[ARABNEWS] Roadside bombs in Afghanistan killed at least 10 people Saturday, authorities said. The deadliest attack happened in southern Kandahar province when a bomb struck a civilian car, killing civilians including five women, they said.
No group immediately grabbed credit for that blast, But Panjwayi district police chief Sultan Mohammad blamed the Taliban for the incident.
"They were traveling from Pajwai district to Kandahar city to visit a doctor and do some shopping for the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr (Moslem holiday)," said Dawa Khan Minapal, a front man for provincial governor.
"But their vehicle was targeted by a roadside kaboom freshly planted by the Taliban and this tragedy happened." He added: "Their dead bodies are still in the area and police have already transferred two maimed children from the incident to a provincial hospital."
The incident took place days after the Taliban ordered their men to avoid targeting civilians.
That's one of them there taqiyah thingies or mebbe a kitmen.
"We have to be very careful when planting roadside kabooms targeting the enemy and we have to consider ordinary lives," a Taliban statement said on July 4.
And so they have done.
In a similar incident in the eastern city of Jalalabad two people were killed when a remote control bomb went off. The target was an army vehicle but it escaped unharmed, said Abdul Zia Abdulzai, a front man for the provincial governor.
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Happy Eid!
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[Tolo News] At least one civilian and a policeman were killed and another civilian injured in a kaboom 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 early Saturday, local officials said.
The incident happened around 9 a.m. in Jalalabad, the capital of the province, after a bomb that was placed inside a cycle of violencewent kaboom! in the area, said Abdul Raouf Uruzgani, a police official in Jalalabad.
"One civilian and a policeman were killed and a 10-year-old boy was injured in the blast," he said.
The victims have been taken to a nearby hospital and police have started investigations about the blast, he added.
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An explosion which caused injuries and losses occurred last night in Kismayo, the provincial capital of Lower Jubba region and the seat of the Interim Jubba Administration. The IED bomb was detonated by a remote control in Kismayo targeting troops loyal to the Interim Jubba Administration which manage the port town.
Residents in the city reported to Shabelle that they suspected casualties were sustained by the blast targeted at the soldiers despite specifying the precise numbers of fatalities. Almost immediately after the tremor, a fleet of IJA soldiers arrived on scene and conducted a thorough search crackdown of the entire port town of Kismayo.
At last, officials of the Interim Jubba Administration have not spoken out regarding the IED explosion in Kismayo nor specified the numbers of fatalities caused by the blast.
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Qansaxdhere -- According to news reports from Bay region, fierce clashes broke out between Somali National Army troops against the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab terrorist organization in the Qansaxdhere district of the region.
The violent conflict was provoked after the terrorist insurgents attacked a Somali National Army sitting or military station in Qansaxdhere. Residents in the district have reported to Shabelle that severe fatalities were caused and both of the warring sides allegedly received casualties and losses.
The Qansaxdhere district officials of the Bay regional administration have denied to give a statement to Shabelle regarding the skirmishes in the district last night.
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[Libya Herald] Four rockets which struck Benina Airport yesterday have destroyed its newly refurbished international departures lounge.
The missile strike did not cause any injuries and, as yet, no group has grabbed credit for the attack. The shells caused some structural damage and destroyed a new restaurant and waiting area. These facilities had only recently been completed. There have also been reports of damage to the airport's car park and several cars.
Benina remains closed to civilian air traffic due to security concerns over festivities around the nearby Saiqa Special Forces ...Libya's elite army unit, insofar as they have one, formed from a mixture of paratroopers and commandos. The group emerged from a militia with the same name in 2010. It now numbers a few thousand and reports to the Ministry of Defence. It deployed in Benghazi in an attempt to control the carnage. As a result, it has been attacked and several of its officers murdered. The force is popular in Benghazi for its stance against Ansar al-Sharia group... base which has regularly been targeted by gangs affiliated with Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... . The airport is also the base of the airforce's helicopter unit that is supporting the Operation Dignity assault against Ansar al-Sharia and other militias.
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[Libya Herald] Two officers were killed in Benghazi over the last two days with another nine individuals kidnapped in the city in 24 hours on Thursday.
Tawfiq Sheikhi, an army colonel, was shot and killed in the early hours of yesterday morning in the city's Hadaiq area. Residents in the district told the Libya Herald that he had been shot by assailants driving a back BMW. His body was taken to Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC).
BMC has also reported the death of airforce colonel Ibrahim Dressi who was shot and killed in Benghazi's Salmani district after leaving Maghreb prayers on Thursday. A source the hospital said Dressi had been shot several times and was dead on arrival. The identity of his killers is unknown.
Head of Saiqa Special Forces ...Libya's elite army unit, insofar as they have one, formed from a mixture of paratroopers and commandos. The group emerged from a militia with the same name in 2010. It now numbers a few thousand and reports to the Ministry of Defence. It deployed in Benghazi in an attempt to control the carnage. As a result, it has been attacked and several of its officers murdered. The force is popular in Benghazi for its stance against Ansar al-Sharia group... Investigations Unit Fadel Al-Hassi said that a total of nine people had been kidnapped in Benghazi on Thursday. He said the abductees included military and security services personnel, men and women. Other than the son of Major General Suleiman Obeidi, Mahmoud Obeidi, he would not disclose their names as a security precaution.
A week ago, Hassi said 56 individuals including military personnel were being held following kidnappings in Benghazi. Forty-three were reported by Saiqa Special Forces two weeks ago.
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[Libya Herald] Twelve unidentified decomposing bodies were found on the beach in Tajoura on Thursday and Friday. The find may be connected to the discovery of an abandoned fishing boat on Thursday.
According to the mayor of Tajoura, Hussein Al-Zarouq, the corpses were transferred to Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... Medical Centre.
Zarouq told LANA that he believed that the bodies were most likely those of illegal migrants en route to Europe. There is concern, he said, that a boat found two days ago, on which the suspected refugees may have been travelling, was contaminated with some contagious diseases. He did not explain but said there had been local pressure for precautions to be put in place to stop the spread of any contagion.
Possibly they don't want to be on the receiving end of that little Ebola problem...
He called on the Ministry of Health and the Libyan Red Islamic Thingy to "take necessary measures".
He also pointed to his municipality's lack of adequate resources—such as body bags, morgues and vehicles to transport the bodies.
The Red Islamic Thingy responded by sending a team of volunteers to the beach to properly search the boat and transport the bodies from the beach to the hospital.
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[DAWN] Air strikes were launched early morning today killing 13 suspected hard boyz and destroying seven hideouts after rockets were fired on a security forces check post in Mirali from inside Mirali town, according to a statement released by the Inter Services Public relations (ISPR) on Saturday.
Didn't that mean something to the Romans, back in the day?
The details could not be independently verified as the access to media persons is severely restricted in the region.
Most of the hard boyz killed in strikes are foreigners while a huge cache of arms and ammunition was also destroyed, the statement added further details of which are given below.
Six cycle of violence-borne-improvised bombs (IEDs) and two vehicle-Borne-IEDs, two 12.7 mm guns, one 14.5 mm gun, three vehicles, 11 suicide jackets and huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered during last 24 hours in area Khar Warsak and Zartangi.
Three hard boyz including one Uzbek were apprehended from Boya area.
During the operation two jacket wallahs were identified and chased who went kaboom! themselves when encircled close to Boya.
Two explosive laden vehicles were destroyed through Aviation strike at Degan.
Consolidation of cleared area in Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... and Miranshah- Dattakhel road was still underway.
Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, Buford bit the snake and Eloise began speaking in tongues... the relief operation for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at Bannu, DI Khan, Tank and 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. continues at full pace.
So far 96,533 ration packs each of 110 kilogram have been distributed among IDPs.
Moreover, 1,012 ton rations have been collected so far at 59 relief collection points established by Pakistain Army throughout the country, bulk of which have been transported to Bannu.
Army doctors, specially moved to reinforce local medical effort at Bannu, were also busy in providing relief to the patients.
So far 12,587 Patients have been treated at the Field Medical Hospital established at Khalifa Gul Nawaz hospital Bannu by Army.
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[DAWN] Justice Ali Baqar Najafi received a death threat on Saturday through a letter demanding closure of the Lahore's Model Town case, DawnNews reported.
The letter categorically asked for a withdrawal of the case and threatened to kill Justice Baqar and his family.
On receipt of the threat, the security for the protection of Justice Baqar was increased, with additional personnel of the elite force also deployed at the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Justice Baqar was serving as a judicial commission judge which was formulated to investigate into the incident where Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) supporters broke into a clash with police.
The incident had resulted in the death of 11 people, whereas more than 100 people were maimed.
Moreover, during a trial on courts security a few days before, Justice Anwarul Haq also admitted of receiving death threats from Lion of Islams.
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[DAWN] An kaboom in Metroville area of 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... 's Site area maimed three persons early on Sunday, according to a DawnNews report.
The nature and intensity of the kaboom could not be confirmed till the filing of this report.
Rescue and security teams reached the blast site.
The victims were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment while security personnel ccordoned off the area a as probe into the incident went underway.
Some bystanders reported that the destroyed debris of the cycle of violence suggested that explosives were planted on the two-wheeler while others sources said that the blast was caused by a hand-grenade.
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[Pak Daily Times] Unidentified men blew up a sixteen-inch diameter gas pipeline at Pirkoh Plant in Dera Bugti district on Saturday. According to Levies force, some faceless myrmidons had attached bombs with the gas pipeline that went off. Gas supply has been suspended from Pirkoh plant after the blast. Local administration reached the site and cordoned off the entire area and started efforts to arrest suspects.
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[Pak Daily Times] Three persons, including caretaker of Jamia Al-Mustafa, were killed and one other injured in different violence incidents in the city on Saturday.
Maulana Liaquat, 40, son of Saeed Muhammad, the guardian of Jamia Al-Mustafa, was killed in an armed attack near Safoora Chowrangi. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for medico-legal formalities.
Police rushed to the scene of the crime and began their investigations.
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[Pak Daily Times] Three army soldiers, including a captain, were killed in raid on a Pak check-post in the Bajaur tribal district from across the border, military said on Saturday.
The attack took place in Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur. Around two dozen turbans armed with sophisticated weapons crossed from the Afghan province of Kunar to launch the pre-dawn ambush, officials said.
"Militants from across the border ambushed a check post. Two security personnel and an officer embraced martyrdom in the attack," a security official in Bajaur told AFP by telephone.
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[Pak Daily Times] At least four persons including two coppers were killed in a road accident and firing incident in different localities of Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... on Saturday. Two coppers including Constable Kaleemullah and Farman, riding cycle of violence, were chasing a suspected vehicle during their routine patrol when their cycle of violence rammed into a truck. As a result both cops was struck down in his prime. In Jafferanwala, an accused Yasir shot up his elder brother Abdul Rasheed over domestic dispute leaving him critically injured and fled away
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[An Nahar] Gunmen killed 25 women and maimed at least eight people Saturday when they stormed two buildings in a residential Baghdad compound reputedly used for prostitution, police and government sources said.
It's Ramadan, so the taqfiris make sure nobody has any fun.
Police said silenced guns were used in the attack, which took place in a mainly Shiite area where 12 people were killed in a similar raid on May 22 last year.
"Twenty-five women were killed and eight people maimed, among them four men, when gunnies stormed two buildings in a residential compound in Zayouna in east Baghdad," an interior ministry official told Agence La Belle France Presse.
A senior police officer gave the same corpse count but reported 11 maimed.
"Unidentified gunnies stormed building number 43 in Zayouna, killing 10 women and wounding five. They also stormed building number 44, where they killed 15 women and maimed six men," a police colonel said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered...
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The real war on women. Not just a phony ginned up war that is concerned with taxpayers paying for various forms of birth control. Outcry from the left about the islamic Mideast?
Iraqi military soldiers backed by thousands of tribal fighters have repelled a fresh assault by ISIL terrorists on the strategic town of Haditha, Press TV reported.
The attack on Haditha in Anbar Province began after the ISIL fired several rockets at military outposts in the troubled region on Saturday. Reports say the government forces killed more than three dozen ISIL terrorists in the fierce fighting in the western town.
A senior Iraqi army commander says 4,000 volunteers are being airlifted to Ramadi, the capital of the western Anbar Province. Security sources say volunteer forces are being sent to Ramadi to help government forces there gain the upper hand in battles against the ISIL militants.
This comes as parts of Ramadi are under the control of the ISIL also known as Daesh. The Takfiri group is also controlling the city of Fallujah in Anbar Province.
Latest reports say violent clashes have erupted in the central province of Diyala as security forces fought back against militants across the volatile region. Reports say the ISIL's advance has been slowed down as Iraqi military and volunteer forces have begun engaging militants on several fronts.
The majority of the volunteer forces are Shia Muslims and Sunni tribesmen answering a call from top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Senior Muslim clerics have condemned the ISIL atrocities, including mass executions and rape. The terrorist group has links with Saudi intelligence and it is believed that it is being indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.
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[IsraelTimes] Gazoo City commando raid concludes with three Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, dead, four IDF maimed
As war with Hamas enters sixth day, Israel steps up air strikes after major barrage on Tel Aviv area; IDF fires into Leb after 3 rockets hit Galilee; Army tells Gazooks to leave areas in northern Strip; Death toll in Strip reaches 157; US woman dies of heart attack after siren in J'lem
Operation Protective Edge entered its sixth day Sunday, with no end in sight. Hamas fired rockets throughout Saturday, hitting southern and central Israel, with a major barrage on the Tel Aviv area in late evening. An American tourist died of a heart attack after sirens wailed in Jerusalem, a day after a Haifa woman died in similar circumstances. Paleostinian reports say at least 150 Paleostinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes, including more than 15 in a strike late Saturday aimed at Hamas's Gazoo police chief. The Times of Israel is liveblogging events as they unfold.
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The Israelis are too worried about being surgical. Haven't we learned that just taking out some leadership is not effective?
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Taking out the leadership is not enough. You have to take out the number three's. Problem is that there are always more number three's. So you have to be inclusive...
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I think this is more about weapons than people.
Most of the rockets that Hamas uses are relatively simple to use and there are lots of people who are willing to be in their rocket brigade.
destroying the rocket launchers is critical as is knocking out the rocket stockpile
we'll know that the IDF is getting close to its goal post if the daily number of rockets declines to 50 or fewer per day and if the daily number of long range rockets gets below 4 or so.
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If you take out all the people, then it doesn't matter a whit how many rockets launchers are left on the ground.
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There's a real opportunity here: the Israelis could bomb all sorts of stuff in Gaza and when people complain, just reply, "no it wasn't us, it was an errant Hamas rocket."
It's like a perp falling down the flight of stairs at the police station. Elebenteen times.
Try to prove them wrong.
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Ah Dr White, presumption of innocence doesn't apply to Evil Zionist entity.
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"the gaza electric supply will be reduced starting now not because of Israel but because a gaza rocket hit a transmission station on the supply line to gaza"
ROFLMAO, lg! :-D
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Maybe Israel can generate transients and noise in the electric power supplied to Gaza that will pass through the transformers and cook all their electronics far and wide. Bwahahahaha!
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Hamas warned airlines to stay away from Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, threatening to target it with rockets. Friday's warning by Hamas' armed wing, reported by Reuters, came on the fourth day of Israel's operation against Hamas in Gaza.
"The armed wing of Hamas movement has decided to respond to the Israeli aggression and we warn you against carrying out flights to Ben Gurion airport, which will be one of our targets today because it also hosts a military air base," Reuters quoted a statement by Hamas' Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades as saying.
Hamas claimed earlier that it already had fired at least one rocket toward the airport, although no such hit was reported. The terrorist group said it had issued the warning so that airlines could avoid injury to passengers.
So thoughtful they are.
Several rockets from the Gaza Strip were fired toward the greater Tel Aviv area on Friday morning. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted three projectiles. No injuries were reported. Incoming air traffic was halted as sirens were sounded in the area, an airport spokesperson told The Jerusalem Post. Flight traffic was resumed as normal after the sirens subsided.
And so effective, too.
A spokesman for the Airports Authority said that a siren had sounded at Ben Gurion and that all activity had stopped for about 10 minutes, but that the siren was part of a general alert in the Tel Aviv area and not a direct threat to the airport.
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Good work, dumb-Hamasses. You just gave the Israelis yet another justification for crushing you like bugs.
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re: #3 That would be a good place to take them into custody. It would be for their own . . . . safety . . . you understand. Might have to keep them in tiny, dark,s ealed rooms for a looooong time. For their own safety, you understand.
[HOSTED.AP.ORG] Medical officials in the Gazoo Strip say 15 people have been killed in an Israeli Arclight airstrike that attacked a target near a mosque.
Health Ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra says the Arclight airstrike took place just as people were ending evening prayers at the mosque.
It was not clear what the target of the Arclight airstrike was.
It was the deadliest single Arclight airstrike during Israel's current 5-day-old offensive in Gazoo.
The Israeli military says it is ordering Paleostinians living in the northern Gazoo Strip to evacuate the area "for their own safety."
In a statement Saturday, the military said it would send messages to residents overnight to leave the area.
Brig. Gen. Motti Almoz, the chief military front man, said Israel planned to hit the area with heavy force in the next 24 hours as it steps up an offensive against Gazoo myrmidons.
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[Dhaka Tribune] The UN Security Council has called for a ceasefire between Israel and the Paleostinians in the Gazoo Strip, as Paleostinian deaths continue to mount.
All 15 members approved a statement calling for de-escalation, the "restoration of calm" and a resumption of peace talks.
At least 133 Paleostinians have been killed since Israel began its operation five days ago, Paleostinian sources say.
Israel says it has been hit by over 40 rockets since Friday, suffering damage.
It is the first time since Israel's offensive began that the UN Security Council has issued a statement, with members previously divided on their response.
The Security Council members expressed serious concern regarding the crisis related to Gazoo and the protection and welfare of civilians on both sides.
The Security Council members called for de-escalation of the situation, restoration of calm, and reinstitution of the November 2012 ceasefire.
The Security Council members further called for respect for international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians.
The Security Council members also expressed their support for the resumption of direct negotiations between the Israelis and Paleostinians with the aim of achieving a comprehensive peace agreement based on the two-state solution.
Israel has vowed to press on with its campaign until rocket attacks stop.
It says it is targeting snuffies and Death Eater facilities, including the homes of senior operatives. "Dozens of terrorists" are among those killed, it says.
However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... the UN estimated has estimated hat 77% of the people killed in Gazoo were civilians.
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I notice nobody has commented on this post. Could it be because the UN Security Council is irrelevant?
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Of course the Useless Nitwits considers illegal combatants as 'civilians'. And they fail to mention the use of human shields by Hamas - a war crime.
[Ynet] Paleostinians say corpse count reaches 135, while at least 950 people were maimed; Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... claims 2 nephews killed in IAF strike.
The Israel Air Force struck the homes of the head of Hamas' rockets unit, and the head of Islamic Jihad
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A sub-leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and a Philippine soldier were killed in a firefight that also injured four others in Lanao del Sur province.
Capt. Franco Suelto said the soldiers were waiting for television crew members when MILF sub-leader Javier Macagaan and his followers attacked the infantrymen starting a firefight. He said the clash killed Macagaan and a government soldier. Suelto said the soldiers were acting as the security detail for the television crew members who were filming in Marantao town.
Sources said that Macagaan and his followers were alarmed after seeing many soldiers near his house and thought he would be arrested.
Col. Glenn Macasero said the MILF members attacked the soldiers without provocation. He said, "The soldiers had no recourse but to return fire and defend their position until reinforcement arrived. Firefight ensued for an hour until elements of the MILF withdraw to different direction."
He said the incident was resolved through the intercession of the International Monitoring Team and the Joint Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities.
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Meanwhile, not to be outdone by the Moros, ...
* TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > JIHAD "PREACHER" ARRESTED IN MANILA | ... PHILIPPINES.
Alleged pro-ISIS Aussie Muslim convert Robert Edward Cerantonio.
Soon enuff it will be GUAM's andor CNMI's, WESTPAC's turn to see same???
For time being, China + PLA will worry us.
* IIRC GUAMPDN > CHINA RAISES PROFILE, AIMS TO REPLACE US IN ASIA SECURITY ROLE.
[An Nahar] Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... has sent reinforcements to several cities in Reef Damascus amid reports of a possible attack on the region by the Syrian opposition's fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.
"Hizbullah continues to send reinforcements to areas in al-Qalamoun plains and to the surroundings of al-Zabadani (50 kilometers northwest of Damascus)," the Observer announced in a statement, noting that this might be part of a plan for an attack on the region by the Syrian regime's forces aided by Hizbullah.
Informed sources have told the Saudi daily Oqath that the bodies of three Hizbullah fighters have recently been transferred to Leb from the neighboring country.
The fighters had died in an operation launched by the Syrian rebels against party posts in al-Qalamoun, according to Oqath's article, which was published on Saturday.
"The losses of lives among Hizbullah fighters have increased significantly after the Syrian army retook control of al-Qalamoun"
"The losses of lives among Hizbullah fighters have increased significantly after the Syrian army retook control of al-Qalamoun," the sources said, remarking that this might have been due to the geography of the region "especially in the Arsal al-Ward area which is difficult to completely seize."
"Hizbullah leaders are now mapping plans to deal with the situation (in al-Qalamoun), especially amid fears of a possible large attack by Syria's opposition in the coming few weeks," they added.
Fighting continued in al-Qalamoun between the Damascus regime forces, aided by Hizbullah, and the opposition's fighters despite the "fall" of the region in the government troops' hands.
In June, 10 Hizbullah fighters died while taking part in the ongoing Syrian war, most of whom were killed in an attack by the oppositions' fighters in the town of Rankous in Reef Damascus.
These reports were confirmed on websites affiliated with the Syrian opposition and with Hizbullah, which also revealed the fighters' identity.
Hizbullah had announced more than one year ago that its fighters are taking part in the ongoing war in neighboring Syria to defend the country against the Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... threat
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Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-NUSRA has is repor prepping to declare the still-contested Syrian City of Aleppo a SECOND EMIRATE = CALIPHATE?
[An Nahar] Unidentified men launched three rockets late on Saturday towards Israel from al-Qlayleh plain to the south of Tyre in southern Leb, reported the state-run National News Agency.
Trying to achieve Iran's long-planned encirclement, when Hamas and Hizb'allah attack along the border, while Iran lobs nukes from afar? Only without Iranian nukes or Hizb'allah or a true encirclement. But points for trying...
Earlier in the day and for the second day in a row, Israeli forces fired flares near Lebanese southern towns.
"Israeli forces fired flares near the (southern town of) Aita al-Shaab," NNA said.
The NNA also said that two Israeli helicopters flew over the border region inside the occupied Paleostinian territories.
Israeli forces had released heat balloons and fired flares on border towns late on Friday evening, particularly over the southern towns Marwahine, Aita al-Shaab and Ramya.
Israeli soldiers also deployed heavily along the border with Leb on Friday, covering the region from the village of Naqoura to Rmeish in the South.
On Friday morning, several rockets were fired on northern Israel from the outskirts of the town of Mari in Hasbaya, drawing retaliatory Israeli artillery fire.
But the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau managed later to arrest a suspect linked to the attack.
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FLARES??????? Flares, boyo? Is that the best yez can do? Step it up a couple of notches, will ya?
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