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British Labour Mp Jo Cox Dead: Fatally Stabbed And Gunned Down Outside Birstall Library
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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Roger Stone: It's Time America Got Some Answers About Huma Abedin
[Breitbart] Chic gal pal? Mild mannered politician’s wife? Harmless clotheshorse? Saudi plant? Innocent aide? Handler?
Answers? No, I believe I've seen quite enough.
Huma Abedin is Vice Chair of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. But Huma is more, much more than that. She is the person closest to the most powerful woman in American politics and perhaps the next President. Huma has been described variously as Hillary’s "body woman," a sort of glorified go-to personal maid, gentle confidant, and by others as an Islamic spy. She may be all of these things, because as we shall see, Huma Abedin has an interesting and complex career history.

Abedin was deeply involved with the establishment of Hillary’s private email server, which was used for all of her work as Secretary of State. Now, since we know Hillary had hundreds of classified or top-secret documents on her vulnerable server (despite her early lies saying she did not), any faith in Huma’s judgment -- at the very least -- has been demolished. You will soon ask yourself, "how did this woman get a security clearance?"

She was born Huma Mahmood Abedin in 1976 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her father, Syed Zainul Abedin, was Indian and born in New Delhi. In the early 1970s, he was affiliated with the Muslim Students Association at Western Michigan University. The Muslim Students Association or MSA was started in 1963 by Saudi Arabia’s biggest charity, the Muslim World League, a group formed and funded by the Kingdom to spread Islam throughout the world.

Her mother, Saleha Mahmood Abedin, was born in Pakistan. Saleha received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977.

Two years after Huma was born, the family moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and with the patronage of Abdullah Omar Naseef of the Muslim World League, founded the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs with offices in Saudi Arabia and London, England. In the 1980’s Syed Abedin was a counselor of the Muslim World League. After his death in 1993, his wife Saleha took over and serves as director of the IMMA (Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs) and as the editor of that organization’s academic magazine, the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. More recently she still edits the Journal and is also a part of the administration of Dar Al-Hekma Women’s College.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Its far past time that adherents to that ideology stated quite clearly where they stand. Nobody who identifies as a Muslim deserves a free pass in regard to how they stand on Sharia, terrorism, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, etc.

From their hedge words, we can out them.
Posted by: Crusader || 06/16/2016 0:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Her family's move to the KSA was kinda slow, as I met young Huma in Milwaukee.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 06/16/2016 2:46 Comments || Top||

#3  There should be a wikipedia article: "Muzzies, Tranzies, and their Interbreeding"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/16/2016 4:28 Comments || Top||

#4  It appears Stone has already done quite a bit to reveal what Hillary's "body woman's" background. We have far too many unelected officials, advisory committees, lobbyists and influence peddlers wielding too much influence in Washington--some are not even citizens of the U.S. but people from countries hostile to America.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/16/2016 7:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Dictators who have no plans to consult or work with the democratically elected assemblies, need these hangers on.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 8:24 Comments || Top||

#6  Reference Abedin...raised in Jeddah, SA. Saudi influence = Sunni influence. Thus, Hillary's allergy to the words radical Sunni extremist, jihadist, radical islam...

Hillary's closest advisory is an apparent Sunni...most likely Wahhabi... Raised in Jeddah it is likely Huma studied Ibn Taymiyyah and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab...and now the Saudis brag of being the largest contributor to Hillary's campaign.

Saudi funding of Hillary's campaign and foundation must be studied closely...to the second and third orders. This appears to be absolute craziness.
Posted by: Tennessee || 06/16/2016 11:17 Comments || Top||

#7  Given the recent, albeit salacious, descriptions by a long time mistress to Bill Clinton about the "Warden's" lifestyle, Huma has obviously established an enormous personal connection to Hildabeest as well. From such a position it seems likely that the KSA could directly effect policy from a Clinton White House. Thus the 20% funding claim seems somewhat reasonable.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 06/16/2016 11:34 Comments || Top||

#8  NoMoreBS, Are you suggesting a Saudi Honeypot? I never thought I'd consider such a thing.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/16/2016 16:22 Comments || Top||

#9  Faux pairs and the swapping of hostages!
Could Hilly run under such auspices:
Trans-national lobbies
And Saudi wahhabis?
Could Brennans make omelettes from ostriches?
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 06/16/2016 19:20 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Double Tap Gun Shoppe responds to Kuntzman article
Yesterday the man in this video from the NY Daily News called and asked if he could come and interview us about the basic principles of how an AR-15 works. We acknowledged his offer so that we could prove that an AR-15 is indeed a great and safe weapon as stated in the video.

After the video was filmed there was another Q&A type conversation on how things work in other countries, what are some of the things others believe would be a step into the right direction of gun control.

To our knowledge we did not know that Mr. Kuntzman would completely turn things around and make our establishment look like one of anti-gun advocates. We have received dozens of phone from all over the country in regards to the article. Many of these callers expressed disgust with the article and told us to stay away from the media.

I can assure everyone that we do not support mental health screenings like they do in Europe and we don't think that government officials should take away guns from people as it was portrayed in the article.

Currently we are doing everything we can to take this article down because after reading it we are just as disgusted about it as all of you are. Our team here at Double Tap would like to sincerely apologize for the misunderstanding and report that we are doing everything in our power to get this article removed.

I implore all of our supporters to share our apology with everyone in-order to help defend ourselves from the media who is doing anything in their power to blemish the face of all gun owners and attempting to add more rule to the fire of the attempt of the liberal gun-grabbing agenda.

To those that are writing negative reviews about us, please understand we had no intentions of having this article cause such an issue, nor intentions of us looking like anti gun advocates but, to educate which in turn did the complete opposite due to Mr. Kuntzman.

If anyone has anymore questions or concerns please feel free to come in or call us we will gladly discuss this issue with you. And for the record, if you get a bruised shoulder or PTSD from shooting an AR-15 you may be a Katie Couric, liberal with ought testicular fortitude.
Posted by: badanov || 06/16/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Mr. Kuntzman?

I read part of the original article was convinced the writer was a very sheltered, hysterical woman. The country has been fundamentally transformed.
Posted by: Eohippus Snore8229 || 06/16/2016 6:03 Comments || Top||

#2  ....Urbanization - The Bubble Culture.

From the people who made 1984 a users manual, are also using Idiocracy the same.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/16/2016 8:32 Comments || Top||

#3  "To those that are writing negative reviews about us, please understand we had no intentions of having this article cause such an issue, nor intentions of us looking like anti gun advocates but, to educate which in turn did the complete opposite due to Mr. Kuntzman. "

Memo to all Second Amendment defenders: don't ever, EVER cooperate with a Progressive operative like Kuntzman in an effort to educate the public, for it will ALWAYS end with them twisting your words to mean the opposite of what you intended.

Don't trust the MSM. Ever. They are not on our side, and they have no regard whatsoever for the truth.
Posted by: Dave D. || 06/16/2016 8:33 Comments || Top||

#4  They are ALL Katie Couric
Posted by: Frank G || 06/16/2016 8:35 Comments || Top||

#5  "They are ALL Katie Couric"

I wish I'd said that.
Posted by: Dave D. || 06/16/2016 9:09 Comments || Top||

#6  For wat it's worth, I suspect we're only one more shooting incident away from some type of military style weapons prohibition. I suspect it will come in some form of Class-III addendum, with a very high licensing fee and lengthy processing wait.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 9:32 Comments || Top||

#7  Beso,

I propose that a new style of rifle be introduced. Make it look like an old M! .30 cal carbine. Pretty wood stock, 15 round mag chambered in .223.

AR15 and those other black rifles are just plain butt-ugly and an affront to aesthetic sensibilities.


;^)
Posted by: AlanC || 06/16/2016 12:06 Comments || Top||

#8  Sounds like a good idea Alan. I doubt the MSM would have any objection. After all, it's been over 40 years since anyone used an M1 in a 'terror' related incident.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 12:17 Comments || Top||

#9  I don't agree that one more will do it. And I suspect the next one is going to be a Beslan or Mumbai type attack. Besides, the anti-human vermin we refer to as politicians are not that far from triggering a very nasty push back.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 06/16/2016 12:41 Comments || Top||

#10  Make it in Pink (1) AlanC. And slap a 'hello kitty' face on the side of the stock to make it look more 'good feeling'...

(1) or in multi-colored stripes for the gay culture...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/16/2016 14:04 Comments || Top||

#11  AR15 and those other black rifles are just plain butt-ugly and an affront to aesthetic sensibilities.

Some people have no taste.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/16/2016 14:12 Comments || Top||

#12 
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/16/2016 14:23 Comments || Top||

#13  The proper term is snowflakes. And I do believe the gun shop owner and his sincerity. After all his store is called double tap!
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/16/2016 14:42 Comments || Top||

#14  Skid, could that be advertised in the London metro or is that too "body" shaming for the other rifles?
Posted by: AlanC || 06/16/2016 14:48 Comments || Top||

#15  I read part of the original article was convinced the writer was a very sheltered, hysterical woman.

In his 'In defense of my article' he pretty much calls himself just that.

Between the 'could not adequately defend personal ownership' and the 'brass casing flying across my face' deals I wondered if the whole thing was being made up, except the range and interviewee were specifically noted.

I'm quite certain if using a professional range's firearm, the boss would make sure the ejection port would be on the correct-handed side.

I believe the clarification, and that kuntzman is an attention needing drama queen who would say he bruised his pinky if a Manhattan was served in the wrong glass.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/16/2016 15:30 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
I'm a Gay Activist, and After Orlando, I Have Switched My Vote to Trump
[PJ] Oh sure, all year I've been playing the "Bernie or Hillary?" game with all the other default-Democrats in my social and professional circles. But this is no longer some kind of game. Our lives are on the line. Although I voted for Hillary in the primary, I now cringe inwardly with shame and embarrassment at having done so, and in November I will vote for Trump.

Why? Yes, I know that Trump is an a**hole, Trump is a clown, Trump is a motormouth buffoon. You don't have to convince me of that. But he's also the only person saying anything about putting the brakes on Islamic extremism, and in light of what happened last night in Orlando, suddenly that is the only issue that really matters when it comes to the health, well-being and safety of the queer community.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 03:21 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  One could get old waiting for the Govmint to do anything but dither about definitions of who's causing the problem.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/16/2016 7:20 Comments || Top||

#2  "You want me to do anything about those Indians that shot you?"

No Woodrow, but could you break up your rant into logical paragraphs ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 8:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Gays for Trump. huh

If Trump does win I want Milo as White House press secretary. There'll be more exploding heads than that scene in Kingsman.
Posted by: Black John Smith || 06/16/2016 9:40 Comments || Top||

#4  HAHA!! Milo as press secretary. I would pay good money to see that!
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/16/2016 10:16 Comments || Top||

#5  “He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/16/2016 10:46 Comments || Top||

#6  My wife and I know a gay guy who was the victim of a home invasion. He drilled one or two of the perps with a .357 mag.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/16/2016 11:37 Comments || Top||

#7  BTW, the firearm most likely saved his life.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/16/2016 11:39 Comments || Top||

#8  Wow! This story brought out some great comments!

All I can say is if the gay vote goes for Trump that is gonna be a tectonic shift and it's gonna frost Hillary's balls.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/16/2016 11:46 Comments || Top||

#9  What is a cue ball trench coater? Or is it something I'd be better off not knowing?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/16/2016 11:47 Comments || Top||

#10  Assume the worst of a bald guy in a raincoat.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/16/2016 14:11 Comments || Top||

#11  The reality of once they are done with me, they will come for you has come home to roost for them. They gay community as well as the feminist/leftist have long supported Islam. Now they know they were a tool. Its not to late.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/16/2016 14:40 Comments || Top||

#12  Shomoger Shinenter520, Joe is that you?
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/16/2016 14:48 Comments || Top||

#13  they know they were a tool
Abandoned puppies can turn feral.

Posted by: Skidmark || 06/16/2016 17:50 Comments || Top||

#14  Shomoger Shinenter520, Joe is that you?

The exact opposite, rjschwarz. JosephMendiola would have given us the source of the article and up to a three line summary plus, perhaps, a laconic comment containing a cultural reference(s) to the movies/televisions shows of his baby boomer youth, his college years in Michigan, one of his favourite pop singers, and/or the ghosts and such of Guam.

Shomoger Shinenter5202 gave us an entire 1300 word article -- an article germane to the War on Terror focus of Rantburg, though not necessarily to this thread -- plus all the extraneous text that Select All sweeps up, but no link. Had he submitted it as an article under Afghanistan on Page 1: War on Terror, I would have had no complaint (except for having to clean up the extraneous text). But he has his foot on the first step of the learning curve, and I hope he will persevere.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/16/2016 21:54 Comments || Top||

#15  It doesn't matter--Joseph should have been knocked back a long time ago. His posting is consistently unreadable. If he can find that information, he can format it properly.
Posted by: Crusader || 06/16/2016 23:18 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Trump: ORL Terrorist Born in America, '€˜His Ideas Were Born from Someplace Else'
[Breitbart] Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump says the Orlando terrorist may have been born in the United States, but "his ideas were born from someplace else," and stressed the need for America to be respected and a smart country in dealing with the threat of terrorism.

"We have to be respected. We're not respected by these people. They come into our country. They want to take it over," Trump told his supporters during his campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday.

Trump pointed to Germany as an example of a country that let in thousands of refugees from the Middle East, but is now having increased assaults and crime.

"They're leaving. They're crime rate is through the roof," Trump said of the German people. "And you see what's happening to women," he added of the alleged sexual assaults by the migrants and refugees.

"It was a horrific mistake," he stressed. "If Germany had it to do again, I don't think she would ever admit it and lets see how she does in the next election...I'm sure they would have put up billions of dollars to do what I said -- safe zones."

"Anything is cheaper and anything is better than what's going on now," he added. "But you look at what’s going on in Paris...all over...they don't want to talk about it."

"We don't have to have these problems," Trump said of America not ending up like Germany, touting his proposal to ban certain people from entering the United States. "What I'm saying is it's a temporary ban in particular for certain people coming from certain [places with terrorism]."

"We have to put a stop to it until we find out what the hell is going on," Trump stressed. "We don't know even a little bit what's going on and we have to be the smart country now."

"We have to check other places" and mosques, Trump suggested, "It's going to eat our country alive. We can be weak and we can be ineffective like we are now," about not solving the problem.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 04:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Zeroing in on 'ideas.' An approach rarely taken by the current leadership.

Ideology: 1. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. "the ideology of republicanism" synonyms: beliefs, ideas, ideals, principles, ethics, morals; doctrine, creed, credo, faith, teaching, theory, philosophy; tenets, canon(s); conviction(s), persuasion.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 4:11 Comments || Top||

#2  You can say exactly the same thing about Obama.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/16/2016 4:23 Comments || Top||

#3  You can say exactly the same thing about Obama.

Indeed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 4:53 Comments || Top||

#4  What is that picture?
Posted by: Glolurt Omainter4568 || 06/16/2016 7:30 Comments || Top||

#5  The grave of a somewhat confused man, a Harvard grad, dreadfully poor motorist, drunk, and member of the Kenyan independence movement, author of "Problems Facing Our Socialism" East Africa Journal, killed in a car crash.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 7:51 Comments || Top||

#6  The grave of...

Mr. Barack Obama, Sr., I gather.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/16/2016 9:22 Comments || Top||

#7  #2 You can say exactly the same thing about Obama.
Except I'm not so sure about the born in America for Obama. The guy is a ghost with little identifiable past.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/16/2016 11:44 Comments || Top||

#8  The guy is a ghost Manchurian Candidate with little identifiable past.

Apologies in advance for the minor correction.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 12:23 Comments || Top||

#9  Habemus! A wholesale euphoria
Has rocked an incurious Curia:
"O glorious mystery!
A pope with no history...
A principled Pete from Manchuria!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 06/16/2016 22:35 Comments || Top||


Sen. Bill Nelson: Orlando Attack Was Very Likely 'Anti-Hispanic'
[Daily Caller] During a Democratic-led filibuster Wednesday, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson claimed that the terrorist attack in Orlando was "very likely anti-Hispanic" because most of the victims had "Hispanic surnames."

"My home is in Orlando. I was there right after the shooting," Nelson said. "As I suspected at the time that this was going to be a combination of ISIS inspired, you know a hate crime, anti-gay and very likely anti-Hispanic because 44 of the 49 had Hispanic surnames."

According to a survivor of the Orlando terror attack, the shooter Omar Mateen spared black clubgoers. "Are you guys black?" the survivor said Mateen asked as he made his way through Pulse nightclub.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 03:13 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Actually, senator, it was anti-Human because the ones infected with the Islamic meme hate all humans. But, I'm not sure you belong.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/16/2016 4:25 Comments || Top||

#2  44 of the 49 had Hispanic surnames

Sen. Nelson is a liar trying to stir up more racial hatred.

You can read the victims' names at
http://heavy.com/news/2016/06/orlando-pulse-terror-attack-shooting-victims-names-list-photos-profiles-bios-pictures-ages-families-rip-tributes/
Posted by: Eohippus Snore8229 || 06/16/2016 6:54 Comments || Top||

#3  BTW, at least 1/3 of the dead are African American or Afro-Cuban.
Posted by: Eohippus Snore8229 || 06/16/2016 7:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Perhaps a protest act against opening trade with Cuba
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/16/2016 11:58 Comments || Top||

#5  I was hoping the Senator wasn't going to claim more Hispanics are .... ummmm.. in the LBGT demographic.
Posted by: Bobby || 06/16/2016 13:55 Comments || Top||

#6  Apparently it was Latin night for what its worth.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/16/2016 14:50 Comments || Top||

#7  Jimmie Durante once said

"Everybody wants to get into the act!"

People like the Beast, O&Co, and Nelson play into the Public's fears for their own agenda.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 06/16/2016 23:23 Comments || Top||


George Friedman: Facing Some Truths Behind the Florida Massacre
[GeopoliticalFutures] In confronting terrorism, the U.S. needs to decide whether it is at war and who the enemy is.
Posted by: charger || 06/16/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Step 1: pull your head from your ass.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/16/2016 4:28 Comments || Top||

#2  "#1 Step 1: pull your head from your ass."

Agreed.

To be fair, though, this long, rambling article does raise some good points: we do need to decide whether we're at war or merely chasing criminals; and we do need to decide-- and declare-- who the enemy is.

Though the author rightly and emphatically answers the first question (we're at war), he drops the ball on the second.

Islam is at war with us. Indeed, Islam, from its inception, has been at war with everything that is not Islamic. At times, that war has "gone hot" in armed struggles for conquest and subjugation; at other times, it has "simmered on the back burner", dormant until Islamic forces can recover the strength and will needed for another push forward.

But hot or cold, Islam's war against all that is not Islamic is perpetual. And we in the West are the present focus of its imperialistic, totalitarian struggle.

Islam is at war with us, but we do not want to face that fact because we shrink before its enormous implications. We do not want to be at war with Islam, simply because we are afraid.

The enemy is not the "jihadist strand of Islam" as the author claims; the enemy is Islam.

All of it.
Posted by: Dave D. || 06/16/2016 8:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Crimes can only be punished after the fact. In war, you have the offense / defense options.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/16/2016 10:08 Comments || Top||

#4  "We do not want to be at war with Islam, simply because we are afraid." has there ever been a war before where one side truly had the ability to eliminate the other but instead tolerated provocation after provocation after provocation.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/16/2016 14:53 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
The roots of misogyny
[DAWN] THE outpouring of anger and revulsion at the recent spate of murders of young women who tried to exercise their basic rights will go to waste if the causes of increase in such cases are not seriously tackled.

The first thing to be noted about these murders is the escalating level of brutality. The young woman from Murree who was severely tortured before being set ablaze by her closest relatives was punished for refusal to marry against her wishes.

In Kasur a young woman paid with her life for arguing with her husband and the latter was helped by his female relatives to burn her alive.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 06/16/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  Send the complaints to Hillary. She will represent the rights of these women as she did while Secretary of State.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/16/2016 7:41 Comments || Top||

#2  The source of Mysogyny generally involves a root.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/16/2016 12:14 Comments || Top||


Iraq
The violent road to Fallujah
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iraq’s government is confused by international condemnation of the invasion of Fallujah,
... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids...
resorting to the usual justification and blaming the media instead of confronting the situation.

The government issued a detailed statement to refute Arab media reports on the military campaign to liberate the city from the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The statement said the media has exaggerated individual violations.

Perhaps some media outlets have fallen into the trap of sectarian and political polarization when addressing the campaign.
However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
before we even talk about Arab and international public opinion, and their comprehension of all these violations that have been documented by videos and testimonies, does this excuse even convince the government?

Sectarianism
The Fallujah battle depicts one of the real faces of the sectarian struggle in the region. Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi was forced to accept Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, as leader of the fighting Iraqi forces, which mainly consist of sectarian Death Eaters who have committed grave violations.

Could the goal of liberating Fallujah not have been possible without adding a sectarian dimension by including Soleimani as leader?

Media reports from inside the city show how its residents are trapped between the villainy of ISIS, which has ruled them for several months and is using them as human shields, and sectarian members of the Iraqi forces and militias, who have been filmed humiliating and executing people there.

Eliminating ISIS is a goal that brings everyone together, but the Fallujah battle in this sectarian context, with all the abhorrent violations associated with it, has increased tensions and confused aims.

People in Fallujah and surrounding areas have been punished by those fighting to liberate the city. This will produce a bigger tragedy than the past two wars that Fallujah experienced during the presence of US forces in Iraq.

It seems no lessons have been learnt. Ten years ago, battles were launched to eliminate al-Qaeda in Fallujah, but the accumulating mistakes - whether from the US command or Iraqi government, which is protected by Iran - resulted in the emergence of ISIS.

Today, battles are being fought while committing similar mistakes, if not worse. Between American retreat and Iranian maliciousness, the whole of Iraq will not be safe from atrocities.

It is an experience that we are tired of seeing repeated, and it seems citizens are the only ones paying the price. What is happening in Fallujah today is not media exaggeration, but a repetition of previous mistakes that happened in the same place, except this time with a more sectarian approach. How will the battle be successful when Soleimani gave it the green light?
Posted by: Fred || 06/16/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  It's not a far stretch to assume Fallujah - what'll be left of it, anyway - will end up seeing a demographic shift to the Shiite side of the equation.
Posted by: Pappy || 06/16/2016 14:46 Comments || Top||


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Monica Crowley: How Obama's failed leadership is literally killing us
[Wash Times] The most recent Islamic act of war, in which self-professed Islamic State jihadi Omar Mir Seddique Mateen slaughtered 49 people and injured scores of others at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., should be a game changer. The deadliest attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001, should finally convince our leadership that dealing with the Islamic threat must no longer be business as usual.
Don’t hold your breath.

President Obama has run national security policy only to serve his leftist agenda, not American interests and security. After nearly eight years of deliberate U.S. inaction and impotence, the Islamic State now leads the global jihad, including within our own borders. And it should surprise no one that the president will never fight the war in any meaningful way.

Nor will Hillary Clinton, who worked in lockstep with Mr. Obama during the years she served as secretary of state and still believes in his failed approach.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/16/2016 03:28 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This poor woman shares the same last name with Candy Crowley. Monica is correct about Obean's failed leadership. A vote for Hillary, if she manages to stay out of the calaboose, will be a vote for an Obama 3rd term or worse. Under her husband, Janet Reno was responsible for the murder of a child and his mother at Ruby Ridge and she burned out the men, women, and children at the Branch Davidian complex in Waco. Young voters probably don't know about such things.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/16/2016 7:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Note to Monica: Obama's presidency has not been "failed leadership"; it's been deliberate sabotage by a covert Muslim sympathizer.
Posted by: Dave D. || 06/16/2016 8:36 Comments || Top||



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