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Pakistan Attacks TTP in Kunar, Khost Causing Dozens of Casualties
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Attacks TTP in Kunar, Khost Causing Dozens of Casualties
[ToloNews] Dozens of people were killed and maimed in attacks carried out by the Pakistain forces in the southeastern province of Khost
...which coincidentally borders North Wazoo and Kurram Agency...
and the eastern province of Kunar.

Local officials in Khost told TOLOnews that Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s were conducted by the Pak military in districts in the province but did not provide details.

According to eyewitnesses more than 40 people have been killed or maimed in the attacks.

"It was 3:00 am, when the bombing started. The homes were destroyed, around 40 people including women and kiddies were killed and maimed," said Peer Janat, a maimed person.

This comes as the department of Information and Culture of Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
said that at least six people were killed in the artillery attacks carried out by Pak military on Shiltan district in Kunar province.

Residents of the Spiri district of Khost claim that Pak forces carried out airstrikes on Friday night in the province.

"At one residence, four people were killed, in another home nine people were killed and in another home 20 people. Seven people were killed and more than 20 others were maimed," said Rasul Jan, a witness.

The maimed which have been evacuated to hospital, spoke of the attack:

"There were aircraft and maneuvering. They targeted our home first," said Rangin Khan, a maimed person.

Analysts believe that the attacks indicate Pakistain’s direct interference and violation of Afghan national illusory sovereignty.

"The airstrikes and ground operations conducted by the Pakistain forces alongside the (Durand Line) in Khost and Kunar are an obvious violation and interference in Afghan airspace and territory," said Sadeq Shinwari, a political analyst.

The Pakistain ambassador Mansoor Ahmad Khan was summoned by the Afghan Foreign Ministry over Pak forces' attacks in Khost and Kunar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in series of tweets. The Foreign Ministry said that in the meeting with the Pak envoy, the acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, and deputy defense minister Mullah Shireen Akhund, condemned the attacks by Pak forces.

Khost residents gathered today to protest recent attacks carried out by the Pak military in Khost and Kunar provinces. The protestors were chanting anti-Pakistain slogans.

Former President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
on Twitter condemned the Pak forces' attacks in Kunar and 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...
s in which dozens of civilians-- including children and women--were killed and maimed. Karzai called the attacks a violation of Afghanistan’s illusory sovereignty, a violation of intl norms and a crime against humanity.
Officials in the southeastern Khost province said that the Pakistani aircrafts bombed Aowa, Pesa Mila, and Mir Safar areas of the province on Friday night, April 15, 2022.

On the other hand, local residents have told the media that the airstrikes were conducted in the Spera district of Khost province where 33 members of two families have been killed.

The source added that the people belong to Waziristan but were living in Khost province.

Meanwhile, local residents of Shaltan district of the eastern Kunar province said that five children and a woman have so far been killed following bombings by Pakistan.

Pakistani media reported that the bombings have targeted TTP members in Khost and Kunar province but neither Pakistan’s government nor the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has commented on the bombings.

In the meantime, local residents in southwestern Nimroz province said that Pakistani forces have opened fire at Afghan drivers killing at least one.

The residents of Chaghai and Nawkundi of the province added that Pakistani forces have taken out batteries of 300 cars owned by Afghans and filled the tanks of the cars with soil.

The people added that Afghan drivers have staged demonstrations protesting against the Pakistani forces wherein the protestors were shot at, and eight drivers are believed to be wounded.
From Dawn, the Pakistani perspective:
The Foreign Office on Saturday said it was "looking into" reports of alleged action by Pak forces in the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar and Khost.

The FO's response was to claims made by an Afghan government official and a resident in Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
that Pak forces fired rockets early today, leaving six people dead.

MNA Mohsin Dawar also raised the issue in today's National Assembly session, terming the reported incident as a "highly tragic one".

He claimed that the alleged victims were internally displaced persons from North Wazoo who had crossed into Afghanistan before the start of Zarb-e-Azab.

"Yesterday night, Pakistain Army and air force's planes carried out bombardments across the Afghan border and over 40 people were martyred in that," the MNA said.

On Friday, the Pakistain army said Lions of Islam ambushed a military convoy near the Pak-Afghan border in the general area of Isham, North Waziristan District, martyring seven Pak coppers.

"Own troops initiated a prompt response, effectively engaged and killed four terrorists. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
during an intense exchange of fire, seven soldiers embraced Shahadat," the ISPR had said.

Pakistain has long been saying that the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Pakistain has been using Afghan soil for attacks on Pak border posts.
Last month the TTP announced it would launch an offensive against Pakistani security forces from the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The TTP are pressuring the Pakistani authorities to allow militants to return to their hometowns with impunity after foreign fighters were told by the Afghan Taliban to leave Afghanistan.

[Twitter] Hattip 3dc:




Posted by: trailing wife || 04/17/2022 00:43 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)

#1  Seems to be an uptick in Pak fighting.... related to political changes?
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/17/2022 8:21 Comments || Top||


Africa North
UN says boat capsizes off Libya, 35 dead or presumed dead
[AlAhram] A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday. It was the second tragedy in less than a week involving migrants colonists departing from North Africa to seek a better life in Europe.

The shipwreck took place Friday off the western Libyan city of Sabratha, a major launching point for the mainly African migrants colonists making the dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean, said the International Organization for Migration.

The IOM said the bodies of six migrants colonists were pulled out while 29 others were missing and presumed dead. It was not immediately clear what caused the wooden boat to capsize.

Friday's tragedy was the second shipwreck off Libya in less than a week with a total of at least 53 Europe-headed migrants colonists dead or presumed dead, according to the IOM.

On Tuesday, a wooden boat carrying at least 20 migrants colonists capsized off the western town of Sorman. Two migrants colonists were rescued and at least 18 were pronounced dead with six bodies retrieved, the U.N. migration agency said.

``Dedicated search and rescue capacity and a safe disembarkation mechanism are urgently needed to prevent further deaths and suffering,'' the IOM said.

Investigators commissioned by the United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
' top human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
body found evidence of possible crimes against humanity committed in Libya against migrants colonists detained in government-run prisons and at the hands of human traffickers.

Earlier this month, more than 90 people in an overcrowded boat drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, days after they left Libya, according to the Doctors Without Borders aid group.

Moslem colonists Migrants regularly try to cross the Mediterranean from Libya in a desperate attempt to reach European shores. The country has emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants colonists fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.

Human traffickers in recent years have benefited from the chaos in Libya, smuggling in migrants colonists across the oil-rich country's lengthy borders with six nations. The migrants colonists are then typically packed into ill-equipped rubber boats and set off on risky sea voyages.

At least 476 migrants colonists died along the Central Mediterranean route between Jan. 1 and April 11, according to the IOM.

Many of those who have been intercepted and returned to Libya, including women and kiddies, are held in government-run detention centers where they suffer from abuse, including torture, rape and extortion, according to rights groups.

Posted by: trailing wife || 04/17/2022 01:29 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  They could have taken a bus to Rwanda.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/17/2022 23:21 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Three Killed As Herdsmen Attack Enugu Communities
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

At least three residents of Imama Ugbawka in Nkanu East and Umuhu Eha-Amufu in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State have been killed by suspected herdsmen.
Enugu State is Igbo country, whom we know as the Biafrans.
According to reports, several other persons were maimed in the attacks which were carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday.

During the attack in Ugbawka on Tuesday, the herders allegedly invaded farmland and killed two labourers hired from Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, to cultivate crops on the farm, Eha-Amufu’s incident occurred on Wednesday at Agba-Esher.

A community leader in Umuhu, Eha-Amufu, Odo Francis, said the herders numbering about seven with AK-47s blocked Nkalagu-Eha-Amufu Road.

"Unfortunately, an Okada rider from Amade Eha-Amufu who was carrying two persons got to the point. They killed him and kidnapped the two men. Our people were alerted when a man from Umuhu Eha-Amufu identified as Okibe Odo, who escaped death by the whiskers broke the news.

"Now, our forest guards and neighbourhood watch (members) are on their trail. The body of the victim, Ifeanyi Odoebe, has been deposited in the morgue."

A community leader from Imama Ugbawka, Chima Nwodo, who confirmed the attack in his community, said the residents were alerted by one of the labourers who beat feet from the herders when they invaded the farm.

President-General of Imama Ugbawka Autonomous Community, Chief Osita Ogbu, described the attack on his community as callous and unprovoked.

"These herdsmen, according to one of the labourers that survived, were six in number. When he (the survivor) alerted our people, we sent our vigilantes to the farm who discovered the bodies of the victims and, subsequently, informed the police, Department of State Services, and the military. They came and saw the mutilated bodies. The victims’ throats were slit."

Special Adviser to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Information, who also oversees the Ministry of Information, Chief Steve Oruruo, confirmed the attack and called on security agencies to fish out the criminals.
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 01:58 || Comments || Link || [27 views] Top|| File under: Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)


Arabia
Saudi Arabia widens crackdown, detains 9 prominent Saudi judges
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] Saudi 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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
n authorities have arrested at least nine prominent judges amid reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince and modernizer of Saudi Arabia as of 2016. The Turks hate him, so he must be all right, despite the occasional brutal murder of Qatar-owned journalists. As crown prince, Moe has quietly jettisoned his country's policy of trying to impose its religion on the rest of the world...
(MBS) is seeking to get rid of political dissidents and potential royal challengers with the aim of clearing his path to the succession once his elderly and ailing father, King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians...
, steps down or dies.Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) reported that the judges are charged with "high treason" — a crime punishable by death in the kingdom. The judges are said to be loyal supporters of the 36-year-old prince, and the recent arrests bear striking similarities to previous purges of rivals of MBS.

Of the nine judges confirmed arrested, three came from the First-Degree Specialized (Terrorism) Court, three were from the Appellate Specialized Court, and the last three came from the High Court — the highest court in Saudi Arabia.

DAWN identified two of the judges as Abdullah bin Khalid al-Luhaidan and Abdulaziz bin Medawi al-Jaber.

Luhaidan convicted prominent women’s rights defender Loujain Alhathloul of baseless terrorism charges. Jaber sentenced a minor to the death penalty
. He also sentenced many people to death in the mass execution of 81 men last month.

Saudi royals, billionaires, and senior government officials were tortured and blackmailed in early November 2017, when they were rounded up and detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in an extraordinary power play by MBS to remove people who could potentially pose a political threat.



Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 01:45 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems


Caribbean-Latin America
Smugglers Increase Use of Locked Railcars to Move Migrants into Texas
[Breitbart] Border Patrol agents in Texas report an increase in the use of locked railcars to ship migrants into the U.S. interior. The practice is extremely dangerous as the migrants have no means of escape and temperatures can exceed well over 100 degrees.

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens reported that Eagle Pass Station agents received information regarding a group of migrants locked inside rail cars. The agents arrived and found 50 migrants inside after cutting locks on the cars.

A few days earlier, Owens tweeted a photo of a locked auto-track hauler. Agents received a 911 activation from one of the vehicles inside the rail car. Agents from the Eagle Pass North Station responded and unlocked the doors. Inside, they found eight migrants with no means of escape.

Breitbart Texas frequently reports on the use of trains by human smugglers. In March, Del Rio Sector agents found 40 migrants locked inside rail cars during a 48-hour period.

In one incident on February 28, Uvalde Station agents found a group of 25 migrants in a car hauler, Del Rio Sector officials reported. The migrants attempted to conceal themselves in the vehicles. Agents identified the migrants as citizens of El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico. Officials noted the temperature at the time was 31 degrees.

In two other incidents, Uvalde Station agents found 12 more migrants in car haulers after K-9 teams alerted to their presence. The migrants were locked inside the rail car with no means of escape, officials stated.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/17/2022 00:42 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  They've forgotten the lessons of history.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/17/2022 10:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Economies of scale. Why lead small bands of illegals across a desert when you can send them by the boxcar load?
Posted by: SteveS || 04/17/2022 11:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Find an empty railroad siding, bring in some empty boxcars, set up a couple field surgical hospital tents and leave a big stack of empty coolers marked "Transplant Organs - RUSH." Photograph lavishly and drop pamphlets of the set all over Latin America.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2022 11:41 Comments || Top||


Europe
Clashes Erupt in Sweden before far-right rally to burn Holy Qur'an
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] Fierce festivities have broken out between police and protesters in central Sweden’s Moslem-dominated area during demonstrations against a far-right group’s intention to burn the Holy Qur’an.

The festivities erupted on the sidelines of a rally in Orebro city by the anti-immigration and anti-Moslem Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party led by Danish-Swedish politician and lawyer, Rasmus Paludan.

The far-right leader, accompanied by police, reportedly put a copy of the holy book on the floor and tried to burn it.
A quick search of the archives reveals this is practically an annual ritual for Stram Kurs.
The blasphemous act prompted counter-protesters, around 200 people by local media’s estimate, to break into the rally and clash with the members of the far-right party and Swedish police.

The counter-protesters urged police not to allow Paludan to commit the sacrilegious act but the pleas were conveniently ignored, sparking violent mostly peaceful festivities and stone-pelting.

Police personnel tried to disperse them in defense of the hardline group, with local authorities saying the skirmishes left nine coppers injured. Two protesters were also taken into custody.

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson came out in support of the far-right group,
I’m impressed.
making remarks that have been deemed provocative.

"In Sweden, people are allowed to express their opinions, whether they are in good or bad taste, that is part of our democracy. No matter what you think, you must never resort to violence. We will never accept it," he was quoted as saying.

Paludan has regularly been at the center of such incidents in recent years. In 2019, he wrapped the holy book in bacon and tossed it in the air.
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 01:32 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


India-Pakistan
IED found in J&K as security agencies foil major terror bid
[OneIndia] The security forces have fouled a major terror plot in Rajouri by recovering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The IED was recovered on the Rajouri Gurdan road, 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.

Sheema Nabi Qasba, senior superintendent of police, Rajouri said that the IED was taken to a safer location and destroyed.

ANI reported that the police recovered the IED after receiving credible input about some suspicious movement in the Gurdan Chawa village. The special operation groups of the police and teams of the Indian Army reached the spot and cordoned off the area early on Saturday.

A suspicious object was found lying alongside the road, which ruined out to be an IED. "Bomb Squad of police later took it in its possession for further destruction as per SOPs and through a controlled explosion which was then destroyed in a safer location," the SSP of Rajouri said according to ANI.

On Friday Death Eaters killed an independent sarpanch in Baramulla. Terrorists shot up Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo. He was rushed to hospital, but declared brought dead.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/17/2022 04:12 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:


Quran Circle to honey trapping: ISIS making Karnataka a playground for radicalisation
[OneIndia] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charged three Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) recruiters in connection with the Koran Circle case. The NIA charged Muhammad Tauqir Mahmood, Zohaib Manna and Mohammed Shihab all residents of Karnataka.

The NIA said that its probe found that the accused persons were involved in radicalising and recruiting gullible Moslem youth into the ISIS through a group known as Koran Circle. They were also raising and receiving funds to fund the visit of the youth to go to Syria. The two accused Mahmood and Shihab had both visited Syria to establish contact with the ISIS, the NIA also said.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 04/17/2022 04:12 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an attack by suspected militants near the border with Afghanistan
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 01:29 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


Soldier killed in ongoing Kokernag gunfight
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

An Army trooper was killed in an ongoing shootout between snuffies amd security forces at Watnar Kokernag area of south Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
’s Anantnag district on Saturday, reports said.

Quoting a police brass hat, news agency GNS reported that the soldier of 19RR was received serious bullet wound in the initial exchange of fire.

He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment, however he departed this vale of tears, the officer added.

A fierce shootout is underway after police and army on a specific input generated by J&K Police launched a cordon and search operation in the area following a tip off about the presence of snuffies there.
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Iraq
Iraqi forces arrest prominent terrorist's brother in al-Anbar
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] Al-Anbar police command announced arresting the brother of terrorist Shakir Wahib, west of the governorate.

The Command said in a statement that the terrorist, Amer Wahib Zaatar, was arrested in a special operation supervised by the head of the Al-Anbar police command.

The statement noted that the Command was monitoring the terrorist’s movements from he was in Turkey until he arrived in Iraq through Syria, to carry out terrorist attacks.

Shakir Wahib is a prominent ISIS terrorist who first appeared in 2013. He was killed in an American raid in May 2016.
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 01:35 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi forces destroy ISIS terrorists' largest base in Kirkuk
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 01:27 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Senior ISIS terrorist caught near Baghdad airport
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] Iraq’s Federal Police said that a senior ISIS member has been captured in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, earlier Saturday.

A statement by the Federal Police agency said that a force from the 1st mechanized brigade’s third regiment managed to apprehend a person wanted pursuant to Article 4/Terrorism following an intelligence effort and a security check at the Baghdad Airport checkpoint.

The arrestee, according to the statement, served in multiple commanding positions in the ranks of the hard boy group in the wilayat of Fallujah and as an administrative officer in al-Jund department.
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 01:23 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Attempted terror stabbing thwarted in West Bank settlement
[IsraelTimes] Security forces apprehend a 21-year-old Paleostinian attempting to scale Beit El’s fence with a knife, amid ongoing tensions between Israel and Paleostinians

Israeli security personnel thwarted an attempted terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Beit El on Saturday morning.

A lookout spotted the suspect, a 21-year-old Paleostinian man, attempting to climb over the settlement’s fence at around 11 a.m.

The settlement’s security detail and Israel Defense Forces troops responded to the scene.

A settlement guard arrived first while the suspect was still climbing the fence, fired his weapon in the air, and apprehended the suspect, who was carrying a knife.

The suspect was taken by the Shin Bet security service for questioning. He told Sherlocks that he had planned to carry out a terror attack in Beit El, Channel 13 reported.

The suspect came from the West Bank city of Silwad. Israeli forces have arrested suspected bandidos snuffies in the town in recent weeks, sparking fighting between troops and locals, in which several Paleostinians have been killed. Israeli security forces have been cracking down on suspected bandidos snuffies across the West Bank following a spate of deadly attacks in Israel.

Beit El is located north of Jerusalem, near Ramallah.

Paleostinians from nearby communities have attempted to attack Beit El multiple times in the past, including in 2019, when a 7-year-old boy was injured by gunfire.

The attempted attack comes amid high tensions between Israel and the Paleostinians.

In addition to the holiday friction, Israeli troops have been carrying out extensive raids in the West Bank following the deadliest outbreak of terror in Israel in years.

The series of attacks killed 14 people in Israel and at least 15 Paleostinians have died in festivities with Israeli forces in the West Bank.

The Israeli military lifted a closure on border crossings into Israel from the Paleostinian territories just after midnight between Saturday and Sunday. The closure was put in place for the start of Passover on Friday.

Posted by: trailing wife || 04/17/2022 05:05 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Cops enter Temple Mount to clear obstructers as Palestinians hurl rocks at buses
[IsraelTimes] 7 maimed after rocks shatter windows of buses near Jerusalem’s Old City; 17 maimed, 9 narrested as police clear way for Jewish worshipers atop holy site

Israeli police entered the Temple Mount complex on Sunday morning as hundreds of Paleostinians allegedly sought to block Jewish visitors from visiting the holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City, just two days after significant festivities there.

According to police, hundreds of youths — many of them masked — were stockpiling rocks which they planned to use along with iron bars and makeshift barricades to riot and try to prevent non-Moslems from touring the compound.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 04/17/2022 05:05 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  We carve pumpkins, decorate trees and hide eggs for our holidays. The Palestinians seemed to base their Ramadan celebrations of the short story The Lottery.
Posted by: Super Hose || 04/17/2022 14:02 Comments || Top||

#2  How long do you think it will be before the Palestinians get beyond the rock-throwing and kite-bombing stage? If ever they do it's looking like.
Posted by: jpal || 04/17/2022 16:06 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Amal loyalists attack supporters of rival electoral list in Sarafand
[An Nahar] Supporters of Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
's Amal Movement on Saturday intercepted supporters and members of a rival electoral list in the southern region of Sarafand.

An online video shows around 10 men beating up a young man as another video shows an Amal supporter opening fire from a handgun despite the presence of army troops.

The Amal supporters blocked a road leading to the al-Wadi Restaurant in Sarafand, where a rally to announce the program of the "Together For Change" electoral list was supposed to be held.

The list is backed by forces that took part in the October 17 uprising -- the Lebanese Communist Party, independents and members of the Tyre Protest Movement.

Supporters of the list lamented that security forces were late in arriving on the scene of the attacks.

Amal's press office meanwhile issued a statement denying any involvement for the Amal Movement in the incidents. It also said that it is up to security forces to address the matter.

The Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE) meanwhile warned that the incident represents a "serious threat to the safety of candidates, citizens and journalists and subjects the entire course of the electoral process to danger."

Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 01:51 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Turkey and opposition faction re-bombed an Assyrian village in Syria’s Hasakah
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

On Saturday, the Ottoman Turkish forces and the affiliated opposition factions re-bombed an Assyrian village north of Hasakah, northeast Syria.

The inhabited Assyrian village of Tel Tawil, west of the town of Tel Tamr, was hit with heavy weapons by the Ottoman Turkish forces, a source in the Tel Tamr Military Council told North Press.

No information about casualties or material damage has been reported so far.

The same village was bombed earlier today and it was also hit with a barrage of artillery shells yesterday evening, Friday, which resulted in the destruction of a number of houses and extensive damage to the village school.

It should be said that since The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
and the opposition forces loyal to it invaded the areas of Sere Kaniye and Tel Abyad in 2019, the town of Tel Tamr and its villages have been subjected to continuous bombardment, which resulted in casualties as well as damage to civilians’ property.
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Six government forces were killed in an attack by gunmen who were waving ISIS flags
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Six members of the government forces were killed on Saturday in an attack by ISIS members on their car on the outskirts of al-Shola town, south of Deir ez-Zor, east of Syria.

The 17th division had lost contact with a group of six members at dawn on Saturday, a military source in the government forces’ 17th Division told North Press

Hours after losing contact, the six members were found dead with several gunshot wounds on the outskirts of al-Shola, according to the source.

Shepherds, who were close to the incident, confirmed that the government forces’ members were killed in a clash with members of ISIS on cycle of violences and were raising the flag of the organization. After the attack, they took the weapons and fled towards the depths of the desert, the source added.

The Syrian Badia region constitutes a source of concern for the pro-Iranian militias and the government forces, as it witnesses intensive operations of ISIS cells.

On April 11, four members of the pro-Iranian militias were killed in a missile attack on their point east of Homs.
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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