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Anti-government protesters have set fire to the Iranian consulate in Najaf for the third time in a week
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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
After Zero Refugee Arrivals in October, November Admissions Set 18-Year Low for That Month
[CNSNews] CNSNews.com) ‐ After an unprecedented month of not a single refugee admission into the United States in October, last month saw a total of 1,488 refugees arrive, according to State Department Refugee Processing Center data.

The November arrivals were the lowest for the month since 2001, when in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks on America just four refugees were resettled in the U.S.
There’s a cute little bar graph of November arrivals for the oast decade at the link.
Between then and this year, the number of admissions during the second-last month of the calendar year has ranged from a low of 1,858 refugees (also under the Trump administration, in 2017), and a high of 8,355 (under the B.O. regime, in 2016).

President Trump has signed off on a ceiling of 18,000 refugee admissions for fiscal year 2020, the lowest annual cap set by a president since the modern refugee admission program was established in 1980.

Of the 1,488 refugees to have arrived during November, the countries of origin of the largest numbers were the Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
(509 refugees) and Burma (337 refugees). Other sizeable groups included 91 Afghans, 78 Ukrainians, 50 Iraqis, and 37 Syrians.

A total of 1,143 of the refugees admitted in November (77 percent) self-identified as Christians, with larger contingents including 254 Christians (no denomination specified) from Burma, 153 Pentecostalists from DRC, 102 Seventh-Day Adventists from DRC, 74 Catholics from DRC, and 62 Baptists from Moldova.

Two hundred and ninety-nine of the November arrivals (20 percent) were Moslems, including 55 Shi’ites from Afghanistan, and 32 Sunnis from Syria.

Other refugees included 13 Buddhists from Burma, five Yazidis from Iraq, one Hindu from Sri Lanka, and one Zoroastrian from Iran. Twenty-one refugees, mostly from Afghanistan, El Salvador and Guatemala, self-identified as having "no religion."

October was the first month since the 1980 Refugee Act was enacted that not a single refugee was resettled in the United States.

The first refugees to be admitted in FY 2020 were recorded as having been resettled in the U.S. on November 5. One hundred and ninety-nine refugees arrived that day, among them 63 Christians from DRC, 38 Christians from Ukraine, 25 Syrian Sunnis, and 16 Afghan Sunnis.

One hundred and ninety refugees arrived on November 6, including 82 Christians from DRC, and 13 Iraqis ‐ seven Moslems, three Christians and three Yazidis.

Sixteen Somali Moslems were among the 174 refugees who were admitted on November 7.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 01:03 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hope. Change. Progress.
Posted by: Lex || 12/04/2019 13:57 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Germans Ready to Extend Their NATO Mission: Minister
[ToloNews] The visiting German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
...Angela Merkel’s new pick for successor...
at a news conference in Kabul said she hopes the Afghan election results are announced in the near future, and she hopes results will be accepted by all stakeholders.

She also said that Berlin will help Afghanistan to achieve peace.

"We hope that the results of the free elections which have been held, are announced soon and all stakeholders accept the results so that a strong government is formed which could strengthen peace negotiations," said Karrenbauer.

She also talked about Germany’s readiness to extend the mission of almost 1,000 German troops in Afghanistan.

"We have a shared goal and it is that the people of Afghanistan should live in a secure environment and join hands and cooperate," she said.

President Ghani meanwhile welcomed Germany’s assistance to Afghanistan and said it has had a constructive role in the Afghan grinding of the peace processor.

"We discussed Afghanistan’s future from different perspectives," Ghani said. "Germany has hosted three big conferences on Afghanistan at a higher level and in all of them it has insisted on a stable, democratic and dignified Afghanistan."
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 00:46 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm so old I remember when Donald Trump's reckless foreign policy was going to destroy NATO. (OK, that would make me about one and a half)

Germany is stepping up and everyone is ragging on Macron for saying NATO is braindead. Tell me Trump can't play this game!
Posted by: SteveS || 12/04/2019 9:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Do or do not, there is no try.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/04/2019 12:00 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Egypt govt legalises status of 87 unlicensed churches
[AlAhram] This brings the number of churches and service buildings approved by the committee to 1,222 during the past year and a half

At a Tuesday meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the committee tasked with rectifying the status of unlicensed Christian places of worship approved the legalisation of the status of 87 churches and service buildings.

This brings the number of churches and service buildings approved by the committee to 1,222 during the past year and a half, according to a cabinet statement

During the meeting, the committee went over the reviewal of applications submitted by churches and service buildings during the past month and a half since the committee's last meeting on 22 October.

The meeting was attended by the ministers of justice, parliamentary affairs, local development, and housing.

Representatives of Christian denominations and other stakeholders also attended the meeting.

Egyptian cabinet front man Nader Saad said that the committee has also reviewed the progress of the previously approved churches and service buildings in fulfilling their civil protection requirements, in order to protect lives and preserve properties.

Saad said that the code for the requirements has been recently amended in order to facilitate the process for churches.

Reverend Mikhail Anton, representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Pope Tawadros always stresses the importance of all churches and buildings meeting civil protection requirements.

There are, however, some exceptional cases that face difficulties in fully implementing the requirements, thus there should be alternative measures, he said.

The cabinet said in its statement that the prime minister had called for the situation of these churches to be studied to find the best alternative solutions to achieve the required protection.

Madbouly also stressed during the meeting that any churches built on state-owned land should reconcile with the state.

Representatives of Christian denominations at the meeting assured their full commitment to the state the required dues.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 02:03 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Algeria’s military chief is calling for a massive voter turnout in the country’s sharply-disputed December 12 elections
[TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Supreme Council of #Amazigh condemns bombing of Kabaw by Haftar’s air force
[TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram split in 2016, the larger portion formed Islamic State West Africa Province under Barnawi
[TWITTER]
We’ve been accustomed to spelling the second gentleman’s name as Abubakar Shekau. The article below from 8/8/2018 describes the two factions as follows:
A faction loyal to Abubakar Shekau is notorious for indiscriminate killings of civilians while the Abu Mus'ab al-Barnawi faction -- which is affiliated to the so-called Islamic State -- largely focuses on attacking the military.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Europe
Muslim man who stabbed Jews at Amsterdam market ruled unfit to stand trial
[IsraelTimes] Psychiatric evaluation deems Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel Ghani not responsible for his actions when he injured father and son in March rampage.

A Moslem man charged with trying to kill a Jewish father and son at an Amsterdam market has been found not criminally responsible for his actions and sent for psychological care.

A Dutch judge ruled that Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel Ghani
...known to his fellow vendors at the market as “that damned Egyptian, Tarik the hookah man”...
suffered from delusions, heard voices and experienced psychosis at the time of the March 16 stabbing incident at the Albert Cuyp Market, the NIW Jewish paper reported Monday. The judge based the ruling on a psychiatric report.
But he's okay now, you betcha.
The ruling follows several recent cases in Western Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
involving Moslem men who assaulted Jews and were deemed unfit to stand trial.

Abdel Ghani was charged with manslaughter in the stabbings of Martin Colmans and his son Sharon, who were lightly and moderately injured, respectively. The Colmans and Abdel Ghani owned neighboring stores in the market.

According to the victims, Abdel Ghani assaulted them following weeks in which he would read the Koran at the entrance to his store and leer at them.

During the first hearing in the case, in September, they asked the judge to consider a religious or racist motive, which was not included in the indictment.

NIW editor-in-chief Esther Voet wrote on Twitter that the ruling made her "furious."
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  My @$$. Somehow he was fit enough to select Jews as his target.
Posted by: gorb || 12/04/2019 2:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Anybody who reads the koran can be proved loco. This is a law problem, on our end. Someone convinced us long ago that people with impaired mental agency must not be held accountable for their crimes.

By the current measure, any bastard with cult affiliations, a crazy look and weird habits can get away with a lighter sentence by simply enacting some lawyer scripted version of non compos mentis.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/04/2019 2:21 Comments || Top||

#3  Perhaps if everyone who reads the koran was locked up or abroad or both, there'd be a lot less crime?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 12/04/2019 5:18 Comments || Top||


#5  Fit enough to stand on a chair under a noose?
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/04/2019 12:15 Comments || Top||

#6  Yes, but only for long enough for everyone to get out of the way.
Posted by: gorb || 12/04/2019 22:00 Comments || Top||


French lawmakers pass resolution calling Israel hatred a form of anti-Semitism
Following in Germany’s footsteps — the next step for both would be to make it legally binding, so it will be interesting to see if they take that step.
[IsraelTimes] The lower house of La Belle France’s parliament approves a draft resolution that calls hate of Israel a form of anti-Semitism.

The 577 members of the National Assembly voted on the draft, which also calls on the government to join other Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an nations in adopting the definition of anti-Semitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

154 politicians back the resolution while 74 oppose it.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Spain MPs sworn in with far-right Vox as third-largest party
The times, they are a-changin’.
[IsraelTimes] Spain’s new parliament meets for its opening session Tuesday, with the far-right Vox as the third-largest party following a divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
election that failed to resolve years of political deadlock.

Just over three weeks after the vote, politicians are on Tuesday taking the oath of office, although there is little indication of when a government would be formed.

The legislature has been gridlocked since an inconclusive April election which the Socialists won but without a majority ‐ in an outcome repeated on November 10, leaving Pedro Sanchez a winner but weakened.

And this time round, Vox ‐ which only a year ago was just a marginal player ‐ more than doubled its showing, snaring 52 mandates and becoming the third-largest faction within the 350-seat parliament.

Days after the election, Sanchez and the radical left-wing Podemos agreed in principle to form a coalition government.

But such a government would only have 155 seats, leaving it dependent on support from other factions for the 176 mandates to pass an investiture vote.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


The Grand Turk
Turkey reiterates maritime agreement with Libya is line with international law
[Libya Observer] Spokesman of Ottoman Turkish Foreign Ministry, Hami Aksoy has said that the agreement with Libya on maritime jurisdiction in the eastern Mediterranean was signed in accordance with international law, including the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Aksoy explained in a blurb that his country had called on Greece and Cyprus to negotiate in order to reach what he called a fair understanding, confirming that they are still willing to negotiate.

"These parties chose to take unilateral actions and bring charges against The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
instead of negotiating with it," Aksoy added.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Macron claims Turkey is working with ISIS in Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] French President Emmanuel Macron went on the attack against his Ottoman Turkish counterpart His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
on Tuesday, as he claimed the latter’s country was working with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) terrorist group.

"When I look at The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
, they are fighting against those who fought with us, shoulder to shoulder, against ISIS. Sometimes they were with ISIS proxies,’’ Macron said, making reference to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who Ankara considers a terrorist group.

While Macron went on the attack, U.S. President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
pointed out that Turkey and America currently have "good relations", despite Washington’s agitation over Ankara’s S-400 acquisition.

"We have a very good relations with Turkey and with President Erdogan... I can’t speak for the president of La Belle France. We pulled our soldiers out, we said you can patrol your own borders now,’’ Trump said.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


India-Pakistan
Mob besieges Dawn offices in Islamabad
[DAWN] A few dozen unidentified people on Monday staged a protest outside Dawn offices over publication of a news report regarding the ethnicity of the London Bridge attacker who stabbed two persons to death last week.

The charged mob, carrying banners and chanting slogans against the newspaper, remained outside the office building for nearly three hours, besieging the premises and making the staffers hostage.

They prevented the employees from entering or leaving the building and demanded a written apology. Some of the protesters also misbehaved with the newspaper as well as Dawn TV employees when they arrived at the office.

Security guards at the media house had to lock the gates to prevent the protesters from entering the premises before police and officers of the capital administration arrived.

After lengthy negotiations with the newspaper management in the presence of an assistant commissioner, the protesters finally agreed to disperse after hurling warnings.

Meanwhile, the incident was widely condemned by leaders of various political parties, parliamentarians and journalist bodies.

Chairman of the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights Mustafa Nawaz Kokhar has also taken notice of the besieging of Dawn offices by the unidentified persons and directed the inspector general of police Islamabad to submit a report on the issue to the committee by December 6. He had also sought details of the action taken by the police against those who had besieged the media house.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in a statement condemned the incident, saying that “no one should be allowed to attack media outlets in the name of protest”.

Mr Bhutto-Zardari demanded “action against the crowd which attacked the newspaper office and vowed to side with the journalist fraternity”.

PML-N Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb called for a high-level investigation into the incident to identify and punish the perpetrators.

In a statement, Ms Aurangzeb said it was imperative to set a precedent by awarding strict punishment to those who attacked the newspaper office so that it should act as a deterrent in future.

Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


International-UN-NGOs
In surprise change, 13 countries vote against pro-Palestine UN resolution
[IsraelTimes] States led by Germany change their voting pattern in favor of Israel, opposing Division of Paleostinian Rights, although motion still passes by wide margin.

Over a dozen countries on Thursday abruptly changed their voting pattern at the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
in Israel’s favor, opposing an annual resolution expressing support for a pro-Paleostinian UN agency traditionally critical of the Jewish state.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 03:12 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In past years, these countries had abstained on the resolution.

I blame TrumpHitler for this delightful and heartwarming outrage.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/04/2019 9:27 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Following 3-week hiatus, Gaza groups announce resumption of border marches
[IsraelTimes] The High Commission for the Marches of Return names this week’s protest ‘The March is Ongoing’; expert predicts Hamas will keep protesters from approaching the fence

The committee responsible for organizing protests in the border region between Israel and the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip announced on Monday that demonstrations would take place Friday following a significant hiatus.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic Jihad (Palestian)

#1  So the hudna is over.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 12/04/2019 8:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Check cleared?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/04/2019 12:00 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home
[IsraelTimes] Hundreds of Syrian refugees are headed home in the first batch to leave Lebanon since protests broke out in the small Arab country more than a month ago.

Since the early hours of Tuesday, scores of Syrians boarded buses in several locations in Lebanon before heading back to their hometowns in war-torn Syria.

Vanessa Moya of the UN refugee agency known as UNHCR, says some 225 Syrian refugees are scheduled to head back to Syria, raising the number to about 27,000 refugees who have returned to Syria over the past two years.

Thousands of Syrians have returned home from Lebanon since June 2018 as calm returns to parts of Syria.

Lebanon is hosting some 1 million Syrian refugees who fled their country after the war broke out eight years ago.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Trump administration quietly releases Lebanon military aid
[IsraelTimes] The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Leb after months of unexplained delay.

That’s according to two congressional staffers and an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly to the matter. The $105 million in Foreign Military Financing funds for the Lebanese Armed Forces was released last week. Lawmakers were notified of the step on Monday

The money had languished in limbo at the Office of Management and Budget since September although it had already won congressional approval and overwhelming support from the Pentagon, State Department and National Security Council. The White House has yet to offer any explanation for the delay despite repeated queries from Congress and the media.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Lebanon’s Hariri backs businessman Khatib for prime minister
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Leb’s Saad Hariri
...Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too....
on Tuesday backed businessman Samir al-Khatib to head the next government, though he said some details still had to be discussed.

Hariri, who resigned as prime minister in late October under pressure from protests against the ruling elite, told news hounds on Tuesday that he would not take part in the new government.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Iranian Navy to arm submarines with Jask cruise missiles
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iranian naval chief Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced the mass production of Jask cruise missiles during his visit to a military exhibit on Saturday, BulgarianMilitary.com reported on Tuesday, quoting Topwar.

According to the report, all Iranian submarines will be equipped with the Jask missiles, which will ’significantly’ increase their navy’s range in case of an attack.

Khanzadi reportedly pointed out that the weapons developed as part of the Jask-2 project would all their navy to hit targets over long distances and "will certainly be a serious surprise for the enemy."

Another project, dubbed "Jask-3," is under development, Hanzhan said. Thanks to him, it will be possible to use a wider range of missiles in submarines.

Last week, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval command announced that they were arming their fleet with several new speed boats and armed drones.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Will they be pink, too?
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/04/2019 8:05 Comments || Top||

#2  US Navy issues massive $22 billion order for nuclear submarines
Posted by: Frank G || 12/04/2019 9:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Iran issues massive $1.2 billon order for Photoshop(tm) licenses.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/04/2019 9:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Heh. Larger screen doors for their sub silos as well
Posted by: Frank G || 12/04/2019 10:01 Comments || Top||


Government
Homeland Security wants to force all travelers including US citizens to undergo face scans when leaving or entering the United States
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/04/2019 06:37 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  But the Muzzie ladies get to keep their cover on. Betcha
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/04/2019 8:15 Comments || Top||

#2  Exception to be made for the Democrats undocumented illegals.
Posted by: Goober Tingle7365 || 12/04/2019 10:05 Comments || Top||

#3  "Is this the part where we say no?"
"No."
"Oh. Okay."
"Smile!"
[smile]
"I'm joking. Don't do that."
Posted by: Skunky Whumble8936 || 12/04/2019 10:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Bull, they have access to all the cameras. They have to be doing face id right now.

This is just going public.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/04/2019 12:16 Comments || Top||

#5  In August and last week, for Global Entry, I had my face photographed. No standing in line, no pressing your fingers on the glass, no waiting.

I don't think I have any complaints.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/04/2019 12:38 Comments || Top||

#6  I don't think I have any complaints.

Me either.
I'm not Asian or a monkey.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/04/2019 14:18 Comments || Top||



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Wed 2019-12-04
  Anti-government protesters have set fire to the Iranian consulate in Najaf for the third time in a week
Tue 2019-12-03
  Burkina Faso: 14 people killed in gun attack at church during Sunday mass
Mon 2019-12-02
  40 to 100 Iranian protesters executed in a marsh.
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Fri 2019-11-29
  Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi says he will resign
Thu 2019-11-28
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Wed 2019-11-27
  Armed Iraqi protesters attempt to attack police forces in Baghdad
Tue 2019-11-26
  US Rep Ilhan Omar accused of being a foreign agent
Mon 2019-11-25
  9 More Shot Dead as Protesters in Iraq Now Calling for Revolution
Sun 2019-11-24
  Navy secretary Richard Spencer resigns amid controversy over Navy SEAL
Sat 2019-11-23
  Algerians mark 40th week of anti-government protests
Fri 2019-11-22
  Iranian security forces brutally beat #Iranian protesters
Thu 2019-11-21
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