[LIBYANEXPRESS] The commander of the self-styled army in eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar ...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... , has reportedly rejected an offer by the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez al-Siarraj to share control of Libya and end the current political stalemate in the country, al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.
According to the newspaper, al-Sirraj sent a delegate to meet with Haftar in al-Rajma, in the town of Marij in eastern Libya.
Al-Sirraj offered splitting power between him and Haftar, forming a new presidential council, giving Haftar a top military position and ministerial portfolios.
According to the newspaper, Haftar rejected the offer as he still thinks that al-Sirraj and his government are illegitimate.
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[ARABNEWS] Sophisticated improvised bombs camouflaged as rocks are Iran’s latest contribution to Houthi ...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 Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. 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 ... forces in Yemen, according to a report by a weapons-tracking group.
Based on six missions to Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... over the last year, and comparisons with similar devices documented elsewhere in the Middle East, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) said the radio-controlled bombs were evidence of a "recent influx of technology."
"Improvised weapons used by Yemen’s Houthi forces have been manufactured using the same, identically configured components as those recovered from Iranian-backed groups in Bahrain," said James Bevan, executive director of the group. "CAR’s latest findings confirm consistencies in Iran’s military support, not only to Houthi forces but also to its proxies across the wider region."
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[ARABNEWS] The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi ...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 Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. 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 ... movement said on Monday that ballistic missile attacks on Soddy 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. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... were a serious escalation and threat to regional and international security.
Coalition front man Col. Turki al-Malki told a news conference in Riyadh that Sunday’s missile attacks on the Saudi capital were a clear violation of international law and accused the Houthis of smuggling weapons from Iran.
The coalition threatened retaliation against Tehran, accusing it of being behind the multiple attacks on the Kingdom.
We "reserve the right to respond against Iran at the right time and right place," coalition front man Turki al-Malki told a news conference, calling the development a "dangerous escalation."
Saudi forces said they intercepted seven missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation that coincided with the third anniversary of the coalition’s intervention in Yemen.
Displaying wreckage at a news conference in Riyadh of what it said were fragments of those ballistic missiles, the coalition claimed forensic analysis showed they were supplied to Houthi rebels by their ally Iran.
"The missiles launched against Saudi territory were smuggled from Iran," coalition front man Turki al-Malki told news hounds.
"Iran has become like an appendix in the body of the international community. Either they correct their evil path or the international community will correct it for them," he said.
Al-Maliki added Houthi rebels have fired 104 ballistic missiles towards Saudi Arabia and Iran exploits the al-Hudaydah Port in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... to smuggle ballistic weapons to the Houthis.
He also stated that Houthis are using Sanaa airport as a platform to train their militias and as a base to launch their Iranian-made "Sayyad" ballistic missiles.
Presenting the remnants of alleged Iranian-made missiles, al-Maliki described the possession of ballistic missiles by Houthi bully boyz as a "serious developmnet".
"Yemen has suffered from Iranian intervention and support for Houthi bully boyz to force a coup," he added.
The missile strikes resulted in the first reported fatality from Houthi fire in the Saudi capital.
Egyptian national Abdul-Moteleb Ahmed, 38, died instantly in his bed when what appeared to be burning shrapnel struck his ramshackle room in Riyadh’s Um al-Hammam district, leaving a gaping hole in the roof, witnesses said.
Three other Egyptian laborers in the same room were maimed and hospitalized, they said.
The Iran-aligned Houthis said on their al-Masirah television that Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was among the targets.
Al-Maliki alleged the rebels in Sanaa were using the airport there to launch missiles on Saudi territory, adding the coalition had seized a number of smuggled weapons.
Iran has repeatedly denied arming the Houthis in Yemen, despite claims by the United States and Saudi Arabia that the evidence of an arms connection is irrefutable.
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[TheLocal.fr] The latest attack in La Belle France by a gunman who was known to be a potential threat has led to renewed focus on how the country keeps track of thousands of suspected Islamist myrmidons.
La Belle France's interior ministry compiles something known as the "S file" (the "S" stands for security) which contains anyone suspected of being a radical, including potentially dangerous leftist and far-right activists.
There is also a separate list, the File for the Prevention of Terrorist Radicalisation (FSPRT), for people judged to be terror threats.
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[DW] Dreams of living in an Islamic caliphate or dying as martyrs dashed, many former jihadi fighters from Europe now face the death penalty. Will the EU campaign to save citizens who reject its values?
"Kill lists" didn't eradicate them on the battlefield and local judicial systems won't resolve the dilemma created for the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... by citizens who joined Islamic State
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A strongly worded protest letter condemning the Zionist Entity?
[IsraelTimes] A French judicial official says the partner of the Islamist Death Eater who carried out a terror attack last week in southern La Belle France was, like him, known to police as radicalized.
The 18-year-old woman was still being detained by police for questioning in the case, as well as a 17-year-old friend of gunman Radouane Lakdim,
...the Moroccan-French petty criminal who shot up a grocery store in the name of ISIS. He is also in our archive as Redouane Lakdim...
the official says. He was speaking anonymously to discuss the ongoing investigation.
[IsraelTimes] Stephane Poussier held 'for justifying acts of terrorism' after welcoming death of Arnaud Beltrame, killed in terror rampage on Friday. He could face up to seven years in prison and a fine of 100,000 euros ($124,000).
“Whenever a policeman is shot… I think of my friend Remi Fraisse,” Poussier said on Twitter, referring to an environmental activist killed by a stun grenade fired by police during a 2014 protest over a dam.
“And this time it was a colonel, great! Additionally, it means one less Macron voter,” he added.
Poussier stood unsuccessfully in elections last year as a candidate for the La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party of radical leftwinger Jean-Luc Melenchon.
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FTA: No other countries arm their pilots, as far as Sarandrea knows, and some countries don't accept armed pilots on their territory.
And which are the countries who refuse to accept armed pilots? Let us all know so we can refuse to ever fly there.
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FTA: Travellers who worry about an armed pilot with mental health problems, or worse?
As if an unarmed pilot with mental health problems isn't just as dangerous to the passengers!
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I had a pilot friend apply and went through all the hassles that homeland security threw up at him. Then if he changed airlines he would have to start over. Must have been a Panetta thing.
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[IsraelTimes] Terror group says new checkpoint at Erez crossing only 'temporary,' part of manhunt for suspects behind attack on Paleostinian Authority PM
Possibly true. However, it is definitely true that this will increase pressure on Gaza residents just before the big protests planned for Friday that will include rushing the border fence.
The United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... expressed concern Monday over new Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, checks at the border between Gazoo and Israel, after the terror group began what it said were temporary security measures.
Hamas handed over the border to the internationally recognized Paleostinian Authority government in November as part of a reconciliation agreement that was meant to end a decade-long split between the two largest Paleostinian factions.
But the deal has collapsed and last week Hamas implemented new checks on Paleostinians seeking to leave the enclave, saying it was searching for a runaway.
"Reports have emerged today indicating that Hamas has set up a checkpoint outside the Erez crossing, controlling the entrance of national and international personnel into Gazoo and the exit of all Gazoo ID holders," UN official Nikolay Mladenov said in an address to the Security Council.
Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said that he noted the reports "with concern."
A front man for the Hamas-run interior ministry in Gazoo said its border measures were "temporary" and had been imposed as part of a manhunt for suspects in an attack on Paleostinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah’s convoy.
Hamdallah was unhurt when a roadside kaboom hit his convoy during a rare visit to Gazoo on March 13, in which he was in part due to discuss the stalled reconciliation process.
Last week the main suspect announced by Hamas was killed by security forces during an arrest raid in Gazoo.
PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , who oversees Hamdallah’s government, has directly accused Hamas of the bombing, a claim rejected by the terrorist organization.
[DAWN] Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Moslem riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage reviewed by Rooters.
Scores of Moslem mosques, homes and businesses were destroyed as mobs ran amok for three days in Kandy, the central highlands district previously known for its diversity and tolerance. The government declared a state of emergency and blocked social media platforms for a week to control the unrest.
The role of police and some local Buddhist politicians suggests the Sri Lankan government lost control of elements of its security forces, and that the violence was more than a spontaneous outbreak fuelled by fringe Buddhist forces of Evil and hate-speech spread on social media.
Rajapaksa has denied that he or other leaders of his party were involved. Police said the allegations against officers and politicians were being investigated.
Victims and witnesses, whose accounts were partly backed by CCTV footage seen by Rooters, described members of an elite paramilitary police unit, the Special Task Force (STF), assaulting Moslemholy man and leaders. Local STF commanders declined to comment.
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After he escaped from Al Qaeda in Syria, American photojournalist Matt Schrier investigated his own kidnapping and uncovered what he describes as a pattern of "betrayal" by FBI agents handling his case.
In an exclusive cable interview that first aired Monday on "The Story" with Martha MacCallum, Schrier went in depth, sharing emails, financial records and formal letters of complaint, which backed up allegations that after he was taken hostage in 2012, the FBI monitored his accounts as Al Qaeda terrorists used his money to buy at least a dozen computers and tablets.
While he was tortured and held by al Nusra, the brutal Al Qaeda franchise in Syria, Schrier claimed the FBI put intelligence gathering ahead of his personal security, hoping to track the computers and tablets to learn more about Al Qaeda recruits and future plots. After his harrowing escape, Schrier started demanding answers from the FBI, which at the time of his kidnapping was led by Mueller.
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the FBI put intelligence gathering ahead of his personal security, hoping to track the computers and tablets to learn more about Al Qaeda recruits and future plots
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.
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
[ARABNEWS] The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s 
After he escaped from Al Qaeda in Syria, American photojournalist Matt Schrier investigated his own kidnapping and uncovered what he describes as a pattern of "betrayal" by FBI agents handling his case.
