Haiti has to be to unluckiest third world nation ever.
Only months after their President was assassinated (by suspected foreign mercenaries), they’ve just had yet another earthquake with the death toll so far 300+, and expected to climb.
They’ve also got a tropical cyclone bearing down on them again…
But apart from all that though….
Seriously though despite our current woes we should thank our lucky stars every day
It’s been a wild time to be a political leader in Africa in 2021.
32 members of Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died from covid (5% of parliament).
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma sentenced to prison.
President of Chad killed in battle in April.
Looks wistfully in the direction of Canberra.
Death toll from the earthquake in Haiti has jumped to 1,400+.
ISIS in Afghanistan have attacked Kabul airport overnight, targeting Afghan civilians and U.S service personal helping with the evacuations. 13 U.S military killed, overall death toll looks to be over 100.
ISIS-K vs The Taliban is going to be brutal.
You don’t think that ISIS attack was orchestrated by the Taliban?
No.
The Taliban would have been told it was going to happen just as the US, UK et al were. The only group that “wins” with an attack like that is ISIS-K as it sows the seed of doubt in the Afghani people that The Taliban can provide them with the safety/protection that they claim they can.
Could The Taliban have done more to stop it, maybe, but at the end of the day both groups do not get along.
For two groups “that don’t get along” there seems to be plenty of collaboration
At this stage, i’d suggest they’re working under enemy of my enemy terms. Once Taliban formally take over, they’re going to have issues. It’s a very different situation when you have both controlling territory and fighting to get rid of the Afghan government, to the Taliban being the government and ISIS-K having to listen to them
So the ISIS-K operatives killed the other day by the US, were killed by Hellfire missile, that has had the explosive ordinance replaced with 6 blades that shoot out and skewer their target. Developed by Obama to reduce collateral damage.
ISIS-Kebab?
It’s a type of cereal. Afghani version of Special K. Keeps you looking good…
SO we have Isis on Ketamine now?
Keeps you trim, by exploding those calories.
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - Khorasan. Should really just be ISK. I’ve got a few issues with them including grammar.
What’s with France trying to pretend they’re still a first rate world power of late?
So much as been written about their “Indo-Pacific” strategy… where they’re inconsequential. Other than being an arms exporter what relevance do they have in the indo-pacific in the 21st century?
With Merkel stepping down, Macron is kinda the new de facto leader of this little thing called the European Union, which does sometimes have a tiny bit of influence in global affairs.