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MD Sheriff: 'Multiple Fatalities' in Annapolis Newsroom Shooting
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
MD Sheriff: 'Multiple Fatalities' in Annapolis Newsroom Shooting
[FoxNews] A Maryland sheriff confirmed to Fox News Thursday that there are "multiple fatalities" at the offices of the Annapolis Capital-Gazette.

Anne Arundel County Sheriff Ron Bateman told Shepard Smith that a suspect has been apprehended at the newspaper's office, located on Bestgate Road, off Defense Highway in Parole, Md.

Authorities have not released any information on the suspect or a potential motive.

The Capital-Gazette, which serves the Annapolis area and Kent Narrows, is a subsidiary of the Baltimore Sun newspaper, and Trace Gallagher reported that newsroom was later swept for possible threats.

Anne Arundel County Sheriffs Office spokesman Mark Limansky told the Associated Press that the "situation is active" as of 3:15 p.m. local time.

Defense Highway, or MD-450, a main suburban alternate to the Annapolis-to-Washington expressway US-50/US-301, has been shut down, according to Trace Gallagher.

The New York City Police Department, "out of an abundance of caution" is dispatching teams of officers to all media outlets in the city.

Shepard Smith noted those outlets includes eight local television stations. New York is also home to Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, CBS and NBC News.

An intern at the Annapolis Capital-Gazette, Anthony Messenger, tweeted a cry for help around the time the shooting was first reported.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 06/28/2018 16:22 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Now to see whether the miscreant is suffering from Sudden Jihad Syndrome or drugs/crazy/psychopathy.

Thank you for being on top of this for us, Deacon Blues.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 17:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Via Drudge Report, CBS Baltimore adds

Senior law enforcement officials confirmed with CBS News that the suspect is a white man in his 20s and didn’t have identification on him. He is also reportedly refusing to identify himself to authorities.

CBS News is also reporting that the suspect was armed with a shotgun


What “white” in this context means remains to be seen...
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 17:56 Comments || Top||

#3  ANTIFA
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/28/2018 18:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Sure hate to agree with g(r)om, but that's my bet as well.
Posted by: Raj || 06/28/2018 18:09 Comments || Top||

#5  shotgun ?
Posted by: lord garth || 06/28/2018 18:12 Comments || Top||

#6  "altered his fingerprints to avoid identification"

curious
Posted by: Frank G || 06/28/2018 18:16 Comments || Top||

#7  "Military-Style Assault Shotgun™. In black"
Posted by: Frank G || 06/28/2018 18:17 Comments || Top||

#8  Daily Mail provides good coverage.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/28/2018 18:42 Comments || Top||

#9  It's amazing how scary "black" is.

Figure the Oakland Raiders, Ravens, Chi WhiteSox et. al. should all be on the list.
Posted by: AlanC || 06/28/2018 18:42 Comments || Top||

#10  #6 - they've used facial recognition and they know who he is. Bet he has a rap sheet? 20's white dude
Posted by: Frank G || 06/28/2018 19:02 Comments || Top||

#11  It's highly suspicious that he doesn't want to be identified. Which to me screams false flag. Possibly Antifa or some other lefty group.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 06/28/2018 19:12 Comments || Top||

#12  #9 - some of their players are
Posted by: Frank G || 06/28/2018 19:37 Comments || Top||

#13  Shooting thru glass doors with 5 dead, 3 injured.
Sounds like a 8 round stack of slugs, Frank.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2018 19:43 Comments || Top||

#14  Ten years from now everyone will be home schooled and will work from home. We'll all be like the people of Aurora in that Asimov book, insular and anti-social.
Posted by: ruprecht || 06/28/2018 19:56 Comments || Top||

#15  The suspected shooter is 39-year-old Jarrod Ramos, three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.

Another White Hispanic™
Posted by: Frank G || 06/28/2018 20:41 Comments || Top||

#16  Reports said he had a vendetta against the paper and had posted threats.

Still, with police responding within 60 seconds and securing everyone and everything quickly it so far is sounding like they did a great job to keep this from getting worse.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/28/2018 20:50 Comments || Top||

#17  I heard there was a fire drill and the shooter used that to get inside. If true that might explain the police super-fast response.
Posted by: ruprecht || 06/28/2018 21:08 Comments || Top||

#18  The suspect in the shooting is Jarrod Warren Ramos, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN. Here’s an older article about a defamation claim he filed against the newspaper in 2012 that was dismissed.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/28/2018 21:19 Comments || Top||

#19  reported is that he is NOT a registered voter
Posted by: lord garth || 06/28/2018 21:21 Comments || Top||


#21  It was prolly a muzzle loader with a bump stock.
Posted by: bbrewer126 || 06/28/2018 21:29 Comments || Top||

#22  Interesting nobody has reported what the nature of the defamation was?
Posted by: ruprecht || 06/28/2018 21:52 Comments || Top||

#23  We'll all be like the people of Aurora in that Asimov book, insular and anti-social.

Aurora was the setting in the third book of Asimov’s R.Daneel Olivaw and Elijah Baley stories. The books in order are: Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, and Robots of Dawn.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 22:19 Comments || Top||

#24  Thanks TW. I went Amazon and bought it (used).
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 06/28/2018 23:16 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Another deadly clash erupt among Taliban, ISIS-K militants in Kunar

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Another shootout
erupted among the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and turbans affiliated with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) in eastern Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
of Afghanistan.

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the latest clash between the Taliban and ISIS-K turbans took place in the vicinity of Chapara Dara district.

Silab Corps further added that the clash left at least four ISIS-K turbans dead while at least nine others were detained by the Taliban bully boys.

According to the Silab Corps, at least two Taliban forces of Evil were also captured by ISIS-K turbans during the clash.

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Afghan Special Forces arrest ex-district chief in Farah over terror charges
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan Special Forces have tossed in the slammer
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
the former district administrative chief of Purchaman in western Farah province of Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan in a statement said the ex-district chief of Purchaman Mohammad Daud Mubariz was arrested during an operation by the Special Forces.

The statement further added that Mubariz was held into the custody based on detective and intelligence tip off for his alleged involvemment in terrorist related activities.

According to the Ministry of Defense, Mubariz was arrested along with his ten comrades, including Momin Shah, Delawar, Abdulhai, Sher Ahmad, Abdul Batin, Wali Mohammad, Sharif Ahmad, sadruddin, Shah Mohammad, and Abdul Hakim.

The statement by the Ministry of Defense also added that the ex-district chief and his comrades were involved in terrorist related activities.

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Afghan forces foil rocket attack on Kabul city
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) foiled a plot by the anti-government armed holy warriors to carry out rocket attack on Kabul city.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said at least four rockets were seized by the Afghan forces from Deh Sabz district which were prepared for the attack on the capital.

The source further added that the rockets were confiscated and defused during the initial hours of Wednesday morning.

The anti-government armed myrmidon groups including Talibs have not commented in this regard so far.

This comes as the anti-government armed myrmidon groups have been attempting to carry out deadly attacks in the key provinces and cities of the country, including capital Kabul.

The Afghan national defense and security forces last week nabbed
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
two jacket wallah during an operation in Kabul city, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials said.

MoI front man Najib Danish said the two suicide bombers were arrested at around 10:30 am local time on Thursday from the vicinity of Jada-e-Maiwand area of the city.

Danish further added that the two suicide bombers were arrested from Halabi Sazan lane based on a tip off.

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


18 Taliban militants join peace process in response to Saudi Imams’ speech
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A group of eighteen Taliban
...Arabic for students...
bully boyz joined grinding of the peace processor in response to the latest speech by the Saudi Imams and growing consensus for reconciliation on domestic and international level, the local authorities 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..
said Wednesday.

The officials claim that the group led by Mohammad Hassan also famous as Zubair renounced violence and laid down their weapons after Imams of Mecca Grand Mosque and the Nabuwi Mosque declared the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan as Haram or forbidden.

Nangarhar’s governor Hayatullah Hayat told news hounds that a group of eighteen Taliban bully boyz led by Mohammad Hassan also famous as Zubair joined grinding of the peace processor after they were affected with the recent Fatwas/speeches of the prayer leaders of Mecca Grand Mosque and the Nabuwi mosque.

He said the gunnies also handed over eighteen weapons to the Afghan intelligence directorate in Nangarhar.

According to Hayat, the group was engaged in violence and war against the government for the past five years and recent decided to renounce violence and join grinding of the peace processor.

Hayat also added that the government and the international community are prepared for any type of negotiation for peace and to use all means and possible ways for reconciliation.

The commander of the group Mohammad Hassan told news hounds that they decided to join grinding of the peace processor considering the demands by the religious scholars of the country, speech of the Grand Mosque of Mecca, and after seeing the environment of love among the people during the ceasefire period.

Hassan further added that he and his comrades have taken decision to join the police ranks or any other institution to serve the people.

He also expressed remorse regarding the activities they committed in the past and urged the other gunnies to renounce violence and join grinding of the peace processor.

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Arabia
Houthis agree to put Hodeidah port under UN surveillance
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has informed Yemeni president Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi that the Houthis have accepted putting the port city of Hodeidah under a UN surveillance.

Hadi had earlier informed the UN envoy that it is very important that 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 ...
militias withdraw from Hodeidah and its port or they would have to face military action.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently...
the Yemeni legitimate army backed by Arab coalition, continued its operations in the direction of Hodeidah city and its port, while the UN envoy continues his efforts regarding the Yemeni port city.

It is expected that Griffiths would meet later in the day with president Hadi and other local legitimate officials in the city in order to discuss efforts to spare Hodeidah a military confrontation and to resume political negotiations.

The Arab coalition and 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...
legitimate government stressed that the withdrawal of the Houthi militias from Hodeidah city and its port is a condition fror the resumption of political negotiations and to halt all military operations.

But a Yemeni official revealed that Griffiths’ efforts focus on putting the port of Hodeidah under a UN surveillance.
Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Saudi-led coalition warplanes launch 9 strikes on Yemen's Saada
[EN.ABNA24] Warplanes of US-backed Saudi-led coalition on Wednesday launched nine strikes on residential areas of Saada province, Yemen Ansar Allah media center report.

The warplanes waged two strikes on Safraa district and three raids on Hajlah and Aal-Ali areas of Razih district, the center said.

In Sehar district of Saada, the fighter jets of coalition launched two strikes on Sarar area and two air strikes on Ahma-Talh area, causing heavy damage to residents’ properties.

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  Saada is the lightly populated Shia dominated province in the far north bordering Saudi Arabia. Houthi forces captured the city in 2011, and now the Saudis are determined to level the province (whether it plans to salt its fields has not been disclosed).
Posted by: Clurong Peacock9529 || 06/28/2018 7:52 Comments || Top||


Yemen army inflicts Saudi troops heavy losses in several front lines
[EN.ABNA24] The Yemeni army and popular committees inflicted Saudi troops heavy losses in lives and equipment in several front lines during the past hours, reported a military official on Tuesday.

In the Yemen’s western coast, a military battalion of Lions of Islam commander and six of his lover companions were killed in military operations of engineering unit of the army, destroying six military vehicles.

Also in the western coast, of a weapons store and a military equipment, which located in one of the most important points of logistical support for the enemy forces in Duraihimi area, were destroyed when the army targeted it by artillery shells.

In border front, the army eliminated a Sudanese military force who tried to infiltrate toward Masane’a mount in front of Alb border crossing, failed to withdraw the bodies of their dead and maimed from the attack area.

In Taiz front, the army foiled two attacks of Saudi-backed Lions of Islam in Qubaidha, inflicting the Lions of Islam heavy losses in lives and equipment.

Also in Taiz, an infiltration of Saudi force and its Lions of Islam was repelled in Sawda and Hamra hill in Hamir area by the army, causing heavy losses in the ranks of the enemy.

In Nehm front, the army s repelled a large-scale offensive of the enemy force and its Lions of Islam in Ribah hill and nearby sites, killing and wounding dozens of the militiamen.

In restive Lahj
... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement
front, military engineering unit targeted a military vehicle of the Saudi-backed Lions of Islam in Karsh district, killing all its crew.

The military official confirmed the continuation of operations according to military tactics in several fronts, which target the coalition invaders forces , their leaders and sites.
Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  "We moiderized 'em!"
Posted by: Frank G || 06/28/2018 13:03 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkey detains 192 military personnel in more post-coup probes
[AlAhram] Ottoman Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 192 military personnel in operations targeting suspected supporters of a U.S.-based Moslem holy man accused of orchestrating a failed coup two years ago, authorities and media said on Wednesday.

One former brigadier general and 30 pilots were among 99 members of the airforce facing possible charges in an investigation launched by Ankara prosecutors and spread across 20 other provinces, the prosecutors' office said.

It said the detainees were suspected of being in contact with the network of the holy man, Fetullah Gulen, and of communicating with it via periodic pay phone calls, a method believed to be used by the supporters of the group.

In a separate series of operations, authorities ordered the detention of 93 personnel from the army, navy and coastguard, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Authorities have regularly conducted such sweeps against alleged supporters of Gulen since the coup attempt in July 2016, in which 250 people were killed. Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, denies involvement.

On Tuesday Ottoman Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 132 people in nationwide operations.

In total, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
has detained some 160,000 people and dismissed nearly the same number of state employees since the coup attempt, the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
said in March. Of those, more than 50,000 have been formally charged and are being kept in jail during trial.

Turkey's Western allies have criticised the scale of the crackdown.

Critics of President Tayyip Erdogan accuse him of using the failed putsch to quash dissent. Turkey says the measures are necessary to combat threats to national security.

Erdogan won a further five years in power in Turkey's presidential election on Sunday. He has also gained sweeping new powers under a constitutional revamp that took effect after the election.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


India-Pakistan
Civil Hospital Karachi doctor held over alleged links with TTP
[DAWN] Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday claimed to have incarcerated
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
a doctor working at 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 Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital over his alleged links to a Lion of Islam outfit, along with four other suspects.

Dr Abdul Rehman was held over charges of "facilitating and treating" Lions of Islam linked with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Pakistain (TTP), said CTD SSP Junaid Ahmed Sheikh.

Acting on a tip-off,
[RING!]
Cop shoppe! Sergeant Shafiq speaking!
Lissen! Dis is Mahmoud da Weasel! I got a tip for youse...

the police arrested Dr Rehman and Mufti Malik Rizwan while they were collecting donations from a mosque in Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood.

"The held suspects were generating funds for the banned TTP," the officer claimed. "They had received militancy training from Afghanistan."

According to SSP Sheikh, Rehman is a qualified doctor who has remained an ’active’ worker of the TTP. He obtained his MBBS degree from a medical university in Bahawalpur, and later specialised in orthopaedics.

"He has remained involved in treating injured bandidos hard boyz secretly and he was arrested after constant monitoring," the counter-terrorism force official said.

Separately, the CTD arrested two suspects, Hameedullah and Inam Dad from Machar Colony and seized two pistols from their custody.

"They belonged to Wali Mohammed group of TTP," said the CTD SSP, adding that they were planning acts of terror when they were arrested on information provided by an informer.

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Iraq
ISIS kidnappees hunted for, bodies foundfound
It isn’t clear to me whether both stories are about the same victims, though they ought to be. Sorry.
UPDATED: Bodies of people kidnapped by Islamic State in Iraq found

Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) A human rights official in Iraq said the bodies of six people kidnapped by Islamic State militants were found in Salahuddin province.

Sputnik agency quoted Ali a-Bayyati, a member of Iraq’s human rights commission, saying that “eight abductees were found dead near Tal al-Sharaf, Salman Beik, Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad.

He said the victims were maimed by the militants.

The news were confirmed by Ali al-Husseini, a commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces, who told Shafaq News website that the corpses were “badly mutilated” which made it hard to identify them.

The Iraq’ Security Media Center, a media arm of the Joint Operations Command, said earlier on Wednesday that troops found dead bodies on the Baghdad-Kirkuk road, but could not confirm if they belonged to the kidnapped persons. The center urged media outlets on Tuesday not to drift with rumors about the execution of the victims.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi hinted Tuesday that the incident was being used to “weaken the country”.

Last Saturday, a video was posted purporting to show Islamic State militants threatening to execute six abductees if the Iraqi government does not release female detainees linked with the extremist group.

Iraqi army launches operation in search of six people kidnapped by IS

Diyala (Iraqinews.com) – A wide-scale military operation was launched Wednesday in search of the six people kidnapped last week by Islamic State (IS) group in Hamrin region in Diyala, a local military commander was quoted as saying.

Speaking to Alghad Press, Commander of Diyala Operations Maj. Gen. Mazhar al-Azzawi said, “A joint force made up of security men and military intelligence personnel launched a military operation in the areas surrounding Hamrin region between Qarah Tabbah town and the Baghdad-Kirkuk road to find the six people kidnapped by Islamic State militants last week.”

“The results of the military operation will be announced soon,” according to al-Azzawi.

The Islamic State group on Sunday released a video on its Amaq propaganda agency, threatening to execute the six men it kidnapped last week unless authorities in Baghdad release Sunni Muslim female prisoners within three days.

The kidnapped men were found to be members of the Iraqi police and al-Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces).

The militant group had posted some videos on its propaganda websites, claiming that seventeen people were kidnapped on a highway between Kirkuk and Baghdad, a road that has seen an uptick in attacks by the Islamic State in recent weeks.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi troops arrest 3 planting explosives in Anbar
Ramadi (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops tossed in the slammer
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
on Wednesday three wanted suspects while planting an bomb in Anbar province, west of the country, a security source was quoted saying.

BasNews quoted the source saying that intelligence information enabled security forces in Anbar to arrest the trio while emplacing an bomb in al-Furat, west of the city of Ramadi.

The suspects were referred to interrogators to inquire about the involvement of other collaborators.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Arrest?
Oh yeah.
Can't kill another muslim.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2018 12:16 Comments || Top||

#2 
And after the interrogation is finished we go on to organ harvest. Funds from the harvest will be used to aid the victims.
Posted by: Roger29 Palms || 06/28/2018 15:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Ahhh, OK.
Kill after harvesting.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2018 19:45 Comments || Top||


Kirkuk combat chronicle: big turban killed, 6 paramilitary causalties in turban attack
Islamic State’s videographer killed in operation in Kirkuk

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi security troops have killed an Islamic State member, in charge of shooting videos for the group in Kirkuk, intelligence sources from the province said on Wednesday.

Speaking to Shafaq News, the sources said security troops managed in an operation to kill a militant tasked with shooting videos for Islamic State, known as Abu Mariam al-Iraqi, who is the group’s media official in Kirkuk. The operation was carried out, based on accurate intelligence information about his presence in one of the villages in Kirkuk.

Security troops confiscated several computers and videos for Islamic State at the place, where abu Mariam was killed, according to the sources.

Six pro-gov’t fighters killed, wounded in Islamic State attack in Kirkuk

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Six Iraqi pro-government fighters were killed and wounded Wednesday in an attack launched by Islamic State on a village in Kirkuk.

A security source told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper that “IS militants stormed al-Bashir village in southern Kirkuk, and clashed with the security forces and al-Hashd al-Shaabi fighters deployed there for two hours.”

“The fierce clashes between the two sides left a member of al-Hashd al-Shaabi dead and five others wounded,” according to the source.

The source added that the IS militants “fled the scene immediately after the attack.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Baghdad bombs and bullets bulletin: 4 maimed in 2 kabooms
Car bomb blast leaves Iraqi civilian wounded in Baghdad

Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – An Iraqi citizen was wounded Wednesday in a car bomb blast in southwestern Baghdad, a security source was quoted as saying.

Speaking to Alghad Press, the source said, “An explosive charge placed under a private went off in al-Radwaniyah district in southwestern Baghdad, leaving the car’s owner wounded.”

According to the source, the injured was moved to a hospital for treatment.

“Security force rushed to the blast site and opened a probe into the attack,” added the source.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State (IS) militant group, in most cases, is responsible for attacks targeting crowded areas, including markets, cafes and mosques across Iraq.

Three people wounded in bomb blast, north of Baghdad

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three people were wounded in a bomb blast, north of Baghdad, a security source was quoted saying on Wednesday.

Speaking to Almaalomah website, the source said “three people were wounded as a bomb blast took place in Adan Square in Kadhimiya region in Baghdad.”

The bomb, according to the source, was placed inside a vehicle. “The wounded were transferred to nearby hospital for treatment.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Mosul clearance continues: 5 turbans and a dangerous turbanette tied up
Iraqi police arrest five Islamic State militants in Mosul

Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Five Islamic State militants were arrested Wednesday in Mosul city, the interior ministry’s spokesman was quoted as saying.

“Nineveh police arrested five members of the terrorist Islamic State group in the western side of Mosul,” Maj. Gen. Saad Maan told Alghad Press.

According to Maan, the arrests were made during a security campaign in Al-A’amel neighborhood in Mosul city.

Iraq declared the collapse of Islamic State’s territorial influence earlier in November with the recapture of Rawa, a city on Anbar’s western borders with Syria, which was the group’s last bastion in Iraq.

Dangerous Islamic State female member arrested in Mosul

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi forces have arrested one of the most dangerous Islamic State female members in Nineveh province, the Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday.

Islamic State member Wajida Nouh, born in 1988, was arrested by the security forces in an operation in Nineveh, Irna news agency quoted sources as saying.

Wajida, according to the sources, is one of the dangerous female militants and could lead to places, where other members are hiding in Nineveh. She was arrested in al-Maamoun district, in the western side of Mosul. She was along with her family members, who are affiliated to the militant group.

She used to cooperate with senior members of the group, the sources said. She has a lot of information about militants in south of Mosul.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi forces capture IS chief traffic police in west of Mosul
[EN.ABNA24] Iraqi security forces captured on Thursday the self-declared Islamic State (IS/Daesh) chief traffic police in west of Mosul, Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh.

Amir Wasiq, a police officer from Nineveh, confirmed and identified the IS militant as ‘Ata Khalidi’.

He said that Khalidi was captured together with three other men, all of whom served as IS commanders during the group’s rule in Mosul.

“The security forces where informed by civilians in the area about the hideout of the insurgents,” Wasiq said.

The arrestees are being interrogated now before being sent to stand trial.

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  So the jihadis have traffice police? Good to know. Any idea of what constitutes reckless driving?
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 06/28/2018 6:52 Comments || Top||

#2  So the jihadis have traffic police? Good to know. Any idea of what constitutes reckless driving?

Driving without a suicide belt.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/28/2018 7:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Any idea of what constitutes reckless driving?

Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2018 10:21 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Police seize thousands in Hamas cash from family of dead terrorist who killed 8
[IsraelTimes] Cops confiscate money from East Jerusalem home of Alaa Abu Dheim, who killed students in a terror attack at Jerusalem's Mercaz Harav yeshiva in 2008

Police seized tens of thousands of shekels from the family of an East Jerusalem terrorist on Wednesday, which cops said was paid as a stipend by the Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, terror group.

The NIS 43,000 ($11,800) in Israeli and foreign currency had been given to the family of Alaa Abu Dheim, who in 2008 rubbed out eight Israeli students, aged 15-26, in Jerusalem’s Mercaz Harav yeshiva and maimed 11 more.

Abu Dheim, from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, was killed during the attack by an off-duty IDF captain and a student in the yeshiva.

"The activities carried out this morning were another step in the general actions of the Israel Police and security forces to prevent, thwart and stop those directly involved in riots or terror activities in Jerusalem, and also against those who encourage and support terrorists," police said in a statement.

"The operation was the result of covert activity and targeted intelligence gathering by the Israeli Police and security forces which found that the family of the terrorist who live in East Jerusalem received cash and funding from Hamas in support for the murderous terror attack," police said.

"We will not permit financial support from a terror organization for the families of bully boyz who carry out murderous attacks," they added.

Security forces and politicians have worked to end payments from the Paleostinian Authority and from Paleostinian terror groups to families of bully boyz which they say encourage further attacks.

On Wednesday politicians gave the final go-ahead for a decisive vote on a bill that would slash funds to the PA by the amount Ramallah pays out to convicted terrorists.

The bill, proposed by Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern and Likud MK Avi Dichter, says that welfare payments paid out by the PA to Paleostinian prisoners and their relatives must be deducted from tax revenues Israel transfers annually to the administrative body. The money withheld in this way would instead go into a fund designated to help victims of terror attacks.

Under the current law, based on the 1994 Oslo Accords that established the PA and the mechanism for Israeli funding, the finance minister already has the ability to freeze funds.

The measure, which would cut hundreds of millions of shekels from tax revenues transferred to the PA, is similar to a measure recently passed in the US, known as the Taylor Force Act, withholding funding to the PA over stipends to bully boyz and their families.

According to the Defense Ministry, the PA in 2017 paid NIS 687 million ($198 million) to the so-called "deaders’ families fund" and NIS 550 million ($160 million) to the Paleostinian Prisoners’ Club ‐ some 7 percent of its overall budget.

Paleostinian prisoners serving 20- to 30-year sentences for carrying out terror attacks are eligible for a lifetime NIS 10,000 ($2,772) monthly stipend, the Defense Ministry said, citing PA figures. Those prisoners who receive a three- to five-year sentence get a monthly wage of NIS 2,000 ($554). Paleostinian prisoners who are married, have children, live in Jerusalem, or hold Israeli citizenship receive additional payments.

The Defense Ministry last month released figures alleging that some bully boyz who killed Israelis will be paid more than NIS 10 million ($2.78 million) each throughout their lifetimes by the PA.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 01:07 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Need to make the property rubble then build a nice Jewish centre there.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/28/2018 6:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Cops gotta get paid just like terrorists.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2018 10:14 Comments || Top||

#3 
About time. Allowing funding that is used in such a manner is the height of absurdity. I also find it shocking that so much of that funding goes to these losers. This is not your milk money for school lunch. Add to this the cost of their underground transit system..........
Posted by: Roger29 Palms || 06/28/2018 15:52 Comments || Top||


IDF shoots, wounds 3 terrorists breaching Gaza border
[Ynet] Army confirms it foiled attempt to infiltrate the Israel border east of Rafah, shortly after 15-year-old Paleostinian seriously maimed by live rounds while also breaching fence; teen transported to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon for treatment.

Three Paleostinians were shot by IDF soldiers on Wednesday evening near the Gazoo border after the army "spotted the bandidos bully boyz damaging the fence and trying to infiltrate into Israeli territory from southern Gazoo," according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

The incident, which took place, east of Rafah, left the Paleostinians maimed. Their condition was not immediately clear.

"The forces responded with fire against the bandidos bully boyz and prevented an infiltration," the IDF statement said.

Paleostinian media initially reported that four people had been injured.

Earlier in the day, the IDF fired at a group of Paleostinians who tried to breach the border with Israel near Kibbutz Mefalsim.

A 15-year-old Paleostinian teen was maimed and evacuated to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon for treatment. His condition is described as critical.

Earlier in the day, the joint military branches of all terror organization in Gazoo took responsibility for rocket fire on the Gazoo border region early Wednesday morning, which they claim was in response to an Israeli attack on a Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, krazed killer's vehicle.

"A bombing will be answered with a bombing," a statement issued from the strip said, adding that they are ready to retaliate immediately to any Israeli military provocation.

Paleostinian sources familiar with the details questionws the credibility of the message implying that the overnight attacks were launched together with the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
, saying that Hamas was exclusively behind the barrage.

According to the sources, the statement was issued to convey to Israel that every military action in Gazoo will continue to be followed by a military response from the strip as part of Hamas’ attempt to try and change the status quo.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 01:07 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  A bull market in prosthetic legs. Good, make them pay for the rest of their miserable lives.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 06/28/2018 17:17 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Three BIFF militants surrender in Maguindanao
[PhilStar] Three more members of the banned Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered on Friday and pledged allegiance to the Philippine flag.

One of them told reporters they decided to surrender and turn over their firearms after realizing that their group, based in central Mindanao’s Liguasan Delta, could be next military target following an airstrike there two weeks ago that destroyed their makeshift bomb-making facility and killed nine, three of them foreign terrorists.

He said the squabbles of their commanders for leadership of the BIFF - which has three factions now, one of them led by an Islamic State-inspired cleric, Imam Abu Toraife - are worsening.

The surrender of the three men brings to 18 the number of BIFF rebels who surrendered to the 6th ID since April this year. The first to give up were four rebels trained in bomb-making by slain Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, most known as Marwan. Eleven more surrendered three weeks later.

Reports have circulated purporting that more than 20 BIFF members had been executed by their comrades from April to May alone on the mere suspicion they were in talks with groups interceding for their surrender. Two of those reportedly killed by companions gangland style, Akong Sumael and Khalid Tangan, were accused of providing the military information on their movements in the Liguasan Delta.
Posted by: ryuge || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters


Eight Philippine soldiers injured in clash with Abu Sayyaf
[PhilStar] Eight Philippine soldiers were injured in an clash with Abu Sayyaf militants in Patikul, Sulu on Saturday afternoon. Military spokesman Gerry Besana said troops encountered around 40 rebels led by Almujer Jada and Sonny Boy Sajirin in Barangay Bangkal.
They say Sonny Boy is the greatest blues musician in Mindanao.
The military said the rebels also suffered casualties, citing bloodstains on their escape route. War materiel, including an improvised explosive device, were recovered at the scene.

Meanwhile, a suspected follower of Abu Sayyaf leader Radullan Sahiron; Suaib Hayudini, alias Enteng; was arrested in Barangay Walled City, Jolo on Sunday.

Graciano Mijares, the police director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said the arrest was based on warrants for kidnapping and serious illegal detention and kidnapping with frustrated murder issued in 2003.

Sahiron was tagged in the kidnapping of ten Europeans, nine Malaysians and two Filipinos at a resort on Sipadan island in 2000. The captives were held in Sulu for five months and freed in batches after the alleged payment of large ransom.
Posted by: ryuge || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)

#1  Sonny Boy Sajirin

Not to be confused with Sonny Boy Sajirin II.
Posted by: Thomorong Big Foot9811 || 06/28/2018 21:02 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Tehran Grand Bazaar protests enter third day
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Tehran’s Grand Bazaar protests have entered their third day as thousands of protesters over the past days have rallied against rising prices and the Iranian currency’s sinking value.

But the protests have escalated in their tone by chanting anti-regime slogans critical of the Iranian leadership. Videos published online Wednesday morning have shown protesters saying "don’t be afraid, we are all united".

Pictures circulated showed shops as they remained shut as part of a traders’ strike at the capital’s bazaar that began days ago.

A video posted to social media show protesters chanted "Death to Rouhani," the country’s president, and "No to Gazoo, No to Leb" in reference to Iran's support of proxy groups in the region.

Security forces have attacked the demonstrators on Tuesday near the gold souk in Tehran as fired rubber bullets at them.

Footage shared by activists showed a member of security forces dressed in civilian attire beating a demonstrator forcefully as fellow protesters shouted.
Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Syrian regime bars Daraa’s displaced from crossing to safety
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] With the Syrian regime’s continuous bombardments and Arclight airstrikes on southwestern Daraa, thousands of displaced civilians are trying to escape to safety away from the military operations and near the Jordanian border and the areas close to the occupied Golan Heights.

Some of the displaced civilians sought shelter at thehomes of family and friends, while others took shelter in schools. Even then, a large number of the displaced were left stranded in the bushes without any shelter.

The United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
estimated the number of those displaced near the Jordanian border at 45,000, while the number of the displaced from all areas in Daraa is far more than the UN figure.

According to local sources, some of the displaced took shelter in areas close to the occupied Golan Heights as the Syrian regime avoided shelling this area which is close to Israel.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights quoted sources as saying that the Syrian regime is banning civilians from entering areas under its control, and neither is it allowing them to go to the capital Damascus by putting barracks and security checkpoints on the roads and imposing fines of up to $500 on those wanting to enter areas under Bashir al-Assad’s control.
Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Syrian Army announces liberation of entire Deir Ezzor from ISIS
[EN.ABNA24] The General Command of the Army and Armed Forces announced liberating the entire Badia (desert) of Deir Ezzor province from ISIS (ISIS) terrorist organization.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Command said that "the Syrian Arab Army units operating in Deir Ezzor, supported by the Syrian air force, managed to expel ISIS (ISIS) gunnies from the entire desert of the province after clearing an area of 5800 square kilometers of terrorism."

The Command added that the army units engaged in fierce battles with gunnies before clearing the area of them, inflicting heavy losses upon gunnies in personnel and equipment while the rest fled away.

The statement noted that ISIS was defeated under the intensive strikes of the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army on all directions as all of its sites and positions were destroyed up to the administrative border of Homs province.

The General Command stressed that the clearing of this vast area in the Syrian Badia and the crushing of ISIS gunnies in that region confirms the high efficiency of the Syrian army’s heroes.

The Command expressed its commitment to continue to pursue the remnants of terrorist organizations of different names until security, peace and stability prevail throughout the country and the entire Syrian territory is purged of the abomination of Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
terrorism and its regional and international supporters.
Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Three border guards killed by militants in southern Iran
[DAWN] Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency has reported that three border guards have been killed in a clash with a "terrorist group" in southeastern Iran.

The Tuesday report said the clash took place in Mirjaveh, a town in Sistan-Baluchestan Province near the Pak border, some 1,150 kilometers southeast of Tehran on Monday night.

During the clash, the Revolutionary Guard forces killed three of the Lions of Islam and maimed an unspecified number of others. Fars reported that others escaped into Pakistain. The report did not say to which group the murderous Moslems belonged.

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Terror Networks
Ahmed Abu Khatallah - Accused leader of Benghazi attack sentenced to 22 years
June 27 (UPI) -- The first suspect to be charged in the 2012 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya was sentenced to 22 years in prison, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.

Ahmed Abu Khatallah,
....before his capture a leader in a revolutionary gang working to overthrow Moammar Khaddaffy...
a former auto mechanic who prosecutors accused of masterminding the attack that killed four Americans, was found guilty on Nov. 28 of several terrorism-related charges. But Khatallah was found not guilty of the more serious charges, including murder.

The sentence imposed Wednesday is for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, destroying property, placing lives in jeopardy within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States and one count of using and carrying a semiautomatic assault rifle during a crime of violence.

Despite being found not guilty of the more serious charges, District Judge Christopher Cooper still could have imposed a life sentence on Khatallah based on the charges he was convicted of but chose not to.

"Even if you did not pour the gasoline or light the match, the evidence showed you were aware of the attack, and once the gates were breached, the likelihood someone would die was extreme high. This was not guilt by association," Cooper told Khatallah, according to The Washington Post. "This case stands as an exemplar for the principle that a defendant accused of international terrorism can get a fair trial in the U.S. criminal justice system."

Khatallah's sentence marks an end to a four-year legal battle since he was captured in Libya on June 14, 2014 and taken to the United States to stand trial.
This article starring:
Ahmed Abu Khatallah
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2018 07:07 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Ansar al-Sharia

#1  ...Not a peep in the MSM. Clearly wouldn't do to remind people.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 06/28/2018 9:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Anybody ask him what was in that compound that made him want to attack it?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/28/2018 10:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Anybody ask him what was in that compound that made him want to attack it?

Probably already had been loaded on some nondescript freighter bound for the Levant by then, Abu.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 06/28/2018 16:57 Comments || Top||

#4  One wonders if Mr. Abu Kharallah is connected to the various nests of ISIS jihadis who were the children of Libyan anti-Khaddaffy groups allowed to settle with their families in England and western Europe several decades ago, who in recent years have planned and executed elaborate terror attacks between holidays visiting the folks back home in Libya.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2018 17:50 Comments || Top||



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