-- "Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, an Iraqi national with ties to terror groups and the Iranian military will face charges of carrying out 20 terror attacks against US and Israeli interests in Europe and Canada — and plotting the bombing of a New York synagogue." --No shortage of true believers in Europe.
-- "Iraqi women’s rights activist Yanar Mohammed, who saved thousands of women from honor killings and domestic violence, was shot outside her home in Baghdad on Monday by two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle. Mohammed’s murder comes amid a broader erosion of the rights of women and girls in Iraq." --
-- "Toronto Police are appealing for witnesses after a 15-year-old boy was murdered in Toronto’s Mount Dennis neighbourhood last month. ‘This was a completely unprovoked act of violence against a 15-year-old boy,’ Det.-Sgt. Phillip Campbell told reporters." --I'm so old I remember Toronto...
-- "'Canadian Teen' Acquitted Of Murder, Says Canada Is "Like Iraq'" --What would a 'Canadian teen' know about the streets of Iraq?
-- "Police say a 48-year-old man has rammed into a crowd of people in the German town of Passau with his 38-year-old wife and five-year-old daughter counted among his victims. According to the local police department, the family were FROM IRAQ. The number of people injured and the severity of the injuries remain unclear." --
-- "'Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed,' Trump wrote Friday night. 'He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government.'" --And speaking of 'taking out the trash'...
-- "Emrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.” --
-- "Kata’ib Hezbollah, the Iraq-based terrorist group believed to be responsible for the fatal attack on U.S. troops in Jordan announced that it is suspending military activity in the region." --
-- "Hadi Al-Amiri, a powerful Iraqi politician close to Iran and a key figure in the cross-party alliance backing Iraq's government, has threatened to target US interests if Washington intervenes to support Israel in its conflict with Hamas in Gaza." --And it sure hasn't been pretty so far...
-- "Regarding those 2,329 targets, the destruction of 30 helped assure IDF air dominance, 45 helped ensure IDF maritime dominance, 11 reduced Hamas' intelligence apparatus, 541 related to future ground maneuvers, 122 related to command and communications, and there were many other categories." --
-- "The Canadian Armed Forces has confirmed that Private Bilal Khan, one of its former reservists was killed after making his way to Iraq to join the so-called Islamic State. Khan's departure also coincided with the October 2014 attacks that killed a Canadian soldier in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., and another at the war memorial in Ottawa." --
-- "The video drew criticism and mockery from Arabic-speaking internet users on social networks, who pointed out that the Mossad did not exist in the 7th century." --
-- "The Metropolitan Police have placed former Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square and Nelson’s Column on a secret list of 'contentious statues' prone to attack because of their links to war, imperialism or slavery." --
Couldn't happen in Canada... think again.
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN...
Iraq-born ISIS recruiter Awso Peshdary has agreed to plead guilty to all charges at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa according to court documents circulated Tuesday by federal prosecutors.
-- "'I've decided not to meddle in political affairs. I therefore announce now my definitive retirement," al-Sadr said in a statement on Twitter. He also said "if I die or get killed, I ask for your prayers.' The move prompted violent clashes across Baghdad that left at least 10 people dead." --MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH
-- "Peel Regional Police are seeking additional video after a massive fight erupted in Brampton that involved people wielding swords near the Sheridan College Davis Campus." --It's like a little bit of home, I guess.
-- "An Iraqi citizen living in Columbus, Ohio, Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, 52, has been charged federally with an immigration crime and with aiding and abetting a plot to murder former United States President George W. Bush. Shihab, originally came to the United States in September 2020 on a visitor visa and filed for asylum in March 2021 which is pending review." --
-- "A former Kansas teacher, Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, 42, allegedly organized and led an all-female ISIS battalion called Khatiba Nusayabah, according to the US Department of Justice." --
-- "A new Iraqi TV show is in hot water after tricking celebs into believing they’ve been kidnapped by ISIS wackos, have fake suicide vests strapped onto them and are warned of their impending deaths.-- Watch an episode here.
Yikers... there's gonna be a run on Virgins in Paradise...At least 30 Taliban fighters have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan during a bomb-making class.IN OTHER RELIGION OF PEACE NEWS:
While the government has justified the curfew as a means of curbing the spread of the coronavirus, it has mandated a “total curfew” only for Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, which conveniently sync with the days of the papal trip.
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi stated, “The visit of His Holiness the Pope will contribute to consolidating stability and spreading the spirit of brotherhood in Iraq and the region,”
The curfew will be lifted on March 8, the day of the pope’s return trip to Italy.
By November, the bloodiest protests since the 1979 revolution plunged the country into a state of heightened security as authorities, unable to contain the unrest, switched-off access to the internet and launched a crackdown on dissent that killed some 304 people within several days, according to the London-based Amnesty International.ASK AN ACTUAL SOLDIER:
“It is impossible to overstate the importance of this particular action. It is more significant than the killing of Osama bin Laden or even the death of [Islamic State leader Abu Bakr] al-Baghdadi,” former General David Petraeus said in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine.**********
The Islamic Centre of England in Maida Vale, Kilburn, London, has held a mass memorial for slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Qasem Soleimani.Of course, not everyone is on board...
Soleimani was described as an “honourable Islamic commander” by Islamic Centre of England director Seyed Hashem Moosavi.
In response to escalating tensions after the death of Soleimani, the United Kingdom has deployed the Royal Navy to the Strait of Hormuz, to protect British shipping vessels in the Persian Gulf from retaliatory strikes from Iran.
The U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division’s alert brigade of roughly 4,000 paratroopers has been told to pack their bags for a possible deployment in the days ahead.**********
“Those who have attacked our forces and our Jihadi brothers… God willing, if this fire reaches inside of the embassy, we will not spare a single employee. We are the children of the martyrs and this is our statement, 'Death to America.'”RELATED: New Years Eve... it's Car-B-Q time
The embassy attackers were able to penetrate the “Green Zone” safe area without resistance from Iraqi security forces.
Firefighters across the Belgian capital of Brussels are expected to be escorted by police officers during New Year’s Eve celebrations due to the high level of danger involved when operating in the city.And, it's not just Belgium... or New Years Day...
France's national holiday, Bastille Day has been overshadowed by a night of rioting in which more than 300 cars were torched on the streets of Paris and other cities.More stories you won't hear about on the CBC.
"The U.S. dropped 26,171 bombs last year, 3,027 more than 2015. The majority of the bombs were dropped in Iraq and Syria."Remember, only bomb strikes by George W. Bush cause collateral (ie. innocent children) damage.
Many Iraqis seemed either unaware of Thursday's official closing ceremony, or didn't fully believe the Americans were leaving.
"I think the withdrawal is a lie and the Americans are still present, their concrete walls are still here and so are their towers and communications wires."
