[SUDANTRIBUNE] Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, also known as Hemetti, on Monday reiterated his commitment to attending peace talks in Geneva and accused Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... 's army of undermining negotiations under the influence of Islamists.
Hemetti reaffirmed his acceptance of the U.S.-backed invitation for talks aimed at ceasing hostilities, scheduled to begin on August 14th.
''This is our firm and unwavering commitment to the Sudanese people,'' Hemetti said in a statement. ''We will go to the upcoming negotiations with a genuine will to stop the war immediately and without delay.''
He criticized the army for its alleged lack of commitment to peace, pointing to its withdrawal from previous negotiations in Jeddah and its failure to attend a proposed meeting in Kampala earlier this year.
Hemetti also accused the army of stalling in the lead-up to the Geneva talks, claiming they have not offered any concrete commitments on humanitarian aid delivery or civilian protection, unlike the RSF.
The RSF leader further asserted that Sudan currently lacks a legitimate government, describing the authorities in Port Sudan as a ''gang'' interested only in looting the country's wealth.
The Sudanese government has set conditions for its participation in the Geneva talks, including being represented as the government, not just the military, and demanding the implementation of the May 2023 Jeddah Agreement before any new negotiations.
The Geneva talks are seen as a crucial step towards ending the conflict in Sudan, which has caused a humanitarian crisis and widespread displacement since it erupted in April.
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Hemetti reaffirmed his acceptance of the U.S.-backed invitation for talks aimed at ceasing hostilities, scheduled to begin on August 14th.
This will not end well.
[DHAKATRIBUNE] The BNP is giving the interim government time to create a conducive environment for holding elections, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday after a discussion with interim government Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus.
Mirza Fakhrul also said that the BNP delegation did not discuss the election during their meeting with the Chief Adviser.
"It will take some time to organize the election, and we have allowed that time," he added.
Top BNP leaders, led by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, exchanged views with Chief Adviser Dr Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Monday afternoon. The meeting lasted about an hour.
Speaking to news hounds, Mirza Fakhrul said: ''As I mentioned earlier, it will take some time to create a suitable environment for the elections. We are supporting them in all matters.''
After the meeting, which concluded around 5pm, he said: "The Chief Adviser invited us, and we discussed various issues. Essentially, the fascist ...anybody you disagree with, damn them... government that has been suppressing democracy, oppressing the people for 15-16 years, and depriving them of their democratic rights has established a fascist rule."
Mirza Fakhrul also emphasized: "We made it clear that people should not be misled by attempts to create instability, chaos, or communal arson in the country. We urge the public to support the government in maintaining religious harmony and ensuring the safety of the people. We fully support these efforts."
The BNP leaders noted that this was the first time the interim government had met with BNP leaders after the fall of the dictatorial government through the students' movement and taking charge in a free environment. They shared their views on the current situation, and the government also expressed its opinions.
Referring to the Awami League, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul said: "Unfortunately, despite so many murders and tortures, that party continues to make various statements."
He believes the government needs to take action in this regard and engage in dialogue with all parties, but not with those responsible for killings.
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[KavkazUzel] Residents of KaspiyskMuhammad Ramazanov and Gusein Abdullaev were supporters of a terrorist organization, they decided to fight against the "infidels" and the security forces. Together with Rashid Karibov, they planned to carry out an explosion in the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God or in a place where police were concentrated, but were detained, the investigation reported.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", three local residents were detained in Kaspiysk on July 27. The investigation believes that they were preparing terrorist attacks, including in an Orthodox church. During interrogation, the detainees said that they were planning to blow up the Kazan Church in the city. On July 28, the court placed them under arrest for two months.
The investigation has reported details of the investigation into the case of three residents of Kaspiysk who were planning to commit a terrorist act. 19-year-old Mukhammad Ramazanov, 22-year-old Gusein Abdullaev and 34-year-old Rashid Karibov decided to follow the example of the militants who carried out terrorist attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent on June 23 and attack an Orthodox church and police officers, Kommersant wrote today, August 12, in the article "To the Church with a Molotov Cocktail."
According to the investigation, Abdullaev and Ramazanov worked as loaders at a warehouse of a transport company in Kaspiysk. Both were supporters of the recognized terrorist organization "Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jamaa", banned in Russia. After talking, they decided to fight against the "infidels" and "lawless" security forces and began looking for comrades. At the same time, Ramazanov recognized Abdullaev (Islamic name Abu Sumaya) as his amir and swore an oath to him.
They chose Rashid Karibov, who also worked for the aforementioned transport company, as their accomplice. During the investigation, it turned out that Karibov had served in the army, worked as a truck driver, and had been convicted of drugs and failure to report a crime. The latter case concerned an acquaintance of Karibov's who was planning to go to Syria and join a unit of the Islamic State (a terrorist organization banned in Russia ). He invited Karibov to go with him, but he refused. He admitted his guilt in failing to report a crime, for which he was fined 30,000 rubles.
The three young men began to communicate, they performed namaz in the prayer room of the transport company, avoiding visiting city mosques. In January, Karibov was fired for returning late from a flight, he got another job, but did not lose contact with his comrades.
At the end of June, all three went on a trip to Grozny, on the way Abdullaev and Ramazanov suggested Karibov go "on jihad". He agreed. On the way back, Abdullaev, who was recognized as the group's amir, bought three knives.
Initially, the young people planned to go to Somalia, but they did not have foreign passports. Then, according to the investigation, they decided to commit a terrorist attack in Kaspiysk. At Ramazanov's suggestion, they bought components for a bomb in hardware stores; Ramazanov's sister bought sulfuric acid at his request.
The investigation believes that they planned to blow up the Church of Our Lady of Kazan or to detonate an explosion in a place where police officers were gathered. The option of setting the church on fire was also considered. They studied the area around the church, the location of CCTV cameras, the location of the security forces guarding the church, their weapons and transport. They did not plan to surrender, deciding to die in battle.
The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have any comments from the detainees or their official representatives regarding the investigation's version.
Let us recall that on June 23, on the Day of the Holy Trinity, which is one of the main Christian holidays, militants attacked synagogues and Orthodox churches in Derbent and Makhachkala. As a result, at least 22 people were killed and 46 were injured.
[NINANEWS] The supreme religious authority, Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... Ali al-Sistani, renewed the forbidding of all types of drugs, the forbidding of dealing with them, and the forbidding of the money obtained through them, calling for the resignation of officials who are negligent in combating drugs and purging the security services concerned with combating drugs from their corrupt elements.
This came in a legal response to a question received by his office from the Cultural Knowledge Foundation.
The office of the religious authority, al-Sistani, called in its legal responses to boycott dealing with anyone who smuggles or trades drugs, and there is no difference in the forbidding of drug trade and transportation.
The office of the religious authority, al-Sistani, stressed that "those officials who are negligent in combating drugs in performing their duties are committing a double sin and must resign," adding, "The higher authorities that hold the reins of affairs have a major responsibility in purging the security and judicial services from the corrupt."
He called on cultural and religious centers and institutions, each in his position, to educate people to remove the danger of drugs from society, noting that ''the repentance of anyone who used to use drugs and repented and continued treatment until the final stages and never returned to drugs is accepted.''
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[NINANEWS] The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada Tater al-Sadr ...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry when the check cleared... , called on Arab and Islamic governments to pressure the Security Council to stop the Zionist violations.
A document signed by al-Sadr stated: "I call on the Arab and Islamic governments, and the moderate and peace-loving countries, to pressure the members of the Security Council, which will convene in the coming days at the request of Algeria, and to demand that they issue binding and immediate resolutions to stop human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... violations and the killing of innocents in beloved 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 Hamas with 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... , and to demand that the Zionist enemy immediately cease fire without any conditions. All of this represents the conscience of free nations and peoples."
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[FoxNews] Paragliders were used in the Oct 7 massacre against Israel
The Hamas terrorist movement’s use of paragliders as part of its mass murder of nearly 1,200 people, including over 30 Americans, in southern Israel on Oct. 7 was laid out in a methodical plan that Fox News Digital can disclose for the first time.
A Hamas military plan obtained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip reveals the great lengths the Iranian regime-backed terrorist organization Hamas went to deceive the world about its use of the aerial sports device.
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[Naharnet] Hezbollah is ''calculating its steps very well'' as to its anticipated response to the Israeli airstrike on Dahieh that killed its military chief Fouad Shukur and six other people, an influential figure close to Hezbollah said.
''Hezbollah is wary of falling into the trap of giving the Israelis an alibi to attack Lebanese civilian areas, and it fears that its precision missiles -- which it has yet to use on the battlefield -- might get deviated from the specified targets due to jamming and deflection by Israel,'' the source told Kuwait's al-Anbaa newspaper.
''The Israelis are strongly trying to expand the war, but they are being faced with the Americans' deterrence,'' the source added, noting that ''Hezbollah is being patient to avoid plunging the entire country into an all-out war, for several considerations.''
The influential figure, however, asserted that Hezbollah will retaliate through striking ''an Israeli military target, without hitting civilians.''
''Hezbollah has readiness for a lengthy fight against Israel and there is no problem in it protracting for 10 years,'' the source added.
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United Nations / CBS had a blurb the other day:
The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations told CBS News in an exclusive on Friday that the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah would begin deliberately targeting Israeli civilians - claiming that it had not done so until now.
[Naharnet] Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday said that ''diplomatic contacts are active in several directions to halt the Israeli threats against Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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... and reach a ceasefire 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 Hamas with 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... .''
''The Lebanese government's paper declared in the weekend, which highlights the basis for achieving sustainable stability in south Lebanon, specifies the clear foundations of the solution, topped by deescalation, in order to avoid a destructive cycle of violence,'' Mikati added.
''The international community must play a decisive and instant role in calming the tensions and reining in the continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon,'' he went on to say.
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"sustainable stability in south Lebanon" will only come when Israel occupies land south of the Litani River and pounds to rubble the so-called refugee camps (now more than 70 years old).
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[REGNUM] While the world waits impatiently for Iran's response to the assassination of Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, tensions are rising elsewhere in the Middle East. In Syria, fighting has broken out between Arab tribal militias and the predominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The "hot phase" of the confrontation between Arab tribes and the Kurds has been going on for a year now. However, the current fighting is the largest since August-September 2023. The fighting is taking place in the rural areas of Deir ez-Zor province.
The region itself is effectively divided into two parts by the Euphrates River. The western part, including the administrative center of the same name, is controlled by the government in Damascus. The eastern part is controlled by the self-proclaimed Kurdish-Arab Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria (AANS).
The current fighting began with an offensive by Arab tribal militias on August 7, during which they managed to establish control over the small towns of Abu Hamam, Abu Hardub and Dhiban.
It is noteworthy that this time the clashes took place near American bases, one of which is located at the Al-Omar oil field.
The tribal offensive was led by Ibrahim al-Hefel, the leader of the large Okeydat tribe. He also issued a statement promising to continue the resistance until the moment of “liberation of the land from the terrorist militias of Qandil (referring to the SDF. — Ed.)”.
Importantly, the current tribal offensive was supported by the Syrian army, as well as the pro-government militia National Defense Forces (NDF).
Meanwhile, the SDF issued a statement saying the attacks on their positions began on the orders of Hossam Louka, director of the General Directorate of Security, one of Syria's key intelligence agencies.
This circumstance indicates that the official government has moved to direct action in the Euphrates region.
Earlier, Damascus began working on interaction with the Arab tribes living in the territory of the AASVS. The same al-Hefel was seen in February of this year at negotiations in the Syrian capital for the first time since 2011.
The official government, realizing that it is impossible to gain control over the AASVS as long as American bases are there, decided to rely on internal contradictions in the Autonomous Administration. And it is the Arab tribes that are acting as an instrument that can destabilize the situation.
In addition, the tribal formation "Lions of Okeydat", led by Hashim al-Sattam, also took part in the offensive along with al-Hefel's units. The formation was created in 2021 as a local militia. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) took direct part in its creation.
This tribal militia is based in the government-controlled city of al-Mayadeen, which is also considered one of the key centers of Iranian presence in Syria. It is through this city that the Tehran-Beirut land corridor passes, providing Iran with access to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as providing opportunities for supplying various pro-Iranian groups.
According to information published in Syrian opposition media, tribal forces have been training for several months in IRGC camps located in the Deir ez-Zor and al-Mayadeen areas.
The current interaction with the tribes is one of the pillars of Iranian policy in the Euphrates region. It is aimed at two main tasks - maintaining a presence in eastern Syria by creating safe conditions for the functioning of the land corridor and putting pressure on the United States.
For more than five years, pro-Iranian forces have been constantly shelling American military bases in the region, including in Syria. And relatively recently, Tehran began to involve Arab tribal militias in attacks. In addition, by interacting with the tribes, Iran sees an opportunity to increase discord within the Autonomous Administration, which increases the costs for the United States.
THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM
However, external involvement is not the main source of the current armed clashes between Arab and Kurdish forces. The main reason lies in internal contradictions that have their roots in the creation of the Autonomous Administration.
Initially, the AASVS was conceived by the American side as an alternative political project to the Syrian government, built on the unity of Arabs and Kurds. Despite some efforts made by the United States, the idea of coexistence of different ethnic groups was never achieved.
On the contrary, today the ethnic factor is one of the key problems. The Arabs consider most of the territories of the AASVS as their ancestral lands, and the Kurds themselves as strangers who were imposed by Washington to govern the region.
Given that the Americans have virtually withdrawn from work related to the functioning of local government, these tasks have been transferred to Kurdish representatives, who today serve as political commissars.
Most of them are members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), some of whom are not Syrians at all and do not even speak Arabic. In addition, Arab tribes are practically not represented in the local councils of the Autonomous Administration.
Another important reason for internal contradictions is economic. The richest oil fields (except for Rumelan) are located in the territories inhabited by Arab tribes. Deir ez-Zor province alone provides more than 50% of all AASVS revenues.
But the region accounts for only 16% of the autonomy's total budget, leaving the Arab population feeling deprived.
TIMING CHOICE
The timing of the current confrontation is also understandable. The leading Kurdish political party, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), is planning to hold municipal elections in the region to consolidate its power.
The election campaign was originally scheduled for June, but was postponed. Therefore, the escalation in the run-up to the elections reflects the Arab population's disagreement with the PYD's policies and its unwillingness to participate in the event on unequal terms.
Moreover, the clashes are taking place against the backdrop of discussions on the possibility of Syrian-Turkish normalization.
The participation of the government side in the military actions is a signal to Ankara that Damascus has various instruments of pressure on the SDF. It is important that it is on the Kurdish issue that Syria and Turkey can most easily find common ground, which could become the basis for improving relations.
For Iran in its current situation, it is also advantageous to create divisions within the SDF and damage the American presence.
The use of tribes as “proxy forces” is aimed at increasing the security threat near American bases and is consistent with the general political course of permanent pressure on Washington’s positions in the region.
Thus, several parties had similar interests at once, which ultimately led to the start of armed clashes.
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[REGNUM] Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, had barely taken office when his entourage had already seen its first high-profile resignation. Mohammad Javad Zarif suddenly announced his resignation from the post of vice president for strategic affairs. He had not worked in his new position for even two weeks.
Previously, it was Zarif (in his capacity as the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry) who led the negotiations on the “Nuclear Deal” and was its main ideologist. He also unofficially led a group of “old negotiators” — high-ranking Iranian diplomats who participated in the development of this agreement. In a farewell letter published on social networks, Zarif complained that he “was not satisfied with his work” in selecting candidates for the government, which gave rise to rumors of disagreements between him and other influential figures in Iranian politics. "Please don't kill me"
Of course, this is not the first time Zarif has left with a bang. For example, at the height of Hassan Rouhani’s second presidential term, he already demonstratively resigned from his post as head of the Foreign Ministry due to disagreements with the “power bloc,” which allegedly prevented him from negotiating with Western countries.
However, with his departure, the group of “old negotiators,” on which Pezeshkian had partly placed his bets, risks falling apart—which is facilitated, among other things, by the previously announced “Iranian retaliation” against Israel.
PERSONNEL DECIDES EVERYTHING
Vice President Zarif's resignation comes at an inopportune moment, as Pezeshkian is busy forming a new management team and awaiting parliament's recall of key ministers.
Among the candidates proposed by the Iranian president is Abbas Araghchi, one of the architects of the Nuclear Deal, an agreement that allowed Tehran to achieve the lifting of economic sanctions in exchange for abandoning its research into military nuclear weapons.
Araghchi's inclusion in the ministerial list was not unexpected - the diplomat has served as ambassador to Turkey and Japan, and supervised (as deputy minister) the development of Tehran's relations with countries of the Asia-Pacific region. In all of these posts, he demonstrated outstanding analytical skills and the ability to demonstrate tactical flexibility, which is an important quality criterion for the Iranian diplomatic corps.
However, Araghchi’s activities on the “nuclear” track are much more important: for eight years, he was continuously involved in the negotiation process within the framework of the “Nuclear Deal.” First, in the preparation of the agreement itself, and after 2018 — when US President Donald Trump torpedoed the previous agreements and reinstated the sanctions lifted from Iran — in attempts to revive it.
Perhaps it is this period of his career that should be considered decisive.
Moreover, the new Iranian president built his election program specifically around plans to renew the “Nuclear Deal” and now is in dire need of proven (“old”) negotiators, to which Araghchi belongs. Considering that he is Zarif’s creature, the vice president can try to unobtrusively “press” the parliament to approve the necessary candidate by his own resignation. Including bragging about the fact that if Araghchi’s candidacy fails, official Tehran will be left without any “old negotiators” at all and will have to establish a dialogue from scratch.
On the other hand, such behind-the-scenes games do not benefit Zarif’s own reputation: after the failure of the “Nuclear Deal,” the career of the former Foreign Minister was effectively undermined. He was able to return to high offices only after the victory of the reformists. Moreover, some conservatives still accuse Zarif of “giving up his position” in the international arena and are suspicious of any appointee he proposes.
PLAYING TO THE CROWD
The fact that the reshuffle in the Iranian government is taking place in conditions of regional tension also leaves its mark on the situation: after the Israelis liquidated the head of the Hamas politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, Iran, which promised Israel an “unprecedented response,” has yet to take action, although it has raised the bar of expectations to unprecedented heights.
All parties to the conflict, including the US and European countries, have adopted a wait-and-see attitude and demonstrated their readiness to take radical measures. In this context, excessive haste in “building bridges” in dialogue with the West may be misunderstood not only by conservative circles within Iran, but also by their allies and proxies from the “Axis of Resistance,” which threatens Tehran with additional image costs.
However, even under such conditions, the group of “old negotiators” should not be buried overnight.
Thus, the opinion that Zarif's emotional game is aimed at an external viewer has gained great popularity. Allegedly, it is for this reason that his resignation statement was posted on his personal page in X (formerly Twitter), which is read mainly by a foreign audience.
It is assumed that the urgent resignation of the vice president is needed to remove key negotiators who will subsequently work on reviving the “Nuclear Deal” from under the blow to their image.
This plan is not without logic, since it removes responsibility for the Iranian counteraction not only from Zarif (who, apparently, will take on the main work of reconfiguring the previous ties), but also from most of his Western counterparts - both Washington and representatives of the "European three" (Germany, France, Britain - Ed.) will be able to parry any dissatisfaction of Israel with the fact that Iranian diplomats were outside the decision-making system and could not influence the situation in any way.
However, to meet such conditions, it is necessary that Araghchi's candidacy be under consideration for as long as possible and be accompanied by public debate between the conservative and reformist camps.
Otherwise, the “trump card” of Zarif’s demonstrative resignation (assuming that such a scheme actually took place) risks being used in vain.
I'm posting this at 23:45 Israel time. By tomorrow morning (for me) we'll know if there was an attack tonight.
Today is the ancient holiday of Tisha b’Av, the 9th of the month of Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem by Babylon in 423 BCE; the Second Temple, rebuilt on the same site, was destroyed on the same date in 69 CE. It would be just like the Mad Mullahs to think it clever to try again on the same date.
[Ynet] The World Bank on Monday warned that a war against Israel would be catastrophic for Iran's economy, in a new report.
Not a typo. Apparently The Start-Up Nation is handling the situation just fine.
According to the report, war will result in high youth unemployment, a lack of investment, a struggling automotive industry, rapid currency devaluation, a distorted exchange rate regime, skyrocketing inflation, and a deteriorating productive sector.
The World Bank report notes that that the real income per capita and standard of living in Iran in 2024 are lower than in 2014, with the gap between Iran and other developing nations widening. Even a relatively brief military conflict with Israel, the report suggests, would come at a high cost to Iranian citizens.
"Iranian entanglement in the Gaza war," the report states, "could result in a loss of GDP and income exceeding 10%, disrupt ongoing economic activities, significantly lower living standards, and further diminish productive investments."
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Has the World Bank failed to take into account Tehran’s support for terrorism is not limited to the Middle East? They and WE are funding the spread of radical Islam worldwide. Because, how many plane loads of CA$H did the DC Swamp already send them to help with their genocidal efforts?
My Simple Question.
Which is more important to the Iranian leadership?
Death to all infidels, or a few bumps to their 3rd world overpopulated economy?
Peeking behind the curtain.
Could Iran & others just be playing a political PR blink game for more $$$$$, and UN concessions?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...anybody you disagree with, damn them...
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...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry when the check cleared...
The Hamas terrorist movement’s use of 
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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...
