[Shabelle] Security operations conducted by federal government troops is currently under way in Mogadishu. This follows after Wednesday's attacks on UNDP offices in Mogadishu.
Vehicles using major roads in the city are stopped by government troops and a thorough search follows, pedestrians are neither spared as they are ordered to stop and a security check up follows.
A local who contacted Shabelle media station in Mogadishu expressed his anger towards the government and urged the Somali leaders to sack top security officials'. '' they only wait for kabooms to occur or when Alshabab attacks. That's when they (government) starts conducting security operations and arrests innocent school children'' said the local.
Many youths have been tossed in the clink Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! but the exact number has not yet been released by the government as for now.
House to house operations are frequently done by government troops every night.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Algerian security services stopped an attempt to smuggle guns and pistols into the country from Tunisia, Tunisie Numerique reported on Thursday (June 20th). Two Tunisian nationals, along with Algerian and French suspects, were placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... in the operation. Dozens of weapons were also seized.
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[Pak Daily Times] Gunmen on Friday rubbed out an MQM politician, his son and a passer-by outside a mosque in North Nazimabad locality of the port city, officials said.
Sajid Qureshi, in his early 50s, and his 25-year-old son were targeted in a drive-by shooting as they left a mosque after attending Friday prayers in congested Nazimabad neighbourhood. "Gunmen on a cycle of violence fired at (Sindh) provincial assembly member Sajid Qureshi, his son and a pedestrian when they were coming out of mosque," senior police official Amir Farooqi told AFP. "He was struck down in his prime, while his son and the third victim died at hospital," Farooqi said. Nasir Jamal, a senior member of MQM, confirmed the death of Qureshi and his son.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) grabbed credit for the attack. The MQM has announced three days of mourning against the murder of its MPA and his son. The Board of Intermediate Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , University of Karachi, Federal Urdu University and other associations postponed their examinations after the mourning call. The party appealed to the business community to keep their businesses closed during the mourning period. It also requested transporters to keep their vehicles off the road in protest against the murder of its politician.
Police officials said that Qureshi along his son Waqas was returning home after offering Friday prayer at a mosque located near Ziauddin Hospital, North Nazimabad. A large number of MQM leaders, workers and supporters, including Central Coordination Committee's Saleem Siddiqi, Amir Khan, Khalid Sultan and the victims' relatives rushed to the hospital where they were taken. Extra contingents of law enforcement agencies, including Rangers and police, reached the site and collected evidence from the scene of the crime. Police have found the slippers of the accused who left them behind while fleeing and also collected 11 empty shells of the pistol used in the killings.
Police said that the incident took place when the security guard of the slain MPA went for lunch. Police has jugged Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! the guard and initiated interrogation. Tension gripped the city following the incident, and all petrol pumps, CNG stations, markets and all kinds of businesses shut down across the city. Qureshi was elected from PS-103 in the May 11 elections. The MQM Rabita Committee has strongly condemned the incident. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... also strongly condemned the killing and directed immediate arrest of the killers and ordered an enquiry.
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[Pak Daily Times] Militants armed with guns and rockets killed two members of a pro-government militia and maimed two coppers in a tribal district on the Afghanistan border, officials said Friday. The hard boy attack in Bajaur came just days after US officials said they hoped to open peace talks with the Afghan Taliban in Doha, capital of the Gulf state of Qatar. About a dozen snuffies attacked the homes of two tribal elders near Khar, the main town in Bajaur, late Thursday, administration official Abdul Haseeb said. The two elders, who were members of a pro-government tribal militia, were killed and two tribal coppers were maimed, Haseeb told AFP. A security official in the area confirmed the attack and the casualties. "Their targets were the tribal elders," he said. Pakistain has for years been fighting homegrown Taliban snuffies in its northwestern border areas with Afghanistan. A US-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... combat mission across the border is due to withdraw next year after a 12-year Afghan Taliban insurgency.
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[Pak Daily Times] At least nine people were killed in separate incidents of violence across the city on Friday.
A seminary leader affiliated with Jamia Farooqia was rubbed out within the remits of Shah Faisal cop shoppe.
Officials said that Molana Yasir Qureshi, 42, resident of Shah Faisal No 4, was standing near his residence, where unidentified armed motorcyclists sprayed him with bullets. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... a police patrol reached the spot and tried to intercept the assailants, resulting in the culprits leaving one cycle of violence behind before managing to escape.
The victim succumbed to his injures on the way to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). Police said deceased holy man was associated with a defunct sectarian organization and his brother Mudasir had also been killed last year. Police handed over the body to the heirs after autopsy.
In another incident, a worker of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) formally knows as Sipah-e-Sahaba was bumped off within the jurisdiction of Mobina Town cop shoppe. SHO Jamal Laghari said that deceased Kamran, 35, son of Ali Marjan Masood, resident of Scout Colony was standing near his house, when pillion armed riders shot him dead. The body was shifted to Edhi morgue after autopsy hospital. Similarly, two men belonging to Baloch Community were rubbed out in Bhains Colony within the remits of Shah Latif cop shoppe.
SHO Ali Hassan Sheikh said that the incident tool place when two rival groups shot up each other. As a result two men Naseer and Adil sustained bullet injuries and died on the way to JPMC. Police suspect personal dispute as the reason behind the incident. Separately, a man was bumped off at Gate-15, Keamari within the remits of Jackson cop shoppe. SHO Mohammad Sabir said that deceased Mohammad Altaf, 42, son of Haji Dada, resident of Garden East was on his way when unknown gunnies shot him dead. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... (CHK). Police suspect personal enmity as the motive behind the incident. Similarly, another man was bumped off and his friend was maimed within the remits of Nappier cop shoppe.
Police officials said that Nadeem Sharif and Allah Dad were sitting at a shop, when unknown armed motorcyclists came and started indiscriminate firing. As a result, both victims sustained bullet wounds and were taken to CHK, where doctors pronounced Sharif dead and admitted Allah Dad with crucial wounds.
Meanwhile, ...back at the mall, Clarissa suddenly spied Mr. Bartlett at the checkout counter. He was buying Grecian Formula!... another man, Shakeel Ahmed, 35, was rubbed out by unknown culprits, while he was standing outside his home in Urdu Bazaar. Arambagh police shifted the man to CHK where doctors pronounced him dead He's dead, Jim! . Police have so far been unable to ascertain the motive behind the murder.
Bodies found: Two fishermen were found dead within the jurisdiction of Ibrahim Hydri cop shoppe. Officials said that unknown men, who threw their bodies at the said location after murder, kidnapped victims Abdul Shakoor and Noor Ahmed, both residents of Korangi. Another perforated carcass was found from Lasbela Riverbed within the remits of Rizvia cop shoppe. Officials said that the dear departed, Wasif, resident of Lines Area went to Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot.... for some work, where gunnieskidnapped him. Separately, an unidentified dead body was found from Akbar Road within the limits of Shershah cop shoppe. SHO Khan Mohammad Sheikh said that culprits kidnapped the victim from somewhere and later dumped his body at the abandon place after torturing him to death.
The body was moved to the morgue for identification after completing medico legal formalities at CHK. Moreover, two bagged bodies of faceless myrmidons were found from Maripur road within the remits of Kalri cop shoppe. Officials said that the victims appear between 30 and 35 years old. The bodies were moved to the morgue for identification.
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[Pak Daily Times] The killing of MQM's member of Sindh Assembly Muhammad Sajid Qureshi came as a shock for citizens of metropolis. In just an hour the city came to a standstill with business and transport coming to halt. Dignitaries were efficient in passing on their condolences; they also issued directives for the arrest of culprits and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Zardari condemns the attack: President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ... strongly condemned the attack on MPA Sajid Qureshi. In his condolence message to the bereaved family, the President expressed his heartfelt sympathies and prayed for the departed souls and for the courage of the family to bear this irreparable loss with fortitude. President directed the concerned authorities to undertake every possible effort to bring the perpetrators of such a heinous act to justice.
Qaim seeks report from IG: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah condemned the incident and sought an urgent report from the IG Police. According to an official handout the chief minister has also issued orders for immediate arrest of culprits involved. He said that such acts of terrorism can not deter the government as well as law enforcement agencies from their commitment to eliminate terrorism.
Ebad orders inquiry: Governor Sindh Dr Ishrtaul Ebad Khan strongly decried the incident and directed the IG Police Sindh and ADIG Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... to conduct an inquiry and submit a report on the incident. He also issued directives for immediate arrest of culprits.
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[Al Ahram] A jacket wallah killed three people at a vote counting centre west of Storied [Al Ahram] A suicide bomber killed three people at a vote counting centre west of Baghdad after polls closed in provincial elections but did not damage any ballots, officials said on Friday.
At around 9:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Thursday, a militant dressed as a policeman walked into the main vote counting office in Anbar provincial capital Ramadi and blew himself up, security, medical and election officials said.
The attack killed three people and wounded seven, the officials said. Election workers were getting ready to have dinner at the time, police Colonel Jabbar al-Dulaimi said.
No ballots were damaged as the count had not yet begun, the head of the local office of Iraq's electoral commission, Khaled Rijab, said.
Anbar was one of two Sunni-majority provinces, with Nineveh in the north, that held elections on Thursday, two months after most of the rest of the country, because of security concerns.
The evening bombing was the deadliest of several polling day attacks in Anbar and Nineveh.
Two policemen were killed by mortar fire in Ramadi, while four soldiers were wounded by mortar rounds and roadside bombs in and around Nineveh capital Mosul ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
after polls closed in provincial elections but did not damage any ballots, officials said on Friday.
At around 9:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Thursday, a bad turban dressed as a policeman walked into the main vote counting office in Anbar lovely provincial capital Ramadi and went kaboom!, security, medical and election officials said.
The attack killed three people and maimed seven, the officials said. Election workers were getting ready to have dinner at the time, police Colonel Jabbar al-Dulaimi said.
No ballots were damaged as the count had not yet begun, the head of the local office of Iraq's electoral commission, Khaled Rijab, said.
Anbar was one of two Sunni-majority provinces, with Nineveh in the north, that held elections on Thursday, two months after most of the rest of the country, because of security concerns.
The evening bombing was the deadliest of several polling day attacks in Anbar and Nineveh.
Two coppers were killed by mortar fire in Ramadi, while four soldiers were maimed by mortar rounds and roadside kabooms in and around Nineveh capital djinn-infested Mosul.
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[An Nahar] Syrian rebels have recently received new weapons that could "change the course of the battle" against the Syrian regime, a front man for the Free Syrian Army told Agence La Belle France Presse on Friday.
"We've received quantities of new types of weapons, including some that we asked for and that we believe will change the course of the battle on the ground," FSA political and media coordinator Louay Muqdad said.
"We have begun distributing them on the front lines, they will be in the hands of professional officers and FSA fighters," he said.
He did not specify what weapons had been received or when they had arrived, but added that a new shipment was expecting in coming days and recalled that the rebels had asked for "deterrent weapons."
The apparent influx of weapons comes after the United States said it would provide rebel forces with "military support," although it has declined to outline what that might entail.
"The weapons will be used for one objective, which is to fight the regime of (President) Bashir al-Assad," Muqdad insisted.
"They will be collected after the fall of the regime, we have made this commitment to the friends and brotherly countries" who supplied the weapons, he said.
On Thursday, Muqdad said rebels needed short-range ground-to-air missiles, surface-to-air missiles known as MANPADS, anti-tank missiles, mortars and ammunition.
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As per BIG NEWS NETWORK + TOPIX, a Bill has been introduced before the US Congress barring the Bammer from arming the Syrian rebs until certain conditions are met.
As likely due to the following, in part, among other GOP-DEM + Euro concerns per the Rebs ...
* BIG NEWS NETWORK > [The National] SYRIAN REBELS' LEADER URGES EXTREMIST FIGHTERS TO UNIFY [under FSA Coalition banner] IN RETURN FOR [getting a share of] ADVANCED WEAPONS, i.e. ostensibly US, NATO-EU, + Israeli, etal. supplied advanced weapons.
Gen. Salim Idriss.
Only pre-condition is that the Extremists don't give or share any advanced weapons they receive from the FSA wid Al-Qaeda = Al-Nusra - WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
versus
* WAFF > [UPI.com] BETTER THE DEVIL WE KNOW THAN DEMONS WE CAN ONLY WAGER IFF ASSAD FALLS.
* ASSOCIATED PRESS > RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [Sergei Lavrov]: SYRIA PEACE CONFERENCE COULD BE DERAILED IFF US PUSHES FOR NO-FLY ZONE, as a NFZ wold only encourage the Syrian Rebs to keep fighting???
* RELATED TOPIX > [Reuters] RUSSIA SAYS US RISKS AL-QAIDA "BOOMERANG" WID SYRIA REBELS.
[An Nahar] A personal dispute between a building janitor and members of the al-Meqdad clan erupted into gunfire on Friday in the al-Meqdad neighborhood near al-Msharrafiyeh, state-run National News Agency reported.
The janitor opened fire from his pistol, which left Mohammed al-Meqdad and a man from al-Ashhab family critically maimed.
Earlier, MTV said two people were killed in the incident as al-Jadeed television said one person was killed and another was maimed.
"The Hadi Nasrallah Highway was closed near al-Zaghloul Restaurant as the army sent reinforcements to the area," al-Jadeed said.
Security forces have launched a probe and are pursuing the shooter, NNA said.
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WASHINGTON White House officials refused to comment Friday on a Los Angeles Times report that CIA operatives and U.S. special operations troops have been secretly training Syrian rebels with anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons since late last year, saying only that the U.S. had increased its assistance to the rebellion.
The covert U.S. training at bases in Jordan and Turkey began months before President Obama approved plans to begin directly arming the opposition to Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to U.S. officials and rebel commanders.
We have stepped up our assistance, but I cannot inventory for you all the elements of that assistance, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. We have provided and will continue to provide substantial assistance to the Syrian opposition, as well as the Supreme Military Council.
Does anyone at the White House understand the Pournelle Doctrine?
The training and Obamas decision this month to supply arms and ammunition to the rebels have raised hope among the beleaguered opposition that Washington ultimately will provide heavier weapons as well. So far, the rebels say they lack the weapons they need to regain the offensive in Syrias bitter civil war.
The tightly constrained U.S. effort reflects Obamas continuing doubts about getting drawn into a conflict that already has killed more than 100,000 people and the administrations fear that Islamic militants now leading the war against Assad could gain control of advanced U.S. weaponry.
The training has involved fighters from the Free Syrian Army, a loose confederation of rebel groups and some terrorists that the Obama administration has promised to back with expanded military assistance, said a U.S. official.
The number of rebels given U.S. instruction in both countries since the program began could not be determined, but in Jordan, the training involves 20 to 45 insurgents at a time, a rebel commander said. U.S. special operations teams selected the trainees over the last year when the U.S. military set up regional supply lines to provide the rebels with nonlethal assistance, including uniforms, radios and medical aid.
The two-week courses include training with Russian-designed 14.5-millimeter anti-tank rifles, anti-tank missiles, as well as 23-millimeter anti-aircraft weapons, according to a rebel commander in the Syrian province of Dara who helps oversee weapons acquisitions.
All of which could be used against us infidels and crusaders...
The training began last November at a new American base in the desert in southwest Jordan, he said.
Technically it's not a "U.S. base" but that won't stop the L.A. Times...
So far, about 100 rebels from Dara have attended four courses, while rebels from Damascus have attended three courses, he said.
Do they get diplomas?
Those from the CIA, we would sit and talk with them during breaks from training and afterward, they would try to get information on the situation inside Syria," he said.
The rebels were promised enough armor-piercing anti-tank weapons and other arms to gain a military advantage over Assads better-equipped army and security forces, said the Dara commander. But arms shipments from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, provided with assent from the Americans, took months to arrive and included less than the rebels had expected.
Since last year, the weapons sent through the Dara military council have included four or five Russian-made heavy Concourse anti-tank missiles, 18 14.5-millimeter guns mounted on the backs of pickup trucks and 30 82-millimeter recoilless rifles. The weapons are all Soviet or Russian models but manufactured in other countries, he said.
Ukraine? Serbia? North Korea?
Im telling you, this amount of weapons, once they are spread across the province [of Dara] is considered nothing, the rebel commander said. We need more than this to tip the balance or for there to even be a balance of power.
U.S. officials said the Obama administration and its allies may supply anti-tank weapons to help the rebels destroy armored vehicles used by Assad forces. They are less likely to provide portable anti-aircraft missiles, which the rebels say they need to eliminate Assads warplanes.
Apparently the Syrian military has been eliminating their warplanes themselves given the Insh'allan maintenance and combat attrition. A good question: is Assad getting new aircraft from someone?
Secretary of State John F. Kerry is heading to Qatar on Saturday and will talk with other governments backing the rebels. A senior State Department official told reporters Friday that the talks would include discussions about coordinating deliveries of military aid.
They're doomed...
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Training the Syrian Rebs since late 2012, + still Baby Assad stands to prevail in full victory.
Its highly debatable iff the Bammer's "Contras" will prove to be as successful as Reagan-Bush's.
IMO how the Bammer = USA responds ala Syria may harbinger how the same will respond on China + Iran vee JAPAN, ROK, PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM, ASEAN, + INDIA I.E. OUR OVERSEAS ALLIES IN EAST-SOUTH ASIA.
#2
* DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > OBAMA: I'M NOT DICK CHENEY, + SYRIA IS NOT IRAQ.
Sorry, Bammey, but as someone involved in both the anti-Soviet Afghan war + Iran-Contra Syria = NOT Iraq = NOT Nicaragua + Honduras + El Salvador because Ron Reagan + Bush 41 + Boyz would never had allowed their respective situation(s) to deteriorate this far.
* WAFF > [Daily Mail.UK] UK TO JOIN US IN ACCEPTING DEFEAT AND START PEACE TALKS WID TALIBAN.
> RELATED DAILY MAIL.UK = US, TALIBAN DIALOGUE SIGNALS END OF US COLONIAL EMPIRE.
> PRESS TV = US COLONIAL EMPIRE SEES ITS LAST DAYS: [American] ACTIVIST SAYS.
Sara Flounders of IAC = International Action Center.
* TOPIX > CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: UNDER BARACK OBAMA, US IS "MISSING IN ACTION".
* Also from CHUCKY + SAME > [National Review Online] CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: SYRIA: AMERICA SIDELINED, BARELY RELEVANT.
* TOPIX > TALIBAN "EMBASSY" IS A SURRENDER BY OBAMA.
* SAME > AMERICA LOSES THE WAR ON TERROR.
Is "Winning by Losing" = "Losing by Winning"???
* SAME > KARZAI: TALIBAN MADE NO CONCESSIONS, US DESPERATE DUE TO WAR STALEMATE.
* SAME > [WaPo] SYRIAN CHEMICAL ARMS CLAIMS SAID TO BE UNVERIFIABLE.
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[Pak Daily Times] Gunmen on Friday 
Nawaz Sharif
[Pak Daily Times] Militants armed with guns and rockets killed two members of a pro-government militia and 
[Pak Daily Times] At least nine people were killed in separate incidents of violence across the city on Friday.
[Pak Daily Times] The killing of MQM's member of Sindh Assembly Muhammad Sajid Qureshi came as a shock for citizens of metropolis. In just an hour the city came to a standstill with business and transport coming to halt. Dignitaries were efficient in passing on their condolences; they also issued directives for the arrest of culprits and bring the perpetrators to justice.
