伊斯蘭國瞄準伊拉克的電線以散佈混亂

“最近幾天，伊拉克約有 44 到 45 座電塔成為恐怖分子的目標，其中大部分已經修復，”當地報導說。

作者：SETH J. FRANZMAN

2021 年 7 月 6 日 14:10

2021 年 2 月 20 日，在冬季天氣導緻美國德克薩斯州休斯頓停電後，可以看到一個變電站

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伊拉克安全部隊有一個新問題需要處理，因為 ISIS 恐怖分子一直在攻擊電力線，通常是在大型塔架上長途跋涉的那種。最近幾週，全球聖戰組織襲擊了數十人。

現在伊拉克說它在希特市附近伏擊了一些恐怖分子。它成功地挫敗了迪亞拉省的襲擊。

對於伊拉克來說，這只是在似乎沒有足夠電力產生的炎熱夏季的一個小喘息。停電是正常的。伊朗也沒有向伊拉克輸送電力，因為它有危機。ISIS 已經開始攻擊這個基礎設施，以此來傳達它仍然控制著農村的信息。

發生這種情況時，許多伊拉克人使用發電機或被迫斷電。

“最近幾天，伊拉克約有 44 到 45 座電塔成為恐怖分子的目標，其中大部分已經修復，”當地報導說。

與此同時，在伊拉克其他地區，親伊朗的民兵對美軍的襲擊越來越多。伊斯蘭國還襲擊伊拉克部分地區的檢查站。這意味著伊拉克的基本安全面臨諸多挑戰。

伊朗正試圖奪取伊拉克的部分領土並迫使美國離開； ISIS正試圖搶占另一部分。夾在中間的是普通的伊拉克人、自治的庫爾德斯坦地區以及人們希望從數十年的戰爭和貧困中得到喘息的地區。

ISIS targets electricity lines in Iraq to spread mayhem

“About 44 to 45 electricity towers in Iraq have been targeted by terrorists in recent days, most of which have been repaired,” say local reports.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

JULY 6, 2021 14:10

An electrical substation is seen after winter weather caused electricity blackouts in Houston, Texas, US, February 20, 2021

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Iraqi security forces have a new problem to deal with, as ISIS terrorists have been attacking electric power lines, usually the kind that travel long distances on large pylons. The worldwide jihadist group has attacked dozens in recent weeks.

Now Iraq says that it ambushed some of the terrorists near the city of Hit. It has succeeded in thwarting attacks in Diyala province.

For Iraq, this is only a minor respite in a hot summer where it appears that not enough electricity is being generated. Blackouts are normal. Iran is also not transferring electricity to Iraq because it has a crisis. ISIS has started attacking this infrastructure as a way to send a message that it still controls the countryside.

Many Iraqis use generators or are forced to go without electricity when this happens.

“About 44 to 45 electricity towers in Iraq have been targeted by terrorists in recent days, most of which have been repaired,” say local reports.

Meanwhile, in other parts of Iraq, there have been increasing attacks on US forces by pro-Iran militias. ISIS is also attacking Iraqi checkpoints in some parts of the country. This means that Iraq faces numerous challenges to its basic security.

Iran is trying to grab parts of Iraq and pressure the US to leave; ISIS is trying to grab another part. Stuck in the middle are ordinary Iraqis, the autonomous Kurdistan region and areas where people want a respite from decades of war and privation.

意大利逮捕四名涉嫌向伊斯蘭國匯款的人

30,000 歐元被轉移到德國、俄羅斯、泰國和許多其他國家的 ISIS 武裝分子的資金收集者。

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2021 年 7 月 5 日 19:33

2014 年 6 月 29 日，一名忠於伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯蘭國 (ISIL) 的成員在拉卡揮舞著伊黎伊斯蘭國的旗幟。 佔領伊拉克和敘利亞大片領土的基地組織分支已宣布自己為伊斯蘭“哈里發國”和呼籲世界各地的派系宣誓效忠

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意大利警方周一表示，他們逮捕了四名男子，他們被控向歐洲和中東各地的人提供資金，這些人代表伊斯蘭國收集資金，調查導致一個更大的涉嫌資助恐怖主義的網絡。

這四名男子涉嫌從意大利東南部城鎮安德里亞的一家匯款機構向塞爾維亞、德國、土耳其、約旦、泰國和俄羅斯等國的42 名武裝分子集資機構匯款共計 30,000 歐元。

意大利稅務警察上校 Luca Cioffi 表示，隨後的調查顯示，同樣的 42 名收藏家從其他來源收到了多達 100 萬歐元的可疑轉賬。

喬菲說，週一被捕的男子支付的款項包括向兩名俄羅斯人支付的 5,000 歐元，幾天前，俄羅斯南部的一座教堂遭到襲擊，造成五名婦女死亡。

調查人員仍在努力確定資金來源：“今天被捕的人失業，沒有收入，因此仍在進行調查，以確定是誰給他們錢寄往國外”，Ciofi 告訴路透社。

該調查由地區首府巴里的反黑手黨檢察官牽頭，於 2017 年開始，此前巴黎檢察官就兩起 950 歐元從意大利南部的一個小機構向一名被法國人認為是犯罪嫌疑人的黎巴嫩國民提供了舉報。為在敘利亞的外國戰士收錢。（Emilio Parodi 報導，Gavin Jones 和 Peter Graff 編輯）

Italy arrests four suspected of sending funds to Islamic State

30,000 euros were transferred to collectors of funds for ISIS militants in Germany, Russia, Thailand and many other countries.

By REUTERS

JULY 5, 2021 19:33

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014. The offshoot of al Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a st

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Italian police said on Monday they had arrested four men accused of sending funds to people across Europe and the Middle East who were collecting on behalf of Islamic State, in an investigation that led to a larger suspected terrorism-funding network.

The four men were suspected of wiring 30,000 euros in total from a money transfer agency in the southeastern Italian town of Andria to 42 collectors of funds for militants, in countries including Serbia, Germany, Turkey, Jordan, Thailand and Russia.

Subsequent investigations showed the same 42 collectors had received as much as 1 million euros in suspicious transfers from other sources, said Luca Cioffi, a colonel in the Italian tax police.

The payments made by the men arrested on Monday included 5,000 euros sent to two Russians, days before an attack on a church in southern Russia that killed five women, Cioffi said.

Investigators were still trying to determine the source of the funds: "The people arrested today are unemployed and have no income, so investigations are still ongoing to identify who was giving them money to send abroad", Cioffi told Reuters.

The probe, led by anti-mafia prosecutors in regional capital Bari, started in 2017 following a tip-off from Paris prosecutors over two transfers of 950 euros each from a small agency in southern Italy to a Lebanese national considered by the French to be a money collector for foreign fighters in Syria. (Reporting by Emilio Parodi Editing by Gavin Jones and Peter Graff)

塔利班計劃最快下個月在會談中提交書面和平計劃

據塔利班發言人稱，塔利班計劃向阿富汗政府提交書面和平提案。

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2021 年 7 月 6 日 03:19

2019 年 5 月 30 日，塔利班代表團成員在莫斯科與阿富汗高級政客進行和平談判後離開

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在塔利班的計劃提出盡快在下個月的書面和平建議阿富汗政府方面，對伊斯蘭武裝分子的一位發言人說，儘管他們作出離去的外國軍隊離開了突破口主要領土的收益。

自從美國撤離其主要的阿富汗基地以來，數百名阿富汗安全部隊成員在塔利班的進攻下逃往鄰國塔吉克斯坦，該基地是美國和北約在該國的核心基地，作為撤出所有外國勢力的計劃的一部分。 9 月 11 日之前的部隊。

雖然巴格拉姆空軍基地移交給阿富汗軍隊為塔利班奪取新地區控制權的行動增添了動力，但塔利班領導人上週在卡塔爾首都多哈與阿富汗政府特使重新進行了長期陷入僵局的會談。

塔利班發言人扎比胡拉·穆賈希德週一對路透社說：“未來幾天和平談判和進程將加快……預計他們將進入一個重要階段，自然會涉及和平計劃。”

“可能需要一個月的時間才能達到雙方分享書面和平計劃的階段，”他說，並補充說最新一輪會談正處於關鍵時刻。

“雖然我們（塔利班）在戰場上佔了上風，但我們非常重視對話和對話。”

戰鬥的高潮和數千名破爛不堪的阿富汗安全部隊成員的逃亡，引發了人們對美國支持的和平談判的嚴重懷疑，該談判於去年在當時的總統唐納德特朗普政府的領導下開始。

美國國務院發言人在回應就塔利班代表的言論發表評論的請求時表示，談判解決是結束阿富汗 40 年戰爭的唯一途徑。

這位官員說：“我們敦促雙方進行認真的談判，以確定阿富汗未來的政治路線圖，以實現公正和持久的解決。

這位官員補充說：“世界不會接受阿富汗政府以武力強加的做法。” “任何阿富汗政府只有在尊重人權的基礎上才有可能獲得合法性和援助。”

塔利班的實際進展

西方安全官員表示，叛亂部隊佔領了 100 多個地區，但塔利班表示，他們控制了 34 個省的 200 多個地區，佔中亞國家的一半以上。

塔利班邊防部隊稱，週日，1000 多名阿富汗安全人員在塔利班推進後越過北部邊境撤退到塔吉克斯坦，另有數十人被叛亂分子抓獲。

監督阿富汗內部談判的外交官一再尋求鄰國巴基斯坦的幫助，以說服塔利班領導人提供書面和平計劃，即使它採取了最高綱領，例如恢復強硬的伊斯蘭統治，讓人想起該組織 1996 年至 2001 年執政時期。

上個月，歐盟阿富汗問題特使托馬斯·尼克拉松表示，時間已經不多了，書面提案將是巴基斯坦成功利用塔利班的標誌。

阿富汗和平事務部發言人納賈·安瓦里證實，阿富汗內部談判已經恢復，並表示其代表“非常高興”塔利班特使直接拒絕這一進程。

“很難預料塔利班會在一個月內向我們提供和平計劃的書面文件，但讓我們保持積極態度。我們希望他們提出（它）以便了解他們想要什麼，”安瓦里說。

上個月，阿富汗官方和平委員會主席呼籲，儘管塔利班襲擊事件激增，但不應放棄關於解決數十年毀滅性暴力的長期停滯的談判——除非叛亂分子自己退出。

上週，作為與塔利班達成諒解的一部分，美軍撤離了巴格拉姆空軍基地，自 2001 年 9 月 11 日基地組織襲擊美國後將激進的伊斯蘭運動趕下台以來，它一直與塔利班作戰。

Taliban aim to present written peace plan at talks as soon as next month

The Taliban plan to present a written peace proposal to the Afghan government, according to a spokesman for the Taliban.

By REUTERS

JULY 6, 2021 03:19

Members of a Taliban delegation leave after peace talks with Afghan senior politicians in Moscow, May 30, 2019

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The Taliban plan to present a written peace proposal to the Afghan government side as soon as next month, a spokesman for the Islamist insurgents said even as they make major territorial gains in the breach left by departing foreign forces.

Hundreds of Afghan security force members have fled into neighboring Tajikistan in the face of Taliban advances since the United States vacated its main Afghan base, centerpiece of US and NATO might for almost two decades in the country, as part of a plan to withdraw all foreign troops by Sept. 11.

While the transfer of Bagram Air Base to the Afghan army added momentum to a Taliban drive to seize control over new districts, Taliban leaders renewed the long stalled talks with Afghan government envoys in Qatar's capital Doha last week.

"The peace talks and process will be accelerated in the coming days … and they are expected to enter an important stage, naturally it will be about peace plans," Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters on Monday.

"Possibly it will take a month to reach that stage when both sides will share their written peace plan," he said, adding that the latest round of talks were at a critical juncture.

"Although we (Taliban) have the upper hand on the battlefield, we are very serious about talks and dialog."

The upsurge in fighting and the flight of thousands of members of the tattered Afghan security forces have raised grave doubt about the US-backed peace negotiations, which began last year under the then-President Donald Trump's administration.

Responding to a request for comment on the Taliban representative's remarks, a spokesperson for the US State Department said a negotiated settlement was the only way to end 40 years of war in Afghanistan.

"We urge the sides to engage in serious negotiations to determine a political roadmap for Afghanistan’s future that leads to a just and durable settlement, the official said.

"The world will not accept the imposition by force of a government in Afghanistan," the official added. "Legitimacy and assistance for any Afghan government can only be possible if that government has a basic respect for human rights."

TALIBAN ADVANCES ON THE GROUND

Western security officials said insurgent forces have captured more than 100 districts but the Taliban say they have control of more than 200 districts in 34 provinces comprising over half the Central Asian country.

On Sunday, more than 1,000 Afghan security personnel retreated across the northern border into Tajikistan after Taliban advances, the Tajik border guard service said, while dozens of others were captured by the insurgents.

Diplomats overseeing the intra-Afghan talks have repeatedly sought neighboring Pakistan's help to convince Taliban leaders to offer a written peace plan even if it took a maximalist line, such as the restoration of hardline Islamist rule reminiscent of the group's 1996-2001 period in power.

Last month the European Union's special envoy for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, said time was running out and that a written proposal would be a sign of successful Pakistani leverage over the Taliban.

Najia Anwari, spokesperson for Afghanistan's Ministry for Peace Affairs, confirmed that intra-Afghan talks had resumed and said its representatives were "very happy" that Taliban envoys were rejecting the process outright.

"It is difficult to anticipate that the Taliban will provide us with their written document of a peace plan in a month but let's be positive. We hope they present (it) so as to understand what they want," said Anwari.

Last month the head of Afghanistan's official peace council called for the long halting talks on a settlement to decades of devastating violence should not be abandoned despite surging Taliban attacks - unless the insurgents themselves pulled out.

Last week US forces vacated Bagram Air Base as part of an understanding with the Taliban, against whom it has fought since ousting the radical Islamist movement from power after the Sept. 11, 2001 al Qaeda attacks on the United States.

伊朗人抗議停電危機，高呼“哈梅內伊之死”

根據社交媒體上發布的視頻，抗議活動在某些地區變成了政治性的，人們高呼“獨裁者去死”和“哈梅內伊去死”。

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2021 年 7 月 6 日 21:22

2020 年 1 月 13 日，烏克蘭客機在德國柏林墜毀，活動人士在德國聯邦外交部前抗議伊朗政府

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伊朗總統哈桑·魯哈尼 (Hassan Rouhani) 週二就熱浪期間大規模停電向伊朗人道歉，熱浪引發了廣泛批評並引發了街頭抗議。

官員們將停電歸咎於對電力需求的激增，以及低降雨量減少了水力發電量以及非法加密貨幣礦場獲得補貼電力。

魯哈尼在國家電視台發表的講話中說：“我向過去幾天面臨問題和苦難的親愛的人們道歉，並敦促他們合作（通過控制用電）。人們抱怨停電，他們是對的。” .

“能源部沒有錯……但部長應該來向人們解釋問題所在，我們必須找到解決方案。”

根據伊朗新聞媒體和社交媒體上的帖子，憤怒的居民聚集在幾個城市抗議停電，這些停電通常沒有按照國營電力公司宣布的停電時間表進行。

根據社交媒體上發布的視頻，抗議活動在某些地區變成了政治性的，人們在停電期間高呼“獨裁者之死”和“（最高領導人阿亞圖拉阿里）哈梅內伊之死”和其他口號。

路透社無法獨立核實視頻的真實性。

“抗議者說，頻繁的停電造成了很多問題，包括公寓斷水、冰箱裡的肉類和家禽等物品變質，以及家用電器損壞，”半官方的 ISNA 通訊社從東北部城鎮科爾德奎報導。 .

Iranians protest over power outage crisis, chant 'Death to Khamenei'

Protests turned political in some areas, with people chanting "Death to the dictator" and "Death to Khamenei," according to videos posted on social media.

By REUTERS

JULY 6, 2021 21:22

Activists protest against Iranian government in front of German Federal Foreign Office after a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed in Iran, in Berlin, Germany, January 13, 2020

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President Hassan Rouhani apologized to Iranians on Tuesday over massive power outages during a heatwave that have drawn widespread criticism and triggered street protests.

Officials have blamed the blackouts on surging demand for power, along with low rainfall cutting hydroelectric output and illegal cryptocurrency mining farms accessing subsidized electricity.

"I apologize to our dear people who have faced problems and suffering in the past few days and I urge them to cooperate (by curbing power use). People complain about power outages and they are right," Rouhani said in remarks carried by state TV.

"The Energy Ministry is not at fault… but the minister should come and explain to the people what the problem is and we have to find a solution."

Angry residents gathered in several cities to protest against the outages, which often did not follow blackout schedules announced by the state-run electricity companies, according to Iranian news outlets and postings on social media.

Protests turned political in some areas, with people chanting "Death to the dictator" and "Death to (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei" and other slogans during blackouts, according to videos posted on social media.

Reuters could not independently verify the videos' authenticity.

"Protesters said the frequent power outages had caused many problems, including water cuts in apartments, spoilage of meat and poultry and other items in refrigerators, and damage to household appliances," the semi-official ISNA news agency reported from the northeastern town of Kordkuy.

美國，危地馬拉軍隊突襲極端主義哈雷迪列夫塔霍爾邪教大院

該教派被指控強迫年僅 12 歲的女孩與該教派內年長得多的男性結婚。

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2021 年 7 月 6 日 22:45

危地馬拉的列夫·塔霍爾成員

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據環球報週二晚間報導，美國和危地馬拉當地警方已開始突襲極端正統（haredi）邪教Lev Tahor 的大院，逮捕了該邪教的至少三名高級官員。

Globes 的另一位記者報導說，邪教成員約爾 (Yoel) 和什穆爾·溫加滕 (Shmuel Weingarten) 已被捕。

近年來，美國和危地馬拉軍隊對該邪教的領導人和成員進行了多次突襲，主要是針對綁架和虐待兒童的指控，並於去年 3 月逮捕了他們的領導人雅科夫·溫斯坦 (Yaakov Weinstein)。2019 年，四名成員因綁架兩名被母親帶走的孩子而被起訴，希望將孩子送回列夫塔霍爾。

該教派被指控強迫年僅 12 歲的女孩與該教派內年長得多的男性結婚。

Lev Tahor 於 80 年代末在紐約成立，2003 年定居加拿大。該組織的創始人​​ Slomo Helbrans 因綁架他在 90 年代初在紐約輔導的孩子而被定罪，但在入獄兩年後獲釋。

在 2000 年被驅逐到以色列後，Helbrans 於 2003 年將他的運動帶到了加拿大，該邪教在那裡持續了 10 年，之後引起了加拿大當局的興趣，之後他們集體逃往危地馬拉。

Shlomo Helbrans 於 2017 年在墨西哥溺水身亡，該組織的控制權掌握在他的兒子 Nachman 和一些據信更加極端的同夥手中。

US, Guatemalan forces raid extremist haredi Lev Tahor cult compound

The sect has been accused of forcing girls as young as 12 years old into marriages with much older men within the sect.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JULY 6, 2021 22:45

Members of Lev Tahor in Guatemala

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US and local Guatemalan police have begun raiding the compound of the extremist ultra-Orthodox (haredi) cult, Lev Tahor, arresting at least three top officials in the cult, Globes reported on Tuesday evening.

Another reporter for Globes reported that cult-members Yoel and Shmuel Weingarten have been arrested.

US and Guatemalan forces have performed several raids on the cult's leaders and members in recent years, mainly for kidnapping and child abuse charges, arresting their leader Yaakov Weinstein last March. In 2019, four members were indicted for kidnapping two children whose mother had taken them, wanting to return the children to Lev Tahor.

The sect has been accused of forcing girls as young as 12 years old into marriages with much older men within the sect.

Founded in New York in the late 80's, Lev Tahor settled in Canada in 2003. The group's founder Slomo Helbrans was convicted for kidnapping a child he was tutoring in the early 90's in New York, but released after only two years in prison.

After being deported to Israel in 2000, Helbrans took his movement to Canada in 2003 where the cult remained for 10 years before rousing the interest of Canadian authorities, after which they collectively fled to Guatemala.

Shlomo Helbrans drowned in Mexico in 2017, leaving control of the group in the hands of his son Nachman and some associates who are believed to be even more extremist.

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