DEATH BATTALION: CHECHEN VOLUNTEER GROUP
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UNITED ARMED FORCES OF NOVOROSSIYA
On this date, September 16, 2014, the militias of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, merged into one group on 16 September 2014, forming the "United Armed Forces of Novorossiya". I will post information about this Military Unit from Wikipedia.
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United Armed Forces of Novorossiya Объединённые Вооруженные Силы Новороссии | |
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Founded | 3 March 2014 (as Donbass People's Militia) |
Current form | 16 September 2014 |
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Minister of Defence | Vladimir Kononov (Donetsk People's Republic) Oleg Bugrov (Luhansk People's Republic) |
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Active personnel | 10,000 – 20,000 (July 2014) 30,000 – 35,000 (March 2015) 40,000 (June 2015) |
The United Armed Forces of Novorossiya (Russian: Объединённые Вооруженные Силы Новороссии; acronym NAF) is the umbrella name for the militias and armed volunteer groups affiliated with the defunct political union called Novorossiya (New Russia). It consists of the Donbass People's Militia, the Luhansk People's Militia and autonomous armed groups. It is regarded as a terrorist group by the Ukrainian government.
The Donbass People's Militia was formed by Pavel Gubarev, who was elected "People's Governor" of Donetsk Oblast by pro-Russian protesters. It was originally involved in taking control of Ukrainian government buildings in the Donetsk oblast. Tensions increased to the point of the militia being actively involved in fighting a war against the Ukrainian government in the Donbass region of Ukraine. The militia was accused by the Ukrainian government of culpability in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on 17 July 2014. The militias of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, merged into one group on 16 September 2014, forming the "United Armed Forces of Novorossiya".
It is widely believed that the separatists are supported by Russian armed forces. Although the Russian government often denies direct involvement stating that their soldiers were there voluntarily and not under orders, some of them were detained riding their combat vehicles with documents proving their origin in Russian armed forces. Moreover, separatists admitted receiving supplies from Russia and being trained there. BBC reported that separatist ranks are composed of thousands of Russian citizens, and NATO accused Russia of deploying their regular troops into Ukraine. Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation have been reported to be supporting separatists in the conflict as well. Head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, claimed in August 2014 that there are around 3,000 to 4,000 Russian volunteers fighting for the militia, which includes current and many retired Russian Army servicemen.
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Pro-Russian rebels stand guard at a polling station during supreme council and presidential elections in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. The pro-Russian rebels are holding the elections that were dismissed by Ukraine and the West as illegitimate. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) |
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Sloviansk city council under control of armed forces. The masked men are holding Kalashnikov assault rifles (AK-74) and having rocket launchers on their backs (very similar to Soviet/Russian RPG-26). |
1History
On April 6, 2014, 2,000 pro-Russian protesters rallied outside the regional administration building in Donetsk. On the same day, groups of protesters in Eastern Ukraine stormed the regional administration buildings in Donetsk, Kharkiv, and the SBU headquarters in Luhansk. The groups created a people's council and demanded a referendum like in Crimea. Within a few days, several government buildings in cities such as Kramatorskand Slovianskwere also stormed. On April 12, the supporters of the Donetsk People's Republic and members of Donbass People's Militia set up checkpoints and barricades in Sloviansk. The same day, former members of the Donetsk "Berkut" unit joined the ranks of the Donbass People's Militia. On April 13, the newly established Ukrainian government gave the separatists a deadline to disarm or face a "full-scale anti-terrorist campaign" in the region. Later that day, the first reports of fighting was reported between the people's militia and Ukrainian troops near Sloviansk, with casualties on both sides. On April 14, members of the Donbass People's Militia blocked Ukrainian military KrAZ truck's armed with Gradmissiles from entering the city.
On April 15, a full scale "counter-terrorism" operation was launched by the Ukrainian government with aim of restoring their authority over the area's seized by the militia.
On April 16, the militia entered Sloviansk with six BMD airborne amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicles they obtained from parts of the 25th Airborne Brigade who had switched allegiance. The "occupants" were disarmed after the vehicles were blockaded by locals. The militia also received one self-propelled 120 mm mortar 2S9 "Nona-S" On April 20, an unidentified armed group in civilian clothes attacked a Militia checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Sloviansk. Three attackers and three members of Militia were killed. On May 14, eight members of Militia seized an IMR armored vehicle from Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod.
On May 15, the Donbass People's Militia sent an ultimatum to Kiev. They ordered the withdraw all Ukrainian troops from Donetsk oblast. On May 17, several members of the militia seized two BRDM unarmed armored vehicles from Severodonetsk and Lysychansk(Luhansk Oblast) On May 22, the Federal State of Novorossiya was declared. On May 23, several members of people's militia seized another BRDM-RKh unarmed armored vehicle from Loskutovka (Luhansk Oblast)
The militia were widely suspected to be involved in the downing of a civilian airliner, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, on 17 July 2014.
On August 8, the militia claimed that after battles near border with Russia, they captured 67 pieces of equipment with varying status (serviceable equipment without ammunition and fuel, with faults, damaged in battle and completely unusable), including 18 multiple rocket launching systems "Grad", 15 tanks and armored personnel carriers, howitzers, MANPADS, etc. As of August 12, the militia has at least 200 armored vehicles.
The months of July and early August were disastrous for the militias with many analysts saying they were on the verge of defeat before a sudden counteroffensive, which the Ukrainian Government claims was supported by Russian troops, encircled thousands of Ukrainian troops and forced them into a retreat. The militias soon re-captured several strategic positions such as Savur-Mohyla and Luhansk International Airport. The armies of both the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic merged on 16 September 2014 to form the "United Armed Forces of Novorossiya".
On 2 February 2015, Head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, announced that there would be a general mobilization in the DPR of 10,000 volunteers, and he aimed to eventually expand the NAF to 100,000 soldiers.
On 20 May 2015 the leadership of the Federal State of Novorossiya announced the termination of the confederation 'project' but the United Armed Forces will be retained as the joint armed service of the two constituent states.
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DPR troops in Donetsk during a rehearsal for the 2015 Victory Day Parade |
2Structure
The militias consist of different armed groups, which took the oath for Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. Militant groups which refused to do it were disarmed as gangs in the DPR. Other groups are autonomous forces.
2.1Combat forces
2.1.1Donetsk People's Republic
Donbass People's Militia (Russian: Народное ополчение Донбасса)
· North Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Север») (unofficial)
- Patriotic Forces of Donbass (Russian: Патриотические силы Донбасса)
- Vostok Brigade (Russian: Бригада «Восток», meaning "East Brigade") - Special forces brigade that was founded and led by Alexander Khodakovsky. It has foreign volunteers including Russians and North Ossetians. Began as a battalion, and as of June 2014 had about 500 men according to Khodakovsky. It later increased to a brigade.
- Oplot Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Оплот», meaning "Bulwark Battalion") - Commanded by Alexander Zakharchenko.
- Russian Orthodox Army (Russian: Русская православная армия) - One of the armed groups, which control Donetsk, formed mostly by locals from coal mine towns. It reportedly had 100 members at the time of its founding. According to Ukrainian sources, in June 2014 has at least 350 fighters. According to independent sources as fighting between separatists and the Ukrainian government worsened in Donbass, membership rose to 4,000.
- Miner's Division (Russian: Шахтёрская дивизия) - Founded shortly after the rebel withdrawal from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. It is commanded by Konstantin Kuzmin. Fighters typically range from ages 22–60. Composed of former coal miners.
- Kalmius Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Кальмиус») - Special forces battalion commanded by Sergei Petrovskiy.
- Consolidated Orthodox Battalion "Voshod" or Voshod Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Восход»), meaning "Sunrise Battalion") - Formed in June 2014, it had 300 fighters.
- Steppe Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Степь»)
- Battalion of DPR Security Service (Russian: Батальон службы безопасности Донецкой народной республики)
- Sparta Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Спарта») - Special forces battalion led by Arsey Pavlov, better known as Motorola. Includes Russians, fighters typically have helmets and modern personal equipment.
- 1st Independent Battalion-Tactical Group "Somalia" or Somalia Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Сомали») - Tactical group led by Mikhail Tolstykh, better known as Givi.
2.1.2Independent DPR forces
- International Battalions - Includes Russian, Chechen, Greek, Ossetian, Polish, Hungarian, Serbian, Latvian, Belarusian, Uzbek, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Armenian and other volunteers.
- Orthodox Dawn (Bulgarian: Православна Зора) - Bulgarian volunteer group.
- Legion of Saint Stephen (Russian: Легион Святого Иштвана) - Hungarian subgroup of international battalions. The group espouses a Hungarian nationalist platform, demanding self-determination for the Hungarian minority in Zakarpattia Oblast, and has been accused of being close to the far-right Jobbik party in Hungary.
- Jovan Šević Detachment (Serbian: одред «Јован Шевић») - Serbian Chetnik-led group commanded by Bratislav Živković, has 250 fighters. In October 2014 the fighters returned to the Serbia.
- Death Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Смерть») - Chechen volunteer group.
- Varyag Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Варяг»), meaning "Varangian Battalion") - Volunteer battalion commanded by Alexander Matyushin.
- RNU Volunteer Units - Includes volunteers from Russian National Unity and other Neo-nazi organizations.
2.1.3Luhansk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Militia(Russian: Народная милиция ЛНР). Formerly known as Army of the South-East (Russian: Армия Юго-Востока) until late 2014. - Zarya Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Заря», meaning "Dawn Battalion") - Commanded by Andrei Patrushev. Includes Russian volunteers - national-bolsheviks, members of The Other Russia.
- Leshiy Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Леший», meaning "Forest-spirit Battalion") - Special forces battalion commanded by Aleksey Pavlov.
2.1.4Independent LPR forces
- Great Host of Don Cossacks (Russian: Всевеликое войско Донское) - An international organisation that recruits volunteers from Ukraine and Russia.
- Cossack National Guard (Russian: Казачья Национальная гвардия) - Don Cossack volunteer group commanded by Rashid Shakirzanov. The group has over 4,000 fighters and have access to armor and artillery. From May to November 2014, the group was commanded by Ataman Nikolai Kozitsyn. Kozitsyn was forcibly removed from power in November 2014 and replaced by Shakirzanov. The group's headquarters is in Antratsyt, and their rule expands to Krasnyi Luch. Initially, this group was identified as Russian Special Forces by the U.S. State Department following the takeover of the Sloviansk city council. In November 2014, the group instated capital punishment in Perevalsk to deter crime. Kozitsyn stated that there is no more marauding, burglaries or car-jacking in the city. They refused to join the LPR's military command but insist on cooperating with them, remaining autonomous and controlling territory.
- First Cossack Regiment (Russian: Первый казачий полк) - Don Cossack volunteer group commanded by Ataman Pavel Dryomov. The group has around 1,300 fighters, and the headquarters is in Stakhanov. Originally part of Kozitsyn's Cossack National Guard until it split in September 2014. Dryomov denounced the LPR's leadership as being corrupt and "pro-oligarchic".
- Mechanized Brigade "Prizrak" or Prizrak Brigade (Russian: Бригада «Призрак», meaning "Ghost Brigade") - Mechanized infantry brigade that was commanded by Aleksey Mozgovoy. The group keeps its distance from the LPR authorities and is based in Alchevsk and the surrounding district.
- Continental Unit (French: Unité Continentale) - French, Serbian and Brazilian volunteer group.
- Unit #404 - International communist volunteer group commanded by Piotr Biriukov.
2.1.5Disbanded
- Sloviansk Brigade (Russian: Славянская бригада) - Brigade that was commanded by Igor Strelkov.
- United Battalions of the DPR and LPR.
- North Battalion
- Prizrak Battalion
- Rapid Response Group "Batman" or Batman Battalion (Russian: Группа быстрого реагирования «Бэтмен») - Commanded by Alexander Bednov until he was killed in an attack on his convoy on 1 January 2015. Members of the group said that the attack was ordered by head of the Luhansk People's Republic Igor Plotnitsky. Following this attack, the LPR arrested some of Bednov's men, and dissolved the battalion. Some of its personnel were dispersed into other LPR units, while DPR field commanders Givi and Motorola invited former members to join their battalions.
- Rusich Company (Russian: ДШРГ «Русич») - Special forces-type company commanded by Aleksey Milchakov. Made up of far-right Russian volunteers. On July 10, 2015, Milchakov announced that the Rusich Company would be withdrawing from Donbass for retraining and refitting.
2.2Non-combat units
- Novorossiya Humanitarian Battalion (Russian: Гуманитарный батальон «Новороссия») - non-combat unit involved in protecting the delivery of humanitarian aid
3Commanders
Donetsk People's Republic
- Alexander Zakharchenko
- Alexander Borodai
- Pavel Gubarev
- Igor Strelkov
- Vyacheslav Ponomarev
- "Romashka" (nom de guerre), real name Sergei Zhurikov (Russian: Сергей Журиков) †
- Alexander Khodakovsky
- Igor Bezler
- "Botsman"
- Sergei Petrovskiy
- Motorola (nom de guerre), real name Arseny Pavlov
- Givi (nom de guerre), real name Mikhail Tolstykh
Luhansk People's Republic
- Igor Plotnitsky
- Valery Bolotov
- Nikolai Kozitsyn
- Pavel Dryomov
- Aleksey Mozgovoy †
- Alexander Bednov (Russian: Александр Беднов) †
4Flags and symbols
4.1Historical flags
4.2Others Flags
4.3Flags of new States, including nongovernment (public) organizations
4.4Flags of military units and troops
5Equipment
According to independent sources, rebels mostly used equipment that was available domestically before the Ukrainian crisis. However, the rebels were also seen using weapons that were not known to be exported to or otherwise available in Ukraine. Appearance of some of the latest models of Russian military equipment, which was never exported outside of Russia, is particularly noteworthy.
According to the Donetsk People's Republic all its military equipment is "hardware that we took from the Ukrainian military". However, according to the Ukrainian government and the United States Department of Statethis is a false statement and claim the separatists have received military equipment from Russia, including multiple rocket launch systems and tanks. Despite the fact that Russian officials deny supplying arms to the militia, numerous evidence proves that it is true. In August 2014 Ukrainian Defense MinisterValeriy Heletey claimed the proof for the weapons supply from Russia was that the fighters of the Donbass People's Militia were using Russian-made weapons that were never used (or bought) by the Ukrainian army.
Among such exclusively Russian equipment seen with pro-Russian separatists are Russian modifications of tank T-72 (particularly T-72B3 and T-72BA seen destroyed in Ukraine), infantry fighting vehicle BTR-82AM (adopted in Russia in 2013), armored personnel carriers BPM-97, sophisticated anti-aircraft system Pantsir-S1, multipurpose vehicle GAZ Vodnik (adopted in Russia in 2005), Russian modifications of MT-LB, rocket-propelled flamethrower MRO-A, anti-tank missile Kornet, anti-materiel rifle ASVK, suppressed sniper rifle VSS Vintorez and others.
6Relationship with Russia
As the conflict intensified, the Donbass People's Militia was bolstered with many volunteers from the former Soviet Union, mainly Russia; including fighters from Chechnya and North Ossetia.
According to the Ukrainian government and the United States Department of State the Donbass People's Militia have received military equipment from Russia, including Russian tanks and multiple rocket launchers. Russia denied doing this and has described the Russian citizens fighting with the Donbass People's Militia as volunteers. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed on 16 August 2014 it had received (together with 30 tanks and 120 other armoured vehicles of undisclosed origin) 1,200 "individuals who have gone through training over a four-month period on the territory of the Russian Federation". The Donetsk People's Republic claims it has not received military equipment from Russia; but that all its military equipment is "hardware that we took from the Ukrainian military". In August 2014 Ukrainian Defense MinisterValeriy Heletey disputed this claim because (according to him) the fighters of the Donbass People's Militia were using Russian-made weapons that were never used (or bought) by the Ukrainian army, and which therefore had to have been supplied to them by Russia.
The injured of the Donbass People's Militia were exclusively treated in Russia. During mid-August 2014, hospitals such as the Donetsk Central Hospital in Donetsk, Russia attended to between 10 and 20 injured fighters daily. The Russian Emergency Ministry assisted with treatment logistics. Those questioned and registered by the (Russian) Federal Security Service and treated in Russia during this period stated that they would not return to Ukraine if the Ukrainian army won the War in Donbass, but would, instead, engage in a partisan warfare campaign in Eastern Ukraine.
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NKVD PRISONER MASSACRES
On this date, September 17, 1939, the Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive Warof 1939. I will post information about the NKVD Prisoner Massacres from Wikipedia.
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Deaths | In excess of 100,000 | ||
The NKVD prisoner massacres were a series of mass executions carried out by the SovietNKVD secret police during World War II against political prisoners across Eastern Europe, primarily Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic states, Bessarabia and other parts of the Soviet Union from which the Red Army was retreating following the Nazi Germanattack on the Soviet positions in occupied Poland, known as Operation Barbarossa.
Estimates of the death toll vary between locations; nearly 9,000 in the Ukrainian SSR, 20,000–30,000 in eastern Poland (now part of Western Ukraine), with the total number reaching approximately 100,000 victims of extrajudicial executions in the span of a few short weeks.
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JESSE JACKSON VERSUS YAHYA JAMMEH
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THE TRANSPORTER OF SOBIBOR: KARL STEUBL (OCTOBER 25, 1910 TO SEPTEMBER 21, 1945)
70 years ago on this date, September 21, 1945, the commander of transportation at the Sobibor Extermination Camp, Karl Steubl, committed suicide in prison before sentencing. I will post information about this Nazi War Criminal from Wikipediaand other links.
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SS-SturmbannführerKarl Steubl, Steubel, or Steibel (October 25, 1910 – September 21, 1945) was an Austrian Nazi, perpetrator of euthanasia programme dubbed Action T4, and commander of transportation at the Sobibor extermination camp during Operation Reinhard, the most deadly phase of the Holocaust. Arrested after the war, Steubl committed suicide in Linz, Austria.
Career highlights
Before his last assignment at Sobibor in occupied Poland, Steubl was a senior male nurse at Schloss Hartheim, the biggest mass extermination centre outside Eastern Europe set up at Alkovenin Upper Austria. The killing program Action T4 was performed there between 1939 and 1945. Already by August 1941, long before the war's end, a grand total of 18,269 mentally and physically handicapped patients including many others, were murdered at gas chambers of Hartheim Euthanasia Centre and cremated on site in the course of his service there.
From August 1942, Steubl was one of the Austrian commanders of Sobibor extermination camp, which he also helped organize as an expert in gassing. He was present, and most likely took part in the execution of the last SonderkommandoJews who were sent to Sobibor for clean-up after demolition of the Treblinka extermination camp nearby.
Arrested by the Allies, Steubl was the first of three SS men from Sobibor who committed suicide after World War II. The second one was Kurt Bolender; recognized by a Holocaust survivor in Germany and arrested in 1961. Bolender committed suicide in prison before sentencing. He was accused of participating in the murder of approximately 86,000 Jews. The third one was SS-OberscharführerGustav Wagner ("the Beast of Sobibor") also from Austria originally. He killed himself in 1980 exposed by Simon Wiesenthal in Brazil. By the same token, half of the 13 Sobibor mass murderers tried in 1965–66 at the Sobibor Trial in Hagen, West Germany were cleared of all charges and set free.
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GLOCK 22 PISTOL
I will post information about the Glock 22 Pistol from Wikipedia.
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Designed | Late 1980s | ||
Manufacturer | Glock | ||
Produced | 1990-present | ||
Variants | 22C | ||
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Weight | 650 g / 22.92 oz (unloaded) | ||
Length | 186 mm / 7.32 in | ||
length | 114 mm / 4.49 in | ||
Width | 30.0 mm / 1.18 in | ||
Height | 138 mm / 5.43 in (with magazine) | ||
The Glock 22 is a pistol manufactured by Glock. It is essentially a Glock 17 modified to fire .40 S&Wammunition (instead of the 9×19mm Parabellumfired by the 17). It uses a modified slide, frame, .40 S&Wbarrel and magazinebut otherwise appears nearly identical to the Glock 17. The gun comes standard with 2 (3 if Gen 4) 15-round magazines; 22-round magazines (that will function in other .40-caliber Glock handguns) are also available. Also available for certain states and countries that ban magazines of over 10 rounds are 10-round magazines.
The Glock 22 has undergone three major revisions since its introduction in 1990. Currently, the model produced is the Gen 4.
The Glock 22C is a version of the Glock 22 that has a ported barrel and slide to reduce muzzle climb while shooting the pistol.
Service usage
The Glock 22 is used by a number of law enforcement agencies worldwide:
- Alaska State Troopers
- Alberta Sheriffs
- Atlanta Police Department
- Baltimore Police Department— Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office— Albuquerque New Mexico
- Buffalo Police Department— Buffalo, New York, United States
- Calgary Police Service— Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Capitola Police Department— Capitola, California, United States
- Chesapeake Police Department— Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
- Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police
- Cumberland County Sheriff's Department— Bridgeton. New Jersey, United States.
- Detroit Police Department— Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Edmonton Police Service— Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Federal Bureau of Investigation— United States
- Henrico County Police Department
- Henrico County Sheriff's Office— Henrico County, Virginia
- Inglewood Police Department— United States
- Jacksonville Sheriff's Office— Jacksonville, Florida
- Jamestown Police Department— Jamestown, New York, United States
- Toronto Police Service— Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Police ServiceOttawa, Ontario, Canada
- Los Angeles Police Department— United States
- Maryland Transportation Authority Police— Maryland, United States
- New South Wales Police Force— New South Wales, Australia
- Santa Cruz Police Department— Santa Cruz, California, United States
- Santa Cruz Sheriff's Department— Santa Cruz County, California, United States
- United States Drug Enforcement Administration— United States
- United States Tennessee Valley Authority Police— United States
- Western Australia Police— Western Australia
- Yavapai County Sheriff's Office— Prescott, Arizona, United States
- York Regional Police— York Region, Ontario, Canada
- Rio Rancho Police Department— New Mexico
- Regina Police Service— Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Redfield Police Department— Redfield, Arkansas, United States
- Shannon Hills Police Department— Shannon Hills, Arkansas, United States
- Fort Worth Police Department— Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Queensland Police Service— Queensland, Australia
- US Army Delta Force and 1st Special Forces Group Special Operations
- San Diego Harbor Police San Diego, California
Caliber modification
One notable feature of the Glock 22, and indeed many modern .40 S&Wpistols, is the ability to change the caliber to .357 SIGwith a simple barrel swap. This is possible due to the similar operating pressures of both rounds, and the fact that the .357 SIG is based on a .40 S&W case, necked down to accept .355 inch bullets. The Glock 22 can also be fitted with a converted .40 S&W - 9mm barrel and can operate as such using a Glock 9mm magazine. A .40 S&W - .22 LR conversion kit is also available for the Glock 22.
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THE CANNIBAL OF CHICHIJIMA: GENERAL YOSHIO TACHIBANA (FEBRUARY 24, 1890 TO SEPTEMBER 24, 1946)
On this date, September 24, 1946, an IJA General, Yoshio Tachibana was executed by hanging in Guam for war crimes, including cannibalism.
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THE SWISS MASS MURDERER: FRIEDRICH LEIBACHER (TO SEPTEMBER 27, 2001)
On this date, September 27, 2001, an angry, unstable gunman, Friedrich Leibacher, shot and killed 15 people including himself in the cantonal parliament of Zug. The event became known as the Zug Massacre. I will post information about this Swiss Mass Murderer from Wikipedia.
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Born | July 21, 1944 Zug, Switzerland | ||
Died | September 27, 2001 (age 57) Zug, Switzerland | ||
Cause of death | Suicide | ||
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Date | September 27, 2001 | ||
Location(s) | Zug, Switzerland | ||
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Injured | 18 | ||
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Friedrich Heinz Leibacher (July 21, 1944 – September 27, 2001) was a Swiss mass murderer who killed 14 members of the Zugcanton Parliament, injuring 18 others, before committing suicide in the Zug massacre.
Personal background
Leibacher had been employed in business, and had several failed marriages to women from the Dominican Republic, of whom one produced a daughter. In 1970 he was convicted of incest, theft, forgery and traffic offences, and sentenced to 18 months detention. He served his sentence in a work-training institution.
After leaving detention, Leibacher became unemployed. Doctors diagnosed a personality disorder and alcoholism and he received an invalidity pension. In 1998 he was convicted of threatening a bus driver employed by the Zug transport company. Leibacher was upset by his treatment, and wrote frequently to the authorities with letters of complaint. The passage of time did not diminish his grievance as Leibacher began to believe he was the target of a government conspiracy led by Robert Bisig, a Cantonal Minister. He sued Bisig but in September 2001 his actions were dismissed by the court.
Zug massacre
At 10:30 am on September 27, 2001, Leibacher entered the Zug Parliament disguised as a police officer and armed with a pistol, a revolver, a pump-action shotgun, and a rifle. He made his way to the Parliament chamber where he fired more than 90 shots randomly. Politicians and journalists alike were hit, although Robert Bisig escaped unscathed. Finally, Leibacher detonated a small home-made bomb, then shot himself. He left behind a suicide note describing his action as a "Day of rage for the Zug mafia".
Victims
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ZUG MASSACRE (SEPTEMBER 27, 2001)
On this date, September 27, 2001, an angry, unstable gunman, Friedrich Leibacher, shot and killed 15 people including himself in the cantonal parliament of Zug. The event became known as the Zug Massacre. I will post information about this gun violence crime from Wikipedia.
Zug massacre
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Location | Zug, Switzerland | ||
Date | September 27, 2001 10:32 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. | ||
Attack type | Mass murder, murder-suicide | ||
Weapons | S&W Model 19-7 SIG Sauer P232 SL Remington 870 Exp. SIG 90 PE home-made bomb | ||
Deaths | 15 (including the pepertrator) | ||
Non-fatal injuries | 18 | ||
Perpetrator | Friedrich Leibacher | ||
The Zug massacre took place on September 27, 2001 in the city of Zug (Canton of Zug, Switzerland) in the canton's parliament. Fourteen people were shot dead by Friedrich Leibacher, who killed himself shortly after the crime.
In the years before the massacre, Leibacher drew attention to himself by an intense use of lawsuits. These were dismissed, so he assumed he was being persecuted by the state, thus he felt he had to resort to the crime.
He was armed with a civilian version of a Stgw 90 (Swiss Armyassault rifle), a SIG Sauerpistol, a pump-action shotgun, and a revolver, and he wore a home-made police vest. Leibacher was able to enter the parliament building without problem.
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Attack
He started shooting in the hall where the members of parliament were meeting. He killed three members of the Executive Council ("Regierungsräte") and eleven members of the legislature ("Kantonsräte"), and wounded 18 politicians and journalists, some heavily. He fired 91 rounds. Then, he ignited a homemade bomb, and then took his own life. His main intended target was the Cantonal Minister Robert Bisig, who was unharmed. Leibacher left a suicide note titled "Tag des Zornes für die Zuger Mafia" ("Day of wrath for the Zug mafia"), which referenced his belief there was a plot against him.
This assault was the first of its type in Switzerland and one of the Canton of Zug's darkest days. Worldwide, especially in the European Union and in the German Bundestag, there was shock at the attack.
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After effects
Afterwards, many local parliamentsincreased their security or installed security measures. Some established a strict access control for visitors and security passes for the politicians and staff.
On the national level, the Sektion Sicherheit Parlamentsgebäude (section for the security of parliament buildings) was established as part of the Bundessicherheitsdienst(Federal Security Service), a police unit of 35, which secures the Bundeshaus in Bern. As part of a general electronic access control for visitors, access controls with x-ray machines were installed. Further, separate wings of the Bundeshaus were secured with gates, which have to be opened with a badge.
Many cantons and communities have compiled files of people who are considered Nörgler, Querulanten and Behördenhasser (nigglers, grumblers, haters of the administration), who have threatened people, filed lawsuits or bombard authorities with protest notes and who think they have been treated unfairly after the suits have been dismissed. Since the Zug massacre such people are watched closely. Mediation centres were founded in which the so-called Ombudsmännertry to mediate conflicts. Police stations became more sensitive to threats, with people making threats temporarily detained and their houses searched for weapons. When issuing weapon licenses, the application is closely examined, since Leibacher had been diagnosed with a paranoid personality disorder and "brain weakness" ("Gehirnschwäche"). He was legally able to buy the weapons although he had already threatened people, had been known as a grumbler and has had a report made against him.
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SIG SG 550 Assault Rifle |
Deaths
- Peter Bossard (Regierungsrat/Statthalter, FDP, Zug)
- Monika Hutter-Häfliger (Regierungsrätin, SP, Baar)
- Jean-Paul Flachsmann (Regierungsrat, CVP, Zug)
- Herbert Arnet (Kantonsratspräsident, CVP, Cham)
- Martin Döbeli (Kantonsrat, FDP, Zug)
- Dorly Heimgartner (Kantonsrätin, FDP, Zug)
- Kurt Nussbaumer (Kantonsrat, CVP, Oberägeri)
- Rolf Nussbaumer (Kantonsrat, CVP, Baar)
- Konrad Häusler (Kantonsrat, CVP, Unterägeri)
- Erich Iten (Kantonsrat, FDP, Unterägeri)
- Karl Gretener (Kantonsrat, CVP, Cham)
- Willi Wismer (Kantonsrat, CVP, Risch)
- Heinz Grüter (Kantonsrat, FDP, Baar)
- Käthi Langenegger (Kantonsrätin, CVP, Baar)
- Friedrich Leibacher (Spree killer, Zug)
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Gestapo-NKVD Conferences
On this date, September 27, 1939, first Gestapo–NKVD meeting took place reportedly on 27 September 1939 in Brześć nad Bugiem. I will post information about the Gestapo-NKVD Conferences from Wikipedia.
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Performers wearing World War Two Nazi German and Soviet Red Army uniforms wait for the start of a re-enactment of the 1945 battle of Berlin as part of the 7. Biennale in Berlin, on April 29, 2012. [PHOTO SOURCE: http://photo.sf.co.ua/id201] |
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 Location of the 3rd Gestapo–NKVD conference inside the German torture house in the Polish mountains, the 'Palace' villa in Zakopane today | |
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Duration | 1939–1940 |
Type | Nazi-Soviet bilateral planing for the persecution of Polish nationals |
Theme | Secret police talks |
Cause | 1939 Invasion of Poland |
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Gestapo and NKVD personnel pose for a photo. [PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?t=33713] |
The Gestapo–NKVD conferences were a series of secret police meetings organized in late 1939 and early 1940 by the German and Soviet officials following their joint invasion of Poland in accordance with the Nazi-Soviet alliance. The purpose of the meetings was to enable the German and Soviet security forces including Gestapo and NKVD respectively, to share information regarding their parallel terror operations in occupied Poland. In spite of their differences on other issues, both Heinrich Himmler and Lavrentiy Beria had common goals as far as the fate of Poland was concerned. The known conferences were devoted to coordinating plans for joint destruction of Polish nationhoodas well as discussing ways of dealing with the Polish resistance during World War II.
Out of four conferences, the third took place in the famous spa of Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains of southern Poland; it is the most remembered, as the Zakopane Conference. From the Soviet side, several higher officers of the NKVD secret police participated in the meetings, while the German hosts provided a group of experts from the Gestapo.
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German and Soviet forces carved up Poland in 1939. The Nazis handed over thousands of POWs to Stalin’s NKVD for extermination the following year. |
Prelude
After the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact on 23 August 1939, Germany invaded Poland on 1 September and the Soviet Union invaded Poland on 17 September resulting in the occupation of Poland by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
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General Heinz Guderian with NKVD Colonel Semyon Moiseyevich Krivoshein (right), a responsible for the final solution against Poles in Poland occupied by the soviets. [PHOTO SOURCE: http://kanada.net/war/vengeance.html] |
First Conference
The first Gestapo–NKVD meeting took place reportedly on 27 September 1939 in Brześć nad Bugiem, while some units of the Polish Army were still fighting (see: Invasion of Poland) resulting in mass internment of soldiers and their extrajudicial shootings across the Curzon Line. Both Gestapo and NKVD expected the emergence of Polish resistance and discussed ways of dealing with the clandestine activities of the Poles. In the immediate aftermath of the meeting, the Soviet NKVD began the collection of data leading to the Katyn massacrecommitted in the spring of 1940.
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Col. Krivoshein salutes submissively his comrade at arms and war crimes - Nazi General Guderian - at the military parade crowning the Nazi-Soviet slaughter of Poland. [PHOTO SOURCE: http://kanada.net/war/vengeance.html] |
Second Conference
This meeting took place some time at the end of November 1939, probably in Przemyśl, divided into German and Soviet zones of occupation between September 1939 and June 1941. Apart from talks of fighting Polish resistance, the Soviets and the Germans discussed ways of exchanging Polish POWs. Also, first discussions about the occupation of Poland were started. Some historians claim this meeting took place in Lwów. It is also claimed a meeting was held in December.
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NKVD Officer (left) speaks to a SS Officer (right) [PHOTO SOURCE: http://kanada.net/war/epilogue_doc3_pl.html] |
Third Conference
This one is the best known, and took place in Zakopane, starting on 20 February 1940 in the villa "Pan Tadeusz", located at the Droga do Białegostreet close to the Dolina Białego valley. The German side was represented by Adolf Eichmann and an official by the name of Zimmermann, who later became chief of the Radom District of the General Governmentterritory. The Soviet delegation was headed by Grigoriy Litvinov and — among others — Rita Zimmerman (director of a gold mine in Kolyma) and a man named Eichmans, creator of an efficient way of killing in the back of the head.
According to several sources, one of the results of this conference was the German Ausserordentliche Befriedungsaktion (see: German AB Action operation in Poland), elimination of Krakow intelligentsia Sonderaktion Krakauand the Soviet Katyn massacre. In his 1991 book Stalin: Breaker of Nations, British historian Robert Conqueststated: "Terminal horror suffered by so many millions of innocent Jewish, Slavic, and other European peoples as a result of this meeting of evil minds is an indelible stain on the history and integrity of Western civilization, with all of its humanitarian pretensions". Also, Professor George Watson of Cambridge University concluded in his "Rehearsal for the Holocaust?" commentary (June 1981) that the fate of the interned Polish officers may have been decided at this conference. This is however disputed by other historians, who point out that there is no documentary evidence confirming any cooperation on that issue, that the existing Soviet documentation actually makes such a cooperation improbable and that it is reasonable to say that Germany did not know about the Katyn massacre until the corpses were found.
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Eastern Europe in 1939-1940. |
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Secret protocol of German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty "Both parties will tolerate in their territories no Polish agitation which affects the territories of the other party. They will suppress in their territories all beginnings of such agitation and inform each other concerning suitable measures for this purpose." The secret protocol to second Pact Ribentropp-Molotov- 28.09.1939 - Nazi-Soviet Treaty on Borders and Friendship. Photo 1946 of German origin ( Documents of Nurnberg Trial, German defence of Ribentropp and Goring) |
Fourth Conference
The fourth and last meeting took place in March 1940 in Krakow (according to some historians, it was part of the Zakopane Conference). This event was described by General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, commander of Armia Krajowa in his book “Armia Podziemna” (“The Secret Army”). In it, he describes how a special delegation of NKVD came to Krakow, which was going to discuss with Gestapo how to act against the Polish resistance. The talks lasted for several weeks.
Bor-Komorowski′s description is disputed by Russian historian Oleg Vishlyov, who claims, based on the original, highly suspect Soviet documents, that the conference was not between NKVD and Gestapo, but between Soviet and German commissions dealing with refugees in both occupied territories and that the topic of discussion was allegedly the 'refugee exchange'. According to that author the conference had nothing to do with repressions against Poles or with the Katyn massacre. Meanwhile, some historians (including Wojciech Materski) point out that there is clear evidence of clandestine murder operations conducted by both Soviet and German forces in 1939–40 across occupied Poland, however, there is no evidence of direct connection between the NKVD prisoner massacresand the German AB-Aktion in Poland leading to massacre of several thousand prominent Poles in the same time-frame.
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GERMAN-SOVIET FRONTIER TREATY (SEPTEMBER 28, 1939)
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THE CAMP COMMANDANT OF BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP: HERMANN PISTER (FEBRUARY 21, 1885 TO SEPTEMBER 28, 1948)
On this date, September 28, 1948, the Camp Commandant of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Hermann Pister died of an acute heart attack before he could be hanged for his war crimes. Please go to this previous blog post to learn more about this Nazi War Criminal.
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Hermann Pister |
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DANA LOESCH ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD [PRO LIFE QUOTE]
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Dana Loesch on Planned Parenthood |
QUOTE: “Iwish there was as much outrage over the Planned Parenthood stuff as there is over (Cecil the Lion).”
AUTHOR: Dana Loesch (pronounced DAY-nəLASH, née Eaton, born September 28, 1978) is an American conservative talk radio host, television host at TheBlaze and author of Hands Off My Gun: Defeating the Plot to Disarm America. Loesch has appeared as a political commentator on Fox News, CNN, CBS, ABC and HBO among many others.
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THE ISLAMIC STATE ‘REPEATS’ THE BABI YAR MASSACRE (SEPTEMBER 29 TO 30, 1941)
On this date, September 29, 1941, the German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report. On June 12, 2014, the Islamic State killed at least 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets in an attack on Camp Speicher in Tikrit. At the time of the attack there were between 4,000 and 11,000 unarmed cadets in the camp. Alleged ISIS fighters singled out Shia and non-Muslim cadets from Sunniones and executed them.
See history repeats itself by these photos and two videos:
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SS Einsatzgruppen versus ISIS |
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Einsatzgruppe A members shoot Jews on the outskirts of Kovno, 1941-1942. Novosti Press, Moscow |
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Executions: ISIS themselves has also been attacked for carrying out even more brutal executions, such as the ones from mid-June pictured above where militants marched up and down rows of bodies shooting them. |
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A member of Einsatzgruppe D is about to shoot a man sitting by a mass grave in Vinnytsia, Ukraine in 1942. Present in the background are members of the German Army, the German Labor Service, and the Hitler Youth. The back of the photograph is inscribed "The last Jew in Vinnitsa" |
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ISIS masked gunmen bringing the soldiers to a bloodstained concrete riverfront inside the presidential palaces complex, shooting them in the head and throwing them into the Tigris. [PHOTO SOURCE: http://en.alalam.ir/news/1693012] |
Einsatzgruppen actual footage
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8NAZmUnAEE
Nazi-Style Executions Of Shi'ites By ISIS
Published on Aug 2, 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihad organization, which recently overtook regions in northern Iraq and is now pushing towards Baghdad, is circulating photos of its fighters performing mass executions, allegedly of Iraqi soldiers. According to tweets by ISIS supporters, the organization has so far executed over 1,700 Iraqi soldiers.
VIDEO SOURCE:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ayk1TByb4
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PAT BUCHANAN VERSUS ISIS
I will post two articles and a few videos of Pat Buchanan giving his opinion about attacking the Islamic State.
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Fighters of ISIS |
INTERNET SOURCE: http://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2015/02/06/whose-job-is-it-to-kill-isis-n1953486/page/full
Whose Job Is It to Kill ISIS?
Pat Buchanan
2/6/2015 12:01:00 AM - Pat Buchanan
Seeing clips of that 22-minute video of the immolation of the Jordanian pilot, one wonders: Who would be drawn to the cause of these barbarians who perpetrated such an atrocity?
While the video might firm up the faith of fanatics, would it not evoke rage and revulsion across the Islamic world? After all, this was a Sunni Muslim, in a cage, being burned alive.
As of now, this cruel killing seems to have backfired. Jordan is uniting behind King Abdullah's determination to exact "earth-shattering" retribution.
Which raises again the questions: Why did ISIS do it? What did they hope to gain? Evil though they may be, they are not stupid.
Surely, they knew the reaction they would get?
Several explanations come to mind.
First, ISIS is hurting. It lost the battle for Kobane on the Turkish border to the Kurds; it is bleeding under U.S. air attacks; and it is stymied in Iraq. It wanted to lash out in the most dramatic and horrific way.
Second, ISIS wants to retain the title of the most resolute and ruthless of the Islamist radicals, a title temporarily lost to al-Qaida, which carried out the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. This horror has put ISIS back in the headlines and on global television.
Third, ISIS wants to pay back King Abdullah, a Sunni and descendant of the Prophet, for joining America in bombing them.
Fourth, this may have been a provocation to cause the king to put his monarchy on the line and plunge Jordan into all out war against the Islamic State.
For history teaches that wars often prove fatal to monarchies. In the Great War of 1914-1918, the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns, the Romanovs and Ottomans, all went down.
The terrorists of ISIS may believe that stampeding Abdullah into fighting on the side of the "Crusaders" may prove destabilizing to his country and imperil the Hashemite throne.
For, though Jordanians may be united today, will they support sending their sons into battle as allies of the Americans and de facto allies of Bashar Assad, Hezbollah, and Iran?
There are reasons why Sunni nations like Turkey and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states have not committed more openly and decisively to the war on ISIS, and instead prod the Americans to send their troops to eradicate the Islamic State.
To many Sunni nations, Assad and the Shia Crescent of Tehran, Baghdad, Damascus and Beirut are the greater threat. Indeed, until recently, as Joe Biden pointed out last October, the Turks, Saudis and United Arab Emirates were providing clandestine aid to ISIS.
Biden was forced to apologize, but he had told the truth.
Which bring us back to the crucial issue here. While King Abdullah is a trusted friend, Jordan has been best able to serve its own and America's interests by staying out of wars.
Lest we forget, Abdullah's father, King Hussein, refused to join the coalition of Desert Storm that drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.
In February 1991, President Bush charged that King Hussein seems "to have moved over, way over, into the Saddam Hussein camp." In March of 1991, the Senate voted to end all military and economic aid to Jordan. But the king was looking out for his own survival, and rightly so.
Hence, is it wise for Jordan to become a front-line fighting state in a war, which, if it prevails, will mean a new lease on life for the Assad regime and a victory for Iran, the Shia militias in Iraq, and Hezbollah?
Critics argue that after making his commitment to "degrade and defeat" the Islamic State, President Obama has provided neither a war strategy nor the military resources to carry it out. And they are right.
But this is just another case of the president drawing a red line he should never have drawn. While U.S. air power can hold back the advance of ISIS and "degrade," i.e., contain, ISIS, the destruction of ISIS is going to require scores of thousands of troops.
Though the Iraqi army, Shia militias and Kurds may be able to provide those troops to retake Mosul, neither the Turks nor any other Arab nation has volunteered the troops to defeat ISIS in Syria.
And if the Turks and Sunni Arabs are unwilling to put boots on the ground in Syria, why should we? Why should America, half a world away, have to provide those troops rather than nations that are more immediately threatened and have armies near at hand?
Why is defeating 30,000 ISIS jihadists our job, and not theirs?
With this outrage, ISIS has thrown down the gauntlet to the Sunni Arabs. The new Saudi king calls the burning of Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh an "odious crime" that is "inhuman and contrary to Islam." The UAE foreign minister calls it a "brutal escalation by the terrorist group."
Let us see if action follows outrage.
INTERNET SOURCE: http://buchanan.org/blog/is-isis-coming-to-damascus-16108
Is ISIS Coming to Damascus?
Friday - June 5, 2015 at 12:16 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Who rises if Assad falls?
That question, which has bedeviled U.S. experts on the Middle East, may need updating to read: Who rises when Assad falls?
For the war is going badly for Bashar Assad, whose family has ruled Syria since Richard Nixon was president.
Assad’s situation seems more imperiled than at any time in this four-year civil-sectarian war that has cost the lives of some 220,000 soldiers, rebels and civilians, and made refugees of millions more.
Last month, ISIS captured Palmyra in central Syria, as it was taking Ramadi in Iraq. A coalition, at the heart of which is the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, seized Idlib province in northern Syria and is moving toward the coast and Latakia.
Half of Syria has been lost to ISIS, the Nusra front, and other jihadist and rebel groups. All of Syria’s border crossings with Iraq have been lost to ISIS. All of the border crossing with Turkey, excluding Kobani, have been lost to ISIS or rebels linked to al-Qaida. Syria’s border with Lebanon is becoming a war zone.
Some 100 Russian military advisers are said to have pulled out of Syria, suggesting Vladimir Putin may be reconsidering Russia’s historic investment.
Indicating the gravity of the situation, Syrian sources claim 7,000 to 10,000 foreign Shiite fighters, Iraqi and Iranian, have arrived to defend Damascus and launch an offensive to recapture Idlib.
Israel’s deputy chief of staff, Gen. Yair Golan, who headed the Northern Command, was quoted this week, “The Syrian Army has, for all intents and purposes, ceased to exist.”
Israeli sources report that Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, Assad’s indispensable ally, is warning that the real threats to the Shiites of Lebanon are ISIS and the Nusra Front. Fighting between Hezbollah and Syrian rebels is taking place along the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Assad has been written off before, only to survive those who predicted his demise. But given the balance of forces and the way in which the tide of battle is turning, it is hard to see how his regime and army can long resist eventual collapse.
Arrayed against him are not only the Nusra Front and ISIS, which are attracting recruits from abroad, but also Turks, Saudis and Gulf Arabs, who have been clandestinely aiding Sunni rebels we regard as terrorists.
Though the Turks have a half-million-man army, 3,000 tanks, 1,000 military aircraft, and are 60 miles from the ISIS capital of Raqqa in Syria, our NATO ally refuses to move. Turkey’s president sees Assad as an ally of Iran.
The Israelis, too, see Assad as an ally of Iran and a greater enemy than an ISIS or Nusra Front with no army to threaten Israel. They have been aiding Syrian rebels on the Golan.
Israeli ambassador Michael Oren said in 2013, “We always preferred the bad guys who weren’t backed by Iran to the bad guys who were backed by Iran.” Fine, but the “bad guys” Ambassador Oren prefers have on their hands the blood of 3,000 Americans.
It is difficult to see where the Assad regime and army, under attack within and without, will get the recruits to defend that half of Syria they still hold, let alone reunite the country.
So, again, the question: What happens when Assad falls? Who will protect the Christians he has sheltered? Who will protect the Shiite minority? Who will halt the massacres when they come?
And who will seize power in Damascus?
Right now the rival claimants would appear to be the Nusra Front, an offshoot of al-Qaida that brought down our twin towers, and ISIS, the death cult famous for the barbarity of its executions.
According to The New York Times on June 4, ISIS is “emerging as a social and political movement,” preparing to govern its caliphate.
Interviewed by CBS News, Gen. David Petraeus said the United States is “probably losing” the war to ISIS, and we need more U.S. troops in Iraq or we run “the risk of losing the fight.”
Now consider what the general is saying:
America should send her best and bravest back into Iraq to defeat ISIS, while Turkey, the Saudis, the Gulf Arabs and Israel are helping bring about the defeat of a Syrian army that has been battling ISIS for years.
Our “friends” in the Middle East have no problem with us fighting and dying to drive ISIS out of Iraq, while they try to bring about the fall of Assad in Syria, which would constitute a triumph for ISIS.
A collapse of Assad’s army could give ISIS control of Syria.
Our “friends” don’t mind this happening because it would be a defeat for Iran and the Shiite Crescent, their enemies, even if it meant a victory for ISIS and al-Qaida, our enemies.
It is time we stopped letting other nations pick the enemies for us to fight. And as our “friends” are looking out for themselves first, last, and always, let us Americans begin to do the same.
INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/your-world-cavuto/2014/09/04/pat-buchanan-obamas-handling-isis-threat/
Pat Buchanan on Obama's handling of ISIS threat
Published September 03, 2014 | Your World | Neil Cavuto
With: Pat Buchanan
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, here's how bad this ISIS threat is getting. Even the mainstream media is panicking. And when the comes to this president, scorching.
The New York Daily News today asking, "Do you have a strategy now, Mr. President?" right on its front page. And an op-ed in no less than The Washington Post focusing on what it calls the president's unnerving happy talk.
Pat Buchanan now has advised three U.S. presidents, Nixon, Ford, and Reagan.
What does he make of this one and his handling of this crisis?
Patrick, what do you think?
PAT BUCHANAN, FORMER WHITE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS: How are you Neil?
I think what we just heard was pretty important. Look, this is a barbaric atrocity committed against Americans, but, at the same time, ISIS has gotten pretty much what it wants in terms of the extraordinary publicity they have received in this country. We're talking about them as the existential threat to America.
And even Al Qaeda and my guess is these other Sunni radicals are probably rallying to their flag right now. But I do think that the solution to this lies in two separate parts. In Iraq, I think we should support the Iraqis and the Kurds with airpower. In Syria, I do not believe we should have any boots on the ground in Syria. I don't believe -- I believe what we should do there is talk to Assad, and quite frankly work with him and get permission to use airstrikes to strike these people and pay them back.
CAVUTO: You think would Assad do that? It was a year ago, a year ago, this time of year, that the president was looking at airstrikes within Syria to take out Assad. Now, he shelved that for favor of getting support in Congress to do that, never got that far, but now ironically he would go back to Assad to seek his permission to go and attack ISIS positions?
BUCHANAN: Let me say this.
I think that the last year, the people calming for attacks on Assad were not thinking. One of two or three forces is going to control Damascus, ISIS, Al Qaeda, or Assad. Now, which would you prefer? None of us likes Assad, but he's never been a threat to the United States.
And if you can work with him and even some other unsavory characters and go after ISIS, if ISIS is the main threat to the United States, that's what you ought to do.
CAVUTO: Well, there are many who will dispute that and say we never know who is on first or who is really our friend, and then the case of the Egypt uprising--
(CROSSTALK)
BUCHANAN: Well, we're hearing -- we heard an alternative, though.
(CROSSTALK)
CAVUTO: But let me raise this, that that's why Americans are leery of protracted entanglements, because just this sort of who's on first, who's our friend, who do we support, who's the least of all the evils comes up.
BUCHANAN: Here's what we ought -- here's what we ought not to do. Do not send another American army into Iraq, and do not send an American army into Syria.
(CROSSTALK)
CAVUTO: So, no boots on the ground? Pat Buchanan says no boots on the ground.
BUCHANAN: The Syrians, the Turks, the Iraqis, the Kurds have hundreds of thousands of soldiers. There's about 16,000 in ISIS. They can deal with the boots on the ground and the Americans can provide airpower.
But to send Americans in there, Neil, this is why Al Qaeda is all over the world today. They hit us on 9/11, we go crashing into Afghanistan, try to rebuild it. We go crashing into Iraq. We go crashing into Syria and into Lebanon.
(CROSSTALK)
CAVUTO: No, no, I know what you're saying, Pat.
BUCHANAN: Excuse me.
CAVUTO: But are you afraid what happens is, let's say we increase the airstrikes, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't, and all of the sudden these nuts start saying, well, see, the Americans are upping the airstrikes and targeting us, we told you this would happen, we continue with the beheadings, you unite a lot of these crazies into one group that forms this great caliphate, and we actually breed more of the same problem we're trying to eradicate?
BUCHANAN: There is no caliphate that can threaten the United States. The caliphate is a state.
We are threatened by individual terrorists. What we ought to do, this is going to be a long war, Neil. What you ought to do is systematically work with all the players in the region, almost all of whom despise this group, work with them. They provide the troops as they did at Mount Sinjar, as they did in Amirli, and provide the airpower with them and systematically degrade and attack these people until they are finished.
(CROSSTALK)
CAVUTO: Well, do you think -- let's say the president does that, because he's been criticized for this management problem remark, to paraphrase, earlier today, and that I guess we can't eradicate them, so at best we try to contain them.
Do you think if that strategy of yours was offered up by this president to Congress, you know, an extended air campaign, no boots on the ground, that Congress would support that and let him do that?
BUCHANAN: Right. I think Congress would support that if the president said, I'm going to use American airpower, we're not going to have boots on the ground in Iraq in any numbers, we're not sending any army--
CAVUTO: OK.
BUCHANAN: -- into Syria, but I want your support for airstrikes, I think, and to aid and deal with anyone who will help us in this fight.
CAVUTO: OK.
BUCHANAN: I think he would get an OK.
CAVUTO: All right. We will see about that. Last year, different story.
Pat Buchanan, a former presidential candidate, bestselling author, all right.
Malzberg | Patrick J. Buchanan to discuss everything from ISIS to Scottish independence
Published on Sep 17, 2014
bestselling author, Fox News contributor, former GOP presidential candidate, and former senior advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Reagan joins Steve to discuss everything from ISIS to Scottish independence as well as if Hillary as ever been right
VIDEO SOURCE:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aSMNdRwTBE
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THE TYRANT OF HONG KONG: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL TAKASHI SAKAI (OCTOBER 18, 1887 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1946)
On this date, September 30, 1946, a Japanese War Criminal, General Takashi Sakai was executed by firing squad.
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Lt. General Takashi Sakai |
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JOHN COUEY (SEPTEMBER 19, 1958 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2009)
On this date, September 30, 2009 at 11:15 a.m. EST, Pedophile, John Couey died at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital after complications from anal cancer. He was convicted of the murder of Jessica Lunsford. I got the information from Wikipedia. It was better off that he died in prison than get protective custody behind bars. I could not stand the fact that he can live longer and get protected from other inmates.
Please go to this previous blog post to learn more about this pedophile.
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THE BIN LADEN OF THE INTERNET: ANWAR AL-AWLAKI (APRIL 21, 1971 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2011)
On this date, September 30, 2011, an Islamic Militant, Anwar Al-Awlaki was killed by two predator drones in Yemen. Please go to this previous blog post to learn more about this terrorist and this blog post to hear an op-edabout him.
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AR-15 – THE CRUSADER RIFLE
INTERNET SOURCE:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-15
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Service history | |||
In service | 1958–present | ||
Production history | |||
Designer | Eugene Stoner, Jim Sullivan, Bob Fremont | ||
Designed | 1957 | ||
Manufacturer | ArmaLite, Colt, Bushmaster, Rock River Arms, Stag Arms, DPMS Panther Arms, Ruger, Olympic Arms, DSArms, Palmetto State Armory, Spike's Tactical, and others. | ||
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Weight | 2.27 kg–3.9 kg (5.5–8.5 lb) | ||
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.223 Remington, 5.56 NATO, 300 Blackout, 6.8×43mm SPC, 7.62×39mm, 5.45×39mm | |||
Direct impingement or Gas Piston / Via a Rotating bolt | |||
Depends on operator's speed when pulling trigger. | |||
975 m/s (3,200 ft/s) | |||
Effective firing range | 400–600 m (avg 547 yd) | ||
Feed system | Various STANAG magazines. 5-100 round capacity | ||
Sights | Adjustable front and rear iron sights | ||
The AR-15 is a lightweight, intermediate cartridge magazine-fed, air-cooled Armalite Rifle with a rotating lock bolt, actuated by a piston within the bolt carrier or by conventional long/short stroke piston operation. It has been produced in many different versions, including numerous semi-automatic and select fire variants. It is manufactured with extensive use of aluminum alloys and synthetic materials.
The AR-15 was first built in 1959 by ArmaLite as a small arms rifle for the United States armed forces. Because of financial problems, ArmaLite sold the design to Colt. After modifications, the redesigned rifle was adopted as the M16 rifle. In 1963, Colt started selling the semi-automatic version of the rifle for civilians as the Colt AR-15. Although the name "AR-15" remains a Colt registered trademark, variants of the firearm are made, modified, and sold under various names by multiple manufacturers.
INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.ijreview.com/2015/09/410979-the-makers-of-a-new-ar-15-want-to-keep-it-away-from-terrorists-so-they-etched-it-with-a-bible-verse/
The Makers of a New AR-15 Want to Keep it Away From Terrorists. So They Etched it With a Bible Verse
By Mike Miller
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The Crusader AR-15 |
Gun manufacturer Spike’s Tactical has introduced a new AR-15, which it is determined to keep out of the hands of Islamic terrorists. To that end, they etched the magazine with a bible verse.
Oh, and the AR-15’s name is “The Crusader.”
Company spokesman Ben “Mookie” Thomas, a former Navy Seal and former Blackwater security contractor, explained:
“Right now and as it has been for quite some time, one of the biggest threats in the world is and remains Islamic terrorism. We wanted to make sure we built a weapon that would never be able to be used by Muslim terrorists to kill innocent people or advance their radical agenda.”
The semi-automatic rifle’s magazine is etched with the words of Psalm 144:1:
”Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.”
The safety selector features the words, “Peace” for safe, “War” for semi-automatic, and “God wills it.”
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The Crusader AR-15 |
The left side of the new rifle also features a cross and shield:
As to be expected, The Council on American-Islamic Relations in Florida (CAIR) isn’t happy:
“Americans have tragically witnessed over 250 mass killings in 2015 alone, which amounts to more than one per each day. Only one of those killings involved a self-proclaimed Muslim. Sadly, this manufacturer’s fancy new gun won’t do anything to stop the real threat in America: the escalating problem of gun violence. This is just another shameful marketing ploy intended to profit from the promotion of hatred, division, and violence.”
The Crusader retails for $1,395 on the company’s website.
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The Crusader Rifle with Bible Verse. |
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