[KhaamaPress] A group of ten Indian women and kiddies, all relatives of ISIS affiliates have also surrendered to Afghan forces in eastern 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.
Sources privy of the development have said at least 900 ISIS affiliates including foreigners have surrendered to the Afghan forces since the launch of offensive on 12th of November.
The sources further added that the Indian women and kiddies hail from Kerala state of India who have been shifted to Kabul.
"We are evaluating them one by one. More details will emerge once this process is finished," the Hindustan Times quoted an informed official as saying.
This comes as the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan on Saturday announced that 22 ISIS holy warriors surrendered to Afghan forces in Achin district on Friday.
The defense ministry had earlier announced that more than 600 ISIS holy warriors and their family members have surrendered to Afghan forces during the recent weeks.
[KhaamaPress] A group of 22 militants of ISIS Khurasan, the offshoot of IS terrorist group in Afghanistan, surrendered to Afghan Special Forces in Nangarhar province.
According to a statement released by Ministry of Defense (MoD), the militants surrendered to Special Forces in Achin district of Nangarhar.
The statement further added that the militants also handed over 18 Ak-47 assault rifles to Special Forces.
This comes as a group of 10 ISIS militants surrendered to Special Forces in Achin district a day earlier, days after more than 600 militants and family members of the group surrendered to security forces in Nangarhar.
The terror group started its operations in Achin district of Nangarhar nearly five years ago and were attempting to turn the province into their regional operational hub.
However, the security forces backed by coalition forces suppressed the terror group before they could expand their foothold in Nangarhar and other parts of the country.
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damn, they just giving up in droves aren't they?
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[KhaamaPress] Clashes in northern Balkh and Jawzjan provinces left 16 Talibs dead or maimed including local commanders of the group, the 209th Shaheen Corps said.
According to a statement released by Shaheen Corps, the Talibs attacked Khel Guli Base in Dawlatabad district of Balkh at 7 pm local time on Saturday which sparked festivities that continued until 9 pm.
The statement further added that Talibs retreated after 4 losing of their comrades during the festivities.
The security forces killed 2 Talibs and maimed another Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... fighter during a separate clash in Joi Uzlek area of Chahar Bolak district in Balkh proivnce, the 209th Shaheen Corps added.
The 209th Shaheen Corps also added that the security forces killed local Taliban commanders Qari Toofan and Chari Pawalan during a clash in Qarqeen district of Jawzjan on Saturday.
Four other Talibs sustained injuries during the clash including their commander Qari Qayoum, the 209th Shaheen Corps said.
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan forces thwarted bandidosturbans bid to detonate multiple Improvised Explosive Devices in South-eastern Khost province ... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name... According to a statement released by Ministry of Interior, the security forces discovered and defused 8 IEDs during the operations which they launched few days ago in Musa Khe district.
The statement further added that the bandidosturbans had planted the IEDs on main roads frequented by ordinary civilians.
Some of the IEDs also carried ’illusory’ messages about paradise, the Ministry of Interior added in its statement.
Talibs and bandidosturbans of the other groups frequently use improvised explosives as the weapon of their choice to target the security personnel and government officials.
However, the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... the roadside kaboomings often inflict casualties on ordinary civilians.
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan forces suffered casualties in a coordinated Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... attack in central Daikundi province, the local security officials said.
Gul Aqa Sajadi, a front man for the provincial police headquarters confirmed that eight security personnel bit the dust after a large number of Talibs attacked the security check posts in Kajran district.
He said the Talibs launched the attack at around 1 am local time which lasted for several hours.
According to Sajadi, eight coppers and a soldier of the Afghan national army bit the dust in the attack and four others sustained injuries.
Meanwhile, ...back at the abandoned silver mine, the water was up to Jack's neck and still rising. And then he smelled the smoke... another official said the Afghan forces also inflicted heavy casualties on Talibs but did not elaborate further regarding the exact number.
The official further added that additional forces have arrived in the district and the Afghan forces are in full control of the area.
An Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... in northern Faryab province killed four Talibs including the shadow district chief of the group, the Afghan military said. Who is now but a smudge
According to a statement released by 209th Shaheen Corps, the security forces conducted the airstrike in Khwaja Gowhar Village of Almar district on Saturday, targeting a compound of Talibs.
The statement further added that the airstrike killed 4 Talibs including Mawlavi Abdul Ghafar, the shadow district chief of Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... The airstrike also maimed 7 other krazed killers, destroyed the compound of Taliban, 6 motorycles and some weapons and munitions, the statement added.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the airstrike so far.
[KhaamaPress] The Talibs suffered heavy casualties during the operations in northern Faryab and South-eastern Ghazni provinces, the Afghan military said.
The 209th Shaheen Corps in the North said in a statement that a series of Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s killed 6 Talibs and maimed 3 others in Qaramqol and Andkhoi districts of Faryab.
The statement further added that the security forces conducted the airstrikes amid ongoing Shaheen-607 operations.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, Butch cautiously raised his hat over the edge of the horse trough on the end of a stick...... the 203rd Thunder Corps in the South-east said the security forces killed 4 Talibs and maimed 5 others during the operations in Nogha and Shahbaz areas of the thriving provincial capital of Ghazni province.
The security forces also discovered and defused 10 improvised bombs during the operations in Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... , Ghazni, Wardak and Pashtun-infested Logar provinces, the 203rd Thunder Corps added.
The Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... group has not commented regarding the operations so far.
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There was a tongue in cheek analysis of the various units in an old Avalon Hill wargame called Panzerblitz: "Soviet T-34c Loss: Shruggable. 'What is one rat to the pack?' "
To the Taliban Collective the loss of a fellow bandit tribe often means that your tribe has a new place to expand into...
[KhaamaPress] A series of Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s killed eight faceless myrmidons of Taliban ...Arabic for students... and ISIS groups in four provinces in the past 24 hours, the military officials said.
The officials further added an airstrike in Gulistan district of Farah killed 3 Talibs, destroyed an IED and a Taliban vehicle.
Another airstrike in Musa Qalah district of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... killed 3 Talibs, the officials said, adding that a similar airstrike killed a Taliban Death Eater and destroyed a small cache of weapons in Shindand district of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... The officials also added that an airstrike in Achin district 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 killed a Death Eater of ISIS Khurasan group.
The Taliban and ISIS groups have not commented regarding the airstrikes so far.
[KhaamaPress] The Special Forces killed 5 Talibs and arrested 4 others during the operations in Farah, Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... and Kabul provinces.
The military officials said Sunday the Special Forces killed 5 Talibs and destroyed a cache of weapons in Pusht-e Rod district of Farah.
The officials further added that the Special Forces arrested 3 Talibs and destroyed a small cache of weapons during a similar raid in Ghoriyan district of Herat.
The Special Forces also arrested a Taliban ...Arabic for students... bully boy during a raid in Chahar Asyab district of Kabul, the officials added.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far.
[ToloNews] A group of Farah residents gathered in Farah city on Sunday to protest the killing of nine civilians who they claim were targeted in an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... in Posht Rod district on Saturday.
They brought the bodies on Saturday evening to the governor’s office and called for an investigation into the incident.
The residents also claimed that seven others were maimed.
"One of them is my son, others are relatives. Why were we hit like this?" asked an angry protestor
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"They were martyred last evening," another protestor said.
One person interviewed said the attack happened as some locals were returning to their homes after evening prayers.
"Almost 20 to 30 people were standing outside a mosque after praying when the airstrike occurred," said one resident.
A hospital official said they received a number of dead and maimed on Saturday evening.
"Five maimed and eight dead were taken to the provincial hospital on Saturday evening. One child is among the maimed and is at death's door," said Abdul Hakim Rasuli, head of the Farah provincial hospital.
A local official confirmed that two separate operations were carried out in Posht Rod and Gulistan districts of Farah, but none of the officials confirmed the civilian casualties.
"We call on the president and the central government to prevent such incidents from happening again. You can see in the hospital that all of the victims are vulnerable people," said Khair Mohammad Nawrozi, a member of the Farah Provincial Council.
This comes as civilian casualties in Afghanistan are on the rise, according to a UN report published in mid-October.
The United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported that in the first nine months of 2019 the UN documented 2,563 civilians killed and 5,676 injured, which is similar to the same period from last year; however, in the third quarter‐July 1 to September 30--UNAMA documented an unprecedented spike in civilian casualties, with 1,174 civilian deaths and 3,139 injured.
[NY Post] A mid-air collision between two helicopters has killed 13 French soldiers fighting against Islamic extremists in Mali, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.
Macron expressed "deep sadness" at the news of the Monday evening crash, which took place during a combat operation.
In a written statement, he expressed his support for the French military and stressed the "courage of the French soldiers" fighting the persistent Islamic threat in the Sahel region.
The statement provided no further details about the accident.
French defense minister Florence Parly said an investigation has been opened to determine the exact circumstances of the accident.
The operation in West and Central Africa involves 4,500 personnel and is France's largest overseas military mission.
A new surge in extremist attacks in Mali has killed well over 100 local troops in the past two months, with the Islamic State group often claiming responsibility.
The United States has said West Africa's Sahel region is an emerging front in the fight against IS and other extremist groups, including those linked to al-Qaida.
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[Libya Observer] 20 illegal immigrants colonists died drowning as their boat - laden with more than 150 ones - had capsized after taking off from Libya toward Italia.
The Guardian reported Monday the Italian Coast Guard as saying that 149 immigrants colonists, including 13 women and three children, were rescued and scores were missing.
The newspaper added that the immigrants colonists wanted to take advantage of lack of surveillance operations in the bad weather conditions but strong winds drowned their boat.
Over the last two days, the Libyan coastguards have rescued 490 illegal immigrants colonists from different African countries in separate operations.
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[Libya Observer] A decomposed body was found in a desert area south of Ajdabiya city, security services confirmed Sunday.
Some local residents passing by called the police after finding the body in a desert area, about 18 kilometers south of Ajdabiya, the security directorate of Ajdabiya explained.
Police was dispatched to the site after notifying the Public Prosecution and the Red Islamic Thingy branch of Ajdabiya to recover the body.
The body has not been officially identified and is currently maintained in Ajdabiya hospital, pending the completion of legal procedures.
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Dog bites corpse. Corpse bites dog...
Incorruptible found in the desert
Attired in unsoiled, intact hairshirt.
A fragrance invested
The saint, unmolested
By vagrant Mohammedan pervert.
[Libya Observer] The Defence Ministry has said that statements of the front man for "Haftar's militias" regarding the imposition of an air embargo, were to gain more time and raise the spirit of his "defeated" forces.
"Haftar has handed over military bases, including al-Jufra and al-Witya bases, in addition to military sites in the east, and other vital facilities, to foreign powers, in an aim to return the country to the dictatorship era and for killing Libyans," the ministry stated yesterday, underscoring that the Libyan army forces are determined to repel Haftar's aggression and will continue to fight until he is defeated.
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Haftar’s forces shot down a U.S. military drone over Tripoli by mistake last week, AP reported Mon, citing a senior official in Haftar’s self-styled army. The official said they apologized for shooting down the drone and have agreed to coordinate with the Americans in the future pic.twitter.com/xHAjqMLCTd
[ALMASDARNEWS] Minutes ago, the spokesperson for the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i Armed Forces announced that the Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... -led attack on the Mocha District of western Yemen resulted in massive losses for the Saudi-led forces two-days-ago."Operation ’If You Go Back’ was carried out by nine ballistic missiles and more than 20 drones; they targeted enemy camps in Mocha," the spokesperson began.
"More than 350 hostile elements were killed and maimed, including Saudi, Emirati and Sudanese nationals, during the operation, they continued, pointing out that they also "destroyed five weapons stores and a number of vehicles and armored vehicles in the targeted camps in Mocha."
The spokesperson said this massive attack by the Houthi forces was carried out in retaliation for the Saudi Coalition strikes on northern Yemen.
"We affirm that we will not stand idly by and will respond strongly to the aggression and violations in Hodeidah and the western coast," he added.
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They need too remember that the saudis are not American and do not care about the losses of their mercenaries.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i Army launched a large-scale offensive in the Sa’ada Governorate on Monday in a bid to regain the initiative in this area along the Saudi-Yemeni border.
According to a statement from the Yemeni Army commander General Yasser al-Harathi, his forces managed to "penetrate the ranks of the Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in the areas between the districts of Baqim and Safra and hit their fortifications, and destroyed their military vehicles."
The Yemeni Army commander also stated that their forces were able to score some advances at this axis after an intense battle.
Since the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... declared a truce on December 18, 2018, in Hodeidah, the Yemeni government and Ansarallah forces have exchanged accusations of bombing and attacking each other’s positions, especially in the city’s contact areas and suburbs.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An Iranian man who ran an opposition social media site was gunned down earlier this month in Istanbul, local media reported on Monday.
Massoud Molavi, said to be in his mid-30s, was murdered on the street while walking with a friend in the Sisli district of Istanbul on November 14, according to the DHA news agency.
Bullet casings were found at the scene. CCTV footage, released by another agency, IHA, appeared to show the moment of the killing.
Molavi helped run a channel on Telegram called “Black Box,” which published corruption allegations against members of the government, judiciary and intelligence services, and claimed to have contacts within the Revolutionary Guards.
Turkish police told DHA that investigations were ongoing, and that they had no information at present on Molavi’s background.
Iran’s intelligence services are known to have a sizeable presence in neighboring Turkey, where many exiled Iranians live, and many more come on vacation.
In April 2017, the owner of a leading Persian-language satellite entertainment channel, GEM TV, was shot dead in his car by unknown individuals in Istanbul.
Said Karimian was a British citizen of Iranian origin, and ran GEM TV from Dubai, offering Western programs to Persian-speaking audiences, including US game shows and Turkish soaps.
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Drug profits? His daughter’s dowry? Inquiring minds want to know.
[KhaamaPress] The Central Industrial Force (CISF) personnel of India arrested an Afghan national on charges of carrying $14,000 in an ’unauthorized’ manner while attempting to travel to Kabul from New Delhi.
The Indian security officials have said the CISF personnel arrested Bakhtyari Waheedullah from Inhira Gandhi International Airport at 5:30 am local time on Saturday, according to local media reports.
The officials further added that the man was about to board a SpiceJet flight to Kabul when CISF personnel intercepted him and confiscated $14,000 which he was in his possession in an ’unauthorized’ manner.
The CISF personnel handed over the man to Customs officials after he failed to produce any document for carrying the relatively large amount of foreign currency, the officials added.
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One has to declare how much they're taking if it's above $10k. A few hundred over won't matter, but on checking if they find bills and coins secreted away, they'll just follow protocol and seize all of it. Considering he was afghan, they were playing safe.
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Police and federal agents do that here as well. Police say its drug money and you have to sue to get it back. Same at airports with the federal agents.
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p2k has got it right, I think it may be called civil forfeiture if you are carrying large amounts of cash. Usually don't get it back either. kinda like imminent domain laws.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Police in Iraq's southern province of Dhi Qar were instructed to withdraw and follow up on the situation on Friday, following protests in the province, a security source told Al Arabiya.
Dhi Qar province, particularly its capital Nasiriyah, has witnessed some of the most intense festivities between protesters and Iraqi security forces during the ongoing demonstrations which have gripped the country since early October.
The order comes the night after thirteen people were killed in in one of the "worst" days of festivities in the country’s south, according to officials.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Eight people died north of Aleppo following air raids by unidentified warplanes on Tuesday, the war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Sounds of several explosions were heard in areas controlled by factions loyal to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... .
Local sources said that six explosions were heard in different areas, and the sources confirmed that the raids targeted the al-Haraqat area near Tarhin village, al-Burj village and the southern part of Jarabulus city.
A number of civilians were maimed in Tarhin Village and several tankers used for fuel transport were burned, the Syrian Observatory reported.
The Ottoman Turkish aircraft flew over Mare’ city amid news about the possibility of carrying out a new airdrop, similar to a previous airdrop carried out by the International Coalition to arrest an ISIS member, added the monitor.
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they are always civilians
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has scored a new advance in the southeastern region of Idlib after launching an overnight attack on the jihadist rebel defenses.
Led by the 25th Special Mission Forces (formerly Tiger Forces), the Syrian Arab Army began their attack last night by storming the town of Umm Khalakhil from recently captured Musharifah al-Shmaliyah.
Following a fierce exchange of hostilities, the Syrian Arab Army was able to overrun the jihadist defenses at Umm Khalakhil, resulting in the town’s capture by their forces.
With Umm Khalakhil’s capture, the Syrian Arab Army has now secured the southern flank of Musharifah al-Shmaliyah, which was seized by the military on Sunday morning.
The Syrian Arab Army resumed their offensive in southeastern Idlib on Sunday after taking a brief break to regroup following an unsuccessful push last week.
In the coming days, the Syrian Arab Army will look to expand their control over several other towns and villages in southeastern Idlib, as they look to reach the southeastern flank of Ma’arat al-Nu’man.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Clashes between supporters of Leb’s caretaker prime minister, Saad Hariri ...Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.... , and Shia groups Hezbollah and Amal erupted into gunfire in Beirut late on Monday, state news agency NNA reported.
The festivities marked the second consecutive night of violence linked to Leb’s political crisis, threatening to tip largely peaceful demonstrations directed at the country’s ruling elite in a more bloody direction.
A video posted by Lebanese broadcaster LBCI showed heavy gunfire around Cola bridge in Beirut. The source of the gunfire was not immediately clear. No injuries were reported.
In the southern town of Tyre, supporters of Hezbollah and Amal tore up protest tents and set them on fire, prompting security forces to intervene and fire into the air, according to Lebanese media.
The protests that have swept Leb since October 17 are fueled by deep resentment for a ruling class seen as mired in corruption and having driven the economy into crisis.
Supporters of Amal and the heavily armed Hezbollah have occasionally sought to break up the demonstrations and clear roads cut off by protesters. They destroyed a main protest camp in central Beirut last month.
The groups were influential in the coalition government led by Hariri, who quit on October 29 after the protests began. They had opposed Hariri’s resignation.
In a statement, Hariri’s Future Movement warned its supporters to refrain from protesting and stay away from large gatherings to "avoid being dragged into any provocation intended to ignite strife."
Groups of men on cycle of violences, some waving Amal and Hezbollah flags, were seen roving streets in Beirut and Tyre, according to witnesses and videos broadcasted on Lebanese media.
Adding to tensions, two people were killed when their car slammed into a traffic barrier on a coastal road on Monday, sparking criticism from Hezbollah and others of protesters that have cut roads as a primary tactic to keep up pressure.
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[NY Post] A mid-air collision between two helicopters has killed 13 French soldiers fighting against Islamic extremists in Mali, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Police in Iraq's southern province of Dhi Qar were instructed to withdraw and follow up on the situation on Friday, following protests in the province, a security source told Al Arabiya.
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...Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too....
