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Afghanistan
Daily Evacuation Brief November 12, 2022
[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS
  • RUMORS ABOUT FURTHER GENDER BANS FOR WOMEN AT UNIVERSITIES – A document provided to an NGO source in Europe, purporting to be the minutes of a recent cabinet meeting chaired by Sheikh Hibatullah, describes a discussion about prohibiting women from attending University in the future. The ban would affect both public and private institutions. Several of the cabinet officials present for the meeting pushed back hard against the idea. We have not yet verified the authenticity of the document and we do not have confirmation if it was adopted for implementation. However, the rumors are circulating on social media, and felt it was important to include them in the Daily Evacuation Brief.

  • EXPLOSION IN BAMYAN – An unexploded mortar shell detonated in Bamyan Province and reportedly killed 1 non-combatant and injured 2 others. The circumstances around the blast are not yet known and the victims have not been identified as of publication.

  • PUL-E-SHARKHI PRISON REPUTEDLY HOLDS THOUSANDS OF TAJIKS – A report by a European NGO claims that the Pul-e-Charkhi Prison currently houses over 4,600 Tajiks who have been arrested since the Taliban took power. The report suggests the conditions in the prison are not good and that a location inside the prison grounds is being used to bury the bodies of those who have died in custody. The ICRC is said to be investigating the claims but it is not clear what access they may have been given. The prison is the former national detention center and is situated on the outskirts of Kabul.

  • RESISTANCE COMMANDER REPUTEDLY EXECUTED IN BAGHLAN – Khan Mohammad, an NRF Commander was reportedly captured when he attempted to visit his home on Thursday evening. He was arrested and then transferred to the Taliban district headquarters where he is thought to have been shot and killed. His son was reportedly released. This information has yet to be verified.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 01:42 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Africa Horn
US strike in Somalia kills 17 al-Shabaab fighters – statement
[ShabelleMedia] The US military conducted a strike on Wednesday against the al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
in Somalia, killing 17 terrorists, US Africa Command said in a statement on Friday.

The strike occurred approximately 285 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu at the request of the Somali government when Somali National Army forces were engaged with the al-Shabaab fighters.

US Africa Command said in a news release that no civilians were hurt or killed in the strike.

"Al-Shabaab is the largest and most deadly al-Qaeda network in the world and has proven both its will and capability to attack Somali, East African, and American civilians," US Africa Command said.

The strike is the latest US military effort against al-Shabaab in Somalia, where the US has provided ongoing support to the government since President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity, except maybe for abandoning Afghanistan...
approved a Pentagon request to redeploy US troops to the area in an attempt to counter the terrorist group in May.

Last month, an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in Somalia killed two members of al-Shabaab, according to US Africa Command.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Arabia
Large explosion hits occupied city of Aden
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A violent mostly peaceful explosion rocked 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...
’s southern port city of Aden, which is controlled by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC).

This was reported by Yemen News Portal on Friday, based on testimonies of local sources.

According to the sources, button men attacked a house belonging to a military command in the STC’s support brigade behind the fish market near the Dar Saad cop shoppe north Aden city.

The commander of the Fifth Support Brigade, and another person were maimed in the attack, one of the sources said.

The same source pointed out that the earth-shattering kaboom caused fear among the residents and was heard in the outskirts of Sheikh Othman and Mansoura districts.

The explosion comes in light of military mobilization between the STC militias and Tariq Saleh’s, which took over the protection of the al-Ma’ashiq Presidential Palace after expelling the so-called "Presidential al-Asifah Forces" led by Aidarous al-Zubaidi
Posted by: Fred || 11/12/2022 02:25 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
The Ocean Viking carrying 230 migrants docks at Toulon amid French-Italian row
[AlAhram] A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants colonists docked at the French southern military port of Toulon on Friday, maritime authorities said, amid a French-Italian row over which country is responsible for them.

The Ocean Viking, operated by a French NGO, had picked up the migrants colonists at sea before spending weeks seeking a port to accept them.

Tensions mounted between La Belle France and Italia on Wednesday over the fate of an NGO ship carrying 234 migrants colonists rescued in the Mediterranean, with Gay Paree calling the refusal by Italian authorities to let the vessel dock "unacceptable."

It was the latest European standoff over where to disembark migrants colonists picked up after trying to reach Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
from North Africa, with Italia increasingly frustrated at taking in the bulk of those rescued.

The row centres on the Ocean Viking, a charity ship that has sailed away from Sicilian waters toward La Belle France after unsuccessfully waiting for permission to dock in Italia since late October.

Run by the European charity SOS Mediterranee under a Norwegian flag, the ship has appealed to La Belle France to accept it as it headed toward Corsica and potentially the French mainland, where it has also asked for access.

"It's a total blockage on the part of the Italians," SOS Med director Sophie Beau told AFP, saying it had lodged 43 official requests with no response.

As of Wednesday morning it "still had no official response" from French authorities, Beau said.

Italian leaders have claimed that La Belle France is ready to accept the migrants colonists. Still, Gay Paree has warned that the ship was in Italian waters and branded the refusal to let her dock "unacceptable".
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Italy: You taken them.
France: No, you take them.
Together: Let's compromise. Norway!
Posted by: Shamp Snurt3261 || 11/12/2022 1:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Italy: Hell, send half the mideast and the entire population of Africa here. In return, we'll take over the African continent with it's mineral and agricultural richness.
Posted by: Whaiger Sloluse3996 || 11/12/2022 4:29 Comments || Top||

#3  The Ocean Viking, operated by a French NGO

Solved. You and Norway figure it out.
-pounds gavel-

Looks like Italy needs to re-make the Flower class Corvette. Not only would it aid in these patrols it would also reignite the .303 British product line. I'd even bet the depth charge rail could be reworked into a sort of seeking limpet mine.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/12/2022 9:55 Comments || Top||

#4  Viking - number 1 on the rivers and the sea.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/12/2022 11:51 Comments || Top||

#5  ‘In the Camp of the Saints’
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/12/2022 16:19 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Masjid committee member Rafiq, Sri Ram Sene clash over saffron flags in Karnataka
[OneIndia] A clash broke out over saffron flags between a Congress leader and members of the Hindu organization Sri Ram Sene. The flags were put up on the occasion of the Bababudangiri Yatra.

Reports said that the incident took place in the Sringeri town of Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka on Tuesday, November 8. Rafiq, a leader of the Congress and member of a local masjid committee took offence to the flags being placed in front of the Masjid.

This in turn led to an argument between Rafiq and Sri Ram Sene member, Arjun. It later escalated into a clash and the duo hurled blows at each other. They were later admitted to the Sringeri Taluk Government hospital.

ASP Gunjan Arya rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control. No casualties have been reported in the incident. A First Information Report was lodged after Arjun expressed threat to his life and Rafiq demanded adequate security.

The duo were arrested and a peace meeting was organised between the Hindu and Moslem communities by the police.

"Tying of saffron flags in front of #masjid in #Sringeri #Karnataka led to a fight between SriramSene members & masjid committee member Rafiq," journalist Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
wrote on Twitter.

"Case registered by Chikkamagaluru police against both Rafiq & sene member Arjun. Cops later called for a peace meeting of both communities," he added while sharing a video in which the cops are seen interacting with members of both communities.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 02:39 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies

#1  No video. Was it at least as good as a hockey fight?
Posted by: Whaiger Sloluse3996 || 11/12/2022 4:20 Comments || Top||

#2  masjid = mosque
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 || 11/12/2022 7:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Saffron flags represent hindoo power and placing them on a masjid is a statement. Beating them up after they complain makes a better statement. All this is very very necessary, gentlemen. Lest the moslem begin to feel there's a place in democracy for him.

The Sri Ram Sene (Army of lord Rama) is a Hindu militia. They mark mosques for vandalism and reward generously anyone who causes moslem buildings any harm. They are well represented too, the nationalist government is particularly fond of its buccolic merrymen. However they enjoy protection only in the Right wing states.

The state in question is Karnataka, wherein lies Bangalore the IT hub and exporter of all those cubicle jockeys. It is hopelessly Leftist and thus these militias are mostly on their own.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 11/12/2022 8:55 Comments || Top||

#4  Church fires. Billy Jeff Clinton says he remembers a lot of them when he was a kid.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/12/2022 8:56 Comments || Top||


In the killing of those protecting Hindus in Punjab, ISI plot revealed
[OneIndia] Following a threat from pro-Khalistan leader Gopal Chawla, the Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

police has issued an alert and advised several Hindu leaders to not travel outside.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 02:36 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies

#1  This is about Punjab, a state that was mostly neutral but vacillated between left and right for some decades until recently it experimented with a total islamophile, Leftist government.

Since then the killings, criminality, cross border intrusion have all increased.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 11/12/2022 9:02 Comments || Top||


One Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist gunned down in Jammu and Kashmir
[OneIndia] One foreign terrorist has been shot full of holes in an encounter at Jammu and 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....
, the police said.

The slain terrorist has been identified as Karman Bhai alias Hanees. He was part of the proscribed Pakistain based terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
, the ADGP Kashmir said.

Earlier the Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet that an encounter took place at the Karen area of Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter began following inputs about the presence of turbans in the area following which both the Indian Army and the Kashmir Police were pressed into service.

In October the police had said that the forces had shot full of holes forty turbans in the Valley. Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh had said that the security forces had shot full of holes 40 turbans of Pakistain origin in various encounters.

Singh said that most of these turbans had been tasked with targeting non-locals and those living in the Union Territory for a long time. There are attempts being made to push turbans from across the border. Such attempts in recent times were foiled in Rajouri and Poonch, the DGP said.

By June this year the security forces had already shot full of holes over 100 turbans in the Valley. The forces have been on high alert in the wake of intelligence warnings about enhanced activity at the terror launch pads across the border.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Taiba


Iraq
Fox News links Iran-backed groups to a US citizen killing
[Shafaq News] An Iranian-backed Iraqi militia group is being linked to the murder of a U.S. citizen shot full of holes in Baghdad last week, Fox news said.

The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Tennessee native Stephen Troell.

At a presser on Tuesday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani condemned the attack and issued a warning to those who may be planning on carrying out violence in the country: "This was a cowardly crime against an American citizen and resident of our country who is known among the community... This is a red line for us. Those who want to test our government in terms of security will fail." al-Sudani has been in office since Oct. 28.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 02:19 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  For over 2000 years killing Christians continues to result in more Christians.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/12/2022 10:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Yeah. If ever there was a "Strike me down and I'll be back bigger and badder than ever," story it's Christianity.

Muzz get a finite number of raisins. Such a deal.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/12/2022 11:13 Comments || Top||


Iraq recovers the grandson of Saddam Hussein's half-brother over Speicher
[Shafaq News] On Friday, the Iraqi security authorities announced that the grandson of Saddam Hussein's half-brother Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikrit
...birthplace of Saddam Hussein...
i, accused of participating in the Speicher massacre, returned to Iraq from Lebanon Hezbollahstan
...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ...
The massacre of the Iraqi army detachment at Camp Speicher in June 2014 was unprecedented when ISIS fighters captured and murdered at least 1,500 Iraqi Shi'a Air Force cadets outside Tikrit Air Academy (formerly known as Camp Speicher)

The Iraqi Ministry of Interior said that the Interpol police in the Ministry recovered Abdullah Yasser al-Sabawi, Saddam Hussein's grandnephew, after being apprehended in Beirut.

Abdullah Yasser Sabawi was detained in the Lebanese city of Jbeil.

"He is accused of carrying out criminal operations that resulted in the death of thousands of innocents, based on an Interpol warrant that the relevant Lebanese security agencies have enforced," Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon's General Security intelligence agency, told al-Iraqiya.

Maj. Gen. Ibrahim added, "the Lebanese security services have executed an Interpol warrant, and this is our duty towards our people in Iraq."
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 02:01 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraq’s Intelligence arrests three terrorists north of Baghdad
[Shafaq News] The Iraqi Intelligence and Investigation Agency announced that a "terrorist" group was apprehended north of Baghdad.

The Agency explained that Its members stormed an ISIS stronghold where three bandidos holy warriors were arrested in the Tarmiyah district, north of Baghdad.

The Federal Agency stated that these ISIS members worked in the so-called "Wilayat North Baghdad." They committed killing three citizens, detonating bombs on the Iraqi army forces and the Popular MobilizationFroces and transporting and manufacturing explosions."

[TWITTER]
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 02:01 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraq’s F-16s strike ISIS in Kirkuk Governorate
[Shafaq News] On Friday, the Iraqi F-16 jets struck ISIS members north of Kirkuk Governorate.

Iraq’s Security Media Cell explained that three strikes targeted the Lions of Islam in the village of Bir Ahmad in Kirkuk in cooperation with the counter-Terrorism forces.

The Agency did not provide further details about the casualties.

Despite the victory over ISIS in 2017 in Iraq, the group is slowly regrouping, forming sleeper cells to launch attacks.

The terrorist organization is conducting asymmetric attacks on civilians and security forces. Still, in contrast, many of them were killed by the Iraqi forces and PMF through military operations, particularly in Diyala, Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
and Saladin governorates.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/12/2022 02:01 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
24 terrorists killed in Syria
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, told reporters on the liquidation of 24 members of the ISIS (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) near the city of Deraa (Syria) on November 11.

"The state security units of the Syrian Arab Republic have completed a special operation to search for and neutralize militants associated with the terrorist group ISIS (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) in the Deraa al-Balyad area of ​​the city of Deraa."

During the cleansing of the area, the military checked 300 buildings. In addition to the killed terrorists, 24 more were detained. In addition, six homemade bombs were neutralized during the cleansing.

Posted by: badanov || 11/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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1Lashkar e-Taiba
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  Ukraine forces enter Kherson
Fri 2022-11-11
  Russia is digging new trenches in... Northern Crimea
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  Fierce fighting breaks out between Philippine Army, MILF forces
Wed 2022-11-09
  Border Patrol agent assaulted by migrants crossing border into Texas
Tue 2022-11-08
  Separatist militias prepare for all-out war as they once again reject Saudi-led puppet government
Mon 2022-11-07
  Near Vuhledar Russian units are refusing to advance and writing letters of complaints
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  Somalia claims to kill over 100 al-Shabaab members in single operation
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  Raisi dismisses Biden 'free Iran' pledge after protest surge
Fri 2022-11-04
  LeT ​associate ​h​eld with ​ammunition in Pulwama
Thu 2022-11-03
  Imran Khan Assassination Attempt
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  Gunman Shoots Two US Police Officers In New Jersey
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  Ukrainian Saboteurs Reportedly Blew Up Russian Helicopters 500 Miles From Ukraine
Mon 2022-10-31
  US woman who led female IS battalion faces up to 20 years in prison
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  Video footage shows new Al-Qaeda forces deploying in Yemen
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