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Government Corruption | |
Scott Ritter reappears in this new video about Ukraine, EU and Democrats | |
2025-03-08 | |
[YouTube] Trump Shuts Down Nato As Europe Collapses! Ukraine Sold Out Russia Takes Control
Related: Seymour Hirsh 09/07/2006 Counter Terrorism Blog - More Complete Translation of "Azzam-Zawahiri" Seymour Hirsh 09/04/2006 CT blog : The "Azzam" Threat A prelude to Future Jihad in America Related: Scott Ritter 12/01/2024 Jews Starting War In Syria. Honest. Scott Ritter 09/12/2024 Britain Allows Ukraine to Fire Storm Shadow Missiles at Russia Scott Ritter 09/06/2024 A Spectre from the Past: 'Conservative' media stars get caught in a cash grab for Rossiya | |
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Did Team Trump Get the Wrong Abbey Gate Bad Guy? |
2025-03-07 |
[PJMedia] During President Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, he announced that with the help of American intelligence agencies and Pakistain, the planner of the Abbey Gate terrorist attack in Afghanistan was being brought to America at that moment to "face the swift sword of American justice." It was an exhilarating moment. The news may have prompted a small feeling of "closure" among the families of the 13 American service members who died in that Afghanistan calamity on Joe The Big GuyBiden ![]() I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass.... 's watch. But the Paks may have handed over the wrong guy. They say that Mohammad Sharifullah is "a commander of the ISIS (ISIS) affiliate in Khorasan Province (ISKP) [and was] an Afghan national captured in an operation conducted in the Pakistain-Afghanistan border ...also known as Pashtunistan, home of ignorance, poverty, and automatic weapons... region." The Pak Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Trump in a statement for "appreciating Pakistain’s role and support in counterterrorism efforts across the region." But, could it be that the Paks, who hid the late Osama bin Laden ...... who has left the building...... from the Americans for years, engaged in yet another subterfuge to stick it to us? Of course the Paks could have done that. A former CIA "targeter" whose job was to find bad guys in Afghanistan says whoever told the Trump team that this Mohammad guy was the shot-caller for the Taliban ...Arabic for students... is lying to them.
Adams, who now works for the Defense Department, uses open source materials and sometimes calls her old contacts in Afghanistan to run down leads while looking for bad guys and connecting the dots for articles and books. She thinks a different person was the actual shot-caller for a suicide kaboom at Abbey Gate at the Kabul Airport in those frantic days before the U.S. ignominiously bugged out. The man who helped plan the attack, Adams believes, is Hafiz Haqqani, of the notorious Haqqani terror network, and who has connections to Al Qaeda's one-time number-two bad guy, Ayman Al Zawahiri ...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra...> . In fact, Adams believes the man who told the boom jacket-wearing terrorist the precise place to detonate his bomb for maximum U.S. casualties is Zawahiri's son-in-law.
First, you have to understand what Adams believes is the leadership apparatus of the Taliban. She believes the Taliban is wholly infused by Al Qaeda. Adams says the families have intermarried. She says three of the top leaders of the Taliban have the last name of Bin Laden. Adams is the first to point out that the United States bankrolls the Taliban — and by extension Al Qaeda and the Bin Laden family — $40 to $80 million per week. As I reported previously, USAID money was used for a lot of the payoff to the terrorists. Adams's claims were verified in a February congressional hearing. Adams isn't new to finding She also found all the planners of the Benghazi terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2012, and wrote about them in her book, "Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy." Remember that Secretary of State Crooked HillaryClinton ...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world,usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do... , Jake Sullivan, and Obama aide Susan Rice told Americans that the Benghazi attack was a misunderstanding that grew out of a movie no one watched — for which the movie maker was tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in America by President Obama. But Adams wouldn't rest until she tracked down every one of the After last night's announcement, FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X.com that the FBI and American intelligence worked to get their hands on the planner. But Patel need only remember his own frustrations as a DOJ investigator involved for a time in the Benghazi prosecution to inform this latest case. In his book, "Government Gangsters," Patel was frustrated that "when it came to Benghazi, the B.O. regime, the F.B.I. and the D.O.J. wanted to seem tough on terrorism, so they kept minimal prosecutions open and brought up big-sounding charges that we couldn’t support." And before he became the nominee to head the FBI, Patel told the Shawn Ryan show that the top brass "went and got basically the wrong guy [involved in Benghazi]. And then we prosecuted that wrong guy. Not that he wasn’t a part of it. He just wasn’t like the top tier of guys I would have gone after. And they screwed up the prosecution because they didn’t listen to us."
Patel, more than most, understands that he'd better get the right guy targeted and act accordingly. |
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Mujahid Calls UN Report on Al-Qaeda Presence in Afghanistan Incorrect |
2025-02-16 |
[ToloNews] The Islamic Emirate considers 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... Security Council's sanctions monitoring committee report on the presence of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan to be inaccurate and contrary to the current realities of the country. Zabiullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, told TOLOnews that the interim government will never allow any group to use Afghan soil to act against other countries. According to Mujahid, some countries and intelligence circles within the United Nations are using this narrative to conduct propaganda against Afghanistan. Mujahid said: "The Islamic Emirate does not allow any foreign, rogue group to operate in Afghanistan, and such groups are not present here. Unfortunately, some countries and intelligence circles, through organizations like the United Nations and the Security Council, are tarnishing public opinion and waging propaganda and campaigns against Afghanistan." The United Nations Security Council's sanctions monitoring committee reported that the Islamic Emirate has provided favorable conditions for al-Qaeda's presence, offering safe houses and training camps across Afghanistan. The report states: "Low-profile members resided with their families under the protection of the Taliban ![]() intelligence service (General Directorate of Intelligence) in Kabul neighbourhoods, while big shots were placed in rural areas outside Kabul. Some Member States noted that Hamza al Ghamdi (not listed) was in the highly secured Shashdarak area in Kabul with his family." "The unconfirmed killing of al-Zawahiri ...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra...> should not reflect Afghanistan's decision or the will of the Afghan people, and the fate of Afghanistan should not be determined based on that. It must be addressed according to Afghanistan's situation, logic, and evidence, not through malicious policies or blind speculations for self-interest," said Abdul Sadiq Hamidzoi, a political analyst. Meanwhile, ...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell... Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, has stated that the situation in Afghanistan poses a serious threat to neighboring countries. In a presser, Lavrov emphasized the need for regional cooperation to counter security threats in Central Asia, particularly Afghanistan. He said: "The situation in Afghanistan remains difficult and has a significant impact on neighboring countries, including Tajikistan." Although the international community has repeatedly expressed concerns about potential terrorism threats from Afghan soil, the Islamic Emirate has stated that, just as Afghan soil has not been used against other countries so far, it will not be used for such purposes in the future. |
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US officials defend Trump’s call to relocate Gazans from ‘uninhabitable plot of land’ |
2025-02-05 |
![]() US officials on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... ’s suggestion that more Paleostinians in war-shattered Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... relocate to neighboring countries, insisting he was trying to look at the problem realistically and not imposing a solution. Previewing Trump’s White House talks later on Tuesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the bigwigs sought to soften what was widely seen as Trump’s call for mass displacement of Gazooks from the enclave, which Arab states and Paleostinian leaders have vehemently rejected. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , stressed that the US wants to work with its Arab partners and Israel to come up with creative solutions to the challenge. The suggestion that Trump made last month echoed the wishes of Israel’s far-right, and contradicted former president Joe The Big GuyBiden ...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity.... ’s commitment against mass resettlement of Paleostinians. The officials stopped short of explicitly reiterating Trump’s call for Jordan and Egypt to take in more Gazooks, but also did not retract his suggestion. "President Trump looks at the Gaza Strip and sees it as a demolition site, sees it as impractical for it to be rebuilt within three to five years, believes it will take at least 10 to 15 and thinks it is inhumane to force people to live in an uninhabitable plot of land with unwent kaboom!ordnances and rubble," one bigwig told news hounds. Trump "is looking for solutions to help the people of Gaza have normal lives while the Gaza Strip is being rebuilt, and he is trying to look at this in a realistic way," the official added. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi spoke with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday, stressing the need to adopt a united position that would help achieve regional peace. According to Sissi’s office, the phone call addressed "developments in the region," including the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the need for "the rapid reconstruction" of the territory. The two leaders "stressed the need to commit to the united Arab position calling for reaching permanent peace in the Middle East," the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. Egypt and Jordan, both key US allies, have been under pressure to accept Trump’s proposal to "clean out" the Strip by sending Paleostinians to their territories, either temporarily or permanently. Cairo and Amman have issued repeated strong rejections while making overtures to their Washington ally. King Abdullah on Sunday accepted an invitation to visit the White House later this month, a day after Sissi and Trump exchanged mutual invitations for state visits. Sissi had told Trump the world was "counting on" him for a "permanent and historic peace agreement" to end the conflict between Paleostinians and Israelis, calling him a "man of peace." The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia ![]() and Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... have also voiced opposition to any forced displacement of Paleostinians, while stressing the need to implement a two-state solution to the protracted conflict. Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has said that "any discussion of an alternate homeland... is rejected," while Cairo has repeatedly called the issue a "red line" that would threaten its national security. Five Arab foreign ministers and a senior Paleostinian official sent a joint letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... on Monday, urging the Trump administration to back a two-state solution and rejecting suggestions that residents be resettled. Many Paleostinians have been incensed by Trump’s remarks suggesting Gazooks should relocate. "Trump thinks Gaza is a pile of garbage — absolutely not," Rafah resident Hatem Azzam, 34, told AFP, attacking Trump’s choice of words when he told news hounds last week of his plan to "clean out the whole thing." Calling him "delusional," Azzam said Trump "wants to force Egypt and Jordan to take in "Trump and Netanyahu must understand the reality of the Paleostinian people and the people of Gaza. This is a people deeply rooted in their land — we will not leave," Azzam said. Ihab Ahmed, another Rafah resident, claimed that Trump and Netanyahu "still don’t understand the Paleostinian people" and their attachment to the land. "We will remain on this land no matter what. Even if we have to live in tents and on the streets, we will stay rooted in this land," the 30-year-old said. Ahmed told AFP that Paleostinians had learned lessons from Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. At the time, after rejecting the UN’s partition plan for two states, multiple Arab armies attacked the nascent Jewish state. In the ensuing war, hundreds of thousands of Paleostinians fled or were driven out of their homes and never allowed to return. "The world must understand this message: We will not leave, as happened in 1948." Standing near crumbling building blocks destroyed by war in the northern Gaza city of Jabalia, Raafat Kalob was concerned about the consequences that Tuesday evening’s Trump-Netanyahu meeting will have on his life. "I expect Netanyahu’s visit to Trump to reflect his future plans to forcibly displace the Paleostinian people and redraw the Middle East," he said. "I sincerely hope this plan does not succeed." Behind him, rows of tents provided by charity organizations lined a patch of land at the foot of concrete buildings whose facades still bear marks of war: bullet holes, blown away windows and facades stripped of their stone finishing. The war broke out on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... -led turbans broke through the border and carried out massacres in southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 to Gaza. In Jabalia and Gaza’s north, areas that were hit particularly hard in the war, displaced Paleostinians who returned after a ceasefire took effect on January 19 have taken residence in tents next to their destroyed homes. Some were nevertheless optimistic, like Majid al-Zebda, a 50-year-old resident of Jabalia. Trump "will pressure Netanyahu to end this war" permanently, he said. The first phase of the ceasefire brought a fragile end to fighting in Gaza and started the process of a hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas, but negotiations have yet to begin for a permanent end to the war. ![]() [IsraelTimes] US President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff criticizes the ceasefire and hostage release plan put together by former US President Joe Biden, which is currently in place, taking particular issue with the proposal’s envisioning of a five-year reconstruction period for Gaza. “Part of the problem is that it wasn’t such a wonderful agreement that was first signed. That was not dictated by the Trump administration. We had nothing to do with it. Now we’re working within that rubric, and we’re figuring things out,” Witkoff tells reporters outside the White House. “What [I] and the national security adviser are identifying — which, by the way, President Trump identified — is that phase three, the reconstruction, is not going to go the way that the agreement talks about, which is a five-year program. It’s physically impossible. We’re trying to be transparent with these people,” he says. “In any city in the USA, if you had damage that was 1/100th of what I saw in Gaza… nobody would be allowed to go back to their homes. That’s how dangerous it is,” Witkoff explains. “There are 30,000 unexploded munitions; there are buildings that could tip over at any moment; there are no utilities there whatsoever; no working water, electric, gas — nothing. God knows what kind of disease might be festering there,” he continues. “If you go to Gaza today… you see people going there, picking up a tent, and in some circumstances, turning right around again, because there is nothing left there,” Witkoff says. “When the president talks about ‘cleaning [Gaza] out,’ he talks about making it habitable. This is a long-range plan. They dug tunnels underneath there that degraded the stone that would form foundations. We have to examine that… You do it with subterranean surveys,” Witkoff says. “We estimate that the disposal effort alone in Gaza [will take] three to five years… before… you get a master plan done. The president is intent on getting it all done correctly. To me, it is unfair to have explained to Palestinians that they might be back in five years. That’s just preposterous,” he adds. |
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Syria’s rebel leader Golani: From radical jihadist to ostensible pragmatist | ||
2024-12-08 | ||
[IsraelTimes] Since breaking ties with al-Qaeda in 2016, the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has sought to portray himself as a more moderate leader; whether that is true remains up for debate Abu Mohammed al-Golani,
At the head 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), which is rooted in Syria’s branch of al-Qaeda, Golani says the goal of his offensive is to overthrow President Bashir al-Assad’s rule. "When we talk about objectives, the goal of the revolution remains the overthrow of this regime. It is our right to use all available means to achieve that goal," Golani told CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... in an interview aired on Friday. Golani for years operated from the shadows. Now, he is in the limelight, giving interviews to the international media and appearing on the ground in Syria’s second-largest city Aleppo after wresting it from government control for the first time in the country’s civil war. He has over the years stopped sporting the turban worn by jihadists, often favouring military fatigues instead. On Wednesday, he wore a khaki shirt and trousers to visit Aleppo’s citadel, standing at the door of his white vehicle as he waved and moved through the crowds. Since breaking ties with al-Qaeda in 2016, Golani has sought to portray himself as a more moderate leader. But he is yet to quell suspicions among analysts and Western governments that still classify HTS as a terrorist organization. "He is a pragmatic radical," Thomas Pierret, a specialist in political Islam, told AFP. "In 2014, he was at the height of his radicalism," Pierret said, referring to the period of the war when he sought to compete with the jihadist Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. "Since then, he has moderated his rhetoric." Born in 1982, Golani was raised in Mazzeh, an upscale district of Damascus. He stems from a well-to-do family and was a good student. During the offensive he launched on November 27, he started signing his statements under his real name — Ahmed al-Sharaa. In 2021, he told US broadcaster PBS that his nom de guerre was a reference to his family roots in the Golan Heights, claiming that his grandfather had been forced to flee after Israel’s takeover of the area in 1967 during the Six Day War. According to the Middle East Eye news website, it was after the September 11, 2001 attacks that Golani was first drawn to jihadist thinking. "It was as a result of this admiration for the 9/11 attackers that the first signs of jihadism began to surface in Golani’s life, as he began attending secretive sermons and panel discussions in marginalized suburbs of Damascus," the website said. Following the US-led invasion of Iraq, he left Syria to take part in the fight. He joined al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and was subsequently detained for five years, preventing him from rising through the ranks of the jihadist organization. In March 2011, when the revolt against Assad’s rule erupted in Syria, he returned home and founded the 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, Syria’s branch of al-Qaeda. In 2013, he refused to swear allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who would go on to become the emir of the Islamic State group, and instead pledged his loyalty to al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri ...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra...> . A realist in his partisans’ eyes, an opportunist to his adversaries, Golani said in May 2015 that he, unlike IS, had no intention of launching attacks against the West. He also proclaimed that should Assad be defeated, there would be no Dire Revenge attacks against the Alawite minority that the president’s clan stems from. He cut ties with al-Qaeda, claiming to do so in order to deprive the West of reasons to attack his organization. According to Pierret, he has since sought to chart a path towards becoming a credible statesman. In January 2017, Golani imposed a merger with HTS on rival Islamist groups in northwest Syria, thereby claiming control of swaths of Idlib province that had fallen out of government hands. In areas under its grip, HTS developed a civilian government and established a semblance of a state in Idlib province, while crushing its rebel rivals. Throughout this process, HTS faced accusations from residents and rights groups of brutal abuses against those who dared dissent, which the UN has classed as war crimes. Aware perhaps of the fear and hatred his group has sparked, Golani has addressed residents of Aleppo, home to a sizeable Christian minority, in a bid to assure them that they would face no harm under his new regime. He also called on his fighters to preserve security in the areas they had "liberated" from Assad’s rule. "I think it’s primarily just good politics," said Aron Lund, a fellow of the Century International think tank. "The less local and international panic you have and the more Golani seems like a responsible actor instead of a toxic jihadi murderous Moslem, the easier his job will become. Is it totally sincere? Surely not," he said. "But it’s the smart thing to say and do right now."
[IsraelTimes] The two groups leading the assault, HTS and the SNA, are now focused on their common foe, Bashar Assad. Where might they turn their attention in the future? Related: Abu Mohammed al-Golani 05/15/2023 Tahrir al-Sham seeks to move away from al-Qaida past, get off Western terrorism lists Abu Mohammed al-Golani 08/25/2021 Blast in northern Syria kills 8 militants, wounds others Abu Mohammed al-Golani 06/23/2020 HTS: ‘Al-Talli spreads confusion, encourages disobedience and creates cracks among our brothers’ | ||
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Fatah, Hamas agree to form committee to run postwar Gaza |
2024-12-04 |
[IsraelTimes] Proposal calls for nonpartisan panel to administer Strip, and for all crossings into territory to return to pre-October 2023 operations Paleostinian terror group Hamas ![]() and the Paleostinian Authority’s Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly administer postwar Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... , negotiators from both sides said Tuesday. Under the plan, which needs the approval of PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> , the committee would be composed of 10-15 nonpartisan figures with authority on matters related to the economy, education, health, humanitarian aid ![]() It is unclear if Israel would agree to the deal being formulated. Not really unclear, no. Israel rejects any role for Hamas in Gaza after the war the terror group started last year, and has also said it does not trust Abbas’s PA to run the enclave.Actually, crystal clear would be a better description. Following talks in Cairo brokered by Egypt, the two rival factions agreed the committee would administer the Paleostinian side of the Rafah checkpoint on the border with Egypt — the territory’s only crossing not shared with Israel.That’s nice, boys. Maybe you should try mumblety-peg instead The Rafah Crossing, a major conduit for humanitarian aid into Gaza, has been closed since Israel captured it in May, with Egyptian authorities refusing to cooperate with Israeli forces on keeping the gateway open.That’s because Egypt doesn’t want any of those icky Gazans polluting their pristine environs, while Israel doesn’t want more weapons smuggled across the border to Hamas, even if President al-Sisi’s nephew has been making bank on the project. Fatah’s delegation, led by central party committee member Azzam al-Ahmad, was to return to Ramallah on Tuesday to seek Abbas’s final approval, negotiators from both sides told AFP.The Hamas delegation was headed by politburo member Khalil al-Hayya. The London-based pan-Arab news site al-Araby al-Jadeed also said it had seen a copy of the document and reported the agreement lays out plans to establish a committee to administer the Strip, "reporting to the Paleostinian government" based in the West Bank. The document has six sections, the first of which stresses preserving "the unity" of Paleostinian territories according to the pre-1967 borders, the report said. The second deals with strengthening "communication between the Paleostinian government in the West Bank and the committee in Gaza." Other sections deal with determining that the committee would act according to the Paleostinian political system and would not bring about a separation between the Gaza Strip and other Paleostinian territories. The committee is to continue its work until "the reasons that led to its formation are eliminated," general elections are held, "or another formula agreed upon nationally is adopted." The committee will only begin its work after border crossings into Gaza return to operating as before October 2023 and the Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt is reopened according to a 2005 agreement that put its operation in the hands of Egypt and the Paleostinian Authority, under the supervision of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , the report said. A final formula for the plan also requires ratification by all Paleostinian factions at a meeting that would again be held in Cairo, al-Arabiya reported. On Monday, Egypt’s foreign minister said that Fatah and Hamas representatives were in Cairo for talks seeking to bring postwar Gaza under the full control of the Fatah-dominated PA. |
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RUMINT: Hamza, son of Osama bin Laden, alive and preparing attacks on the West |
2024-09-15 |
[KhaamaPress] According to new intelligence reports, the late Osama bin Laden ...... who is no longer with us, and won't be again...... ’s son, who was reported to have been killed in 2019, is alive and is allegedly taking control of al-Qaeda while planning attacks against Western targets. The Daily Mail, citing defense experts, reported that Hamza bin Laden is alive and secretly leading the terrorist organization. According to the reports, his brother Abdullah is also connected to the group. al-Qaeda is reportedly regrouping and preparing for future attacks on the West. In September 2019, former U.S. President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... confirmed that Hamza bin Laden had been killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in an area between Afghanistan and Pakistain. However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... on Thursday, the Mirror reported, based on intelligence analysis, that Hamza bin Laden survived the U.S. attempts to kill him. Colonel Richard Kemp, the former head of British forces, has warned that Hamza is using Afghanistan’s territory, where "he seems to have a wide and open field for activity" and "intends to avenge his father’s death and achieve victory." It is noteworthy that Osama bin Laden, the criminal mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, was later killed in a 2011 operation in Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... , Pakistain. The report suggests that Hamza, along with his brother Abdullah bin Laden, is secretly leading and reviving al-Qaeda. Under Hamza bin Laden’s leadership, al-Qaeda has reportedly established around 10 training camps in Afghanistan and has built ties with other anti-Western terrorist groups. This bit matches other reports we’ve seen. The report states that Hamza bin Laden, 34, spends most of his time at a terrorist base in Jalalabad, NangarharThe 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.. Province. The report claims that the Taliban ![]() leaders are reportedly aware of Hamza bin Laden’s efforts to revive al-Qaeda and regularly meet with him. Yet, the Taliban has not issued any comment regarding the report. Despite the assumption that Saif al-Adel ...holed up in Iran from 2002 until 2010, when he made bail and moved back to the Pak-Afghan border... now leads al-Qaeda after Ayman al-Zawahiri ...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra...> ’s death, the Mirror reports that Hamza bin Laden is becoming a prominent figure in the group’s resurgence, aiming to carry on his father’s legacy and planning attacks on Western targets. The resurgence of al-Qaeda under Hamza bin Laden’s leadership raises concerns about the group’s renewed strength and capacity to orchestrate global terror attacks. The possibility of coordinated efforts with other terrorist organizations, like ISIS, amplifies the threat. Reports claim that the situation is eerily similar to the conditions that preceded the 9/11 attacks, highlighting the growing threat to global security. Related: Hamza bin Laden 08/02/2022 Trump had the chance to kill al-Qaeda's leader but didn't because he didn't recognize the name, report says Hamza bin Laden 11/22/2020 Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri allegedly dies from asthma Hamza bin Laden 11/16/2020 Al-Masri’s daughter, also a target, was tapped for top al-Qaeda role – report Related: Abdullah bin Laden 06/20/2015 Bin Laden son asked US for death certificate: WikiLeaks Abdullah bin Laden 04/11/2007 Dupe entry: Guess who was at the 'Peace' rally in DC 3/17/07 Abdullah bin Laden 04/09/2007 The Great Al-Qaeda "Patriot" Related: Richard Kemp 07/27/2024 UK foreign secretary urged to listen to support for recognition of Somaliland Richard Kemp 02/25/2024 Letting women join front-line Army fighting units a ‘failed exercise in political correctness' Richard Kemp 10/11/2023 First Ukraine, Now Israel, and Then America Related: Jalalabad: 2024-02-14 35 years ago: 'We were the last to leave Kabul airfield' Jalalabad: 2023-11-28 Radicalised Birmingham brothers who prepared to join terrorist group in Afghanistan sentenced Jalalabad: 2023-09-20 Over 100 Afghan Security Outposts Built Along Durand Line Related: Saif al-Adel 03/11/2024 AQAP announces the death of its emir Khalid Batarfi Saif al-Adel 02/15/2023 Iran-based trainer of 9/11 hijackers Sayf al-‘Adl believed to be new al-Qaeda chief Saif al-Adel 08/08/2022 More on Al Qaeda next leader Saif Al-Adel |
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Doctor at Beersheba Hospital arrested for allegedly swearing allegiance to ISIS |
2024-08-23 |
[IsraelTimes] Prosecutors say Soroka Medical Center specialist Muhammad Azzam pledged himself to Islamic State after Oct. 7, wished death on wounded Israeli soldiers treated at facility A doctor working at a hospital in Beersheba was arrested on charges that he swore allegiance to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... terror group and accessed its content online, the Israel Police and Shin Bet security agency said in a joint statement on Thursday. Muhammad Azzam, 34, a specialist at Soroka Medical Center in the southern city, was found to have gory videos of executions on his phone, as well as instructions on preparing explosives and poisons. He was arrested a month ago and an indictment was filed on August 8, but authorities had until now kept details of the case secret under a gag order. In a statement on Thursday, Soroka said it was "shocked" by the development. Azzam, a resident of Beersheba, originally from the northern Arab city of Nazareth, began showing interest in ISIS in 2014 and frequently accessed "extreme content" in the years that followed, the statement said. According to the indictment against him, Azzam decided to join ISIS after the Hamas ![]() onslaught of October 7, and pledged allegiance to the group’s new leader, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. Police said that the content found on his cellphone following his arrest included videos of executions, beheadings and images of dismembered bodies. There was also a folder titled "Explosives books" and another called "Preparing poisons" that included information on ricin and poisons prepared from rotten meat, according to the indictment. Azzam is also said to have sent an acquaintance material showing atrocities committed on October 7 via WhatsApp, with prosecutors saying the tone of the conversation was of "laughter and showing joy." The indictment noted that on December 11, 2023, when maimed IDF soldiers were brought to Soroka, Azzam contacted a friend via WhatsApp and gave him details about the number of maimed and the extent of their injuries. Regarding one soldier, the acquaintance wrote that he hoped he would die soon to which Azzam responded "Ha ha, amen." Prosecutors said Azzam’s behavior showed he was a danger to the public, in particular due to his role as a doctor in a hospital, and sought his arrest. In a statement, the hospital said that its management "takes the allegations very seriously and is shocked. The case is being investigated and handled by trusted law enforcement agencies, and we are confident in their handling of the matter." |
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Ramadan holy month arrives as Gaza fighting subdues festivities, puts Israel on edge |
2024-03-11 |
[IsraelTimes] Police promise to allow safe access for prayers on Temple Mount; in appeal to Israeli Moslems, Gantz says war is ’not against Islam, but against those who harmed values of Islam’ Israel was beefing up forces and security measures in Jerusalem Sunday ahead of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, as the war in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... cast a somber mood on normally festive preparations by Moslems and ratcheted up fears of violence amid already sky-high tensions. Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, where tens of thousands of worshipers are expected every day at the flashpoint al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam. The sacred Ramadan month, which sees those observing abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset, marks a period of religious reflection, family get-togethers and giving across the Moslem world. Religious authorities in 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... saw the crescent moon Sunday night, meaning Monday is the first day of the fast in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, as well as much of the rest of the Moslem world, though others, like Jordan, will begin the holy month Tuesday. Israeli security officials fear that Moslem anger over the Gaza war could rise to a crescendo during Ramadan, fueling unrest, especially if Israeli authorities attempt to limit access to the Haram al-Sharif holy site in Jerusalem, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. Saudi King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians... specifically pointed to the Israel-Hamas ![]() war in remarks released to the public after his country’s Ramadan announcement. "As it pains us that the month of Ramadan falls this year, in light of the attacks our brothers in Paleostine are suffering from, we stress the need for the international community to assume its responsibilities, to stop these brutal crimes, and provide safe humanitarian and relief corridors," the king said. War cabinet minister Benny Gantz issued a direct appeal on Sunday evening to Moslem citizens of Israel, declaring that its war in Gaza is "not against Islam." "These days, the State of Israel is in a difficult campaign that began with a murderous attack by Hamas holy warriors on all Israeli citizens, including Moslems," Gantz said in a pre-recorded message. "Our war is not against Islam — but against those who harmed the values of Islam. Against those who committed crimes against humanity, and also sought to tear apart Israeli society and our common future." Declaring that Hamas wants to see Ramadan turn from a month of prayer to "a month of blood," Gantz asserted that the Gaza-based terror group "doesn’t represent the absolute majority of Israel’s Arab citizens." The minister said that October 7 proved that "Arab society is an integral part of the State of Israel. When we are in danger, we are all in the same danger and face it together." He added a pledge to maintain freedom of worship on the Temple Mount and called on Israeli Moslems to ignore "the forces of Evil who try to incite and harm us." Police said earlier Sunday that terror groups were attempting to stir up unrest in the capital around Ramadan by spreading "false information regarding the reality in Jerusalem, the Old City and in particular the Temple Mount." A statement said that 20 East Jerusalem residents had been arrested on suspicion of incitement and support for terrorism over the past two weeks. In the past, rumors of Israeli attempts to change the sensitive status quo at the Temple Mount, which houses the al-Aqsa Mosque, have threatened to upend any semblance of calm in Jerusalem. "The Israel Police will continue to act and allow for the observance of Ramadan prayers safely on the Temple Mount, while maintaining security and safety in the area," police said in a statement. Despite a push last month from far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to restrict worshippers at the holy site, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that the numbers admitted to the compound this year would be similar to last year, pending a weekly assessment. "This is our mosque and we must take care of it," said Azzam al-Khatib, director-general of the Jerusalem Waqf, the religious foundation that oversees al-Aqsa. "We must protect the presence of Moslems at this mosque, who should be able to enter in big numbers peacefully and safely." In the West Bank, which has seen major violence for more than two years and a further surge since the war in Gaza, the stakes are also high, with Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus and other volatile towns braced for further festivities. Nonetheless, there were no announcements of major troop deployments from the Israel Defense Forces. In Jerusalem, in contrast to previous years, the usual decorations around the Old City have not been put up, and there was a similar somber tone felt in towns across the West Bank ahead of the start of the holy month. "We decided this year that the Old City of Jerusalem won’t be decorated out of respect for the blood of our children and the elders and the deaders," said Ammar Sider, a community leader in the Old City. In the ruins of Gaza itself, where half the 2.3 million population is squeezed into the southern city of Rafah, many living under plastic tents and facing a severe shortage of food, the mood was correspondingly bitter. "We made no preparations to welcome Ramadan because we have been fasting for five months now," said Maha, a mother of five, who would normally have filled her home with decorations and stocked her refrigerator with supplies for the evening Iftar celebrations when people break their fast. "There is no food, we only have some canned food and rice, most of the food items are being sold for imaginary high prices," she said via a chat app from Rafah, where she is sheltering with her family. For many of those waiting, there is little alternative but to hope for peace. "Ramadan is a blessed month despite the fact this year is not like every year, but we are steadfast and patient, and we will welcome the month of Ramadan as usual, with decorations, songs, with prayers, fasting," said Nehad El-Jed, who was displaced with her family in Gaza. "Next Ramadan, we wish for Gaza to come back, hopefully all the destruction and the siege in Gaza will change, and all will come back in a better condition." |
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An Israeli drone raid that hit a car in Lebanon has killed at least two people, but a Hamas official who was the target survived the attack | |
2024-02-11 | |
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Pray for sepsis. The two victims were civilians, a Lebanese Civil Defence official told the AFP news agency. The Hamas ![]() official targeted in the attack was close to Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas’s deputy chief killed last month in a suspected Israeli raid on a suburb of Beirut, a security source said. The Times of Israel daily reported that the person targeted was Basel Salah, describing him as a recruiter for Hamas in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... and the West Bank. The strike was the second attack in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... this week beyond the border region with Israel. "This was deep inside Lebanon, approximately 60km [37 miles] from the border with Israel, outside the battleground where the Israeli army and the Lebanese group Hezbollah have been exchanging fire, triggered by the war on Gaza," Khodr said.
The Hamas unit Salah was a member of was headed by Azzam Al-Aqraa, who was killed in the alleged Israeli strike in Beirut last month that also killed the terror group’s deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri. Salah’s condition is unknown, but he is believed to have been injured in Saturday’s strike. The strike took place deeper into Lebanese territory than the usual exchanges of fire between Hamas ally Hezbollah and the Israeli military, which have been mostly limited to the border region. Related: Jadra: 2021-11-17 Syria's de-escalation zone witnesses government-opposition mutual shelling Jadra: 2021-10-09 Government forces targeted areas northeast of Idlib, northwestern Syria, with heavy artillery Jadra: 2020-04-17 Libyan Air Force LNA targets convoy of GNA Benghazi defense forces west of Ghadwa, in southern Libya | |
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Who were senior Hamas operatives killed with al-Arouri | ||
2024-01-04 | ||
[Ynet] The explosion that killed Senior Hamas member Saleh al-Arouri on Tuesday, also killed Samir Fendi
Fendi was in effect the commander of the Lebanese Hamas military wing. The 54-year old, had been a member of the Islamist terror group for 30 years. According to the The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, acted as the conduit to the Houthi rebels in Yemen. ...Al-Aqra had been a hi-ranking member of the Hamas-Syria command and was implicated in the planning of a foiled suicide attack in Jerusalem in 2011. He was behind several terror strikes around the world in including in China, Syria and Turkey. Related: Samir Fendi: 2023-01-08 Lebanon urging Hezbollah to prevent local Hamas cell from attacking Israel Related: Saleh al-Arouri: 2024-01-03 IDF attack on site in Beirut suburb kills senior Hamas leaders, PIJ ditto, IRGC contacts Saleh al-Arouri: 2024-01-02 Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri killed in alleged Israeli strike in Beirut suburb Saleh al-Arouri: 2023-12-24 Israel intends to assassinate Palestinian officials in Lebanon | ||
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