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3 minutes ago, Synopsis said:

 

Do YOU, Utah Rock, REALLY believe what I highlighted???!!!

  • finally hear and see what this traitorous, self-consumed mule of a president gets whats owed and then some
  • He has given our country to our enemies for his own personal good.
  • China now has the upper hand in the economic world
  • Russia is getting all they need from him by America eating it's self
  • now we are losing the little control and credibility we had in the middle east
  • It's crazy to me to witness how blind people are willing to be all for the sake of party identification.

 

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EVERYTHING YOU, Utah Rock, "noted" IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO Bark Insane Obama, Creepy Joe Biden, Hilly, AND "complicit" Deep Do Do State "actors" NOT The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump.

 

IN REALITY:

  • Donald J Trump IS ACTUALLY The True The United States Of America Patriot President NOT Bark Insane Obama.
  • Bark Insane Obama, Creepy Joe Biden, Hilly, AND OTHERS have COMPROMISED The United States Of America.
  • China DOES NOT NOW HAVE THEE "upper" "hand" IN THEE "economic" "world" BUT Billy (goat), Bark Insane Obama, Scary John Kerry, HILLY, AND OTHERS GAVE "economic" "potency" TO China NOT The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump.
  • Russia HAS GOTTEN The United States Of America Uranium FROM Hilly AND "associates" NOT The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump AND The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump IS NOT LETTING America eat it's self BUT America eating it's self IS A RESULT OF Dr. Spock AND THE Saul Alinsky "useful" "idiots" AND "likewise" "products".
  • The United States Of America WITH The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump.HAS NEVER HAD GREATER PRESTIGE IN THEE Muddle East AND THEE Whole World THAN NOW.
  • THEE Democratic Party "faithful" ARE INCREDIBLY BLIND, STUPID, AND MINDLESS RABID ROBOTS BENT ON Social Chaos, Confusion, Discord, Upheaval, AND Control BY SOCIALISTS.

Idiocy KILLS people like YOU, Utah Rock, ARE "perpetrating". So YOU, Utah Rock, being ill acquainted with MY (NOTE: MY) beliefs AND practices WILL DO WELL to note MY (NOTE: MY) belief in AND practice of THEE four (4) Textual Cornerstones WHICH ARE:

  • The Bible.
  • The Constitution Of The United States Of America TO INCLUDE The Ratified Bill Of Rights/Declaration Of Independence/Federalist Papers
  • Blackstone English Common Law (stripped of Crown Entity Obligations).
  • The Magne Carte

 

 

Well, OK, You Go, GIRL!!!

 

IF THAT is what YOU, Utah Rock, REALLY WANT!!!

 

THAT "statement" "explains" PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU, Utah Rock, BEING A Bark Insane Obama "fan" AND ALL!!!

 

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PUT THEE Elitist / Socialist / Liberal / Leftist / Progressive / Communist / Nazist / Fascist / Race Baiting / Whack Job 'lectric Kool Aid Down AND GET HEALED!!!

 

THEE 'lectric Kool Aid "acid" (LSD) HAS EATEN HOLES IN YOUR, Utah Rock, BRAIN!!!

 

Go Moola Nova!

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Plusses all the way across and down for this one Brother Synopsis. I couldn't have said it better myself. 

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8 hours ago, The Englishman said:

From a overseas onlooker i can only say that your president Trump has lost any credibility he had left.

My countries politics are a shambles at the moment, but it does not have the same effect on a global scale as Trumps actions.

China, European union, Russia, North Korea, Iran and now Turkey, see Trump as weak and indecisiveness on policy decisions.

Turkey has wanted to wage war at the syrian Kurds for months, yes the very ones male and female who with help of the US, UK, France, got rid the most evil barbaric terrorist group that threatened the M/E and the world.

Trumps actions and pathetic reasoned tweets are shameful and a disgrace, i welcome the outrage from many US politicians and media.

Get Rid.   

 

Certainly the view of any Country's Citizens are not to be limited to any particular leader of their Country. However, I am thankful for some articles of Historical British origin that have served The United States Of America well and Citizens of The United States Of America and legacy British Crown Entities. The most notable are Blackstone English Common Law and The Magne Carte. For The United States Of America, the Crown Entity obligations, for good reason, are stripped for The United States Of America Law purposes.

 

I value what I call the four (4) Textual Cornerstones put to use historically in The United States Of America through today for good and obvious benefit:

  • The Bible
  • The Constitution Of The United States Of America TO INCLUDE The Ratified Bill Of Rights / Declaration Of Independence / Federalist Papers
  • Blackstone English Common Law (stripped of the Crown Entity obligations)
  • The Magne Carte

I ask You, Englishman, to consider these articles in comparison to the policies and behaviors of The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump as exercised today with the international results to include cooperation to investigate wrong doing by The United States Of America Citizens nationally and internationally. Being strong also infers allies to exhibit requisite strength for each Country's own benefit and cooperative benefit internationally. Unfortunately, it has been quite some time since The United States Of America has had a President with sufficient nous and strength. Ronald Reagan remains an excellent past President of The United States Of America whereas history will show The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump to be without equal especially in spite of the false and extremely unnecessary charges against The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump.

 

Stand up and be counted a British Patriot, Englishman, with the rich and compelling historical British references. There is common and sustainable ground when applied individually as citizens of any Country individually and collectively internationally.

 

The Liberal and "inclusive" "humanitarian" practices really do harm and kill people. Careless immigration policies have fostered religious and gang fanatics with no consideration of previously naturalized and peaceable citizens. Each Country has prolific accounts of the brutal nature of these incidents with a status quo approach that, if left unchecked and eliminated, will ultimately overtake the Country and destroy vestiges of any peaceable existence. Fortunately, The United States Of America, driven by the supported leadership of The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump, is taking the necessary steps to bring errant immigration practices to an end for the peaceable existence of The United States Of America Citizens in the Pursuit Of Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness.

 

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22 minutes ago, keylime said:

Plusses all the way across and down for this one Brother Synopsis. I couldn't have said it better myself. 

 

:twothumbs: Well, OK, I Am REALLY Enjoying AND Trying To support YOUR MOST EXCELLENT POINTS, KeyLime, AND The Very Best Of Your Weekend To You!!! :tiphat:

 

Go Moola Nova!

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On 10/10/2019 at 6:43 PM, keylime said:

That has nothing to do with Rudy or Trump. Another FAIL. There are laughable attempts by desperate Dems playing connect the dots much like they did during the Mueller investigation. 

 

 

Really. John Dowd may have an argument for that. Please see article below. 

 

John Dowd's newest clients helped Rudy Giuliani probe Joe Biden, Ukraine

 

STORY TOPICS

John Dowd on Thursday sent a letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence declaring he is counsel for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. (Associated Press file photo)
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By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 3, 2019
 

John Dowd's newest clients helped Rudy Giuliani probe Joe Biden, Ukraine

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 3, 2019

 

John Dowd, President Trump’s attorney during the Robert Mueller Russia investigation, has reentered the legal fray, this time representing two South Florida businessmen who have helped Rudy Giuliani investigate Ukraine and Joe Biden.

 

Mr. Dowd on Thursday sent a letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence declaring he is counsel for Lev Parnas and Igor FrumanMr. Dowd accused the committee, led by Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat, of harassing his clients.

 

Mr. Parnas and Fruman are Russian-born Republican Party donors who helped Mr. Giuliani make contacts with a number of Ukraine officials.

 

House Democrats are investigating Mr. Giuliani’s moves as part of their impeachment inquiry.

As Mr. Trump’s attorney during the Mueller probe, Mr. Giuliani began investigating a counter-narrative — that the government in Kyiv colluded with Democrats and the Hillarious Clinton campaign to provide dirt on candidate Trump.

 

That probe led Mr. Giuliani to begin leveling charges against former vice president Joe Biden, a possible Trump opponent. Mr. Giuliani accused Mr. Biden of corruption in his son, Hunter, landing of a lucrative board seat on a Ukraine national gas firm owned by a corrupt oligarch.

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1 minute ago, Carrello said:

 

Really. John Dowd may have an argument for that. Please see article below. 

 

John Dowd's newest clients helped Rudy Giuliani probe Joe Biden, Ukraine

 

STORY TOPICS

John Dowd on Thursday sent a letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence declaring he is counsel for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. (Associated Press file photo)
John Dowd on Thursday sent a letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence declaring he is counsel for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. (Associated Press file photo) more >
 
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By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 3, 2019
 

John Dowd's newest clients helped Rudy Giuliani probe Joe Biden, Ukraine

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 3, 2019

 

John Dowd, President Trump’s attorney during the Robert Mueller Russia investigation, has reentered the legal fray, this time representing two South Florida businessmen who have helped Rudy Giuliani investigate Ukraine and Joe Biden.

 

Mr. Dowd on Thursday sent a letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence declaring he is counsel for Lev Parnas and Igor FrumanMr. Dowd accused the committee, led by Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat, of harassing his clients.

 

Mr. Parnas and Fruman are Russian-born Republican Party donors who helped Mr. Giuliani make contacts with a number of Ukraine officials.

 

House Democrats are investigating Mr. Giuliani’s moves as part of their impeachment inquiry.

As Mr. Trump’s attorney during the Mueller probe, Mr. Giuliani began investigating a counter-narrative — that the government in Kyiv colluded with Democrats and the Hillarious Clinton campaign to provide dirt on candidate Trump.

 

That probe led Mr. Giuliani to begin leveling charges against former vice president Joe Biden, a possible Trump opponent. Mr. Giuliani accused Mr. Biden of corruption in his son, Hunter, landing of a lucrative board seat on a Ukraine national gas firm owned by a corrupt oligarch.

Nothing illegal on Rudy's end. Sorry. Nothing to see here. 

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3 minutes ago, Carrello said:

 

The investigation is "ongoing." Give it a day or two.

 

Any idea if Rudy does all this work for free? Pro bono? 

I don't know. Since the President is working for free maybe his hand picked people are too. But a man should be paid what he's worth. Don't you get paid for what you do?

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21 minutes ago, Carrello said:

I thought we Liberal Democrats were the "educated" ones. Yes, we are educated and eat arugula and drink Chardonnay. Life is good.

 

Nah, Liberal Democrats consider THEMSELVES "educated" ones while ACTUALLY being "educated" AND "trained" by Saul Alinsky for "useful" "idiot" "purposes".

 

7 minutes ago, Carrello said:

Really. John Dowd may have an argument for that. Please see article below. 

 

So what IF, "Mr. Parnas and Fruman are Russian-born Republican Party donors who helped Mr. Giuliani make contacts with a number of Ukraine officials."???!!!

 

WHERE, pray tell, IS THEE ACTUAL quid pro quo OR WHATEVER???!!! THEE ACTUAL SPECIFIC WRONG DOING HAS TO BE NOTED. The Washington Times is a Fake News AND Lame Stream Media outlet with more than just questionable reporting scruples.

 

5 minutes ago, Carrello said:

Utah, don't buy that.

 

WHAT, pray tell, IS FOR "sale" OR ACTUAL VALUE OFFERED FOR FREE AND NO COMPENSATION SOUGHT???!!! 

 

1 minute ago, Carrello said:

The investigation is "ongoing." Give it a day or two.

 

Any idea if Rudy does all this work for free? Pro bono? 

 

WHAT, pray tell, TIME TO MAKE UP FALSE ACCUSATIONS FOR POTENTIAL STALLING AND/OR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE???!!!

 

Well, OK, You Go, GIRL!!!

 

THESE "forays" OF "idiot" "discovery" "practices" WILL FALL OFF, TOO, BEING BASELESS!!!

 

YOU, Carrello AND Utah Rock, must have pureed the arugula AND drink the Chardonnay mixed in THEE "lectric Kool Aid AND THEE "acid" (LSD) HAS EATEN HOLES IN YOUR BRAINS!!!

 

Please, OH, Please continue with YOUR, Carrello, conniption in the beauty that is ALL YOU!!!

 

BUT........................................................

 

Please, OH, Please STOP DRINKING THE 'lectric Kool Aid AND HEAL YOURSELVES!!!

 

Go Moola Nova!

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Keylime:

 

I was wondering who is paying Rudy. Kinda important. Yes, i get paid and everyone should. This article may have interest for you since your brought up paying for a job done. I won't post all of it because it is very long and you will get the point right away.

 

USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills

AMONG THOSE WHO SAY BILLIONAIRE DIDN'T PAY: DISHWASHERS, PAINTERS, WAITERS

 

Steve Reilly, USA TODAY

Published 2:46 p.m. ET June 9, 2016 | Updated 1:42 p.m. ET April 25, 2018

 
 
 

During the Atlantic City casino boom in the 1980s, Philadelphia cabinet-builder Edward Friel Jr. landed a $400,000 contract to build the bases for slot machines, registration desks, bars and other cabinets at Harrah's at Trump Plaza.

The family cabinetry business, founded in the 1940s by Edward’s father, finished its work in 1984 and submitted its final bill to the general contractor for the Trump Organization, the resort’s builder.

Edward’s son, Paul, who was the firm’s accountant, still remembers the amount of that bill more than 30 years later: $83,600. The reason: the money never came. “That began the demise of the Edward J. Friel Company… which has been around since my grandfather,” he said.

 

Donald Trump often portrays himself as a savior of the working class who will "protect your job." But a USA TODAY NETWORK analysis found he has been involved in more than 3,500 lawsuits over the past three decades — and a large number of those involve ordinary Americans, like the Friels, who say Trump or his companies have refused to pay them.

 

At least 60 lawsuits, along with hundreds of liens, judgments, and other government filings reviewed by the USA TODAY NETWORK, document people who have accused Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work. Among them: a dishwasher in Florida. A glass company in New Jersey. A carpet company. A plumber. Painters. Forty-eight waiters. Dozens of bartenders and other hourly workers at his resorts and clubs, coast to coast. Real estate brokers who sold his properties. And, ironically, several law firms that once represented him in these suits and others.

Trump’s companies have also been cited for 24 violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act since 2005 for failing to pay overtime or minimum wage, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. That includes 21 citations against the defunct Trump Plaza in Atlantic City and three against the also out-of-business Trump Mortgage LLC in New York. Both cases were resolved by the companies agreeing to pay back wages.

In addition to the lawsuits, the review found more than 200 mechanic’s liens — filed by contractors and employees against Trump, his companies or his properties claiming they were owed money for their work — since the 1980s. The liens range from a $75,000 claim by a Plainview, N.Y., air conditioning and heating company to a $1 million claim from the president of a New York City real estate banking firm. On just one project, Trump’s Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, records released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in 1990 show that at least 253 subcontractors weren’t paid in full or on time, including workers who installed walls, chandeliers and plumbing....

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Carrello said:

Keylime:

 

I was wondering who is paying Rudy. Kinda important. Yes, i get paid and everyone should. This article may have interest for you since your brought up paying for a job done. I won't post all of it because it is very long and you will get the point right away.

 

USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills

AMONG THOSE WHO SAY BILLIONAIRE DIDN'T PAY: DISHWASHERS, PAINTERS, WAITERS

 

Steve Reilly, USA TODAY

Published 2:46 p.m. ET June 9, 2016 | Updated 1:42 p.m. ET April 25, 2018

 
 
 

During the Atlantic City casino boom in the 1980s, Philadelphia cabinet-builder Edward Friel Jr. landed a $400,000 contract to build the bases for slot machines, registration desks, bars and other cabinets at Harrah's at Trump Plaza.

The family cabinetry business, founded in the 1940s by Edward’s father, finished its work in 1984 and submitted its final bill to the general contractor for the Trump Organization, the resort’s builder.

Edward’s son, Paul, who was the firm’s accountant, still remembers the amount of that bill more than 30 years later: $83,600. The reason: the money never came. “That began the demise of the Edward J. Friel Company… which has been around since my grandfather,” he said.

 

Donald Trump often portrays himself as a savior of the working class who will "protect your job." But a USA TODAY NETWORK analysis found he has been involved in more than 3,500 lawsuits over the past three decades — and a large number of those involve ordinary Americans, like the Friels, who say Trump or his companies have refused to pay them.

 

At least 60 lawsuits, along with hundreds of liens, judgments, and other government filings reviewed by the USA TODAY NETWORK, document people who have accused Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work. Among them: a dishwasher in Florida. A glass company in New Jersey. A carpet company. A plumber. Painters. Forty-eight waiters. Dozens of bartenders and other hourly workers at his resorts and clubs, coast to coast. Real estate brokers who sold his properties. And, ironically, several law firms that once represented him in these suits and others.

Trump’s companies have also been cited for 24 violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act since 2005 for failing to pay overtime or minimum wage, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. That includes 21 citations against the defunct Trump Plaza in Atlantic City and three against the also out-of-business Trump Mortgage LLC in New York. Both cases were resolved by the companies agreeing to pay back wages.

In addition to the lawsuits, the review found more than 200 mechanic’s liens — filed by contractors and employees against Trump, his companies or his properties claiming they were owed money for their work — since the 1980s. The liens range from a $75,000 claim by a Plainview, N.Y., air conditioning and heating company to a $1 million claim from the president of a New York City real estate banking firm. On just one project, Trump’s Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, records released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in 1990 show that at least 253 subcontractors weren’t paid in full or on time, including workers who installed walls, chandeliers and plumbing....

 

 

Ha! You lost me at USA Today. Another bought and paid for testic**...er I mean tentacle of the Dem party. Well, actually it may be testic**

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2 minutes ago, Carrello said:

I was wondering who is paying Rudy. Kinda important. Yes, i get paid and everyone should. This article may have interest for you since your brought up paying for a job done. I won't post all of it because it is very long and you will get the point right away.

 

SO, WHY, pray tell, DID THIS NOT COME UP DURING THEE 2016 Presidential Campaign AND, more importantly, "How come charges WERE NEVER FILED AND MADE PUBLIC???!!!"???!!!

 

Honestly, IF, Carrello, YOU are ATTEMPTING to be a "hack" AND/OR 'political" "troll" YOU NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT MAKING THE CUT SO NOW, "YOU"RE FIRED!!!"!!!

 

Go Moola Nova!

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4 hours ago, keylime said:

think of me

You can add me too that List...Did you see all those folks lined up this morning for Trump Rally tonight. 

1 hour ago, The Englishman said:

 you must have a financial interest in Iraq, providing news and information to assist yours and everyone else who uses this site interests.

No financial interest here beside holding little bit of IQD, I started posting an when I start something I tend to finish it. 

 

1 hour ago, The Englishman said:

unfortunately this has a wide global negative effect on countries who are oil dependant,

Well I can't help that these folks are lazy an only depend on oil. They been warned for quite sometime the dependency on oil will bite them one day. 

 

1 hour ago, The Englishman said:

Support your Trump on home grown issues by all means, but don't be blinded to his negative actions abroad, if you are, then don't complain about your financial woes investing in a country like Iraq and stick with your safer US investments.    

I'm gonna support Trump that what American's do or at least they use too. Trump is all American no POTUS will satisfy everyone, Our Founding Fathers design it that way. I haven't complain about Iraq, I don't live in Iraq, this is isn't about me, I just have some pink foreign currency. 

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Keylime, you may read books. If you enjoy them you may want to read David Cay Johnson, Craig Unger and D Barrett who all investigated trump for decades prior to 2016. All of trump's corruption was documented long before this period of the latest. 

 

Senior Michael McKinley, Sr. Advisor to Pompeo at the State Department, just resigned for Pompeo not supporting diplomats at State, especially on the Ukraine issue and the removal of a career diplomat. You may want to look into that one. Lots of Ukraine news out there

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Who are the Kurds?

  • 9 October 2019
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Kurdish men sit in the bazaar in Sulaimaniya, Iraq (17 October 2002)Image copyrightAFP

Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation state.

Where do they come from?

The Kurds are one of the indigenous peoples of the Mesopotamian plains and the highlands in what are now south-eastern Turkey, north-eastern Syria, northern Iraq, north-western Iran and south-western Armenia.

Middle East map showing Kurdish areas

Today, they form a distinctive community, united through race, culture and language, even though they have no standard dialect. They also adhere to a number of different religions and creeds, although the majority are Sunni Muslims.

Kurdistan: A State of Uncertainty

Why don't they have a state?

An Israeli Kurdish woman holds a Kurdish flag as she takes part in a rally outside the US embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel (26 October 2017)Image copyrightREUTERS Image caption Despite their long history, the Kurds have never achieved a permanent nation state

In the early 20th Century, many Kurds began to consider the creation of a homeland - generally referred to as "Kurdistan". After World War One and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the victorious Western allies made provision for a Kurdish state in the 1920 Treaty of Sevres.

Such hopes were dashed three years later, however, when the Treaty of Lausanne, which set the boundaries of modern Turkey, made no provision for a Kurdish state and left Kurds with minority status in their respective countries. Over the next 80 years, any move by Kurds to set up an independent state was brutally quashed.

Aiming to change the outcome of World War One

Why were Kurds at the forefront of the fight against IS?

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on the front line in the Gwer district, south of Irbil, Iraq (15 September 2014)Image copyrightAFP Image caption Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have been fighting IS militants in northern Iraq

In mid-2013, the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) turned its sights on three Kurdish enclaves that bordered territory under its control in northern Syria. It launched repeated attacks that until mid-2014 were repelled by the People's Protection Units (YPG) - the armed wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).

An IS advance in northern Iraq in June 2014 also drew that country's Kurds into the conflict. The government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region sent its Peshmerga forces to areas abandoned by the Iraqi army.

In August 2014, the jihadists launched a surprise offensive and the Peshmerga withdrew from several areas. A number of towns inhabited by religious minorities fell, notably Sinjar, where IS militants killed or captured thousands of Yazidis.

Smoke rises after an air strike on an Islamic State position in the Syrian town of Kobane (12 October 2014)Image copyrightAFP Image caption Turkish military personnel did not intervene in the battle for Kobane

In response, a US-led multinational coalition launched air strikes in northern Iraq and sent military advisers to help the Peshmerga. The YPG and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has fought for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey for three decades and has bases in Iraq, also came to their aid.

In September 2014, IS launched an assault on the enclave around the northern Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee across the nearby Turkish border. Despite the proximity of the fighting, Turkey refused to attack IS positions or allow Turkish Kurds to cross to defend it.

People shout slogans while they carry the coffins of victims of a suicide bombing in the Turkish town of Suruc on 20 July 2015Image copyrightAFP Image caption Kurds accused Turkish authorities of complicity after a 2015 suicide bombing in Suruc

In January 2015, after a battle that left at least 1,600 people dead, Kurdish forces regained control of Kobane.

The Kurds - fighting alongside several local Arab militias under the banner of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, and helped by US-led coalition air strikes, weapons and advisers - then steadily drove IS out of tens of thousands of square kilometres of territory in north-eastern Syria and established control over a large stretch of the border with Turkey.

In October 2017, SDF fighters captured the de facto IS capital of Raqqa and then advanced south-eastwards into the neighbouring province of Deir al-Zour - the jihadists' last major foothold in Syria.

Rojda Felat, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander, waves her group's flag in central Raqqa on 17 October 2017Image copyrightAFP Image caption The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance captured the IS stronghold of Raqqa

The last pocket of territory held by IS in Syria - around the village of Baghouz - fell to the SDF in March 2019. The SDF hailed the "total elimination" of the IS "caliphate", but it warned that jihadist sleeper cells remained "a great threat" to the world.

The SDF was also left to deal with the thousands of suspected IS militants captured during the last two years of the battle, as well as tens of thousands of displaced women and children associated with IS fighters. The US called for the repatriation of foreign nationals among them, but most of their home countries refused to do so.

Now, the Kurds face a military offensive by Turkey, which wants to set up a 32km (20-mile) deep "safe zone" inside north-eastern Syria to protect its border and resettle up to 2 million Syrian refugees. The SDF says it will defend its territory "at all costs" and that hard-won gains in the battle against IS are being put at risk.

The Syrian government, which is backed by Russia, also continues to promise to take back control of all of Syria.

What has Kobane battle taught us?

Raqqa: The city fit for no-one

Why does Turkey see Kurds as a threat?

Members of the Kurdish community wave flags and banners showing the face of jailed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, during a demonstration calling for his release in Strasbourg, France, on 14 February 2015Image copyrightAFP Image caption PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999

There is deep-seated hostility between the Turkish state and the country's Kurds, who constitute 15% to 20% of the population.

Kurds received harsh treatment at the hands of the Turkish authorities for generations. In response to uprisings in the 1920s and 1930s, many Kurds were resettled, Kurdish names and costumes were banned, the use of the Kurdish language was restricted, and even the existence of a Kurdish ethnic identity was denied, with people designated "Mountain Turks".

In 1978, Abdullah Ocalan established the PKK, which called for an independent state within Turkey. Six years later, the group began an armed struggle. Since then, more than 40,000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.

PKK fighters chat during a training exercise in northern Iraq on 20 June 2007Image copyrightAFP Image caption More than 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK launched an armed struggle in 1984

In the 1990s the PKK rolled back on its demand for independence, calling instead for greater cultural and political autonomy, but continued to fight. In 2013, a ceasefire was agreed after secret talks were held.

The ceasefire collapsed in July 2015, after a suicide bombing blamed on IS killed 33 young activists in the mainly Kurdish town of Suruc, near the Syrian border. The PKK accused the authorities of complicity and attacked Turkish soldiers and police. The Turkish government subsequently launched what it called a "synchronised war on terror" against the PKK and IS.

Since then, several thousand people - including hundreds of civilians - have been killed in clashes in south-eastern Turkey.

People walk past ruined houses and shops in Cizre, Turkey (8 March 2016)Image copyrightAFP Image caption The city of Cizre was devastated by fighting between Turkish forces and the PKK

Turkey has maintained a military presence in northern Syria since August 2016, when it sent troops and tanks over the border to support a Syrian rebel offensive against IS. Those forces captured the key border town of Jarablus, preventing the YPG-led SDF from seizing the territory itself and linking up with the Kurdish enclave of Afrin to the west.

In 2018, Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels launched an operation to expel YPG fighters from Afrin. Dozens of civilians were killed and tens of thousands displaced.

Turkey's government says the YPG and the PYD are extensions of the PKK, share its goal of secession through armed struggle, and are terrorist organisations that must be eliminated.

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What do Syria's Kurds want?

Asya Abdullah, leader of the Kurdish Democratic Unity Party (PYD), (centre), smiles as she attends the meeting of Kurdish representatives from Turkey, Syria and Iraq in Moscow on 15 February 2017Image copyrightAFP Image caption The Democratic Union Party (PYD) is the dominant force in Syria's Kurdish regions

Kurds make up between 7% and 10% of Syria's population. Before the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011 most lived in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo, and in three, non-contiguous areas around Kobane, Afrin, and the north-eastern city of Qamishli.

Syria's Kurds have long been suppressed and denied basic rights. Some 300,000 have been denied citizenship since the 1960s, and Kurdish land has been confiscated and redistributed to Arabs in an attempt to "Arabize" Kurdish regions.

When the uprising evolved into a civil war, the main Kurdish parties publicly avoided taking sides. In mid-2012, government forces withdrew to concentrate on fighting the rebels elsewhere, and Kurdish groups took control in their wake.

Supporters and members of the Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) drive through Qamishli after the announcement of the capture of the city of Raqqa (17 October 2017)Image copyrightAFP Image caption The YPG has emerged as a key ally of the US-led coalition battle against IS

In January 2014, Kurdish parties - including the dominant Democratic Union Party (PYD) - declared the creation of "autonomous administrations" in the three "cantons" of Afrin, Kobane and Jazira.

In March 2016, they announced the establishment of a "federal system" that included mainly Arab and Turkmen areas captured from IS.

The declaration was rejected by the Syrian government, the Syrian opposition, Turkey and the US.

Delegates from Syrian Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and other parties take part in a conference in Rumeilan at which a federal system in Kurdish-controlled northern regions was announced (17 March 2016)Image copyrightAFP Image caption The creation of a federal system in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria was announced in 2016

The PYD says it is not seeking independence, but insists that any political settlement to end the conflict in Syria must include legal guarantees for Kurdish rights and recognition of Kurdish autonomy.

President Assad has vowed to retake "every inch" of Syrian territory, whether by negotiations or military force. His government has also rejected Kurdish demands for autonomy, saying that "nobody in Syria accepts talk about independent entities or federalism".

Will Iraq's Kurds gain independence?

Mulla Mustafa Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, holds hands with Saddam Hussein, then deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of the Iraqi Baath Party (20 March 1970)Image copyrightHULTON ARCHIVE Image caption A peace deal agreed by the KDP and Iraq's government in 1970 collapsed four years later

Kurds make up an estimated 15% to 20% of Iraq's population. They have historically enjoyed more national rights than Kurds living in neighbouring states, but also faced brutal repression.

In 1946, Mustafa Barzani formed the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to fight for autonomy in Iraq. But it was not until 1961 that he launched a full armed struggle.

Iraqi Kurdish refugees take shelter at a refugee camp in south-eastern Turkey after fleeing fighting between Iraqi government forces and Peshmerga in May 1991Image copyrightAFP Image caption Some 1.5 million Iraqi Kurds fled into Iran and Turkey after the 1991 rebellion was crushed

In the late 1970s, the government began settling Arabs in areas with Kurdish majorities, particularly around the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, and forcibly relocating Kurds.

The policy was accelerated in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq War, in which the Kurds backed the Islamic republic. In 1988, Saddam Hussein unleashed a campaign of vengeance on the Kurds that included the chemical attack on Halabja.

When Iraq was defeated in the 1991 Gulf War, Barzani's son Massoud and Jalal Talabani of the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led a Kurdish rebellion. Its violent suppression prompted the US and its allies to impose a no-fly zone in the north that allowed Kurds to enjoy self-rule. The KDP and PUK agreed to share power, but tensions rose and a four-year war erupted between them in 1994.

Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani at a news conference in Dokan (3 May 2009)Image copyrightAFP Image caption Massoud Barzani's KDP and Jalal Talabani's PUK shared power after the fall of Saddam

The parties co-operated with the US-led invasion in 2003 that toppled Saddam and governed in coalition in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), created two years later to administer Dohuk, Irbil and Sulaimaniya provinces.

Massoud Barzani was appointed the region's president, while Jalal Talabani became Iraq's first non-Arab head of state.

In September 2017, a referendum on independence was held in both the Kurdistan Region and the disputed areas seized by the Peshmerga in 2014, including Kirkuk. The vote was opposed by the Iraqi central government, which insisted it was illegal.

People are seen casting their vote in a Kurdish independence referendum at a polling station in Kirkuk, Iraq (25 September 2017)Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image caption People in Kurdish-held areas decisively backed independence in a September 2017 referendum

More than 90% of the 3.3 million people who voted supported secession. KRG officials said the result gave them a mandate to start negotiations with Baghdad, but then Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded that it be annulled.

The following month Iraqi pro-government forces retook the disputed territory held by the Kurds. The loss of Kirkuk and its oil revenue was a major blow to Kurdish aspirations for their own state.

After his gamble backfired, Mr Barzani stepped down as the Kurdistan Region's president. But disagreements between the main parties meant the post remained vacant until June 2019, when he was succeeded by his nephew Nechirvan.

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How many Kurds are there?
The estimated population is 35 million. A rough estimate by the CIA Factbook has Kurdish populations of 12 million in Turkey, 6 million in Iran, about 5 to 6 million in Iraq, and less than 2 million in Syria, which adds up to close to 28 million Kurds in Kurdistan and adjacent regions.
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Trump: We have three options after Turkey's attack in Syria

Trump: We have three options after Turkey's attack in Syria

10 October 2019 11:32 PM
From: Ahmed Shawky

Direct: US President Donald Trump said that the United States had three options on the military operation by Turkey in Syria.

The US president again threatened yesterday to wipe out Turkey's economy if the Kurds were eliminated with Ankara's military incursion into Syria.

"We have defeated 100 percent of the ISIS succession and we no longer have any troops in the area that is under attack by Turkey.

Trump continued: "Now Turkey is attacking the Kurds who have been fighting each other for 200 years and we have three options, first sending thousands of troops and winning military, and the second hit Turkey severely financially and the imposition of sanctions."

The third option is to broker an agreement between Turkey and the Kurds, he said.

By 8:22 GMT, the Turkish currency rose against the US dollar by about 0.7 percent at 5.8704 pounds.

 

 

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20 minutes ago, keylime said:

Ha! You lost me at USA Today. Another bought and paid for testic**...er I mean tentacle of the Dem party. Well, actually it may be testic**

 

Keylime, out of curiosity, would you share with me the news organizations you feel are valid, real, authentic? Where do you get your news? If you don't mind. Thanks.

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Hizbullah is closely watching developments in the open battle between Turkey and the Kurds in northeastern Syria with deep concern and resentment at the Russian-American intersection that allowed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to mount a military campaign east of the Euphrates. Hizbullah's apprehension over the acceleration of developments in Syria is the possibility that this new war could strengthen Ankara's roles, thereby limiting the influence of Iran and its militias.

BEIRUT - Developments in the northeast of Syria are turning to the attention of the world, especially the actors in the Middle East, after Turkey launched a military campaign in the east of the Euphrates.

The Lebanese Hezbollah is one of the parties most concerned about the repercussions of the new war in northeast Syria, especially since it is one of the most supporters of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Informed sources in Lebanon revealed that Hezbollah feels that the Russian-American boycott to allow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to carry out this campaign will strengthen Turkey's role and favor its role in Syria, which will also contribute to the strengthening of multilateral efforts to reduce the influence of Iran and its militias in this country.

These sources quoted Hezbollah circles as closely monitoring the development in northern Syria from the regional scene, and considered that the military action, which Russia did not object, despite the objection of Iran, the two countries' partner in the Astana process, raises questions about what Moscow is planning. In Syria and Lebanon together.

Hezbollah seeks to take advantage of the theory promoted by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri that the problem of the party "regional", to take advantage of this "promotion" and communication with the world according to this recognition, which is recognized by the Lebanese state, the person of Hariri and President Michel Aoun.

The party acknowledges that it is a sincere instrument of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Tehran's foreign policy in the region and the world. However, some views also suggest that the party has its own self-reliant agenda to consolidate its influence and expand it inside Lebanon.

The party considers that the Turkish expansion in Syria takes legal recognition of the pattern of that of Russia and Iran in this country, and that Turkey's state presence along with the United States, France, Britain, Russia and Iran, will accelerate the withdrawal of the militias, which Hezbollah considers the most important and its fronts, in favor of settlements using armies. Direct.

According to Lebanese circles, the noise in northern Syria overshadowed the fuss over the prospects for war and peace with Israel, which allowed Hezbollah to play a pivotal role in this regard. She adds that the new Syrian event reinforces Israel's role in Syria, as a country with ties to all countries on the ground inside Syria except Iran, which makes Turkish surgery in the north integrated with those practiced by Israel in the south with US approval and unambiguous Russian complicity.

According to diplomatic sources in Beirut, Hezbollah's political and media platforms are intensifying their rhetoric to condemn the Turkish offensive in northern Syria against the Kurdish-run autonomous administration in the northeast, in an effort to be part of a combined international and Arab campaign to condemn Turkish behavior as aggression according to the Arab-European alphabets.

The sources said that the party, which suffers from the painful repercussions of the US sanctions, seeks through its anti-Turkish stance to match the hostile atmosphere expressed by the US Congress against Ankara, as well as against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally.

Through this event, the party hopes to explore the possibilities of opening a dialogue with the US administration that is independent of the conflict between Washington and Tehran, which could find compromise paths for which Hezbollah itself pays.

Observers pointed out that the Syrian event from the gate of the Turkish campaign does not carry water to the mill of Hezbollah in an effort to get rid of the yoke of US sanctions and international pressure on its security and financial networks in the world.

However, they pointed out that Hezbollah, which is unable to provide any defenses in the face of American anger, seeks to waving the IDP card and throw it against the European Union countries, which was explicitly mentioned by the head of the parliamentary bloc of Hezbollah in the Lebanese parliament, MP Mohammed Raad.

Diplomatic circles were surprised by the paradox between Hezbollah and Turkey in the contradiction of their interests inside Syria, especially after the Turkish military operation that began on Wednesday, on one hand, and their agreement on the threat of the European Union to open the doors of displacement to Syrian refugees towards the old continent on the other.

Lebanese political sources conclude that Hezbollah, in the face of any development related to the growing pressure on it in Syria and the growing level of sanctions targeting it and threatening its sustainability, still has the card of threatening to threaten the security of Israel, which has been remembered on all occasions of possessing tens of thousands of rockets that allude to its ability. On their use.

The party's secretary-general, who has publicly stated that his party will intervene in the event of a war in Iran, sends tacit messages about the party's readiness to fight a painful war against Israel if it feels that international developments threaten its existence. Hizbullah takes the opportunity of the world's attention to the energy market in the Eastern Mediterranean to correct its potential to disrupt this promising and important sector of the world's oil companies, whether by threatening to strike Israeli oil installations, or by disrupting US efforts led by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker to end the border dispute. Between Lebanon and Israel, which disrupts work in gas fields within the border waters of the two countries.

Hezbollah seeks to take advantage of the differences of several conflicting countries such as Cyprus, Greece and Egypt with Turkey in this area, to link them to the contradiction of self-interest with Turkey, regardless of Tehran's position against the Turkish campaign in Syria.

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I'm watching the Trump rally in Minnesota now.  Unbelievable!  They love him!  

I'm gonna predict that that Blue State turns Red in the next election!

 

Minnesotans have voted for Democratic presidential candidates ever since 1976, more times consecutively than any other state outside of the south, and longer than any state. Minnesota and the District of Columbia were the only electoral votes not won by incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1984.

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29 minutes ago, Carrello said:

 

Keylime, out of curiosity, would you share with me the news organizations you feel are valid, real, authentic? Where do you get your news? If you don't mind. Thanks.

Hi Carrello. Newsmax, The Political Insider, I read. But a good news channel to watch is OAN (One America News Network) on channel 347 on DirecTV. 

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46 minutes ago, Synopsis said:

 

SO, WHY, pray tell, DID THIS NOT COME UP DURING THEE 2016 Presidential Campaign AND, more importantly, "How come charges WERE NEVER FILED AND MADE PUBLIC???!!!"???!!!

 

Honestly, IF, Carrello, YOU are ATTEMPTING to be a "hack" AND/OR 'political" "troll" YOU NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT MAKING THE CUT SO NOW, "YOU"RE FIRED!!!"!!!

 

Go Moola Nova!

:pirateship:

 

Synopsis, Synopsis, Synopsis. Sweetheart, you didn't read the article. The lawsuits, liens, judgments are talked about in the article. Here you go. And once again, the three gentlemen I mentioned research and wrote about trump's terrible employee record.

 

You should look into these guys. They have interesting research (30 years worth) and it covers trump's cheating on his wives, abortions, cheating people, cheating the City of New York, lying to people, and just kinda of a bad guy. The sex with a porn star while Melania was recovering from giving birth to Barron came later.

 

If you have a library card you could probably get their book there. But you might not like the library system though because actually, and don't tell anybody, but it is a rather socialist program. If you don't have a card, you still pay for it through taxes. Kind of like social security, police dept, fire, you get the idea.

 

BTW, my preference for news is not the Washington Times as you implied, because it is a right leaning paper. I do read the Washington Post, which I might add is doing some bang up reporting on trump and the Ukraine story that is unfolding. Can barely keep up with it. Every hour it seems there is breaking news focused on Trump in one way or the other: Ukraine, Giuliani, Syria, pictures of trump at dinner in the White House with the Russian guys that were arrested today with one-way tickets to Europe . I feel a Pulitzer coming on for WaPo!

 

Anyway, here are the details of the article I posted and you questioned:

 

At least 60 lawsuits, along with hundreds of liens, judgments, and other government filings reviewed by the USA TODAY NETWORK, document people who have accused Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work. Among them: a dishwasher in Florida. A glass company in New Jersey. A carpet company. A plumber. Painters. Forty-eight waiters. Dozens of bartenders and other hourly workers at his resorts and clubs, coast to coast. Real estate brokers who sold his properties. And, ironically, several law firms that once represented him in these suits and others.

 

Trump’s companies have also been cited for 24 violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act since 2005 for failing to pay overtime or minimum wage, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. That includes 21 citations against the defunct Trump Plaza in Atlantic City and three against the also out-of-business Trump Mortgage LLC in New York. Both cases were resolved by the companies agreeing to pay back wages.

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3 hours ago, keylime said:

Yes we already have record unemployment, rising wages for middle to low income class, manufacturing jobs have come back because Trump has the "Magic Wand" Obama could never wield,  and so many other incredible accomplishments in spite of the 24 hour seven day a week opposition to anything Trump does for our great country. So yes We the people will be in hog heaven when not only Trump gets re elected but the Republicans are taking back the House and increasing their majority in the Senate. Then watch our country be even greater. 

Oh yeah I'm salivating just thinking about it. 

And I forgot to mention we are now energy independent for the first time ever. Our GDP growth is it at a level Obama stated we would never achieve again. WRONG again! 

Also pulling out of insane deals we never should have gotten into because we Americans were sold down the river giving our wealth to countries that hate us while corrupt politicians line their own pockets and neglect their constituents. 

That is Trump Making America Great Again and putting America first. Oh wow what a forgotten ideal that made us the greatest country on Earth flushed down the Leftists toilets by George Soros backed globalist socialists that have snaked their way into our Garden of Eden.

Thus, Trump's next term is going to see us go over the top in wealth creation, manufacturing, infrastructure, etc. How sweet our future is going to be. 

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