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Afghanistan
26 confirmed dead, 18 wounded in Kabul suicide attack
[Khaama.com] The sound of an explosion was heard from the vicinity of the Kart-e-Chahar area in West of Kabul city.

The incident took place at around noon time close to Karte Sakhi area in the vicinity of Aliabad and as a result at least 26 people have been killed.

The Ministry of Interior Minister confirmed that a suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a large crowd of people close to Sakhi shrine, leaving at least 26 dead and at least 18 others wounded.

Security sources had earlier said a suicide bomber detonated a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) in Aliabad area close to Karte Sakhi as scores of people had gathered in Sakhi shrine for Nowruz festival.

Taliban says not behind Kabul bombing that left several dead

Kabul suicide attack toll rises to 29 dead, 52 wounded

[Khaama.com] The officials in the Ministry of Public Health confirm that the toll as a result of today’s suicide attack has climbed at least 29 dead.

The officials are saying that the explosion has also left at least 52 others wounded amid fears that the death toll could further rise.

Preliminary reports indicate the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has claimed responsibility behind the attack.

The Taliban group had earlier said the militants of the group have links with the explosion in Kabul city today.

To add to the confusion, this is how it was reported by Tolo News:
Dozens Killed And Injured In Twin Blasts In Kabul

[ToloNews] Hospital officials have confirmed 21 people were killed and 45 wounded after explosives detonated outside parliament offices in Darulaman Road.

Two explosions rocked Kabul at about 4pm on Tuesday afternoon in the PD6 area in Darulaman Road, killing 21 people and wounding 45 others.

Officials said the bombers targeted parliament staff leaving for the day.

He said one explosion came after a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the entrance to the offices and the second explosion was a car bomb.

Officials said the bombers targeted a convoy of vehicles carrying government staff leaving the offices.

Hospital officials confirmed 21 people had been killed and 45 wounded. The wounded had been admitted to various hospitals around the city.

MPs said a female member of parliament from Herat was among those wounded while reports indicate that the NDS head for the zone covering PD6 was among those killed.

Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and said the target had been a mini bus carrying government staff.

Death Toll Rises to 32

[ToloNews] Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health late Wednesday confirmed 32 people were killed and 52 wounded in the deadly bombing in PD3 in Kabul.

This comes after the Ministry of Interior confirmed a suicide bomber detonated his explosives close to the Ali Abad Hospital and Kabul University at around mid-day.

The MoI also confirmed that a suicide bomber had detonated his explosives while walking among a group of people.
And from Ynet, some small illumination:
A suicide bomber struck on the road to a Shiite shrine in Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people as Afghans celebrated the Persian new year, an official said.

Nasrat Rahimi, the deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said another 18 people were wounded in the attack. He said the attacker was on foot.

The Persian new year, known in Afghanistan as Nauruz, is a national holiday. The country's minority Shiites typically celebrate by visiting shrines.

No one immediately claimed the attack. Afghanistan is home to a powerful Islamic State affiliate that has repeatedly targeted Shiites, who the Sunni extremists view as apostates deserving of death.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336086 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa Horn
US Military Says It Killed Two Al Shabaab Members In Fresh Airstrike
[RADIOSHABELLE] In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an Arclight airstrike against al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
on the morning of March 19 near Mubarak, Somalia, killing two krazed killers, wounding three others, and destroying one vehicle.

U.S. forces will continue to use all authorized and appropriate measures to protect U.S. citizens and to disable terrorist threats.

This includes partnering with AMISOM and Somali National Security Forces (SNSF) in combined counterterrorism operations and targeting terrorists, their training camps, and their safe havens throughout Somalia and the region.

Together with other international partners, the United States is committed to providing Somalia, AMISOM, and SNSF with support in the fight against violent murderous Moslem organizations.

Posted by: Fred || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336073 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

#1  US Military Says It Killed Two Al Shabaab Members In Fresh Airstrike

Those are way more deadly than stale airstrikes. When you care enough to send your best...
Posted by: Frank G || 03/22/2018 8:41 Comments || Top||


Troops Within Somali National Army Clash In Mogadishu
[RADIOSHABELLE] The UAE trained Somali Soldiers engaged in a heavy shootout with National Intelligence and Security Agency [NISA] forces in a busy junction in Mogadishu on Wednesday morning.

The fighting broke out between two armed soldiers in the busy intersection in nearby villages in Hodan district, causing an unspecified number of casualties on both sides.

The motive of the shootout is yet unknown as the Police confirmed that those involved were government security forces from different units from NISA and UAE trained forces.

Armed festivities within Somali government forces in major towns like Mogadishu is common and unfortunately may result in civilian casualties.

Last year, the commanders of the security forces issued instructions for the military units to vacate camps in the capital city but that orders did not come into effect yet.

Posted by: Fred || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under:


Africa North
Egypt refers 30 Daesh-affiliated 'terrorists' to court on charges of planning church bombings
[AlAhram] Egypt's prosecutor-general has referred 30 ISIS-linked "terrorists" to the to the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court on charges of planning to attack Egyptian Christians and churches.

In an official statement, Nabil Sadek's office said the accused were charged with establishing a terrorist group that embraces ISIS's krazed killer dogma, while being supplied with money, weapons, and explosives to carry out their plans.

The accused are also charged with receiving military training at ISIS camps in Syria and Libya.

They were allegedly planning to target churches and Christians in a number of Egyptian governorates.

It is unclear if the members of the group are affiliated with ISIS-Egypt, who have carried out several attacks in Egypt recently.
According to investigations conducted by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, a leader of ISIS, codenamed "Nour", received a mandate from the leadership of the terrorist organization to establish a terrorist group in Egypt which targeted the country's ruler, armed and police forces, and Christians.

The leader established a group wtih two cells, trained them, and selected some members to prepare them to execute suicide kabooms.

In the second stage of the group’s history, they were detected communicating with each other using secure messaging services like Telegram, Line, etc.

The group members attended military trainings inside the country and abroad to raise their fighting capacity, as well as training them to manufacture and deploy improvised bombs and boom jackets in preparation for attacks in Egypt.

According to the statement, some of the defendants were trained in ISIS camps in Syria and Libya.

The 30 defendants were planning to target the Church of Saint Maximus & Domadius in Asafra in Alexandria, and the Church of the Virgin Mary and Saint Bishay in Damietta, as well as three other Christian houses of worship in Giza and Beheira governorates.

The investigations added that the group's members were ordered to carry out a suicide kaboom in a Copt-owned undertaker’s, where there would be Christan mourners gathered.

Ammunition, kaboom, and weaponry were also found in the possession of the accused.

It is unclear if the members of the group are affiliated with ISIS-Egypt, who have carried out several attacks in Egypt recently.

ISIS-Egypt most recently claimed an attack by a gunman on a Coptic church in Helwan, south of Cairo, which killed nine people in December 2017.

It was designated by the US as a terrorist group in February.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336069 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa Subsaharan
Nigeria: 11 Soldiers Feared Killed As Bandits Attack Nigerian Military Base
[All Africa] Eleven Nigerian soldiers are feared killed during an attack by armed bandidos on a Nigerian military detachment at Kamfanin Doka, along Funtua road in Birnin Gwari Local government Area of Kaduna State.

PREMIUM TIMES reliably gathered that the attack occurred on Tuesday night.

A former chairman of the local government who pleaded not to be identified because he has no authority to speak on it confirmed the incident.

He said three other soldiers and nine members of a vigilante group sustained gunshot injuries.

"The bandidos attacked the military based at Kamfanin Doka along Funtua road. 11 soldiers bit the dust while three sustained injuries," he said.

"The bandidos also ambushed our vigilantes at Maganga, about 44 kilometres from Birnin Gwari this morning (Wednesday) when they were rushing there to assist the soldiers. About nine sustained gun shot injuries. They were rushed to General Hospital Birnin Gwari for treatment," he said.

He explained that the attackers rode to the scene on cycle of violences at 10.05 p.m. ‎on Tuesday night to engage the soldiers in gun fights.

A religious scholar in the area also confirmed the attack to PREMIUM TIMES. He said many people were reported killed.

"The incident occurred at Maganga area in the night and the bandidos killed soldiers there and others sustained injuries," he said in a telephone interview.

Posted by: Fred || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336083 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Boko Haram returns Nigerian kidnapped schoolgirls ‘out of pity’
[AlArabiya] Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
bully boyz returned most of the 110 girls kidnapped from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said Wednesday.

The fighters rolled into Dapchi around 2 a.m. in nine vehicles and the girls were left in the center of town. As terrified residents emerged from their homes, the bully boyz said "this is a warning to you all," resident Ba’ana Musa told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.

"We did it out of pity. And don’t ever put your daughters in school again," the bully boyz said. Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language.

Nigeria’s information minister said 76 of the 110 schoolgirls had been confirmed freed. The fate of the remaining 34 schoolgirls was not clear.

Ransom
It was not known whether a ransom had been paid or Boko Haram fighters had been released in exchange for the girls’ freedom. Family members were en route to the town Wednesday morning.

"When I get there we will do a head count to see if all of them have been released," said Bashir Manzo, whose 16-year-old daughter was among those kidnapped during the Feb. 19 attack.

Manzo confirmed that his daughter was among those freed. "As I speak to you there is jubilation in Dapchi," he said.

The mass abduction and the government response brought back painful memories of the 2014 attack on a boarding school in Chibok. Boko Haram Death Eaters kidnapped 276 girls, and about 100 of them have never returned. Some girls were forced to marry their captors, and many had children fathered by the bad boys.

Girls assembled
Residents in Dapchi fled on Wednesday morning upon hearing that Boko Haram vehicles were headed toward the town. "We fled but, from our hiding, we could see them and surprisingly, we saw our girls getting out of the vehicles," Umar Hassan told the AP.

"They assembled the girls and talked to them for some few minutes and left without any confrontation," said another resident, Kachallah Musa.

Their release comes a day after an Amnesia Amnesty International report accused the Nigerian military of failing to heed several warnings of the imminent attack last month. The military has called the report an "outright falsehood."

Nigeria’s government celebrated the girls’ release. "GREAT NEWS from Dapchi, Yobe State. Thank God for the safe return of our sisters. Alhamdulillah!" an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, said on Twitter.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Coalition jet comes under hostile missile fire in Yemen, returns safely to base
[ARABNEWS] A coalition jet fighter on a mission in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
was ’intercepted’ by hostile fire but managed to return safe to base, the front man for the Saudi-led coalition fighting for the Legitimacy in Yemen said on Wednesday.

Col. Staff Turki al-Turki said the incident, which happened at 3:48 p.m. on Wednesday, saw a coalition fighter jet targeted by a hostile missile launched from Yemen’s Saada airport. The jet managed to return fire as well as complete its mission, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Al-Turki said the missile used was not part of the Yemeni air defense capabilities as they have been destroyed by the coalition, but evidence that the Iranian regime is continuing to smuggle "qualitative field capabilities" to the Houthis in a flagrant challenge to the world community resolutions, including UN Resolution No. 2216.

He said that the possession of new air defense missiles at the hands of the terror organizations is considered a serious development and a direct threat to air navigation and relief and humanitarian travel.
Posted by: Fred || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Yemeni forces target Saudi F-15 fighter jet over Sa’ada
[PRESSTV] Yemeni air defense forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have reportedly intercepted and shot down an F-15 fighter jet belonging to the Royal Saudi Air Force.

An unnamed Yemeni military source told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that the aircraft was targeted with a surface-to-air missile as it was flying in the skies over the northwestern Yemeni province of Sa’ada on Wednesday.

The jet had purportedly taken part in Arclight airstrikes against residential neighborhoods in the province.

Earlier in the day, Saudi fighter jets targeted a vehicle as it was travelling along a road in the Nihm district of Yemen’s west-central province of Sana'a.

Separately, a civilian sustained injuries when a cluster bomb went off in the Maran area of Ḥaydan district in Sa’ada Province.

Cluster munitions, which are banned by more than 100 countries, present an enormous danger to civilians.
Posted by: Fred || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336074 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  Sing it again, Sanaa Sam
Posted by: Maggie Elmereper2424 || 03/22/2018 8:09 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
US charges Iranian in $115 million sanctions evasion scheme
[IsraelTimes] Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad facing 125 years in prison for funneling money from Tehran-linked businesses in Venezuela through American banks

An Iranian man has been tossed in the calaboose
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
on charges that he evaded US economic sanctions against Iran by sending more than $115 million from Venezuela through US banks.

Prosecutors said Tuesday that Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad created front companies and foreign bank accounts to mask his dealings with Iranian businesses in Venezuela.

His lawyer did not immediately comment.

Prosecutors say Sadr’s money transfers to evade sanctions were made between April 2011 and November 2013. They say the money for a Venezuelan housing complex was illegally funneled through the US financial system to benefit Iranian individuals and entities.

The 38-year-old Sadr was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate sanctions, among other charges.

If convicted, Sadr could face a sentence of up to 125 years in prison.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336073 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


India-Pakistan
Kashmir gunfight leaves 10 Indian soldiers, suspected militants dead
[PRESSTV] A shootout has claimed the lives of five soldiers and five suspected Lions of Islam in the disputed region of Kashmire, police say.

The fighters on Wednesday attacked security troops carrying out a search operation in forests around Kupwara, 95 km (60 miles) north of the main city of Srinagar, said Shamsher Hussain, senior superintendent of police in Kupwara.

"They are all Paks and have probably infiltrated a few days ago," Hussain said, adding that the exchange of gunfire had stopped and the search operation was ongoing.

Tensions are high in the Indian-controlled region, where the Moslem-majority population stages regular protests against the Indian rule and demands autonomy from New Delhi.

India regularly accuses Pakistain of arming and training Lions of Islam and allowing them across the restive frontier in an attempt to launch attacks on Indian forces. Pakistain strongly denies the allegation.

Posted by: Fred || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336072 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Iraq
Four army personnel wounded in armed attack, south of Salahuddin
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Four Iraqi soldiers were maimed as button men launched an armed attack against al-Dolou’iya region, south of Salahuddin, a security source said.

"Four personnel of the Iraqi army were maimed as unidentified button men carried out an attack against al-Zor region in al-Dolou’iya, Salahuddin," the source told Baghdad Today website on Tuesday.

"Two of the injured were transferred to Balad public hospital," he added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336070 views] Top|| File under:


Kirkuk combat chronicle: police clash with turbans, get kidnapped, turbans claim killed two families Tuesday

10 police personnel likely to be abducted during clashes against IS, south of Kirkuk: Source

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Fierce confrontations occurred between Islamic State members and Federal Police troops, south of Kirkuk province, an informed security source from the province said on Wednesday.

Speaking to Shafaq News, the source said IS members attacked, early today, Federal Police forces in al-Zarka village, at the outskirts of Tuz Khurmatu, adding that the confrontations left casualties on both sides.

Moreover, the source said that around 10 police personnel disappeared during the clashes, indicating that they could have been captivated by the militant group.

Islamic State claims responsibility for murdering 21 people in attack, south of Kirkuk

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State members have claimed responsibility for the attack that took place on Tuesday evening on Daquq-Tuz Khurmatu road.

Pro-IS websites posted a statement by the militant group at which it claimed responsibility for the attack, which left two families killed.

Twenty one people, including children, were killed and injured in an attack that targeted two families, south of Kirkuk.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336069 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraq: bodies of 157 Speicher massacre victims found in 20 days
Tikrit (IraqiNews.com) The bodies of 157 Iraqi cadets massacred by Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
Lions of Islam in 2014 have been discovered over the past 20 days, a committee observing the exhumations said on Wednesday.

The Committee to Commemorate the Tikrit Massacre said 157 bodies were found at a burial place at the presidential palaces complex in Tikrit, Salahuddin province, over the past 20 days.

According to the committee, this brings the total number of corpses found up to 1150, out of 1935 victims.

The massacre occurred at the Speicher air base in Tikrit, the capital of Salahuddin, when Islamic State Lions of Islam executed 1700 Shia students at the air force. The victims were either shot at or beheaded before their corpses were dumped into the Tigris River, which cuts through Tikrit. The incident was one instance among many that ignited public discontent with the performance of former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Last June, Iraq sentenced 32 defendants to death for involvement in the massacre.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336069 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  May their families be Comforted and may their murderers see Justice.
Posted by: Adriane || 03/22/2018 12:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Which is why you don't leave those associated with ISIS alive. It may take some extra time and lives to root them out, but these people are broken and you can't risk having them around.
Posted by: gorb || 03/22/2018 14:19 Comments || Top||


Mosul clearance continues: 9 turbans bound, 4 cops not murdered Tiesday

Iraqi military denies murder of four police conscripts on Mosul-Baghdad road

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi security media center has denied news about murder of four police personnel on Mosul-Baghdad road.

In a statement on Wednesday, the center said “news circulated on social media over murder of four police conscripts on Mosul-Baghdad road is untrue.”

“The news were attributed to Nineveh Police Command, Brig. Gen. Hamad Namis al-Jabouri,” the statement added.

The center urged “taking the news from official sources and not fabricating news.” It also warned that “legal measures would be taken against those who promote for fabricated or false news.”

On Tuesday, news reports said four policemen, including an officer, were killed in an attack launched by Islamic State members, south of Mosul. Security troops invaded al-Shura region, 20 kilometers south of Mosul, in the wake of attack.

Nine Islamic State member arrested in operation, west of Mosul: Commander

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Nine Islamic State members were arrested in an operation, west of Mosul, Nineveh Operations Command announced on Wednesday.

In a statement, Maj. Gen. Hamad Names al-Jabouri, commander of Nineveh Operations, said “the Rapid Response Forces carried out an operation in several districts in the western side of Mosul, arresting nine IS members.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336072 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian teen who slapped soldier sentenced to 8 months in prison
[IsraelTimes] As part of plea deal, military prosecution drops 8 of 12 charges that had been originally filed against Ahed Tamimi, though 17-year-old admits to aggravated assault and incitement

Paleostinian teenager Ahed Tamimi
...the blond, blue-eyed maiden who along with siblings and young cousins has made a hobby of being videotaped screaming at Israeli soldiers, no doubt urged on by her Papa, Bassem Tamimi, who is a well-known Fatah activist...
was sentenced to eight months in prison Wednesday after a military court approved a plea bargain in which she admitted to assaulting an IDF soldier in addition to three other offenses.

Tamimi was placed in durance vile
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
four months ago after being filmed slapping and shoving IDF soldiers in her West Bank village of Nebi Saleh. Ahed’s mother Nariman and cousin Nour were also charged for their participation in the December 15 incident.

The 17-year-old’s sentence will include time already served since her arrest four days after the quarrel, meaning she is slated to be released in the summer. The verdict also tacked on a fine of NIS 5,000 ($1,430).

Under the terms of the plea bargain, Ahed admitted to the aggravated assault of an IDF soldier, incitement to violence and disrupting soldiers on two other occasions.

Following the sentencing at the Ofer Military Court, Ahed told news hounds that there is "no justice under occupation and we are in an illegal court."

Nariman Tamimi was given 8 months in prison, a suspended sentence, and a fine of NIS 6,000 ($1,730) under the same plea deal, for crimes of incitement, disrupting a soldier, and assisting in the assault of a soldier.

Nour Tamimi was given a NIS 2,000 ($580) fine, a sentence of 16-days time served since her arrest, and a suspended sentence, also as part of the plea agreement. Unlike her aunt and cousin, the 21-year-old had been released from prison two weeks after her arrest due to the relatively minor charges against her.

During the Wednesday hearing, an unnamed Israeli supporter of Tamimi slapped the military prosecutor and was immediately arrested.

In a statement following the sentencing, the Tamimis’ attorney Gaby Lasky pointed out that the military prosecution had "erased eight of the twelve charges in Ahed’s indictment," namely the several added counts for stone throwing, which the Military Advocate General was unable to approve.

Moreover, Lasky highlighted the fact that the charges that were used to by the judge to justify his January decision to remand Ahed until the end of proceedings against her were not among the offenses to which the 17-year-old was asked to confess.

Still, she referred to the 8 month sentence as a "considerable achievement... given that the occupation’s legal system doesn’t provide justice."

Ahed’s incarceration has drawn attention from around the globe, highlighting the teen’s image as a Paleostinian icon. She has become a cause célèbre for Paleostinian supporters, and rallies have been held in several locations calling for her release.

Many Paleostinians see her as bravely standing up to military control over the West Bank, while Israelis accuse her family of using her as a pawn.

Nabi Saleh has been a frequent staging ground for provoked festivities between Israeli soldiers and Paleostinians, specifically members of the Tamimi clan, which has a history of getting involved in highly publicized interactions with the IDF.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336097 views] Top|| File under: Fatah

#1  perhaps the Tamimi clan need to disappear
Posted by: Frank G || 03/22/2018 7:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Alongside the rest of them
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/22/2018 7:34 Comments || Top||

#3  8 months? Bring back the stocks and give her a good spanking.
Posted by: AlanC || 03/22/2018 8:02 Comments || Top||

#4  Put them in the Iron Maiden.
Posted by: Raj || 03/22/2018 8:38 Comments || Top||

#5  Pre-Raphaelite intifada
In not-so-Mohammedan shmatte?
The screaming Tamimis
Make memes for the dhimmis,
But God sez ya gotta shahada!
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 03/22/2018 9:40 Comments || Top||

#6  Qassam versus bomb: microcosm!
An awesome Mohammedan Blossom
Does nuffin while Muzzin',
Just like her dead cousin,
Whom Bassem taught not to play possum.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 03/22/2018 10:07 Comments || Top||

#7  Zenobia Floger6220 has been impressive in his poetic outpourings over the years. R-Burg's own muse.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/22/2018 10:43 Comments || Top||

#8  A lonely mechanic of Aden
Molesting an elderly trade-in,
Beheaded, the blade
Not because he got laid...
Cuz he played an 8-track of Iron Maiden.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 03/22/2018 11:26 Comments || Top||

#9  Oh dear. Not at all what I expected from the first line, Zenobia F.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/22/2018 22:00 Comments || Top||


Jordan jails two for planning Daesh embassy attacks
[ARABNEWS] Two Jordanians were Wednesday sentenced to 10 years in jail with hard labor for planning attacks on the Amman embassies of Russia, Iran and Israel.

Jordan’s state security court convicted the two men for having manufactured explosives and plotting attacks on behalf of "a terrorist group."

In the charge sheet seen by AFP, the two were accused of belonging to the ISIS group and of planning to carry out kabooms in 2016 on the Russian, Iranian and Israeli embassies in Amman.

They were tossed in the slammer
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
in March 2016.

A suicide kaboom in June of that year claimed by ISIS near a border post with war-torn Syria killed seven Jordanian soldiers.

Posted by: Fred || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336102 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
40 tons of chemical weapons left by militants found in Syria -- Russian MoD
[RT] Chemical weapon production facilities have been discovered in the areas liberated from militants in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry says.

More than 40 tons of chemical weapons were abandoned by retreating militants in the war-ravaged country, the ministry said on Wednesday. “The Syrian Foreign Ministry pointed out that more than 40 tons of poisonous substances were found on the territories, liberated from terrorists,” Igor Kirillov, the commander of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces, said on Wednesday.
How many aircraft did they find?
The official was speaking at a press conference in Moscow concerning the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal. London and some of its Western allies blame the incident on Moscow, saying it has used a Russian-made nerve agent.

Kirillov said the West won’t back off and is prepared to use any means necessary to discredit Russia. The official recalled the example of Syria’s Khan Shaykhun.

The commander also criticized the international bodies for their refusal to work with Damascus in investigating the alleged chemical attacks in the country.

In late February, the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria said it had obtained information that militants in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta had been “preparing a provocation with the use of poisonous substances in order to blame the government forces of using chemical weapons against civilians.”

Posted by: Fred || 03/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336073 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Of course the Russians found them -- they knew where it was all stored. They helped move them out of Iraq into Syria ahead of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 03/22/2018 6:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Jeez, Rob. Way to go blowing the Russian cover story off the whole Syrian 'experience'.

Often wondered if this wasn't the main reason the Russkies got involved (with both pro and anti-government entities) so early, basically to cover their circa 2002/3 tracks. They knew that eventually the real evidence would be uncovered.

Now they have scapegoats.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 03/22/2018 10:48 Comments || Top||



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