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Five Killed by Boko Haram in Niger Attack
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Man wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying a loaded handgun is arrested at Chicago's Union Station after police dog smells explosive residue on his duffel bag containing stolen NYPD body armor
[DailyMail]
  • Isaiah Malailua, 21, was arrested at Chicago's Union Station Friday morning

  • A police dog smelled explosive residue on the young man's duffel bag, which was found holding stolen NYPD body armor

  • Malailua was wearing a bullet-proof vest at the time and carrying a loaded Taurus brand 9mm pistol. Prosecutors say he doesn't legally own the gun.

  • He was traveling through Chicago and had a bus ticket, though it's unclear where he was headed

  • The Redding, California man was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and has been ordered held on $100,0000

  • Illinois state law bans anyone possessing body armor if they don't have a state firearm owner's ID card.

  • Public records show he has a criminal history in Florida.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  it's unclear where he was headed I think he was headed for trouble i.e., intent on troubling someone else.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/27/2018 2:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Isaiah Malailua, doesn't sound like a Texan or Floridian name to me.
Posted by: AlanC || 03/27/2018 7:32 Comments || Top||

#3  On his way to an ethnic wedding?
Posted by: Kojo Elmock6072 || 03/27/2018 8:56 Comments || Top||

#4  In a corporate HR suite somewhere in downtown Chicago, a hiring officer snarls "damnit!" and chucks Isaiah's application for employment in the wastebasket...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/27/2018 10:00 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Taliban and civilians among 7 killed, wounded in Nangahar explosions
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least seven people including armed bandidos holy warriors and ordinary non-combatants were killed or maimed in separate kabooms triggered by the Improvised Explosive Devices in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province.

The provincial government media office in a statement said at least one civilian was killed and four others were maimed in an kaboom in Khogyani district.

The statement further added that the incident took place at around 9 am local time after explosives planted a cart went off in Chamtal Township.

According to the provincial government, the maimed individuals have been shifted to hospital and their health condition has been reported as satisfactory.

In the meantime, the 201st Silab Corps in the East said at least one Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
bad boy was killed and another one was maimed in a premature bomb kaboom in Shirzad district.

The source further added that the bandidos holy warriors were busy planting roadside mine in Dando area when the incident took place, leaving a myrmidon dead and one more maimed.

Posted by: Fred || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Karzai condemn Kabul blast targeting Pashtun Protection Movement supporters
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
condemned the kaboom that targeted a sit-in camp of the supporters of Pashtun Protection Movement in Kabul.

The office of the former President in a statement said Hamid Karzai strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the sit-in camp in solidarity with Pashtun Protection Movement across the Durand Line.

The former President said "this was another attempt by the enemies of peace to stifle the voice of our long suffering people."

The incident took place late on Saturday evening in the vicinity of Chaman Hozori area of the city, leaving at least one person dead.

A front man for Kabul Police Department Basir Mujahid said at six others were also maimed in the kaboom but the Public Health Ministry officials are saying that 13 people have been maimed.

The Public Health Ministry front man Wahid Majroh confirmed that one person was killed and thirteen others were shifted to hospital for the treatment of the wounds they sustained in the blast.

Posted by: Fred || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Afghan Special Forces kill two key commanders of Taliban in Laghman
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan Special Forces have killed two key commanders of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
group during a special operation conducted in eastern Laghman
...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.
After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men.

province of Afghanistan.

The provincial government media office in a statement said the Afghan Special Conducted air and ground operations on a hideout of the Taliban in Alingar district late on Saturday night.

The statement further added that two key local Taliban leaders Baryalai and Dawood were killed along with four other Lions of Islam while three suspects have been placed in durance vile
You have the right to remain silent...
According to the governor’s office, Baryalai and Dawood were involved in major terrorist related activities for a long period of time and were still conducting insurgency in Alingar.

The two big shots of the group were being chased by the Afghan forces and were finally rubbed out on Saturday night, the statement added.

A civilian was also killed during the operation but the provincial government blames Taliban for the death of the civilian.

The provincial government in its statement also added that the Afghan Special Forces have not suffered any casualties during the operation.

Posted by: Fred || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa North
Egypt deploys tens of thousands of troops for election
[AlAhram] Egypt has deployed tens of thousands of coppers and soldiers to protect polling centers across the country as Egyptians vote to elect their president for the next four years.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s victory is a foregone conclusion. His only challenger is Moussa Mustafa Moussa, a little known politician who joined the race in the last minute to spare the government the embarrassment of a one-candidate election after several hopefuls were forced out or jugged
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
Authorities hope enough people ‐ there are nearly 60 million eligible voters ‐ will vote in the three-day balloting that started on Monday to give the election legitimacy.

Sissi cast his ballot as soon as the polls opened at 9 a.m. at a girls’ school in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis. Local TV stations showed festive scenes outside polling centers, with women and school children singing.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Five Killed by Boko Haram in Niger Attack
[AnNahar] At least five non-combatants were killed and several others maimed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
bandidos forces of Evil in southeast Niger, near the border with Nigeria, according to local sources.

"The BH (Boko Haram) came to the market place early Friday evening, they shot the crowd and took food," said a resident of Toummour, in the southwest Diffa region, which was targeted by the attack.

A local official on Sunday confirmed the toll of "five dead, all civilians", adding that several were also maimed in the attack.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Missile forces hits Saudi targets, kill civilian
[SABANEWS.NET] The missile forces hit large ballistic strikes on Saudi targets in fulfillment of the commander’s promise.

The rocketry force also announced that the large ballistic operation launched in beginning moments of the fourth year of Yemeni steadfastness.

The rocketry force targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with Burkan 2-H missile and targeted Abha regional airport in Asir with Gaher-2 M, a military official told Saba on Monday.

The rocketry force also hit Jizan airport and other targets in Jizan with a boost of Badr ballistic missiles.

Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase...
many of Badr ballistic missiles hit Najran airport and other targets in Najran city.

Egypt's ambassador to Saudi Arabia visits three Egyptians injured in missile attack on Riyadh

[AlAhram] Egypt's ambassador to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Nasser Hamdy, visited the Shomiasy hospital in the city to check on the state of three Egyptians who were maimed after a number of ballistic missiles were fired at Riyadh by Houthis in 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. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
on Sunday.

On Sunday Saudi air defence forces shot down seven ballistic missiles fired at the capital of Riyadh, as well as other southern cities of Saudi Arabia; however, the debris of the missiles killed an Egyptian national and injured three others, two of whom are his relatives.

The ambassador was accompanied by a number of Egyptian officials in Riyadh, including the consul and the defence attaché, a foreign ministry statement added.

Egyptian authorities are paying to transfer the body of Abdel Motaleb Ahmed Hussein, the man who was killed, to Egypt, the ministry added.

The three men injured, Mohammed Ahmed Hussein, Shehab Mahmoud Hussein and Tareq Abo Taleb Mohammed, are stable and one will be released from hospital soon, the statement said.

Hussein is the first person to be killed on Saudi soil by military action since the Saudi-led coalition started their military operations in Yemen in 2015, Rooters reported.

The Saudi military says the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
turbans have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi Arabia since last year, all of which were intercepted.

Ten thousand people have been killed during the war in Yemen, two million people have been displaced, and one million people have had cholera, Rooters reported.
Posted by: Fred || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Army kills Saudi-paid mercenaries in Najran, Jizan, Asir
[SABANEWS.NET] Dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and injured when the army and popular forces attacked military gatherings of Saudi soldiers and their mercenaries in Jizan,Asir and Najran provinces, a military official told Saba on Monday.

In Asir, the army attacked the military site of al-Raih mountain, killing and injuring many.

The missile forces fired Katyusha rockets towards groups of Saudi soldiers in al-Rabu'ah compound, while the artillery units shelled other soldiers and military vehicles in al-Hadhira camp.

In Jizan, tens of Saudi army and its mercenaries were killed and maimed when the army hit their groups in sites of al-Mousam and al-Ramadha.

In Najran, the artillery targeted Saudi military gatherings in military sites of Mostahdaq al-Sudis,Nahuqa,al-Makhrawq al-Kabir, Jamarak al-Khsdra crossing point,Abasih and al-Buqa desert, leaving large losses.
Posted by: Fred || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Saudis intercept seven Yemeni rebel missiles in deadly escalation
[DAWN] Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen.

One Egyptian was killed and two of his countrymen were maimed by falling shrapnel in Riyadh, authorities said, with residents reporting loud kabooms and bright flashes in the sky shortly before midnight.

The Houthis fired three missiles at Riyadh and four others at the southern cities of Khamis Mushait, Jizan and Najran, with the coalition saying they all targeted populated areas.

"This aggressive and hostile action by the Iran-backed Huthi group proves that the Iranian regime continues to support the gang with military capabilities," coalition front man Turki al-Malki said.

"The firing of multiple ballistic missiles towards cities is a serious development."

The Huthi-run al-Masira television channel claimed the rebels had targeted Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport as well as other airstrips in the south of the kingdom.

Pakistain strongly condemned the ballistic missile attacks and commended Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's government "for destroying the missiles and limiting the casualties".

The strikes come after the US defence secretary last week urged Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
during his visit to Washington to pursue "urgent efforts" to end Yemen's wrenching conflict.

The Houthis have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi Arabia since last year, all of which Saudi forces claim to have intercepted, underscoring their capacity to strike deep within the kingdom amid a stalemated war in Yemen.

The latest attack could further escalate the coalition's military campaign.

A major attack targeting Riyadh international airport on November 4 triggered the tightening of a longstanding Saudi-led blockade of 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. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
‐ already on the verge of famine.

Another strike on December 19 targeted Riyadh's Yamamah palace, the official residence of King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians....
.

Posted by: Fred || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
French to charge two with anti-Semitic murder of 85-year-old Holocaust survivor
[IsraelTimes] After Mireille Knoll found stabbed to death and burned in her Gay Paree apartment, FM Le Drian says La Belle France must continue to fight anti-Semitism.

French authorities said Monday that two men enjugged
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
for the brutal killing in Gay Paree of an 85-year-old Jewish woman, Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll, would be charged with an anti-Semitic murder.

The Gay Paree prosecutor’s office said the two suspects have been put in jug. It said it was asking investigating judges to charge the pair with premeditated murder of a vulnerable person for anti-Semitic motives.

They will face possible charges of "murder related to the victim’s religion, real or imagined" as well as aggravated robbery and destruction of property, judicial sources said.

The prosecutor’s office asked that the two be placed in preventive custody.

Two men have been arrested over the killing of Knoll, whose stabbed body was found after her Gay Paree apartment was set ablaze, police sources said.

One suspect was identified as a 29-year-old man. No details were given on the second suspect.

One of the men was a regular visitor of Knoll whom she treated "like a son" and who had visited her that day, her son Daniel said.

"We are really in shock. I don’t understand how someone could kill a woman who has no money and who lives in a social housing complex," her son added.

Israel’s Hadashot news reported that this suspect was a former neighbor of Knoll’s who was jugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
for sexually assaulting the daughter of a woman who helped look after her. After his release from jail, Knoll complained that he had been threatening her, the TV report said.

A granddaughter of Knoll, Noa Goldfarb, wrote on Facebook that her grandmother was murdered by a neighbor who is a Moslem.

"Twenty years ago, I left Gay Paree knowing that neither my future nor that of the Jewish People is to be found there," wrote Goldfarb, who lives in Herzliya, Israel. "But who would’ve thought that I was leaving my relatives where terrorism and cruelty would lead to such a tragedy. Grandmother was stabbed to death 11 times by a Moslem neighbor she knew well, who made sure to set fire to her home and left us not even one object, a letter, a photograph, to remember her by. All we have are our tears and each other."
The Local -France adds:
The most recent figures available show that anti-Semitic violence increased by 26 percent last year in France and that criminal damage to Jewish places of worship and burials increased by 22 percent.
Update from The Times of Israel at 9:10 a.m. EDT:
One of the suspects is a Muslim neighbor in his twenties whom she knew well and who had visited her that day, Knoll’s son, who did not wish to be named, told AFP. A police source said the suspect had convictions for rape and sexual assault.

The second suspect, aged 21, has a history of violent robbery. He was in the apartment building on the day of Knoll’s death and his name was given to police by the first suspect, a police source said.
More from another Times of Israel article:
Family members of Mireille Knoll told Israeli media on Tuesday she had known one of her assailants, a Muslim neighbor, since he was seven years old.

“My mother accepted everyone. Even the neighbor who murdered her, she has known since he was seven years old. When he was a boy, he helped her,” Knoll’s son Daniel told Army Radio.

Daniel Knoll said he was told that the neighbor was identified by police because his mother’s phone was missing from the apartment and was later found in the suspect’s possession.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


Home Front: WoT
Several Explosive Devices Mailed To Military Installations In Washington D.C. Area
[Townhall] In Austin, Texas, a string of bombings kept a city on edge. Two people were killed, with five people injured. The perpetrator, Mark Anthony Conditt, killed himself by exploding a device in his car after pulling into a ditch; police had identified him as a suspect and closed in on him. We don’t know his motives or planted more bombs that have yet to explode. The whole ordeal lasted three weeks. Yet, now, we have reports of several explosive devices being mailed to multiple military installations in the Washington D.C. area. The FBI is conducting an investigation. It’s not known if these devices could have actually exploded. This incident began this morning around 8:30am (via NBC Washington):
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Here's another interesting bit of news that went down the memory hole of the MSM about 4 weeks ago; "Marines Hospitalized at Joint Base Myer After Opening Letter With Unknown Substance"
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/27/2018 2:32 Comments || Top||



Iraq
Two civilians wounded in mortar missile, southwest of Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Two civilians were maimed as a mortar missile was shot in southwest of Kirkuk province, a security source was quoted saying on Monday.

"A mortar missile fell on one of the main streets in Hawija town, west of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
leaving two civilians maimed," the source said.

"Security troops cordoned off the blast scene and transferred the maimed to nearby hospital for treatment," the source added, indicating that troops carried out a campaign to search for those who fired the missile.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Mosul Clean up Continues: 24 turbans permanently unwound, 14 more tied up


Iraqi army, backed by pro-gov’t troops, kill six IS insurgents in Mosul

Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – The Iraqi army, backed by pro-government troops, killed on Monday six Islamic State (IS) militants at a village in southern Mosul, a military source was quoted as saying.

Speaking to Alghad Press, the source said, “Iraqi servicemen, backed by al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), stormed Hawija al-Marir village in southern Mosul after receiving reports on the presence of IS insurgents there.”

“Six IS militants and two troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi were killed in the clashes that erupted between the two sides at the village,” the source said, adding that the village is now under the control of Iraqi troops.

14 Islamic State members arrested in west, south of Mosul: Commander

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Fourteen Islamic State members were arrested in operations carried out in south and west of Mosul, the Nineveh Police Command said on Monday.

In a statement, Maj. Gen. Hamad Namis al-Jabouri, the commander, said, “Nineveh police arrested, today, eleven Islamic State members in al-Haramat region, west of Mosul.”

Earlier today, Jabouri said “Police arrested three members in Hammam al-Alil region, south of Mosul.”

18 Islamic State members killed in operation, south of Mosul: Command

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Eighteen Islamic State members, including foreign leaders, were killed in a security operation, south of Mosul, an Iraqi military source said on Monday.

“Iraqi troops killed, today, 18 IS members, including two Russian nationals and a Turkish members, during an operation against Kan’ous village in Hammam al-Alil region, south of Mosul,” Brig. Gen. Mohamed al-Jabouri, official spokesperson for the Nineveh Operations Command, said.

Moreover, Jabouri said troops confiscated missiles at the rest houses of IS in Owainat village on borders with Syria.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Paramilitary troops kill four IS members in operation, northeast Diyala
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Four 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....
members were killed in an ambush set by the pro-government paramilitary troops, northeast of Diyala, the media service reported on Monday.

"Joint forces of the 23rd and 110th brigades of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) set up an ambush for Islamic State members in the mountains and valleys near al-Saadiya region, northeast of Diyala," Hussein al-Husseini, media official of the 23rd brigade, told Alghad Press.

"PMFs managed to kill four IS members who were on cycle of violences," he added.

Troops, according to Husseini, "are still following IS members there to eliminate their presence totally."
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Three civilians wounded in bomb attack near Baghdad market
Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) ‐ Three civilians were maimed Monday in a bomb kaboom in Baghdad, a security source was quoted as saying.

Speaking to Alghad Press, the source said, "An explosive charge went off near a popular market in Arab Jibor neighborhood in southern Baghdad, leaving three civilians maimed."

"A security force immediately rushed to the blast site and carried the injured to a nearby hospital for treatment," according to the source.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Turkey's Erdogan says operations begin in Iraq's Sinjar region
[AlAhram] President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
had begun operations in Iraq's Sinjar region, an area where it has threatened a military incursion, two days after sources said Kurdish PKK bully boyz would withdraw from the area.

"We said we would go into Sinjar. Now operations have begun there. The fight is internal and external," Erdogan told a crowd in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, without elaborating on what operations he was referring to.

Iraq's Joint Operations Command denied that any foreign forces had crossed the border into Iraq.

"The operations command confirmed that the situation in Nineveh, Sinjar and the border areas was under the control of Iraqi security forces and there is no reason for troops to cross the Iraqi border into those areas," it said in a statement.

Sources in Sinjar said there was no unusual military activity in the area on Sunday.

President Tayyip Erdogan said last week the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were creating a new base in Sinjar, and that Ottoman Turkish forces would attack if necessary.

Sources in northern Iraq said on Friday the PKK would withdraw from Sinjar, where it gained a foothold in 2014 after coming to the aid of the Yazidi minority community, who were under attack by 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....
murderous Moslems.

Qatari paper: Turkey set up barracks, deployed tanks inside Iraqi territories

Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) ‐ A 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...
i newspaper has claimed that the Ottoman Turkish army set up 19 military barracks and deployed tanks inside Iraqi territories to face the threat of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters.

The London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed paper quoted a local source as saying on Monday that the Ottoman Turkish army established the barracks inside Kurdish and Assyrian villages and built a fence around them.

"The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
also deployed tanks and medium-range artillery systems that are capable of reaching the depth of the Kurdistan region," according to the source.

He pointed out the Ottoman Turkish move came as part of Ankara efforts to secure borders between Iraq and Turkey against the PKK threat.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Security forces arrest 43 suspected of terrorism in West Bank overnight
[Ynet] IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police forces have tossed in the slammer
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
43 people in the West Bank overnight suspected of terrorism and violent festivities.

They were taken in for questioning by security forces.

During the scans, several weapons and ammo cartridges were found.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


With extra troops, snipers, drones, Israel braces for Land Day border protest
[IsraelTimes] 7 years ago, mobs from Leb and Syria broke through the northern security fence. Now, fears are growing that Gazoo march planned for Friday could end in mass border rush.

Israel’s security forces are gearing up for huge "Land Day" protests, expected to take place along the Gazoo Strip’s security fence on Friday, putting additional units on alert out of concerns thon the lam numbers of Paleostinians might try to break through the barrier and rush into Israel.

Earlier this month, Paleostinian groups announced plans for a six-week-long "March of Return," including the construction of a tent city across from the Gazoo security fence, and called on tens of thousands of Gazoo residents to participate in what they described as a "peaceful protest."
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#1  "legs in order to avoid fatal wounds" as if even the best marksman could control the path of a slug after it contacts living flesh, or whether or not he could prevent the severing of a major leg artery followed by exsanguination/death in a few minutes.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/27/2018 2:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Take out a couple of the Lead Agitators with head shots and you'll see a change in focus
Posted by: Frank G || 03/27/2018 7:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Either there is more 'reporting' or the antics of many parties are becoming more prevalent on all sides. My hindbrain keeps saying "Tet, Tet, Tet".
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/27/2018 12:19 Comments || Top||


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Damascus’s ‘leave or die’ tactics force Syrians to flee rebel enclave
[DAWN] Weeping Syrians boarded buses to leave a ravaged pocket of eastern Ghouta on Sunday, in a new wave of evacuations to clear another part of the former rebel bastion.

Five weeks since the Syrian government launched an all-out assault on Ghouta, it holds more than 90 percent of the onetime opposition stronghold on the edge of Damascus.

To help it capture the rest, key government backer Russia has mediated talks with various rebel groups to negotiate withdrawals from the three remaining pockets.

One area was emptied under such a deal in recent days and evacuations began late on Saturday for a second part, held by the Islamist Faylaq al Rahman rebel faction.

That agreement is set to see some 7,000 rebels and civilians bussed from the towns of Arbin and Zamalka and the district of Jobar to the rebel-dominated province of Idlib in northwestern Syria.

After hours of delay, around 980 of them quit Ghouta on Saturday night aboard 17 buses and several ambulances.

They arrived in part of Hama province near the border with Idlib on Sunday morning.

Devastated Syrian civilians and rebel fighters dressed in black gathered in the early morning in the main streets of Arbin.

They carried duffel bags and dragged suitcases stuffed to the brim as they shuffled past ruined buildings.

By mid-morning, around 20 empty buses and ambulances had entered the town, parking at a large roundabout.

Fighters and civilians began to board, bidding tearful goodbyes to their home towns before they headed to opposition territory further north.

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