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Monday April 6th, 2020

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Third person has been detained in an anti-terrorism investigation in France over a knife attack south of Lyon
How many Moslems does it take to carry out a knife attack?
Prominent Taliban leader killed in Wardak province
All Taliban leaders are prominent
9 Taliban militants killed, wounded after attacking ANDSF convoy in Laghman
Poorly executed Taliban attacks are the best Taliban attacks
Two separate clashes left nine suspected militants and three soldiers dead in Indian-administered Kashmir
Can't let a little thing like a plague stop Pak expansionism
Ansarallah forces strike important oil facility in northern Yemen
Houthis trying for the economic jugular of the Hadi govt
Public Uprising forces kill, wound 11 Taliban militants in Kapisa province
Those who don't want the Taliban are the best hope of getting rid of them
John Durham investigation intensifies focus on John Brennan

Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 12:14 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Tennis, anyone?
Posted by: Bobby || 04/06/2020 12:31 Comments || Top||

#2  A bit too young?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/06/2020 12:43 Comments || Top||

#3  How many Moslems does it take to carry out a knife attack?

Three. One to wield the knife and two to yell Allan Snackbar!
Posted by: gorb || 04/06/2020 13:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Knots, why do they hate us?
Posted by: Menhadden Shomotle5673 || 04/06/2020 13:36 Comments || Top||

#5  A bit too young?

Not to name any names, but there may be a certain Donk presidential candidate that might find her to be a bit too old.
Posted by: gorb || 04/06/2020 13:55 Comments || Top||

#6  Not very effective court shoes :-)
Posted by: Frank G || 04/06/2020 14:01 Comments || Top||

#7  Always so critical!
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/06/2020 14:46 Comments || Top||

#8  A little humor for the day.

My Self-Isolation Quarantine Diary

Day 1 – I Can Do This!! Got enough food and wine to last a month!
Day 2 – Opening my 8th bottle of Wine. I fear wine supplies might not last!
Day 3 – Strawberries: Some have 210 seeds, some have 235 seeds. Who Knew??
Day 4 – 8:00pm. Removed my Day Pajamas and put on my Night Pajamas.
Day 5 – Today, I tried to make Hand Sanitizer. It came out as Jello Shots!!
Day 6 – I get to take the Garbage out. I’m So excited, I can’t decide what to wear.
Day 7 – Laughing way too much at my own jokes!!
Day 8 – Went to a new restaurant called “The Kitchen”. You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal. I have No clue how this place is still in business.
Day 9 – I put liquor bottles in every room. Tonight, I’m getting all dressed up and going Bar hopping.
Day 10 – Struck up a conversation with a Spider today. Seems nice. He’s a Web Designer.
Day 11 – Isolation is hard. I swear my fridge just said, “What the hell do you want now?”
Day 12 – I realized why dogs get so excited about something moving outside, going for walks or car rides. I think I just barked at a squirrel.
Day 13 – If you keep a glass of wine in each hand, you can’t accidently touch your face.
Day 14 – Watched the birds fight over a worm. The Cardinals lead the Blue Jays 3–1.
Day 15 – Anybody else feel like they’ve cooked dinner about 395 times this month?
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/06/2020 17:52 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ Excellent. Stolen
Posted by: Frank G || 04/06/2020 18:23 Comments || Top||

#10  Things are beginning to get a little testy around here as well.

Posted by: jpal || 04/06/2020 18:41 Comments || Top||

#11  My new coronavirus business suit just came in. Never thought i'd see this day.

Posted by: Dr. Wheat Faartz007 || 04/06/2020 20:11 Comments || Top||

#12  Let's see , cute girl , rocking chair, tennis racket, .....Some assembly required.
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163 || 04/06/2020 20:41 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Public Uprising forces kill, wound 11 Taliban militants in Kapisa province
[KhaamaPress] The Public Uprising forces killed or maimed at least 11 Talibs during a clash in North-eastern Kapisa province of Afghanistan.

The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said a group of Talibs attacked the security posts of the Public Uprising forces in Nawa Jangal area of Tagab district on Friday.

The statement further added that the Public Uprising forces responded to the attack, killing at least 4 bully boyz and wounding others.

The Silab Corps did not disclose further information regarding the clash and it was not clear if the Public Uprising forces also sustained casualties during the clash or not.

The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
group has not commented regarding the incident so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


9 Taliban militants killed, wounded after attacking ANDSF convoy in Laghman
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan forces killed or maimed nine Talibs after responding to a Taliban
...Arabic for students...
attack on a convoy of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.
After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
province.

The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said the Talibs attacked the convey of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in Alisheng district on Saturday.

The statement further added that the Afghan forces responded to the attack with the support of the Air Forces who were providing close air support to the convoy.

The security forces killed 4 Lions of Islam and maimed 5 others during the clash, the 201st Silab Corps added.

The anti-government armed Lions of Islam including Taliban have not commented regarding the incident so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Prominent Taliban leader killed in Wardak province
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) killed a prominent Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
during a clash in central Wardak province, the Afghan military said.

According to a statement released by 203rd Thunder Corps, the security forces repulsed a Taliban attack on Sayedabad district late on Saturday night.

The statement further added that the security forces killed Qari Jawid alias Masroor, one of the prominent leaders of Taliban during the clash.

Qari Jawid was in charge of a group of 50 Talibs, the 203rd Thunder Corps said, adding that he was also appointed as the shadow police chief of Taliban for Sayedabad district.

The security forces also killed 6 other murderous Moslems during the clash, the 203rd Thunder Corps added in its statement.

The Taliban group has not commented in this regard so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa North
GNA losses 5-4-2020 Dead : 43. Injured: 38
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  That's why the dems want Trump to get involved in the Lybian conflict, their ppl are losing big even with Turkeys help. Bout time for Erdrogan to take the loss and show him he ain't shit.
Posted by: Chris || 04/06/2020 0:42 Comments || Top||

#2  I recall LNA social media said it was 4 - 1 ratio of foreign mercs to Libyans fighting in the conflict.

Spain, Italy, France get 10 - 20% of their petro from GNA controlled oil fields/ports.

Posted by: mossomo || 04/06/2020 9:41 Comments || Top||

#3  I think I saw the other day that France is starting to lean LNA, on account of the whompings I'd suspect.

The day the first Turk cargo transport vaporizes will be interesting.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/06/2020 11:33 Comments || Top||


2 TFSA tested positive for COVID-19,were moved to Mitiga
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Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Hassan Al-Haddad another GNA child_soldier from Misrata titzup
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Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  good, better now than later.
Posted by: Chris || 04/06/2020 0:46 Comments || Top||


Bader Al-Busaifi, member of #AlQaeda, killed in clashes in Wadi Al-Rabi'a
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Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda


Arabia
Arab Coalition suffers over 80 causalities in failed Marib offensive: Ansarallah
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Ansarallah forces strike important oil facility in northern Yemen
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ministry of Oil and Minerals, affiliated with the government of 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 President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, announced on Sunday the targeting of the pumping station for the Safer oil pipeline in the Sirwah District of western Marib.

The ministry accused the Ansarallah (var. 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...
) forces of carrying out this devastating attack in northern Yemen.

According to the Oil Ministry, "this targeting by the terrorist militia of the oil pumping station represents a criminal, sabotage and catastrophic act on the path of continuous depletion of the state’s capabilities and confirms the fact that the Iranian-backed militia has insulted and tampered with the capabilities and property of the Yemeni people, and it only speaks the language of sabotage and demolition. "

"The militia’s committing this cowardly act and heinous crime is an affirmation of the fact that it is seeking to destroy all the capabilities and progress of the Yemeni people. Hysteria perpetrated continuously and continuously in all regions and governorates of Yemen," they continued.

According to the statement, "The militia seeks from this operation to mix cards and direction and continue its destructive wars against national gains."

In the statement, the ministry appealed to all political forces and components at home and abroad to "quickly intervene, put an end to this terrorist militia, take appropriate measures that ensure the cessation of such hostile and outrageous acts against the Yemeni people, and take possible measures to protect the remaining vital facilities that the Yemeni people possess."

The statement pointed out that "this destructive work would fail the strenuous efforts made to create an attractive investment environment and climate and impede the return of foreign oil companies to the country to resume its activity in the production and export of crude oil."

Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
Third person has been detained in an anti-terrorism investigation in France over a knife attack south of Lyon
Day three on this story.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
A third person has been detained in an anti-terrorism investigation in France over a knife attack south of Lyon that left two people dead, authorities said on Sunday.

The third arrest was made on Saturday night, and that all three of the suspects are Sudanese, the French anti-terror prosecutor’s office said.

Prosecutors didn’t identify the suspect. They said he had no identification documents, but that he is Sudanese and was born in 1987.
Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


India-Pakistan
Deadly CQB : Melee in the Himalayas
[HindustanTimes] Five army commandos, 5 terrorists killed in LoC 'hand-to-hand' battle

The army began hunting for this batch of terrorists on April 1 when they infiltrated into Kashmir with ground troops reporting footprints near the LoC fence that was covered under snow, said an army officer.

In a dark day for the army's Special Forces (SF), five commandos belonging to an elite unit were killed in action along the Line of Control in Kashmir's Keran sector on Sunday during an intense close-quarter battle with an equal number of terrorist infiltrators who were all eliminated, three officers familiar with the details said on Monday on condition of anonymity.

The bodies of the commandos and the terrorists were found barely two to three metres from each other, said the first officer cited above.

In a statement issued on Monday, the army said all five terrorists were killed in "an intense hand-to-hand battle."

"The Indian Army launched a daring operation at the LoC and engaged Pakistani-supported infiltrators in a close-quarter battle in heavy snow, neutralising the entire infiltrating batch of five. Four soldiers under the command of a junior commissioned officer from one of the most professional Para SF units were heli-dropped near the LoC after information on the infiltrators was received," the army said.

Three of the commandos were killed at the encounter site while two succumbed to their injuries while being airlifted to a military hospital.

The army began hunting for this batch of terrorists on April 1 when they infiltrated into Kashmir with ground troops reporting footprints near the LoC fence that was covered under snow, said the first officer cited above.

The army's search teams made contact with the terrorists and engaged them in firefights four times between April 1 and April 4 before the commandos from 4 Para (SF) were called in to take over the operation and hunt the intruders, he said.

"Based on visuals from unmanned aerial vehicles, the SF troops were staged forward to the nearest battalion headquarters by air as the location was winter cut off (due to heavy snow)," said the second officer cited above.

At the crack of dawn on Sunday, the five commandos began tailing the infiltrators following their footmarks on the snow. Several hours later, the footprints indicated that the infiltrators had gone towards a nallah and were hiding there.

"One of the squads didn’t realise that they were on a cornice. The complete snow block collapsed taking the squad leader and the two scouts down all the way to the nallah where the terrorists were sitting... It led to a close-quarter battle at almost point blank range," the officer said. The two commandos in the other squad rushed to provide support to their comrades who were locked in an intense close-quarter fight with the terrorists. In the ensuing engagement, the five commandos were successful in killing all the infiltrators but at the cost of their own lives.

"Despite the fall, the commandos killed all the terrorists because of their superior training standards," the officer said.

The army on Monday identified the fallen commandos as Subedar Sanjeev Kumar from Himachal Pradesh, Havildar Davendra Singh from Uttarakhand, Paratrooper Bal Krishan from Himachal Pradesh, Paratrooper Amit Kumar from Uttarakhand and Paratrooper Chhatrapal Singh from Rajasthan.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/06/2020 11:54 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies

#1  May the commandos find themselves directly passing through the Pearly Gates or reincarnated as Brahmin warriors, as the case may be, while the jihadis enjoy the interesting pleasures of the Muslim Hell.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/06/2020 13:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Amen.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/06/2020 14:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Muslim Hell: Being the only Muslim in a small American town. In the Bible Belt. On Easter Sunday. With no hope of ever leaving. For eternity.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 04/06/2020 20:41 Comments || Top||

#4  Photo of the deployment. That is some serious snow https://mobile.twitter.com/VishnuNDTV/status/1247188599537205249/photo/1
Posted by: John Frum || 04/06/2020 21:30 Comments || Top||

#5  John's Link
Posted by: Frank G || 04/06/2020 21:34 Comments || Top||


Two separate clashes left nine suspected militants and three soldiers dead in Indian-administered Kashmir
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Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
ISIS terrorists execute 8 kidnapped civilians in Deir Ezzor
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Turkish military claims 7 YPG fighters 'neutralized' in northern #Syria
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/06/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  let us know when Erdrogans head is on a pole.
Posted by: Chris || 04/06/2020 0:47 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2020-04-06
  Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran,
Sun 2020-04-05
  Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon
Sat 2020-04-04
  China orders 200,000 body bags from Taiwan!
Fri 2020-04-03
  Iran’s Speaker Reportedly Diagnosed with Coronavirus
Thu 2020-04-02
  Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl
Wed 2020-04-01
  Trump says Iran planning 'sneak attack' on US troops in Iraq
Tue 2020-03-31
  Iran gas pipeline to Iraq blows up
Mon 2020-03-30
  Turkish military attacks Syrian Army, YPG
in northern Aleppo
Sun 2020-03-29
  Khamenei family fears he might have Coronavirus
Sat 2020-03-28
  LNA scores big advance around Tripoli
Turkish-backed forces suffer tremendous losses
Fri 2020-03-27
  Riots in China
Thu 2020-03-26
  Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi confirms Saudi coalition ceasefire
Wed 2020-03-25
  LNA forces eliminate GNA/al-Qaeda leader Ayoub Bu Ras in Tripoli
Tue 2020-03-24
  Gutierrez calls for an immediate global ceasefire
Mon 2020-03-23
  27 Taliban militants killed, 19 others wounded in Kunduz


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