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Dozens dead after school bus carrying "children" in Yemen hit by airstrike
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Afghanistan
Key Taliban commander killed in car bomb explosion in Ghazni city
[KhaamaPress] A key Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
commander'>Taliban Überstürmbannführer
was killed with his comrades in a boom-mobile kaboom in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.

The provincial security commandment in a statement said the incident took place at around 12:30 pm local time in Ghazni city.

The statement further added that five Talibs including their commander were attempting to move a vehicle packed with explosives to an unknown location in Ghazni city when the incident took place.

Provincial Security Chief Gen. Farid Ahmad confirmed that the incident took place in the vicinity of the 3rd police district of the city and a number of the houses have also been damaged.

In the meantime, the provincial security commandment said the Taliban Überstürmbannführer killed in the kaboom has been identified as Rahimullah, also famous as Mullah Zakir.

The anti-government armed Death Eaters including Taliban holy warriors have not commented regarding the incident so far.

Ghazni is among the relatively volatile provinces in southeastern parts of the country where the Talibs and terrorist belonging to the other groups are actively operating in some of its districts.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


13 civilians killed, wounded in roadside mine explosion in Balkh
[KhaamaPress] At least thirteen non-combatants were killed or maimed an kaboom triggered by improvised bomb in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan.

A front man for the 209th Shaheen Corps, Mohammad Hanif Rezaye , said the incident has taken place in the vicinity of Shulgar district and as a result at least six civilians, all members of a single family, have bit the dust.

He said the incident took place after a civilian vehicle struck an improvised bomb planted on a roadside.

At least seven civilians also sustained injuries in the kaboom, the 209th Shaheen Corps front man added.

The district administrative chief Arif Agha had earlier also confirmed that at least 6 civilians have been killed and 7 others have sustained injuries.

No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the incident.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Afghan Commandos break into another jail of Taliban in Helmand province
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Commandos have stormed another compound of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province which was used a detention facility by the group in this province.

The provincial government media office in a statement the Special Forces conducted an operation in Musa Qala district late on Tuesday night and released at least ten people from the prison run by the Taliban.

The statement further added that the operation was conducted by the Commandos of the 7th Kandak and as a result six civilians and four coppers were rescued.

This is not the first time the Afghan forces are conducting special operations against the hideouts of the Talibs which are used as prison cells.

Dozens of civilians were rescued during a similar operation conducted in the vicinity of Kajaki district of Helmand province last week.

The operation was conducted in Deh Baba Kariz area of the district and the rescued civilians were all shifted to 215th Maiwand Corps compound

According to Helmand governor’s office, a number of old men and children were also among those held by the Taliban and were rescued by the Commando forces.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Arabia
Dozens dead after school bus carrying "children" in Yemen hit by airstrike
[CNN via 10 News] Dozens are dead and wounded after an airstrike hit a bus carrying children in northern Yemen Thursday, according to the International Committee for the Red Cross Thingy and eyewitnesses.
"children"
The school bus was hit as it was driving through a market in the rebel-held province of Saada, according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV.

"Scores killed, even more injured, most under the age of ten. @ICRC sending additional supplies to hospitals to cope with the influx," Johannes Bruwer, the head of the ICRC delegation in Yemen wrote on Twitter.

The Saudi-led Coalition, which has been conducting a military campaign to oust the Houthi rebels, didn't immediately respond to CNN questions.

Houthi media broadcast gruesome footage appearing to show the dead bodies of children. Other footage showed a young boy carrying a UNICEF backpacks being escorted to a hospital, his face bloodied as medical staff tried to treat his injuries.

Witnesses that CNN spoke to said the attack could be heard from neighboring districts.
Yahya Shaem, head of the Houthi-held health office in Saada, told CNN that the children in the bus were on their way to their summer camps.
Uh huh. Pull the other one
Posted by: Frank G || 08/09/2018 09:28 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  No "baby milk" factories to hit...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/09/2018 14:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Too small to carry arms, but Iran will find a way for them to be soldiers.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 08/09/2018 14:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Rob, there are always mine clearing opportunities with plastic keys.
Posted by: AlanC || 08/09/2018 15:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Were the pilots starved and trained in New Mexico by the FBI?
Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 || 08/09/2018 18:37 Comments || Top||

#5  as usual, Jack/Hemingway. You're an imbecile
Posted by: Frank G || 08/09/2018 19:34 Comments || Top||


Saudi air defense intercepts, destroys Houthi missile launched at Jizan
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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...
’s air defense forces intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched towards the Kingdom’s southwestern Jizan region by Yemen’s armed Houthi
...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 Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. 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 ...
militias, on Wednesday.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The Iran-aligned Houthis, who are fighting Yemeni legitimate national army, have fired dozens of missiles into the Kingdom in recent months. Most of the missiles have been intercepted by the Saudi military.

The Arab coalition intervened in 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. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
in 2015 to restore the internationally-recognized legitimate government.

Posted by: Fred || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  Don't see much about retaliatory airstrikes against the launchers. Can't get strike aircraft to launch or would that violate some airspace management agreement?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/09/2018 12:05 Comments || Top||


Europe
Gaza man jailed for assaulting Jew wearing kippah in Switzerland
[IsraelTimes] A Paleostinian man who assaulted a Jewish man wearing a kippah on a train in Switzerland was sentenced to four months in prison for assault, but was not convicted of a hate crime.

The assault occurred in February aboard a train near Lausanne, the German-language 20 Minuten news website reported Monday. It had not been reported in major Swiss media prior to this week.

The perpetrator, a 40-year-old man who was born in Gazoo, identified only as Mohammed, threw a shirt in the face of the victim, identified as Israel. He stole the victim’s water bottle, book and kippah, throwing the latter in a trash bin. Mohammed, who has multiple drug-related convictions, also stole Israel’s watch, broke his glasses and hit the Jewish man all over his body.

Mohammed told Israel he’d like to slit his throat, according to witnesses.

Johanne Gurfinkiel, the secretary-general of the CICAD watchdog group on anti-Semitism in Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
, said the details of the case suggest that Mohammed singled out Israel for attack because he was visibly Jewish. Yet Mohammed’s conviction, handed down last month, does not reference a hate crime as an aggravated element in the assault.

The 20 Minuten report did not say whether Mohammed indicated his motivation for assaulting Israel.

"I do not understand how the anti-Semitic character of this affair was not referenced even though it is clearly visible," Gurfinkiel said.

In neighboring La Belle France and elsewhere in Western Europe, Jewish organizations and watchdog groups have criticized their judiciaries and authorities for what those critics considered mislabeling and ignoring of anti-Semitic hate crimes.

Last month, French police sent a man who displayed violent behavior toward Jews while shouting about Allah for psychiatric evaluation for the third time this year, prompting vocal protests by local Jewish community representatives.

Additionally, in July the suspect in the alleged murder of a Jewish physician in Gay Paree was deemed not responsible for his actions in a second psychiatric evaluation ordered by a judge, even though the defense did not request it.

Separately, a Paleostinian man who broke into a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam while waving a Paleostinian flag was sentenced in July to 52 days in jail, which he had already served by the time of his sentencing. He was not convicted of a hate crime.

In May, a man who shouted about Allah outside a Gay Paree-region Jewish school and accused the people inside of killing children was sent for psychiatric observation. In April, a 20-year-old man who brandished a weapon at a Holocaust museum in western La Belle France also was hospitalized at a psychiatric institution.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 01:15 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  What abut the thieving by the scumbag? Assault, battery, theft all admitted
Posted by: Frank G || 08/09/2018 8:39 Comments || Top||


Germany arrests man accused of spying on mosque for Jordan
[Ynet] German authorities say they have placed in durance vile
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
a German man who is accused of spying on a mosque for Jordan.

Federal prosecutors said the 33-year-old, identified only as Alexander B. because of German privacy rules, was arrested Tuesday. They didn't specify where.

The prosecutors alleged in a statement issued Wednesday that the suspect worked in 2016 for a Jordanian intelligence agency, gathering information on the mosque in the central German city of Hildesheim.
...a charming small city in northern Germany, only fifty kilometers from Hannover, with an Islamofascist problem. The mosque there was led until recently by Iraqi Salafist Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A,, a.k.a. Abu Walaa, "the preacher without a face", who with some friends raised funds and volunteers for ISIS...
He allegedly handed over information on several people he suspected of planning to travel to Syria to join Islamic murderous Moslem groups or who had already traveled there.

German authorities banned the organization that ran the mosque in March 2017. They long had considered the DIK group to be a magnet for radicals.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:49 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Iraq
6 army personnel killed, injured in Islamic State attack between Diyala, Salahuddin
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Six security personnel from the Iraqi army were killed and injured in an attack carried out by the hard boy group on borders between Diyala, Salahuddin provinces, a security source said on Wednesday.

"Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
carried out an attack against joint checkpoints in Mutaibija region, between Diyala and Salahuddin, leaving four personnel killed and two others injured."

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said, "the situation is under control at the meantime."
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Two Islamic State members arrested in Mosul: Defense Ministry
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Two Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
members have been jugged
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
in Nineveh province, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

In a statement, the Security Media Center quoted the ministry as saying, "the military intelligence managed to arrest two Death Eaters in al-Qayyarah and al-Shura regions in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
."
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Confrontations break out between security personnel, IS, north of Baghdad
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Confrontations have occurred between Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
bully boyz and security personnel, north of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry’s Security Media Center said on Wednesday.

"Several Islamic State members attacked the electricity towers in al-Buhairat region in Tarmiyah district, north of Baghdad," the center said in a statement, adding that this "has prompted the festivities against security personnel there."

The center then added that the situation has been under control.

Earlier today, a security source told Baghdad Today website that festivities broke out in al-Manahla village in Tarmiyah, leaving three bully boyz killed and a soldier maimed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Anbar Antics: kaboomer boomed prematurely 14 turbans permanently unwound,


Suicide bomber killed in clashes between border guards, IS terrorists in Anbar

Anbar (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi troops clashed on Wednesday with a group of Islamic State terrorists in Al-Qa'im district in Anbar, killing one of them, the Interior Ministry announced.

Iraqi website Mawazin News quoted the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Saad Maan as saying that the clashes erupted after some members of the terrorist group were spotted moving in northern Al-Qa'im district.

"Immediately, the border guards clashed with them, killing a suicide bomber who was wearing an explosive belt," the spokesman added.

Iraqi troops kill 14 Islamic State militants, destroy 4 armored vehicles in Anbar

Anbar (IraqiNews.com) – Up to 14 members of the Islamic State group were killed and four of their armored vehicles were destroyed during a security operation in Anbar, a military commander was quoted as saying.

Colonel Shaker Obeid al-Rishawy told BasNews website on Wednesday that security forces received intelligence reports about the presence of a group of IS terrorists in a desert area, south of A-Rutbah district in western Anbar.

"Immediately, the troops clashed with the IS terrorists, killing 14 of them and destroying four of their armored vehicles," al-Rishawy pointed out.

He added that three underground hotbeds that were used by the militant group for storing ammunition were destroyed as well.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Four Islamic State fighters arrested on terror charges in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Iraqi security forces placed in durance vile
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
on Wednesday four Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
myrmidons, who are wanted on terror charges, in Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
the Iraqi Security Media Center announced.

"Iraqi troops have arrested four IS holy warriors after storming their hideout in the neighborhood of Panja Ali, Kirkuk," front man for the Iraqi Security Media Center Yehia Rasool told Alforat News Wednesday.

According to Rasool, the arrestees were wanted on terror charges pursuant to article 1/4 of the anti-terrorism law.

The front man added that the gunnies were "delivered to the competent judicial bodies for interrogation."
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi Army eliminates entire ISIS sleeper cell
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi Armed Forces continued their terrorist cleansing campaign this week, targeting several areas that are believed to have an Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) presence.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the Iraqi Army discovered an Islamic State sleeper cell, yesterday, after combing through the Rawa area.

The Ministry of Defense said that the Islamic State sleeper cell was discovered by the Iraqi Army inside a cave in the northern countryside of the Rawa area.

Once they entered the cave, the Iraqi Army faced resistance from the Islamic State Lions of Islam hiding inside of it.

Following a short battle, the Iraqi Army was able to secure the cave after eliminating all ten Islamic State members and seizing their weapons.

The Iraqi Army also destroyed one pick-up truck and one cycle of violence used by the terrorist group.
Posted by: Fred || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  "Bring up the flamethrower"
Posted by: Frank G || 08/09/2018 10:31 Comments || Top||

#2  My guess is they got caught napping hence the headline.
Posted by: jpal || 08/09/2018 10:33 Comments || Top||

#3  My first thought is "footy pajamas".
Posted by: AlanC || 08/09/2018 17:41 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Incendiary balloons spark 11 fires in Gaza area
[IsraelTimes] Since this morning, firefighters have worked to extinguish 11 blazes caused by incendiary balloons that fell near Israeli communities along the Gazoo Strip, a front man for the Israel Fire and Rescue Services says.

Forces have managed to gain control of all the fires, the front man adds.
It's not much, compared to what followed, but still it happened.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 01:11 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


DEBKA: After 50 Hamas rockets, IDF high command weighs full-scale operation against Hamas
[Debka] The IDF General Command conferred Wednesday night, Aug. 8, on a full-scale military operation against Hamas after it launched a non-stop barrage of 50 rockets against Israel. The town of Sderot took four direct hits and 8 injured casualties. Iron Dome intercepted four. The others landed in the Eshkol, Shear Hanegev and Hof Ashkelon councils, most on open ground. However, a dozen people were taken to hospital with trauma symptoms as the sirens blared hour after hour. Israel’s air strikes targeted a factory for tunnel components, a marine terror tunnel on the shore, various military compounds including a facility for manufacturing rockets and other weapons, as well as a central logistic depot. Residents of the communities within 7km of the Gaza Strip were ordered to stay in fortified quarters. Children’s summer camps on the Thursday will take place only in premises with shelters.

DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the IDF General Command meeting urgently Wednesday night has little option but to launch a full-scale military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. This would necessitate a ground incursion. It was decided to keep the operation as short as possible, the main goal being to push Hamas back from the Israel border and deliver a blow painful enough for the terrorists to beg for a ceasefire. IDF chiefs hope that this will cure Hamas leaders of the belief that they can dictate the rules of the game, as it has done so far. The generals are taking into account that the rocket barrage will spread across other parts of Israel in the course of the operation. The General Command conference continued into Wednesday night.

Posted by: 3dc || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Massive confrontation taking place between Israeli, Palestinian forces in Gaza
[ALMASDARNEWS] A major confrontation is taking place place between the Israeli and Paleostinian forces in the Gazoo Strip tonight.

According to a report released by the Israeli military, the confrontation began when members of Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, fired several
peaceful resistance
rockets towards the Sderot settlement near the Gazoo Strip.

Local Paleostinian activists reported that the rocket attack was in response to Israel killing a member of Hamas recently.

As a result of this conflict, several Arclight airstrikes have been launched by the Israeli Air Force, along with heavy shelling from their ground forces.

In response to the airstrikes and shelling, the Paleostinian forces have launched several rockets towards the Israeli settlements, prompting the IDF to activate their missile sirens near the Gazoo Strip.

Israel’s Iron Dome system managed to intercept most of the rockets, but some did reach the Israeli settlements, causing material damage to some homes.

Israel strikes Gaza after rockets fired from Palestinian enclave

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Israel launched air strikes on Gazoo late Wednesday after dozens of rockets were fired from the enclave into its territory, with injuries reported on both sides.

Earlier, Al Arabiya news channel correspondent reported that more than 50 rockets and shells were fired towards Israeli settlements in the Gazoo vicinity>

Smoke plumes could be seen rising from Gazoo City following the military’s announcement it was targeting "terror sites in the Gazoo Strip".

At least two Paleostinians were maimed in raids aimed targeting a Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", base in the southern Gazoo Strip, the enclave’s health ministry said.

The strikes came after two rockets that were launched from the coastal enclave hit the town of Sderot, near Gazoo’s northern border, police and the army said.

One person was lightly maimed by shrapnel while several others were treated for shock in Sderot, the United Hatzalah medical service said.

Sirens were sounded in several areas close to the border with Gazoo, warning residents to seek immediate shelter, the Israeli army said.

"As of now, 36 rocket launches were identified from Gazoo towards Israel," the army tweeted.

The majority of the rockets hit open areas while four were intercepted, it said.

Israel says it holds Hamas responsible for the rocket attacks coming from the long-blockaded coastal territory.

Israeli television broadcast images of a house and cars that were reportedly damaged by the rockets in Sderot.

Parts of the town have been closed off and police bomb disposal units were at the scene of the strikes, a front man for the force said.

The strikes came after two fighters from the military wing of Hamas, which rules Gazoo, were killed by Israeli fire on Tuesday.

Hamas warned Israel -- with which it has fought three wars since 2008 -- that it would pay for the attack.

The escalation comes after the Hamas leadership convened for a rare meeting in Gazoo on Friday. The gathering had raised hopes a deal for a lasting truce with Israel, with the backing of Egypt and the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
Clashes along the Gazoo border since the end of March have seen at least 160 Paleostinians killed in Israeli firing.

One Israeli soldier had also been rubbed out by a Paleostinian sniper.

11 Injured as More Than 150 Rockets Launched at Israel; IDF Pounds Strip

As a result, Summer camps in southern Israel canceled amid Gaza flareup: Military hands down list of special security instructions to Israeli communities adjacent to the Strip, including ban on large outdoor gatherings, work in fields
Posted by: Fred || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  The Haaretz article is behind a paywall, but can be read if one drops the title into the Google app. Good choice, 3dc.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 0:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Iran want's to start a war.
Hamas are their agents.
All Border areas will be evacuated
A ground incursion will occur
We have enough evidence to do this.

Israel has full permission over the Gaza rocket launching company - up to and including a full invasion. (If they want).

There is a green light.

Fasten seat-belts.

CC:Russia Jordan, Egypt, Iran, "Palestine", KSA, Quatar, Turkey, USA, China, EU, ETC ET AL
Posted by: newc || 08/09/2018 1:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Israel and Hamas poised to strike 5-year truce, Hamas official says https://buff.ly/2AUZJdx

None of this is a way to negotiate with Israel. This is a way to start WWIII. I won't let you. I'll hammer you, you cretins.

It all stops
Posted by: newc || 08/09/2018 3:05 Comments || Top||

#4  And to think that yesterday afternoon Hamas was cruising into s five year hudna organized by Egypt. President al Sisi must be livid.

The Haaretz link above was updated at 12:19 p.m. Israel Time, and has lots of photos and videos. It is no longer behind the pay wall.

The Jerusalem Post liveblog g(r)omgoru posted yesterday continues to update here.

The Times of Israel is liveblogging today’s events here.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/09/2018 6:17 Comments || Top||

#5  Ra-ra-ras! Kick those fucker's ass, Israel!
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/09/2018 9:07 Comments || Top||

#6  *Yawn* Truce signed and the next day a (quote) previously unknown terror organization (un-quote) breaks Truce. *Sorry* That card is already overdrawn -- the ATM refused it. Try again...
Posted by: magpie || 08/09/2018 10:08 Comments || Top||

#7  the ROE that the IDF uses restricts damage to the civilian population

time to loosen up on that
Posted by: lord garth || 08/09/2018 10:21 Comments || Top||

#8  Smite the f*ck out of Hamas. Now. Make em beg for a ceasefire
Posted by: Frank G || 08/09/2018 10:27 Comments || Top||

#9 
Posted by: 3dc || 08/09/2018 14:16 Comments || Top||


‘Mutiny’ at UNRWA in Gaza after job cuts
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Workers have seized partial control of the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Hamas-run Gaza, its head said Wednesday, accusing their union of “mutiny” over job cuts.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced last month more than 250 staff in Gaza and the occupied West Bank would lose their jobs, after a $300 million cut in annual funding from the US.

The redundancies have prompted daily protests by the agency’s labour union in the enclave, which UNRWA’s Gaza head said have led to security concerns.

“They have taken over the compound where my office and other offices are,” said Matthias Schmale.
So the rif-raf have taken over the company and you haven't frozen its funds and assets? Do the words Due Diligence mean anything to you?
The agency’s Gaza chief admitted UNRWA does not have full control over the site, in Gaza City, explaining he has not been able to access his own office for more than two weeks.

“I am the captain of the ship which has 13,000 sailors on it and they have basically thrown me off the bridge and consigned me to my captain’s quarters,” he told AFP, referring to the number of employees in Gaza.
Posted by: Fred || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Best news I've heard all day, and we're only a few minutes in!
Posted by: Raj || 08/09/2018 0:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Should have happened a long, long time ago.

I'm shocked that the Europeans haven't stepped in. Usually they're all over this sort of thing. They can easily afford it, what with the highly profitable trade they run with America, so what gives?
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 08/09/2018 9:45 Comments || Top||

#3  He pretended to be in charge and they pretended to follow orders -- until the foreign aid checks ran out. 'Potempkin Village' from top to the bottom...
Posted by: magpie || 08/09/2018 9:56 Comments || Top||

#4  more than 250 staff in Gaza and the occupied West Bank would lose their jobs, after a $300 million cut in annual funding from the US.

$1.2 Million per employee?
Posted by: Frank G || 08/09/2018 10:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Gaza, Pakistan, Iran, China,...sanctions and funds cutting everywhere. How many illusionary states has the US been financing?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/09/2018 12:02 Comments || Top||

#6  Heh. The Palestinians understand money about as well as liberals.
Posted by: gorb || 08/09/2018 12:52 Comments || Top||


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At least 182 rebels killed by assassinations in northern Syria since April
[ALMASDARNEWS] At least 182 Syrian rebels have been killed in northern Syria as a result of targeted liquidations, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) reported today.

According to the SOHR report, since April 26th of this year, 182 rebels of Syrian nationality have been assassinated, with the majority killed coming from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
, Faylaq al-Sham, Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
, and Jaish al-Izza.

In addition to the 182 Syrian nationals, at least 29 imported muscle have been assassinated during this time frame.

The 29 imported muscle were reportedly from several nations around the world, including Somalia, 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...
, Uzbekistan, Jordan, and Chechnya.

The SOHR report added that at least 54 non-combatants were killed by these targeted liquidations of rebels, including eight children and six women.

The rebels have accused the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG), Syrian government, and Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) of carrying out a lot of these targeted liquidations.

Posted by: Fred || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Syrian Air Force eliminates large convoy of ISIS terrorists in southern Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Air Force attacked on Tuesday a convoy of holy warriors of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group (outlawed in Russia) in the southern al-Suwayda governorate killing more than 70 krazed killers, the SANA news agency said.

The pilots destroyed military equipment and vehicles and several trucks with weapons and ammunition. The strikes were carried out against the terrorists’ targets in Qabr al-Sheikh in the Syrian Desert from where they attack civilians’ settlements.

On July 25, the Islamic State group took more than 40 people hostage in the village of al-Shabki, including 14 women and 16 children from the Druze community. The holy warriors threaten to kill them and executed one of the hostages last week.

During the large-scale operation against the IS strongholds, which was launched on August 6, the Syrian forces regained control over seven areas in the north, east and south of the al-Suwayda governorate. They repelled fierce counterattacks of holy warriors in al-Hosn and Ard al Qara.

The Syrian government forces along with several units of the armed opposition and militias are fighting for an important stronghold in Shannan al-Asfar. According to SANA, the military operation switched to a decisive phase after elite units had been deployed from Damascus. Its goal is to eliminate holy warriors in the al-Suwayda governorate and the Syrian Desert.

Posted by: Fred || 08/09/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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