Thoughts of the day every day in 2014

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Dr. Izady author of Gulf/2000 maps

Distribution of Kurds 2012



Link to large map showing Syrian cultural history zones

http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/map ... nes_lg.png

Link to lots of other middle eastern maps

http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/maps.shtml

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Islamic State - Nusra Front - Islamic Front - al-Qaeda

Just who is fighting whom in Syria
(this is not a complete list)

Syrian government and allies

Syrian government forces

Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Jaysh al-Sha'bi
Suqur al-Sahara

Allied armed groups:

Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas
Badr Organization
Haidar al-Karar Brigade
Promised Day Brigades
PFLP–GC
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Jaysh al-Muwahhideen
Palestine Liberation Army
Syrian Resistance
Kata'ib Hezbollah
Ba'ath Brigades
Fatah al-Intifada
State of Palestine Liwa Al Quds
Arab Democratic Party
Houthis
Popular Committees
RPLP-F
Mavros Krinos
Arab Nationalist Guard
Liwa Dhu al-Fiqar
Russia Slavonic Corps
Faylak Wa’ad al-Sadiq
al-Berri clan
Tayy tribe militias
al-Jihesh tribe militias
Hezbollah
Iran
Quds Force
Basij

Armament support:

Russia
North Korea
Iraq

Non-lethal military support:

Venezuela

Opposition government and allies

Syrian National Coalition Armed Forces

Free Syrian Army
Syria Revolutionaries Front
Hazzm Movement

Allied armed groups

Islamic Front
Al-Nusra Front
Khorasan Group
Army of Mujahedeen
Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
Supporters of the Religion Front
Ghuraba al-Sham
Jund al-Sham (Lebanese group)
Abdullah Azzam Brigade
Fatah al-Islam
Ansar al-Islam
Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance
Turkistan Islamic Party
Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
Syria Authenticity and Development Front
Syria Free Syrian Union
Junud al-Sham
Jaysh al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah
Deir-ez Zor Sharia Court
Syria Brigade of al-Qaka
Syria Revolutionary Council
Syria Tawafiq
Fajr al-Islam
Kurdish Katibat al-Taliban
Liwa al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
Syria Liwa al-Asifa
Ansar al-Khalifa Brigade
People's Liberation Faction
Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki
Sham Legion
Shields of the Revolution Council
Alwiya al-Furqan
Group of the One and Only
Northern Sun Battalion

Armament support:

Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
United States
Libya

Non-lethal military support:

United Kingdom
France

Kurdish self-administration and allies

Kurdish Self-Administration

People's Protection Units Flag.svg People's Protection Units (YPG)
Asayish
Jabhat al-Akrad
Kurdistan Workers' Party
Shammar tribe militias
Sharabiyya tribe militias
Zubayd tribe militias
Kurdish Union Party (Yekîtî)

Syriac Union Party

Syriac Military Council (MFS)
Logo of the Sutoro Syriac Police.jpg Sutoro

Armament support:

Kurdistan Regional Government
Kurdistan Democratic Party
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Islamic State government and allies

Islamic State
Turkey

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Today is my day

I am the Great Witch Azzara

Bringer of Peace - Spreader of Love

Internationally known

A natural born witch of a line of witches

Clairsentient - Psychic - Clairvoyant

A caster of spells - weaver of magic

And a very nasty person

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Turkish man with four wives has his 32nd child

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long encouraged families to have at least three children, but one father in Hatay has repaid the head of state’s demand more than ten-fold, siring 32 children from four wives. Thirty-two offspring, however, is not enough for Halit Tekin, who hopes to reach the nice round figure of 50 kids.

Kurds had better free themselves from Turkey quickly before more animals such as him decide to out-breed them



Disgusting man

Treats women as baby making machines

I wonder how he supports them all

Has he made the older ones work to support the younger ones - because he does not look akin to a millionaire to me

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Defaul ... eryID=2328

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New Scientific Study:

Islamic State Militants Vs Chimps

(Note: chimps are the better looking ones in the lower row)

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Anthea scored 64,940 playing Mahjong 3D (...
Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:21 am

I seem to be a lot quicker first thig in the morning

Perhaps either Piling or Londoner have a theory as to why that might be

I have not had my breakfast yet nor have I had any tea or coffee to stimulate me

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It was excellent to see all those people protesting yesterday

I hope that an equal amount of people will support the Yazidis

Sadly - while looking through the many photos of yesterday's protests - I found no mention of Yazidis

Actually I am rather disgusted with the lack of support Yazidis are receiving

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What I believe should be Kurdish priorities

The rescue of kidnapped Yazidi women & girls (this has to be the first priority)

No Kurds who has a mother - daughter - wife of sister should remain silent

Securing the health and safety of the Yazidis 0n and around Mt Sinjar

Protecting Yazidi lands and shrines

Giving much needed aid to Yazidis in camps and elsewhere who now face a freezing winter with no proper weather-proof shelter - no warm clothing and no where near enough healthy food

Once the Yazidis are safe the next priority MUST BE the protection of Hasankeyf

If Kurds allow the flooding of this historical site then they will bear the SHAME for generations to come

Third could be Kobani

Kobani confuses me

I do not understand why nobody protested or put much effort into saving Kobani until THOUSANDS of Kurds from Kobani and the surrounding area had run away the oncoming Islamic State

Why did Kurds wait until those in Kobani had lost everything

What was the benefit ???

The Kurds of Kobani certainly did not gain anything

The people of Kobani lost:

Family members - parents - siblings - husbands - wives - brothers - sisters - children

All their belonging - personal belongings - household items - their homes - their cars - their jobs -their businesses

Their close knit community and their entire way of life

Strategically and logically it would have much easier and far less expensive to prevent this disaster from ever taking place

America seems happy to spend billions of dollars in destroying Kobani

Will it now spend billions of dollars to rebuild that which they have destroyed?

In reality nobody ever had to bomb Kobani

The town of Kobani sits in open farmland

If would have been extremely easy to prevent the Islamic State from getting anywhere near the Town

Why was Kobani allowed to be attacked and almost destroyed ???

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High on my list of priorities is also Erbil

The Citadel of Erbil is a rich historical repository holding evidence of many millennia of habitation; more than 8000 years old, it is the longest continuously inhabited site in the world. This longevity was made possible by the existence of abundant ground water, which has sustained the population throughout its long history. The Citadel rises 28-32 m above the surrounding city and overlooks the wheat fields which extend all the way to the Greater Zab River thirty kilometres to the west. The mound has been formed by successive layers of settlements: Assyrian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Persian and Greek.

Based on the results of UNESCO expert missions, the Organization has developed a project proposal which is a very important preparatory component of a broader project, the Conservation Master Plan and Nomination file to subscribe the Erbil Citadel at the World Heritage List (WHL).

A memorandum of understanding was signed between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and UNESCO on 2nd September 2007 to proceed with the first phase of the rehabilitation and restoration project of Erbil Citadel.

A training course was organized by UNESCO Iraq Office in coordination with the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). Seven specialized engineers from Kurdistan participated in the training, which was conducted in Kadir Has University in Istanbul–Turkey from 18 October to 3 November 2007 and covered the following topics:

Introduction to Conservation of Architectural Heritage in Iraq: International Principles of Protection & their Application in a National Context.
Introduction to Investigation & Conservation of Structural Failures in Historic Buildings.
Introduction to Maintenance Management Systems, Supervision, & Monitoring of Preservation Project.

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/iraq-offic ... l-citadel/

Erbil and Hasankeyf should both be of equal importance to Kurds

Neither site should be destroyed

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Much has been made in the media about the vast Ebola outbreak in Africa

Agreed Ebola is a terrible thing

But the outbreak does seem to have been given disproportionately high media coverage



Ebola and the Islamic State do appear to posses a strange commonality

Both were known to be dangerous

Both were known to be fast growing

Both were ignored while they continued to grow expediently
destroying thousand of lives in their wake

Both are now being given far greater media coverage that the situations warrant

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Prestidigitation

I strongly suspect that within America both Ebola and the Islamic State are being used as reasons to remove yet more rights from the American people

People who live in a constant of fear will agree to anything their government wants to do - any and all laws the government wants to bring in if it convinces the population those laws are for the protection of the people

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Photos of my favourite Kurdish singer and my favourite Kurdish politician side by side





We call for the independence of Kurdistan

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W O W

Unbeliavably I have just beaten my old score

65,520

I cannot believe it

65,520

I am going to have some chocolate to celebrate

Shortly after that I scored:

65,160

I think the game just felt sorry for me