This War is Going Global(thanks Putin): it's still China's!

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On top of the attack in London; INDIA AND PAKISTAN CONFLICT ERUPTS IN 'DEADLY' BORDER BATTLES BETWEEN NUCLEAR RIVALS, and rumors that India planning to send 15,000 troops to Afghanistan. The Mujahideen did say that drawing India into all this was part of the Kashmir operation... Stay

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With everything going on, it's easy to forget The Mujahideen is still in control of a town in the Philippines; also interesting to note: Pakistan more of a threat than an ally: US think tank. All this while Turkey continues to flex their muscle. Stay

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More confirmation that Arif Jamal's information is accurate: Ghani Says Afghanistan Hit by 'Undeclared War' From Pakistan.

Also, the GCC - with the help of Pakistan - is set to take this thing to the next level. Remember, Russia has been backing Hezbollah indirectly through Iran... Stay

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ISIS The Mujahideen Takes Credit For Iran Attacks, Several Deaths Reported..

And to create an even bigger smoke screen; The Mujahideen warrior Erdogan has fast-track draft bill approving troop deployment in Qatar

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I "like" how they are reporting this as if the city isn't still under siege; Militants in Philippines had planned to set up an Islamist enclave.

And while the big news is obviously the downward spiral in the Middle​ East:

-Shabaab -The Mujahideen steps up attacks in Kenya
-The Taliban Mujahideen Still Control Large Parts of Afghanistan; and ISIS The Mujahideen Has Established a Foothold
-After UK, Egypt attacks, Libya seen as militants’ haven

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Gulf countries severing ties with Qatar is hindering fight against Islamic State, says US

And then:
-Despite Global Commitment to Defeat Islamic State, Experts Say More Attacks Could be Coming
-Philippine army vows to overrun militants linked to Islamic State(The military missed its earlier June 2 deadline to wipe out the militants,)
-Coming Asian war on terror and a growing SCO(Global WAR, IT'S CHINA'S!!)

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Zawahiri lectures on global jihad, warns of national boundaries

“One Ummah, One War on Multiple Fronts.”

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the GCC - with the help of Pakistan (and Turkey) - is set to take this thing to the next level...Smoke screen...

Qatar, the UAE and the Libya connection

The accusations issued against Qatar imply that it has been contributing, through supporting such groups and individuals, to the conflict and instability in Libya. This totally distorts the reality as it attempts to turn a blind eye to the fact that the UAE has been detrimentally interfering in Libya by being deeply involved in fuelling the ongoing divisions and conflict throughout the country, especially in the last three years since the breakout of civil war. The UAE has been attempting to embolden one side of the conflict, namely Khalifa Haftar and his followers, in order to allow him to achieve a total military victory and takeover as an absolute ruler of Libya

And then, have to mention the cross over into the Asian crisis: How the Gulf row is blocking China’s new Silk Road

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Pure crazy sauce: Destroying a Philippine City to Save It From ISIS Allies

As reported on this thread and now admitted by "the officials": Islamic State cells in nearly all Indonesian provinces: military chief

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the GCC - with the help of Pakistan (and Turkey) - is set to take this thing to the next level...

-Shabaab The Mujahideen suicide assault team takes hostages in Mogadishu restaurant
-US drone strikes ‘against spirit of ongoing cooperation,’ Pakistani Army chief says (Riiight)
-India, Pakistan trade fire on LoC
-Kashmir protests: 'Concrete evidence' on cross-border support given to Pakistan The Mujahideen, India tells UNHRC

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From JV team to varsity, and a new JV team? Or ridiculous compartmentalization: Al Qaeda Challenges ISIS for Leadership of Global Jihadist Movement, EU Police Say. But at least the media is starting to get it right: For Peace in Afghanistan, Talk to Pakistan. A bit more on that: Pakistan is paving the way for ISIS in Kashmir . Don't forget about the 500k+ Mujahideen warriors in the Balkans: ISIS Threatens Terror Campaign in the Balkans.

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China letting the three amigos think they are supported (as previously discussed): Iran, China hold joint naval drill in Persian Gulf.

Another reporter on what Arif Jamal and by extension what has been discussed around here: Pakistan is supporting IS-Khorasan in Afghanistan

And, the GCC - with the help of Pakistan (and Turkey) - is set to take this thing to the next level..
-Iran calls missile attack on Syria militants a wider warning
-Iranian official denies Saudi claim it arrested Iranian military forces
-SAUDI ARABIA CLAIMS TO ARREST IRANIAN MILITARY ELITES 'ATTACKING' OIL FIELDS

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There have been so many 'incidences' in Europe these past few days to list; the main point; EU army inevitable, says senior German official.

Of course the Mid East continues to escalate..

However, the biggest thing right now out side of Afghanistan is how the Philippines is getting worse. Stay

-Palace: Marawi won’t become new IS hub(the fact they even have to print something like this...)
-Philippines to halt operations against communist rebels Truce allows government troops to focus on quelling a month-long siege by ISIL-linked fighters in Mindanao province.
-Islamist militants storm school in the Philippines, take students hostage(a different town now...)

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But, but; their funding was almost running dry according to reports a few months ago.

ISIS The Mujahideen is said to fund militant siege in Philippines. Which means that another date to have the Mujahideen out of the city they control has come to pass; and now, Australia to Send Spy Planes to Help Philippines Recapture Marawi..

But then again; ISIS shifting focus to Afghanistan, threatens Central Asia – CIS anti-terrorism chief while Kashmir turned into killing field. Of course, The Mujahideen has always been in Afghanistan: Taliban overruns district in Afghan north.

And on the other side of the same coin: 2 US cases provide unique window into Iran’s global terror network

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Very interesting.

The Oil Glut Camouflages Some Vicious Black Swans

As I noted earlier this week(and some have been saying since late 2015), the market appears largely indifferent to what's happening in a region that accounts for 36 percent of global oil exports, even when that includes a surprise reshuffle in Saudi Arabia's succession plans...

....The most obvious reason for this is that traders just can't see past that big blob of oil inventories smothering the market.

What's more, when was the last time the Middle East wasn't a fractious place? And yet the oil has, more or less, kept coming.... In fact, you have to imagine something really shocking to happen in the Middle East to take millions of barrels off the market:....

....calamitous outcomes that are fiendishly difficult to model -- and even harder to discuss with clients or managers without sounding like you've read too many Tom Clancy novels.

Yet the risks of them happening are all appreciably higher today than just a few years ago.Like that melting ice, some of the things holding the Middle East's conflicts in check are melting away....

.....it is worth remembering the Middle East's major powers are habituated to pursuing what is euphemistically called a muscular foreign policy.

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-Can the Philippine army recapture Marawi?
-Philippines VP visits refugees fleeing fighting, Duterte unseen in days

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Why are Sahel countries deploying an anti-jihad force? Yes, I wonder why? Balkans Remains Key Route for Terrorists, EU Warns. And today a major cyber attack in close proximity to said Balkans, with a bit more on the Black Swan of the oil market mixed in. Stay

Massive cyberattack hits Europe with widespread ransom demands

Russian companies, like the oil giant Rosneft, also complained of being hit by a “powerful hacking attack.” Photographs leaked to the news media from a Rosneft-owned regional oil company showed computers displaying ransomware demands similar to those in Ukraine.

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The Whabbist Kingdom that supports the Mujahideen army couldn't possibly be thinking that by removing their % of the oil market, and Russia's % of the oil market, that they could plunge the world into an energy crisis.... the GCC - with the help of Pakistan (and Turkey) - is set to take this thing to the next level...



Saudi Arabia’s March Towards Civil War

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About that smoke screen that has been discussed since the "Qatar Crisis" began.

-Saudi Arabia and Qatar Are Still Friends When It Comes to Tankers
-Pakistan denounces US terrorism designation of Hizbul Mujahideen chief

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-Qatar rejects deadline demands, saying it does not fear military action
-West Africa: Instability Widens in Mali and the Sahel Region of Africa
-Italy overwhelmed by flood of immigrants
-Czech lawmakers OK's gun holders' right to defend country
-US, Philippines hold naval patrol to deter Muslim militants
-Kashmir rebel designated as terrorist by US vows to fight on
-India involved in spreading terrorism in Pakistan: FO spokesperson

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-Islamic State increases its dominance in Africa
-Taliban promotes 4 previously unidentified training camps in Afghanistan
-The new geopolitics of the Uyghur movement
-Terrorism: Central Asia migrants in Moscow recruited by ISIS

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Keeping in mind we aren't talking about the massive Middle East refugee crisis here. I wonder why Europe stop publishing migration numbers..

-Bill Gates: Europe Will Be Overwhelmed Unless It Stems Flow of Migrants
-Austria to send troops and armoured vehicles to border with Italy to block migrants

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the GCC - with the help of Pakistan (and Turkey) - is set to take this thing to the next level...

Turkish President slams Germany in exclusive interview with France

On the Syria crisis, Erdogan warned that Turkey is ready to intervene militarily in the north to repel Syrian Kurdish forces there, forces armed and supported by the US but seen as a terrorist organisation by Turkey

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But; Syraq!!

-PHILIPPINES MUSLIM REGISTER TOUTED AS ISIS INSURGENCY RAGES IN MINDANAO
-France extends state of emergency for sixth time
-US power plants hit by cyber attack

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Keeping in mind we aren't talking about the massive Middle East refugee crisis here...

-Spike in migrant boats to Spain may signal shift in Africa exodus
-Paris clears out thousands of people from makeshift migrant camp
-Italian anger as EU states refuse to back migrant plan
-Italy's Renzi urges end to 'do gooder' mentality on migrant influx

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-Iran arrests Saudi Sailors
-Qassem Soleimani boasts of Tehran’s expanded footprint throughout Middle East
-Attacks in Syria and Yemen are turning disease into a weapon of war
-More than 20 Egyptian soldiers killed in Islamic State assault on Sinai outpost

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Cheering the year long battle to 'liberate' a city the Mujahideen ran over in days; and then looted.. the GCC - with the help of Pakistan (and Turkey) - is set to take this thing to the next level; Stay

-Iran-Pakistan at the Crossroads
-Seven killed in disputed Kashmir in cross-border shelling
-Pakistan and Jaish-e-Mohammad: An unholy alliance
-Pakistan Enhances Range of Controversial ‘Tactical’ Nuclear Weapon
-Bengal On The Edge Of A Precipice
-AQIS emphasizes allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri, Taliban in new ‘code of conduct’

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-Kurdish fighters say they clash with Turkish forces in northwest Syria
-Syrian army, militias attack rebels in southeast desert

And about that Balkans thing; AkA the compartmentalized, disjointed nature in which the last 15 years has played out, will make it so all North America will be able to do is help the European countries hold the line behind that giant fence they have built:

-Germany: Chechen Sharia Police Terrorize Berlin
-Europe's Mass Migration: The Leaders vs. the Public
-U.S. deploys advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Baltics for first time

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With Baghdadi gone, it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see the Mujahideen being lead by Al zawahiri or Hazma bin Laden. Of course this destroys the Syraq narrative and leaves a much larger issue on the table. Stay

Islamic State fights the Taliban, Afghan government-backed locals in Tora Bora Mountains

Lacking a significant deployment in the area, the Afghan government eventually decided to provide more arms to eager villagers and tribesmen. Voice of America (VOA) reported on July 7 that the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) “is arming dozens of local men in the Pachiragam district of Nangarhar province, which shares a border with Pakistan.”

-Here's how schools of faith, mobiles are radicalising Kashmir
-Indian in US pleads guilty of providing support to al-Qaeda
-Yorkshire radio blasts al-Qaeda speeches for 25 hours before anyone noticed
-As ISIS Goes Down, Here Comes al-Qaeda

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It makes complete sense that, US crude exports forecast to exceed most Opec members by 2020. Especially with China Dispatches Troops To Djibouti To Set Up Its First Overseas Base; while Kosovo's Path From Secular Nation To Europe's Jihadist Stronghold. Stay