[ShabelleMedia] The U.S. military carried out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on a vessel transporting advanced conventional weapons to al-Shabaab ... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa... bandidosgunnies in Somali territorial waters, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Tuesday.
The operation, conducted on April 16 in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, targeted a flagless vessel and a smaller support boat, AFRICOM said in a statement.
The weapons on board were intended for the al-Qaeda-linked group and posed an "imminent threat" to Somali and U.S. forces in the region, the command added.
"No civilians were harmed, according to an initial assessment," AFRICOM said, adding that specific details of the units and assets involved would not be released for security reasons.
Al-Shabaab has been fighting for years to topple the Somali government and impose its own strict interpretation of Islamic law. The U.S. regularly conducts airstrikes in Somalia in support of Somali government forces.
[APANEWS.NET] Nigerien defense and security forces swiftly responded to an attack perpetrated 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... elements in Kablewa, located in the Diffa region, during the night of April 20-21.
According to Nigerien national television, their rapid intervention successfully contained the attack and led to the liberation of several hostages. The governor of the Diffa region has commended the effectiveness of the troops.
Reports indicate that Boko Haram hard boyz raided the town of Kablewa, situated in the NGuigmi district, between Sunday night and Monday morning, kidnapping eight civilians before being pursued by Nigerien defense and security forces. The ensuing response operation resulted in the safe release of all the hostages, the neutralization of the attacking turbans, and the recovery of their weapons, as reported by Nigerien national television.
The governor of the Diffa region, General Mahamadou Ibrahim Bagadoma, visited the scene of the attack accompanied by high-ranking security officials. During his visit, he lauded the prompt and effective response of the Nigerien troops. He also conveyed the congratulations and appreciation of the President of the Republic, General Abdourahamane Tiani, Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, and the Ministers of State for National Defense and the Interior.
Addressing the troops, Governor Bagadoma stated, ''The cohesion that exists between you is the source of your success, and I want this cohesion to be maintained and strengthened.'' He further emphasized the crucial role of collaboration between the local population and the defense forces, highlighting that the early warning provided by the residents of Kablewa was instrumental in the successful outcome of the operation.
This security operation is part of the broader ''Nalewa Dole'' offensive, which translates to ''unconditional peace'' in the Kanuri language. This offensive was launched at the initiative of the transitional authorities in Niger following the country's withdrawal from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) amidst recent diplomatic tensions with neighboring Nigeria. This disengagement had created a security gap in regional cooperation efforts against hard boys.
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[ALLAFRICA] Unconfirmed number of soldiers and Lions of Islam were reportedly killed when 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... Lions of Islam attacked a military base in Buni Yadi, Gujba local government area of Yobe State.
Local sources confirmed to LEADERSHIP that the attack occurred Saturday night around 11:25pm when the murderous Moslems launched an assault on the military formation but were resisted by the Nigerian troops.
Although details of the attack have remained scarce, a resident of Buni Yadi, who craved anonymity, said, "I can confirm that there was an attack and soldiers were killed."
He added that soldiers were rushing out of the military base for reinforcement during the attack.
Another source confirmed that the Lions of Islam stormed the town in their large number and started shooting sporadically before attacking the military base.
Also, speaking one of the village heads who refused to mention his name, said normality has returned to the town after the attack as people have returned to their daily business routine.
A military source also confirmed the attack but opted from providing the specific number of casualties on the sides of soldiers and attackers.
"I can confirm there was serious attack on one of the military side. Our military responded and successfully killed many turbans. We also recovered two vehicles and weapons," the soldier confided.
Speaking also, a resident of Buni Yadi said residents who escaped to nearby bushes were now trooping back home.
"Let me tell you that I am not in the town, but I am now on my way back home. I have spoken to my friends told me that many people are back home with the return of normality," said the resident.
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[VANGUARDNGR] As the dust raised by the continuing killings in Benue and Plateau states is yet to settle, Niger State governor, Umaru Bago, yesterday declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital, Minna, following incessant killings of people in the city.
The governor also said the curfew could be extended to other local government areas of the state, identifying motorcyles, otherwise known as Okada, and tricycles (Keke NAPEP) as two major vehicles used by criminals to perpetrate their nefarious activities.
The curfew came on a day 11 persons were killed by herdsmen in fresh attacks in Benue State.
The Niger governor declared the curfew as the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Plateau State yesterday asked the Federal Government to allow states establish their police forces to curb the increasing wave of killings and attacks across the country.
This is even as the presidential candidate of Social Democratic Party, SDP, in 2023 elections, Prince Adewole Adebayo, yesterday took a swipe at President Bola Tinubu on the worsening security situation in the country, describing him as one who had failed to take governance very seriously.
On the curfew in Minna, Governor Bago made the declaration at a critical stakeholders' security meeting with traditional title holders in Minna emirate and heads of security agencies at Government House, Minna.
He vowed to lead the operation to all nooks and crannies of Minna to flush out criminals who had in recent times, embarked on a stabbing-spree in the city and other parts of the state.
He, however, exempted medical emergency operators from the ban, adding that the step was taken to address growing security challenges in the state capital.
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A backgrounder on Nigeria's internal dysfunction.
[VANGUARDNGR]Before his sudden, mysterious death, former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, left us with an enduring, prophetic soundbite. He said: “If an insurgency lasts for more than 24 hours, then, know that government has a hand in it”. Way back on May 8, 2014, The Cable newspaper published a retweet of the late General’s daughter, Ms Gumsu Abacha, quoting exactly the same one-liner in response to Boko Haram “exploits”.
What would you say of the Fulani expansionism “insurgency” which has lasted 25 years? By “federal”, I do not necessarily mean the President Bola Tinubu administration, though it is also complicit as will be shown shortly. “Federal” here means the machinery of the Nigerian State, the ruling Establishment or dispensation, the power that be which produces and dictates to successive Federal Governments.
Since 1999, this power dispensing machine has produced five presidents – Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari and Tinubu, always making sure it does not fall into “wrong” hands. Only such mechanism could enact the magic of making Obasanjo president from jail, ensuring that no Northern candidate would stand against him. To the best of my knowledge, the Fulani wars of conquest started around 2001 in the Plateau area. Armed Fulani “herdsmen” were routinely massacring the indigenes to take over their fertile farmlands. The military, police, security and what have you, have failed to stop them despite several eye-service deployments.
But when the Tarokh people armed themselves and retaliated in May 2004, President Obasanjo declared a state of emergency and removed PDP Governor, Joshua Dariye, who was seen as encouraging his indigenous people to defend themselves. What did Dariye do later? He joined Muhammadu Buhari’s APC and helped the party capture the state in 2015. Buhari pardoned and released him from his 14-year jail conviction for allegedly stealing N2bn. Dariye could not beat them. He joined them, and was rewarded by Buhari himself, just as Adams Oshiomhole had promised all who join APC.
Lionhearted governors who were crushed became a lesson to others. Fight the State and pay for it; collude with the State against your people and be rewarded. When you see Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State running kitikiti-katakata to lick the toes of fellow governors from the North over the Uromi lynching, you know the fear the State exerts over occupants of powerful or lucrative positions.
When Buhari came to power in 2015, he saw himself as the Nigerian variant of Omar Al Bashir of Sudan, who armed Arab pastoralist militia, the Janjaweed, to conquer and annex the lands of black Sudanese, thus sparking the Darfur crises. Buhari was determined to make Nigeria the new home of his Fulani kinsmen from everywhere. He tried to enforce his Ruga grazing routes, water resources and Livestock Plan policies throughout the country, but these were stiffly resisted. Buhari then threw open the borders for armed Fulani and their families, especially the nomads from everywhere, to relocate to Nigeria.
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, he and his powerful kinsmen used food and cement trailers and trucks to distribute armed Fulani youths in forests all over the Middle Belt and Southern states. It was clearly a well-organised operation aimed at forcefully grafting alien, violent Fulani elements among unwilling indigenous communities. They were camped in the forests where they killed people in their farms and harvested organs for sale. They kidnapped for ransom and used livestock to destroy farms. They flushed people out of their ancestral lands and occupied communities.
The Federal Government and its organs of security and coercion protected them from those seeking to defend themselves. They were promptly released when arrested by vigilante groups and handed over to the supposed law enforcement agencies. Government and (unfortunately, sections of the media) deceived the public, calling attacks on innocent Nigerian farming communities “farmers-herders clashes”. Government kept promising displaced people they would be restored to their ancestral lands but have now become permanent occupants of Internally-Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps. The invaders are settling down and renaming conquered communities.
The Federal Government refused to even acknowledge Fulani invaders as terrorists. Instead, they turned around to falsely slap that moniker on the Eastern Security Network, ESN, formed by the concerned diaspora Igbo through Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to defend Igboland.
When Tinubu controversially won the 2023 presidential election, I consoled myself that Buhari the Fulaniser was out and Tinubu, being a Southerner, would check the Fulanisation agenda. It has also been wreaking even more havoc in the South-West, Tinubu's home zone. But we were in for a shock. After initially arresting and detaining Bello Bodejo, the leader of the loquacious and violent Miyetti Allah Kyautal Hore, Tinubu quickly released him when the Fulani elite threatened him. He even went ahead to create Federal Ministry of Livestock to appease them, thus fully resuscitating Buhari's Fulanisation agenda.
Tinubu holds on to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu even after releasing Fulani's Bodejo and Sunday Igboho of Yoruba Nation. Under Tinubu, the cuddling of Fulani herdsmen terrorism continues unabated, and so do the endless barrages of meaningless condolence messages and empty promises. The entire landscape is filled with cowardly governors and political leaders who sell out their people for political power and lucrative posts. At this rate, the indigenous people of Nigeria are doomed.
Retired Lt-General Theophilus Danjuma warned before (and has just repeated the warning) that the government is an enhancer of Fulani expansionism. ''They collude,'' he says. ''They will not protect you! Arm and protect yourselves''. Danjuma, a hero of the Nigerian side of the civil war, has written off the armed forces he once served and led. Who are we to believe otherwise? Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB and ESN have once again been vindicated, even by Danjuma!
Self-defence is the first law of nature. The ball is in our court.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The 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... i Armed Forces have announced the downing of a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Hajjah Governorate, marking the seventh such incident this month. They also launched missile and dronezaps targeting US aircraft carriers in the Red and Arabian Seas.
The Yemeni Armed Forces issued the following statement:
''As part of confronting the American aggression against our country, and in support and backing of the Paleostinian people and their fighters:
Our air defenses, by the grace of Allah, succeeded in downing a hostile American aircraft of the MQ-9 type while it was carrying out hostile missions in the airspace over the coasts of Hajjah Governorate.
The aircraft was shot down with a locally made surface-to-air missile. It is the seventh aircraft of this type to be downed by our air defenses during the current month of April, and the 22nd during the Battle of the Promised Conquest and Sacred Jihad in support of 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 a rusty 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... The missile force, the Air Force (drone unit), and the naval forces carried out two military operations targeting the two American aircraft carriers ''Truman'' and ''Vinson'' and their affiliated warships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, using a number of cruise missiles and drones.
The Armed Forces, while confronting the aggression, affirm that their military position today is better than it was weeks ago. With Allah's help, they have benefited from all developments, succeeded in impacting the enemy's movements, thwarted many of its attacks and aggressions, and will continue to respond responsibly and appropriately to any developments in the coming days and on all fronts—relying on Allah and trusting in Him.
They will not cease in their support and backing of the oppressed Paleostinian people until the aggression on Gaza stops and the siege on it is lifted.''
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[GEO.TV] The 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... -affiliated Al Masirah TV says there have been several air attacks by US forces across 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... in recent hours, reported Al Jazeera.
They include the Yemeni capital, Sanaa; the Brash area in the province of Sanaa, the island of Kamaran in the Red Sea; and the Majzar, Sarwah and Al Abdiyah districts of the Marib governorate.
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[GEO.TV] The 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... i group says this is the seventh US drone it has downed so far this month and the 22nd since the 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 a rusty 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... war began, Al Jazeera reported, citing a statement.
In a statement, the 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 their ''air defence shot down a hostile American MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was carrying out hostile missions in the airspace of Hajjah Governorate''.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A number of students at Columbia University in New York City staged a sit-in in solidarity with their colleagues threatened with deportation for their support for Paleostine, the Paleostinian Official News Agency WAFA reported.
According to WAFA, a number of students and graduates from the university chained themselves to the campus gates in a symbolic move aimed at pushing the university administration to take a firm stance to protect the rights and safety of its students, and to protest plans to deport students participating in solidarity activities with Paleostine.
The agency pointed out that the students demanded support and protection for students affected by recent events, specifically referring to the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi, which have become symbols of their demands.
They also called for the disclosure of Columbia University's investments in companies operating with Israel, and for the campus to be made a safe haven for students, preventing local authorities from prosecuting them for their activities in defense of Paleostinian rights recognized by international treaties and conventions, according to WAFA.
The participants in the sit-in stressed that the movement was peaceful and aimed at pressuring for change, expressing their disappointment at the university administration's silence.
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[NYPOST] The Trump administration's mass deportation raids have nabbed more than 200 known or suspected terrorists since January — including one of India's ''most wanted,'' who is accused of masterminding a grenade attack on a cop there and has ties to a US-designated terrorist organization in Pakistan.
Since President Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested 219 known or alleged terrorists, marking a 655% increase from the same period last year when 29 such arrests were made under former President Joe Biden, according to new Homeland Security data obtained by The Post.
Among the dozens of terrorists swept up in Trump's raids was Harpreet Singh, a citizen of India who entered the US illegally on Jan. 27, 2022 by crossing from Mexico into Arizona and was swiftly released into the country by Border Patrol agents with a future court date, a DHS official said.
The Biden administration is to blame for allowing Singh to roam the country for more than three years, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Post.
''The Biden administration not only let a wanted terrorist into our country, but after he was arrested by Border Patrol agents, they released him into the interior of our country,'' she charged.
[HindustanTimes] Indian terrorist Harpreet Singh, arrested in the U.S., was involved in terror-related crimes and linked to Babbar Khalsa International.
WHO IS HARPREET SINGH?
Harpreet is an Indian national accused of a key terror-related crime at home, where he allegedly funded and recruited for terror activities, and organised a grenade attack on a cop shoppe and on the residence of a retired officer in Punjab ...1. Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2. A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3. A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots
.... . These attacks were intended to spread fear among members of the police force, Indian authorities said.
He is reportedly in connection with Harwinder Singh Rinda, an implicated operative of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)
...one of the Khalistan independence groups, fighting for the idea of an independent Sikh homeland in the Indian (and Pak, but they don't dwell on that) Punjab. The local troublemakers are financed by the Sikh diaspora, who love the idea of the folks they left behind murdering their neighbours before dying romantically for a hopeless idea, with training and additional funding from Pakistain’s ISI as yet another arrow in their quiver aimed at the Indian throat....
which the States listed as a foreign terrorist group in 2002. BKI, formed in the late 1970s and linked to a number of political liquidations, bombings and vicious attacks.
[CBS] New Delhi — At least 20 tourists were killed and many others injured Tuesday when suspected militants opened fire on civilians in Indian-controlled Kashmir, according to reports on Indian and international media. Many outlets, including the French news agency AFP, cited unnamed security officials who put the death toll as high as 24, but there was no immediate confirmation on casualties from authorities.
Two senior police officers, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press at least 20 bodies had been recovered after multiple gunmen fired at dozens of tourists from close range Tuesday. The officers said at least three dozen others were injured, with many in serious condition.
The attack took place in South Kashmir's Pahalgam area, a scenic destination dotted with meadows and glaciers that attracts hundreds of thousands of Indian and foreign tourists every summer. That tourist traffic has increased over the last year, as militant violence in the wider Kashmir region, which is disputed between India and neighboring Pakistan, has waned.
People injured in Tuesday's attack were taken to nearby hospitals. Police, army and paramilitary forces launched a search operation to find those responsible for the attack.
More from regnum.ru with an updated casualty toll Terrorists shoot dead 28 tourists in India
At least 28 people were killed in a shooting in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. Terrorists opened fire on vacationing tourists on April 22, News18 TV channel reported, citing police sources.
"A senior intelligence source confirmed that 28 people, including foreign nationals, were killed and several were injured in the attack," the journalists noted.
According to eyewitnesses, two or three armed men in military uniform opened fire indiscriminately, causing fear and confusion among the vacationing tourists.
As reported by Regnum news agency, according to the News18 TV channel, the Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...> group (an organization whose activities are banned in Russia) claimed responsibility for the attack. Two or three armed men in camouflage opened fire on tourists who were horseback riding. The attack took place in the Baysaran Valley.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to Indian President Droupadhi Murmu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the terrorist attack near the city of Pahalgam. According to Putin, this brutal crime cannot have any justification. The Russian leader confirmed his readiness to further increase cooperation with Indian partners in the fight against all forms and manifestations of terrorism.
Terrorists opened fire at a famed meadow near Kashmir's Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in what is the deadliest attack in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019.
The 26 dead included two foreigners and two locals, a high ranking official said without getting into details.
Baisaran, about six kilometres from the resort town of Pahalgam, is an expansive meadow ringed by dense pine forests and mountains and a favourite with visitors from across the country and the world.
Armed terrorists came into the grassland, dubbed 'mini Switzerland', and started firing at tourists milling around eateries, taking pony rides or just picnicking, officials and eyewitnesses said.
Who is The Resistance Front (TRF)? The Proxy Lashkar Terror Group Behind the Pahalgam Bloodshed
[OneIndia] A devastating terrorist attack happened near Pahalgam on April 22, resulting in the tragic loss of 26 lives, including two foreign nationals, and leaving several others injured. This assault unfolded in Baisaran, a picturesque locality close to Pahalgam, around 1:30 pm. The Resistance Front (TRF), a militant faction, has claimed responsibility for this brutal act. TRF, recognised for its activities in Jammu and Kashmir, has been officially labeled as a terrorist entity by India.
The origins of TRF trace back to 2019, following the Government's decision to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Formed by the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency, TRF was aimed at injecting a new dynamism into the terror landscape of Kashmir. This group differentiates itself with a more local and less overtly religious facade, positioning its narrative within the broader Kashmiri autonomy movement. Despite this, TRF has been implicated in several attacks targeting civilians, including members of the Kashmiri Pandit and Sikh communities, as well as security forces.
TRF'S PROPAGANDA AND RECRUITMENT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA:
Since its inception, TRF has utilised social media platforms like Telegram and WhatsApp for propaganda and recruitment purposes. This strategy underscores its modern approach to spreading its ideology and enlarging its base.
On April 1, 2020, The Resistance Front (TRF) gained significant attention following a four-day gun battle near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara's Keran Sector. The clash resulted in the deaths of five Indian paracommandos and five TRF militants.
The government, recognising the threat posed by TRF, banned the organisation under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Born on October 10, 1974, in Srinagar, Sheikh Sajjad Gul also known as Sheikh Sajjad, founder of TRF, was designated as a terrorist in 2022.
Its founder asserts that the group opposes "local oppression" and maintains a stance of independence from Pakistan and the influence of Hafiz Saeed.
TRF'S TARGETED VIOLENCE
TRF attacks have primarily targeted Kashmiri Pandits, Hindus, Sikhs, and other civilians. Unlike other militant groups such as LeT and HM, who did not claim responsibility, it was TRF that took credit for these attacks. The Indian government has accused the group of engaging in various unlawful activities, including plotting attacks on both security forces and civilians, facilitating the movement of weapons for banned militant groups, recruiting militants, infiltrating across borders, and trafficking weapons and narcotics.
One of the most notable incidents was TRF's claim of responsibility for an attack on security personnel in the Anantnag district, where they employed guerrilla warfare tactics. The attack was framed as an "act of revenge" for the killing of their leader, Commander Riyaz Ahmed, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
According to 2022 data, out of the 172 terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir, 108 were linked to The Resistance Front. Additionally, statistics show that 74 out of 100 new recruits were brought into the fold by the TRF.
The most recent major attack involving the TRF was the Ganderbal terror attack, where seven individuals were killed at a construction site in North Kashmir last year.
A list of precisely two dozen TRF attacks in J&K since April 2020 can be read at the link.
[IsraelTimes] Military prosecutors today indicted a Paleostinian man suspected of having helped carry out a botched bus bombing spree in the suburbs of Tel Aviv two months ago, police and Shin Bet spokespeople announce.
The defendant, a resident of Nablus in his 30s, is the brother of the suspected terrorist said to have planted the explosives on three buses in Bat Yam. His brother has not yet been caught by police.
On February 20, three empty buses went kaboom! one after the other in parking lots in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam. The timed devices were apparently supposed to have detonated Friday morning when the buses were in use, but went off early. Giora Eiland, a former IDF operations chief, speculated that the timers were incorrectly set.
According to the indictment submitted today, the suspect helped prepare the bombs used in the failed attack, and helped his brother hide from Israeli authorities after he planted the explosives on buses.
Police say that military prosecutors will indict three more suspects, all residents of Nablus in their 30s, over the next two days. All three are suspected of having helped plan the attack in advance.
[IsraelTimes] Police arrest six demonstrators at a small Haifa anti-war protest tonight.
In a statement, police allege protesters disturbed the peace by waving signs and chanting slogans "condemning Israel and its actions in the war in 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 a rusty 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... But protesters insist the demonstration remained peaceful
…”mostly peaceful”…
and was forcibly dispersed by cops within a few minutes after it started.
Itay Gavish, who attended the protest this evening, tells The Times of Israel that police explicitly told him not to hold signs with the phrases "genocide," "massacre," or "ethnic cleansing."
Earlier this week, law enforcement sought to forbid protesters from waving hostage posters, pictures of Gazan children and certain slogans referring to “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” as a condition for their approval of a Tel Aviv anti-war demonstration this Thursday.
They soon backtracked on their demands, but cops on the ground regularly confiscate what they deem “incendiary” signs at anti-war demonstrations.
[IsraelTimes] IDF reports incoming rocket from Yemen ‘probably intercepted successfully’; no reports of damage or direct injuries, some hurt in early-morning dash to safety
A ballistic missile fired at northern Israel by 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'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... rebels set off sirens early Wednesday morning, sending some one million people rushing for the safety of bomb shelters.
The Israel Defense Forces said the missile was "probably intercepted successfully" by air defenses. Alerts are sounded as a precaution against falling missile and interceptor debris, which has in the past caused injuries and even death.
Sirens went off at 4 a.m. in Haifa and the surrounding area, as well as the Western Galilee region. Explosions from the interceptions were heard in Haifa and the Sharon region.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service reported no direct injuries from the attack or impacts from debris, but said paramedics treated a number of people who were maimed while rushing for shelter.
The Israel Police said officers were ready to look for fallen debris if any was reported to its emergency call center. Police warned the public not to approach any debris as it may contain explosives.
[IsraelTimes] Well-armed terror cell likely knew of IDF logistics road near border, where unarmored vehicles drive to one of over a dozen static army posts inside Strip
On Saturday, a Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... cell of at least six operatives emerged from a tunnel on the side of a road in the 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 a rusty 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... Strip. The well-armed terror operatives hid in the shrubbery, waiting as Israeli military vehicles passed by, then opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire at one they misidentified as belonging to a senior commander.
The unarmored army car was flipped over on the side of the road. Three servicewomen, including an officer, were seriously maimed inside it, with no other forces in the area to return fire.
After the attack on the vehicle, the terror operatives laid a bomb on the side of the road and detonated it when rescue forces arrived around 25 minutes later, killing a soldier, Warrant Officer G’haleb Sliman Alnasasra, and seriously wounding another.
The Hamas button men were able to flee back through the tunnel they emerged from, as other operatives stationed further away shelled the area with mortars.
The tunnel used in the attack had already been discovered by the Israel Defense Forces, and the army was in the process of mapping it out and demolishing it. Hamas apparently realized it would soon lose the tunnel and decided to use it in the deadly attack.
This incident did not occur on the frontlines deep inside Gaza.
Rather, it took place in an Israeli-held buffer zone along the border, close to the town of Beit Hanoun in the Strip’s northeast, an area that the IDF has operated in repeatedly since the beginning of the war.
The Hamas operatives did not randomly stumble on the IDF logistics road where the attack was carried out.
The road leads to one of the military’s forward posts inside the Strip, which are aimed at providing better defenses for Israeli border communities and being the first line of contact for potential Hamas attacks on Israel.
Hamas more than likely knew of the semi-permanent IDF position near Beit Hanoun — one of more than a dozen in the Israeli-held buffer zone — and of the logistics road where unarmored vehicles drive on, like the one the operatives targeted.
Unlike the frontlines, the military’s positions inside the buffer zone are static and exposed to Hamas rocket and mortar fire. The roads leading to them are known to Hamas, whose operatives spend days tracking the movement of Israeli vehicles inside Gaza.
When the IDF held the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza and was stationed in several semi-permanent forward operating bases, Hamas would shell the sites relatively frequently with mortars. The terror group also tried to launch assaults on small posts inside the corridor several times.
Amid the latest offensive in Gaza, the IDF’s buffer zone in Gaza has been expanding, reaching up to around two kilometers (1.2 miles) in most areas. In addition, the military is in the process of conquering the entire city of Rafah, which will also be included within the buffer zone.
Currently, the IDF holds more than 30 percent of the Strip’s territory, a figure expected to rise as the fighting continues. Additional army posts are also likely to be constructed in the buffer zone, as Israel seeks to better its defenses on the Gaza border.
With semi-permanent posts inside Gaza, and Hamas determined to launch attacks on troops, an incident like Saturday’s is likely to recur, unless the IDF makes changes to its deployment and operations in the buffer zone.
[GEO.TV] According to reports from Al Jazeera Arabic, Israeli forces have intensified their offensive across 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 a rusty 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... , launching multiple Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s and drone attacks that have killed and injured several Paleostinians.
In the southern town of Bani Suheila, near Khan Younis, a dronezap on tents sheltering displaced civilians killed at least one person and maimed several others.
Simultaneously, Israeli bombardments continue in northern Gaza, including Gaza City and the Jabalia refugee camp.
Airstrikes struck residential areas on Old Gaza Street in Jabalia al-Balad and on al-Nakheel Street in Gaza City's Tuffah neighbourhood, causing additional casualties.
Al Jazeera also reports that Israeli forces are demolishing homes in eastern Gaza City and southern Rafah, aiming to expand their declared "security zones."
Rafah has been encircled and cut off from the rest of the Gaza Strip as Israel intensifies its pressure campaign on Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... Exact casualty numbers are still unknown as the situation remains fluid.
[IsraelTimes] Military notes some of the equipment it targeted was used by Hamas in Oct. 7 assault; Gazan officials report 26 killed in other strikes across Strip
The Israel Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes across the Gazoo Strip overnight and on Tuesday morning, attacking terror infrastructure and also targeting and destroying some 40 construction vehicles in the Gaza Strip, which the IDF said were used by Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... for terror activities.
The action came as Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said Israeli air strikes killed at least 26 people across the territory. The figures could not be verified and do not differentiate between civilians and terror operatives.
Israel did not comment on the individual strikes, but says it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas, including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.
In a statement, the military said that the heavy equipment it destroyed was used by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, onslaught to breach the Israeli border barrier in dozens of locations, allowing thousands of bandidosholy warriors to stream into Israel.
The earthmovers have also been used by Hamas during the war to plant bombs, dig tunnels, and clear rubble to locate weaponry buried under it, the IDF said.
"The engineering vehicles that were struck are a major component of Hamas’s ability to carry out terror attacks on IDF troops and the State of Israel," the statement said.
The IDF said the strike was carried out to "disrupt" Hamas’s heavy equipment capability.
A municipality in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza said a strike on its parking garage destroyed nine bulldozers provided by Egypt and 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... , which helped broker a ceasefire that took hold in January, but then collapsed by March.
Hamas denounced the strikes, saying in a statement that "the occupation’s destruction of civilian equipment intended to aid and rescue civilians and alleviate their suffering... is a confirmation of the criminal nature of this entity, which is devoid of all moral standards."
Heavy construction equipment was a key stipulation from Hamas in the January ceasefire and threatened to derail the process in February, a month before it eventually fell apart anyway. Hamas said at the time that earth-moving equipment, along with thousands of mobile homes, were needed to provide housing for Gazooks after fighting caused widespread devastation across the Strip.
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The only civilians in Gaza are kidnapped Israelis.
[GEO.TV] An Israeli attack sparked a fire and killed at least 10 people while they slept at a school-turned-shelter in 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 a rusty 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... City, Al Jazeera reported.
At least one child was among the victims. The child's body was burned beyond recognition, according to images from the scene.
"Children are being burned while they sleep in the tents of the displaced," Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif wrote. "There are no safe areas, and no survivors of this genocide. Gaza City and its northern areas have been subjected to heavy Israeli shelling and artillery fire for hours."
That’s why Gazans are starting to leave Gaza, even though Hamas is trying to force them to stay.
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[NAHARNET] A leader from Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... -aligned Jamaa Islamiya was killed Tuesday in an Israeli strike near Damour, the Lebanese Islamist group and Israel's military said.
Israel has continued to carry out regular strikes on Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... despite a November truce with Hezbollah that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities between the foes including two months of all-out war.
Lebanon's civil defense said "an Israeli drone targeted a car" near the coastal town of Damour, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Beirut, and rescuers recovered a man's body.
Jamaa Islamiya in a statement announced the death of Hussein Atwi, calling him "an academic leader and university professor" and saying an Israeli dronezap "targeted his car as he was traveling to his workplace in Beirut."
The Israeli army said the air force had "eliminated" Atwi, calling him "a significant terrorist in the Jamaa Islamiya terrorist organization."
A Lebanese security official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, said Atwi was a leader of Jamaa Islamiya's armed wing, the al-Fajr Forces.
The official said Israel had previously targeted Atwi during its recent war with Hezbollah.
An AFP photographer saw the charred wreckage of a car at the scene. The Lebanese Army had cordoned off the area and forensic teams were conducting an inspection.
Jamaa Islamiya, closely linked to both Paleostinian Death Eater group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah, grabbed credit for multiple attacks against Israel before the November 27 ceasefire.
The Israeli military said Atwi had been "involved in planning and advancing terrorist activity from Lebanon into Israeli territory" and had operated "in coordination with Hamas in Lebanon."
It said he had "carried out rocket attacks, coordinated terrorist infrastructure... and advanced attempts to infiltrate into Israeli territory."
Under the truce, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters north of Lebanon's Litani River and dismantle any remaining military infrastructure in the south.
Israel was to withdraw all its forces from south Lebanon, but troops remain in five positions that it deems "strategic".
Israel on Sunday said it had killed two senior Hezbollah members in strikes on Lebanon.
Lebanese authorities have said Israeli fire has killed some 190 people since the ceasefire.
After unclaimed rocket fire against Israel in late March, Lebanon's army said last week it had arrested several Lebanese and Paleostinian suspects, while a security official said they included three Hamas members.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the strike in the Lebanese coastal town of Haret en-Naameh, just south of Beirut, targeted Hussein Izzat Mohammad Atwi, a member of the al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) organization, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon.
The military said Atwi was also affiliated with Hamas in Lebanon, and worked alongside the Palestinian terror group to advance attacks on Israel from Lebanon, in an attempt to harm IDF troops operating on the northern border.
Atwi was behind rocket fire over the years and had also directed terror cells in Lebanon to launch attacks on Israel, including infiltrations, the IDF said.
He also worked to advance attacks against Israeli targets abroad, the military added.
Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, like Hamas, is a Sunni faction that forms part of the broader Muslim Brotherhood political network. The armed wing of the group, the al-Fajr Forces, repeatedly targeted Israel from Lebanon amid the war, often working in conjunction with the Shiite Hezbollah terror group.
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[NAHARNET] Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade.... 's health ministry said a new Israeli strike on Tuesday killed one person, hours after a deadly raid elsewhere in the country despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
"The strike launched by the Israeli enemy" in the southern town of al-Hinniyeh in Tyre district "killed one person," the ministry statement said.
Media reports said the strike targeted a pickup truck. A video circulating online showed a man escaping the vehicle after a missile lands next to it. It then shows a missile landing near the fleeing man, apparently killing him.
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Running would have been too tiring.He should have just stayed in the truck
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