[Tolo News] Residents of Faryab province, which has seen heavy fighting between Afghan cops and Talibs in recent weeks, have expressed mounting concerns that large swaths of the province could fall into the hands of bandidos turbans unless more comprehensive measures are taken by the government to stabilize the situation.
"The faithful people of Faryab urge the president, chief executive officer, Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior that there is an immediate need for a major operation in Faryab," Faryab Peace Committee head Maulavi Assadullah Jamali said on Thursday. "Otherwise, a human tragedy will occur," he added.
Reports from the ground in Faryab indicate Talibs have already seized control of 40 villages, setting fire to some 30 residential homes in the process.
Displaced families have now sought refuge in neighboring Balkh province. They say that insecurity has reached in its peak in their home province and that roadways have become too risky for commuters.
"The situation in Faryab is distressing and war continues in various districts," one Faryab native named Ahmad told TOLOnews.
"The Taliban operate in the area and the battle continues and many have been displaced," another resident named Bai Murad said. "There is no transportation because the ways are insecure."
The acting governor of Faryab, Abdul Sattar Bariz, has tried to assuage anxieties by touting alleged gains by the security forces. He said on Thursday that government forces had destroyed an important Taliban base in the suburb of Khawja Sabzposh district.
"A day ago one of the important bases of the enemy was targeted in the area of Yakataz, in the suburb of Khawja Sabzposh district, by an air raid of commandos and a special unit of the Ministry of Interior," Bariz said. "The operation killed six Taliban and four others were maimed. The whole area is peaceful now," he added.
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[Tolo News] Residents from Achin district in 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 - who have escaped the area - say snuffies associated with Daesh are having a devastating effect on the lives of the locals which has led hundreds of people to flee the area.
They say Daesh has imposed major acts of oppression against them and that the security situation in the area is critical.
According to them, the presence of Daesh has forced them to seek refuge in Nangarhar's Shahi district. They claim that Daesh is systematically destroying their homes, by burning them down, plundering their properties.
However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... they told TOLOnews they were just happy to get to safety, without any loss of life.
One refugee, Zirgul said: "Daesh does not have mercy on anyone. They kill anyone they find including women, elderly people and children and even the animals."
A number of children, who have witnessed brutality metered out on locals by Daesh Death Eaters, were visibly shocked and traumatized, reports Sharif Amiri, who visited the area this week.
Shahidullah is 12 years old and described the horrors he experienced. "I was really afraid of Daesh after they killed our neighbor," he said.
Naqibullah is also member of a displaced family who says that at least 150 people from his district are still in the custody of Daesh as hostages.
"My father and uncle are among the 150 hostages who failed to escape with us," Naqibullah said.
Another resident, Mohammad Babur, said that the snuffies who fight in the area on behalf of Daesh are Pak nationals.
Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... the governor of Nangarhar province Saleem Khan Kunduzi has confirmed that Paks are fighting in the area under the banner of Daesh.
"They brought me a passport belonging to a Daesh fighter and it was a Pak passport," Kunduzi said.
So far Daesh has conducted several deadly attacks in various parts of Nangarhar which is considered a major economic highway for Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... security officials on Wednesday said that Pakistain's spy agency and military troops are directly supporting Death Eaters through Arclight airstrikes and ground festivities in the eastern Paktia province.
In addition, officials say that a bigwig from Pakistain's Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligence agency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... (ISI) is leading the battle against Afghan cops in the Samkanai district of Paktia. Officials also say that at least 600 Pak militia are involved in the battle.
However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... the Afghan cops have succeeded in clearing Samkanai of Death Eaters following a fierce 14-day battle.
Paktia, which is a heavily wooded area, provides plenty of trees for Death Eaters to take cover behind -- including Pak militia.
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[Tolo News] Health officials said at least six police were killed on Wednesday evening when a jacket wallah targeted a police check post in Lashkargah city of southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province, health officials said.
There were however conflicting reports on casualties with health officials from the Helmand Emergency Hospital claiming six coppers died. But a provincial front man said no deaths were recorded but four copperswere maimed.
The attack occurred on Wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a police check post in Bolan in Lashkargah.
No civilian casualties were reported.
No krazed killer group including the Taliban have grabbed credit for the attack.
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[Tolo News] At least eight snuffies including their commander were killed in a drone strike by foreign troops in Wardak province early Thursday morning, local officials said.
The strike targeted a gathering of Taliban snuffies in Tor Khail area, said Abdul Wali Norzai Wardak police media officer said.
"Shafiullah is one of the Taliban capos who was killed along with seven other followers," said Norzai.
According to Norzai Shafiullah had a key role in the recent attack in Jalrez district in Wardak which resulted in deaths of nearly 30 Afghan Local Police (ALP) force members.
Their corpses were allegedly desecrated by the Taliban.
However, ars longa, vita brevis... no civilian casualties were reported in the Thursday's drone strike.
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[AlAhram] A US drone strike in Somalia has killed four senior members of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab, including the alleged criminal mastermind of the Garissa University massacre in Kenya in April, a Kenyan interior ministry front man said Thursday.
The strike, which took place in the early hours of Thursday, claimed the life of Mohammed Mohamud -- also known by the aliases of Dulyadin, Kuno and Gamadhere -- who was on Kenya's wanted list after the massacre, front man Mwenda Njoka said.
"It was a US drone. Kenyan forces usually provide ground support, information and intelligence on such strikes," he told AFP.
In April, four Shabaab Lions of Islam massacred 148 people at the Garissa University in Kenya's northeast, in what was the group's deadliest single attack to date. Most of the victims were students.
The United States has in recent years launched numerous drone strikes against Shabaab leaders, including a strike last September that killed the group's leader Ahmed Abdi Godane.
Thursday's attack came just over a week before US President Barack Obama Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though.... is due in Kenya for his first visit to the country since he became president.
Sources in Somalia confirmed an overnight air strike had taken place in a Shabaab area of the war-torn country.
According to traditional elders near Bardhere town in the southern Gedo region, at least two missiles struck vehicles believed to be carrying Shabaab commanders.
"We heard two big kabooms and the information we are getting indicates that vehicles were targeted close to a Shabaab military base," said Abdiwahab Ali, an elder at a village close to the scene.
"Village residents are telling us a missile fired from an aircraft struck a vehicle and a nearby military camp belonging to Shabaab," said Hassan Gesle, another elder.
Immediately after the attack the mobile phone network in Bardhere was cut off, making it impossible to reach Shabaab commanders for comment.
Ahmed Bare, Somali military officer in nearby Elwaq town, said that Shabaab commanders have been leaving Bardhere, one of the few towns still held by the Lion of Islams, ahead of a planned ground assault by Somali troops.
A Somali intelligence official says a senior commander with the Islamic Death Eater group al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in southwestern Somalia.
The official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named Thursday that the attack Wednesday night targeted a vehicle in which the al-Shabaab commander, Ismael Jabhad, and three other fighters were traveling near the rebel-held town of Bardhere. The official insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
An al-Shabaab official named Abu Mohammed confirmed the attack but gave no details.
[AnNahar] Malian troops killed several jihadists near the country's southern border with Ivory Coast and destroyed the bully boys' camp in a forest straddling the frontier, a Malian army officer said Thursday.
"We have just destroyed the main military camp of the jihadists in the south, in the Sama forest located on the Ivorian border," the officer told AFP by telephone, requesting anonymity.
Since last week, Malian army parachutists known as the "Red Berets" and regular troops stationed in the frontier region of Sikasso have been conducting operations against the bully boys, the officer said.
Another Malian security source said "arms, ammunition, cycle of violences and strategic documents" were seized from the camp.
A humanitarian source said two Malian soldiers were maimed in the operation.
Malian troops on Thursday also pressed on with anti-insurgent operations in the frontier town of Fakola, which was attacked and pillaged on June 28, for which the Islamist Ansar Dine militia grabbed credit.
Jihadist attacks are normally confined to Mali's restive northern desert region but areas bordering Mauritania have been targeted since the start of the year, and southern settlements more recently.
The north came under the control of Ansar Dine -- which is Arabic for Defenders of Faith -- and two other jihadist groups, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, in April 2012.
A move south towards the capital by the Death Eaters, who imposed a brutal version of sharia on inhabitants, prompted Mali's former colonial master La Belle France to intervene in January 2013, pounding their positions in the north.
Their organizational structure smashed, small pockets of armed Islamists managed to remain active, and continue to carry out occasional deadly attacks in the desert.
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[Libya Herald] This evening salvoes from army howitzers and Grad missile batteries pounded areas occupied by Ansar and Daesh fighters in Benghazi's Leithi district.
This followed five raids by Mig-23s which missiled and bombed Death Eater positions in Nubs Square and Hejaz Street.
One observer ascribed the intensity of the firing to the grief and anger felt throughout local units at the deadly sniping of Saiqa 21st Brigade commander Salem Al-Naaili, known as "Afarit " -- the "Demon".
There were reports of substantial numbers of troops and at least four tanks being moved forward this evening, in anticipation of a major assault tomorrow.
Yet after four days fighting, the army has yet to secure the area around Nubs Square. Building taken from Death Eaters have been mined and the advance has been hampered by sniper fire.
In his Marj presser last night, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, General Khalifa Hafter promised more air strikes and ammunition for the Benghazi battle. However Hafter has for months been predicting victory over Death Eaters. Yet they still control the great part of Leithi and most importantly are able to receive supplies and reinforcements through the small port of Mreisa, despite air force attacks against the small craft being used in the operation.
It is unclear how many casualties the army sustained today, but the biggest loss has been the death of Afarit -- the Demon.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] 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.... snuffies said they killed a Libyan army commander in the eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday, as a pro-government offensive against the Islamists appeared to stall.
Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognized government have been fighting Islamist groups in the country's second-largest city for over a year, part of a wider struggle since Muammar Qadaffy ...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland... was tossed and killed in 2011.
Army forces backed by armed residents have regained some of the territory in Benghazi lost last year. But critics say their air strikes and artillery have pounded parts of Benghazi into rubble without gaining much ground.
New festivities erupted on Wednesday in the Lithi district, a stronghold of bad boy Islamists. During the fighting, Salem al-Naili, the commander of a special forces brigade, and another soldier were killed, army officials said. Four more soldiers were maimed.
Islamic State, which has expanded in Libya by exploiting a vacuum as two governments vie for control, grabbed credit on social media for Naili's killing.
Islamic State and other bad boy groups have been getting support from groups in Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Nigeria and Sudan, a top army commander told news hounds after meeting with senior commanders in Marj town east of Benghazi.
Asked when the Benghazi battle would be finished, the commander, Khalifa Haftar ... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... , said: "I cannot give a date but it will be very soon."
U.N. Special Envoy Bernardino Leon disputed that. "In Benghazi, festivities ... continue with neither side making significant gains," he told the U.N Security Council.
The fighting for Benghazi highlights the chaos in Libya, where gangs back two governments vying for control. The official prime minister has been based in the east since the capital, 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... , was seized by a rival group which set up its own government.
Both sides command loose coalitions of former anti-Qadaffy rebels. After Qadaffy's ouster, the various factions split along political, regional and tribal lines.
Islamic State has exploited the chaos by taking over several towns, executing foreigners and launching attacks against embassies in Tripoli.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] One afternoon in mid-April, a Bedouin woman screamed inside her single-storey, stone house in the Egyptian village of al-Taweela. The screams were so loud that neighbors took notice, said Ali Abu-Freij, a resident in the northern Sinai village. He and other locals saw four men in masks speed away from the house in a Toyota Land Cruiser.
"When we went to the home to see what happened, we were surprised to find the husband tied up and saying that gunnies had kidnapped his wife," said Abu-Freij.
The kidnappers -- who had identified themselves as Sinai Province, the most lethal Islamist group in Egypt -- vanished. But the following day, villagers found the 32-year-old woman's body nearby "with two gunshots in the head and a cut through her neck," said Abu-Freij. Two local tribal leaders said she had been raped. One of them, Mousa al-Delh, said a note found with the body said the woman had been killed because she had cooperated with the Egyptian army.
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[AlAhram] 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.... 's Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, has grabbed credit for Thursday's missile attack on a naval boat off the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
The Egyptian army said in a statement earlier that the patrol boat was chasing bully boyz off the coast of Rafah, a town in North Sinai, and had exchanged gunfire with them. The boat caught on fire as a result, but the incident left no fatalities, the military said.
Sinai Province released a statement saying its jihadists had carried out a rocket attack on a naval vessel belonging to the "apostasy army" in the eastern Mediterranean.
The volatile North Sinai region, where Rafah is located, is an epicenter of a mounting Islamist insurgency that has killed hundreds of members of the security forces since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
[AlAhram] Twin blasts rocked a market in the northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... n city of Gombe on Thursday, leaving several people dead, witnesses said.
The first kaboom took place outside a footwear shop around 1620 GMT, followed by a second kaboom just minutes later, said Badamasi Amin, a local trader who counted at least three bodies.
He said the area was crowded with customers doing some last-minute shopping on the eve of the Eid festival marking the end of the Moslem fasting month of Ramadan.
"I was about 70 metres (yards) from the scene" when the first blast struck, he told AFP.
"I and many other people rushed to assist the victims. While we were trying to attend to the maimed, another blast happened outside a china shop just opposite the footwear shop.
"Several people were killed and many more were maimed," he added.
Ali Nasiru, another trader, said he saw "people lying lifeless on the ground".
"Traders and shoppers helped in evacuating the victims to the hospital," he said. "I can't say how many people were affected but there are many."
Gombe state neighbours the states of Borno, Yobo and Adamawa, which have been most affected by the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... insurgency that has killed more than 15,000 people in Nigeria since 2009.
Gombe's market and bus station have in recent months already been targeted by bomb and suicide kabooms.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Sources from the Yemeni army and the Popular Committees (PC) fighting against the Saudi-US aggression and allied al-Qaeda terrorist operatives have denied on Thursday claims that the port of Aden city had fallen in the hands of pro-aggression militiamen, while confirming that a large part of Khor Maksar area was restored.
The army and the Committee forces continued their progress in Al-Mansoura district in Aden province, south of Yemen, and took control of the areas bordering the district.
In the meantime, the missile unit of the Yemeni army and the Committees pounded the Saudi military posts, by shelling the communications center in Dhahran-Asir with six Grad rockets ...Soviet-developed 122-mm rockets, usually launched from trucks. Newer versions are reported to have a range of up to 30 km.... .
The national Yemeni forces also fired five rockets at the hostile Saudi Al-Malhama military post in Jizan province.
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[BLOOMBERG] Yemeni forces backed by Saudi Arclight airstrikes said they made progress in the battle to oust 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 from the southern port city of Aden, two days after they recaptured the city's international airport.
Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled President Abdurabuh Mansur Hadi entered the commercial district of Crater and seized large parts of the port area of Mualla, Mahmud Shaker, a local resident, said by telephone. Hadi hailed a "great victory in Aden" in a televised speech, and Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said the city had been "liberated." Houthi officials didn't answer telephone calls Thursday seeking comment on the situation in Aden.
The advance against the rebels in Aden marks the first major success since the Saudis and allies began a bombing campaign against the Houthis in March, soon after the rebels drove Hadi and his government out of Aden, their last stronghold in the country. They sought refuge in 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... .
Al Arabiya television reported that the interior, transportation and deputy health ministers in Hadi's government had returned to Aden. State-controlled Saba news agency hasn't reported their arrival.
The escalation of the conflict in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... has led the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... and other agencies to warn of the risk of a humanitarian disaster. A UN-brokered cease-fire last week failed to take hold.
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[AlAhram] A car went kaboom! at a checkpoint in Riyadh near 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... 's highest security prison at sunset on Thursday, killing the driver and wounding two security officials, the interior ministry said.
Saudi Arabia is a target for Death Eater groups including 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.... , which has called on supporters to carry out attacks in the kingdom and killed 25 people in two suicide kabooms at Shi'ite Moslem mosques in the country's east in May.
"While security officers were manning one of the security checkpoints on Ha'er Road in Riyadh, they directed the driver of a suspected car to stop. The driver initiated an kaboom which led to his death," the ministry said in a statement, adding the blast injured two officers.
The south from Riyadh to Ha'er prison, home to 1,375 detainees who were mainly convicted of Death Eater crimes, its director told Rooters during a visit there this month.
The road passes through southern suburbs of the city before a series of checkpoints start shortly before the prison, which is behind a series of high walls and fences accessed through several well-guarded gates.
The detention of thousands of Saudi Islamists accused or convicted of militancy over the past decade has angered many conservative Sunni Moslems in the kingdom, prompting some rare protests from 2011-13.
Two Saudis linked to a suicide kaboom in Kuwait last month took part in those protests, local media reported at the time.
[Dhaka Tribune] The elite force has been criticised since its formation in 2004 for extrajudicial killings and giving the same version before the media after every incident of the so-called shootout or crossfire
Members of the police's elite force, Rapid Action Battalion, killed three alleged criminals including two siblings during "shootouts" in the capital and Rangpur early yesterday.
RAB and police claimed that the victims
had been charged with murder and other offences, and that they opened fire in self-defence only.
However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... family members of one of the victims Yasin Sarker Rajon alleged that the RAB personnel had picked him up on July 12.
The two others are Manik, 32, and Sumon, 27, sons of Ameer Ali of Rangpur.
Rajon, 25, was injured in a shootout between a patrol team of RAB 2 and some muggers in Taltola area of Agargaon around 2am. He departed this vale of tears at Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 4am.
In a statement, RAB confirmed death of an unidentified criminal during the shootout. They also claimed to have recovered two foreign-made pistols and seven bullets from the spot.
The elite force has been criticised since its formation in 2004 for extrajudicial killings and giving the same version before the media after every incident of the so-called shootout or crossfire.
Rajon's family came to know about the murder from the media and his brothers-in-law Ujjal Miah and Panna Miah identified him at the morgue yesterday afternoon.
They claimed that Rajon, a contractor by profession, had been picked up by RAB 2 members around 10pm on July 12. His seven month pregnant wife Shammi Akhter said Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police had filed two false cases against him recently.
Denying the forcer's having any involvement in abducting Rajon, RAB 2 Commanding Officer Lt Col SM Masud Rana said the area was not under their jurisdiction.
When contacted, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police chief GG Biswas said the dear departed had four cases against him. Rajon was charged in one case recently.
In another incident, two brothers were killed in a shootout with the RAB members near Desh Hospital and the cantonment check post in Rangpur around 3am yesterday.
Some miscreants attacked a RAB 13 patrol team with sharp weapons when the elite force members challenged the brothers, Deputy Commander Maj Ashraf Ali said.
"The brothers were killed when the RAB members fired in self-defence," he claimed adding that Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam and Lt Imran had suffered injuries inflicted by sharp weapons.
Two pistols, bullets and sharp weapons were recovered from the spot, RAB says.
Kotwali police OC Abdul Kader Zilani said Manik and Sumon were accused in several criminal cases, including for the murder of Limon on July 12.
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[DAWN] A special war crimes tribunal has sentenced a man to death on charges that he committed rape and murder in 1971 during Bangladesh's war for independence from Pakistain.
The tribunal's head judge, Obaidul Hassan, issued the order Thursday against Forkan Mollick.
The man worked at a local office of the Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... party, Bangladesh's largest religious party, which had organised people to fight against the independence struggle.
After Thursday's verdict, Mollick shouted from inside a prison van that he was innocent as police took him away.
Bangladesh says Pak soldiers, aided by local collaborators, killed 3 million people and raped 200,000 women during the war in then East Pakistain, now Bangladesh.
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OK, OK I'll say it "Stick a fork in him, he's done"
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He was great in "Kill Bill Vol 2"
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[AA.TR] Four suspected members of an international terror organization were killed Thursday in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek during an anti-terror operation, which also saw four security forces injured, authorities said.
The front man of the State Committee for National Security Rahat Suleymanov told Anadolu Agency that the operation against suspects who were allegedly planning a terror attack had ended.
He said that the four killed were suspected to be members of an international terror organization, which he did not name.
Four people were also locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! at the end of the operation which lasted about four hours.
The operation started at about 6.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT).
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[AnNahar] Three young men, including a former naval signalman, were being held Thursday by La Belle France's intelligence services, accused of plotting to kidnap and decapitate a member of the armed forces at a military base.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said security forces staged dawn raids on Monday and tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! four people, aged between 16 and 23, who were "planning to commit a terrorist act" at a French military installation.
The youngest was quickly released but the other three are suspected of planning to kidnap and behead a member of the military on film, possibly on December 31 when the facility was thinly staffed.
The oldest of the group served as a navy signalman at the base around the southern town of Collioure, which is also used for training by elite commando forces. Identified only as Djebril, he was discharged from the navy in January 2014 for back problems, said a source close to the investigation, and the target is thought to have been his former boss.
The other key plotter was just 17, and was already being closely watched by authorities due to his activities on social media and connections to French jihadists in prison.
All three had been planning to travel to jihadist-controled areas of Syria, the security source said, but the 17-year-old's mother became concerned about his radicalization and contacted the authorities.
Thank goodness for concerned mothers.
He was interviewed by counter-terrorism officials and was aware he was under surveillance.
No weapons were found during the arrests, the source said, although officials discovered documents on preparing explosives.
The news of the arrests followed a statement from President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... , who said attacks had been thwarted in recent days.
"This week, we stopped terrorist attacks which could have taken place," Hollande said on a visit to the southern city of Marseille.
La Belle France remains on high alert more than six months after jihadist attacks in January that claimed 17 lives and started with shootings at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo ...A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe... The suspected plotters are now in the custody of La Belle France's intelligence services, the DGSI, and anti-terrorism prosecutors in Gay Paree have opened a probe.
"We are facing a terrorist threat that we have never seen before -- an external threat and an internal threat," said Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
News of the foiled attack came a day after two blasts on Tuesday at a petrochemical plant near Marseille, described by Cazeneuve as a "criminal act". Investigators had yet to pin down a motive for the kabooms and there was currently "no link" with the foiled attack on the military base, he added.
The government says there are 1,850 French citizens or people living in La Belle France who are "implicated" in jihadist networks, with around 500 in Syria or Iraq.
La Belle France, which is home to Europe's largest Moslem population, has beefed up security, posting 30,000 coppers and soldiers outside 5,000 sites deemed "sensitive" such as schools and places of worship.
Authorities have also set up a hotline for friends or family concerned that someone could be tempted to wage jihad -- an effort that has yielded 2,500 leads.
Following controversial "anti-terror" laws passed last year, La Belle France is also preventing suspected jihadists from leaving the country -- some 118 travel bans have been enforced since the legislation was passed in November. Cazeneuve said 29 people had been prevented from entering the country in that time. A further 40 "preachers of hate, including pseudo-, self-proclaimed imams" had been kicked out of La Belle France.
Gay Paree has also tightened security around sensitive sites such as factories, calling for "maximum vigilance", although experts have warned it is extremely difficult to defend against attacks on such locations.
The suspects, aged between 16 and 23, were arrested Monday at four separate locations around France, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.
The minister said authorities break up similar plots every week in France, where more than 300 people have been implicated in jihadi activities since 2012.
* WAFF > [Russia Today] VIDEO: IMAM PUTIN AND HIS CONGREGATION.
Jihad notwithstanding, Domestic Muslims to naturally take over Russia [+ Russia's Nukes] widin 30 years due to seemingly Govt-uncontrollable high birth rates, + external labor migrations from Ex-Soviet STANS to major Russian cities.
[AA.TR] An Ohio man has been indicted on 28 charges of providing support to Daesh, as well as firearms and drug violations.
Amir Said Rahman al-Ghazi, 38, also known as Robert C. McCollum, was jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! by police in June after he tried to buy an AK-47 assault rifle from an undercover law enforcement officer.
Al-Ghazi had a criminal record, making it illegal for him to possess a firearm.
He allegedly pledged support to Daesh and its leader, His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... , via social media in 2014, according to the Justice Department, which said that he attempted to recruit others to the hard boy group from July 2014 to June 2015.
In addition, al-Ghazi expressed a desire to attack the U.S., and "took steps to create propaganda videos" for Daesh, the Justice Department said in a statement.
Twenty-five of the charges against al-Ghazi relate to his alleged sale of marijuana from Feb. 2014 through June 2015.
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A United States official says there’s no indication that the suspected Chattanooga gunman was under investigation by the FBI or on the radar of federal law enforcement at the time of the shooting.
The FBI says the gunman opened fire Thursday at a recruiting centre and another U.S. military site a few miles apart, killing at least four Marines.
A U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity identified the gunman as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez of Hixson, Tennessee, though the exact spelling of his first name was in dispute, with federal authorities and records giving at least four variations.
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WASHINGTON -- Investigators have identified Muhammad Yousef Abdulazeez, 24, as the gunman behind Thursday's attacks on military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Late Thursday investigators sealed off the home where law enforcement sources say Abdulazeez lived. It's located in Hixson, Tennessee, which is about two miles and a few minutes away from where the shootings occurred.
Federal law enforcement officials say Abdulazeez was born in Kuwait and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. His father is from Nablus in the West Bank and his mother is from Kuwait.
He was not on any U.S. terror list and the FBI was not aware of his having any terrorist leanings. Abdulazeez had been stopped by local police in April when he was booked for a DUI.
Officials will now go through his computers and any social media postings as they try to determine what motivated the gunman to act. The FBI's Ed Reinhold is leading the investigation.
"We're going to do an intense look at him to see what his connections are," said Reinhold. "We'll look at his friends, family, associates -- anybody who is associated with him to determine the cause or the reason why he conducted this attack."
Officials will try to find out if Abdulazeez was motivated or influenced by ISIS.
The group has been calling for "known lone wolf" style attacks in the U.S. on the military and police during the month of Ramadan, which concludes Friday. Over the Fourth of July holiday, federal law enforcement officials warned of the potential for an attack.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has called for increased security at "certain federal facilities," out of an abundance of caution.
A week ago FBI Director James Comey said agents had made arrests to thwart Fourth of July attacks, but also acknowledged the challenges of tracking the thousands who follow ISIS on social media.
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Wait a minute! He was arrested for DUI? True Muslims do not touch alcohol, let alone drink it. Therefore, he is not a true Muslim, right?
So this killing had nothing to do with Islam. Move on. Nothing to see here.
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How many on this board were 98% certain he was a Muslim before the arrest? It wasn't seriously a very tough call and yet so many of our elites simply cannot connect the dots.
What pisses me off is he's Kuwait, the ungrateful bastard.
The gunman who killed four Marines at two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday reportedly kept a blog briefly to chronicle religious thoughts.
Very briefly...
Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez’s blog had only two posts, both dated July 13, according to the Daily Beast. In the first, he wrote that life is a test “designed to separate the inhabitants of Paradise from the inhabitants of Hellfire.”
"I would imagine that any sane person would devote their time to mastering the information on the study guide and stay patient with their studies, only giving time for the other things around to keep themselves focused on passing the exam," the blog post reads. "They would do this because they know and have been told that they will be rewarded with pleasures that they have never seen."
In the second, he writes that Muslims’ understanding of the companions of Prophet Mohammad is similar to how blind men can feel an elephant but still not understand what it is.
The blog post said that at least some Muslims “keep a tunnel vision of what we think Islam is.”
Hours after the gunman opened fire in Chattanooga, the FBI confirmed the identity of the shooter as 24-year-old Abdulazeez, reportedly a naturalized citizen from Kuwait.
“While it would be premature to speculate on the motives of the shooter at this time, we will conduct a thorough investigation of this tragedy and provide updates as they are available,” the FBI said in a statement.
If he had been wearing a Confederate flag, I think the FBI would be a little more willing to speculate on motives...
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“While it would be premature to speculate on the motives of the shooter at this time,"
.. I'll conclude the shooter was an Islamic radical nutbag, may he rot in hell.
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The "nothing to see here" narrative was not even brought out of the barn this time. Someone asleep at the switch or a change in the air? We can certainly hope for the latter...
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[CBSNEWS] Hokay, they're here now. They've even gone so far as to label it "domestic terrorism." That still won't stop those who ought to know better from warning us against the dangers of Islamophobia. Muhammad Youssef Abdulazi, of course, isn't representative of Islam. I can hear the tut-tuttery now. It's likely our own fault, after the Marines killed all those nice Islamic granny ladies and kiddies and puppies and kittens.
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The Ft Hood Massacre, The Boston Marathon attacks, the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, Free Speech events, etc, as we withdraw from the foreign battle fields and import those combatants from there to here the leadership declares there is no war on terror, but we know terror is making war on us.
There will be no real action by official America only words, just like the final words of Theo Van Goegh as a Mohammedan was carving him up, "Can't we talk about this?" as we continue to bury our dead, unarmed soldiers and civilians now being killed over here.
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I'll give the regime until about lunchtime today to release information relative to the shooter's weapon and shift discussions away from the jihadi shooter toward an evil assault gun narrative.
If the shooter was [at one time] an intern for TVA, I wonder if he had a security clearance? I am also curious about the speed the feds and Champ jumped on this one. Curious as well about the father, his alleged gov't job, possible Kuwaiti Royal Family connections, Islamic community connections, terrorism watch lists, fancy house with pool, H1B, Affirmative Action, on and on.
Fox news is making a big splash about the arming of U.S. military personnel. Sadly, the chances of service personnel being armed during the course of their duties is very, very remote. The regime is concentrated on the distilling and elimination of Western cultural icons like our military, not the protection of them. Recent developments related to transgender military personnel bear that out.
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These are the Marines who were murdered in Chattanooga, Tenn. by one of Pres. Hussein's Muslim Imports:
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan
“served in India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines and fought in the 2005 Battle of Abu Ghraib, where he earned a Combat Action medal and Purple Heart.”
Lance Corporal Skip Wells
Straight out of boot camp. Felt called to server.
Staff Sergeant David Wyatt
Sergeant Carson Holmquist
One other female military victim in serious condition made it through the night to the relief of doctors.
Rolled over from yesterday for continued discussion.
Chattanooga shootings this morning. It is not clear who the shooter is. It is being reported that the active shooting situation is over and the shooter is dead. There are reports of four Marines and one police officer being shot.
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Sad when you can target a military establishment ( even a recruiting depot in a strip mall) without fear of being lit up a and turned into a splotch.
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Monitoring local TV online. The talking heads are talking their heads off, none of them have bother to post a banner headline on the screen with the details of the death of the shooter & of several others at the scene. Only CBS displays the key info "Five dead including shooter" at all times during its coverage.
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Mayor Andy Berke conducting a press conference right now. Reports indicated, four Marines dead, one policeman wounded in the ankle, shooter is dead. Per States Attorney, the investigation being treated as "an act of domestic terrorism."
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FBI Special Agent Ed Rhinehold (SP) speaking now reports "several hundred FBI resources will be involved in the investigation." Rhinehold believes the shooter "is from the Chattanooga area." Now saying they have "not determined if the shooting was a criminal [crime] act or act of terrorism."
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Was this You-Know-Who Abdulazeez
Driven mad by brain-eating disease?
Was it crescents and cubes
Creeping in through the tubes?
Does an infidel dog carry fleas?
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Recruitment centers in the US are very soft targets located in strip shopping centers. Iraq saw recruiting centers attacked very frequently by Al Qaeda, etc. With President Hussein importing fellow Muslims in huge numbers, consider the US a war zone. They are within the our border less country by the thousands.
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Known associates? The Prophet Mahmoud.
Motivation? A longstanding feud.
MOS? Shoot and scoot.
His description? Hirsute.
Peaceful Muslim. Should not be pursued.
Gun free zone, apparently? Marines tearing through the brambles for lack of anything more deadly than a pot of coffee? And fifty-ish percent of us are cool with that? Screwed, we are.
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President Hussein's dilemma can be solved by having a detachment of his new Transvestite military personnel schedule a community affairs meeting with Obama's newly arrived Muslim Jihadi immigrants to prove to them that the US Military is not a threat that it once was. But I do recommend his trannies have a couple of jump school practice runs in case his Muslim immigrant jihadi friends try to throw them off of the tops of buildings during the outreach session.
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On a typical day, we'd be looking at this guy's resume as 'entry level' material had he contacted us.
Too long out of the 'technical hands on' part of the electrical engineering field for who we hire, though. The industry changes too fast to pick up someone who was in another industry for three years. ETAP and PSSE are good things to be familiar with, though. Don't know about ORCAD, unless you're doing PCB work.
Thanks for the link, Mr. B.
It had to be an engineer.......cr*p.
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It seems we now have to ban all entrant wanna bes with the name "Mohammed" (And all variants)
And should have years ago.
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The MSM was hoping for a Tea Party member or other conservative with firearms.
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Apologies - my link isn't working as I apparently performed a colon-ectomy on the URL
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Rex, you just lost the colon:
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2015/07/17/another-jihad-attack-another-mb-mosque-will-there-be-an-investigation/
Chattanooga's Muslim teens said they feel a responsibility to help dispel the negative stereotypes of their faith.
Before graduating from Red Bank High School, Abdulazeez said some of the students would harass her. She said she saw that as an opportunity to dispel misconceptions about her faith.
"I'm not afraid to go straight toward them and ask them, 'Do you really know what Islam is?' " Abdulazeez said. "There's this misconception that Islam is a violent religion. Muslims are actually peaceful."
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Meanwhile back in DC: Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday wished Muslims in America and around the world "Eid Mubarak!" or a blessed Eid, praising efforts to recognize the end of Ramadan as a holiday.
"The holiday is a reminder to every American of the importance of respecting those of all faiths and beliefs," he said in a statement that also hailed New York City's decision to add Eid to the official school calendar.
That, he said, was "an acknowledgement of the great diversity and inclusiveness that adds to the richness of our nation."
Political correctness will be the death of this country, which is exactly why it was invented in the first place. More willful stupidity:
Officials have not said what weapons he used, and even the exact spelling of his first name was not clear: Federal authorities and records gave at least four variations.
Well, gee, maybe that’s because “Muhammad” in all its variants is a transliteration from an alien language. Spoken by people from an alien culture that is by faith and custom hostile to the West, and which views the universal elevation of Islam as its prime directive. If you’re a devout Muslim, how much “radicalization” do you really need? The only question is whether the dar-al-Harb is conquered by persuasion or brute force, and they don’t much care which it is.
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#44----I read that somewhere on the white house website when I found out that O & Co are coming to Anchorage, Kotzebue, and Dillingham in early September.
It was hard to keep down the gag reflex when I saw this part:
"The holiday is a reminder to every American of the importance of respecting those of all faiths and beliefs," he said in a statement that also hailed New York City's decision to add Eid to the official school calendar.
That, he said, was "an acknowledgement of the great diversity and inclusiveness that adds to the richness of our nation."
Bloody hypocrites. Literally.
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If he flies out to Galena, he might be able to see his homeland.
He was conditionally hired as an engineer at the Perry nuclear power plant near Cleveland, Ohio, and spent 10 days there before he was let go in May 2013 because he failed a background check, said Todd Schneider, a FirstEnergy Corp. spokesman. Schneider would not say why, according to the Associated Press.
"He worked in an administrative building," Schneider said. "He was never allowed in the protected area of the plant near the reactor."
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Ref #50: Failing a background check may indicate falsification of information entered on his initial security clearance application. A common violation is failure to report foreign travel or foreign contacts.
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Also, ouch. I do know an MO from an MOS. Lotsa glitches lately. Think I'll shut up for a while. Thanks, one and all, for being you, for tolerating my nonsense, and for your feedback.
[DAWN] Four militants, including a key commander of a banned organisation, surrendered to security forces in Balochistan's Sui area on Friday.
The commander identified as Tota Khan Bugti laid down weapons along with three other militants before officials at a ceremony.
Frontier Corps spokesman Khan Wasey said Tota Khan Bugti was fighting against security forces for a long time in the area.
The militants handed over 4 SMGs, 20 SMG magazines, a satellite phone and other equipment to security forces.
Besides officials, tribal elders were also present during the ceremony held in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti, Wasey said.
The surrender has come after the Balochistan government announced amnesty for youths surrendering their weapons and adopting peaceful lives in the province few days back.
In the past month, more than one hundred militants hailing from various militant organisations have laid down their weapons in Balochistan.
The government also announced a compensation policy for youth surrendering before security forces in the province.
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[DAWN] Three people were killed and five others injured in Sialkot's Chaprar sector, whereas another person was killed in firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rawalakot's Neza Pir sector in separate instances of unprovoked firing by Indian Border Security Forces on Thursday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
Those killed in Sialkot have been identified as Ghulam Mustafa, Rahat and Muhammad Boota. Zarina Bibi, an 18-year-old, was killed in Rawalakot.
Episodic attacks of firing and shelling which commenced in Sialkot on Wednesday morning at 8:30am are said to be ongoing and Pak troops are responding with retaliatory firing, Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Rangers said.
Rangers sources said the attacks along the Sialkot Working Boundary have mostly harmed civilians, adding that livestock belonging to residents of the area has been killed, while houses have been partially damaged.
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[DAWN] A contingent of Rangers paramilitary force raided Nine Zero, the headquarters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM), in 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 Azizabad neighbourhood and detained two members of MQM's Rabita Committee early on Friday morning. This is the second raid by Rangers personnel at Nine Zero.
According to reports, Rangers personnel surrounded the MQM's Nine Zero offices and sealed all roads leading to the area.
MQM spokesperson Wasay Jalil confirmed the operation in a tweet, saying the Rangers detained MQM's Rabitta Committee member Qamar Mansoor during the raid.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Iraqi government forces, backed by Popular Mobilization forces, killed on Wednesday a top commander of 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) terrorist group in the province of Anbar, south east of Iraq.
Iraqi forces killed the ISIL commander, known as Mohammad Eid, in al-Tash region, located about 120 kilometers (74 miles) West of Baghdad. The region was liberated on Tuesday.
Meantime, Iranian Fars news agency reported that Iraqi tribal fighters seized ISIL positions in the center of the strategic western city of Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids... located roughly 69 kilometers (43 miles) West of Baghdad, and inflicted the Death Eaters with heavy losses.
In addition, the Iraqi army regained control over the al-Hitaween region South of Fallujah. It also captured ISIL positions in the town of al-Karmah, killing a number of terrorists.
Iraq's al-Sumaria satellite TV network quoted Yahya al-Mohammadi, the commander of the Second Regiment of Popular Mobilization units, as saying that Iraqi forces managed to retake al-Ebarah bridge that extends along the Euphrates River from the terrorists.
The bridge connects al-Khalediyah district East of Ramadi to al-Saqlawiya North of Fallujah.
The 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... Death Eaters currently control shrinking swathes of Syria and Iraq. They have threatened all local communities as they continue their atrocities across Iraq.
Senior Iraqi officials have blamed 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... , 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... , and some Gulf states for the growing terrorism in their country.
ISIL has links with the Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by the Zionist regime.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah revealed in one of his latest speeches that ISIL was created by the Saudi, Pak and US intelligence agencies.
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[Gulf Today] Two gunmen aboard a motorcycle on Thursday shot and injured a senior Philippine army officer in an ambush in Cagayan de Oro City. The victim was indentified as Colonel Edwin Respecio, the deputy commander of the 10 Regional Community Defense Group, who was shot in the head in front of the regional office of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Cagayan de Oro.
A preliminary police report said Respecio was on board a vehicle when the two gunmen riding in tandem on a motorcycle shot at him, hitting him in the face. Reports later said Respecio was in stable condition at the hospital.
In a separate development, one soldier was killed and another was captured in an encounter with New People's Army in a remote village in Gingoog City, Misiamis Oriental province. Two civilians were injured when they were caught in the crossfire.
An NPA spokesman confirmed the capture of the Army corporal during the clash that occurred on Saturday afternoon. He said the soldier was being investigated but assured he would be released if it he was not found guilty of "any serious offenses against the revolutionary movement."
[Bangkok Post] Two Thai soldiers were gunned down when their vehicle was ambushed and set ablaze by militants in Narathiwat province late Thursday morning.
The incident occurred as a military pickup truck was passing in front of a mosque in Rueso district. A group of eight or nine militants, following in another truck, opened fire. The driver was hit and killed behind the wheel, bringing the truck to a halt on the roadside. Another soldier was injured and got out of the vehicle to flee. But he was shot again and killed.
The militants poured gasoline on the truck and on the bodies of the two slain soldiers and set them on fire, before leaving. They also deployed metal spikes on the road to impede pursuers.
[ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian army carried out a surprise operation in Hama western countryside, controlling large swathes of territories and strategic hills in the area of Sahl-AlGhab.
The Syrian army deployed its troops in the village of Aqrab, in southern Hama, preventing the holy warrior groups from assaulting the civilians.
In Zabadani, the Syrian army killed and injured scores of holy warriors after launching a directed missile onto one of their strongholds in al-Zahra neighborhood.
The Syrian army also continued striking the terrorist groups in various provinces, inflicting heavy losses upon them.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Fatah Army on Wednesday announced a major offensive on two Shiite-dominated villages in the northern province of Idlib after two years of siege, according to statement posted online by the rebel group.
The powerful alliance of Islamist groups said the new battle is in support and solidarity with rebels of Zabadani, Fatha Army said, in order to ease two week of bombardment by Syrian army and allied Hezbollah militia on the Syrian border city with Leb.
The new battle on al-Fou'a and Kefraya villages is a clear response to the Syrian army brutality in Zabadani city, according to the statement.
Fatah Army warned of Zabadani fallout, saying we do not want to repeat the scenario of Qusayr when Bashir al-Assad forces and Hezbollah captured the city in May 2013.
Army of Fatah, a reference to the conquests that spread Islam across the Middle East from the seventh century, has seized swathes of territory northern Syrian since late of March 2015 including Idlib city, Ariha and Jisr al-Shughour.
On Wednesday, regime army backed by Hezbollah has advanced deeper into the besieged Syrian city of Zabadani two weeks into a campaign to capture it from bad boys, Rooters said.
Rebels contacted by phone told Rooters although they had lost some ground in parts of the city in the last few days, they have so far repulsed advances deeper inside their stronghold.
"They have now secured what they want...any more advances would be very costly in human terms for them," said Abu Abdo, a field commander from the Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... bad boy group.
The control of the city, about 45 km (30 miles) northwest of the capital Damascus, is seen as crucial to consolidate government-held areas linking Leb and Syria. Zabadani is a former popular resort on the main Beirut-Damascus highway.
Syria's four-year-old war has killed more than 230,000 people and forced millions out of their homes.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] 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.... fighters on Thursday have pressed more advances in the eastern countryside of Homs, taking control of a military base and two villages near T-4 air base, activists and supporters of the hardline group said.
Conflicting reports said ISIS stormed the fences of the strategic military airport, the festivities are underway with Syrian regime forces, activists said after seizing an artillery battalion affiliated to T-4 base.
ISIS took control of al-Bardeh and Marhatan villages, 15 km (10 miles) from the airport.
Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head... ISIS has blown up a gas pipeline near Furqlus town east Homs, activists said.
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after seizing an artillery battalion affiliated to T-4 base
I suppose the reader may assume the cannoniers ran away rather than blowing the attackers to pieces.
[AnNahar] The United States and its allies carried out 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.... Lions of Islam in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, a US military statement said.
Fifteen air raids were conducted near five Syrian cities, including five near Raqqa and four near Hasaka, said the statement issued on Thursday.
Islamic State targets near Falluja, Ramadi and six other cities were hit in 16 air strikes in Iraq, it added.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] 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.... snuffies have punished at least 94 people including five teenagers, accusing them of violations during the Moslem fasting month of Ramadan, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Thursday.
The people were flogged, hung up by their arms or put in metal cages by the Sunni Moslem myrmidon group in incidents documented since the start of Ramadan last month, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Islamic State, which controls tracts of territory in Syria and Iraq, has regularly killed and abused people it says have violated its ultra-hardline interpretation of Islam.
Moslems who observe Ramadan across the world refrain from eating, drinking and smoking during daylight hours. Young children are not usually expected to observe the fast.
All victims survived the punishments which were carried out in Islamic State-held territory in Raqqa, Aleppo and Deir al-Zor provinces, the Britannia-based Observatory said, citing its network of contacts on the ground.
The five teenagers were aged 13 to 16. One was put in a metal cage and the other four were hung up crucifixion-style, the Observatory's founder Rami Abdulrahman said.
The opposition Shaam News portal posted a picture on its Facebook page last week showing a boy hanging by his arms with a sign around his neck saying "Broke fast without justifiable excuse under sharia."
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
The tribunal's head judge, Obaidul Hassan, issued the order Thursday against Forkan Mollick.
A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe...
WASHINGTON -- Investigators have identified Muhammad Yousef Abdulazeez, 24, as the gunman behind Thursday's attacks on military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Late Thursday investigators sealed off the home where law enforcement sources say Abdulazeez lived. It's located in Hixson, Tennessee, which is about two miles and a few minutes away from where the shootings occurred.
The gunman who killed four Marines at two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday reportedly kept a blog briefly to chronicle religious thoughts. 
[CBSNEWS] 
[Bangkok Post] Two Thai soldiers were gunned down when their vehicle was ambushed and set ablaze by militants in Narathiwat province late Thursday morning.
