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Afghanistan
Kunar clash leaves 2 security personnel, 8 militants dead
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least eight murderous Moslems were killed and 12 others were maimed following murderous Moslems attack in eastern Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
of Afghanistan.

According to local security officials, the incident took place early on Saturday in Nari district.

Provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Habib Syed Khel said a group of Pak Taliban and Lashakr-e-Taiba murderous Moslems launched coordinated attack on a number of security check posts early on Saturday.

Syed Khel further added two members of Afghan national security forces were also killed during the festivities.

The Talibs group grabbed credit behind the incident and said at least three security check posts were occupied by Taliban fighters.

However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
the local security officials rejected the Taliban claims for occupying the security check posts.

Kunar is among the volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups are actively operating in its various districts and frequently carry out insurgency activities.
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


US drone strike kills 5 militants in Kunar province
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five holy warriors were killed following a US drone strike in eastern Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
on Friday, local security officials said Saturday.

Provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Habib Syed Khel said the Arclight airstrike was carried out in Manodi district.

Gen. Syed Khel confirmed that five holy warriors were killed and three others were maimed following the Arclight airstrike.

The anti-government armed krazed killer groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda


Africa North
Morocco Arrests 5 Would-be Jihadists
[AnNahar] Morocco tossed in the clink
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
five people Saturday in the southern city of Marrakesh on suspicion of seeking to join jihadists in Iraq and Syria and of aiding terrorist activities, the interior ministry said.

Three of those arrested, whose identities were not given, were "preparing to join terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq, in particular the 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....
(IS)" group, a ministry statement said.

The other two were suspected of involvement in terrorist propaganda, with one of them calling for suicide kabooms to be carried out in Morocco.

On Thursday, four French Islamists were arrested in Marrakesh and in Laayoune, in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, for links to "terrorist organizations."

And at the end of October, Morocco said it had arrested two jihadists planning to attack banks and multinational companies in the North African country and in La Belle France.

It said the men had been motivated by the actions of Mohammed Merah, a French-Algerian killed by French police in March 2012 after murdering seven people, including several children, at a Jewish school.

More than 2,000 Moroccans, including people with dual citizenship, are believed to have signed on with jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.

Worried about the possibility of those people returning and carrying out attacks at home, Morocco put in place reinforced security measures in August to counter the terror threat.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


340 Dead in Month-Old Battle for Libya's Benghazi
[AnNahar] At least 340 people have been killed in fighting for Libya's second city Benghazi since the launch of a government-backed offensive against Islamist militias a month ago, medical sources said Saturday.

More than 200 of the dead have been soldiers -- either members of the regular army or loyalists of controversial retired general Khalifa Haftar
... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
, the Red Islamic Thingy and hospital sources said.

But civilians are also among the casualties, caught up in the crossfire as troops battle to wrest the eastern city back from the militias that seized it in July.

All of Libya's three big cities -- the capital Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, third city Misrata and Benghazi -- are largely under the control of Islamist-led militias.

In Benghazi, one of them -- Ansar al-Sharia
...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet...
-- is blacklisted by Washington as a terror group for its alleged role in a deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate.

Three years after dictator Moamer Qadaffy was toppled and killed in a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
-backed revolt, Libya is awash with weapons and powerful militias, and run by rival governments and parliaments.

The internationally recognized government has set up base in the remote eastern town of Shahat and large swathes of the North African nation are beyond its control.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Arabia
UAE blacklists 82 groups as 'terrorist'
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The government of the United Arab Emirates formally endorsed on Saturday the designation of 82 organizations, including Egyptâs Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as terror groups, in line with a federal law on combating terrorism.

The list, published by the countryâs state-run WAM news agency, includes the Muslim Brotherhood, the groupâs local and regional affiliates, as well as Al-Qaeda-linked groups operating in different parts of the region.

Several brigades fighting on both sides in the Syrian conflict along with Islamist groups in Libya, Tunisia, Mali, Pakistan, Nigeriaâs Boko Haram as well as Afghanistan's Taliban account for the bulk of the list.

Shiite militants groups also figure in the list, including Shiite Hezbollah in the Gulf states and brigades with the same name in Iraq. Lebanonâs Iranian backed Hezbollah was not blacklisted.

In late August, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahayan enacted federal law number 7, which mandated the list to be published and circulated by the media to further âtransparencyâ and âincrease awarenessâ of terrorist threats.

The move follows a similar step taken by Saudi Arabia in March.

The groups blacklisted by the UAE were as follows:

1- UAEâs Muslim Brotherhood called Al-Islah
2- UAE terrorist cells
3- Karama organization
4- Uma Parties in the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula
5- Al-Qaeda
Finally got around to it...
6- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
They prefer to be known as The Islamic State or as The Caliphate...
7- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Formerly the aden-Abyan Islamic Army plus the Lions of the Arabian Peninsula
8- Yemenâs Ansar al-Sharia
... which sez they're not an al-Qaeda affiliate, otherwise they're indistinguishable from al-Qaeda.
9- Muslim Brotherhood, both the organization and movement
I don't think the Moslem Brü can properly be called a terrorist organization; it's more a subversive organization. We saw what happened when they achieved power in Egypt: one man, one vote, one time. Their belief that Islam is the Answer, regardless of the question makes them look foolish, but they are Moslems and they behave like Moslems do when they can't get their way.
10- Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya in Egypt
Zawahiri used to be the head of Gamaa al-Islamiya. I think they swore to non-violence to get their members out of jail.
11- Bait al-Maqdis group in Egypt
Formerly just al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula, now sworn to the Islamic State
12- Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt group)
I think we've seen these guys once or maybe twice.
13- Majlis Shura Al-Mujahedin Fi Aknaf Bayt Al-Maqdis (Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, or MSC)
14- Yemenâs Houthi movement
Aligned with Iran and with former President-for-Life Saleh.
15- Hezbollah party in Saudi Arabiaâs Hijaz
16- Hezbollah in the Gulf region
17- Al-Qaeda in Iran
I believe this is the "protected" al-Qaeda that the Medes and the Persians keep on a tight leash. If I had a bunch of money I'd do some intensive investigation on this group.
18- Badr organization in Iraq
19- Asaâib Ahl al-Haq, also known as the Khazali Network in Iraq
20- Fath al-Islam in Lebanon
This is our old friend, Fateh al-Islam. Probably they've been folded into al-Nusra or the Caliphate by now.
21- Osbat Al-Ansar or Asbat an-Ansar (League of the Partisans) in Lebanon
I believe Usbat al-Ansar lives in Ein al-Hellhole. They're the place to go when you're on the run. Every once in awhile they shoot one of the local Fatah muckety-mucks.
22- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
I think AQIM has lost a lot: their debacle in Mali, the ego versus ego contest between Mokhtar versus Droukdel, and the fact that half of them have pledged to the Islamic State.
23- Ansar Al-Sharia in Libya
24- Ansar Al-Sharia in Tunisia
25- Al-Shabab in Somalia
26- Boko Haram in Nigeria
27- Al-Murabitoon brigade in Mali
That's Mokhtar Belmokhtar's mob...
28- Ansar Al-Din movement in Mali
29- Haqani network in Pakistan
30- Lashkar Taiba in Pakistan
31- Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement headquartered in Pakistan
32- Mohammed Army in Pakistan
Jaish e-Muhammad...
33- Mohammed Army in India
34- Indian mujahideen in India/Kashmir
35- The Caucasus Emirate by Chechen militants
36- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
37- Abu Sayyaf Islamist group in the Philippines
38- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Nailed that one. Not a terrorist organization, but fellow travelers.
39- Alleanza Islamic d'Italia or Islamic Alliance in Italy
40- Islamic Association in Finland
41- Islamic Association in Norway
42- Islamic Relief Organization in the UK
43- The Cordoba Foundation in Britain
44- International Islamic Relief Organization belonging to the international Muslim Brotherhood
I think that's the one headed by bin Laden's brother-in-law or son-in-law...
45- Taliban movement in Pakistan
Mullah Omar...
46- Abu Thur al-Fiqari battalion in Syria
47- Al-Tawheed and Iman battalion in Syria
48- The Green Battalion or Al-Khadraa battalion in Syria
49- Al-Tawhid Brigade in Syria
50- Abu Bakr brigade in Syria
51- Talha bin Ubaidallah in Syria
52- Al-Sarim Al-Batar brigade in Syria
53- Abdullah bin Mubarak brigade in Syria
54- Convoys of Martyrs brigade in Syria
55- Abu Omar brigade in Syria
56- Ahrar Shumar or Free Shumars brigade in Syria
57- Hezbollah brigades in Iraq
58- Brigade of Abu Al-Fadl al-Abbas in Syria
59- Brigades of Al-Yom Al-Mawood (Destined Day in Iraq)
60- Battalion of Omar bin Yasir in Syria
61- Ansar Al-Islam group in Iraq
62- Nusra Front in Syira
63- Harakat Ahrar ash-Sham Al Islami (Islamic Movement of the Free Men of the Levant) in Syria
64- Jaish Al-Islam (Islam Army) in Palestine
65- Abdullah Azzam Brigades
I think they're being or have been absorbed by al-Nusra.
66- Kanvaz in Belgrade, Serbia
67- The Muslim American Society (MAS)
68- Union of Muslim Scholars
69- Union of Islamic Organizations in Europe
70- Union of Islamic Organizations of France
71- Muslim Association of Britain (MAB)
72- Islamic Society of Germany
73- Islamic Society in Denmark
74- Islamic Society in Belgium
75- Sariyat Al-Jabal brigade in Syria
76- Al-Shahbaa brigade in Syria
77- Al-QaâQaaâ in Syria
78- Sufian Al-Thawri (Revolutionary Sufian brigade) in Syria
79- Abdulraham brigade in Syria
80- Omar bin Al-Khatab brigade in Syria
81- Al-Shayma brigade in Syria
82- Al-Haq brigade in Syria
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Looks like they don't consider any militant groups from Israel "terrorist" - Hamas, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades et al. Also from Philippines Abu Sayyaf is included but not Jemaah Islamiah or Moro Islamic Liberation Front. No non-Islamic groups are indicated - IRA, ETA or FARC etc. They clearly don't like Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qaeda and homegrown groups.
Posted by: Incredulous || 11/16/2014 5:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Also distinct by its absence - Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Sinai Egypt's anti-Israeli terrorist group.
Posted by: Incredulous || 11/16/2014 6:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Can one still use the word 'terrorist' in this day and age. Doesn't seem like the 'T' word is used in Washington anymore. If the 'T' word can't even be uttered, what is expected in the way of action against terrorists? U.S. lagging behind the curve with Muzzie countries?
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/16/2014 11:52 Comments || Top||

#4  Awesome work FredMan

But you forgot angry ankle biters from Zmars.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 12:16 Comments || Top||

#5  Fred didn't compile the list, the UAE did. (nice knowledgeable grouping by Fred however). My point, UAE is publicly withdrawing support for many militant Islamic groups except those which target Israel.
Posted by: Incredulous || 11/16/2014 12:45 Comments || Top||

#6  38- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

UAE will have to answer to Huma and Hillary. Huma's mom and pop can't be too pleased right now.
Posted by: Choting Speaking for Boskone6255 || 11/16/2014 13:21 Comments || Top||

#7  I am brain dead today Incredgulous, thanks for the clarification.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 13:58 Comments || Top||

#8  "today"?


:-)
Posted by: Frank G || 11/16/2014 14:08 Comments || Top||

#9  I am Mira bran ded today than usual. Thanks for the clarification Frank.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 14:20 Comments || Top||

#10  Ansar Beit al-Maqdis is No. 11 on the list.

What's significant, I think, is the fact that so much of terror funding comes through the UAE. I think IS might be more than orthodox Islam can stomach.
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 16:34 Comments || Top||

#11  Quite a list. Man, I miss the olden days when it was just Axis vs Allies.
Posted by: SteveS || 11/16/2014 16:40 Comments || Top||

#12  No problem Shipman. I enjoy your insights and sarcasm. Fred, oversight. Yes, I see number 11, thanks.
Posted by: Incredulous || 11/16/2014 20:02 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Seven TTP men killed in 'encounter', policeman in attack
[DAWN] Seven suspected Death Eaters were bumped off in what police described as an encounter in Quaidabad on Friday, when a policeman was killed and two others were maimed in attacks elsewhere.

Officials claimed they received information that some Death Eaters had arrived in the locality from Wazoo to commit acts of terrorism in 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 avenge the killing of their accomplices in the military-led operation back in the tribal areas.

On a tip-off about their presence in Swati Mohalla of Gulshan-e-Buner in Quaidabad, contingents of police encircled the place at around 6pm. In the ensuing shootout, lasting for around an hour, five suspects were killed. Two others, maimed in the shooting, were tossed in the slammer
Please don't kill me!
but later they also died, said Malir SSP Rao Anwar.
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Militants publicly behead man in Tirah
[DAWN] Militants beheaded a tribesman in public after accusing him of spying for security forces in Mehraban Kalay area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency on Friday.

According to sources, the beheading was carried out in a market and militants ordered local people not to remove the body till evening.

Mehraban Kalay and adjacent areas are under control of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (Tariq Afri­di group), but Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) also has some influence.
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar-e-Islam


Man held over blasphemy allegation
[DAWN] Chakwal police have nabbed
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
a Christian man from Lahore over an alleged act of blasphemy.

According to police sources, the 40-year-old man was booked for blasphemous remarks made by him.

He holds a Masters degree in computer science and used to run a website and also wrote blogs on it. According to the sources, he used derogatory language against the Holy Prophet (PTUI!) in his blogs.

On July 4, 2010, a man posted a comment on the website of a private TV channel and alleged that the accused was committing blasphemy in his blogs.

On June 9, 2011, Mohammad Saeed, a resident of Talagang in Chakwal, filed an application in the City Police Station against the accused and a case was registered under Section 295C.

According to police, the accused went into hiding after the registration of the case. He was arrested from Lahore after about three and a half years.

SP Rawalpindi Range Jabbar Hussain is investigating the case.

The accused will be produced before a court in Talagang on Saturday.
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Five militants killed in clash on Pak-Afghan border, Chitral
[DAWN] A terrorist attack at the Pakistain-Afghanistan border
...also known as Pashtunistan, home of ignorance, poverty, and automatic weapons...
in Arandu, Chitral, left five gunnies and two Afghan security officials dead on Saturday.

Two Pak civilians, including a woman were also maimed, whilst two Pak security forces personnel were maimed.

The five gunnies were killed as Pak and Afghan forces responded to the attack.

Official and security sources close to the border say that the gunnies targeted Afghan cops on a border post in Arandu. An exchange of fire is still continuing along both sides as light and heavy weapons are used.

The Arandu cop shoppe has also been damaged as the clash continues.

Acting District police chief Chitral Muhammad Khalid confirmed that gunnies attacked the Dibar checkpost on the other side of the border but was unable to confirm the casualties except that bullets also landed in the Pak area of Arandu.

He, however, confirmed that two civilians were maimed in the firing which hit the Pak territory.

He was unable to confirm that two security forces personnel were killed but confirmed that bullets hit the Arandu cop shoppe

The border between Pakistain and Afghanistan passes through remote and mountainous terrain making it difficult to police. The length and porousness of the border allows the Taliban and various murderous Moslem groups to easily cross the border without detection at various points.
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Three suspected militants killed, two injured in Tirah Valley clash
[DAWN] Three suspected bandidos gunnies were killed and two others were maimed in fighting in Khyber Agency's Tirah Valley on Saturday.

The bandidos gunnies clashed with peace committee members from Tauheedul Islam at Narai Baba, a remote location in Tirah Valley. Subsequently, three bandidos gunnies were killed and two others were maimed. The fighting was said to be ongoing till the filing of this report.

Khyber Agency is one of Pakistain's seven semi-autonomous tribal regions in the area, where Pak Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked bandidos gunnies are said to have carved out strongholds.

Pakistain's military launched the operation 'Khyber-1' last month with air strikes against LI hideouts in areas under the Mangal Bagh
...a former bus driver, now head of the Deobandi bandido group Lashkar-e-Islam and the Terror of Khyber Agency...
-led group's control in Tirah and Bara.

The operation was launched amidst Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
, a full-fledged military operation being conducted by the army against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) and other bandidos gunnies in the North Wazoo tribal region.
Posted by: Fred || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar-e-Islam


Iraq
Islamic State claims it has beheaded US hostage Kassig
[Jpost] Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria claimed in a video posted online on Sunday that they had beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig.

The video did not show the beheading but showed a masked man standing with a decapitated head covered in blood lying at his feet.

Speaking in English in a British accent, the man says: "This is Peter Edward Kassig, a US citizen."

Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the footage, which appeared on a jihadist website and on Twitter feeds used by Islamic State.

The video also shows a number of other people being beheaded.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/16/2014 05:33 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Kassig was a convert to Islam. The 'religion of peace and love' version of Islam. He went to Syria to provide aid. The other/real Islam takes him.
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/16/2014 7:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Peter Kassig converted to Islam during captivity. Question: So how did worshiping the same god work as the cut throats work out?
Answer: It didn't.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 12:14 Comments || Top||

#3  We have somewhere on the order of 1200 ICBMs which are composed of a mix of. Minuteman 3 and Trident C-4 and D-5. They are paid for. I grow tired of these ticks. Talk me down.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 12:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Ship, the problem with nukes is that they are too indiscriminate. They take out square miles of territory at a time. On the other hand, a B-52 Arclight takes out only a few hundred square yards at a time.

Of course, that assumes that Obama wants to take out ISIS.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/16/2014 13:14 Comments || Top||

#5  ^only the "moderate ones"
Posted by: Frank G || 11/16/2014 13:38 Comments || Top||

#6  That didn't help Rambler, especially the part about square miles. Help me.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 14:00 Comments || Top||

#7  Ship, the problem is that ISIS is close to, and in some cases intermingled with innocent people - Christians, Kurds, Yazidis. A nuke takes them all out.

An Arclight, especially on a known ISIS camp, supply convoy, or other concentration, will destroy only the evil ones.

Yeah, yeah. I know "God knows His own. Let Him sort them out". I would prefer that we did the initial sorting.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/16/2014 14:22 Comments || Top||

#8  God prefers that, too, Ram. That's why He put us here. Pull the weeds, keep His garden clean.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 17:10 Comments || Top||

#9  Sometimes the weeds are so bad you have to spray the entire garden with Round-Up and dig it up. At least the innocents they're using as shields would be the last they could torment.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 17:32 Comments || Top||

#10  #4 Ship, the problem with nukes is that they are too indiscriminate.

That's a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 11/16/2014 18:46 Comments || Top||

#11  Just point General Mattis toward the bad guys and tell him "Kill boy, kill" - and the back out of the way. Problem (soon) solved.
Posted by: Lone Ranger || 11/16/2014 20:17 Comments || Top||

#12  So, the ISIS/ISIL kills yet another US Citizen while also once again expressing its desire or ambition to attack-n-kill Americans in Amerika.

And the Bammer is still watching from the sidelines.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 11/16/2014 20:58 Comments || Top||

#13  Nation States have a place here. Islamic Nation States will fail to exist if they let this run it's course.

What a NASTY religion that is. Anyone who tells you otherwise is full of shit.

Posted by: newc || 11/16/2014 22:09 Comments || Top||

#14  time 4 Targeted assassinations the resources are available
Posted by: Guillibaldo Sinatra3288 || 11/16/2014 23:10 Comments || Top||


Iraq Forces Break Jihadist Siege of Main Oil Refinery
[AnNahar] Iraqi forces broke the 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....
group's months-long siege of the country's largest oil refinery Saturday as America's top officer flew in to discuss the expanding war against the jihadists.

Completely expelling IS fighters from the area around the refinery would be another significant achievement for Baghdad, a day after pro-government forces retook the nearby town of Baiji.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  I'll bet Glenmore and other evil bastards of his ilk could show you where to put 10 incendiary .50 cal and close the joint God a year. Snowy would not only show you where, but it would make you a better bullet.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 14:05 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Report: Palestinian Severely Wounded In East Jerusalem Clashes
[Ynet] A Paleostinian youth was severely maimed in his head Saturday night during festivities between Paleostinians and a police force in al-Tur, a neighborhood in east Jerusalem. He was evacuated to Al-Makassed Hospital.

Police reported rocks and fireworks were thrown at its forces in the area. Earlier in the night, rocks were hurled at the light rail in Shuafat. There were no injuries but the railcar was damaged.

However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
Paleostinian sources put the number of casualties in Al-Tur at three, saying one person was taken to hospital after being hit in the head.
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Vigilant Policeman Foiled West Bank Terror Attack At Last Moment
[Ynet] Two Paleostinian minors indicted for attempting to commit bombing at Samaria military court with makeshift explosives.

Two Paleostinian minors were indicted this week for attempting to commit a terrorist attack at the Samaria military court in the West Bank, which was thwarted at the last moment by a vigilant policeman.

According to the indictment, the two minors from Nablus arrived at the military court in the Salem detention camp near Megiddo, carrying makeshift bombs on their persons.

The two were planning on committing a terrorist bombing as Dire Revenge for the killing of Paleostinians from IDF fire.

They planned on killing the three judges that resided over the court, as well as soldiers and officers in the base, according to the indictment.

The two arrived at the court in the late afternoon hours to find the court was adjourned and the security check at the entrance was closed.

One of the defendants, the indictment stated, placed the bag containing the bomb on the floor. This raised the suspicion of a policeman at the scene, who jugged
You have the right to remain silent...
the two.

One of the suspects said in his questioning that he planned the attack and assembled the bombs himself. The other minor joined his friend at the last minute to help him execute the attack.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The other minor joined his friend at the last minute to help him execute the attack.

"Whatcha doing today, Abdel? Nothing much. Wanna come with me to kill some Jews? OK."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/16/2014 4:54 Comments || Top||


Olde Tyme Religion
World Jews experiencing their own intifada
[Ynet] As tensions rise between Jews and Arabs in Israel, Holland's chief rabbi says two Arab men tried to run him over, 'To be demolished' sign posted on Istanbul synagogue, Jewish teen assaulted in Gay Paree and an online campaign glorifies vehicular attacks.

Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, chief rabbi of the Inter-Provincial Chief Rabbinate of the Netherlands, has filed a complaint with the Dutch police of a run-over attempt.

Rabbi Jacobs told Ynet he believed the incident was aimed at intimidating him, but did not rule out the possibility that it was an attempt to physically harm him.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sorry.... I thought this article was about Jonathan Gruber, David Coleman [author of Common Core], David Axelrod, or Eric Holder and how they routinely use their religion and victim-status to stifle dissent and any investigation into their modus operandi.

I'll just be moving along now.

Posted by: Besoeker || 11/16/2014 1:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Apologies.... I forgot to add clean energy tsar, Sierra Club and ACLU contributor David Gelbaum to the listing at #1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gelbaum
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/16/2014 1:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Why the Sierra Club won't oppose massive immigration that threatens the Sierras.

[no additional charge for this informative link on immigration....yes, money is indeed involved]

http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2013/03/why_sierra_wont_oppose_massive.html
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/16/2014 1:41 Comments || Top||

#4  You skittish about World Jewery?

Damn get a good dawg, guns are useless against them, MOOSAD been sleeping under my bed for ages, they get along very well with cats, which gives them an edge.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 12:28 Comments || Top||

#5  We're all infidels on this bus. Jews are just the canary in the coal mine.
Posted by: SteveS || 11/16/2014 17:31 Comments || Top||

#6  Skittish? World Jewery?

No, not world Jewery, but I can't abide these smarmy, arrogant, liberal American Jews who HATE this country and everything it stands for. If Chuck Schumer can look over his glasses and down his nose [at the little people] to read this....... Jonathon Gruber, Levi, Feinstein, Franks, Kissinger, and the rest, then please take note. This means YOU !
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/16/2014 19:33 Comments || Top||

#7  Carl Levin...spit
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/16/2014 19:34 Comments || Top||

#8  Krauthammer is a Jew, no problem. My old family doctor was a Jew, none finer. Netanyahu is a Jew and an excellent leader. Moshe Dayan was a Jew and an unparalleled leader and army general. g(r)om is a Jew... pretty fair man I'd say.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/16/2014 19:38 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Casualties mount in heavy fighting against Abu Sayyaf
At least 15 people were killed in heavy fighting between the Philippine military and the Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu over the weekend.

Nearly 100 ground troops with helicopter support engaged some 300 Abu Sayyaf militants in Talipao town on Sulu. Six soldiers and nine Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed. The military had 26 wounded while the Abu Sayyaf had three.

Colonel Allan Arrojado said, "This is a major encounter. We are tracking the Abu Sayyaf’s whereabouts and pursuing them."

On Friday, scout rangers backed by attack helicopters engaged the Abu Sayyaf members in a five-hour gun battle. The rebels were led by sub-commanders Radullah Sahiron, Hatib Sawadjaan, Juilie Ekit, and Hairula Asbang.

One of the dead militants was identified as Beting Jakka, brother in law of Sahiron. Jakka's death was confirmed by his wife, according to the military. Another casualty was named as Allih, a student at Mindanao State University.

On Nov. 3 in Basilan, local officials led by ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman proclaimed an all-out war on the Abu Sayyaf after the militants ambushed government troops, killing six soldiers.
Posted by: ryuge || 11/16/2014 02:13 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Abu Sayyaf


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US-Led Strikes Hit Islamic State, Al Qaeda-Linked Group In Syria
[Ynet] US-led air strikes hit 10 units of 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....
fighters in Syria in recent days, as well as gunnies with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group, US Central Command said in a statement on Friday.

Seventeen strikes near the Syrian border town of Kobani also destroyed 10 fighting positions, a building and several vehicles in addition to striking the Death Eater units, the statement said. A strike near Raqqa also destroyed an Islamic State training camp, it said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Young British Muslims speak out against ISIS.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 0:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Innocent Yazidi children threatened by ISIS.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 0:55 Comments || Top||

#3  ISIS may be 7 times larger than Western Intel estimates.

The Islamic State (Isis) has recruited an army hundreds of thousands strong, far larger than previous estimates by the CIA, according to a senior Kurdish leader. He said the ability of Isis to attack on many widely separated fronts in Iraq and Syria at the same time shows that the number of militant fighters is at least 200,000, seven or eight times bigger than foreign in intelligence estimates of up to 31,500 men.

Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of the Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said in an exclusive interview with The Independent on Sunday that "I am talking about hundreds of thousands of fighters because they are able to mobilise Arab young men in the territory they have taken."

He estimates that Isis rules a third of Iraq and a third of Syria with a population of between 10 and 12 million living in an area of 250,000 square kilometres, the same size as Great Britain. This gives the jihadis a large pool of potential recruits.

(Link)
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 1:04 Comments || Top||

#4  YPJ sniper armed with custom made Kurdish sniper rifle.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 1:47 Comments || Top||

#5  As remaining ISIS elements in Kobane are surrounded, Kurds have fixed bayonets in anticipation of desperate close quarters attacks by ISIS.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 12:24 Comments || Top||

#6  Be careful EH photoshopped Aryan augen are not helpful.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 12:31 Comments || Top||

#7  Yizidi refugees and their suffering are very real. Not photo shopped.



Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 13:09 Comments || Top||

#8  Okay. I choose to believe.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/16/2014 14:06 Comments || Top||

#9  Thank you Shipman.

Battle Map: Kobane 11/16/2014



Link to cut and paste into your browser to see the details better.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2lemKtCQAAigC4.jpg
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 15:24 Comments || Top||

#10  Kurds allowed 11 ISIS, mostly international members assemble for an assault in an area behind the front lines, and then the guerrillas annihilated them.

They are using their knowledge of the area to carry out guerrilla tactics.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 15:32 Comments || Top||

#11  Kurds take on tanks with AK47s and RPGs. Month old video but a rare look at such confrontations. You will notice the ISIS tank operators appear reluctant to get too close to the Kurdish fighters.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 16:04 Comments || Top||

#12  More small arms against tanks.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 16:20 Comments || Top||

#13  Thanks Ebbo. Those are some hard core little fokr's.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/16/2014 16:52 Comments || Top||

#14  Your welcome Besoeker.

For the Kurds, another day at the office.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 17:12 Comments || Top||

#15  It is reported that Obama may be honoring the request of various Shia militias for American weapons. Sources say those militias are anti-American and attacked American troops in the past.

They are saying Obama would be arming the wrong people, again.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 19:39 Comments || Top||

#16  "They are saying Obama would be arming the wrong people, again"

On purpose, EH. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara || 11/16/2014 21:34 Comments || Top||


One Killed, 2 Wounded in Army, Gunmen Clashes in Baalbek
[AnNahar] Clashes erupted at dawn on Saturday between the army and a number of gunnies in the eastern Bekaa city of Baalbek as the army cracked down on wanted suspects, reported the National News Agency.

It said that one person was killed, while two others were maimed in the unrest that broke out in the Dar al-Wasaa area in western Baalbek.

The victim was identified as Nadimeh Makhzi, while the maimed are her husband, Sobhi, and son, Romeo.

The maimed are receiving treatment at Dar al-Amal university hospital.

The army's raid was part of a crackdown against wanted suspects that was kicked off earlier this week in the Bekaa region.

Later on Saturday, the army enjugged
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
two people in Brital and an arms cache containing shells and rifles was seized.

The military had earlier surrounded the town of Brital on all sides, blocking all roads leading to it.

It had also set up checkpoints ahead of a likely raid of the town.

The army and security forces had been carrying out in recent months raids in various regions throughout Leb in search of wanted runaways and suspected terrorists.
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Security Forces Arrest Sheikh and Fugitive in North, 11 Syrians in Bekaa
[AnNahar] Several people were locked away
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
Friday during raids by the army and the Internal Security Forces in the North district and the Bekaa region.

"The ISF Intelligence Bureau arrested Sheikh Osama Antar, aka Abu Ibrahim, during a raid in the al-Hawooz Street in Abi Samra" in the northern city of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, state-run National News Agency reported.

It said two computers belonging to him were seized during the operation.

Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase...
Voice of Leb radio (100.5) pointed out that Antar is the imam of al-Taqwa Mosque, in which prominent Salafist holy man Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi "used to deliver sermons."

Also in Tripoli, the army raided the house of runaway Islamist krazed killer Shadi al-Mawlawi in the al-Qobbeh neighborhood without finding him there, LBCI television said.

Elsewhere, army forces cracked down on the residence places of several desperados in the Akkar town of Bhannine.

Troops arrested Ali Hussein Akkoush on charges of "involvement along with others in opening fire at army troops," an army statement said, referring to recent deadly festivities between the army and Islamist gunnies in Bhannine.

The army statement also said 11 Syrians were arrested in the Bekaa area of Anjar for "moving inside Leb without carrying legal identification papers."

The army has been carrying out a major crackdown in Tripoli and the North in recent weeks, following unprecedented festivities with Islamist murderous Moslems in Tripoli's old souks and Bab al-Tabbaneh and the nearby town of Bhannine in the Minieh region.

Eleven troops, five civilians and an unknown number of gunnies were killed in the fierce gunbattles.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Explosion Targets Army Patrol in Arsal as Nusra Front Points Finger Hizbullah
[AnNahar] Al-Qaeda-affiliate al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
Front accused on Friday Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
of planting a landmine that went kaboom! in an army patrol on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal.

Three soldiers were maimed in a roadside kabooming that targeted their patrol in al-Raayan road in Arsal's Wadi Ata region as unknown gunnies shot up another patrol heading to inspect the site of the kaboom.

The state-run National News Agency said that the army's Special Forces fifth regiment patrol was targeted with the kaboom.

The army later said in a communique "a roadside kabooming targeted a military vehicle patrolling the outskirts of Arsal, wounding three soldiers."

The statement continued: "Unknown gunnies shot up another patrol accompanying a military expert to inspect the kaboom site."

"Soldiers responded to the sources of fire, pursuing assailants, who fled into the mountainous areas near the town."

Later on Friday, the army said two other bombs weighing 15 kilograms each were seized in the same location.

"A military expert detonated one of them on site and efforts are underway to dismantle the other one," the army added.

NNA reported that a colonel, a sergeant and a soldier were maimed in the assault.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked the military police and intelligence branch with carrying out the preliminary investigations regarding the bombing.

The Lebanese army later dismantled two bombs found near the kaboom site, NNA said.

Gunmen from al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front and the 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....
group are entrenched on the outskirts of Arsal on the porous Syrian-Lebanese border.

They engaged in a bloody fighting with the Lebanese army in August and took with them hostages from the military and police.

The snuffies later executed three of them and threatened to kill more if the Lebanese authorities failed to meet their demands.

Since then the army deployed heavily in Arsal and repelled several infiltration attempts after it blocked dirt roads near the town to stop the Lions of Islam from receiving supplies.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Terror Networks
GOT HIM! Supposedly Jihadi John is Wounded in US Airstrike
  • Jihadi John was in a bunker in northern Iraq with the leader of ISIS
  • A US airstrike destroyed the bunker, killing an estimated 10 ISIS leaders
  • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to have been injured in the airstrike
  • The Foreign Office confirmed they are investigating reports the injuries
  • A nurse claimed one of the men was the man who 'slaughtered journalists'

    [DailyMail] Jihadi John, the Briton who beheaded two British and two American hostages held by Islamic State terrorists, has been injured in a US-led air strike, according to reports received by the Foreign Office.

    The masked 'executioner' with a London accent is believed to have narrowly escaped death when he attended a summit of the group's leaders in an Iraqi town close to the Syrian border last Saturday.

    The meeting was targeted by American and Iraqi jets.

    'We are aware of reports that this individual [Jihadi John] has been injured, and we are looking into them,' a Foreign Office spokesman told The Mail on Sunday.

    This newspaper has received an independent account of how Jihadi John was injured and rushed to hospital after a devastating air strike in Al Qaim, in Anbar Province, Western Iraq.

    The Foreign Office spokesman added: 'We have a number of sources of information coming in.

    'The incident occurred last weekend, and so we have received the reports in the last few days. We don't have any representation inside Syria, and so it is difficult to confirm these reports.'
  • Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/16/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

    #1  Too bad they didn't splatter this a$$hole all over the desert.
    Posted by: JohnQC || 11/16/2014 13:50 Comments || Top||



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