[SUDANTRIBUNE]At least 25 people were killed and dozens maimed when shells hit a camp for displaced people in Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... 's North Darfur state on Monday, officials said, the latest attack in a region where violence has surged since April.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling the army in North Darfur's capital El Fasher since mid-May, following the outbreak of a nationwide conflict between the two sides.
The paramilitary group has been accused of targeting civilians and looting in El Fasher, where it has besieged hundreds of thousands of people.
Health ministry official Ibrahim Khater said 25 people had been killed and 40 maimed in the shelling of the Abu Shouk camp, home to some 400,000 displaced people.
A local resistance committee put the corpse count at more than 20, with 32 maimed.
Witnesses said the RSF also shelled residential areas and a police hospital, forcing it to close. The RSF could not immediately be reached for comment.
The conflict in Darfur has revived memories of a brutal civil war in the early 2000s that led to the creation of the RSF.
The Abu Shouk attack is likely to raise further concerns about the humanitarian situation in El Fasher, where aid groups have warned of shortages of food and medicine.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] The European mission in the Red Sea, known as '' Aspides '', reported on Monday that a fire continues to blaze on a Greek-flagged ship following an attack by Yemeni armed forces three days ago.
In a statement posted on X platform, the mission noted that there are fires on at least 5 locations observed on the main deck of the vessel.
''It is estimated that these are located around the hatches of the vessel's oil tanks. Additionally, part of the superstructure is on fire, too. So far there are no obvious signs of an oil spill,'' the statement read.
''The ship remains anchored at the same point in international waters.''
The European mission attached photographs showing the ongoing fires on the vessel.
Petroleum burns — astounding.
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it's a clear sign the massive DoD doesn't know how to wage war.
Well, the DoD *is* the Department of Defense. I say it's time to bring back the Department of War for situations just like this when you need to actively discourage some annoying miscreants.
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^Kurt Schlichter: What Is Happening in the Ukraine War Should Scare the Hell Out of Us The United States is not ready for the kind of war we are seeing played out in Ukraine, a peer-to-peer conventional fight that is rewriting the rules of what we thought war was supposed to be. And, with leadership in the White House sitting in a rocker staring slack-jawed at Matlock reruns, we are not in a position to fix what will mean defeat in our next real war.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] At least 13 people were killed, while others are still missing, after a boat carrying Æthiopian migrants colonists sank off 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 coast.
A report issued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Sunday said, ''13 people were tragically killed and 14 others are still missing after a boat carrying migrants colonists capsized off the coast of Taiz province.''
The boat, which was carrying 25 Æthiopian migrants colonists along with Yemeni citizens, left Djibouti towards Yemen before it sank near Thu Bab District, according to field reports from IOM.
The report stated that the bodies of 11 men and two women were recovered along the coast of Bab al-Mandab near Thu Bab district, while search operations are ongoing in the hope of finding the remaining missing migrants colonists and the Yemeni captain and his assistant.
The Acting Head of the IOM's mission in Yemen, Matt Hopper, said ''this latest tragedy is a stark reminder of the dangers migrants colonists face on this route.''
Hopper called for working collectively to ensure that migrants colonists are protected and supported throughout their journeys, reiterating the organization's commitment to continuing efforts to prevent such incidents and protect vulnerable migrants colonists, as he said.
The same location witnessed a similar incident in late July, which resulted in the killing of 12 migrants colonists and the loss of four others.
The number of migrants colonists killed as a result of boat sinking accidents has risen to 306 migrants colonists, most of them Æthiopians, since the beginning of this year 2024.
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Following festivities late on Sunday between Ansar members and students near the Bangladesh Secretariat that left dozens injured from both sides, the role of the force and its history are now the talk of the town and under scrutiny.
Administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Force, also known as the Ansar Bahini, is a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh.
The force comprises approximately six million members, organized into three main divisions: Ansar Forces, Battalion Ansar and Village Defence Team (VDP).
What led to the protest?
The protests by Ansar personnel began on Wednesday, demanding job nationalization as they work on a daily wage basis and the abolition of the rest tradition.
According to the Ansar regulation, a member is sent on a six-month mandatory leave after working for three consecutive years. During the period, Ansar members suffer a miserable life as they do not get paid.
According to officials, the government do not pay any salary to 70,000 general Ansar members. A member is paid by the office — Tk 540 per day -- where he is deployed for security and other purposes.
Besides, ration facilities are allocated for them through the Ministry of Home Affairs on behalf of the force.
On average, the Ansar and VDP headquarters receive a deployment requisition for 55,000 for different institutes or government offices around the year.
Besides General Ansars, there are around 17,000 regular members in the force called the Battalion Ansar. The force has also around 570,000 VDP members, whose jobs are volunteer-based.
WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY?
On Sunday, their rally started outside the National Press Club and spread across the area, causing road closures.
The Ansar personnel were unsuccessful in their multiple attempts to enter the Secretariat.
A meeting was held with a seven-strong delegation from the Ansars and Home Adviser Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury at 3pm.
The home adviser said the Ansar rest policy would be abolished.
He also said a committee would review other demands and submit a report for further decisions.
Despite this decision, Ansar members continued their protests, leading to a blockade of the Secretariat where many officials were unable to leave until later in the evening.
An emergency meeting involving five advisors and 10 Ansar representatives was held around 7:45pm, chaired by the home adviser, and festivities resumed around 9:45pm, leaving around 40 people from both sides injured.
At around 10pm, army troops and police arrived at the scene, eventually bringing the situation under control.
Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the anti-discrimination student movement, in a Facebook post blamed former director general of Ansar, Maj Gen AKM Aminul Haque, for a continued blockade of the Secretariat, even after the demands of protesting Ansar members were met.
AKM Aminul Haque is the elder brother of former deputy minister of water resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim.
Following the clash, the government reshuffled 19 senior positions within the Ansar force.
Till now, at least three cases have been filed over the incident at Paltan, Shahbagh, and Ramna cop shoppes.
WHAT IS ANSAR FORCE?
The name originates from the Arabic word "Ansar," which means "volunteer" or "helper."
On its website, the force says its vision is to ensure peace, order, development and security nationwide for a prosperous and secure state, while its missions are (a) active participation in public safety and disaster response efforts; (b) contributing to the country's socio-economic development by transforming the force's voluntary members into human resources; and (c) participating in law enforcement and operational activities with other forces as directed by the government.
The Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party is the country's largest community-based disciplined forces.
The force is headed by a director general. The current Ansar chief is Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud.
The director general functions from the Bangladesh Ansar headquarters, located in Khilgaon, Dhaka.
HISTORY
On February 12, 1948, the Ansar force was established, and the Ansar Act was approved by the then East Bengal legislative assembly, coming into effect on June 17, 1948.
Initially, the training activities of the force were temporarily held in Shahbagh, Dhaka.
The organizational activities of the force began at the district level with the integration of 27 officers from the disbanded Home Guard into the Ansar Bahini. With their assistance, British official James Buchanan, founding director of the force, developed a comprehensive proposal, which was subsequently approved by the government.
In 1951, Ali Azgor was appointed director general of the Ansar Bahini when Buchanan left the country due to his age and deteriorating health. Azgor was director general for a very short period, soon replaced by HMS Doha. As director general Doha contributed a lot to the growth and progress of the organization. During his tenure, the Ansar Bahini obtained 42,000 rifles and the number of members shot up to 1.4 million.
During the 1965 Indo-Pak war, Ansar members were deployed to defend the country's border posts.
Following the oath-taking of Bangladesh's first provisional government during the Liberation War, 12 Ansar members, led by Platoon Commander Yad Ali, provided a guard of honour to the then-acting president.
The Ansar force was disbanded during the war by the Pak military rulers, being labelled as rebels.
Around 40,000 Ansar members participated in the Liberation War, with 670 people, including nine officers, four employees and 657 Ansar members, sacrificing their lives.
One member was awarded the Bir Bikrom title and two received the Bir Protik title.
After independence, from 1973 to 1975, the Ansar force's training activities were conducted in Savar.
In 1976, the Village Defence Party (VDP) was formed, followed by the creation of the Town Defence Party (TDP) in 1980. Both forces would be later integrated with the Ansar force.
The National Ansar Training Centre (NATC) was established in Safipur, Kaliakair, Gazipur, in 1976. It was renamed the Ansar Training School in 1983, and in 1986 it was upgraded to the Ansar Academy. It became the Ansar-VDP Academy in 1995.
The force is currently governed by the Ansar Bahini Act, 1995 and the Battalion Ansars Act, 1995, which were approved by the president on February 15, 1995, and became effective the next day.
According to these laws and Article 152 of the constitution, the Ansar force is recognized as a "disciplined force."
In 2004, the Bangladesh Ansar and VDP received the Independence Award. Battalion Ansars were included under the National Pay Scale in October 2008, gaining entitlement to family rations and combat uniforms.
[GEOTV] As many as 14 security personnel were martyred in clearance operations against turbans in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Monday.
The military's media wing said on the night between August 25-26, the turbans attempted to conduct numerous heinous activities in Balochistan.
On behest of ''inimical and hostile forces'', the ISPR said these cowardly acts of terrorism were aimed at disrupting the peaceful environment and development of Balochistan by targeting mainly the innocent civilians, especially in Musa Khel, Kalat and Labela districts.
In Musa Khel district, turbans stopped a bus in Rara Sham area and maliciously targeted innocent citizens, working in Balochistan to earn their livelihood, the ISPR said.
It went on to say that security forces and law enforcement agencies immediately responded and successfully thwarted the evil design of turbans and "sent 21 turbans to hell in ensuing clearance operations, ensuring security and protection of local populace".
However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... during the conduct of operations, the statement said 14 brave sons of soil including ten security forces soldiers and four personnel of law enforcement agencies, having fought gallantly, made the ultimate sacrifice and embraced shahadat.
Sanitisation operations are being conducted and the instigators, perpetrators, controllers and abettors of these heinous and cowardly acts, targeting innocent civilians, will be brought to justice, the statement added.
"Security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistain in step with the nation, remain determined to thwart attempts at sabotaging peace, stability and progress of Balochistan and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve," the military's media wing said.
The clearance operations were launched as at least 37 people were martyred in different turbans incidents in Balochistan.
In one of the attacks, at least 23 passengers were killed after being offloaded from passenger buses and trucks in the Rarasham area of Balochistan's Musakhel, police told Geo News on Monday.
Providing details of the incident, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ayub Achakzai said gunnies blocked the inter-provincial highway and offloaded passengers from the vehicles.
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The show continues:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pakistan-over-70-dead-gunmen-storm-highways-execute-civilians-24-hours-terror
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[GEOTV] At least 23 passengers travelling to their destinations were killed after being offloaded from buses and trucks in the Rarasham area of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Musakhel, police told Geo News on Monday.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ayub Achakzai provided details of the incident, stating that gunnies had blocked the inter-provincial highway to carry out the massacre.
Police and Levies forces quickly reached the site to repel the attack, while rescuers transported the dear departed and injured to the hospital, he added.
Speaking on Geo News programme "Geo Pakistain," Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind revealed that gunnies launched a coordinated assault on multiple (two to three) fronts but were met with fierce resistance from security forces and law enforcement agencies (LEAs).
However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... he added that the bandidosDeath Eaters used the cover of darkness to carry out the Musakhel attack, during which they dragged the passengers down from the buses and shot them after identity check.
Underscoring the provincial government's resolve to tackle the law and order situation, Rind said that Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti had called a meeting where "important decisions" would be made. I miss Granpaw Bugti
"To find a way out of this situation, a holistic approach is required from the political government and security forces, with support from all schools of thought," he said.
The Musakhel incident highlights the ongoing security challenges Balochistan faces.
Pakistain has witnessed a spike in terrorism-related incidents since the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Most terror activities are reported in provinces bordering the neighbouring country — Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
According to the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) report, during the second quarter of the current year, the country witnessed 380 violence-linked fatalities and 220 injuries among civilians, security personnel, and outlaws.
The report stated that these casualties resulted from as many as 240 incidents involving terror attacks and counter-terrorism operations.
Owing to the security situation, the federal cabinet in June this year approved Operation Azm-e-Istehkam, a reinvigorated national counter-terrorism campaign following the Central Apex Committee's recommendations under the National Action Plan to root out terrorism.
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[Jpost] The IDF and the Shin Bet on Tuesday early afternoon rescued Israeli-Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi from southern Gaza, who was held by Hamas since October 7 from Mivtachim in the South.
The operation was led by Division 162, Brigade 401, the Nahal Brigade. Yahalom anti-tunnel special forces, along with the Shayetet 13 naval commandos.
Alkadi, age 52, from Rahat, is a father to 11 children.
Alkadi is healthy and is undergoing further health checks at Soroka Medical Center.
The IDF said that they had already gathered some intelligence from Alkadi both in the field and at Soroka.
IDF Chief Spokesman Daniel Hagari refused to share any details about the battle to free the hostage and how many Hamas forces it confronted, potentially suggesting that there are additional goals that may be achieved on an ongoing basis later Tuesday.
Questioned whether Alkadi partially succeeded in escaping on his own, though with later aid by the IDF, Hagari did not deny the possibility but did not confirm it and warned about informational security.
It is the fourth successful operation to rescue live Israeli hostages from Hamas, though there have been several successful operations finding and returning dozens of bodies of hostages killed by Hamas.
He is the eighth live hostage rescued from Gaza, which brings the number of remaining hostages down to 108 from an original round of 250.
Alkadi is the first live hostage to be rescued from a tunnel, with all prior live hostage rescues taking place above ground.
[GEOTV] More than 40,435 Palestinians have been killed and 93,534 have been wounded in Israeli military offensive on Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Monday.
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Wouldn't these (inflated) numbers indicate Hamas continues embed itself among the GAZA civilian population as it attacks Israel?
Palestinian media reported that among the dead was Jibril Jibril, a Hamas member who was released by Israel in a November deal with the Gaza-ruling terror group.
Jibril had been jailed for hurling explosive devices, stone-throwing, and being a member of Hamas.
Since the Hamas-led attack over 10 months ago, the IDF has carried out more than 60 airstrikes in the West Bank, using drones, attack helicopters, and fighter jets.
Local command post? Home of local Hamas/PIJ military leadership? Weapons depot? So many possibilities… Update from the Times of Israel — more adventures yesterday in Gaza:
As ceasefire talks continued in Cairo and the world’s attention was focused on the escalation in violence along Israel’s northern border, IDF troops continued to battle Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... throughout Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... on Sunday.
The Israel Defense Forces also issued new evacuation orders for a portion of the designated humanitarian zone, while reports in Gaza said a number of Paleostinians were killed in Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s.
The military announced on Sunday the deaths of two IDF soldiers — Staff Sgt. Amit Tsadikov, 20, who was killed fighting in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis a day earlier, and Master Sgt. (res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut, 36, who was killed earlier in the day in Gaza City.
Their deaths bring Israel’s toll in the offensive against Hamas to 340, while Tsadikov was the 700th fallen soldier recognized by the IDF since the start of the terror group’s October 7 onslaught on southern Israel. By Sunday evening, that figure had already risen to 702, after a sailor was also killed amid the Hezbollah attack in the north.
According to an initial IDF probe, an bomb killed Tsadikov, a Beit Dagan resident who served in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion.
Hazut, of the Jerusalem Brigade’s 9207th Battalion, from Ashdod, was hit by an bomb planted on a road in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood, the IDF said. Another soldier was seriously maimed in the incident.
Separately, a soldier in the Combat Engineering Corps’ 601st Battalion was seriously maimed fighting in southern Gaza and brought to a hospital for treatment, the IDF said.
Also Sunday, the IDF issued a call for Paleostinians in a small section of the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah to evacuate.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had thought to pack sun block... an AFP correspondent reported strikes and shelling in Gaza City, in the Strip’s north. Rescuers said at least three people were killed. Witnesses told AFP that battles also raged in the area of Deir al-Balah, farther south.
Wafa, the Paleostinian Authority’s official news agency, said three more people were killed and dozens injured in a dronezap near Deir al-Balah’s al-Anan Stadium. The agency reported artillery fire and dronezaps on the nearby Bureij refugee camp as well.
According to Wafa, Israel also fired artillery on Gaza City’s southeastern Zeitoun neighborhood and launched airstrikes on the al-Oyoun junction, west of the city.
[NAHARNET] Fighting resumed Monday after a short-lived calm following a heavy exchange of strikes between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israeli strikes targeted Monday the southern border village of Tayrharfa and the coastal city of Sidon. A car was hit in the latter strike near Abra's entrance.
The National News Agency reported that a man "from one of the Paleostinian organizations" had survived the strike on the car. But his pickleball days are over
In addition to targeting Hezbollah members, Israel has occasionally targeted members of Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... and other Paleostinian gangs in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... . There were no immediate reports of other casualties.
Later in the day, Israeli drones and warplanes targeted the southern towns of Markaba, Taybeh, and Hanine in the Bint Jbeil district.
Hezbollah, for its part, targeted surveillance equipment in the Ramia post in northern Israel with a suicide drone.
On Sunday, Israel launched dozens of strikes on southern Lebanon that it described as a preemptive operation, saying it had averted a major attack planned by Hezbollah in retaliation for the killing of one of its top commanders, Fouad Shukur, in an Israeli strike in Beirut last month.
Shortly afterward, Hezbollah launched a barrage of hundreds of drones and rockets, which it said was in retaliation for the killing of Shukur. Hezbollah leader Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> said drones had hit an Israeli military intelligence site near Tel Aviv. Israel said no military target was hit. Neither offered evidence.
Israel and Hezbollah backed off from sparking a widely feared all-out war, as both sides signaled their most intense exchange in months was over and neither side launched strikes overnight.
Hezbollah began attacking Israel almost immediately after the start of the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , which was triggered by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into southern Israel. Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire almost daily, displacing tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border.
[Ynet] The IDF said that Hezbollah’s massive strike on Israel Sunday morning was largely carried out from civilian areas, including sites near mosques, schools and UN compounds.
"In response to Hezbollah's preparation for launching missiles and rockets aimed at northern and central Israel, the IDF targeted immediate threats posed by the terror organization," a statement read.
"Approximately 230 launches and 20 aerial targets that crossed into Israeli territory were identified during the strike. Hezbollah continues to embed its terror infrastructure within civilian areas, using Lebanese civilians as human shields."
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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.
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.
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
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...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
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