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8 Turkish personnel, 13 #Syrian troops killed in north Syria festivities
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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Texas border agents discover 36 illegal immigrants hidden beneath faulty dirt floor in dump truck: officials
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Afghanistan
Girls school set on fire in the northern Takhar
[KhaamaPress] Talibs set a girl school on fire in the northern Takhar province, an official said.

Nasrat Rahimi a spokesperson to the Ministry of Interior has confirmed that the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
bully boyz have set a girl school on fire in the Bodala village of Taluqan city, the capital of Takhar province.

According to the reports, the incident has taken place at 11:00 o’clock in the morning.

The MOI spokesperson, Nasrat Rahimi accuses the Taliban of setting the school on fire.

The Taliban have not yet commented on this.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2020 00:57 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
US Military Kills Al-Shabaab Fighter In Southern Somalia
[RADIOSHABELLE] At least one al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
turban has been killed following an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in an al-Shabaab stronghold area in Southern Somalia.

In a statement, U.S. Africa Command said in coordination with the Somali government, US military conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab terrorist near Jilib town.

The attack happened on Sunday, according to the statement.

"Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda affiliate seeking to further its jihadist agenda," said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Gayler, director of operations, U.S. Africa Command.
The military said the initial assessment concluded the airstrike killed one terrorist.

"Removal of even one terrorist makes the region and the U.S. safer. Continuous pressure on the network is necessary to prevent al-Shabaab from building a safe haven and exporting violence," Gen. William.

The statement further noted that "We currently assess no civilians were maimed or killed as a result of this airstrike."

U.S. Africa Command vowed that it will continue to work with its partners to transfer the responsibility for long-term security in Somalia to the Federal Government of Somalia and its Member States.

"In support of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces will use all effective and appropriate methods to assist in the protection of the Somali people, including partnered military counterterrorism operations with the Federal Government of Somalia and Somali National Army forces," AFRICOM said.

Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
ISIS claims attacked Egypt-Israel gas line, gas flow undisrupted
[Jerusalem Post] Militants attacked a gas pipeline in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula on Sunday night, reportedly aiming to disrupt gas flow between Israel and Egypt. Israeli authorities said gas supply between the countries remained unaffected.

The Islamic State’s Sinai Province affiliate claimed responsibility on Monday for the attack on the pipeline. Local sources told Paris-based AFP that the gas pipeline targeted was in fact a domestic supply line for a local power station.
In a statement, the Sinai affiliate said it had detonated a number of explosives next to a pipeline linking "the Jews" and "the apostate Egyptian government," and had caused damage to the pipeline.

The attack happened near the city of El-Arish, with initial reports claiming that the targeted pipeline was a line carrying gas from Israel’s Leviathan gas platform to Egypt. The partners operating the offshore platform stated that no damage had been caused to the EMG pipeline connecting the countries, and gas flow was continuing as usual.

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz’s office stated on Sunday night that gas was continuing to flow from Israel to Egypt and it was working with relevant authorities to investigate the nature of the incident.

Reports on Monday morning stated that the pipeline that was hit by the attack was actually a domestic one that leads to a power station in El-Arish, which supplies electricity to homes and factories in the central Sinai, according to AFP.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2020 07:39 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Haftar gets #Jordan's #Chinese drones
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The French news website, Intelligence Online, has revealed that Khalifa Haftar’s forces have signed a contract to acquire six Chinese CH-4 drones from the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF).

Intelligence Online said in a report on Sunday that the Royal Jordanian Air Force has been looking to offload its drones for months and after examining several options, a number of contracts have been signed with eastern Libyan authorities over the past few weeks.

It added that Jordanian engineers dislike the drones because of their heavy maintenance requirements and limited capacity, saying these issues apparently do not concern the Libyans (Haftar's forces), who have a lot of assistance from Russian technicians.
No doubt.
The report added that Haftar had been receiving technical help from Russia and financial backing from the United Arab Emirates.

Meanwhile on last Friday, Intelligence Online said the UAE had provided Haftar's forces with 3000 tons of military equipment in a matter of two weeks.

Last December, the UN panel of experts’ report said Jordan, along with the UAE, was the main military supporter for Haftar, especially in his war on Tripoli. The UN report said Jordan had provided Haftar with armored vehicles used by Al-Kanyat militias in Tarhouna on the southern Tripoli frontlines.
Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1 
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2020 11:30 Comments || Top||


Heavy fighting on the Salah AlDin front #Tripoli heavy losses amongst the Syrians mercenaries of the #GNA
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


#LNA airstrike conducted south of AbuGrian resulting in the distraction of 12 #GNA armed vehicles
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


New video has emerged of #GNA #militias using our African brothers as #slaves
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  Black Muslim lives matter or something.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Libyans using blacks as slaves.

Fuuk mahn, next you'll say there is sand in the Sahara.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2020 11:49 Comments || Top||


Britain
#UK to end early release of terror convicts after stabbings
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Nothing wrong with early release of terror suspects - provided you do it from a plane at 30000 feet over the sea, and without a parachute.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/04/2020 6:14 Comments || Top||

#2  it's like the UK always has to do the incorrect thing before considering the correct thing
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 || 02/04/2020 7:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Doubt this will last for more than several months.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Horse, barn door.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 02/04/2020 12:03 Comments || Top||

#5  #2, one of the apocryphal quotations attributed to Churchill: "Mankind will on occasion stumble upon the truth, but then will pick itself up and blunder on..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/04/2020 15:43 Comments || Top||


Europe
Paris metro passengers stop Arab men from harassing Jewish man
Just doing what conquering Muslims sometimes do when facing the conquered. High praise for the courageous passengers who intervened.
[Jpost] Passengers aboard a metro train in Gay Paree stopped four Arab men from pursuing a Jewish man they were harassing over his faith, the victim said.

The incident late Saturday night unfolded as the train approached the Jaures station in northeast Gay Paree, the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Antisemitism, or BNVCA, reported Sunday.

The four men asked a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke for a cigarette, said the report based on the man’s testimony. When he said he didn’t have one, one of the men told him: "You Jews have enough money to buy some."

The Arab men then cornered the man against the wall of the train car, but he escaped. The men pursued him but were blocked by other passengers.

Jews make up less than one percent of the French population, were they were targets of most of the documented racist hate crimes 2019. The French Interior Ministry published the data last month in a report that counted 687 anti-Semitic incidents last year out of a total of 1,142 racist hate crimes.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2020 00:30 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  "Coffin nails? Why, soitenly! In fact, I've got one for each of you..." [hammering]
Posted by: Griger Barnsmell3985 || 02/04/2020 2:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Must be the "Bee". French fighting back would be a hells frozen over moment.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:20 Comments || Top||


#Cyprus authorities brought 87 irregular #Syrian migrants safely to shore, police said Monday
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


4 Iranian separatists arrested in Europe for spying, terror plot
[IsraelTimes] Four members of an Iranian separatist group, the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz,
...ASMLA are Arab separatists based in Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province. Their agents and Iran’s regularly plot and act against each other across Europe, much to their hosts’ annoyance...
have been arrested in Denmark and the Netherlands.

Three were arrested for the suspected spying of people and companies for an unnamed Saudi intelligence service over a period of six years, from 2012. Another was arrested for allegedly plotting one or more terror attacks in 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 a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and for membership in a terrorist organization.

"We are talking about a very complex case where two countries ‐ Iran and Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
‐ are bringing internal strife into this country," Danish security service chief Finn Borch Andersen says.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Iraq
Protester stabbed to death during confrontations in #AlHilla
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters, also known as blue hats, beat and kick Iraqi protesters to oppress the revolution
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


#Protesters set tyres on fire, blocking #AlHadarat bridge in #Nasiriya
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


#Iraqi #protesters in #Babil vow that they will continue protests until their demands are met
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


#Iraqi #protesters in #Baghdad's #TahrirSquare reiterate their rejection of the appointment of #MohammedAllawi
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Molotov cocktail explodes on border policeman in Hebron
[IsraelTimes] Officer lightly injured in incident as security forces disperse dozens of Paleostinian rioters throwing stones in West Bank city.

A border policeman was lightly hurt Monday after being hit with a Molotov cocktail, which went kaboom! into flames on him, as he tackled rioters in the West Bank city of Hebron.

The attack in the flashpoint city occurred amid an uptick in low-level violence across the West Bank, since the release last week of a US peace plan that Paleostinians reject as biased in favor of Israel.

The incident was caught on video, which showed the officer attempting to douse the flames as he and his comrades retreated from the scene.

Pictures and video also showed officers being pelted by stones hurled by rioters.

Channel 12 television reported that the policeman was lightly injured and did not require medical assistance.

The footage was filmed by a local resident.

Police said that Border Police were called to disperse dozens of Paleostinian rioters who were throwing stones in Hebron, the station reported.

Officers used riot dispersal means against the rioters during which the Molotov cocktail was thrown by a rioter at the policeman. The riot was dispersed, police said.

Paleostinians have held daily demonstrations in several West Bank hotspots, in some cases throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli forces and civilian vehicles.

The army said last week that it was deploying extra troops to the West Bank and along the 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...
border out of concerns of increased violence over the plan.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2020 00:35 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


IDF reinforces Iron Dome batteries in the South
[Jpost] Paleostinian Islamic Jihad is concerned Israel might target leaders over violence.

The IDF will reinforce Iron Dome batteries in Israel’s southern region over concerns that terror groups in the 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...
Strip will continue to launch rockets.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic Jihad (Palestian)


Gaza balloon units threaten to use tear gas balloons in coming days
[Jpost] 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...
balloon units threaten to use tear gas balloons in coming days.

Eight explosive balloons were reported in Israel on Monday.

The units that launch explosive and incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip have warned that they will start launching balloons carrying tear gas grenades in the coming days, according to Ynet.Video released by the units show a tear gas grenade with a fuse that eventually causes the grenade to release large amounts of tear gas.An explosive balloon detonated next to a home in the kibbutz of Kfar Aza on Monday evening, as explosive balloons continued to enter southern Israel, according to Ynet. No injuries or damages were reported in the incident. Soon afterwards, a road near Nahal Oz in southern Israel was closed due to explosive balloons.

Eight explosive balloons were reported in Israel on Monday.

Three balloons were reported by Eshkol Regional Council. One detonated in the air and the other two were handled by security forces. No damages or injuries were reported. A fourth balloon was found in a field in the Merhavim Regional Council and was handled by a police sapper.

Multiple balloons were found near Sderot and Kiryat Gat, according to Israel Police. Police sappers handled the incidents. The incident next to Kiryat Gat led to a road being closed while the balloon was handled.

An explosive balloon landed near train tracks near the southern city of Netivot, forcing the train traffic in the area to stop for a short time, according to Ynet.

Balloons carrying a grenade landed in the Paleostinian village of Majd in the southern area of the Har Hebron Regional Council on Sunday, reported Paleostinian sources to Ynet.

The grenade didn't detonate and Paleostinian police handled the situation. The village is located 45 kilometers from the Gaza Strip and the balloons are believed to have been launched from Gaza.Over 11 rockets and mortars have been fired into Israel in the past week and a half and dozens of explosive balloons have been launched into Israel from Gaza and the West Bank.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  That what happens when you don't bomb Gaza seriously for a year.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/04/2020 2:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Was wondering too about where are the 10 or 12 gauge shotguns. Full choke but then again, how much bird hunting goes on in Israel. Thinking availability.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:18 Comments || Top||

#3  I think we read here the shotguns were being used in Nigeria.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2020 15:15 Comments || Top||

#4  Careful, Gaza dudes! It's a fine line between "Let's annoy the neighbors!" and "OH NOES! They're coming to kill us all!".
Posted by: SteveS || 02/04/2020 15:48 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
How drones have come to dominate the battlefield
[Aljazeera] How drone technology became a multibillion-dollar industry. Plus, Putin's economic record and Xi's biggest test yet.

Unmanned ariel vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have come a long way since their introduction in the first Gulf War in 1991. At the time, they were used just for surveillance and intelligence gathering.

A decade later, a Predator drone fitted with a missile was used by the CIA in an attempt to kill Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

And almost 10 years on from that failed attempt, the assassination of Iran's Qassem Soleimani became the first time a senior military figure has been killed on foreign soil.

Drones mean troops do not have to deploy into hostile territory, therefore saving lives. Still, there have been many civilian casualties. Under former President Barack Obama, the number of drone attacks rose to 563 from 57 under George W Bush. More than 800 innocent civilians were killed in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.

The drone business is a growing industry. According to defence analysts Teal Group, spending on research, development and procurement is expected to rise to $14.3bn by 2029, up nearly 30 percent from $11.1bn this year.

The United States is by far the biggest spender on drones. In its 2018 budget, almost $7bn was set aside for research and development and buying drones.

Despite the US high spending on drone technology, much less expensive technology has been used to great effect. The US and Saudi Arabia blamed Iran for an attack on Aramco oilfields that wiped out half the country's oil production.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2020 04:22 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The V1 rocket that hit London was a drone.
Posted by: BernardZ || 02/04/2020 5:47 Comments || Top||

#2  No, the V1 was a dumb cruise missile.

Drones now but lasers next. Broadbeam lasers are available now. Think shotgun, for blinding troops or equipment.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:10 Comments || Top||

#3  MASERS (1953) for frying electronics. A beast that was invented before the first doped ruby LASER (1960).
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:14 Comments || Top||

#4  I have always assumed drones were controlled from the ground. V1&2 were "fire and forget"
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/04/2020 8:16 Comments || Top||

#5 

Speaking of MASERs.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:46 Comments || Top||

#6  They had radio-controlled V1 too
Posted by: bernardz || 02/04/2020 9:12 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran to execute Amir Rahimpour, convicted of spying for the CIA
[NY Post] Iran's top court has confirmed a death sentence for a man convicted of spying for the CIA and trying to pass on information about the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said Amir Rahimpour would be executed soon.

"Amir Rahimpour, who was a CIA spy and got big pay and tried to present part of Iran's nuclear information to the American service, had been tried and sentenced to death," Esmaili said.

In a separate case, two people working for a charity were sentenced to prison terms of 10 years for spying and five years for acting against national security on similar charges, Esmaili said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

Speaking at a press conference, Esmaili said the names of the two individuals working for a charity would not be released yet because their sentences had not been finalized.

He also did not provide information about their nationalities. Iran does not recognize dual nationality and the judiciary prosecutes dual citizens as Iranians.

Last summer, Tehran announced it had broken up a CIA spy ring of 17 people and that some had been sentenced to death. The CIA did not immediately comment on Esmaili's remarks. After Iran's announcement last summer, President Trump tweeted: "The Report of Iran capturing CIA spies is totally false. Zero truth."

In the past, Iran has sentenced alleged US and Israeli spies to death
Posted by: Frank G || 02/04/2020 09:50 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Two drones downed near Syria's Hmeimim air base: State TV
[AlAhram] An air defence system at Syria's Hmeimim air base has downed two drones near the facility, Syria's Ikhbariya state TV reported on Monday, citing its correspondent.

It gave no further details. The air base is currently operated by Russia, which intervened in Syria's war in 2015 in support of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
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Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2020 01:07 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


8 Turkish personnel, 13 #Syrian troops killed in north Syria festivities
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Popcorn
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/04/2020 2:35 Comments || Top||


Turkish military convoy of approximately 20 vehicles entered from the Kafr Lossin border crossing point
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Maneuvering for advantage?
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:23 Comments || Top||


Turkish forces hit 54 targets in Idlib and ‘neutralized’ 76 Syrian government soldiers
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  So no more smokescreen. Flat out war between Yip-yip and Pencilneck? So Syria-Iran-Russia against Turkey-?-?. um, no Yippy, NATO will NOT come to your rescue.
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/04/2020 8:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Yip Delenda Est
Posted by: Lex || 02/04/2020 8:16 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Heh
Posted by: Frank G || 02/04/2020 8:22 Comments || Top||

#4  Turkey is launching airstrikes at will against Syrian installations. Gotta wonder what those supposedly Russian-supplied state-of-the-art Syrian air defenses are doing. It's one thing to be outsmarted by Israelis, and quite another to be unable to down Turkish jets.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 02/04/2020 19:39 Comments || Top||


Top commander in Iran’s Quds Force, close to Soleimani, killed in Aleppo battle
Another one bites the dust.
[IsraelTimes] A top commander in Iran’s Quds Force who was close to its slain leader Qassem Soleimani
has died in battle in Syria, according to multiple reports in Iranian and Arab media.
Now they're closer. Enjoy hell
Asghar Pashapour, a senior member of the Revolutionary Guards’ extraterritorial force, was killed Sunday in battle with Syrian opposition forces in Aleppo, the reports say.

He is said to have been at the forefront of the Quds Force’s operations against rebels in Syria, and in support of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  The hunt continues. Now sharing the mandatory 72 virgin piglets in hell.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2020 8:30 Comments || Top||

#2  How many cards left in the deck?
Posted by: Lex || 02/04/2020 8:32 Comments || Top||

#3  It's not healthy to be in the Quds Force.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/04/2020 12:47 Comments || Top||

#4  killed by Mercenaries in the pay of Turkey or by remnants of ISIS or Al Q
Posted by: lord garth || 02/04/2020 12:48 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2020-02-04
  8 Turkish personnel, 13 #Syrian troops killed in north Syria festivities
Mon 2020-02-03
  Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claims December shooting at Florida naval base
Sun 2020-02-02
  Iraq’s President Barham Saleh assigns Mouhammed Tawfiq Allawi with forming a new government
Sat 2020-02-01
  Qassim al-Rimi, the head of al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen tits up.
Fri 2020-01-31
  Senate Votes 51-49 Against Witnesses and Documents
Thu 2020-01-30
  #Hamas rejects ‘conspiracies’ as #Trump unveils Mideast plan
Wed 2020-01-29
  Turkish tanks and troops have just arrived at the port of Tripoli. In violation of the arms embargo
Tue 2020-01-28
  Iran foreign minister calls Trump peace plan for Middle East 'delusional'
Mon 2020-01-27
  USAF E-11A down in Taliban area.
Sun 2020-01-26
  JeM’s Kashmir chief among 3 killed in Pulwama encounter: Army
Sat 2020-01-25
  AlSadr orders his followers to withdraw from #TahrirSquare and dismantle the tents
Fri 2020-01-24
  PLA mobilized to deal with Wuhan
Thu 2020-01-23
  UN calls for strengthening international support for the Palestinians
Wed 2020-01-22
  IRGC Commander & "Soleimani Ally" Shot Dead By Masked Assassins On Motorcycle
Tue 2020-01-21
  Several civilians killed by female suicide bomber in western Chad

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