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Syrian Army Establishes Control over Hasaka, near Palmyra
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Afghanistan
Commander Among 14 ALP Members Join Taliban in Faryab: Official
[Tolo News] At least 14 Afghan Local Police (ALP) force members including their commander have allegedly joined the Taliban in northwestern Faryab province.

The incident happened in Pashtunkot district, Abdul Qadeer Qaderi, the district governor said Wednesday.

"The police commander who have joined the Taliban was also the commander of public uprising against the Taliban in the district," Qaderi said. "He fled the area along with his forces following an attack of Taliban."

According to the district governor, the ALP commander had left the area on the pretext of launching a counter attack on the Taliban.

This comes a day after the head of Provincial Council of Faryab, Sayed Abdul Baqi Hashemi said that Taliban have seized control of 60 villages.

About 3,000 families, he said, have also been displaced from their homes.

However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
Hashemi accused the government of ignoring calls for support for the locals that have risen against the Taliban.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


1 Police Killed, 5 Injured in Separate IED Blasts in Farah
[Tolo News] At least one policeman was killed and five others including a civilian were maimed in two separate roadside mine blasts Tuesday in western Farah, local official said.

The first blast took place Khak-e-Safid district when a police vehicle struck an Improvised Explosives Device (IED)‎, leaving four coppers and a civilian injured, a front man for Provincial Governor, Jawad Afghan said.

The second blast happened in a different area but the same district after another police vehicle was hit by a roadside mine, killing a policeman, he said.

No group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the kabooms.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Unknown Gunmen Abduct 3 Engineers in Badakhshan
[Tolo News] Unknown gunnies have kidnapped three construction engineers Tuesday in north-eastern Badakhshan, local official said on Wednesdays.

The kidnapping occurred in Yaftal district when the engineers were on the way to work, head of Provincial Council, Abdullah Naji Nazari said.

The tribal elders were trying to secure their release, he said.

But the security officials refuse to comment on the incident.

However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
no group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for abduction.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


43 militants killed in latest drone strikes in Nangarhar province
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 43 forces of Evil were killed in separate drone strikes 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 of Afghanistan, local officials said Wednesday.

The Arclight airstrikes were carried out in Achin and Haska Mina districts with reports suggesting the forces of Evil were affiliates 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.

Provincial police front man Hazrat Hussain Mashriqwal said at least 18 forces of Evil were killed in Achin district and 25 others were killed in Haska Mina district.

He said the Arclight airstrikes were carried out late on Tuesday afternoon but did not provide further details regarding the identities of those killed.

The latest Arclight airstrike comes as at least 49 forces of Evil affiliated with the ISIS terror group were killed in separate drone strikes in Achin district two days back.

The Afghan Intelligence -- National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) also announced Tuesday that the ISIS group's second-in-command was killed along with 6 forces of Evil in Achin district.

The anti-government armed holy warrior groups have not commented regarding the incident so far.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Three terrorists detained in Kabul

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) -- Afghanistan's intelligence agency -- has nabbed
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
three terrorist 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....
A statement issued on Wednesday by the NDS states that the group was sent to Kabul after receiving two months of terrorist training.
This is what happens when you grow up in Afghanistan instead of Omaha...
The statement identifies the Death Eaters as Gawhar Rahman S/O Rahman Adina, Mohammad Zakir S/O Mohammad Sharif a resident of the Wardoj District of Badakhshan province and Mohammad Halim S/O Ghulam Habib a resident of Pul-e-Khumri the lovely provincial capital of Baghlan province.

NDS statement adds that the group has been trained for suicide kabooms, using weapons and making bombs. According to the statement, the group has confessed to its link with terrorist activities.

The statements issued by Afghanistan's spy agency usually do not contain the exact date of the achievement but they come after recent actions.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  According to the statement, the group has confessed to its link with terrorist activities.

I hope that was painful
Posted by: Frank G || 07/09/2015 8:50 Comments || Top||


Twin suicide attacks, gun battle rocks Paktia province
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least three coppers were maimed as Talibs launched coordinated suicide kabooms on a police check post in Paktia province.

The incident took place on Wednesday evening on Zurmat-Gardez highway where a police check post was targeted.

The provincial police chief Zalmai Orya Khel said a jacket wallah detonated a vehicle packed with explosives near the police check post while he was trying to enter the city and was identified by the security forces.

He said the second boom-mobile exploded a few minutes later following the first blast and heavy shootout was triggered after a group of faceless myrmidons launched attack on the check post.

Orya Khel confirmed that nine Taliban faceless myrmidons were killed and three coppers were maimed in the attack.

The Talibs group grabbed credit behind the coordinated attack and said several coppers were killed in the attack.

Taliban group front man Zabiullah Mujahid said the attack was carried out in Hastogna area on a key check post belonging to police and militia forces.

Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


3 policemen beheaded by Taliban militants in Faryab province
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Talibs beheaded three coppers in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, the local government officials said Wednesday.

The coppers were kidnapped by the murderous Moslems few days earlier and their dead bodies were found from Qaisar-Ghormach highway.

District administrative chief for Qaisar, Abdul Jamil Sediqi, confirmed that the decapitated bodies of the coppers were found today.

He said the coppers were serving with the highway police and were kidnapped while they were on their to spend holidays with their families.

The Taliban group had confirmed that the coppers were kidnapped by Talibs but the group has so far not commented regarding the execution of the coppers.

The group had earlier said the cases of the coppers will be reviewed in Sharia court and will be tried accordingly.

Faryab is among the relatively volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where anti-government armed murderous Moslems are actively operating and frequently carry out insurgency activities.

Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
High-ranking official survives an explosion in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU -- Somalia’s director of neighborhood watch program has survived an assassination attempt on his life after bomb explosives fitted into his car exploded in Mogadishu, police said.

Mr. Abdikahiim Sheikh Mohamed said that he escaped an explosion which was wanted to kill him. He added that he came out of his car when the bomb went off in Mogadishu.

No one else was killed or injured in the bomb blast, according to police officer who spoke to Shabelle Media on condition of anonymity because of he was not authorized to speak on the media.
Posted by: Steve White || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Africa North
Algeria Unrest Claims 22 People: State Media
[ALMANAR.LB] At least 22 people have died in festivities between Berber and Arab communities in southern Algeria on the edge of the Sahara desert, the national news agency APS reported Wednesday.

It was the bloodiest toll in two years of frequent festivities between the communities.

APS said another 19 people maimed in two days of festivities between Chaamba Arabs and Mozabite Berbers in the M'zab valley had shuffled off the mortal coil, raising the toll since Tuesday to 22.

Dozens of other people were hurt in the Tuesday-Wednesday violence, the agency said, citing hospital sources and local officials.

Homes, shops, public buildings, cars and palm groves were set on fire in the area of Guerrara and the region's main town of Ghardaia, 600 kilometers south of Algiers.

Interior Minister Nouredine Bedoui travelled to the stricken region, APS reported, as police reinforcements were dispatched from Algiers.

The latest round of festivities in M'zab broke out last week, prompting the deployment of anti-riot personnel who have fired tear gas to disperse crowds.

Hundreds of homes and shops, mostly of Mozabites, have been ransacked in and around Ghardaia since centuries-old good ties between the area's Arabs and Berbers broke down in December 2013, mostly over property disputes and after vandals destroyed a historic Berber shrine in December 2013.

Ghardaia is a UNESCO world heritage site renowned for its traditional white-washed houses and bustling market, selling jewelry, carpets and leather.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa


Arabia
350 Yemeni Soldiers Hit in Saudi-US Attack on Brigade 23-Mika in Hadramout
[ALMANAR.LB] Around 100 Yemeni officers and soldiers were killed on Wednesday, and 250 others were maimed in a Saudi-US aerial attack on Brigade 23-Mika military camp in AL-Abar area of Hadramout
...the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate, annexed by Communist South Yemen in 1968, encompassing a region along the Gulf of Aden, extending eastwards to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The people are called Hadhramis and speak Hadhrami Arabic. The city Tarimis is estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) anywhere in the world, approximately seven in every square yard...
province east of the country.

Al-Manar TV correspondent reported that the Saudi-led bombardment on 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...
targeted ammunition warehouses and oil tankers.

Brigade 21-Mika is also deployed in the area, and gunnies of the runaway President Abedrabbu Mansour Hadi receive their training in the place.
Sources told Al-Manar that the Brigade 21-Mika Chief of Staff was killed in the attack, along with two of pro-Hadi commanders: Brigadier General Ahmad Al-Abara and Colonel Jamil Sanhoob.

Al-Manar TV news hound said that bombing of the Brigade 23-Mika in Hadramout came after the soldiers expelled Major General Mohammad Ali Almaqdeshi, appointed by Hadi as a chief of staff and tasked with forming an alternative pro-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...
army.

For its part, Agence La Belle France Presse quoted a Yemeni military source as saying that the Saudi warplanes bombed the Yemeni military site because a number of the Yemeni military personnel joined 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 ...
forces to fight the Saudi-US aggression.

Moreover, The Saudi killing machine launched an aerial raid on a popular market in Omran province , killing 7 people who were making shopping for their fast-breaking.

More than 2,800 people have been killed since the Saudi-US military campaign began on March 26. The United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
said more than 21 million people, over 80 percent of the population, are now in need of some form of humanitarian aid.

The UN designated last week the war in Yemen as a Level 3 humanitarian crisis, its most severe category.

Nationwide fuel shortages have spread disease and suffering in Yemen, where access to water usually depends on fuel-powered pumps and more than 20 million people, 80 percent of the population, needs some form of aid, according to the United Nations.
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The Grand Turk
Turkish army says detains almost 800 trying to cross illegally from Syria
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's army said on Tuesday it had detained almost 800 people trying to cross illegally from Syria, including three suspected 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....
Lion of Islams, after bolstering security in border areas near where the radical Islamists hold ground.

The military said 768 people were tossed into the calaboose on Monday alone while trying to cross the border. The three suspected Islamic State members were sent to jail in the southern city of Sanliurfa after being detained separately on July 2, it said.

Wary of advances by both Syrian Kurdish forces and Islamic State in northern Syria, Turkey has sent extra troops and equipment to strengthen parts of its 900 km (560-mile) border as the risk of spillover rises.

Turkey has maintained an open border policy throughout Syria's conflict, absorbing close to two million refugees, but requires legitimate refugees to pass through checkpoints and be documented. The military did not say why the 768 people were tossed into the calaboose.

Turkey has faced criticism from some Western nations for failing to do more to stop imported muscle crossing and joining Islamic State. It argues that domestic intelligence agencies in the West need to stop their nationals being radicalized and traveling to Turkey in the first place.

Ankara has mooted the creation of a 'secure zone' on Syrian soil to prevent a new wave of refugees crossing the border, a strategy which would be likely to require a military incursion, but has made clear it will not act alone and has been lobbying for support from the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State.

Retired General John Allen, appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama
If you have a small business, you didn't build that...
to build that coalition, held talks on Tuesday in Ankara with Turkish officials.

While concerned about the threat from Islamic State, Turkey also fears the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in Syria which could further embolden its own 14 million ethnic Kurds.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday there were no immediate plans for any incursion into Syria, but said Turkey would respond if its security were threatened.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


India-Pakistan
Pakistan Forces Kill 3 Terrorists in Quetta
[ALMANAR.LB] Pak paramilitary forces killed three suspected Death Eaters, including a senior commander, in the country's restive southwest on Tuesday, officials said, following two days of deadly attacks on civic points.

Tuesday's raid in Quetta in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province - which has been racked by sectarian violence in recent years - came as authorities incarcerated
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
39 suspected turbans in a separate operation.

"Our forces raided a compound in the eastern outskirts of Quetta today and killed three Death Eaters," a front man for the Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations....
(FC) force said, adding that troops seized eight hand grenades and five small machine guns.

"One of the dead turbans has been identified as Mehmood Rind who was chief of Jaish-ul-Islam (Arabic translation of Islam army) 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...
group in Balochistan," Akbar Hussain Durrani, the provincial home secretary, said.

A night market bombing in the city on Sunday killed one and maimed eight, and was claimed by both Jaish-ul-Islam and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
, another high profile takfiri group.

The blast was followed Monday by the gunning down of two brothers at a passport office and a policeman who was at the scene.

Police and paramilitary forces have rounded up 39 suspects in connection with Monday's shooting, the FC front man said.
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Iraq
Iraq Court Sentences 24 to Hang over Tikrit Massacre
[ALMANAR.LB] An Iraqi court sentenced 24 men to death by hanging Wednesday over the June 2014 massacre by 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...
bully boyz of hundreds of mostly military recruits in Tikrit.

The central criminal court in Baghdad handed 24 of 28 defendants the maximum sentence over the "Speicher" massacre, named after the base from which the victims were captured before being executed.Tikrit massacre

"After deliberations, the court finds that the evidence collected is sufficient to convict 24 defendants," said the judge. "The court decided they will be executed by hanging."

All 24 denied any involvement in the massacre, committed during the first days of the Takfiri group, ISIL's (so-called 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 Levant), broad offensive in Iraq last year.

Around 600 bodies of victims have been exhumed from burial sites in the Tikrit area. Footage released by ISIL last year shows some of the captured recruits were shot and pushed into the Tigris river.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel arrests six Bedouins for 'supporting ISIS'
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Israel's Shin Bet security agency says it has tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
six Bedouins for establishing a cell supportive of the ISIS.

The agency said Monday that four of those arrested were teachers and tried to indoctrinate students at their schools with the bad boy group's ideas.

It said they intended to travel to Syria and fight for 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, which controls about a third of Iraq and Syria. The group governs its self-styled caliphate in accordance with an extreme interpretation of Islamic law, carrying out cruel and often choreographed killings.

Shin Bet said the men were from Hura, a Bedouin township in the Negev desert. Bedouin make up a small group within Israel's Arab minority, numbering about 180,000.
Posted by: Fred || 07/09/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Southeast Asia
Two soldiers, nine Maoists hurt in Mindanao clash
[Inquirer] Two Philippine soldiers and nine Maoist militants were injured during an hour-long encounter in Compostela Valley on Tuesday afternoon. The troops were on patrol when they encountered about 20 New People's Army militants in New Bataan.

Eyewitnesses said nine militants were seriously injured but they were taken by their comrades who fled.

Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Aurelio Baladad ordered the search for the wounded militants. He said, "We are also concerned about the wounded NPA members. We have a brand-new ambulance here at Eastmincom that can help them reach the hospital for their immediate treatment."
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Grenade attack that injured 11 blamed on Abu Sayyaf
[Philstar] The military blamed a grenade attack that left 11 civilians injured in Jolo, Sulu on the Abu Sayyaf group.

Col. Alan Arrojado said the attack was perpetrated by the members of the Ajang-Ajang group under its leader Ninok Sapari. He said the lone attacker hurled the grenade at an incoming military truck carrying soldiers early Tuesday morning but missed the target. The grenade landed on a group of civilian bystanders and then exploded.

Arrojado said at least 11 were wounded by the blast as the suspect quickly fled on board a motorcycle towards Patikul town, a known Abu Sayyaf stronghold.
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Two bombs injure six in southern Thailand
[Bangkok Post] Two bombs exploded in Pattani province on Wednesday morning, wounding six soldiers and defense volunteers. The first bombing occurred in Khok Pho district when troops were on patrol near Cheda village. The other bomb went off at Moo 2 village of Mayo district as a team of defense volunteers was on patrol there.
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Couple shot by insurgents in Narathiwat
[Bangkok Post] A man and his wife were seriously injured by a motorcyle pillion gunman in Narathiwat province on Wednesday.

The attack occurred around noon when Sukree Haji Salae and his wife Raina Da-o, were traveling on a motorcycle to Tak Bai district. Two men followed them on another motorcycle and the pillion rider shot at the couple six times with a 9mm pistol. Mr Sukree was hit twice in the left leg and his wife was shot four times in the left leg.

Police are still investigating, but initially attributed the attack to insurgents.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army Establishes Control over Hasaka, near Palmyra
[ALMANAR.LB] Army operations, involving air strikes, continued on Wednesday, targeting terrorists' positions across the country and inflicting heavy casualties upon them, state-run SANA news agency reported.

In Hasaka, SANA news hound in Hasaka said Wednesday the army units, in cooperation with the Internal Security forces and the national backup forces, established full control over al-Lailiyeh neighborhood in Hasaka city after destroying the last hideouts of so-called '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' (ISIL) 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...
group in the area.

The army air force killed a number of murderous Moslems and destroyed vehicles equipped with machine guns in air strikes against their movements in al-Arisheh town and al-Shaddadi city in the southern countryside of the northeastern province of Hasaka.

The army units destroyed ISIL positions in the surroundings of Ghweiran neighborhood and al-Villat on the southern outskirts of Hasaka city.

In Homs, the Syrian Arab Army on Wednesday eliminated the last remaining gatherings of ISIL murderous Moslems in areas and positions in the surroundings of Palmyra city in the eastern countryside of Homs province.

Army units established full control over Nazl Hayyal, al-Qadiri farm, and Thaniet al-Rajma to the west of Palmyra city after intensive precise operations against ISIL concentrations which resulted in the death of scores of terrorists.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point...
local sources told SANA news hound that operations resulted in killing 35 murderous Moslems from ISIL, in addition to injuring at least 90 murderous Moslems and destroying dens used by the organization's leaders, along with dozens of vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns that were trying to reach combat zones to evacuate injured terrorists.

The Army Air force also carried out intensive Arclight airstrikes on dens and movements of ISIL murderous Moslems in the surroundings of al-Heer Palace, Palmyra city, and its surroundings, killing a number of murderous Moslems and destroying their arms and ammunition.

Army units launched strikes against terrorists' dens in al-Habra al-Gharbieh village in Homs eastern countryside, destroying armored vehicles and machinegun-equipped cars and killing a number of terrorists.

In Homs northwestern countryside, an army unit killed al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front murderous Moslems and destroyed their weapons in Kafr Laha in al-Houla area.
In the neighboring Hama province, dozens of bad boyz were potted and their vehicles were destroyed in army air strikes on their gatherings in al-Latamneh, Atshan and al-Hweijeh in the countryside of the province.

In Daraa, army units carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday morning intensive operations against dens of murderous Moslems in al-Mukhiyam park and on al-Sad road in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in the city, according to the military source.

The operations left many murderous Moslems killed and their arms and ammunition destroyed.

Another army unit repelled an attack by terrorist groups on military posts in separate areas in Daraa city, killing a number of them and injuring others.

In Idleb in northern Syria, the army air force carried out a number of air strikes against positions of the terrorist organizations and their movements in the villages of Bishlamoun, al-Bsheiriyeh and in Jisr al-Shughour city in the countryside of the province.

A number of bad boyz were potted in air strikes and several their machinegun-equipped vehicles were destroyed.

A large number of murderous Moslems were also killed, most of them from al-Nusra Front, and their vehicles were destroyed in air strikes against their positions to the north and south of Abu al-Duhour airport and to the north of Khsheir village and Abu al-Duhour town.

A series of army air strikes left many murderous Moslems killed in the town of al-Tamani'eh and in the villages of Madaya, Kinsafra and Shnan in the southern countryside of the province.

In Aleppo, army units killed several murderous Moslems near the Air Force Academy, al-Laiyramoun, Khan al-Assal, Kafr Hamra, Karm Mayser, al-Shiekh Lutfi, al-Maadi, al-Marjeh, Bustan al-Basha, al-Sakhour, Hreitan and Salaheddin areas in Aleppo and its countryside.

Earlier, units of the army killed scores of terrorists, most of them from al-Nusra Front, and destroyed a number of their machinegun-equipped vehicles in the surroundings of the Scientific Research Center and al-Mansoura village, 10 km to the west of Aleppo City in the northern Aleppo Province.

An army unit carried out precise operations against dens and positions of the 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...
organizations in Kwaires town and its surroundings in the eastern countryside of the province.

A number of bad boyz were potted in the operations and their arms, ammunition, equipment and vehicles were destroyed.

Units of the armed forces also destroyed positions of the ISIL murderous Moslems on the International Road leading to Raqqa.

Another army unit killed all members of a terrorist group who were trying to infiltrate towards al-Zahra'a in the western outskirts of Aleppo and destroyed their arms and ammunition.

Another army unit launched strikes against dens and intercepted the movements of terrorist organizations in Maaret al-Artiq in Jabal Samaan area, Hraitan and Kafar Hamra to the north and northwest of Aleppo, killing a number of terrorists, injuring others and destroying vehicles, some of which equipped with machine guns.

Army units destroyed ISIL gatherings in al-Twaihna village southeast of Khanaser town.

A number of al-Nusra bad boyz were potted and others were maimed in Karam al-Jazmati, Bani Zaid, al-Saliheen, al-Kallasa, al-Laiyramoun, al-Na'anae, al-Zahra'a neighborhoods and Karam al-Tarrab area between al-Miyasar and al-Jazmati neighborhoods.

A number of al-Nusra terrorist operatives were also killed and others injured in the neighborhoods of al-Jazmati, Bab al-Nairab and al-Rashidin in Aleppo city.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point...
Takfiri terrorist organizations admitted on their social networking websites that they suffered heavy losses and scores of their members were killed, including one of the field leaders of the so-called "Jund al-Islam" (army of Islam).
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Syrian Kurds Retake Northern Villages from ISIL
[ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by the so-called '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' (ISIL) 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...
group north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by US-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Tuesday.

Intensified air strikes across northern Syria and festivities on the ground have killed at least 78 ISIL fighters since Sunday night, the opposition Britannia-based Observatory said.

The strikes are some of the most sustained since they began in September, according to US officials who say they are aimed at curbing the myrmidons' ability to operate out of Raqqa and to prevent it from fighting back against Kurdish advances.

But, on Tuesday, the ISIL was still in control of Ain Issa, the Observatory said. The town, 50 km (30 miles) north of Raqqa city, was seized by ISIL Lions of Islam from the Kurdish YPG militia in an attack on Monday.

The YPG, a militia operating mostly in predominantly Kurdish areas of northern Syria towards the Turkish border, has emerged as the only significant partner in Syria for US-led alliance fighting to tackle ISIL both there and in Iraq.
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Suspected U.S. drone kills Islamic State figure in Syria: monitor
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] A drone strike as part of a U.S.-led campaign 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....
hard boyz killed a senior figure from the hardline group in its Syrian stronghold Raqqa city, Rooters reported on Wednesday.

The strike killed an Uzbek leader of the group involved in security as he sat in a car outside a downtown hotel, the the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.

Islamic State has attracted imported muscle from across the world to fight in its self-declared caliphate across parts of Syria and Iraq. It has named Raqqa its defacto capital.

The United States says it has intensified an aerial campaign against Islamic State in Syria with a wave of strikes in and around Raqqa city.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday heavy bombardment during the weekend that also included destroying bridges over waterways in the city, which is bordered to the south by the Euphrates river, aimed at further eroding the holy warriors' capabilities.

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The roads are filled with crucified men who broke ramadan fast
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45 ISIS militants die after eating 'poisoned' iftar meal
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] According to reports, at least 45 forces of Evil 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) group were killed after breaking their Ramadan fast with a poisoned meal.

The incident took place in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
Iraq where around 145 forces of Evil had gathered for the Iftar meal.

A front man for the Kurdish Democratic Party said only 100 ISIS forces of Evil walked away alive and it is yet not clear whether the forces of Evil were deliberately poisoned or they suffered from food poisoning.

Mosul is the largest city in the group's self-declared caliphate and was captured by ISIS forces of Evil in June last year.

This comes as several ISIS forces of Evil were killed in a similar incident in Syria last year after Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
forces of Evil infiltrated their base and poisoned their lunches.

Around 1,200 ISIS forces of Evil were reportedly stationed in the camp when Free Syrian Army poisoned their food while posing as chefs.

In the meantime, images have emerged throughout Ramadan showing ISIS Lions of Islam sitting down to lavish meals while those living under its brutal regime starve, according to the MailOnline.

Undercover footage from the terror group's adopted capital of Raqqa in Syria showed hundreds of young boys and burqa-clad women queuing for food and water in the blistering heat.

It was shared by anti-ISIS activists Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently alongside the caption, 'the second day of Ramadan' -- the holy month when Moslems do not eat or drink from dawn until the sun has set.

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#1  Bon apetit!
Posted by: gorb || 07/09/2015 3:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Gluten Free Iftar is not for everyone
Posted by: Airandee || 07/09/2015 6:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Moochelle's menu goes international.
Posted by: AlanC || 07/09/2015 8:01 Comments || Top||

#4  "Try the potato salad!"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/09/2015 8:50 Comments || Top||

#5  She-goats revenge.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/09/2015 10:38 Comments || Top||

#6  Would you like an after dinner mint? It's wafer thin!
Posted by: Raj || 07/09/2015 10:47 Comments || Top||

#7  Chef Sa'al Mohnella?
Posted by: Pappy || 07/09/2015 12:18 Comments || Top||

#8  Inshallah Hygiene
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 07/09/2015 13:42 Comments || Top||

#9  Maybe they drank some bad djinn.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/09/2015 13:54 Comments || Top||

#10  "Salmon Mousse! My favorite! Here, try some..."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/09/2015 17:38 Comments || Top||

#11  Wasn't Muhammad poisoned by his wife? IIRC they're supposed to regard the norms of that era as third in authority after the Koran and the hadith...
Posted by: James || 07/09/2015 19:10 Comments || Top||

#12  There's a very good reason not to have your slaves fix your meals. Particulary after you rape them or their's.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 07/09/2015 21:07 Comments || Top||


U.S., allies conduct 31 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] The United States and its allies conducted 31 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 Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released early Wednesday.

In Syria, the strikes were focused near Tal Abyad, where seven bomber, fighter and drone attacks hit tactical units for the Lion of Islam group and also destroyed vehicles and fighting positions, according to the Combined Joint Task Force statement. Out of the total 15 strikes in the country, there also were four near Al Hasakah and two near Aleppo, as well as strikes near Ar Raqqah and Kobani.

Sixteen air strikes in Iraq were spread throughout the country, hitting targets near Al Asad, Al Huwayjah, Baji, Falluja, Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
Makhmur, djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, Sinjar and Tal Afar. Islamic State targets near Haditha, though, bore the brunt of the force in the country, with five strikes hitting tactical units and destroying vehicles, an armored personnel carrier and weaponry.

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