[ToloNews] The Afghan government on Thursday released 80 of the 400 high-value Taliban ...Arabic for students... prisoners whose release was approved by last week’s Loya Jirga, the National Security Council said on Friday.
The consultative Loya Jirga, the grand assembly of Afghan elders, last week approved the release of the 400 Taliban ...Arabic for students... prisoners, a step that was seen as a key push for the start of the intra-Afghan negotiations.
The prisoners were released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, according to the National Security Council (NSC).
According to government data, out of the 400 prisoners in question, 156 of them have been sentenced to death, 105 of them are accused of murder, 34 of them are accused of kidnapping that led to murder, 51 of them are accused of drug smuggling, 44 of them are on the blacklist of the Afghan government and its allies, 6 of them are accused of assorted other crimes, 4 are accused of unspecified crimes.
A document seen by TOLOnews shows that at least 124 Taliban prisoners who were sentenced to death by the courts are currently kept in Pul-e-Charkhi and Bagram jails.
Sources have said that some countries such as the US, La Belle France and Australia have reservations about the release of some of the prisoners.
[NATION.PK] Russia on Friday called for an urgent meeting of world leaders to "avoid confrontation and aggravation" over the 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... nuclear deal.
President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... stressed the need for a video conference of the heads of the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) permanent member states, along with the leaders of Iran and Germany.
"The goal is to outline steps to avoid confrontation and aggravation of the situation in the UN Security Council regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)," read a statement released by the Kremlin.
He explained that the urgency for the meeting was due to rising tensions around the Iran issue in the UNSC, saying "baseless accusations" were being voiced against Iran and "draft resolutions aimed at destroying previous unanimous decisions of the Security Council" were being developed.
Putin said the signing of the JCPOA in 2015 was a major political and diplomatic achievement, which made it possible to avert the threat of armed conflict and strengthened the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
He emphasized that Russia remains "fully committed" to the deal.
"In this region, as in any other part of the world, there should be no place for blackmail and dictate from anyone. Unilateral approaches to finding solutions do not help," said Putin.
"When building a complete security structure in the Persian Gulf zone, it is important to preserve the positive "baggage" that we managed to accumulate earlier at the cost of considerable efforts."
He said any problems could be resolved if all sides "approach each other's positions with due attention and responsibility, act respectfully and collectively."
The Russian president stressed the importance of preserving the JCPOA, warning of higher risks of conflict if the deal falls through.
"We also suggest that during the meeting of the leaders, they agree on the parameters for joint work in order to promote the formation of reliable security and confidence-building mechanisms in the Persian Gulf region," read the statement.
"This can be achieved if we combine the political will and creative energy of all our countries and countries in the region."
Signed between Iran and P5+1 countries — the US, UK, La Belle France, China, Russia, and Germany — the JCPOA curbed Iran’s nuclear activities in return for lifting of sanctions.
The US withdrew from the agreement in May 2018, sparking gradual cutting of obligations by Iran, who accused European signatories of delaying implementation of their responsibilities under the deal.
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[Radio Free Asia] A public toilet has been erected on the site of a demolished mosque in Atush (in Chinese, Atushi) city, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), according to a local official, as part of what some observers believe is a campaign aimed at breaking the spirit of Uyghur Muslims.
Reports of the construction of the restroom on the former site of the Tokul mosque in Atush’s Suntagh village come days after RFA’s Uyghur Service learned that authorities had razed two of three mosques there in carrying out a directive to destroy Muslim places of worship en masse that was launched in late 2016, known as “Mosque Rectification.”
The Mosque Rectification drive, part of a series of hardline policies under top leader Xi Jinping, predates the mass incarceration of as many as 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in a vast network of internment camps in the XUAR that began in April 2017.
RFA recently conducted a telephone interview with a Uyghur neighborhood committee chief from Suntagh village in Atush, a county-level city of about 270,000 people under the administration of Kashgar prefecture in the cotton- and grape-growing region of southwestern XUAR.
The committee chief, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing fear of reprisal, told RFA that Tokul mosque was torn down in 2018 and that a lavatory had been built in its place by “Han [Chinese] comrades.”
“It’s a public toilet … they haven’t opened it yet, but it’s built,” he said.
“People have toilets at home, so there weren’t any problems like that,” he added, when asked if there had been a need for the public toilet in the local community.
The committee chief said that with Suntagh located about three kilometers (1.85 miles) outside of central Atush, the area sees few to no tourists who would require access to a washroom.
He conceded that the toilet was likely built to cover up the ruins of the destroyed Tokul mosque, as well as for the needs of inspecting groups or cadres visiting the area.
The chief said it was unclear how many people the restroom was built to accommodate.
“It’s still closed, so I haven’t even been inside,” he said.
Another resident of Suntagh, who also declined to be named, said that one of the two mosques in the village RFA recently learned were torn down in or around the autumn of 2019—Azna mosque—had been replaced with “a convenience store” that sells alcohol and cigarettes, the use of which is frowned upon in Islam.
Earlier, a public security officer in Suntagh confirmed that Azna mosque and Bastaggam mosque had been destroyed, while the mosque authorities left standing—Teres mosque—was the smallest and in the poorest condition of all three.
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"Public Toilet Erected on Former Site of Razed Church"?
You mean like when the Palis in 2002 invaded the Church of the Nativity (Jeezus wuz born heer) to hide from the Israeli army, took hostages, killed a few, stole the valuables, defiled the icons, destroyed church property and used the altar as a toilet?
Some Euros have it right. Hungary is one of them
[Breitbart] Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government will buy $1 billion worth of missiles from the U.S. — the largest arms deal ever between the two countries.
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Cornstein signed a memorandum alongside Hungarian Defence Minister Tibor Benko this week to purchase medium-range AMRAAM missiles. The armaments are manufactured by the U.S. arms giant Raytheon, which states the advanced weapons can be deployed in air-to-air or surface-to-air roles.
According to the U.S. ambassador, the missiles will replace existing systems that have seen service since Hungary was still under the yoke of the former communist regime, Kronen Zeitung reports.
In recent years, Prime Minister Orbán has enjoyed a good relationship with President Donald J. Trump, who has praised Orbán for the Hungarian leader’s stance against mass migration.
President Trump had stated: "Viktor Orbán has done a tremendous job in so many different ways. He’s highly respected, respected all over Europe."
"Probably like me a little bit controversial, but that’s OK. That’s OK. You’ve done a good job. And you’ve kept your country safe," Trump said after the two leaders met in Washington DC.
Orbán also praised the U.S. President, saying: "Today, there is a different, more ambitious leadership."
Prime Minister Orbán added that President Trump "knew everything about Hungary that he had to, and his goal was to establish good co-operation between Hungary and the United States".
Relations between the two countries have not always been smooth, however, with the Hungarian government complaining in 2017 that "the Obama-era State Department elite" had damaged U.S.-Hungary relations by seeking to undermine Budapest’s pursuit of anti-mass migration, pro-family policies.
Even after President Trump’s inauguration the State Department was allocating hundreds of thousands of U.S. taxpayer dollars to support what it described as "objective media" in Hungary — foreign interference on behalf of the opposition, in the Hungarian government’s eyes — with former U.S. ambassador Faith Whittlesey denouncing the scheme as an attack on "a good NATO ally and a robust democracy" by globalist bureaucrats who disliked Orbán’s politics in an article for Breitbart.
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The FMS missile portion is: The US State Department has approved Hungary’s request to buy 60 AIM-120C-7/C-8 AMRAAM-ER missiles, two spare AIM-120C-7/C-8 AMRAAM-ER guidance sections and related equipment from Raytheon for $230 million.
AMRAAM-ER is ground launched. The rest will be split between US and Norwegian contractors for the NASAMS system.
Sam Resto, a 29-year-old construction worker, was arrested on Thursday
He is accused of setting fire to a NYPD patrol car in the early hours of July 29
He was being followed by NYPD surveillance officers as he made preparations
Resto wore a Guy Fawkes mask as he torched the car near Central Park
If convicted he faces 20 years in prison for the attack
Resto had been arrested twice before: on July 10 for swinging a chain at someone during a parking dispute, and on July 15 during an anti-police brutality protest
NYPD estimates 300 cars worth $1 million damaged since George Floyd died
This popular antifa account says the goal of the riots in Portland is to exhaust police physically & financially until they are no longer able to function. The long thread goes on to say that provoking a response is intentional for propaganda purposes & to radicalize public. pic.twitter.com/PHrjRlpk2B
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And since the DA has said he's not going to prosecute the bulk of the rioters, the cops really aren't going to knock themselves out arresting them, so cross-purposes.
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So who is going to protect ANTIFA If the police aren't there ?
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The Militia is armed precisely to deal with threats that overcome the power of government to protect the citizens of our Republic. Seems these anarchists and Marxist leaders are setting the useful idiots up to experience the awakening of a much abused populace. Someone should remind the complicit and corrupt local officials that once rebellion is put down, lampposts aplenty fill the public spaces around the centers of local government.
Tragic photoshop from the Turkish media @stargazete
They claimed that after the collision the Greek frigate "Limnos" suffered huge damage and returned to the shipyards for repair while the Turkish frigate Kemal Reis suffered nothing.
Austrian Foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg : The #EU should reassess its relations with #Erdogan’s #Turkey in light of a series of recent events in the eastern Mediterranean, #Libya, #Syria, #Iraq & the conversion of the museum of Hagia Sophia to a mosque.#Greece . pic.twitter.com/8BLvyEBYuB
How terribly bold and original, to be sure. How fortunate for the parties involved that they’ve no need of your advice or your approval... nor does that part of the Ummah which sees the wisdom of what they do.
[NATION.PK] Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Senator Siraj ul-Haq has demanded the government to summon OIC session and stress upon UAE to review the move of establishing diplomatic relations with Israel.
In his statement Siraj ul Haq has stated that the Moslem Ummah should be saved from division; adding, that Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...... has backed the formation of ties between the two countries for his win in next elections.
He maintained that Donald Trump must remember that Moslem Ummah and Paleostinians would never give up their struggle for Paleostinian cause.
He claimed that the people of Pakistain and the entire Moslem Ummah reject the diplomatic ties between the two nations.
He elaborated that the formation of diplomatic ties between UAE and Israel was a tragedy for all the Moslems around the world and especially for the Arab people.
[Al Ahram] Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit has warned against what he termed "the Iranian-Ottoman Turkish schemes of hegemony" in the Arab region and their catastrophic consequences for Arab national security, noting that the current conditions in the region require more attention in order to preserve the interests of the Arab world.In an interview with al-Ahram Editor-In-Chief Alaa Thabet, Abul Gheit said these two regional powers, which are seeking to control the region's potentials and capabilities, are using "divide and rule" tactics, a policy that was once used by the colonial powers.
He warned against Iranian and Ottoman Turkish schemes which are aimed at obliterating Arab national states and turning them into sectarian districts that can be controlled by armed militias.
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Unsurprisingly, Iranian regime apologists in the West are celebrating the UNSC vote to reject an extension of the arms embargo on Iran's @khamenei_ir regime. Worth recalling that Iran's regime has used its military to aid Assad's regime wipe out over 500,000 Syrians.
[Al Ahram] Only the Lebanese people and their representatives can decide the country's future, Iran's foreign minister said on a visit to Beirut on Friday, following the massive blast at the city's port that killed 172 people and prompted the government to resign.
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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... backs Leb
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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.
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...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 
A public toilet has been erected on the site of a demolished mosque in Atush (in Chinese, Atushi) city, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), according to a local official, as part of what some observers believe is a campaign aimed at breaking the spirit of Uyghur Muslims.
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
