[AnNahar] A roadside kaboom killed eight members of an Afghan family, including children, just hours after the Taliban claimed their upcoming spring offensive would "safeguard" civilian lives, officials said Thursday. The blast destroyed the family's vehicle in Khash Rod district of southwestern Nimroz province late Wednesday as they were travelling home.
"The roadside kaboom hit a vehicle carrying a family, killing two men, one woman and four children," Ahmad Arab, front man for the provincial authorities, told Agence La Belle France Presse. "Another family member who was maimed and taken to the hospital died later."
Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, the governor of the province, blamed the Taliban for the incident.
"The bomb had been planted to target Afghan cops," he said.
The Taliban on Wednesday said their annual spring offensive will begin on Friday, vowing nationwide attacks in what is expected to be the bloodiest fighting season in a decade as NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... forces pull back from the frontlines.
In their statement, the Taliban said their top priority during the offensive will be to "safeguard and protect the lives and properties of civilian people".
No group grabbed credit for Wednesday's incident, but roadside kabooms -- which often cause civilian casualties -- have been the Taliban's weapon of choice in their 13-year war against foreign and Afghan forces.
The number of civilians killed and maimed jumped 22 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year, according to the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
And in the first three months of 2015, civilian casualties from ground fighting were up eight percent on the same period last year, a new UNAMA report said.
[LibyaHerald] A Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... aircraft attacked Zintan's airport today, damaging the control tower but, according to the Libyan army, causing no casualties . . .
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[LibyaHerald] Battalion 166 and fighters belonging to the 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.... (IS) have continued for the fifth day running.
A front man for the Battalion 166, Khaled Abujazia, said that fighting involving heavy artillery was taking place at a number of downtown locations in Qadaffy's former hometown and that two members of the battalion had been killed and five others maimed as it tried to dislodge the Islamists from positions held by them.
These include the Ouagadougou Hall, centrepiece of Qadaffy's makeover of Sirte as a base for African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... and other pan-African gatherings, and the University of Sirte. Both are being bombarded by the battalion.
Meanwhile random missiles are reported to have fallen on a military housing area, the offices of Radio Free Sirte, a supplies centre and a local school.
Clashes are also reported taking place on the coastal road west of the town.
The two soldiers killed today have been named as Musa Abushalah and Belgassem Safar.
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At least 115 children have been killed and 172 maimed in the violence raging in Yemen since Saudi-led air raids began on March 26, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said Friday, according to AFP.
"We believe that these are conservative figures," UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac told reporters in Geneva, saying at least 64 of the children killed between March 26 and April 20 were victims of air strikes.
[AnNahar] Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched new strikes 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... on Thursday despite a demand by rebels for a complete halt to the raids as a condition for U.N.-sponsored peace talks.
The regional alliance on Tuesday declared an end to the first phase of its operations against the Iran-backed Houthis but vowed to keep hitting them with targeted bombing when necessary.
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[AnNahar] A newly announced division of the 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.... group calling itself the "Green Brigade" on Thursday claimed a bombing 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... that it said had killed five Iranian catspaws.
In a message on Twitter, the group said it had struck a vehicle of the Houthis in Yarim in the central province of Ibb on Wednesday.
Al-Qaeda has traditionally been the dominant jihadist group in Yemen, where a Saudi-led military coalition has carried out a month of air strikes against the Huthis and their allies.
IS claimed its first attack in Yemen on March 20 -- multiple suicide kabooms targeting Huthis at Shiite mosques in Sanaa that killed 142 people and maimed more than 350.
Al-Qaeda and IS, both Sunni krazed killer groups, consider Shiites to be heretics.
The Yarim attack is the first claimed by IS Death Eaters in Ibb province, where residents on Thursday also reported fresh bombing by the Saudi-led coalition.
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Whoa, the Hard Boyz hate good food + the Babes whom cook it, hence their collective generally poor-n-getting-worse health in Pert views, BUT
D *** NG IT THEY ARE INTO RECYCLING = ENVIRONMENTALISM!?
[HotAir] Italian police raided several locations today throughout the country, arresting eighteen people in an effort to shut down a “very well-structured” al-Qaeda finance and operations network. The ring had targeted the Vatican in 2010 and again just recently, and had also worked to raise money through human-trafficking operations. Even with that, though, the ring predates the post-Qaddafi surge in refugees, and was comprised mainly of Pakistanis, not North Africans.
Hot Air has a good selection of links about the story. Go there and follow for all the details.
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Never doubt that the Pope + the UK Royals, etc. are indeed de facto targets in this GWOT = Global Jihad.
h/t Gates of Vienna
According to the indictment, the assault began at approximately 00.10 at Vesterbro in Copenhagen on Christmas night, as Mads Schøllhammer received a major blow to the head with a glass bottle that shattered.
Then he received several blows to the head with a chain lock and wire lock, and the accused gave him "countless" punches and kicks to the head and body. Mads Schøllhammer fell down, but the defendants continued to beat him in the head and body with fists and the chain lock, and they kicked him in the body and head.
Then the four youths pushed Nanna Skovmand to the ground and beat her "several" times in the head with the chain lock.
Translated from EB:
"There were both laughing and high fives when a group of young men today sat in the court, accused of a serious assault on Nanna Skovmand and Mads Schøllhammer on Christmas night.
A few times during the reading of the indictment, the defendants broke out in laughter -- partly when the details of the attack were read. ...
According to 23-year-old Nanna Skovmand, the four defendants started the attack by beating her boyfriend as they were walking in Vesterbro at Christmas night.
As she tried to interrupt the attack, the group went berserk at her and struck with both chains and wire locks. She was also knocked down and kicked.
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How far the Danes have fallen from their Viking days. Then, they were the ones who were feared.
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Better to shame and humiliate them by letting a wymyn chainwhip their face and kick their ass in public. Laugh through your bleeding broken teeth, assholes.
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[Dawn] At least 34 suspected Death Eaters were killed in festivities in South Waziristan and air strikes in North Wazoo on Tuesday night.
The Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement on Wednesday that 22 Death Eaters had been killed in "precise air strikes in areas ahead of Dattakhel".
Sources said military planes pounded myrmidon hideouts in Toor Tangi area of Dattakhel and Zoi Saidgi of Shawal. Three hideouts and compounds were destroyed and 22 terrorists, including a key Taliban capo, were killed.
An ISPR front man told Dawn that another 12 Death Eaters were killed in festivities with security forces in Shaktui and Kajhori areas of South Waziristan.
Intelligence and myrmidon sources confirmed the reports. They said a group of Death Eaters attacked a checkpost in Karkanrh area of Shaktui. Five Death Eaters were killed after security forces fired back. Troops took hold o four bodies while the Death Eaters managed to take away one body.
A search operation is under way in the Shaktui area and all entry and exit points have been sealed.
The sources said Death Eaters fired rockets on checkposts in Dadam Shah, Lakki Sra, Kajhori Top, and Kajhori West in Ghimbaki area of South Waziristan at 11pm on Tuesday. They used heavy weapons in the attack. The security forces returned fire, killing seven myrmidons, including commander Malang.
But Tari Azam, a front man of the Mehsud myrmidon group, claimed that only five Death Eaters were maimed.
The sources said Death Eaters also fired rockets on Larami checkpost in Tangi Badinzai area of South Waziristan on Tuesday. Three security personnel suffered injuries. The security forces, they said, had advanced into Tangi Badinzai area, once a stronghold of myrmidon commander Shamim Masud.
According to the sources, security personnel have started establishing bunkers in the area after consolidating their positions.
[AnNahar] Pakistain's military Thursday claimed to have killed at least 47 Taliban fighters in two days of Arclight airstrikes in the restive northwest as part of anti-insurgent offensives that began last year.
Question: How difficult is it to count bodies after an airstrike, if relying on pilots' observations? How does Pakistani pilot obsevational accuracy compare to American ditto?
The latest strikes hit the Datta Khel area of North Wazoo tribal district, close to the Afghan border, considered a stronghold of Taliban holy warriors. The area has been repeatedly targeted by U.S. drones in the past.
"Twenty-two bad boyz were potted in precise aerial strikes late last night in (an) area (close to) Datta Khel in North Waziristan Agency," the military said in a statement Thursday.
Question: What exactly does precise mean in the context of the Pakistani air force? How does this compare to the American AF definition of the term?
The military has been stepping up its response Pakistain's Islamist insurgency, which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of civilians since 2004 when Al-Qaeda and Talibs fled from Afghanistan to its tribal areas.
Thursday's attacks come the day after 20 snuffies were killed in the Tirah valley of Khyber tribal district, where the Pak Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam ...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver.... groups have strongholds.
"In precise aerial strikes in Tirah, Khyber, today, 20 murderous Moslems -- including three jacket wallahs -- were killed. Destroyed hideouts of murderous Moslems include their ammo and ration dumps," the military said in a statement late Wednesday.
A nice, soldierly report. How close is it likely to be to what actually happened?
In another incident late Wednesday, the military said it had killed five murderous Moslems in a search operation in Shakto area of South Waziristan tribal district.
Real bad guys, or "Round up the usual suspects, Sgt. Md. Belalullah"?
Khyber is one of seven autonomous tribal districts along Pakistain's mountainous western border, which became a hotbed of Islamist snuffies following the U.S.-led invasion of neighboring Afghanistan in 2001.
And whose fault was that, O sages of the ISI?
The military began its latest offensive in Khyber in October 2014, four months after by a bloody Taliban attack on Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... airport ended peace talks and triggered a similar operation began in North Waziristan district.
Airstrikes, artillery, mortars and ground troops have all been used to take back territory.
Both conflict zones are off-limits to journalists, making it difficult to verify the number and identity of those killed.
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Whatexactly does precise mean in the context of the Pakistani air force?
Don't know, but to their Gazan students, 'precise' seems to mean hitting the target country with their rockets.
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to their Gazan students, 'precise' seems to mean hitting the target country with their rockets.
Oh no, Glenmore. To the Gazans, precise means hitting in the general direction of the target country. They hit Egypt and Gaza an awful lot, and occasionally Jordan as well. When they hit the Mediterranean it's because they don't want Israel to feel threatened while the latest upgrade is still under development.
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A nation of avid spelunkers
Deduced where its enemy hunkers:
"We're sure the Joo delves just
Where we would ourselves, thus
We smite his invisible bunkers."
[IraqiNews.com] A statement from Iraq's Falcon Intelligence Cell, an undercover anti-terrorism unit from the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that US-led international coalition aircraft managed to destroy an ISIS convoy consisting of 17 vehicles heading from Syria to Iraq and added that the strike killed 35 ISIS Arab and foreign elements.
The Intelligence and Federal Investigation Agency said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com "With the help of God, the Falcon Intelligence Cell followed and monitored the movements of the ISIS group, and directed a big strike to a convoy was coming from Syria into Iraq, by the international coalition's warplanes on the 21st of April at 07:00 PM."
The Agency added, "The strike led to the destruction of the entire convoy, consisting of 17 vehicles loaded with bandidosgunnies of Arab and foreign nationalities," noting that, "he statistics confirm the killing of 35 terrorists."
[IraqiNews.com] The United States announced on Thursday, that the US-led international coalition warplanes have killed more than half of ISIS' leaders while confirmed that it will participate in military operations waged by any forces under the command of the Iraqi authority.
US ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones said during a meeting with a number of media agencies, including IraqiNews.com "The international coalition's strikes have killed more than half of ISIS leaders," emphasizing that, "There were no losses among civilians or Iraqi forces."
Jones added, "There is no disagreement between the Iraqi government and the US government about Tikrit bombings," noting that, "All the coalition's operations are under the command of Iraqi authority."
On March 26, 2015 the US State Department claimed that the international coalition had launched 1,678 strikes against ISIS in Iraq.
[IraqiNews.com] According to a security source in Salahuddin province, seven of the visitors to Imam Ali al-Hadi have been killed and 12 others were maimed in a suicide kaboom south of Samarra.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "A jacket wallah wearing an boom beltwent kaboom! on Wednesday evening, amid crowds of visitors returning from Imam Ali al-Hadi's visit in the area between al-Ishaqi and Balad south of Samarra, killing at least seven and injuring 12 others."
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, "The security force cordoned off the scene, while ambulances transported the injured to a nearby hospital, and the dead bodies to the Forensic Medicine Authority."
[IraqiNews.com] On Thursday, Baghdad Operations Command announced, that the security forces managed to kill 52 ISIS fighters in a security operation in eastern al-Karma.
Baghdad Operations Command said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com "Today, army forces backed by police elements and al-Hashed al-Sha'bi militia have continued cleansing the areas of eastern al-Karma district as a part of the operation 'Fajr al-Karma' for the 9th day in a row," pointing out that, "The security forces managed to kill 52 terrorists, in addition to destroying 3 armored vehicles that were carrying machine-guns and killing anyone inside them."
"The security forces has also managed to treat 10 booby-trapped houses and destroy 8 terrorists' shelters as well as an anti-aircraft machine gun," the statement added.
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[IraqiNews.com] According to a local source in Nineveh province ISIS has executed four members of Nineveh Protection Council in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... on Wednesday.
The source informed IraqiNews.com "At noon, ISIS executed four members of the Nineveh Protection Council after their so-called Mufti issued an order to kill them by firing squad at the Sharia Court in Mosul."
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added "ISIS elements handed the bodies of the dead to the Forensic Medicine Authority."
[(IraqiNews.com] The American magazine 'Newsweek' revealed on Wednesday, that the ISIS group has assigned a former physics teacher as an interim leader of the organization, after the injury of its current leader His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... The newspaper quoted an advisor to the Iraqi government, Hisham al-Hashemi as saying, "The so-called Abu Alaa Afri, who was Vice-President of al-Baghdadi, has been assigned as the alternative leader of the terrorist organization ISIS in the absence of al-Baghdadi," noting that, "As al-Baghdadi was injured, Afri began to head the terrorist group with the help of officials from other provinces."
Hashemi stated that, "Afri is from al-Khidr area in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and rose through the ranks of ISIS to become more prominent in the terrorist group, and even more important than al-Baghdadi himself", adding that, "Afri was nominated by bin Laden, after the death of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, to be the Amir of Al-Qaeda in Iraq."
It is believed that Afri traveled to Afghanistan in 1998 before pledging allegiance and becoming a big shot of al-Qaeda in 2004, according to the newspaper.
British newspaper 'The Guardian' reported that the ISIS leader His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is no longer able to manage the terrorist group, while he is trying to recover from a serious injury in an aerial raid western Iraq.
The US Department of Defense 'Pentagon' confirmed that the US military sees there is no reason to believe that al-Baghdadi was injured.
[IraqiNews.com] According to a local source in Nineveh, the ISIS group has cut off the hands and fingers of 12 civilians accused of theft and use of cell phones in the center of the province.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "This afternoon, the ISIS group cut off the hands of three civilians accused of theft in Ghazlani Square in the center of Nineveh," and continued, "Afterwards, nine other civilians had their fingers cut off for using cell phones to get in touch with their relatives."
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, "The orders were issued by the so-called Board of Grievances Court in the state of Nineveh."
[(IraqiNews.com] On Thursday, a Kurdish official source asserted, that a tunnel under construction for the ISIS group has been destroyed in an air strike in Sinjar area south of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... Giyas Surji, an official front man of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) stated in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Warplanes of the international coalition carried out an attack on a tunnel for the ISIS group bandidosDeath Eaters in the city of Sinjar," noting that, "The attack resulted in killing dozens of ISIS elements who were working on the construction of the tunnel which was aimed to facilitate the movement for ISIS in the areas controlled by the [paramilitary] Peshmerga forces."
"The air strike was based on accurate intelligence received by the Peshmerga forces," Surji added.
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[IraqiNews] On Wednesday, Member of Anbar Provincial Council Farhan Mohammed said, that ISIS gunnies shelled areas in the city of Ramadi with chlorine gas-imbued bombs.
Mohammed stated in an interview for IraqiNews, "Today, elements of the ISIS group have shelled some of the security checkpoints and residential areas in Ramadi with chlorine gas-imbued bombs," pointing out that, "There are several suffocation cases among the residents of the city."
[IraqiNews.com] Members of Anbar provincial Council stated on Wednesday, that Ramadi clans are fighting alongside the security forces, urging the Defense and Interior ministries to supply tribal fighters with arms and ammunition to continue to fight.
A member of the council Aid Amash said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "the clans and fighters from sons of Ramadi are backing the security forces in the military operations to liberate and restore all the areas controlled by the ISIS group."
Amash added, "the tribes of Albu Fahd, Albu Anwan, Albu Daib, Abu Risha and other tribes did not come out of Ramadi and remained so as to fight in defense of the city of Ramadi against terrorist and criminal groups."
[IraqiNews.com] On Thursday the Iraqi Shia paramilitary group, Kataib Hizbollah, threatened to withdraw its forces from eastern Fallujah if the government failed to provide its fighters with support. Kataib Hizbollah fighters control 5 of the most vital axes in Anbar Province.
The Kataib Hizbollah said in an statement obtained by IraqiNews.com that "We have fought for more than a year and in five of the most vital axes in the fight against ISIS in Anbar province. The current government and the leadership of al-Hashed al-Sha'bi militia have not provided any support for us, but the Kataib were [only] relying on themselves and their own capabilities in fighting ISIS."
"We have informed the government that we will withdraw the Kataib fighters from eastern Fallujah if this farce would not to be stopped; and let the 'Americans' protect the areas in north of 'Ameriyat [of Fallujah], Tarek camp and Baghdad Airport,'" the statement also added.
The Kataib Hezbollah (KH) or Hezbollah Battalions is an Iranian-backed Shia paramilitary group in Iraq. In 2014 the group began taking a prominent role in the fight against ISIS, and it was reported that it had received air support from the U.S. Air Force during the Iranian-led intervention in Iraq.
[IraqiNews.com] On Thursday, Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced, that 12 elements of the ISIS group have been killed in festivities with the security forces in different areas of al-Ramadi.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, "The Rapid Intervention Forces had managed to kill 10 Death Eaters and 2 suicide elements during violent festivities in Ramadi city."
The statement added, "The forces also shelled a number of houses in the area of Albu Ziyad with mortar rounds and managed to kill a number of Death Eaters inside them."
[Rudaw] An armed anti-ISIS group operating in the bad boy-held city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... has claimed the liquidation of the military attache of His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... , the self-proclaimed caliph of the 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.... "A special force of the Free Officers Movement bumped off Wisan Kanan, Baghdadi's military assistant, in the Mosul's neighborhood of Al Faisaliah," Mohammad Bahaj, a member of the Free Officers Movement, told the Al-hadath news on Thursday.
According to Bahaj, Kanan was one of the most prominent ISIS military leaders in Mosul and before served as a leader with Al-Qaeda. Bahaj claimed Kanan was placed in durance vile Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! by the US forces in Iraq in 2010, and upon his release joined The Nusra Front in Syria and then ISIS.
The Free Officers Movement was established in June by 490 former officers of the Baathist regime in order to confront ISIS in Mosul.
Over the past two months, the group has claimed the killing of several ISIS leaders. In November, the Free Officers Movement took responsibility for the liquidation of Abu Shahab al Suri, the ISIS leader was in-charge of the western part of Mosul city.
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Now I am really confused.
We have Baathists on both sides of the fight in Iraq???
Geez, this is almost as complicated as a Ludlum spy novel
[Rudaw] Iraqi authorities say a suicide boom-mobile went off next to a crowd of Shiite pilgrims near the town of Balad as they were returning from the city of Samarra, killing eight and wounding 16.
Police and a local official in Balad said on Thursday that the attack happened overnight as the pilgrims were returning from a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Samarra is the burial site for two revered 9th century Shiite imams and on Wednesday, there was a ceremony marking the death of one of them.
The region north of Baghdad is predominantly Sunni and last year much of it was seized in a blitz by the bully boyIslamic 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.... group.
[Rudaw] Iraqi forces are engaged in heavy fighting in Ramadi, with some parts of the city recaptured and other advances stalled by ISIS landmines and other explosives, a top commander told the press on Thursday.
"Security forces in coordination with the Iraqi Army and Iraqi anti-terror forces have managed to recapture parts of the district of Sofaiya in southern Ramadi, but ISIS booby traps and landmines have prevented our forces to launch a further assault," said Brigadier General Mohammad Al Khalaf.
"Dozens of ISIS snipers have deployed in houses and buildings in Sofiya and they have planted explosives, but our forces will not stop and soon we will clear Ramadi's districts of Hoz and Warar," he added.
Farhan Mohamad, member of the Anbar provincial council, told several news agencies ISIS Lions of Islam used chemical weapons in some areas of Anbar province resulting in the deaths of "several civilians."
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[Ynet] After four months of quiet, a rocket was fired on Thursday evening from Gaza towards communities in southern Israel. The rocket exploded in an open field in the Sha'ar Ha Negev Regional Council. There were no injuries or damages reported.
Close to midnight on Thursday, the IDF tanks attacked a Hamas position in the northern Gaza Strip in retaliation for the rocket that landed in southern Israel a few hours earlier.
[AnNahar] An Israeli court sentenced an Iranian-born Belgian to seven years in prison Tuesday after convicting him of spying for Tehran posing as a businessman.
Ali Mansouri was jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... at Ben Gurion airport in 2013 as he attempted to leave the country carrying photographs of the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv and other sites, Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service said.
He was sentenced for "aiding an enemy during war" and "espionage" on behalf of Iran's elite Republican Guard, court documents showed.
Defense lawyer Avidgor Feldman said he did not expect to appeal.
"The court heard our arguments that the security of Israel was not compromised," Feldman told news hounds after the hearing in the central city of Lod.
"It was the Iranian secret services who put pressure on him and his family, and we feel that this verdict was rather fair and reasonable in view of the circumstances."
Two armed guards led the handcuffed Mansouri into the dock, separated from the mostly empty court room by a glass screen, an AFP correspondent said.
The bespectacled 56-year-old looked bemused as the sentence was handed down in Hebrew.
His lawyer approached the screen to inform Mansouri of the sentence in English.
"Seven years... okay?" Feldman said.
"I want to see you," Mansouri responded.
The Shin Bet claimed that Mansouri, who acquired Belgian nationality through marriage, had enrolled in a special operations unit of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards after being recruited in 2012.
According to the indictment, he was given "an espionage mission aimed at harming Israel's security," and visited the country three times.
He was to pretend to be "an innocent businessman and establish a company in Israel" that would serve as infrastructure for espionage by another Iranian man who would arrive later.
The prosecution said Mansouri confessed his ties to Iranian intelligence.
During questioning he said he had been promised $1 million (930,000 euros) as a reward to use his position to set up companies in Israel on behalf of Iranian intelligence to "harm Israeli and Western interests."
Using the alias Alex Mans, Mansouri is accused of entering Israel using his Belgian passport in July 2012, before later briefing his handlers in Iran on his progress and security at Ben Gurion airport.
In January 2013 Mansouri again entered Israel, and took photographs of the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv and an unnamed security installation before another debriefing in Iran.
Mansouri arrived again on September 6 for meetings to open a factory and, according to the indictment, "serve Iranian intelligence in the future."
He was arrested at the airport on September 11, 2013, as he sought to leave Israel.
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The Syrian army continued stepped-up operations on Thursday during which it targeted terrorist positions in various areas, destroying hideouts and heavy weapons and equipment and killing dozens of terrorists.
Aleppo
The army and armed forces directly hit several hideouts of terrorist organizations, including al-Nusra Front, in the villages of Deir Hafer, Tal Ahmar, Tal al-Hatabat and Ein al-Jamajmeh, 50 kilometers to the east of Aleppo.
The operations left many terrorists killed or wounded and their ammunition, weapons and vehicles, which are equipped with various types of machineguns, destroyed, according to a military source.
Also in eastern Aleppo, an army unit targeted civilian weddings in the villages of Sheikh Ahmad and Shari’, killing many terrorists.
A number of terrorists from ISIL were killed in a special army operation that targeted one of their positions in Manbij in northeastern Aleppo.
Meanwhile, concentrated operations were carried out by an army unit against terrorist positions in Jibrin neighborhood, 10 kilometers east of Aleppo city, killing and injuring many terrorists and destroying their weapons and ammunition.
Idleb
The Army Air Force carried out operations against civilian weddings to the east of the brick factory in the countryside of Idleb province, killing dozens of terrorists and injuring others.
A gathering of terrorists in al-Madajen area north of the brick factory was also targeted.
The army air force, also, raided dining rooms of terrorist organizations and killed tens of mercenaries in Ain Al- Souda, Jiser Al-Shogour area in the countryside of the province.
Quneitra
Units of the army and armed forces destroyed breakfast nooks and vehicles of al-Nusra terrorist organization, killing all terrorists onboard in the villages of Rwaihina, and Naba al-Sakhir in the countryside of the southern Quneitra province.
Hama
More terrorists of al-Nusra and other takfiri terrorist organizations were targeted and killed in Qlaideen, Qastoun, Abu Hbeilat and al-Ankawi in the countryside of the central Hama province.
The military source added that a unit of the army destroyed during a special operation sun rooms of terrorist organizations and killed a number of them and injured others in Abu Hbailat and al_Qastal al-Wastani villages in the eastern countryside of Hama.
Another unit of army directed intensive strikes on garage apartments of terrorist organizations in al- Inkawi village in the northwestern countryside of Hama destroying dens and vehicles of al-Nusra terrorist organization and killing a number of terrorists.
The source noted that a number of terrorists were killed and others were injured during an operation against their gatherings in al-Tanjara, Qlaideen and Qastoon villages in far northwestern Hama near Idleb province.
Another unit of army killed a number of terrorists and destroyed their vehicles in Abu al- Sayad mountain in the northern countryside of Hama.
Homs
In the eastern countryside of Homs, units of army intensified their fire strikes on gatherings of terrorists from ISIL killing a number of them and injuring others during an accurate special operation against their gatherings in the surrounding of Jazal and Al-Shaer wells, al ilyania and Hoses village in Palmyra countryside.
Units of army continued their intensive strikes against al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham movement and other Takfiri terrorist organizations killing a number of them in Rajm al-Qasr, Unq al-Hawa , alSalehia, al-Mshairfa al-Janubya and al- Mshairfa al-Shamalya, according to the military source.
The source noted that a unit of army and armed forces destroyed dens of terrorists from al-Nusra, some of which are equipped with heavy machine guns during strikes against their dens in Dair Ful village in northeastern countryside of Homs.
[AnNahar] At least 2,000 people, mostly 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.... group jihadists, have been killed in Syria by a U.S.-led air campaign in the past seven months, a monitoring group said Thursday.
"At least 1,922 fighters from IS, mostly foreigners, have been killed since September 23, 2014 in raids and aerial attacks by the international coalition on IS positions and oil refineries" throughout Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The strikes targeted IS positions in the central province of Homs, as well as Aleppo in the north, Hasakeh in the northeast, and Deir Ezzor to the east.
They also struck the northern province of Raqa, where the picturesque provincial capital of the same name has become the centre of IS's self-styled "caliphate".
The toll also included 90 fighters from IS's jihadist rival and al-Qaeda Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front, most of whom were killed in coalition strikes on their strongholds in northern Syria. It also included one Islamist rebel who was being held by IS.
At least 66 civilians, including 10 children, have been killed in the campaign, the Britannia-based Observatory said.
The coalition air strikes have provided significant support to Kurdish forces, helping them to expel IS jihadists from the flashpoint town of Kobane on the Syrian-Turkish border in January.
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[AnNahar] Several hard-line Syrian rebel groups pushed a new offensive against government forces in northwestern Syria on Thursday, less than a month after seizing control of the placid provincial capital there.
The conservative Islamic factions, including the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, are coordinating a multi-pronged campaign whose main target appears to be the town of Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib province. Opposition fighters are also attacking government checkpoints in a sprawling agricultural plain south of the town as well as nearby military facilities.
The operation keeps the pressure on beleaguered government forces in the area just weeks after the rebels captured Idlib city, the placid provincial capital. Forces loyal to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... maintain control of Jisr al-Shughour as well as towns and military facilities in the province, but their hold looks increasingly shaky.
The opposition groups taking part in the new operation posted a statement online late Wednesday announcing the start of the offensive, which they call "Battle of Victory."
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday the rebels have taken five checkpoints since the offensive began, including two near Jisr al-Shugour. Observatory director Rami Abdurrahman said heavy fighting raged outside of the town as well as in the Sahel al-Ghab plain to the south.
A Twitter account tied to the Nusra Front in the area posted videos online showing what it said were fighters firing heavy machine guns at government forces during the festivities.
[Ynet] US and coalition forces conducted 16 air strikes against 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.... in Iraq and five in Syria since Wednesday, the American military said.
The strikes in Iraq targeted Islamic State tactical units, buildings, sniper positions and vehicles around seven cities including Falluja, djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Ramadi and Sinjar, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Thursday. The strikes in Syria were near Kobani and al Hasaka, it said.
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[Ynet] US-led forces targeted 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.... murderous Moslems in Syria with seven air strikes from Tuesday to Wednesday morning and conducted 11 strikes against the group in Iraq, the US military said.
Six of the strikes in Syria hit targets near Kobani, destroying Islamic State fighting positions and a vehicle and damaging tactical units, according to a military statement released on Wednesday.
In Iraq, the strikes were concentrated near Bayji, where they hit a tactical unit and a command-and-control facility and destroyed a dump truck, cycle of violence and armored vehicle. Coalition forces also conducted air strikes near Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids... Ramadi, Rawah and Tal Afar.
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[Ynet] After four months of quiet, a rocket was fired on Thursday evening from Gaza towards communities in southern Israel. The rocket exploded in an open field in the Sha'ar Ha Negev Regional Council. There were no injuries or damages reported. 
The Syrian army continued stepped-up operations on Thursday during which it targeted terrorist positions in various areas, destroying hideouts and heavy weapons and equipment and killing dozens of terrorists.
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