[Mideast + Africa] Getting rid of Bongo- but at what Brice?

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Weka: May 5, 2019; That child totally had it coming. Nobody should be able to be out at dusk except cars.

So Saudi Arabia has recently
Looked at selling oil in yuan.
Declared a ceasefire in Yemen.
Started mending ties with Turkey.

That's a fair bit of change.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 11:45

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 18:30

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011; Can't post for 5 hours!

Atrocious Joe posted:

This is actually the West Asia and Africa thread

The Eurasia thread is actually the "Europe," East Asia, and South Asia thread

I guess people associate the term Middle East with violence because whenever conflict happens at a region that could go to either thread, it tends to get posted here

we should have regional threads defined by the area served by their harry potter schools

# ? Apr 29, 2022 14:59

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019

Weka posted:

So Saudi Arabia has recently
Looked at selling oil in yuan.
Declared a ceasefire in Yemen.
Started mending ties with Turkey.

That's a fair bit of change.

if your partner did this what would you think?

# ? Apr 29, 2022 15:06

Atrocious Joe: Sep 2, 2011

MBS promised to cut up Gulen

# ? Apr 29, 2022 18:20

guidoanselmi: Feb 6, 2008; I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

mawarannahr posted:

lol https://twitter.com/ahval_en/status/1519581462122573824?s=21&t=HRpWcJLZZr9ziDEsrn4q_g

mawarannahr posted:

lmao https://twitter.com/ahval_en/status/1519942828142456832?s=21&t=HRpWcJLZZr9ziDEsrn4q_g

one day apart lol

# ? Apr 29, 2022 19:46

Spergin Morlock: Aug 8, 2009

Al-Saqr posted:

I love it when cool and normal people get together.

https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1519808751141892096?s=20&t=Un4S-FJn57DALM7LLkmodA

lol at mbs hoverhanding him

# ? Apr 29, 2022 22:40

Love Stole the Day: Nov 4, 2012; Please give me free quality professional advice so I can be a baby about it and insult you

American tourists caused a bomb scare in Israel when the airport staff realized the "souvenir" in their carry-on bag was an unexploded artillery shell. They said it was a "souvenir".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab_7LthcxMo

# ? Apr 29, 2022 23:33

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

lol owned

# ? Apr 30, 2022 00:32

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011; Can't post for 5 hours!

https://mobile.twitter.com/NasimiShabnam/status/1520049303103979521

# ? Apr 30, 2022 00:42

Flavahbeast: Jul 21, 2001

Unlike the other recent attack targets Khalifa Sahib is not a Shiite mosque but the prayer they met for, Zikr, is considered heresy by some interpretations: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Afghanistan-turmoil/Blast-kills-more-than-50-worshippers-at-Kabul-mosque

# ? Apr 30, 2022 01:41

Zedhe Khoja: Nov 10, 2017; sürgünden selamlar
yıkıcılar ulusuna

It's been a pretty horrifying time for Hazara's and Sufi's. I'm sure the freaks at ISK have no shortage of volunteers given the current conditions in the country, and the fact that the Taliban are now the establishment.

# ? Apr 30, 2022 01:43

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Could I get the rundown on how the Taliban has been dealing with Shiites and non Pashtuns ever since taking power?

# ? Apr 30, 2022 04:19

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018; Can't post for 3 hours!

https://twitter.com/Aldanimarki/status/1519517062766465025?cxt=HHwWgsC4xfittJYqAAAA

# ? Apr 30, 2022 19:27

Atrocious Joe: Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/EnesFreedom/status/1520397002605015042?s=20&t=ZohLV6cH-p6cv7Bn__yiyA

# ? Apr 30, 2022 23:39

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

https://twitter.com/chenweihua/status/1520536026556649473

# ? Apr 30, 2022 23:56

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Ukraine war stuff, but I assume this is the thread more interested in Turkey, or at least more like to double check if this tweet is true.

https://twitter.com/TurkishFacts4U/status/1508339037056409603

# ? May 1, 2022 03:47

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019

Lostconfused posted:

Ukraine war stuff, but I assume this is the thread more interested in Turkey, or at least more like to double check if this tweet is true.

https://twitter.com/TurkishFacts4U/status/1508339037056409603

this is from March 28 and no response to the person asking for source. maybe this happened but there�s nothing to make me think it did other than someone who calls the country Turkiye online which is the mark of a tryhard akp �omar

# ? May 1, 2022 04:09

Zedhe Khoja: Nov 10, 2017; sürgünden selamlar
yıkıcılar ulusuna

https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1520870685844946946
Eid Mubarak u Marg Bar Amrika!
Shubel Morgan was right.

# ? May 2, 2022 02:59

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

Zedhe Khoja posted:

Shubel Morgan was right.

googling this led me to read the plot of Santa Fe Trail (1940)

quote:

At West Point Military Academy in 1854, cadet Carl Rader (Van Heflin), an agent of John Brown, is dishonorably discharged for instigating a brawl among the cadets after distributing anti-slavery pamphlets which his classmates disapprove of�due to the controversial nature of the pamphlets (some believed the issue of slavery to be one that would inevitably resolve itself) and the U.S. Army's position against the pursuit of ideological causes while serving. Following the brawl, Rader's classmates Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and George Custer (Ronald Reagan) become second lieutenants and are posted to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, the most dangerous duty in the Army�an assignment they relish. On the way to Kansas, Custer and Stuart meet Cyrus K. Holliday, in charge of building the railroad to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and his daughter Kit (Olivia de Havilland), with whom both officers fall in love.

The Kansas Territory is bloodstained and war-torn, a victim of John Brown's (Raymond Massey) relentless crusade against slavery. Meanwhile, Rader has enlisted as a mercenary in Brown's army, which has been terrorizing the countryside and freeing slaves. During Brown's attack on a freight wagon under the protection of the U.S. Army, Stuart and Custer capture Brown's injured son Jason (Gene Reynolds) and, before he dies, the troubled boy informs them about his father's hideout at Shubel Morgan's ranch in Palmyra. In disguise, Stuart rides into Palmyra, the center of the Underground Railroad, but Brown's men spot his horse's army brand. He is captured and taken to Brown at gunpoint. Attempting to escape, Stuart is trapped in a burning barn but is saved as Custer leads the cavalry to the rescue, driving Brown into seclusion.

Three years later, in 1859, believing that Brown's force has been broken, Stuart and Custer are sent back to Washington, D.C., where Stuart proposes to Kit. However, Brown is planning to re-ignite war by raiding the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. When Brown refuses to pay Rader for his services, Rader rides to Washington to alert Stuart of Brown's plans, and the troops arrive just in time to crush the rebellion. Brown is then tried for treason by the state of Virginia and hanged. The movie ends with the marriage of Stuart and Kit.

# ? May 2, 2022 04:12

Zedhe Khoja: Nov 10, 2017; sürgünden selamlar
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I was talking about the mtw dude who makes the hate Amerikkka beat videos.
but both were correct I guess.

# ? May 2, 2022 04:26

Pener Kropoopkin: Jan 30, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
(and can't post for 21 days!)

It's wild looking through Shubel Morgan's video catalogue, and he had a video posted in 2006 calling the Prachanda Path revisionist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JNnedZITPA

# ? May 2, 2022 05:15

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

rumor is my dude is looking to switch parties to the northern muslim opposition to become its big-tent nominee in the next presidential election

https://twitter.com/GEJonathan/status/1521043478750367744

# ? May 2, 2022 23:48

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018; Can't post for 3 hours!

https://thecradle.co/Article/news/9724

quote:

A video released by Telegram news channel Sabereen News on 28 April allegedly shows the transfer of ISIS fighters by two US Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters inside Iraq.

Lol

# ? May 3, 2022 02:35

PawParole: Nov 16, 2019

i say swears online posted:

rumor is my dude is looking to switch parties to the northern muslim opposition to become its big-tent nominee in the next presidential election

https://twitter.com/GEJonathan/status/1521043478750367744

a little late for that since Ramadan is over

# ? May 3, 2022 03:51

OhFunny: Jun 26, 2013; EXTREMELY PISSED AT THE DNC

Mali's junta breaks off from defence accords with France

quote:

Mali's ruling junta announced on Monday it was breaking off from its defence accords with former colonial ruler France, condemning "flagrant violations" of its national sovereignty by the French troops there.

The announcement -- threatened several times over the past few weeks -- was the latest confirmation of deteriorating relations between the junta in Mali and France.

"For some time now, the government of the Republic of Mali notes with regret a profound deterioration in military cooperation with France," spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga said in a televised statement.

Maiga cited multiple instances of French forces having violated the country's airspace.

He referred to the June 2021 decision by France to end joint operations with Malian forces.

And he mentioned France's decision taken in February to pull out its troops from Mali.

The Malian authorities said they had informed Paris of the decision on Monday afternoon.

Nothing really to say except the trajectory of Frano-Mali relations continues downward.

# ? May 3, 2022 09:19

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019

OhFunny posted:

Mali's junta breaks off from defence accords with France

Nothing really to say except the trajectory of Frano-Mali relations continues downward.

you left something pretty interesting out of the quote

quote:

France has not so far issued an official reaction to the junta's announcement.

- Growing tensions -

Tensions between France and the junta in Mali, which seized power in August 2020, had been rising for some time.

The agreements Mali has ended were those that set the framework for France's intervention in Mali in 2014.

They were signed a year after French troops deployed a large force to help Mali's armed forces stop a jihadist offensive there.

France's relationship with Mali cooled as the junta resisted international pressure to set a timetable for a swift return to democratic, civilian rule.

Paris has also objected to the regime's rapprochement with the Kremlin.

Both France and the United States have accused mercenaries from the Kremlin-linked security firm Wagner of deploying in Mali, where the junta claims the Russians are just military instructors helping to restore order.

Vast swathes of Mali lie beyond government control because of the jihadist insurgency, which began in 2012 before spreading three years later to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.

The military junta seized power in the impoverished and landlocked Sahel state following protests over the government's handling of the war against the jihadists.

The conflict led to thousands of military and civilian deaths and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.

The junta initially promised to restore civilian rule, but it failed to meet an earlier commitment to West African bloc ECOWAS to hold elections in February this year, prompting regional sanctions.

On Sunday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a swift return to civilian rule in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso, all currently ruled by military regimes.

# ? May 3, 2022 15:56

Atrocious Joe: Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/JM_Szuba/status/1522302952807059456?s=20&t=2C9rxv5vJZfNP9sJbA1AEQ

PKK, welcome to the Axis of Resistance.

https://media.defense.gov/2022/May/03/2002988582/-1/-1/1/OIR_Q2_MAR2022_GOLD_508.PDF

quote:

IRAN-ALIGNED MILITIAS INCREASINGLY USE IRAQI TERRITORY TO LAUNCH ATTACKS ON NEIGHBORING STATES
The DIA reported that militias in Iraq demonstrated the capability and willingness to target Gulf states with long-range weapons in support of Iran and other Iranian allies in the region. In February, an Iraq based group claimed responsibility for launching three UAVs in an attack targeting Abu Dhabi. The attack, which the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense claimed it intercepted, likely originated
from Iraq. The DIA assessed that the attack was probably a show of solidarity with the Iran-backed Houthis, which are fighting the United Arab Emirates in Yemen. The same militia group claimed responsibility for a similar attack in 2021 on the Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Iran-aligned militias increased attacks against Turkish forces in Iraq and Syria. The DIA assessed that the militias probably will continue to coordinate with the Kurdistan Workers� Party (PKK), a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, in response to Turkish air and UAV strikes on PKK positions. Prominent militias have become increasingly outspoken against Turkish actions and have launched rocket attacks on Turkish military bases in Iraq and Syria. Following Turkish airstrikes in February that targeted the PKK in northern Iraq, a new Iran-aligned militia group conducted a rocket attack against a Turkish expeditionary base north of Mosul. The DIA said the militias probably calculate that their attacks against Turkey will deter Turkey from attacking the PKK in federal Iraq while enhancing their public image as defenders of Iraqi sovereignty.

# ? May 7, 2022 02:00

OhFunny: Jun 26, 2013; EXTREMELY PISSED AT THE DNC

mawarannahr posted:

you left something pretty interesting out of the quote

I figured that was old news to other thread readers.

# ? May 7, 2022 04:33

Flavahbeast: Jul 21, 2001

it's back!

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1522859900577144832

# ? May 7, 2022 09:49

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018; Can't post for 3 hours!

https://twitter.com/b_nyssa/status/1522603204327870464

# ? May 7, 2022 22:19

Centrist Committee: Aug 6, 2019

lol

# ? May 7, 2022 22:24

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

king

# ? May 7, 2022 22:28

Atrocious Joe: Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1523310939155492864?s=20&t=3Rfte3iEasaOwSjSBBOgMw

# ? May 8, 2022 20:59

Atrocious Joe: Sep 2, 2011

Jimmy Dore commenting on issues in the Horn of Africa is the content needed to get this thread going
https://twitter.com/HermelaTV/status/1522733539996758016?s=20&t=Gggcu4vq6zweScHpOEAEuA

# ? May 9, 2022 01:30

Jazerus: May 24, 2011

did someone say, "jimmy dore"?

# ? May 9, 2022 01:49

PawParole: Nov 16, 2019

https://mobile.twitter.com/sajid_nadeem78/status/1523211559744712704

https://mobile.twitter.com/sajid_nadeem78/status/1523408614375178240?cxt=HHwWgIDSuYeEnqQqAAAA

# ? May 9, 2022 10:34

Al-Saqr: Nov 11, 2007; One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

Israel just murdered one of the most famous aljazeera correspondents in palestine while she was reporting in jenin

https://twitter.com/ajabreaking/status/1524243243642363905?s=21&t=LgLH5bqKL29j-e7UNF_htw

# ? May 11, 2022 05:53

Corky Romanovsky: Oct 1, 2006; Soiled Meat

Al-Saqr posted:

Israel just murdered one of the most famous aljazeera correspondents in palestine while she was reporting in jenin

https://twitter.com/ajabreaking/status/1524243243642363905?s=21&t=LgLH5bqKL29j-e7UNF_htw

https://mobile.twitter.com/alaamdi_s/status/1524252393189396480

# ? May 11, 2022 11:50

lollontee: Nov 4, 2014; Can't post for 10 years!

well she fired some angry letters at innocent israelis, she had to be taken out. for peace to reign

# ? May 11, 2022 12:19

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 18:30

Al-Saqr: Nov 11, 2007; One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

Corky Romanovsky posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/alaamdi_s/status/1524252393189396480

Saudi MBS stooges are the biggest subhuman animal pieces of poo poo on the planet I�m not surprised this walking fecal matter would say something like this given how his boss killed Khashoggi

# ? May 11, 2022 12:39

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