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maybe fill out a form in triplicate
then have a committee approve it
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"Sir! We are going to chase you now. Make sure your laces are properly tied and your elbows are tucked inwards as you run! And please don't trip on anything hard! Sir?!"
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Sort of like a committee of JAGs and spooks at Langley had to sign off on every Predator mission. That worked out so well...
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Successful societies create abundance, abundance creates tolerance, tolerance creates lessened expectations, lessened expectations creates inferior performance, inferior performance creates resentment , resentment creates anger anger creates resentment, we are now locked in the death spiral condition of race relations in America today. Plenty of blame to go around but the root cause was the decline of shame and the paternalism of thr 1950’ civil right efforts.
Consider how ashamed our grandparents of every color would be by the shambles of present day American society.
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OK, now that they got Prince Wosshisname trying to clean _out_ the Augean Stables in Saudi Arabia suddenly these guys want to Do Something About Saudi Arabia.
Strain at gnats, swallow camels, repeat as necessary.
Osama Bin Laden didn't kill half a million Americans. The bureaucrats who went along with Fauci's decision to ban HCQ did.
[ToloNews] The Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... reportedly asked the US on Tuesday to ensure the release of its prisoners and the removal of UN sanctions on the Taliban’s leaders in exchange for the participation of the group in the The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... conference, sources close to the group have told TOLOnews.
The UN-led Afghan peace conference in Turkey was scheduled to take place on April 24, but now the summit has been postponed over non-participation by the Taliban.
Turkey, UN, US and Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... made several attempts in the past to convince the Taliban to ensure their participation in the conference, but the efforts did not yield an outcome.
Ottoman Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday tweeted that the conference had been postponed for after the Eid al-Fitr.
"We have consulted with Qatar, the US and the UN," Ottoman Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. "We have decided to postpone the Istanbul Conference on the Afghanistan grinding of the peace processor after Eid a l-Fitr."
"It was good if the release of these 7,000 prisoners was made conditional on a ceasefire...if they accept the ceasefire—when these prisoners are released, then no war is there for them to fight," said Mohammad Omar Daudzai, President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... ’s special envoy for Pakistain.
Pakistain reportedly also made attempts to influence the Taliban to attend the Turkey conference, but the efforts failed.
"Tomorrow their (Pakistain) high level military and political delegation will visit Kabul and we will have deep discussions with them about improving bilateral ties," said Daudzai.
This comes as violence continues to grip Afghanistan with dozens killed and maimed on daily basis.
"I want to say to the Taliban that this country has been devastated because of your war, so return to the talks and make an agreement," said Qazi Mohammad Amin Weqad, the former deputy head of the high council of peace.
The Istanbul conference has been delayed two times due to the denial of the Taliban.
The Taliban have been insisting that the US first needs to implement the Doha agreement before the start of the Istanbul conference, meaning that the US needs to honor its agreement signed under the Trump administration to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by May 1.
The Afghan government on Tuesday said the list of a republic delegation for the conference has been finalized.
A high-level Afghan government official who spoke on condition of anonymity told TOLOnews that there is the possibility that a 15- or 17-member team will represent the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Afghanistan at the conference scheduled for April 24.
The High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR) also confirmed the finalization of the republic's negotiating team.
[ToloNews] The United States Central Command as well as American diplomats are working on plans with countries in the region on agreements to base troops and aircraft for counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan after all forces are withdrawn from the country.
Quoted in a report by Air Force Magazine, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the commander of the US Central Command, said told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the command is going through "detailed planning" on what future operational plans and force laydowns could be after the withdrawal, which will be completed by Sept. 11.
According to the report, future counterterrorism operations will require ways to surveil targets in Afghanistan if needed, including with the use of overhead intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft operating from outside of the country.
Quoting US diplomats and military officials, The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported that possibilities in the region include Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
US forces would then need to "finish" those targets through multiple options, including long-range fires and "targeted raids—although those are inherently dangerous, but you could still do it," McKenzie said, adding that "You could do it with manned aircraft. There are problems with all three of those options, but there’s also opportunities with all three of those options."
Without a presence in the country, it will be "extremely difficult to do, but it is not impossible to do it," he said.
Gen. McKenzie said there are ongoing discussions in Afghanistan for a status of forces agreement and what the size of the US embassy would be after the withdrawal.
He added that it would be "helpful" if the US can maintain the embassy in Kabul because the presence will assist in the ability to "see into Afghanistan."
In response to questions, McKenzie made it clear that the Sept. 11, 2021, deadline to withdraw from the country is more than just US and coalition military members.
US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing... has announced that the United States will withdraw its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11.
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A giant space based battle station would be able to handle this most efficiently.
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Well KS5344 if it makes you feel better: Certain contractors and building material suppliers, use the SeaBees and engineers for free labor, get some cash to make local business connections and poof hundreds of millions of dollars later minus 10% and they be paid good.
And when its all said and done the politicians still get to play SOCOM and secure the poppy fields and concrete futures of those who donate generously against rivals.
-does Spongebob horizon point-
Imagine all the money. And we haven't even talked weapons sales Patrick!
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] The 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... , United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... , European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... on Tuesday demanded an immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from Libya.
In a statement after a videoconference by its leaders, the Libya Quartet demanded "full compliance with the arms embargo and the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from the entirety of Libya's territory."
The much-violated arms embargo has been in place since 2011, when an uprising toppled longtime Libyan dictator Moamer Qadaffy during the regional upheaval known as the Arab Spring, AFP reported.
The UN estimates that some 20,000 imported muscle, mainly troops from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... and mercenaries from Russia, Syria, Chad and Sudan, are currently deployed in the country.
In recent weeks, the possible departure of Syrian mercenaries has been raised and, this weekend, N'Djamena mentioned the arrival in Chad from Libya of several hundred Chadian mercenaries who may have contributed to the fighting that led to the death of President Idriss Deby.
During its meeting, the Libya Quartet "condemned the continued violations of the UN arms embargo and emphasized that all external military intervention in Libya is unacceptable."
It also called for "the sustained implementation of measures to fully identify and dismantle these groups."
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[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Iran's support for 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... 's Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... militias is "quite significant and it's lethal" and there is no real evidence that Tehran wants to support a constructive resolution to the conflict, US special envoy on Yemen Tim Lenderking told US politicians on Wednesday.
"We would welcome 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... playing a constructive role, if they are willing to do so," Lenderking said. "We have not seen any indication of that."
The Houthi offensive in the gas-rich Marib region is "the single biggest threat to peace efforts", Lenderking added, warning that if the fighting is not stopped "it will trigger a wave of even greater fighting and instability."
He acknowledged that it has been difficult to halt ships bearing weapons from Iran to the Houthis.
The US needs more international assistance in halting Iran arms shipment to the militias, Lenderking urged.
Moreover, the envoy said the increase in Houthi cross-border 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... is "very disturbing trend".
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[WashingtonPost] Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he will ask U.S. President Joe Biden to give work visas to Mexican farmers who participate in a government tree-planting program. Remittances™ for planting Pot
López Obrador touted the program as a way to help the United States regulate migration.
The United States “is looking for alternatives because migration is out of control,” López Obrador said. “Instead of seeking to block it with punitive measures, it should be channeled and ordered.”
He wants the United States to grant six-month work visas to farmers who have participated in the paid tree-planting program for three years. He also wants the U.S. to grant citizenship to the farmers after they have spent three years rotating into the U.S. on six-month work visas.
That’s nuts.
López Obrador said he would broach the proposal at climate change talks later this week. López Obrador said Mexico’s contribution to fighting climate change involves renovating old hydroelectric plants as well as the program known as “Planting Life” that pays as many as 400,000 Mexican farmers to plant fruit and timber trees.
Mexico has tried to extend the program to El Salvador and wants the U.S. to help finance an expansion to other Central American countries.
In another climate area, however, López Obrador has drawn criticism from some activists for putting limits on renewable-energy and gas-fired private power plants that compete with the government electricity utility and increasing the burning of heavily polluting fuels like coal and fuel oil.
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How often does the president of a nation want their citizens to get citizenship in another nation. Work Visa's fine, push for that, but citizenship is too far.
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21 Apr 2021 LeBron tweeted and then later deleted a pic of the Columbus LEO who prevented a young girl from being stabbed, with the caption "YOU'RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY"
@Andy Swan tweeted in response "On of the most influential people in the worl just tweeted a threat to a police office who LITERALLY SAVED A YOUNG GIRL FROM BEING MURDERED there are no words honestly" 3:37 PM Apr 21, 2021
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More on Grom's question, #3 - Newsome attended Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland. In 2003, she was named one of the "20 Coolest Girls in America" by YM magazine.
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Is it a knife fight if only one of the 'participants' has a knife?
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I'll say once again, all this is cover for the failures in the Black community. Everything and everyone else is the blame but never themselves. Asians took full advantage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act only to be called 'white' for their success and actively discriminated by the Ivy League among others.
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Grom, her getting a writeup in some cheap magazine suggests well-connected parents. I doubt she's ever missed a meal or worried for her own safety.
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#16 I'm not sure I agree, P2k. As I see it - there was an immense pressure on African Americans to excel educationally (that being modern criteria for intelligence/intellectualism).
Lets consider an example: George Floyd went to college, couldn't hack it, and started his downward slide. Suppose, instead, he'd went to a vocational-technical school?
Now (before I'm accused of racism) lets turn it around. Suppose the same (guilt-tripping) white majority decided that all Jews should be professional athletes, and exerted a pressure (similar to one applied to blacks) toward this end?
Columbia began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, rather than merely economics and engineering. Opened in 1967, Columbia was intended to not only eliminate the inconveniences of then-current subdivision design, but also eliminate racial, religious and class segregation.[6] Columbia has consistently ranked in the top 10 of CNN Money's Best Places to Live in the United States.[7] In 2020, Columbia was ranked as the 5th best place to live in the U.S.[8]
Almost half Black, almost half of the students getting free meals... but all the bells and whistles. Upper middle class tax payer base with a chunk of black and Hispanic kids from the ghetto bussed in because the planned apartment housing did not provide enough poor people. Ms Bree grew up in the neighbourhood, not the apartments or bussed in — she definitely has the look. Those pearly whites did not straighten themselves.
The pressure for college vs vo-tech has the same result for most students who come from poor backgrounds, g(r)omgoru. It isn’t a race thing, though there are those who like to pretend it is, but about economic class and preparation. Because of WWII, my mother had to do three years of high school classes in six months — so of course her math and science classes got short shrift, making it impossible for her to achieve her childhood dream of becoming a chemist like Marie Curie despite having originally been a child of educated professionals.
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Ms Bree grew up in the neighbourhood, not the apartments or bussed in — she definitely has the look. Those pearly whites did not straighten themselves.
😊😊😊 Gracias, TW.
The pressure for college vs vo-tech has the same result for most students who come from poor backgrounds, g(r)omgoru. It isn’t a race thing, though there are those who like to pretend it is, but about economic class and preparation.
But that's exactly the point, TW. Why, despite all the opportunities showed their way, African-Americans made such a poor showing?
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Once he was on the scene, the Columbus cop had the choice of featuring in one of two headlines: "Racist Cop Kills Black Teen" or "Racist Cop Lets Black Teen Be Stabbed to Death". Lesson for aspiring police officers: Don't be on the scene. God made donut shops for a good reason.
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LeBron tweeted and then later deleted a pic of the Columbus LEO who prevented a young girl from being stabbed, with the caption "YOU'RE NEXT
LeBron likes Twitter because he only has to read one page.
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Why, despite all the opportunities showed their way, African-Americans made such a poor showing?
Check the stats for out of wedlock births and crime in the community in say 1960 and now today. What happened since then? Those running government certainly didn't push any of this. In practice, just the opposite in many cases.
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It doesn’t need a society of geniuses to build a culture that is hardworking, law abiding, and safe, g(r)omgoru. Even prosperity only requires consistently spending less than one earns. It’s all common sense, which tends to thin out in the higher reaches of IQ, in my experience.
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Ottoman Turkish President 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... fired the country's trade minister Wednesday following allegations that her husband’s company received a tender to sell disinfectants to the ministry.
In a mini Cabinet reshuffle, Erdogan also split the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services into two and appointed new ministers to lead them, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette.
The president named Mehmet Mus, a prominent ruling party politician, as trade minister to replace Ruhsar Pekcan, according to the decree.
According to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, Pekcan's firing came after Oda TV news website reported that her husband’s company was chosen for the procurement of thousands of liters of disinfectants, allegedly worth 9 million Ottoman Turkish Lira ($1.1 million), to the Trade Ministry. Pekcan denied any wrongdoing, insisting that the company had made the lowest bid.
Zehra Zumrut Selcuk, the former minister for family affairs, labor and social security, was replaced by lawyer Derya Yanik as minister for family affairs and by Vedat Bilgin — an advisor to Erdogan — as minister for labor and social security.
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I'd have used the pic of chairs on the Titanic's deck
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[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Ottoman Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded jail terms for 97 people who joined student protests against President 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... ’s appointment of a party loyalist as a top university’s rector.
According to Anadolu state news agency, the indictment said the suspects defied a ban on rallies imposed as part of measures to combat 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.
Prosecutors are seeking jail terms from six months to three years because of the suspects’ non-compliance with a law on "unarmed participation in unlawful rallies and refusal to disperse despite the warnings," Anadolu said.
No date was given for the first hearing, according to AFP.
The protest movement — the biggest to rattle Erdogan’s rule in years — kicked off when the Ottoman Turkish leader appointed longstanding ruling party member Melih Bulu as rector of Bogazici University at the start of the year.
The rallies began inside the campus grounds before spreading to the streets of Istanbul and other big cities with the backing of government opponents.
The indictment specifically refers to a February 1 protest in Istanbul in which several groups defied police warnings and rallied outside the university’s locked gate.
Police roughly rounded up 108 people that day.
Ninety-seven of them were later released and a probe was launched against them by the prosecutor’s office, according to the indictment.
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How about making it a simple Federal Petty Misdemeanor 1 to 6 months or a $100 to $1000 fine?
Because currently 1 joint can carry a sentence of up to 3 years.
Believe it or not :
I know several people with active Top Secret DOD clearances that cannot purchase a firearm, but can still legally own a firearm in their state.
Because of ATF form 4473 line 21C. Have you ever been convicted in any court,.... of a felony, or any other crime for which the judge could have imprisoned you for more than one year, even if you received a shorter sentence including probation?
[DAILYTIMES.PK] Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed informed on Wednesday that the head of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Rizvi remains under arrest under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act.
Yesterday, Conflicting reports emerged on regarding the release of Saad Hussain Rizvi, chief of the recently proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), from Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail.
And also, confirmed by TLP leader Faizan Ahmed, who added that Rizvi is expected to address the party’s supporters.
Furthermore,Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan has ended its sit-in outside Lahore’s Rehmat-ul-lil-Aalimeen mosque, a party leader announced on Tuesday evening.
The government has accepted the TLP’s demand and tabled a resolution on the expulsion of the French ambassador, TLP leader Maulana Shafiq Ameeni said.
Resolution was passed in the National Assembly that the House condemned the publication of the sacrilegious caricatures by Charlie Hebdo on Sept 1, 2020. Despite severe reaction from the Muslim world when the magazine first published such caricatures in 2015, it again tried to hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
Police had arrested 733 people on various charges, out of which 669 have been released.
He added that the people were arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance.
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[IsraelTimes] US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has wrapped up a meeting with United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... Relief and Works Agency Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, her office says.
The two discussed the US decision to restore funding to the UN agency for Paleostinian refugees, with Thomas-Greenfield lauding the "critical role" in providing vital services to a vulnerable Paleostinian populations.
The US envoy "also committed to working together with UNRWA to achieve important reforms to strengthen the agency’s effectiveness and efficiencies, as well as to promote shared UN principles of equality, neutrality, tolerance, and anti-discrimination," her office says.
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For more than a half=century the UNRWA (and predecessors) have been skimming funds and promising reform. And for the same period of time USAID (and predecessors) have gone along with the sham.
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Wren, I added width=500 in a space in the HTML string, as follows
img width=500 src= https:/...
For some reason that is necessary in comments to keep them from blowing up the Burg. I’m told are other ways to do it, but that one seems to work well enough for me.
— trailing wife for the moderators at 7:15 a.m. ET
A military source in the Al-Jazeera and Badia Operations Command in Al-Anbar Governorate revealed, on Wednesday, that the Iraqi army forces, directed by the Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, will soon embark on a massive campaign to close the illegal passages on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
The source, who is a colonel in the Army, told Shafaq News Agency that the campaign will be launched within the Al-Tanaf-Albu Kamal axis of Syria and the Iraqi Al-Qaim district," due to the increase of illegal activities, including smuggling of prohibited substances between the two countries.
He added, "The forces will conduct massive operations along the borders to track the illegal armed groups who transfer drugs, car parts, electricity, fuel and medicine from Iraq to Syria.”
He pointed out that the Iraqi forces had received surveillance towers and night thermal cameras to use them on the borders.
“Smuggling from Syria becomes a security and economic threat to Iraq,” He concluded.
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SO glad we don't have Trump bringing peace to the Middle East anymore.
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According to the article at the link, Tom, they’re going to close the border, cutting off smugglers (and ISIS), not starting a land war in the Levant. ;-)
[IsraelTimes] Social media giant disables accounts used by Paleostinian agents; also combats espionage operations linked to Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,.
According to Facebook, the PA’s Preventive Security Service (PSS) targeted “journalists, people opposing the Fatah-led government, human rights activists and military groups,” primarily in the West Bank, Gaza and Syria, “and to a lesser extent Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Libya.”
Facebook said Wednesday it had disabled accounts used by the Paleostinian Authority’s internal intelligence organization to spy on journalists, human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. activists and political opponents.
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[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... said that he was fully committed to holding the elections on time in all the Paleostinian territories, including East Jerusalem.
During a meeting of the Fatah Central Committee, he said that the Paleostinian leadership is holding contacts with several countries, specifically the US and the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , to exert pressure on the Israeli government to abide by the signed agreements regarding the electoral process in Jerusalem.
"Until now, we haven’t received a reply from Israel," he noted.
After the meeting, the committee issued a statement calling on the US, EU, Russia, and China to exert pressure on Israel to allow the elections to take place in Jerusalem.
"The Paleostinian people will not accept any veto by the occupation regarding the participation of our people in Jerusalem in the elections," the statement read.
"Jerusalem and its people are a red line that cannot be harmed or tampered with."
In this regard, Head of Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, political bureau Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... called Abbas to discuss developments concerning the elections.
Also, Paleostinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki kicked off Sunday a visit to several European capitals to discuss the Paleostinian elections scheduled for next month, his office said in a statement.
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Can't wait to see Stacy "Tank" Abrams declare herself "the true winner"
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Translation: elections will be postponed, Israel will be blamed for it due to not allowing them in Jerusalem.
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There doesn't seem to be much interest in this 'election'. Is it possible that even the Paleostinians are tired of the Paleostinians. The Arabs seem to have moved on.
[IsraelTimes] IAEA records 8 new cascades at underground nuclear site hit in blast blamed on Israel; says Islamic Theocratic Republic planning to add more.
The UN atomic agency on Wednesday said 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... has installed additional advanced centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear plant, the site of a recent blast blamed on Israel.
According to a report by the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency, seen by Rooters, Iran added two more cascades of IR-4 centrifuges and six clusters of IR-2m at its underground facility. The IAEA also confirmed that some of the centrifuges were in use and said the Islamic Theocratic Republic plans to install another four cascades of the IR-4 at Natanz.
"On 21 April 2021, the Agency verified at FEP that: ... six cascades of up to 1,044 IR-2m centrifuges; and two cascades of up to 348 IR-4 centrifuges... were installed, of which a number were being used," the report said.
On April 10, Iran announced that it started up far more advanced IR-6 and IR-5 centrifuges that enrich uranium more quickly, in a new breach of its undertakings under the 2015 nuclear agreement. It also said it has began mechanical tests on an even faster nuclear centrifuge: The output of Iran’s IR-9 centrifuge, when operational, would be 50 times quicker than the first Iranian centrifuge, the IR-1. Iran’s nuclear program is also developing IR-8 centrifuges.
Early the next morning, the site was hit in the blast that was declared by Iran to be Israeli sabotage. The explosion is said to have caused considerable damage to the Natanz plant, including its various uranium-enriching centrifuges.
In response to the attack, Iran said it began enriching a small amount of uranium up to 60 percent purity at the site — its highest level ever, and a short step from weapons-grade. The UN atomic agency confirmed the enrichment, saying it was being done in an above-ground facility at Natanz.
The head of the country’s atomic agency said Tuesday that power has been restored at Natanz and uranium enrichment activities there have been renewed. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, was cited by the official IRNA news agency as saying that "the cables damaged in the accident were speedily replaced and... the main power supply to the Natanz enrichment facility [is] now connected to the grid."
Salehi told politicians during a parliamentary committee meeting that "thanks to the timely measures taken, enrichment in Natanz never stopped, even when the main power cable was cut," according to the report.
[SHAFAQ] A report by the International Institute of Strategic Studies warned of Iran’s expanding arsenal of Ballistic missiles, UAVs, and cruise missiles, calling for scrutinizing Iran's battle force beyond its nuclear program and its proxies' willingness to use Iranian weapons against its enemies when it is too cautious about doing it by itself. Biden's new old Partners For Peace
The Britannia-based institute's report said, "Iran’s ballistic missile systems, supplemented by cruise missiles and UAVs, are intended not only for deterrence but for battle, including by Iran’s regional partners."
In this new report, the IISS provides a detailed assessment of Iran’s missiles and the manner and purposes for which it has been proliferating them.
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[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] No major efforts are being exerted to make a breakthrough in Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... 's government formation process, despite shy attempts by a number of politicians that have failed to yield tangible results.
In this regard, Hezbollah MP Hassan Ezzeddine said Tuesday that his party is holding talks with all sides over the government formation issue to remove obstacles hindering the formation of a new cabinet capable of facing Lebanon’s severe economic, social and financial crises.
Ezzeddine said the new cabinet must address the people’s needs by adopting reforms to fight corruption.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible... sources from the Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... and the Shiite duo said there no new developments regarding the cabinet formation process, affirming that there are no current talks between the political parties.
For their part, FPM sources blamed Hariri for the deadlock, saying there is no hope for talks to take place since Hariri is still traveling.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible... Hezbollah and the Amal Movement supported Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri ...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... ’s initiative.
"It became clear that until today, there is no decision to form a cabinet, particularly from President Aoun and MP Gebran Bassil," the sources said, adding that the US and Arab countries support Berri’s initiative.
The sources were referring to the separate visits that Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made to Beirut last week to discuss the political and financial crises.
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[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... on Wednesday submitted documents to run for a third term in an election scheduled for May 26, parliament’s speaker said on state media.
Parliament announced the election on Sunday. Washington and the Syrian opposition have denounced it as a farce designed to cement Assad’s authoritarian rule.
Assad’s family and his Baath party have ruled Syria for five decades with the help of the security forces and the army.
This year is the 10th anniversary of a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters which triggered a civil war that has left much of Syria in ruins, Rooters reported.
The multi-sided conflict has sucked in world powers, killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions more, but is now nearing its end with Assad back in control of most of the country.
Candidates must have lived in Syria for the last 10 years, which prevents opposition figures in exile from standing.
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