SYRIA SITUATION REPORT: DECEMBER 8 - 15, 2016

(ISW) The nice people at the Institute for the Study of War have brought out a map which shows the situation inside Syria as of Thursday the 15th, December 2016:

Opposition forces agreed to a ceasefire in order to evacuate their remaining positions in Eastern Aleppo City on December 13 following bilateral negotiations between Russia and Turkey. The deal states that all opposition fighters and civilians who wish to depart Eastern Aleppo City will be evacuated to Western Aleppo Province. The initial wave of evacuations scheduled to begin on December 14 failed to materialize after Iran inserted new last-minute conditions that called for simultaneous evacuations from the besieged Shi’a-majority towns of Fu’ah and Kefraya in Idlib Province. The deal resumed on December 15 with medical evacuations from Fu’ah and Kefraya as well as Aleppo City. Meanwhile, ISIS recaptured the city of Palmyra in Eastern Homs Province on December 11 following clashes with pro-regime forces despite heavy air support provided by Russia. The fall of Palmyra marks the first seizure of a major urban center by ISIS in Iraq and Syria since May 2015 and demonstrates the sustained ability of ISIS to command, control, and resource major operations that exploit vulnerabilities among its opponents even as it faces increasing pressure from coalition forces in Ar-Raqqa City and Mosul. The success of ISIS in Palmyra also highlights the fragility of pro-regime forces despite their gains against opposition forces in Eastern Aleppo City.

Interlude: Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

France: Child refugees on partial hunger strike in which to demand access to the UK

(Calais) 12 teenage migrants living in France have gone on a partial hunger strike in which to play the sympathy card with the ethical latte crowd in the UK so as to be allowed to relocate to the UK. The youths have decided to stage the protest after they read in British and French newspapers that the process of reuniting refugee children with family members in the UK had ended.

So they are refusing to eat breakfast, lunch or dinner, have refused medical care and are refusing to go to the French and English language classes laid on for them.

Expect a huge protest from the limp-wristed brigade demanding we take in these poor children who have no future in France. Funny enough, that France which is in the vastly morally superior EU which the nasty racist Brits voted to leave.

The thing here is, the last time the UK took in a load of child migrants, they all looked older than 25.

US: Muslim student who claimed she was attacked by 3 Trump supporters admits to lying

When 18-year-old Muslim Yasmin Seweid said that three white, drunk men targeted her in the subway, said racial slurs and tried to pull her hijab off her head, the liberal (and Islamic) world went into a meltdown over how since Trump won, Islamophoia had gone out of the window and Muslims were scared to step out of the door.

CAIR, that well known defender of Hamas, took to Facebook in which to claim this is why they are offering Islamic women self-defence lessons:

However, after police could not find any witnesses or video evidence to back up the alleged incident on 1 December, and reportedly gave Ms Seweid multiple occasions to change her story, she went missing and the liberal (and Islamic) world went into a meltdown over how she had disappeared.

Well, she was found safe at a friend's house a few hours later and, guess what, she has admitted she made the whole "3 drunken white men attack" story up. Yup, apparently, she was having issues at home, (Her family objected to her Catholic boyfriend)  she painted the picture of intolerant white people in which to play the victim card. The NYPD (unlike the British Met) have charged Ms Seweid with obstruction and falsely reporting an incident, two misdemeanours which could land her behind bars for up to a year. Meanwhile, the outgoing Commander-in-Chief has this to say on the subject:

Here's something that CAIR and Obama aren't telling you:

• Total number of Muslims killed in the US during 2016 (as hate crimes): 3
• Total number of non-Muslims killed in the US by Muslims during 2016: 49, with 53 wounded

Rise in Islamophobia my arse.

Syria: Did the IDF strike a Syrian/Hezbollah weapons site?

(Syria) Last Wednesday morning, Syrian authorities reported on a series of bombings at the military base of Syrian Air Force in Mezzeh in the western part of Damascus, Interfax reports, referencing the Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. The newspaper noted conflicting information regarding the reason behind the bombings.

The Arabic news source Al-Masdar, having ties with Syrian authorities, states that the bombings were preceded by a fire that broke out in the munitions depot. However, some Arabic media, including Channel Al Mayadeen, report that the airbase was attacked by the Israeli Air Force. According to Al Mayadeen, Israeli aircraft launched rockets into targets at the airbase while remaining in Lebanese airspace.

Nadav Pollak

Last Sunday, Fahed al-Masri of the National Salvation Front told Israel’s Army Radio that planes had struck a chemical weapons convoy intended for Hezbollah. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman obliquely suggested last week that Israel was responsible for the strike and that the target had been Hezbollah-bound chemical weapons.

Tonight, Israel's channel 10 showed satellite images of the al-Mezzeh military airport in Damascus after the alleged Israeli strike.

#Damascus: #Israel|i airstrikes on #Mezzeh Military Airport tonight. Fires and explosions.https://t.co/xS91r73Wuf pic.twitter.com/UCiP3FfgJk

— WorldOnAlert (@worldonalert) 7 December 2016

Austria: Child rapist who tried to overturn his conviction sees sentence increased

(Wien) Last November, Amir, a 20-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker on a trip to the local swimming pool, decided to rape a 10-year-old boy because he was suffering from a sexual emergency due to the fact he hadn't had sex for 4 months. Due to his penchant for raping little boys, Amir received a 6-year prison sentence.

Well, being the low life that he is (and no doubt supported by ethical latte drinking liberals), he felt he had been treated unjustly, and thus he put in an appeal this October on the basis that he didn't know that the child was saying 'No' when he raped him. (Really?)

It appears that Amir, being a child rapist that he is, didn't get the result he wanted when his 6-year term was extended by a year by the court today. His lawyer asked for a period of 3 days in which to allow Amir to put in another appeal.

And we wonder why so many asylum seekers come to the West where their intolerant behaviour is defended by the laws of the land.

Israel receives first of 50 F-35 stealth fighters

(Jerusalem) Whilst the liberal world (and Bush) bemoans the cost of the latest Western stealth fighter (F-35) in the world, they appear not to remember the lessons that Israel learnt during the Yom Kippur War where they lost 102 jets (primarily to advanced ground-to-air Soviet missiles). With the sale of advanced AAA missiles to Iran, Syria, Morocco, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Algeria and Egypt, the Israelis cannot afford to become complacent. Which is why they have purchased 50 out of a planned 75 F-35s, simply so they never again lose their combative edge against the religious bigots all around them who would love to share their views on what belonging to a religion of peace really entails.

The thing is, the F-35 isn't one plane, it is actually 3 different ones:

F-35A: Conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL)

F-35B: Short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL)

F-35C: Carrier variant (CV)

All 3 variants bring something new to the game and will revolutionise air warfare. It's something its detractors haven't bothered to read up on, which is why they made a huge song and dance about how the F-35 couldn't take on the much older F-16 in a dog fight. The fact of the matter is, it's a stealth plane, it's not designed to slug it out with others in a toe to toe fashion. It's meant to go in unseen, take out prime enemy assets (HQs, missile platforms, stores, aircraft, radar sites, etc.) and return home. The current crop of aircraft — F-16, F-18, F-15, Tornado,Typhoon, SU-35, etc. — are all visible to radar. Just look how in 1991 the US sent in its F-117 stealth fighter in which to do just that inside a very well armed, defended and militarily capable Iraq.

The IDF has taken note and gone stealth, and the other day they received the first 2 of that initial 50 aircraft. However, unlike every other F-35 jet in the world, the Israeli version,

the F-35I Adir will have different internal electronics using advance Israeli technology (just look at their versions of the F-16 and F-15 to see what I mean) in which to further enhance an already formidable fighting system.

Today, for the first time, our pilots took off in the new F-35 Adir, and flew over Israel. 🇮🇱🛫 pic.twitter.com/zrO3vfqMJa

— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) 13 December 2016

Unlike the liberal Canadians, the Israelis know that they will be fighting their next war on their own.

UK: Anti-terror arrests made across UK, 6 jihadists in custody

(London) Monday saw six followers of the religion of peace nicked in the UK, disrupting what the police believe was a “significant plot” to attack the UK that was influenced by Islamic State.

The arrests on Monday morning were made in Derby, East Midlands, where those detained were aged 22, 27, 35 and 36. A 27-year-old man was also arrested in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, as was a 32-year-old woman in London. All six were detained on suspicion of engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism, with the police operation being led by the North East Counter Terrorism Unit.

Meanwhile, the left continues to bitch at those who voted out of the EU as racist bigots.

US: Project Downtown where Muslims feed the homeless

(ST. LOUIS) - A Muslim group called Project Downtown is giving back to the American community by feeding those who are less well off.

Volunteers spent Saturday preparing 100+ meals that are made from scratch to deliver them to people in need. Which they've been doing every single Saturday since 2013.

One of Project Downtown's organizers, Abbas Ali said,

"Every week is something different. Make the same food and people get bored. We don't want to be like other organizations. We spice it up for volunteers and for the people we serve in the community."

Project Downtown is supported entirely by donations. They said it takes $300 to $400 dollars a week to feed the people they feed. Since 2013, they've prepared and delivered 20,000 meals.

Israeli far-left human rights group screams: 1/4 of Gazan requests for cancer treatment in Israel or the West Bank denied

(Gaza) B'Tselem, the Israeli far-left so called human rights group who base their stance on the People's Front of Judea,

has opined to the Islamic and Western Liberal media that the Jews are being very, very naughty by screaming out to the world that 1/4 of all Gazans who applied to travel through Israel in which to seek medical treatment have been denied or ignored.

Shouldn't the headline actually be "3/4 of Gazans accepted to travel through Israel for medical treatment"? That's a much better success rate than found in the British NHS:

Syria; The Battle for Aleppo is over

(Aleppo) The Syrian government have broadcast that the battle of Aleppo is over. People have taken to the streets in which to celebrate.

Aleppo MAP 12/12/16.Head of #Aleppo branch of Baath Party announces Aleppo is back under government control.
HD:https://t.co/Tla8qpqXFi pic.twitter.com/XaH6P05uAO

— Military Advisor (@miladvisor) December 12, 2016

Celebrating SAA progress in Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/wbOVkespnT

— Military Advisor (@miladvisor) December 12, 2016

Syria: The Battle for Aleppo

(Aleppo) The battle for Syria's second city is drawing to a close (some news outlets are even claiming it is over). The battle lines as of the morning of the 12th looked like this:

Peto Lucem Twitter page

The UN (and the West) are shedding tears for the terrorists/thugs and bigots who took Aleppo and turned it into ground zero for Islamic intolerance. Yes, people have died during the recent fighting, but you know what, lots more died while the so called rebels ruled the roost, and even more left for pastures new in which to try and stay alive. Now that Aleppo is cleared, people can start returning in which to rebuild their lives. Something the idiots at the UN and EU haven't seemed to realised yet.

Syria: Turkish soldiers express their love for a captive?

A video has been released of what purports to be Turkish soldiers doing what they do best:

Just the barbaric army of #Turkey in northern #Syria. A @NATO member.#EuphratesShield @CJTFOIR @OIRSpox @statedeptspox @brett_mcgurk pic.twitter.com/TSh7Ft1hHp

— Konstantin Krammer (@KonstantinKlug) December 12, 2016

US: Protesters say police went ‘too far’ for killing Islamic terrorist caught in the act

(OSU) About 25 people gathered on the Oval in front of Thompson Library and read the names of people of colour who have been killed by police officers in the past two months. They added Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the third-year in logistics management, whose attack on campus with a car and a knife resulted in his death and about a dozen people being sent to the hospital on Nov. 28.

Yesterday, Abdul Razak Ali Artan’s name was added to student group’s list of people of color killed by police https://t.co/1kHeiOvd7v pic.twitter.com/qxx2n9OQbB

— The Lantern (@TheLantern) December 8, 2016

OSU Coalition for Black Liberation, the organization that planned the event, has been reading from the list of names since October and has added names each week. It wanted to address November events specifically, and the fallout it had on minority communities.

So let me get this straight, a f-ing idiot who drove his car into a bunch of students and then proceeded to attack them with a knife, who was shot dead in the act by a policeman who just happened to be around the corner is now being promoted as a victim.

It appears that the identity politics bigots at OSU Coalition for Black Liberation are living in the wrong country. I wonder how many would up sticks and relocate to a real Third World country where people really are murdered for who they are? Put that figure as… 0.

Middle East Leaders Look Forward to Trump — 'No one will weep' for Obama's departure

(WJD) Surprised?

The Wall Street Journal quotes several Middle Eastern leaders who say they are looking forward to working with president-elect Trump after the disaster of the Obama years.

At a recent conference

many principal speakers, including Testament Al-Ketbi, the chairwoman of the conference, and Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah, the former foreign minister of Kuwait, as well as speakers from the floor, returned again and again to the threat Iran had become and the failure of President Obama’s policies to deal with this threat. They professed to be intrigued by Mr. Trump’s statements that seemed “very different” and promisingly so.

Summing this all up, Mr. Aldakhil wrote in the Saudi daily Okaz on Nov. 13, “No one will weep” for Mr. Obama’s departure. The president “brought our region nothing but hesitance toward the Iranian axis, while flirting with and rewarding it, and strictness toward the Gulf axis, while evading agreements.” He was referring to security-related guarantees and promises made by Mr. Obama at Camp David in May 2015 to calm Arab fears about the Iranian nuclear deal.

Mr. Obama leaves the region with multiple and worsening challenges, not only the incomplete war against Islamic State. The Obama legacy includes an empowered Iran that threatens American interests, destabilizes the Sunni world, and violates agreements on missiles and nuclear development. Multiple, heavily sectarian Sunni-Shiite civil wars rage.

The Obama legacy indeed.

Germany: Map of sexual assaults by migrants in 2016

(Berlin) XYEinzelfall, a German group, have collated all the sexual assaults carried out within the borders of Germany for 2016 (with almost 3 weeks left) and imputed all that information onto google maps. They found that migrants in Germany carried out the following in 2016:

Refugee/Migrant Crime Map of Germany 2016https://t.co/ilrj3GY53n pic.twitter.com/hUu5dgAbL1
— So nicht! (@XYEinzelfall) December 5, 2016

2,125 people were sexually assaulted, of which 199 were raped, 380 were molested in swimming baths. There were also 319 murders and attempted murders, 14 of which were committed against children, 59 terror incidents and 112 incidents of arson:

Syrian political scientist: Muslim migrants see infidel women as ‘fair game’ to be raped https://t.co/LKLtXuMjby

— Ava Armstrong (@MsAvaArmstrong) December 13, 2016

UK: Man arrested for stabbing, after walking through train shouting "he wanted to kill Muslims"

(London) A black man has been arrested in London after he stabbed a male on a train for being/looking like a Muslim.

At around 13:30 today at Forest Hill station in South London, police were called to reports that a 30-40 year old black man had attacked an innocent person on a train after screaming that he wanted to kill a Muslim. He did come across a woman wearing a hijab, but thankfully he stated:

'I don't want me a Muslim woman, I want me a Muslim man.'

He then stormed off towards the first carriage where he stabbed somebody. After this he exited the train and chased people down the street from Forest hill where he was apprehended by the police.

The knifeman seen 'marching up and down' Forest hill, shouting 'Go back to Syria'

Egypt: Coptic Christian church bombed in Cairo, 25 people murdered

(Cairo) I presumed that the bomb attack in Somalia would be the last entry in this week's Islamic bombathon, but oh no, I've been proved wrong with how a Coptic church in Egypt received the attention of those people the left tell me are peaceful and just want to hug us all (before they utter Allah Ackba that is and go bang).

Which is why at around 10am (local time) Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya was targeted by the friendly followers of peace when somebody threw a 12 kg TNT bomb inside as mass was taking place. The resulting explosion saw 25 people killed and another 49 injured, many of whom are women and children.

Somalia: Car bomb attack in capital kills 29

(Mogadishu) A stupid Islamist twat decided to attack the main entrance to the capital's dockyard, killing 29 innocent people and injuring another 50. Gee, it must be so great to be a member of the religion of peace, what with all that plastic explosive infused goodwill they love to share.

Official: At least 11 people most of them port workers killed in a deadly Sunday explosion outside the port of #Mogadishu. #Somalia. pic.twitter.com/pCe5rptifr

— Abdulaziz Billow Ali (@AbdulBillowAli) 11 December 2016

A massive blast caused by a suicide car bomb blast hit #Mogadishu sea port just in the morning rush hour. Many people feared dead. #Somalia. pic.twitter.com/tKnNUz5kll

— Omar Nor (@Omaar_nor) 11 December 2016

Turkey: Explosions in Istanbul result in 38 deaths with 20 injured

(Istanbul) Two explosive devices (1 suicide) have been detonated around the area of Vodafone Arena, (home to Istanbul’s Beşiktaș football team) hours after a football match had finished.

At least 13 dead in two explosions near a football stadium in #Istanbul it's been reported. @skyzein has more info https://t.co/kEkFK7Ev0O

— Sky News (@SkyNews) 10 December 2016

The blasts aimed at causing mass casualties failed in part to the idiots targeting riot police who bore the brunt of the blast of a car bomb. Not much is known about the second blast which has been deemed to be the actions of a suicide bomber who uttered those immortal words 'Halal Snackbar' before blowing himself up in a nearby park.

Bloodbath in #Istanbul: MUSLIM TERRORISTS kill at least 13 in machine gun & bomb attack outside major football match https://t.co/MEQiPKHIzu

— Makada 🇺🇸 (@_Makada_) December 10, 2016

Nigeria: Suicide bomber kills 57 in crowded market

(Madagali) The toll from a double suicide bombing in a marketplace in north-east Nigeria has risen to 57 dead and 177 wounded.

120 children are among those wounded when two women suicide bombers blew themselves up Friday at opposite ends of the market in the town of Madagali. Blame has been attributed to Boko Haram Islamic bigots. Since the military has dislodged the insurgents from towns and villages this year, they have been attacking soft targets which would explain an attack on a market, where normal people are simply going about their normal day to day business.

The irony here is Boko Haram claims to be fighting their bad fight in which to install Sharia law in Nigeria. Yet the fact remains that not only is the area where they are rife is in the Islamic half of Nigeria, but it has been run under Sharia law since 1999.

Yemen: Suicide bomber murders 45 people waiting to be paid

(Yemen) A suicide bomber on Saturday blew himself up inside an army base in the southern city of Aden, killing 45 soldiers and wounding another 50.

The bomber detonated a belt of explosives he was wearing amid hundreds of soldiers lining up to collect their salaries in the city’s Solban army base. The attack has been claimed by Al Qaeda based in Yemen.

UK: ISIS supporter Abdul Hamid jailed in UK

(London) 31-year-old Bangladeshi born Abdul Hamid has been jailed in the UK for being a racist bigot.

Abdul Hamid

It appears that Abdul thought was OK to berate Muslims who tried their best in which to assimilate into the UK:

“Moderate Muslims are really non-Muslims, pure sell-outs and traitors. When Sharia is implemented worldwide, moderate cockroaches will be smoked out, they will be exterminated, and incinerated.”

He objected to women having equality:

“Women, know you place and position”, and said. “No people will ever succeed who appoint a woman as their leader”.

And he hated living in a non-Islamic nation by referring to Western people as:

“evil, hypocrites, narcissists, arrogant, and devils”.

The authorities let him get away with the above, because as we all know rabid Islamist Muslims must be treated as victims. But when he started airing ISIS propaganda videos on Facebook even the ethical lattes drinkers at the home office and Scotland Yard said enough is enough and so they nicked (arrested) him.

In court, his brief cried out that Abdul was a victim and that he should be given a suspended sentence, but the judge, while accepting that Abdul was a sandwich short of a picnic, stated he had to send a message to the rest of the followers of the religion of peace in which to send the message that religious bigotry as mandated by the holy Koran is not acceptable.

Interlude: Ultravox - Astradyne

I was going through my old music collection and came across the album Vienna by Ultravox. The title track on the album is mesmerising, this is the stage version when the band got together 3 years ago. Even today, 36 years later, the album knocks spots off any of the crap which so called artists try to peddle as music.

UK: Man opens shop called 'Really British' in leafy London suburb, liberals brand him a racist

(Muswell Hill) When Chris Ostwald hit on the idea of a shop which promoted Great Britain, he presumed he would be onto a good thing. However, since he opened a week ago, he has received a barrage of complaints from numerous ethical latte type idiots who have threatened to stage boycotts and organise protests over his goods which all celebrate the UK.

Yet the people complaining aren't black, brown or yellow, they are white British Liberals. In fact, one of his staff (Spanish female) has left due to the abuse she has received from the ethical latte crowd who object to anything sporting the British flag. Which is why Mr Ostwald has been forced to remove the Union flag from his store.

Is just shows how after years of political correctness our very British culture is deemed to be offensive. Maybe there lies the reason why so many people voted to leave the EU, as it was the first chance they had in which to stick two fingers up at the political elites who have no loyalty to the people (and country) they claim to represent.

UK: London Underground to get rid of 'Ladies and Gentlemen' during announcements

(London) The mayor of London has stated he is going to do away with the term 'ladies and gentlemen' after a transgender person complained that she was mocked during a phone call.

19-year-old he to she transsexual Aimee Challenor claimed that during a phone call to London Underground, regards her Oyster card, staff exclaimed that she didn't sound like a woman. That remark saw Aimee report a complaint to the London mayor about being mocked over her gender, and he in turn has decided that the only way forward is to make all announcements on the London Underground 'gender neutral' by getting rid of 'ladies and gentlemen' from any future announcements, and implement extra training for all staff. All because a transgender man to woman took offence at how somebody questioned her over the phone (yes, the phone) that she didn't sound like a woman.

Miss Challenor's complaint was brought up at the Greater London Authority by Green Party member Sian Berry, who stated that many people would welcome the removal of ‘ladies and gentlemen’ from announcements. She said:

‘Gender neutral announcements will make a difference not just to trans people but to everyone who thinks being greeted as ‘ladies and gentleman’ is out of date.’

Now, I have no problem with people locked in the wrong body, nor do I have any issue with homosexuals. Yet I do with petty little people who find offence at anything which impacts on us all.

Here is Miss Aimee Challenor on video bitching about the British government. If you were on the dog and bone and she claimed to be a woman, would you question that? I know I would. That isn't discrimination, nor is it mocking somebody, it's asking a valid question. Yet to the ethical latte brigade it's a hate crime. Pathetic.

Syria: The Battle for Aleppo

(Guardian) The Syrian Army along with their Russian and Iranian hitmen and their Hezb-allah hitmen have done an outstanding job in Aleppo. Don't get me wrong here, not for one moment do I support any of these thugs, but when it comes to wiping out Islamic terrorists, I'm not going to shed any tears for the blood thirsty thugs pushing up weeds in Aleppo. Well, the past few weeks has seen the Rebel stronghold in Aleppo getting smaller and smaller as it has been squeezed by the Assad regime. The Guardian have knocked out a set of maps showing how the lines of control have changed these past few weeks. Most illuminating:

Sunday 27 November

After 12 days of intense preparatory air-strikes, forces supporting the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, launched a major ground assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo. The attack was concentrated on the northern part of the rebel enclave; pro-regime forces had been consolidating their control north of this frontline since the siege began in late August. Opposition fighters retreated in the face of a regime advance that captured the areas of Jabal Badro and Masaken Hanano, which was the first district taken by rebels in 2012. Thousands of civilians fled to Kurdish and government-held territory.

Monday 28 November

Pro-regime forces led by Iraqi Shia militias and Hezbollah seized control of up to one-third of rebel-held eastern Aleppo after another day of rapid advances. Rebel defences appear to have been fatally weakened since pro-regime air strikes resumed with renewed ferocity nearly two weeks ago.

The capture earlier in the day of the strategic Sakhour district consolidated Sunday’s regime gains into a wedge that effectively cut rebel territory in two. This maneuver briefly left open a small corridor through which rebels withdrew to a new front-line farther south, before pro-regime forces moved to occupy the entire northern third of the rebel enclave.

Tuesday 6 December

Pro-government troops moved to within a kilometre of Aleppo’s ancient citadel on Tuesday as rebel-held districts continued to fall. With up to 70% of eastern Aleppo now back in regime hands, there was fierce fighting as rebels lost control of more territory east of the narrow streets which surround the citadel. Regime forces built on momentum generated over a second consecutive weekend of heavy bombardment and rapid advances. On Monday, Russia vetoed a draft UN security council resolution calling for a ceasefire, ensuring its ally in Damascus remained free to build on its advantage.

Wednesday 7 December

The Old City of Aleppo, long a bastion of the Syrian opposition, fell into regime hands after the rebels defending it withdrew fearing being cut off after government soldiers and Iranian-backed militia seized the neighbouring districts of Bab al-Hadid and Aqyul. Pro-Assad forces also took parts of Marjeh as opposition ranks were reportedly divided on whether to leave the city or make a last stand.

And this is a video clip from 06/12/16 on how the Syrian army (and friends) are doing all of the above:

Germany: Police arrest 31-year-old man on charges of sexually assaulting two Chinese students.

(Bochum) German police have arrested a 31 year old Iraqi asylum seeker who appeared to have a thing for Chinese women.  He has been linked by his DNA  of the attempted rape of a 21 year old Chinese student in August and then of actually raping a 27 year old Chinese student in November  both of which were carried out in the grounds of Bochum university.

Unfortunately for the rapist, he was spotted by a witness and traced back to an asylum hostel situated next door to the university  with his wife and 2 children, it was also revealed that he only arrived in the country last December.. 

Germany: Man pours petrol over wife and sets her on fire

(Kiel) A husband poured a can of petrol over his wife as she left a clinic in the northern German town. On fire she ran down the street screaming “Who will look after my children” until passer-by’s put out the fire. Not much is known at this time other than the couple are from Africa and have been married for 20 years. The husband has been arrested.

News in German

EU: Here's a good reason why the UK voted out.

(Dublin) A couple of asylum seeker families from Syria currently in Greece (safe country) have sued the EU via a court in Ireland in which to to let them not be sent back to Turkey (Another safe country) but instead resettle them in Germany. They claim that the agreement between the EU and Turkey to return failed asylum seekers is illegal according to EU law and that they have right to abode in Germany as they already have family members there.

Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

UK: Liberal hypocrite can't handle the truth

(London) For years the British people have asked for the right to vote on staying within the EU. For years MPs have refused them that right, saying that the people could not be trusted with a vote on the EU. Then David Cameron was voted in as PM in 2010 and he promised that if elected, he would give the British people that vote. However, it took 6 years and a second term for him to live up to that promise. So on the 23rd of June 2016 the British people voted after, I should add, the EU ensured that millions was spent on advertising that staying in the EU was the only option on the table. Project Fear was the name of the game, war with Russia, economic meltdown, why even President Obama stuck his nose in. And - shock and horror - the British people paid no heed and voted out.

The political elites couldn't believe it. Since then they have moaned, cried and bitched at how they lost the vote. They have accused the British people of being racists, of being little Englanders, that the people didn't know what they were voting for, and so the vote doesn't count, and that we should vote again in which to get the result that they (the minority) want.

The other week, the British Government voted to increase the size of Heathrow airport, and Zac Goldsmith, the MP for Richmond, resigned in which to express his anger at the Government. Well, they had a by-election in which to pick a new MP, Sarah Olney, a Liberal won. Hooray for the upper class toffs of Richmond, a leafy area of London. Now the Liberals are at the front of the queue in demanding another vote on the EU. In fact, Olney campaigned on that angle, and the other day she made the mistake of agreeing to be interviewed on talk radio. Big mistake. So much, she walked away due to her inability to accept the fact that she as a so called liberal is nothing more than a f-ing hypocrite. So much for democracy then. The irony being that these so called champions of one man one vote, of equality for all, when it comes to the crunch, don't subscribe to the very tenets of their political ideology. In other words, do as I say and not as I do. Which is exactly what happened in Ireland and Denmark when they voted against the EU and were made to vote again in which to get the answer the liberals demanded.

Russian Su-33 crashed in the Mediterranean while attempting to land on Kuznetsov aircraft carrier

Second crash in less than 3 weeks.

(The Aviationist) Less than three weeks after losing a MiG-29, it looks like the Russian Navy has lost another aircraft during Admiral Kuznetsov operations: a Su-33 Flanker.

Military sources close to The Aviationist report that a Russian Navy Su-33 Flanker carrier-based multirole aircraft has crashed during flight operations from Admiral Kuznetsov on Saturday, Dec. 3.

According to the report, the combat plane crashed at its second attempt to land on the aircraft carrier in good weather conditions (visibility +10 kilometers, Sea State 4, wind at 12 knots): it seems that it missed the wires and failed to go around* falling short of the bow of the warship.

The pilot successfully ejected and was picked up by a Russian Navy search and rescue helicopter.

Considered that on Nov. 14 a MiG-29K crashed while recovering to the aircraft carrier, if confirmed this would be the second loss for the air wing embarked on Admiral Kuznetsov in less than three weeks and a significant blow for the Russian Naval Aviation during its combat deployment off Syria.

*Update: the Russian MoD has confirmed the incident. According to an official release the arresting wire snapped and failed to stop the aircraft.

Video: Russian S-300 Epic Fail

The Russian S-300 is promoted as one of the worlds best surface-to-air missile systems. With a range of over 121 miles, many countries have bought into the system in which to defend their airspace.

 Israel, noting the deployment of the S-300 across the region, has decided to go full stealth by purchasing the F-35 in which to mitigate the effectiveness of the S-300.

Well, it seems that the S-300 does have its off days, as this video taken the other day in Russia shows.

Germany: Recently Arrived Afghan Migrant Arrested After Rape and Murder of EU Official’s Teen Daughter

Maria Ladenburger

(Breitbart) The investigation into the October rape and murder of a young woman in Germany has seen a significant development after the major operation led to the arrest of a 17 year old Afghan “refugee”.

The body of 19 year old medical student and migrant home volunteer Maria Ladenburger was discovered in a river in the town of Freiburg on the 16th of October. An investigation determined the daughter of a senior European Commission lawyer had been raped, and then drowned.

The subsequent investigation into the death of Miss Ladenburger was spurred on, Die Welt reports, by intense public interest in the case and pressure being placed on police to find the rapist. After 68 detectives followed a reported 1,600 leads and interviewed 1,400 potential witnesses the 17 year old migrant was arrested, as revealed by police in a press conference on Saturday.

Although the arrested man has not been named, it has been revealed he is a recent arrival to the country, having come to Germany from Afghanistan as an asylum seeker in 2015. Police said the man had a previous criminal record, having been investigated for “illegal entry”, and until his arrest had been living with a local German family who had taken him in.

In tracking down their suspect police removed an entire hedge from the scene of the crime to a laboratory for testing. Police found a hair belonging to the suspect in the bush. Nearby were also found a scarf belonging to the victim and a discarded bicycle. Both are reported to have had the suspect’s DNA on.

Police have not revealed whether Miss Ladenburger had any previous relationship with the migrant or whether they had met at the asylum home she volunteered at.

Some attention has focussed on the father of the dead girl, a senior EU official. A lawyer for the notoriously pro-mass migration European Commission, a notice he placed in German newspaper the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said his daughter had been a “ray of sunshine” for the family and asked mourners to donate to the Bangladeshi Catholic Church rather than sending flowers.

The mayor of Freiburg praised police for working to make their arrest so efficiently, but warned locals to not link the rape and murder to the immigration status of the killer. Green party mayor Dieter Salomon said: “It is good for the police to have [worked on] this cruel and terrible murder so fast… [people should] not use the origin of the culprit to make generalisations about migrants, but instead to see this as an isolated case”.

Baden-Württemberg police are now investigating whether their suspect is linked to another rape and murder case in the area. A local woman named only as ‘Carolin G’ disappeared while jogging in early November and was later discovered to have been raped and murdered, as in the other case.

US: Assistant director of residence life at Ohio State demands students share compassion for ISIS wannabe

(Ohio State University) Stephanie Clemons Thompson, assistant director of residence life at Ohio State.

And the award for the most stupid person at Ohio state goes to....

You know, that university where just the other day a Somali immigrant, given a new life in the US, decided to ram his car into a load of people and attacked them with a knife. Unfortunately for Abdul, there was a policeman just around the corner and he slotted the IS wannabe with a 9mm round (or two).

Well, Thompson has taken umbrage at how students have expressed their thanks at how quickly Abdul Razak Ali Artan was taken out and thus many lives were saved. So she took to Facebook in which to try and shame those people who did. Unfortunately for this ethical latte drinker, people have instead taken issue with her left-wing stance, including her adding the tag #BlackLivesMatter to the shooting of an armed thug intent on murder. The thing is, this silly moo knew exactly what she was doing by inserting "DO NOT SHARE THIS POST" in which to try and keep her rabid post in-house.

As an alum of @OhioState , I am embarrassed that we employ such a moron. #stephanieclemonsthompson #OhioStateUniversity pic.twitter.com/C5yFhXixBC

— OccamsHatchet (@OccamsHatchet) 29 November 2016

There appears to be quite a movement in which to show this silly person the error of her ways.

UK; Latest Poll finds just one in 25 Muslims blames al-Qaeda for 9/11

(UK) The latest poll by ICM in the UK reveals some disturbing facets regards the mindset of Muslims living in the UK.Based on research carried on more than 3,000 people found that:

31 per cent of Muslims thought the US government was behind the 9/11 terror attacks and 7 per cent blamed Jews while just 4 per cent believed al-Qaeda was responsible.

It found that 26 per cent of Muslims did not believe in extremism and 48 per cent would not turn to the police if someone close to them became involved with people linked to Syrian terrorism.

The thing is, this isn't a one off, survey after survey after survey  reveals that the vast majority of Muslims living in the UK think along the lines above and the ethical latte drinkers out there keep on telling me that Muslims can only be victims in the UK of race hate or even worse.

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Germany:Syrian teen who screamed she was thrown off a tram for wearing a HIjab, caught out as a liar.

(Berlin) On Tuesday a 14 year old Syrian teen made a complaint to the police that she was thrown off a tram in Berlin because the driver objected to her headcovering by airing his 'Islamophoiba' over the tram tannoy system that he wasn't going to move off with her on board. As this is the West where Muslims can only be seen as victims this was quickly picked up by the Media:

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The Berlin Transport Company (BVG), which promotes itself as young, hip and liberal, told Tagesspiegel it was looking into the incident. Examination of the relevant CCTV footage would last until Thursday, Well its Thursday (well it was when I typed this out) and here is what the company has to say. That after reviewing video footage, they believe that the driver asked her to leave the tram because she was eating a Döner kebab, something which is against their regulations, the Berliner Morgenpost reports.

“On the video you can see that two girls get onto the tram and then open a Döner kebab, each while the driver apparently announces that they can’t do that,” 

Here is the screen dump of the Morgenpost which the net translated:

I wonder if this youth will have the book thrown at her for lying, because if their had been no video, the driver certainly would have and given more ammo to the ethical latte brigade that Non-Muslims can only be racist. (And I'm some with Brownskin and a Muslim name saying that)

US: US Shooters who murdered 14 in 2015, did so because of...Christmas

(San Bernardino) Last December Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik armed to the hilt with automatic weapons targeted a  San Bernardino County Department of Public Health training event and Christmas party, of about 80 employees. Their killing spree saw 14 people murdered and another 22seriously injured. When the police caught up with this so called loving couple, they were shocked to find the duo wearing body armour, giving as good as they got, Unfortunately for them  the law won.

Now that is history, ISIS quickly claimed credit for their killing spree and the statistics of how more non-Muslims have been murdered than the other way round this past year in the US, doesn't seem to register with those who play the rise in racist hate crimes regards  Donald Trump.

Anyway the FBI have been looking into way 2 followers of a really peaceful religion went all ‘Allah ackba’ a year ago and it transpires that the trouble and strife (wife) of  Syed Farook objected to him attending a Christmas party.  Tashfeen Malik stated that she didn’t thinkthat a Muslim should have to participate in a non-Muslim holiday or event. And that so got her goat , she was prepared to die taking as many people with her as possible, this from a young mother with a 6 month baby.

Religion of peace my arse.

Syria: 4-Way Battle Ground

(Syria) To the north of Syria, a 4-way battle is currently taking place between Syria, the Kurds, the Turks and ISIS. The Kurds (yellow) would like to unify their respective areas. The Turks and their minions (green) don't want the Kurds to have their own homeland, so they invaded Syria on the pretext of defending Turkey in which to do just that. ISIS, well, they are simply ISIS (black) and are currently on the backfoot and will fight anybody, including themselves. That leaves Syria (reddish orange) which just wants its country back without other state actors having a say on the matter (that said, they have been using the Kurds to do their work for them in the north).

Mind you, the Turkish Pocket Dictator Erdogan...

... has now stated that he sent his troops into Syria in which to topple Assad. Which is strange as he is currently purging the Turkish military of anybody whose face doesn't fit. Moscow has asked the Nazi fan to explain himself:

"It is a very serious statement and one which differs from previous ones and with our understanding of the situation. We hope that our Turkish partners will provide us with some kind of explanation about this."

THE CAMPAIGN FOR MOSUL: NOVEMBER 22-28, 2016

(ISW) The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) made limited gains in eastern Mosul from November 22 to 28 as it struggled to identify and target ISIS militants operating among the significant civilian population remaining in the city. Meanwhile, Iraqi Shia militias turned their offensive towards remaining ISIS-held cities in far western Ninewa province, as Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced that the Iraqi army and police would recapture Tel Afar.

Prime Minister Abadi announced on November 23 that the Iraqi Army and police would recapture Tel Afar, a primarily Turkmen village west of Mosul and former Al Qaeda hot spot. Shi’a militias, including Iranian-backed proxies, had designated Tel Afar as its initial line of effort, raising international concerns that the militias, many of which are charged with human rights violations, may raise sectarian tensions in the area. PM Abadi’s designation of the ISF to retake Tel Afar relegates the Iraqi Shi’a militias to recapture remaining ISIS-held terrain in western Ninewa, including Baaj, Qayrawan, and Qahtaniya. The move will likely satisfy regional actors such as Turkey, which threatened undefined intervention on October 30 if the militias moved into Tel Afar. Instead, the militia units operating around the Tel Afar airbase moved west along the Sinjar highway, making contact with Peshmerga forces operating in eastern Sinjar District. Simultaneously, militia units advanced from Ain al-Jahush westward to Tel Abtah, from where they will approach Baaj from the south. The 15th Iraqi Army Division will take point for the operation into Tel Afar, where the Shi’a militias would have likely struggled to handle the dense urban terrain without taking on significant casualties.

Operations in Mosul remain concentrated in eastern neighbourhoods as ISF units look to breach the city in other areas. To the south-east of Mosul, the Iraqi Army has nearly completed operations in the Ninewa Plains, positioning additional units to join efforts to clear ISIS. North and south of the city, Iraqi Army and Federal Police units have not yet moved to breach the city limits, respectively. Inside the city, the ISF reported that they gained control of three northern neighbourhoods since November 22, but the ISF has failed to advance in southern neighbourhoods. ISIS continues to use the significant civilian population as a primary line of defence, including attacking from positions within refugee flows, which is slowing the ISF’s advance inside the city.

The Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), operating in eastern Mosul, called for a change in tactic for managing the remaining civilians in eastern Mosul. Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi urged civilians to stay in their homes as the ISF breached Mosul’s city limits in early November, forcing the CTS and Iraqi Army to adopt measures to reduce the risk of civilian casualties. The CTS now is asking for the Iraqi Government to encourage civilians to leave the area, which would allow the CTS to be more aggressive in anti-ISIS operations, including its use of airstrikes. The mass exodus of an estimated 1.5 million civilians from Mosul may overwhelm humanitarian efforts, however, allowing ISIS to take refuge in the refugee flow.

IRAQ SITUATION REPORT: NOVEMBER 18-30, 2016

(ISW) The nice people at the Institute for the Study of War, have knocked out their latest situation report on the state of affairs inside Iraq.

The Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) passed a law on November 26 that solidifies the Popular Mobilization, the majority of which are Shi’a militias with a history of sectarian violence, as a permanent security institution in Iraq. The Popular Mobilization Act, passed primarily through the efforts of Shi’a and Kurdish parties, grants qualified Popular Mobilization Units the same rights and financial benefits as members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Sunni political leaders and parties, however, rejected the law as a serious blow against national reconciliation efforts and called for its reversal. The law’s current language does not address the structure of this new security institution or clarify which Popular Mobilization units, which includes several Sunni units, would be inducted into it. As it stands, the CoR will need to pass successive laws or amendments regarding the Popular Mobilization’s structure, raising a concern that the Shi’a parties’ dominance in the CoR will sway the structure to favor Shi’a militias. The law could benefit Sunnis if it legitimizes the use of local Sunni militias and tribal forces as security forces in majority Sunni provinces, thereby acting as an alternative to the National Guard Law, a key piece of legislation which Sunnis sought as reconciliation efforts but Shi’a parties blocked. National Alliance chairman Ammar al-Hakim and Sadrist Trend leader Muqtada al-Sadr both called for the form of the Popular Mobilization to be non-partisan and inclusive, but sectarian Iranian proxy militias, who already dominate both the PMUs’ leadership and the CoR, are positioned to benefit from the law the most. A legitimized Popular Mobilization will result in a sectarian security force funded by the Iraqi government but responsive to Iranian advisers, which will further alienate Sunnis from the Iraqi Government.