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Syrian President Bashar Assad wins re-election with 95.1% of votes
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Afghanistan
US 'rapidly' planning to evacuate Afghan interpreters
[BBC] The US is "rapidly" making plans to evacuate Afghans who worked for the American military ahead of September's troop pullout, a top general has said.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen Mark Milley said a "significant" number of interpreters and other employees could be targeted by Taliban militants.

As many as 18,000 Afghan nationals have applied for US visas to immigrate to the US under a special programme.

But the scheme has been hit by delays, with applicants waiting for years.

Former Afghan interpreters fear death after UK exit
"We recognise that there are a significant amount of Afghans that supported the United States and supported the coalition, and that they could be at risk," Gen Milley said in remarks his office released on Thursday.

"A very important task is to ensure that we remain faithful to them, and that we do what is necessary to ensure their protection and, if necessary, get them out of the country if that is what they want to do.

"There are plans being developed very, very rapidly here, not just interpreters but a lot of other people that have worked with the United States."

He added that the Department of State was overseeing the issue, without providing any further details.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


U.S will deploy more troops for protecting Afghan capital from a Taliban takeover
[KhaamaPress] Hundreds of more U.S troops will be deployed in Afghanistan to protect Kabul from a Taliban
...Arabic for students...
takeover, ’the Sun’, a British newspaper has reported.

The The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
forces will remain to take the security of the Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...One of the more egregious mistakes of the post 9-11 era...
international airport in Kabul and 600 U.S marine forces will be deployed to take the security of the U.S Embassy compound in Afghanistan, the Sun said.

According to the source, hundreds of foreign troops will stay on under the U.S plan to avoid the Taliban from capturing the capital of Afghanistan before the troops’ withdrawal is completed.

The U.S president, Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
had pledged to withdraw the troops by September 11, 2021.

This comes as the international community including the U.S and European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
had earlier announced they will support the Afghanistan security forces and development projects post the U.S and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
troops’ withdrawal.

Afghanistan is an aid-driven country and it is dependent on the international backing economically.

Billions of dollars have been spent in the Afghanistan’s security and development’s sector in the past 20 years.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  And AFTER the U.S. troop withdrawal? It's then a 'feet don't fail me now' moment for non-Afghans...
Posted by: borgboy || 05/28/2021 1:03 Comments || Top||

#2  This is Biden's disaster. Many lives will be lost.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 05/28/2021 8:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Had to do something with those pulled from DC.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/28/2021 10:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Does anyone smell the 80s?
Soviets are demanding their playbook back, I believe.
Posted by: Nomad || 05/28/2021 16:53 Comments || Top||


U.S planning to relocate Afghan workers and families who contributed to its military missions
[KhaamaPress] The U.S has announced to relocate those Afghan workers and their families who have worked with the U.S military missions and as a result of that their lives are in danger, officials said.

Gen Mark Milley, the Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff told reports the U.S government is developing plans to evacuate Afghan workers and their families, not only interpreters but anyone who has worked to assist the U.S military mission in Afghanistan.

According to Milley, other options in addition to the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) are being considered to expedite the process.

The U.S has announced their Embassy in Kabul will remain open and operational after the troops’ withdrawal.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

AH!
So the US Gov. did learn something from the NAM evac.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/28/2021 6:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Too bad they didn't learn anything from 9/11.
Posted by: Omotle Sholuns7857 || 05/28/2021 6:12 Comments || Top||

#3  This sets up another 9/11.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 05/28/2021 8:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Gee, maybe move them to the AFG capitol.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/28/2021 10:26 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Ousted Mali President, PM Released After Three Days
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Mali's ousted interim president Bah N'daw and prime minister Moctar Ouane have been released three days after they were arrested and forced to resign on May 24, 2021, in the nation's second coup in nine months.The two were held at a military base in Kati outside the capital, Bamako, after a cabinet shake-up. Prior to their arrest the duo were overseeing a transitional government tasked to hold elections by February 2022. Miffed by the reshuffle, Vice President Assimi Goïta, a colonel, who led the coup on May 24, said he should have been contacted before the announcement was made. He accused them of sabotage and said the election billed for 2022 will go on as planned.
Posted by: Fred || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
FSB says it prevented terrorist attack in Stavropol
Direct translation of the article. Edited
[Rusvesna] The FSB has just reported that the special services have successfully prevented two terrorist attacks, which the attackers planned to commit on the territory of the Stavropol Krai.

"The FSB of Russia in April of this year, on the eve of the May holidays on the territory of the Stavropol Territory, prevented two attempts to commit terrorist acts by supporters of the banned international terrorist organization "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....
The special service identified and detained a resident of Stavropol, who swore an oath of loyalty to one of the ISIS leaders, with the aim of further committing a terrorist attack on transport infrastructure facilities in the region using a homemade incendiary device.

During the same period, a citizen of one of the countries of Central Asia was detained on the territory of the region, who arrived in Stavropol to prepare and commit terrorist crimes.

In the places where the detainees lived, searches were carried out, means of terror were found and seized, including explosives and damaging elements purchased for the manufacture of an improvised bomb, "the FSB's Public Relations Center (DSP) said.
Posted by: badanov || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
Ireland condemns Israel's ‘de facto annexation' of Palestine
[Aljazeera] The Irish parliament has passed a motion condemning the "de facto annexation" of Palestinian land by Israeli authorities.

The motion, tabled by the opposition Sinn Fein party, passed on Wednesday after receiving cross-party support.

This makes it the first European Union country to use the phrase "de facto annexation" in relation to Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Times of Israel adds that it’s more consequence-free posturing for the rubes:
The designation comes in a nonbinding motion passed by the Dail, the lower house, by Sinn Fein, a nationalist left-wing party. Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney, who is not from Sinn Fein, also used the term in a debate in parliament earlier this week.

A draft amendment to the motion calling to expel the Israeli ambassador to Ireland and impose comprehensive sanctions against Israel failed to pass.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Fifth Column
BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors To Step Down Following DCNF Reports Of Potential Self-Dealing
[Daily Caller] She got hers. Time to blow town before the citizens gather with pitchforks ARs and torches Molotovs.
The national arm of Black Lives Matter abruptly announced Thursday that its co-founder and executive director, Patrisse Cullors
...Sticky fingered co-founder of Black Lives Matter. An avowed communist, she collects real estate like people used to collect stamps, when not checking into luxury resorts for conferences...
, will depart from the organization.

Cullors’ sudden departure from BLM Global Network Foundation came three weeks after the Daily Caller News Foundation reported that the group had funneled business to an art company run by the father of her only child.

BLM Global Network did not provide an explanation for Cullors’ sudden departure.

BLM Global Network had previously offered a vigorous defense for Cullors in April after reports revealed she had purchased four homes across the country for $3.2 million since 2016.
Posted by: Omotle Sholuns7857 || 05/28/2021 05:54 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Could this be -- maybe, finally -- the first thread in the slow unraveling of the biggest hoax next to Madoff?

I know that Bernie M's victims didn't get their money back but at least the asshole got sent to the slammer, preventing him from stealing billions more and destroying another 2,000+ marks' life savings.

Maybe, just maybe, we will someday expose as a grisly criminal fraud "BLM" and "CRT" and the Cult of Sts. George & Breonna & Daunte and Trayvon
Posted by: Thumper Jones7408 || 05/28/2021 6:41 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Indeed.

"BLM"
"CRT"
"Peaceful protests"
"Gentle giant turning his life around" + the Cult of St George Floyd

= the biggest hoax since Madoff. Yes.

A bit less lucrative.
But far bloodier.

And now, at long last, finally beginning to unravel
Posted by: Grampaw Angosing7008 || 05/28/2021 6:51 Comments || Top||

#3  As long as there are rich liberals and big corporations looking to buy indulgences for their "white-guilt," this grift will persist.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/28/2021 7:23 Comments || Top||

#4  As long as there are rich liberals and big corporations looking to buy indulgences for their "white-guilt," this grift will persist.

True. Liberal billionaire cucks will keep the grifters in business for years to come
Posted by: Spaise Phomoper8760 || 05/28/2021 8:19 Comments || Top||

#5  Should be fun when the details of her 'severance package' comes out. I wouldn't mind looking at BLM's Federal 990 form(s) either.
Posted by: Raj || 05/28/2021 9:23 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Thrailet Bourbon9070 || 05/28/2021 12:33 Comments || Top||

#7  I wouldn't mind looking at BLM's Federal 990 form(s) either.

Let's see here ... 501(c)3 with around $90 million in contributions.. 3 full time employees..no records of grants, investments or other disbursements.

Why isn't the IRS all over this like flies on a turd?

Oh wait, I forgot. Never mind. Carry on
Posted by: Angaimp Speaking for Boskone6136 || 05/28/2021 13:44 Comments || Top||

#8  Now that I have some down time, here's their 2019 Federal Form 990.

You will not fuckin' believe who prepared this return, or maybe you will! Right off the bat, this makes the return suspect, or at least laughable.

Yeah, just finished going through it; it's unremarkable, although I was amused at the small prior period adjustment of $190 on Page 12 of the return. Freakin' H & R Blockhead amateur hour.

My radar will be out looking for the 2020 tax return; it doesn't look like it's been filed, and the 990's just had the initial filing date pass on May 15th, so it's probably on extension.
Posted by: Raj || 05/28/2021 16:02 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Erdogan Dismisses Mob Head's Claims as 'Plot' Against Turkey
[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 there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
on Wednesday said a series of severe allegations made against members of his entourage by a runaway mafia boss were a plot against The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
. He vowed to fight criminal gangs.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Is it just me or is Erdogan the only person that thinks he is o important in the big game, or any game at all?
Posted by: Chris || 05/28/2021 2:12 Comments || Top||

#2  "L'état c'est moi"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/28/2021 5:48 Comments || Top||

#3  It's the slippers. Something about the curly toes makes you power-mad.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/28/2021 20:32 Comments || Top||


Syrian Mercenaries Reportedly Robbed of Their Wages
[AnNahar] Many of the Syrian fighters deployed, sometimes forcibly, in foreign conflict theatres such as Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh are robbed of their wages, said a report released Thursday.
As they’ve been since they arrived. But they’re being fed, housed, and given uniforms, which is more than they’d get back home. Perhaps next time they shouldn’t take the Turkish shilling.
Since late 2019, thousands of fighters have been recruited as mercenaries, directly or indirectly, by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
and Russia, the two main foreign brokers in the decade-old Syrian war.

Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Had to pay for the election.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/28/2021 10:29 Comments || Top||


Turkey making inroads in Africa amid criticism on Somalia affairs
The neo-Ottoman empire of Sultan Erdogen the First “the much beloved” is to be a much more virtual and widespread affair than the original — those Gulenists must have been loaded if their accounts and goods were enough to pay for all described below.
[Garowe] The government of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
has reiterated its commitment to working with African countries on matters of security, trade, and investments, amid external competition to seize the continent, which is seen as the future epicenter of the world economies.

Ankara has been making inroads in Africa but her influence is largely visible in Arab-speaking countries, where it controls huge stakes in terms of economic development and even security enhancement.

For instance, Turkey has a huge presence in Somalia where it has been working to improve the country's infrastructure besides strengthening the security forces through training of Gor-Gor troops and Haramcad coppers.

But the presence in Somalia has often been criticized by members of the opposition, who accuse Ankara of "promoting dictatorship" in the government of Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo. Also, the al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
snuffies have been targeting Ottoman Turkish nationals in Somalia.

In a statement, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, said Ankara will continue to work closely with African countries for the sake of stability and peace, which are key indicators of development.

"We will continue to be in unity and solidarity with African countries and the AU with the strength and inspiration we derive from our centuries-old historical, cultural, and human relations with Africa," he said.

"Our approach to African countries completely matches the founding principles of the AU and is built on a holistic, inclusive, equal partnership on the basis of mutual respect and win-win strategy," he noted. "We share the spirit of 1963 and the vision of Africa, and attach great importance to Agenda 2063 and UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals."

According to him, Turkey has immensely invested in Foreign Policy which he says has tremendously improved the relationship between Turkey and African nations. It's competing with European nations and the US, while the far East is also making inroads.

"We continue to contribute to peace and stability and economic and social development in Africa through our public institutions, non-governmental organizations and the private sector," he said, adding that: "Our Africa Initiative and Africa Partnership policies, considered among the most successful initiatives of our foreign policy, constitute an added value to our relations with the Continent."

Turkey is a major financial partner of African nations and has particularly invested in the Horn of Africa with Somalia being a major beneficiary. Turkey has the largest overseas military training school in Somalia and is considering expanding its territories to the south.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


India-Pakistan
ISI moves from honey trap to spy groom tactic to trap Indian women
[OneIndia] Investigations following the arrest of two sisters in Madhya Pradesh found to be exchanging calls with Pak nationals has revealed a new modus operandi by the ISI called the spy-groom strategy.

Investigators have found that the profiles of the two sisters from the military town of Mhow were viewed first on matrimonial sites, following which they were contacted on the social media.

The spy-groom theory shows that the ISI is using this new concept to extract information. The ISI similarly uses honey-trapping to elicit information from Army personnel and others who work in high security jobs.

Intelligence Bureau officials tell OneIndia that the ISI has been been finding women through matrimonial sites. These women who are scouting for grooms are then contacted on social media platforms where the ISI agent poses as a prospective groom.

The two girls in question had recently registered on matrimonial sites. They became the targets of the ISI as their is an ex-Army man. The man who trapped them posed as an Army man and since the girls wanted to get married to a person from a service background, they ended up chatting with the ISI agent. The probe found that at least 1,500 video calls were made between the Pak men and the Mhow sisters.

The girls were also connected to another person who claimed to be a naval officer. He even promised to quit his job in Pakistain and settle down in India. The probe revealed that they were planning on eliciting information relating to India's defence.

The ISI has told its agents to register themselves on the Indian matrimonial sites and scout for women who can be trapped. The probe agencies are yet to find out if the sisters had shared live videos of key installations across to Pakistain. They had access to the Army War College as their father is an ex-serviceman.

The intercepts being studied by the probe agencies revealed that one of the man had promised to visit Mhow, while one of the sisters had even decided to travel to Islamabad.

The girls spoke over VOIP calls and even used multiple SIM cards on their mobile phone. Apart from the exchange of information, the agencies are also trying to find out if there was any transfer of money.

The sisters during the interrogation have maintained that their only intention was marriage and nothing else. However the Sherlocks are not convinced as there is deleted data. Even if the conversations by the sisters was a straight-forward one, the Sherlocks want to find out what the intention from the other side was. The spy grooming tactic also needs to be deeply investigated as the ISI would continue to use this strategy and set more traps in future, an officer said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies

#1  What is it with Pakis and grooming?
- Grooming young girls in Bradford
- Nubiles begroomed in Madhya Pradesh

In the Quran, did the Prophet's horse have some kind of sainted groom that inspired this tradition?
Posted by: Ebberemp Theater5208 || 05/28/2021 8:05 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ 6 year old Aisha.
Posted by: Omotle Sholuns7857 || 05/28/2021 8:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Mehh. What info can be gained other than a video tour of some training facilities? They already have hundreds of hours of footage, maps and probably even assets camped around.

What I think? Op Padding. Int agencies try to justify their budgets with such stupid games all year round, coming up with 'novel' ideas to use taxpayer money.

'Commander Shabbir! We need a few hundred thousand rupees more, Sir.'

'You were just given a million rupee kitty!'

'Code name Shehzad needs a chin lift, sir! I'm afraid the profile isn't getting many swipes. And we need a Jaguar to pose with.'

'Get lost.'

'A Landrover will do.'

'Get out!'

has revealed a new modus operandi by the ISI

Truth is, no data comes in to the ISI that doesn't get relayed back to us. There's a fcukfest being carried out by both sides in fact; with hundreds of patriotic gigolos, jack gaggers and sluts working their glutes off from Mumbai to Multan.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 05/28/2021 11:09 Comments || Top||

#4  jack gagger

Definition, please? My vulgarity collection is mostly translations from the medical Latin, and Mr. Wife doesn’t admit to knowing what it means.

no data comes in to the ISI that doesn't get relayed back to us.

That’s a comfort.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/28/2021 15:45 Comments || Top||

#5  Dron, what's a jack gagger?
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 16:16 Comments || Top||

#6  Ewww Paki men suck, some of them are handsome though. Better to use them as sex slaves.
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 16:17 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ La Idiota! 乁( •_• )ㄏ
Posted by: Rhinemann || 05/28/2021 16:35 Comments || Top||

#8  jack gaggers

guessing that
gagger = one who gags
jack = long protruding object used in gagging
Posted by: Phinemp Grart6359 || 05/28/2021 18:14 Comments || Top||


Ashrafi says anti-Islamic, anti-Pakistan forces used social media to create chaos
[DAILYTIMES.PK] Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Affairs Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Thursday said that blasphemy
...the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, or sacred objects, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Some religions consider it to be a crime. In Pakistain you can commit blasphemy by looking cross-eyed at a Koran...
laws were not being misused anywhere in Pakistain.

Talking to scholars and leaders of different schools of thought, he said that the believers of all sects and religions respected the sacredness of Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He said that the young generation should be made aware of the true teachings of Islam through modern media.

He said that anti-Islamic and anti-Pakistain forces used social media to create chaos in Pakistain. He said that he did not support any ban on the social media but a code of conduct should be formulated in that regard. He said that a meeting of leaders and representatives of sects and religions had been convened in Lahore on May 30 with the aim to create complete harmony and brotherhood.

OFFICIAL SERMONS
The prime minister’s aide said that there was no proposal under consideration for official sermons in mosques as some vested interest political elements wanted to use religion against the government. He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
was the real front man of the Moslem Ummah on the issues of Paleostine, Finality of the Prophethood and Islamophobia
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
Pakistain was a great power of the Islamic world, he said, adding that it had today much better relations with the Islamic world and the Arab world as compared to the last 10 years. He said that Pakistain’s position on the issue of Paleostine was being appreciated throughout the Islamic world.

He said the boards of new Islamic seminaries had been formed at the request of their administrators. Those in charge of the new boards had never been a part of power, contrary to the ones in the old boards, who had been a part of various governments since 1980 and still hold public office, he said.

The special assistant said that a committee headed by Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri had been constituted on the prime minister’s directives regarding the Abandoned Waqf Property Board Act.

Posted by: Fred || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Movement in occupied territories indigenous, Pakistan tells India
[DAILYTIMES.PK] Pakistain on Thursday categorically rejected India’s allegations of ’cross-border infiltration,’ saying the movement against illegal occupation in the occupied state of Jammu Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
was indigenous.

The Foreign Office spokesperson said that the movement against the Indian occupation and its state-sponsored terrorism in the occupied territories is indigenous and is likely to continue till India decides to act in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions, mandating a free and impartial plebiscite in the territory.

The statement was issued in response to media queries regarding the comments made by India’s Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar at the Hoover Institution. The Foreign Office said that peace and security in the region was threatened on account of India’s brutalization of Kashmiri people.

He mentioned India’s refusal to resolve the Jammu Kashmir issue in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions and its pledges to the international community and the Kashmiris. He said that India’s illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019 in occupied territories were against international law and manifestly anti-peace.

Posted by: Fred || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  Oh we'll have a plebiscite alright. As soon as the moslems are whittled down to a minority again. And the UN can put it's resolutions where China puts their bribes.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 05/28/2021 3:59 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Poster girls of the IDF: Female Israeli Defense Forces soldiers share sexy 'thirst trap' propaganda videos on TikTok defending their country's 'moral military' and accusing Palestinians of 'faking funerals'
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • IDF reservist Natalia Fadeevy boosts over a million followers on TikTok and devotes much of her page to sassy pro-Israeli military content

  • Defends the Israeli army's response to attacks from Hamas during recent tension

  • Official IDF TikTok page features videos advertising glamorous female recruits

  • Expert says there is a long history within Israel of military iconography 'favouring the beauty in uniform as a nationalist symbol'
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/28/2021 10:55 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Waiting for g(r)om's Girls und Panzer.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/28/2021 11:58 Comments || Top||

#2  ^
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/28/2021 12:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Notice the tone of the DM article though. All inverted commas and snideness.

I have come across footage of a fake paleo funeral, in some kashmiri's laptop. Bodies were lined across a street with shrouds on them. A couple of them were clearly moving, while fat old hags beat their breasts and ugly Abduls shook their fists at the camera.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 05/28/2021 14:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Hey G(rom), what are your favourite anime series?
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 15:40 Comments || Top||

#5  Wow she's my new crush.
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 15:43 Comments || Top||

#6  #4 Gintama
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/28/2021 15:48 Comments || Top||

#7  Watched these? Tokyo Ghoul, Death Note, Attack on Titan, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Shoujo Mahou, My Happy Sugar Life, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Mushoku Tensei, If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord and Gakuen Babysitters?
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 16:02 Comments || Top||

#8  I'm more into rom-com (I love watching young people suffer). Toradora, Haganai, Oregairu, Tsurezure Children.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/28/2021 16:12 Comments || Top||

#9  Good. You want some mind-numbing anime series?
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 16:24 Comments || Top||

#10  OK
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/28/2021 16:29 Comments || Top||

#11  Try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQqQ_xytYc
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/28/2021 16:35 Comments || Top||

#12  Watch Shoujo Mahou, Happy Sugar Life, Goblin Slayer, Madoka Magica and Another.
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 16:36 Comments || Top||

#13  #11 I LOVE KAGUYA-SAMA!
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 16:39 Comments || Top||

#14  Ok wait. That's not for kids.
Posted by: Wren || 05/28/2021 16:43 Comments || Top||

#15  The IDF soldier Fadeevy is correct. The IDF do target only enemy combatants. Her enemies however target civilians as a priority. That is why reservist Fadeevy is a soldier and Fadeevy's enemies are terrorists.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 05/28/2021 17:03 Comments || Top||


Egyptian initiative about long-term calm in Gaza Strip
[NPASYRIA] Egypt proposed an initiative to hold talks in Cairo that would include Israel, the Paleostinian Authority and Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,, to ensure a long-term ceasefire, the Israeli TV channel Kan 11 announced on Thursday.

"The talks aim at searching the possibility of reaching a long-term calm in 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 and reaching a prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel," the TV channel added.

The Israeli channel reported that an Egyptian General arrived in Tel Aviv last week to discuss the Egyptian initiative and present it to the Israeli side.

Israel stipulated that the talks be held through separate channels and not in parallel, and that the progress of rebuilding Gaza be linked to the issue of prisoners and missing Israelis in the Strip.

According to the channel, no date has been set for these discussions yet.

For its part, the head of Hamas movement in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, stressed that an Egyptian invitation had been sent to the head of the 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...
, to visit Cairo, pointing out that the visit would take place in the coming days.

As for Haniyeh, he rejected the politicization of the issue of reconstructing Gaza Strip, considering it an acquired right and a humanitarian issue.

In televised statements, Haniyeh welcomed all reconstruction efforts. He pointed out that the "resistance paid a serious blow to the Trump Peace Plan."

Haniyeh said, the damage affected the "resistance was secondary and did not affect the structure of the factions."

He pointed out that what Israel called "Hamas underground" and what Haniyeh called "the Jihadist city", was safe and that Israel had not reached its infrastructure.
Posted by: Fred || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Southeast Asia
Philippines: Bangsamoro Region Mayors to Help Govt Counter IS-Linked Militants
[BenarNews] A group of mayors in an autonomous Moslem region in the southern Philippines agreed to boost cooperation to fend off murderous Moslems allied 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....
group after President Rodrigo Duterte warned of an all-out war against the krazed killers.

At a security summit earlier this week, the mayors signaled that they would help the military and law enforcement agencies monitor and combat murderous Moslems from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/28/2021 00:18 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Biden ends Trump’s waiver for US oil company to operate in Syria
[IsraelTimes] The Biden administration has decided it will not renew a waiver that allowed a politically connected US oil company to operate in northeast Syria under president Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
’s pledge to "keep the oil" produced in the region, according to a US official familiar with the decision.

Treasury Department rules prohibit most US companies from doing business in Syria. The waiver for Delta Crescent Energy was issued in April 2020, months after Trump announced that he wanted to keep some US troops in the oil-rich region to maintain control of the oil profits.

Trump’s "keep the oil" message is no longer US foreign policy under the Biden administration, and using the US military to facilitate Syrian oil production is deemed inappropriate, according to the official, who is not authorized to publicly discuss the decision and speaks on condition of anonymity.

The company was founded in 2019 by James Cain, US ambassador to Denmark under president George W. Bush; James Reese, a retired Army Delta Force officer; and John Dorrier Jr., a former executive with United Kingdom-based Gulfsands Petroleum. Cain, a onetime executive with the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, has donated more than $30,000 to the Republican Party and GOP candidates over the years.

Northeastern Syria is the center for what remains of Syria’s oil industry. It is in shambles but remains one of the main sources of revenues for the Kurdish-led autonomous administration there.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Put Hunter on the board. And his friends Devon and Archer and Blitzer and D0nner, H00per, R00fer, P0ker, H0ser, Gr0per and Grifter
Posted by: Ulomoting Clegum1321 || 05/28/2021 5:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Inside Arabia: "US military presence in the oil-producing northeast region of Syria has often been justified under the pretext that US troops are deployed to secure critical petroleum infrastructure from falling back into the hands of the Islamic State’s (ISIS). But since ISIS has been defeated, this reasoning has become rather unconvincing. Back in 2019, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper offered a more probable explanation when he stated that the US presence aims to “deter Syrian government and Russian forces to operate these oil fields.”
Moreover, the agreement also falls in line with Washington’s goal to support Syrian Kurds who were a key US ally in the regional fight against ISIS. Thus, by having the Kurdish-led SDF benefit from Syria’s oil sector, the US could reduce its financial support to them."
Posted by: Gerthudion Whomoper3485 || 05/28/2021 8:21 Comments || Top||


Syria's President Assad wins fourth term in office with 95.1% of votes
[JPost] The other 4.9% have been relocated to Deir E-Zour
Head of parliament Hammouda Sabbagh announced the result in a news conference on Thursday, saying voter turn out was at around 104% 78%.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over a country ruined by war but which opponents and the West say was marked by fraud.

Assad's government says the election on Wednesday shows Syria is functioning normally despite the decade-old conflict, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and driven 11 million people - about half the population - from their homes.
Those who voted against had purple ink applied to their toes/tags
Posted by: Frank G || 05/28/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  IIRC Stalin used to have better numbers.
Posted by: borgboy || 05/28/2021 0:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Amateur. Biden got 97% of the mail in vote after 3AM.
Posted by: Omotle Sholuns7857 || 05/28/2021 5:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Assad’s infrastructure investments carried him to re-election.
Posted by: Airandee || 05/28/2021 6:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Dominion sure gets around, don't they?
Can I invest?
Posted by: Albemarle Thainter3050 || 05/28/2021 7:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Certain precincts in Philly and Detroit are saying 'that's how ya do it!'.
Posted by: Raj || 05/28/2021 9:20 Comments || Top||

#6  But did the mail-in military vote go 100% to Assad? Inquiring minds, etc.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/28/2021 9:22 Comments || Top||

#7  Now to secure the capitol.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/28/2021 10:30 Comments || Top||

#8  Syria, where its always 3am.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/28/2021 10:43 Comments || Top||



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