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

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The Asian Crisis? Free Enterprise; We win!? Nah, more writing on the wall with a hint of still missing the broader scope. Stay

The New Silk Road will go through Syria

Needless to add, all those elaborate plans depend on no more war. And there’s the rub.

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But, Syraq! The Islamic State is the JV team!!

-Fifth column: Wisdom in a dark time Almost no country needs to be more worried about jihadist Islam spreading than India, where more Muslims live than anywhere else, except Indonesia
-Al-Qaeda getting more active in Indian subcontinent: US experts

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Hi Ahamburger. I've been reading the investing/market part of this site every once in a while since it began and the MSN Market Talk for years before that and I have to ask you a question if you don't mind. What is this thread supposed to accomplish? The last 90 posts have all been you with no one else offering opinion. I don't think I have ever seen this on any message forum. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Just curious.

I wish I had listened to Frank C. and you and a few others back in 2009 when the Dow Jones was under 7,000 and you guys were counseling to stay in the markets. Look at it now, 3 times higher. Well, I did gain a little from the Mutual Funds I had but I wish I had put a lot more in at the time. It just seemed certain at the time that it was a bad idea. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Lost opportunity.

Well, it's good to see you still around and if no one else is reading this thread, I do occasionally.

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Welcome, @ahotdog! Glad you've come out of hiding. We're glad to have you.

We slow down around here during the summer and some of our older posters have wandered off. However, you might enjoy THIS BOARD. That's where our investing gurus are posting these days. 

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Jul 17, 2017 11:42:44 GMT -5 @ahotdog said:

Hi Ahamburger. I've been reading the investing/market part of this site every once in a while since it began and the MSN Market Talk for years before that and I have to ask you a question if you don't mind. What is this thread supposed to accomplish? The last 90 posts have all been you with no one else offering opinion. I don't think I have ever seen this on any message forum. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Just curious.

I wish I had listened to Frank C. and you and a few others back in 2009 when the Dow Jones was under 7,000 and you guys were counseling to stay in the markets. Look at it now, 3 times higher. Well, I did gain a little from the Mutual Funds I had but I wish I had put a lot more in at the time. It just seemed certain at the time that it was a bad idea. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Lost opportunity.

Well, it's good to see you still around and if no one else is reading this thread, I do occasionally.

Ahotdog... haha, awesome!!

This thread, and this area of the board is all about data collection. It's like bimetalaupt and I were talking about at the start of the year. The value of the quality data collected far exceeds time spent posting; especially now that we are quantifing it.

Above that, I guess I hope the ones who do read it understand that global conflict is the linchpin in China's debt bomb; and how this will change things as we know them today.

One of the things I always got a kick out of "back in the day" was the sunshine pumper accusations. All I thought was, had I been posting before the US housing fall out... Like I said at that time, if I see a problem, I would shout it from the rooftops.

Thanks for posting Adog!(hope you decide to post a bit more) It's nice to be reminded of the good times we had. I actually had the opportunity to meet Frank in person last summer - which was the bees knees - and my goal moving forward from this point on is to bring some of us together and make a lot of dough.

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The GCC - with the help of Turkey and Pakistan - are set to take this to the next level. Stay

-Turkish-YPG clashes rage around critical sites in northern Syria
-PKK bomb attack injures 17 soldiers in Turkey’s Hakkari
-Turkey extends emergency rule for three more months
-Turkey says Israel’s brief closure of Temple Mount after attack is ‘crime against humanity

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and of course things continue to be on edge on the Philippines; while Indonesia continues to radicalize.

-Turkish State News Agency Publishes U.S. Base Locations in Syria
-Pakistan among countries providing 'safe havens' to terrorists: US
-6 killed as Indian, Pakistan soldiers trade fire in Kashmir
-Workers abducted in the Philippines
-Philippines' Duterte offers Muslim self-rule to counter IS in Marawi

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Crazy times...

-Austria threatens to close border in migrant row with Italy
-How many fighters does the Islamic State still have in Libya?
-Islamic State increases its dominance in Africa
-Minister: Israel Will Now Act to Reestablish Jewish Sovereignty Over Temple Mount

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Yeah..

-Hezbollah, Syria army launch offensive at Syrian-Lebanese border
-Gunmen attack elite security unit in Ivory Coast, steal arms
-Erdogan Allies Attack Istanbul Synagogue, Warn of Further Violence Over Temple Mount Crisis
-Pakistan created terror groups to check India and Afghanistan: Former US diplomats
-Isis core helps fund militants in PHL, report says
-IS galvanized in Asia by Philippine city siege, report says

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stay

-Shabaab gains in Somalia due to ‘lapses in offensive counterterrorism operations’
-Migrant Maids and Nannies for Jihad
-Singapore a potential target for ISIS-linked attacks: report
-ISIS Sets Marawi as Stepping Stone to Enter Indonesia
-There are about two million IS members in Indonesia

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It seems the people in France have had their fill; and all sorts of other "crazy things."

-The inhabitants of Séméac (65) set up a wall in front of a center for migrants
-ISIS establishes a new beachhead: the Philippines
-Marawi standoff enters third month, underlining crisis in Philippines
-Philippines extends martial law in Mindanao until the end of the year
-Malaysia to Deploy More Terror Aid to Philippines
-Thai military ready to aid Philippines
-Taliban seizes 3 districts from Afghan government
-India witnessed more terrorist attacks than Pakistan in 2016
-Yemeni Houthis release video of missile launch on Saudi oil refinery

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And then...

-China’s new policy tracking Muslims’ phones
-Afghan forces sustain heavy casualties in Taliban assault on southern base
-Yemen’s army launches huge offensive on southern Saudi military sites
-Al Qaeda says it has group in Kashmir to fight Indian rule
-Al-Qaeda's South Asia Branch Makes a Bid for Global Jihad Leadership
-Arabs are Islamizing Kosovo before KFOR's eyes
-Balkans Need Resources to Fight Terror

Stay

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Islamic State is on Australia’s doorstep: Their secret dens and a mobile phone confirms it

ISIS on South East Asia’s doorstep felt more like rumour or the bragging by a desperate militant until Marawi

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After two separate attacks in Germany over the weekend that "weren't terror related" and an attempted plane hijacking in Australia that was...

-Xi Calls for Strong Army, Tells China Troops 'World Isn't Safe'
-Islamic State: Indonesian mosques accused of supporting radical group's ideology
-Policeman killed, six wounded in eastern Saudi Arabia attack
-Oil and the Saudi Arabia threat

... Stay

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+ The GCC - with the help of Turkey and Pakistan - are set to take this to the next level...

Saudi Arabia says that calls for internationalization of holy sites 'a declaration of war'

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I'm feeling lazy and don't want to look for the quote; but as mentioned, the distance between Morroco and Spain is the shortest trip from North Africa to Europe.

-Spanish border enclaves under violent siege as increasing hordes of African migrants storm barriers
-Shabaab ambushes AMISOM forces in southern Somalia
-Taliban video details takeover of eastern Afghan district
-At Least 29 Killed In Suicide Attack On A Shiite Mosque In Afghanistan, A Hospital Official Says
-Is There A Terror Threat In Turkmenistan?(Yes)

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The GCC - with the help of Turkey and Pakistan - are set to take this to the next level... Aka I'm sure Qatar is on Iran's side..

-Inside the Saudi town that's been under siege for three months by its own government
-Yemeni mercenaries fight and die to protect Saudi border
-Iran outflanking Saudi Arabia in Yemen
-Iranian general boasts of Quds Force killing U.S. troops in Iraq
-Three ‘gunmen’ storm SM Southmall shopping centre in the Philippines and ‘shoot dead’ politician

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Well over a month since the Philippines first said the battle was almost over; Philippines military needs 20,000 more troops to tackle Islamic State seige in Marawi, says president Duterte, while US 'mulling airstrikes against Islamic State in Philippines'.

Also:

-‘Islamic State factions may dominate militancy in Kashmir soon’
-IRAN'S FORCES BATTLE ISIS, OTHER MILITANTS AND FRIENDLY FIRE IN TWO DAYS OF ACTION

Stay

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About the short trip from North Africa to Spain previously discussed: Spain could overtake Greece in sea arrivals

And then:

-Taliban retakes eastern Afghan district from Afghan forces
-Qods Force-linked Taliban commander leads insurgency in central Afghanistan
-US to designate the IRGC, affiliates as terrorists
-Does Qatar Support Extremisim? Yes. So does Saudi Arabia.

Taliban free 235 villagers in northern Afghanistan

Local authorities believe the capture of the area was jointly carried out by the Taliban The Mujahideen and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) The Mujahideen fighters. If confirmed, this will mark the first time the two rival groups have joined forces in battle.

The information was gleaned after some of the freed villagers told local media that they saw both the Taliban's Mujahideen's white banner and ISIL's The Mujahideen's black flag flying together during the attack.

Stay

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The GCC - with the help of Turkey and Pakistan - are set to take this to the next level... Remember; Erdogan is a Mujahideen warrior...

Turkey’s Drive To Restore Ottoman Era Influence

I think we'll still have one more summer to enjoy.. Guess we'll see. Stay

In 1939, I didn’t hear war coming. Now its thundering approach can’t be ignored

This August resembles too much that of 1939; the last summer of peace until 1945.

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Ah yes, that good ole compartmentalisation: Islamic State ‘outsources’ terror attacks to Pakistan based outfits: UN

And then, just as the war dies down in the Mid East and starts raging across the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere, the Mid East will catch fire again.


-Jihadists strike across West Africa
-Taliban overruns district in Afghan northwest
-Iran Was At The Forefront Of The Fight Against ISIS. Now It Has To Face The Militants At Home
-Growing extremism as source of strategic instability in Asia
-Conflicts in Syria, Iraq far from over despite Islamic State setbacks

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Well, Spain has been brought up a couple time in the last few posts; prayers for the ppl there, and for all those involved in the recent attacks across Western Europe these past couple months.

Unfortunately, Scale of Balkan Jihadist Extremism ‘Underestimated; and along the Balkan route:

-Russia to blame for 'hot war' in Ukraine: U.S. special envoy
-US Takes Another Look at Providing Lethal Weapons to Ukraine
-Russia’s biggest war game in Europe since the cold war alarms NATO

Then, further along what would be "The New Silk Road":

-Taliban seizes large quantity of weapons during ‘Recent Conquests in Kandahar’
-The Uighurs and China’s Regional International Counter-Terrorism Efforts

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Delusions of grandeur, took the eye off the ball and a stumble into global conflict.

-FROM CHECHNYA TO SYRIA, PUTIN WRESTLES WITH THE FORCES OF ISLAM
-(After thwarting a bomb plot)Attacker ‘liquidated’ by Russian police after stabbing spree claimed by Islamic State
-Will the U.S. Chase the Islamic State as It Moves Into Central and Southeast Asia?(No. The west will have to hold the line along the EU fence and deport per events in Finland, Germany and Spain in recent days)
-Almost Impossible to Deport Refused Asylum Seekers - Bavarian Minister-President

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considering the camps already established in Europe; Al-Qaeda to U.S. Muslims: 'No Escape from Coming Confrontation' to Avoid 'Concentration Camps'. But dare to dream anyway; Muslims Tell Europe: "One Day All This Will Be Ours".

And the Mujahideen has done it again with their compartmentalisation; As US close to victory vs. ISIS in Syria, Al Qaeda takes territorial control

Stay

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The GCC - with the help of Turkey and Pakistan - are set to take this to the next level... Remember; Erdogan is a Mujahideen warrior...

-Erdogan says Turkey and Iran discussing joint action against Kurdish militants
-Saudi Arabia engages Iraq at Iran's dismay
-Central Bank: Saudi coalition starving Yemen of cash
-The UAE has supported the spread of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, alleges UN report
-Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said to be flush with cash and positioned to launch new attacks

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and meanwhile in the EU:

-600 Armed Military to Protect the Border Between Turkey and Bulgaria
-Austria reinforces army presence on Italian border

Former chief of Czech Army: Terrorists can reach Europe from Balkans within hours

A former chief of the Czech Army has warned that the EU is not paying attention to the Western Balkans – and is thus allow “terrorists to rest in the region.”

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The GCC - with the help of Turkey and Pakistan - are set to take this to the next level... Aka I'm sure Qatar is on Iran's side.. Remember; Erdogan is a Mujahideen warrior... Stay

-Qatar Restores Full Relations With Iran, Deepening Gulf Feud The New York Times
-Migration to Greece surges with arrival of 400 new refugees in a day
-EU states begin returning refugees to Greece as German reunions slow
-Mapping terrorist groups openly operating inside Pakistan
-Islamic State fighters overrun checkpoint in Libya, behead captives
-Algeria’s Continuous Struggle with ‘Residual’ Terrorism- Global Risk Insight
-How the Jihadists Advanced in Western Africa
-Radical Islam: we must talk about more than ISIS (Finally some real talk about compartmentalisation!!!)

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Compartmentalisation at it's finest! ISIS' Blueprint The Second Life of an al Qaeda Proposal

And from East to West:

-Islamic State Becoming a Growing Presence in Southeast Asia
-Al-Qaeda’s Quiet Resurgence in India
-Taliban overruns 2 districts in Afghan east
-ISIS ACCUSED OF BEHEADING 11 IN LIBYA AS JIHADIS’ STRENGTH GROWS IN NORTH AFRICA (But, but.. they were rooted out of Libya!)

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Crossing over into the Asian Crisis and Free Enterprise we win; thanks JC. Stay

-Army Won’t Act Against Haqqani, Says Pakistan’s DPC Chief
-The new Rohingya Jihad is not the only conflict Myanmar has bequeathed to the region
-Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Take Aim at China
-Issue 21 Of Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) Magazine Calls For Muslims To Prepare For Future Jihad Against China
-Vatican, Moscow & China: A New Global Religious and Spiritual Hegemony

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It's not the flavor of the month, it's the Mujahideen.

-The problem is al-Qaeda not ISIS
-Al-Qaeda affiliate seizes control of Idlib services from elected council
-Al Qaeda affiliate seizes Somali uranium mine
-Afghanistan-pakistan skirmish may cause disquiet in india