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LNA forces eliminate GNA/al-Qaeda leader Ayoub Bu Ras in Tripoli
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Good afternoon
Coronaplague Roundup
Wednesday March 25th, 2020

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Members of the Sadrist movement break into Al-Sadr hospital in Najaf
Beat up medics for diagnosing big turban with Chinese Plague
Kathua: Heavy Shelling By Pak In Hiranagar
Yet another ceasefire violation to blame on India
Explosions reported at Iraqi base hosting US troops
More plausibly denied attacks by Iranian puppets
Turkey vows to neutralize extremist groups blocking M-4 Highway
Still a lot more "vow" than "do" there
Turkish forces come under attack in southern Idlib
Gee. Golly. And everybody feels for them.
For $2000 you came here to take libya but you will die like a dog or be captured like a rat
All not going well for Ottoman janissaries in Libya
Peter Schweizer: Make Blind Trusts Mandatory
for Members of Congress to End Insider Trading

Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 14:44 || Comments || Link || [336088 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Members of the Sadrist movement break into Al-Sadr hospital in Najaf
Beat up medics for diagnosing big turban with Chinese Plague
That heal'd him gooood
Posted by: Frank G || 03/25/2020 20:28 Comments || Top||

#2  In '67 our lead majorettes were way hotter than the cheerleaders.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 03/25/2020 23:21 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Explosives-laden Humvee goes off prematurely in Badghis, killing 4 Taliban
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336112 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  An enterprising marketeer could make this into a great commercial for shock absorbers.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/25/2020 1:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Where did they get a Humvee?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/25/2020 3:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Obama donation.
Posted by: Woodrow || 03/25/2020 8:31 Comments || Top||

#4  I guess the explosives could be under the hood, but it's not the smartest place to put them for obvious reasons.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/25/2020 9:26 Comments || Top||

#5  #2 Where did they get a Humvee?

Honest Abdul? :-)
Posted by: Sonny Black || 03/25/2020 9:34 Comments || Top||

#6  Nice to know that some people still have other things to worry about besides covid-19.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/25/2020 12:48 Comments || Top||

#7  "Explosives-laden Humvee goes off prematurely in Badghis, killing 4 Taliban militants"


Awwwwwwww - ain't that just too bad (that there weren't more than 4). :-D
Posted by: Barbara || 03/25/2020 14:48 Comments || Top||

#8  Afternoon is a big word can the SO handle it?
Posted by: Omotle Snore6434 || 03/25/2020 21:22 Comments || Top||


25 Taliban militants killed, 33 wounded in Balkh clashes
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336088 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Somebody should "safe" that AK!
Posted by: RJ45ACP || 03/25/2020 4:23 Comments || Top||


Africa North
LNA forces eliminate GNA militia leader (Al Qaeda) Ayoub Bu Ras in Tripoli
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336121 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda


For $2000 you came here to take libya but you will die like a dog or be captured like a rat
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336124 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  What if I escape like a cat?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/25/2020 3:11 Comments || Top||

#2  While wearing a hat?
Posted by: Steven. || 03/25/2020 4:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Definitely.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/25/2020 5:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Or infect like a bat.
Posted by: Matt || 03/25/2020 10:23 Comments || Top||

#5  Squished like a gnat.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/25/2020 10:42 Comments || Top||

#6  Ah, I think Steven was alluding to Dr Seuss.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/25/2020 10:44 Comments || Top||

#7  Trousers all shat.
Posted by: Lex || 03/25/2020 10:59 Comments || Top||

#8  I'm just here for the nice beaches and the Mai Tais, man.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/25/2020 12:35 Comments || Top||

#9 
I wouldn't buy Libya for $20.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/25/2020 12:49 Comments || Top||

#10  If they're catching rats, look for Hanta in the Jihad.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/25/2020 13:07 Comments || Top||

#11  I wouldn't buy Libya for $20.

Twenty bucks and a time-share in Mogadishu. Whadda ya say?
Posted by: SteveS || 03/25/2020 14:08 Comments || Top||

#12  Hey, when the UN leaves NYC for the safer climes of Mogadishu, that time share could be worth something.

Say what you want about The Mog, their mayor doesn't have to remind the people to not lick the butthole of everyone they come across.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/25/2020 17:38 Comments || Top||

#13  Hey there is some good eaten on a dog. Not so much on a rat.
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163 || 03/25/2020 19:21 Comments || Top||

#14  Never understood some folks attitudes toward dogs. Known some nasty ones -- but the owners were worse.

"In Zoroastrianism, the dog is regarded as an especially beneficent, clean and righteous creature, which must be fed and taken care of. The dog is praised for the useful work it performs in the household, but it is also seen as having special spiritual virtues."
















Posted by: JHH || 03/25/2020 21:16 Comments || Top||

#15  Not so much on a rat.

In a time of hunger, would you say "Phooey!" to some ratatouille?
Posted by: SteveS || 03/25/2020 21:59 Comments || Top||

#16  No, I wodn't.
Posted by: Thusons Ghibelline8123 || 03/25/2020 22:04 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Soccer team in Diyarbakir, Turkey’s largest Kurdish-majority city, has found itself accused of links to armed Kurdish militants
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Never trust Metric Footballers
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336085 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1 
It's how Turks call a foul.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/25/2020 12:51 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Kathua: Heavy Shelling By Pak In Hiranagar
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336110 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Iraq
Members of the Sadrist movement break into Al-Sadr hospital in Najaf
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336079 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Explosions reported at Iraqi base hosting US troops
[ALMASDARNEWS] It appears that an Iraqi military base has come under attack once again, as local reports claim that the installation, which hosts U.S. troops, may have been subjected to rocket fire.

According to local reports, at least three explosions were heard at the Camp Taji military base north of Baghdad late Tuesday. The base houses both Iraqi and US forces.

A news hound with Sky News Arabic said on Tuesday night that three explosions had been heard at Camp Taji, an Iraqi military installation that also houses a large number of US troops.

US forces at Taji have come under attack repeatedly this month, killing several members of the US-led coalition in Iraq. While Washington maintains the attacks were carried out by Kataib Hezbollah, a Shiite militia in Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, at the direction of Iran, Tehran has denied the accusations.
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336112 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  Oh NO!
There goes the still and storage closets.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/25/2020 15:50 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkish forces come under attack in southern Idlib
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336097 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkey vows to neutralize extremist groups blocking M-4 Highway
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336106 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Iran Coronavirus: Ministry Confirms 24,811 Cases and 1,934 Deaths
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336099 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  as of today, new official numbers for Iran

27,018 cases, 2077 deaths

no curve bending

Posted by: lord garth || 03/25/2020 10:04 Comments || Top||

#2  "We don't need no steenking Doctors, we've got Allan"
Posted by: Frank G || 03/25/2020 10:19 Comments || Top||

#3  "official" numbers
Posted by: European Conservative || 03/25/2020 10:28 Comments || Top||

#4  The rest of fatalities are victims of the Zionist death rays?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/25/2020 10:46 Comments || Top||

#5  Or they fell into those large pits they dug and were covered up with dirt for their own safety.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/25/2020 14:46 Comments || Top||

#6  Somebody tell Iran bigger numbers are NOT better.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/25/2020 15:49 Comments || Top||


Russia confirms attack on Turkish forces in Idlib
[ALMASDARNEWS] The head of the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria, Admiral Oleg Goralev, said that the holy warrior forces placed bombs on the patrol path of the Ottoman Turkish military on Tuesday.

He said in a presser on Tuesday: "An improvised bomb went kaboom! during the passage of a Ottoman Turkish patrol in the Sufahan region, today, Tuesday, where two vehicles were damaged as a result of the earth-shattering kaboom, and two Ottoman Turkish soldiers were maimed."

According to him, the faceless myrmidons groups not controlled by the Ottoman Turkish side continue to take steps to destabilize the situation in the Idlib region.

He stressed that the faceless myrmidons carried out during the past 24 hours seven bombing operations in the Idlib Governorate, while no violations of the ceasefire system were observed by armed factions loyal to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
He concluded by saying: "The Russian Reconciliation Center calls on the leaders of the illegal armed formations to abandon provocations with weapons, and take the path of a peaceful settlement."

Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336111 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  And he said it all without cracking a smile - my hat off to him.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/25/2020 3:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Nobody can not smile like a Russian...
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/25/2020 6:49 Comments || Top||


Assad announces curfew in Syria (or what's left of it) from 6 pm to 6 am starting from tomorrow
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336075 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Interrupted only for mortar shelling, IED placing, and chemical attacks?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/25/2020 3:14 Comments || Top||



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Wed 2020-03-25
  LNA forces eliminate GNA/al-Qaeda leader Ayoub Bu Ras in Tripoli
Tue 2020-03-24
  Gutierrez calls for an immediate global ceasefire
Mon 2020-03-23
  27 Taliban militants killed, 19 others wounded in Kunduz
Sun 2020-03-22
  Greeks Find Tunnel Full of Weapons Under Athens,
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Sat 2020-03-21
  TSA halts all NY airport departures do to infected people showing up at each one.
Fri 2020-03-20
  Militant attack kills about 30 Malian soldiers -army
Thu 2020-03-19
  Migrants at Refugee Camp in Germany Riot,
Display ISIS Flags After They’re Put Under Coronavirus Quarantine
Wed 2020-03-18
  Manchester Arena bombing: Hashem Abedi guilty of 22 murders
Tue 2020-03-17
  China expels ALL American reporters!
Mon 2020-03-16
  Saudi Arabia detains 298 officials in new corruption cases
Sun 2020-03-15
  Hezbollah commander prosecuted in Austria for terror finance
Sat 2020-03-14
  Violence by Taliban Spikes Despite Peace Efforts
Fri 2020-03-13
  Sudan moves against Bashir loyalists after assassination attempt
Thu 2020-03-12
  4 Iranian proxy forces HQ hit in airstrikes along Iraq-Syria border
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  Rocket attack in Iraq kills two Americans and a British citizen

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