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Recently released ISIS terrorist beheaded his mother, father, sister & two nephews in Ain Zara Tripoli
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Good morning
Kevin Clinesmith, Corrupt FBI Attorney Who Falsified Carter Page FISA Warrant, Expected To Plead Guilty
Saturday August 15th, 2020

1930s dance953_n.
Ummah must reject UAE, Israel ties, says JI Chief
Russia calls for urgent summit on Iran nuclear deal as US seizes 1 million barrels of Iranian oil
Iraq calls on France, Germany, and the UK to take an active role in stopping the Turkish attacks on Iraq
Austrian Foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg : EU should reassess its relations with Turkey in light of recent events in the eastern Mediterranean
Three soldiers wounded in Pattani shootout
Iraq arrests Syrian terror cell crossing border, carrying explosive materials
Dentist, 36, pleads guilty to hosting a huge house party in Nashville attended by hundreds during the pandemic

Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 10:33 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Assume the position...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/15/2020 11:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Some parlor is missing its lace curtains.....
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/15/2020 12:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Reminds me of Tinkerbell.

Posted by: jpal || 08/15/2020 14:22 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Deadeye Stalin8009 || 08/15/2020 18:51 Comments || Top||

#5  A pilgrimage [cue kookaburra]
To darkest, um, Śląsk: Jasna Góra!
Our urban Madonna
Has paid 'em the honor
To show off her... coloratura.
Posted by: Zebulon Hupunter2772 || 08/15/2020 23:22 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
MoD to Probe Alleged ANA Mutilation of Taliban Corpses
[ToloNews] The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is investigating a video apparently showing a number of Afghan Army soldiers mutilatingTaliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
corpses in Arghandab district in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan.
"Hey, we're Afghans. If ya can't have a little fun with the earthly remains of your enemies, what's life about?"
"The Afghan Ministry of Defense is fully aware of the footage that was shared on social media, we will seriously investigate and assess the issue, if personnel of the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces are found guilty, they will be treated in accordance with the prevailing laws of the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Afghanistan," said Fawad Aman, a front man for the Defense Ministry.

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...
mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, said footage posted Thursday on social media purporting to show Afghan Army personnel mutilating Taliban corpses is deeply shocking.

It added that the announced Defense Ministry investigation needs to be swift and open. If crimes are proven the criminals must be identified and held responsible, UNAMA said.

The Taliban has called on human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
organizations to investigate the incident.

"To prevent such incidents, we call on the warring sides to respect international and Islamic laws regarding this matter and respect human dignity and human rights," said Lal Gul Lal, head of Human Rights Organization in Afghanistan, a Kabul-based rights organization.

"At a time when Afghanistan has reached closer to a conclusion with the grinding of the peace processor, such incidents must be taken seriously by the Taliban and the Afghan government," said Abdul Rahman Wardak, an MP.

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission called the incident concerning and said that such acts can prove dangerous for peace under current circumstances.

"Blasphemous treatment with the hostages or war captives or with the dead bodies of the opponent side is a clear violation of human rights, such a move provokes a feeling for Dire Revenge and will have a negative impact on the intra-Afghan talks," said Zabihullah Farhang, head of media office of the organization.

This comes as the bodies of three members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) have been found in Khak-e-Jabar district of Kabul province, the family members confirmed on Thursday.

The family members of the dead soldiers said that the three were taken hostage by the Taliban and were "brutally tortured" by the group before being shot.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/15/2020 00:23 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
At Least 10 Killed In Somalia After Fighting Between Al-Shabab, Residents
[RADIOSHABELLE] At least 10 people were killed and five others were maimed in fighting between al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...
and armed residents in Somalia’s central region of Mudug, witnesses and officials said.The fighting started Wednesday after heavily-armed al-Shabaab turbans, who control parts of the region, tried to impose taxes on the residents of Shabellow village. It’s about 20 kilometers west of the Ba’ad weyn district, a base for the 21st division of the Somali National Army.

"Heavily-armed al-Shabaab members first asked us to pass through our village, but in fact we found out they wanted to seize our village and we confronted them," the head of the village, Mohammed Ibrahim, told VOA by phone.

Ibrahim said eight of the residents and a number of al-Shabaab forces of Evil were killed in the fighting.

"They [al-Shabaab] killed eight civilians, including elders who could not run away, and women, and I saw the dead bodies of six of al-Shabaab fighters," Ibrahim said.

Residents said the forces of Evil briefly took control of the village and burned houses and businesses.

Al-Shabaab forces of Evil have grabbed credit of the attack, describing the village as a Somali military base, a claim denied by residents.



Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Recently released ISIS terrorist beheaded his mother, father, sister & two nephews in Ain Zara Tripoli
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Yanking that family tree out by the roots, hmmm. Kill him and finish it
Posted by: Frank G || 08/15/2020 6:21 Comments || Top||

#2  I said cream no sugar!
Posted by: DooDahMan || 08/15/2020 8:31 Comments || Top||

#3  The killer awoke before dawn
He put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door
And he looked inside
"Father?" "Yes, son?" "I want to kill you"
"Mother? I want to..."


Jim Morrison, The Doors
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/15/2020 11:57 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Seattle round-up: police clear park where protesters occupied small rental shelter to hand out food and clothing to homeless, BLM demand whites give up their homes
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]



Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  So, marching through streets - threatening white people* is OK? Giving food to homeless is not?

* I wonder how many "African Americans" realize that they are a minority with no power except for the, rapidly exhausted, white guilt?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB || 08/15/2020 6:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Good will isn't a concept they have much of a grasp on.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/15/2020 6:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Will they accept contributions in copper and lead currency?
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 08/15/2020 8:50 Comments || Top||



dc: 41 individuals were arrested for Felony Rioting & Assault on Police Officer offenses.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Out by now?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB || 08/15/2020 5:55 Comments || Top||


Far-left militant who punched a conservative activist at UC Berkeley last year, arrested for stabbing a person multiple times on the street
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

  • Zachary Greenberg, 30, allegedly stabbed a man riding his bike on the sidewalk in Princeton, California on Sunday.

  • The suspect is reported to be the same man who was arrested for assaulting a conservative activist last year.

  • A mugshot provided to Campus Reform by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office appears to be the same man who was arrested last year for punching former Leadership Institute Field Representative Hayden Williams in the face while he was at the University of California-Berkeley helping conservative students recruit members for their Turning Point USA chapter.
  • Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  He did learn a trade in prison.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 08/15/2020 1:19 Comments || Top||


    Home Front: WoT
    DOJ targets Hamas, al Qaeda, and ISIS in 'largest ever' terror-related crypto seizure
    [WASHINGTONEXAMINER] The Justice Department announced the seizure of terrorism-related cryptocurrency on Thursday following the successful takedown of cyber-enabled finance networks operated by the Islamic State
    ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
    , Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,’s al Qassam Brigades, and al Qaeda.

    "These three terror finance campaigns all relied on sophisticated cyber-tools, including the solicitation of cryptocurrency donations from around the world," the Justice Department said in a statement. "The action demonstrates how different terrorist groups have similarly adapted their terror finance activities to the cyber age. Each group used cryptocurrency and social media to garner attention and raise funds for their terror campaigns. Pursuant to judicially-authorized warrants, U.S. authorities seized millions of dollars, over 300 cryptocurrency accounts, four websites, and four Facebook pages all related to the criminal enterprise."
    Continued on Page 49
    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

    #1  Now do the same to ANTIFA.
    Posted by: Airandee || 08/15/2020 6:57 Comments || Top||

    #2  For more than 20 years Dept of Treasury has done more than any other element of government to attack terrorist organizations. Unlike the obvious intelligence agencies and units it has done so quietly and without much fanfare.
    Posted by: b || 08/15/2020 8:58 Comments || Top||


    India-Pakistan
    Militants kill two police in Kashmir ahead of India's Independence Day
    [Al Ahram] Militants attacked a police team in Kashmir
    ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
    on Friday, killing two officers and wounding one despite tight security in the disputed Moslem-majority region ahead of India's Independence Day.

    A group of Lions of Islam opened fire on the police team that was on duty in the Nowgam area of Srinagar city, the chief of police in Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, told Rooters.

    "We had inputs that Lions of Islam may carry out attack and were alert," said Kumar. "They came through a narrow lane and fired indiscriminately."

    He said the Lions of Islam had been identified and vowed to "neutralize them" soon. The area had been cordoned off searches were going on, he said.

    The attack comes days after the first anniversary of the revocation of Kashmir's constitutional autonomy, a reform the Indian government said would promote the region's development by drawing it closer to the rest of the country.

    But many people in Kashmir saw the loss of special autonomy as another step in the erosion of the rights of Moslems by the Hindu-nationalist government. The government rejects that.

    Kashmir has been disputed by India and neighbouring Pakistain since the end of British colonial rule in 1947. Both countries claim it in full but rule it in part.

    More than 50,000 people have been killed in more than three decades of insurgency in Kashmir that India accuses Pakistain of fuelling by supporting Moslem hard boy groups fighting India's security forces in its part of the divided region.

    Pakistain says it only offers political support to its fellow Moslems in the Himalayan region.

    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


    Iraq
    PKK, Turkish army fire at Peshmerga forces in Sidakan: commander
    [Rudaw] A group of Peshmerga forces came under fire from both the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Ottoman Turkish forces in the Sidakan area of northeastern Erbil province on Friday, according to a Peshmerga commander. There were no casualties.

    "At 10:15 am we wanted to go to the memorial ceremony for Brigadier Zuber Hali in Gurasha," Colonel Salam Mohammed, commander of Peshmerga Battalion 2, told Rudaw English. Hali was an Iraqi border guard killed in a Ottoman Turkish dronezap on Tuesday.

    "Suddenly, we came under fire from behind from the PKK side. Then Ottoman Turkish army fired at us from their side as well. Our car’s tyre was punctured," Mohammed recounted.

    He was traveling in a group of 10 Peshmerga in two vehicles. They did not return fire to either side "because we are in the region to protect its residents, not to attack anyone."

    When the incident occurred, the Peshmerga were driving in an area known for festivities between the PKK and Ottoman Turkish forces.

    Ihsan Chalabi, mayor of Sidakan area who was not at the scene but spoke to people involved, told Rudaw English that the PKK opened fire first.

    The PKK, an armed Kurdish group fighting for greater cultural and political rights in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
    ...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
    , has its headquarters in the Kurdistan Region’s Qandil mountains. Turkey launched an air and ground operation against the PKK within the Kurdistan Region borders on June 15. At least seven civilians have been killed by Turkey.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 08/15/2020 00:57 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


    New Turkish bombing targets northern Iraq, Casualties reported.
    [EN.ALGHADEER.TV] The director of Bamerni district, Hamid Zubair district, north of Duhok governorate, said that the bombing targeted a car carrying PKK members in the Araden, east of the district, killing two and wounding another seriously.

    This attack comes after 4 PKK fighters were killed on Thursday by Ottoman Turkish Arclight airstrike
    ...KABOOM!...
    s targeting a vehicle about 20 km from Duhok in Kurdistan Region.

    The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
    ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
    has regularly attacked Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) murderous Moslems, both in its mainly Kurdish southeast and in northern Iraq, where the group is based. In June, Ankara launched a new ground offensive, dubbed Operation Claw Tiger that saw Ottoman Turkish troops advance deeper into Iraq.

    Iraq’s foreign ministry then said Baghdad canceled a visit by Turkey’s defense minister to the country and summoned the Ottoman Turkish ambassador to inform him of "Iraq’s confirmed rejection of his country’s attacks and violations".
    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


    Baghdad International Airport was targeted by 3 Katyusha rockets
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


    Iraq arrests Syrian terror cell crossing border, carrying explosive materials
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


    Israel-Palestine-Jordan
    Israeli Air Force scaling back its strikes in Syria as northern border heats up
    [IsraelTimes] IAF aircraft face increasingly difficult challenges in ’war-between-wars’ against Iran, with more powerful air defenses entering region and actors increasingly willing to use them.

    Over the past two years, the Israeli Air Force has destroyed a third of Syria’s advanced air defense systems, according to Israeli military assessments.
    The Israeli Air Force has shifted its focus in recent weeks from the so-called "northern arena" of Syria and Leb
    ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
    toward the Gazoo
    Continued on Page 49
    Posted by: trailing wife || 08/15/2020 02:40 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


    IDF attacks Hamas targets in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons
    [Jpost] The IDF stated that the attack comes in response to the number of incendiary balloons sent from Gazoo
    ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
    not only on Friday, but throughout the week.


    IDF tanks and fighter jets attacked a number of targets belonging to the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. The attack came in response to incendiary balloons sent from Gaza and landing in Israeli territory, causing some 21 fires to break out on Friday alone, following a pattern of attacks that have been occurring all week.

    Paleostinian sources report that the Friday attack occurred east of the al-Bureij refugee camp located in the center of the Gaza Strip.

    During the attack, a naval force compound, underground infrastructure and observation posts belonging to Hamas were struck, according to the IDF's Spokesperson's Unit.

    The IDF stated that the attack came in response to the number of incendiary balloons sent from Gaza not only on Friday, but throughout the week, adding that "all terrorist activity against Israel" is taken very seriously, and that the IDF "will do whatever is necessary to act in response to attempts to harm the citizens of Israel."

    Earlier on Friday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi made a similar comment following a number of fires having already broken out. He told the Gaza border community that incendiary and explosive balloon launches will end in the following days, Walla! reported.

    The IDF has been acting in response to incendiary balloon attacks for days, the most recent of which, prior to Friday's attack, occurred in between Thursday night and Friday morning, wherein IDF fighter jets and helicopters struck Hamas air defense, underground infrastructure, and observation posts.

    The incendiary balloons caused some 27 fires to break out in the Gaza envelope on Thursday, and at least 120 had been reported throughout the week. Thursday's incendiary balloon attacks came despite the Defense Ministry's Thursday morning efforts to try and quell the attacks by halting the transfer of fuel into the Gaza Strip.
    Israel launched Arclight airstrike
    ...KABOOM!...
    s against Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, targets in the Gazoo Strip for the fourth night in a row late Friday in response to a spate of attacks using balloon-borne arson and bombs sent from the Strip into Israel in recent days.

    The overnight attack on sites used by Hamas, the Islamist terror group that rules the enclave, was the fifth such operation since the start of the week.

    The Haaretz daily reported Friday that Israel communicated that it won’t allow the transfer of a monthly sum of $30 million from Qatar
    ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
    to Gaza unless the spate of incendiary balloon attacks stops.

    The report, which did not cite a source, added that the Qatari envoy himself is "not thrilled" to go to the Strip until the escalation is over.

    Paleostinian analysts say attacks from Gaza often aim to pressure Israel to give the green light for the transfer of the Qatari financial aid into the Strip.

    In response to the attacks, Israel has already closed its cargo crossing with the Strip, with exceptions made for food and humanitarian aid, and also reduced the territory’s permitted coastal fishing zone.

    The practice of launching balloon-borne incendiary and bombs from the Gaza Strip toward Israel has waxed and waned over the past two years, with an uptick since the end of last week.
    A General Smiting is in order
    Posted by: trailing wife || 08/15/2020 01:25 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


    Palestinians Burns a picture of AbuDhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed inside Al-Aqsa Mosque
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: PLO

    #1  Jealous.
    Posted by: Clem || 08/15/2020 0:09 Comments || Top||

    #2  Did they try sticking pins into Zeyad bobbleheads? Proven to get results.
    Posted by: Groluse B. Hayes4837 || 08/15/2020 3:56 Comments || Top||

    #3  Uh. looks like they're outside to me.
    Posted by: jpal || 08/15/2020 9:36 Comments || Top||


    Southeast Asia
    Three soldiers wounded in Pattani shootout
    [Bangkok Post] Three soldiers were maimed in an exchange of gunfire with gunnies on Friday in Yaring district, where security officers were hunting for the bombers who killed a ranger on Thursday.The clash erupted in Buenaejuerae village in tambon Kolam where a combined team of soldiers, police and local officials were patrolling, said Pol Col Thotsaphol Sararuek, chief of Ban Sarong cop shoppe, who was alerted at 1pm on Friday.

    An unknown number of men opened fire on the security officers, who returned fire. The exchange lasted about 30 minutes and three officers were maimed. They were rushed to a hospital while the hunt continued for the gunnies.

    Maj Gen Pramote Prom-in, front man for the Fourth Army, said officers continued the operation after the attack.

    Sub Lt Sutthiporn Supakarn, 33, was maimed in the right leg. Sgt Maj Anuwat Suansokchuek, 31, was hit in the left ankle, and Cpl Saenchai Chartchamnarn, 27, sustained injuries to his left leg and right ankle. All three were taken to Yarang Hospital in Pattani, said Maj Gen Pramote.

    Authorities are still looking for those behind a pair of bombings that took place on Thursday in Pattani and Narathiwat provinces at roughly the same time. One ranger was killed in each incident.



    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Thai Insurgency


    Syria-Lebanon-Iran
    Russia, Turkey halt patrols in Syria's Idlib over militant attacks
    [Jpost] Russia and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
    ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
    have suspended joint military patrols carried out along the M4 highway in Syria's northwestern region of Idlib over increasing bully boy attacks in the area, the Russian foreign ministry said.

    Russia and Turkey began the patrols in March after they agreed a ceasefire in the region following weeks of festivities that brought Ankara and Moscow close to direct confrontation, and displaced nearly a million people.

    Recent attacks by "radicals" have prompted a suspension of the patrols, the ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

    "Terrorists have stepped up the amount of shelling on government troops and nearby settlements, not ceasing their provocations in the 'security corridor' along the M4 highway. Thus, the joint patrols have been suspended," she told a news conference on Thursday.

    The two militaries had carried out 24 joint patrols along the key M4 highway that links Syria's east and west, with the latest along the Trumbah and Ayn Al Havron road on Wednesday, Turkey's defense ministry said. Two patrols had previously been cut short over security concerns.

    The ceasefire reached by Ankara and Moscow on March 5 has largely held, with both sides saying there have only been minor violations.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 08/15/2020 01:25 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


    At least 8 children die in Syria camp for IS wives, kids
    [IsraelTimes] At least eight children under the age of 5 have died in recent days from health problems linked to the dire conditions in a camp in northern Syria housing tens of thousands of female supporters of the Islamic State
    ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
    group and their children, the UN says.

    The UN children’s agency says the eight died between August 6-10 from malnutrition or dehydration from diarrhea. The camp has yet to report any outbreak of the new coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
    ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
    , which has sickened people in other parts of war-torn Syria.

    "Any child’s death is tragic. It is even more so when the death could have been averted," UNICEF says in a statement.

    It says nearly 40,000 children from 60 countries languish at the al-Hol camp. It is operated by US-allied Kurdish forces that played a key role in dismantling the bully boy group’s self-styled caliphate, which once sprawled across large areas of Syria and Iraq.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 08/15/2020 00:07 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


    8th confirmed R9X ''Ninjabomb'' on 8/13/2020. It killed alQaeda trainer Abu Yahya al-Uzbeki in a vehicle in Samarda, Idlib
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda

    #1  R9X is the Hellfire missile.
    Posted by: b || 08/15/2020 8:47 Comments || Top||

    #2  It's a true genius weapon from a psychological perspective, given the muzz cultural obsession with swords.
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/15/2020 9:11 Comments || Top||

    #3  Spend your martyrdom eternity with your virgins raisins with a sliced-off willy and a head like a cutting board salami
    Posted by: Frank G || 08/15/2020 10:10 Comments || Top||

    #4  They are even more obsessed with their willies than with swords. But there's an obvious overlap there.

    Except they mostly have dull little dirks.
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/15/2020 11:25 Comments || Top||

    #5  Slice N Dice from Popeil!
    (Yes, I'm ancient!)
    Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 08/15/2020 12:04 Comments || Top||

    #6  Pocket Fisherman still rocks!
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/15/2020 13:45 Comments || Top||

    #7  Popeil is a legend.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/15/2020 15:15 Comments || Top||

    #8  That lower picture ought to give some of these jihadis reason to pause. They need a shovel and buckets, not body bags.
    Posted by: gorb || 08/15/2020 16:10 Comments || Top||

    #9  That lower picture ought to give some of these jihadis reason to pause.

    Some pretty meaty chunks there! It's one thing to go out in a big blast of glorious Islamic martyrdom and quite another to be chopped into chunks like a carcass at the butcher's.

    I'm a big fan of Earth-shattering kabooms, but I'm cool with having my enemies sliced and diced by flying missile-swords.
    Posted by: SteveS || 08/15/2020 17:48 Comments || Top||

    #10  "well, this is either a fingertip or his penis"
    Posted by: Frank G || 08/15/2020 18:31 Comments || Top||


    Iran official: No Iranian ships or fuel cargoes have been seized
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    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

    #1  Uh, that was the Persians' oil.
    Posted by: Groluse B. Hayes4837 || 08/15/2020 3:54 Comments || Top||

    #2  Great! No need for dire revenge.
    Posted by: gorb || 08/15/2020 5:25 Comments || Top||


    An explosion rocks the University of Tehran, Iran
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    Posted by: Fred || 08/15/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

    #1  "Back to school time kiddies"
    Posted by: Skidmark || 08/15/2020 1:18 Comments || Top||

    #2  Bomb-making 101 lab accident?
    Posted by: gorb || 08/15/2020 4:13 Comments || Top||

    #3  ...Wacky freshman pranks, most likely.

    Mike
    Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 08/15/2020 18:40 Comments || Top||

    #4  Jihad 301 class a bit tougher than anticipated.
    Posted by: Knuckles Lumumba7460 || 08/15/2020 19:22 Comments || Top||



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