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Mali hotel attack: 27 dead with no more hostages
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Afghanistan
12 ISIS militants die in checkpoint attack


At least 12 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
According to the local government officials, the militants were killed during a gun battle with the Afghan national security forces in Achin district.

The district’s administrative chief Haji Ghalib said the gun battle between the Afghan forces and the ISIS loyalists triggered following an attack on a security post in Abdul Khel area.

He said the two sides exchanged fire for several hours before the Afghan forces manage to push them back, leaving at least 12 militants dead.
According to Haji Ghalib, at least three members of the Afghan national security forces also sustained injuries during the gun battle.

Nangarhar is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militants are actively operating in a number of its remote districts.

The Achin and Kot districts have became a main operational base for the militants loyal to the Islamic State terror group during the recent months.
Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Communication Services Down in Parts of Helmand
Enemy action

Officials in southern Helmand province said on Friday that the Taliban has "deliberately" sabotaged a number of telecom towers in parts of the province, resulting in limited communication for residents.

"People are not able to communicate with each other," a Helmand resident complained. "Mobile phone services aren't working properly and we can not communicate with our friends and relatives."

Journalists and media outlets have also been affected by the failure in communication services.

"This has created huge obstacles for journalists and they are not able to get information on time," a local journalist said. "This has also affected the economy."

Provincial council members also confirmed the problem and asked the telecom companies to reactivate their services as soon as possible.

They however accused some of the companies of taking orders from some local Taliban insurgents.

"I call on the telecommunication companies to reactivate their services, because their stations are in government-controlled areas but they take orders from Taliban," a member of Helmand provincial council Bismillah Rouhani claimed.

They warned they would take decisions themselves if the government failed to bring officials of the telecommunication companies to justice.

The volatile southern province of Helmand has long experienced fighting over the past years and violence has had a major impact on the local economy, rule of law and governance.
Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Thousands Flee Their Homes Over ISIS Activities In Nangarhar
A estimated 24,000 families from Achin, Nazian and Debhala districts have fled their homes to escape Daesh brutality.

A Nangarhar displaced persons organization says that help for at least 18,000 is needed urgently.

As Afghan forces continue their military campaign against Daesh in Nangarhar, displaced residents have however slammed government for not doing enough to help safeguard them.

According to some displaced families, no aid agency, including government, has reached out to help them.

Meanwhile, the Nangarhar governor has confirmed that thousands of families have been displaced since Daesh militants extended their activities in the province. He also said sufficient aid has not been provided to these families.

According to some displaced families, the militant group has also been actively involved in the deliberate killings of civilians in Nangarhar. They said that the military operation launched by Afghan troops recently has not helped.

"Battles also continue between Taliban and Daesh militants in our area," a displaced Achin district resident Gulistan said.

"Daesh fighters killed my father. Daesh sat him on a bomb and detonated the bomb," another Nangarhar resident said.

"Government should establish a camp for us and help us, over the past several months, we didn't receive any aid," another Achin resident Munawar said.

"They [security officials] claim to have launched a military operation, but they do not advance forward from their check points," a resident of Shinwar district Ilyas Shinwari said.

Displaced families have also criticized government for not being able to help families who have fled their homes.

"The total number of the displaced families was around 20,000, but now this figure has raised to more than 24,000," said Ghulam Haidar Faqirzai, head of Nangarhar's organization for internally displaced families.

The Nangarhar governor disputes these figures however and has also denied claims that the military operation is proving unsuccessful.

"The number of displaced families is not 20,000, it is around 10,000 to 14,000. We have a procedure for their relief and rescue, but it is in the first stage. The responsible institutions must conduct a survey to find out the exact numbers," Nangarhar governor, Saleem Khan Kunduzi said.

As winter approaches, concern among the displaced families is also growing as they say their children in particular are vulnerable and will not be able to cope with the extreme temperatures by next month.
Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Horn
Shaboobs blockade Burdhubo
A senior official says Al shabaab terrorists militants laid a siege on Burdhubo, to deny the lorry trucks transporting food stuff access to the town which is under Somali and AMISOM troops control.

Speaking with Radio Shabelle on the phone, Hussein Abdi Harun who is in charge of the town said the terrorists militants’ intention to blockade the city is to allow the residents to die for hunger and malnutrition.

“All roads leading to the town are cut off by Al shabaab. No entry and exit at the moment. People are facing increasing inflation of the food and other services due to the barricade,” said Harun.

He called on the defense ministry of the federal government to help in an offensive against Al shabaab in the villages near Burdhubo, where the militants use for their attacks and blockade.
Posted by: Steve White || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Africa North
Miscreant confesses to murder of civil rights activist
Tripoli -- A man arrested in Ras Lanuf has reportedly confessed to the murder of lawyer and civil rights activist Salwa Bugaighis.

The man, named as Islam Al-Kwafi, from Benghazi, was detained by members of the Petroleum Facilities Guard, PFG spokesman Ali Al-Hassi has told the Libya Herald.

“We received information about a suspected terrorist who had come to Ras Lanuf from Tripoli” said Hassi. “We went to where he was staying and arrested him”.

Hassi continued: “When he was being questioned he surprisingly confessed that he was the person who murdered Salwa Bugaighis”.

Bugaighis was murdered when five gunmen burst into her home in Benghazi’s Hawari district in June 2014.

She was shot in the head and reportedly stabbed several times. Her murder, on the night of the general election, caused widespread outrage in Libya and abroad.

Hassi said that more details of Kwafi’s confession would be revealed in the next 48 hours.
Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Further Tripoli clashes between Misratans and local revolutionaries
Tripoli -- Despite the Wednesday’s peace deal between Tripoli militia leader Abdul Ghani Al-Kikli (“Ghneiwa”), there were again clashes last night between Misratan forces and “revolutionaries”.

The fighting, involving forces belonging to hardline Islamist Salah Al-Marghani and members of Misrata’s small Adiat Brigade, took place in Wadi Rabie area east of Tripoli International Airport.

The same area, where many self-proclaimed revolutionaries use local farms as their bases, saw clashes at the end of September between Misratans and forces loyal to Hatham Tajouri, leader of the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade.

Marghani, from Tarhouna but whose forces are based in Ain Zara, was one of 11 militia leaders who signed a statement published on Tuesday telling Misratan forces to leave Tripoli. Tajouri and Ghneiwa also signed it.

In yesterday’s clashes, according to local sources, Marghanis’s forces attacked the Misratan brigade, killing one of its men. He has been named as Abdulkarim Abubakr Ghazali.
Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Mali hotel hostage stand-off over, US says
An attack by suspected Islamist militants who took 170 people hostage at Radisson Blue Hotel in the Malian capital is over, US officials say.

Mali said the gunmen had "no more hostages" and were being chased. More than 20 people died, and a national state of emergency has been declared.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and its offshoot al-Murabitoun said they carried out the attack.

Speaking after a crisis cabinet meeting late on Friday, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced the state of emergency from midnight on Friday for 10 days, as well as three days of national mourning. He said 21 people were killed in the attack, including two gunmen.

reports said at least 27 people had died. A UN official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said 12 bodies were found in the basement and 15 on the second floor.

One of the hostages killed was Geoffrey Dieudonne, a member of parliament in Belgium's Wallonia region. China's state news agency Xinhua says three Chinese nationals are among the dead. The US state department said one US citizen was killed.

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said three Britons in the hotel were safe.

Pictures showed that some of the hostages leaving the hotel were wounded.
Posted by: Steve White || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa


Mali hotel attack: 27 dead with no more hostages
Running updates from The Telegraph (UK)
Very thorough, which is why it takes a little time to load. Also has everything reported yesterday about the Paris attackers -- just keep scrolling down.
Posted by: Steve White || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

#1  Ah, British media.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/21/2015 13:14 Comments || Top||


Tunisia: Customs guards arrest 3 suspect terrorists
A Tunisian customs guard unit in the governorate of Medenine Thursday arrested three Tunisian suspect terrorists who returned back home stealthily after a visit to Libya. The three suspect terrorists entered the Tunisian territory from the Libyan side of the border, customs source said, adding that one of them was on police wanted list.

In a separate report, Walid Louguini, spokesman of the Tunisian interior ministry said that the security level in Tunis has been stepped up following terrorist threats received by the security forces. He also explained the strong presence of security forces at Habib Bourguiba Road saying that they were after a suspect terrorist.

The spokesman claimed that terrorist acts have significantly dwindled in the wake of the destruction of all supply chains used by terrorists.

A recent report published by the Spanish Think Tank Real Instituto El Cano indicates that Tunisia has witnessed an unprecedented surge in the number of terrorist attacks since 2011. The Think Tank says that from two attacks in 2011, one attack in 2012, Tunisia became the second country in the Maghreb with growing number of attacks behind Libya with 25 attacks in 2013 and 21 in 2014.
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Arabia
Soddy kops seize Iranian Weapons, Currency and Forged Documents in Al-Qudaih
The security spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Interior Major General Mansour Al-Turki said that security forces have seized Iranian currency, weapons and live ammunition during raids and search operations in Al-Qudaih, Al-Qatif yesterday. Major General Al-Turki added in a statement to “Asharq Al-Awsat” that security forces also seized military equipment and forged documents in a raid. He added that wireless communication equipment was also seized.

On Wednesday, the Saudi Ministry of Interior announced the “martyrdom” of two security personnel: Sergeant Jabir Al-Miqadi and Lance Corporal Ashirari who were fired on by unknown sources in an agricultural area near the city Saihat in eastern Saudi Arabia.

Prince Fahd bin Badr bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Al-Jouf region led prayers for the deceased Lance Corporal Ashirari who was killed in service in the Asharqiyya province, in the Mosque of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques located in the Al-Qurayyat province, northern Saudi Arabia.

Operations targeting security forces continued in the Saudi Al-Qatif governorate recently when an unknown group targeted a traffic patrol in the Al-Khuwaylidiyyah neighbourhood around ten days ago which resulted in an assistant head patrol and two passersby of Indian nationality being injured, and the damage of a citizen’s car.

The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced a list of 23 wanted persons in January 2012 against the backdrop of terrorist attacks and criminal acts that the village of Al-Awamiyah in the Al-Qatif governorate witnessed. 17 people on this list have been found whilst security forces are still looking for the remaining 7.
Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


More Bahrain troops land in Yemen
Brigadier Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Commander of the Royal Guards in the Kingdom of Bahrain, praised the high moral of the officers and servicemen.

A second batch of Bahrain troops has arrived in Aden to work as part of the Saudi-led Arab Coalition working to restore the legitimate government in Yemen.

Brigadier Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Commander of the Royal Guards in the Kingdom of Bahrain, praised the high moral of the officers and servicemen and their pride in working with their Yemeni brethren in restoring the legitimate government.

Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that landmines planted by Yemeni rebels in an effort to halt the advance of pro-government forces are exacting a mounting toll on civilians.

"Landmines have killed at least 12 people and wounded over nine," the HRW said, adding that the real casualty toll "may be much higher".

"The Houthis are killing and maiming civilians with landmines," HRW's arms director Steve Goose said. - Agencies
Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Kuwaiti kops bust ISIS cell
More on this story from yesterday.
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 19: In a new preemptive move against DAESH cells in Kuwait, the local security agencies arrested a terrorist network consisting of six individuals including their leader, identified as Osama Mohammad Sayed Khayat. In a press statement, the Interior Ministry disclosed Khayat is a Lebanese residing in Kuwait and he was born here in 1975. He serves as terrorist communication coordinator and logistics support for DAESH.

He administers a website which he uses in supporting DAESH. During interrogations, Khayat said he signed contracts to buy weapons and missiles (FN6) for DAESH and he is in constant communication with the group’s command in Syria.

He revealed that he made these deals in Ukraine from where he shipped the weapons to Turkey and then delivered to DAESH. He also prints stamps, designs rubber stamps bearing DAESH slogans, and transfers funds to accounts in Turkey and Syria. He mentioned the names of his partners in the organization as follows: Abdul Karim Mohammad Saleem — a Syrian born in 1962 — is a weapons dealer with the company in Ukraine who facilitated the purchase of mobile missiles and wireless communication devices; Hasim Mohammad Kheir Tartari — a Syrian born in 1984 who works in an undisclosed company; Waeel Mohammad Ahmad Baghdadi — an Egyptian born in 1974; Rakan Nasser Al- Ajmi — a Kuwaiti born in 1988 who supports those suspected of involvement in terrorism operations; and Abdul Nasser Mahmoud Al-Shawa — a Syrian born in 1987. All of them have been arrested. The ministry affirmed the confessions unveiled the existence of four other persons affiliated with DAESH and are currently outside Kuwait.

These persons include Hisham Mohammad Dahab — an Australian of Lebanese origin; Waleed Naseef — a Syrian banker in Orfa, Turkey which is close to the Syrian border; Rabiya Dahab — an Australian of Lebanese origin; and Mohammad Hikmat Tartari — a Syrian born in 1980 who serves as external finance and communications coordinator for the group.

The ministry confirmed all those arrested, together with the confiscated weapons, were referred to the concerned security department; while reaffirming its intention to confront terrorist or extremist attempts to threaten the security and peace of this country and its people. It then called on everyone to fully cooperate with the security agencies for the benefit of the public. The Interior Ministry has raised the security level around the oil facilities and vital installations following information that the Shuaiba Port was a target for attacks, reports Al-Anba daily.

Moreover, leave has been cancelled and those in vital positions are required to report for duty even on days off and public holidays. Security precautions have also been taken by increasing the number of security personnel in each shift.

A circular which has been issued says emphasis have been laid down on checking the identities and permits of all workers particularly those working for the contracting companies. The sources added the circular also stresses on thorough inspection of cars at the entry and exit points and increased number of CCTV cameras working around the clock to ensure highest level of security measures to protect the oil and vital installations.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Oman evacuates 3 Americans from Yemen
MUSCAT: Oman’s air force has evacuated three US citizens from war-torn Yemen to the Omani capital following a request for aid from Washington, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

Oman “coordinated with Yemeni authorities to find them (the Americans) and allow them leave” late Wednesday from the airport in Yemen’s rebel-controlled capital Sanaa, said a ministry statement carried by Oman News Agency.

A security official in Sanaa said the three were held by the rebel-controlled intelligence agency “over spying accusations,” adding that they were arrested at different times, with some being in custody for at least five months.

The Omani statement did not identify the Americans. It said the trio were in Muscat “before heading home,” but provided no timeline.

One of two Americans detained in October by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels was announced dead in custody by US officials earlier this month. The United Nations said at the time that two foreign personnel working on maintaining a building used by UN staff were detained.
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Eight rebels killed in Taiz battle
Yemeni pro-government forces advancing into the strategic province of Taiz were battling rebels on the outskirts of its second largest town on Thursday, military sources said.

Eight rebels and two loyalists were killed in the fighting for Rahida, the pro-government sources said.

The town lies on the main road from government-held territory towards Taiz, Yemen's third largest city, 40 kilometres (25 miles) further north, where loyalist troops have been besieged by the rebels for months.

Loyalist forces were backed by significant reinforcements from a Saudi-led coalition to support President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in March.

Hadi returned from Saudi exile on Tuesday as the offensive against the Houthi rebels and their allies got under way.

The coalition carried out at least 10 air strikes against rebel positions in and around Rahida during the night, the military sources said.

Breaking the siege of Taiz is seen as crucial for the recapture of other central provinces and opening the way to the rebel-held capital Sanaa further north.

More at the link
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Daesh claims killing 50 Yemeni soldiers
The Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for attacks on the army in southeast Yemen on Friday, after the military had blamed Al Qaeda for the assaults that cost dozens of lives. The Daesh said in a statement, quoted by SITE monitoring group, that 50 Yemeni troops were killed in multi-pronged attacks including a suicide bombing and clashes in Hadramawt province.

The Yemeni army earlier said Al Qaeda had launched the attacks on army positions near the town of Shibam, and that 12 soldiers and 19 militants were killed. Medics later said the army lost 15 men and that several civilians were wounded. Hadramawt province is a stronghold of Al Qaeda whose militants control its capital Mukalla.

The Daesh group is also present in Yemen feeding on chaos in the country where a Saudi-led Arab coalition has been battling Iran-backed Houthi rebels opposed to the government.

Both Al Qaeda and Daesh are visibly present in Yemen's second city Aden, where the Saudi-backed government has set up a temporary headquarters after the Houthis took over the capital Sanaa.

The Daesh said its operation on Friday targeted "three barracks of the apostate Yemeni army" on a road near Shibam in Hadramawt, SITE reported.

The Daesh said its fighters seized the barracks, killing or wounding those inside and that later a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into army reinforcements sent to the area. The statement claimed that in all 50 soldiers were killed and said that clashes with Yemeni troops were still underway.
Posted by: Steve White || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Home Front: WoT
Obama Admin Blocking 75 Percent of Air Strikes Against ISIS
The Washington Free Beacon is reporting that U.S. military pilots fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq were blocked from dropping 75 percent of their ordnance on terror targets because the Obama administration would not give clearance to launch a strike.

Rep. Ed Royce (R., Calif.), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, stated that strikes against ISIS targets are often blocked due to the administration policy of avoiding civilian deaths and collateral damage, a policy that is being blamed for allowing the militants to gain momentum and continue waging terrorist attacks throughout the region and beyond. Royce said,

"You went 12 full months while ISIS was on the march without the U.S. using that air power and now as the pilots come back to talk to us they say three-quarters of our ordnance we can't drop, we can't get clearance even when we have a clear target in front of us. I don't understand this strategy at all because this is what has allowed ISIS the advantage and ability to recruit."
It's a good time to be an enemy of America.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  And in spite of our strict rules of engagement, we still managed to off four civilians a few days ago, and the media is up in arms.

"First, kill all the reporters" - Sherman? Or was it someone form a much earlier time?
Posted by: Bobby || 11/21/2015 8:33 Comments || Top||

#2  I think you're conflating Sherman and Shakespeare. But you do have a point...
Posted by: Steve White || 11/21/2015 10:37 Comments || Top||

#3  To up the bombing would be tantamount to admitting that they are not contained.

Hey "Black Lies matter"
Posted by: Warthog || 11/21/2015 12:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Blow them to HELL.
(Or is that redundant)
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 11/21/2015 16:10 Comments || Top||

#5  For a 'True' Muslim it is a sin to kill another Muslim. Note how often he claims ISIS is not 'real' Islam. He like others have to legitimize their target to stay within the law. Just as Sunni and Shiite treat each other as apostates to justify their killing of each other. Once you understand that perspective, you understand why he only authorizes ones, twos, and fews. Yes, Virginia, at heart he's a Muslim. (and you can throw in his public hatred for those obstructing 'refugee' Muslims and his administration rejection of Christians from the same environment.)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/21/2015 19:16 Comments || Top||

#6  And speaking of Sherman, and anniversaries,

"With seven league boots I bestrode ya
When meting out justice to Georgia,
But surely in Heaven
All torts are forgiven..."
Miss Scarlet storms in from the loggia.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 11/21/2015 21:48 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Four Rangers personnel gunned down in Karachi
Cycle of violence
KARACHI: Four Rangers personnel were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at a Rangers checkpost in Baldia Town on Friday, officials said.

The law enforcement personnel were on routine duty, when two gun-wielding men riding a motorcycle opened fire at the checkpost soon after Friday prayers. Three personnel died on the spot while one survived the assault but died later of his injuries, officials said. While talking to reporters after the incident, Rangers Director General Major General Bilal Akbar said the assailants wanted to attack a nearby mosque but on seeing Rangers security, resorted to firing at the personnel.

“Perhaps the mosque and the affiliated madrassa were the target of the terrorists,” Akbar said. He said four security personnel were on board a vehicle, while two each were on board two motorcycles at the time of the attack. The Rangers DG vowed to apprehend those behind the attack. The area has been sealed by security forces and a search operation is currently underway. Rangers is currently spearheading a grand operation against criminal elements in Karachi.

The ‘operation’ against criminal elements in Pakistan’s commercial hub was initiated back in September 2013 after the federal cabinet empowered Rangers to lead a targeted advance with the support of police against criminals already identified by federal military and civilian agencies for their alleged involvement in targeted killings, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism in Karachi. A high-level apex committee meeting chaired by the Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif on May 14, 2015 decided to implement effective policing and surveillance in the “vast suburbs of Karachi”, to prevent what the military spokesperson said were “sneaking terrorist attacks”.

Amid resentment and criticism from certain political circles over the ‘Karachi operation’, the military establishment in August said that there would be no let-up in actions by law enforcement agencies “to ensure a peaceful and terror-free Karachi”. Although terror-related incidents have been reduced up to 60 per cent in the two years since the commencement of the Karachi operation, sleeper cells of terror outfits still exist in the metropolis and law enforcers have been making concerted efforts to eliminate the same, Karachi Police AIG Mushtaq Maher said in early September.

The city police chief had said 3,000 hardcore criminals had been arrested, while 246 terrorists, 38 kidnappers and ten extortionists had been killed so far in police encounters. Maher said that car-snatching incidents reported in the city were the lowest in the past 15 years while motorcycle-snatching incidents were on the rise, which he said will be curtailed. Rangers spokesman Colonel Amjad maintained that 913 terrorists including 550 target killers were nabbed while 15,400 illegal weapons were recovered from the custody of criminals operating within the city.

Meanwhile, Rangers foiled a major plan to sabotage the local bodies election (LBE) in Karachi. According to media reports, on a tip-off, Rangers conducted raid houses in Gulshan-e-Maimar colony and arrested a suspected terrorist affiliated with a banned outfit and wanted to police. Police shifted him to an unspecified location for interrogation. In another raid in Shah Gulshan Colony, Rangers arrested two suspects affiliated with a criminal gang. A Rangers spokesperson said those arrested from Shah Gulshan Colony have revealed during interrogation that they wanted to attack a poling station to sabotage polling process.
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SPU arrests target killer with weapons
PESHAWAR: The Special Police Unit (SPU) arrested a target killer, involved in the murder of an Elite Force personnel, and seized arms and hand grenades during the crackdown on Friday.

According to details, SPU conducted the operation at Haji Camp bus terminal of Peshawar, during which a target killer, identified as Israr Ahmad, was arrested.

Arms and hand grenades were recovered from the possession of the nabbed target killer stated to be involved in murder of Elite Force personnel, Khairul Haseeb in Bannu.

The police took the recovered weapons and hand grenades into custody and after registering a case against the detainee at respective police station, started investigation.
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Religious forces ready to defend country: Fazl
MANSEHRA: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman has urged the military leadership that if the country will ever face an outside aggression or a challenge to its existence the religious forces will stand with the army.

At the same time, he criticised secular forces in the country, saying they would not be helpful in difficult times.

Addressing a public meeting in Chaterplane area near Mansehra on Thursday, the JUI-F chief said these “bearded men wearing turbans” would fight “shoulder-to-shoulder” with the army whenever the country would face a threat.

Addressing Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif, he claimed that “secular forces which now seem to be close to him will never come to protect the country”.

The Maulana expressed his displeasure over using of the word ‘liberal’ for the country by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a recent speech, saying that Pakistan came into existence in the name of Islam.

Published in Dawn, November 20th, 2015
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ANP office bearer killed in Peshawar, protest erupts
PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen killed an Awami National Party (ANP) worker in Yakatot area of Peshawar city on Friday, triggering protest from area residents.

According to police, unidentified assailants targeted Imdad Hussain Jafri, an ANP office bearer and Shia notable, a few yards away from Yakatot police station, killing the political worker on the spot.

Residents of the area, including people from Shia community, started protesting against the police after the incident and blocked the road.

“Hundreds of our men have been killed in the past too, but the police has not taken any action against the murderers,” an angry protester told DawnNews.

Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Yakatot Shaukat tried to convince the protesters to call off their protest but in vain.

Later, ANP leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain and Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Mian Saeed arrived at the spot and assured the protesters of timely arrest of the culprits, upon which, the crowd dispersed.

Imdad Hussain Jafri was an ANP office bearer from PK-2 constituency of Peshawar.

ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan condemned the killing of the party office bearer in strong words accusing KP police and provincial government of being negligent.

"Where is PTI's model police? political workers are being killed day in and day out but this police is doing nothing to prevent such incidents," said the ANP chief.
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2 policemen shot dead in Charsadda
CHARSADDA: Two traffic police personnel were gunned down here on Friday, officials said.

Bashir Ahmed and Naseer Ahmed were on duty at Atmanzi Bazaar when men on three motorcycles opened fire and fled.

They said the policemen suffered injuries in the head. Naseer died on the spot and Bashir succumbed to his injuries in Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital.

Charsadda’s district police officer (DPO) Shafiullah Khan told reporters that it was a case of targeted killing. He said all personnel of Charsadda police had been provided with bullet-proof jackets, but the victim personnel had been shot in the head.

He said a search operation was under way in the area for the arrest of the killers.

Charsadda’s district nazim Fahd Riaz Khan visited the scene of the attack and asked the DPO to submit a report on the incident.

Funeral prayers for the two personnel were offered in the Charsadda police lines and later their bodies sent to their home towns.
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3 injured in grenade attack on Dunya TV office in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade on the Faisalabad Bureau office of a local television channel Dunya News on Friday evening, injuring three people.

According to Dunya News, the grenade attack outside their Faisalabad bureau left three of the channel's employees injured while windows and vehicles outside the office were damaged.

The attackers also threw pamphlets containing threats from 'Daulat-i-Islamia Khorasan' (Islamic State- Khorasan group).

"Islamic State of Khorasan claim responsibility for this attack, we will continue to attack deviant rulers, their forces and their abettors (the media). People belonging to the Ahl-e-Sunnat sect shall stay away from these targets," read the pamphlet reportedly thrown at the crime scene.

The attackers arrived on a motorcycle outside the Dunya News office and hurled a hand grenade at the office before fleeing from the spot, CCTV footage aired on the media channel showed.

Condemnations and protests
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists’ (PFUJ) President Rana Azeem while condemning the attack announced that the journalist community across the country will protest against this ghastly act.

According to Dunya News, Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif took notice of the incident and has demanded an inquiry report from the relevant authorities.

Shahbaz Sharif ordered the Regional Police Officer (RPO) to arrest the culprits within 24 hours. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also condemned the attack and ordered the immediate arrest of culprits.

Journalists from various media groups staged protests in different cities of Punjab, including Lahore, Multan and Sahiwal terming the incident, an attack on media freedom.

The journalist community demanded from the government to immediately bring the culprits to justice.
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Iraq
U.S., allies hit Islamic State with 20 strikes in Iraq: Military
[AlAhram] An international coalition led by the United States targeted 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 with 20 air strikes on Thursday, the military said in a statement on Friday.

There were no strikes in Syria, the statement showed.
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#1  The quota has been met.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/21/2015 13:17 Comments || Top||


Suicide blast, bombings strike Baghdad, killing 15
[AlAhram] Bomb attacks on a Shiite mosque and elsewhere in southern Baghdad killed at least 15 people Friday.

The deadliest of the attacks targeted the mosque in the Iraqi capital's Nahiyet al-Rasheed neighborhood. A roadside kaboom blast went off on the street outside the mosque just as worshippers were finishing Friday prayers, police said. Within minutes, a jacket wallah inside the mosque detonated an explosives vest. Ten people were killed and 28 were maimed in that coordinated attack, according to police.

Two separate roadside kabooms went kaboom! in commercial areas of southeast Baghdad, killing five people and wounding nine, security officials said.

Hospital officials confirmed the casualties. Like the police, they spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.

No one immediately grabbed credit for the attacks, but near daily attacks in Baghdad are often claimed by 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.
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#1  Update from An Nahar: ISIS claimed the mosque attack.

IS, in a statement, said a suicide bomber named as Abu Hussein al-Ansari carried out the attack inside the mosque, while security and medical officials said it took place nearby after Friday prayers, also wounding at least 19 people.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/21/2015 17:42 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Consequences: Palestinian movement restricted in Gush Etzion
[Ynet] Security officials decide on multiple steps to counter violence in West Bank region after deadly attack.

The movement of Paleostinians will be temporarily restricted in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank in the wake of an attack in the area that killed three civilians, security officials decided on Friday.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and Gush Etzion Regional Council Mayor David Perl met for a situational assessment after the attack and agreed to adopt a series of steps in the area, including the limitation of movement. Also agreed upon was the deployment of additional security forces to Gush Etzion, to focus on confronting rock throwers and preventing both vehicular and stabbing attacks. The three officials also concluded that a fence would be built along certain highways, in places where Paleostinians have thrown rocks or fired at vehicles driving by.

The regional council called on residents who own firearms to voluntarily accompany children on school buses as potential first responders in case of a security incident.

Besides the bloody attack that occurred on Thursday, the past several weeks have seen a major spike in violence in the Gush Etzion region.
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#1  IMO, all Arab movement should be restricted to Arabian peninsula.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/21/2015 4:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Agreed!
Posted by: Ebbart Glererong5900 || 11/21/2015 5:09 Comments || Top||


Border Police thwart two attempted Palestinian attacks
[IsraelTimes] Youth arrested with concealed knife near Hebron; driver tries to run over policeman in East Jerusalem village

Border Police forces thwarted two separate attacks on Friday, a day after five people were killed in attacks in Tel Aviv and the Etzion settlement bloc.

At a checkpoint close to the East Jerusalem village of Abu Dis, the driver of a car tried to run over a policeman, the Hebrew-language Walla website reported. The policeman's comrades opened fire on the driver, who managed to flee the scene.
... as though they had never been...
The policeman escaped with minor leg injuries. He was treated at the scene prior to evacuation to hospital.

A short time earlier, police operating in the West Bank tossed in the clink
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
a Paleostinian teenager suspected of planning to carry out a stabbing attack. The 15-year-old Paleostinian was detained at a Border Police post next to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, after his actions raised the suspicions of the officers there, Channel 10 television reported.

The teen had approached the Border Police, and was detained at gunpoint after he failed to heed a command to stop. A security check revealed that the youth had a knife in his possession, leading police to believe that he had been planning to carry out an attack. The youth, a resident of the town of Dura, near Hebron, has been held for questioning by the security forces.

Dura was also the home of the terrorist who killed two Israelis in the stabbing attack in south Tel Aviv on Thursday.

Also Friday afternoon, some 200 Paleostinians clashed with Israeli security forces near the West Bank village of Anata, north of Jerusalem, Ynet reported. The protesters threw stones and set tires alight before they were mostly dispersed by the forces. There were no injuries, Ynet said. Paleostinian sources said that the rioters had opened fire on the security forces, which the Israel Defense Forces denied.
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Palestinian from Shuafat RC arrested on suspicion of making and selling pipe bombs
[Ynet] A 60 year-old Paleostinian from Shuafat refugee camp was tossed in the calaboose
Please don't kill me!
earlier in the week on suspicion of making bombs and selling them for terrorist attacks in the Hebron region. The suspect manufactured pipe bombs in the garage owned by his landlord and was arrested after information was passed onto Judea and Samaria Police.

The suspect is alleged to have committed the crimes of conspiracy and making and trading weapons. His arrest has been extended until Sunday.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian Minister Says '600 Fighters' Dead in Cruise Missile Attack on One Syria Target
[AnNahar] Russia on Friday unleashed cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea at targets across Syria, the defense minister said, as Moscow kept up its intensified bombardments in the war-torn country.

Moscow fired 18 missiles from ships in its Caspian Sea fleet at seven targets in the Raqa, Idlib and Aleppo provinces, defense minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

It was the second time that warships have been used since the start of the bombing campaign on September 30.

Moscow has stepped up its strikes in Syria with long-distance bombers after confirming for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb downed a Russian airliner in Egypt last month.

Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
in a briefing that cruise missile strikes against one target near 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....
-controlled city of Deir Ezzor had killed "more than 600 fighters," but did not specify when the strike had taken place.

Russia has also doubled the number of jets it has based in government-held territory in Syria to 69 over the past few days, Shoigu said.

Putin praised the Russian operation in Syria but said it was "still not sufficient" to wipe out the jihadists in the country and that a "large volume of work" lay ahead.

Russia is bombing in Syria at the request of its longstanding ally Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
, while a U.S.-led coalition is conducting its own air campaign against IS.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/21/2015 00:00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  If they weren't fighters before the attack, they were after - Russian RoE.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/21/2015 9:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Don't waste them, target carefully.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 11/21/2015 11:00 Comments || Top||


Leb General Security Arrests al-Nusra Would-Be Suicide Bomber
[AnNahar] The General Security announced Friday that it has foiled an attempt to carry out a suicide kaboom in the country.

"As part of the monitoring of the terrorist groups' activities and the pursuit of their sleeper cells, the General Security tossed in the slammer
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
Lebanese national Y. D. over intelligence information that he belongs to a terrorist group and was plotting to stage an act of sabotage," it said in a statement.

"During interrogation, he confessed to belonging to the terrorist 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 group and to plotting a bombing with a boom jacket," it added.

He was referred to the relevant judicial authorities upon the end of interrogation.

Dozens of suspects -- including would-be jacket wallahs -- were arrested and several boom jackets were seized in recent days as security forces launched massive nationwide raids.

The crackdown comes in the wake of deadly suicide kabooms in the Beirut southern suburb of Bourj al-Barajneh that killed 43 people and maimed around 240 others.

The attack, among the worst in years, was claimed by the jihadist 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.
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ISIS relies on car bombs, landmines to protect last headquarters in Hasakah
Video report at the link
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Kurds stops ISIS counterattack in north Raqqa
[ARA News] TEL ABYAD – Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) clashed with militant fighters of the Islamic State group (ISIS) in the northern countryside of Raqqa, subsequent to an offensive by ISIS militants on YPG-held areas near Tel Abyad, the YPG leadership reported.

Clashes broke out in the vicinity of the towns of Ain Issa and Suluk in Raqqa province, northeastern Syria, after ISIS militant fighters launched a mortar attack on the Kurdish headquarters there.

Similar clashes erupted between the Kurdish forces and the radical group around Mount Abudlaziz (Kazwn) in the province of Hasakah.

Officials of the YPG Media Center told ARA News: “ISIS terrorists launched several attacks on our security headquarters in the area stretching from the town of Ain Issa to Mount Abdulaziz.”

“Daesh terrorists started their offensive with an attack on al-Hisha village east of Ain Issa, pounding Haweed checkpoint with heavy weapons, but our forces responded strongly to these attacks,” the YPG leadership said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS.

“The terrorists then attacked the village of Hijouh near the town of Suluk southwest of Tel Abyad (Gire Spi), resulting in the outbreak of fierce clashes between our YPG units and the terror group. Our forces were able to repel their attacks,” a spokesman for the YPG said.

The source also pointed out that sporadic clashes broke out in the village of Abu Shakhat west of Mount Abdulaziz in Hassakah province between the Kurdish forces and ISIS militants.

“Daesh terrorists fled the battlefield under heavy blows from the Kurdish forces,” he told ARA News. “At least eight militants were killed in the clashes.”

Speaking to ARA News, media activist Rezan Hamo said: “It is clear the terror group is no longer able to launch large-scale attacks to seize swaths of territories. The recent ISIS attacks on positions of the Kurdish forces in the region are mere hit-and-run assaults; mostly intended to provoke the Kurds or to camouflage other preparations,” he argued.

Islamic State’s extremists have been launching surprise attacks on Kurdish positions in the suburbs of Kobane and Tel Abyad for months, especially after losing both strategic areas. Kurds liberated Kobane from ISIS last February, while Tel Abyad was announced free in June.
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15 ISIS militants killed in clashes with Syrian rebels in Aleppo
[ARA News] ALEPPO – At least 15 militants from the radical group of Islamic State (ISIS) have been killed during clashes with Syrian rebels of the Levant Front and As-Safwa brigades in the northern countryside of Aleppo, military sources reported on Friday.

Rebels were able to recapture several locations from the terror group, taking advantage of the anti-ISIS airstrikes carried out by the U.S.-led coalition’s warplanes in the region.

Speaking to ARA News in Aleppo, rebel commander Saleh Zein confirmed that fighters of Levant Front (al-Jabha al-Shamiya) in cooperation with As-Safwa brigades were able to detonate five buildings where ISIS insurgents were stationed in the town of Tel Mald in northern Aleppo.

“Our rebel forces have targeted the ISIS-held buildings with dozens of local-made missiles before blowing them up, and killing all militants inside,” the rebel commander said.

On the other hand, the U.S.-led coalition’s warplanes pummeled several key positions of the terror group in the towns of Asanbel and Herbel in Aleppo countryside, causing the death of at least ten militants, according to activists.

Several factions of the armed Syrian opposition have been engaged in clashes with ISIS militants in the northern countryside of Aleppo in a bid to fend off attempts by the radical group to capture it.

After two years of fierce battles, rebels of the Levant Front have succeeded to fortify major towns and villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo against ISIS militants.
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Syria war map as of Nov. 19th
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Iranian army: ISIS members and recruiters detained in Kermanshah
[Rudaw] Many active members and recruiters for 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....
(ISIS) have been tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
in Iran's western Kermanshah province, said the regional commander of the revolutionary guards this week.

"Many teams of the terrorist group ISIS who had been active in this province for two years have been arrested by the army and intelligence," Bahman Reyhani, commander of the revolutionary guards (Pasdaran) told his country's media.

Reyhani said that some of those arrested were recruiting for ISIS and "intended to send them outside the country,"

According to the Iranian commander, local security forces in Kermanshah had earlier detained a group of ISIS members who could have carried out terrorist acts inside Iran.

"They were equipped militarily and had military gear and time bombs," ILNA news agency quoted Reyhani as saying.

Kermanshah borders Iraq's eastern border where Iranian military advisors helped Iraqi forces and Shiite militia fight ISIS in Diyala province last year.

According to a report by BBC Persian, Iran's ground troops commander Ahmedreza Pourdustan has put his forces on alert to respond to any ISIS-related activity.

Earlier this month, Iran's intelligence chief Mahmoud Alavi said at a presser in Tehran that the security forces had unveiled a number of "terrorist cells" across the country and arrested dozens of "people with links to terrorist groups,"

According to Alavi some gangs had engaged the security forces in direct firefights particularly in the southern Arab province of Khozestan.
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U.S. Soldiers Are Reportedly Writing an Important Message on Bombs Meant for ISIS
While there's a significant possibility that these images are photoshopped (we've reached out to the Department of Defense to confirm the authenticity of these photos and will update this post accordingly when we hear back), it's not out of the realm of possibility that military personnel might scrawl a message of solidarity on ordinance meant for ISIS militants. As the Washington Post points out, there's a long history in the U.S. armed forces of decorating bombs:

After the 9/11 attacks, a slew of pictures popped up of bombs inscribed with messages for Osama Bin Laden and notes of solidarity for the New York police and fire departments. One message of note was prominently circulated by the Associated Press and shows a Navy sailor next to a bomb aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise in October 2001. On the bomb was a phrase that read "Hijack this" as well as an anti-gay slur. The image was quickly condemned by a number of rights groups and prompted an apology from both the AP and the United States Navy.
The Rooskies are on board also: Russians inscribe 'For Paris' on bombs destined for Syria
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 11/21/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  I suppose the political commissar for the air wing made sure the messages were politically correct
Posted by: Bill Clinton || 11/21/2015 8:45 Comments || Top||

#2  During Desert Storm, USS Ranger would not allow any notes. At least VA-155 had clean bombs.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 11/21/2015 10:19 Comments || Top||

#3  "Congrats from Targeters Clearing House Sweepstakes!"

Snark of the day.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 11/21/2015 13:19 Comments || Top||



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