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Poland Detains Lebanese Man Suspected of 'Planning Attacks'
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Africa North
LNA denies use of toxic gases and said it is ready to conduct an international investigation on the issue
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  LNA denies use of toxic gases and said it is ready to conduct an international investigation on the issue

"...as soon as we clean the joint up."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/24/2020 11:15 Comments || Top||


Europe
Berlin approves the participation of German forces in new naval military mission launched by the European Union - Operation #Irini
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
If they plan to interdict the flow from Turkey, I approve.
Posted by: Fred || 04/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  Do they have any ships that can actually deploy?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/24/2020 8:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Poor Fritz - on the wrong side since 1914
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/24/2020 14:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Don't turn your back on the Turks!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/24/2020 14:25 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkey has confirmed 3,116 new #COVID19 cases and 115 new deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the country's total to 101,790 with 2,491 deaths
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Trying to show they are as sophisticated as EUs.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/24/2020 14:10 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Four PMF brigades to fall under Iraqi PM's command
[Rudaw] News broke Wednesday of Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi's order to take control of four Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi in Arabic) brigades.

A letter published on Iraqi state media, addressed to the head of the PMF, a predominantly Shiite network of around 60 paramilitaries, says that four brigades will fall under the "command and management" of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces— a role Abdul-Mahdi currently occupies as caretaker prime minister — and not under the direct command of the PMF board.

Abdul-Mahdi issued the order on Sunday, but the official letter was only published on Wednesday.

Hashd al-Shaabi has yet to officially comment on the matter.

The four brigades include the 2nd, 11th, 26th, and 44th brigades of the PMF, which are all loyal to Iraq’s highest Shiite religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and not under the influence of Tehran.

Several attempts have been made to fully integrate the PMFs into Iraq’s formal security apparatus to professionalize the armed forces, reduce Iran’s influence, and reduce the likelihood of a proxy war between Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and the US spilling over into Iraqi territory.

Last year, under pressure to curb the independence of Iran-affiliated gangs in Iraq, Abdul-Mahdi issued a decree ordering the July 31 integration of Hashd al-Shaabi units into the Iraqi army on July 1.

The call for unit integration has been met with both delay and resistance.

Units within Hashd al-Shaabi that have close ties with Tehran have increased their anti-US activity inside Iraq since the US liquidations of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani
and top PMF leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in early January in Baghdad. Iraqi bases hosting US troops have been frequently targeted by rockets since then, but the attacks have largely halted since the onset of the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
pandemic.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/24/2020 02:09 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  Sounds like a plan. Can we bring everyone home now ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/24/2020 5:08 Comments || Top||

#2  four Hashd al-Shaabi in Arabic) brigades.

Hashed and Shabby?
Posted by: Bob Wheatch4268 || 04/24/2020 14:25 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Lebanese daily reports progress in possible prisoner swap with Hamas
[IsraelTimes] The Lebanese daily al-Akhbar reports that there are increasing signs a prisoner-swap deal between Israel and Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, may go ahead.

Al-Akhbar says that Egypt, which is mediating in talks between the sides, has released four Paleostinian detainees as a gesture toward Hamas.
”Here, take ‘em. They’ve got coronavirus anyway.”
Hamas sources tell al-Akhbar that Egyptian authorities have said they will release further Hamas detainees, without specifying a number or a possible date of release.

Hamas is holding the remains of two Israeli soldiers killed in action in the 2014 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...
war, and two Israeli civilians who crossed over into the Gaza Strip of their own accord.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/24/2020 02:08 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Olde Tyme Religion
A collection of Wu related Islamic Iranian conspiracy theories
The coronavirus was caused by Allah to punish China for mistreating the Uighurs.

The coronavirus was caused by Allah to punish insufficiently devout Muslims.

The coronavirus was caused by Allah to punish America for mistreating Muslims.

The coronavirus was caused by America to destroy Iranians.

The coronavirus was caused by America to depopulate the world.

The coronavirus was caused by American pharmaceutical companies, which already had a vaccine ready which they intend to sell once the disease has claimed a sufficient number of victims.

The coronavirus was caused by Israel to destroy all Muslims.

The coronavirus was cause by Israel to destroy Iran.

The coronavirus was caused by Israeli pharmaceutical companies, which already had a vaccine ready which they intend to sell once the disease has claimed a sufficient number of victims.
Posted by: lord garth || 04/24/2020 11:13 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The coronavirus was caused by America to destroy Iranians.

Well, it's the same America what wants to enslave its own people and take away their guns by swabbing their noses, so I'm not surprised.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/24/2020 12:10 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Commander of the space command of #IRGC Aerospace Force sez they are now developing a new version of Qased rocket which is going to have solid fuel rocket motors for all of its 3 stages
Posted by: Fred || 04/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Solid fuel motors mean you don't have to gas up before launch. Quite handy if they are intended to be road-mobile or if you feel the need to fire off a whole bunch at once.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/24/2020 0:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Far out, man!
Posted by: Clem || 04/24/2020 0:18 Comments || Top||

#3  also using solid fuel means you have to have zero tolerance for any cracks in the motor
Posted by: lord garth || 04/24/2020 7:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Bunch of Estes D engines tied together? That's progress!
Posted by: Raj || 04/24/2020 7:41 Comments || Top||

#5  (Youtube)"Spectacular explosion during Delta 2 rocket launch, Cape Canaveral. January 17, 1997""
...Solid fuel fireworks!
Posted by: magpie || 04/24/2020 11:43 Comments || Top||

#6  That's a pretty good blow, M.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/24/2020 14:12 Comments || Top||

#7  Q: What is the difference between math and engineering?
A: Engineering is *much* louder.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/24/2020 14:18 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Fri 2020-04-24
  Poland Detains Lebanese Man Suspected of 'Planning Attacks'
Thu 2020-04-23
  Afrin: Kurdish population more than halved since 2018 offensive
Wed 2020-04-22
  Trump says he's ordered Navy to destroy
Iranian boats should they harass U.S. ships
Tue 2020-04-21
  North Korea's Kim Jong Un in grave danger
after surgery, or so they ay
Mon 2020-04-20
  U.S. crude falls below $15 a barrel, down more than 20%
Sun 2020-04-19
  44 suspected Boko Haram jihadis found dead in Chad prison
Sat 2020-04-18
  Almost $5 billion of Iran government money for imports is missing
Fri 2020-04-17
  CCP reports coup attempt in China!
Thu 2020-04-16
  Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf
Wed 2020-04-15
  China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy
Tue 2020-04-14
  GNA carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman
Mon 2020-04-13
  Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein
Sun 2020-04-12
  Houthi militia has sentenced four journalists to death in Yemen for ‘treason and espionage,’
Sat 2020-04-11
  Krakatoa volcano blows up
Fri 2020-04-10
  Iraq names its third prime minister in 10 weeks


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