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26 persons killed in regime offensive on Daraa and Qunaitra
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Afghanistan
2 Senior ISIS group leaders arrested in Nangarhar province
[KhaamaPress] The Aghan security forces have tossed in the slammer
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
two big shots of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria Khurasan in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province of Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan in a statement said the two senior ISIS leaders were arrested during an operation in Momand Dara district.

The statement further added that shadow district chief of the group for Momand Dara Haji Rohullah, also famous as Khamosh, is among those arrested.

According to the Ministry of Interior, the other senior ISIS leader arrested during the operation has been identified as Hejratullah who was hiring Death Eaters for the group.

The anti-government armed bad boy groups including ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the report so far.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Attack by unknown gunmen claims the life of a senior army officer in Kabul
[KhaamaPress] A senior army officer lost his life in an attack by unknown button men in Kabul city earlier today, the defense officials confirmed.

The incident took place in the vicinity of the 5th police district of the city in Company area after unknown button men opened fire on the senior officer as he was travelling towards his work station.

A source in the ministry of defense confirmed that the army officer, Hamid, who was serving in a military hospital, lost his life in the attack.

In the meantime, the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group claims that the army officer was killed in an attack by the Taliban fighters.

Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid in a statement claimed that the officer was rubbed out by the Taliban fighters in Company area.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Badar-16 operations kick off against Taliban in Farah province
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan armed forces have launched the Badar-16 operations to suppress the anti-government armed snuffies in western Farah province of Afghanistan.

The 207th Zafar Corps of the Afghan Military in the west said the operations are currently beign conducted in Posht Rod district.

A statement by Zafar Corps stated that the Afghan Air Force carried out Arclight airstrikes against the snuffies as part of the operations, leaving at least 2 snuffies dead.

The statement further added that five Talibs including one of their local commanders were also critically maimed during the operations.

A vehicle belonging to the snuffies was destroyed while a cycle of violence was confiscated during the operations, Zafar Corps said, adding that two suspects were also tossed in the clink
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
during the operations.

The anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups including Talibs have not commented regarding the report so far.

This comes as the security situation in western Farah province has started to deteriorate during the recent months as the anti-government armed snuffies are attempting to expand their foothold in some key western provinces.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


IS bomber massacres 20, Taliban kill nine police
[DAWN] A jacket wallah of the bad boy Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group killed 20 people in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, including a Tali­ban commander, while in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province, a government commando unit freed 54 people from a Taliban
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Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa North
Egyptian Military Court sentences 16 defendants to life in Muslim Brotherhood Qualitative Committee case
[AlAhram] An Egyptian military court sentenced 16 defendants to life imprisonment, handing out 15-year sentences for two others in the case commonly known in the media as the "Moslem Brüderbund Qualitative Committee."

The defendants were accused of forming a terrorist group, with the aim of attacking public and military facilities, as well as police and army personnel.

Thirty-seven other defendants were either acquitted or subject to a lack of jurisdiction, meaning their cases will be referred to another court for trial.

According to the 2016 order of referral to the military court, the defendants established an gang to disrupt the constitution and the law and prevent state institutions and public authorities from carrying out their duties, as well as targeting police and military personnel with terrorist attacks.

Investigations revealed that the Brotherhood committee's leader, Mohammed Kamal ‐ who was killed by Egyptian security forces in Cairo in October 2016 ‐collaborated with the 52 other Moslem Brüderbund members to provide intelligence and logistical assistance to the defendants.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Arabia
Yemeni army foil repeated attacks by Houthi militias
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Yemeni National Army with the air support provided by the Coalition for the support of legitimacy repulsed repeated attacks by 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 and inflicted heavy casualties on their ranks.

There were also attempts to infiltrate by Houthi of militias into positions of the army in the center of the directorate of Hodeidah.

According to military sources, the army was able to break two attacks by the militias: the first on the Aldrihami front tried to cut off the coastline linking the cities of Mukha and Hodeidah in the Nekheila area.

The second attack was aimed at the headquarters of the directorate of Tahita, but was thwarted after a battle that lasted more than 10 hours, using various weapons along with Apache helicopter fire by coalition forces.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the confrontations was concentrated in the areas of Suwaiq, and Bani Nahari and al-Mughars, and the army and the resistance managed to kill, injure and capture dozens of militia elements.

In the meantime, coalition aircraft targeted raids positions and gatherings of Houthi militias in the area 16 km east of the city of Hodeidah.

Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Yemeni forces fire drone, hit Aramco refinery in Saudi capital
[PRESSTV] Yemeni army, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, has attacked a refinery of the Saudi oil company Aramco in the capital Riyadh using a new drone unveiled on Wednesday, with the kingdom confirming a fire at the plant.

"Our drone air forces have targeted the refinery of Aramco company in Riyadh," read a Twitter posting on the account of Yemen’s al-Masirah television channel.

"The operation by the drone air force is a strong start in a new stage of deterring the aggression," the channel quoted Yemen's army front man Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman as saying in a tweet.

According to al-Masirah, the attack was the first to be conducted using a new long-range drone.

Aramco confirmed a fire at its refinery in Riyadh, saying fire control teams and the Saudi civil defense had contained a limited blaze that erupted in the early evening in its refinery in the capital.

Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  Iran's PRESSTV neglected to add "domestically designed and constructed". Someone will get a beating and cell time for that
Posted by: Frank G || 07/19/2018 9:04 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Jibran Nasir says 'extremist elements' trying to disrupt his political campaign
[DAWN] Lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir, who is contesting general election as an independent candidate from PS-111 and NA-247 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...
, held a presser on Wednesday to address what he termed the "incidents of violence" against his supporters and campaign volunteers.

The presser, that was broadcast live on Facebook, was held a day after a handful of men reportedly interrupted a corner meeting held by Nasir in Delhi Colony where they told him to explain to them his religious views and accused him of blasphemy.

Addressing media representatives outside the Karachi Press Club, Nasir claimed that some "extremist elements" wanted to hijack his campaign by inciting hatred among people "because they are scared of a candidate who wanted to highlight the actual problems and issues being faced by the public".

Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Iraq
Diyala dead and otherwise dudes: soldier kaboomed, 2 turbans tied up


Diyala bomb attack leaves Iraqi serviceman wounded: official

Diyala (Iraqinews.com) – An Iraqi soldier was wounded Wednesday after a bomb attack targeted a military patrol in Diyala province, a local official was quoted as saying.

“An explosive charge exploded while a military patrol was crossing a road on the outskirts of Jabara district, in northeastern Diyala, leaving a solider wounded,” Alghad Press website quoted Shukr Zankana, the head of Jabara’s provincial council, as saying.

“The security forces cordoned off the blast site and found three other explosive charges that were planned to target security forces,” he added.

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.

Two Islamic State members arrested in Diyala: Interior Ministry

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Interior Ministry has announced arresting two Islamic State members in Diyala province.

A statement by the Security Media Center said “the intelligence department and the counter-terrorism forces of the Interior Ministry managed to arrest two Islamic State members in two operations carried out in Diyala.”

One of them, according to the statement, “admitted to intentions of carrying out operations using bombs.”

Legal measures were taken against them, it added.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Kirkuk combat chronicle: 1 big and 2 little turbans tied up, 3 kabooms net 30-plus casualties


Iraqi troops arrest Islamic State’s intelligence official, two others in Kirkuk

Kirkuk (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi troops arrested on Wednesday three members of Islamic State, including a senior intelligence official, during a security campaign in southwestern Kirkuk, a police chief was quoted as saying.

“The 19th brigade launched a security operation in southwestern Kirkuk, arresting three IS terrorists,” Ayn Al Iraq News website quoted Federal Police Chief Raed Shawkat Gawdat as saying.

“Among those arrested was a senior Islamic State intelligence official, who was responsible for providing the terrorists with information about citizens to kidnap them,” Gawdat noted.

Iraqi security forces, backed by paramilitary troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi and Peshmerga fighters, had launched a military operation dubbed Martyrs’ Revenge to chase Islamic State militants at their hotbeds in Kirkuk, Diyala and Salahuddin provinces.

At least 30 persons killed, injured in bomb blasts in Kirkuk

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Over thirty people were killed and injured in several bomb blasts in Kirkuk, according to security sources and the Security Media Center.

Speaking to Mawazin News on Wednesday, the source said, “a blast took place near a restaurant on Baghdad road. Another explosion took place near a store. A third blast took place near Dumeiz region.”

The preliminary results of the blast, according to the source, “left a person killed and eighteen others injured, two of whom were in serious condition.”

In a brief statement, the Interior Ministry’s Security Media Center said “security troops in Kirkuk carried out a wide-scale campaign in search for militants who hurled stun grenades on Rahim Awah-Shurjah road.”

The statement also indicated explosion of three bombs on Baghdad road near a fuel station, which left a civilian wounded.

According to a local police source in Kirkuk, 12 civilians were wounded due to explosions and shooting of mortar missiles near children hospital in center of the province.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Mosul clearance continues: 27 turbans tied up in two operations


Iraqi security arrest four Islamic State members in Mosul city

Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – The Iraqi Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that it arrested four dangerous Islamic State militants in the group’s last stronghold of Mosul.

In remarks to the Iraqi Alghad Press website, spokesman for the Interior Ministry Maj. Gen. Saad Maan said, “The four terrorists were arrested in al-Zahraa and al-Qahira districts in Mosul’s eastern side.”

“One of the arrestees was working for the terrorist group’s Iftaa (religious opinion) department,” Maan pointed out.

23 Islamic State members arrested in operation, west of Mosul

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Twenty-three Islamic State members were arrested in a security operation carried out in west of Mosul, a source from Nineveh police said on Wednesday.

Speaking to BasNews, Cap. Jassim Maarouf, of Nineveh Police Command, said “security forces carried out a wide-scale operation, after receiving information over infiltration of Islamic State members into al-Zanjili and Souq al-Maash region.”

Security forces, according to Maarouf, “besieged the region and carried out a campaign that resulted in arresting 23 militants possessing weapons and lists with names of policeman to kill them.”

The militants “were taken to the command headquarters for investigations ahead of standing trial,” Maarouf said.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Security operation carried out to secure Iraqi-Syrian borders: Commander
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A wide-scale security operation was carried out to secure the Iraqi-Syrian borders from four regions, a commander said on Wednesday.

"Security troops of Jazeera Operations Command, army and border guards, backed by tribal fighters, carried out a military operation from four sides including Qaim, Rawa, Rutba and al-Waleed region to secure the Iraqi-Syrian borders and the western desert," Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Muhammadi, the commander, told BasNews.

The security operation, according to Muhammadi, "seeks eliminating presence of 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....
cells, along with destroying tunnels and hideouts that could be used by the myrmidons."
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Bombs wound 11 people in Iraqi city of Kirkuk
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Several roadside kabooms and mortar rounds maimed 11 people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, witnesses said.

A police official said the bombs had targeted a commercial district of the city.

Security forces in Iraq have largely defeated ISIS Lion of Islams, removing them from djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
and other cities and towns.

But the Lion of Islam group still carries out attacks near Kirkuk and some other parts of the country.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
26 persons killed in regime offensive on Daraa and Qunaitra
Daraa (Syria News) The Martyrs Documentation Office in Daraa has reported that 26 persons were killed in the offensive carried out by the Syrian regime forces on the countryside of Daraa and al-Qunaitra.

According to the report that was published today, 25 civilians, mostly women and kiddies, were killed after being maimed in the shelling and raids carried out on the countryside of Daraa and al-Qunaitra.
Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Iran builds new rotor factory for centrifuges
[PRESSTV] Iran’s nuclear chief says the country has completed the construction of an advanced factory specializing in the manufacturing of centrifuge rotors in order to enhance its uranium enrichment capacity without violating the limits set by the 2015 nuclear deal.

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), told the IRIB on Wednesday that the project became operational in line with a recent decree by Fearless Leader of the Islamic Revolution
...Iran's doddering head theocrat...
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
...the successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the actual dictator of Iran...
to reach 190,000 SWUs (separative work unit) of uranium enrichment capacity.

Salehi said instead of completing the project over the next seven or eight years, the country had been building the facility in the course of the negotiations that led to the 2015 nuclear agreement with world countries.

Posted by: Fred || 07/19/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Stuxnet 3.0 will help them design slightly unbalanced rotors. Just an ounce or two is all they need
Posted by: Frank G || 07/19/2018 9:06 Comments || Top||


Summer holidays' kite and balloon fun
An IDF aircraft on Thursday struck a Hamas terror cell in the southern Gaza Strip that was responsible for launching incendiary kites and balloons into Israel, the IDF spokesperson confirmed.

Palestinian reports stated that an aircraft attacked balloon perpetrators east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Hamas-run Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported that one Hamas officer was killed and three individuals were wounded in the strike. According to Palestinian sources, the officer killed was Abdel Karim Radwan, 38.
38 is really too old to play with balloons Abdel.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/19/2018 13:52 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  38 is really too old to play with balloons Abdel.

Personally, I would disagree. But then, I'm the sort of person who can separate pleasant hobbies like playing with kites and balloons from Jew-killing.

Maybe instead of our ineffective State Dept, we should let Hasbro and Mattel have a go at the peace processor.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/19/2018 14:44 Comments || Top||

#2  we should let Hasbro and Mattel have a go
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/19/2018 16:27 Comments || Top||

#3  That *Pop!* sound you heard was the balloon ...and Abdel Karim Radwan, 38,

but mostly Abdel Karim Radwan, 38.
Posted by: Frank G || 07/19/2018 19:31 Comments || Top||



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