[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, disclosed that several soldiers bit the dust during a military operation aimed at securing his departure from the army General Command in Khartoum.
In the early hours of Thursday, August 24, al-Burhan arrived at the Karari military zone south of Omdurman before departing from Wadi Seidna Air Base to Atbara, eventually reaching Port Sudan. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the army did not release specific details regarding the operation.
This shroud of secrecy has fostered a climate of conjecture and rumours. The most noteworthy among these speculations suggests that the chief commander left the RSF besieged area as part of a deal between the warring factions, brokered by 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... and the United States.
Speaking before naval personnel at the Flamingo military base along the Red Sea, Burhan forcefully assertions that his departure was orchestrated through an agreement, underscoring that his exit was the result of a comprehensive military undertaking involving all branches of the armed forces..
"My departure took place through a military operation, in which two navy members bit the dust while ensuring the safe exit of the commander-in-chief from the General Command. This operation saw participation from air, ground, and naval forces," he stated.
"There were festivities during which we lost brave soldiers, and anyone suggesting otherwise is spreading falsehood," he further emphasized.
Despite earlier statements claiming control over the area surrounding the army command and that they bar his exit from the fortified bunker, the RSF refrained from issuing any statement on the matter.
On Monday, the head of the Sovereign Council chaired a meeting of the interim cabinet members, who provided an overview of the nation’s economic status post the outbreak of conflict against the RSF.
Prior to this meeting, he held discussions with his deputy, Malik Agar, who briefed him on foreign tours and meetings held with international leaders.
The Sovereign Council reported that al-Burhan also met with a delegation of traditional leaders from West Darfur, led by the Masalit tribal leader, Saad Abdel Rahman Bahr al-Din.
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The Masalit are a small and curious ethnicity found mostly in Darfur. They trace their lineage through Arab blood although they have greatly intermixed with local African tribals. They are usually bilingual speaking both Arabic and a local language. However, they are neither fish nor foul. The Masalit leadership likely met with Burhan to determine whether Khartoum was strong enough to maintain a hold on Darfur where some half-million Masalit live. They are not known as a true warrior tribe, and they are most likely trying to determine which way to jump in the African-Arab battle for Darfur.
[AFRICANEWS] At least 39 people, mostly women and kiddies, were killed on Tuesday in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, when rockets fell on their homes during fighting between the army and paramilitaries, a medical source and witnesses told AFP.
Since 11 August, according to the UN, more than 50,000 people have been forced to flee Nyala, where communications networks are virtually permanently cut off due to the intensity of the conflict.
[AFRICANEWS] At least 183 people have been killed since July in festivities in the Æthiopian state of Amhara, which has been plagued by violence for several weeks, 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... announced on Tuesday.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also expressed "concern about the human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... situation" in the country since a state of emergency was declared at the beginning of August, citing reports of "mass arrests".
"In the Amhara region, following an upsurge in festivities between the Æthiopian army and the regional Fano militia, and the declaration of a state of emergency on 4 August, the situation has worsened considerably", Marta Hurtado, spokeswoman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told news hounds in Geneva.
"At least 183 people have been killed in festivities since July, according to information gathered by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights", the OHCHR spokeswoman continued.
Amhara, Æthiopia's second most populous state, has been the scene of armed violence since April, triggered by the federal government's desire to disband the Amhara "special forces".
The federal government declared a state of emergency on 4 August after fresh fighting in early July between the federal army and Amhara fighters, including members of the Fano regional "self-defence" militia.
"We are very concerned about the deterioration of the human rights situation in certain regions of Æthiopia", said Marta Hurtado, stressing that the state of emergency gives the authorities wide powers.
[AFRICANEWS] At least fifteen people have been killed in an attack attributed to the Codeco community militia in Ituri, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , local sources and the army said on Monday.
Codecogunnies carried out an attack on a fishermen's camp in Gobu, a landlocked area, Charité Banza, president of civil society in Bahema Nord, a chiefdom (administrative entity) in Ituri province, told AFP on Sunday.
The attack lasted "just over two hours and left at least fifteen people dead", he said, calling on the DRC's armed forces to be more responsive.
"These gunnies are neither attacked nor hunted down", deplored Mr Banza.
Nine civilians, one soldier and four Codeco gunnies were killed", said Pilo Mulindo, chief of the Bahema Nord chiefdom, giving a provisional corpse count for the time being.
Questioned by AFP, army front man Lieutenant Jules Ngongo also accused the Codeco of "attacking civilians who were praying on Sunday in their church in Gobu, on the shores of Lake Albert", which marks the border with Uganda.
"Our forces retaliated to this attack, and the gunnies are being pursued", he added, without giving any immediate figures.
Codeco (Coopérative pour le développement du Congo) is a militia of several thousand men that claims to protect the Lendu tribe from a rival tribe, the Hema, as well as from the DRC army.
Attacks by Codeco and other community militias are recurrent in Ituri, mainly north of Bunia, the province's capital. A week earlier, seven other people were killed in the same area, said Mr Banza.
After a decade of calm, the deadly conflict in Ituri between Hema and Lendu has resumed since the end of 2017, causing the deaths of thousands of civilians and the flight of more than one and a half million people, according to the UN.
The previous conflict between community militias caused thousands of deaths between 1999 and 2003, until the intervention of a European force, Operation Artemis, under French command.
Damn! I'da paid good money to see that, and all I had to do was read the Daily Mail.
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] This is the moment a runawayVenezuela ...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south... n narco known as Taliban ...Arabic for students... is dumped alive in the ocean with his hands zip-tied and an anchor around his waist in Dire Revenge for stealing 450 lbs of cocaine - and cash - from a cartel.
Reinaldo Fuentes is seen bound and gagged with blood stains on the back of his head before his killers struggle to heave him - and the anchor - over the side of a boat into the Caribbean Sea near Martinique.
The footage, shared to social media, shows Fuentes staring at the person recording the video. He is then dumped overboard and left to drown.
None of his kidnappers are identified but one is heard in the background of the video saying 'make sure none of our faces can be seen' and another later said 'he has no way to save himself'. "Goodbye, Mister Bond."
In an elaborate - and poorly thought out - ruse, Fuentes, a middleman for the Venezuelan Clan del Cartel, earlier had dumped a shipment of narcotics worth $10 million at sea and fabricated a fake coasties pursuit to explain not bringing the drugs back to his bosses and kept the cash.
He then went back out on the water to collect the cocaine, repackaged it and took it to another Caribbean island.
But the scheme went awry when his henchmen snitched, leading to his watery demise on July 17 - the day he was invited to a cartel meeting.
Veteran journalism Rafael Tolentino revealed Monday on 'Esto No Es Radio,' a daily morning show in the Dominican Republic, that Fuentes obtained a fake national identification document that allowed him to live under the name of Miguel Fulcar in the Dominican Republic, making it impossible for him to be detected by authorities.
Fuentes was reportedly dating a prominent lawyer, caring for her daughter, in the Dominican city of Bonao.
He was a native of Sucre, and had three children from a prior relationship in Venezuela.
Fuentes allegedly controlled drug dealing in the Bonao neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where he picked up the 'Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... ' nickname due to illicit dealings with Middle Eastern narcos.
Two members of his organization were previously killed in a shootout with the police in Buenos Aires. An investigation led cops to a home were a cache of weapons were recovered from a Bonao home. The weapons reportedly belonged to Fuentes.
Sources told Tolentino Fuentes entered the country July 14 and was there for two days before leaving.
Sources told Tolentino that Fuentes was murdered because he had been involved with stealing a multi-million-dollar cocaine shipment destined for Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands.
[GEO.TV] Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari, who was arrested a day earlier in a new case registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), was handed over to the Islamabad police on a three-day physical remand.
The additional district and sessions judge, Abual Hasnat, approved Mazari's physical remand on prosecutor Raja Naveed's request, after which the police took Mazari into its custody and left the judicial complex premises.
The court's decision was issued after the prosecutor and Mazari's counsels concluded their arguments.
A day earlier, Imaan’s was arrested in a new terror case from outside Adiala jail in Rawalpindi soon after an ATC court approved Mazari’s and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir's bails in a sedition case pertaining to the controversial speech against state institutions.
The Imaan’s counsel had said the police did not inform them about the case in which she had been arrested.
Before ordering the remand, the judge had allowed Imaan to meet her mother Shireen Mazari in the courtroom.
During his arguments today, the prosecutor maintained that the police wanted Imaan’s remand now, maintaining that the trial had not been initiated yet.
Right now we have to collect evidence against Imaan Mazari," the prosecutor told the court.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Senate, Odius Sepulcher called for war against the Visigoths... the human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... lawyer’s counsel, Zainab Janjua opposed the police request for her client’s remand.
It is not necessary for a suspect to be kept in jug in the kind of investigation that the police want to conduct, she said.
"The Supreme Court said that it is not necessary to arrest the suspect in every case. Imaan Mazari is a lawyer herself, she is not running away," she said, adding that booking her client in the terror case for victimisation.
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[GEO.TV] The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree... 's sentence awarded to him in the Toshakhana case but his conviction and disqualification remain intact until the court decides on the main appeal.
The IHC announced the short verdict that it reserved a day earlier wherein it directed the authorities to release the PTI chief on bail.
The court directed the PTI chief to submit a surety bond of Rs100,000 against the bail.
Member of PTI's legal team Barrister Gohar said that the surety bonds worth Rs100,000 against Khan's bail have been prepared as per the court's directives, and will be submitted after acquisition of the court order's copy.
The verdict comes as a major legal victory for Khan who had challenged his conviction and sentence awarded to him in the Toshakhana case.
IHC issues written verdict
In its much-anticipated eight-page written verdict, a two-member bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri suspended PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s three-years sentence in the Toshakhana case and ordered his release against surety bonds worth Rs100,000.
"The instant application is allowed and the sentence awarded by the trial court vide judgment dated 5/8/2023 is suspended, consequently, the applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the instant matter subject to furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs100,000 with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction the deputy registrar (judicial) of this court," read the order.
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[NPASYRIA] The de-escalation zone in the countryside of Idlib, Aleppo and Latakia in northwestern Syria witnessed, for the third consecutive day, a continuation of intensive mutual shelling between the Syrian government forces and 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 — formerly 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).
"The government forces continued their intensive artillery and missile attacks on the villages and towns of Fatterah, Kafr Aweed, Sfohen, Kansafra and the outskirts of al-Bara in Zawiya Mountain, south of Idlib, amid their attempts to advance and regain posts they lost in al-Malaja area in Zawiya Mountain at the beginning of this week," a military source of the Syrian opposition told North Press.
"The HTS thwarted last night an attempt by Division 25 (Special Tasks) affiliated with the government forces to progress in the al-Malaja, south of Idlib, where the latter tried to progress and regain the posts it lost a few days ago, as the area witnessed violent mostly peacefulfestivities that were ended with the withdrawal of government forces to their posts," the source added.
"The government forces also tried this morning to progress in the outskirts of Nahshaba, north of Latakia, amid a preparation of intensive artillery and missile escalation, but the HTS thwarted the attempt and managed to kill and wound more than 12 soldiers", according to the source.
"A military source within the al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room targeted with artillery and rocket shells posts of the government forces in Kafr Nabl, Ma’arat Harmah, Hazarin and al-Malaja, south of Idlib, and managed to destroy a rocket launcher and a cannon in Ma’arat Harmah", a source from the al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room reported.
In Hama, pro-government media reported that two soldiers were killed and two others were maimed by a landmine explosion in a car in Salamiyah countryside, east of Hama Governorate, central Syria.
"Units of our armed forces, in cooperation with the Russian warplanes, carried out air and missile strikes on headquarters of terrorist groups affiliated with what is called "Ansar al-Tawhid Group" and the HTS in the southern countryside of Idlib", the Ministry of Defense of Syria announced.
The Ministry of Defense added, in a statement, that "the strikes resulted in the complete destruction of those headquarters with all their weapons, equipment and ammunition, killing large numbers of murderous Moslems and their leaders, including Mahmoud Sarmini and Mamdouh Alloush from the HTS, and Abu Rayan Muwahh and Abu Qusoura al-Gharbi from Ansar al-Tawhid Group".
[NPASYRIA] On Tuesday, Ottoman Turkish authorities intensified their campaign to forcibly deport Syrians towards northern Syrian areas. The number of deportees in the past 24 hours exceeded 425 refugees, including Iraqis.
A private source informed North Press that the Ottoman Turkish authorities handed over more than 160 refugees, including 35 women with their children, to Military Police, affiliated with the Ottoman Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA), through Tel Abyad crossing north of Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria.
The source added that 265 refugees, including more than 51 women with their children, were also deported towards areas under the influence 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 — formerly 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) in Idlib, through Bab al-Hawa crossing.
The source further stated that the deportation process took place after obtaining all the identification documents and biometric data of the deportees to prevent their permanent return.
The deportees’ relatives residing inside The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... were not informed about the deportation of their loved ones, according to the source.
Exclusive sources told North Press that the number of Syrian deportees through the Tel Abyad, Bab al-Salama, and Bab al-Hawa crossings in northern Syria has exceeded 13,500 people during August, with expectations of an increase in the next month.
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[NPASYRIA] On Tuesday, the Ottoman Turkish-backed Sultan Suleiman Shah Division, aka al-Amshat, handed over five gunnies to 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 — formerly 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) after fleeing Idlib Governorate to Afrin Region, northwest Syria, on charges of espionage to US-led Global Coalition.
A private source in the General Security Service (GSS) of the HTS informed North Press that al-Amshat Division handed over the five ex-gunnies to the HTS via al- Ghazawiyah crossing which separates the Ottoman Turkish-occupied city of Afrin, and HTS-held areas in Idlib, 48 hours after arresting them in Afrin.
The source further added that the arrestees were ex-gunnies in Branch 106, affiliated with the GSS, in the city of Sarmada, northern Idlib. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... they fled Idlib after being placed in the list of the accused people of espionage to the Global Coalition.
The source indicated that the handover process took place based on security coordination between the al-Amshat Division and the HTS.
The HTS has been experiencing internal divisions for over two months, with one faction supporting Abu Maria al-Qahtani, a prominent leader within the HTS, and another supporting leader of the HTS, Abu Muhammad al-Julani. These divisions became evident during a recent security campaign that targeted numerous leaders and gunnies affiliated with the group, particularly within the GSS.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, disclosed that several soldiers 
[AFRICANEWS] At least 39 people, mostly 
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...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka 
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
...aka 
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
