It has happened to you, several times.... You click into Rantburg. It’s not there. Heart beats faster, skips a few beats..... Some minutes later, you check again.... still not there.....
Ah — there is that click – finally brings Rantburg back online----
Later you find out, Fred has been under the hood or just too many DNS hits.
Join me in the future...... you do that click to Rantburg, not there. First day, occasionally clicking. Second day, maybe clicking once an hour.
Third day..... your searching.... “What is going on?”
And on the fourth day.... panic mood sets in......
It’s a dream from which you awake..... but it could happen you know.
For Mayor Fred, the Rantburg cupboard has gone to it’s ever most emptiness.
He needs your help, and you need Fred’s help.... How else to amaze your friends with the depth of knowledge you get from Rantburg U?
And a little secret for me that keeps me near Rantburg, seems there are some higher ups that keep a close look on Rantburg.... thoughts/words have meaning.... and are being read.
Dig deep this time Rantburgers.... and I mean deep...... Mayor Fred has enough worries without wondering whether or not every three months Sherry is gonna post a bleg that gets results...
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Deep folks, dig really deep.... with the world as it is...... we now need Mayor Fred more than ever....
It’s up to you.... I challenge you to do it..... I have..........
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I use the regular donation thingy on the front page, it's easy and painless. We all should think about doing that.
Also, we do as much of our shopping on Amazon as we can and always go to Amazon via their link on the front page. That must add up.
But since we are broke yet again, I will up our monthly donation. It's not good enough- sending Fred (or Sherry) out with the begging bowl when we get the benefit of this unique place, and his hard work. Let's not be users.
[Al Ahram] Gunmen opened fire Wednesday at the Bardo museum in Tunisia's capital, killing at least 22 people, including 20 foreign tourists, in one of the worst attacks in this struggling North African democracy that depends heavily on tourism.
"There are 22 dead including 20 South African, French, Polish and Italian tourists," interior ministry front man Mohammed Ali Aroui told AFP, without providing further details on the identities of the victims.
Men with assault rifles fired at tourists climbing from buses in front of the National Bardo Museum in central Tunis near the country's parliament, sending dozens sprinting for safety. Two gunnies were killed, but Prime Minister Habib Essid said a manhunt was on for at two or three others.
The identity of the attackers wasn't clear. Twitter accounts associated with the krazed killerIslamic 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 based in Syria and Iraq were described as overjoyed at the attack, urging Tunisians to "follow their brothers," according to Rita Katz of SITE, a U.S.-based organization that monitors bully boy groups.
However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's foreign policy Chief Federica Mogherini blamed Islamic State on Wednesday for the attack and said that "with the attack that has struck Tunis today, the Daesh terrorist organization is once again targeting the countries and peoples of the Mediterranean region".
About 50 people were maimed in the attack, which began after noon local time, according to Tunisian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
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Security forces immediately flooded the area around the museum, and Tunisia's parliament building, where deputies were debating a new anti-terrorism law, was evacuated.
Dozens of tourists scrambled from the museum holding hands or linking arms as Tunisian security forces pointed their guns toward an adjacent building. At least one couple carried two children.
According to Essid, the dead include two gunnies, a Tunisian security officer and a Tunisian cleaning woman, while the rest were tourists from Italia, Poland, Germany and Spain. The Spanish Foreign Ministry has confirmed one dead.
Tunisia has been struggling to keep krazed killer violence at bay since the overthrow of its dictator in 2011, and the attack was the worst on a tourist site since an al-Qaeda boom-mobile killed 21 people -- mostly Germans -- in 2002.
"Our nation is in danger," Essid warned in an address on national television Wednesday evening after the siege ended.
"We will be merciless in the defense of our country," he added, describing the attack as an unprecedented assault on Tunisia's economy. He promised increased security in tourist zones and asked residents to be extra alert.
Several other people were reported maimed in the attack, including three Poles and at least two Italians. The Italian Foreign Ministry said 100 other Italians had been taken to a secure location.
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Tourism in Tunisia? Think the wife and I will choose another destination for our vacation this year.
[Iran Press TV] At least 12 militias loyal to Libya's 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... -based government have been killed during festivities with ISIL 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... snuffies close to the central city of Sirte.
"Twelve heroes of the Libyan army have been killed treacherously at Noufliyeh," Tripoli authorities said on Wednesday.
Noufliyeh is a stronghold of the Takfiri gunnies who have been in control of vast regions around Sirte since February, they added.
As of yet there have been no reports in relation to ISIL casualties.
According to the Tripoli-based defense ministry, the fighting broke out on Saturday after ISIL fighters blocked a coastal road in protests to the arrests of some of their leaders.
The Tripoli-based General National Congress, backed by the Fajr Libya militias controlling the capital, are waging a war against the official Libyan army, supported by the Tobruk-based parliament, in the far east of the country.
The new Tripoli rulers have set up a rival parliament and government not recognized by the international community.
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[Al Ahram] Almost all of the 436 mosques in the Central African Republic have been destroyed by months of vicious fighting between Christians and Moslems, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... said Tuesday, calling the devastation "kind of crazy, chilling."
Samantha Power spoke to news hounds after a Security Council visit last week to the country. She expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... about an upcoming possible security vacuum as European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and French forces pull out and a U.N. peacekeeping force is still not at full strength.
At least 5,000 people have been killed since Central African Republic went kaboom! into unprecedented sectarian violence in December 2013. Nearly 1 million of the Texas-sized country's 4.5 million residents have been displaced. Many of those who have fled are Moslem.
Power said 417 of the country's mosques have been destroyed. She visited the one remaining Moslem neighborhood in the capital, Bangui, and described the residents as "a terrified population."
Some Moslem women, afraid of leaving the community while wearing their veils, are choosing to give birth in their homes instead of hospitals, the ambassador said.
U.N. peacekeepers, French forces and a European Union military operation have tried to calm the violence. But Power said the last of the EU force of about 750 troops left the Central African Republic over the weekend, shortly after the Security Council visit.
"That's a big dropoff in capability," she said. Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the space pirate fleet to attack Zemblonia... the French forces have announced a "substantial drawdown" by the end of this year. La Belle France had sent 2,000 troops to its former colony.
The U.N. peacekeeping force remains at about 80 percent of its planned strength of about 10,000, Power said. The U.N. secretary-general last month asked for more than 1,000 additional peacekeepers, and Power said the council is "very favorably disposed" to the request.
She said the combined forces have "averted a worst-case scenario," but the country's roving gangs remain armed.
The ambassador called that a deep cause for concern and said disarmament is a "huge priority."
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Good, are we suppposed to feel sorry for the displaced moslems. I'm sure the saudis or pakis will take them.
To hell with them I say.
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At least 5,000 people have been killed since Central African Republic exploded into unprecedented sectarian violence in December 2013.
What pray tell was the cause of this unprecedented violence. Oh, a mostly peaceful coup by muslim militias - the Seleka. According to Wiki, the Seleka weren’t an overtly religious movement, but they were mostly Muslim. Nevertheless this non overtly religious but mostly muslim group still has a penchant for indiscriminately lobbing grenades into random Churches, and who occasionally relapse, just like a smoking habit, who relapse into Christian massacring and summary executions. But you know, colonialism.
One OWG elitist underdog is another mans purveyor of sharia law. #BringOurGirlsBack ended with the photo op. Had they stayed with the story, one would have learned the girls were last seen in a CAR town under guard by former Seleka militia men, suggesting a synergy with Boko Haram. But never mind that, here's a better narrative to promote our enlighten vision of swirled peas being met via more muslim outreach and sympathies, some Muslim women, afraid of leaving the community while wearing their veils, are choosing to give birth in their homes instead of hospitals, the US ambassador said. Oh the poor dears.
[Iran Press TV] Unidentified gunnies have assassinated a senior member of Yemen's Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... movement in the capital, Sana'a.
Security officials confirmed Wednesday that Abdul Karim al-Khiwani was attacked by gunnies on a cycle of violence earlier in the day.
Khiwani was a member of the Ansarullah movement's Revolutionary Committee in charge of administering the affairs of the capital, Sana'a.
Al-Massira television channel, which is run by the Houthis, confirmed the death of the big shot. Another leading member of the Houthis, Mohammed al-Bekheiti, said the liquidation took place on Sana'a Street, where Khiwani's house is located.
Mohammed al-Khiwani, the son of the slain leader, said gunnies left his father in "a pool of blood" in front of his home and escaped. He was transferred to hospital but died of excessive bleeding.
Abdul Karim al-Khiwani, also a top journalist and a respected writer, was a representative of Ansarullah movement in the UN-sponsored national talks which concluded January last year. The meetings ended in a peace plan which divided Yemen into six federative regions. Houthis strongly opposed the initiative and continued fighting until they took control of the capital in September.
No group has yet grabbed credit for Khiwani's liquidation, although some analysts believe that forces loyal to Yemeni runaway President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi may have been behind the killing.
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[Iran Press TV] An envelope intended for the White House has tested positive for cyanide, according to a statement from the US Secret Service.
The Tuesday statement said the letter, received at an off-site mail screening facility, returned a "presumptive positive for cyanide" and was transferred to another site for further testing.
The Secret Service, which is responsible for US President Barack Obama Jedi mind meld... 's security, did not disclose if the letter was addressed to him or what had led the agents to test it.
"As this is an ongoing investigation, the Secret Service will have no additional comment," the statement read.
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A little 'Dog Wagging' for deflective purposes by someone at the WH, I perceive.
You can find low levels of cyanides (Detectable by the security process they apparently used) in a lot of things, not the least of which are certain foods including almonds, millet sprouts, lima beans, soy, spinach, bamboo shoots, and cassava roots.
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You can find low levels of cyanides (Detectable by the security process they apparently used) in a lot of things, not the least of which are certain foods including almonds, millet sprouts, lima beans, soy, spinach, bamboo shoots, and cassava roots.
[Al Ahram] Pakistain's military said it killed 34 Death Eaters Wednesday in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against turbans that began last year.
The Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam ...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver.... bully boy groups are based in Khyber, one of seven autonomous tribal districts along Pakistain's western border, which became a hideout for Islamist Death Eaters following the US-led invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan in 2001.
"In precise aerial strikes in Tirah, Khyber region, 34 bad boyz were potted today," the military said in a statement.
The military began its latest offensive in Khyber in October 2014, four months after a similar operation in the North Wazoo district which was triggered by a bloody Taliban attack on 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... airport that sank faltering peace talks.
Both conflict zones are off-limits to journalists, making it difficult to verify the number and identity of those killed.
Rights activists are wary of the corpse counts given by the military and say many women and kiddies have also died.
Air strikes, artillery, mortars and ground troops have all been used to take back territory.
Also Wednesday a 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... worker was rubbed out in the tribal district of Bajaur, underscoring the continuing violence against vaccination teams as Pakistain tries to eradicate the crippling childhood disease that is endemic in only two other countries -- Nigeria and Afghanistan.
"A polio worker was rubbed out while another sustained injuries when they were fired upon while administering polio drops in Khamangra neighbourhood of Nawagai area in Bajaur tribal district," local administration official Fayaz-ul-Haq Sherpao told AFP.
The attack was confirmed by another senior administration official, Sohail Ahmed Khan. It brings to 78 the number killed in attacks on immunisation teams since December 2012.
Talibs have long claimed the polio vaccination drive is a front for espionage or a conspiracy to sterilise Moslems. They intensified their strikes after the CIA recruited a doctor to carry out a fake immunisation drive to help track down Al Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest... .
Last year the number of polio cases recorded in Pakistain soared to 306, the highest in 14 years.
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[DAWN] Two coppers were killed and as many others were maimed in separate incidents in the city on Tuesday.
Police said that two coppers were standing at a police checkpoint at the Banaras traffic intersection when armed pillion riders emerged there, fired at them and rode away.
Constables Sajid Mehmood, 40, and Kabeer Aslam, 35, sustained critical bullet wounds and were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors declared Mehmood dead.
The police suspected the involvement of certain drug peddlers in the incident.
In the second incident, a policeman was rubbed out and another maimed in an encounter in Ferozabad. Police said that two robbers were looting passers-by on Khalid bin Waleed Road when a police patrol reached there.
In an ensuing encounter, one policeman, Mohammed Marfat Shah, 32, was killed and constable Mehtab Imtiaz, 35, was maimed.
The Ferozabad police said both robbers managed to escape in a maimed condition.
The dead and maimed were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
Suspect killed in 'encounter'
A suspect was rubbed out in an alleged encounter in Ittehad Town on Tuesday evening.
A police team acting on a tip-off conducted a targeted raid on the route D-11 bus terminus, where a suspect, Gul Hyder, 22, was killed in an encounter, claimed Ittehad Town SHO Imtiaz Mirjat.
He said that the dear departed was involved in the incidents of murder and extortion in the area. The police claimed to have recovered a pistol from his custody.
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[DAWN] The execution of one of the five convicts in non-terrorism cases at Adiala jail on Wednesday was suspended on the direction of a court.
On the other hand, two convicts in non-terrorism crimes - Nadeem Zaman and Mohammad Javed - were hanged in the jail early on Tuesday. The bodies were later handed over to their heirs by the prison officials.
The jail authorities received the death warrants of Mohammad Shabir, Shaukat Ali, Talib Hussain, Rab Nawaz and Qadir Ahmed after their mercy petitions were rejected by the president.
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[DAWN] Banned bad boy organization Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) on Wednesday took responsibility for the killing of Pakistain Moslem League - Nawaz's (PML-N) 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. chapter President Haji Sardar Khan.
He was rubbed out in Yakatoot area of Peshawar. I thought Yakatoot was in Alaska? Did they move it?
Last year in July, president of the Khuzdar city chapter of PML-N Haji Muhammad Alam Jattak was rubbed out in 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... 's Khuzdar district.
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[IraqiNews.com] The Ministry of Defense announced Monday, that 54 ISIS elements, including 3 big shots, have been killed in operations by the army forces in al-Anbar province.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews, "Based on accurate intelligence received by Anbar Operations Command, security forces have managed to kill 50 terrorists, including 3 top leaders, among which was one identified as Ismail Walid in the area of Albu-Hais," pointing out that, "The gunnies were meeting in Albu-Hais area near the communications tower."
In al-Haiytaween area, Iraqi forces burned one of the houses and killed 4 Lions of Islam who were hiding in it," the statement added.
[IraqiNews.com] Deputy commander of the Golden Division in Anbar province, Brigadier General Abdul Amir al-Khazraji said Tuesday, that his forces have been able to repel the deadliest four-day long ISIS attack on the city of Ramadi, indicating that the attack was conducted by jacket wallahs using vehicle bombs and bombs.
Khazraji informed IraqiNews.com, "A force of Counter-Terrorism, in cooperation with the local police and the tribal fighters, was able to repel the deadliest ISIS attack in Andalusia regions and the officers and teachers neighborhoods in downtown Ramadi," noting that, "The attack lasted for four days."
Khazraji added that, "Our forces managed to repel the attack conducted by jacket wallahs wearing boom belts, vehicle bombs, bombs and other weapons," indicating, "Major material and human causalities were infected upon ISIS ranks."
Anbar province decided on March 11th to impose a four-day curfew on the city of Ramadi to protect civilians from ISIS attacks.
[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, Anbar Provincial Council announced, that the comprehensive curfew that had been imposed for five days on the city of Ramadi, was lifted today.
Member of Anbar Provincial Council, Azal Obeid, stated to IraqiNews in an interview, "The security authorities have decided to lift the curfew that lasted for five days in Ramadi on the back of violent festivities between the security forces and ISIS forces of Evil in different areas of the city."
"Life has come back to normal in the market areas of the city," he added.
[IraqiNews.com] Baghdad Operations Command announced that the second phase of the operation, named as martyr Najim Al-Sudani, has started to liberate the east and center of Karma district from the snuffies 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.... of Iraq and the Levant today. Statement by BOC, received by IraqiNews.com cited that "The second phase of the operation has started to liberate the east and center of Karma district from the snuffies of the ISIL," noting that "The operation is led and supervised by the commander of the BOC". The statement added "The results of the fight in the twelfth day are represented by killing 25 terrorists, 6 snipers and dismantling 34 houses and 192 bombs, destroying 14 VBIED, and attacking on some terrorist groups".
[IraqiNews.com] On Tuesday, Baghdad Operations Command said, that 7 holy warriors have been killed in a security operation by the army forces in the district of al-Karma.
Baghdad Operations said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews, "The army forces conducted an artillery strike on one of the ISIS hideouts in the district of al-Karma, located 53 km east of Ramadi," pointing out that, "The operation resulted in killing 7 holy warriors and destroying two vehicles that belonged to them."
Noteworthy, Baghdad Operations Command announced yesterday, that the army forces have gained full control over the Bridge of al-Shiekha, located in northwest of al-Karma district.
[IraqiNews.com] ”The Iraqi planes have thrown leaflets on Heet district asking the civilians to evacuate the district in order to start a military operation to liberate it from the control of the Lions of Islam of the ISIL," security source told IraqiNews.com.
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[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, a security source in Kirkuk province said, that the paramilitary Kurdish Peshmerga forces have gained control over three villages in southern Kirkuk.
The source informed IraqiNews, "The Peshmerga forces have managed to liberate the villages of Khaled, Saad and al-Wehda in the district of Daquq, located 35 km south of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... " pointing out that, "These forces are now in the centre of the villages, working to remove the explosives that ISIS bandidosLions of Islam planted in the area."
“The Peshmgera forces are chasing the ISIS hard boyz who have fled to the surrounding villages," the source added.
[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, a security source in Kirkuk province announced, that 17 elements of the ISIS group, including 3 top leaders, have been killed in an air strike by the international coalition in southern Kirkuk.
The source stated to IraqiNews in an interview, "This morning, warplanes of the international coalition have carried out an air strike against an ISIS rank that was on its way to aid the ISIS group's Lions of Islam who were clashing with the paramilitary Peshmerga forces in the villages of Saad, al-Wehda and Khaled in the district of Daquq, located 35 km south of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... " pointing out that, "The air strike resulted in killing 17 ISIS elements including 3 leaders who hold an Arabic citizenship."
Arabic citizenship? An interesting locution...
"The ISIS rank consisted of nine vehicles and carried loads of weaponry and equipment."
The source, who requested anonymity, added, "Seizing the three villages in Daquq is of strategic importance because the villages are only 250 meters away from the International Road which links between Kirkuk and Baghdad provinces."
[IraqiNews.com] The Peshmerga Ministry within Kurdistan Regional Government announced forming an investigating over killing a Canadian officer and injuring three of his colleagues by mistake.
A statement by the Peshmerga Ministry received by IraqiNews.com "The Ministry held the investigation over this accident and informed the Canadian partner to participate in the US-Led Coalition against ISIL."
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Nice turn of events in Daquq. Usuall most news from Iraq has people saying Dafuq.
[RFE/RL] Ten Iraqi civilians have died of hunger in Haditha in Anbar province, Sabah Karhout, the head of Anbar's provincial council said. Karhout blamed Iraq's Trade Ministry for their deaths, saying that no humanitarian aid has reached the town even though Iraqi security forces have liberated the highway to Baghdadi township and the Ayn Al-Asad military base.
Iraqi security forces have liberated most of Haditha, but the southwestern parts of the town remain under IS control.
These accounts come amid reports that the ministry, which is in charge of the public food distribution program, is set to open an air bridge and a ground route to transfer aid to Haditha and Baghdadi.
[Al Ahram] US warplanes have bombed a small drone used by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... forces of Evil in Iraq, marking the first time American-led forces had targeted an unmanned aircraft flown by the jihadists, officials said Wednesday.
The strike took place on Tuesday near the western city 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... destroying "a remotely piloted aircraft" and a vehicle with the IS forces, according to a statement from the US military command overseeing the campaign against the group.
The drone, used for battlefield surveillance, was "small-scale" and not a sophisticated aircraft equivalent to some US-made robotic planes that can fly at high altitudes or launch missiles, US defense officials said.
After flying the drone for a short period, Islamic State faceless myrmidons placed it on a vehicle. American aircraft then struck the vehicle near Fallujah, officials said.
The United States relies heavily on its own fleet of drones for air operations in Iraq and Syria, using them to bomb targets as well as provide intelligence on IS movements on the ground.
The Syrian regime said Tuesday it had shot down an American drone near the coastal province of Latakia and Pentagon officials acknowledged that a robotic aircraft had lost contact in the area.
The air strike on the IS drone was among 11 carried out by US-led aircraft in Iraq and two conducted in Syria on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
The strikes included five air raids near the western town of Ramadi in Iraq, with two IS-held bridges targeted along with a sniper position, an excavator and an IS "tactical unit," the military statement said.
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[IraqiNews.com] The Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday, that the Iraqi security forces have managed to take back a number of villages in Tuz-Khurmatu district from ISIS snuffies without any resistance.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews, "A force from the 9th Division, with support from al-Hashed al-Sha'bi fighters have managed to liberate a number of villages in Tuz-Khurmatu district, located in Salahuddin province," pointing out that, "The villages were fully liberated from the ISIS group snuffies almost without any resistance."
"Many of the displaced families have been resided in the liberated areas," the statement also added.
[IraqiNews.com] On Tuesday, a security source in Salahuddin province revealed, that 30 elements of the ISIS group have been killed in an air strike that targeted the group's ranks between north of Tikrit and Anbar province.
The source informed IraqiNews, "The army's air force conducted an air strike on ISIS ranks, consisting of a number of vehicles heading to the area of al-Jazira, located between the district of al-Siniyah in north of Tikrit and the province of Anbar," pointing out that, "The air strike resulted in killing 30 elements of the ISIS group and burning all of their vehicles."
[IraqiNews.com] The Ministry of Defense announced Monday, that 40 gunnies have been killed in security operations in Salahuddin.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews, "Salahuddin Operations forces, with support from the army's air force, have conducted a security operation in the areas of Tikrit, Bab Tikrit, al-Dayoum and al-Qadesiyah," pointing out that, "The operation resulted in killing 26 gunnies and destroying two vehicles that belonged to them."
"An anti-terrorist force has also managed to repel an ISIS attack on the area of al-Mallaha, located in the district of Biji, and kill 14 gunnies during festivities," the statement added.
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[IraqiNews.com] League of the Righteous (Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq) movement announced on Tuesday, the completion of all preparations for the battle to liberate Tikrit, pointed out that they would fight street battles.
The military front man for the movement Jawad Al-Talabawi said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, "We have completed all preparations for the battle to liberate Tikrit from ISIS control."
Al-Talabawi added, "There will be street wars."
The Department of Defense announced on Tuesday that it would secure the return of displaced families to the liberated villages in Salahuddin province, indicating that the people of these villages had welcomed the security forces and al-Hashd al-Sha'bi militia
The leader of the State of Law coalition, Abdul-Halim al-Zuhairi announced on Monday that the city of Tikrit was besieged by security forces, emphasizing that the ISIS ammunition and food were doomed to run out.
[IraqiNews.com] A local source in Salahuddin province said Tuesday, that elements of the ISIS group have beheaded four civilians, including a local council member in the city of Tikrit.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews, "This morning, ISIS Death Eaters beheaded four civilians from Tikrit," noting that, "Among them was a member in the local council of the city."
The source, who asked to remain anonymous, added, "The civilians were executed on charges of forming Volunteer Fighters (al-Hashd al-Sha'bi) cells."
It is noteworthy that the city of Tikrit is currently experiencing large-scale military operations conducted by the security forces and al-Hashd al-Sha'bi elements to liberate it from ISIS control.
[IraqiNews.com] The Security Forces have repelled an attack by the snuffies of the ISIL on the military headquarter, west of Tikrit town central Salah-il-Din Province today.
Security source told IraqiNews.com that "The Security Forces killed seven jacket wallahs of the ISIL wearing boom belts, who tried to break into the headquarters in Al-Al-Diyoum, west of Tikrit Town."
[IraqiNews.com] An officer within the Anti-Terrorism Department was killed in Tikrit on Tuesday.
Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "An Improvised Explosive Device emplaced at the roadside went off, killing the officer of the Anti-Terrorism Department."
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This is what I learded in piano lessons, so very long ago - 'victims who had collapsed or were convulsing would begin to dance with appropriate music and be revived as if a tarantula had bitten them.'
More boring is the first definition - Tarantella is a group of various folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time (sometimes 18/8 or 4/4), accompanied by tambourines.[2] It is among the most recognized forms of traditional southern Italian music.
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Obama is sending tarantulas to Tikrit?
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He'd send snakes, but the Beltway would then be depopulated.
[RUDAW.NET] The Peshmerga have defeated ISIS snuffies in the Daquq area in an ongoing campaign to chase ISIS out of southern Kirkuk province, a Kurdish official has told Rudaw.
Fakhradin Abdullah, a Peshmerga commander, said operations south of Kirkuk city are still under way and advances against ISIS snuffies are being reported along several fronts.
"ISIS fought our forces for about three hours in Auzeria village in Daquq district, but we have completely recaptured the village," Abdullah said.
Fighting in Atshana village, also in Daquq district, is still ongoing between ISIS snuffies and Peshmerga forces, the source said, adding that he expects the snuffies to be defeated.
Kurdish forces backed by coalition Arclight airstrikes recently launched a large-scale campaign that managed to clear ISIS from large tracts of territory south of Kirkuk and its oilfields.
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[Gulf Today] Three Philippine soldiers were killed and five others were injured in an ambush the by New People's Army (NPA) in Agusan del Sur province. Lieutenant General Aurelio Baladad said the ambush occurred on Saturday in the town of Prosperidad and involved elite Army Scout Rangers.
Initial reports said the rangers, who were in a convoy of five military vehicles, were checking on reports of heavily armed men in a remote village in Prosperidad. Along the way, the NPA militants set off an improvised bomb placed along the road, killing the three soldiers on the spot. Immediately after the blast, militants who were deployed on both sides of the road fired at the soldiers, resulting in a 30-minute gunbattle.
The military also reported that an NPA militant was killed on Monday in a clash with troops in the town of Kicharo in Agusan del Norte province. The encounter began when a team of soldiers were sent to check complaints about NPA militants extorting money and food from villagers.
[ABS-CBN] At least 117 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and six soldiers have been killed since the Philippine military started its offensive against the insurgent group in Maguindanao on February 27. According to the military, the number of fatalities represents a third of the BIFF's strength.
Eighteen-year-old Karie Uga Dia, identified as a BIFF militant, was killed during a clash in Shariff Saydona Mustapha in Maguindanao on Monday night. Another unnamed BIFF militant was killed in a separate encounter in the same town on Sunday.
Clashes between Philippine troops and the BIFF continue.
[Iran Press TV] Syria military has taken control of the strategic village of Handarat north of the city of Aleppo.
State media said Wednesday that the Syrian army, backed by popular forces, managed to fully liberate Handarat after nearly 10 days of fierce festivities with al-Qaeda-linked murderous Moslems.
The strategic village was used by the snuffies as a major supply route into the northwestern city of Aleppo, parts of which is currently under the control of 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... terrorists.
A report by the official news agency, SANA, said government forces recaptured the village after "eliminating the last terrorist elements" inside it. The news agency showed images of jubilant Syrian soldiers celebrating the victory by waving their fists and guns in the air.
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Handarat, the "strategic village" is only about 10 kilometers north of Aleppo.
[IraqiNews.com] The U.S Central Command announced that "the U.S Air Forces and its allies have conducted 19 raids on the ISIL locations in Iraq and Syria in last 24 hours.
The office added "The planes conducted 12 raids on Al-Qaaem, Al-Falujah, Heet, Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , and Al-Ramadi leading to destroy some fighting locations, technical units, vehicles, and armories", adding that "the planes conducted 7 raids on Al-Haska and IraqiNews.com Al-Arab, Kobane leading to destroy technical and fighting units and two vehicles".
[IraqiNews.com] International Coalition conducted 17 Arclight airstrikes in Iraq and Syria tagreting 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.... in Iraq and Levant terrorists.
A statement by the Centcomcited "The IC conducted 17 strikes caused severe losses in lives and equipment of ISIL holy warriors."
"IC operations came within the framework of the Joint Cooperation Agreement to eradicate the terrorist organization of ISIL," the statement concluded.
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[Iran Press TV] Twenty-two supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have been sentenced to death by an Egyptian court.
[Al Ahram] Almost all of the 436 mosques in the Central African Republic have been destroyed by months of vicious fighting between Christians and 
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[Gulf Today] Three Philippine soldiers were killed and five others were injured in an ambush the by New People's Army (NPA) in Agusan del Sur province. Lieutenant General Aurelio Baladad said the ambush occurred on Saturday in the town of Prosperidad and involved elite Army Scout Rangers.
[ABS-CBN] At least 117 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and six soldiers have been killed since the Philippine military started its offensive against the insurgent group in Maguindanao on February 27. According to the military, the number of fatalities represents a third of the BIFF's strength.
