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Foreign Affairs › Re: Sea Turns Red As Whales, Dolphins Are Butchered In Yearly Ritual In Faroe Island by Originality007:
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Foreign Affairs › Re: Giant Swarm Of Flying Ants, Looking Like Rain Captured Sweeping Over UK (Photos) by Originality007: 2:04pm On Jul 19, 2020
Looks like flying termites, those things are source of protein back den when we were kids grin
Foreign Affairs › Iran's Message To Its People: If You Revolt, You Die by Originality007(op): 1:58pm On Jul 19, 2020
The Iranian authorities are ramping up repression. They fear mass protests now more than ever.

Since late June, 11 Iranian citizens - three in Tehran and eight in Isfahan - have been sentenced to death for taking part in mass anti-government protests in November 2019. Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was accused of fuelling anti-government protests through a popular Telegram channel in 2017, also received the death penalty during the same period.

Also in June, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shut down Iran's biggest anti-poverty NGO, the Imam Ali Society, and arrested its founding director, Sharmin Meymandi Nejad, citing "anti-Iran activities". The independent charity had attracted the regime's fury during last year's protests by criticising government officials for "calling the poverty-stricken demonstrators rioters and agents of the enemy".

Why did Iranian authorities rapidly intensify their efforts to silence dissenting voices in the last few weeks? The short answer is "fear". Today, amid a devastating pandemic and crippling economic sanctions, the Iranian government is more concerned about the possible re-emergence of mass riots than ever before.

Today, Iranian people are fed up with the government's totalitarian desire to control all aspects of their lives and its apparent inability to address pressing environmental threats, such as air pollution and drought. Moreover, they are extremely dissatisfied with its bungling response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But above all, many Iranians from all walks of life are experiencing unprecedented, crippling economic hardship as a result of the cumulative consequences of the US sanctions, the COVID-19 pandemic and the incompetence of the Iranian government.

US President Donald Trump's 2018 decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and embark on a "maximum pressure" policy devastated Iran's economy, which was already in dire straits due to chronic mismanagement and widespread corruption. Just over a year later, the coronavirus pandemic, and the consequent drop in global oil prices, inflicted a second deadly blow on the country's finances.

Due to US sanctions, Iran's oil revenues dropped from over $60bn in 2018 to $9bn in 2019. As the Iranian leadership tried to compensate for its oil revenue losses with gains in other sectors, the pandemic struck the service sector - which makes up more than 40 percent of Iran's economy - and sped up the country's looming economic collapse.

In the first half of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic already caused a 15 percent drop in Iran's GDP, and the country is expected to experience further losses in the second half of the year.

Adding to these concerns, Iran's economy is experiencing another period of "stagflation", a combination of recession and high inflation. The Iranian leadership's short-term remedy for its economic woes has always been to print more money, which leads to higher inflation. Earlier this year, the Iranian rial plummeted against the US dollar to the currency's lowest value ever, with one US dollar being traded for 230,000 rials. Inflation, meanwhile, reached 40 percent in 2019 and is expected to rise further this year.

Iranians have been protesting against increasing economic hardship since December 2017. Most recently in November last year, they took to the streets en masse to protest against an unexpected increase in gasoline prices. The government violently cracked down on the protests, killing up to 1,500 people and injuring many others.

Since last year's violence, the worsening economic situation - and the unrest it may trigger - has been a primary source of concern for Iran's political elites. Most recently on June 27, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha, one of Iran's highest-ranking and most politically influential clerics, wrote an open letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei and warned him that "increasing inflation and declining incomes have created back-breaking problems for the people" which threaten the stability of the country and the future of the regime.

To remedy this situation and prevent future unrest, the regime adopted a twinned strategy of offering basic material aid to the poor and intensifying oppression.

In April, as the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated the country's existing economic and social woes and increased the likelihood of a new episode of nationwide unrest, the government created an ad hoc welfare central command station called the Imam Hassan Headquarters to provide Iran's poorest and most vulnerable with basic goods and "buy" their loyalty.

The government, however, is well aware that such initiatives are akin to putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. Iran's parliamentary research centre has warned that as many as 57 million Iranians (out of a population of 82 million) may be pushed below the poverty line in 2020. The regime, whose income is already shrinking, cannot afford to provide sufficient aid to such a large section of the population for too long.

This is why the government is also using a more effective and familiar tactic to prevent mass unrest: oppression.

In June 2020, the state-appointed IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Nejat, one of Khamenei's most trusted officers, as the head of Sarallah headquarters. Sarallah is Tehran's most important security headquarters and is tasked with protecting government officials and institutions in the city against domestic threats such as riots, anti-government protests or coup attempts.

General Nejat's appointment to this role indicates not only that the regime is gearing up for more anti-government protests, but also that it is preparing to crush any revolt with force.

Prior to his appointment, Nejat made it clear that he views the urban poor as the most critical threat to the Iranian regime. In his analysis of the November 2019 uprising, for example, the general claimed that the West is using poor Iranians to topple Iran's government and described them as "illiterate people, who live in the outskirts [of major population centres] and [whose minds] are polluted in the cyberspace".

And it is not only the forces directly tied to the Sarallah headquarters that are preparing for a battle with the urban poor. The IRGC has also started to prepare a volunteer paramilitary force of government loyalists, known as Basij, for a new round of unrest. According to my sources in the militia, the Guard has introduced new anti-riot tactics and scheduled extra propaganda sessions to convince Basij forces of the necessity of cracking down on civilian protests.


Meanwhile, the IRGC propaganda machine is doing overtime and using social networks to pre-emptively brand any future protest movement as a Western attempt to topple the government.

As they work to expand their support networks, the government's forces are also simultaneously dismantling any civil society organisation and movement that could provide support for protesters during future unrest, such as the anti-poverty NGO, Imam Ali Society.

Another important element in IRGC's strategy to prevent future unrest is injecting fear into the population. This is why Iran's judiciary, which often acts as an arm of the IRGC, has sentenced youths involved in last year's protests to death. The message that was sent to the masses with these sentences was clear: There is no mercy, if you revolt, you will die.

Today, Iran's security and political elites are clearly working overtime to prevent a new round of civic unrest. It is impossible to know whether they will succeed in sedating, and scaring, the Iranian masses enough to prevent another round of nationwide protests. One thing, however, is certain: in the hopes of maintaining order, the Iranian regime is becoming more authoritarian and repressive every passing day.

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/iran-message-people-revolt-die-200713160012571.html?

Health › Men Who Watch Too Much Porn More Likely To Have Erectile Dysfunction by Originality007(op): 11:13am On Jul 19, 2020
Adult content can make it hard to maintain one’s manhood.

So says new research which found a correlation between men watching porn — and men suffering from erectile dysfunction.

“We found that there was a highly significant relationship between time spent watching porn and increasing difficulty with erectile function with a partner,” professor Gunter de Win, head researcher, said about his team’s work, which was presented this week at the annual European Association of Urology Congress — Europe’s biggest urological event.

Researchers from Belgium, Denmark and the UK based their findings on 3,267 men’s answers to an 118-question online survey about their porn, masturbation and partnered sex habits.

“We found that there was a big range of responses,” de Win said. “In our sample, men watch quite a lot of porn, on average around 70 minutes per week, normally for between 5 and 15 minutes per time, with obviously some watching very little and some watching much, much more.”


Only two-thirds of respondents rated sex with a partner to be more stimulating than porn and nearly a quarter of those under 35 reported some amount of erectile dysfunction during partner sex — a larger percentage than de Win’s team anticipated.

“This figure was higher than we expected. We found that there was a highly significant relationship between time spent watching porn and increasing difficulty with erectile function with a partner, as indicated by the
erectile function and sexual health scores,” he said.
Their findings, de Win acknowledged, are based on a questionnaire and not a clinical trial, but they prove that, without a doubt, “porn conditions the way we view sex.”

In addition to complicating men’s ability to perform, porn also creates a slippery slope to more and more intense porn: Researchers found that 90% of men fast-forward to the most pornographic scenes and that, over time, 20% required increasingly extreme porn to maintain their arousal levels.

“Our next step in this research is to identify which factors lead to erectile dysfunction, and to conduct a similar study on the effects of porn on women,” de Win said. “In the meantime, we believe that doctors dealing with erectile dysfunction should also be asking about watching pornography.”

https://nypost.com/2020/07/17/men-who-watch-porn-more-likely-to-have-erectile-dysfunction-study/?

Foreign Affairs › Re: China Says It's Not Trying To Replace America As World’s Top Technological Power by Originality007: 10:11am On Jul 19, 2020
Daddysidhan:
Seem that moniker belong to DERMMY the terrorist.
U may not b far from the truth. The guy is always on the side of Evil Nations grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: China Says It's Not Trying To Replace America As World’s Top Technological Power by Originality007: 7:54am On Jul 19, 2020
Daddysidhan:
Corona virus has worked in favour of China yet you saying it's US made, China has taken advantage of Corona virus to advance it's military might in the south china sea and it has also grow economically because while the world were on lockdown Chinese were in full production mode" with Corona virus the Hong Kong protesters were off the street for fear of contacting the disease and immediately everything was getting back to normal the Chinese security law was introduced in Hong Kong yet you have the audacity to say it's made in US. I thought olominira means independent in yorubahuh?? You better change your moniker because with the balderdash you spits up there, you are not mentally independent.
Stop wasting ur time in explaining things to someone whose sense of reasoning has been blocked by hatred. Imagine someone that is blaming US for ebola and Corona, He will soon tell u US invented Lassa fever and Malaria grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: China Says It's Not Trying To Replace America As World’s Top Technological Power by Originality007: 7:47am On Jul 19, 2020
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Olominira:
Like the way USA has been distributing free medicine for the HIV/AIDS, Ebola and other diseases she created? In case you don't know, coronavirus is US invention, possibly used to slowdown China after HK protest and trade war didn't work against them. But fortunately for China she came out quickly and unfortunately turned back against the US and the World.
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You forgot to add Malaria in ur system, is also US invention. Since u cannot think straight again because of your hatred toward America grin
TV/Movies › Re: Mark Angel Is Africa's Greatest Youtuber, A Nigerian by Originality007: 2:21pm On Jul 16, 2020
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Foreign Affairs › Re: Israel's Leader Is Starting To Pay A 'Political Price' As Virus Cases Surge by Originality007: 7:20am On Jul 16, 2020
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ZooOga:
A few years ago they were blessing themselves with mountains of cocaine.

Israel Becomes Major Hub in the International Cocaine Trade, Abuse Rising
Number of cocaine users in Israel has doubled in recent years and the Israel Police reports that Israeli criminals have joined hands with the cartels.

By Yaniv Kubovich Published on 19.10.2013

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-turns-into-cocaine-trade-hub-1.5276110
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I feel ur pain...God bless Israel grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Fire Rips Three Ships Near Iran's Nuclear Power Plant by Originality007: 9:22pm On Jul 15, 2020
Olominira:
Have you reported the one ravaging in California?
Seems the news hit u bad grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Fox News Has Killed More People Than Alqaeda by Originality007: 8:00pm On Jul 15, 2020
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Obrigardo:
Need Proof?

Watch this. Warning. Can be hard to watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGDNaB6fZCU
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I pray you will not commit sucide by the Time Trump win again in Nov.. grin
Foreign Affairs › Corruption Allegations In Namibian 5G Deal With Huawei by Originality007(op):
Windhoek city councillor alleges she was offered money by local politician to drop objections against tentative 5G deal.

A city councillor in Namibia's capital has alleged she was offered a bribe by a local politician to ensure Chinese tech giant Huawei would win an exclusive contract to build the 5G telecommunication network in Windhoek.

Brunhilde Cornelius made the allegations in an affidavit that was filed with police on June 19 and has been obtained by Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit.

Cornelius, who is also the secretary-general of the opposition Rally for Democracy and Progress Party (RDP), alleged the bribe was offered by Nicanor Ndjoze, a fellow RDP member who is the party's director of elections.

Ndjoze was allegedly working on behalf of his nephew, Reckliff Kandjiriomuini, otherwise known as "Minge", the head of the ICT division of the City of Windhoek (COW).

The allegations come months after Namibia was rocked by several corruption scandals sparked by the so-called the Fishrot files, revelations that saw two government ministers - the former Minister of Justice Sacky Shanghala and the former Minister of Fisheries Bernhard Esau - resign after a joint investigation by Al Jazeera, WikiLeaks and Icelandic media.

Shanghala and Esau have been in detention since late November 2019, pending trials for corruption, money laundering and fraud.

Huawei's 5G network

In the affidavit, Cornelius claims that Ndjoze referred to a 40 million NAD ($2.4m) slush fund available for potential beneficiaries of the deal that would give Huawei exclusive rights to develop the infrastructure for a 5G telecommunication network.

Following her opposition earlier this year to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the COW city council and Huawei, Cornelius claims she was offered 5-6 million NAD ($300,000 - $360,000) to drop her objections and allow the city council to approve the signing of the MoU.

According to Cornelius, Ndjoze told her on May 12 she could receive the payment in exchange for dropping her opposition to signing the MoU with Huawei. Ndjoze allegedly told Cornelius the deal with Huawei was spearheaded by his nephew.

Kandjiriomuini allegedly enlisted Ndjoze's help, knowing that he was a member of the same political party as Cornelius, to persuade her to accept the bribe and allow the MOU to be signed, according to Cornelius.

There is no evidence Huawei has any knowledge of these events.

Hidden recording


Cornelius states in the affidavit that following Ndjoze's alleged offer, she reported the attempted bribery to the police, who equipped her with hidden recording devices for future meetings with Kandjiriomuini and Ndjoze.

The affidavit explains how the following day, on May 20, Kandjiriomuini requested a meeting with Cornelius and Ndjoze. Picking her up from the COW municipality, Ndjoze drove Cornelius to a petrol station at the edge of town. En route, Ndjoze informed Cornelius that "local guys who we can trust" would set up a joint venture with Huawei.
Cornelius describes how Ndjoze told her to "relax" and that she was in "good hands" after Cornelius let him know she was scared to participate in such a scheme given the backlash caused by Al Jazeera's Fishrot expose.

Surveillance footage obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera confirms that Ndjoze arrived at the petrol station with Cornelius at 16:44 local time, about 10 minutes after Kandjiriomuini. Ndjoze and Kandjiriomuini are seen having a discussion outside the car, before Kandjiriomuini steps into Ndjoze's car, and they drive off.
The three then headed to the discreet Eagle's Beer Garden on Windhoek's Avis Reservoir. Cornelius described Kandjiriomuini and Ndjoze as being cautious to avoid anyone observing their meeting. During the conversation, Kandjiriomuini told Cornelius everything they discussed should be treated confidentially, that he was the driving force behind the planned deal with Huawei, and that the deal would be "to the benefit of all of us".
According to the affidavit, when Cornelius asked directly when she should expect to receive her money, Kandjiriomuini responded that it would come when the MoU was signed and the project began.

Cornelius claimed the meeting with Ndjoze and Kandjiriomuini was covertly recorded using equipment hidden in her hat and undergarments as part of the investigation by the police. Al Jazeera was not able to independently verify the existence of the recording.

Kandjiriomuini said in a written statement to Al Jazeera: "There is no evidence of any recording in which I informed Ms Cornelius of any individuals benefiting from the Huawei project" and claimed that Cornelius had reasons for misrepresenting the position.

"I deny her false allegation."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/exclusive-corruption-allegations-namibian-5g-deal-huawei-200715065812785.html?


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Foreign Affairs › Re: Israel's Leader Is Starting To Pay A 'Political Price' As Virus Cases Surge by Originality007:
ZooOga:
Hot off the internet.

Israel’s leader is starting to pay a ‘political price’ as virus cases surge, protests erupt

PUBLISHED WED, JUL 15 20202:30 AM EDT

Abigail Ng @ABIGAILNGWY
Emma Graham @THEMMAGRAHAM

The Israeli government made “very serious mistakes” after initially containing the coronavirus outbreak, and “tremendous damage” is being done to the economy, political analyst Joel Rosenberg said as cases in the country continue to climb rapidly.
Daily cases fell as low as single digits after Israel took action in March, but cases started surging again after activity was allowed to restart in May. Confirmed cases reached new daily highs in July.

Israel has reported 40,632 confirmed cases and 365 deaths, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University.

The Israeli government made “very serious mistakes” after initially containing the coronavirus outbreak, and “tremendous damage” is being done to the economy, a political analyst told CNBC as cases in the country continue to climb rapidly.

Just weeks after restrictions were mostly lifted in late May, new infections have led authorities to reimpose measures including closing gyms, clubs and event halls. Certain parts of the country were also designated as “restricted areas,” where business activity will be limited.

“It is hard not to conclude that (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) ... let himself get distracted,” said Joel Rosenberg, an Israeli-American political analyst and author.

″Rather than staying laser-focused on managing the public health situation and the reopening of the economy, Netanyahu was ... planning for the annexation of large portions of the West Bank,” he told CNBC over the weekend.

“As a result, the pandemic is surging again and this is causing tremendous damage to the economy, and to the millions of Israelis who are out of work and struggling to make ends meet,” Rosenberg said.

Daily cases fell as low as single digits after Israel took action in March, closing borders and tightening measures that restricted movement and gatherings. Following some success in controlling the health crisis, activity was allowed to restart, but cases started surging again, reaching new daily highs this month.

Israel has reported 42,360 confirmed cases and 371 deaths, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University.

Local media reports said thousands of demonstrators have come out to protest against the government’s economic response to the coronavirus crisis. Unemployment in the country jumped to 21% and economic aid has been slow, Reuters reported.

Benny Gantz, the country’s alternate prime minister, on Sunday issued a statement acknowledging the anger of protesters.

“The citizens taking to the streets this evening to express their real and justified distress have every right to do so — and we, as their government, have the responsibility to listen and to work toward finding implementable solutions,” he said.

Gantz added that he informed Netanyahu that “beyond supporting the immediate assistance program,” his party would also “insist upon a much broader policy aimed at promoting growth going forward.”

“A solution for a mere three months will not suffice,” he said.

Gantz, who is from Israel’s Blue and White party, formed a unity government with Netanyahu in March, putting an end to the political deadlock that triggered three elections in less than a year. The agreement will see Gantz taking over as premier after 18 months.

‘Quick change’ in policy
Experts said Israel’s haste to reopen the economy may have led to the spike in cases.

“Israel was unusual in its quick change in policy, without proper evaluation of the impact of loosening the restrictions. A clear example is allowing social events such as mass weddings,” said Professor Hagai Levine, an epidemiologist at the Hebrew University-Hadassah.

Siegal Sadetzki, the country’s public health director, resigned last week, saying Israel had “lost its bearings” in handling the pandemic, according to a Reuters translation of her Facebook statement made in Hebrew. “The achievements in dealing with the first wave (of infections) were canceled out by the broad and swift opening of the economy” that outpaced many other countries, she wrote.

Netanyahu is beginning to pay a political price for getting his eye off the ball.
Joel Rosenberg
POLITICAL ANALYST
Levine told CNBC that public health services were not strengthened, and the ability to conduct “timely epidemiological investigation” and take proper measures was “harmed.”

However, he also acknowledged that Israel increased its lab testing capacity and changed its definition to include testing of asymptomatic contacts. That means the situation is “bad, but not as bad as it seems” based on the daily diagnosed cases, he said.

Moving forward, Levine said it seems that trust in the government has gone down, and the leaders need to regain that through transparent, open discussion with the public and “by acting professional and giving more weight to public health experts and epidemiologists” instead of “military generals or physicists.”

Political analyst Rosenberg said he has “no doubt” that the government can contain the pandemic and “successfully reboot the economy,” including the tourism sector. However, the leadership has to stay “completely focused.”

“There is simply no time to contemplate annexation at least until this health and economic crisis is completely behind us,” he said.

“Netanyahu is beginning to pay a political price for getting his eye off the ball,” he added. “His polls numbers have dropped significantly in recent weeks for one simple reason – Israelis are angry at his mishandling of the corona crisis. He can absolutely turn things around, but let’s face it, this is the most serious drop in Netanyahu’s approval ratings that we’ve seen in quite some time.”

— CNBC’s Natasha Turak contributed to this report.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/15/coronavirus-israels-cases-rise-leader-is-paying-a-political-price.html

A protester waves an Israeli flag as police use water cannons during clashes at a demonstration against the Israeli prime minister outside his official residence in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2020.
Menahem Kahana | AFP | Getty Images
God bless Israel cheesy
Foreign Affairs › Re: Israel's Leader Is Starting To Pay A 'Political Price' As Virus Cases Surge by Originality007: 3:15pm On Jul 15, 2020
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dermmy:
You are a real clown grin grin grin grin grin

I remember when you people were saying that the jews are God's chosen people and cannot contract Covid-19. May God help you guys grin grin
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i remember when shallow thinkers like you are saying the Covid-19 is from Allah punishing China and Westerns for their action against Uighurs and Muslims, grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Bye Don Jr Trending On Twitter. Hypocrisy Is Dead by Originality007: 3:10pm On Jul 15, 2020
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Obrigardo:
The hypocrisy of the trump family is second to none in the history of the Universe
Just watch as Don jr. gets excoriated by Meidas touch



The art of projection, all the failures of trump he projects it on to Biden

What a sore loser
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trash from another 2016 loser..... grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Ends Special Status For Hong Kong To Punish China, China Vows Retaliation by Originality007: 7:15am On Jul 15, 2020
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allthingsgood:
Just like America finished Iran and North Korea abi. Stop swallowing US propaganda, wake up! The world is a global village, every action has consequences
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Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Ends Special Status For Hong Kong To Punish China, China Vows Retaliation by Originality007: 7:15am On Jul 15, 2020
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Fuckingmallam45:
I don’t just like this guy at all compare to Obama.
Trump, This is somebody who doesn’t mind getting ahead of other people and leaving them behind, even his own wife. This shows that Trump is an insensitive go getter and cares mainly for himself: boss mentality. I would imagine this worked well in the business world and that trait is highly valued in that kind of world, but when it comes to interpersonal interactions, it says a lot about a person’s view on other people.


Obama, This is somebody who values people, especially his loved ones. He would never leave them behind and if they’re lagging, he’ll lag with them too. This is a person who is a leader, not a boss. He will adjust his pace and actions to match the person with him. That’s a great usage of interpersonal skills.
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You dont need to like him, Dealing with China does not a Gentleman approach grin
Foreign Affairs › UK Bans China's Huawei From Its 5G Network, Hands US Big win by Originality007(op): 6:22pm On Jul 14, 2020
The UK approves the phased removal of the Chinese telecoms giant from its 5G network despite warnings from Beijing.

The United Kingdom has bowed to US pressure and approved the phased removal of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from its 5G network despite warnings of retaliation from Beijing.

Tuesday's policy reversal handed a significant victory to US President Donald Trump's administration in its geopolitical and trade battle with China.

But it threatens to further damage the UK's relations with the Asian power and carries a big cost for UK mobile providers that have relied on Huawei equipment for nearly 20 years.

Oliver Dowden, the UK's digital secretary, announced the move in Parliament on Tuesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson chaired meetings with his Cabinet and the National Security Council.
"From the end of this year, telecoms providers must not buy any 5G equipment from Huawei," he told MPs.

The new guidelines also require all existing Huawei

Huawei had been reportedly pushing for the full ban to be delayed till after the UK's next general election, scheduled to take place in 2024, that could potentially bring a new government to power with a more sympathetic approach.

Huawei's reaction
"This disappointing decision is bad news for anyone in the UK with a mobile phone. It threatens to move Britain into the digital slow lane, push up bills and deepen the digital divide. Instead of 'levelling up' the government is levelling down and we urge them to reconsider," Huawei said after the announcement of the ban.

"Regrettably our future in the UK has become politicised, this is about US trade policy and not security."

Johnson angered Trump and upset some members of his own Conservative party by allowing the Chinese 5G leader to help roll out the UK's speedy new data network in January.

The UK was then completing its departure from the European Union and looking to establish strong ties with powerful Asian economies that could fulfil Johnson's vision of a "global Britain".

But the Trump administration told the UK government that its decision imperilled intelligence sharing and could even result in the relocation of some US fighter jets from England.

US stance

Washington believes the private Chinese company could either spy for Beijing or shut down rival countries' 5G networks in times of war.

Huawei has always denied this and pointed to 20 years of cooperation with British security agencies that checked on the safety of its existing 3G and 4G networks.

The British review was triggered by new US sanctions in May that blocked Huawei's access to US chips and semiconductors at the heart of 5G networks.

The restriction raised the possibility of Huawei having to switch from trusted US suppliers to alternatives whose safety could not be guaranteed by UK security agencies.

https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/uk-bans-china-huawei-5g-network-hands-big-win-200714120459624.html?

Politics › Re: Diezani Alison-Madueke: Magu Failed To Cooperate With UK by Originality007: 10:35am On Jul 13, 2020
na Magu matter we go take this week settle grin
Health › Re: Hilarious Face Masks Around The World by Originality007: 10:17am On Jul 13, 2020
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Foreign Affairs › Iran Says Misaligned Radar Led To Ukrainian Jet Downing by Originality007(op):
Iran has said the misalignment of an air defence unit's radar system was the key "human error" that led to the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January.

"A failure occurred due to a human error in following the procedure" for aligning the radar, causing a "107-degree error" in the system, the Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO) said in a report late on Saturday.

This error "initiated a hazard chain" that saw further errors committed in the minutes before the plane was shot down, said the CAO document, presented as a "factual report" and not as the final report on the accident investigation.

Flight 752, a Ukraine International Airlines plane, was struck by two missiles and crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran's main airport on January 8, at a time of heightened US-Iranian tensions.

Iran admitted several days later that its forces accidentally shot down the Kyiv-bound plane, killing all 176 people on board.

'Wrong identification'
The CAO said despite the erroneous information available to the radar system operator on the aircraft's trajectory, he could have identified his target as an airliner, but instead, there was a "wrong identification".

The report also noted that the first of the two missiles launched at the aircraft was fired by a defence unit operator who had acted "without receiving any response from the Coordination Centre" on which he depended.

The second missile was fired 30 seconds later, "by observing the continuity of trajectory of the detected target", the report added.

Tehran's air defences had been on high alert at the time the jet was shot down in case the US retaliated against Iranian strikes hours earlier on American troops stationed in Iraq.

Those strikes were carried out in response to the killing of a top Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani, in a US drone attack near Baghdad airport.


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/iran-misaligned-radar-led-ukrainian-jet-downing-200712102324803.html?

Foreign Affairs › Re: Turkey Converts Hagia Sophia To Mosque As Christains Kick by Originality007: 12:33pm On Jul 12, 2020
I Still don't no what Israel is waiting for, They Should convert that Al-Aqsa mosque to Jewish temple sharp sharp and let see who will come are complain, since some Extremist belive what Erdogan just did is right..
Foreign Affairs › Re: Turkey Converts Hagia Sophia To Mosque As Christains Kick by Originality007: 7:52am On Jul 12, 2020
Daddysidhan:
Did UN charter state that turkey should turn hagia Sophia to mosque? You like changing narrative when it suits your hypocrisy" since Turkey has acted irresponsibly then nothing should stop Israel from annexing the whole of Jerusalem and convert this back to Jewish site
You meant to say, He like Changing Narrative when it dosent suits his hypocrisy. Cause that is what he does.. grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Executes A Man For Drinking Alcohol by Originality007: 7:23pm On Jul 10, 2020
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GOLAN007
JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD SHARE WITH MY FRIENDS.


AFTERALL WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR grin
You forgot to mention dermmy . He will not see anthing wrong in this, since d barbaric act is coming from is darling Rogue iran. Just wait for it, he will come and justify it or call it Western propaganda.....
Foreign Affairs › Re: New York City Paints Black Lives Matter Mural In Front Of Trump Tower by Originality007: 10:03pm On Jul 09, 2020
[s][quote author=DMPaulSr post=91555611]No matter the colour, they passed their message.[/quote[/s]]


Everybody know Democrats are just using blacks to win the elections nothing more. That is y sleepy joe says,
You are not black if u dont vote for him. grin
Politics › Re: Magu's Lawyer To File For Bail: "My Client Has Not Been Suspended" by Originality007: 3:15pm On Jul 09, 2020
tayebest:
Oga, your client is a goner just like Babachir Lawal...


What ever is fccked can never be unfccked cheesy
sense no go kill u grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: U.N. deems U.S. Drone Strike On Iran's Soleimani An unlawful Killing by Originality007: 3:38pm On Jul 08, 2020
kemicalreact:
[/s] Tell the UN to sanction the US for the Iranian jet they downed killing over 200 civilians while refusing to apologize for their mistake.n

Iran apologized for their mistake and promised to compensate the families of the victims.

Besides, why is the General ruthless if I may ask ??[b][/b]? I can see through your hypocrisy, just like your Uncle Sam. wink
lolz...They apologize after several denials and unable to cover up their crime. they promise to compensate the families of the victim, which dey are yrt to fufill. we both no they will not cause rouge iran are known for nothing else than cheat and lies.

and as for d bolded, he was involved in killing of innocent Kurdish people both women and children, he was involved in killing of Iraqi protesters and surpress them, Collaboration in syrian Genocide that involved using of chemical attack,and more crimes he committed which i cant be mention so tell me what do we call such a man? A saint? grin grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Mary Trump - Trump Paid Someone To Take His SAT Tests by Originality007: 9:38pm On Jul 07, 2020
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netpro:
Shut up. Do you know Trump better than his own niece?
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Get lost grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Mary Trump - Trump Paid Someone To Take His SAT Tests by Originality007: 9:38pm On Jul 07, 2020
Obrigardo:
It's coming from his niece.
It doesn't matter, anybody can lie against you, if they hate you grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: U.N. deems U.S. Drone Strike On Iran's Soleimani An unlawful Killing by Originality007: 8:23pm On Jul 07, 2020
kemicalreact:
Is that all you have to say? huh
Say as how? Ok You want me to write a long epistle why a ruthless General should b resurrected? grin


Ok, may b I should ask you When will UN sanctioned iran for killing innocent peolpe in civilian Jet? Or do u want to tell me the live of General Suleiman is more valuable than those passengers in the jet the Iranian Gov shut down?
Politics › Re: $25,000 Bribe: Shehu Sani Knelt, Begged Me To Change My Statement - EFCC Witness by Originality007:
Pic of him kneeling and begging

Or....... grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: U.N. deems U.S. Drone Strike On Iran's Soleimani An unlawful Killing by Originality007: 8:16pm On Jul 07, 2020
[s]
dermmy:
GENEVA (Reuters) - The January U.S. drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and nine other people represented a violation of international law, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Monday.

The United States has failed to provide sufficient evidence of an ongoing or imminent attack against its interests to justify the strike on Soleimani’s convoy as it left Baghdad airport, said Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

The attack violated the U.N. Charter, Callamard wrote in a report calling for accountability for targeted killings by armed drones and for greater regulation of the weapons.

“The world is at a critical time, and possible tipping point, when it comes to the use of drones. ... The Security Council is missing in action; the international community, willingly or not, stands largely silent,” Callamard, an independent investigator, told Reuters.

Callamard is due on Thursday to present her findings to the Human Rights Council, giving member states a chance to debate what action to pursue. The United States is not a member of the forum, having quit two years ago.

Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, was a pivotal figure in orchestrating Iran’s campaign to drive U.S. forces out of Iraq, and built up Iran’s network of proxy armies across the Middle East. Washington had accused Soleimani of masterminding attacks by Iranian-aligned militias on U.S. forces in the region.

“Major General Soleimani was in charge of Iran military strategy, and actions, in Syria and Iraq. But absent an actual imminent threat to life, the course of action taken by the U.S. was unlawful,” Callamard wrote in the report.

The Jan. 3 drone strike was the first known incident in which a nation invoked self-defense as a justification for an attack against a state actor in the territory of a third country, Callamard added.

Iran retaliated with a rocket attack on an Iraqi air base where U.S. forces were stationed. Hours later, Iranian forces on high alert mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner taking off from Tehran.

Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 others over Soleimani’s killing and has asked Interpol for help, Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on June 29, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

Source:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-un-rights/un-expert-deems-us-drone-strike-on-irans-soleimani-an-unlawful-killing-idUSKBN2472TW

Cc: lalasticlala Mynd44 dominique
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You can still resurrect him grin

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