Russia continues to project itself as an effective actor against terrorism in an effort to gain global legitimacy. It has positioned itself to play a larger role in anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan, possibly in order to take advantage of the planned U.S. withdrawal by the end of January 2017...

Russia in Central Asia             and the Caucasus                   by Franklin Holcomb   Key Takeaway: Russia took steps to expand and solidify its spheres of influence in Central Asia and the Caucasus to secure its dominance in the region while continuing to increase its military influence globally. Russia continues to project itself as an effective actor against terrorism in an effort to gain global legitimacy. It has positioned itself to play a larger role in anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan, possibly in order to take advantage of the planned U.S. withdrawal by the end of January 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to maintain control of the volatile North Caucasus region of Russia by appointing strongman Ramzan Kadyrov as leader of Chechnya until September 2016 as clashes between Russian security forces and anti-Russian militants continued. Russia also played a leading role in deescalating the conflict in the South Caucasus as two of its regional partners, Armenia and Azerbaijan, renewed hostilities over the long-disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia continues to arm both sides of the conflict, and its ally Armenia retains the ability to escalate the conflict.  Russia's partnership with Iran, which emerged primarily as a result of cooperation in support of the Assad regime in Syria, has intensified through efforts to expand bilateral cooperation in and around the Caspian Sea. Protests erupted across Russia's primary regional partner Kazakhstan in response to new laws on land privatization, prompting the government of Kazakhstan to label the movements as an attempted coup and to crack down on dissent. Deadly clashes took place between unidentified militants and security officials in the western town of Aqtobe in Kazakhstan. Russia expressed confidence in Kazakh authorities' ability to maintain control of the crisis and indicated that it would not get involved at the present time despite its high sensitivity to instability on its southern border and in its partner regimes.

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Finally, some useful facts are coming out of all those airports full body scans! CATSA disclosed the following Airport Screening Results. March 2016 Statistics On Airport Full Body Screening From CATSA : Terrorists Discovered 0 Transvestites 133 Hernias 1,485 Hemorrhoid Cases 3,172 Enlarged Prostates 8,249 Breast Implants 59,350 Natural Blondes 3 It was also discovered that 408 politicians had no balls. Thought you'd like to know!!!

United States to turn over “El Güero” Palma to Mexican authorities ...

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United States to turn over “El Güero” Palma to Mexican authorities Posted: 09 Jun 2016 09:37 PM PDT News reports have alluded to Mexican authorities’ efforts to detain and prosecute Hector Luis “El Güero” Palma Salazar, based on previous charges that still might be pending. On Thursday June 9 the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City released the following press statement about Palma’s legal status: Hector Luis “El Güero” Palma Salazar is scheduled to be released from the United States Bureau of Prisons in the coming days.  Palma will be turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is coordinating with Mexican officials his direct return to Mexican authorities. Palma was arrested by Mexican authorities in 2002 on a U.S.-issued Provisional Arrest Warrant, and served five years in a Mexican prison under that warrant while his extradition to the United States was being processed, in accordance with the 1978 Mexico-U.S. Extradition Treaty.  After extradition, Palma pleaded guilty before a United States court and was sentenced to 16 years for transporting 50 kilos of cocaine. Under U.S. Federal sentencing practices, the five years Palma spent in a Mexican prison counted as time served under the U.S. sentence.  As part of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons system-wide incentive scheme for good behavior, Palma was scheduled for release after having served 85% of his sentence. The United States and Mexico enjoy strong cooperation in security, including a healthy extradition relationship under our robust bilateral extradition treaty.  The U.S. government is committed to continuing to strengthen this relationship. For further questions regarding Palma’s sentence or release, we refer you to the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. or to the Bureau of Prisons. The Yucatan Times

Mexico’s lost guns: 13,000 over 10 years; reported lost or stolen by police and other officials Posted: 09 Jun 2016 05:40 PM PDT Posted by DD republished from Mexico News Daily  Mexico News Daily | Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Apatzingan Self-defense force: armed with police weapons?  Police are having a hard time hanging on to their guns: at both state and federal levels police officers and officials in prosecutors’ and attorney generals’ offices have lost nearly 13,000 firearms since 2006. The federal Attorney General’s office reported the disappearance of 1,171 arms, the Federal Police 1,054, and 102 by the Center for Investigation and National Security (Cisen). Members of the Federal Protection Service, responsible for the security of public officials, were best at hanging on to their weapons. They lost only 15. The rest of the 12,878 missing guns, both handguns and rifles, were lost or stolen in all 32 states, but the majority disappeared in Mexico City, the State of México, Chihuahua, Guerrero and Jalisco. The last three represent regions of the country with strong a presence of established drug cartels and splinter groups. The largest number of lost or stolen weapons was reported in Mexico City in 2009, when 800 arms went missing from local police stations. That was also the year in which the most guns vanished nationwide, a total of 2,081. The data was obtained by the newspaper Milenio from the National Defense Secretariat through a freedom-of-information request. Coincidentally, the Mexican government increased its imports of firearms by more than threefold in the first half of this decade. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) reports that Mexico’s arms imports grew by 331% between 2011 and 2015 when compared with the period 2006 to 2010. Sipri attributed the sharp increase in imports to the war against drug cartels. InSight Crime suggests the missing weapons were likely destined for the domestic black market and bought up by organized criminal networks. They might also have found their way into the hands of the armed vigilante groups operating in many parts of the country. The crime research organization concluded that “the demand for guns has shot up parallel with the militarization of Mexico’s so-called ‘drug war,’” adding that the increase in weapons imports “shows that the Mexican government is arming up, not dialing it down.” Source: Milenio (sp)

Palestinian journalists are spearheading a campaign against Israeli reporters...

Who Is Threatening Israeli Journalists and Why? by Khaled Abu Toameh  •  June 10, 2016 at 6:00 am Palestinian journalists are spearheading a campaign against Israeli reporters. They have been taught that any journalist daring to criticize the Palestinian Authority (PA) or Hamas is a "traitor." They expect Israeli and Western journalists to report bad things only about Israel. "It is very sad when you see that your colleagues on the other side are inciting against you and doing their best to prevent you from carrying out your work. This is harmful to the Palestinians themselves because they will no longer be able to relay their opinions to the Israeli public." — Israeli reporter who has been covering Palestinian affairs for nearly a decade. For Palestinian journalists, to be seen in public with an Israeli colleague is treasonous. Many Western journalists turn a blind eye to assaults on freedom of the media under the PA and Hamas. They know they will be unwelcome in these places if they write any story that reflects negatively on Palestinians. Besides, the campaign against Israeli journalists is being waged by Palestinians, and not Israelis. To them, this fact alone makes it a story not worth reporting. Nearly every Israeli media outlet has a journalist whose task is to report on what is happening on the Palestinian side. Until recently, these journalists would travel to Ramallah and other Palestinian cities in the West Bank to interview ordinary Palestinians, representatives of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and various Palestinian factions. Things have changed. It is hard now to spot an Israeli journalist in the field. And it is equally difficult to find a PA official willing to talk to an Israeli journalist. Every now and then, President Mahmoud Abbas does invite Israeli journalists for a briefing -- hand-picked journalists, that is. As well, a handful of veteran Fatah officials such as Jibril Rajoub and Kadoura Fares, who are both fluent in Hebrew, grant interviews to select Israeli radio and TV stations. Like Abbas, they do so when, and only when, they have an interest in relaying a message to the Israeli public. Continue Reading Article

Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end!

 

What is meant by the modern term referred to as ‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS’..  The definition is found in 4 telegrams at the Truman Library and Museum  in Independence, Missouri. The following are copies of four telegrams between  President Harry Truman and Gen Douglas MacArthur on the day before the actual  signing of the WWII Surrender Agreement in September 1945..  The contents of  those four telegrams below are exactly as received at the end of the war - not a  word has been added or deleted!    (1) Tokyo,Japan  0800-September 1,1945  To: President Harry S Truman   From: General D A MacArthur       Tomorrow we meet with those yellow-bellied bastards and sign the Surrender  Documents, any last minute instructions?     (2) Washington, D C  1300-September 1, 1945  To: D A MacArthur  From: H S Truman        Congratulations, job well done, but you must tone down your obvious dislike  of the Japanese when discussing the terms of the surrender with the press, because  some of your remarks are fundamentally not politically correct!     (3) Tokyo, Japan   1630-September 1, 1945  To: H S Truman  From: D A MacArthur and C H Nimitz       Wilco Sir, but both Chester and I are somewhat confused, exactly what does  the term politically correct mean?     (4) Washington, D C  2120-September 1, 1945  To: D A MacArthur/C H Nimitz From: H S Truman       Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical  minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the  proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end!   Now, with special thanks to the Truman Museum and Harry himself, you and I finally have a full  understanding of what ‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS’ really means.....

As the Fundepro study shows, the majority of assaults against police or military are rooted in attempts to rob the agents of their firearm...

Weekly InSight | 10 June 2016 News Analysis Killings of Venezuela Security Forces On the Rise Amid Crisis A bloodstained weekend marked the latest chapter in a year of increased violence against Venezuela's security forces, a trend that is expected to continue as the country's political and economic crisis deepens.   Read More

Are Zetas, Mexico Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity? Cargo Theft is Big Business for Brazil Crime Groups Colombia’s Drug Trafficking Paradise: San Andres Islands Report Details Hierarchy of Guatemala's Sex Trafficking Rings

News CICIG: Guatemala Faces Challenge of 'Structural Corruption' Mexico's Public Security Lost 13,000 Weapons in 10 Years DEA Praises Ecuador for Increasing Drug Seizures Trinidad and Tobago Sees Worsening Security Situation El Salvador Accuses Ambassador of Arms Trafficking Organized Crime Profits from Modern Slavery in Latin America Court Rules El Salvador Prison Crowding Unconstitutional Over 1,000 'Drug Strips' Linked to Bolivia-Peru Air Bridge More News Multimedia We zoom in on organized crime's role in modern slavery as higlighted by Walk Free Foundation's (pdf) 2016 Global Slavery Index.

White House: FBI Probe Into Clinton Emails Is 'Criminal Investigation' – To Glee Of Republicans – Same Day Obama Endorses Her!

White House: FBI probe into Clinton emails is 'criminal investigation'

Obama's spokesman told reporters the president is committed to keeping his hands off the 'criminal investigation,' using those words despite Clinton's preference for the more benign 'security inquiry.'

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10 June 2016