[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar province Gen. Abdul Raziq claims that sixty top leaders of Taliban ...Arabic for students... ’s Quetta Council are prepared to join grinding of the peace processor led by the Afghans.
Speaking during a presser in Kandahar, Gen. Raziq claimed that he has reached to an agreement regarding the grinding of the peace processor with at least sixty top leaders of Taliban’s Quetta Council.
Gen. Raziq further added that the Taliban leaders are prepared to join grinding of the peace processor and will be resettled in Safe Zones in Kandahar province once they join the reconciliation.
He also added that the Taliban leaders who have showed willingness to join grinding of the peace processor, are among the top leaders of the group, who have served or actively serving in the senior ranks of the Taliban, ranging from ministerial to brigade levels.
According to Gen. Raziq, the Taliban leaders who are prepared to join grinding of the peace processor, are willing to participate in the upcoming parliamentary and district councils elections.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the claims of Gen. Raziq so far.
This comes as the Taliban group has so far refrained from participation in direct peace talks with the Afghan government and insists on direct talks with the US.
This comes despite the Afghan government proposed that the government is prepared to recognize the group as a political movement besides making other offers to encourage the group to participate in the talks.
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Gen. Raziq is a particularly ruthless bugger. He no doubt has plans for the 60 TB top leaders and joiners.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Egyptian politician Mustafa Bakri has issued a tweet about Haftar’s alleged death, writing that "The departure of Field Marshal Haftar, commander-in-chief of the Libyan Armed Forces, is a great loss. He was a common denominator among the honorable sons of Libya."
The Libya Observer has also reported that Haftar passed, citing diplomatic sources.
Earlier, Libyan National Army political administration head Hussein al-Obeidi said that Haftar had left La Belle France and returned to Benghazi on Friday, according to the EREM News portal. al-Obeidi said that he had personally met Field Marshal Hafter upon his return to Libya, and said that the field marshal’s health was "excellent" and that he was "in good physical shape."
The official also denied that Haftar had suffered a stroke, calling such informations "rumors spread by media supported by political Islam."
This week, Le Monde reported that Haftar may ave been sent for urgent treatment at a Gay Paree hospital. According to the newspaper, the 75-year-old military commander, presumably suffering a stroke, was taken by plane to Gay Paree via Jordan. LNA officials said however that Haftar had gone to Jordan for political negotiations.
Earlier Friday, a source said to be close to the matter told Rooters that Haftar had been treated in a Gay Paree hospital. The source declined to comment on the general’s condition.
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[PRESSTV] Leader of 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 ... Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi says the so-called war on terrorism is the "most feeble and ridiculous" excuse that US officials have been using over the past few years to advance their colonial plots.
Addressing his supporters via a televised speech from the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a on Friday, Houthi blamed Washington for the emergence of al-Qaeda and ISIS terror networks and spread of terrorism.
"The American government created al-Qaeda in order to target the Moslem world. ISIS terrorist group’s tentacles spread once the US prepared the ground for such a growth. The Death Eaters wouldn’t have able to exert influence if American authorities had not thrown weight behind them," the Ansarullah chief pointed out.
He also criticized some Arab states over irrational decisions, stating that such foolish moves have been a great boon for the United States and the Israeli regime.
"Enemies are seeking to sow the seeds of division and discord among Moslem nations in a bid to prevent them from taking a unified stand. The United States is cherishing hopes that the Moslem world would implode within itself and disintegrate," Houthi commented.
The leader of the Ansarullah movement went to say that his fellow fighters, in full coordination with Yemeni army forces, are adding more advanced and optimized ballistic missiles to the country’s inventory.
He stressed that Yemeni troops and allied fighters from Popular Committees continue to produce a vast array of unmanned aerial vehicles for military and reconnaissance purposes.
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He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
h/t Gates of Vienna
[Breitbart] A report from the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) has shown that more than half of the recipients of the Hartz IV welfare income benefit come from migrant backgrounds, with Syrians the largest group in the country.
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Jean Raspail, The Camp of The Saints, page 230, First American Edition 1975, Charles Scribner's Sons.
"Monsieur...Madame...We've come to help you. Since midnight, you can see the handwriting on the wall. No more of those special rights you've always enjoyed. Or, at least, you're not going to have to share it alone. First, with third world workers, and later, with anyone who decides to join their causes. The streets are full. They've already taken over. Who knows? In a few minutes whole families may show up at your door. And, like it or not, you'll have to make room.
[Al Jazeera] Ottoman Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 140 people, including serving army officers, over alleged links to the US-based religious leader Fethullah Gülen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... , according to an Anadolu news agency report.
Police launched simultaneous operations in 34 provinces across the country for 70 serving army members in a probe led by state prosecutors in the central province of Konya, Anadolu said.
It said the suspects were targeted based on statements by soldiers previously detained over ties to Gulen.
The Ottoman Turkish government says Gulen orchestrated the failed coup on July 15, 2016, in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... which killed 250 people - mostly civilians - and left nearly 2,200 injured.
Gulen has rejected the accusations.
Turkey also accuses Gulen's group of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Ottoman Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.
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[Al Jazeera] Pakistain's Supreme Court has disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts... , dismissed from his post over corruption allegations last year, from holding public office for life.
A five-member bench of the country's apex court unanimously ruled on Friday that anyone disqualified under a constitutional clause requiring politicians to be "honest and trustworthy" would be considered banned for life.
Sharif was dismissed from office as prime minister in July of last year, in a case lodged over disclosures in the Panama Papers leak, but which ultimately hinged on allegations that he had failed to declare a salary from his son's UAE-based company.
Sharif says that he never received the salary, and that he held a position within that company in order to maintain a valid business visa in the Gulf state. The Supreme Court ruled that whether he received the salary or not was immaterial.
The three-time prime minister and three of his children continue to face trial for corruption charges in a National Accountability Bureau court, which is due to deliver a verdict in the coming weeks.
Pakistain is due to hold a general election in July.
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Follow up to these reports from yesterday. Between the four articles from different sources the reported range of injured and dead is fascinating.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... myrmidon group has grabbed credit for the blasts that took place, north of Tikrit, which left many people killed and injured.
The media-arm of IS, Amaq news agency, said 17 personnel of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) were killed, while 30 others were maimed in an ambush at Asdeira village in Shirqat town.
On Thursday, Ali Dawdah, mayor of Shirqat, said in a statement, "ten people were killed, while 14 others were maimed as explosives went off while digging tombs, on Wednesday night. The bombs were planted in a grave in Asdeira village in western Shirqat, north of Salahuddin."
[AnNahar] At least 25 people were killed and 18 injured in Thursday's kaboom on funerals for Iraqi fighters killed by jihadists, according to a new toll from police and medics.
"Two bombs went kaboom! as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery" in Asdira, village mayor Salaheddin Shaalan told AFP.
The Sunni village is south of Sharqat, one of the last bastions of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group in the country's north to be retaken by Iraqi forces.
"In total, 25 people were killed and 18 injured, four of whom are still at death's door," a police officer told AFP on Friday, on condition of anonymity, revising an earlier corpse count.
Medical sources confirmed the new figures.
It was the deadliest attack in Iraq since a January 16 double suicide kaboom in Baghdad claimed 31 lives.
Thursday's attack took place during a funeral for five members of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary units killed Wednesday night in the same village, 250 kilometres (150 miles) north of Baghdad.
The mostly Shiite paramilitary units, which also include Sunni tribal forces, played a key role alongside the army in expelling jihadists from Iraqi towns last year.
The Iraqi government declared victory over IS in December after pushing IS jihadists out of their final holdouts along the border with Syria. But the group retains the capacity to strike despite losing control of vast swathes of Iraqi territory it seized in 2014. It still clings to pockets of desert in war-torn Syria and appears to be able to cross the mostly non-existent border between the two neighbours.
Jihadists sometimes manage to snatch control of roads at night, especially in the Salaheddin province where Thursday's attack took place, and Anbar province along the border with Syria, security experts say.
Iraq is gearing up for legislative elections set for May 12. Since the 2003 US-led invasion and the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, polls in Iraq have consistently been marred by violence. But in the runup to next month's elections, the country has enjoyed a respite from violence.
It has?
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[JPost] According to the statement by the army, the conclusion was made following an analysis of the airfield, and operational and intelligence research carried out on the remaining parts of the drone.
The Iranian drone which infiltrated into Israeli skies in early February was armed with explosives and was sent to carry out a sabotage attack in the Jewish State, the IDF Spokesperson's Office said Friday.
"The interception of the Iranian unmanned aircraft by an attack helicopter prevented an Iranian intent to carry out an attack in the territory of the State of Israel," read a statement by the army.
The advanced Iranian UAV was identified and monitored by Israeli defense systems until it was intercepted and "did not pose a danger" while it was inside Israeli territory, the army statement added.
The advanced Iranian drone believed to be a copy of a US stealth drone that was downed in Iran in 2011, took off from the T-4 airbase deep in the Syrian province of Homs and crossed into Israeli territory via Jordanian airspace.
The drone was spotted by Israel and was intercepted near the Israeli town of Beit She’an by an Apache attack helicopter.
IAF chief of air staff Brigadier General Tomer Bar, the second in command of Israel's Air Force, said the drone was an advanced model with a low signature that Israel had never intercepted before.
"We waited for it to cross into our territory," he said, stressing that it was important for Israel "to get our hands on the drone."
According to the statement by the army, the conclusion was made following an analysis of the airfield as well as operational and intelligence research carried out on the remaining parts of the Iranian UAV.
Following the infiltration Israeli jets took off to strike the launch site of the drone as well as the drone control vehicle which guided the drone into Israeli territory and were met by massive Syrian anti-aircraft fire. Over 20 missiles were launched towards the Israelis jets from SA-5 and SA-17 batteries.
Pilots of one of the Israeli F16is ejected from their jet which crashed in the lower Galilee after being hit by shrapnel by the Syrian anti-aircraft fire. The pilots landed inside Israel and were evacuated to Rambam hospital in Haifa. Both have since been released from the hospital and the navigator has returned to flight duty.
It was the first time in 30 years that an Israeli jet was lost in a combat situation and led to an extensive retaliation by Israel with additional strikes against both the Syrian missile batteries and Iranian military targets in the war-torn country.
Tensions on Israel’s northern border have been rising in recent months as Israel fears that Iran is entrenching itself deeper into war-torn Syria with its presence on Israel’s borders growing in strength. The smuggling of sophisticated weaponry and the building a precision missile factory in Leb for Hezbollah has also been a growing concern for Jerusalem.
Last week Israeli reportedly carried out an Arclight airstrike against Syria’s T4 airbase, the same base where the drone took off from in February, killing seven Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps soldiers.
According to the Russian military the strike was carried out by two Israeli F-15 jets with guided missiles fired from Leb’s airspace. Five out the eight missiles used were said to have been destroyed by Syrian air defenses.
The fire from Syrian air defense in February prompted a tough response from the Israeli side: it attacked 12 positions in Syria, including eight Syrian airplanes and three anti-aircraft batteries. Commenting on the offense, a military source told Sputnik that the Israeli military believed it had destroyed up to a half of the Syrian Air Defense Forces during the Arclight airstrike.
Reacting to the exchange of fire several days after, Syria’s Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad vowed that Damascus would down any jet that started an assault on Syria.
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[Al Jazeera] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to arrest the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor if she comes to Manila to investigate his deadly war on drugs.
In a presser on Friday, Duterte said international prosecutors "will never have jurisdiction" over him "in a million years", because the Philippines "was never a member of the ICC".
"You do not have jurisdiction even to conduct a preliminary investigation," he said, addressing ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who is taking initial steps to investigate the president for possible crimes against humanity for the alleged extrajudicial killings involving police.
"So, you Ms Fatou, don't come here, because I will bar you. You cannot exercise any proceedings here without basis. That is illegal and I will arrest you," Duterte said.
He also said the Philippines' membership in the international body was "flawed", thus negating its validity in the country.
Previously, Duterte had also criticised Fatou and a UN human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... official, hurling insults that critics labelled as racist and sexist.
The statement prompted UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein to call for Duterte's "psychiatric evaluation".
In March, Duterte announced that the Philippines was withdrawing from The Hague-based court "effective immediately".
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[Al Jazeera] A suspected Israeli missile assault on a Syrian airbase in Homs province was a "historic mistake", the leader of Leb's Iranian-backed Hezbollah has said in a televised speech.
Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, that Israel has placed itself in direct combat with Iran, referring to missile attacks that targeted military sites in Syria on April 9.
Two Israeli warplanes, using Lebanese airspace, fired eight missiles at the T-4 military airbase, according to the Russian military.
The attack at the airbase, located 40km west of Palmyra, killed about 14 people, at least four of whom were Iranians from Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps - a separate force from Iran's army that answers only to the country's supreme leader.
Nasrallah described the attack as unprecedented in the region - something that could not be overlooked.
The missile strike followed a suspected chemical attack targeting Douma, a former rebel-held town in Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus that saw a two-month offensive by Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... 's government.
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clenching his tiny fists and stomping his tiny feet....
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Twinkle, Twinkle little star
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Egyptian 
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
