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Well quick research, based upon the 'shields' in the above picture point to the '1933Girls' being from the movie:
Gold Diggers of 1933 is a pre-Code Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It stars Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell, and features Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks and Ginger Rogers.
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy, Busby Berkeley, (musical sequences)
Produced by:
Robert Lord, Jack L. Warner
Writer(s):
Screenplay, Erwin S. Gelsey, James Seymour, Dialogue, Ben Markson, David Boehm WikipediaIMDb
[Dawn] Ethnicity, religious sectarianism, and a battle for a lump of lucrative coal resources are at the heart of the fighting.
When fighting erupted between Taliban ...Arabic for students... and a breakaway group led by one of their former commanders in northern Afghanistan last month, Zahra and her family fled to the mountains.
For days they walked across the rocky terrain, unsure what lay ahead or when they might return to their home in Sar-e-Pol province’s Balkhab district, where the festivities erupted.
"We didn’t want to get trapped... we all might have been killed," said Zahra, 35, asking to use a pseudonym for security reasons.
Zahra’s family is among thousands that fled conflict between the Taliban and fighters loyal to Mahdi Mujahid, the group’s former intelligence chief for Bamiyan ...a place in Afghanistan that used to have some historically interesting statues of the Buddha carved into a mountainside. Then the holy men showed up and now all they have is some big holes... Ethnicity, religious sectarianism, and a battle for a lump of Balkhab’s lucrative coal resources are at the heart of the fighting.
"All these factors are working together in driving the conflict," Australia-based political analyst Nematullah Bizhan said.
Mujahid, a Shia Hazara ...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets... , joined the mostly Sunni and Pashtun Taliban in 2019, and was appointed to his post soon after the hardline group seized power in August last year.
Afghanistan’s Hazaras have faced persecution for decades, with the Taliban accused of abuses against the community when they first ruled from 1996 to 2001.
They are also the target of attacks by the holy warriorIslamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group, which considers them heretics.
Mujahid’s appointment was initially seen as supporting the Taliban’s claim of being more inclusive to non-Pashtuns, but he soon fell foul of the leadership.
The group routinely denies reports of infighting in its ranks, but last month media said Mujahid split with the Taliban leadership when Kabul sought greater control over the coal business.
HISTORY OF RESISTANCE
Balkhab is home to several coal mines and demand has soared in recent months with Pakistain stepping up imports to fuel power plants.
Local Taliban commanders were known to "tax" trucks on their way to Pakistain -- as officials in the previous government did before them -- but when Mujahid resisted Kabul’s efforts to rein in the practice, they sacked him.
"Balkhab has a long history of resisting the government," analyst Bizhan said, adding the region also fought strongly against the Taliban during their first reign.
While the June fighting lasted only a few days, the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... says it displaced at least 27,000 people -- almost all of them Hazara.
The result is a humanitarian crisis that aid agencies are now struggling to deal with.
"We used to sleep thirsty on empty stomachs and wake up in the morning and start walking again," said Zahra, whose family walked for nearly a fortnight before finding shelter in a village mosque in Bamiyan.
"EVERYONE WAS SICK."
The family of Barat Ali Subhani, another resident of Balkhab, has taken refuge in the same mosque.
"We didn’t have anything with us. We just left in clothes we were wearing," Subhani said.
His seven-member family walked for four days before a shepherd led them to the mosque.
"He saved us," Subhani said.
"We had nothing. We thought that we will probably die."
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] The official spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier General Abdul-Khaleq Al-Ajri, confirmed on Thursday that the security services arrested terrorist elements in the village of Khubza in the Qaifah area of Bayda province.
Those terrorist elements affiliated with the so-called “Al-Qaeda” had carried out criminal operations targeting security points belonging to the Ministry of Interior, Al-Ajri added.
According to the spokesman, al-Qaeda elements sought to exploit an armed conflict that erupted between two parties from the village of Khubza due to a land dispute and a previous revenge to attack the security sites.
On Tuesday, 12-20-1443 AH, a group of “takfiri” elements located in the Khubza area attacked at 3:00 pm the security post and point near the entrance to the Khubza area, killing a security man and injuring five others.
Brigadier General Al-Ajri affirmed that the videos and clips circulated by the supporters of the Takfiris, which they said were for the security men, are fabricated and pre-prepared, with the aim of distorting the security forces.
[IsraelTimes] Ottoman Turkish media says men were found with a rifle, two pistols and silencers; incident comes a month after Israel warned its citizens to leave The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... amid concrete Iran ...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979... plot.
Ottoman Turkish forces have foiled another attempt by Iranian agents to kill Israelis in Istanbul, arresting three men, local media reported Friday.
According to the reports, the men were detained with a rifle, two pistols, silencers and ammunition on July 14 and were brought before a court Thursday to have their remand extended.
The reports come a month after Israeli officials issued an urgent appeal to all its citizens to leave Istanbul immediately, and reconsider non-essential travel to other parts of Turkey, warning that Iranian agents were ready to kidnap or kill Israelis there as Tehran seeks Dire Revenge for the slayings of officers blamed on Israel.
The men reportedly tried to target Israeli tourists staying at a hotel near Istanbul’s Taksim Square.
Tensions between Israel and Iran have intensified in recent months, after the liquidation of an Iranian officer in Tehran, Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s against Iran-linked targets in Syria, threatening rhetoric from Iranian leaders and Iran’s increasing violations of nuclear agreements.
Last month the Mossad spy agency and its local counterparts managed to thwart three Iranian attacks targeting Israeli civilians in Istanbul, a security bigshot briefing Hebrew media said at the time. The account came a day after Ottoman Turkish media reported that 10 people had been arrested as part of an Iranian plot targeting Israelis in Turkey. The security official said Mossad intelligence had led Ottoman Turkish authorities to 10 members of an Iranian cell who were allegedly planning to kidnap and murder a former Israeli ambassador to Turkey and his wife.
The Mossad chartered a private aircraft to immediately bring the pair and others in Istanbul back to the country, Hebrew reports said. The name of the diplomat was not released.
According to the official, the Mossad also managed to thwart two other plots against Israelis in Istanbul, with the tourists escaping the country at the "last possible second."
He said the raids were carried out in coordination with Ottoman Turkish authorities, thanking them for their efforts in thwarting Iranian attacks to date.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh has said that Israeli claims that Tehran is targeting Israelis in Turkey are "baseless" and part of a "pre-designed scenario to destroy relations between the two Moslem countries."
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07/24/2022 04:17 ||
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[Dawn] The police said motive behind the killing could not be immediately ascertained.
Only two days after the Khyber police chief ordered heightened security at checkposts in Bara, another policeman was martyred in an incident of assassination on Friday.
Sub-Inspector Andaz Gul came under attack when he was going to duty station in the morning, according to a statement.
It said Mr Gul succumbed to injuries in a hospital.
The police said motive behind the killing could not be immediately ascertained.
Funeral prayers of the martyred policeman were offered at the Shah Kas Police Training Centre in Jamrud.
Four coppers have so far died in assassination in Bara tehsil during last four months.
[Dawn] Says all Death Eaters were affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur ...a member of the Madda Khel clan of the Uthmanzai Waziris. Educated in a Deobandi madrassa located in Multan, he is affiliated with the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party. Upon the formation of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in December 2007, he was announced as the group's overall naib amir under Baitullah Mehsud, who was based in South Wazoo, but has largely distanced himself from the TTP due to rivalries with the Mehsuds and disagreements about the TTP's attacks against the Pak state.. group.
Security forces killed three and apprehended four Death Eaters during two intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in North Wazoo district on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the military’s media wing.
The Inter-Services Public Relations statement said a high-value terrorist commander, along with three other Death Eaters, was captured in an injured condition in the first operation. It added that three bad boyz were potted in a second operation.
"Weapons, ammunition and IEDs (improvised bombs) were also recovered. All the Death Eaters (killed and apprehended) were affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group.
"These Death Eaters remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces, extortion for ransom and killing of innocent citizens," the ISPR said.
On July 13, the ISPR said security forces killed six Death Eaters during an IBO in North Waziristan’s Dattakhel area. A soldier was also martyred.
Clashes between security forces and suspected Death Eaters in North Waziristan tribal district have become quite frequent in recent months.
Late last month, two soldiers were martyred and seven Death Eaters killed during an exchange of fire in North Waziristan’s Ghulam Khan Kalle area.
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[IsraelTimes] Army says security forces exchange fire with Paleostinian button men in West Bank city; terror commander said sought in arrest operation.
Nine Paleostinians were maimed, including one critically, in an exchange of fire with Israeli security forces during a military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus overnight Saturday-Sunday.
The Israeli military said troops operating in the city came under gunfire attack by armed Paleostinians and returned fire.
According to Paleostinian health authorities, nine Paleostinians were hurt in the exchange, including one who was at death's door, Ynet reported. There were no reported injuries among the Israeli forces.
Hebrew media reported that the Israeli troops were conducting an arrest operation of Paleostinian suspects in Nablus when they came under fire.
Channel 12 reported that one of the suspects is a commander with the Fatah-associated al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, designated a terror group by Israel, the US, the EU, and Canada, among other countries.
The report said the commander had barricaded himself in his home in the city and loud explosions were heard as the operation got underway.
Channel 12 also said that festivities between Israeli troops and Paleostinian button men were reported in the West Bank city of Jenin, according to Paleostinian media.
On Thursday, the Shin Bet said it had arrested a Nablus-based Paleostinian member of the mostly dormant Tanzim terror group who was allegedly responsible for a 2006 kaboom that killed an Israeli soldier
Also Thursday, Israeli security forces arrested 12 Paleostinian suspects throughout the West Bank, with violent mostly peaceful confrontations in some areas. As part of the arrest operation, Israeli troops entered the towns of Huwara, Salem, Bir Zayt, al-Yamun and Einabus among others to arrest individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activity, the Israeli military said. Paleostinian rioters confronted Israeli forces operating in Jenin and Ramallah, throwing Molotov cocktails and hurling rocks toward them. Israeli forces responded by opening fire on the assailants.
No Israeli or Paleostinian casualties were reported in the operation.
Tensions in the West Bank have risen in recent days as thousands of right-wing Israeli activist muppets flocked Wednesday to various sites across the West Bank in an effort to establish six new illegal outposts in the territory. Organized by the radical settler organization Nachala, the initiative is believed to have drawn some 10,000 individuals, although this figure could not be independently verified. Five ultra-nationalist activist muppets were arrested late Wednesday and early Thursday.
Last Sunday, Israeli troops clashed with Paleostinian button men during an early morning raid in the northern West Bank city of Tubas. It came following a brief pause in arrest operations in the West Bank, amid US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Being a self-defined foreign policy whiz kid means never having to say you're sorry... ’s two-day trip to the region. The US president departed from the country last Friday.
It was believed the IDF wished to avoid any major confrontation during the visit.
Tensions have remained high, as Israeli security forces stepped up operations in the West Bank following a deadly wave of terror attacks against Israelis that left 19 people dead earlier this year.
Israeli forces said the shooting took place in the city of Nablus and that at least two armed Palestinians were killed after an hours-long exchange of gunfire.
The Palestinian Red Crescent identified the deceased Palestinians as Aboud Sobh, 29, and Muhammad Al-Azizi, 22. Nineteen other Palestinians were wounded in the shooting.
Two of those who were injured are in critical condition, the local rescue service added.
The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant group claimed the two deceased members, Reuters reported.
[IsraelTimes] Officials say 33-year-old East Jerusalem man followed worshipers with knife, arrested by Border Police forces.
A Paleostinian man armed with a knife was detained by coppers in Jerusalem’s Old City early Friday morning. Police suspect the man was planning a stabbing attack
According to police, the 33-year-old from East Jerusalem was spotted by officers who were monitoring security cameras after he "suspiciously followed worshipers" in the Old City.
Border Police officers detained the man and he dropped the knife he had in his pocket, police said.
Citing a preliminary investigation, police said the man apparently planned to carry out a stabbing attack.
He was taken for further questioning and would be later taken to a court to have his detention extended.
The alleged attempted attack came after a Paleostinian man stabbed and maimed an Israeli man on a bus in Jerusalem’s Ramot neighborhood on Tuesday.
Police say there have been several attempted stabbing attacks in Jerusalem’s Old City in recent weeks.
[IsraelTimes] Tehran says agents who crossed into country from Kurdistan region were captured with state-of-the-art equipment
Iran ...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979... claimed Saturday to have stopped an Israeli spy network, arresting agents who had entered the Islamic republic to carry out attacks against "sensitive" sites.
The Islamic Theocratic Republic’s official IRNA news agency said the agents, who were in contact with Israel’s Mossad spy agency, had entered the country from northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region for the purpose of carrying out sabotage and "terrorist operations" with the help of state-of-the-art technology.
"All of them were captured," it said, "and their weapons, explosives, technical and communications equipment were entirely discovered and confiscated."
The statement did not say how many suspects were arrested or give their nationalities, nor did it identify the targets of the purported plots.
Iran occasionally announces the detention of people it says are spying for foreign countries, including the United States and Israel, though it does not provide evidence to back up such claims.
Last month, The New York Times
... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported that a senior general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was secretly arrested for allegedly spying for Israel.
Citing officials with close ties to the IRGC speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , the report said the arrest of Brig.-Gen. Ali Nasiri marked a growing level of distrust among the country’s big shotship partly attributed to Israel’s alleged recent operations in the country.
Nasiri served as a senior commander in the IRGC Protection of Information Unit, The New York Times reported.
His arrest came about two months after a few dozen security officials involved in Iran’s missile program were arrested for allegedly leaking classified information to Israel, the newspaper said.
Reportedly arrested sometime in early June, Nasiri’s arrest came shortly before the replacement of the IRGC’s intelligence chief Hossein Taeb.
Taeb, who held the position for more than 12 years, had been tasked with exposing Israel’s spy network in Iran, an unnamed adviser to the Iranian government and an individual affiliated with the IRGC both told the Times.
Taeb’s downfall is seen by some as a prime example of the long-running campaign by Israel to expose failures by the IRGC by allegedly stepping up attacks against Iran’s nuclear facilities in recent months and targeting high-level officials inside Iranian territory — all meant to generate conflict between the political and defense establishments in Iran, Israeli officials told the newspaper.
The Times reported that Taeb had "seemed untouchable" before a number of recent high-profile killings blamed on Israel and before the apparently foiled Iranian plan to attack Israelis in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
Israeli intelligence officials who requested anonymity told the newspaper that the thwarting by Israeli and Ottoman Turkish security forces of the plot had proved the final straw for officials, who abruptly removed Taeb from his position.
Iran and Israel have been engaged in a years-long shadow war but tensions have ratcheted up following a string of high-profile incidents Tehran has blamed on Jerusalem.
A number of members of the IRGC and scientists have been killed in recent months, with Iran often pointing the finger at Israel.
Iran reportedly suspects Israel killed two Iranian scientists by poisoning their food. The details of the men’s work, the circumstances of their deaths and their ties to the government remain unclear.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The Syrian military did not let the convoy of the US military in the northeast of the SAR pass. This was reported on July 23 by SANA.
"The military at a checkpoint in the village of Tell-Zahab in Qamishli province drove away a convoy of American armed forces from five armored personnel carriers that tried to enter the village," the report says.
Similar incidents have become more frequent this summer, in some cases the initiative comes from villagers.
The US Armed Forces illegally control territories in the north and northeast of Syria in the provinces of Deir ez-Zor, Al-Hasek and Raqqa, where the largest oil and gas fields in Syria are located. Official Damascus has repeatedly called the presence of the US military on its territory an occupation.
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That’s in support of the Kurds and to be the anvil against which ISIS crashes. Tiny Jeater6933. But I suspect you’ve no interest in facts when you’ve got your teeth in a juicy propaganda point.
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The amount of oil involved is pathetic. If we were still extracting and refining our own, it would be less than inconsequential.
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I would appreciate the US Military more if they ever actually did seize something. Whatever happened to kill kill killing the other tribe and taking everything, planting your flag in asses turned skyward and howling? We've all devolved into a buncha lily livered pansies!
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[IsraelTimes] Tehran says agents who crossed into country from Kurdistan region were captured with state-of-the-art equipment
