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Jailed Qaeda Leader Killed in Yemen’s Lahij
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Afghanistan
40 Insurgents Killed In Helmand
General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai, commander of 215 Maiwand military corps, said on Thursday that four Taliban safe havens were destroyed and 40 insurgents were killed after government and foreign troops conducted airstrikes near Lashkargah city.

He stated the operation was launched in the are of the second and third police check-posts of Lashkargah city.

"We launched an operation last night in the Sorgadar area of Lashkargah city in which insurgents fought us. Their four strongholds, along with all their equipment, were destroyed," Ahmadzai said.

Meanwhile, a number of soldiers fighting on the front lines told TOLOnews that continued air strikes are needed to defeat the insurgents and to push them back from the city.

Security forces say they have had good achievements as Qahre Maiwand operation continued.

"Taliban was prepared to attack us, but the foreign troops' air crafts came and bombed them," said a soldier in front line.

"Taliban resisted and continued firing, but air crafts came and bombed them and their bodies remained here. The bodies were still there in the morning. They had lots of causalities and we succeeded," said another soldier.

In the past week, Taliban launched heavy attacks in a bid to take control of the city. Some Lashkargah residents left their homes. But some residents say life has returned to normal in the city.
Posted by: badanov || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336072 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


2 Top Al-Qaeda leaders targeted in US airstrikes in Afghanistan
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] US drone strikes has reportedly targeted two of al-Qaeda terrorist network’s top leaders in eastern Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
of Afghanistan.

The officials in Pentagon have said the two top al-Qaeda leaders have likely been killed in the Arclight airstrike but the US military in Afghanistan is still assessing the results of the weekend Arclight airstrikes.

According to reports, at least 15 holy warriors including two Arab nationals and several Pak Taliban fighers were killed in the Arclight airstrikes.

Pentagon front man Peter Cook quoted by AFP said one of the targets was Faruq al-Qatani, a Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
i national who is al-Qaeda’s leader for northeastern Afghanistan and who was assigned to reestablish safe havens in the country.

Cook further added that other, Bilal al-Utabi, also was involved in reestablishing safe havens from which the bandidos holy warriors could threaten the West while recruiting and training foreign fighter.

"If these strikes are determined to be successful, eliminating these core leaders of al-Qaeda will disrupt efforts to plot against the United States and our allies and partners around the world, reduce the threat to our Afghan partners, and assist their efforts to deny al-Qaeda safe haven in Afghanistan," Cook said.

Two Qaida Leaders Killed in Afghanistan, Afghan Spy Agency Confirms

[AnNahar] Two top al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan were killed in a U.S. drone attack, the nation's spy agency confirmed Thursday, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens in the country.

Washington said the strikes on Sunday targeted Farouq al-Qahtani, al-Qaeda's emir for northeastern Afghanistan, and his deputy Bilal al-Utabi, calling it the most significant attack against the group's leadership in several years.

Multiple Hellfire missiles "leveled" two different compounds in Kunar province where the men were believed to be hiding, U.S. officials said Wednesday, without confirming if the strikes were successful.

Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
offered confirmation of their death on Thursday, adding that a third senior member of the group had also been killed.

"The attack was carried out in coordination with NDS," the spy agency said in a statement, without naming the third leader.

The Pentagon had been actively hunting Qahtani for four years. He had longstanding ties with the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest...
before his death in the 2011 U.S. raid on his Pakistain compound.

Qahtani had operated in Afghanistan since at least 2009 and was responsible for planning attacks against U.S. and coalition forces in the country, officials said. His deputy Utabi, was seen as the second- or third-most senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, the official said.
Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336070 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda


34 ISIS killed during Shaheen-20 operations: MoD
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 34 loyalists 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....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed during the counter-terrorism operations of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Thursday that the murderous Moslems were killed during the Shaheen-20 military operations being conducted by the Afghan forces.

MoD further added that a mine planter of the terror group was among those killed and another bad boy was maimed during the operations.

No further details were given regarding the exact locations where the operations were conducted but ISIS loyalists are mainly operational in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province.

The Ministry of Defense on Tuesday said at least 45 murderous Moslems including 19 loyalists of ISIS terrorist group were killed in eastern Nangarhar province.

According to MoD, the murderous Moslems were killed during the counter-terrorism operations conducted in Pachera Agam and Achin districts.

MoD further added that the operations were conducted with the support of close-air support and artillery units in the past 24 hours.

The counter-terrorism operations are being conducted as part of the annual clearance operations of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


NDS rescue hostage in Balkh as captors demanded AFN 6 million ransom
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan intelligence operatives rescued a hostage in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan as the captors demanded AFN 6 million in ransom for his release.

The National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) said the hostage was identified as Rafiullah son of Faqir Mohammad who was kidnapped two kidnappers from the vicinity of Balkh province.

NDS further added that the hostage was released during an operation and was safely returned to his family.

This comes as the Afghan intelligence said last week at least 21 individuals involved in major kidnappings in capital Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
Kidnap for ransom cases still continue in parts of the country despite the Afghan intelligence nabbed two MAFIA bosses involved in major kidnappings who were later executed by the government.

The two top MAFIA leaders, Habib Istalif and Raees Khudaidad, were executed late in 2014 and early in 2015 after they were incarcerated
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
by intelligence operatives.

The NDS operatives released a hostage during an operation conducted in central Wardak province of Afghanistan late in the month of February.

The operation was conducted as the kidnappers were demanding a huge ransom of $1 million from the family of the hostage, forcing the intelligence operatives to intervene and secure his release.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Horn
IS-Linked Group Abandons Somali Town after Brief Occupation
[AnNahar] A breakaway group of around 50 Somali turbans who declared loyalty 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....
jihadists abandoned a small port town on Thursday a day after occupying it, residents and an official said.

"The turbans left town early this morning but they are not far away," said Abdiweli Adan, an elder in a town close to Qandala which the IS-linked group occupied on Wednesday.

He said the group's black flag still flew over government buildings in the small seaside town on the Gulf of Aden coast of Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
, a semi-autonomous state in northern Somalia.

"Some fishermen saw them staying close by in mountainous enclaves," said Adan, who added the turbans left as they had arrived, peacefully.

A security official in the regional capital Bossaso said the threat of an arriving force of Puntland soldiers had scared the turbans off.

"Puntland sent hundreds of special forces to deal with the terrorists. Unfortunately, they have run away even before the forces reached the town," said Cabdirisak Mohammed, a security official in the capital Bossaso, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) west of Qandala.

Mohammed dismissed the takeover of Qandala as "a desperate attempt to draw attention."

The turbans -- led by former Shabaab holy man Abdiqadir Mumin -- switched allegiance from al-Qaeda to IS a year ago but have done little since apart from issuing occasional promotional videos.

Nevertheless, in late August the U.S. State Department named Mumin a "global terrorist" making him a potential target for U.S. drone strikes which are regularly carried out against jihadists in Somalia.

Abdukadir Said, a trader from Qandala said aircraft flying over the town may have spooked the krazed killers. "There were aircraft hovering over Qandala during the last six hours" before they left, he said.

Once a pirate stronghold, Qandala is an ancient trading and fishing town whose main significance is its proximity to Yemen, across the Gulf of Aden, where al-Qaeda and IS groups both operate. In the past the Shabaab has been resupplied with weapons and fighters sent from Yemen.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/28/2016 00:10 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  "Nothing to do here, they hid all the girls under 13 and all the goats."?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/28/2016 3:38 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Benghazi militants admit it was their supply ships sunk in Misrata on Sunday
The Benghazi Revolutionaries Shoura Council has protested that two of its vessels have been sunk in Misrata where they were tied up to a quay belonging to LISCO, the Libyan Iron and Steel company.

This is the first time that the BRSC has admitted owning craft which have almost certainly been running weapons, supplies and reinforcements between Misrata and the Benghazi resort of Ganfouda where the army claims to have completely cut off the BRSC and its allies, the IS and Ansar Al-Sharia terrorist groups.

In their statement Number 50, the BRSC has described last Sunday’s attack on their vessels as cowardly and vowed to revenge themselves on those who had carried it out. It did not reveal how the boats had been sunk.

It said “While the BRSC is busy challenging the media and military conspiracies against it, we were surprised by the explosions early Sunday morning on boats at Misrata port belong to the BRSC”.

The militia then went on to warn the “good people of Misrata” not to give any support to the Libyan army and “its factions”.

There was jubilation in February when the army took the small port of Mreisa, which had been the militants’ key supply base. It was widely assumed that the BRSC and its terrorist allies in their main Ganfouda-Gwarsha concentration and downtown outposts in Sabri and Suq Al-Hud would collapse for want of supplies. That did not happen because the weapons, ammunition and men continued to arrive and wounded were evacuated.

In April two other vessels believed to be used to supply the BRSC and its allies in Benghazi were sunk at their moorings, also on the LISCO quay in what were thought to be the explosion of limpet mines. A promised Misratan enquiry is not known to have reported.

There have been naval and air patrols off the Benghazi coast, one of which this June led to a major explosion on board an arms smuggling vessel.
Posted by: badanov || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336072 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  I thought the word "Benghazi" was verboten?

p.s. Jerry Pournelle on election fraud.
All or any of which may or may not be true, but we no longer find it fantastic. The senior bureaucrats are so enamored of their right to rule and pay themselves annual bonuses – often amounting to more than the reenlistment bonuses they now want to claw back from the veterans — that they are desperate now that they are threatened. I don’t usually pay attention to “vast conspiracy” notions, but this isn’t that. There is no conspiracy involved.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/28/2016 6:07 Comments || Top||


Revolutionary forces gain ground in last ISIS-held area in Sirte
[Libya Observer] Misrata-led forces started Thursday their final battle in Sirte, moving into Jiza apartment blocks, the last ISIS-held area in the city.

Backed by heavy artillery shelling, the infantry advanced into the residential blocks and clashed with the remnants of ISIS diehards. 2 revolutionary fighters were killed and 8 others wounded in the clashes, the field hospital reported.

Military sources confirmed that the Misrata-led forces gained control of some residential blocks and started a combing operation to remove landmines and IEDs.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336067 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Arabia
Soddys intercept Houthi missile fired on Makkah
[Al Arabiya] The Arab Coalition fighting in Yemen said on Thursday that it has intercepted a ballistic missile that hit 65km away from Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, saying it was fired by militias in Yemen.

The missile was fired from Saada province towards Makkah, the coalition said. No damage has been reported.
Posted by: badanov || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336068 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  If it hit, how can it be called "intercepted"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/28/2016 3:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Deflection. Probably not in this case, but with anti-ballistic intercepts, its basic Newtonian physics. If you don't get a destruction, you might still get a deflection to alter impact location.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/28/2016 7:58 Comments || Top||

#3  possibly they meant that the missile was closely observed by Soddie aircraft so it was a visual 'interception'.
Posted by: lord garth || 10/28/2016 9:31 Comments || Top||

#4  O Lord guide with your hand the missiles aimed at satans Rock.,thanks for wymens, beer and dawg's, amen.

And Ferrari, re-amen.
Posted by: Shipman || 10/28/2016 11:43 Comments || Top||

#5  Why did they bother? Just blame it on another stampede.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 10/28/2016 16:49 Comments || Top||


Houthi commander dies in Taiz
Taiz-A senior Houthi military operative, who goes by the nom de guerre of Abu Majed, was killed in clashes with popular resistance fighters on Wednesday in west Yemen’s Taiz city, the Yemeni army announced.

Resistance media center said that Abu Majed, a senior Houthi military operative, has been killed along with a number of other insurgents.

His death came as Houthi militias ramped up their indiscriminate missile attacks on populated neighborhoods of Taiz.

Houthi militias and militants loyal to ousted former President Ali Abdullah Saleh targeted the national army and Popular Resistance sites on the outskirts of strategic Han Mountain in the west, battlefield sources told Asharq Al-Awsat.

“They were aiming to regain this mountain along with several other sites, yet the forces were able to confront them and inflict human and material losses, including the military leader Nasser al-Kaait,” sources added.

In a related development, Houthi militias and Saleh’s forces continued their attacks on Taiz neighborhoods, especially the eastern fronts, which witnessed many conflicts as the militias tried to control different sites for the Popular Resistance.

Moreover, violent confrontations were renewed at al-Shaqab front, south Taiz, as militias tried to advance towards army and resistance bases accompanied by heavy artillery cover by militias targeting civilians’ houses.

These confrontations left Abdulmalek Ahmed Ibrahim, 60, dead. Seven of his family members, some of them children, were injured.

Posted by: badanov || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336072 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


3 die in Soddy airstrike on Saada
[al-Manar] Three civilians were killed on Thursday by a Saudi-US air strike against Baqem Directorate in Saada province, north of Yemen.

A local source told Almassira website that the victims were martyred when the Saudi-led aggression air force targeted them at the highway of Baqem.

Earlier on Thursday, Saudi-US campaign on Yemen had stroke Al-Safiya neighborhood in Al-Thaher Directorate.
Posted by: badanov || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under:


Jailed Qaeda Leader Killed in Yemen’s Lahij
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Police in Yemen’s southwestern Lahij province on Thursday announced that an al-Qaeda leader had been killed by an "unknown assailant" while in police custody.

According to a police statement, Abu al-Mehdar (the authorities did not provide his full name) was killed after turning himself in to police one month ago.

The statement, which did not say when the incident occurred, suggested that the source of the fatal gunshot may have been a nearby police shooting range.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336095 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia


US: Iranian arms shipments to Yemen stopped
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Warships from the US Navy and allied nations have intercepted four weapons shipments from Iran to war-ravaged 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...
since April 2015, a US admiral said Thursday.

Yemen has been rocked by conflict since Iran-backed Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
rebels overran the capital Sanaa and other large parts of the country in 2014, prompting military intervention by an Arab coalition in March last year in support of the internationally recognized government.

The United States and Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
have accused Iran of arming the krazed killers, and while Tehran denies the charges, the coalition has since enforced maritime and air controls over the Arabian Peninsula country.

"Either US ships or coalition ships... intercepted four weapons shipments from Iran to Yemen," said US Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan.

"We know they came from Iran and we know the destination," he told news hounds at an undisclosed military base in Southwest Asia.

Donegal said the shipments contained thousands of AK-47 assault rifles, anti-tank missiles, sniper rifles and "other pieces of other equipment, higher-end weapons systems".

Naval officials were able to determine the destination of the boats' by analyzing GPS settings and interviewing the crew.

One of the shipments had been validated by the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
as being an illegal weapons shipment, said Donegal.

His comments come after the US military's Central Command chief General Joseph Votel said last week Iran may have played a role in suspected Houthi missile attacks this month against US warships in the Red Sea.

"We believe that Iran is connected to this in some way," Donegan said.

Given the heavy volume of traffic around the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf, the three-star admiral said "plenty" of other shipments would have gone through to Yemen.

The arms seizures came after Iran in April 2015 tried to send a convoy of seven ships, guarded by two Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels, to Yemen.

Donegan said these were filled with coastal-defense cruise missiles, explosives and other weapons.

The Shiite Houthi rebels are believed to be behind this month's attacks in which surface-to-surface missiles were fired at the USS Mason on at least two occasions.

In response, US cruise missiles on October 13 struck Houthi radar sites believed to have been used to target the weapons.

The Mason and two other warships were likely targeted in a third missile attack on October 15, but officials have not conclusively confirmed what the threat was or where it was coming from.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  "Dear Baraq stop Money run out stop Send more stop"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/28/2016 3:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Apparently. The Grauniad:

Hassan Rouhani, under pressure to show tangible benefits of the lifting of sanctions to Iranians before the next presidential vote in 2017, complained at the UN in September that the US was failing to fulfil its obligations.


Posted by: Pappy || 10/28/2016 9:02 Comments || Top||


Houthis launch failed ballistic missile into Aden
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
militias failed to successfully launch a ballistic missile into the Yemeni city of Aden from Damt, sources confirmed to Al Arabiya from Dhale Governorate.

Eye witnesses said they saw the failed ballistic missile fall near Naqeel al-Shim area east of Qatabah city where it went kaboom! without causing any causalities.

The incident is being considered a first for Houthi militias and forces loyal to former ousted President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
in attempting to fire a missile into Aden.

Separately, Yemeni army and Popular Resistance Forces repelled an attack by Houthi militias in the directorate of Nahm, Sanaa governorate.

A front man of the resistance in Sanaa Abdullah al-Shandaqi said that the army and the Popular Resistance were able to stop the attack and conduct a counterattack, supported by the coalition air force.

The battle resulted in the death of 18 and scores of maimed on the militias side and the death of four on the popular resistance’s side.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336069 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
Syrian IS Suspect Charged with Scouting Berlin Attack Sites
[AnNahar] German federal prosecutors said Thursday they had brought charges against a 19-year-old Syrian man accused of having scouted targets in Berlin for a potential attack by 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.

The man identified only as Shaas al-M. allegedly joined the jihadist group in 2013 and took part in various military operations in Syria, they said in a statement.

Prosecutors declined to tell AFP when and how the suspect entered Germany last year, which in 2015 took in nearly 900,000 asylum seekers, around 40 percent of them from war-ravaged Syria.

Once he arrived, "he inspected potential attack targets during stays in Berlin and arranged to send at least one person to Syria as a fighter."

"In addition, he served as a contact man for potential attackers in Germany and indicated he was prepared to carry out an attack in Germany," they added.

The suspect was placed in durance vile
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
in March after prosecutors in Potsdam near Berlin laid criminal conspiracy charges.

He stands accused of membership of a foreign terrorist organization as well as military weapons law violations.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336073 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  If An-hell-a Merkel had a son, he'd, look like...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/28/2016 12:25 Comments || Top||


Europe migrants colonist briefs
From Breitbart:
Five men Gang-Rape Woman During Calais Camp Clearance
27 Oct 2016
A young Ethiopian woman was gang-raped by five men amid the destruction of the Calais Jungle camp, French prosecutors have revealed.

Seven Migrants Sexually Abuse Underage Girls in German Pool
27 Oct 2016
At an indoor pool in Berlin seven migrant boys, all under 15 years old, surrounded underage girls and systematically sexually abused them.

Norway to Receive First EU Quota Migrants This Week — Despite Not Being an EU Member
27 Oct 2016
Norway is set to welcome its first group of migrants to arrive under a European Union quota this week, despite not actually being in the EU. The migrants will come to the country as part of a solidarity relocation scheme designed

Merkel: Worried about Islamisation? Just Sing Christmas Carols
27 Oct 2016
Angela Merkel has recommended that Germans who are concerned about Islamisation should play Christmas carols on the recorder to contain any possible threat.
From the Daily Mail:
All aboard the Eurostar! Thousands of migrants booted out of the Jungle turn up in illegal slums in Paris intent on finding their way to Britain as more than 100 children are left homeless in Calais
27/10/16
A total of 5,596 people have been evacuated since the operation to raze the Jungle in Calais began on Monday but many have travelled independently and made their way to Paris (pictured).

EXCLUSIVE: The French village that said 'NON!' to migrants... but lost their fight to stop 50 Calais Jungle refugees from moving into a 19th Century château
27/10/16
Allex, in southern France, home to 2,500 people has been locked in a battle with the French government over plans to house 50 migrants from the Calais Jungle in a 19th Century château.

'If they don't go quietly we'll arrest them': Calais police chief's 'zero tolerance' policy against 100 migrants STILL in Jungle.. and refusing to budge
27/10/16
Migrants trying to evade the police by hiding in tents in the Calais Jungle will be arrested, police commissioner Patrick Visser-Bourdon said today as he confirmed there is a zero tolerance policy.

Britain picks up £36million bill for closure of the Jungle - money comes on top of £80million to pay for security guards in French ports
27/10/16
Britain is footing a £36million bill for the closure of the Jungle migrant camp in Calais. The UK has already pledged £80million to pay private security firms to patrol French ports.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336074 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Jungle belles, Jungle belles
The infidels gonna die.
'O what fun it is to ride a sleigh full of dynamite.


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The Grand Turk
Violence flares in Turkey's tense southeast after mayors' arrest
[Ynet] Five members of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's security forces and five Kurdish faceless myrmidons were killed on Thursday in festivities in the southeast where unrest has flared since the arrest this week of two popular mayors.

Two soldiers were killed in a clash near Hani, a town outside Diyarbakir, the region's biggest city, security sources said. A third died in a firefight near Cukurca near the Iraqi border, where five faceless myrmidons were also killed, they said.

A soldier was killed by a homemade bomb in Bingol, 140 km north of Diyarbakir, and a member of a state-backed militia was killed in Batman province to the east.

Violence has escalated in the 15 months since the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) called off a two-year ceasefire, and the arrest of Diyabakir Mayor Gultan Kisanak and her co-mayor Firat Anli late on Tuesday on terrorism charges has caused further resentment.
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#1  Turks keep pushing this, the whole southeast will go over to the PKK and affiliated groups. If the Kurds ever get unified and armed, they'd be able to fight for, and achieve, a partition that takes out much of Turkey's best mineral and oil resource areas.
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#2  Erdogan Bey "the much beloved" can't help pushing, or so it seems to me. The alternative, in his mind, is watching while the Kurds take over by dint of a higher birth rate.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/28/2016 23:01 Comments || Top||


Police detain 81 ISIL militants in Turkey in latest wave
[Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish police have detained a total of 81 turbans 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....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in operations conducted in Istanbul, the southeastern provinces of Gaziantep and Sanliurfa, the northwestern province of Kirklareli, and the eastern province of Erzurum.

Intelligence and counter-terrorism teams staged the operations after receiving new information on a group that recruits turbans and provides logistical support for the jihadists in Syria and Iraq.

Some 21 senior members of the group were determined with technical and physical tracking to have sent turbans who arrived in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
across the border to fight alongside ISIS. The group was also found to have hidden the turbans in several houses and gathered military equipment for logistical support.

The police started the operations against the suspects on Oct. 26, raiding a total of 31 addresses in five provinces. Beylikduzu, Basaksehir, Kagithane, Fatih, Gaziosmanpasa, Pendik and Gungören were among the districts raided in Istanbul.

A total of 81 people were detained in the operations, of whom 21 were in senior positions and of whom 20 were under the age of 18. Some 60 of those detained were foreigners.

Passports belonging to several countries, identification cards, two pistols, 200 bullets, military camouflage, ISIS-related documents and digital material were confiscated in searches at the targeted houses.

It was also determined that a number of people acting on behalf of ISIS brought the maimed jihadists from Syria and Iraq to Turkey and provided them with treatment.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wine tasting, Vince was about to start on his third quart...
U.S. Defense Minister Ashton Carter has stated that the U.S. has killed an ISIS turban who was planning an attack on Turkey. He did not say whether the jihadist was killed in Syria or Iraq.
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India-Pakistan
Four suspected terrorists die in Quetta
At least four suspected terrorists were killed in Quetta’s Hazar Ganji area on Thursday night in an exchange of fire with security forces.

“Security forces conducted a raid on a compound in the Hazar Ganji area of Quetta,” said a police official.

The security official added that the terrorists fired upon the security forces, after which the forces retaliated.

Three security officials were injured after the terrorists lobbed a hand grenade, said the police official.

More security personnel were summoned to the area and a cordon was established.

Earlier this week, heavily-armed militants wearing suicide vests stormed a police academy in Quetta, killing at least 61 people and wounding at least 117, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said Tuesday, in the deadliest attack on a security installation in the country's history.

Three gunmen burst into the sprawling academy, targeting sleeping quarters home to some 700 recruits, and sent terrified young men aged between 15 and 25 fleeing.

Communication intercepts showed the attack was carried out by Al-Alimi faction of the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) militant group, IG Frontier Corps (FC) Major General Sher Afgan said.
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Polio worker shot dead in Jamrud
[DAWN] LANDI KOTAL: A health worker was bumped off during the ongoing polio
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set...
vaccination campaign in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency
... the place to go if you've got an Indiana Jones hat and whip. Chock full of high adventure and treacherous Pathans. You should really train up to it, though...
on Wednesday.

Khasadar Force officials said Fazal Amin was administering anti-polio drops to children in Sikandar Khel locality of Ghundi when assailants on a cycle of violence fired at him, leaving him maimed.

He was taken to Hayatabad Medical Complex in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
where he died, official sources said.

Security forces cordoned off the area after the incident and picked up 15 suspected rustics.

The banned Lashkar-e-Islam
...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver....
murderous Moslem group grabbed credit for the attack with its front man Salahuddin Ayubi saying such assaults would continue.

Agency surgeon Dr Niaz Afridi told Dawn that the seven-day campaign would continue and that health workers kept doing their job in Ghundi and surrounding localities even after the attack.

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Two people killed, 11 injured by Indian fire along Working Boundary and LoC
[DAWN] At least two people were killed and 11 were maimed when Indian forces opened fired along the Working Boundary and the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday.

Along the LoC Indian troops opened fire in the Kotli sector which killed one and injured four, including two children, said officials and residents from the area.

"Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Tatta Pani, Jandrot and Nakyal sectors in the afternoon, using small and heavy weapons," an official told Dawn from the area.

In the area of the Working Boundary, Indian troops resorted to firing in the Shakargarh sector, which resulted in the death of a woman and injured seven others, said a statement released from the Inter-Services Public Relations.

"Pak Rangers befittingly responded to Indian unprovoked firing and targetted Indian posts inflicting heavy casualties," said the ISPR statement.

The "intense and heavy" exchange of fire continued for 11 hours on Harpal and Chaprar sectors on the Working Boundary, it said.


Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336073 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  Happens all the time. And the Pak rangers will respond appropriately ?
Like what? Squat ?

They ARE Pakis. And Pakis are noted for what in combat? In Bangla Desh the Pakis surrendered a Whole Country in 13 days after fighting for one day and running for two weeks.93,000 Paki prisoners were loaded on cattle cars and shipped to the Rann of Kutch desert where they were auctioned off over six years back to the Mighty Pak Army for money and concessions. The Paci military is not known for its achievements. They have LOST ALL their recent wars, every one.
Posted by: Tyranysaurus Trotsky5538 || 10/28/2016 8:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Been perusing Wikipedia again, eh Hemingway?
Posted by: Pappy || 10/28/2016 13:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Good nick TT, I'd keep it.
Posted by: Shipman || 10/28/2016 16:36 Comments || Top||


Iraq
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition


ISIS executes 232 south of Mosul

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Parliamentary Human Rights Committee revealed on Wednesday, that the ISIS executed 232 civilians in Hamam al-Alil area and al-Arij village, south of the city of Mosul, while called Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the International coalition to continue liberating the ISIS-held areas in the city.

MP Abdul Rahim al-Shammari said in a statement, “The ISIS terrorist group is still committing criminal and brutal crimes against civilians in the province of Nineveh, and it executed 190 citizens in Hamam al-Alil after kidnapping them from different parts of the city of Mosul.”

“ISIS militants also executed 42 civilians in the village of al-Arij, for refusing to join the group,” Shammari added. “We are calling Commander of the Armed Forces Haider al-Abadi and the international coalition to accelerate liberating the ISIS-held areas to stop the terrorist operations committed against the unarmed civilians,” Shammari declared.

The joint security forces, backed by the Army Aviation and international coalition forces, continue advancing in the battle to liberate Mosul from ISIS occupation.

ISIS executes 22 on Mosul

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Iraqi media outlets reported on Thursday, that the Islamic State group executed 22 civilians by electrocution in central Mosul.

“ISIS militants electrocuted 22 civilians in al-Magmoa al-Thaqafiya area in central Mosul, for collaborating with security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters,” Al Sumaria News stated.

Al Sumaria News added, “The ISIS militants were keeping these civilians inside a prison in Mosul for nearly four months.”

Yesterday, Parliamentary Human Rights Committee revealed, that the ISIS executed 232 civilians in Hamam al-Alil area and al-Arij village, south of the city of Mosul, while called Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the International coalition to continue liberating the ISIS-held areas in the city.

The joint security forces, backed by the Army Aviation and international coalition forces, continue advancing in the battle to liberate Mosul from ISIS occupation.
Posted by: badanov || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336070 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Anbar Antics: 25 die


Iraqi forces smash ISIS convoy, 25 Bad Guys die

(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – Anbar Operations Command announced on Thursday killing 25 ISIS militants and destroying ten vehicles, southwest of Rutba district, west of Anbar Province.

Commander of Anbar Operations, Maj. Gen. Ismail Mahlawi, said, “The international coalition air force bombed 10 vehicles belong to the ISIS, south of Rutba district (310 km west of Ramadi), destructing them completely.”

“The aerial bombing also resulted in the killing of 25 ISIS members who were inside those vehicles,” Mahalawi added.

The security forces recaptured Rutba district, after liberating it from the ISIS militants, and are now working to secure the areas around the district.
Posted by: badanov || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336067 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 1 die


1 dead in liquor store grenade attack

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – Iraqi media outlets reported on Thursday, that five persons were either killed or wounded in a bomb blast that targeted a liquor store in central Baghdad.

Al Sumaria News stated, “Today, unidentified gunmen attacked a liquor store near the national theater in Karada area, in central Baghdad, using a hand grenade, killing one person and wounding four others, as well as inflicting material damage to the shop.”

“Security forces rushed to the area of incident, and transferred the body to the forensic medicine department and the wounded to a nearby hospital,” Al Sumaria added.

Earlier this week, Iraqi Parliament voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcoholic beverages, while the supporters of the decree said that availability of alcohols contradicts Islam and is unconstitutional.

Iraq is witnessing a surge of violence since 2013, while the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) announced that more than 2162 Iraqis were either killed or wounded in different areas of Iraq during September 2016.
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ISIS repels several assaults at the gates of Mosul

[ALMASDARNEWS] With the campaign to liberate djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
nearing week two, 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....
claimed to have fended off several Peshmerga and Iraqi Army attacks south, east and north of the ISIS stronghold on Tuesday.

A convoy of some 40 Peshmerga armored vehicles attempted to storm Umar Qabshi village, northeast of Mosul, but encountered fierce ISIS resistance and were forced to withdraw after an hour-long battle.

Skirmishes were also observed at Qarqush (Al-Hamdaniyah) as the Iraqi Army's 9th Division clashed with a few dozen ISIS turbans still held up in the town. At their closest, the Iraqi Armed Forces on the eastern flank of Mosul are 12 kilometers from the city.

A report from al-Sumaria TV stating the Iraqi Army had entered the city of Mosul itself proved false; however, the Iraqi Army's 16th Division is still stationed inside Tel Keppe, a town only 6 kilometers north of Mosul.

Despite not gaining any ground in the Nineveh governorate today, the Iraqi Army's 9th, 15th and 16th Divisions are expected to support the Iraqi Army's special forces 'Golden Division' in the final offensive to liberate Mosul city.

While liberating several villages on the outskirts of Mosul from ISIS, the Peshmerga has announced it will not participate in the actual battle for Mosul city, an Arab city which is home to some 1,500,000 people.

Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie sadly admitted that he was a better peeping Tom than he was a comedian...
three diversionary ISIS offensives on the cities of Rutbah, Sinjar and Kirkuk have been repelled while the Islamic State is stiffening its frontline around Mosul in anticipation of the publicly announced offensive.

At Ar-Rutbah in western Anbar near the Syrian border, a four-day long battle saw 40 ISIS turbans and 14 ISIS vehicle destroyed. Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie sadly admitted that he was a better peeping Tom than he was a comedian...
Amaq Agency said over 70 Iraqi soldiers were killed in the battle for Ar-Rutbah which eventually saw ISIS forces retreat after a massive batch of reinforcements arrived at the town.

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#1  I do so love the illustration, the mobile fist has always been a winner.
Posted by: Shipman || 10/28/2016 16:39 Comments || Top||


Mosul offensive kills up to 900 jihadists, US says
[FRANCE24] The United States said Thursday that up to 900 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 the offensive to retake Iraq's djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, as camps around the city filled with fleeing civilians.

Iraqis who fled their homes expressed joy at escaping the IS group's brutal rule as they were given shelter and assistance, in some cases reuniting with relatives they had not seen in more than two years.

The offensive, launched on October 17, is seeing tens of thousands of Iraqi fighters advancing on Mosul from the south, east and north in a bid to retake the last major Iraqi city under IS group control.

Backed with air and ground support from a US-led coalition, federal forces allied with Kurdish peshmerga fighters have taken a string of towns and villages in a cautious but steady advance.

General Joseph Votel, who heads the US military's Central Command, told AFP on Thursday that the offensive was inflicting a heavy toll on the jihadists.

"Just in the operations over the last week and a half associated with Mosul, we estimate they've probably killed about 800-900 Islamic State fighters," Votel said in an interview.

There are between 3,500 and 5,000 IS jihadists in Mosul and up to another 2,000 in the broader area, according to US estimates.

The offensive has so far been concentrated in towns and villages around Mosul, with Iraqi forces later expected to breach city limits and engage the jihadists in street-to-street fighting.

Turkish and Saudi weapons found in Mosul

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh -The leader of al-Hashed al-Shaabi militia, Uday al-Khaddran, announced, that the security forces found Turkish and Saudi weapons in the axes of Mosul, and pointed out that vehicles and weapons entered the ISIS-held areas in Mosul on daily basis across the Turkish border by Gulf senior traders.

Khaddran said in a press statement, “Turkey is supplying the ISIS with weapons and military equipment, in addition to Turkish military advisers and experts to train the group’s terrorists, and artillery to support the terrorists’ movement.”

“Traders from Kuwait and UAE are facilitating the entry of thousands of Toyota vehicles to be used by the ISIS militants in their operations,” Khaddran added.

Khaddran also revealed that Turkish and Saudi intelligence transferred ISIS senior leaders and warlords from Mosul to Syria and Libya, in preparation for a new phase that will start from Egypt and Algeria.

Iraqi security forces also found Saudi weapons and vehicles during the battles to liberate Anbar and Salahuddin in the past two years.

Iraqi kops liberate 2 villages north of Shura

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Federal Police Command announced on Thursday, that its forces liberated two villages north of Shura area, and south of Mosul, from the ISIS control.

Federal Police Chief, Raed Shaker Jawdat, said in a press statement, “This morning, Federal Police troops managed to liberate the villages of Wadi Qassab and Hamza, north of Shura area from the ISIS grip.”

“The Federal Police forces continue advancing toward al-Shura area in order to fully liberate it,” Jawdat added.

Earlier this month, General Commander of Iraqi Armed forces and Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced launching the battle to liberate Mosul from the ISIS grip, and pointed out that only Iraqi forces will participate in the battle.

Results of Mosul offensive after 11 days of battle

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The Iraqi army, backed by Kurdish Peshmerga forces and the international coalition air force continued its victories in the battle to liberate the city of Mosul from the Islamic State’s (ISIS) occupation. The offensive that was launched on the 17th of October has so far inflicted heavy losses on ISIS, Youm7 reported on Thursday.

An infographic published earlier by Iraqi News revealed that around 5,000 fighters belonging to ISIS occupy the city of Mosul, and 65,000 Iraqi soldiers divided into 6 divisions are expected to participate in the liberation battle, in addition to around 10,000 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and 24,000 members of Nineveh Police and al-Hashd al-Shaabi militia.

Few hours after the start of Mosul offensive, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi fled from Mosul to the Syrian territories, along with hundreds of the group’s members and their families, after surviving a coup attempt by the so-called Islamic Police in Mosul and summoning “al-Assra Army” to suppress the coup.

More than 800 members of the ISIS were killed during the direct confrontations against the Iraqi army, in addition to 58 militants who were executed for collaborating with security forces.

Meanwhile, Iraqi joint security forces managed in the last 11 days to liberate nearly 80 villages in the city of Mosul, as well as destroying 127 booby-trapped vehicles and dismantling 397 improvised explosive devices.

The security forces also destructed more than 40 ISIS defense positions, 3 tunnels and a headquarters, in addition to confiscating 36 mortar cannons and 16 armed vehicles.
Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336073 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Kurdish forces kill 30 Turkish-backed rebels in northeast Aleppo
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Kurdish-led "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) reportedly killed 30+ Salafist tough guys from Jabhat al-Shamiya in northeastern Aleppo on Wednesday.

According to Kurdish social media activists, the Syrian Democratic Forces killed the 30+ Turkish-backed rebels during their swift assault at the village of Tal Madiq in northeastern Aleppo.

The capture of Tal Madiq on Wednesday came 24 hours after the Syrian Democratic Forces expelled the remaining Turkish-backed rebels from nearby Tal Jijan.

In response to the Syrian Democratic Forces' advance in northeast Aleppo, the Turkish Army began shelling their positions in order to punish them for attacking their allies.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336090 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Syrian forces purge terrorists from town in Hama province
[Iran Press TV] Syrian army soldiers and their allies have managed to liberate a key town in the country’s west-central province of Hama from the grip of Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
terrorists.

An unnamed Syrian military source said on Thursday that the recapture of the town of Suran came after intensive operations against the gatherings and fortified positions of terror outfits in the area.

"Units from our armed forces in cooperation with the people’s defense forces regained control over the municipality of Suran and the farms surrounding it," the source said.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336067 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria



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