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Afghanistan: US general injured in Kandahar attack that killed provisional police chief By gowidenews Network October 22, 2018 Report reaching us says that A U.S. army general was among those injured in a Taliban attack on top U.S. and Afghan security chiefs inside a highly secure compound last week in Kandahar province, a military spokesperson confirmed. U.S. Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley, in charge of NATO’s military advisory mission in Afghanistan, suffered at least one gunshot wound in Thursday’s attack, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, October 22. A gunman wearing an Afghan security forces uniform opened fire on a group including powerful Afghan police chief General Abdul Raziq and General Scott Miller – the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan – as they ended a meeting in the southern city of Kandahar. Raziq, an anti-Taliban strongman and key U.S. ally who was credited with keeping a lid on the insurgency in the south, was killed along with Kanda...

Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier and is shot dead: military By gowidenews 22 Oct, 2018 Report reaching out us says that A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier and was shot dead by the wounded man and other troops in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday, the military said. The dead body of a Palestinian is covered as Israeli forces gather at the scene of a stabbing attack in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank October 22, 2018. In a statement, the military said the incident occurred near the biblical Cave of the Patriarchs, revered by Muslims as the Ibrahimi mosque, in the city of Hebron. The soldier was slightly wounded in the attack and opened fire, along with other soldiers, at the assailant, killing him, according to the military. Israeli soldiers remove the dead body of a Palestinian at the scene of a stabbing attack in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank October 22, 2018. According to the report which says that the Palestinians began a wave of knife and car-rammi...

Iran could launch attacks on Israel from Iraq Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad By gowidenews October 22, 2018 at 9:56 am From the report reaching us says that Israeli Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan said yesterday that Iran would launch attacks on Israel from Iraq, Israel Hayom reported. Speaking at a conference hosted by the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, Erdan underscored the increasing military presence of Iran and its allies “along Israeli borders”, according to the Israeli newspaper. He said that Iran had sponsored Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon “along the Israeli border”, stating that Hezbollah’s arsenal had grown to more than 150,000 missiles and rockets. The extremist Israeli minister stressed that Iran maintains strong ties with Iraq and this could draw it into a potential war with Israel in the future. “Iran’s goal is to deepen the Israeli dilemma of whether to strike Iran while it is opening more and more fronts against us – fr...

Russia Supports Syria, Iran Ramps Up Support To Hezbollah  By gowidenews 22 Oct, 2018 Report reaching out us says that,  Iran reportedly delivered GPS components to Hezbollah in Lebanon that will allow the group to transform rudimentary projectiles into precision-guided missiles, thereby increasing the threat to Israel. Western intelligence services believe Tehran has shifted its strategy by increasingly shipping weaponry directly to its proxy in Beirut, with a view to evading Israeli air strikes. “Russia’s delivery of advanced air defense systems to Syria has emboldened Iran to ramp up its shipments of weaponry to Hezbollah,” Meir Litvak, Director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University, contended to The Media Line. "While Israel can deal with the military threat posed by the S-300PM-2," he elaborated, "the problem is that the government does not yet know how the Russians will operate. Will they tell Syrians when an Israeli jet takes ...

Jerusalem Stands Alone Cover of "Jerusalem Stands Alone" by Mahmoud Shukair Book Author(s) : Mahmoud Shukair Published Date : May 2018 Publisher : Syracuse University Press Paperback : 180 pages ISBN-13 : 978-0-8156-1103-5 Reaching you from our network By gowidenews October 22, 2018 at 8:35 am From our report reaching us says the Intricately weaving past and present, humour and pain, love and loss, “Jerusalem Stands Alone” is a beautiful homage to a living, breathing city so often reduced to nothing more than a pawn in political games. The story begins as our protagonist, whose name we never learn, walks to the markets “surrounded by the city’s history, ghostly layers of people from past eras, men of different ages and women of different times.” Sitting at his usual perch in the Damascus Gate Café, he watches “a thin blonde foreigner slowly sipping her coffee, attentively turning the pages of her book.” This same blonde foreigner, a young woman named Suza...

Italy set to defy EU and stick to budget proposal Report reaching us says, Italy's populist government is determined to stand by its plans to raise its already high deficit despite a formal warning from the EU. As it awaits Rome's response, Brussels has stressed it doesn't want a crisis. The EU's European Economic Affairs Commissioner, Pierre Moscovici, on Monday again reminded Italy that its structural deficit is "way too high." Politics | 17.10.2018 EU may tell Italy to revise budget An Italian euro coin sinking in water with the colors of the Italian flag in the background (picture-alliance/dpa/P. Pleul) He told the France Inter radio station that he does not want a "crisis with Italy" over its planned deficit-raising budget and still hoped for "constructive dialogue." Italy has until midday on Monday to reply to a formal letter from Brussels warning Rome against an "unprecedented" deviation from eurozone budget ru...

Saudi King, Crown Prince offer condolences to Jamal Khashoggi's family By gowidenews 22nd October, 2018  Report reaching us says that The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, the Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Defence of Saudi Arabia, have telephoned Saleh Khashoggi, the son of the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi to express their condolences on the death of his father, Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudi royals conveyed their condolences to him and his family for their loss, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Salah Khashoggi expressed his sincere thanks for the condolences, added SPA.

Senior PA officials arrested in kidnapping of US citizen PA's Jerusalem district governor and regional intelligence services director arrested after American citizen with Israeli ID kidnapped. By gowidenews 22/10/18 08:50 Report reaching us says that, Two senior Palestinian Authority officials have been arrested by Israeli security forces, following the kidnapping of an American citizen in Jerusalem. On Sunday, Israeli authorities acknowledged that Palestinian Authority Jerusalem District Governor Adnan Ghaith had been arrested, along with Jihad Al-Faqeeh, regional director of the PA’s intelligence agency. The two had been taken into custody Saturday, though the reason behind the arrest was not disclosed. According to a report by Reuters, however, attorneys representing the two PA officials say their clients were arrested on suspicion they were involved in the kidnapping of an American citizen earlier this month. The kidnapped man is said to be an Arab American who ...

Donald Trump withdraws from Cold War nuclear treaty  By gowidenews Oct 22, 2018 Report reaching out to us sayS that UK backs US president, saying Russia has made a ‘mockery’ of the weapons agreement Soviet Union general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and US president Ronald Reagan in 1987 Donald Trump has announced the US will pull out of a nuclear weapons treaty with Russia which has maintained the balance of power between the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals for more than 30 years. China is ‘training nuclear bombers’, US claims What should Britons do in the event of a nuclear attack? The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev in December 1987, was a “watershed agreement”, says CNN, as the first and only nuclear arms control agreement ever to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons. It outlawed more than 2,600 missiles with ranges between 310 and 3,420 miles, “weapons consid...