Boko Haram Joins ISIS

“We announce to you to the good news of the expansion of the caliphate to West Africa because the caliph... has accepted the allegiance of our brothers of the Sunni group for preaching and the jihad,” ISIS spokesman Mohammed al-Adnani said in a sound message, using the Arabic name for Boko Haram.

[Source: Al-Arabiya العربية on March 13, 2015]




الجماعات المتطرفة
دعم بوكو حرام لداعش و القاعدة

The extremist communities : Boko Haram in support of ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

زعيم بوكو حرام يدعم ابو بكر البغدادي و تنظيم القاعدة و حركة طالبان

The leader of Boko Haram supports Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as well as the organization of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban movement.

بوكو حرام تتبنى هجمات في لاغوس و ابوجا

Boko Haram preparing attacks in Lagos and Abuja.

[Source: Al-Aan الآن on March 13, 2015]

North Korea - Nuclear Capacity Increased

Hwasong 6 (SCUD-C) tactical missile


韩称朝鲜已能组装核导弹 导弹或能威胁美国本土

South Korea says the North is already capable of setting up nuclear missiles.
Guided missiles could probably threaten U.S. territory.

参考消息网1月7日报道 外媒称，韩国国防部6日发布《2014年国防白皮书》，介绍朝鲜军队动向，为韩国军队提出发展方向。

据韩联社1月6日报道，《国防白皮书》就朝鲜的核能力首次添加了“朝鲜核武器小型化能力似乎已达到相当高的水平”的内容。白皮书还指出，朝鲜通过多次对乏燃料棒再处理，拥有了可以制造核武器的40多公斤的钚。国防部官员表示，没有情报显示朝鲜已实现可将核弹头搭载至导弹的核武小型化。

On January 7, the Network for Reference News quoted foreign media as saying that South Korea's defence ministry issued its "White Book on National Defence in 2014" where North Korean army trends are being introduced as an orientation for the development advanced by the South Korean army.

Based on a report from South Korea's united agencies on January 6, the "White Book on National Defence" deals with North Korea's first time increase of its nuclear capacity, comprising " North Korea's capacity to scale down nuclear weapons which seems to have already reached a considerably high level ". The White Book also refers to North Korea undergoing several times a lack of [reprocessed] fuel rods and its possession of more than 40 kg [self-]produced plutonium. An official from the national defence ministry indicated that there are no intelligence reports showing whether North Korea already realized the scaling down of nuclear weapons [to such a degree needed] for loading nuclear warheads into guided missiles.




No-Dong-A / Rodong-A ground-ground missile
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韩国国防部还说，朝鲜通过一系列远程导弹测试，可能具备了研制能够危及美国本土的导弹的能力。

据彭博新闻社网站1月6日报道，韩国国防部称，朝鲜可能已经开发出了能够威胁到美国的弹道导弹，并建立了能够更快入侵韩国的渗透网络。

The South Korean defence ministry informed as well that North Korea is undergoing a series of long-range missile tests and is probably provided with the capability of developing a missile capacity that is sufficient to endanger U.S. territory.

A Bloomberg news report from January 6 quoted South Korea's defence ministry as saying that North Korea has probably already developed ballistic missiles that could sufficiently threaten the United States. At the same time it has built up an infiltration network to enable an even faster invasion of South Korea.




SA-5 Gammon SAM long-range anti-aircraft missile




NK-01 anti-ship missile




Shmel-1 UAV unmanned aircraft

[Source: SINA military 新浪军事 on January 7, 2015]




The NK-02 / KN-02 is a new short-range ballistic missile for precision strikes against important targets. Reverse-engineered and upgraded from the Soviet "Tochka" SS-21 Scarab-A, its actual range being 120-140 km, the KN-02 can carry conventional, chemical and nuclear warheads. [Quoted from different military sources.]

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美媒评出朝鲜五大噩梦级武器：在韩国引爆核背包

U.S. media comment on North Korea's five big nightmare weapons :
Nuclear rucksacks detonating in South Korea.

The Chinese article is referring to what North Korea calls the " Five Big Nightmare Weapons ". It includes an evaluation of the country's military options and mentions dirty bombs as well as chemical weapons. This is going together with North Korea's striving for the ability to " deliver a nuclear blow on U.S. territory ".
As to the chemical weapons, it is accepted knowledge that North Korea owns one of the most extended stocks of chemicals, comprising about 2500-5000 tons of war grade material, thus making the country the No.3 owner of such weapons worldwide.

朝鲜的主要《大噩梦级武器》在威胁敌国：
第一种是“脏弹”。第二种武器为化学武器。
平壤拥有世界第三大规模的化学武器储存。
有西方的分析人士还强调： 朝鲜或许拥有
2500到5000吨化学武器战剂。
第三种武器就是可以“对美国进行核打击”。


[Source: SINA military 新浪军事 on March 11, 2015]

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The Face of ISIS

Last Update added on March 9, 2015



تسجيل صوتي لذبّاح داعش: أنا ليست متطرفاً

Sound record on ISIS killings : I am no extremist.

["Jihadi John" Emwazi in a meeting with some member of British intelligence
as quoted by Al-Arabiya. يتحدث عن لقاء جمعه مع رجل استخبارات بريطاني]

Today, 8th March 2015, the British Daily Mail published an article dedicated to Mohammed Emwazi who became known as " Jihadi John " and who is allegedly starring in some beheading video produced by his German brother in faith Denis Cuspert. Because of his terrorist videos, Denis Cuspert is being regarded as chief propagandist of ISIS and has been likened to nazi propaganda chief Goebbels. He originally became known as rapper " Deso Dogg " and is linked with another German, Marcel Schrodel, regarded by German intelligence as a violent jihadist. Cuspert and Schodel were supposedly radicalised by Mohammed Mahmoud, the Austrian-born leader of banned Islamist group Millatu Ibrahim.

Emwazi, Islamic convert Schrodl and Londoner Ali Adorus were finally stopped by the Tanzanian authorities at Dar es Salaam airport as they arrived for what they had claimed was an innocent safari holiday. The Daily Mail has established that the supposedly strict Muslims were held not because of their political affiliations, but due to their drunken and violent behaviour on a Dutch KLM flight from Amsterdam to Dar es Salaam, according to the Tanzanian government. Further informations on Schrodel and Adorus are given in the original article.

The quoted article contains additional photos of Emwazi and Cuspert that are not used in this blogspot.

[Source: Daily Mail on March 8, 2015]




IS英籍刽子手曾想自杀

British ISIS executioner has thought of suicide.

“有时候，我感觉自己就像一具行尸走肉。我不害怕他们会杀了我，而怕有一天，我会吞下安眠药让自己永远地睡去！我只想摆脱这些人！”

" Sometimes I feel like a moving corpse [losing flesh]. I'm not scared that they could kill me. But I fear that some day I might swallow sleeping pills sending me into eternal sleep. I only think to get free from these men. "

[Source: People's Network quoting Guang Zhou Daily 广州日报 on March 3, 2015]


Editor's Note:
The above quotation is referring to an email contact between Jihadi John and a British journalist in 2010, and is feeding assumptions that Emwazi was already paranoid before he left the United Kingdom. He is a Kuwaiti-born British citizen and was raised in Kensington, London, in an environment that brought about other violent jihadists. Emwazi is said to have received anger management therapy during his first year in secondary school.






بعد عودة 300 داعشي.. بريطانيا ترصد ركاب طائراتها

After the return of 300 ISIS fighters ..... Britain surveys the passengers on its planes.

ويزيد الرقم الذي أوردته الصحيفة المحافظة (700 غادروا وعاد منهم 320) عن الرقم الرسمي المعروف (500 غادروا عاد منهم 250).ـ

The number of ( 700 [fighters], 320 of whom left ) is provided as announced by the provincial journal [while] the official number is known to be ( 500, of whom 250 left ).

[Source: Al-Arabiya العربية on March 9, 2015]

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Syria - Commander of Al-Nusra Front Killed

This morning, the death of a key figure within Syria's Al-Nusra Front (also known as: Jabhat al-Nusra جبهة النصرة) has been reported by Al-Arabiya. In their fight against the Assad regime, the Al-Nusra Front is considered to be affiliated to Al-Qaeda organization as represented by Ayman al-Zawahiri. At the same time, it is seen in opposition with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), even though an ideological link between both organizations cannot be denied. However, it is still unclear who was behind the death of commander Abu Hamam.




من هو أبو همام القائد العسكري للنصرة الذي قتل بإدلب؟

Who is Abu Hamam, the military leader of Al-Nusra and who died in Idlib ?

قتِل، أمس الخميس، أبو همام الشامي القائد العسكري لـ"جبهة النصرة" وثلاثة من أعضاء "مجلس شورى الجبهة"، هم: أبو مصعب الفلسطيني وعمر الكردي وأبو البراء الأنصار، في انفجار لمقر الجبهة خلال اجتماع لقادة من الجبهة في بلدة سلقين بمحافظة إدلب.ـ

Yesterday, Thursday, Abu Hamam ash-Shami was killed, the military leader of "Al-Nusra Front" and No. 3 member of the "Front's Consultative Council" [and which comprises as well] Abu Maseb al-Filasdini, Omar al-Kurdi and Abu al-Baraa al-Ansar. [He was killed] in an explosion [at some local site] of the Front during a meeting of Front leaders in the community of [Salkin] in Idlib governorate.

[Source: Al-Arabiya العربية on March 6, 2015]

Yemen - Houthis Welcome Iran

طائرة إيرانية تحط بصنعاء والرئيس هادي يعترض

Iranian plane landing in Sana'a [earns] protest from president Hadi.

أكد الرئيس اليمني عبده ربه منصور هادي أن الاتفاق الذي وقع أمس السبت بين إيران والحوثيين على تسيير رحلات بين البلدين باطل وغير قانوني.ـ

The Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi confirmed that the treaty, signed yesterday on Saturday [Febr. 28] between Iran and the Houthis on the proceedings of travel between both countries, is both useless and illegal.

Editor's Note:
The Arabic article is referring to the landing of an Iranian passenger plane in Yemen's capital, carrying 12 tons of medical supplies as well as tents and Iranian Red Crescent aid workers, Iran's deputy ambassador Rasai Ebadi told Associated Press. Such effort is benefitting Houthy rule in Sana'a who had agreed to allow Iranian air traffic to the capital.
That decision is considered illegal by an opposing Yemeni government which has been only recently established in Aden, South Yemen. Their strongman Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a former vice-president, took over from Yemen's first president Ali Abdullah Saleh who had fled the country in 2011 in the frame of an uprising. On 22 Jan. 2015, Hadi resigned himself as acting president of Yemen when the Houthis seized the presidential palace and placed him under virtual house arrest. A month later, he escaped to his hometown of Aden, rescinded his resignation, and denounced the Houthi takeover as an unconstitutional coup d'état. His assertion of legitimacy has been challenged by the Houthis, who named a Revolutionary Committee to assume the powers of the presidency, as well as the General People's Congress, Hadi's own political party. Now, Hadi is quoted as saying that his predecessor " Saleh conspired with Iran to undermine a power transfer deal " and which should have led to the actual situation [Source: Reuters].

Latest news from the same edition of Al-Arabiya are indicating support of Yemen's counter-government in Aden by all other countries of the Arabian peninsula. Saudi-Arabia and the Gulf States should be most interested in a stable Yemeni government, aligned to the region's official position towards Iran and controlling the steady flow of working force from Yemen into these countries:

الكويت والإمارات تنضمان إلى السعودية وقطر وتستأنفان عمل سفارتيهما في اليمن من عدن

Kuwait and the Emirates join Saudi-Arabia and Qatar and let their embassies in Yemen reassume work in Aden.

[Source: Al-Arabiya العربية on 1st March 2015]

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Year of the Goat 2015

Welcome to the Year of the Goat !

There is some ambiguity in the Chinese character leading to its translation
as "sheep" or "goat". This is because many Chinese words are composed
of two characters instead of one. So it's up to you, if you want to see it as a
"docile lamb" 小羊 or rather a "powerful ram" 公羊. The isolated character
Yang 羊 has both of it which never created a problem in Chinese astrology.





لماذا تنضم النساء الغربيات لتنظيم "داعش" ؟

Why do Western Women Integrate into ISIS Organization ?

ذكرت باحثة أمريكية متخصصة في شؤون المرأة والعنف الجنسي أن هناك حاجة ملحة لفهم حقيقة دوافع النساء المنضمات لـ "داعش" من أجل القتال في صفوف التنظيم.ـ

It reminds U.S. specialist discussions about female questions and sexual violence [when there] a piquant object [is embracing] the reality of reasons for [such] women affiliated to ISIS in order to [join] the battle in the ranks of the organization.

[Source: RT Arabic on February 19, 2015]




After reports about female teenage runaways being attracted by ISIS, there is some need for basic information on the status of women in Islam. Here are two related video links of Islameyat Network, an Arabic TV station that is maintained by Muslimic converts to the Christian faith in order to discuss what they call The Islamic Dilemma. These videos include part 1 and 2 of an accurate analysis of the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith as far as it concerns the status of women in Islam:



Status of Women in Islam (I)

Status of Women in Islam (II)




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Choice of visitors to "blueprint news" who came on February 25, 2015.






Searching for Al-Qaeda and ISIS from Different Positions :

ISIS Member Boasting about Massacre of Egyptians

Last Update added on February 21, 2015.



An alleged ISIS terrorist taking a bath in the sea after
the killing of Egyptian prisoners at the coast of Libya?

ـ45يوم ماعر فتش فين الأسرى المصريين و اول مااتقتلوا عرفت اماكن التسليح و الذخيرة و كمان استعديت و ضربتهم.ـ
العيب على ابوديل اللى بيصدقك.ـ

45 days [passed .....] controlling the Egyptian prisoners and [the first of those going to kill] learnt about the hiding place of the weapons, the ammunition, [about] the plot prepared and their killing [i.e. of the prisoners].
Shame on Abu [Dil] who told you the truth.

[Source: Alleged terrorist "tweet" on a Twitter account related to ISIS organization and published on February 17, 2015. That account is claiming 10.900 tweets and 99.600 followers. Its address has been deliberately withheld by Ulysses.]


Update for February 18, 2015:

عقدت في العاصمة السعودية الرياض، أعمال المؤتمر الخامس لرؤساء هيئات الأركان لدول التحالف ضد تنظيم داعش الإرهابي، ومناقشة الأوضاع في سوريا بمشاركة (26) دولة.ـ

In the Saudi capital of Riyadh, proceedings of the fifth congress for leaders of the general staff's organisations took place [uniting] the countries allied against the terrorist organization of ISIS. Discussions of the situation in Syria [took place] with the contribution of 26 countries.

[Source: Al-Arabiya العربية on February 18, 2015]


Update for February 21, 2015:



فرنسا: الإرهاب في ليبيا "تهديد مباشر" لأوروبا

France: Terrorism in Libya is a " direct threat " to Europe.

عتبر رئيس الوزراء الفرنسي، مانويل فالس، أثناء مؤتمر للاشتراكيين الديمقراطيين في مدريد، أن الإرهاب يشكل "تهديداً مباشراً" على أمن أوروبا.ـ

In a laudatory speech at the Conference of Social Democrates in Madrid, the French prime minister Manuel Valls considered that terrorism is posing a " direct threat " to Europe's security.

[Source: on February 21, 2015.]

Editor's Note: The meeting on February 21, 2015, is hosted by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), and gathers PES leaders, Prime Ministers and EU Commissioners who are expected to discuss pivotal issues such as the fight against extremism.

ISIS Kills Coptic Egyptians in Libya

At the Mediterranean coast near Tripoli, Libya.


داعش ليبيا يبث فيديو ذبح الأقباط المصريين

ISIS in Libya propagates video of sacrificed Coptic Egyptians.

بث تنظيم داعش الإرهابي فيديو لعملية ذبح المصريين الأقباط المختطفين. وأظهرت الصور معاملة مشينة من عناصر التنظيم للأسرى، حيث ساقهم واحدا واحدا. وأظهرت إحدى صور تلطخ مياه البحر بلون الدم، في استعراض متوقع من التنظيم الدموي.ـ

The terrorist organization ISIS propagated a video [that is showing how] kidnapped Coptic Egyptians are being sacrificed. And they showed pictures of the proceedings of prisoner [treatment] by followers of the organization at the place they were led to one after the other. Some photos showed waves of sea water tainted with red colour, a probable floating of blood.

In that video as well, a masked spokesman of ISIS is referring to Osama Bin Laden whose
remainings had been left to the sea (below photo). As to the Egyptian citizens abducted by
ISIS, their overall number is reported to be 21.



[Source: Al-Arabiya العربية on February 15, 2014. Screenshots from the video were simultaneously distributed by Al-Jazeera.]

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From the Starting Point of the Internet: No Way Back for Foreign Jihadist Fighters.




Visitors from France searching for the Pictures of Foreign Jihadist Fighters on Feb. 9, 2015.




Fighting Terrorism - China's Position.

Egypt Worried about Iranian Influence

Update included later on February 13.



After their takeover of power in Yemen, the Houthis are being warned by Egypt's prime minister that his country would not allow Houthi control of the Almond Gate (Bab al-Mandeb) shipping passage in the Red Sea. The Bab-el-Mandeb strait is located between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and is an essential access to the Suez Canal in Egypt.



In a caricature, published by Mandab Press مندب برس and which seems to be a local Yemenite news service, the subject was already mentioned on February 2, 2015. That caricature shows a Houthi rolling out the red carpet for an Iranian ayatollah towards Bab al-Mandeb.




بالفيديو.. رئيس الوزراء: لن نسمح بسيطرة الحوثيين على مضيق "باب المندب"ـ

Prime minister on video: " We will not allow the Houthi to control the Almond Gate passage. "

شدد المهندس إبراهيم محلب، رئيس مجلس الوزراء، على أن مصر لن تسمح بسيطرة الحوثيين فى اليمن على مضيق باب المندب، قائلاً "لن نسمح بأى تهديد للأمن القومى المصرى، ومصر قادرة على الرد بالطريقة التى تراها".ـ

Ing. Ibrahim Mahlab, president of the state council, confirmed that Egypt would not allow the Houthis in Yemen to control the Almond Gate passage. He said: " We will not allow any threat to Egypt's national security. And Egypt is able to react in [an appropriate] way. "

[Source: 7th Day اليوم السابع on February 13, 2015]




روسيا تقف ضد المشروع «الخليجي» و مجلس الأمن يفشل في إدانة «الحوثيين»ـ

Russia resists a project of [Gulf states], and Security Council fails to accuse Houthis.

انتهت جلسة مجلس الأمن الدولي الخاصة باليمن أمس الخميس من دون التوصل إلى أي اتفاق بين الأعضاء.ـ ورفضت روسيا إصدار بيان من المجلس يحمّل الحوثيين مسؤولية ما يجري في اليمن.ـ

Yesterday, Thursday [i.e. Feb. 12], a special session on Yemen of the [UN] Security Council closed without result concerning an agreement of its participants.
Russia rejected the council's publication of a declaration that would charge the Houthis with responsibility for the development in Yemen.

[Source: AlkhabarNow.net الخبر on February 13, 2015. Please note that even though Alkhabar seems to be specialized in Arabic language news about Yemen, its server and IP-address are located in the U.S.A.]


القاعدة في الجنوب والحوثي في صنعاء واليمن غائب

With Al-Qaeda in the south and Houthi in Sanaa, Yemen gets lost.

[Source: DW , Arabic service of German national broadcaster on February 12, 2015]

Iran's Position in Yemen's Turmoil

Important Update added on February 9

On February 6, 2015, BBC London reported about the takeover of power in Yemen by Houthi rebels who announced to dissolve parliament as well. The Houthis delivered their message from the Republican palace in Sanaa to a huge gathering of political, military and tribal figures in an effort to demonstrate the range of their support. The Saudis are on the alert in what they see as an Iranian-backed Shia takeover in a country where they are used to exert political influence.

One day later, Al-Arabiya, a TV station in the United Emirates came with the following headline:

محللون: دعم إيران مكّن الحوثيين من الصعود السريع

Analysts say Iran supported the stabilization of Houthis with rising speed.




Iranian readers at a Tehran newspaper stall. [Al-Arabiya February 7, 2015]

The Houthis are a Muslimic sect traditionally living in parts of Northern Yemen, including the Yemenite capital of Sanaa. In 2009, Al-Jazeera had already published a map on its Arabic website showing the region where that group of Zaidiyyah Shia-Muslims is concentrated. The Houthis are named after a former commander, who was reportedly killed by Yemenite army forces in September 2004. The group's religious orientation makes them a potential partner for the Islamic Republic of Iran which is dominated by Shia-Islam as well.



Traditional strongholds of the Houthis in Yemen. [Al-Jazeera, August 12, 2009]

أبدت دول الخليج قلقها من تزايد النفوذ الإيراني في اليمن كما انتقدته واشنطن، وأعرب مجلس الأمن عن قلقه من تردي الأوضاع محذراً من فرض عقوبات في حال لم تستأنف المحادثات التي ترعاها الأمم المتحدة.ـ

For an eternity the Gulf states were alarmed by any augmentation of prestige for Iran in Yemen [similar to that whenever Iran was] criticized by Washington, and the [United Nations] Security Council became alarmed [of crashing into] the difficult situation of imposing sanctions in a matter of negotiations to be resumed under the auspices of the Security Council [itself].

فصعود المتمردين الحوثيين الخاطف، وتقدمهم في اليمن، ثم استيلاؤهم على السلطة، ما كان ليتم بحسب مراقبين دون تواطؤ داخلي ودور خارجي، ثقله وعمادُه الرئيسي هو إيران. فرغبة في وضع قواعد جديدة للسياسة في الشرق الأوسط، ومساومة القوى العظمى بشأن ملفات عدة، مكنها من أن تضع قدمها على باب المندب، وتغرس راياتها خفية في تراب اليمن، وتدق الأبواب الخلفية لدول الخليج ومصر، كما أنها تجد موطئ قدم على البحر الأحمر.ـ

The sudden rising of the Houthi rebels, their advance in Yemen and grip of power, which was a stand alone [action] according to observers [and] without secret complicity of [some foreign residency], was [even though claimed to be due to Iran's presidential support]. There are wishes for the installation of a new political structure in the Middle East .....

[Source: Al-Arabiya العربية on February 7, 2015]

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UPDATE for February 9:

The following text has been quoted from the Arabic website of Iran's TV station Al-Alam العالم.




الحوار اليمني يستأنف برعاية اممية للخروج من الازمة

The Yemenite dialogue is being resumed [at the time of]
international protection for an exodus from the capital.


An article from the same day is showing that Iran also supports the authorities of Palestine and how Palestine's ambassador to Tehran is evaluating that help.




سفير فلسطين في طهران: إيران سند أساسي لا غنى عنها

The Palestinian ambassador in Tehran said
Iran essentially helped in what is necessary.

أكد السفير الفلسطيني لدى طهران صلاح الزواوي أن إيران سند أساسي لللقضية الفلسطينية ولا غنى لفلسطين عنها؛ مشدداً على أن: مهمتنا كفلسطينيين أن ندفع باتجاه دفع العلاقات العربية الإيرانية.ـ

The Palestinian ambassador to Tehran, Salah al-Zaouaoui, confirmed that Iran essentially helped in the Palestinian cause [and Palestine needed it]. He however insisted: " It is important to us how we Palestinians are paying the debt [and face the cost of] Arabic Iranian relations. "

[Source: Al-Alam العالم, Tehran, on February 9, 2015]

Another source confirms that Palestine's Hezbollah and Hamas are approaching towards Iran. Hamas leader Khaled Meshal should have left to meet with Iranian leaders in Tehran. [Source: fr.labs.teads.tv]

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" Should we be worried that the enemy of our enemy Al Qaeda is also
friends with our other enemies -- adversaries, anyway -- in Tehran? "

Question raised by the Los Angeles Times on February 7, 2015, in the frame
of their column Why the U.S. is courting the Houthis taking control in Yemen.



Some guy from one of the poorest countries in the world
is searching for a schematic diagram of a rocket engine.
Honi soit qui mal y pense !