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August 1, 2022

Middle East Headlines, Concurrent Headlines in Ukraine, and Unusual Developments Gone Too Far in Other Regions, Please Read

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In the Middle East a popular name in Zawahiri has appeared in the news as now deceased. Name spelling variation Zawahri. Sometimes the prefix Al is found before it.

Standout comment, while on the subject of combatting terrorism in the Middle East, "As Mr. Kerchove commented in recent months, ISIL is seeking to reassert itself and ramp up deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq while governments are distracted with tackling the virus." (Briefing to the EU Council Working Group on Terrorism (external aspects) – COTER 24 June 2020)

As is popularly known ISIL is another big name group along with Al Qaeda, whereat the particular Zawahiri that was reportedly killed within the past week, in Ayman Al Zawahiri, is described these days as known for his positioning with Al Qaeda, summarily understood to be at the helm of it in capacity as the point of attention for that position.

Records say Ayman Zawahiri as of today was just over 71 on the Gregorian calendar, on global calendars, roughly 70, early 70s. En segue as is the anticipated expectations for individuals about that age, most of the concern about him as expressed by world leaders was the devising of designs of dangerous plots of terrorism.

Since at least the 1950s, the dynamics of overdogs and underdogs, heroes and bullies, oppressors and victims of political/religious oppression, has twisted around and around, pertinently in the framework of the Middle East. Head leaders of Egypt in most of the said decades have essentially been allies with the US, reference Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak. At the same time, it has been noted by many in many nations of the world that there have been times where, markedly, some of the jail and prison situations of political/religious prisoners, in reference to Egypt, has been considered extreme and cruel and unusual. Many in the world that have heard about some of those treatment while in confinement incidents, probably would feel more comfortable if the severity of the treatment was not there.

Even though Ayman Al Zawahiri may have had interface with dimensions of what was going on in the inside ripples of tensions within Egypt, the helm of Al Qaeda was not one that was commonly overlooked.

In the meantime, of course in the meantime, is a major transitioning term, historically used in times like these, meaningful as well, the tensions in Ukraine over the Russia military actions persists, there is turmoil within Russia while bastion of military action on Ukraine and it being upheld as having a rationale for it to supported to a high extent is sought to be hung on to where numerous arrests are being made for the slightest of things like protesting with a blank piece of paper, sensitivity to such actions like the blank paper, is increasing as the subtleties spell out increasingly louder messages, not because of the message, but because of the actions that brought them about; the Burma/Myanmar situation, of junta forces as how it is popularly understood in the English speaking press, does not appear to be getting any better nor slated to, in terms of a letting up there.

Is Tbilisi a safe haven? It was not in the past.

Among rationale pointed out by more analytical news concerning attacks on Ukraine by Russia, was the detaining of political prisoners issue, whereon, 'Jailed former president of ex-Soviet Georgia faces court' November 29, 2021, https://apnews.com/article/europe-hunger-strikes-arrests-georgia-tbilisi-28eabb3ffee24a1a74b1e9fe03e93a15.

And, '...Kinzinger Requests HIMARS Be Sent to Georgia' by GEORGIA TODAY August 1, 2022 https://georgiatoday.ge/adam-kinzinger-demands-himars-to-be-transferred-to-georgia/. Perhaps proving, that to state as a possible concern, is not exactly pulling made up thoughts out as a rabbit trick for gimmicks and tongue exercise.

Moreover, weapons may not be the sole solution, just as holding back an ocean with 3 bricks makes little practical sense. Moving folks out might have to be on the lay.

The US is having a set of difficulties within its own borders, of different kinds of strange developments that are ordinarily anomalies, that have mushroomed in numerous areas and gotten larger than what many may have thought as conceivable. Women being the victims of violence by men over a sum of money or a piece of property like jewelry, a few dollars, or a road vehicle. Unusually mushrooming 'communities' of persons struggling to find housing, some of them wealthy enough to be in the top 15% of wealthiest people in the world.

In closing, South Africa will be stated on this page last, this story, as at least 3 devastating events have occurred there within about the past 5 weeks.

Quickly selected stories here:

More than 80 men arrested after eight models raped while filming music video (msn.com) August 1, 2022

Siqhopholozi Tuckshop in Savannah Park mass shooting claiming about 7 lives, July 30th stories, local South Africa newspapers

https://abcnews.go.com/International/14-dead-injured-south-africa-tavern-shooting/story?id=86547921 July 13, 2022

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-africa-mass-shooting-police-say-many-dead-in-bar-shooting-in-soweto/ July 10, 2022

Mystery remains over deaths of 21 teenagers at South African nightclub - ABC News (go.com) June 26, 2022