[Libya Herald] A time bomb was reportedly found and defused in Zliten today, minutes before it was due to explode. I seen dis movie!
The device was spotted in the town's main municipal building. Fused explosives were linked to a mobile phone on which it appears an alarm had been set. It is unclear who found the bomb and who deactivated it.
This is not the first time that Zliten has been targeted recently by as yet unidentified attackers. There has been a failed attack to blow up a car and on Thursday tear gas was fired into a school. Some 300 students eventually had to be treated for the effects of the gas.
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[Libya Herald] The Libyan National Army (LNA) says it captured 12 Ansar Al-Sharia fighters today and killed several others in Benghazi’s Hawari distract as major fighting continued there, in Leithi and in the southern district of Garyounis . . .
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[Libya Herald] Confusion surrounds the terrorist attack outside the South Korean embassy in Tripoli early this morning in which two people are said to have been killed ...
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[Libya Herald] Two 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... members, said to be commanders, were captured in Benghazi's Gwarsha district this afternoon: one Tunisian, the other Libyan.
Munder Al-Kartush, front man for 309 Brigade, which is spearheading operations in the district, told the Libya Herald that the two were caught when moving between checkpoints. The Libyan had been acting as a general coordinator for Ansar, he said, collecting and distributing funds, weapons and ammunition, and food for its members. He was carrying an identity in the name of Alaa Bubakr Saati. However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... it has since been discovered that it was not his. The real Saati this evening contacted the army to say that his card disappeared some time ago.
The Tunisian, Kartoush said, had the tried to escape and had been rubbed out.
Meanwhile the director of the city's Benina Airport, Osama Al-Mansour, has disclosed that eight missiles had landed "very near" it. He thought they had been fired randomly.
Earlier he was quoted by the Beida office of the Libyan news agency LANA saying that the airport would not be opening soon. Although a great deal of progress had been achieved in building new passenger terminals before the present fighting, there had been massive subsequent damage and it would take time to rebuild, he said.
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[Iran Press TV] At least six people have bit the dust in a car kaboom in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, police sources say.
The Egyptian police sources said on Sunday that at least 44 other individuals suffered injuries in the deadly attack.
The sources added that a cop shoppe in North Sinai's thriving provincial capital of el-Arish was the target of the bombing. The facade of the cop shoppe and several buildings in the vicinity of the station were damaged.
Egyptian medics also confirmed the casualties of the kaboom, saying one of the victims was a police officer.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault on the cop shoppe.
Earlier in the day, at least six Egyptian soldiers were killed and two others injured in a kaboom on their armored vehicle near the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid.
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which recently changed its name to Velayat Sinai after swearing allegiance to the Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... ISIL terrorist group, grabbed credit for the attack in Sheikh Zuweid.
"An armored personnel carrier for the army of the apostates was destroyed... killing and wounding all aboard," the terrorist group claimed on a Twitter account attributed to it.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has slapped a travel ban on more than 12,500 suspected imported muscle, and deported another 1,200, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said, noting that 5,000 people have been put on a blacklist since January, when Ankara strengthened its efforts to stem the flow of jihadists to Syria.
Most of the fighters were determined on the basis of Turkey's own intelligence, not from the information given from source countries of imported muscle trying to cross into Syria through Turkish territory, Cavusoglu said April 10 at a training program for foreign diplomats.
Turkey has bolstered its effort to stem the flow of and deny entry to potential imported muscle. Turkish leaders frequently state that Ankara is facing unfair accusations over the flow of imported muscle into Syria even though it has been doing its best to close its borders.
Turkey has long been criticized by the international community for tolerating imported muscle passing through its territory to join 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) in Syria. In the second half of 2014, Turkey increased its intelligence cooperation with European countries, as the former began putting a travel ban on several thousand foreign individuals.
Turkish officials have stressed the failure of European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... countries in halting the travel of imported muscle and called on them to intensify intelligence sharing with Turkey on the alleged jihadists. Ankara describes the imported muscle issue as "complicated" and has called on EU countries to stop imported muscle as they leave their own countries.
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[DAWN] KOHAT: The police on Saturday incarcerated Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! two suspected forces of Evil involved in firing on police and security forces.
A suspected holy warrior identified as Afsar Khan was arrested during a raid in Ghurzandi area of Lachi, a police official said, adding that the suspect carried a head money of Rs300,000 announced by the provincial government as he was also wanted by police of other districts in similar cases. He allegedly worked for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP).
Another alleged terrorist, Yasir Khan, was nabbed in a raid on a guesthouse in Jungle Khel area, said the police official, adding that the police acted on a tip-off. He maintained that the accused had attacked a police van and injured two officials, last week, near Katta Kanri area of the Kohat city.
The police also recovered arms and ammunition, including three small machine guns, seven shotguns, eight rifles, six pistols and thousands of cartridges, from the hideouts of the outlaws.
The Ghurzandi area of Kohat district was, until recently, considered to be a no go area because forces of Evil established their hideouts in the area to easily escape to Orakzai and Kurram Agencies to launch terrorist attacks there.
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[DEFENCE.PK] U.S. drone strikes in Pakistain killed two leaders of al-Qaeda's Indian branch earlier this year, a front man for the bully boyz said Sunday, a major blow to the affiliate only months after its creation.
In an audio message, front man Osama Mahmood identified the dead as deputy chief Ahmed Farooq and Qari Imran ... the Qari Imran training camp is located in South Wazoo. It is named after its commander, Qari Imran alias Hakeem Nasir of the Mehsud group. Dawn describes Qari as an al-Qaeda facilitator, and the camp specializes in turning out boomers. 10 to 15 bad boyz were dronezapped at the camp on September 11th, 2008... , in charge of the group's Afghan affairs. Mahmood said a Jan. 5 drone strike in North Wazoo killed Imran, while a later drone strike killed Farooq. His claim corresponds with dates that previously reported suspected U.S. drone attacks were carried out in Pakistain's tribal region near the Afghan border.
Mahmood said that Farooq's real name was Raja SLearned Elders of Islamn and that he graduated from Islamabad's International Islamic University. Mahmoud said Imran's real name was Hidayatullah and that he was from Pakistain's central city of Multan in Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... province.
Mahmood also lashed out against Pakistain army over its operation in North Waziristan.
"This operation is being carried out under direct supervision of American forces, its leadership and with their direct help through drones and jets," Mahmood said. "The Mighty Pak Army is in fact just providing intelligence against the targets America wants to hit."
Mahmoud said U.S. drone strikes had killed some 50 members of his group. Pak officials had no immediate comment on the claims.
The CIA's drone strike program has killed al-Qaeda leaders, Pak Talibanfighters and other bully boyz hiding in its tribal regions even as it has evoked anger across Pakistain over allegations of widespread civilian casualties. Since 2004, the U.S. has carried out some 400 suspected drone strikes in the country, according to the New America Foundation's International Security Program, which tracks the American campaign.
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri ... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is... announced creation of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent in September. The terror group increasingly finds itself overshadowed internationally by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group, which holds a third of Iraq and Syria in its self-declared caliphate.
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[DAWN] At least four suspected Lions of Islam were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a hideout in South Wazoo tribal region's Shawal area along the Pak-Afghan border on Sunday.
South Waziristan is among Pakistain's seven tribal districts near the Afghan border which are rife with homegrown Lions of Islam and are alleged to be strongholds of Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, among others.
According to sources, the four killed belonged to the 'Sajna' group of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP).
The Arclight airstrikes come amid the ongoing Khyber- 1 and Khyber- 2 operations launched by the military in Khyber tribal region and are part of the military's stepped-up efforts since a holy warrior attack in December killed 150 people, mostly children, at an army-run school in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. Military operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... was launched by the Pakistain Army on June 15 following a brazen holy warrior attack on 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 international airport and failure of peace talks between the government and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) negotiators.
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[Iran Press TV] The Pak military says it has killed at least 10 Talibs that attempted to intrude into Pakistain's troubled northwestern tribal region from neighboring Afghanistan.
A Sunday statement released by a military front man said Pak troops confronted the Taliban elements in the Shumkari area of the Mohmand tribal district near the Afghan border while the latter were attempting to "sneak into Pakistain territory."
"At about 0130 hours (Saturday night) a group of about 10-15 Death Eaters tried to sneak into Pakistain territory. Pakistain troops observed and surrounded them. Intense exchange of fire took place for about an hour," added the statement.
Confirming the operation, a local administration authority said the bodies of the armed forces of Evil were later transferred to a local hospital for an appointment with Dr. Quincy.
Pak military forces have tightened their control on the border with Afghanistan and have launched a number of operations in the restive tribal areas since last year to root out the Taliban-linked Lion of Islams.
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[NYPOST] A 9-year-old girl is pregnant after being raped by ISIS savages in Iraq, a report said.
“The abuse she has suffered left her mentally and physically traumatized,” said Yousif Daoud, a Canadian-based aid worker who recently returned from the region. “This girl is so young she could die if she delivers a baby. Even cesarean section is dangerous.”
At least 10 different men with the Islamic State were said to have sexually assaulted the child, the Toronto Star reported.
“Most of them were front-line fighters or suicide bombers who are given girls as a reward,” Daoud explained. “She was in very bad shape.”
The young girl was one of over 200 Yazidi women and children to be released this week after spending eight months captive in the hands of the extremists, according to the Canadian newspaper.
Daoud claimed that many of the women and young girls who were set free by ISIS would be shamed when reunited with their families, due to suspicions that they had been defiled by the militants.
“If they are married, their husbands won’t take them back if they are pregnant,” he said. “And it’s clear that the babies will never be accepted.”
“I don’t know what the future would be for their babies,” Daoud added. “The girls and women don’t want them. They have suffered so much they just want to forget.”
The 9-year-old girl has been transported by a Kurdish aid group to a medical charity in Germany, according to the Toronto Star.
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Animals, dogs do this.
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Dogs are better than that. ISIS taken "prisoner" should all be summarily and immediately executed, after ascertaining where their family is so we can kill them too.
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For all the leftists who claim that anti-science is a predominantly center/right thing, I give you exhibit A as to why it is not.
Get a map of the U.S. Stick a pin into it every place there is a Whole Foods. Within a 30 mile radius of all the pins you'll find 99% of your antivaxx population. Their voting habits are decidedly left of center.
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Mods....comment should have been in Jenny McCarthy thread.
Sorry.
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[Ynet] Authorities in Iraq say a series of bombings targeting public places in the capital, Baghdad, have killed 12 people.
Police officials say a bomb went kaboom! on a commercial street in downtown Baghdad, killing four people and wounding nine others.
Earlier, two kabooms near an outdoor market killed five people and maimed 10 others in the western suburbs of the capital. Another bomb went kaboom! on a commercial street in Baghdad's district of Amil, killing three people and wounding 11 others.
Medics in nearby hospitals confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Iraq sees near-daily attacks that are often claimed by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group, which controls about a third of northern and western Iraq.
[SACBEE] 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.... bully boyz hammered, bulldozed and ultimately blew up parts of the ancient Iraqi Assyrian city of Nimrud, destroying a site dating back to the 13th century B.C., an online hard boy video purportedly shows.
The destruction at Nimrud, located near the hard boy-held city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , follows other attacks on antiquity carried out by the group now holding a third of Iraq and neighboring Syria in its self-declared caliphate. The attacks have horrified archaeologists and U.N. Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... , who last month called the destruction at Nimrud "a war crime."
The seven-minute video, posted late Saturday, shows bearded bully boyz using sledgehammers, jackhammers and saws to take down huge alabaster reliefs depicting Assyrian kings and deities. A bulldozer brings down walls, while bully boyz fill barrels with explosives and later destroy three separate areas of the site in massive kabooms.
"God has honored us in the Islamic State to remove all of these idols and statutes worshipped instead of Allah in the past days," one hard boy says in the video. Another hard boy vows that "whenever we seize a piece of land, we will remove signs of idolatry and spread monotheism."
The bully boyz have been destroying ancient relics they say promote idolatry that violate their fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law, including the ancient Iraqi city of Hatra, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Authorities also believe they've sold others on the black market to fund their atrocities.
Some of the figures in the video released Saturday at Nimrud appeared to have rebar, ribbed bars of steels designed to reinforce concrete that are a technique of modern building. An Iraqi Antiquities Ministry official, speaking Sunday on condition of anonymity as he wasn't authorized to talk to journalists, said all the items at Nimrud were authentic. In March, both Iraqi and United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... officials warned the site had been looted and damaged.
The video conformed to other News Agency that Dare Not be Named reporting about the hard boys' attack.
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It has been common for many Muslim nations to demand the "return" of antiquities from Western museums. This is just another reason to deny such requests.
[IraqiNews.com] On Saturday, a security source in Anbar province said, that the ISIS group holy warriors blew up a strategic bridge in eastern Ramadi, located in Anbar province.
The source stated for IraqiNews.com, "In the early hours of the dawn, ISIS holy warriors have destroyed a strategic bridge in the area of Albu Faraj, located in eastern Ramadi," pointing out that, "The bridge was completely destroyed with the aim preventing the security forces from approaching into the area of Albu Faraj in the key city of Ramadi."
"The bridge has fallen into the Euphrates River," the source added.
[IraqiNews.com] On Sunday, chairman of al-Baghdadi district in Anbar province, Mal Allah al-Obeidi announced the destruction of four boats belonging to ISIS while trying to sneak into the district.
Obeidi said in an interview with IraqiNews.com, "A force of the army backed by Abid tribe fighters were able today to destroy four boats carrying elements belonging to the ISIS group while trying to cross Euphrates River to al-Baghdadi district (90 km west of Ramadi)."
Al-Obeidi added, "The security forces managed to kill the ISIS elements after clashing with them."
[IraqiNews.com] On Sunday, the governor of Anbar Suhaib al-Rawi survived an liquidation attempt in the city of Ramadi.
A Council's member Aid Amash said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "The governor of Anbar Suhaib al-Rawi survived today an liquidation attempt by mortar shells targeted the headquarters of the security forces during a visit in the city of Ramadi."
Amash added, "Al-Rawi was not harmed, and the bombing only led to some material damage."
The governor of Anbar Suhaib al-Rawi confirmed earlier on Sunday, that the security forces will restore the areas dominated by the ISIS group in Ramadi.
[IraqiNews.com] As shown in the smuggled video below, the terrorist organization ISIS executed 35 members of the Al-Bofarj clan in northern Ramadi for fighting against ISIS with security elements, according to Al-Arabiya TV channel.
The governor of Anbar province, Suhaib al-Rawi, announced earlier that ISIS group committed a massacre against Al-Bofarj clan and killed dozens of them.
According to security sources, members of the Al-Bofarj clan, many of whom serve in the Iraqi Army and police forces, have been displaced to central Ramadi because of the festivities between the security forces and ISIS organization; the latter was able to seize parts from the area after attacking it on Sunday morning. Al-Bofarj clan members have fought with security forces against ISIS.
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[IraqiNews.com] According to a local source on Sunday, the ISIS organization bandidosturbans kidnapped nearly 120 children from their schools of the south and west of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... areas.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "The ISIS organization bandidosturbans kidnapped 120 children aging between 12-15 years from their schools in Qayyarah, Shoura , Badush and Baaj district south and west of the city of Mosul."
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, "The kidnapped children were taken to unknown locations."
On Friday (April 10, 2015), ISIS elements kidnapped about 200 people affiliated with the security services in central djinn-infested Mosul.
[IraqiNews.com] 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.... terrorist organization published the video below in which its bandidosbully boyz destroy the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud near djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... in northern Iraq as reported by IraqiNews.com last month.
The video showed ISIS gunnies using hammers and heavy machinery to destroy the site before fully detonating it.
According to archaeologists, ISIS depends on smuggling monuments as one of its sources of funds, and destroys heavy monuments that cannot be moved.
Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city that dates back to the thirteenth century BC, and was known as 'Kalh.'
[IraqiNews.com] According to a military source, the Kurdish Peshmerga forces repelled an attack by ISIS Death Eaters west of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , noting that more than 18 of them were killed in the attack.
The source said in an interview with IraqiNews.com, "The Kurdish Peshmerga forces repulsed today an ISIS offensive on gatherings of the Peshmerga forces in Hirdan area in Zammar district west of Mosul, sparking festivities between the two sides," noting that, "More than 18 ISIS Death Eaters were killed during the festivities."
The source, who requested anonymity, added that the ISIS Death Eaters used a number of jacket wallahs and trapped vehicles in the attack.
Two elements of the Peshmerga forces were maimed.
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[IraqiNews.com] An estimated 1,700 Russians have joined the ISIS group to fight in Syria and Iraq, General Sergei Smirnov, deputy chief of Russia's FSB Intelligence Agency was quoted by AP on Saturday.
General Sergei Smirnov, deputy chief of the Federal Security Service ... the successor to the KGB... (FSB), said: "Nearly 1,700 Russian nationals have joined the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group to fight in Syria and Iraq," pointing out that, "The actual figure is likely to be even higher."
Smirnov also added that the majority of Russians who are fighting alongside the ISIS group are coming from North Caucasus region, including places like Chechnya and Dagestan, where there are many extremist sleeper cells.
[IraqiNews.com] On Saturday, a security source in Salahuddin province said, that 20 ISIS elements have been killed in an air strike by the international coalition near Biji oil refinery.
The source told IraqiNews, "Warplanes of the international coalition conducted an air strike against ISIS Death Eaters near Biji's oil refinery in north of Biji (40 km north of Tikrit)," noting that, "The air strike resulted in killing 20 ISIS Death Eaters and destroying 3 vehicles for them."
The source who requested to remain anonymous, added, "The coalition's warplanes carried out air strikes on ISIS headquarters and gathering sites in the area of al-Mallaha, located in south of Biji," without mentioning further details over the casualties.
[IraqiNews.com] President of Kurdistan Massoud Barzani ... hereditary head of the Kurdish Democratic Party, maybe a little too close to the Medes and the Persians for most people's tastes... announced on Saturday, that the parliamentary Kurdish Peshmerga forces have cleansed about 20 thousand square kilometers from terrorists, and that great sacrifices have been made in the war against terrorism.
According to a statement received by IraqiNews.com, Barzani said during a meeting with the German deputy DM Marcos Korbel, "The Peshmerga forces managed within a few days to cleanse about 20 thousand square kilometers from terrorists," while expressed gratitude for the people and the German government for their support to the Peshmerga forces.
Barzani added, "Kurdistan has made great sacrifices in the war against terrorism. We constantly face new challenges and we have to prepare for the defense to protect our citizens from the threat of murderous Moslems."
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The internal tension in the Arab cities of Shechem (Nablus) and Jenin in Samaria has long been growing and threatening to boil over, as the Palestinian Authority's (PA) leading Fatah faction and its security apparatus clash.
The two cities, which are under full control of the PA as per the 1993 Oslo Accords, in recent days became the scenes of violence between Fatah, which features a "military wing" named the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, and the PA Security Forces.
An exchange of gunfire was reported last Friday at Jenin between armed men, apparently from Fatah, and members of the PA Security Forces who were dispatched to the central intersections of the city.
[AnNahar] Kurdish militia made headway on Sunday into Syria's northern Raqa province, where the holy warriorIslamic 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 has set up its de facto capital, Kurdish officials and a monitor said.
The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) "took over a large cement factory and three villages" northwest of the town of Ain Issa, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said the YPG had fought "fierce festivities" against IS jihadists in the past 48 hours and were now in control of a total of villages in the area.
At least six IS fighters had been killed in Sunday's festivities, bringing to 20 the corpse count for the holy warrior group during the past two days, Abdel Rahman told AFP.
There was no immediate information on Kurdish casualties.
Ain Issa is less than 60 kilometers (35 miles) from the capital of IS' self-styled "caliphate" in Raqa city.
It also lies just 45 kilometers south of Tal Abyad, a border town used by IS as a gateway for fighters coming in from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... A front man for the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) said YPG forces had taken over "a very large cement factory" in Raqa province.
"The YPG have been trying to take this area for a long time," Newaf Khalil told AFP by phone.
Since driving IS out of the flashpoint town of Kobane in January, Kurdish and allied forces have taken much of the surrounding countryside in the northern province of Aleppo and begun pushing east into neighboring Raqa province.
In February, Kurds and rebel groups with air support from the US-led coalition against IS seized control of 19 villages in Raqa province.
YPG forces have also been pressuring IS in northeastern Syria, where they launched a counter-offensive against an IS assault.
On Saturday, they pushed IS back from Tal Tamr, a strategic town on a road running east across the Iraqi border to IS' bastion in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , as well as north to the Turkish border.
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[ARA] At least nine people were killed and dozens others maimed on Sunday in an Arclight airstrike carried out by warplanes of the Syrian regime on the Ansari neighborhood in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria.
Speaking to ARA News, an eyewitness said that the pro-Assad warplanes bombed a residential building and yard near an elementary school in the opposition-held neighborhood of Ansari in northeastern Aleppo.
The opposition activist Mohammad Yahya stated to ARA News that on Sunday the areas controlled by the opposition forces in the city saw intensified sorties by the pro-regime warplanes where several locations were bombed.
He added that these raids come as retaliation by the pro-regime forces after a number of shells landed on a regime-held neighborhood on Saturday.
On Saturday, several shells dropped at the regime-held Christian district of Sulaimaniya, killing seven people and wounding dozens others. The rebel fighters targeted with improvised shells the regime-held district of Suleimaniyah in central Aleppo.
"Seven people were killed and dozens others injured in Suleimaniyah," a local source told ARA News.
The Maadi neighborhood of Aleppo, which is under the control of rebel forces, was exposed to bombardment by the Syrian air force on Saturday. Local sources reported that at least six people were killed in the Arclight airstrike.
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[ARA] On Sunday, the People's Protection Units (YPG) repelled two suicide car bombs planned by extremists of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) southeast of Kobane in the province of Aleppo, northern Syria.
Speaking to ARA News in Kobane, Noureddin Gaban, a fighter in the YPG ranks reported that the joint forces (YPG, FSA, and Peshmerga) destroyed two car bombs before they reached their targets in the village of Kok Tepe (40 km southeast of Kobane).
"The two car bombs were destroyed by the Peshmerga heavy weapons," he added. "The huge explosions that followed the destruction of the cars indicated the existence of large amounts of explosive materials in them."
"The Islamic State now pursues the strategy of targeting headquarters of the Kurdish forces in the countryside of Kobane with suicide bombings and improvised car bombs. We are aware of this strategy, that's why the Peshmerga artillery observes targets any suspected vehicles before they approach the areas regained from the terrorist group," the military source told ARA News.
In the meantime, a YPG source reported that the joint forces gained control of two armored vehicles loaded with a great deal of explosives in Tel Qarya, killing five members of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS), and seizing 120 mortars, ammunition, and several Katyusha rockets.
Friday, the joint forces seized the villages of Kok Tepe and Jalabiya southeast of Kobane following fierce clashes with IS militants.
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[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] A Syrian regime air strike hit a school in the main northern city of Aleppo on Sunday killing five children and four other civilians, a monitoring group said.
"Military aircraft struck a school in east Aleppo city and killed five children, three female teachers and one man," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Bloodstains marked the school's entrance, and shattered glass and broken desks were strewn on classroom floors, in images captured by AFP.
As people cleared debris around the school, a Syrian man walked past carrying a maimed child wrapped in a bloodied bandage.
Abdel Rahman said a number of people were seriously maimed and that the corpse count from the attack was likely to rise.
One child and two other non-combatants were killed, and several people were maimed, in separate air strikes on east Aleppo, the Britannia-based Observatory reported.
The strikes come after a day after government forces and rebel fighters exchanged fire in the northern city, leaving at least 35 civilians dead.
Many schools in Aleppo city have been forced to close, while others hold classes in basements because of the violence in the city.
Once Syria's commercial hub, Aleppo has largely become a city in ruins, split between regime forces in the west and opposition fighters in the east.
Government forces frequently bomb rebel-held neighbourhoods, and the rebels often retaliate with rocket and mortar fire.
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[AnNahar] A Syrian national was placed in durance vile Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! Sunday by the Internal Security Forces in the northern city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , following "confessions" by detained Islamist holy man Sheikh Khaled Hoblos, media reports said.
"The ISF Intelligence Branch arrested Ahmed Mohammed Abdo, 42, following confessions by Khaled Hoblos," LBCI television reported.
Voice of Leb radio (100.5) meanwhile said Abdo went by the nicknames al-Ishmawi and Abou Musaab and that he worked at a fast food restaurant in al-Zahriyeh.
The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat had reported Sunday that "a third suspect" was revealed to have been seized during the arrest of Hoblos on Thursday.
It did not identify the suspect, adding however that he belongs to the same Lion of Islam group as that of Osama Mansour, the dangerous Lion of Islam who was killed during the operation to arrest Hoblos.
A security source stressed the secrecy of the investigations with Hoblos and the two other detainees.
Hoblos, his driver Amir al-Kurdi, and the third suspect were arrested during an ISF Intelligence Branch operation in Tripoli late on Thursday.
Osama Mansour and his lover companion Ahmed al-Nazer were killed in the operation.
Mansour was the leader of a group affiliated with the al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... Front, al-Qaeda's Syria franchise.
Soon after the security operation, Sirajeddine Zureiqat, a so-called front man of the al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... , warned security forces of targeting Islamists in Tripoli.
Hoblos and Mansour had been wanted for taking part in festivities with the army in Tripoli in October 2014 and were suspected of links to jihadist organizations in Syria.
Mansour, along with prominent runaway Shadi al-Mawlawi, was wanted for leading gangs that engaged in deadly gunbattles with the army in Tripoli and its surrounding areas in October.
Mansour and al-Mawlawi were also charged with recruiting people for the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks, assaulting the army and planting bombs.
[AnNahar] At least 35 non-combatants were killed on Saturday as government forces and rebel fighters exchanged fire in Syria's main northern city of Aleppo, a monitoring group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included 18 civilians -- two of them children -- killed in regime air strikes on Al-Maadi and Sheikh al-Lutfi, two rebel-held neighborhoods in east Aleppo.
"Seventeen other non-combatants were killed when rebel groups fired rockets on neighborhoods controlled by the regime, including Suleimaniyah and other areas," the Britannia-based group said.
Pictures circulating on social media depicted significant damage.
Fighting erupted in Aleppo in 2012, reducing swathes of Syria's commercial hub to ruins.
Government forces control the west of the city and frequently bomb rebel-held neighborhoods in the east from the air.
The rebels often retaliate with rocket and mortar fire into government-held neighborhoods.
Both sides have been criticized by human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... groups for firing indiscriminately on civilians.
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[Ynet] U.S.-led forces targeted 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.... bandidosgunnies in Syria with three air strikes from Saturday to Sunday morning, and also conducted 10 air strikes in Iraq, the US military said.
All strikes in Syria were near Kobani, while the Iraq strikes hit near Bayji, djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Ramadi and Sinjar, it said in a statement.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[Libya Herald] A time bomb was reportedly found and defused in Zliten today, minutes before it was due to explode.
In an audio message, 
Mahmood also lashed out against Pakistain army over its operation in North Waziristan.
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[Iran Press TV] The Pak military says it has killed at least 10 Talibs that attempted to intrude into Pakistain's troubled northwestern tribal region from neighboring Afghanistan.
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Massoud Barzani
