorizing the perpetrator as a "Domestic Violent Extremist" and describing the incident thusly: "An individual with a personalized violent mostly peaceful ideology targeted and shot Republican members of Congress at a baseball field and maimed five people. The subject died as a result of engagement with law enforcement."
In June 2017, James Hodgkinson, a man from Illinois who was living out of a van in Alexandria, shot up Eugene Simpson Stadium Park after asking GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan, who was leaving practice early, if the players were Republicans or Democrats. Hodgkinson struck Scalise in the hip, hit lobbyist Matt Mika in the chest, and injured two U.S. Capitol Police officers, Crystal Griner and David Bailey. Scalise nearly bled to death and required multiple surgeries before returning to Congress.
Hodgkinson, an avid liberal and supporter of Democratic presidential primary candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ...The only first openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords. He ran for the 2016 nomination for president, to be cheated out of it by Hillary Clinton, then went back to being an Independent socialist, waiting for 2020 to roll around... , was killed by law enforcement. He had posted on Facebook that "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co." and joined other groups such as "Terminate The Republican Party" and "Join The Resistance® Worldwide!!"
Last month, the FBI had said that the shooting would have been classified as "domestic terrorism" if it happened today, but that seemed to dance around the issue of how it should properly be classified. Earlier in April, Republican congressmen had criticized the decision by the FBI, led in an acting capacity at the time by Andrew McCabe, not to label the shooting by Hodgkinson as domestic terrorism despite his targeting of elected Republican leaders as they practiced for the annual congressional baseball game, calling upon FBI Director Christopher Wray, who has led the bureau since August 2017, to provide answers.
... James Hodgkinson, a known far-left political activist who worked on Bernie Sanders' campaign in 2016.
Hodgkinson was found with a list of Republican Congressmen in his pocket and only began shooting after asking then Rep. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Jeff Duncan if the people on the field were "Democrats or Republicans." Hodgkinson was a member of many extremist Facebook groups called "Terminate the Republican Party," "The Road To Hell Is Paved With Republicans," and "Donald Trump is not my President."
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Any 'admissions' on Waco, 9/11, the Clinton 'home brew' servers, the Atlanta Olympic Park bombing, the Boston Marathon bombing, Fast and Furious, the Benghazi investigation, the Tsarnaev Bros, Whitey Bulger, Nidal Hassan, the FISA warrants, DNC IT specialist and Falls Church, VA car dealer Shahid Imran Awan, Carter Page, death of Jeffrey Epstein, status of Julian Assange, Christopher Steele, Senator Dianne Feinstein's Chinese driver, Hunter Biden's Eastern Euro dealings, Rep. Eric Swalwell and Chinese Spy Fang Fang, or the murder of Seth Rich ?
[Free Beacon] The Muslim Brotherhood's official online mouthpiece offered praise this week to Democratic members of Congress who are publicly criticizing Israel as it defends itself against an onslaught of terrorist rockets.
"Democratic representatives demand the protection of Palestinians from Zionist attacks," reads a headline in Ikhwan Online, the Brotherhood's official propaganda site. The jihadist extremist group, which is designated as a terror outfit in multiple countries, highlighted critical remarks about Israel's defensive operations made by outspoken opponents of the Jewish state—Reps. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), Andre Carson (D., Ind.), Debbie Dingell (D., Mich.), Mark Pocan (D., Wis.), and Cori Bush (D., Mo.), as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.).
"A large number from the American Democratic Party urged their government to try stopping the violence of the occupation forces against the Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank," the Arabic language article states, highlighting the support these liberal American lawmakers have among anti-Israel extremist groups in the region. The article was independently translated for the Washington Free Beacon.
All of the lawmakers mentioned above are widely known for their anti-Israel views and supporting a range of organizations that seek to boycott the Jewish state and promote anti-Semitic slurs about the country. Their criticism follows Israeli airstrikes directed at terrorist groups operating in the Gaza Strip. These groups, including Hamas, bombarded the country with more than 1,000 missiles in just more than two days. Israel says it will continue to conduct defensive operations until Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups that are funded by Iran stop their attacks.
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.@PortlandPolice lack resources to quell skyrocketing murders in the city after it was partially defunded & had its Gun Violence Reduction Team abolished for "racial justice." At this point last year before rioting began, there were 4 homicides. This year, there have been 31.
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My thought exactly, Raj. Are they there to raise the homicide rate, or try to arrest the murderers.
Also, where the heck are the Oregon State Police? Why are the Feds getting involved? This is a state issue, not a Federal one.
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Why should my federal tax dollars go to support a city which defunded it's own police?
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Thursday said he has fulfilled his promise to the people not to run in the upcoming elections scheduled for October 10.
His remarks came during a televised speech marking the 1st anniversary of the Iraqi government.
"The government that I had the honor to be its president was born in an exceptional and dangerous circumstance," he stressed.
Kadhimi said that Iraq was standing at a crossroads due to the severe social crisis, saying the primary mission is to lead fair and just elections.
"We have set October 10 as a deadline for holding the elections, and we will make our best efforts for that," the PM noted, calling on the political forces and parties to support the government to succeed in the elections.
"For our part, we fulfilled our pledge to our people by declaring not to participate in the elections or to support any party at the expense of others, and we will do our work in protecting the upcoming electoral process."
He further hailed the Iraqi forces for the remarkable efforts exerted in fighting ISIS.
"Our forces have achieved remarkable development in confronting ISIS. We have succeeded in killing the terrorist who calls himself the Wali of Iraq and the Deputy Caliph, known as Abu Yasser al-Issawi, and the deputy governor of ISIS in Iraq, and ISIS's coordinator of operations in Syria and Iraq."
He also said his government has helped the displaced to return home and made major efforts to end the problem of internal displacement.
"We have closed within one year more than 90% of the IDP camps across Iraq, and we supported the voluntary return of the displaced into their areas."
On regional relations, Kadhimi said: "I am proud of the great development of our relationship with Jordan, Egypt, Saudi 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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were, to inclid Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century... , the Emirates, Iran, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... , Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , Syria, and all the countries in the region that love peace."
He explained that the government’s policy of openness was reflected in the reopening of the Arar border crossing with Saudi Arabia, which has been closed for decades.
At the level of strategic dialogue with the United States, Kadhimi said that during three sessions of the dialogue, the two sides achieved advanced steps for the exit of the remaining combat forces of the International Coalition.
"We are preparing for upcoming rounds between the military committees to set the time and technical frameworks to achieve this."
Kadhimi concluded that what his government has done in one year to fight corruption is equal to the outcomes of the past 17 years in this regard.
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[IsraelTimes] The IDF releases the names and photos of over 30 “central” Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad members that it has killed in the fighting in Gaza.
The IDF says it has also killed dozens more lower-ranking operatives from the terror groups.
IDF releases names and in style cases photos of 30+ "central" Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad members killed so far in the fighting. The IDF says it has killed dozens more lower ranking operatives. pic.twitter.com/EciKT06FGL
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A very successful harvest likely attributable to excellent human intelligence production. Please return the fotos to their corresponding target folders and forward to archives. Drive on lads !
Can’t blame them for leaving, really. Problems between Israel and Gaza aren’t their lookout.
[EpochTimes] The Department of Defense confirmed it is pulling 120 troops from Israel amid a flare-up in tensions between Jerusalem and designated terrorist groups in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told news hounds that U.S. Central Command and U.S. European Command staff flew on a C-17 military plane from Israel and arrived at Germany’s Ramstein Air Base on Thursday.
"We made this decision to remove these individuals in coordination with our Israeli counterparts," Kirby said, adding that the military staff "were in Israel for a routine planning event" before the fighting escalated. The move was done as a precaution, Kirby said.
Within the United States, leftist groups and some Democrats in Congress attempted to place pressure on the Biden administration to condemn Israel. However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... the White House, House Speaker Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments... (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 45.44151 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... (D-N.Y.), and numerous Republicans have said that Israel has the right to defend itself.
"In our view, attacks from Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, into civilian neighborhoods is not self-defense, so he certainly reiterated that, but also reiterated the need to move to de-escalate the situation on the ground," White House press secretary Jen Psaki ...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State under Obama... told news hounds this week.
[PJMedia] This past week, Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, launched more than 1,600 rockets into Israel — most of which got intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome — after a violent mostly peaceful confrontation between Israeli police and Paleostinian rioters at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the Temple Mount, near the third-holiest site in Islam. The rioters had protested the eviction of Paleostinians who have not paid rent for living on land allegedly owned by Israelis. The riot broke out just before Israel’s Supreme Court could decide the issue.
This isn’t an issue of Jews removing Paleostinians from homes they own — it’s an issue of restoring claims that the Paleostinians themselves acknowledged in the 1980s.
Hamas has claimed that the evictions constitute "aggression" against the Paleostinian residents in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Activists in the United States have echoed this claim, with some describing the evictions as an act of "settler-colonialism."
In truth, it seems Hamas has orchestrated unrest — an unrest that appears to be escalating toward war — because the Paleostinians are likely to lose their legal fight, and for good reasons.
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Israel says your building also housed Hamas military assets. All of you were given warning to evacuate, which you did, before the place was destroyed. And AP last year released guidelines saying journalists shouldn’t focus on property destruction. https://t.co/ve6i2NTwIe
Owner of Al-Jalaa tower, #Gaza City negotiates with IDF on the phone to postpone the bombing of the building. The building has already been evacuated but he says one of the teams of journalists left some equipment inside. #HamasTerrorists https://t.co/fGH9dmr0D3pic.twitter.com/Acmo9youXA
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Gaza makes any U.S. housing project look like West Palm Beach by comparison. These ungrateful 'reporters' should be thanking them for the bombing run.
Watch the moment the building that houses Al Jazeera and several other international media agencies is flattened after Israeli warplanes target it with multiple missiles.
This year’s @USCIRF report on religious freedom in #Syria recommends recognizing the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria as “a legitimate, local government” – language unprecedented for a US government entity. https://t.co/u16dkgeQkO
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) May 15, 2021
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it was probably cleared with Assad but anyway it is quite welcome (especially by the Kurds who have been promised stuff for decades and gotten pretty much nothing)
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[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Two of the main contenders to become Iran's president, hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi and former parliament speaker Ali Larijani, registered on Saturday to run in next month's election.
The June 18 election to succeed President Hassan Rouhani ...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man... is seen as a test of the legitimacy of the country's holy manal rulers who are hoping for a high turnout. Rouhani is barred by term limits from running again.
But voter interest may be hit by rising discontent over an economy that has been crippled by US sanctions reimposed after Washington exited a nuclear deal between Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... and major powers three years ago.
Raisi is a 60-year-old mid-ranking holy man in Iran’s establishment. Appointed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini... as head of the judiciary in March 2019, he has emerged as one of the country's most powerful figures and a contender to succeed Khamenei.
Larijani, a former nuclear negotiator and an adviser to Khamenei, is hoping to secure backing from both moderates and hardliners and bridge the gap between them.
"I have come as an independent to the stage to make changes in the executive management of the country and to fight poverty, corruption, humiliation and discrimination," Raisi was quoted as saying in a statement by local media before registering.
"I have come to form a strong people’s government for a strong Iran" with the help of "the brave youth," Raisi said, apparently alluding to recent comments by Khamenei who said he expected a "capable and energetic government" to come to power.
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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.
Armenia's appeal to the Collective Security Treaty Organization in connection with the situation on the border with Azerbaijan is an attempt to politicize the process. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov stated this on May 15 .
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[Free Beacon] The Muslim Brotherhood's official online mouthpiece offered praise this week to Democratic members of Congress who are publicly criticizing Israel as it defends itself against an onslaught of terrorist rockets.
...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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were, to inclid Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
