Levant crisis - III

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Oct 2016 16:30

Amir khan may have snookered the baghdad govt to leave open west side of mosul with promuses that usaf will demolish them in open desert....but who will check how many were hit and how many sent to special processing.
For show some convoys can be roasted to produce bodies....

habal · Post by **habal** » 18 Oct 2016 16:31

check the news below with an alleged drone photo from yesterday. The US regime was silent on it, most likely figuring out who actually did it. That was a precise strike.

https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/ ... 1338541056

https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/ ... 0707764226

habal · Post by **habal** » 18 Oct 2016 16:33

By God, India has some learning to do from Iran.

It is just amazing what model racing and play sets can be used to develop. Just 2 years ago Iran did not have armed drones. But we seem Hezbollah armed drones now able to carry 50kg bombs. Also cruise missiles. India still doesn't have any drones. Just amazing how advanced they have become compared to their neighbors even Turkey.

The Rustom project director spent most of his money, making tea and buying Innovas to ferry himself and staff to and from home. Nothing was achieved on the ground.

habal · Post by **habal** » 18 Oct 2016 16:36

In related news, UK get's it's panties in a twist.

All of RT's Accounts in the UK Blocked
October 17th, 2016 at 8:54 AM

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The RT broadcaster's accounts have been blocked in the United Kingdom, Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said Monday, suggesting that the move stifles free speech.

"Our accounts in the UK have been closed. All Accounts. 'The decision is not subject to revision'. Long live freedom of speech!" Simonyan said in a Twitter post.

Нам закрыли счета в Британии. Все счета. 'Решение пересмотру не подлежит'. Да здравствует свобода слова! — Маргарита Симоньян (@M_Simonyan) October 17, 2016

Following Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan's statement on Twitter earlier in the day, RT UK said it had been informed by the National Westminster Bank that it "will no longer provide" banking arrangements with the broadcaster.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commenting on the RT blocked accounts said that it seems like London has abandoned all of its freedom of speech obligations.

"It seems that leaving the EU, London has left all its freedom of speech obligations in Europe. As they say, a new life without bad habits,"

Zakharova said in a Facebook post.

RT UK added that National Westminster Bank said its parent organization Royal Bank of Scotland Group would refuse to service the broadcaster without "any discussion."

"We have recently undertaken a review of your banking arrangements with us and reached the conclusion that we will no longer provide these facilities," NatWest said in a letter to RT’s London office.

https://sputniknews.com/world/201610171 ... s-blocked/

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 18 Oct 2016 16:41

but RT news is very much there on sky TV which is major source for 'propaganda' rather than twitter per se !

habal · Post by **habal** » 18 Oct 2016 16:42

blocked their bank accounts sire.

habal · Post by **habal** » 18 Oct 2016 16:44

In coming days a commander near a Russian thermonuclear ICBM will send a postcard to London.

In other news.

Russian Navy #Yantar removed a #USA under sea Sonar network along the Syrian coast, linked to NATO bases in #Cyprus and #Mersin

suggested Yantar was really pulingl up a heavy thing !
but it is the US Sonar network

habal · Post by **habal** » 18 Oct 2016 16:46

Our favorite mongolian Yak herder will have a mighty laugh at reading this piece of news.

The US-led coalition conducted an airstrike on Mosul during a meeting of the commanders of the terrorist organization Daesh; in attendance was Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who is constantly changing his location in Iraq and Syria. Unfortunately, at the last moment, he escaped.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2016 ... airstrike/

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 18 Oct 2016 18:12

http://thewire.in/73882/why-the-world-i ... -in-yemen/

As it said west is busy elsewhere. Next year peace noble may go to Saudi king and his son.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Oct 2016 20:26

These so called federal police have grad and tos1 too..every bit a army formation

Haidar Sumeri ‏@IraqiSecurity
30+ Da'ish militants killed and 7 car bombs destroyed by #Iraq's Federal Police south of #Mosul this morning.

TSJones · Post by **TSJones** » 18 Oct 2016 21:17

^^^^^^^the Iraqi army and shia militias generally make no progress w/o them.

Erdogan would be well advised not to pi$$ them off.

on a side note Vlad has stopped bombing of Alepo to give jihadis and their harems a chance to flee.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/worl ... /92345138/

chanakyaa · Post by **chanakyaa** » 18 Oct 2016 21:52

Smoothie Barbaria is about to print $10-15 billion of new debt using distinguished international banking houses. Part that will go towards closing gov funding hole, moer weepons, and may be paying nau gyara lawsuits. Now that everyone is happy, don't expect Smothie to be in any trouble in the near term. Watching KSA getting royally scre$$ed is of immense pleasure, sad part is that Indics not getting a bigger pie.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Oct 2016 22:08

Turkey foreign minister was dropping dark hints to nusra to vacate aleppo. That would still leave zinki org i think who might be local aleppo jihadists in part

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Oct 2016 22:16

Refer this official page for regular updates and pix

https://mobile.twitter.com/pmu_english

12 vbied nuked today.

habal · Post by **habal** » 18 Oct 2016 22:20

.. do you know who is zinki.

noureddine al-zinki was the first turkman conquerer of aleppo. I think that entire zinki thing is a turkish alter ego in aleppo, promoting turkish interests. This zinki band has just a few nominal faces from morocco or libya to give turk ambitions a cover.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Oct 2016 22:20

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/vid ... ear-mosul/

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 18 Oct 2016 23:20

Russia 'will retaliate' against British media after RT's bank accounts closed https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/ ... CMP=twt_gu

GShankar · Post by **GShankar** » 19 Oct 2016 00:28

But why is 'no one' talking about freedom of press? Hope Doorknob does or even Modi mentions in a tweet or better, during his next visit to land of exiters.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 19 Oct 2016 01:24

CLEARLY, they are feeling the burr up their musharrafs from RT reporting the truth. The Poodlestani Syria "Dossieh" is not quite selling as well on the street as BLiar's Dossieh that was used to invade Afghanistan (instead of TSP) and Eyerak. BoJo's call for Demonstrations Outside the Russian Embassy producing a grand total of ONE protestor, was pretty indicative.

Bhurishravas · Post by **Bhurishravas** » 19 Oct 2016 02:27

self-delete

Y. Kanan · Post by **Y. Kanan** » 19 Oct 2016 03:37

habal wrote:poooiii

poor man, he died without honor. Fighting on behalf of the dark side.
all that training to what use.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A commander of the US Army Special Forces deployed in Northern Raqqa was killed by unknown assailants, local sources disclosed on Monday.
"The commander of the US Special Forces in Tal Abyadh was shot in the head and killed by unknown assailants," the Arabic-language Sham Times said.

http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950726001096

Do not weep for them; US military personnel aren't really soldiers anymore - they're just an army of mercs now. It's not about patriotism or protecting their fellow Americans. Indeed the modern US armed forces would happily bomb their own citizens to oblivion if there were ever some sort of uprising against the deep state.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 05:30

The police are already in british hukumat mode.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 07:31

PMU sure has a sharp social media team

nice morale video of a locked church being opened by a soldier to restore worship and a little girl and other people being allowed in to pray again

https://twitter.com/pmu_english/status/ ... 8592645120

unlike the pro-assad twitter crew , the PMU messaging is very soothing, polite and diplomatic.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 07:32

celebrations in the assyrian christian town of hamandiya after the devils were booted out

you can see the relief in the old mans eyes ...

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 07:35

soothing messaging going out to all minorities...

Iraqi PMU English ‏@pmu_english 5h5 hours ago
#Iraqi #PMU are dedicated in supporting our forces to freeing all #Ezidi women and children held by #ISIS.

#Freedom4Yazidis

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 07:35

Iraqi PMU English ‏@pmu_english 6h6 hours ago
#BREAKING - #Iraqi Special Forces and Army Aviation conducting fast paced raids behind #ISIS lines in south and east of #Mosul city.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 07:36

by weekend, they will reach the southern outskirts of city where the airport is

Iraqi PMU English ‏@pmu_english 5h5 hours ago
#BREAKING - #Iraqi Federal Police and #PMU announce over 352KM^2 square kilometres has been liberated from #ISIS in South of #Mosul

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 07:39

this rat disguised in iraqi police clothes tried to detonate a suicide belt but was shot before he could get close

graphic:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu_4xF3UsAEJCHl.jpg

TSJones · Post by **TSJones** » 19 Oct 2016 07:53

US help to Iraq is contingent on their support of federalism not personality dictator cult.

whether Iraq will continue federalism after US departure no one knows. Iran looms large.

Russian help in Syria is contingent on their support of Assad.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 08:14

NYT

Saudi Arabia Executes a Prince Convicted in a Fatal Shooting
By BEN HUBBARDOCT. 18, 2016

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed a member of the royal family for murder, the first time in four decades it had done so, after he was convicted of shooting another man to death during a brawl.

Prince Turki bin Saud bin Turki bin Saud al-Kabeer was put to death in the capital, Riyadh, according to a report by the Saudi state news service. While the report did not detail the method used, most death penalties in Saudi Arabia are carried out by beheading in a public square.

The rare event rocketed around the kingdom’s social media networks, with some Saudis saying they never imagined such a thing would happen and others arguing that it showed the quality of their justice system, which follows a strict interpretation of Shariah law and is often criticized by human rights groups and Western governments for what they consider harsh and arbitrary punishments.

“The greatest thing is that the citizen sees the law applied to everyone, and that there are not big people and other small people,” Abdul-Rahman al-Lahim, a prominent Saudi lawyer, wrote on Twitter.

Other Saudis lauded the monarch, King Salman, on Twitter under an Arabic hashtag that translated as, “Decisive Salman orders retribution for the prince.”

Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s few remaining absolute monarchies. The thousands of members of the royal family enjoy perks not available to the rest of the country’s 20 million citizens.

Tuesday’s execution was the first time that a member of the royal family had been put to death for murder by the state since 1975, when Prince Faisal bin Musaid was beheaded in Riyadh for assassinating King Faisal.

A New York Times article about that event said that some 10,000 people “watched silently as the executioner swung a sword with a golden hilt, but then thousands broke into chants of ‘God is great!’ and ‘Justice is done!’”

A couple of years later, a princess and her husband were accused of adultery and executed after the princess refused to marry a man selected by the family. The princess, Mishael, was shot as her husband, Khalid Muhallal, watched. He was then beheaded, according to a New York Times obituary of her grandfather, Prince Mohammed Ibn Abdel-Aziz.

It was unclear how many people watched the execution of Prince Turki on Tuesday or what their immediate reaction was.

The state news media report did not release his age or provide any other biographical information.

Another member of the royal family, Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, said by telephone from Riyadh that Prince Turki was from one of the most prominent branches of the royal family after that of the direct descendants of King Abdulaziz, who founded the modern Saudi state in 1932.

That genealogy earned Prince Turki no extra credit with the courts or with the king, Prince Faisal said.

“The king has always said that there is no difference in the law between princes and others, and I think that this is clear manifestation of the reality of that fact,” he said.

According to Saudi reports, Prince Turki shot a man during “a group fight” that occurred a few years ago.

Adam Coogle, a researcher at Human Rights Watch who tracks Saudi Arabia, said the execution of the prince did not affect his organization’s criticisms of the country.

Saudi Arabia has executed 143 people so far this year, according to a count by the group, which opposes the death penalty in all cases.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 08:51

Al-Masdar News ‏@TheArabSource 4h4 hours ago
Free Syrian Army give Kurdish #YPG 48 hours to leave Tall Rifaat or else war https://aml.ink/i7p8- #FSA

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 08:52

Intense footage has emerged of the Iraqi air force engaging with an ISIS convoy fleeing from Mosul heading towards Syria.

Although there has been open speculation of allowing ISIS to escape Iraq and into Syria through a corridor by US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi military are refusing to allow this to happen as they pulverize the jihadists.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/vi ... sul-syria/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 08:54

PMU has also been tasked with a screening role on the west...spies from such OPs must have ratted on this convoy to the IrAF which sent the gunships. in open desert with no civilians around, they could use napalm, barrel bombs or whatever rocks they have handy

the high value Emirs might be trying to escape with bags of gold to bribe any tribes on the way

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 19 Oct 2016 08:56

TSJones wrote:US help to Iraq is contingent on their support of federalism not personality dictator cult.

whether Iraq will continue federalism after US departure no one knows. Iran looms large.

Russian help in Syria is contingent on their support of Assad.

And what was the US support for Saddam back in the days contingent upon? Clearly US foreign policy is contingent upon the assumption that there is a sucker born every minute.

LokeshC · Post by **LokeshC** » 19 Oct 2016 08:58

Singha wrote: Intense footage has emerged of the Iraqi air force engaging with an ISIS convoy fleeing from Mosul heading towards Syria.

Although there has been open speculation of allowing ISIS to escape Iraq and into Syria through a corridor by US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi military are refusing to allow this to happen as they pulverize the jihadists.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/vi ... sul-syria/

The only place these rats should go to is hell, dispatched by a rusty hacksaw beheading.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 09:00

airbase west of palmyra being repaved.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 09:02

Alexander Nekrassov
‏@StirringTrouble
It appears the Russian military asked their UK counterparts to specify where exactly in eastern #Aleppo British specials forces are based.

Alexander Nekrassov ‏@StirringTrouble Oct 17 City of London, London
@dixydeans1 The rebels, it seems, are not just holding civilians as hostages in eastern Aleppo but Western military advisers as well.

Alexander Nekrassov ‏@StirringTrouble Oct 17 City of London, London
@mark_markat I guess the hysteria surrounding the bombings of eastern Aleppo is caused by presence of 100s of Western servicemen there.

Alexander Nekrassov ‏@StirringTrouble Oct 17 City of London, London
@D_M888 The are providing a 'humanitarian pause' on Thursday to let them out of Aleppo. Been trying to let them out for many weeks.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 09:03

Yusha Yuseef ‏@MIG29_ 17h17 hours ago
breaking : militants in Aleppo refuse to withdraw after the announcement of the truce on the part of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Reuters

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 09:27

the two commanders in charge of the iraqi army offensive

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGV0hwVMAE99AQ.jpg

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Oct 2016 09:30

the white hair and beard gent standing next to moqtada al sadr is abu mahdi al mohandes the PMU CinC I believe. all leading shia clerics and pmu commanders seem to have met yesterday to unite their support.