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Good Morning

When You Attack 'Dr. Anthony
Fauci, You Are Attacking Science'
Thursday June 10th, 2021

faye wray and the big monkey
Iran Candidate Says Willing to Potentially Meet Biden
IRGC%u2019s Qods Force commander Qaani is in Baghdad
Syrian government forces bombed a camp in Idlib countryside
Haaretz: Israeli cyber firm selling spy-tech to Saudi Arabia
More bad boyz enjugged across Iraq
Turkey Seeks Cooperation with Egypt on Eastern Mediterranean, Libya
North Dakota girl, 14, dies after being beaten, choked and stabbed 25 times in random attack while skateboarding home: Suspect, 23, 'tells cops he did meth the day before and doesn't remember anything'

Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 08:15 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Vina Fay Wray was a Canadian-born American actress best remembered for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films. She has been dubbed one of the early "scream queens". After appearing in minor film roles, Wray gained media attention after being selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars" in 1926. This led to her being contracted to Paramount Pictures as a teenager, where she made more than a dozen feature films. After leaving Paramount, she signed deals with various film companies, being cast in her first horror film roles, in addition to many other types of roles, including in The Bowery and Viva Villa, both of which starred Wallace Beery. For RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., she starred in the film with which she is most identified, King Kong. After the success of King Kong, Wray made numerous appearances in both film and television; she retired in 1980.(Wikipedia)
Born:
Vina Fay Wray, September 15, 1907, Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Died:
August 08, 2004, New York City, U.S.
Resting place:
Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California
Occupation:
Actress
Years active:
1923–1980
Children:
3, including Victoria Riskin, Robert Riskin Jr.
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#2 


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Posted by: Elmolugum Chaiger2812 || 06/10/2021 8:28 Comments || Top||

#4  Blondes in distress are so 1930's.
Posted by: jpal || 06/10/2021 19:28 Comments || Top||

#5  A little international flavor.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 06/10/2021 19:50 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Clashes between Taliban militants and ANA forces in Logar leave a journalist dead
[KhaamaPress] Hafizullah Haqparast, a journalist was shot to death in Pashtun-infested Logar province on Wednesday as a result of festivities between the Talibs and ANA forces.

Family members of the victim claim Hafizullah Haqparast was bumped off by the Afghanistan National Army forces while he was working on his fiend in Pul-e-Alam city of Pashtun-infested Logar province on Wednesday.

Didar Lowang, a spokesperson to governor’s office told media that an investigation is underway and the result will be shared with media and general public as soon as the investigation is completed.

Hafizullah Haqparast started his first job at Radio Paigham Milli in 2008 and since then he has worked for different media and news agencies as a local employee.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2021 00:27 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1 
So was an reporter caught in the crossfire, or a reporter doing interviews with the Taliban, or was it a Taliban Reporter being paid by the AP?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/10/2021 6:34 Comments || Top||

#2  ^Never mind - IMO, dead journalist is good enough.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/10/2021 7:47 Comments || Top||


Afghan Forces Helicopter Crash Lands in Maidan Wardak
[ToloNews] An Afghan Air Force's Mi-17 helicopter crash landed in Maidan Wardak province on Tuesday night, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

The incident happened in Jaghato district in Maidan Wardak.

The helicopter was sent to the area to transfer maimed security force members, the ministry said.

Three security force members were killed and one more was maimed in the incident, the Defense Ministry said.

Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
has claimed to have shot down the helicopter.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2021 00:03 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


10 Deminers Killed in Gunmen Attack in Baghlan
[ToloNews] At least 10 deminers from the HALO Trust organization were killed and 16 more were maimed in an attack by button men on their office in the northern province of Baghlan on Tuesday night, a security official who wished not to be named said.

The incident happened in the Baghlan-e-Marzaki district.

The maimed deminers, along with the bodies of the slain, were transferred to a public hospital in Pul-e-Khumri City, the center of Baghlan.

HALO Trust, a mine clearance organization, confirmed that 10 of its stuff were killed and 16 others were maimed by unknown gang at a demining camp in Baghlan province on Tuesday night.

"Around 110 men, from local communities in northern Afghanistan, were in the camp having finished their work on nearby minefields," it said.

"We strongly condemn the attack on our staff, who were carrying out humanitarian work to save lives," it said.

The Interior Affairs Ministry's front man Tariq Arian blamed the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
for the attack.

The Taliban has denied involvement in the attack, an no other group has grabbed credit.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2021 00:02 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


16 People Killed in Attack on Balkh District Police HQ: Official
[ToloNews] At least 16 people, including 2 civilians, were killed in the recent attack on the police headquarters in Balkh province, and 117 others, including 67 civilians, were maimed, said Mohammad Younus Stanekzai, the Balkh district governor.

According to local officials, 10 houses and 80 shops were also damaged in the attack.

"Unfortunately, the district building was totally damaged--100 percent--while the police HQ building was also damaged 80 percent," said Mohammad Younus Stanekzai, the Balkh district governor.

The Taliban
...Arabic for students...
grabbed credit for the deadly attack.

TOLOnews’ correspondent Sayed Mohammad Arif Musavi visited the area three days after the attack and said on Wednesday that there are still security threats in the district.

Musavi painted a grim picture of the attack's aftermath.

"Administrative affairs have been suspended for two days," said Stanekzai.

Eyewitnesses said that the majority of those killed in the blast were civilians.

"No one is visiting the city and bazaar, they are all afraid," said Abdul Karim, a resident in Balkh.

The security agencies have so far not commented on how a truck full of explosives managed to reach such a highly secure area.

"Our personnel have been deployed in the area, there is no need to feel fear, everyone can return to their work," said Zia ul Haq Toofan, the commander of the Balkh district police.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


10 people were killed and 16 others injured in an armed attack on staff members of a British-American charity in Afghanistan that has been clearing land mines
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


#2  ^The rat knew when to retire?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/10/2021 7:50 Comments || Top||

#3  I guess from the Islamic perspective if they let good Samaritans dig up and defuse land mines, they'll only just have to replace them.
Posted by: Cesare || 06/10/2021 11:40 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Sluse Grealet9429 || 06/10/2021 15:55 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab suffers defeats in intensified military operations in Somalia
[Garowe] Over 130 al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
bully boyz have been killed in Somalia for the last three weeks, Chief of Defense Forces Gen Odowa Yusuf Rageh has confirmed, adding the troops will continue eliminating the bully boyz from their various hideouts in the country.

Most of those killed were caught up by the Somali National Army [SNA] in Middle and Lower Shabelle, where they have huge command, he noted. Security forces have intensified operations in these particular regions and have managed to liberate several villages.

According to Gen Odowaa, the offensive will be intensified in all al-Shabaab's hideouts in the region near Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The bully boyz have been caving in to the city in recent weeks, often executing small to large scale attacks, he said.

The operation mainly targeted Middle Shabelle in central Somalia and has been largely hailed as "successful" by several SNA commanders who participated in the exercise. It's not the first time the military is targeting al-Shabaab within Central Somalia.

During the operations, state media said, dozens of al-Shabaab bomb experts including imported muscle were killed by security forces. Most of those who died were cornered in Ala-Futow and Qoryoley in Lower Shabelle, another notorious al-Shabaab hideout.

The experts were cornered in one of the houses where they were preparing explosives for the al-Shabaab fighters, state media noted, adding that some of the explosives went off. The number of those killed in that particular incident is yet to be revealed but security forces say at least 60 people died.

"Many members of al-Shabaab bomb experts including foreigners have died in Ala-Futow village under Qoryoley district in Lower Shabelle. region after a house where kabooms were being prepared by the bully boyz went kaboom! on Monday," read a tweet by SONNA.

The progress comes months before the exit of the Africa Union Mission Forces who are set to leave upon the implementation of the Somali Transition Plan [STP] late this year. The foreign troops are training SNA troops to take over security responsibilities in the country.

"Somali National Army [SNA] is conducting offensive security operations to flush out a terrorist group of al-Shabaab in the Middle Shebelle region for the third week. More than 100 bad boyz were potted in the current operations," state media added.

General Odowaa has been leading the operation contrary to the protocols of the forces. The youthful general is credited for helping flush out al-Shabaab from different parts of the country under his leadership.

But unfortunately, Major Mohammed Abdiwahid, the Commander of the 6th battalion of Somalia’s special forces [Gorgor] was killed in a battle between SNA and the terrorist group of al-Shabaab at Jalable village in the Middle Shabelle region on Thursday, last week.

The commander was part of the officers leading ongoing security operations against bully boyz in the Middle Shabelle region. The hero who has paid the ultimate price for his country’s stability has been in military service for more than 10 years.

Somalia’s Prime Minister, Mohammed Rooble extended his heavy-hearted condolences to the family, Somali army, and all Somali people on the death of Major Mohammed Abdiwahid. This was one of the major casualties in the crackdown against al-Shabaab.

Al-Shabaab still poses danger across Somalia and Kenya, with the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
Security Council [UNSC] designating the group as terrorists. Britannia, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
, and the US have also been training the Somali Army, which was greatly weakened after the ouster of military dictator Siad Barre.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2021 01:02 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa Subsaharan
France suspends aid, military support for Central African Republic
More on this story from two days ago.
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] La Belle France has suspended aid and military cooperation in the Central African Republic because of what it says is the government’s failure to stop "massive disinformation campaigns" against La Belle France that have targeted its officials, the armed forces ministry said.La Belle France has cut 10 million euros ($12.18 million) in budget support for its former colony and stopped direct military cooperation, the ministry said on Tuesday in an email.

"A number of commitments made by the Central African authorities vis-à-vis La Belle France have not been kept," the ministry said, including halting the online campaigns that it says have sought to undermine French influence.

La Belle France has nearly 300 soldiers in the country, including those working for a U.N. peacekeeping mission and a European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
training deployment. The international missions will remain unaffected, but soldiers working directly for the French military will no longer cooperate with the Central African Republic’s military, the ministry said.

La Belle France has a history of military interventions in its former colony, including during a civil war from 2013-2016 and amid election-related fighting in January.

But a power tussle with Russia over influence in Bangui after Moscow sent hundreds of military instructors to help arm and train government troops to fight rebel groups, has undermined French influence in the gold- and diamond-rich country of 4.7 million.

Before the December election, Facebook said that rival French and Russian disinformation campaigns sought to deceive and influence Internet users, and it suspended almost 500 accounts.

One recent campaign falsely stated that La Belle France was planning the move its embassy to Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
’s capital Yaounde, said Jean-Marc Grosgurin, French Ambassador to the Central African Republic, though he offered the possibility of reconciliation.

"If there are positive and strong signals that are taken, things can be reassessed very quickly," he said.

($1 = 0.8213 euros)
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  a whole 12 million huh. that's chump change
Posted by: Chris || 06/10/2021 0:10 Comments || Top||

#2  For decades France's military and political administration have picked the bones of the CAR. The reason? Gemstones. Lots and lots of gemstones.
Posted by: Gerthudion Whomoper3485 || 06/10/2021 8:58 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
GOP lawmakers calling for US Attorney General Merrick Garland to take action to protect journalists from Antifa's organized intimidation
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  You are asking the pro antîfa and fraudulent admin to do what?
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 06/10/2021 0:41 Comments || Top||

#2  Hell Merrick Garland likely ordered, or at least approved the action against Ngo.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/10/2021 1:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Garland had better practice his defense of ordering the Code Red on Ngo
Posted by: These Forkbeard7574 || 06/10/2021 2:11 Comments || Top||

#4 
Can't much more after what #1, #2, #3 said.

Other than both Clinton and Obama liked him.

He has a history handling Anti-Federal Gov. Bombers/Activists having been involved in the Oklahoma City bombing, the Unabomber and the Montana Freemen cases.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/10/2021 6:55 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Tehsildar hospitalised after shopkeeper 'mistakenly' sells him battery acid instead of mineral water in Kulgam
[Daily Excelsior] Tehsildar Damhal Hanjipora in south Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
’s Kulgam district was on Wednesday hospitalised after a shopkeeper mistakenly sold him a bottle of acid instead of mineral water, official said here.

Quoting the officials, that Tehsildar D H Pora, Niyaz Ahmad Bhat was returning after destroying poppy cultivation in the area and asked for a bottle of water from a nearby general store at around 11:00 am this morning.

"The shopkeeper mistakenly sold him a bottle containing a liquid similar to water, which turned out to be acid. The tehsildar drank it and he felt uneasiness, following which he was hospitalised," the official said.

Niyaz Ahmad, the hospitalized Tehsildar, confirmed the incident. "After that I hospitalized myself and I am going to Srinagar hospital for further treatment," he said.

BMO Damhal Hanjipora, Gulzar Ahmad Dar said that Niyaz’s condition was stable and was discharged from the hospital.

As per Station House Officer DH Pora, Tanveer Ahmad, the shopkeeper has been arrested and an FIR number 60/2021 under relevant sections of law has been registered in the incident. (KNO)
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies

#1  Too bad an accidental fire consumed the shopkeeper's home with the family inside?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/10/2021 7:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Usually this sort of thing only happens to Uzbeks.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 06/10/2021 10:22 Comments || Top||

#3  The tehsildar is sick
(he'll ne'er sing no more).
For what he thought was H₂0,
was H₂SO₄.


Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/10/2021 12:38 Comments || Top||

#4  after destroying poppy cultivation in the area

Payback?
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/10/2021 12:49 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Security forces apprehend public servants for corruption charges
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  need to some of that here
Posted by: Chris || 06/10/2021 0:08 Comments || Top||

#2  to do, excuse me
Posted by: Chris || 06/10/2021 0:09 Comments || Top||


Authorities thwart an attempt to rob the martyrs' families' financial allocations in al-Anbar
[SHAFAQ] Anas al-Alwani, director of the Anbar Retirement department, revealed that it had thwarted an attempt to rob the allocations of the families of the deaders and maimed in the governorate.

Al-Alwani told Shafaq News Agency that he received information about two auditors who visited the department several times lately, trying to falsify transactions to steal these families' financial allocations.

He added that a team was formed to investigate the matter, accompanied by the National Security Agency in al-Anbar, noting that the two forgers were arrested.

"We will not tolerate any forger who tries to steal the rights of those affected by the war against ISIS," al-Alawani said, pledging to bring the forgers to justice, "even if they were an employee working in the department I run."
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Source reveals to Shafaq News where the Balad airbase rockets were launched from
[SHAFAQ] A security source revealed to Shafaq News Agency that the rockets that targeted the Balad airbase today were launched from Khalis district in Diyala Governorate, near the Tigris River’s banks.

The source pointed out that five rockets targeted the base, noting that some landed near the F16 aircraft hangar.

Balad Air Base, which hosts U.S forces, had been subjected to a rocket attack on Wednesday evening.

The Security Media Cell said in a statement that the base was targeted by three rockets, noting that no causalities were recorded.

Balad airbase is one of the bases from which the Global Coalition forces withdrew, previously hosted a small unit of the U.S. Air Force. Currently, it hosts the Iraqi armed forces and U.S. Sallyport contractors, which are tasked with maintaining Iraqi F-16s.
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


U.S. forces down a drone over the Victoria military base
[SHAFAQ] U.S. forces at the Victoria military base shot down a drone, shortly after the base was hit by a rocket attack.

A security source told Shafaq News Agency that the drone was circling over the base before it was downed by a cyber technology.

The military compartment of the Airport houses both International, including U.S. troops, and Iraqi forces.

The attack comes within minutes from a similar attack on the Balad Airbase in the Saladin Governorate.
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


One Peshmerga killed in Zakho: commander
[Rudaw] A Peshmerga was killed by a suspected sniper in Zakho district on Tuesday morning while on a joint mission with border guards to hold a strategic point in the area near the Ottoman Turkish border where The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
is carrying out operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a commander told Rudaw.

"A group of border guards with the support of Peshmerga forces were going forward to control a strategic point at Darkar sub-district when two shots were fired. As a result a Peshmerga was martyred," Brig. Gen. Dler Zebari, a commander of Iraqi border guards, told Rudaw, adding that the source of the shots is unknown.

Zebari identified the Peshmerga who was killed as Razwan Mohammed from Zakho.

"There were only two shots fired. It seems it was a sniper who unfortunately martyred a Peshmerga," Zebari added.

The Ministry of Peshmerga condemned the act and blamed it on the PKK in a Facebook statement later on Tuesday. "The PKK forces must understand that with these actions nothing will be achieved and that our people will pay a big price."

They called on the Iraqi government to intervene and show their "active and effective role in stopping" the violations at the border areas of the Region.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Kolbar shot, injured by Iraqi border guards
That’s the risk smugglers take from time to time.
[RUDAW.NET] A Kurdish kolbar was shot and injured by Iraqi border guards early Tuesday morning, according to security sources. Border guards have recently stepped up security along the porous, mountainous frontier.

A group of kolbars from Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
was walking through the valley towards Byara village in Halabja province, near the border. At around 2:30 am, Iraqi border guards opened fire on the group, shooting one man in the buttocks.

"He bled a lot. We took pity on him, because we thought that if he was taken back to Iran, across the border, there was a chance that he could die," a well-informed source told Rudaw English.

Another police source in Halabja also confirmed the incident, saying: "I know that someone from Rojhelat was maimed today, but I don't have any more details." Rojhelat is what Kurds call Kurdish areas of Iran.

The man, in his early 20s, was given first aid treatment in Byara and then sent to Shar Hospital in Sulaimani.

Rudaw English contacted the commander of Sulaimani's border guards, but they did not immediately respond.

Kolbars are semi-legal porters who transport untaxed goods across the Kurdistan Region-Iran border. Many are pushed into the profession because of poverty in the Kurdish areas of Iran.

The job is a dangerous one. They carry heavy loads on their backs, over treacherous mountain paths during all weather and are frequently shot at by Iranian border guards. At least 40 were killed by Iranian border guards in 2020, according to Amnesia Amnesty International.

They are now facing a new risk on the Kurdistan Region side of the border, where officials are cracking down on smuggling. In January, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani ordered the Interior and Peshmerga ministries to form a joint force to prevent smuggling at official and unofficial border points.
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


More bad boyz enjugged across Iraq
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] A "terrorist" was arrested on Wednesday in southern Iraq, Karbala Operations Command said in a statement.

The Command reported that its forces carried out an operation in the Karbala desert in al-Nukhaib district which resulted in the arrest of a wanted terrorist.

"The man is handed over to the authority." It added.

The statement did not give further information

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Black Bart's knife out of his hand......
Baghdad Operations Command said in a statement the security forces arrested three suspects in accordance with Article 4/1 of terrorism, the first, nicknamed "Abu Jawhara", who lives in Fallujah district and the others in the north of Baghdad.

In addition, "Baghdad Falcons dismantled two grenades in the Kamaliah area, east of Baghdad, and an bomb in the al-Hussainiya area, northeast of Baghdad."
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian security forces, PIJ terrorist killed by Israeli forces
[JPost] - Two members of the Palestinian Authority's military intelligence and one Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist were shot and killed by Israeli security forces on Wednesday night in Jenin, according to Palestinian reports.

The two military intelligence members, Adham Yasser Eleiwi and Tayseer Ayasa, were killed in a firefight with Israeli security forces after the Israeli forces entered the city to arrest suspects. Muhammad Samer Al-Bazour, another member of the PA intelligence services, was reportedly critically wounded in the firefight as well.
If you're a Nation, then attacks on citizens of another country launched from your territory mean war. Of course, "Palestinians" are not a Nation but an alliance of terror organizations. And "international community" sponsored "Peace Process" is nothing but another attempt to solve the "Jewish Problem".
The Israeli forces reportedly entered Jenin to arrest Jamil al-Amouri and Wissam Abu Zaid, members of PIJ's Al-Quds Brigades. The two were reportedly detained and al-Amouri has reportedly died due to injuries sustained in the firefight.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/10/2021 03:02 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  Doesn't sound very intelligent to me.
Posted by: Woozle Theamble4130 || 06/10/2021 7:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Oops. Dupe entry.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/10/2021 7:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Yours updates the previous one here, g(r)omgoru, rather than just duplicating it.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2021 19:43 Comments || Top||


3 arrested over firebombing that seriously hurt 12-year-old Arab boy in Jaffa
[IsraelTimes] Police and Shin Bet say suspects are Arab residents of city who mistakenly attacked Arab home during surge of violence in Israel’s ethnically mixed cities.

The Israel Police and Shin Bet security service revealed Wednesday that they have arrested three suspects behind several firekabooms in Jaffa, including one that left a 12-year-old Arab boy seriously injured. It said the suspects were arrested "in recent weeks."

In a joint statement, the Shin Bet and police called the May 14 incident a "terror attack." Muhammad Gintazi was seriously maimed in the Molotov cocktailing, which also lightly injured his 10-year-old sister. The attack came during a spate of ethnic violence in mixed Jewish-Arab cities and elsewhere across Israel last month.

The suspects are Arab residents of Jaffa and prosecutors intend to file "harsh indictments" against them in coming weeks, the statement said.

"In the incident, a number of Molotov cocktails were thrown toward several Jewish homes, and one was thrown toward the home of an Arab family, the Gintazi family," the statement said. It accused the assailants of planning on attacking Jewish homes in Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood "out of a nationalist motive of Dire Revenge in light of the disturbances in Lod and the violent mostly peaceful incidents on the Temple Mount."

The statement also said the three fled after "understanding their mistake" in accidentally targeting an Arab home, even though they had planned to attack additional Jewish homes.

They will also face weapons charges after police discovered illegal arms that were stashed around the neighborhood.

Muhammad Gintazi arrived at Sheba Medical Center with 12% of his body covered by burns and suffering from smoke inhalation, and he had to be mechanically ventilated and sedated. However,
it's easy to be generous with someone else's money...
doctors have since said he is recovering well.

The attacks came as violence spread across Israel’s mixed Jewish-Arab cities following festivities between Jerusalem police and Paleostinian rioters in and near the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount — Judaism’s holiest site and Islam’s third-holiest — and the planned eviction of Paleostinians from homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood.

The violence also sparked an intense 11-day battle between Israel and terror groups 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 Hamaswith 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...
after Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, fired rockets at Jerusalem.

In Lod, two residents were killed: Musa Hassuna, 32, by a suspected Jewish gunman, and Yigal Yehoshua, 56, by a suspected group of Arab attackers. No charges have been filed in either case, and police say investigations are ongoing.
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#1  I wonder if the defense will cite the Abdul Factor.
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#2  The Abdul Factor? Definition, please.
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Huge forest fires near Jerusalem contained as terror suspicions mount
[IsraelTimes] Authorities believe blazes were deliberately set — likely as nationalistic attacks by West Bank Paleostinians; 2,650 dunams scorched; dozens evacuated

Fire authorities increasingly believe several large wildfires that broke out on the outskirts of Jerusalem and in the West Bank were deliberate acts of arson, likely set by Paleostinians, Hebrew media reported on Wednesday night.

Blazes that broke out in forested areas west of Jerusalem during the afternoon prompted the Israel Fire and Rescue Services to evacuate dozens of residents in the area.

Later in the afternoon, several more fires were ignited in the northern West Bank, including large blazes near the settlements of Ariel and Shavei Shomron.

By the evening, the fires were brought under control, although firefighting units were to remain on the ground throughout the night in case the flames restarted, Channel 13 reported.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to property in the fires. An initial estimate put the area of scorched forest at 2,650 dunams (655 acres).

Investigators were gathering footage from security cameras to learn more about the cause.

Though officials were not giving a verdict, deliberate arson is being considered because the area where the fires broke out is close to Israel’s security barrier with the West Bank, the Kan public broadcaster reported.

Last month, when violent mostly peaceful Paleostinian rioting in East Jerusalem spread to mixed Jewish-Arab cities in Israel, several fires were started in the same area by West Bank Paleostinians who threw Molotov cocktails over the barrier, the station said.

"We still haven’t come to a conclusion about the cause of the fire," Jerusalem Fire and Rescue Services District Commander Nissim Twito told Channel 13. "We are in the middle of the investigation."

"Based on the history of the area and the tension, it could be that the reason is nationalistic. At the moment, we don’t have an indication to say for certain that is the reason," he said.

"At the moment I don’t know if this was arson. There is no doubt that this incident is a little complicated and strange" in that all the fires happened at the same time, Fire and Rescue Commissioner Dedi Simchi told Channel 12 News.

Earlier, Simchi said he was sure that the fires were manmade, but could not say if it was deliberate or negligence.

According to the fire services, the Jerusalem-area fire broke out on Mount Haruah in the Jerusalem hills, near the Neve Ilan moshav.

Later in the afternoon, 29 teams of firefighters and 10 planes joined the effort to extinguish the massive blaze. Firefighting forces from other areas of Israel were also called in to assist in tackling the flames.

The fire services later ordered the evacuation of all residents of Kibbutz Ma’ale Hahamisha in the Judean hills. A second blaze reportedly broke out on the nearby Mount Eitan.

Residents were later able to return to their homes.

Roads and highways in the area were also briefly shut, including a portion of Route 1, the main highway connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

At 2 p.m., the Israel Railways announced that it was halting trains on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv line due to the fire. The trains resumed several hours later.

The ongoing corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem was halted shortly before 3 p.m. due to the blaze.

Large teams of firefighters and volunteers also worked frantically to put out the fires in the West Bank.

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2 PA security officers, terror suspect shot dead in clash with Israeli troops
See also here.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli forces operating out of civilian car said to return fire at Paleostinian officers during arrest op outside PA Military Intel HQ in Jenin.

Two officers in the Paleostinian Authority’s Military Intelligence service were reportedly rubbed out Wednesday night in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces operating in the northern West Bank.

A third Paleostinian, according to unsourced Hebrew media reports a suspected member of the Islamic Jihad
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#1  And some people think "Fauda" is fictional.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian soldier killed in mine explosion in northern Syria: monitors
[Rudaw] One Russian soldier died and three others were maimed on Wednesday after their military vehicle hit a roadside kaboom in northwestern Hasaka province in northern Syria, two monitors have reported.

The explosion took place near al-Asadiyah village in Ottoman Turkish-occupied territory, south of Sari Kani (Ras al-Ain) town, which was invaded by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
in October 2019, according to the Rojava Information Center (RIC), a local monitor in northeast Syria. As part of a deal with Ankara, Russian troops have been patrolling some of these areas since late 2019.

"It is so far unclear what the soldiers were doing this far inside Ottoman Turkish-occupied territory," the RIC added.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) also reported the earth-shattering kaboom, saying it happened after the Russian military vehicle passed the village, which is located at a crossroads between areas ruled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Ottoman Turkish-backed proxies, and the Syrian regime.

The dear departed departed this vale of tears in al-Darbasiyah (Dirbesiye) in Hasaka, it added.

"SOHR activists have documented the hovering of Russian helicopters in the areas to transfer the remaining three maimed soldiers to hospitals," said the UK-based group.

The Russian defense ministry later confirmed the earth-shattering kaboom, saying their vehicle hit "an unidentified bomb."

"As a result of the earth-shattering kaboom, one Russian serviceman died from his injuries. Three Russian servicemen who followed him in the car were taken to a hospital, where the necessary medical assistance was provided," it said.

Russia — the main backer of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
- has acted as guarantor of the indirect ceasefire between Turkey and the SDF since 2019. The US has also played a similar role. Both forces have conducted joint patrols with Ottoman Turkish forces on the border since the Ottoman Turkish invasion.
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Israeli Tuesday Night Strikes Kill 11 Syria Troops
On Day 1 it was no deaths in an attack on Damascus, on Day 2 eight bodies appeared in Damascus and Homs, and today it’s risen to 11 in Damascus, two sites in Homs, Latakia, and Hama. Pretty soon the attack will be proclaimed an attempted genocide bouncing rubble across the entire country.
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in central Syria killed at least 11 regime troops and bully boyz late Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The strikes were the first carried out by Israel in Syria since 11 days of heavy fighting with the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", rulers of Gazoo
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IRGC’s Qods Force commander Qaani is in Baghdad
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

That’s Brig. Gen. Ismail Qaani, appointed head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force after Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed on the orders of President Donald Trump.
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Syrian government forces bombed a camp in Idlib countryside
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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