[Ynet] Egyptian security forces killed 55 turbans in Sinai on the ninth day of an operation against Islamists in the area, the military said in a statement on Tuesday.
It was not possible to independently confirm the figure.
In Tuesday's fighting, two soldiers were killed, the military said.
I wouldn't be overly angry if the Egyptians used their army to clean out Benghazi...
[IraqiNews] Baghdad -- According to news from Libya, ISIS has kidnapped 12 Egyptians in the Libyan city of Sirte, while trying to return to their country. The Italian news agency "ANSA" said, "There is news about the abduction of 12 Egyptians by ISIS elements in the Libyan city of Sirte."
The agency added that Egyptian Copts are among the kidnapped. The agency quoted Libyan media sources as saying that, "the organization kidnapped 12 Egyptian workers, before leaving Libyan territory on their way to Egypt."
For its part, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry has not issued any statement related to this matter.
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[Libya Herald] There are unconfirmed reports that a car bomb exploded earlier this evening in Tripoli’s Nufleen district, formerly home to a number of diplomatic missions, including that of Tunisia . . .
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[Libya Herald] 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.... forces claim to have executed a Tunisian man in Benghazi. It claims the man, whom it named as Saleh Mohammed Elhadaoui, had been spying for the Libya National Army. He is said to have been a baker.
It is not known when, let alone if the supposed execution took place. IS has developed a reputation for deliberate misinformation for propaganda purposes. Photos posted of the killing initially look real enough, but on closer inspection appear to have been tampered with.
In January, IS claimed to have executed two Tunisian journalists, Sofiane Chourabi and Nadhir Gtari, who were kidnapped near Ajdabiya a year ago. Tunisian officials subsequently said the two were dead and launched charges against two Egyptians now held in Beida and said to be involved in the killings. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... the Tunisian authorities now say they believe the journalists are still alive.
If true, the Benghazi killing may been been to punish Tunisia which on Friday placed in durance vile Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! another six Tunisian gunnies trying to enter Libya. They are suspected of planning to join IS. Many IS and Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... fighters in Libya are Tunisian.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Seven defendants were sentenced to death on Tuesday for the terrorist suicide kaboom of a mosque in June in Kuwait that killed 27 people and maimed 227 others, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported.
Eight other suspects were given prison sentences ranging from two to 15 years by a Kuwaiti criminal court, KUNA said. Fourteen other defendants were acquitted.
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 grabbed credit for the June 26 bombing, when a Saudi jacket wallah blew up himself inside the Imam al-Sadeq (AS) mosque in Kuwait City. Hundreds of worshippers were performing Friday noon prayers when the bomb went off.
Kuwait cracked down on terrorist bandidosbandidos bad boys after the bombing, the country's worst bully boy attack. Officials say the bombing was aimed at stoking strife between Sunnis and Shiites in the state, where the two sects have usually coexisted in peace.
The 29 people indicted on terrorism charges in relation to the attack included Kuwaitis, Saudis, Paks and stateless residents. The charges ranged from premeditated murder to possession of explosives.
One of indicted was the taxi driver who drove the suicide bomber to the scene and a terrorist operative who confessed to his ISIL identity.
Five others were convicted in absentia, two of them were Saudi brothers who transferred the explosives belt to Kuwait.
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[DAWN] Strikes by Saudi-led coalition aircraft killed at least 54 people in attacks across Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... on Tuesday, including four children, the Houthi-run Sabanews.net news agency and residents said.
Residents said the air strikes targeted two houses in Ans in Dhamar province, one of which belonged to a supporter of the 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 ... group which the Saudi-led coalition is trying to dislodge from Yemen.
Sabanews.net said 13 other non-combatants were killed in air strikes in the northern Saada province, a stronghold of the Houthi group which hails from the Zaydi branch of Islam.
Air strikes also killed 13 people in attacks on roads and bridges in al-Mahawit province, northeast of the capital Sanaa, and 10 more in the nearby Hajja province, Sabanews.net said.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] At least 22 migrants, including four children, have drowned while 211 migrants have been rescued after a Kos-bound boat capsized in the Aegean Sea.
The 20-meter wooden boat, which was also used for boat tours, capsized at around 6 a.m. on Sept. 15 off the coast of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's southwestern Datca district.
The boat was en route to the Greek island of Kos with an unknown number of migrants.
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That's a lotta potential terrorists that drowned / have been rescued - where's my femtoviolin?
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Old Roman biremes were that size. They could carry 200 though half had to row...
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They could carry 200 though half had to row...
And they were below deck. That's about the only way the archers and slingers up top had room to maneuver during a battle.
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I don't see these rowing...
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When Grecians showed Ares devotion
And biremes were ploughing the ocean,
The rowers and rowers
Rubbed elbows for hours,
Imparting a rude locomotion.
[Hurriyet Daily News] Some 165 suspects are currently under arrest in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on charges related to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a senior Turkish official has announced.
"Turkey is continuing its struggle against Daesh [ISIL]. In addition to our own struggle, we are also conducting air strikes against Daesh targets. This will continue. Our efforts to form terror-free zones on the border are continuing. With regard to the fight against Daesh, the entry into Turkey of 20,000 people has been banned. Five hundred people have been taken into custody and 165 have been tossed in the slammer Book 'im, Mahmoud! ," Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin told news hounds at a presser on Sept. 15.
He also stated that all responsibility for imported muscle should not be put on Turkey's shoulders and everyone should share it, including source countries.
Some 126 people were in Turkish prisons charged with being a member of ISIL as of Aug. 10, 2015, the Justice Ministry had said in a reply released in late August upon a question submitted by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Faysal Sariyildiz.
Facing criticism for not better controlling its southeastern borders, the Turkish authorities have accelerated police operations against ISIL suspects in the country since early 2015.
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Compare to several thousand Kurds the Turks have arrested
[Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish military has started a major anti-terror operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) snuffies in the eastern province of Tunceli, amid the latest of series of PKK attacks that injured 12 security personnel in the southeastern province of Mus.
The army started the operation supported by an aerial campaign in rural areas between Tunceli's Pulumur and Ovacik districts and the eastern province of Erzincan on Sept. 15.
A main road connecting central Tunceli, Pulumur and Erzincan was blocked off at around 5 a.m. on Sept. 15 by the Tunceli Governor's Office as part of the military campaign. The road, along which a large number of military troops and armored vehicles were deployed, was blocked until Sept. 18.
In the eastern province of Mus, 12 soldiers were maimed on the morning of Sept. 15 after PKK snuffies detonated an explosive targeting a military vehicle.
PKK snuffies detonated an explosive placed on the road while a guarded military vehicle was passing near the entry of the Suluca village. The maimed soldiers were taken to the Mus Public Hospital.
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[DAWN] Helicopter gunships and bulldozers destroyed dozens of shops in a restive tribal area of South Wazoo on Tuesday after a kaboom on a military convoy maimed five soldiers, officials said.
The incident took place in Wana, the main town of troubled South Waziristan district, where the military is battling Talibs.
"At least five soldiers were maimed when a bomb planted on a roadside went kaboom! as a military convoy passed," a local security official told AFP.
Security forces immediately launched a search operation and called in air support, he added.
Local administration, intelligence officials and residents said helicopters bombed the market at Wana by-pass road and later bulldozers razed dozens of shops belonging to suspected murderous Moslems.
A curfew has been imposed in Wana and military helicopters were hovering above, they said.
Earlier on Monday, a major-ranked officer of the Pakistain Army and five murderous Moslems were killed during an attack on a checkpost in Spin Wam area of North Waziristan tribal region's Mirali tehsil.
Militants attacked Dandi Kuch checkpost situated in Kaka Ziarat area of Spin Wam near the Pak-Afghan border killing an officer of the Pakistain Army identified as Major Ismail. The area lies adjacent to Afghanistan's Khost province ... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name... Security personnel resorted to retaliatory firing killing five murderous Moslems.
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[DAWN] A soldier of the Pakistain Army was killed on Tuesday during firing by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rawalakot's Battal sector.
An Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) front man said that 'Pak troops responded befittingly to unprovoked firing by Indian forces'.
The statement further said that the 20-year-old soldier, identified as Sepoy Shams, was a resident of village Shanglot in Gopis Tehsil of Gilgit Baltistan's Ghizer district.
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[DAWN] 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.... foiled a major bid of terrorism by seizing more than 4,000 kilogrammes of explosives close to Pak-Afghan border on Tuesday, officials said.
On intelligence reports, security forces conducted a raid near Kurram area of Pishin district close to the Afghan border.
The front man for the paramilitary force, Khan Wasey, said three accused were also tossed in the calaboose Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! during the operation conducted in the remote area.
He further informed that 500 detonators and other weapons were recovered from the possession of alleged miscreants.
Wasey said FC also took two vehicles of the miscreants into custody.
The suspected forces of Evil were then shifted to some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location for interrogation.
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[IraqiNews] Media War Cell announced in a statement on Sunday, that a large number of ISIS elements, including 3 leaders, were killed in Anbar operations.
The statement said: "The security forces managed to kill 6 ISIS members, including two big shots in Albu Aitha area, in addition to destroying a vehicle carrying a machine-gun in the same area."
The statement added: "The security forces killed ISIS big shot specialized in booby-trapping houses in Husaybah al-Sharqiya area," pointing also to "the killing of a number ISIS elements in al-Yatama area in Amiriyat al-Fallujah."
[IraqiNews.com] Anbar -- According to a security source in Anbar province, 12 ISIS elements were killed east of the city of Ramadi.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "The joint security forces carried out today a security operation in Husaybah area (7 km east of Ramadi) resulted in the death of 12 elements belonging to the organization, including the Saudi national Abu Hafsa."
The source, who asked anonymity, added: "A security force foiled an infiltration attempt by ISIS elements from Husaybah area towards Khalidiya district, killing four members of the organization."
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[IraqiNews] Kirkuk -- A local source in Kirkuk said on Tuesday, that ISIS has kidnapped 30 young men from Hawija southwest of the province on charges of planning to form an armed faction to kill the leaders of the organization.
The source said in an interview to IraqiNews.com, "The organization has kidnapped 30 young men from Hawija, accused of plotting to form an armed faction to kill the leading figures."
The source, who asked to remain anonymous, added: "the kidnapped men were taken to unknown areas by bully boyz from the organization."
[IraqiNews] Baghdad – Joint Special Operations Command announced on Monday, that the F16 fighter jets have bombed sites and a bridge in Hawija to cut off ISIS supplies, asserting that the latter left Hawija and headed towards Sharqat and djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... The command said in a statement issued today and received by IraqiNews.com: "F16 warplanes carried out this evening painful strikes on ISIS headquarters and targets, pushing them to leave Hawija towards Sharqat and Mosul."
The statement also added: "These aircraft also bombed Sadr al-Nahr Bridge northeast of Hawija and destroyed it completely," noting that "the operation was based on accurate intelligence."
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[IraqiNews.com] Dohuk -- Media official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... Saeed Mamouzini announced on Tuesday the killing of 17 ISIS Death Eaters during festivities with one of the clans west of Mosul.
Mamouzini said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Armed festivities broke out between ISIS gunnies and members of Albomteot Clan in Blige area in western Mosul," noting that "the festivities resulted in the killing of 17 Death Eaters of the organization."
Mamouzini pointed out: "The confrontations erupted between the two sides because the members of the tribe refused the practices of ISIS."
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[Rudaw] Security forces in Kirkuk province locked away Please don't kill me! 45 terrorist suspects Monday.
Brigadier General Smko Mohammad, Kirkuk's Asayish media officer, reported in a presser on Monday, after Peshmerga forces took control of 11 villages south of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... that they arrested 45 people who he claimed were "previously ISIS members who participated in fighting against Peshmerga."
"Security forces in Kirkuk received information that ISIS elements tried to infiltrate into families who fled ISIS," Mohammad added. "It was revealed that the 45 terrorist were taking part in the fight against Peshmerga."
On September 7, Asayish loyal to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Kirkuk reported that in the past month 99 people were arrested, and at least some were ISIS Death Eaters.
On September 11, the Kurdistan region's Peshmerga forces completed an operation that pushed ISIS murderous Moslems out of areas south of Kirkuk, military sources told Rudaw.
An area of approximately 150 square kilometers (58 square miles) was recaptured from the murderous Moslems as the Peshmerga forced ISIS out of 13 villages, the sources said.
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[Ynet] Third day of rioting sees Paleostinians barricading themselves inside al-Aqsa Mosque, throwing stones, concrete blocks, fireworks at security forces.
As I recall, the yoots are on the Hamas payroll.
Any Soros money in that? I have to say I wouldn't be completely surprised...
Clashes between security forces and Paleostinians at the Temple Mount continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah.
Jerusalem Police said: "Following intelligence collected by the Shin Bet and the police regarding Arab youths, some with their faces covered, who barricaded themselves inside al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem Police organized additional security forces at the entrance to the Temple Mount, who are prepared for any eventuality as has been done throughout the entire holiday.
According to police, the youths inside the mosque collected stones and fireworks and set up barricades to prevent closing the entrance, using shoe racks, iron rods, and rope tied to the doors of the mosque, and other methods.
As soon as the Temple Mount was opened to visitors on Tuesday morning, police said, rioters began throwing stones towards the Mughrabi Bridge.
Police and border guards then entered the Temple Mount area, at which point the rioters fled inside the mosque and began throwing dozens of stones, concrete blocks, and fireworks at security forces.
A Molotov cocktail was also thrown at security forces, setting wooden beams on fire.
Security forces began dismantling the barricades at the entrance to the mosque and shut the door with the rioters still inside.
Visits by Jews and tourists began on time and without disturbances.
Later in the day, police jugged I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! an Arab man suspected of attacking two Jewish youths in the morning in the Old City. He expeditiously departed at a goodly pace, but was detained after police said they recognized him on security footage.
Khaled Mashal, head of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,'s political bureau, had a phone conversation with Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... regarding events at the Temple Mount.
Violence erupted beyond the Temple Mount. In the early afternoon, around 170 Paleostinians were rioting and throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the border fence next to Tul Karm, more than 100 kilometers from Jerusalem.
At least nine people were arrested at the Temple Mount on Monday morning during rioting.
[ALMANAR.LB] A civilian was killed, 15 injured Tuesday in a terrorist boom-mobilekaboom in the northeastern city of Hasaka.
SANA correspondent in Hasaka reported earlier that a terrorist boom-mobilewent kaboom! in front of Water Resources building in Ma'aishia neighborhood, at the northwestern side of Hasaka city.
In a similar development, Syria's state TV said murderous Moslems have shelled government-held neighborhoods in the northern city of Aleppo, killing seven and wounding 52.
It says mortar rounds rained down on five Aleppo neighborhoods Tuesday.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says the shelling killed seven and maimed dozens, adding that the corpse count is expected to rise since some were seriously maimed.
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[ALMANAR.LB] The Lebanese Army locked away Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! on Tuesday a terrorist network 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) 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 that was planning to carry out bombings and to task persons with participating in Beirut's popular set-ins to stir up sedition in the country.
In a similar development, the Lebanese Army said in a statement that it arrested an alleged ISIL security official on the northeastern border.
The statement released Tuesday night said the Army arrested Ibrahim Qassem Atrash who took part in the kidnapping of soldiers and coppers during the 2014 festivities in Arsal region, as well as firing rockets at a number of towns in the northern Bekaa Valley, rigging cars, and killing or wounding civilians in gunfire.
Atrash has been referred to the judiciary after investigations with the Army were finalized.
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[Rudaw] US-led coalition aircraft conducted 22 Arclight airstrikes in Syria and Iraq Monday, targeting ISIS stronghold positions and military bases, according to a coalition statement.
Fighter jets and drones conducted four Arclight airstrikes in Syria targeting ISIS positions near Deir ez-Zor, the seventh largest city in Syria , Kobani and Mar'a, which is located in Aleppo province. The strikes destroyed an ISIS artillery piece and bulldozer.
Eighteen other Arclight airstrikes were carried out in Iraq at 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... Haditha, Kisik, djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Ramadi and Tuz, destroying six ISIS buildings and three vehicles in addition to ISIS personnel.
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It's been "22 airstrikes" for three days now.
Apparently they can't get White House approval for 23.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] At least 22 migrants, including four children, have drowned while 211 migrants have been rescued after a Kos-bound boat capsized in the Aegean Sea. 
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