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Eye on Extremism
October 13, 2016
CNN:
US Strikes Hit 3 Radar Sites In Yemen, Pentagon Says
“Three US strikes hit radar sites in Yemen early Thursday, hours after
missiles targeted the USS Mason warship in the Red Sea, the Pentagon
said. The strikes were carried out in ‘self defense,’ the Pentagon said.
They come after two missiles targeted the US warship off the coast of
Yemen on Sunday -- but missed it and hit the water instead. The missiles
were launched within 60 minutes of each other when the warship was in
international waters. The guided-missile destroyer deployed defensive
measures and was not damaged, said Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon
spokesman. The missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled territory in
Yemen, according to Davis. The Houthis -- a minority Shia group that has
taken control of much of Yemen -- denied its forces targeted the
warship.”
Reuters:
Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Deadly Mosque Attack In Afghan
Capital
“Islamic State on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a mass shooting
that killed at least 18 worshippers at a shrine in the Afghan capital,
raising fears of sectarian violence after a string of attacks on the
country's Shi'ite minority. The claim to Tuesday's attack, released
online, came as the community observed Ashura, one of its holiest days,
although commemorations have been subdued because of security fears. On
Wednesday afternoon, an explosion outside a mosque in northern
Afghanistan killed at least 14 people and wounded 24 at a similar
gathering. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for that
assault. Islamic State had earlier targeted members of Kabul's Shi'ite
community in a suicide bombing in July that killed more than 80 people
and wounded 130.”
Middle
East Eye: Analysis: Russia Woos Turkey With 'Face Saving' Syria Alliance
“Less than a year ago, Turkey shot a Russian jet out of the sky near
the Turkish border with Syria. The clash sparked a war of words and
sanctions between Ankara and Moscow, and heightened fears of an
escalation bringing the wider NATO alliance into confrontation with their
former Soviet Union foe. Fast-forward 11 months and Russia and Turkey,
still on opposing sides of the Syrian conflict and historically
uncomfortable bedfellows, are planning an alliance. The change, according
to analysts, is not just the result of careful attempts to de-escalate.
It is Russia's wish to "save face" over its involvement in
Syria, and exploit mistakes made by Turkey's traditional NATO allies to
bring Ankara closer to Moscow's sphere of influence.”
The
Wall Street Journal: Taliban In Afghanistan Threaten To Overrun Capital
Of Helmand Province
“The Taliban pressed further into the capital of Helmand province on
Wednesday, officials said, firing rockets at the governor’s compound as
they threatened to overrun a second major Afghan city in just over a
week. The renewed bid to capture the city, Lashkar Gah, is further
stretching Afghan forces still fighting to regain full control of the
northern city Kunduz and responding to Taliban offensives in several
other provincial capitals. Over the past week, Afghan forces been
fighting a multipronged offensive by the Islamist militant group on the
outskirts of provincial capitals including Farah in the southwest,
Pul-i-Khumri in the northeast and Tarin Kot in the south, which has for
weeks been in danger of collapse.”
Reuters:
Turkey Says Its Troops To Stay In Iraq Until Islamic State Cleared From
Mosul
“A planned U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi
city of Mosul could cause ‘blood and fire’ in the region if not carefully
handled, Turkey warned on Wednesday, saying it would keep troops nearby
despite Baghdad's opposition. President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey,
locked in an escalating row with Iraq over who should take part in the
planned Mosul assault, would do all it could to prevent the operation
from deepening sectarian conflict on its borders. Mosul, home to up to
1.5 million people, has been the headquarters of Islamic State's
self-declared caliphate in northern Iraq since 2014. The battle for the
city, expected later this month, will help shape the future of Iraq and
the legacy of U.S. President Barack Obama.”
CNN:
Boko Haram Releases 21 Chibok Girls To Nigerian Government, Source Says
“Boko Haram militants handed over 21 missing Chibok schoolgirls to
Nigerian authorities Thursday morning as part of a deal brokered by the
International Committee of the Red Cross and the Swiss government,
Nigeria's government said. The girls are being taken to the northeastern
city of Maiduguri, where they will meet with the governor of Borno state,
officials in the state said. The girls were not immediately named.”
CNN:
Life Under ISIS: Iraqis Choke As Sabotaged Oil Wells Blaze
“ISIS militants had set the wells on fire hoping to obscure the view
of Iraqi and coalition warplanes, but it didn't stop Iraqi forces from
driving them out of town in late August. Technicians from the provincial
oil company were able to put some of the fires out, but not the one near
Khalil's house. Every time they tried, ISIS fighters lobbed mortar rounds
their way. Outside the mayor's office, more than a dozen men wait for
security clearances to allow them to travel outside Al-Qayyara. Many
stayed in town during ISIS rule, and as a result require security
clearance to leave. Their main complaint was not the bureaucracy, but
rather the smoke from the oil fires.”
Haaretz:
Israeli Cops Shoot Dead A Palestinian Man In East Jerusalem
“A Palestinian was shot dead in the course of clashes with Border
Police officers in East Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood on Tuesday night.
Clashes broke out again on Wednesday evening in East Jerusalem, and five
rioters were detained. Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian,
20-year-old Ali Shiokhi, had been shot in the stomach. The policemen
prevented a Red Crescent ambulance from getting to him to treat him and
he died of blood loss, the sources said. The Jerusalem Police said that
‘on Yom Kippur eve masked men threw stones and firebombs at Border Police
officers during a security mission in Silwan. The officers, whose lives
were endangered by the masked men, fired at them. The rioters fled with
the wounded man into the village … Later it was reported that one of the
rioters, who was apparently hurt, was buried overnight by the locals.’”
NPR:
Man Arrested In German Bomb Plot Commits Suicide In Jail
“The Syrian refugee who German authorities accuse of planning an
attack on a Berlin airport has committed suicide. German politicians say
they are stunned that someone on suicide watch was left alone.”
BBC:
Syria Conflict: Rebels Set Up Internment Camp For IS Defectors
“A secret internment camp for former Islamic State militants and their
families has been established in Syria. Some 300 defectors and captured
combatants, including many Europeans, are being held at the camp operated
by the rebel group Jaysh al-Tahrir. Its commander, Mohammad al-Ghabi,
told the BBC: ‘We tried to rehabilitate them and alter their state of
minds. Those who wished to return home were allowed to call their
embassies and co-ordinate with them through us.’ Among the group are
French, Dutch and Polish nationals, as well as foreign fighters from
North Africa and across the Middle East and Central Asia. The men, women
and children are being held in a village in rural northern Syria.”
Daily
Beast: Muslim Mothers Unite To Stop Their Kids From Joining ISIS
“Edit Schlaffer, a jolly, petite woman, has seen many crying and
terrified mothers of radicalized Muslim boys. Often the women have lost
their children to the so-called Islamic State, to jihadist suicidal
attacks, to violent battles. Today, Schlaffer and her unique group called
Women Without Borders (Frauen Ohne Grenzen) know exactly what their
mission is: to help mothers around the world to stop their children from
radicalizing, from joining international extremist groups. It is a hard
job to teach a mother who is often too stressed to listen, to watch, to
feel the concealed emotions of her son. But Schlaffer and her Women
Without Borders are building confidence among the mothers they train so
they stop feeling helpless.”
United
States
The
New York Times: Kerry Opens A New Diplomatic Push For A Cease-Fire In
Aleppo
“Secretary of State John Kerry will mount a fresh effort on Saturday
to pursue a cease-fire for the besieged city of Aleppo by meeting with
representatives from the regional powers most directly involved in the
Syria conflict, American officials said on Wednesday. Just last week the
Obama administration suspended talks with Russia on Syria after accusing
the Russian military of conducting a bombing campaign so brutal that Mr.
Kerry has urged that it be the subject of a war crimes investigation. But
Mr. Kerry has doggedly pursued diplomacy on Syria even as he has
privately complained that his past negotiating efforts have not been
backed up by a credible threat of force to pressure President Bashar
al-Assad’s government to stop its attacks.”
The
Guardian: American Journalist Detained In Turkey For Two Months Is Freed
“An American journalist who has been detained in Turkey for the past
two months after claiming she had been kidnapped by militants in Syria
has been freed and is returning to the US. Lindsey Snell was arrested in
Turkey on 6 August for ‘violating a military zone’ after she crossed back
into the country from Syria, where she had been filming civilians
affected by airstrikes in the countryside near rebel-held Aleppo and
Idlib. The US government has been reluctant to comment on the
details of Snell’s case. But before she was detained in Turkey in August,
Snell wrote on a Facebook post that during her time in Syria, she had
been kidnapped by militants affiliated with the faction then known as the
al-Nusra Front, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria.”
Syria
Reuters:
Rescue Workers Says Two Days Of Bombing Kill 145 In Rebel-Held Eastern
Aleppo
“Renewed bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo killed 145 people on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Ammar al Selmo, the head of the Civil Defence
rescue service there said. Air strikes targeting rebel-held
districts of Aleppo intensified on Tuesday, after a lull of several days
which the Syrian army said was designed to allow civilians to leave. The
city has been divided between government and rebel control for years.
‘The bombing has been very intense,’ Selmo told Reuters on Thursday,
speaking from Syria in an area outside Aleppo city. The Syrian army
launched an assault to take rebel-held areas of Aleppo last month with
Russian air support and Iranian-backed militias.”
Associated
Press: Rebel Advances In Central Syria Set Back By Infighting
“For more than a month, insurgents fighting President Bashar Assad's
forces had been on the march in central Syria, getting within a few miles
of the fourth-largest city of Hama. Many in the opposition hoped they
would cut a main government supply line to Aleppo and ease the pressure
on the rebels there. But the ambitious campaign has been severely
hampered by the rebels themselves, mostly due to infighting that broke
out last week. It's a recurring theme of opposition discord and rivalry
that Assad has exploited throughout Syria's 5-year-old civil war. The
five-week offensive, which saw insurgents break government defenses and
capture more than two dozen villages and towns, was spearheaded by the
Salafi-jihadi extremist Jund al-Aqsa group. The advance so alarmed
Syria's army command that it eventually rushed one of Assad's most
trusted and prominent officers, Col. Suheil al-Hassan, and his elite unit
to defend the strategic region.”
BBC:
Syria Conflict: Russian War Crimes Claim 'Rhetoric' Says Putin
“President Vladimir Putin has dismissed suggestions that Russia could
face war crimes charges over its bombardment of Syria's second city
Aleppo. He told French media the accusations were ‘rhetoric’ that did not
take into account the realities in Syria. French President Francois
Hollande had suggested Russian air strikes on Aleppo could amount to war
crimes. The rebel-held east of the city is under renewed bombardment
after a ceasefire deal broke down. Despite recriminations over who was to
blame for its failure, Russia and the US agreed on Wednesday to resume
talks on Syria.”
Iraq
BBC:
IS Conflict: Booby-Trapped Drone Kills Kurdish Fighters In Iraq
“A booby-trapped drone has killed two Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and
badly wounded two French soldiers battling so-called Islamic State in
Iraq. A Kurdish defence official told Reuters news agency that the drone
exploded when the Peshmerga tried to pick it up after it had crashed to
the ground. The incident happened on 2 October, north of the IS-held city
of Mosul. IS militants are said to have tried to use drones to launch
attacks at least two other times in the past month. In response, US-led
coalition and Iraqi pro-government forces have been warned to treat any
type of small flying aircraft as a potential bomb, according to the New
York Times.”
Turkey
Reuters:
Exclusive: Turkey Purges NATO Military Envoys After Failed Coup
“Turkey has fired hundreds of senior military staff serving at NATO in
Europe and the United States following July's coup attempt, documents
show, broadening a purge to include some of the armed forces' best-trained
officials. In a classified military dispatch seen by Reuters, 149
military envoys posted to the alliance's headquarters and command centers
in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain were ordered on Sept. 27
to return to Turkey within three days. Most were dismissed from service
on their arrival, arrested and imprisoned, according to a Turkish
military official at NATO and two farewell letters sent by departing
Turkish officials emailed to colleagues at NATO and seen by Reuters.”
The
Wall Street Journal: Turkey’s Demands Complicate Battle Plan To Retake
Mosul From Islamic State
“Plans for a pivotal offensive to uproot Islamic State from the Iraqi
city of Mosul are running into unexpected complications from Turkey,
which is pressing the U.S. and Iraq to incorporate its allies into the
battle’s fighting force. Ankara’s demands to include a Turkish-trained
Sunni force are threatening to fracture an uneasy alliance of diverse
Iraqi fighters in what could be a turning point in the war against
Islamic State. The Turkish pressure on Baghdad has triggered new demands
from influential, rival Shiite militias, which are rethinking their
agreement to play a more limited role in the fight for Mosul, according
to Iraqi officials—throwing a wrench into delicate negotiations over the
battle plan.”
Reuters:
Turkish Army Says Islamic State Putting Up 'Stiff Resistance' In Syria
“Islamic State militants in northern Syria are putting up ‘stiff resistance’
to attacks by Turkish-backed rebel fighters, Turkey's military said on
Wednesday, almost two months after it launched an incursion to drive them
away from its border. Supported by Turkish tanks and air strikes, the
rebels have been pushing toward the Islamic State stronghold of Dabiq.
Clashes and air strikes over the past 24 hours have killed 47 jihadists,
the military said in a statement. ‘Due to stiff resistance of the Daesh
(Islamic State) terror group, progress could not be achieved in an attack
launched to take four settlements,’ it said, naming the areas east of the
town of Azaz as Kafrah, Suran, Ihtimalat and Duvaybik.”
Voice
Of America: Turkey Questions Historical Treaty Defining Regional Borders
“A dispute continues to deepen between Ankara and Baghdad over the
presence of Turkish soldiers near the Iraqi city of Mosul. Тhe spat
erupted after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the country and
the region by surprise last month by calling into question the 1923 Treaty
of Lausanne, which defined modern Turkey’s borders. He declared Turkey
had been blackmailed by foreign powers into giving up vast swaths of
territory that were once part of the Ottoman Empire. Although Erdogan
focused his criticism on the loss of Aegean islands to Greece, it is
Turkey’s southern borders he had in mind, according to visiting Carnegie
Europe scholar Sinan Ulgen.”
Afghanistan
Reuters:
Afghanistan Blast Outside Mosque Kills 14, Wounds 24 In Minority Attack
“A bomb blast outside a mosque in Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at
least 14 people and wounded 24 among a gathering of worshippers, the
second attack targeting the country's Shi'ite minority in less than 24
hours, an official said. The devotees had congregated to mark Ashura, one
of the holiest days for Shi'ite Muslims, at the mosque, about 20 km (12
miles) from Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Balkh
province. The mosque was targeted in the explosion, said Moneer Ahmad
Farhad, a spokesman for the provincial governor. There was no immediate
claim of responsibility. On Tuesday night a gunman killed at least 18
people and wounded 50 at an Ashura gathering at a mosque in the capital,
Kabul, according to United Nations estimates. That attack was claimed by Islamic
State, which also claimed responsibility for an attack on a mostly
Shi'ite street demonstration in July that killed 84 people.”
Voice
Of Amierca: Afghan Taliban Struggle Financially Since Leader’s Death
“Afghan Taliban appear to be facing financial pressure since the death
of their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was more adept at
managing money, according to the spokesman of NATO’s Resolute Support
mission in Afghanistan. ‘The evidence we’ve seen of that is an increase
in their taxes to locals as they move through,’ Brigadier General Charles
Cleveland said Wednesday in Kabul. ‘We believe that the death of Mullah
Mansour certainly contributed to that as well.’ Mansour, who was killed
in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s Balochistan province in May, had
financial acumen that, along with his involvement in the narcotics trade,
helped grow the group’s war chest, Cleveland said.”
The
New York Times: Afghan Forces, Their Numbers Dwindling Sharply, Face A
Resurgent Taliban
“Outgunned and surrounded by Taliban fighters in a chronic combat zone
of southern Afghanistan, the police officers and soldiers thought they
had negotiated passage to safety. They had walked into a trap. In what
appears to be one of the worst massacres of Afghan forces in a protracted
and forgotten war, at least 100 were killed when the Taliban fighters
opened fire on them from all directions as they tried to flee through the
agreed-upon retreat route, Afghan officials said Wednesday. Accounts of
the massacre, which happened Tuesday near the southern city of Lashkar
Gah in Helmand Province, punctuated a growing crisis in Afghanistan’s
armed forces that goes to the heart of their sustainability: They are sustaining
enormous casualties from a revitalized Taliban insurgency and are facing
increased problems recruiting. Many vacancies go unfilled.”
Egypt
Associated
Press: Russian, Egypt Troops To Hold Drill On Mediterranean Coast
“Egypt's military announced on Wednesday it will host Russian troops
for war games along the Mediterranean coast, the latest step in the two
countries' rapprochement and another sign of Moscow flexing its muscles
in the Middle East. The drill, due Oct. 15-26 in the coastal city of
El-Alamein and dubbed ‘Guardians of Friendship,’ will include ‘elite
units’ from both sides. Russia's defense ministry said it would be the
first ever joint paratrooper exercise for the two and would involve armor
being dropped from planes. Egypt has increased cooperation with Russia
under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the former army chief who ousted
his elected but divisive Islamist predecessor in 2013, with several
projects, including a preliminary agreement to build a nuclear power
plant.”
Middle
East
The
Times Of Israel: Hamas Accuses Israel Of Shooting, Killing Gaza Boy
“A 10-year-old Palestinian boy was reportedly killed along the Gazan
border late Wednesday, with a Hamas official and an eyewitness accusing
Israel, but the army said it had no knowledge of such an incident. Ashraf
al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled Gaza
Strip, said the boy died when Israeli troops fired across the border east
of Khan Younis in eastern Gaza. ‘Abdullah al-Naseef, 10, was killed by
(Israeli) occupation fire close to his house in the Qarara municipality,
near Khan Younis,’ he said. An eyewitness said the Israeli army opened
fire from a military base near Kissufim along the border. But an Israeli
army spokeswoman said she had no information on any firing across the
border.”
The
Times Of Israel: Clashes In East Jerusalem, As Israel Marks Yom Kippur
“Israel shut down Wednesday for the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday, with
roads, shops, airports and even radio and TV stations all closed, while
Israeli authorities sealed off the West Bank and Palestinian areas of
East Jerusalem. The solemn holiday of Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement,
began Tuesday evening and ended Wednesday at sunset. Security was tight
for this year’s holiday with fears of a new surge in violence,
particularly following a Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem on
Sunday in which a gunman killed two Israelis.”
Nigeria
Newsweek:
Nigeria Car Bomb ‘Kills 8’ In Boko Haram Birthplace: Emergency Agency
“A car bomb has reportedly killed at least eight people in Maiduguri
in northeast Nigeria, where Boko Haram is waging an insurgency, according
to the country’s emergency management agency. The blast occurred around
Muna Garage, an area in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, the National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) tweeted. The agency later added that 15 people
had been injured and taken to hospitals across the city. The exact death
toll remains unclear. A source at Maiduguri Specialist Hospital told
Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust that at least 18 bodies had been brought
to the hospital morgue, but Borno state’s police command told the
newspaper that only five people had died.”
United
Kingdom
BBC:
UK Warned It Could Lose Access To Europol Intelligence
“The UK could lose access to vital intelligence unless it signs up to
new powers for EU crime-fighting agency Europol, it has been warned. The
National Crime Agency's David Armond said an ‘immediate’, ‘urgent’
decision is needed or the UK would be forced out of the organisation. He
added that the issue was a ‘priority’ and represented the ‘alligators
nearest the boat’. The Home Office said a decision would be made in ‘due
course’. The European Parliament agreed in May to enhance Europol's
mandate and improve the way it tackles cross-border crime and terrorism -
but the UK has so far not opted in to the relevant agreement.”
Germany
Deutsche
Welle: German Cabinet Approves Expanded Role In Anti-IS Mission
“The government said Wednesday it had decided to extend Germany's
participation in the international fight against the ‘Islamic State’ (IS)
terror group to late 2017. The mandate to deploy up to 1,200 German
troops in the anti-IS coalition had been due to run out at the end of
this year. As well as extending that mandate, Chancellor Angela
Merkel's Cabinet agreed to deploy forces for NATO's Airborne Warning
and Control System (AWACS) surveillance aircraft. ‘The continued
and expanded participation in the fight against IS is a key element of
German security policy engagement in the region,’ the government said in
a statement. Helping the international fight against IS jihadists
based in northern Iraq and Syria ‘counters the immediate and direct
danger to Germany, the alliance and the international community,’ it
said.”
The
Wall Street Journal: German Cabinet Approves Draft Law To Curb Welfare
Payments For EU Migrants
“Germany on Wednesday moved to curb social benefits for
citizens from other European Union countries in a bid to prevent migrants
abusing its generous welfare system. EU migrants who have never worked in
the country won’t be able to enjoy most social and unemployment benefits
for the first five years here, according to a draft law approved by the
cabinet Wednesday. The law seeks to clarify confusion over recent court
rulings. A German federal court ruled recently that nonworking EU
migrants were entitled to social benefits after six months in the
country, but the EU’s top court had ruled in a previous case that Germany
was allowed to deny social benefits to EU nationals.”
France
RT:
France Approves Creation Of National Guard To Combat Terrorism Threat
“France has approved legislation to create a National Guard as the
government struggles to battle the terrorist threat. The guard is
expected to include up to 85,000 service personnel by 2018. The law was
approved by the Council of Ministers, a powerful executive body composed
of senior officials, on Wednesday. ‘The National Guard, these volunteers,
both men and women, have decided, in parallel to their civilian lives, to
join the military service for the protection of the French people,’ said
a statement on the government website. Those who apply for the National
Guard will be able to choose between army activities, serving in the
gendarmerie (the police force that is part of the French Army), or
working in the French police.”
Europe
Newsweek:
Russian Forces Raid Homes Of Muslim Community In Crimea
“Russian authorities raided a series of households in Crimea’s Muslim
Tatar community in what locals are fearing is the beginning of a
crackdown against them. Crimean Tatars have been among the most vocal
critics of the Russian annexation of Crimea and have faced closures of
their media outlets and their traditional, local assembly known as the
Majlis. Russian authorities have also previously raided Tatar homes,
searching for evidence of Islamist extremism. According to locals in the
Strohonivka suburb of Simferopol, Crimea’s largest city, heavily armed
Russian security agents arrived in the area early in the morning and started
searching Tatar houses.”
Deutsche
Welle: 'Crime-Terror Nexus': Europe's Former Criminals, Future Terrorists
“The majority of Europe's jihadist foreign fighters have criminal
backgrounds, said a report published on Tuesday by the International
Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence (ICSR) at
King's College in London. The study, which compiled a database of 79
known jihadists with criminal pasts, showed that 57 percent of them had
served prison sentences prior to radicalization, with 27 percent of those
having radicalized while incarcerated, ‘although the process often
continued and intensified after their release.’”
Combating
the Financing of Terrorism
Akhbar
Libya: Arrest Of European Network Financing Terrorism In Libya
“Spanish authorities on Tuesday arrested 109 people suspected of
supplying weapons to terrorist groups in countries facing internal
conflicts, including Libya. {Spokesman for the} Spanish Civil Guard said
that a major security crackdown was carried out in coordination with
relevant authorities in Spain, Italy, France and Greece. It led to the
detention of a Syrian-led network. Investigations dating back to 2013
revealed that this group was involved in drug trafficking on ships from
Turkey to Libya, to finance the purchase weapons.”
ISIS
Bl3raby:
Nineveh: ISIS Sells Homes Of Iraqi Government Employees
“A local source in Nineveh province disclosed, on Wednesday, that the
ISIS organization has been selling off houses belonging to individuals
affiliated with the Iraqi security services, university professors and
government officials in the province. The houses are sold at {extremely}
devalued prices. The source revealed that the organization sells a house
for 25 million dinars ($21,500), while its real value is more than 100
million dinars ($86,000).”
Egypt
Today: ISIS Forces Detainees To Buy Clothes In Line With Its Dress Code
“In Deir al-Zour province, it was reported that ISIS forced detainees
in the eastern rural areas to buy "Pakistani clothes." The
Hisbah (ISIS religious police) has reportedly been forcing men who
"violate the Islamic dress code" to purchase "Pakistani
clothes." ISIS charges about 6,000 Syrian pounds ($28) for these
clothes, and only dress-code "violators" who buy them can
secure their release.”
Muslim
Brotherhood
The
Seventh Day: Egypt: Former President Of Alexandria University Accused Of
Managing Muslim Brotherhood Funds
“Egyptian lawyer Tarek Mahmoud filed Complaint no. 12568 for the year
2016 to the Attorney General, against Osama Ibrahim, the former president
of Alexandria University, and a member of the international arm of the
Muslim Brotherhood. He is accused of running the group's funds,
exploiting his previous jobs and his work as professor of ophthalmology
at the University of Alexandria. Ibrahim is accused of investing
Brotherhood's money in several medical and commercial projects which
yielded financial gains of up to nearly 2 billion pounds ($227 million).
Mahmoud alleged that Ibrahim manages dozens of projects which yield huge
profits in Matrouh, Cairo and Tanta for the benefit of the Brotherhood.
In his complaint, Mahmoud referred to the ruling by Cairo Court for
Urgent Matters in case no. 3343/2014, which deemed the Muslim Brotherhood
as a terrorist group.”
Masralarabia:
Expert Accuses Muslim Brotherhood Of Creating Sugar Crisis In Egypt
“Major-General Alaa Abd El Mageed, an Egyptian security and law
expert, claimed that the sugar crisis Egypt is facing is the result of
foreign plots initiated by the Muslim Brotherhood and its sleeper cells
within the Ministry of Supply and Agriculture. In an interview to Capital
TV channel, the security expert called to use an iron fist against these
plots. This comment comes after the retail markets and outlet stores
experienced a shortage in sugar supplies, causing the price of 1 kilogram
of sugar to rise from 5 to 10 Egyptian pounds, equivalent to $0.50 and
$1.00.”
Houthi
Yemen
Press: Houthi Militia Steals From Victims Of The Funeral Hall Incident In
Sanaa
“Yemeni activists revealed a reprehensible act committed by Houthi
gunmen who surrounded the grand funeral hall in Sanaa, after it was
bombed by the Saudi-led alliance. The activists claimed that the
militiamen stole the priceless items belonging to the dead, including the
al-Janabi (Yemeni dagger) and money. Eyewitnesses testified that the
gunmen surrounding the hall prevented ambulances and fire trucks from
approaching. The {culprits} searched the bodies of the victims and stole
the al-Janabi. Note that the price of this traditional dagger can be as
high as one million Yemeni riyals ($5,332). This act {of desecration}
lasted for hours and activists alleged that money was also stolen from
the bodies of victims before their evacuation from the hall.”
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