The medium of the most perfect exchange between us, henceforth and forever, the indestructible, the unchangeable, the universal currency of good will and peace ― Virchand Gandhi
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| GLOBAL |
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| LIBYA |
"U.S. Strikes Qaeda Target in Southern Libya, Expanding Shadow War There," by NYT's Declan Walsh in Benghazi and Eric Schmitt in Washington: "The United States military carried out its first ever drone strike against Qaeda militants in southern Libya this weekend, signaling a possibly significant expansion of the American counterterrorism campaign in the North African nation. Until now, the Pentagon had focused its counterterrorism strikes in Libya almost exclusively on Islamic State fighters and operatives farther north - eight since President Trump took office.
"In 2016, the military conducted nearly 500 airstrikes in the coastal city of Surt over several months to destroy the Islamic State's stronghold there. But the attack on Saturday that the military's Africa Command said had killed two militants - later identified by a spokeswoman as belonging to Al Qaeda's branch in northwestern Africa - took place in the country's southwest, a notorious haven for a deadly mix of Al Qaeda and other extremist groups that also operate in the Sahel region of Niger, Chad, Mali and Algeria." [POLITICO Playbook, March 26, 2018]
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| BURKINA FASO |
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| GHANA |
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| SOUTH AFRICA |
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| ASIA |
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| SOUTH KOREA |
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| THAILAND |
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| JAPAN |
"The Five Types of Heads
"The decapitated head of a victim normally falls into one of five categories.
Ugan
Right-eyed
The eyes of the dead stare to the right
Sagan
Left-eyed
The eyes of the dead stare to the left
Tengan
Heaven-eyed
The eyes of the dead stare up at the heavens
Jigan
Earth-Eyed
The Eyes of the dead stare down to the earth
Butsugan
Buddha-eyed
The eyes of the dead are half closed in a Buddha-like position
from Samurai and Ninja by Antony Cummins.
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| RUSSIA |
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| AFGHANISTAN |
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| AUSTRALIA |
Myriota, an Australian startup focused on nano-satellite IoT connectivity, raised US$15 million in Series A funding. Main Sequence Ventures and Blue Sky VC co-led, and were joined by Boeing HorizonX Ventures, Singtel Innov8 and Right Click Capital. www.myriota.com [AXIOS Pro Rata: Tuesday, March 27]
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| ANTARCTICA |
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