Hi there, !
Today Thu 10/11/2018 Wed 10/10/2018 Tue 10/09/2018 Mon 10/08/2018 Sun 10/07/2018 Sat 10/06/2018 Fri 10/05/2018 Archives
Rantburg
532759 articles and 1859172 comments are archived on Rantburg.

Today: 55 articles and 166 comments as of 9:03.
Post a news link    Post your own article   
Area: WoT Background    Non-WoT    Opinion        Politix   
IDF fires at Gazans launching incendiary balloons at Israel
Today's Headlines
Headline Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
7 19:40 swksvolFF [3] 
0 [1] 
0 [4] 
0 [1] 
0 [4] 
0 [5] 
0 [1] 
0 [4] 
0 [2] 
0 [] 
0 [1] 
0 [] 
1 08:15 M. Murcek [9] 
0 [4] 
Page 2: WoT Background
5 19:19 M. Murcek [4]
3 10:39 Abu Uluque [2]
3 22:21 trailing wife [2]
13 11:51 Regular joe []
0 [9]
0 []
0 [4]
0 [1]
0 [5]
1 07:03 Frank G [4]
1 09:56 Hupusing Claitch6798 []
2 09:14 Clem [1]
Page 3: Non-WoT
1 14:00 Skidmark [2]
4 19:24 P2kontheroad []
5 13:20 Herb McCoy []
11 20:18 Alaska Paul [1]
1 12:54 Mike Kozlowski [1]
2 09:32 g(r)omgoru [2]
6 21:19 Bugs Thud4877 [2]
0 []
0 []
0 []
0 []
1 13:19 Herb McCoy []
0 [3]
0 [3]
3 12:19 Skidmark [3]
13 19:17 P2kontheroad []
5 21:45 Richard Aubrey [1]
2 09:10 Bangkok Billy []
0 []
0 []
Page 4: Opinion
2 15:22 newc [1]
14 15:05 rjschwarz [2]
3 12:10 Tom [1]
7 22:24 746 [2]
0 [4]
3 10:05 rjschwarz []
Page 6: Politix
23 19:06 P2kontheroad []
13 19:08 P2kontheroad [1]
11 19:24 NoMoreBS [1]
Afghanistan
Taliban commanders among 23 killed, wounded in Farah operations
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least twenty three Talibs were killed or maimed during the operations of the Afghan armed forces in western Farah province of Afghanistan.

The 207th Zafar Corps of the Afghan Military in a statement said the Afghan armed forces conducted operations against the bandidos bully boyz in Bala Bolok and Khak Safid districts with the support of the artillery units and the air forces.

The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Todanaks and Paso villages of Bala Bolok and Hajiabad and Dewar Surkh areas of Khak Safid districts.

At least 15 bandidos bully boyz were killed during the operations and at least 8 others sustained injuries, the 207th Zafar Corps said, adding that five cycle of violences, two vehicles including a Ford Ranger, an armored personnel carrier previously captured by the bandidos bully boyz were destroyed during the same operations.

In the meantime, the 207th Zafar Corps said several commanders of the Talibs, including Haji Bari Jan, Mullah Nafih, Mullah Satar, and Mullah Mohammad Hassan were among those killed.

Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


38 ISIS-K militants killed, wounded in U.S. drone strikes in Nangarhar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least thirty eight forces of Evil affiliated with 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 Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) were killed in separate dronezaps in two districts of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province.

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said the Arclight airstrikes were carried out in Abdul Khel, Ghiaban, Jurnao, Chinar area of Bandar, leaving at least 16 ISIS-K forces of Evil dea.

The U.S. forces also carried out similar airstrikes in Wazir Tangi area of Khogyani district, leaving at least 12 forces of Evil dead and 10 others maimed.

Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


District police chief killed during the clashes with Taliban in Wardak
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The district police chief of Syedabad Gen. Syed Nazrab Shah Hashemi has been killed during the festivities with the Talibs in central Maidan Wardak province.

According to the local officials, at least six other security personnel have also bit the dust during the festivities.

Provincial governor’s front man Abdul Rahman Mangal confirmed the incident and said a group of Talibs launched coordinated attacks on security posts in Syedabad district late on Saturday night.

Mangal further added that the Talibs have also suffered casualties during the festivities but the exact number has not been ascertained so far.

He said the attack has been repulsed by the security forces and the security of the district is under full control of the national defense and security forces.

In the meantime, another sources says at least ten security personnel, including the police chief of Syedabad have been killed during the festivities.

Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Three people wounded in an explosion in Kabul city
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] An kaboom has taken place in the vicinity of the 11th police district of Kabul city leaving at least three people maimed, the security officials said.

Kabul Police front man Basir Mujahid confirmed the incident and said a policeman was among those maimed.

Mujahid further added that the kaboom took place at around 7pm local time in the vicinity of the 11th police district of the city.

Without disclosing further information regarding the type of the kaboom, Mujahid said a policeman and two civilians were among those maimed.
Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
UN Says 8 Aid Workers Killed, 12 Others Injured In Somalia By September
[RADIOSHABELLE] Attacks on aid workers delivering supplies in Somalia resulted in the death of eight staff and injuries of 12 others between January and September, the UN humanitarian agency said in a report on Friday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said some 90 violent incidents have impacted humanitarian organizations, resulting in the abduction of 18 people and the arrest and temporary detention of 13 others.

"Collateral damage from terrorist attacks in populated areas of Mogadishu has continued to account for the majority of the deaths and injuries, as well as for the destruction of humanitarian facilities and assets," said the UN agency in its September humanitarian report.

The OCHA decried the number of violent incidents affecting humanitarian organizations in Somalia, saying it has remained high.

The Horn of Africa nation has been mired in conflict since civil war broke out in 1991 and is one of the most difficult countries for relief agencies to operate in.

The terrorist group al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
has been targeting humanitarian workers, sometimes demanding ransom in order to free the hostages, according to media reports.

The UN report said the volatile security situation continues to impact on civilian lives and create a challenging environment for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, saying active hostilities in Lower Shabelle continue to cause displacements and disrupt humanitarian programming.

Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Unidentified Fighter Jets Carry Out Airstrike In Southern Somalia
[RADIOSHABELLE] Unknown warplanes were reported to have carried out an Arclight airstrike in southern Somalia, targeting a vehicle purportedly ferrying three Al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
myrmidons.

The jets fired several missiles at the vehicle travelling between Haramka and Kunyabarow villages, two Al-Shabaab-held areas in Middle Jubba region of southern Somalia.

The air raid is suspected to be conducted by Kenyan airforce as part of the fight against the al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group in the neighbouring country.

The US military said last week it carried out an airstrike outside Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...
and killed several al-Shabaab members and maimed a number of others.

Somali troops backed by African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
troops are battling Al-Shabaab in the south and central Somalia, as the group still controls large parts of the Horn of Africa country.

Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Arabia
Tens of Saudi Army’s militia Killed, wounded In Asir
[SABANEWS.NET] Tens of the Saudi-backed militiamen were killed on Sunday and others injured, whne the Yemeni army shelled theirs gatherings in Asir region, a military source told Saba. The army’s artillery and missile bombardment targeted gatherings of the militia off Aleeb crossing.

Army Shells Saudi Army, theirs mlitary equipment In Jizan, Najran
[07/October/2018] JIZAN, NAJRAN, Oct. 7 (Saba) – The artillery of army supported by popular forces' on Sunday shelled gatherings of the saudi soldiers and their military vehicles in Jizan and Najran regions, a military official told Saba.

In Jizan, the army’s artillery hit gatherings of the Saudi soldiers behind MBC mountain.

In Najran, the army targeted gatherings of the military vehicles of the coalition’s militia in the gate of Taibat al-Esm camp.

Army launches joint air-land attack on Saudi-backed militia in western coast
[07/October/2018] HODEIDAH, Oct. 7 (Saba) – The army air and artillery forces on Sunday launched a joint attack on gatherings of the coalition-backed militia in the western coast front, a military official told Saba.

The artillery forces fired batch of shells, which coincided with the implementation of a drone strike attacks on the coalition-backed militias’ gatherings at Nakhelah district, leaving huge casualties in the lives and equipment, the official confirmed.


7 Saudi-led airstrikes wage citizen’ properties in Hodeidah

HODEIDAH, Oct.7 (Saba) – Seven US-backed Saudi aggression air raids targeted Tuhaita district in Hodeidah province for its seventh day, a security official told Saba on Sunday.

Saudi naval battleships and artillery target houses in Hodeidah
HODEIDAH, Oct. 7 (Saba) – The US-Saudi aggression’s naval battleships and artillery targeted citizens houses and public and private facilities in al-Dowryhme district in Hodeidah province, an official told Sab on Sunday.

The strikes hit since five days until today, inflicting heavy casualties among the citizens and 30 houses were damaged.
Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Iraq
Iraqi man faces death sentence over killing priest in Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) ‐ An Iraqi criminal court has sentenced a man to death over his involvement in killing a priest in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
city, a judicial front man said.

"A group of forces of Evil attacked the motorcade of priest Poulis Farag Raho in al-Nour district in Mosul city in February 2008, killing his bodyguards," Judge Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, the front man for the Supreme Judicial Council, was quoted by the Alghdad Press website as saying on Sunday.

"The forces of Evil then kidnapped the priest and demanded a ransom of 50,000 dollars from the church," the front man said, adding that when the church declined to pay the ransom, the forces of Evil killed the priest.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Car bomb attack leaves Iraqi civilian wounded in Baghdad
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) ‐ An Iraqi civilian was maimed Sunday in a kaboom in Abu Gharib district in Baghdad, a security source was quoted as saying.

"A sticky bomb attached into a private car went off in Abu Gharib district in Baghdad, leaving a civilian maimed," the source told Iraqi website Alghad Press.

"A security force sealed off the blast site and carried the injured into a nearby hospital for treatment," added the source.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF fires at Gazans launching incendiary balloons at Israel
[IsraelTimes] No word on casualties in strike near Rafah; balloon with bomb affixed lands on kibbutz fence; 5 fires rage in other Israeli communities due to arson attacks

An Israeli aircraft on Sunday evening carried out an Arclight airstrike in the southern Gazoo Strip against a group of Paleostinians launching incendiary balloons towards Israel, the army said.

Paleostinians said the strike took place near the city of Rafah. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties.

Gazooks frequently launch incendiary kites and balloons into Israel, sparking fires that have destroyed forests, burned crops, and killed livestock. Thousands of acres of land have been burned, causing millions of shekels in damages, according to Israeli officials. Some balloons have carried improvised bombs.

Earlier on Sunday, Channel 10 news reported that a bomb was found attached to a balloon that landed near the fence of a kibbutz in southern Israel. It was defused by sappers.

Firefighters have also worked to extinguish five blazes caused by an incendiary balloons near Israeli towns along the Gazoo Strip since Sunday morning, a front man for the Israeli Fire and Rescue Services said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  I would've started live fire early on
Posted by: Frank G || 10/08/2018 6:16 Comments || Top||

#2  it seems to me that the IDF has been instructed to only direct minimal fire at balloon launch events



Posted by: lord garth || 10/08/2018 8:34 Comments || Top||

#3  it seems to me that the IDF has been instructed to only direct minimal fire at balloon launch events

there are some tactical or political reasons why they may be doing this

Posted by: lord garth || 10/08/2018 9:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Spray them with pigs blood................full metal jacket pigs blood.
Posted by: AlanC || 10/08/2018 9:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Drop gasoline on them
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/08/2018 16:28 Comments || Top||

#6  Drop Michael Moor on them from high altitude. That ought to count as pig's blood.
Posted by: Bugs Thud4877 || 10/08/2018 19:08 Comments || Top||

#7  Drop Michael Moor on them from high altitude.

Wish I'd thought of that for the 'Space Junk?' thread.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/08/2018 19:40 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
98 barrel bombs dropped on Hama and Idlib in September
Damascus (Syria News) The Syrian Network for Human Rights documented, on Saturday, that the Syrian regime dropped at least 98 barrel bombs in September 2018.

In a report, the SNHR stated that all explosive barrels were dropped on Hama Province (67 barrels) and Idlib Province (31 barrels), while indicated that the barrels killed two civilians, one in Hama and the other in Idlib.

The report also added that the explosive barrels inflicted great damage on a medical facility in Hass Village, in the southern countryside of Idlib.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Landmine Blast Kills, Wounds 18 persons in Hama
Hama (Syria News) A woman was killed, on Saturday, while others were injures in a landmine blast, in the town of Khafseen, in the northeastern countryside of Hama, Enab Baladi News reported.

The pro-regime Sham FM radio station stated that the blast took place due to the kaboom of a landmine from the gangs remnants in the area, injuring more than 18 persons.

Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the SWAT team had finally arrived...
activists explained that the blast took place in Hawask Zaitoun area, killing a woman and wounding 14 others, while pointed out that the casualties were transferred to the National Hospital in Hama Province.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Syrian Army cuts off ISIS terrorists from crucial water sources
[ALMASDARNEWS] The government forces continue to crack down on bully boyz based near the strategic heights of Tulul al-Safa in southern Syria’s al-Suwayda desert. The military operation is due to be wrapped up before the end of this fall.

As a result of the Syrian Army’s ongoing offensive on terrorist bases in the vicinity of the al-Suwayda desert in the country’s south, jihadists have been cut off from recent freshwater supplies.

After losing access to major sources of water, the turbans were substantially weakened and no longer able to offer much resistance to government troops’ attacks.

In late September, the Syrian Army liberated about six square kilometers (3.7 miles) of the problematic mountainous area, where many fortified bad boy positions were discovered, along with arms and a food warehouse, as well as a medical aid post.

In August, the Russian General Staff confirmed that the Syrian government had successfully restored control over the provinces of al-Suwayda, Daraa and Quneitra in the southern part of the country.

Control was established in part due to efforts by the Russian Reconciliation Center, which convinced some of the turbans to lay down their weapons and either move to Idlib province to reunite with their families or to join the fight against ISIS* and other terrorist groups.
Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  "Die thirsty, my friends..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/08/2018 8:15 Comments || Top||


Jihadist rebels launch big assault across northeast Latakia
[ALMASDARNEWS] Led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
, the jihadist rebels unleashed a flurry of surface-to-surface missiles towards the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions in the Kurdish Mountains (var. Jabal al-Akrad) of northeast Latakia.

According to a military source in the Latakia Governorate, the jihadist rebels managed to score several direct hits on the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses after launching most of these missiles from their stronghold of Kabbani.

The source added that a number of military personnel from the Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (NDF) were killed during the jihadist attack.

This latest attack by the jihadist rebels marks the second time in the last 24 hours that they have targeted areas controlled by the Syrian government in the Latakia province.

Posted by: Fred || 10/08/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra



Who's in the News
28[untagged]
5Commies
3Taliban
2Govt of Pakistan
2Govt of Saudi Arabia
2Govt of Syria
2al-Shabaab (AQ)
2Govt of Iran
2Islamic State
1Hamas
1Houthis
1Human Trafficking
1Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1Sublime Porte
1al-Nusra
1Govt of Pakistain Proxies

Bookmark
E-Mail Me

The Classics
The O Club
Rantburg Store
The Bloids
The Never-ending Story
Thugburg
Gulf War I
The Way We Were
Bio

Merry-Go-Blog











On Sale now!


A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...
Steve White
Seafarious
tu3031
badanov
sherry
ryuge
GolfBravoUSMC
Bright Pebbles
trailing wife
Gloria
Fred
Besoeker
Glenmore
Frank G
3dc
Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2018-10-08
  IDF fires at Gazans launching incendiary balloons at Israel
Sun 2018-10-07
  Defying Israeli occupation, Golan Druze pledge loyalty to Syria’s Assad
Sat 2018-10-06
  FFFFFFFinally: JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAUGH CONFIRMED 50-48
Fri 2018-10-05
  Yemeni army advances further into Saada amid violent clashes with Houthis
Thu 2018-10-04
  15 terrorists killed in shootout with police in North Sinai: Egypt's interior ministry
Wed 2018-10-03
  'Ricin poison' packages sent to Pentagon
Tue 2018-10-02
  21 ISIS militants killed in drone strikes in Nangarhar province
Mon 2018-10-01
  Houthi naval force targets Saudi patrol boats inside Jizan Port
Sun 2018-09-30
  Chad troops kill 17 Boko Haram fighters after Lake Chad attack
Sat 2018-09-29
  Tajikistan national among 48 killed, wounded in Kunduz operations
Fri 2018-09-28
  Rockets fired on Ghazni city during President Ghani’s visit
Thu 2018-09-27
  Kuwait: Houthi militias threaten international borders with Iran missiles
Wed 2018-09-26
  ISIS refuses to surrender volcanic region as Syrian troops attempt to advance
Tue 2018-09-25
  46 militants killed, 38 thousand kgs of explosives in Farah airstrikes
Mon 2018-09-24
  Exclusive: Rod Rosenstein is resigning (he didn't, then)


Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
3.17.150.163
Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:
WoT Background (12)    Non-WoT (20)    Opinion (6)    (0)    Politix (3)