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Traffic "calming" measures for everybody! 
Basque militants ETA surrender arms in end to decades of conflict
, although they did announce an end to armed struggle a few years back.
Your friendly neighbourhood Regent
Notice how, being European, ETA are constantly referred to as 'militant separatists', not terrorists (except in one direct quote), nor are their actions referred to as terrorist attacks.
edited 9th Apr '17 6:36:17 AM by Robrecht
Angry gets shit done.
Oh, bother.
NVM
edited 9th Apr '17 6:37:45 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised
Time marches on. ETA, IRA and others represented the Cold War era terror scene who were often separatists of all sorts (and quite often local).
Hardly surprising that the media has shifted primarily into looking at jihadism, which is the most prominent in the minds of the public these days.
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Hardly surprising that the media has shifted primarily into calling jihad ism terrorism, making it most prominent in the minds of the public these days.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches on Palm Sunday kill 43:
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, which also injured more than 100 people and occurred a week before Coptic Easter, with Pope Francis scheduled to visit Egypt later this month.
The first bombing, in Tanta, a Nile Delta city about 100 km (60 miles) north of Cairo, tore through the inside of St. George Church during its Palm Sunday service, killing at least 27 people and injuring at least 78, the Ministry of Health said.
The second, carried out a few hours later by a suicide bomber in Alexandria, hit Saint Mark's Cathedral, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 16 people, including three police officers, and injuring 41, the ministry added.
Coptic Pope Tawadros, who had attended mass at Saint Mark's Cathedral, was still in the building at the time of the explosion but was not harmed, the Interior Ministry said.
"These acts will not harm the unity and cohesion of the people," Tawadros said later, according to state media.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi condemned the attacks and summoned the National Defence Council to an urgent session.
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Good job repressing the Islamists, Mr. Violently Secular Government.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
"Violently secular". From what some Egyptian students told me the government has been courting the religious conservatives all the time. The terror organisations inside Egypt are attacked specifically due to being outside of government control.
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Just look at the title closely before reading on at your own discretion...
Boko Haram increasingly using children as bombers: UN
...Boko Haram are increasingly forcing children to carry out bombings, with the number of attacks since January already nearly reaching the total for all of last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.N. children's agency.
UNICEF says at least 117 attacks have been carried out by youth in the Lake Chad basin region since 2014, with nearly 80 percent of the bombs strapped to girls, who were sometimes drugged before their missions.
The very sight of children near marketplaces and checkpoints is sparking fear, according to Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF's regional director for West and Central Africa. As a result, nearly 1,500 children were detained last year across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
UNICEF emphasized that beyond the high-profile Chibok abductions, the practice of kidnapping children and forcing them to associate with the armed group has been prevalent.
"Young girls are spotted in the markets, and nighttime raids drag them from their beds. In some cases, parents are killed in front of the girls during the process," it said. "This is typically followed by an extended journey to a Boko Haram base in the forest where the girls are forced into early marriage and sexual slavery."
UNICEF also called for the community reintegration of children who were once under Boko Haram's control, saying many are stigmatized and feared. However, a $154 million appeal last year for the Lake Chad basin region remains only 40 percent funded, the agency said.
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The offense at Mosul continues.
BBC showed videos of Iraqi police arresting an IS fighter posing as a refugee.
edited 14th Apr '17 8:19:32 PM by Ominae
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The Iraqi vice president claimed that Daesh is seeking an alliance with al-Qaeda.
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
If that's true then the Russians have hurt ISIS bad.
Oh really when?
A procrastination in of itself
Not sure I'd give credit to the Russians, more the Iraqi security forces and that Kurds, both fo whom have been slowly making a ton of progress against ISIS.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
Hasn't in the past, Al Quaeda pulled an Even Evil Has Standards?
Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
A procrastination in of itself
I suspect that when they did it was just a covering lie for the fact that an internal power struggle lead to the split.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
Partly that, and partly because ISIS is so extreme that they piss off the local networks/tribes/civilians that AQ needs to cooperate with to blend in.
Who Am I?
If it's even true. You never know in that part of the world.
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
Pretty sure the Russians actively avoided bombing ISIS and bombed everyone else. And is maybe making deals with the Taliban.
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
How the tables have turned.
What is Russia's interest in the Middle East?
Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Multitude. Outside of resources, they have their base in Syria, vulnerable flanks in Central Asia (the Stans are far from being under control), extremist movement etc.
There's also the classic Cold War playbook of simply getting as many countries on your side as you can.
It's the Great Game all over again.
edited 18th Apr '17 5:32:33 AM by TerminusEst
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The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
I was under the impression that most of the Middle East hates Russia even more than they do the US. I suppose things have changed recently.
Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
A procrastination in of itself
The Middle East hasn't got a consistent opinion on anyone, most countries don't have a consistent opinion between the government and population, so it's not really possible to say.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
Also "the Middle East" is not a monolithic bloc.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
I didn't say they were.
"Russia" is not a monolithic bloc either, and yet we say "Russia feels this way" or "Russia is doing this".
Some generalizations are appropriate and others are not. I was asking if this one is.
Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you