[Federalist] A recording of a police phone call obtained by The Federalist reveals a local resident reporting a group of Haitian migrants carrying four geese in Springfield, Ohio two weeks ago.
"I’m sitting here, I’m riding on the trail, I’m going to my orientation for my job today, and I see a group of Haitian people, there was about four of ’em, they all had geese in their hand," the caller tells the public services dispatcher in the audio recording of the call.
According to a police report reviewed by The Federalist, the call was placed on Aug. 26, before the Columbus suburb located roughly 50 miles from the state capital became nationally known this week for epitomizing the nation’s migrant crisis. The caller told the dispatcher he saw four migrants in total, two men and two women, each carrying a single goose.
"I was trying to get my phone out and I was trying to make it to this orientation on time," the caller continued. "I’m time crunching here, and I saw that, I’m like, ’Yeah this has got to be reported," he tells the non-emergency police dispatcher.
"How many geese did they have?" the dispatcher asks the caller in the recording.
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The NY Times is reporting Gov. Dewine is sending troopers and $ to Springfield. Only after he was embarrassed nationally. Dewine supports Temporary Protected Status of Haitians. Dewine sponsors a private school in Haiti named after his daughter.
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In searching for Dewine, I saw he claims the troopers are for additional traffic control, because it seems the Haitians don't know the rules of the road and don't speak English. Plus, many have never driven before.
But that's not problem of unfettered, unwanted immigration?
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After killing and cleaning geese from his hunt, a fellow told me his recipe was to cook them over a fire lathered in garlic and butter on a cedar plank. Then eat the plank.
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...the troopers are for additional traffic control, because it seems the Haitians don't know the rules of the road and don't speak English. Plus, many have never driven before.
The Haitians will probably also need help voting, what with being unfamiliar with marking ballots printed in English.
[Garowe] Members of the Æthiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) have reportedly taken over airports in western parts of Somalia, a move that could trigger diplomatic fallout and possible war within the Horn of Africa region.
For eight months, Somalia and Æthiopia have been at loggerheads after the latter signed an agreement with Somaliland ...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells.... , a breakaway region of Somalia, which gives it access to 20 kilometers of the Red Sea in exchange for recognition as a sovereign state.
But Somalia has strongly objected to the move, accusing Æthiopia of violation of international laws, illusory sovereignty, and territorial integrity. The matter is still pending with Somalia rejecting Ottoman Turkish-led mediation efforts, which are yet to materialize.
And on Monday, reports emerged that Æthiopian troops had reportedly taken control of all airports in the Gedo region of Somalia. Gedo region is mostly manned by Æthiopian troops working in the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).
Some of the affected airports include the strategic Luuq, Doolow, Bardere, and Garbaharey. The airports are important to the members of the diplomatic Corps, the humanitarian teams, and members of the public who prefer air transport.
This comes as Egypt is set to deploy troops to the border regions, raising tension within the Horn of Africa nation. Somalia had sought help from Egypt, which is also at loggerheads with Æthiopia over the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Over the weekend, Æthiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said "We have no desire for conflict or war". Ahmed is a Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2019 but his credentials have been suspect lately due to conflicts in his own country.
Prime Minister Abiy highlighted Æthiopia's peaceful approach towards its neighbors over the past six and a half years, emphasizing the importance of regional stability. He noted that Æthiopia's primary goals are peace, prosperity, and maintaining its illusory sovereignty.
While reaffirming the country's commitment to peace, the Prime Minister also mentioned Æthiopia's readiness to defend itself if necessary. Æthiopia is also battling internal challenges, including inter-tribal wars.
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An interesting development. Gedo is a Somalia province located well to the south. and it borders south-southeasternmost Ethiopia. There are, or at least there were, six refugee camps situated in Ethiopia and just across the international boundary. That Gedo has been used by diplomats, etc., is laughable. It may well be that Ethiopia is aware that Moga is so slow, the conquest of southern Somalia from the Islamists may take forever. Thus, it might be helping things along. On the other hand Ethiopia may be looking for a war. Somalia has rejected its move to create a port with Somaliland, and Ethiopia badly needs a port. But for sure, a Somalia-Ethiopia combat is a lose-lose situation.
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[Garowe] The United States has yet again reaffirmed Somalia its support in the fight against al-Shabaab ... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them... , a group that has terrorized locals for almost two decades, inflicting pain and suffering on innocent civilians and members of the army. [that would be Shabaab, not US Army]
For the last two decades, the US Africa Command [comfortably headquartered at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany...]
has worked closely in assisting the Somali National Army (SNA) in unleashing against al-Shabaab, securing many strategic locations in the process while dismembering the turbans.
Colonel David Haskell, Special Operations Commander of the US Army, said the US shall not relent in the fight against al-Shabaab, adding that the group’s influence is waning due to strategic cooperation between local forces and friendly partners.
"US government officials expressed strong support for the operation, reaffirming their commitment to assist Somali forces in their efforts to eliminate anti-Khawarij groups," the state media reports.
Could he have misspoken there? Because it’s my understanding that Khawarij (Kharijites ) are heretics, often used to describe Wahhabis and hence Al Qaeda and ISIS-linked jihadis.
The high-ranking delegation led by Major General Ibrahim Sheikh Muhuddin, Commander of the Somali National Army, and Colonel David Haskell, Special Operations Commander of the US Army, spoke while visiting the Middle Shabelle region.
The delegation engaged in strategic discussions with local army officers, focusing on plans to eradicate Khawarijforces of Evil from the region. Major General Muhuddin emphasized the importance of preparedness and collaboration with local communities in the fight against terrorism, state media notes.
The United States Army trains the elite Danab commandos who are critical in the fight against al-Shabaab turbans. The group still controls large swathes of rural central and southern regions of the country, but the army has managed to liberate several strategic areas.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] 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 Attorney General, al-Fateh Tayfour, has called for the cessation of the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... Fact-Finding Mission's mandate. He also accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group of killing more than 27,000 people since the conflict began in April 2023.
On Saturday, the Sudanese government rejected the recommendations of a Human Rights Council fact-finding mission, which called for the deployment of a neutral force to protect civilians in the ongoing war. The government accused the mission of being politically motivated and exceeding its mandate, citing the mission's decision to publish its report and hold a presser before presenting it to the Human Rights Council.
''The mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission should be terminated,'' Tayfour urged, ''and cooperation with regional countries must be strengthened to ensure access to victims and witnesses, the recovery of stolen goods, and the extradition of criminals.''
Speaking at an interactive dialogue session during the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the head of the Sudanese delegation, revealed that the National Committee for Investigating Crimes and Violations of National and International Humanitarian Law had declared 346 individuals runaways, demanding they surrender to authorities. The committee has also reached out to six countries for the extradition of 16 suspects believed to be harboured abroad.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the 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... ese Army vowed on Tuesday that his forces were poised for a swift victory against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, thanks to the acquisition of new advanced weaponry.
Lt. Gen. Yasir al-Atta made the remarks during a visit to the Third Infantry Division headquarters in Shindi, in River Nile State, where he inspected troops and assessed the situation on the front lines. [it's good for the big boys to give pep talks when they visit the field]
''New, sophisticated weapons have entered the battle,'' he told the soldiers. ''They will make a big difference and will help us destroy the militia soon.'' [cause you can't do shit with what you've got now]
General al-Atta also said that the army would soon launch an offensive from all directions to ''liberate every inch'' of Sudanese territory.
''The end of the militia is near, and the hour of victory is approaching,'' he said.
The general accused the RSF of trying to settle mercenaries from West African countries in Sudan, and he called on the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... to prevent countries from supplying the group with weapons and other aid. [like he is getting]
The Sudanese government has rejected recommendations from a U.N. fact-finding mission to impose an arms embargo, expand the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and deploy a peacekeeping force to protect civilians.
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The Sudanese military, scions of so-called Arab families who over centuries have spent untold dinars trying to prove a blood relationship with the Prophet, are really good at two things: (1) Lording it over the ethnic minorities, and (2) Expelling never-ending bone-chilling predictions of what is to come -- and never happens. The dismal Sudan Tribune has published the second.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Broad Islamic Current, a coalition of 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... ese Islamist groups, has elected Ali Karti as its president, the coalition said in a statement on Monday.
Oh yay — a new Islamist coalition. Still, it’s a poetic name, so they have that going for them.
Karti, a former foreign minister and secretary-general of the influential Islamic Movement, accepted the position and pledged to implement an ambitious program, according to a statement from the coalition.
He has been out of the spotlight since the ouster of longtime President Omer al-Bashir in 2019 and was wanted by authorities during the transitional period. The coalition did not disclose how or where the election took place but confirmed it operates within Sudan.
The coalition's spokesperson, Hassan Abdel Hamid, said their stance in the ongoing conflict is to support the army against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing the RSF of attempting to ''swallow the Sudanese state.''
In an equally poetic Secret Hiding Place? Maybe even a Hidden Lair? I wonder if the juices have found it yet…
He continued, ''We oppose external interventions and reject the proposals of the Coordination of Democratic Civilian Forces 'Tagadum.''
According to a press statement issued by the Current yesterday, the coalition's Presidential Council discussed in its periodic meeting ''the developments in the country and the repercussions of the war launched by the rebel Rapid Support Forces militias and their foreign mercenaries, and their supporters from internal political forces and countries conspiring against our country and people.''
The Broad Islamic Current, formed after the 2021 military coup, opposes the framework agreement and the U.N. presence in Sudan. It comprises various Islamist groups, notably excluding the Popular Congress Party.
The most prominent forces forming the Islamic Current include the Islamic Movement, the Just Peace Forum, the Reform Now Movement, two factions of the Moslem Brüderbund, and the State of Law and Development Party led by preacher Mohammed Ali al-Jazouli, who has been detained by the Rapid Support Forces since the early months of the war.
It's traditional...
[AFRICANEWS] The two opposition candidates who ran in Algeria's presidential race legally challenged on Tuesday (Sep. 10) the provisional result while harshly rebuking election officials and disputing the vote count.
Islamist Abdellali Hassani Cherif and socialist Youcef Aouchiche filed appeals with Algeria's Constitutional Court, taking the first step required to challenge the results of the election, which incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune won with a 94.7% share of the vote.
Algerian law provides the court 10 days from the announcement of provisional election results to rule on the appeals. A verdict could require the election authority to recalculate each candidate’s totals without calling into question Tebboune’s victory.
A day before lodging their appeals, both candidates took aim at Mohammed Charfi, the President of Algeria’s National Independent Electoral Authority (ANIE).
"President Tebboune didn’t need this stuffing. We knew he’d be reelected, but with these results, ANIE hasn’t done him any favors," Cherif said. "We want our votes — the votes of the people who voted for us — to be returned to us. I know it won’t change the outcome of the vote, but it will go down in history."
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Fat Tony demanded his rosco back. He didn't say please... Aouchiche held a news conference where his campaign manager showed graphics that he said proved the results had been distorted and called the outcome a "shameful and gross manipulation."
"These results, which do not correspond at all to the number of votes communicated to us by the regional delegations of the same ANIE, are a disgrace for the Algeria of 2024, taking us back to the 1970s," he said, referencing a time when the country's only legal political party ran its chosen candidate unopposed.
[AFRICANEWS] Congolese authorities said that 50,000 doses of smallpox vaccine from the United States arrived on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union.
Adults in Equateur, South Kivu and Sankuru, the three provinces most affected, will be vaccinated first, starting on October 2, Cris Kacita Osako, coordinator of the Congolese Committee for the Fight against Monkeypox, told the Associated Press.
Last week, the first batch of smallpox vaccine arrived in the capital of Congo, the center of the epidemic. The 100,000 doses of JYNNEOS vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, were donated by the European Union through HERA, the Union's agency for health emergencies. A further 100,000 doses were delivered over the weekend.
The 50,000 doses from the USA will be of the same JYNNEOS vaccine.
These 250,000 doses represent only a fraction of the three million doses which, according to the authorities, are needed to put an end to the smallpox epidemics in Congo, the epicenter of the global health emergency. EU countries have pledged to donate a further 500,000 doses, but the timetable for their delivery is unclear.
Since the start of 2024, 5,549 cases of smallpox have been confirmed on the continent, with 643 associated deaths, [that's an epidemic?]
representing a sharp increase in the number of infections and deaths compared with previous years.Cases in Congo accounted for 91% of the total. Most smallpox cases in Congo and Burundi, the second most affected country, involve children under the age of 15. [What happened 15 years ago...Oh yeah, Obama]
Last week, the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched a continent-wide response plan to the smallpox epidemic, three weeks after the WHO declared epidemics in 12 African countries a global emergency.
JYNNEOS vaccine is approved and recommended by CDC and ACIP for the prevention of mpox and smallpox. During the ongoing clade II MPXV outbreak (i.e., outbreak that began in 2022 affecting predominantly gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men), JYNNEOS has been the main vaccine used in the United States.
ACAM2000 vaccine is approved for immunization against smallpox and could be made available for use against mpox under an Expanded Access Investigational New Drug (EA-IND) protocol. In the United States, there is a large supply of ACAM2000, but this vaccine has more known side effects and contraindications.
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Hope it works better than the Covid vaccine, which is to say 'at all'.
I am curious about this quote "affecting predominantly gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men", wondering who exactly the third category is and how they're different from the first two. If you know, don't tell me.
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[NEWAGEBD] Leaders of Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... Bangladesh at a press conference on Monday called on the interim government to withdraw the ban imposed on it by deposed Sheikh Hasina government.
Hizb ut Tahrir organised the press conference at the National Press Club where its central leader Imtiaz Selim said that the Awami League government had imposed the ban on the party unlawfully in 2009.
Imtiaz Selim said that, after the formation of the party in 2007, their party was not involved in any criminal and anti-state activities and Sheikh Hasina government had imposed the ban failing to face us politically.
After the fall of Sheikh Hasina government on August 5, situation has changed and the ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is already lifted, Imtiaz said.
So, we hope that the interim government will lift the ban on our party immediately, Imtiaz said.
At the press conference, lawyer Nur Mohammad said that on behalf of Hizb ut Tahrir, they had filed a petition with the home ministry on September 5 in 2024 to withdraw the ban.
Awami League government imposed the ban on the party through a press note on October 22 in 2009, which was not valid as it was not acceptable under section 18(1) of anti-terrorism law 2009, Nur Mohammad said.
Nur Mohammad hoped that the interim government would take steps to withdraw the ban imposed on Hizb ut Tahrir.
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[KavkazUzel] The case of Stavropol resident Rustam Yarbuldyev, whom investigators believe to have participated in the attack by Basayev's militants on Dagestan, has been referred to court.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, in June 2023, the FSB reported the detention of Rustam Yarbuldyev in Stavropol Krai in connection with the attack on the Botlikh District of Dagestan in 1999.
When was he arrested? Spetsnaz doesn’t turn away from the hunt no matter how long it takes, it seems.
On August 7, 1999, more than a thousand armed fighters from Chechnya under the leadership of Shamil Basayev and Jordanian Amir Khattab entered Dagestan. Fighting continued in the republic for more than a month. Only on September 15, 1999, Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev reported that Dagestan had been completely liberated, according to the "Kavkazsky Uzel" report "Militant Invasion of Dagestan (1999)".
The investigation of the criminal case against Rustam Yarbuldyev, a native and resident of the Neftekumsky District of Stavropol Krai, has been completed. He is accused of participating in a gang, armed rebellion and attempted murder of military personnel, the Russian Investigative Committee reported today.
According to investigators, Yarbuldyev had been a member of a gang created by Basayev and Khattab since 1999, and participated in an armed rebellion in the Botlikh region of Dagestan, during which security forces were attacked. As a result, 33 servicemen were killed and another 34 were injured, according to a statement on the department's website.
The criminal case has been sent to court for consideration on the merits, the investigation reported.
"Caucasian Knot" also wrote that Toymaskhan Adzhinyazov and Kaitarb Nasyrov, whom investigators consider to be participants in the attack on the Botlikh region of Dagestan in 1999, rejected in court the charges brought against them for mutiny and attempted murder of the military.
[NPR] Next week, Germany will start introducing checks along all nine of - all of its nine land borders. Leaders want to reduce what they call irregular migration. NPR's Central Europe correspondent Rob Schmitz reports.
ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE: Germany is located in the heart of Europe's Schengen Area, a border-free zone that typically guarantees the free movement of more than 425 million Europeans. But German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser says so many migrants who don't have legal status in Germany are now arriving each year that introducing checks inside this typically open border area is necessary.
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NANCY FAESER: (Speaking German).
SCHMITZ: "Until the EU is able to bolster its external borders under the new Common European Asylum System," said Faeser, "we must strengthen our national borders." Faeser said Germany has already rejected more than 30,000 people at its borders over the past year. Still, there have been problems deporting migrants who don't legally reside in the country.
Last month, a Syrian migrant who should have been deported two years ago killed three people and injured eight others in a knife attack at a festival in the city of Solingen. Elections in the German states of Saxony and Thuringen soon after the attack delivered an electoral boost to the right-wing nationalist AfD Party, which campaigns on tougher immigration policy.
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ALICE WEIDEL: (Speaking German).
SCHMITZ: This week, the co-chair of the AfD, Alice Weidel, said that her party wants to put a stop to the, quote, "murders, rapes and stabbings" on German streets. That is why, she said, Germany needs a new immigration policy that voters will not get from other parties. Weidel is partly in campaign mode. On September 22, the German state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin, will hold its election, and the AfD is leading in the polls. Germany's tighter border controls go into effect next Monday.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Civil war has broken out in Europe over Germany's new plans to introduce strict border controls - with populist leaders giving their support for similar measures.
Yesterday Germany's government presented rigorous rules on asylum that would see more people turned away at its frontiers, a day after it announced it would start carrying out controls on all its land borders.
While Germany risks alienating the Left with its hardened stance on migration, Dutch politician Geert Wilders vowed to copy the plan for the Netherlands. And Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shared his support for the measures, welcoming Germany to the so-called #StopMigration club.
The centre-Left German government has also begun exploring strict measures on immigration, including a plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing, in the wake of high arrivals of migrants from the Middle East and Ukraine.
The so-called 'traffic light coalition' looks to shore up support from voters after the far-right AfD made gains earlier this month as concerns grow over a spate of isolated Islamist attacks in recent months.
Mr Wilders, who triumphed in the 2023 Dutch general election to see his far-right PVV party become the largest in the House of Representatives, backed the policy proposal. He has struggled to gain support within the Netherlands and stepped back from his bid for prime minister in March, citing a lack of support from potential coalition partners, but has found a receptive audience through his staunch position on immigration.
He expressed support for a similar policy to Germany's within the Netherlands, writing: 'If Germany can do it, why can't we? As far as I'm concerned: the sooner, the better.'
Both the far-Right PVV and the Right-wing Liberal VDD parties have shown interest in greater border checks in line with those recently announced by Germany. Migration minister Majolein Faber has already asked military police to begin preparations.
'In the meantime, we are talking to Germany about working together,' she said on social media.
Hungary, surrounded by mountains, has brought in strict policies to limit migration under Orbán - a move the EU has pushed back on, fining Hungary 200 million euros (£170mn) in June after it failed to make changes. Under current legislation, people can only submit requests for asylum outside Hungary's borders, at its embassies in neighbouring Serbia or Ukraine. Those who try to cross the border are routinely pushed back.
Post-election polls suggest asylum and migration are the two key issues for Germans nationwide, and that support for the party is genuine - rather than a protest vote - piling pressure on the coalition government to act.
But Germany's neighbours have already criticised plans to introduce temporary controls into the passport-free Schengen zone.
Donald Tusk, the Polish Prime Minister, said that Germany was acting unilaterally and unfairly in its 'unacceptable' plans that risked breaking European law. He said Germany had introduced a 'de facto suspension of the Schengen agreement on a large scale' in its bid to confront what German interior minister Nancy Faeser called 'irregular migration'.
But Austria has shown support for the checks. In a televised debate ahead of the parliamentary election on September 29, Chancellor Karl Nehammer told national broadcaster ORF that if Germany introduced measures to send more immigrants back across their shared border, Austria would do the same, sending more people eastwards towards the Balkans.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to 'examine' the case for an overseas asylum processing centre in November last year. He insisted any scheme would be 'in compliance with the Geneva Convention on Refugees and the European Convention on Human Rights.'
But Scholz also recognised plans would be fraught with 'a whole series of legal questions'.
A spokesperson for the Rwandan government welcomed the suggestion, saying they were 'happy to work with anyone on this who shared their desire to find a long-term solution to the migration issue'. "Give us money"
But the move risks fracturing Germany's 'traffic light coalition'. Within Germany, the Greens, centre-left SPD and liberal FDP fiercely oppose the Rwanda proposals as being both illegal and costly.
'Even if we went ahead with it, it would mean the whole asylum system in Germany – and other European Union countries – would be dependent on one dictator in Rwanda,' Erik Marquardt, an MEP with the Green Party, told i.
'Basically, the EU would be in the hands of [President Paul] Kagame.'
'The problem is not migration. It's Islamism,' Mr Marquardt told i.
'Our approach is to try to find solutions. And the idea that there is one easy solution through just one measure, like sending people to Rwanda, is simply wrong.
'It is basically populism, and it was the same in the UK; the British government decided to put this populism into laws, and it was a big waste of money.'
Poland, while critical of the border checks, shares the claim that Russia has weaponised migration, encouraging asylum seekers to cross over into central Europe with attempted illegal border crossings from Belarus on the rise.
PM Justin Trudeau, he of the more hair than wit, only likes countries that are ruled by the Left of have fun native costumes for him to dress up in.
[IsraelTimes] ‘We won’t have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza,’ says Melanie Joly, adding she ordered review of all weapons contracts with Israel and other countries
Canada has suspended some 30 permits for arms shipments to Israel, including a rare move against a US company’s Canadian subsidiary’s deal with the US government, the foreign minister said Tuesday.
All of the export permits had been approved prior to a January ban on new sales of weapons that could be used 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... , which is facing a mounting humanitarian crisis amid the ongoing war started by the Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... -led October 7 terror atrocities in southern Israel.
Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said she had ordered a review of all Canadian weapons suppliers’ contracts with Israel and other countries.
"Following that, I suspended this summer around 30 existing permits of Canadian companies," she said.
A key ally of the United States, which provides Israel with billions of dollars a year in military aid, Canada drew the ire of Israeli leaders when it initially announced it would halt new arms shipments to Israel as of January 8.
Pro-Paleostinian protests against Israel across Canada — at universities, political events and even the Toronto International Film Festival last week — have continued to put pressure on the government to go further.
"Our policy is clear: We will not have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza. Period," Joly said.
"How they’re being sent and where they’re being sent is irrelevant," she continued, alluding to ammunition that was meant to have been produced by a Canadian division of US defense contractor General Dynamics for the Israel Defense Forces.
Joly added that the government is in contact about this issue with General Dynamics.
The topic of arms deliveries to Israel has triggered legal proceedings in several countries around the world.
Israel has historically been a top receiver of Canadian arms exports, with Can$21 million worth of military material exported to Israel in 2022, according to government data, following Can$26 million in shipments in 2021.
That placed Israel among the top 10 recipients of Canadian arms exports.
Britannia last week also said it would suspend some arms exports to Israel, asserting a "clear risk" that they could be used in a serious breach of international humanitarian law, a move that was strongly denounced by Israeli leaders.
Finally noticed that if it can happen to one politician it can happen to another.
Criticising the arrests of PTI politicians on Sunday's crackdown, PPP Chairman Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari has warned the coalition government led by the PML-N of repercussions of victimising political opponents following in the footsteps of the previous Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree... -led regime.
''If the government's only job is to decide, who should we put behind bars today [because] Khan did this to use and spoiled the [political] climate. If we repay in the same coin then you may be happy for one day but tomorrow you and I will be in the same jail,'' the PPP chief said on the floor of the National Assembly on Wednesday.
The PPP chief also slammed the former ruling party's politicians for not respecting the parliamentary affairs and using the same confrontational tone in the house as they used in public rallies.
''We decide whatever politics we want to do outside the house,'' said the Bhutto scion, adding: ''[...] However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome... we have [to play] a responsible role here.''
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[GEO.TV] The World Health Organization (WHO) evacuated 97 sick and severely injured patients and 155 health professionals from 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... in what its chief says is the largest medical evacuation since October 2023.
Patients were transported via the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing to Ramon airport in Israel for onward travel to Abu Dhabi for specialised care, said WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus.
''Patients included 45 children and 52 adults with a wide range of diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, congenital anomalies, blood and liver diseases and trauma/injuries,'' he said.
''Despite severe operational challenges and insecurity, WHO and partners ensured the transfer of the patients and set up a receiving facility at the European Gaza Hospital where patients were gathered before departure.''
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Probably, most are senior terrorists - who are also high rankers in local UNWRA.
[GEO.TV] The Paleostinian Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... group said on Wednesday that its negotiators reiterated its readiness to implement an "immediate" ceasefire with Israel 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... based on a previous US proposal without new conditions from any party.
Note: An American proposal, not what Israel has —and has not — agreed to now.
The Paleostinian group said in a statement that their negotiation team, led by bigwig Khalil al-Hayya, met mediators on Wednesday including Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... 's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel in Doha to discuss the latest developments in Gaza.
Talks have so far failed to reach a deal to end the 11-month-old war. Lingering issue include control of the Philadelphi corridor, a narrow stretch of land on Gaza's border with Egypt, persisting.
CIA Director William Burns, who is also the chief US negotiator on Gaza, said on Saturday that a more detailed ceasefire proposal would be made in the next several days.
The Hamas statement said the terror group group remains committed to implementing a ceasefire based on the original US proposal and won’t accept new conditions from any party, an apparent reference to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on Israeli troops maintaining positions on the Philadelphi Corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border.
The statement made no mention of reported new Hamas demands to free prisoners serving life sentences in exchange for the first group of hostages that include, women children, the sick and the elderly.
CIA Director William Burns, who is also the chief US negotiator on Gaza, said on Saturday that a more detailed ceasefire proposal would be made in the next several days.
The original proposal put forward by US President Joe Biden in June laid out a three-phase ceasefire for ending the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught in return for the release of Israeli hostages.
Meanwhile, the Kan public broadcaster reported that Cairo believes Netanyahu’s stance on the Philadelpi route is “a political maneuver that will pass with time,” citing a source familiar with the talks.
The report added that Egypt was therefore not weighing any drastic moves, despite it’s anger at Netanyahu.
Mediators have said that Israel’s deployment in the Philadelphi Corridor is the main remaining obstacles to a deal, along with issues surrounding the release of Palestinian security prisoners.
Further harming the process is Hamas’s recent execution of six Israeli hostages, a US official said last week, explaining that they had been negotiating based on a list of hostages that has since shrunk.
It is believed that 97 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 33 confirmed dead by the IDF.
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What!!!
HAMAS did not demand Israel convert to Islam?
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What has happened? Is it because they are a few 100 miles short of tunnels and a few 1000 supporters short now? ☻
Or, did the Plane Loads of $$$$$ Obama/Biden sent to Iran finally run out. ☻
Maybe Greta T. is on their A$$ for Climate Change damages caused by the war and tunnels? ☻
But seriously.
We all know it is to regroup and a start over, using another group name, with the same goal.
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Sadly TB, the Iranian populace is in thrall to it's leadership [much like Democrats]. They are also victims. While Iran is a popularized Mohammadian nexus no single point solution can eradicate the regional influences of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Russia, et. al.
[The Times of Israel] Jordan's Islamist opposition made significant gains in parliamentary elections, boosted by anger over Israel's war 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... , initial official results showed on Wednesday.
The Islamist Action Front also benefited from a new electoral law that encourages a bigger role for political parties in the 138-seat parliament, though tribal and pro-government factions will continue to dominate the assembly.
The Front, the political arm of the Moslem Brüderbund, won up to a fifth of the seats under the revamped electoral law, which for the first time allocated 41 seats for parties, according to preliminary figures seen by Rooters and confirmed by independent and official sources.
''The Jordanian people have given us their trust by voting for us. This new phase will increase the burden of responsibility for the party towards the nation and our citizens,'' Wael al Saqqa, head of the party, told Rooters.
Tuesday's vote represents a modest step in a democratization process launched by King Abdullah II as he seeks to insulate Jordan from the conflicts at its borders, and respond to demands for robust political reforms.
Jordan’s leading Islamist opposition party has won 31 out of 138 seats in the kingdom’s parliament, tripling its representation in legislative elections dominated by frustration over Israel’s war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.
The Islamic Action Front (IAF), a political offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, came ahead of other parties and factions in the legislature after Tuesday’s vote, but was far from clinching a majority, according to official election results released on Wednesday.
The result is a historic win for the Islamists and their largest representation since the Muslim Brotherhood in 1989 gained 22 out of the 80 seats that existed then.
The IAF had 10 seats in the previous parliament elected in 2020 and 16 seats in the 2016 legislature.
The Islamists had sought to capitalize on growing anger over the ongoing war in Gaza among Jordanians, half of whom are of Palestinian origin.
Wael al Saqqa vowed that Jordanians would give Palestinians “financial and other assistance, and be their lungs in the path of liberation and achieving their right to a free state.”
The Muslim Brotherhood has been allowed to operate in Jordan since 1946. But it fell under suspicion after the Arab Spring, which saw Islamists pitted against established powers in many Arab countries.
“The elections reflect the desire for change and those who voted were not necessarily all Islamists but wanting change and had become fed up with the old ways,” Murad Adailah, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood, said.
The Islamists, the only effective grassroots opposition, praised the authorities for not meddling in polls. Adailah told Reuters their win was a “popular referendum” that backs their platform of support for the Palestinian terror group Hamas, their ideological allies, and their demand to scrap the country’s peace treaty with Israel.
The other seats in parliament went to representatives of major Jordanian tribes, leftist parties, pro-government factions, centrists, former lawmakers, and retired military officers.
Twenty-seven women won seats in the legislature, following 2022 reforms that allocated more seats for them and reduced the minimum age for candidates. That reform also expanded the number of seats from 130 to 138 and sought to strengthen the role of political parties in the legislature.
Under Jordan’s constitution, most powers still rest with the king who appoints governments and can dissolve parliament. The assembly can force a cabinet to resign by a vote of no confidence.
The monarch hopes nascent political parties under the new law will help pave the way for governments that emerge from parliamentary majorities.
The voting system still favors sparsely populated tribal and provincial regions over the densely populated cities mostly inhabited by Jordanians of Palestinian descent, which are Islamist strongholds and highly politicized.
Turnout registered 32 percent in the polls that were largely overshadowed by the Gaza war and Jordan’s economic troubles.
The war in Gaza has affected tourism to Jordan, which relies on the sector for about 14% of its gross domestic product.
Compounding the country’s economic woes, public debt has neared $50 billion and unemployment hit 21% in the first quarter of this year.
Jordan in 1994 signed a peace treaty with Israel, becoming only the second Arab state to do so after Egypt, but regular protests have called for the treaty’s dissolution since the war erupted on October 7 when Palestinian terror group Hamas led a devastating attack on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
Israel responded with a military offensive to destroy Hamas in Gaza and free 251 hostages who were abducted by terrorists in the Hamas attack.
Oraib Rantawi, head of the Amman-based Al Quds Center for Political Studies, described the Islamists’ gains in the election as “astonishing in their magnitude.”
The Islamists won “nearly half a million votes,” a figure he said was unprecedented in their history in Jordan.
“Gaza played a major role in this,” he added, as well as a feeling among voters that other competing parties “were created in haste… to reduce the chances of success of the Islamic Action Front.”
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80% of Jordan population are "Palestinians" from Syria*. 20% are Hashemites and allied Saudi tribes.
*Gazan "Palestinians" are from Egypt. They and West Bankers speak in mutually incomprehensible dialects of Arabic.
[IsraelTimes] Treasury Department targets three individuals, five companies and a number of tankers it says are involved in fundraising for terror group
US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family... ’s administration issued sanctions Wednesday on a Lebanese network it accused of smuggling oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to help fund the Hezbollah terror group.
The sanctions targeted three people, five companies and two vessels which the US Treasury Department said were overseen by a big shot of Hezbollah’s finance team and used profits from illicit LPG shipments to Syria to aid generate revenue for the group.
Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley Smith, in a statement, said Hezbollah "continues to launch rockets into Israel and fuel regional instability, choosing to prioritize funding violence over taking care of the people it claims to care about, including the tens of thousands displaced in southern 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... ."
The Treasury statement named the individuals as Hezbollah official Muhammad Ibrahim Habib al-Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... and Lebanese businessmen Ali Nayef Zgheib and Boutros Georges Obeid, who have all "materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hezbollah."
Five companies linked to the three men were also slapped with US sanctions, as were a number of oil tankers involved in delivering gas to Baniyas port in Syria.
Matthew Miller, the front man for the US State Department, said Wednesday’s sanctions were part of overall efforts to disrupt Hezbollah’s "illicit revenue generation and isolate the terrorist group’s financial network," adding that the US "will not waver" in pursuing the terror group.
Since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... 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... and ongoing fighting against Hezbollah in the north, the US has sanctioned a large number of entities involved in funding and financing Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s and other groups.
The Imam Ali Garrison Missile Silo Base outside Khorramabad. In this underground complex of the Revolutionary Guards can be found 8 tunnels and two launch shafts from inside the mountains. In addition, the base consists of pads for mobile ballistic missile launchers, air defense… pic.twitter.com/gjijpb3wUB
… air defense positions, storage bunkers, and an operational headquarters. The base is 1,265 kilometers from the center of Israel. We identified several types of missiles, including the Shahab-3, which has a range of 1,300 kilometers and can carry 800 to 1200 kilograms of explosives.
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I'm reminded of a carton from the early 60's showing Castro as a terrier chewing on Uncle Sam's leg. The caption read "Time for a kick in the teeth"
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.
[Federalist] A recording of a police phone call obtained by The Federalist reveals a local resident reporting a group of Haitian migrants carrying four geese in 
...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells....
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
...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...
...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...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...aka 
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
...Arabic term meaning 
