[REUTERS] Four suicide kaboomers on Tuesday stormed a provincial police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22 police, an official said. Taliban forces of Evil immediately grabbed credit.
The attack in Pashtun-infested Logar province outside the capital, Kabul, was the latest to target Afghan cops following the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops at the end of last year.
In neighbouring Pakistain, another Taliban suicide attack on a provincial police headquarters killed at least seven people in the eastern city of Lahore, in what turbans called a Dire Revenge bid for the recent hangings of their colleagues.
The Afghan and Pak Taliban are separate groups that share the goal of establishing hard-line Islamic rule.
In the Afghan assault, the four attackers rushed the gates of the police compound in early afternoon, with one detonating his explosives-filled vest at the main gate and killing one policeman, Pashtun-infested Logar government front man Din Mohammad Darwish said.
The attack triggered a 25-minute battle with police, he said.
Another of the turbans reached the station's dining hall, killing 21 police and wounding seven when he detonated his vest, said Abdul Wali Toofan, Pashtun-infested Logar's deputy police chief. The other two attackers were killed with no further casualties.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a front man for the Taliban, grabbed credit on his official Twitter feed.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Six Afghan National Army soldiers have embraced martyrdom in a road side landmine kaboom while 64 snuffies have been killed in Afghan National Security Forces operations.
A statement issued by the Defense Ministry Monday morning does not contain information about the exact location of the kaboom where the soldiers were martyred but states that it happened in past 48 hours.
Statement further states that 63 snuffies were killed and 31 others injured during confrontation with the military in past 48 hours.
158 Improvised Explosive Devices (EIDs) were also discovered and defused by the military during the past 48 hours, the statement adds.
In the mean time, Interior Ministry in a statement issued Monday morning states that one bad boy was killed, another injured and five jugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in police operations in past 24 hours.
As per the statement, the operations were conducted in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. , Uruzgan, Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... , Ghazni, Kandahar, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , Zabul, Kunduz, Takhar and Sar-e-Pul provinces with the assistance from the Afghan National Army and personnel of the National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS).
Four IEDs were also defused by ANSF in Kunar and Khost province ... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name... s, the statement adds.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... of Afghanistan has tossed in the slammer You have the right to remain silent... four turbans in Kandahar, one of the restive provinces in the southern part of the country.
National Directorate of Security issuing a statement on Monday states that two of the arrested turbans are planners of suicide kaboom and two others are would-be suicide kaboomers.
The suicide kaboom planners are named as Shah Mohammad alias Qudratullah and Ronday who according to the statement had planned several attacks in Kandahar Province.
The statement adds that personnel of the National Directorate of Security have also arrested two would-be suicide attackers in Kandahar Province.
The would-be suicide attackers are named as Lala Jan alias Toor Jan and Asmatullah who had received assignments from a Taliban capo Hafiz to carry out suicide attacks in Kandahar Province, the statement said.
According to the statement, two homemade bombs, 60 kilograms of explosives and other terrorist materials were seized from the possession of the arrested would-be jacket wallahs.
National Directorate of Security statements usually do not contain information about the exact location and date of the event but their statements are issued after recent activities.
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[Ynet] Islamist gunnies killed four airport workers in a drive-by shooting in the centre of Mogadishu on Monday, the police and rebels said, showing the rebels can still carry out attacks in the capital even as they lose territory in the countryside.
The Mogadishu airport's deputy director was one of the people killed, according to Nur Ismail, a police officer. The attack took place near the airport in K4, a bustling business district. "Armed men in a car opened fire on Mogadishu airport aviation workers," Ismail said. "The workers died then and there and the attackers escaped."
[Libya Herald] Tripoli's Fashloum district was rocked by fighting for much of last night as residents fought back against the Nawasi Brigade who had reportedly seized a local man . . . Rest of it's behind the paywall.
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[Libya Herald] There are reports that at least 35 Egyptians have been kidnapped in what appears to be a round-up at various locations in areas controlled by Ansar Al-Sharia and IS.
The Libya Herald has been told that starting this morning, in the wake of the attack on Derna by warplanes from Egypt, Egyptian nationals, many of them it seems farm workers, have been picked up by gunmen. The first reports were that seven men had been seized, but by mid-afternoon, it was being said that at least 35 had been reported missing.
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[Iran Press TV] More than 160 suspected elements of Nigeria-based 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... terrorist group have been tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! near the border with Niger, according to Nigerien police.
"We would like to warmly thank the residents of the Diffa region whose assistance has allowed us to arrest more than 160 suspects," said Nigerien national police front man Adily Toro on Monday on a local television network.
Earlier this month, the border area came under attack by the notorious Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terror group.
Toro added that the suspects were being interrogated and face charges of conspiracy and terrorism.
The arrests came hundreds of people, displaced by the persisting battles, keep arriving at Zinder, Niger's second largest city.
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[AnNahar] Nigeria's military on Monday claimed the recapture of Monguno, a garrison town in northeast Borno state, after it was seized by 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... Islamist Lions of Islam last month.
The bandidos holy warriors suffered casualties and the military operation disrupted an attempt to re-supply fighters in the flashpoint town of Baga with weapons and food, a statement said.
"Troops in a military operation spearheaded by highly coordinated air assaults have completed the mission of clearing Death Eaters from Monguno and environs this morning," defense front man Chris Olukolade said.
Boko Haram seized Monguno on January 25, taking hold of a military base and a cache of weapons, after overpowering troops based in the town.
Losing Monguno was seen as a tough blow for the military given its proximity to Borno's capital Maiduguri, which Boko Haram has long eyed as a takeover target.
Fears that Boko Haram would use Monguno as a launching pad for an attack on Maiduguri were confirmed on February 1, when the Islamists stormed the state capital, before being repelled.
The military's claims of successes over Boko Haram have often been inconsistent with witness accounts but if confirmed the recapture of Monguno would add to a growing list of army victories this month.
According to defence officials, a new cooperation with neighboring militaries -- including Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , Chad and Niger -- has put the Salafist tough guys on the defensive, with several towns under rebel control retaken.
But the insurgency has persisted, including a huge assault of Gombe city Saturday by scores of bandidos holy warriors and a suicide kaboom in Yobe state's capital Damaturu on Sunday that killed 13.
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[AnNahar] Four people were killed when pro-president paramilitaries in Yemen's main southern city of Aden seized the state broadcaster from police allegedly controlled by Shiite Huthi militiamen, medics said on Monday.
Members of the so-called Popular Resistance Committees of pro-army rustics attacked special police guarding the complex, sparking fighting that lasted until dawn, PRC chief Hussain al-Wuhayshi said.
Medics at the city's Al-Jumhuriyah Hospital said two people on each side were killed.
On January 12, President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi appointed General Abdulrazaq al-Merwani, a Shiite known for his close ties to the Huthi militia that has seized power in Sanaa, as chief of the police special forces.
But less than a month later, on February 6, the Huthis ousted the government and dissolved parliament, tightening their grip after the Western-backed Hadi resigned in protest as the militia sought to extend its hold over the country.
The Popular Resistance Committees, loyal to Hadi, accuse the special police of cooperating with the Huthis.
"They are facilitating the entry of Huthi fighters into Aden to seize the city," Wuhayshi told AFP.
On Sunday, politicians and governors of three southern provinces -- Aden, Lahij, and Mahra -- formed a local group to oppose what they branded as the Huthi "coup".
They demanded Hadi's reinstatement and affirmed their support for Yemen becoming a federation based on the outcome of a national dialogue held last year.
[THEGUARDIAN] A man from Liverpool has been charged with attempting to obtain a chemical weapon, police have said.
The 31-year-old was incarcerated Please don't kill me! following a joint raid by the north-west counter-terrorism unit (NWCTU) and Merseyside police.
He was named as Mohammed Ammer Ali, of Prescot Road, Liverpool, and will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday.
The charge followed an investigation by NWCTU and Merseyside police, according to Greater Manchester police (GMP).
He is accused of attempting to have a chemical weapon in his possession between 10 January and 12 February, contrary to the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 and the Chemical Weapons Act 1996.
Police seized a number of items during searches at five addresses in Merseyside on 11 February.
Both GMP and Merseyside police said that at this time no plan or threat of an imminent attack either at home or abroad had been uncovered.
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What sort of chemical weapon? Your basic household cleaner bomb or something more sinister?
And yeah, I'm surprised as you that 'a man from Liverpool' isn't named John, George, Paul or Richard.
[Haaretz] After the defilement of Jewish graves in France Germany becomes second crime scene within a few days. A Jewish cemetery in the northern German city of Oldenburg was desecrated.
Swastikas were daubed on the entrance columns, a wall and two cars parked near the cemetery over the weekend, the Oldenburger Online newspaper reported. Police are investigating.
Over the past few years, the cemetery has been targeted by right-wing extremists, one of whom was sentenced to two yearsâ probation for throwing paint balls on the gravestones. A cowardly venue, attacking the dead.
It's tough when there are ever fewer living Jews to attack, except in the U.S. and Israel. What's left for a good Jew-hater to do?
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The Communists and the Nazi are on the same end of the spectrum. They are both statists. Who owns the means of production is one difference. The Communists have a higher body count. Both are imbued with evil intentions. The religious nuts, the theocrats are bucking for a place in this camp of evil.
[IsraelTimes] Defense attorney says case against his two clients 'thin'; men deny accusations of helping killer evade cops
Two men suspected of helping the gunman behind the deadly attacks in Copenhagen were incarcerated Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! for 10 days Monday as Danes mourned the victims of a shooting spree that authorities said may have been inspired by last month's terror attacks in Gay Paree.
They were accused of helping the gunman evade authorities and get rid of a weapon during the manhunt that ended early Sunday when the attacker was killed in a shootout with police, said Michael Juul Eriksen, the defense attorney for one of the two suspects.
Prosecutors had asked a judge to place them in four weeks of solitary confinement and the relatively short period of detention suggests the case against the men is "thin," added Juul Eriksen's assistant, Anders Rohde.
Rohde was speaking to news hounds after a four-hour custody hearing held behind closed doors for the men, who were not named.
Denmark's red-and-white flag flew at half-staff from official buildings Monday across the capital. Mourners placed flowers and candles at the cultural center where documentary filmmaker Finn Noergaard, 55, was killed and at the synagogue where Dan Uzan, a 37-year-old security guard, was bumped off.
There was also a smaller mound of flowers on the street at the location where the gunman was slain.
The prime ministers of Denmark and Sweden were expected to join thousands of people at memorials in Copenhagen on Monday evening.
Five adolescents aged 15 to 17 have been detained for questioning in eastern La Belle France over the vandalism of Jewish graves, a local prosecutor said on Monday.
All five are from the region of Sarre-Union in Alsace, where around 300 tombs were defaced and damaged on Thursday.
The youngest came forward after being shocked by the massive reaction across the country to the vandalism, prosecutor Philippe Vannier said.
"Apparently, he was very very affected by the scale of the reaction to this affair, including the statements from the highest state authorities," Vannier told news hounds.
The boy, who was encouraged to hand himself in by one of his friends, has denied any anti-Semitic motive, Vannier added.
He's similarly vandalized Catholic and Muslim graveyards, then? Perhaps sprayed the Star of David in Muslim gravestones and pentagrams on the Christian ones to be equally insulting?
"We don't know the motives of these adolescents who don't have past criminal records and we don't know of any ideological convictions that could explain their behaviour.
"They are very very shocked by the turn of events."
Punishment starts with them cleaning up all the damage they did.
The five boys pushed over tombstones in the cemetery and opened up vaults. A monument to the victims of the Holocaust at the entrance was also vandalized.
The incident was condemned by the government, with Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve calling it "a despicable act" on Sunday, while Prime Minister Manuel Valls described it as "anti-Semitic and ignoble" on Twitter.
It is not the first time that a Jewish cemetery in Sarre-Union has been targeted. In 1988, around 60 Jewish steles were knocked over, and 54 tombs were wrecked in 2001.
Apparently we're not to learn if their names were actually Henri Alkateb, Michel Sahnoun, and Toulouse Hannachi.
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French teens...
Five adolescents aged 15 to 17...
And yet, they are referred to multiple times in the article as boys
When I think 'boy', I think of someone about 8-12 years old. I expect this will be a new trend in the media. People having become cynical about the word 'youth'...
[DAILYCALLER] U.S.-based Islamist groups are pushing for rules that would shield Moslempoliticians and holy men from being charged with supporting jihad terrorism. Just like in Pakistain. Look how nice that works there.
The demands are being pushed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations ... the Moslem Brüderbund's American arm ... , just before Obama is slated to headline three days of White House meetings this week on federal efforts to mitigate the jihadi violence that is emerging from the growing population of Moslem immigrants.
Justice Department "policies should make clear that those who intervene to [stop attacks] should not suffer for it by being subjected to prosecution, watchlisting, or surveillance because of their association with a potential violent turban," said a CAIR ...designated a terrorist group by the UAE... statement.
"The Department of Justice should issue guidelines ... to protect those who act in good faith to prevent violent extremism by engaging with [Moslems] considering it in order to dissuade them," CAIR demanded.
CAIR will repeat its demand for more autonomy in a Tuesday presser in Minneapolis, Minn., with a group of self-described leaders of the immigrant Somali population.
"We welcome any tangible effort to educate and empower youth to make the right decisions and promote safety, but it needs to be a community-based, grassroots effort free of intelligence gathering disguised as community outreach," an CAIR official, Jaylani Hussein, said in a Jan. 23 press statement announcing the Feb. 17 event.U.S.-based Islamist groups are pushing for rules that would shield Moslempoliticians and holy mans from being charged with supporting jihad terrorism.
The demands are being pushed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, just before Obama is slated to headline three days of White House meetings this week on federal efforts to mitigate the jihadi violence that is emerging from the growing population of Moslem immigrants.
Justice Department "policies should make clear that those who intervene to [stop attacks] should not suffer for it by being subjected to prosecution, watchlisting, or surveillance because of their association with a potential violent turban," said a CAIR statement.
"The Department of Justice should issue guidelines ... to protect those who act in good faith to prevent violent extremism by engaging with [Moslems] considering it in order to dissuade them," CAIR demanded.
CAIR will repeat its demand for more autonomy in a Tuesday presser in Minneapolis, Minn., with a group of self-described leaders of the immigrant Somali population.
"We welcome any tangible effort to educate and empower youth to make the right decisions and promote safety, but it needs to be a community-based, grassroots effort free of intelligence gathering disguised as community outreach," an CAIR official, Jaylani Hussein, said in a Jan. 23 press statement announcing the Feb. 17 event.
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"More autonomy" -- sharia courts enforced by the government.
And notice that one of the guys on their side objected to the deportation of a clown that tipped off a suspect.
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NO. Now how about security cams in your mosques of hate and traitorous actions?
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Ok.
You won't be charged.
You however will be deported.
Out the back of a C-130 at 15,000 feet over the north atlantic.
[Ynet] A reputed al-Qaeda operative has decided to act as his own attorney at a US terrorism trial. Abid Naseer is expected to give an opening statement Tuesday in federal court in New York City.
The Pak defendant has pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." to charges he was part of a conspiracy in 2009 to bomb a mall in Manchester, England, and the subways in New York City. Prosecutors say the trial will feature evidence seized during the Navy SEAL raid in 2011 that left the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now beyond all cares and woe... dead. The jury also will hear testimony from undercover British intelligence officers who have been given permission to take the witness stand in disguises to conceal their identities.
[DAWN] A three-day polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... campaign kicked off amid tight security arrangements on Monday in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... 's Charsadda district.
According to a source, the drive is aimed at vaccinating 255,000 children across the district.
A total of 675 teams of Lady Health Workers (LHWs) have been designated for the campaign while 146 supervisors will be monitoring the district-wide drive which is to end Wednesday.
As part of the security measures taken up for a smooth execution of the drive, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Charsadda has imposed under Section 144 of the criminal procedure code a ban on the waving guns and pillion-riding of cycle of violences throughout the district.
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Resident Taliban thugs shooting doctors and nurses for administering UnIslamic medicine in 10...9...8...7...6...5
[DAWN] A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous banned extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi... (ASWJ) on Monday for spreading religious hatred, violating the Amplifier Act and interfering in governmental functions.
Station House Officer (SHO) Nawaz Bhatti at the the Secretariat cop shoppe registered the FOR which named party chief Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi along with other representatives of the ASWJ.
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[AnNahar] Pak officials said Monday they had killed the criminal mastermind behind a suicide kaboom at a mosque which killed 61 Shiite Moslems last month.
The January 30 blast hit the mosque in the Shikarpur district of the southern province of Sindh as hundreds of worshippers attended Friday prayers.
"We have been chasing Usman Saifullah Kurd since a long time. We finally got him yesterday and he was killed in the exchange of fire," Akbar Hussain Durrani, home secretary of the southwestern province of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... where Kurd was killed, told Agence La Belle France Presse.
"Kurd was a key commander of the Sunni hardliner group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... (LeJ) and was involved in the Shikarpur attack and many other major attacks in Sindh and Balochistan provinces, particularly against the Shiites and Hazara communities," he added.
Durrani said security forces received a tip that Kurd was having lunch at a restaurant in the city of Quetta, Balochistan's scenic provincial capital, where the LeJ group is particularly active.
"Kurd and his accomplices fired at the forces when they entered the restaurant, and in retaliation was killed along with another accomplice," he said.
"Two soldiers were also injured in the operation while another myrmidon was locked away Please don't kill me! alive."
A security bigshot in Quetta said Kurd was the main instigator behind the Shikarpur assault, and confirmed the details of the raid.
Hundreds of Shiites from the Hazara ethnic group have been killed in numerous attacks by the LeJ in Balochistan. The province is also rife with separatist militancy and is a no-go area for many Paks.
The sectarian violence has however now spread to the rest of the country as well. On February 13 a total of 22 Shiite Moslems were killed in the northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. when three jacket wallahs attacked their mosque during main Friday prayers.
The country has stepped up its fight against forces of Evil since Taliban gunnies massacred more than 150 people, most of them children, at a school in Peshawar in December.
Exactly who these people were and why they were killed is not clear, but Col Qasim al-Obeidi said he believed some were members of the security forces.
IS fighters captured much of the town, near Ain al-Asad air base, last week.
Col Obeidi said a compound that houses the families of security personnel and local officials was now under attack.
He pleaded for help from the government and the international community.
The fighting and poor communications in the area make it difficult to confirm such reports.
Earlier this month, IS published a video showing militants burning alive a Jordanian air force pilot, whose plane crashed in Syria in December.
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Al-Baghdadi had been besieged for months by Islamic State fighters before its fall on Thursday.
It had been one of the few towns to still be controlled by the Iraqi government in Anbar province, where IS and allied Sunni Arab tribesmen launched an offensive in January 2014.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm John Kirby told reporters on Friday that al-Baghdadi's capture needed to be put in perspective.
He said it was the first time in the last couple of months that the jihadist group had taken new ground.
However, Ain al-Asad air base, where about 320 US Marines are training members of the Iraqi army's 7th Division, is only 8km (5 miles) away.
The base was itself attacked by IS militants, among them several suicide bombers, on Friday. The militants were eventually repelled by Iraqi troops backed by US-led coalition aircraft.
In a separate development on Tuesday, the influential Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr announced he was withdrawing his forces from an umbrella group of Shia militia fighting IS alongside the Iraqi army.
He cited what he called the bad behaviour of other militia within the Popular Mobilisation Forces, whom he accused of "wreaking havoc through murdering, kidnapping and violating sanctuaries".
Shia militia have been accused of kidnapping and killing scores of Sunni civilians since Islamic State launched an offensive in northern Iraq last June that saw it seize large swathes of the country.
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45 more burned by these A55holes and the Pentagon spokeshole says to put it in perspective? PERSPECTIVE? this says a lot abou the Admin's thinking when the WH spokes hole doesn't even say anything.
I don't know who disgusts me worse; ISIS ( at least they believe in something) or the POS Imposter in Chief in the WH who is building a climate change legacy.
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Well, luckily they won't do that to our soldiers/Marines if we ever happen to get into combat. After all, we scrupulously followed the Geneva Conventions on treatment of POWs, so that these groups would return the favor and not mistreat our guys. /sarcasm
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And our state blondie says what they need is a jobs program.
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pretty obviously the ISIS-generation unemployment is high, and if we had just had a JOBS program, they wouldn't have done this, right, Marie?
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Kinda begs the question "Why are they unemployed?"
[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, a security source in Salahuddin province said, that 19 elements of al-Hashed al-Sha'bi forces have been either killed or injured in violent festivities with the ISIS group holy warriors in southern Tikrit.
The source stated to IraqiNews in an interview, "Violent festivities broke out today between the Iraqi security forces backed by al-Hashed al-Sha'bi fighters and the ISIS group holy warriors in the area of Dijla, located in southern Tikrit."
"The festivities resulted in killing 8 elements of al-Hashed al-Sha'bi and wounding 11 others," the source added.
[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, a security source in Salahuddin province said, that 10 elements of al-Hashed al-Sha'bi forces have been injured in a suicide kaboom that took place in southern Tikrit.
The source stated to IraqiNews in an interview, "A jacket wallah driving a vehicle has blown up himself in a military post for the Iraqi Volunteer Forces (also known as al-Hashed al-Sha'bi forces) on the road which links between the districts of Dijla and Samarra," noting that, "The kaboom resulted in wounding 10 elements of al-Hashed forces."
"The security forces have foiled another suicide kaboom attempt in the same area,” the source added.
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Tikrit Terribilities
Once again, tw brings the headline heat. Steee-rike!
[IraqiNews.com] On Sunday, a source within the police force said, that two people have been killed and at least seven others were maimed in two kabooms in al-Waziriyah, located in northern Baghdad.
The source informed IraqiNews, "This evening, a bomb went off in the area of al-Waziriyah in northern Baghdad, followed by another kaboom near the location of the first kaboom," noting that, "The two kabooms resulted in killing two people and wounding at least seven others."
Security forces transferred the injured to a hospital for medical treatment and the dead to the Forensic Medicine Authority," the source added.
[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, Baghdad Operations Command announced, that 27 snuffies have been killed and 162 explosives were removed in an extensive security operation in northern Baghdad.
Baghdad Operations Command said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews, "On the second day in a row, Iraqi troops of Baghdad Operations Command are advancing in an security operation to liberate the areas of al-Hawra, al-Buhairat and Tal-Tasa, located in northern Baghdad," adding that, "Army forces have managed to kill 27 snuffies and remove 162 bombs, in addition to destroying a number of vehicles and cycle of violences that belonged to the myrmidons."
[IraqiNews.com] On Sunday, a source within the paramilitary Kurdish Peshmerga forces said, that 15 ISIS elements have been killed in an air strike by the international coalition in western djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... The source informed IraqiNews, "This evening, warplanes of the international coalition conducted an air strike on a gathering site for the ISIS group Lions of Islam in the outskirts of Sinjar district," noting that, "The air strike resulted in killing around 15 elements of the ISIS group."
"Most of the dead were of European nationalities," the source added.
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[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, violent festivities broke out between the security forces and ISIS murderous Moslems after ISIS attacked al-Falahat area west of Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids... according to a security source in Anbar province.
The source informed IraqiNews.com, "The ISIS murderous Moslems launched this evening a violent attack on al-Falahat area west of Fallujah, where Habbaniyah military base is located, which led to the outbreak of violent festivities that are still ongoing."
"The Iraqi Army Aviation has participated in repelling the attack and bombed a number of targets," it added.
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[AnNahar] Bahrain has deployed fighter jets to Jordan to support the U.S.-led air campaign against 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, Jordan's information minister said on Monday.
The move comes a week after the United Arab Emirates deployed an F-16 squadron to Jordan to take part in the air strikes against the jihadists who control swathes of Iraq and Syria.
"This move highlights the brotherly ties between Jordan and Bahrain, and comes in line with our belief in the importance of the war against terrorism," Information Minister Mohammad al-Momani told Agence La Belle France Presse.
"Jordan appreciates the support provided by Bahrain, as we also appreciate UAE support too."
The UAE had suspended its participation in the air campaign against IS in Syria after a Jordanian pilot was captured by the jihadists in December but resumed it last week after IS posted grisly video of the airman's murder.
Bahraini state media did not specify the number of aircraft that had been sent to Jordan on Sunday but said the deployment was to assist in "international efforts to eliminate terrorism."
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with all theseF-16s beingdeployed and Champ's refusal to provide target data, wonder how soon before spare parts and other maintenance items evome 'unavaible?'
[REUTERS] A court in Jordan placed in durance vile Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! the deputy head of the country's Moslem Brüderbund on Sunday for publicly criticizing the United Arab Emirates, in a verdict his lawyer described as illegal and an attack on free speech.
The military court sentenced Zaki Bani Rushaid to 18 months in prison after convicting him of souring ties with a foreign country, a judicial source said.
He is the most high-profile political figure in decades to be imprisoned in Jordan, a U.S. ally that has so far been spared the turmoil that has spread across much of the Middle East following the Arab Spring revolts.
Bani Rushaid was jugged Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! in November after criticizing the UAE on social media for designating the Brotherhood, which is Jordan's biggest opposition party, as a terrorist group and thereby serving Israeli interests. His arrest was condemned by rights groups.
The UAE is one of Jordan's main financial backers and the two countries are close political allies, both participating in U.S.-led air strikes against 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.... gunnies in Syria and Iraq.
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[ARA] Nine people, including three children, were killed Monday in rebel fire on a government-held neighborhood in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, Syria's state news agency SANA said.
It said they were killed in Hay al-Seryan, in government-controlled west Aleppo, but gave no further details.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based activist group that monitors the war, also reported nine deaths, but said that 4 children had been killed.
It said another 20 people were maimed.
Once Syria's industrial powerhouse, Aleppo has been divided between government control in the west of the city and opposition control in the east since shortly after fighting began there in mid-2012.
Government forces regularly carry out Arclight airstrikes on rebel-held neighborhoods.
More than 210,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict, which began with peaceful demonstrations in 2011, but devolved into civil war after a government crackdown on protesters.
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[Ynet] The United States and its coalition partners launched two air strikes against 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.... targets in Syria and 13 strikes against targets in Iraq on Sunday and Monday, according to the US military.
In Syria, fighter planes and drones destroyed multiple oil dumps near Dayr az Zawr and struck "a large tactical unit" near Kobani, according to the Combined Joint Task Force, which is leading the air operations. In Iraq, coalition forces launched 13 air strikes near Al Asad, Al Qaim, Bayji, Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids... Haditha, djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Rawah and Tal Afar, the Combined Joint Task Force said. Tactical units, buildings and vehicles were targeted.
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Isn't 15 air strikes about 2 sorties a plane for an Air Force Squadron?
[ARA] The Syrian regime forces transferred hundreds of political prisoners from Adra central prison in Damascus to other detention centers in Syria, including the central prisons of Hamah, Sweida, Tartous, Homs and Latakia.
Speaking to ARA News in Damascus, civil rights activist Ahmed Sabbagh said that the pro-regime forces moved about 1500 prisoners from the Central Prison of Adra in Damascus suburb to other prisons in other Syrian cities, "after the battles between Assad forces and opposition fighters started to approach the town of Adra".
Syrian activists considered the transfer process illegal and a violation to the international standards of prisoners' rights, and that the regime forces have committed abuses against some of the detainees who were transferred to other prisons, especially in the central prison of Hamah, which is known for the systematic torture towards prisoners.
The pro-Assad forces have transferred detained director of the Syrian Center for Freedom of Expression, Mazen Darwish, from Adra to the central prison of Hama, according to a statement issued by the center ‐run by Darwish's colleagues.
In other developments, the pro-regime forces imposed a siege on the town of Muadamiyat al-Sham in the western countryside of Damascus, to prevent potential advance by rebels of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) ‐who are in control of the town. controlled the town. for the Syrian News Channel (linked to the regime) to prepare reports in the city, civil rights activist Yezen Ibrahim, from Damascus, stated to ARA News.
Speaking to ARA News in Damascus, civil rights activist Yezen Ibrahim reported that the pro-regime forces targeted residential neighborhoods in Muadamiyat al-Sham with heavy artillery "launched from the regime-held headquarters of the Fourth Military Division".
"At least three FSA fighters were killed during the attack,"
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[ARA] On Monday, at least 17 turbans of 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 (IS/ISIS) were killed during attacks by the Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in the countryside of Hasakah in northeastern Syria, the YPG's Media Center reported.
Officials of the YPG's Media Center told ARA News their units carried out "strategic military operations" against IS forces of Evil near the village of Tweina (10 km west of Hasakah city), which resulted in the destruction of an IS-led armored vehicle.
"Our (YPG) units also clashed with another terrorist group, killing 5 and wounding some others."
"In the village of Matfina, our fighters were able to kill four IS forces of Evil and injure at least two others," the YPG's Media Center reported.
The Kurdish fighters of the YPG also attacked IS strongholds in Abu Rifaa farm near al-Kharita Square in southern Hasakah, killing eight IS hard boys.
ARA News could not verify the exact number of the YPG's losses in the recent battles.
Speaking to ARA News, Jomerd Temir, a member of the YPG forces in Hasakah, said their units carried out Monday evening another attack against IS headquarters on the road linking Tel Temir town to Hasakah city, which resulted in the destruction of a number of the group's manned-vehicles. No reports of casualties.
The military operations expanded in the countryside of Hasakah, where festivities broke out between the pro-Assad forces and the Islamic State turbans in the eastern and southern countryside of Hasakah, while similar festivities continue between the YPG forces and IS bully boyz in the western countryside of the city.
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[AnNahar] Renewed air strikes by the United Arab Emirates against 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 have hit oil refineries run by the jihadists, the state news agency reported on Monday.
F-16 fighter jets based in Jordan "targeted oil refineries controlled by the Daesh (Islamic State) organization, with the aim of drying up its sources of finance," the WAM agency said, using an Arabic acronym for IS.
It said the strikes took place last Tuesday and Thursday but did not specify the location of the targets.
A U.S.-led coalition of Western and Arab nations launched air strikes against IS last year after the jihadist group seized control of large parts of Iraq and Syria.
The UAE had suspended its strikes after the jihadists captured a Jordanian pilot whose plane went down in December. He was later brutally murdered by IS in a video posted online.
But the UAE said last Tuesday it had resumed the strikes, after deploying a squadron of F-16s to Jordan on February 8.
Abu Dhabi had reportedly sought and obtained guarantees from Washington on boosting its ability to rescue downed coalition pilots.
Coalition strikes have frequently targeted oil facilities seized by the jihadists, who according to some estimates earn more than $1 million per day from oil sales.
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#1
Maybe we should bomb whoever is buying from these monsters?
#2
Striking the tanks, full of instant revenue, not the piping and delivery infrastructure. They don't want to burn the wells. A lesson was learned in Kuwait.
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[IraqiNews.com] On Sunday, a source within the paramilitary Kurdish Peshmerga forces said, that 15 ISIS elements have been killed in an air strike by the international coalition in western 
