[Al Ahram] European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini blamed 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.... on Wednesday for an attack on tourists in Tunisia that killed 19 people, including 17 foreign tourists.
"With the attack that has struck Tunis today, the Daesh terrorist organization is once again targeting the countries and peoples of the Mediterranean region," she said in a statement, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
"This strengthens our determination to cooperate more closely with our partners to confront the terrorist threat," she said. "The EU is determined to mobilise all the tools it has to fully support Tunisia in the fight against terrorism and reforming the security sector."
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[Al Ahram] Egypt's public prosecutor on Tuesday sent to trial a police general and a conscript for concealing evidence in the fatal killing of a leftist female protester during a peaceful rally in central Cairo, a judicial source said.
The move came a day after another police officer was charged over the shooting of 32-year-old Shaimaa El-Sabbagh, whose death in January sparked a public outcry after photos of her bleeding to death circulated online.
The prosecutor said in a statement that the pair, including a major general who the led forces that dispersed the protest, will be tried over charges of denying seeing the suspect while shooting El-Sabbagh.
The source said the charges might be punishable by up to a year in jail.
Court actions are scarcely taken against members of security forces amid accusations by critics that police act with impunity. The interior ministry has repeatedly denied such accusations, asserting it respects human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... .
El-Sabbagh was rubbed out in January as police dispersed a peaceful march of leftists marking the fourth anniversaryof the 2011 uprising. The protesters were planning to place a wreath at the nearby iconic Tahir Square to commemorate the killing of demonstrators during the revolt.
Also on Wednesday, judicial sources said a police officer was referred to court after he confessed to shooting dead a member of the now-banned Moslem Brüderbund last month following a row at a hospital.
The Islamist had been taken there for treatment after he was shot by police as he allegedly tried plant a bomb in a northern district of Cairo.
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South Korea and the U.S. will discuss the controversial deployment of Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system by the U.S. Forces Korea during regular defense talks in Washington in April, an official here said Wednesday.
The two-day session attended by senior defense officials "will handle all defense issues involving the two countries," a Defense Ministry official said. "It's likely that they'll also discuss the THAAD, albeit unofficially."
The biannual vice-ministerial-level meeting coordinates various bilateral defense bodies. But the ministry said the THAAD deployment is not officially on the agenda.
The U.S., however, has already scouted seven candidate sites where a THAAD battery could be placed. The likeliest site is Pyeongtaek, the new home of USFK headquarters.
The fiction that the two sides have yet to discuss the matter is wearing increasingly thin. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is visiting South Korea late this month to meet his South Korean counterpart Adm. Choi Yoon-hee. And U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Secretary of State John Kerry are expected here next month.
Seoul is unlikely to abandon its policy of strategic ambiguity because China is against the THAAD deployment and putting equal pressure on Seoul as the U.S.
Curb your dog, China, and problems like this become easier to manage. Our side needs to remember how Reagan handled the SS-20 problem in Europe -- deployed the Pershing missile and ignored Soviet whinging. The Soviets finally became sensible and fixed the missile problem. When China fixes the Nork problem, we remove the THAAD systems.
A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department reacted irritably to the question of Chinese objections on Tuesday. Asked why China is opposed to THAAD placement in South Korea, Jen Psaki said, "I would ask the Chinese Government that question."
Asked again, she said, "I'm not going to speak on behalf of the Chinese Government."
You don't even speak on behalf of the U.S. government...
She was speaking after Daniel Russel, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said the previous day, "I find it curious that a third country would presume to make strong representations about a security system that has not been put in place, and that is still a matter of theory."
Russel was reacting to Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao, who said it "would be appreciated" if Seoul took the position of neighboring countries into account.
The THAAD form the core of the U.S. missile defense aimed at containing China in the region, but Seoul and Washington insist their famously undiscussed deployment here would only aim to counter the threat from North Korea.
"We have not formally consulted with South Korea on THAAD deployment, and no decisions have been made on a potential deployment to the Korean Peninsula," Psaki claimed.
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Barbs between SOKOR + China have been getting "testy", + wid implied or inferred threats by China agz SOKOR.
More ...
* TOPIX > [KCNA] US ACCUSED OF TURNING SOUTH KOREA INTO WORLD'S BIGGEST NUCLEAR BASE.
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [MDA.org] MILITARY ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: JAPAN TO DEFEND SOUTH KOREA [Navy] AEGIS SYSTEMS, iff saidsame AEGIS Sys are used by SOKOR to militarily defend Japan in time of crisis.
* WASHINGTON FREE BEACON > JAPAN RISING: TOKYO BUILDING UP MILITARY FORCES [+ Alliances] TO COUNTER CHINA.
* RUSSIA TODAY > CHINESE PREMIER LI KEQIANG CALLS 2015 A "TEST YEAR" FOR RELATIONS WID JAPAN.
Yuuup - Trade-n-Peace, versus War to decide whom will be East Asia's + any East Asian/Asian Union's #1.
* SAME > PHILIPPINES CALLS ANEW FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [UNO] TO PRESS FOR CHINESE CESSATION OF [massive = Island(s)]RECLAMATION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.
RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA'S LATEST EXPANSION TO DENY PHILIPPINE'S ACCESS TO AYUGIN SHOAL.
* WANT CHINA TIMES = ...
> US NAVY CAN BE DEFEATED BY CHINA, SAYS GLOBAL TIMES.
> CHINA CHALLENGING US-LED STATUS QUO IN ASIA.
> COULD ASIA-PACIFIC HAVE A "CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS" MOMENT, e.g. as due to Military Applications derived from Sino-Japan competition, Geopol rivalry vee use or sale of Advanced Spacetechs.
* RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ABOUT 3/4 OF [surveyed] CHINESE BELIEVE THAT THIER MILITARY COULD BEAT BOTH THAT OF THE JAPAN + US | SPUTNIK INTERNATIONAL | MAJORITY OF CHINESE BELIEVE THEIR MILITARY COULD BEAT US + JAPAN.
* WORLD NEWS > [Dawn] CHINESE DESCEND ON PALAU [Belau] AS WANDERLUST DEEPENS. Locals overwhelmed.
Looks like the Pentagon's heart-rate is going up again - at least the Chinese are not YET in the former WW2 USN Fleet base of ULITHI ATOLL-LAGOON.
* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > JAPAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OFFICIAL: CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER DIAOYU ISLANDS [Senkakus] REACHING "DANGEROUS" LEVELS/THRESHOLDS. NO SIGN OF COMPROMISE OR CONCESSION BY EITHER CHINA OR JAPAN.
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Tokyo is repor investigating alleged telephone death threats against Caroline Kennedy, aka She-whom-will-Save-China-n-Japan-from-War.
OR NOT, as any respite from Sino-Japan [US-vs-China?] war must still hinge on whether China will give up its desire to control or dominate East Asia + 1/2 or more of the Pacific by 2020 NLT 2025. THIS IS EXCLUSIVE OF ANY SO-CALLED "JAPAN/NUCLEAR JAPAN QUESTION" REGARDING NIPPON'S RETURN TO THE INTERNATIONAL OR GREAT POWER ARENA, TO INCLUDE AS NUKE-ARMED STATE.
* Lest we fergit, BENCHMARK/BASE YEAR 2018 > RUSSIA + CHINA = WAR AGZ THE USA IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT DESIRED.
The good news for Bammer-ian Amerika is that while post-Soviet Russia seems to prefer or lean towards Anti-US War taking place in the Year 2018 + after, CHINA OTOH SAW ITS ANTI-US WAR AS POSSIBLY OCCURRING EARLIER THAN 2018, I.E. NOW THRU 2018 OR 2020.
The above is one reason why the US-VS-CHINA competition and rivalry in the Pacific is poten much more dangerous than anything per Iran + Putinist Russia, as land-locked China must achieve its agenda of acquiring strategic access into the Far Pacific + IOR, etc. before US or US-leaning, Anti-China Regional allies get too strong.
[Hurriyet Daily News] Police raids across Greece last week smashed an international people trafficking ring that made $8 million in profit from smuggling Syrian migrants via maritime routes from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... to Greece, resulting in the arrest of 16 suspects, officials said late on March 17.
The group also smuggled victims from Greece to other EU Member States through a range of methods, and was involved in the production and distribution of forged travel documents and their trading to other organized criminal groups, Europol said in a written statement.
"This action sends the clear message that Europol and its partners are determined to pursue those responsible for these terrible crimes," said Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol.
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it's easy to make $8M doing this when your only overhead is bus tickets.
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At least they make a show of controlling their border rather then sending agents to the source of origin to recruit even more 'refugees'.
[ARABNEWS] A French comedian was found guilty on Wednesday of condoning terrorism by posting a joke on his Facebook account after Islamist attacks in Gay Paree that killed 17 people in January, but escaped a possible jail sentence.
The Gay Paree court sentenced Dieudonne M'bala M'bala to a suspended sentence of two months in jail. He had risked up to 7 years in prison and a potential 100,000 euro ($106,000) fine.
Dieudonne, who has repeatedly been fined by the courts for hate speech, wrote on Facebook just days after the attacks that he felt "like Charlie Coulibaly."
That was a play on the ubiquitous "I am Charlie" slogan of solidarity following the attack against cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo ...A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe... weekly, using the last name of one of the Gay Paree attackers.
Amedy Coulibaly killed a policewoman a day after the Charlie Hebdo attack and four Jews in a raid on a kosher supermarket two days later. He died in a shootout with police at the shop.
"The feeling of hostility toward the Jewish community that Dieudonne kept up in front of a public attracted by his charisma increases his responsibility," the court wrote.
Dieudonne, who was not in the court on Wednesday, has been found guilty seven times for slander or anti-Semitic statements, while his shows have been banned in some cities as a threat to public order. His lawyer declined comment.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] Senior Turkish and U.S. diplomats have discussed ways to enhance cooperation in the fight against 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 the Levant (ISIL), the U.S. Embassy to Ankara has stated, reiterating that Washington does not foresee a role for Bashir al-Assad in the future of Syria.
U.S. President Barack Obama If you have a small business, you didn't build that... 's special envoy General John Allen and his deputy Ambassador Brett McGurk were in Ankara to hold talks with Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, read the statement issued by the embassy. Describing the talks as constructive, the statement quoted General Allen as welcoming The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's support in training vetted Syrian opposition, noting recent Turkish actions to increase border security and restrict the flow of imported muscle, and thanking Turkey for its generosity in hosting Syrian and Iraqi refugees.
"General Allen reiterated that the United States' position on al-Assad has not changed. The United States believes that he has lost all legitimacy to govern, that conditions in Syria under his rule have led to the rise of ISIL and other terrorist groups, and that we continue to seek a negotiated political outcome to the Syrian conflict that does not in the end include al-Assad," it added.
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Have they brought up the point of Turkey to quit helping ISIS?
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Hillary Clinton didn't take a basic precaution with her personal e-mail system to prevent hackers from impersonating or "spoofing" her identity in messages to close associates, according to former U.S. officials familiar with her e-mail system and other cyber-security experts.
Brilliant: she could send stuff to other world leaders and if called on it say that someone 'spoofed' her. Brilliant...
This vulnerability put anyone who was in communication with her clintonemail.com account while she was secretary of state at risk of being hacked. Clinton said at the United Nations last week that there were no security breaches of her personal e-mail server, which she used to send and receive more than 60,000 professional and personal e-mails. But former cyber-security officials and experts told us that there were gaps in the system.
According to publicly available information, whoever administrated the system didn't enable what's called a Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, a simple setting that would prevent hackers sending e-mails that appear to be from clintonemail.com. SPF is a basic and highly recommended security precaution for people who set up their own servers.
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Like I said, this whole thing is about deniability and making it useless as evidence.
Hillary's followers won't care no matter what she's caught saying; it's all just proof of her brilliance. As long as you can't prosecute her for it, she doesn't care.
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Polls so far are showing the people do not care about this issue at all. She could barbecue babies for dinner and they would still support her.
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MSM are doing their utmost to downgrade what was a serious breach the law.was and a blatant act of irrespanability in a matter of national security.
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If clintonemail.com was that much of a sieve I wonder if it was a head fake and that the important messaging (that which she wanted utterly confidential) was via a well secured Blackberry Enterprise Server. Did all or Hillary's close crew have personal Blackberrys?
[DAWN] Rangers officials on Wednesday claimed to have placed in durance vile Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! the primary suspect involved in the murder of slain Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) leader Zahra Shahid Hussain.
Acting on a tip-off, Rangers personnel conducted a targeted operation in the surrounding areas of Teen Talwar in Clifton and arrested suspect, Kaleem, who was wanted in several cases of murder, said a spokesperson from the paramilitary force.
The Rangers front man said that weapons were also seized from the suspect's possession.
The suspect, who has been shifted to some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location, is being interrogated further.
Last year in September, police had arrested a man suspected of involvement in the murder of Zahra Shahid.
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[DAWN] Saulat Mirza, in a video statement aired on Geo News, hurled startling allegations on Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) and its top leadership, just a few hours before his execution was scheduled to take place on Thursday at 5:30AM.
Mirza's execution has now been postponed for 72 hours.
Mirza said he was an MQM worker and received direct orders from MQM leader Babar Ghauri to assassinate KESC chief Shahid Hamid.
"I was summoned at Babar Ghauri's house where I took Altaf Hussain's orders via telephone. Altaf Hussain would usually pass on instructions through Babar Ghauri," alleged Saulat Mirza.
Speaking to ARY News, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain said, "Without any proof or evidence, Saulat Mirza's statement will not have any effect on the party."
Hussain termed the allegations a conspiracy against MQM.
Babar Ghauri speaking to Geo News dismissed Mirza's statement as a "fable" and denied having given any order for a murder.
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[DAWN] The police on Tuesday announced the recruitment of 50 youths from different minority groups for the security of churches, temples and gurdwaras in the lovely provincial capital.
The announcement was made after Hindus and Christians met officials of the Gulbahar cop shoppe on Tuesday.
Participants discussed the current security situation in the city, especially in light of the recent attack on Lahore churches.
They examined the security of local worship places of minorities and exchanged suggestions for the maintenance of law and order.
The participants agreed to enhance security of worship places in the lovely provincial capital.
Speaking on the occasion, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. SSP (operations) Dr Mian Saeed said the police had taken appropriate steps for protection of all churches, temples and mosques but even then, the police needed cooperation of the representatives of non-Moslems.
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A lovely idea. Although according to Sharia law, the untermeschen may not resist their Allah-endorsed overlords, as someone will be sure to point out at the appropriate time.
[DAWN] The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal against the Shia Ulema Council leader Allama Sajid Naqvi's acquittal from the charges of abetment in the murder of outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba chief Maulana Azam Tariq.
A division bench, comprising Justice Noorul Haq N Qureshi and Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, upheld the November 27, 2004, decision of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) exonerating Allama Naqvi along with Amanullah Seyyal.
Alim Tariq, a brother of Maulana Azam Tariq, had filed the appeal through his counsel Basharatullah Khan against the two Shia leaders' acquittal in the murder case.
Zulfiqar Abbas Naqvi, the counsel for Allama Naqvi, argued before the court that no charge against his client was proved before the ATC, which led to his acquittal.
Alim Tariq had filed another appeal against the acquittal of two other persons - Mudassar Ali and Mohammad Ali - who were tried in the ATC for their alleged involvement in the murder of Azam Tariq.
Basharatullah Khan argued before the IHC that the two accused were tossed in the clink Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! on February 19, 2007. He said the witnesses identified the accused in an identification parade but the ATC acquitted them. The IHC bench admitted the appeal and issued notices to the two accused and adjourned the hearing to a date to be fixed by the court office. Azam Tariq was murdered in the limits of the Golra police in Islamabad on October 6, 2003.
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[DAWN] The Pakistain Peoples Party has decided to include Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... in the Sindh government and has given the task to Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to hold talks with the MQM leadership for the purpose.
PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari made a telephone call to MQM chief Altaf Hussain ...think of the head of the Barzini clan, only in Urdu... in London and informed him about the PPP's decision taken on Tuesday at the Bilawal House meeting of PPP Sindh Parliamentary Party.
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[DAWN] British High Commissioner to Pakistain Philip Barton held a meeting with Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali in Islamabad on Wednesday and discussed matters pertaining to Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) Chairman Altaf Hussain ...think of the head of the Barzini clan, only in Urdu... , according to BBC Urdu.
During the meeting, which took place at the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... House, Nisar shared a copy of the case registered against Altaf in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... by Rangers.
On Tuesday, Rangers officials filed a case against Altaf Hussain for threatening the paramilitary force. Rangers spokesperson Col Tahir Mehmood, who filed the case against the political party, claimed that following the raid on MQM Headquarters in Karachi's Azizabad neighbourhood, Altaf -- in an interview on Geo News -- threatened members of the paramilitary force who were involved in the operation.
The interior minister also informed the British High Commissioner about other details of the Rangers' raid at MQM headquarters including the arrest of top hit mans and recovery of a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
Last week, Rangers officials conducted an unprecedented raid on the MQM's headquarters. A number of party workers, including MQM's Rabita Committee member Amir Khan, were detained during the raid.
Two convicted criminals and a huge cache of arms and ammunition were also recovered during the raid.
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[Al Ahram] Iraqi troops and militia looted and burned homes and destroyed villages after breaking 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.... group's months-long siege of a Turkmen town last August, Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... said Wednesday.
"Following the operations to end the Amerli siege, pro-government militias and volunteer fighters as well as Iraqi security forces raided Sunni villages and neighbourhoods around Amerli in Salaheddin and Kirkuk provinces," the New York-based group said in a report.
"During the raids, militiamen, volunteer fighters and Iraqi security forces looted possessions of civilians who fled fighting during the onslaught on Amerli, burned homes and businesses of the villages' Sunni residents," HRW said.
They also "used explosives and heavy equipment to destroy individual buildings or entire villages," it added.
HRW said that many of the villages targeted in the raids were ones that IS jihadists had either passed through or used as bases to attack Amerli.
"Iraq can't win the fight against (IS) atrocities with attacks on civilians that violate the laws of war and fly in the face of human decency," its deputy Middle East and North Africa director, Joe Stork, said.
"Militia abuses are wreaking havoc among some of Iraq's most vulnerable people and exacerbating sectarian hostilities."
IS spearheaded an offensive last June that overran large areas north and west of Baghdad, sweeping security forces aside.
Reeling from the assault, Baghdad turned to Popular Mobilisation units -- paramilitary forces that are dominated by pre-existing Shia militias.
The units have played a key role in the fight to drive IS back, but relying on such groups further entrenches them in Iraq, giving them an expanded power base that will be difficult to dislodge.
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Man HRW is quick to point out what the Iraqis are doing wrong. How long did it take them to bitch about ISIS?
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HRW imposing oppressive Western civ standards on second third world cultures from their imperialist subsidized abodes in never never land. Pillaging and looting by 'soldiers' are deep cultural practices going back thousands of years.
[RUDAW.NET] Iran is the main provider of weapons, ammunition and supplies for Shiite militias working with the Iraqi Army in the fight against ISIS, a spokesperson for the Shiite groups has said.
"The weapons and ammunition the Iraqi army and PMF [People's Mobilization Forces] use in the fight against ISIS in Salahadin province have been provided by Iran without limits or conditions," said Ahmad Asadi, the PMF spokesperson.
Iran has also reportedly dispatched advanced missile systems to Iraqi army bases in Salahadin province to help retake areas still controlled by ISIS.
The Shiite-led government of Iran has been actively involved in Iraq's security issues since ISIS snuffies overran parts of the country seeking to create a Sunni-Islamic caliphate.
Iran's Quds Force under the leadership of Qassim Sulaimani has been backing Shiite militias in the ongoing attack on ISIS-held Tikrit and other operations against the turbans.
Sulaimani has been reportedly directing tens of thousands of Shiite fighters battling ISIS in Iraq since last year.
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After years of blocking U.N. efforts to pressure Israelis and Palestinians into accepting a lasting two-state solution, the United States is edging closer toward supporting a U.N. Security Council resolution that would call for the resumption of political talks to conclude a final solution peace settlement, according to Western diplomats.
This Obama fellow is persistent...
The move follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decisive re-election Tuesday after the incumbent publicly abandoned his commitment to negotiate a Palestinian state — the basis of more than 20 years of U.S. diplomatic efforts — and promised to continue the construction of settlements on occupied territory. The development also reflects deepening pessimism over the prospect of U.S.-brokered negotiations delivering peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Bibi shifted when it became clear that the Paleos have, and have had, no desire to move forward with any 'peace' agreement that would allow Israel to exist as a state. Listen to Hamas. Listen to the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas. Listen to the other Paleo 'leaders'. There isn't a one of them that wants peace. They want Israel to cease to exist. How exactly do you 'negotiate' with such people?
Shortly before this week’s election, the United States informed its diplomatic partners that it would hold off any moves in the U.N. Security Council designed to put Israel on the spot at the United Nations in the event that Netanyahu’s challenger, Isaac Herzog, won the election.
But we weren't electioneering, no sir...
But U.S. officials signaled a willingness to consider a U.N. resolution in the event that Netanyahu was re-elected and formed a coalition government opposed to peace talks. The United States has not yet circulated a draft, but diplomats say Washington has set some red lines and is unwilling to agree to set a fixed deadline for political talks to conclude.
Not yet. Wait for Obama to become more frustrated and you'll a 'red line'...
“The more the new government veers to the right the more likely you will see something in New York,” said a Western diplomat.
Netanyahu’s government will likely be made up of right-wing
...nothing pejorative about that characterization, right FP...
and Orthodox parties adamantly opposed to making concessions to Palestinians.
FP doesn't explore why that's the case...
According to a statement from Netanyahu’s office, the Israeli leader has already consulted with party leaders he plans to add to his coalition, including Naftali Bennett of the pro-settlement Jewish Home party, Avigdor Lieberman of the far-right nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, and leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Shas and United Torah Judaism parties.
All of whom seem to understand that the Paleos (and the Europeans, and the progressives) have it in for them...
On Wednesday, State Department spokesidiotwoman Jen Psaki did not rule out the possibility of the United States supporting a U.N. resolution on Israel-Palestine.
“We’re currently evaluating our approach. We’re not going to prejudge what we would do if there was a U.N. action,” she told reporters.
No one listens to you.
For decades, Democratic and Republican administrations have resisted a role for the U.N. Security Council in dealing with the Middle East crisis. They have argued consistently that an enduring peace can only be achieved through direct negotiations between the parties. Israeli leaders have also strongly opposed giving the world body a greater role in bringing about a deal.
That we've had a bipartisan agreement is all the more reason for Obama to go his own way. He's broken many other longstanding bipartisan understandings, so this is just one more.
However, the prospect of direct negotiations appeared to evaporate with Netanyahu’s pre-election declaration that he would never allow the creation of a Palestinian state. The comment completely reversed the Israeli leader’s previous support for an independent Palestine as part of a permanent peace deal between the two sides.
Again, it takes two to negotiate. When one is digging tunnels and firing off rockets, it's hard to talk peace...
The deliberations over the future of the U.S. diplomatic efforts are playing out just weeks before the Palestinians are scheduled to join the International Criminal Court, a move that is certain to heighten diplomatic tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.
Since the Paleos will use the ICC as a weapon, and the ICC will let them do so...
On Wednesday, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s top diplomat in the United States told Foreign Policy the Palestinians would move forward with plans to use the ICC to try to hold Israel accountable for alleged war crimes during last summer’s war in Gaza. (Israel says it worked hard to avoid civilian casualties, of which there were many, and blames Hamas militants for taking shelter in populated areas.)
Don't confuse them with facts, Israel...
“The fact that we have a government in Israel publicly opposing a two-state solution just reinforces our position that this conflict must be handled by the international community,” Maen Rashid Areikat said.
You're also opposed to a two-state solution, Maen. Or perhaps you've stood up in the halls of power in Gaza City to argue for such a solution. No? I wonder why...
Ilan Goldenberg, a former member of the Obama administration’s Mideast peace team, told FP that Washington might be inclined to support a Security Council resolution backing a two-state solution as an alternative to the Palestinian effort to hold Israel accountable at the ICC.
“If it was done, it could protect Israel from a worse outcome,” he said.
As opposed to standing firm, honoring our longstanding bipartisan agreement, and protecting Israel from any bad outcome at the UN...
Under this scenario, the United States would seek guarantees from the international community to hold off on ICC activity in exchange for a Security Council resolution outlining international standards for a final peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians.
“The Israelis will probably resist and say this is a bad idea, but they could also be convinced that this is better than the alternative,” said Goldenberg.
Why is it better for the world to use the ICC as a bludgeon to hammer the Israelis into a "peace" agreement that will be violated instantly by the Paleos and that will undermine Israel's existence?
The window for this type of U.N. initiative is small. U.S. officials are unlikely to act during the contentious Iran negotiations, which are set to end in late June, Goldenberg said. But the administration will not want to wait until the 2016 presidential race kicks into high gear, as any Democratic nominee would likely advise the White House against upsetting the party’s influential pro-Israel supporters.
I can't imagine why...
“Don’t expect anything to move until the summer,” said Goldenberg.
European and Arab governments, including France and the Palestinians, will likely want to move more quickly at the United Nations.
The Palestinians had been pressing the U.N. Security Council for months last year to adopt a resolution demanding that Israel end its occupation of Palestinian lands within three years. But the United States vetoed the Palestinian initiative. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power called it “unbalanced” because it failed to take into consideration Israel’s security concerns.
But France, which is seeking a broader diplomatic role in the Middle East,
...still smarting over the loss of Lebanon...
had also been pushing for a separate resolution, which calls for the resumption of political talks between Israelis and Palestinians in order to conclude a comprehensive peace settlement. In December, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Paris and other European governments that the United States would block the resolution if it were put to a vote before the Israeli election.
But one European diplomat said that there was “a broad understanding” at the time “that this was something that could be revisited post-election.” So far, U.S. talks with European allies have taken place in Washington and other capitals. There have been no substantive talks in New York among Security Council members.
France, however, recently renewed its appeal to the United States to consider taking up the issue before the council, according to diplomats familiar with the matter.
Makes me wonder just what is in this for the French -- more arms contracts? Commercial relations? A promise to get the banelieus under control?
The United States, according to the diplomats, gave no firm commitment. But the administration indicated that it was willing to consider action in the council once a coalition government is put into place.
“I think they probably just want to see how it pans out,” said one U.N.-based diplomat. “But certainly the message we got back in December was that they might be able to show more flexibility after the election.”
Security Council diplomats say there remain significant differences between the U.S. approach and that of France. “There are discrepancies between the U.S. and European positions but I think they will bridge them soon,” said an Arab diplomat. “The key elements are the same: a framework for a peaceful solution that leads to the establishment of a Palestinian state … plus guarantees for Israel’s long-term security.” The United States is unlikely to hit Israel or the Palestinians with punitive measures if they fail to comply.
That's half-true...
During a recent meeting of U.S. and European officials in Washington, a senior State Department official said the United States was considering a draft resolution at the Security Council but that no decision had been made.
It's been made. It just hasn't been announced. Blabbermouth Jen Psaki will be all over it when it is announced...
Of course, two other options lie before the Obama administration with regard to the Israel-Palestine issue: continuing to reflexively back Israel at the United Nations,
Notice the pejorative phrasing -- "reflexively back Israel". The author telegraphs his own opinion perfectly.
and simply enduring the widespread criticism of the international community,
We've managed to overcome worse...
or raising the pressure on Jerusalem by abstaining from a U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlements.
Thereby signaling open season on Joooz all over the world...
In 2011, the United States vetoed a resolution demanding that Israel’s settlement activity cease immediately — even though it was in line with U.S. policy. The measure was sponsored by nearly two-thirds of the U.N.’s membership and received a 14-1 vote on the Security Council.
“If there was a settlement resolution, would the U.S. abstain? I could see that as a possibility,” said Goldenberg.
In the wake of Israel’s election, U.N. and Israeli officials exchanged sharp words after U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq called on the new Israeli government to halt “illegal settlement-building in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
In response to the statement, Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., snapped back: “If the U.N. is so concerned about the future of the Palestinian people, it should be asking … why Hamas uses the Palestinian people as human shields.”
Good question. Don't expect an answer from Oyster Bay.
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You notice that all this attention is focused on the Palestinians and Israel. They say nothing about Egypt, who has been clamping down on bad behaviors in Gaza.
Let the Palestinians do any behavior they want and hold Israel accountable for everything. This goes way beyond rewarding bad behavior.
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Netanyahu, who graduated from High School in the US and received a College degree in the US is the symbol of American exceptionalism and independence who wins against evil.
[Iran Press TV] The White House says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement to block the creation of a Paleostinian state runs against US policy, adding President Barack Obama Jedi mind meld... is committed to a two-state solution for Israelis and the people of Paleostine.
White House front man Josh Earnest made the remarks on Wednesday, two days after Netanyahu rejected the idea of a Paleostinian state.
Earnest stated that "it continues to be the view of the president that a two state solution is the best way to address those tensions."
"In the context of the recent election [Israeli] Prime Minister Netanyahu indicated a change in his position, based on those comments the United States will evaluate our approach to the situation."
The White House front man also said that President B.O. had not called Netanyahu to congratulate him on his election victory.
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The Obama's obvious desire is a single state solution - without Israel...
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There's a story at Drudge about Obama trying to do an end-around the Israeli elections by going to the U.N. and whining. He'd better leave well enough alone, the Zero came up with a zero in the Israeli elections despite all efforts to oust Netanyahu. Obama and the U.N.
[Iran Press TV] Isaac Herzog, who competed and lost against Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's parliamentary elections, has said he would not join the current prime minister in the next coalition regime.
Herzog contested the Tuesday elections on the center-left Zionist Union party's ticket, menacing Netanyahu (pictured below), who represented the ruling Likud party in the race. Results, which defied opinion surveys prior to the polls, gave Likud 30 seats in the 120-member Knesset (Israeli parliament), while the Zionist Union secured 24.
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How many Israeli Arabs can vote in Israel's elections? What are the requirements? I see some kind of Arab party won a dozen or so seats.
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Arab-Israelis are subject to the same voting laws and have the same rights as all other Isralis, Glenmore. The single Arab slate was the bright idea of President Obama's election consultants, as was bussing Arab voters to the polls in the classic get-out-the-vote effort we see here in Democratic machine precincts.
[ARABNEWS] Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday played down the chances of reaching a nuclear agreement during talks under way this week in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
Foreign ministers of the other world powers negotiating with Iran are unlikely to be required in Lausanne to approve a deal, said Zarif, who has been holding two-way talks with US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... .
"I don't think their presence will be needed in this round because when the solutions are found and we approach a deal, then all the foreign ministers of the negotiating parties should come," state media quoted him as saying.
"They might come, but at this stage I wouldn't think they are needed," he repeated, referring to the top diplomats of the so-called P5+1 (Britannia, China, La Belle France, Russia, the United States, and Germany).
On day three of talks with Kerry, Zarif said "there are differences and we are trying to reduce them," by Thursday evening, with political directors of the 5+1 countries starting to arrive in Lausanne on Wednesday.
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[RUDAW.NET] The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group is calling on the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... to send a fact-finding mission to investigate an alleged poison gas attack on a rebel-held town.
The Syrian National Coalition and activists inside Syria say the government carried out a chlorine gas attack on the town of Sarmin in northwestern Syria late Monday, killing six people and leaving dozens more struggling to breathe. Syrian authorities deny the allegations.
Hisham Marwa, vice president of the Syrian National Coalition, called for an on-site UN investigation as soon as possible.
In a statement released late Tuesday, he also demanded that the Security Council enforce a recent resolution condemning the use of toxic chemicals such as chlorine in Syria. That measure also threatens military action in case of further violations.
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[Iran Press TV] A former US congressional staffer says Washington has lost its legitimacy to govern the United States because it is murdering its own people, not the Syrian president.
Rodney Martin made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Wednesday, commenting on a recent statement by President Barack Obama I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody... 's special envoy, General John Allen, who claimed that Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Trampler of Homs... has lost legitimacy to govern Syria.
"The United States believes that he [Assad] has lost all legitimacy to govern, that conditions in Syria under his rule have led to the rise of ISIL and other terrorist groups, and that we continue to seek a negotiated political outcome to the Syrian conflict that does not in the end include Assad," Allen said.
Martin, the chairman of the All Nationalist Association, said, Allen's statement "shows hubris of the American mindset that it will determine who is legitimate and who is not."
"General Allen revealed his true colors when he said that Bashir al-Assad has lost all legitimacy to govern and that is incredibly arrogant statement for General Allen to make on behalf of the United States' government," he added.
"The Untied States created this false Syrian opposition groups from imported muscle and shipped them in there, and they created ISIL to destabilize the al-Maliki government in Iraq and to destabilize the government of Bashir al-Assad," he noted.
"The United States imprisons more people than the rest of the world combined. Its security services, state and local police, murder more of its own citizens than questionable and immoral shootings than the rest of the world, about 500 per year as opposed to the two police shootings in the average European police forces," he further said.
"So one can say the United States, based on its own logic, because it suppresses and imprisons and murders its own people, has lost its legitimacy, and in fact it is," he added.
"The United States' system is nothing but a corporatist oligarchy ... derived from the Greek words oligos, a few and the verb archo, to rule, to govern, to command. Oligarchies are invariably effectual rather than established, to whit, they disguise themselves as other systems, working as the real government behind the face of of democracy, fascism, socialism, monarchy, or what have you... that runs around the world abrading the resources of other countries to pop up its inefficient system and to instill hegemony for its various special interests, and the number one special interest that governs the United States is a Jewish Zionist," Martin concluded.
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Never thought I'll find myself agreeing with Iran Press.
[Iran Press TV] A final deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries on Iran's nuclear program should be endorsed under the Chapter VII of the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Charter, a source close to the talks between the two sides says.
According to the source on Wednesday, if Iran and its opposite sides in the negotiations want to strike a binding comprehensive accord, they should try to obtain the required approval from the United Nations, so that the terms of the agreement could not be violated in the future.
The unidentified source said putting the deal under a UN oversight and have it approved by a UN Security Council resolution is the "main request of the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran from its negotiating sides."
He added that such a move by the Security Council would also guarantee the removal of the unfair sanctions which were imposed on Iran under the terms of Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
"A resolution [by the Security Council] under Chapter VII will naturally be a part of the comprehensive solution," he said, adding that if the final deal is not adopted as a UNSC resolution, "it would be useless and would fail to change the system set up by previous Chapter VII resolutions."
The official denied that Iran's insistence on the issue had anything to do with a recent letter by some Republican senators, who tried to sabotage a potential deal on Tehran's nuclear activities.
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No. We should never cede our sovereignty to the U.N.
[Iran Press TV] The Zionists and Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... are seeking to create more "destruction and war" in Syria amid efforts by Iran to establish peace in the Arab country, says an author and journalist in Toronto.
US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... is pursuing "a non-militaristic" solution to the Syrian crisis, "but at the same time cowing to US foreign policy, said Eric Walberg, a Canadian writer on the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia.
In an interview with CBS News on Sunday, Kerry said Washington should finally negotiate with Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Trampler of Homs... to reach an agreement over the country's conflict.
The top US diplomat said his country is looking for steps to bring the Syrian president to the negotiation table.
Commenting to Press TV on Tuesday, Walberg said, "Negotiations with Assad are an excellent idea, long overdue; they're opposed of course by the cowardly Saudis" and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
"For them it's great to have more destruction in Syria, more civil war; they don't want peace," he added. "The Zionists want war, Kerry wants some peace, the Saudis want war, of course, Iran wants peace."
The notion that negotiating with Assad will cause faceless myrmidons fighting against Damascus to shift their support for the ISIL terrorist group is a "Zionist nonsense," Walberg argued. "The Zionists have spread their wing so far, they don't know even what their saying half the time."
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[Iran Press TV] Iran and the United States have wrapped up the latest round of marathon talks in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... to ink a comprehensive nuclear deal before a March 31 deadline.
On Wednesday night, two separate meetings were held in the lakeside city of Lausanne; one between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his counterpart, John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... , and another between Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.
Zarif was accompanied by Deputy Foreign Ministers Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-e Ravanchi, while US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, and the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... deputy foreign policy chief, Helga Schmid, joined Kerry during the talks.
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Just one more chapter in the long-running soap opera, "As the Centrifuge Turns".
[RUDAW.NET] Syrian and Iraqi Christians pleaded for more international assistance Tuesday from new homes in Leb where they recently arrived after fleeing attack by bully boyz 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.... group.
They spoke in two Beirut churches where they lined up to receive food baskets and other humanitarian assistance from a non-profit organization called In Defense of Christians (IDC), whose mission is to protect Christians in the Middle East.
"We used to live like kings in our land, our sons had free education; we had everything. Look at me now," cried a small, middle aged woman from Tel Nasri, a predominantly Assyrian village in Syria's northeastern Hassakeh province, standing on the side of a road with two new mattresses and a food basket she had just collected.
IS overran a cluster of Assyrian villages in Hassakeh last month, taking at least 220 Christians hostage. Around 25 have been released since, but the fate of the remaining captives is unclear.
The bully boyz who control about a third of Iraq and Syria have also targeted cultural heritage sites in territories they control in northern Iraq, looting and damaging the ancient city of Hatra and bulldozing the historic city of Nimrud as well as other important sites from the once-mighty Assyrian Empire.
The woman from Tel Nasri, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said she fled to Leb last week with her two children, leaving behind her husband to guard the house. "I ask for nothing except for Lebanese authorities to help us with the rent," she said.
Thousands of Christians have trickled into Leb in recent years from Iraq and Syria after being forced by IS to choose between leaving, facing death or paying a traditional tax on no-Moslems. At least another 240 Assyrian refugees have who arrived since the late-February IS attack on Christian villages in Hassakeh province.
Alexi Moukarzel, IDC representative in Beirut, said Christians are being pushed out of their land and their "identity is being broken." He said his organization was distributing 4,000 food baskets for 2,500 families, and called for major international action in support of the refugees.
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Does Obama care about Christians?
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"Not 'our people'"
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe...
[ARABNEWS] Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday played down the chances of reaching a nuclear agreement during talks under way this week in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
[Iran Press TV] A former US congressional staffer says Washington has lost its legitimacy to govern the United States because it is murdering its own people, not the Syrian president.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[Iran Press TV] The Zionists and 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
