Health workers stand outside the Island Clinic Ebola isolation
and treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday Sept. 26, 2014. The
outbreak of Ebola has overwhelmed the weak health systems of some of the
world's poorest countries - there aren't enough doctors and nurses or
even clinics to treat the spiraling number of cases.(AP Photo/Jerome
Delay)
President
Obama deferred deportation Friday for thousands of Liberians living in
the U.S., allowing them to remain in America for two more years rather
than return to their Ebola-stricken homeland.In a presidential
order, Mr. Obama extended the grant of “deferred enforced departure” for
Liberians who have enjoyed safe haven status in the U.S. as far back as
1991, when their country was in the midst of a civil war.
Mr.
Obama said there are “compelling foreign policy reasons” for his
action; Liberia is one of three West African nations where the outbreak
of the deadly Ebola virus is spiraling out of control.
“I have
determined that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United
States to defer for 24 months the removal of any Liberian national,” Mr.
Obama said.
The civil war in Liberia ended in 2003 and the
Liberians temporary protected status ended in 2007. President George W.
Bush then deferred enforced departure of the Liberians, and Mr. Obama
had extended that deferral through the end of this month.
With the president’s action Friday, eligible Liberians may remain in the U.S. and obtain work through Oct. 1, 2016.
Forgive
me for not posting each news item separately, but there is too much
jihad-related news to cover. But viewed as a whole, you can see the
worldwide Islamic army approaching the war at the local/national level
in pursuit of their global goal — a world under Islam.
Jihad is jihad.
Maulana Qasim Khorasani, emir of Jamaatul Ahrar
Recently, a group of Pakistani Taliban militants led by Omar Khalid
Khorasani, who has been removed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
from his post of the emir for...
This
will become the foundation for more mainstream media stories about how
the Islamic State is “too extreme” even for al Qaeda, as if it were
evidence for the Obama/Kerry/Everyone claim that the Islamic State is
misusing and misrepresenting Islam. In reality, it is nothing of the
kind. Al Qaeda and the Islamic State do not differ one iota on Islamic
State. This is pure party spirit, a competitor slamming the competition,
the way an Umayyad spokesman would have slammed the Abassids in 750AD,
when the latter supplanted the former.
“Al Qaeda Urges Jihadists to ‘Rescue Jihad’ from ISIS,” by Tova Dvorin, Arutz Sheva, September 27, 2014:
A senior Al Qaeda official has urged jihadists to “rescue
the ship of jihad” from Islamic State (IS or ISIS) Saturday, according
to an audio message released Friday and translated by the SITE
Intelligence Group.
Muhammad al Bahtiyti, also known as Abu Dujana al Basha, does not
mention IS by name in the speech, but it is clearly aimed at the terror
organization and former Al Qaeda affiliate.
“We call to restore the rightly-guided Caliphate on the prophetic
method, and not on the method of deviation, lying, breaking promises,
and abrogating allegiances – a caliphate that stands with justice,
consultation, and coming together, and not with oppression,
infidel-branding the Muslims, killing the monotheists, and dispersing
the rank of the mujahideen [jihadists - ed.],” al Basha stated.
“Abrogating allegiances” likely refers to the split between IS and Al
Qaeda earlier this year. Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri disowned the
group – claiming it was too extreme – after ISIS leader Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi repeatedly ignored calls to end infighting between ISIS and
the Al-Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria.
“I address my speech and my advice to my brothers on the frontlines
in Sham [Syria] among those who have been deceived by slogans and
titles, to use your heads and have insight, and to weigh the matters
fairly,” al Basha continued. “Rescue the ship of jihad, and reach it
before it deviates from its course and settles on the path of the people
of desires. Strive to turn off the sedition and restore cohesion among
the mujahideen.”
ISIS is part of a group of jihadist rebels that declared swathes of
Syria and Iraq to be an independent Islamist state, leading to a second
civil war between moderate rebels and jihadist rebels in Syria and
genocide in Iraq.
ISIS has executed dozens of rival Islamists as the group recaptured
most territory it had lost in the northeastern Syrian province of Raqqa.
More importantly, it has introduced an extra element of chaos into
the Middle East, as Arab leaders remain up in arms over what to do about
the group and its frequent skirmishes along – and forays into –
Lebanese, Jordanian, and Turkish borders.
EXCLUSIVE - Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's Sister on Timing of Holder Resignation: "Not a Coincidence"
In light of a federal judge denying a
request from the Department of Justice to delay the release of a
long-sought after Fast and Furious document list, the sister of Border
Patrol Agent Brian Terry, Kelly Terry-Willis, doesn't find the timing of
Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation to be a coincidence.
"I
do not find it a coincidence that Eric Holder chose now to resign after
Judge Bates denied the request from the DOJ to delay the release of the
Fast and Furious documents. I personally think Eric Holder was really
hoping that the documents would never be made public to my family and
the American people," Terry-Willis tells Townhall. "Will we
ever get the accountability for my brother, Brian, Jaime Zapata and
every other person who lost their lives to the guns from this horrific
scandal?
I don't know, but I have a serious gut feeling when we finally
see what is in those documents....the dynamics of this investigation are
going to change and hopefully the people involved are brought to
justice. Eric Holder can run, but there will be no hiding. The truth
always reveals itself."
In a separate statement put out on behalf
of the Brian Terry Foundation, family spokesman Ralph Terry says
Holder's resignation is welcomed.
"Despite Holder’s aggressive
pursuit of the Mexican nationals directly involved in Brian’s murder,
the Attorney General has repeatedly failed to accept responsibility for
the ill-fated gun trafficking investigation and has most regrettably
failed to hold those DOJ and ATF officials responsible for the many
mistakes made in the operation. Despite repeated pleas by Brian Terry’s
family, Holder has chosen to not discipline those individuals found at
fault by DOJ’s own Inspector General. Despite the clear and present
danger that exists even today to law enforcement and the general public
on both sides of the border, Holder has repeatedly refused to hold
government officials accountable for the deadly mistakes made in
Operation Fast and Furious. Immediately after Brian Terry’s murder,
Holder’s Justice Department inexplicably denied that ATF had ever
“walked” guns despite the obvious testimony of ATF whistleblowers that
were part of the operation," Terry said. "Holder’s resignation is
welcomed by the Terry Family and should have occurred immediately after
Brian Terry’s death and the revelation that the men that killed Brian
were carrying weapons supplied to them by ATF."
"It is the hope of
the Terry Family that Holder’s departure will lead to full disclosure
of the thousands of documents still sought by investigators still
looking into Operation Fast and Furious. It is also our hope that the
next Attorney General will do a far better job at protecting the
American public and guarding the many rights guaranteed in the
Constitution," Terry continued.
Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
was killed on December 14, 2010 by illegal Mexican nationals working for
cartels in Arizona's Peck Canyon. The weapons left at Terry's murder
scene were part of Operation Fast and Furious, a Department of Justice
program that involved ATF agents knowingly allowing and facilitating the
illegal trafficking of 2500 weapons from the United States into Mexico
for use by narco-terrorists. Hundreds of people in Mexico have been
killed as a result of the program.
In June 2012, Attorney General Holder
was held in civil and criminal contempt of Congress for failing to
cooperate and produce documents sought in the congressional
investigation of the fatal operation. Thousands of documents related to
the investigation have still not be released.
Trio of GOP prospects urge midterm turnout in Iowa
AP News via Townhall
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A trio of Republican presidential
prospects implored conservatives Saturday to vote in November's midterm
elections while doing their best to impress likely caucus goers should
they compete for the GOP presidential nomination in a year and a half.
Texas
Sen. Ted Cruz, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Rep. Paul Ryan of
Wisconsin — a surprise addition to the program — took different tones in
their remarks to the roughly 750 people at the Iowa Faith and Freedom's
annual fall banquet at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
The three
declared the Obama administration a failure in domestic and foreign
policy. But Cruz's message was more aimed at undoing the Democratic
administration's agenda than proposing a new way.
Cruz railed
against the administration's 2010 health care law and proposals to grant
legal status to millions of people in the country illegally. A GOP
majority would restore diminished U.S. leadership abroad and
constitutional liberties, he said.
By contrast, Jindal, finishing his second term as governor, said it's not enough simply to urge a change in party leadership.
"My
personal view is that we as the Republican Party can't be the
anti-party," he said. "We can't be the anti-Obama party. We've got to be
a party that stands for solutions, stands for ideas."
The two potential rivals were fresh off the Values Voters Summit in Washington.
Ryan was as upbeat as Jindal in his brief remarks.
"We
know the next half dozen or years or so will make or break this
country," the 2012 GOP nominee for vice president said. "The good news
is we know what we need to do to get back on the right path."
Cruz
has visited Iowa several times; Jindal and Ryan less often. Cruz has a
more fiery speech style while Jindal and Ryan are more folksy.
But before they lay down 2016 markers, they tried to stoke turnout for Iowa's competitive midterm elections.
Chief
among them, the race for retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin's seat,
between Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst, is competitive
and seen as among a handful that could determine Senate control.
On
Saturday night, The Des Moines Register published a poll that found
Ernst, a state senator and Iowa National Guard officer, leading Braley, a
four-term U.S. House member, by six percentage points.
