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Movsum Samadov, convicted terrorist from Azerbaijan, could have gone quietly on his way.. He had just successfully crossed into the USA through or non-existent border and was part of a group of illegals that was interviewed as to locale of origin. Fortunately for us, Mr. Samadov has a bit of an ego and likes to shit talk the dumb Americans. https://www.independentsentinel.com/possible-convicted-terrorist-threatened-a-journalist-at-the-border/ It turns out that someone was watching. They put a face to a name and came up with Movsum Samadov, Leader of the Azerbaijani Islamic Party (outlawed in Azerbaijan) an Islamist organization allied with Hezbollah and funded by Iran...

The formal certification of a political party so diametrically opposed to democracy and to our way of life, and which could ultimately result in our enslavement, is completely unacceptable The Islamic Party of Ontario (IPO) has officially reserved its name with Elections Ontario, and is part-way along the path towards becoming an official party. According to their website, the soon-to-be party will be guided in its policy formation by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which starts with, ‘Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law” - and we are...

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – An unmanned U.S. reconnaissance drone crashed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul early on Saturday, hitting the offices of one of Iraq's biggest political parties, the U.S. military said. No injuries were reported, and there was no indication the aircraft was shot down, said Major Derrick Cheng, a military spokesman in northern Iraq. Cheng said it was a coincidence that the drone struck the local offices of the Iraqi Islamic Party, Iraq's biggest Sunni Arab political group, the military said. The U.S. military frequently deploys drones in Iraq as part of measures to counter roadside...

A hardline Somali leader on a U.N. list of terror suspects claimed Tuesday to be making progress in uniting two Islamist insurgent factions as a single front against the Western-backed government. Militiamen loyal to Islamic Party leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys have been fighting side-by-side in recent weeks with al-Shabab, an extremist Islamist group considered by the U.S. State Department to be a terrorist organization with links to al-Qaida. Al-Shabab denies that. "Talks to unite al-Shabab and the Islamic Party are at an advanced stage,"

In the small rural community of Kamdesh, Nuristan province, US troops recently constructed a base that houses hundreds of troops, making it the first such outpost of its kind to be built in one of the most untamed areas of Afghanistan. The base at Kamdesh is dug into a rugged mountain side that backs up to a sheer mountain side; prime real estate in the insurgent saturated northeast. Serving as an extension of forward operating base Naray, which lies due south in Kunar province, Kamdesh aims to reach further into the northern areas, namely Nuristan, to help the locals with...

KARACHI (AFP) - Commercial life ground to a halt in several Pakistani cities in a strike called by an Islamic party to protest this week's suicide attack that killed its top leaders and some 50 others. Army troops took up positions in Karachi, where a suicide bomber Tuesday blew himself up on the dais at a public rally commemorating the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Mohammed. The bombing killed the entire leadership of Sunni Tehreek, a moderate Muslim group, sparking rioting in the volatile port city during which protestors burned shops, vehicles and public property. The attack placed the...

An Afghan warlord who settled in Britain kept a human dog to bite his victims and waged a campaign of kidnap and torture against civilians, the Old Bailey was told yesterday. Faraydi Zardad, a veteran fighter against the Russians and the Taliban, was the commander of soldiers manning checkpoints on the Jalalabad road, the vital supply route between Kabul and Peshawar. He had complete authority in the area between 1992 and 1996 and "had a fearsome reputation for being cruel and merciless", the court was told. In the first prosecution of its kind Zardad, 41, who was arrested while living...

If the Belgian government does not stop the American troop movements in Belgium, he will ask the Arabic European League (AEL) to block the harbor of Antwerp. AEL-leader Abou Jahjah said this Wednesday at a press-meeting in Kallo right before an action of the PvdA (extreme-left party, not directly connected to the Dutch PvdA) in the Waaslandhaven (the harbor). Jahjah said that Antwerp would be the symbloical place for action against the Belgian involvement with the American war against Iraq. "Sunday we will hold a protest march in Brussels. This will only be a first step to what is coming...

Opinion polls in Turkey say the pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party will probably win emergency elections due in November, as Islamic politics fill the vacuum created by a failure of political leadership. Turkey is unique, a secular democracy in an Islamic nation. It is a key strategic ally of the US which borders Iraq. It cannot be allowed to fail - hence the massive loan from the International Monetary Fund which is saving Turkey from defaulting on its international debts. But Turkey's current leaders are accused of failing the nation, especially the poor and oppressed. Opinion polls say the Justice...