[SUDANTRIBUNE] Intense battles erupted on Friday between the Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in various parts of Khartoum North (Bahri) and Omdurman, marking a significant escalation of military operations in the capital.
In the early morning hours, large contingents of Sudanese army forces crossed the "Halfaya" bridge, connecting Omdurman and Khartoum Bahri, and penetrated deep into Khartoum North after destroying RSF positions on the bridge’s eastern side.
In a statement, Sudanese army spokesperson Nabil Abdallah said, "The armed forces carried out a successful special operation at dawn today, destroying a large number of enemy vehicles and causing numerous casualties among the leaders and members of the Daglo’s militia. Our forces also managed to penetrate deep into enemy territory in Khartoum North and Halfaya."
Abdallah reported that seven army soldiers were killed and 28 maimed.
The spokesperson did not specify the objective of the attack or why the attacking forces withdrew without retaining control of the areas they had captured, particularly the eastern bank of the bridge in Bahri City.
However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... military sources indicated that the operation aimed to deliver critical supplies to forces stationed at the Signal Corps headquarters in Bahri, where the RSF controls most parts.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Black Bart's knife out of his hand...... RSF spokesperson al-Fateh Qureshi announced that RSF forces in Khartoum North succeeded in shooting down an army helicopter on Friday.
He added that the downing of the military aircraft was part of battles in which the RSF completely repelled the enemy after they attempted to infiltrate Khartoum North, inflicting heavy losses in lives and equipment.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/01/2024 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[18 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan
[IsraelTimes] Iran-backed terrorist group vows to ‘meet escalation with escalation’ after deadliest attack on sites in several cities in Yemen
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s said on Friday they launched a missile attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea after they threatened to escalate attacks on Red Sea shipping in response to overnight strikes by the United States and Britannia that killed 16 people.
Three US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered... to describe a then-ongoing attack, said the US and UK hit a wide range of underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi vessel and other facilities inside Yemen.
The US F/A-18 fighter jets involved in the strikes launched from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, officials said. Other US warships in the region also participated.
The US Central Command, or CENTCOM, said 13 Houthi sites were targeted in a bid to degrade their ability to attack shipping.
The Houthis focused Friday morning on a strike that hit a building housing Hodeida Radio and civilian homes in the port city on the Red Sea. Their Al Masirah satellite news channel aired images of one bloodied man being carried downstairs and others in the hospital, receiving aid. They described all those killed and hurt in Hodeida as civilians, something The News Agency that Dare Not be Named could not immediately confirm. The rebel force that’s held Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, since 2014 includes fighters who often are not in uniform.
Other strikes hit outside of Sanaa near its airport and communication equipment in Taiz, the broadcaster said. Little other information was released on those sites — likely signaling that Houthi military sites had been struck.
In the United Kingdom, the country’s Defense Ministry said Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s conducted strikes on both Hodeida and further south in Ghulayfiqah. It described its targets as "buildings identified as housing drone ground control facilities and providing storage for very long-range drones, as well as surface-to-air weapons."
Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the Houthis’ secretive supreme leader, offered an overall corpse count for the strikes up to that point as 40 people killed and 35 others maimed. He did not offer a breakdown between civilian and combatant casualties at the time.
The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, killed three sailors, seized one vessel and sunk another since November, according to the US Maritime Administration. This week, they attacked a ship carrying grain to Iran, the rebels’ main benefactor.
On Wednesday, another US MQ-9 Reaper drone apparently crashed in Yemen, with the Houthis claiming they fired a surface-to-air missile at it. The US Air Force didn’t report any aircraft missing, leading to suspicion that the drone may have been piloted by the CIA. As many as three may have been lost in May alone.
The joint Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s by US and UK have killed 14 people while injured more than 30 in Yemen's Hodeidah province, the Iran's Houthi sock puppets-affiliated Al Masirah TV reported.
According to the report, the strikes targeted a radio building in Hodeidah’s al-Hawak district and the port of as-Salif on Thursday, said Rooters.
[DW] Several people, including a police officer, were stabbed after a knife-wielding assailant reportedly attacked a right-wing protest in Germany's Mannheim.
A police officer was reportedly among those injured during a stabbing attack in the German city of Mannheim on Friday around midday.
Police said that a "firearm was used against the attacker," injuring the suspect. They added there was no further danger to the public.
"First responders, emergency services and a rescue helicopter have been deployed," they said.
The attack took place during a right-wing demonstration on one of Mannheim's central squares. Videos from the scene show civilians trying to subdue the attacker and him stabbing a police officer.
A different policeman eventually shoots the assailant while he is grappling with another man.
MOTIVE FOR ATTACK STILL UNCLEAR
In an online statement, police said they could not immediately provide details on the number of the victims or the severity of the injuries.
However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes... local newspaper Mannheimer Morgen cited a police front man as saying that one of the officers on the scene sustained severe injuries. Later, the DPA news agency said the officer was undergoing surgery.
Outspoken Islam critic Michael Sturzenberger was due to speak at the event, which is a part of his "Open Eyes" tour. His organization "Pax Europa" said the 59-year-old Sturzenberger was among those injured.
Mannheim Mayor Christian Sprecht said he was "speechless" after the attack.
The right-leaning mayor urged the people not to speculate about the motives behind the attack before Sherlocks publish their findings.
A police officer is 'fighting for his life' after being stabbed by a knifeman who injured six others in a German city. The attacker went on a rampage and stabbed a well-known Islam critic, a police officer and several bystanders at an anti-Islam rally in Mannheim, Germany which was livestreamed on YouTube this morning. The officer remains in a critical condition, after under going emergency surgery for multiple hours for two stab wounds to the head.
The knifeman was rubbed out by officers at the scene, and has been named by local outlet Der Spiegel as Sulaiman A., a 25-year-old who was born in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... , Afghanistan, and lived in the Hesse state.
It is believed that authorities were not previously aware of him.
The force was criticised on social media for their handling of the situation after it appeared that the injured officer tackled one of the victims of the attack, seemingly misunderstanding the unfolding situation. The video showed that this gave the knifeman an opportunity to stab the officer as his back was turned, before the attacker was rubbed out.
The shocking spree unfolded in Mannheim city centre where anti-Islam campaigner Michael Stuerzenberger was speaking at an event of the Citizens' Movement Pax Europa (BPE) - a group that advocates against the 'Islamisation' of Europe.
Chaos broke out at the event when a man dressed in a dark hooded jacket, green shirt and tracksuit bottoms tackled Stuerzenberger to the ground and violent mostly peacefully swung a large blade at him, prompting terrified screams from onlookers. Other BPE members sprinted over and tried to drag the knifeman away, but the would-be killer wriggled free and dove on top of the bloodied victim to plunge the weapon in for a second time.
Police descended on the scene almost immediately - but not before the attacker had left two people lying on the floor, blood pooling on the cobblestones.
One officer then made a potentially fatal mistake. Amid the confusion, he waded in and jumped on one of the victims, seemingly having mistaken him for the aggressor. This misread of the situation gave the bloodthirsty attacker a chance to circle behind and ram his blade into the policeman's neck. His colleagues were heard screaming 'throw the knife away!' - but with the knifeman not responding to any orders the officers opened fire from near point blank range and sent him crashing to the ground.
German media reported the knifeman died from his gunshot wounds, while his victims were rushed to hospital.
The shocking incident was quickly labelled a terror attack by the BPE.
It was evident well before the attack that Stuerzenberger, 59, was aware violence could break out. Speaking at the rally on livestream before he was set upon by his attacker, the activist was heard explaining how the event would 'de-escalate' if there was a prospect things could turn violent mostly peaceful. Stuerzenberger been assaulted at previous rallies, most notably in 2022 when he was punched in the face by an enraged Moslem in the city of Bonn.
'We want to first see if we can manage a sensible discussion as always, of course we will de-escalate if it gets heated.
'There was a staunch Moslem there earlier who was pretty agitated and he shouted, ''you don't belong here you are worse than the AfD''...
'We still have democracy here, we have freedom we have our basic laws, our values and that is what we have to defend,' he said, referencing the professed desire of some hardline Islamic groups in Germany who have advocated for the introduction of Sharia law in their districts.
Islam and immigration have become contentious issues in Germany in recent months, particularly amid the rising popularity of right-wing political entities, primarily the 'Alternative for Germany' (AfD) party.
Germany has been a major destination for refugees, especially since 2015 when Chancellor Angela Merkel ...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslem colonists... - who famously declared in 2017 that Islam was 'not the source of terrorism' - opened the country's borders to over a million asylum seekers.
The move was highly divisive ...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled... , praised by many liberal commentators as a morally just, humanitarian policy but slammed as dangerous and short-sighted by more conservative mouthpieces. It also fuelled the growth of anti-immigration groups like the BPE, which was founded in 2008, and Pegida, an organization founded in Dresden in 2014 to protest what its members saw as the failure of government to counter the arrival and influence of Islam in Germany.
But the influx of migrants colonists and a rise in the number of incidents involving refugees have triggered more intense debate as of late.
The AfD has capitalised on these concerns and made anti-Islam and anti-immigration messages the cornerstone of its campaigns. In 2017, the party's founder, Alexander Gauland, explicitly vowed to fight an 'invasion of foreigners' and was lambasted by more centrist and leftist commentators. But the party's popularity has grown rapidly - the AfD enjoyed significant success in Germany's state elections in October, winning its biggest-ever share of votes in the powerful state of Hesse and gaining a significant portion of votes in Bavaria.
Islam is currently the second largest religion in Germany after Christianity, with between 3 million and 4.7 million adherents according to most estimates. In 2017, Pew Research Centre predicted that as much as 20 per cent of the population in Germany could be Moslem by 2050 if immigration continues apace.
Changing demographics and the introduction of new values has been a source of anxiety for some living in Germany. A study by the Criminal Research Institute of Lower Saxony found that 67.8 per cent of surveyed students believe that the Qur'an is 'more important' than the laws in Germany.
Nearly half of them (45.6 per cent) think that 'Islamic Theocracy is the best form of government'.
And more than a third (35.3 per cent) said that they can understand violence against people who insult Allah or the prophet Mohammed.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Police in France detained an 18-year-old Chechen, accusing him of preparing a terrorist attack at the Olympic Games in Paris. Reuters reported this on May 31.
“Preliminary data indicate that he was planning an attack on the Geoffroy Guichard stadium during football matches that will be held there during the Olympics,” the publication quoted the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, Gerald Darmanin.
It is reported that the young man was detained. According to security officials, he was inspired by Islamist ideology and wanted to die a martyr's death during a terrorist attack. The name of the accused was not released.
The Geoffroy Guichard Stadium is located in Saint-Etienne. It is planned to host six football matches during the 2024 Olympic Games. The stadium's capacity is about 40 thousand people.
As Regnum reported, in April a schoolboy who was planning to commit a terrorist attack during the Olympic Games was detained in France. According to law enforcement agencies, he said on social networks that he was going to die as a martyr. During the search, they found a document declaring allegiance to ISIS (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).
[GEO.TV] Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Home Minister Zia Ullah Langau on Friday announced that two suspects linked to the attack on the barbershop workers in Gwadar had been arrested.
Seven barbershop staffers hailing from 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.... had been rubbed out and another was injured when unidentified button men opened fire on them while they were asleep in their residential quarters near the Gwadar Fish Harbour in the Surbandar area in the coastal town earlier this month.
"I congratulate all our institutions who fulfilled their responsibility and the government’s orders with their efforts and we have arrested two killers of the Gwadar labourers," Langau said while addressing a presser in Quetta.
As per the statements taken from the suspects, the minister said, they were given orders to kill any Punjabi labourer.
He further stated that guns and weapons had been seized from the arrested suspects.
Langau lamented thousands of lives lost due to terrorism in the country, and that the government can’t see its people being killed anymore.
He said that innocent citizens were being targeted in bully boy attacks, which he said were aimed at deteriorating the peace and security situation in the province.
"Terrorists have nothing to do with our rights. We will go an extra mile for those speaking up for the rights of Balochistan," Langau added.
The minister said that the federal government would reach out to the Iranian government on cross-border attacks, as the foreign ministry was holding talks over the cross-border attacks from Iran.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/01/2024 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[17 views]
Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)
[GEO.TV] One more victim has passed away at Civil Hospital's Burns Ward, taking the corpse count of the Hyderabad cylinder explosion incident to seven.
"Death toll of Hyderabad cylinder blast incident rises to 7 as one more injured dies today," the government hospital’s administration told Geo News on Friday, adding that nine more victims are at death's door.
A massive explosion at a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder refilling shop occurred on Thursday, leaving dozens of people maimed, including children and women in Hyderabad’s Paretabad area.
The casualty rate was high due to fire which affected a large number of citizens after the dangerous explosion at the LPG shop.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... -Pakistain (MQM-P) leaders, during a presser in Hyderabad today, condemned the grave negligence of the local administration.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/01/2024 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[19 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan
[GEO.TV] Israeli forces killed at least 12 Paleostinians in a dawn Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... on Rafah in southern 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 Hamas with 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... on Thursday and fighting raged in several other areas of the coastal enclave, Gaza medics said.
Israel pressed on with its offensive on Rafah a day after saying its forces had taken control of a buffer zone along the nearby border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, giving it effective authority over Gaza's entire land frontier.
It said the buffer zone's capture had cut off a route used by Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... to smuggle arms into Gaza during more than seven months of war, which has laid waste to much of the territory and raised fears of famine.
Gaza medical sources said the 12 Paleostinians, whom it said were civilians, had been killed and an unspecified number of others maimed in an Israeli airstrike as they tried to recover the body of a civilian in the centre of Rafah.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/01/2024 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[27 views]
Top|| File under: Hamas
#1
To be a Gaza medic, one has to go 5hrough intensive training just to qualify to apply a band-aid.
[GEO.TV] The Israeli military said on Friday that two more of its soldiers were killed in fighting in Gaza Strip. Nearly 300 soldiers have been killed since Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/01/2024 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[14 views]
Top|| File under: Hamas
[GEO.TV] An Israeli warplane killed two Paleostine Red Islamic Thingy Society (PRCS) staff members in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood on Thursday.
One of the paramedics, Ashraf Abu Labda, was first on the scene on the attack. He said that PRCS ambulances were responding to reports of dead and maimed in the area when they were attacked.
"We received a signal about the presence of deaders and maimed at the Abu Saeed Crossroads in Tal as-Sultan, Rafah," Labda said in a video interview.
"Two PRCS ambulances were dispatched to the scene. One of the ambulances was directly targeted. Later, we received a signal from the other ambulance prompting us to head to the location to support them," he said.
"We found the ambulance on fire. My colleague and I attempted to extinguish the fire, but we were heavily targeted by the shooting of the [Israeli forces]. Given the gravity of the situation, we were forced to withdraw from the area," he said.
"Despite the immense difficulty and danger, we managed to evacuate the deaders," he added.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/01/2024 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[11 views]
Top|| File under: Hamas
[GEO.TV] The Israeli military said on Friday troops had ended operations in eastern Jabalia in the northern section of the Gaza strip, having destroyed 10 kilometres of tunnels and several weapons production sites in days of fighting that included more than 200 air strikes.
During the operation in the heavily built up area, the troops also located the bodies of seven hostages.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/01/2024 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[22 views]
Top|| File under: Hamas
[GEO.TV] The United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... agency for Paleostinian refugees (UNRWA) has said that it received "horrific reports" from UNRWA facilities in Jabalia, northern 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 Hamas with 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... "Displaced people, including children, reportedly killed and injured sheltering in our school, besieged by IDF (Israeli army) tanks. Tents of people sheltering at our school reportedly set on fire by IDF," the agency said in a post on X.
UNRWA further said it received reports of its office being hit and destroyed in air strikes, as well bulldozed by Israeli forces, Al Jazeera reported.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/01/2024 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[24 views]
Top|| File under: Hamas
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as 
..always the voice of sweet reason...
