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Libyan forces say Al-Qaeda commander killed in southern op
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Afghanistan
2 key Taliban commanders among several dead in Baghlan and Sar-e-Pul operations
[KhaamaPress] Several Talibs including two of their key commanders have been killed during separate operations conducted in northern Baghlan and Sar-e-Pul
...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...
communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...

provinces of Afghanistan.

The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said at least 19 Talibs including two of their key commanders were killed during the operations in Sayad district of Sar-e-Pul province during the past two weeks.

The statement further added that the two key Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
commander'>Taliban Überstürmbannführer
s killed during the operations have been identified as Qari Karim and Mawlavi Yaqoub.

The 209th Shaheen Corps in a separate statement said at least 6 Talibs have been killed and 4 others have sustained injuries since the launch of Pamir-10 operations in Baghlan province.

Three Ford Ranger type vehicles have also been confiscated during the operations and two depots containing clothes and weapons have also been destroyed, the 209th Shaheen Corps added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Coalition airstrike target Taliban IED planters in Nangarhar leaving 5 dead
[KhaamaPress] A coalition Arclight airstrike targeted a group of Taliban
...Arabic for students...
holy warriors who were planting Improvised Explosive Device on a roadside in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province of Afghanistan leaving at least five Lions of Islam dead.

According to the informed military sources "A coalition air strike killed 5 Taliban fighters as they were attempting to bury an IED in a road in Nangarhar."

Similarly, Afghan Special Operations Forces conducted a raid in Hisarak district of Nangarhar province killing 11 Taliban fighters and confiscating several weapons.

In another operation of the Afghan Special Operations Forces in Nadir Shah Kot district of Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
1 Taliban fighter was killed and bomb-making material was destroyed.

The Afghan Special Operations Forces also conducted a raid in Nerkh district of Wardak province killing 2 Taliban fighters, the sources added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Scores of Taliban killed in Afghan and Coalition Forces operations in Kandahar
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan and Coalition Forces conducted operations against the Talibs in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan leaving scores of gunnies dead.

According to the informed military sources "In the past 24hrs, 28 Taliban
...Arabic for students...
have been killed in combined Afghan and coalition ground operations and Arclight airstrikes in Maiwand District and Nesh District in Kandahar."

The sources further added "Additionally, during ground raids in Maiwand, holy warrior vehicles and a weapons cache has been destroyed."

The latest operations in Kandahar province have been conducted as the anti-government armed elements are attempting to destabilize the security situation in Kandahar province.

This comes as the security situation had improved comparatively in Kandahar province during the recent years.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
Al-Shabab Ambushes Ethiopian Troops’ Convoy In Somalia
[RADIOSHABELLE] Æthiopian forces under the framework of African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission (AMISOM) have engaged al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
fighters in fierce fighting at a remote area near Burhakaba town on Friday.

Heavily armed al-Shabaab fighters have ambushed a convoy of Æthiopian troops traveling along Baidoa-Burhakaba road which prompted hours of fighting between the sides.

According to locals, the fighting took place this morning in an area which lies about 15km West of the town.

Two Æthiopian military trucks have reportedly been destroyed after they overran Improved Explosive devices (IEDs) buried on the road.

Both AMISOM and Æthiopian commanders have not yet commented on the incident and its casualties.

Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
al-Shabaab through its affiliate online media claimed to have killed a number of Æthiopian soldiers and destroyed military vehicles.

"We have attacked the Æthiopian troops near Burhakaba town. Our fighters killed Æthiopian soldiers and destroyed the number of their military vehicles," reads a statement posted.

Posted by: Fred || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Amnesty urges Sudan to halt 'deadly onslaught' on protesters
[PULSE.NG] Rights group Amnesty International called on Sudan Friday to halt a crackdown on anti-government protests after a doctor and child were among three shot dead in fresh demonstrations.
Posted by: Fred || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan

#1  The Country folders are right here next to the fireplace.
Posted by: newc || 01/19/2019 1:19 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Libyan forces say Al-Qaeda commander killed in southern op
[PULSE.NG] The forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
said they killed on Friday three jihadists including a senior al-Qaeda member in the south of the country days after launching a security operation.

Ahmad al-Mesmari, a front man for Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, described the three as "terrorists" and identified them as Abdel Monem al-Hasnaoui, also known as Abu Talha al-Libi, al-Mahdi Dengo and Egyptian citizen Abdullah al-Dessouki.

He said they were killed during "a special operation... Friday in al-Qarda al-Chatti region of southwestern Libya".

Abu Talha -- a Libyan whose death was reported on several past occasions including in an 2016 air raid by unidentified aircraft -- is said by Libya to be a senior operative of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

Mesmari gave no further details on the other two suspects.

Libyan authorities use the word "terrorists" to refer to jihadists.

Libya has been gripped by chaos since a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants...
-backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moamer Qadaffy in 2011, with rival administrations and multiple militias vying for control of the oil-rich country.

Jihadists and people-traffickers have taken advantage of the chaos to gain a foothold in the North African country.

Haftar supports an administration in the east of the country that is opposed to the internationally backed Government of National Accord in Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
On Wednesday his self-style LNA forces announced they had launched a military operation to "purge" jihadists and criminal gangs from the south of Libya.

Mesmari said at the time that the operation was aimed to assure security "for inhabitants in the south-west from terrorists, be they 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 or al-Qaeda, as well as criminal gangs".

The LNA said it was also looking to secure petroleum facilities and tackle flows of clandestine migrants colonists heading northwards to the Mediterranean coast.

Posted by: Fred || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa


Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram strike near army chief's home
[PULSE.NG] Nigerian troops fought off Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
murderous Moslems as they tried to attack a military post near the home of the country's most senior army officer, security sources and residents said on Friday.

Jihadist fighters attacked the position on Thursday night in Kamuya village, in the northeastern state of Borno, near where Chief of Army Staff Tukur Yusuf Buratai has a home.

"The bandidos forces of Evil made a failed attempt
Curses! Foiled again!
to overrun the military location" in preparation for an attack on the village, a military officer in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, told AFP.

"The soldiers stood their ground and fought the bandidos forces of Evil for close to three hours and forced them to flee," he said.

Civilian militia leader Mustapha Karimbe said the attack began at about 5pm (1600 GMT) on Thursday and lasted until about 8pm.

"Luckily the button men met stiff resistance from the soldiers," said Karimbe from the town of Biu, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) away.

There were no immediate details about casualties.

It was also not clear which Boko Haram faction was behind the attack, although the IS-affiliated 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....
West Africa Province (ISWAP) is known to operate in the area.

Kamuya is the home town of Buratai's mother and was twice raided by Boko Haram in December 2015, not long after the lieutenant general was appointed chief of army staff.

Nearby Buratai village, 10 kilometres away, was also hit.

The latest attack came days after Boko Haram overran a military base in the town of Rann, near the border with 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...
, forcing thousands of civilians to flee.

Fourteen people, including three soldiers, were said to have been killed, while aid workers said buildings used by humanitarian organizations were razed to the ground.

Posted by: Fred || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Militants kill more than 100 soldiers in northeast Nigeria since late December: Aid agencies
[AlAhram] Armed groups have killed more than 100 soldiers and captured a huge stock of weapons in festivities in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
since Dec. 26, a report by a group of aid agencies said on Friday.

Attacks had intensified over the past few weeks and forced thousands of people to flee to safer areas in Nigeria and over the border to neighboring Chad, the report said.

The surge has occurred in the run-up to an election on Feb. 16 in which President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking a second term, turning security into a campaign issue. The attacks have mostly been carried out by 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....
-allied faction of bad boy group Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
Nigerian defense ministry and military spokesmen did not immediately respond to requests by Rooters for comment.

The report by the Global Protection Cluster in Chad, a group of aid agencies led by the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
High Commissioner for Refugees, said: "Raids against the Nigerian army have killed more than 100 Nigerian soldiers. According to the information available, the gangs captured a huge stock of weapons."

The report said attacks in the Baga-Kawa area of northeast Nigeria on Dec. 26 caused more than 6,357 people to flee into Chad and some 20,000 others to flee to safety within Nigeria.

Last month, Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), which split from Boko Haram in 2016, seized the town of Baga, where a multi-national force fighting the snuffies is based. Troops later regained Baga.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Caribbean-Latin America
Colombia blames deadly Bogota car bombing on ELN rebels
[PULSE.NG] The Colombian government on Friday blamed leftist ELN rebels for the bombing of a police training academy in Bogota that killed 20 people as well as the attacker and dealt a body blow to the peace process.
Posted by: Fred || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Europe
Norway Probes Knife Attack as Possibly 'Terror-Related'
[AnNahar] Norwegian police said Friday they were investigating a knife attack in Oslo by a suspected assailant from Russia as a possible "terror-related" act.

On Thursday a man stabbed a woman in a shop in central Oslo n broad daylight. The woman is in critical but stable condition in hospital, and the suspect was jugged
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
shortly afterwards.

"There are reasons to examine whether the knife attack was terror-related and the investigation will try to clarify this," Benedicte Bjornland, the head of Norway's domestic intelligence service PST, told news hounds.

The suspect is a 20-year-old Russian national who arrived in Norway on Thursday from Russia, via Sweden, she said.

He was not previously known to Norway's intelligence services.

The PST was brought into the case because of information that emerged during police questioning of the suspect on Thursday.

"He said he wanted to kill people and that it was an act of terrorism," Bjornland told local media.

Public broadcaster NRK presented the suspect as Moslem.

The PST said nothing indicated that other people were involved or that other attacks were planned.

It also said it was evaluating whether to raise the threat level in Norway. In an assessment published in 2018, the PST said it was "possible" an attack inspired by radical Islamism could take place in the country.

If the attack were to be confirmed as a case of radical Islamism, it would be the first in the Scandinavian country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  It's a step up from "unknown motive." Progress!
Posted by: Omunter Clitle7071 || 01/19/2019 19:24 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamasnik nabbed crossing into Israel from Gaza, 10,000 in weekly riot
[IsraelTimes] Man immediately apprehended; 10,000 Paleostinians throw rocks, fire bombs and grenades at Israeli troops during weekly protest, IDF responds with tear gas, live fire.

A Paleostinian tossed in the clink
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
after he crossed the border from Gazoo into Israel on Friday morning told interrogators he was a member of the Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, terrorist organization, the army said in a statement.

The man breached the border fence to the north of the Gazoo Strip and immediately surrendered before he was apprehended by Israeli troops, the IDF spokesperson’s unit said.

Hebrew-language media reported that he was unarmed.

Around 10,000 Paleostinians participated in riots along the border on Friday afternoon, throwing rocks, fire bombs and hand grenades at Israeli troops, and burning tires. Israeli soldiers reportedly responded with tear gas and, in some cases, live fire.

A number of Paleostinians briefly breached the border and entered Israel before quickly returning to Gazoo, Hadashot news reported.

The Hamas-run Gazoo Health Ministry said that 43 people were maimed in the festivities, including two members of the press and three medical personnel.

Hamas leader Ahmed Bahar warned the prime minister that the protesters would continue to "humiliate" Israel.

"Netanyahu, we are continuing with the help of God," said Bahar, according to Hadashot news. "Our people are holding many cards that will humiliate the criminal Zionist enemy."

Israel will decide whether to allow the next delivery of economic aid from Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
to enter the Strip based on the level of violence at the protests, the Haaretz daily reported.

Friday’s violence marked the first major test for new IDF chief of staff Aviv Kohavi, who was sworn in as the 22nd commander of the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Southeast Asia
Sri Lanka Seize Explosives from Local Islamist Radicals
[AnNahar] Sri Lanka's police seized a haul of high explosives stashed near a wildlife sanctuary following the arrest of four men from a newly formed radical Moslem group, officials said Friday.

Elite police commandos and detectives stumbled on the explosives which included some 100 detonators from a make-shift warehouse near the Wilpattu national park, police said.

"Following information received by the CID (Criminal Investigations Department), they found 100 kilos (220 pounds) of high explosives and 100 detonators," police said in a statement.

Official sources said the discovery was made during investigations into recent hate attacks against Buddha statues elsewhere in the country in an apparent attempt to spark tensions between majority Buddhists and minority Moslems.

"The information we have at the moment is that a radicalised local group of Moslems are behind the explosives seized on Thursday," an official said asking not to be named.

"We are trying to see if they had any links with Death Eaters abroad."

There have been no attacks in Sri Lanka linked to foreign Islamist groups despite local media reports that a 37-year-old Sri Lankan had been killed in Syria in 2015 while fighting for 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....
(IS) group.

The latest discovery of explosives in the north-west of the island on Thursday is one of the biggest finds since the country ended its decades-long war against Tamil separatists in 2009.

There has been sporadic violence against minority Moslems, and several Buddhist monks and their followers have been jugged
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
for instigating inter-communal violence.

In Sri Lanka Moslems are considered an ethnic group. Almost all Buddhists in Sri Lanka are from the majority Sinhalese community.

Sri Lanka declared a 12-day nation-wide state of emergency in May last year following inter-communal riots led by Sinhalese mobs in the central district of Kandy where three people were killed and hundreds of shops and homes were destroyed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Salafists

#1  "Youse guys didn't learn from the crushing of the Tamil Tigers, did you?"
Posted by: Frank G || 01/19/2019 5:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Only took them 30 or so years to crush the Tamil tigers. Guess they figure they got time.
Posted by: Chris || 01/19/2019 20:39 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hashd al-Shaabi kill, wound 35 ISIS in Syria: statement
[Rudaw] The Hashd al-Shaabi claimed on Friday their forces had killed dozens of ISIS gunnies in the Syrian town of Sousa town, one of the last towns still held by the turbans across the border.

"With accurate intelligence, the artillery of the Hashd was able to carry out accurate strikes against a group of ISIS members who were planning to attack our units. In a preemptive operation, 35 bad boyz were potted and maimed," read a statement from the Hashd al-Shaabi.

They said ISIS tried to exploit bad weather to carry out an attack.

The militias claimed to have killed several ISIS leaders ‐ named as Abu Waddah and Abu Hamza who headed up the Abu Fattoum group ‐ and caused "panic and withdrawal of the other members of the group."

The Iran-backed Hashd have forces on the border with Syria, part of Iraq’s bolstering the security of the border to prevent jihadists crossing into Iraqi territory. Baghdad’s concern for its national security rose when the US announced they plan to pull out of Syria before the full defeat of ISIS.

The Hashd said their forces on the border would continue to closely monitor the group's movements.

ISIS is has been pushed into an estimated 15 square kilometres of territory in the Euphrates River valley near the border, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Its hold continues to weaken as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continues to advance.

"The security situation is under full control and the Hashd al-Shaabi forces monitor the movement of the enemy on the Syrian side," the militia stated.

Iraq’s National Security Advisor Falih al-Fayyadh, who is also the controversial nominee for interior minister, said Iraq has the consent of Damascus to strike ISIS inside Syrian territory.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Bombing at jihadist munition depot kills 11 in north Syria: monitor
[Rudaw] A bombing at an ammunition depot killed 11 people on Friday in the jihadist-held city of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a Britannia-based war monitor said.

It targeted the arms store belonging to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
, an alliance led by Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The blast killed seven HTS fighters and four other people, the war monitor said.

"Initial information points to a boom-mobile," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.

HTS controls the city of Idlib, as well as the surrounding anti-regime bastion of the same name.

Last week, the jihadist-led alliance took administrative control of the whole of the region -- which is made up of a large part of the Idlib province, as well as adjacent chunks of the Aleppo and Hama provinces.

But 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 also have a presence in the area.

Abdel Rahman said ISIS was likely responsible for the bombing, after HTS executed members of the krazed killer group the previous day.

One of the last parts of Syria beyond government control, the Idlib region has been protected from a regime offensive since September by a buffer zone deal agreed by regime ally Russia and rebel backer The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
Before the HTS takeover, the region had been rocked by infighting between jihadists and rival rebels.

The area sees frequent festivities between factions, including targeted liquidations and kabooms.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Airstrike on IS-held area in Eastern Syria kills 20
[Ynet] An Arclight airstrike hit bully boyz and civilians trying to flee the last area controlled by 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 in eastern Syria on Friday, killing at least 20, the country's state media and opposition activists reported.

The airstrike on the IS-held village of Baghouz comes as the offensive against the holy warriors by U.S.-backed fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has intensified over the past few weeks. It also comes as the United States' begins the process of withdrawal from Syria.

Thousands of civilians have fled from the area near the Iraqi border recently as IS has steadily lost ground.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Young lady previously based in Norfolk one of three killed in Syria explosion
[WTKR.com] The Department of Defense has identified three of the four Americans killed in Syria on Wednesday.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Florida; Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician Shannon M. Kent, 35, of upstate New York; and DOD civilian Scott A. Wirtz of St. Louis, Missouri, were killed Wednesday in the explosion in Manbij, Syria, according to the Department of Defense.

Kent, a Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive), was assigned to Navy Special Warfare Support Activity 2 during her military career. She was also assigned at other Mid-Atlantic military posts in Washington D.C. and at Fort Meade in Maryland.

"Chief Kent’s drive, determination and tenacity were infectious. Although she has left us way too soon, she will not be forgotten, and her legacy will live on with us," said CWA 66 Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician (Collections) Denise Vola.

Kent was currently had been assigned to Cryptologic Warfare Activity 66, based at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

Related: Guardian - Ex-navy Seal and sailor among US victims killed in Syria suicide attack
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/19/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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3Islamic State
3Taliban
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2Moslem Colonists
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1Govt of Qatar (MB)
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1Govt of Syria
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1Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1Salafists
1Sublime Porte
1Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
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Two weeks of WOT
Sat 2019-01-19
  Libyan forces say Al-Qaeda commander killed in southern op
Fri 2019-01-18
  Militants stalked Xulhaz through LGBTQ platforms
Thu 2019-01-17
  Pakistan Releases Senior Taliban Jihadi Days After Arrest
Wed 2019-01-16
  Iran launches satellite into space
Tue 2019-01-15
  Explosions, gunfire erupt at Kenyan hotel in possible terror attack
Mon 2019-01-14
  Sudan Opposition Call for More Protests 'To Shake the Tyrant's Throne'
Sun 2019-01-13
  Report: Nasrallah suffers heart attack
Sat 2019-01-12
  12 civilians killed in jihadist attack in Burkina Faso
Fri 2019-01-11
  Jihadists take control of Idlib province after collapse of Turkish-backed rebels
Thu 2019-01-10
  Turkish-backed rebels surrender last positions in southwest Idlib
Wed 2019-01-09
  Turkish-backed rebels issue urgent plea for help from available forces in Idlib
Tue 2019-01-08
  Israel said to block latest Qatari cash transfer to Gaza
Mon 2019-01-07
  SDF troops capture ISIS stronghold east of Euphrates
Sun 2019-01-06
  Turkey asks US for help in fighting ISIS in Syria
Sat 2019-01-05
  Over 500 militants killed as infighting spreads in Syria: Report


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