[Libya Herald] Benghazi's Death Eater leader Mohammed Al-Araibi, more commonly known as Bouka, has been killed in fighting today in the city's Gwarsha district. The death was announced by Al-Nabaa TV, seen as sympathetic to the Benghazi Revolutionaries' Shoura Council, of which Bouka's Brega Martyr's Brigade was a part. Nuri Abu Sahmain, the president of the continuing General National Congress is reported to have expressed his condolences at the fighter's demise.
A former mechanic, Bouka was a controversial character and as a result of his bizarre rants on television was considered by some to be mentally unstable. Crackers was he? Interesting, but not very. They're all bloody nut cases.
Last September, there were reports that he had been badly maimed in an Operation Dignity Arclight airstrike against his home district of Sidi Khalifa. At the time, a source close to his family told the Libya Herald that he had been hit by shrapnel in the leg during a bombing raid. The next month the home was attacked and burned by Operation Dignity forces following which Bouka released a video in which he swore Dire Revenge saying that he would destroy Genral Khalifa Hafter and his forces.
He was then erroneously reported to have been captured during fighting at Benghazi University's campus at Garyounis.
Noted for his disheveled looks, Bouka hit the headlines a year ago when he led an attack on the General National Congress because it had not elected his preferred candidate as prime minister -- Omar Al-Hassi, now the continuing GNC's head of government. At the time, it instead elected Ahmed Maetig although that election was then ruled illegal by the Supreme Court on the grounds that Congress had not followed due process.
Bouka later claimed that he had not intended to attack Congress but that there had been an armed altercation with Congress guards who did not want to let him into the building.
In addition to today's fighting in Gwarsha there has again been heavy festivities in a number of districts in Benghazi, including Kish, Fuwayhat, Hawari, Leithi and the downtown area. The sound of mortar fire could be heard in much of the city. LNA aircraft were also used.
There have been a number of casualties both military and civilian in the fighting over the past few days, particularly as a result of random artillery fire largely blamed on Ansar Al Sharia and on the IS forces in Leithi.
Early yesterday morning, a 21-year-old civilian named as Ziyad Faraj Al-Badri was killed when a missile hit his home. On Friday 15-year old boy, Ali Naji Al-Obeidi, died when a missile smashed into his family's appartment in Fuwayhat. Another missile hit a parked car, but no one was reported hurt.
There have been a number of military casualties as well. On Friday, a LNA soldier named as Hassan Zaroug Mijrisi was killed in Sabri. Five others were maimed. The following day, another soldier, Saad Mohmaed Al-Maghrabi, 34, was also killed in Sabri. Sixteen other soldiers were maimed in fighting in the same area as well as ion Leithi, Hawari and the centre of Bengahzi.
There were reports that Dignity front man Colonel Mohammed Hejazi was targeted by a sniper on Sunday in Leithi district but excaped unharmed.
Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed his guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... new armoured military vehicles are reported to have been supplied to the LNA in Benghazi.
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[Libya Herald] The Libyan National Army (LNA) bombed Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... 's operations room in Tarhouna, 90 kilometres south east of the 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... , this morning. Another report says that the location was also an Dawn training camp and that there were a number of deaths. There has been no confirmation about casualties
Eye witnesses in Tarhouna told the Libya Herald that they had seen flames rising from the camp.
Local residents said that Libya Dawn leaders had arrived in Tarhouna yesterday trying to encourage young men in the town to join the battle west of Tripoli in Dire Revenge the death of leading Dawn commander Salah Bourki, who was originally from Tarhouna and who was killed two days ago by LNA forces.
Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, Buford bit the snake and Eloise began speaking in tongues... the media office of Libya Dawn announced that Zintan airport was targeted in an Arclight airstrike this morning in reprisal for the attack against the Tarhouna camp. They claim that the aircraft used in the attack had flown from Zintan airport.
There has been a number of claims about air raids by both sides that have turned out to be inaccurate, and in some cases apparently deliberately misleading.
The last definite air attacks in the west of the country by the LNA were on Saturday. Yesterday, LNA sources claimed to have hit a number of targets in the capital, including two near Tripoli International Airport. But no such strikes appeared to have occurred.
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[Iran Press TV] The Libyan army has launched Arclight airstrikes against the Death Eaters' positions near the capital city of 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... According to the Libyan army front man, Colonel Ahmed al-Mesmari, on Monday, the strikes targeted "a weapons storage facility" belonging to the Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... militia alliance in Tarhuna, some 80 kilometers southeast of the capital.
Mesmari added that Libya Dawn Death Eaters, who are in control of Tripoli, attacked the house of a military officer and murdered "his wife, his daughter, his son, his brother and other people who were there" in retaliation for the army Arclight airstrikes.
This is while a front man for the Death Eater group rejected Mesmari's claim about the cold-blooded murder. The front man also said there is no weapons depot in Tarhuna, adding that the army offensive hit a refugee camp and killed eight civilians.
"Eight Libyan civilians died in the strike. Sadly this is their strategy, to kill civilians and claim to the international community that they are after weapons," he went on to say.
On Friday, Libya's internationally recognized government announced that the army has started an operation to recapture the capital city of Tripoli from armed Death Eaters.
Despite the ongoing festivities in the strife-torn country, Libya's warring factions continue to take part in UN-brokered talks in the Moroccan coastal town of Skhirat.
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[AnNahar] 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.... jihadist group grabbed credit Monday for an attack on police in south Yemen that left 29 dead, in a sign of its growing activity in the turbulent country.
IS issued the claim in an online statement attributed to its branch in restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement province, after a Sanaa branch said it was behind multiple suicide kabooms Friday at Huthi Shiite mosques that killed 142 people.
The attacks in the capital and in Lahj the same day were the first claimed by IS in Yemen, where its rival al-Qaeda group remains the most prominent krazed killer organization.
The group's "lions" in Lahj "liquidated 29 apostates" among members of the security forces, it said in a brief statement posted on Twitter.
A local security official said 29 people, including 27 members of the security forces, were killed in festivities in Lahj, north of the port city of Aden, after gunnies attacked police.
IS, which has a strong presence in Syria and Iraq, posted gory pictures on Islamist websites of what it said were coppers killed in the attack.
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[Iran Press TV] Fresh festivities have broken out between Yemeni Ansarullah fighters and forces loyal to runaway President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in the southwestern city of Ta'izz.
The violence erupted in two areas south of the Ta'izz city on Monday. It was not immediately clear how many Ansarullah fighters or gunnies were killed or maimed in the festivities.
Ansarullah fighters on Sunday took control of Ta'izz, a strategic city between the capital, Sana'a, and Aden. The city is seen as a key entry point to Hadi's refuge in Aden.
The 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 ... fighters and their allies seized the city's airport after defeating forces loyal to the runaway president. They also captured several state facilities including a court complex in Ta'izz, which is Yemen's third largest city.
Houthi movement's Ansarullah fighters also sent reinforcement to an area in the neighboring Ibb Province, 30 kilometers northeast of Ta'izz.
They have reportedly taken over several schools in the area and converted them into military barracks.
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[Iran Press TV] Forces loyal to Hadi have been deployed in restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement Province, north of Aden, in anticipation of a possible attack by the Houthis.
The developments came after 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... special envoy to Yemen warned on Sunday that a serious political conflict is leading the Arab country towards a civil war.
"Events in Yemen are leading the country away from political settlement and to the edge of civil war," Jamal Benomar told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in a video briefing 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... on Sunday.
"Emotions are running extremely high and, unless solutions can be found, the country will fall into further violent confrontations," he added.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] Yemen's Shiite militia sent reinforcements south and clashed with local fighters on March 23 after the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... warned the country is on the brink of a protracted civil war.
Security sources said the militiamen, known as Huthis, had sent several thousand troops south and fought with local Sunni tribes as they approached the main southern city of Aden, where President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi took refuge after fleeing the capital last month.
On Sunday the militia seized the airport and a nearby military base in Taez, Yemen's third-largest city which is just 180 kilometres (110 miles) north of Aden and seen as a strategic entry point to Hadi's southern refuge.
Yemen, a long-time US ally which borders 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... , is increasingly divided between a north controlled by the Huthis, who are allegedly backed by Iran, and a south dominated by Hadi supporters.
Mounting unrest in the country -- including suicide kabooms claimed 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 that killed 142 people in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on Friday -- have raised international concerns and prompted an emergency session of the UN Security Council on Sunday.
Its 15 members voiced their unanimous support for Hadi, with UN envoy Jamal Benomar warning that without immediate action the country will slide into "further violence and dislocation".
"(Recent events) seem to be leading Yemen to the edge of a civil war," Benomar told the meeting by video link 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... , warning of a protracted crisis like "a Libya-Syria combined scenario." If what they've been having isn't a civi war I'm not sure what one looks like. They've had all the classic features but the siege of Vicksburg.
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See also TOPIX > [Various] YEMEN LEADER [President Hadi] ASKS UN TO BACK [Internationa] MILITARY ACTION AGZ REBELS.
* SAME > SAUDI ARABIA MASSES MILITARY FORCES [+ Arty] NEAR YEMEN BORDER: US OFFICIALS.
Prob wid this is that the KSA has historically always had one of the smaller Armed Forces of any in the Arab League, OIC andor OPEC - iff the KSA's armed forces are up near Yemen, WHAT DO THE SAUDIS HAVE LEFT TO GUARD AGZ ISIS/ISIL + BFF AL-NUSRA, BOKO HARAM + AL-SHABAAB, ETAL.???
just askin'.
VERSUS
* MANILA BULLETIN > US [POTUS Obama's] COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY IN YEMEN [all but] COLLAPSES AMID CHAOS.
Drum Roll, Maestro, iff you please - WILL IRAN [Turkey?] SAVE THE DAY FOR YEMEN + OBAMA???
Given ...
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRANIAN GENERAL [IRGC Quds Cdr for Iraq Soleimani]: TODAY IRAQ AND LEBANON, TOMORROW JORDAN. QASSEM SOLEIMANI IS FIRST SENIOR IRAN OFFICIAL TO REVEAL TEHRAN'S AMBITIONS IN HASHEMITE KINGDOM.
Looks like Israeli PM Netanyahu or successor + IDF, IDAF won't have to go far to bomb bomb bomb Iran.
[Breitbart London] It is "relatively easy" for jihadists to gain access to the European Union by coming with an influx of refugees, the head of the European Union's counter-terrorism group has warned.
Although jihadists have to this point seemed to find no difficulty in slipping between Europe and the Islamic State by way of porous eastern borders and Turkey, the enormous volume of humans crossing the Mediterranean every week, and EU-funded efforts to help them, appears to be offering another route of ingress. Counter-terror chief Gilles de Kerchove said: "We must be vigilant. It is relatively easy to enter into the European Union when one joins an influx of refugees", reports TheLocal.at. Probably premature to consider visas, passports, border checkpoints, that sort of thing.
"Jihadists have, for some time, posed as refugees"
and people who were at once refugees have become jihadists
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Nah, not jihadists posing as refugees and coming across our border. Our border is secure (sarc). However, we might have ne'er-do-wells violating OSHA standards and committing violence in the workplace.
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What is the difference when the locals turn into jihadists at the slightest perceived insult.
Best reason to stop refugees from leaving the region that I've ever heard. If a case can be made that they must leave for some reason than that logic MUST apply to the Palestinian Arab refugees who have suffered so long being used as pawns by Arab autocrats and kleptocrats.
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IMO the US DemoLeft + our mighty Marxist-Unitarian establishment in Washington think or believe they can control the Hard Boyz + aligned.
THUS FAR THEY HAVE SHOWN EVERYTHING BUT THEIR ABILITY TO CONTROL SAME, AS THEIR FOCII OR PRIOITY IS SOCIALISM + SOCIALIST ORDER, NOT NATIONAL SECURITY.
They love-n-respect the Will of the People so much, which of ocurse is why they can't ask same to vote on their agenda.
We'll see iff America will still be Amerika once their own Wives + Kids + Loved Ones start gettin' beheaded or other by Radical Islam's Hard Boyz in glorious Theo-Socialist domestic jihad.
[DAWN] Armed men set on fire five oil tankers in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Mastung district on Monday and also kidnapped four drivers before fleeing from the scene.
Levies sources told DawnNews that gunnies opened indiscriminate fire on five oil tankers in Kirdi Gap area of Mastung.
The sources added that the tankers were carrying fuel from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... for the Saindak Project situated in Balochistan's Chaghi district when they were targeted in Kirdi Gap.
The tankers caught fire as the gunfire ignited the fuel payload, following which the snuffies picked up four drivers and fled to some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location in the mountainous region.
Fire fighters were dispatched from Mastung city to put off the fire.
Levies and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel reached the spot as a probe into the incident went underway.
A search operation was launched in the area to ensure the safe recovery of kidnapped drivers, Levies said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, however, Levies suspect Baloch separatist snuffies could be behind the attack.
Oil tankers have regularly been targeted with arson attacks blamed on Death Eaters attempting to disrupt two key supply lines that cross western Pakistain
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[DAWN] Security forces have regained strategic heights in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency after fierce festivities with murderous Moslems.
According to a separate report filed by Dawn correspondent in Landi Kotal, 24 forces of Evil were killed and several others injured when helicopter gunships pounded suspected murderous Moslem hideouts in the valley.
The main targets of the air attacks were areas considered to be strongholds of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam ...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver.... murderous Moslem group. The areas included Sadana, Maza Thal and Khyber Sungar. At least five murderous Moslem hideouts were destroyed.
Sources said that in Tirah Valley festivities, one officer and six soldiers were killed and 30 troops were maimed. The festivities broke out after forces of Evil recaptured Khyber Sungar Post near the border with Afghanistan.
The bodies of the troops who died in the festivities and the injured soldiers were taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. . The dear departed officer has been identified as Major Gulfam who hailed from Kurram Agency ...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora... The sources said security forces later regained all positions, including Khyber Sungar Post.
Major, six troops killed in festivities with murderous Moslems
A visitor reported having seen around 12 empty coffins outside the hospital mortuary. Two bodies had been brought to the CMH on Saturday.
An official said troops had also captured important ridges, including Ghulam Ali hilltop, Takhtakai and Nagrosa tops. He said security forces had for the first time entered the areas in Tirah. Security forces had launched the Khyber-II offensive last week to flush out forces of Evil of Lashkar-e-Islam and other banned outfits from the area.
The Inter-Services Public Relations has claimed that more than 80 forces of Evil have been killed and 100 maimed in the fresh offensive. Militants have denied the official claim which could not be verified from independent sources because media has no access to the area.
Security forces expelled elements of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam from Bara, after the Khyber-I operation was launched last year. Bara has been handed over to political administration and internally displaced persons have started returning to their homes.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked Got a light, Mac?
Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features.
If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng, he pointed out, his voice tense, we all die!... Army Chief General Raheel Sharif arrived in Peshawar on Sunday and was briefed on the military operation in Khyber Agency. Corps Commander Lt Gen Hidayatur Rehman and senior officers attended the briefing at the corps headquarters.
The ISPR said in a statement that Gen Sharif was briefed on the overall security situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and Fata, the progress in the Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... operation and the ongoing operations in Khyber Agency. The statement said that steady progress was being made in the area.
The ISPR said that Gen Sharif reaffirmed the army's determination to take the operation to its logical conclusion. He said Lions of Islam would be cornered in isolated pockets. He vowed to continue the operation and wipe out all Lions of Islam from urban centres and remote areas for the sake of the country's peace and prosperity. The army chief also visited maimed soldiers at the CMH. He praised the resolve and indomitable spirit of the troops.
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[DAWN] Police killed three more suspected hard boyz in an 'encounter' on Sunday in a sign of an upsurge in action against hard boyz in the wake of the two kabooms -- on Rangers and a Bohra mosque -- on Friday. They had bumped off five suspected hard boyz in 'encounters' late on Saturday night.
The suspected myrmidons, including their ringleader, who were allegedly involved in terrorist attacks on security forces in Fata, were rubbed out in the Sohrab Goth locality on Sunday evening, said police officials.
Police acted on a tip-off received from an intelligence agency and conducted a raid in Jamali Goth behind Quetta Town where they came under attack, leading to an exchange of fire, in which the three suspects were killed. Their four accomplices escaped, said Malir SSP Rao Anwar.
One of the dead was identified as Qudratullah, alias Commander Sher, who was head of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... . "Commander Sher was involved in terrorist attacks on security forces in Wazoo, Khyber Agency and Mohmand Agency ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... ," he said.
He was also involved in kidnapping for ransom and extortion in the city. The two other dead were identified as Akhtar Wali and Hayatullah, who hailed from Mohmand Agency and Waziristan, respectively.
Police claimed to have seized five bags of kaboom, a hand grenade, a rocket launcher and other arms and ammunition from their custody.
According to intelligence reports, SSP Anwar said, after reported merger of four TTP factions, the hard boyz in the metropolis had been given different tasks of targeting police and Rangers personnel, vital installations and security officials.
On Saturday night, law enforcers killed five hard boyz in two separate encounters in Manghopir and Orangi Town.
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[DAWN] LAHORE: The investigation police have tossed in the slammer Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! more than 35 suspects in the Youhanabad lynching case, a senior police official told Dawn on Sunday. Notice they haven't caught, or even mentioned, the bombers.
Most arrests came in a crackdown launched by various police teams in the wee hours on Sunday. Many of them were arrested at houses of their close relatives where they were hiding.
Investigation SSP Rana Ayaz Saleem told Dawn that the police first established identity of the suspects who were involved in lynching two innocent youngsters and then arrested them in crackdown. He said the identity of the suspects was established through TV footages, still cameras and other relevant sources.
No under-age person or woman had been taken into custody, he said. He said the National Database and Registration Authority was yet to release its report about the identity of the suspects involved in the lynching case.
The Nishtar Colony police had already started the paperwork but haven't done much else against dozens of unknown protesters for torturing and burning the two youngsters alive in the wake of Youhanabad suicide kabooms.
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[DAWN] A local TV channel on Sunday claimed that law-enforcement agencies have locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! a suspect who allegedly provided transport facility to the hard boyz behind the Youhanabad church blasts.
The suspect was identified as Ghulam Rasool and the law-enforcement agencies had shifted him to some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location for interrogation, the channel further claimed.
Police authorities, however, denied any arrest, terming it absolutely a false information.
SSP (Investigation) Rana Ayaz Saleem told Dawn no suspect had been arrested in the Youhanabad incident.
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[IraqiNews.com] A local source in Nineveh province announced on Saturday, that the ISIS group has beheaded five Kurdish Peshmerga forces elements south of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , that is 24 hours after slaughtering three other elements of the Peshmerga.
The source said in an interview with IraqiNews.com, "Today, the ISIS organization beheaded five elements of the parliamentary Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Hamam al-Alil Camp south of Mosul," noting that, "The elements were kidnapped earlier during festivities with the terrorist group Lion of Islams."
On Friday, ISIS beheaded three elements of the Peshmerga forces in central Mosul on the back of bombing a number of the city's neighborhoods.
[IraqiNews.com] The ISIL Lions of Islam detonated SInjar Historical minaret of western djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The ISIL Lions of Islam detonated the historical minaret in Sinjar of western Mosul that was constructed in 1302 by Quit il-Din Mohammed Bin Emad il-Din Zanki."
[IraqiNews.com] A local source in Nineveh province announced on Sunday that ISIS elements have blown up the archaeological lighthouse in Sinjar and a number of surrounding houses in the district.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Today, the ISIS group elements blew up the ancient lighthouse of Sinjar and a number of surrounding houses with improvised bombs."
The source, who requested anonymity, added, "The bombing led to the full destruction of the lighthouse."
It is noteworthy that the lighthouse is one of Sinjar and Nineveh's archaeological and religious landmarks; it was used by Yazidis to report religious matters.
[IraqiNews.com] According to a local source in Nineveh province, elements of the ISIS organization have kidnapped three holy mans in central djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... because they refused the terrorist group's practices.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Today, elements of the ISIS group kidnapped three old holy mans (Ramzi, Adnan Mazouri, and Alaa Sheikh), after raiding their homes in downtown Mosul."
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, "The abduction of the three holy mans comes because of their refusal to ISIS practices," noting that, "The holy mans were driven to an unknown destination."
It is noteworthy that the city of Mosul has been under ISIS control since June 10, 2014. It is suffering a great security and humanitarian crisis as a result of the terrorist organization seeking to impose its extreme vision on all aspects of life in the city.
[IraqiNews.com] On Saturday, a source within the paramilitary Peshmerga forces said, that the Kurdish forces have managed to repel an attack by the ISIS group turbans on a headquarters for the Peshmerga in west of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... The source informed IraqiNews, "The paramilitary Peshmerga forces have managed to repel a violent attack by the ISIS group elements on headquarters for the Kurdish forces in the district of Sinjar, located in west of Mosul," pointing out that, "The Peshmerga forces inflicted heavy losses in lives upon the group's ranks and gained control over the area."
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[IraqiNews.com] On Saturday, a security source in Anbar province said, that two civilians have been killed and 5 others were maimed in a rocket attack by the ISIS group forces of Evil on the district of al-Baghdadi, located in west of Ramadi.
The source told IraqiNews, "Elements of the ISIS group conducted a rocket attack on the residential area of al-Baghdadi district, located 90 km west of Ramadi," pointing out that, "A number of mortar shells and Katyusha rockets had fallen on some houses in the district leaving two dead civilians as well as five injuries."
[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi Air Force bombarded the ISIL shelters in Anbar.
A statement by the Ministry of Defesne received by IraqiNews.com cited "Based on the intelligent information, the IAF bombarded the ISIL shelters in al-Ta'amim area in Anbar to killed many of them."
[IraqiNews.com] A security source in Anbar province announced on Sunday, that the Iraqi joint forces were able to repel an ISIS attack on Counter-Terrorism Directorate headquarters in downtown Ramadi, noting that the terrorist group elements fired several mortar rounds at the Palace of Justice next to the Directorate.
The source informed IraqiNews.com, "Today, joint forces of the police, the army and the tribal fighters were able to repel an ISIS attack on the headquarters of Anbar Counter-Terrorism Directorate in central Ramadi," noting that, "Violent festivities broke out between the two side, which led to the death of large numbers of ISIS elements. "
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, "The terrorist group elements fired several mortar shells in conjunction with the attack on the Palace of Justice next to the Directorate complex, leaving without casualties," pointing out that, "The Palace includes Tasfirat prison of Anbar, Anbar Court of Appeals and the houses of judges, prosecutors and the Directorate Judicial Police. "
[IraqiNews.com] A security source reported that the Security Forces have foiled four suicide kabooms by the ISIL turbans in Anbar province today, Monday.
The source added to IraqiNews.com "The Security Forces have foiled three suicide attacks by the ISIL turbans on military location of northern Fallujah and one on Anti-terrorism Directorate without recognizing the number of the causalities".
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[IraqiNews.com] The Valunteer Fighters (al-hashd al-Sha'bi) front man Ahmed al-Asadi denied on Sunday, that its elements have burned houses in Salahuddin, pledging to bring whoever is involved to justice.
Asadi said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Al-hashd al-Sha'bi works to cleanse Tikrit from IEDs to bring nack the residents to their homes," noting that, "We received no statements from the Council of Salahuddin about any of our elements emptying and burning houses in al-Dour district."
Al-Asadi vowed to bring whoever is involved to justice, adding that al-Hashd al-Sha'bi's mission is to protect citizens and families and help them to return to their houses.
[IraqiNews.com] On Sunday, a security source in Salahuddin province said, that 17 ISIS holy warriors have been either killed or maimed in a mortar shell attack on the area of Sayid-Gharib, located in south of Tikrit.
The source informed IraqiNews, "Tribal fighters from the clans of al-Khazraj have fired mortar shells at the northern area of al-Dajil, located 120 km south of Tikrit," pointing out that, "The mortar shells, which struck ISIS sites in the area of Sayid-Gharib, resulted in killing 16 holy warriors and wounding 1 element of the group."
[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced Sunday, that a number of ISIS hideouts have been destroyed and 70 ISIS elements were killed in an air strike by the army's air force against ISIS sites in Salahuddin province.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews, "The army's air force conducted a number of air strikes targeting sites for the ISIS group faceless myrmidons in different areas in Salahuddin province," pointing out that, "The air strikes resulted in destroying a number of ISIS hideouts and shelters, burning 10 armored vehicles and killing more than 70 elements of the group."
[IraqiNews.com] The Ministry of Defense denied reports over injuring the Commander of Salah-il-Din Operations Command, General, Abdul Wahab al-Saadi, on Monday.
A statement by the Ministry received by IraqiNews.com cited "These reports are promoted 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.... of Iraq and Levant Death Eaters to divert the attention from their continuous defeats by the Iraqi Security Forces."
[IraqiNews.com] The Security Forces killed 70 ISIL bully boyz of northern Samara in Salah il-Din province.
Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The joint security forces conducted a wide security operation in Dijla district of northern Samara to kill 70 ISIL bully boyz and destroy ten of their vehicles."
[IraqiNews.com] On Saturday, a security source in Salahuddin province said, that two elements of al-Hashed al-Sha'bi have been killed and seven others were maimed in violent festivities with murderous Moslems in west of Samarra.
The source told IraqiNews, "This morning, a jacket wallah driving a vehicle blew it up targeting a security post for al-Hashed al-Sha'bi militia fighters on the high road in west of Samarra, located 40 km south of Tikrit," pointing out that, "Violent festivities with the murderous Moslems broke out following the kaboom and resulted in killing 2 elements and wounding 7 others among al-Hashed fighters."
[IraqiNews.com] On Saturday, a security source in Salahuddin province said, that the armed rustics killed 3 jacket wallahs as they attempted to sneak into the district of Biji.
The source told IraqiNews, "This evening, armed rustics from the clans of al-Qessiseen have managed to kill 3 suicide bombers wearing improvised boom belts while attempted to sneak from the village of al-Mazra'a to the south of Biji, located in north of Tikrit; without mentioning any further details."
[IraqiNews.com] On Saturday, a security source in Salahuddin province said, that ten elements of the ISIS group, including a senior ISIS leader, have been killed in festivities with the security forces in south of Tikrit.
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, told IraqiNews, "Violent festivities between the security forces‒ backed by al-Hashed al-Sha'bi militia fighters‒ and the ISIS group Lions of Islam broke out in the area of al-Thurthar in southwest of Samarra, located 40 km south of Tikrit," pointing out that, "The festivities resulted in killing 10 elements of the group."
"The key ISIS leader, known as Hamid Allawi, was one of the dead," the source added.
[IraqiNews.com] Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) announced on Sunday, that 553 ISIS elements have been killed and maimed, 1725 bombs and a booby-trapped house have been dismantled, and 81 ISIS hideouts were destroyed in military operations east al-Karma in Fallujah.
BOC called the displaced families to return to their homes in the liberated areas.
The Commander of Baghdad Operations Lt. Gen Abdul Amir al-Shammari said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "The operations that took place in the east of al-Karma areas resulted in killing 536 gunnies and wounding 17 others and destroying 51 vehicles and 81 terrorists' hideouts," pointing to "the dismantling of 1521 improvised bombs and 204 booby-trapped house."
Shammari added, "The security forces also managed to destroy 23 vehicles carrying bandidosturbans and the seize of four others, while destroyed 12 Hummers, a tanker and two cycle of violences.
[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi Security Forces have incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! a suspected person according to Article 4 of Anti-Terrorism law in Najaf Province.
Spokesman of Najaf Police Directorate, Raad Muqdad Al-Musawi, in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, mentioned "The Intelligence Directorate and National Investigations supported by the Security Forces arrested a suspected person according to Article 4 of Anti-Terrorism law in Najaf Province," emphasizing that "The Directorate is working to arrest all the wanted individuals and send them to judicial sides."
[IraqiNews.com] Security forces positioned at Afak Check point of eastern Diwaniya tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! a person who carried in his vehicle more than 600 sheets of drug pills of different types and sizes while he was trying to enter the province, security source reported to IraqiNews.com.
"The arrested person was transferred to a security station to continue investigation with him then will be referred to specialized courts," the source added.
[IraqiNews.com] The security forces seized two caches for weapons and kabooms in Jurf al-Sakhar district of northern Babel.
The security advisor of Babel Governor, Thamir al-Khafaji, stated to IraqiNews.com "The security situation in Jurf al-Sakhar is stable and no security breaches happened recently," noting "The security forces seized two weapons caches in the district."
[IraqiNews.com] The Swedish army announced Saturday, that it will contribute to the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS snuffies by sending 30 troops to train the Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq.
The Swedish army announced it began preparations for the deployment of 30 troops to train the Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers as part of the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS murderous Moslems.
The army front man, Philip Simon, said, "The government has ordered us to plan and prepare for a potential Swedish military contribution to the coalition against ISIL (ISIS)."
[IraqiNews.com] Fire started at a missiles and ammunition storage place located at northern Baghdad that caused launching missiles on residential areas in Baghdad.
Security source told IraqiNews.com "Fire started at a storage place for missiles and ammunition located at Maamil area of eastern Baghdad," noting that "The storage place contains some Katyusha missiles which were launched towards Ubaidi and other residential areas of eastern Baghdad."
"Till now no casualties were recorded due to launching the missiles," the source added, stressing that "The reason behind the fire is not identified yet."
[IraqiNews.com] A boom-mobilewent kaboom! in eastern Baghdad, killing and injuring 12 persons on Monday.
Security source reported to IraqiNews.com "A boom-mobile parked near a Shiite Mosque in Habibiya area of eastern Baghdad went kaboom! killing two civilians and injuring ten others."
The source did not give further details over the incident.
[RUDAW.NET] Peshmerga forces backed by fierce oalition Arclight airstrikes pushed back 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.... (ISIS) Monday following an overnight assault by the bully boyz in the Bashik Mountains southeast of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... ISIS also is reportedly reorganizing forces in Hawija, south of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
"Late last night, Daesh bully boyz (ISIS) attacked Peshmerga bases in the Bashik Mountains but they were pushed back by our forces," Peshmerga commander Qadir Badeli told Rudaw.
"The collation Arclight airstrikes were intensely shelling ISIS fighters, forcing them to back away and leaving their weapons behind," he added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind... there were reports Monday that ISIS is reorganizing forces in the city of Hawija, amid unconfirmed reports of a possible Peshmerga offensive on the city.
Hawija is 55 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... and ISIS bully boyz have been fleeing there from Tikrit, where the Iraqi Army has been advancing against the bully boyz in a joint offensive with Iranian-backed Shiite militias for days.
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[ARA] On Sunday 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 (IS/ISIS) placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! more than 200 people in the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , in northern Iraq, including Kurdish civilians, under multiple pretexts: such as having family members in the government army or the police or the Peshmerga forces, or in some cases for their disloyalty to the "Caliphate".
Civilian sources in Mosul indicated that the Lions of Islam also began arresting Islamic holy mans who refused the instructions of the radical group.
"Kurds are being expelled from Mosul under the pretext of cooperation with the Peshmerga," an activist told ARA News on condition of anonymity.
"The private property of the detainees has been seized by the group," the source added.
Speaking to ARA News, Nouri al-Khalil, a newly displaced man from Mosul, said that nearly 150 Kurdish families were seen fleeing Mosul over the last few days. They were able to escape through the Wana area.
"Many locals in Mosul are backing IS forces of Evil by providing them with intelligence information about civilians in the city," al-Khalil said.
"It seems those supportive locals are receiving portions of the cars, houses and shops confiscated by the group," he added.
The preparations made by the U.S.-led coalition, the Iraqi government and the Peshmerga forces for the battle of Mosul is the main reason behind arresting a huge numbers of civilians, who might be later used as human shields by the group in the war against opponents. According to locals IS fears those suspects have links to or may assist the joint Iraqi coalition forces who intend to regain Mosul.
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[Iran Press TV] The White House has called on Israel to end its "50-year occupation" of the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem), criticizing Tel Aviv over its continued settlement activities in the occupied Paleostinian territories.
In a speech to an American Jewish advocacy group in Washington on Monday, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said, "An occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end, and the Paleostinian people must have the right to live in and govern themselves in their own sovereign state."
"Israel cannot maintain military control of another people indefinitely, that's the truth," McDonough said at the final event of J Street's 2015 conference, a three-day gathering of American Jewish students, activists and lobbyists.
"Paleostinian children deserve the same right to be free in their own land as Israeli children in their land," he said. "A two-state solution will finally bring Israelis the security and normality to which they are entitled, and Paleostinians the illusory sovereignty and dignity they deserve."
In a war in 1967, Israel captured the West Bank and East al-Quds. Since then, Tel Aviv has continued to expand its illegal settlements there. The issue has become a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.
The UN and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal. The settlements are subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbids construction on occupied lands.
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While you're at it, let's talk Prussia, Silesia, and the Kuril islands. Or are you just anti-Semitic?
#2
Is the Fed going to take care of the Paleos in their new sovereign state, either directly via the PA, or indirectly via Paleo welfare assistance vee Israel???
And, irregardless of whether Israel formally joins NATO + EU, etc. or not???
AGAIN, 'TIS ARE SIMPLE OR BASIC QUESTION(S), BUT ALWAYS A BIGGIE.
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"An occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end, and the Palestinian people must have the right to live in and govern themselves in their own sovereign state."
Paleos going to give up their arms, oust Hamas, quit targeting Israel with rockets, and give up committing terrorist acts? I didn't think so.
In the meantime, "O" and his Muslim-loving regime can throw a tantrum, stick their thumbs in their mouths, and hold their breath until they turn blue.
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BTW, it says something that Congress can only get info from a foreign government and not directly from the executive branch. I believe the word is ... contempt.
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Israeli's Spied on Obama/Iran "Closed Door" Nuclear Talks, Shared Info With US Congress Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664
If you remember a few weeks back when the regime said "Bibi could not possibly know what was in the Iranian deal"...? Some here immediately dropped the flag.
Bibi came to Washington with a purpose. He knew the Congress didn't have the facts, and that is why the Champ became so butt hurt over the Bibi's trip. It had little to do with his address to Congress. It was the off-line briefing(s) that the Champ feared.
We have to a get lot of our news from foreign news outlets due to the sell-out of the MSM. Now the Congress has to depend upon foreign intelligence services to keep informed as well.
#12
Historically when one picks a fight and loses they resettle, they dont hunker down and expect those that they attacked to give them land back. At least not until a serious peace.
Why are Pals so different? Are they lacking space in Saudi Arabia to resettle the Arabs of palestine?
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Many Arabs of Palestine lived in Jordan until they got to causing so much trouble that they were kicked out by their Arab brethren. The whole Palestinian thing is a red herring. if one goes far back in time, the lands were Jewish lands. After 911, the Muslims thought they owned the areas where the planes hit the Towers. They wanted to build a "Victory Mosque" as most here will remember. My pooch pees on a fire hydrant and thinks it owns it too.
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The issue has become a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.
A lie.
The mere existence of the Jewish state, and any Jews, is the obstacle to Middle East Peace. If only the Jews will meekly line up for the 'showers' and ovens there would then be peace in the Middle East.(1)
It's all Israel's fault for not doing so!
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(1) or would be once they get rid of the Christians, Infidels, Homosexuals, athiests, etc...
[AnNahar] Indonesian anti-terror police have nabbed Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! five men who allegedly arranged for a group of mostly women and kiddies to try and enter Syria to join 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.... (IS) group, an official said.
The 11 children, four women and one man, detained in the Turkish border town of Gaziantep, are the latest example of Indonesians heading to battlegrounds in the Middle East.
Fears have been growing about the influence of IS in Indonesia, which is the world's most populous Moslem-majority nation and has long struggled with Islamic militancy. Hundreds of Indonesians are feared to have joined the jihadists.
In a series of raids in and around Jakarta at the weekend, elite anti-terror police rounded up the five men, who are suspected of helping the 16 people who were recently caught.
The men are accused of involvement in "coaching, guidance, and recruitment of sympathisers of IS to depart to Iraq and Syria... and the collection and distribution of funds for the activities of IS volunteers in Indonesia," said national police front man Rikwanto, who goes by one name, late Sunday.
Four were charged specifically with helping arrange documents for the group to depart for The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , as well as previously helping another 21 Indonesians who went to join IS.
One of the suspects faced a separate charge of urging people to join IS on his website, as well as creating and uploading a video online of children being trained by the jihadists.
Police did not name any of the suspects.
They also confiscated items including nine mobile phones, eight million rupiah ($600) and $5,300 in U.S. dollars.
The 16 recently arrested are still in detention in Turkey.
Jakarta has already banned support for IS, which controls vast swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria, although experts have called on authorities to take further steps to stop the flow of fighters.
Indonesia has waged a crackdown on Islamic bad boy groups for more than a decade following attacks on Western targets, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. The campaign has been credited with weakening key networks.
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[AnNahar] At least 12 people were killed and 30 maimed on Monday in rebel fire on government-held districts of Syria's second city Aleppo, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said.
In a breaking news alert, the channel said children were among the casualties in "terrorist shelling of the city."
The bombardment was also reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based monitor, which put the corpse count at 13, including five children.
The group reported at least 33 people maimed and said the corpse count was expected to rise because of the number of seriously injured.
The Observatory said the rocket fire hit several neighborhoods in the government-controlled west of Aleppo, and came a day after at least four people were killed in similar rebel fire.
Once Syria's industrial powerhouse, Aleppo has been ravaged by the conflict, and control of the city is divided between the government-held west and rebel-held east.
Government forces regularly pound rebel-held areas from the air, and opposition fighters fire rockets and mortar rounds into the west.
The rebel fire came as Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... criticized opposition fighters in a new report for "indiscriminate" attacks against civilians in government-controlled areas.
HRW warned there had been a "race to the bottom in Syria, with rebel groups mimicking the ruthlessness of government forces."
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Elsewhere, the Observatory said five children from the same family were killed in a government barrel kaboom on a town in the southern Syrian province of Daraa.
Barrel bombs are crudely made weapons -- barrels or oil drums packed with explosives -- that are usually dropped by helicopter and have been criticized as indiscriminate by rights groups.
More than 215,000 people have been killed in Syria since an anti-government uprising that began with peaceful demonstrations in March 2011.
The conflict has since become a complex multi-front war that has attracted thousands of imported muscle to jihadist organizations such as 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.
IS grabbed credit on Saturday for a double kaboom on Kurdish new year festivities in the northeastern city of Hasakeh on Friday night.
On Monday, the Observatory said the toll in that attack had risen from 45 to 54 dead, among them 20 children.
[RUDAW.NET] A Peshmerga soldier dressed in a yellow jumpsuit was murdered execution-style with a shot to the back of the head, in an ISIS video posted online Monday, just days after a similar posting before Newroz showed three captive Kurdish soldiers beheaded by the Lion of Islams.
The 24-minute video -- entirely in Kurdish -- showed the Peshmerga soldier sitting cross-legged on dirt ground in a forest, in front of a gunman with a pistol and a dozen black-clad riflemen around.
"I am from the town of Bamarni in Duhok province," the Kurdish soldier said, expressionless and steely in the face of death. "Now I am in the hands 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.... (ISIS)," he added, before going on to attack Kurdish authorities with words and phrases often found in ISIS propaganda.
"Many people have misunderstood the Islamic State," he added. "Until now, no one has come forth for a hostage exchange. The Islamic State urged the KRG for an exchange but they never answered," he said.
"You all know what is the punishment of anyone who fights the Islamic State, it is death," declared a young, unmasked gunman with a pistol before shooting the Kurdish soldier from behind.
On Thursday, just before the Newroz feast that Kurds celebrate as their New Year, another ISIS video showed three Peshmerga beheaded by the Lion of Islams.
That shocking video, again showing Kurdish-speaking ISIS members, prompted Barham Salih, former prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), to declare last Saturday's annual Newroz celebration as "Newroz of defiance."
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[ARA] The Syrian Network for Human Rights released a statement Sunday, expressing its concern about the high numbers of victims of torture and enforced disappearance among Syrian-Paleostinians, saying they have been "languishing in the jails of the Syrian regime due to the large number of prisoners".
The network said in the statement, of which ARA News received a copy, that at least 791 Paleostinians are held in Syrian regime's prisons, adding that many other cases went undocumented due to the shortage of information and the hesitation of some of the detainees' families of disclosing their relatives' arrest for security concerns.
The network called on the Syrian regime to disclose the fate of the Paleostinian prisoners held in detention centers.
"The Syrian regime's systematic torture of detainees, especially the Paleostinian refugees, must stop and they should be treated according to the international laws and conventions that prohibit torture of detainees," the network's statement read.
The security and judicial authorities conceal the information about the Syrian Paleostinian detainees in the regime's prisons, "and this is deemed as crime of enforced disappearances".
The group also launched a distress call to the Arab and international human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. ' organizations to assist in revealing the fate of the Paleostinian detainees in Syrian prisons.
Noteworthy, the number of Paleostinian refugees in Syria exceeds the 500,000 refugees distributed in a number of camps within several Syrian provinces. The Yarmouk refugee camp, south of the capital Damascus, is one of the largest Paleostinian refugee camps in diaspora, which suffers now from suffocating siege imposed by the Syrian regime military forces, where at least 100 people have died of starvation.
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[Iran Press TV] Over 60 civilians in Syria have reportedly been killed in separate Arclight airstrikes by aircraft involved in the US-led military campaign allegedly targeting the ISIL Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... bully boys.
The Britannia-based so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced on Monday that 66 civilians, among them ten children and six women, died when the air raids hit oil fields and refineries in Syria's northern province of al-Raqqa, the eastern Deir al-Zor Province, al-Hassakah and Idlib provinces in the northeast as well as the town of Manbij, located 446 kilometers (277 miles) north of the capital, Damascus.
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#1
Yea, well, the numbers to look at are: 7000 before the "West" become involved in Syrian uncivil war, 2000 since then.
[ARA] On Sunday, murderous Moslem fighters 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.... (IS/ISIS) bombed the renowned Yezidi ancient minaret of the Shingal district (120 km west of the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... ), in northern Iraq.
Speaking to ARA News, Siyamend Hemo, fighter in the Shingal's Protection Force (local defense gang) said that Sunday morning gunnies of the Islamic State group blew up Shingal's minaret --located in central al-Madina city-- after filling it with a large amount of explosives and improvised bombs.
"The gunnies also bombed more than seven houses belonging to the Yezidi minority in the same region," Hemo added.
"Shingal's Protection Force strongly condemns what has been done by the terrorist gangs of Daesh (Islamic State group) which demolished landmarks, monuments and archeological sites in Iraq," he told ARA News.
The IS hardline murderous Moslems bombed Shingal's minaret which dates back to the year 1127 AD (built during the reign of Imad ad-Din Zanki) and was considered one of the most important symbols of the city.
The minaret is deemed the most prominent archaeological monument in the district with a height of 12 meters, according to historical sources.
Noteworthy, the Islamic State blew up the Sayeda Zeinab shrine in the early hours of Sunday after controlling al-Madina in August 2014. The Shingal's minaret and Sayeda Zeinab shrine are the most prominent monuments in the area of Shingal.
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[ARA] The directorate of Yezidi abductees affairs in the province of Dohuk, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, reported that they have rescued more than 900 people of the Yezidi minority from the grip of the radical group of 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/ISIS), who had been held by the group since it took control of the Shingal district in August, 2014.
Hussein al-Qaedi, director of abductees affairs, told local news hounds that they stepped up their efforts to save those who have fallen in the hands of IS terrorists.
About 4,500 Yezidi civilians are held captives by the IS hardline group.
"We accelerated our efforts to save them by all possible means," al-Qaedi said, pointing out that among the survivors were 304 women and 430 children.
He added that the process of saving hostages is being done confidentially, confirming that "large amounts of money were paid for their release".
The total number of Yezidis who escaped IS brutality in the Kurdistan region has reached 55,000 people, according to Hadi Dobani, director of the Yezidi affairs office in the province of Dohuk.
"During IS attacks, 1280 Yezidis were killed, 540 others were reported missing, while 280 people died on the Sinjar Mountain when they were trapped," Dobani reported.
Dobani explained that the process of releasing the abductees requires investigations and then negotiations through mediators.
In the meantime, the head of the Supreme Committee of international relations for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Dindar Zebari, said that the number of the Yezidi women held captives by IS Death Eaters has reached 3,000 women, most of them are teenagers.
"We are highly concerned about the fate of those captives amid the mounting brutality of the IS terrorist group," Zebari said.
After being captured, the Yezidi women are subject to forced conversions, marriages, rape and assault, according to Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... .
Noteworthy, in a handful of situations, a few Yezidi girls and women were able to escape detention with the help of locals in the IS-held areas. However, a woman is only as old as she admits... the Yezidi suffering continues as many captives are still held in detention except those who were offered temporary refuge by locals in northern Iraq before being able to flee to the Kurdistan Region or neighboring countries.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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Investigation SSP Rana Ayaz Saleem told Dawn that the police first established identity of the suspects who were involved in lynching two innocent youngsters and then arrested them in crackdown. He said the identity of the suspects was established through TV footages, still cameras and other relevant sources.
