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Good Morning

Tuesday November 15th, 2022

GherkinSisters_05315069a6
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics:
Invasion of Ukraine: November 14th, 2022
Ukraine's Foreign Legion offers a
shot at redemption for fighters from around the globe
Stavropol resident accused of
involvement in an extremist association
Authorities reported on the repressions
of Kyiv against the inhabitants of Kherson
Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify
Ukraine: Operational Brief November 14th (updated)
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion
of Ukraine: November 14th, 2022

Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2022 00:46 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Were they the inspiration for the Coneheads?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/15/2022 1:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Picklehaube?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/15/2022 8:26 Comments || Top||

#3  Russia strikes NATO (NATO member Poland) with missile strike.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959 || 11/15/2022 13:58 Comments || Top||

#4 
#3 Russia strikes NATO (NATO member Poland) with missile strike.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2022-11-15 13:58


...It looks like it might have been an accident - but the Poles aren't going to want to hear that. I hope us and the rest of NATO are doing everything possible to keep them settled down.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 11/15/2022 15:21 Comments || Top||

#5  We now have a separate article posted here on the Poland missiles, to corral conversations in at least two threads. I added links there to the threads, so none of the discussion will be misplaced.

Carry on, guys!
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 15:58 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
'’I'ma beat your ass, bitch!''


Update from Twitter at 10:50 a.m. ET:
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...On the other hand, if this...thing...is standing bare-chested outside on a November day in NYC, Darwin may get his vote PDQ.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 11/15/2022 9:03 Comments || Top||

#2  I was just wondering: When did this trans nonsense start in earnest?
Posted by: European Conservative || 11/15/2022 11:02 Comments || Top||

#3  EC - I trace the roots of it back to the last six months of Obama's term, but it slowly picked up steam from there and became a thing just after Slow Joe got into office.
Posted by: Raj || 11/15/2022 11:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Send them all to Kabul.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/15/2022 11:54 Comments || Top||

#5  Raj, you could be right. I think it took off with that stupid bathroom thing.

But the whole gender thing is completely out of control. There was a time you'd just call them crossdressers and be done with.
Posted by: European Conservative || 11/15/2022 12:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Something, something, the real damage from Covid procedures will be mental health.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2022 12:19 Comments || Top||

#7  #3 yep. Prepping the battlefield for the emergence of Big Mike. She/it/them/WFT is that checks ALL the boxes, and we will be made to obey via a military that very much reflects The Mike. Something about fundamentally transforming the country - we just didn't pick up on the "trans" part of that statement until recently.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/15/2022 12:20 Comments || Top||

#8  There have been comments like that about Michelle Obama since 2008. Do y’all really believe she is really male, or is that just trash talk? I don't see it myself, but I also don’t generally notice things like that — being muscular and strong is within the normal range of my personal experience of being a heteros3xual female.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 12:50 Comments || Top||

#9  TW, there's a bit more than a little "tongue in cheek" there. But then, I see a guy just won an elite bike race that's supposedly just to open to women. So the opposite can hold true - some women are just better at being men in today's simulation.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/15/2022 13:07 Comments || Top||

#10  From 2016:

These Women Athletes Were Barred From Competing Because They Weren’t “Female” Enough
Experts question the “gender tests” — examining genitals, chromosomes, and testosterone levels — required of some of the world's best female athletes.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 13:18 Comments || Top||

#11  I remember when the East German Woman's Swim Team was an embarrassing joke on humanity, not an aspiration.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2022 13:23 Comments || Top||

#12  ^ Ohhhh yeah! I got the great opportunity to compete in international swimming competition '78-'79. I got to go up against the best the Iron Curtain had to offer. I can assure you that what one saw on TV in no way compared to the 3D experience.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/15/2022 13:26 Comments || Top||

#13  Cross-dressing has gone from being an odd fetish to national policy in the space of a very few years.
Posted by: Matt || 11/15/2022 14:16 Comments || Top||

#14  It’s endorsement and recognition of any “non-traditional” group as defined by them.
Simple formula - United we stand, Divided we fall.
Posted by: Jefe101 || 11/15/2022 14:44 Comments || Top||

#15  German female soccer teams have improved a lot at least...
Posted by: European Conservative || 11/15/2022 16:42 Comments || Top||

#16  Googling says that Steve Sailer wrote about it in the Obama days: https://www.takimag.com/article/world_war_t_steve_sailer/
Posted by: James || 11/15/2022 17:37 Comments || Top||

#17 
Posted by: Ebbomoger Sleth8482 || 11/15/2022 19:38 Comments || Top||

#18  ^ Take a break til you can make a coherent sentence. Mmmkay?
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2022 20:30 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Daily Evacuation Brief November 15, 2022
[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS
  • UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN BORDER CLASH AT SPIN BOLDAK-CHAMAN – The death toll from the cross-border conflict now stands at 3 Taliban dead and 8 Pakistani police and military killed. 1 Pakistani soldier was captured and 1 Taliban border guard is wounded. Adding to yesterday’s reporting, it has been confirmed that a second clash took place. The crossing has been closed indefinitely until the Pakistani demand of handing over the Taliban border guard who is thought to have initiated the violence is met. Both countries have reinforced security on their respective sides of the border and a local source observed heavy artillery being moved into supporting positions on the Pakistan side. Several aircraft have also been observed patrolling the Pakistan side of the border.

  • SHARIA LAW HAS COME – The Supreme Leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has empowered Taliban judges to enforce the tenets of Sharia Law in their future decisions. While specifics were not made available regarding punishments, Akhundzad apparently gave the green light to many of the more drastic punishments. A source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said he fears the judges will adhere to the Hanbali legal approach to appease the Taliban's old guard. The Hanbali doctrine is considered the most restrictive school of thought and often applies the more barbaric punishments. It is also familiar to the Taliban and was used under their previous stint in power. Another source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs opined that the move would make dialogue with even sympathetic regional partners much more difficult and could prompt a reduction in international aid. He went on to say the announcement had been timed to coincide with the opening of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation office in Kabul.

  • POWER INTERRUPTIONS FROM UZBEKISTAN – The Breshna Electricity Company has said that one of the power lines from Uzbekistan has been cut. The Company claimed it was due to a technical issue but a source in the Ministry of Finance said that villagers near the line reported an explosion and the power cut may be due to sabotage. With the weather turning colder, reliable power supplies will be critical for survival. The Taliban had implemented armed security patrols along the National grid after Resistance forces had destroyed several pylons earlier in the year but the men and vehicles were pulled for service in Panjshir, Takhar, and Badakhshan over a month ago.


CONFLICT TRACKER
Nangahar: Heavy fighting between ALM and Taliban forces was reported in the early morning hours Monday. The fighting was centered in Khogyani district, and several dead have reportedly been dragged off the streets, An accurate tally of casualties was not available.

NEXT 24 HOURS
THE STANDOFF AT SPIN BOLDAK-CHAMAN – While we assess an escalation of hostilities as low, there is significant firepower parked on the Pakistani side of the border and it seems clear now that the Taliban may have initiated the crisis. In past cross-border incidents, the crossings remain closed for a few days and then opened back up. This case seems to be different and at-risk Afghans who may have planned to use the crossing for travel are urged to consider using the Torkham gate instead.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 01:46 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Spin Boldak Closed After Clashes Between Two Sides
[ToloNews] The Spin Boldak port has been closed following a clash between the Islamic Emirate forces and the Pak military.

A clash was reported between the Islamic Emirate’s forces and Paks on Sunday afternoon.

The News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported that the shooting left a Pak border guard dead and two others maimed. But a source told TOLOnews that one Pak military was killed and one was maimed.

A security official in Kandahar said the problem started when Islamic Emirate soldiers asked Pak border guards to stop mistreating Afghan nationals, the AP’s report said.

"If it is the Mujahideens (Islamic Emirate’s forces) or the other government, (Pakistain) must provide a way for these people to easily commute," said Samiullah, a resident of Spin Boldak.

"It will be a very painful situation if this path is closed forever," said Karim, a passenger.

The residents of the two sides of the Durand Line called on the two sides to reopen the port.

"We do business. We go cross the port in the morning and return in the evening. The closure of this port creates a lot of problems for us," said Abdullah, a resident of Spin Boldak.

There are concerns that the closing of Spin Boldak port will affect economic and political relations between the two countries.

"We hope this path is not closed for trade," said Abdul Baqi Bana, deputy head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Islamic Emirate said that efforts are underway to reopen the port and that a delegation has been sent to Spin Boldak.

"The Islamic Emirate is trying to reopen this path so the problems of the passengers are solved. So, we sent a delegation to the area," said Noor Ahmad Saeed, head of the provincial department of Information and Culture.

The Spin Boldak- Chaman port located alongside the Durand Line in Kandahar, is the most important border point for trade between the two countries, after Torkham, which is located in the east of Afghanistan.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 01:21 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  More popcorn please.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2022 2:48 Comments || Top||


Taliban Claims to Have Found and Raided ISIS Cell in Kabul, Killing 5 'Kharijites'
The Taliban
...Arabic for students...
government front man Zabihullah Mujahid claims that the group has destroyed an ISIS hideout in the Afghan capital, Kabul following the reports of nighttime explosions in Kabul.

The ISIS cell was discovered and destroyed in the Panjsad Family neighborhood of Kabul; Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted on Sunday night, the 13th of November.

Mujahid claimed that five "Kharijites,"
...an insult dating back to the Third Rightly Guided Caliph that’s a fancy Muslim word for Splitters!!1! Other words for the same thing are Khawarij and taqfiri...
the term he used to refer to ISIS fighters, died as a result of the Taliban forces’ operation to attack and destroy the ISIS hideout.

The Taliban forces’ raid in Kabul, allegedly on the ISIS hideout, comes at a time when several explosions were heard on Saturday night.
"It's another Saturday Night and I ain't got no body..."
These Death Eaters belonged to an "important network" that intended to engage in destructive operations, according to Mujahid’s statement.

6 members of the ISIS group in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, in eastern Afghanistan, were also killed during a special operation, according to a statement by the Taliban government’s Ministry of Defense on Sunday.

The Taliban stated that each of these operations resulted in the acquisition of some weapons and ammunition the Death Eaters intended to use for their operations.

This comes as the security of Afghanistan is said to be "extremely volatile", and countries advise their nationals to refrain from traveling to Afghanistan as they are concerned about the resurgence of terrorism in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2022 00:43 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Afghanistan goes full sharia
[RT] Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered Afghan judges to fully implement sharia law and its punishments, which include mutilations, flogging and executions of different sorts. The announcement was made on Sunday by the Taliban’s chief front man Zabihullah Mujahid.

"Carefully examine the files of thieves, kidnappers and seditionists. In those files in which all the Sharia conditions of Hudud and Qisas have been fulfilled, you are obliged to implement. This is the ruling of Sharia, and my command, which is obligatory," Mujahid quoted the elusive supreme leader, whose voice hasn't been recorded since the Taliban takeover last August, as having said.

In Islamic law, the so-called Hudud crimes require both very conclusive evidence for the accused to be convicted, while carrying heavy, traumatic punishments such as amputation of hands or feet, as well as flogging and execution. This group of crimes includes such offenses as theft, highway robbery, apostasy, adultery and falsely accusing someone of it, slander, drinking alcohol, and rebellion.

Qisas is effectively an Islamic variant of retributive, "eye for an eye" justice. The concept covers such crimes as deliberate injury or murder, while, at the same time allowing victims or their families to accept material compensation instead of punishment.

The Taliban has been gradually tightening its grip on power, while bringing life in Afghanistan into line with the strict Islamic norms the group follows. In April, the Taliban government lived up to its promises and banned the cultivation of poppy, the source of sap that is refined into morphine and heroin. Afghanistan is estimated to have accounted for 90% of the global opium trade in 2021, with poppy cultivation being its major source of income.

Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2022 00:11 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  "Qisas is effectively an Islamic variant of retributive, "eye for an eye" justice."

What's the retribution for humping a goat? (Asking for a friend)
Posted by: European Conservative || 11/15/2022 6:11 Comments || Top||

#2  What's the retribution for humping a goat? (Asking for a friend)

Based on relative size, having a horse hump you (response from a friend).
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/15/2022 7:28 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm sure glad we left all that equipment for them to use.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/15/2022 8:33 Comments || Top||

#4  What's the retribution for humping a goat?

Apparently none, so long as it is your family’s goat or you have permission. Or you try to sell the meat in your village. But selling the meat in another village is ok. Apparently. Ditto for camels, horses, and sheep.

Ick.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 11:03 Comments || Top||

#5  Too much information, tw ;-)
Posted by: European Conservative || 11/15/2022 11:06 Comments || Top||

#6  Why is the camel called the ship of the desert?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/15/2022 11:07 Comments || Top||

#7  Too much information, tw ;-)

All learnt here, European Conservative. Also, it’s important to understand the thinking of the sons of the Father of Lies. Truly, it’s a wonder they aren't all schizophrenic, when they grow up knowing that Allah creates the world afresh every morning, sometimes changing his rules without telling anyone, but punishing those who break them nonetheless.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 11:23 Comments || Top||

#8  Allah creates the world afresh every morning, sometimes changing his rules without telling anyone, but punishing those who break them nonetheless.

Sounds like some dysfunctional parents I know.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/15/2022 12:00 Comments || Top||

#9  Allah is Alec Baldwin.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/15/2022 12:23 Comments || Top||

#10  I suppose a tranche is forthcoming. And a study... into how both human rights and Shariah can be shown to coexist.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 11/15/2022 12:54 Comments || Top||

#11  ^ We've had that ongoing since 2001.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/15/2022 16:48 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Somali troops uncover landmines near Kismayo port city
[ShabelleMedia] Somalia’s US-trained elite forces from the Danab brigade conducted an operation outside the southern port city of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
, targeting al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...
hideouts.

The operation north of the city succeeded in the clearance of several landmines planted on the main road by al-Shabaab with an aim to target the military convoys.

"We carried out an operation in Dheycabdi, Mayoonde, Qudhac Madoobe, Koban, Araare, and Bandarjadiid, where we uncovered 9 landmines planted by al-Shabaab," said the officers.

The officials who spoke in confidence said they ransacked several al-Shabaab bases in the villages, where the operation took place. This comes amid an ongoing military offensive.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian Defence Headquarters Declares 19 Terrorists Wanted Over Attacks
[SAHARAREPORTERS] The Nigerian Defence Headquarters on Monday declared wanted 19 Islamic hard boyz allegedly responsible for terrorising President Muhammadu Buhari's home state, Katsina and neighbouring Zamfara state.

The defence headquarters also announced N5 million reward for any person with information that would lead to the arrest of any of the wanted persons.

The names of the 19 hard boyz declared wanted as published on Monday by the Nigerian Defence Headquarters are as follows:

"Sani Dangote - Origin: Dumbarum village. Zurmi LGA of Zamfara States; Bello Turji Gudda - Origin: Fakai village of Zamfara State; Leko - Origin: Mozoj village, Mutazu LGA of Katsina State; Dogo Nahali - Origin: Yar Tsamiyar JNO village in Kankara LGA of Katsina State.

"Halilu Sububu - Origin: Sububu Village in Maradun LGA of Zamfara State; Nagona - Origin: Angwan Galadima in Isa Loa of Sokoto State; Nasanda - Origin: Kwashabawa, Village in Zurmi LGA of Zamara State; Isiya Kwashen Garwa - Origin: Kamfanin Daudawa Village of Faskari, Katsina State.

"Ali Kachalla Aka Ali Kawaje - Origin: Kuyambara Village in Danaadau Maru LGA of Zamfara State; Abu Radde - Origin: Varanda Village in Batsari LGA Katsina State; Dan-Da - Origin: Varanda Village in Batsari LGA of Katsina State. Sani Gurgu - Origin: Varanda Village in Batsari LGA of Katsina State.

"Umaru Dan Nigeria - Origin: Rafi Village, Mada District in Gusaulga; Nagala - Origin: Maru LGA of Zamfara State; Alhaji Ado Aliero - Origin: Yankuzo Village Tsafe LGA of Zamfara State."

Others are "Monore - Origin: Yantumaki Village, Dan LGA of Katsina State; Gwaska Dankarami - Origin: Shamushele village in Zuri LGA of Zamfara State; Baleri - Origin: Shinkafi LGA of Zamfera State and Mamudu Tainange - Origin Varanda Village in Batsari LGA of Katsina State."

The defence headquarters also requested anyone with information on how to track down the suspects to call: 0913 590 4467.

Meanwhile among the hard boyz declared wanted by the military is Ado Aleru, who was given the title of Sarkin Fulani
... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...
, Zamfara about four months ago.

Sources told SaharaReporters that all the 19 wanted hard boyz are Fulani jihadists.
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2022 00:22 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Gunmen Kill Traditional Ruler In Imo State, Two Guests As Nigerian Police Begin Manhunt
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2022 00:17 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Stavropol resident accused of involvement in an extremist association
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The case of Islam Tambiev, accused of involvement in the work of an extremist association in Kislovodsk, has been submitted to court, investigators said.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in July 2021, the Sledkom
...what does Sledkom mean?
named Islam Tambiev among the seven detained residents of Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol, whom the investigation considered members of an extremist religious association banned in Russia.

According to investigators, a religious association operated in Kislovodsk, the purpose of which was to establish the world domination of a radical form of Islam and create a single Islamic state in Russia, and the detainees were part of this association.

The Main Investigation Department of the ICR for the North Caucasus Federal District has completed the investigation of the case of Islam Tambiev, accused under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an extremist organization), the press service of the Investigative Committee reported today.

According to investigators, Tambiev became a member of an international religious association banned in Russia,
...of which there are several, nowadays mostly franchises of ISIS or Al Qaeda. But we know there is an ISIS cell in Kislovodsk ...
which was organized by his acquaintance in Kislovodsk. The activity of the association was aimed at "establishing the global dominance of a radical form of Islam and the creation of a single Islamic state," according to a statement on the website of the TFR.

"He also took part in the meetings of the members of this association, which were held regularly from mid-2017 to March 21, 2021, where the activities of the association, the need to increase its followers, ideological literature and the works of preachers were discussed," the department said, specifying that the investigation took participation of the FSB and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Stavropol Territory.

The criminal case of Islam Tambiev with the approved indictment was sent to court for consideration on the merits, the publication notes. The name of the religious association is not given in it.

Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for two to six years in prison.
Posted by: badanov || 11/15/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1  Sledcom: Investigative Committee of Russia
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2022 10:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Thank you, Frank . The internet was not helpful.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 11:16 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Day 2: Turkish government REJECTS condolences from US government for recent terrorist bombing, explicitly denouncing US as abetting instigator - please pass the popcorn (47 arrests)
Day 1 can be seen here.
[Yahoo] Turkish police released a video of a female suspect being arrested on Monday (November 14) after a blast in Istanbul's main shopping street killed at least six people.

And the government blamed Kurdish militants for the explosion.

Istanbul police said on Monday it had arrested 47 people in relation to the attack, including Syrian woman Ahlam Albashir who is believed to have planted the bomb.

Police said that in initial questioning, the woman said she was trained by Kurdish militants in Syria and entered Turkey through northwest Syria's Afrin region.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the Kurdistan Workers Party, also known as the PKK, and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for the attack on the historic and bustling Istiklal Avenue on Sunday.

Soylu said the order for the attack was given in Kobani, a city in northern Syria.

Turkish forces have carried out operations there against the YPG in recent years.

Six Turkish citizens, two members each of three families, were killed in the attack, and dozen wounded.

In a statement on its website on Monday, the PKK denied involvement in the attack, saying it did not target civilians.

Earlier television news reports showed images of a person, who appeared to be a woman, leaving a package below a raised flower bed in the middle of the busy street.

Turkish authorities linked support for the YPG by Washington and others to the blast.

Soylu likened the U.S. condolences to "the murderer arriving as one of the first at the scene of the crime."

"We reject the condolences of the American embassy, ​​we do not accept it. Our alliance with a state that sends money from its own Senate to these groups, feeding the terror zones in Kobani which aims to disturb Turkey's peace, is in a controversial situation. This is open and clear."



Turkey Arrests at Least 22 Suspects for Istanbul 'Vile Attack'

[KHAAMAPRESS] According to Ottoman Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, the order for the blast on Istiklal Avenue was issued in Kobani, a city in northern Syria where Ottoman Turkish forces have recently conducted operations against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.

Ottoman Turkish media reported that the attack on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue left at least six persons dead and 81 injured, citing Ottoman Turkish authorities.

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...
said that the attack in Istanbul was a "vile attack," stating in a news conference that the attack "smelled like terrorism."

The historic Istiklal Avenue, a famous destination for shoppers and tourists with a tramline, was the scene of an explosive package being left by a person who appeared to be a woman, according to television news sources, according to Rooters.

The assertion by Ankara that Kurdish forces of Evil were responsible for the attack on Sunday comes amid a protracted conflict between Ottoman Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers Party known as PKK.

However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
no group or organization has taken responsibility for the Istanbul blast, despite the fact that Kurdish and other leftist movements have targeted Istanbul in the past after a twin blast in 2016 left at least 155 people injured and 38 dead.
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 11/15/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Great White North
Canadian Antifa member caught on camera ramming his car into Freedom Convoy protesters early this year was charged last month in Winnipeg for child sex crimes


Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  No arrest on the vehicular assault. Got it.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/15/2022 16:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Win Republicans Unite Liberal & Conservatives Akin Gabbard & win & Lose Dems dems ,hokay
Posted by: Ebbomoger Sleth8482 || 11/15/2022 19:41 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Explosion injures four PMF fighters in Saladin's Baiji
[ShafaqNews] Four members of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) have been injured in a blast from an bomb in Saladin, an official statement said on Sunday.

The statement said that the injured troops were on a mission in the Saladin Island when a roadside kaboom targeted their vehicle.

Earlier today, a joint force from the PMF's 31st and 51st brigade, the anti-narcotics department, and a force from the Iraqi army carried out a large-scale campaign in Saladin's Baiji.

The operation uncovered a network of tunnels used by ISIS turbans as hideouts and a number of bombs, according to the statement.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 00:03 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


IRGC strikes Kurdistan Region with Kamikaze drones, ballistic missiles as protests continue at home
[Rudaw] Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired a barrage of missiles and Kamikaze drones on Monday targeting the bases of Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups inside the Kurdistan Region for the second time in two months as anti-government protests in Iran
...The nation is 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...
see no sign of abetting across the country.

The IRGC has blamed Kurdish opposition groups of fomenting the unrest inside the country where the guards and other security forces have killed at least 339 protesters and bystanders including 52 children, according to Kurdish rights monitors.

The attack comes one day before the third anniversary of the nationwide antigovernment protests in November 2019 when 1,500 protesters were killed by the security forces following a surge in the price of petrol. The attack can be perceived as a warning to current protesters that the authorities will not end their crackdown even if the number of dead increases.

The missile and dronezaps targeting the bases of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) and Komala came shortly after a commander of the IRGC said that 100 people affiliated with the two parties have been detained during the ninth week of protests that have rocked the country and galvanized international public opinion against Tehran.

The attack occurred just before 9 a.m. local time, targeting the main base of the KDPI outside Koya town in Erbil province and a number of Komala bases in Zargwez outside Sulaimani city, local officials told Rudaw. Two Peshmerga fighters from the KDPI identified as Aso (Hossein) Twana and Rebwar Abdi were killed.

Kurdish officials condemned the attack shortly after the strike during a conference in Erbil. The US and German diplomatic missions to Iraq also expressed their condemnations shortly after.

"We condemn renewed Iranian missile and drone attacks on KR, which violate Iraqi illusory sovereignty. Iraq should not be used as an arena to settle scores and its territorial integrity must be respected. Dialogue between Iraq and Iran over mutual security concerns is the only way forward," United Mission Mission for Iraq said in a tweet.

The IRGC ground forces commander Mohamamd Pakpour said that further attacks are underway unless the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Iraqi federal government take appropriate steps to offset the situation.

Flights appear to have been affected at Erbil airport following the strike.

"We had warned the KRG and the central government of Iraq ... to either expel, disarm or house these groups ... in camps, but this did not happen," IRGC’s Pakpour said adding that they security forces have found the footsteps of these groups in the protest in the Kurdish areas.

Pakpour named several other locations such as Bakrajo, Topzawa, Zargwez, Gerdachal, Jezhnakal and Pakshahr that will be targeted in the future if the Kurdish and Iraqi authorities did not take appropriate action.

More here.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  This why the Russians have evidently run out of Shavivs in Ukraine. (At least, they haven't used any for about a week...)
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/15/2022 15:01 Comments || Top||

#2  The IRGC - Iran's little bully who couldn't.
Posted by: jpal || 11/15/2022 18:40 Comments || Top||


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HTS Amends Decision On Syrian Government University Graduates
Did we know Al Nusra had a political/government arm? And one that its subjects felt comfortable protesting?
[NPASyria] Late on Monday, Syrian Salvation Government, a civil representation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS- formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front), said it abolished all measures related to graduates from Syrian government universities in areas it control.

Days ago, students in Idlib University went on strike protesting admission of graduates of Syrian government into operating associations in Idlib.

The Salvation Government said in a statement that all measures relevant to graduates of "Regime universities" of equivalence and profession licenses issued after December 12, 2016, are no longer effective.

The statement noted all issued decisions will be reconsidered. The decision came in the aftermath of a meeting held between Salvation presidency with Idlib Students Union.

Today morning, students protested in front of the Presidency Office of the Idlib University against allowing a batch of graduates of Syrian universities into Idlib University and associations of the Salvation Government.
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Turkish Intelligence Arrests 17 People In Syria’s Aleppo Over Istanbul Blast
[NPASyria] Ottoman Turkish intelligence and the military police of the Ottoman Turkish-backed armed opposition, factions also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), arrested on Monday 17 SNA turbans in the countryside of Afrin, north of Aleppo.

The arrest came after the SNA bully boys, including leaders, were accused of smuggling the perpetrator of Istanbul explosion that took place on Sunday. Six were killed and around 80 others were maimed in the blast.

Military sources told North Press that the Ottoman Turkish intelligence, in coordination with Ottoman Turkish-backed SNA military police, raided multiple houses in the town of Rajo, al-Sham Legion headquarters and two headquarters of Hamza Division in Bulbul district in the countryside of Afrin.

On November 13, six were killed and around 80 were maimed in a blast in the city of Istanbul.

Immediately after the earth-shattering kaboom, Ottoman Turkish authorities accused the military forces in northeast Syria of being involved in the earth-shattering kaboom.

Ottoman Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced arresting a woman called Ahlam al-Bashir accused of executing the attack.

Sources added that 17 persons, including two leaders of the armed factions, were accused of smuggling Ahlam al-Bashir.

Earlier today, the Department of Foreign Relations of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), denied any form of presence of the so-called Ahlam al-Bashir, in the AANES-held areas, stressing on rejecting any Ottoman Turkish accusations.

All the arrested personnel were taken to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
to be interrogated, according to the same sources.

The sources mentioned that the Ottoman Turkish intelligence will continue conducting similar operations and arresting all those who were involved in the smuggling operation between the Syrian and Ottoman Turkish territories.

It was revealed that many of leaderships of Hamza Division, al-Sham Legion, Levant Front, Sultan Suleiman Shah Division (Amshat), Samarkand Brigade, and many others were involved in the smuggling operation.

On its part, the People Protection Units (YPG), affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), accused Monday the Ottoman Turkish government of being behind the earth-shattering kaboom in Istanbul, indicating that Turkey is trying to make up pretexts to mount a new cross-border military operation in northern Syria.

The YPG said that Turkey’s narrative, which suggests that the perpetrator behind the earth-shattering kaboom entered Turkey through areas controlled by Turkey in Syria, is "a fictional and unrealistic scenario to prove their false claim."

The Ottoman Turkish president and the Ottoman Turkish government claim that the military forces that control northeastern Syria are an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has launched an insurgency against the Ottoman Turkish government for four decades. Turkey has launched three cross-border military incursions into Syria under the pretext of protecting its national security.

The incident in Istanbul raises doubts among many observers regarding its timing, which came at critical times the country is going through, especially the heavy criticism against the current Ottoman Turkish government regarding the deteriorating economic crisis.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2022 00:17 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

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Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2022 9:56 Comments || Top||


Iranian forces deal severe blow to 'terrorist' forces in Kurdistan region
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has once again targeted the positions of terrorist groups operating near the country’s western borders in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

The IRGC’s Ground Force pounded the positions of terror groups with multiple rocket launchers, precision-strike weapons and drones, according to a report published by Tasnim news agency.

The report comes as the commander of the IRGC’s Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada Base said security forces have arrested more than 100 elements of groups of separatists and terrorists, including the so-called Komala Party and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), who had a role in the recent riots in Iran.

Brigadier General Mohammad Taqi Osanlou said that Iran’s northwestern borders are generally secure but the enemy has managed in a few cases to sneak weapons through the frontiers to stoke riots in Iran. Such attempts have, however, been met with fierce reactions from the Iranian security forces.

Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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