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Trying to post a comment - a quote from an illegal 14-year old on her way to the US, about "the new law" that makes it easier, and I get the error message - ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0x93
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I forwarded your comment to Fred's attention, Bobby. Thanks!
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The problem is special characters in the copied browser text. First, I copy the text from the browser and paste it to a text editor (e.g. notepad). Then I search the text for a forward double quote, copy it to the clipboard and paste to the search for part of a change command. In notepad the change command is Ctrl+h. I insert the double quote character on my keyboard into the replace with part of the change command and then change all.
I repeat for the trailing double quote character, the long hyphen character, and the curly single quote character, replacing them with their keyboard equivalents.
[Tolo News] At least seven Taliban Death Eaters were killed and 10 others were maimed in an Afghan National Army (ANA) operation on Sunday, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) released in a statement.
The first operation was launched in Chahardara district of northern Kunduz province to clear the area of krazed killers, in which four Death Eaters were killed and three were maimed, the statement said.
The statement said three other Death Eaters were killed and six others were maimed in an operation led by the ANA in Nawa district of southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province.
However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... the MoD did not provide details about ANA casualties.
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MOGADISHU -- At least two persons have been reported killed in deadly blast in Mogadishu's Karaan district according to witnesses on Monday, Garowe Online reports.
Conflicting reports emerged, with some accounts disclosing that the fatalities from the bombing that was planted in a building housing Kaaraan municipal authority included two government soldiers. Bystanders who sustained injuries are being treated at Keysaney hospital, sources said. Security forces arrived at the scene of the explosion but perpetrators remain unidentified.
The broad daylight blast comes just days after Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group pledged more rampage as ordinary citizens continue to observe the fasting month of Ramadan.
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[Rooters] The United States said on Friday it had decreased its surveillance flights in the search for more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria, but added that the overall effort was unchanged due to more flights by other countries. More flights by other countries permits us to more easily lead from behind.
The defense official said surveillance alone would not lead to a resolution. "It will take the Nigerian piece of the equation with their own sources and human intelligence coupled with the other forms to really understand the picture." Translation: If they [the Nigerians] are not interested, why should we be. Besides, the story is no longer sensational or poll-worthy.
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#BringBackOurDrones
Snark of the day [zap]
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S'what happens when you expend your strategic hashtag reserves on domestic games.
#3
When this issue's wrung out like a dishrag,
A "bride" in a gown like a trashbag
Should rise up like a ghost
Holding up her riposte,
A sign reading #BringBackOurHashtag.
#5
If you find the girls you find Boko Haram. Pres Hussien is not interested in hurting fellow Muslims, especially the ones "getting it done" on the war front.
[ONLINE.WSJ] North Korea said Monday it will charge two Americans in its custody with unspecified crimes, a move that may signal the start of a process to extract coerced confessions from the men and eventually release them.
A four-sentence statement from North Korea's state media said U.S. tourists Matthew Miller and Jeffrey Fowle had been investigated for "perpetrating hostile acts" after entering the country. It said North Korea had evidence and testimony from both men about their alleged actions.
Mr. Miller, 24 years old, and Mr. Fowle, 56, entered North Korea on separate tours in April.
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Well, they aren't chicks, so you know Bubba ain't going back to get them out this time...
#3
Seriously, a "road maintenance worker" tours North Korea? Other then an obsession to tour the toilet of civilization, what the heck is anyone doing in North Korea?
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Why any American not on official business would voluntarily set foot in North Korea requires a lot more explanation than is available on the internet. On the other hand, perhaps this phenomenon points toward an unexploited business opportunity for a travel agency to organize trips to the lower reaches of Hell.
#6
Pssst, comrade, would you like to travel
And see how true commies make gravel?
We can hang out a while,
Then put on a show trial,
And you're back with some bucks at the gavel!
[DAWN] The Baloch Human Rights Organisation (BHRO), Baloch National Movement and the outlawed Baloch Students Organisation-Azad have alleged that a military operation was launched in Shabiq area of Turbat district on Sunday.
In separate statements issued on Monday, the three organizations said that several people had been taken into custody, dozens of houses set on fire and women and kiddies beaten up.
They appealed to the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... and international human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... organizations to take notice of what they called serious human rights violations 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...
The BHRO said that Seth Nasir Baloch, Master Javed, Hasan Baloch, Master Sadir Baloch and Asa Baloch had been taken into custody.
The organizations claimed that similar operations had been conducted also in Awaran and Pangur areas.
They said if the detained people had done anything wrong they should be produced before a court of law.
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[Pak Daily Times] In a crucial development, army on Monday launched a ground operation in the Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... subdivision of North Wazoo Agency (NWA), following the completion of the civilian population's evacuation from the tribal agency last week.
As many as 15 bully boyz were reported dead in the ground offensive on Monday. Since the launch of operation Zarb-e-Azb on June 15, 376 bully boyz have been killed, 19 have surrendered to the security forces and 61 terrorist hideouts have been destroyed. Meanwhile, ...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout the long-awaited message arrived. They quickly got to work with their decoder rings... 17 soldiers have bit the dust, the military said on Monday. Infantry troops and Special Services Group (SSG), the army's elite commando wing, are engaged in a search operation in Miranshah.
Talking to Daily Times by phone on Monday, NWA Political Agent Siraj Ahmad Khan said the civilian displacements from the NWA to other areas had completed last week and no evacuation has taken place since then. He said the security forces and political administration were making sure that no civilians were stranded in any part of the NWA. More than 460,000 people are out of the NWA, according to Khan.
"Although there is no civilian population in the NWA now, we are making sure that the civilians are not stuck or made hostage by the murderous Moslems. For this purpose, search operations are being launched across the tribal agency," the political agent said. The security forces, he said, were pursuing Zarb-e-Azb operation on "methodical lines". "The troublesome areas of Miranshah, Mir Ali, Ghulam Khan, Shawal and other parts would be cleared as per plan. So far, the operation has been a complete success and the security forces are hopeful that it would yield hundred percent results throughout."
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), after evacuation of all the civilian population, the ground operation commenced in and around Miranshah early Monday morning. "House-to-house search of Miranshah town is being carried out by infantry troops and Special Services Group. Fifteen bully boyz have been killed in ground offensive so far. Troops have discovered underground tunnels and IEDs (improvised bombs) preparation factories inside the so far cleared area. Three soldiers got injured in the exchange of fire," a Zarb-e-Azb operation update said on Monday.
Integrated fire of artillery, tanks and other heavy weapons is being carried out on terrorist concentrations in Mirali and other areas, it said. "An effective cordon is in place at other areas housing terrorists." On the situation of the internally displaced persons (IDPs), the ISPR said distribution of relief items for IDPs continues at Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... and Tank. The break-up of relief goods and humanitarian assistance to IDPs suggests, as many as 30,000 ration packs, each of 110 kilogramme, have been distributed so far.
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#1
Your tribesman of Waziristan
Sure likes to help his fellow man.
If he can't help you with finality,
At least he'll show you hospitality.
"We'll see y'all. Please come again.
Hey, don't forget your goat, my friend!
I think I hear the army's trumpets;
I'd better bring them tea and crumpets."
As the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) claimed control of Iraq's biggest oil refinery and a key border crossing between Iraq and Jordanit lost a key propaganda weapon: its powerful smartphone app. However, ISIS won't consider it a major setback, as it has an extensive and sophisticated online presence. New Scientist investigates the tools at its disposal.
What kind of app did ISIS have?
ISIS had written its own Android app, called The Dawn of Glad Tidings, to enable it to spread information via social media. The app allowed users to make their Twitter accounts available to ISIS, so that the organisation could use them to send tweets. On 19 June, Google removed the app from its Android store "for breaching its community guidelines" against violent content.
When ISIS took Mosul earlier this month, the app fired out 40,000 tweets in a day, and their gory threats and images may have gone some way to inducing the surrender of the Iraqi army. But ISIS is sophisticated in its use of propaganda. It also puts out benevolent images of its supporters delivering food supplies, for example.
What else is ISIS doing online?
ISIS seems to be aware of a key aspect of the power of social media: that it is a conversation. Platforms such as Ask.fm, on which users can post questions and give answers anonymously, enable people to have direct conversations with ISIS fighters.
"Terror group communications used to be unidirectional - for instance al-Qaeda publishing its magazine. Twitter and Ask.fm now allow people to have a conversation with, say, an ISIS fighter. And that two-way interaction humanises these guys," says Shiraz Maher of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at Kings College London. "A 19-year-old from Bradford finds a 19-year-old from Leeds in Syria and they find they have a lot in common, making it all a bit more real."
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Basically, by showing up. The Iraqi certainly didn't.
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There was an interesting article in one of the UK papers about ISIS tactics in Tikrit.
They captured a military base and captured the personnel app intact. They downloaded the app and database to other ISIS laptops and set up checkpoints surrounding the city. When Iraqi men tried to get through the checkpoint, ISIS compared their names to those on the database.
There was a base nearby that held out. Many troops sent their families south to safety. However ISIS was waiting for them and took the families hostage. ISIS exchange the families for control of the base and a nearby pipeline.
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Yes, because stories of mass beheadings and Junta are all the rage.
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Frozen Al, I watched one of their 60 minutes highlight reels, and one of the things there were doing was going car to car with a laptop w/ camera taking face shots.
Nice to see they have a dating site as well. Helps spread the required homosexuality necessary for a true jihadi. My serious face, I am not slandering homosexuality with the comparison; I am pointing out the homosexual tendancies of the culture of devout muslim; marrying girls before they start to look like girls, selling women captives but raping the men, the discouragement of interacting with women to the point of encouraging only man-man relationships, to 'exercising' for the sake of butt bombs.
Dawn of Glad Tidings - sounds like a household necessity commercial. Howz about
Cascade of Swiffer Fresh Step.
Bounce of Arm & Hammer Crest.
Heinz of French's Hellmen.
The 46 Indian nurses trapped in Iraq were evacuated on Monday night to the basement of their hospital as Iraqi helicopter gunships chasing militants rained bombs in one of the most fierce battles to control the city of Tikrit. Ironically, the nurses were moved to the basement kitchen by none other than the militants, when the hospital compound and surroundings came under heavy bombardment after sunset.
The Tikrit Teaching Hospital, where the nurses are holed up, has become the latest theatre of war after the militants occupied the buildings and fired guns to celebrate the militants' declaration of the caliphate of a new Islamic State in lands seized this month across a large swathe of Iraq and Syria.
After bombs hit portable houses occupied by Bangladeshi workers outside the hospital and flames spread, a couple of militants came into the nursing quarters and sat with them.
'He promised we will not be harmed and moved us to the basement,' said Marina M Jose, who made a desperate call to Khaleej Times from the hideout.
She said she talked to Ambassador Ajay Kumar who told them to remain in the basement till the bombing is over. She said the ambassador, with the aid of Google map, was asking Iraqi officials to stop targeting the building where the nurses are lodged.
Reality has begun to bite as the nurses are also faced with near-starvation in an enclave in the wilderness of Iraq’s civil war.
Amid questions who is in charge of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the nurses who came to Iraq chasing their dreams, spent two consecutive days minus breakfast. They managed with a few pieces of biscuits and water and cooked some kanji (rice soup) with the last grains they had, for dinner on Sunday night.
“We were not sure about another bite for the rest of the day and were desperately calling the PR boy, who came past 2pm with some rice, rajma beans, chickpeas, milk powder and tea powder,” one of the nurses told Khaleej Times.
Asked about dinner and breakfast, she said the boy had given “two pieces of thick quboos, one for dinner and one for tomorrow’s breakfast”.
The boy also told them to be “very, very careful with food” as markets are mostly closed and life remains grim in the besieged city.
Tikrit, which had been witnessing fierce battles between government forces and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), mostly remained without power and water.
“We do not have drinking water anymore. The boy had managed to salvage some bottles of water from another building and this is the last drop of potable water available inside the hospital compound,” the nurse said.
“Nights are sleepless with no air-conditioning and the summer temperatures touching extreme degrees. To beat the heat, we lie down on wet bed linen and wear wet cloths at night. When the cloths dry up after a while, we soak them again,” she explained.
With the crisis worsening with each passing day, she fears that the frustration would gradually explode in anger and hysteria. “On Sunday night, scores of militants fired in the air for hours from nearby buildings. We desperately called the PR boy who said these are celebratory gunfire. He wouldn't explain further.”
“We were unsure who occupied the hospital terraces. Were they government forces celebrating a recapture of the city? Were they the militants or their sympathisers celebrating the Isil’s declaration of the caliphate?' she had initially wondered.
'With the latest round of bombings, it has become clear that we are now in the hands of the militants.'
When Khaleej Times last spoke to them, the nurses were moved back to their quarters as the militants wanted to break fast and pray in the basement.
Marina said that as reported in the media, the embassy has delivered some financial assistance on Sunday. “Each of us received 10,000 Iraqi dinars with instructions to safe-keep and not to tell anyone.”
She said it’s equivalent to Rs500, just enough for onetime top-up of the phone credit. The embassy also topped up credits for 10 needy nurses on Monday.
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[Iran Press TV] Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... snuffies of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) have fired a volley of rockets at a revered Shia shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra, and injured several people.
According to reports on Monday, at least three rockets fired by the Takfiris hit the shrine complex as the snuffies continue waging acts of violence and terrorism in the Arab country.
It is said that at least nine innocent Iraqi citizens suffered injuries in the terrorist attack.
Following the attack, the deputy head of the Samarra municipal council says the shells struck a reception area near the gate of the holy shrine.
Reports also said that the Iraqi Air Force responded to the attack and destroyed the site from where the rockets were launched.
The turban attacks came just two days after government forces cleared snuffies out of an area near Samarra.
The city, located nearly 120 kilometers (74 miles) north of Storied Baghdad, is home to the holy shrines of two Shia Imams and a major pilgrimage site visited by tens of millions of Mohammedans annually despite the tense security situation in the area.
Over the past days, Iraqi armed forces have been engaged in fierce festivities with the terrorists, who have threatened to take their acts of violence to other Iraqi cities, including the capital, Storied Baghdad. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... the ISIL's advance has been slowed down as Iraqi military and volunteer forces have begun engaging them on several fronts.
Senior Mohammedanholy mans have condemned the ISIL atrocities, including mass executions and rape.
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The ISIS/ISIL has repor also claimed it will destroy the Kaaba in Mecca after they capture Saudi Arabia.
Besides Jordan + the KSA, ISIS' five-year plan of conquest [AMAP by Year 2020] includes taking over WEST AFRICA, INDONESIA, ISRAEL, IRAN, + INDIA. Large parts of Central-East Africa, Caucasus + Central Asia are also depicted on their new map.
* FYI DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Haaretz = The Daily Beast] REPORT: ISRAEL TELLS US IT WOULD ACT [milaction] TO SAVE JORDAN FROM ISLAMISTS | HAARETZ.
Palestinian Arabs attacked an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) ambulance humvee on Monday that was transporting the recently discovered bodies of three murdered Israeli boys who were kidnapped on June 12, an Israeli source told The Algemeiner.
The Muqata blog posted an image on Facebook of what it claimed to be the damaged vehicle writing, "8:44pm IDF Ambulance humvee transporting the bodies of the boys attacked by arabs….windows smashed."
In the picture, the ambulance's windshield is shattered and splattered with paint.
Additionally, the Tazpit News Agency reported that "the teams working to recover the bodies were attacked by Arab rioters."
An IDF spokesperson declined to confirm the report.
The IDF is preparing a more suitable response for the rat bastards...
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Paleo's better watch out. The ME is changing to a more... Brutal status-quo.
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ARCLIGHT Gaza. The world will notice, especially the Arabs. This whole mess is because we've refused, time and time again, to be the "strong horse". Flatten a few cities (Riyadh, Tehran, Ankara, Istanbul?), and the Arabs will learn not to torment the Eagle. Otherwise, it'll be business as usual.
People respond to fear. We need to strike some fear. For every terrorist attack, a city disappears. Either there will be no more cities in the Mudddled East, or terrorism will become a thing of the past. We're dealing with 7th century mindset, folks, not 21st century intellectuals. Power works, appeasement doesn't.
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[Ynet] Soldiers shoot and kill Palestinian who threw a grenade at them; IDF source promises: Operation will continue until kidnappers are caught.
Three Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank overnight Monday. The IDF also confirmed that one Palestinian had been killed from army fire after throwing a grenade at the Israeli troops during a raid in the Jenin refugee camp. Palestinian officials identified the man as Yousouf Ibrahim abu Zagha, 19.
On Monday evening, the bodies of the three Israeli teens who were kidnapped over two weeks ago were discovered by security forces just north of Hebron.
After the discovery of the boys' bodies, the IDF blocked off all the entrances to Hebron.
The two prime suspects in the kidnapping, Amar Abu-Eisha, 33, and Marwan Kawasmeh, 29, haven't yet been captured and IDF officials vowed Monday that operations against Hamas would continue.
"We've finished only this part of Operation Brother's Keeper. With the same might, we're going to lay our hands on the two kidnappers," a military source said.
The IDF demolished a part of the Hebron home of Abu-Eisha, fearing that he was in the house and could open fire on soldiers. Some of the walls of the house were destroyed and a fire broke out but was quickly extinguished. No one was injured in the incident and the soldiers reported that they were scanning the remains of the house for weapons.
Forces also carried out a raid on the home of the other Palestinian suspected of abducting the three Israeli teens whose bodies were found earlier in the evening. Earlier Monday, officials reported in depth searches in Hebron at the home of the two suspects.
Since the beginning of Operation Brother's Keepers, a total of 419 Palestinians have been arrested, among them 59 were released in the Shalit deal, and 279 are Hamas operatives. The IDF has searched 2,200 sites.
One hundred Palestinians rioted near the home of Kawasmeh in the evening. They rolled garbage bins and threw rocks at IDF forces. The soldiers responded with crowd dispersal measures, like tear gas.
In several places, rioters also burned tires. Earlier Monday, Palestinians clashed with IDF forces in the Halhul area, where the bodies of the boys were discovered. Some 200 Palestinians threw rocks at security forces, who responded with riot dispersal measures.
[IsraelTimes] Eyal Yifrach, 19, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, and Gil-ad Shaar, 16, the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers whose bodies were found on Monday, realized very quickly that they had been abducted on the night of June 12.
The three teens were waiting at Geva'ot Intersection, west of the settlement of Alon Shvut in the Etzion Bloc south of Jerusalem, soon after 10:15 p.m, looking to catch a ride heading west on Route 367 toward Beit Shemesh and from there to locations in central Israel where each of them lived.
The prevailing assessment within the defense establishment is that the kidnappers, at least at first, only saw one of the hitchhikers, perhaps Yifrach, who did not know Shaar and Fraenkel. Only once the kidnappers' Hyundai i35 came to a stop did the kidnappers realize that they would be outnumbered by their hostages within the small confines of the car. This may be what changed the nature of the crime from kidnapping to murder, security sources suggested.
Inside the Hyundai, Israel alleges, were Hamas terrorists Amer Abu Aysha and Marwan Kawasme.
Recognizing, too late, that the car was not an innocent Israeli vehicle, one of the teens called the police at 10:25 p.m. and whispered, "We've been kidnapped." The call was transferred immediately to a senior female officer, who continued to ask questions but received no reply. The call lasted for 2:09 minutes and was then cut off. The officer called the number eight more times, but received three busy signals and reached voicemail five times.
The kidnappers, apparently realizing that a call had been made, shot the three teens dead soon afterwards in the backseat of the car, military sources said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday night that they were murdered "in cold blood."
Early assessments by some regarding the professionalism of the terrorists appear to have been misplaced: the killers seem to have panicked. The three teens did not fulfill the role Hamas sought for them, security officials indicated, to serve as bargaining chips that would free thousands of Palestinians prisoners and promote the Hamas brand throughout the West Bank.
The killers then drove a further 10 minutes or so before switching vehicles. They abandoned the Hyundai i35, a relatively new vehicle, and set it on fire.
They transferred the bodies to the second vehicle, and drove close to the field in the Halhul area where the three corpses were ultimately discovered, bound, partially buried, and in what eyewitnesses said was "in not good condition," on Monday afternoon. The land where the bodies were found belongs to the Kawasme family, Channel 2 news reported.
Unbeknownst to the killers, the emergency call had not prompted an alert by Israel's security forces. The senior officer did not pass on the information to her superiors or listen to the recording for further evidence, concluding that it was a prank call. The security forces realized there had been a kidnapping, and began what became an 18-day search operation, only some seven hours later.
[Ynet] Rocket from Gazoo strikes Eshkol Regional Council damaging vehicles, 4 maimed, 1 missing in Gazoo after IAF strikes.
The IDF spokesperson confirmed late Tuesday night that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) had carried out 34 attacks on terrorist targets in several different sections of the Gazoo Strip, targeting structures and even some open areas.
According to the reports, one of the areas was a site in the area of Khan Yunis controlled by Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,' military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades where 4 were said to be maimed and another missing.
Attacks were also reported near Rafah in the southern area of the Strip on structures belonging to other terrorist organizations active in the area.
According to the Paleostinians, an Israeli helizap near Beit Lahia caused significant damage to houses belonging to local residents.
The IDF Spokesperson said that the Monday night attack was in response to a rocket fired earlier by Paleostinian bully boyz that struck an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.
No injuries or damage was reported as a result of the initial rocket fire, but three additional rockets were launched from Gazoo after the IAF attacks. One fell in an open area in Sdot Negev while another caused damage to several vehicles in a village near the Eshkol Regional Council.
The last rocket set a fire near a packaging factory in Eshkol, but no injuries were reported and the fire was successfully extinguished.
Paleostinian media also reported the death of another man in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank after festivities broke out with IDF troops in the area
Earlier in the day the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teens who were kidnapped over two weeks ago were discovered by security forces just north of Hebron.
The Cabinet concluded a meeting in the evening regarding Israel's reaction to Hamas after the discovery of the three murdered teens. Additional meetings are expected as the Cabinet discussions only finished after midnight Monday without reaching any concrete decisions.
The two prime suspects in the kidnapping, Amar Abu-Eisha, 33, and Marwan Kawasmeh, 29, haven't yet been captured and IDF officials vowed Monday that operations against Hamas would continue.
One hundred Paleostinians rioted near the home of Kawasmeh in the evening. They rolled garbage bins and threw rocks at IDF forces. The soldiers responded with crowd dispersal measures, like tear gas.
In several places, rioters also burned tires. Earlier Monday, Paleostinians clashed with IDF forces in the Halhul area, where the bodies of the boys were discovered. Some 200 Paleostinians threw rocks at security forces, who responded with riot dispersal measures.
Dozens of settlers gathered in a junction nearby, waiving Israeli flags and blocking the passage of vehicles with Paleostinian license plates.
After the discovery of the boys' bodies, the IDF blocked off all the entrances to Hebron.
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Iranians and Hezbollah might be a bit preoccupied these days. Gazooks would be wise to lay low but, of course, we all know that wisdom is not their strong suit.
[Ynet] Soldiers search for weapons in remains of home belonging to Amar Abu-Eisha; Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon: 'We won't rest until the mission is complete'.
The IDF used explosives Monday to demolish part of a home in Hebron that belonged to one of the key suspects in the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens, Amar Abu-Eisha, fearing that he was in the house and could open fire on soldiers.
Some of the walls of the house were destroyed and a fire broke out but was quickly extinguished. No one was injured in the incident and the soldiers reported that they were scanning the remains of the house for weapons.
Nonetheless, Israel's security cabinet was yet to formulate a firm military response to the situation. Following a three-hour discussion on Monday night, ministers were to meet again on Tuesday for further deliberations.
Forces also carried out a raid on the home of the other Paleostinian suspected of abducting the three Israeli teens whose bodies were found earlier in the evening. Earlier Monday, officials reported in depth searches in Hebron at the home of the two suspects Abu-Eisha, 33, and Marwan Kawasmeh, 29.
The Shin Bet had apparently suspected the two Paleostinians since the day after the abduction. Accordingly, their families and any others suspected of aiding them were tossed in the slammer Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! and questioned by security officials. According to media reports the day after the kidnapping, the wives of the two suspects had been arrested and undergone hours of interrogation.
GOC Central Command Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon addressed the IDF response to the discovery that the three boys had in fact been killed saying, "Our forces, together with people from across the security service and the police are continuing and will continue the search for the kidnappers, the forces of Evil from Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, as long as is required. We won't rest... until the mission is complete."
True to his word, IDF operation did continue Monday evening as military sweeps were carried out in several homes in Hebron, some of which had some form of connection to Kawasmeh. Paleostinian media reported Saturday that the Shin Bet had arrested Abu-Eisha's father.
Clashes were noted in the late evening between Paleostinians and IDF soldiers in the area of Halhul where the bodies of the three teens were found. All entrances to Hebron were closed as a result of the discovery.
The festivities were characterized by some 200 Paleostinians who threw stones at security forces and soldiers answered with riot control measures. Several dozens of settlers gathered at the entrance to Karmi Tsur, just adjacent to Halhul. The settlers raised Israeli flags and blocked all Paleostinian vehicle traffic on Highway 60.
Since the beginning of Operation Brother's Keeper, security forces have arrested more than 450 Paleostinians. Among them were Hamas members and others suspected of terrorist activity. Two radio and television stations have been closed in the framework of the operation and more than 2,000 homes have been searched.
[An Nahar] The shadowy Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade on Monday pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a day after the powerful jihadist group declared an "Islamic caliphate" led by Baghdadi. I believe they were affiliated with al-Nusra until the ascension of the Galactic Overlord.
"With utmost honor and pride, we announce our allegiance to the jihadist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a caliph for Muslims," the Brigade announced on its Twitter account.
"We also announce our full support for everything the ISIL is doing for the sake of Islam and right, as it is the duty of every Muslim to seek a caliph who can establish the rule of (Islamic) Sharia," the group added.
The ruthless jihadists of the ISIL, who are spearheading a Sunni militant offensive in Iraq, on Sunday declared an "Islamic caliphate" and ordered Muslims worldwide to pledge allegiance to their chief, in a spectacular bid to extend their authority.
The group renamed itself simply the Islamic State (IS) and declared its elusive frontman the leader of the world's Muslims, in a clear challenge to al-Qaida for control of the global jihadist movement.
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Salafists and Wahabbis. Hmm, I wonder who could be bankrolling these Sunnis?
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the IS does get funds from individuals and perhaps some indirect aid from govt but as of now their budget comes from extorting businesses within their area of control and from looting banks, etc.
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Another group with a bullseye on their back.
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[An Nahar] Two people were killed and several others were maimed in an armed clash Monday at the Shatila Paleostinian refugee camp in southern Beirut.
"Paleostinian nationals Wael al-Tull and Jamil al-Issawi, 73, were killed and several people were maimed in festivities between a Paleostinian group and another loyal to Nasser al-Droubi and the al-Zir family at Shatila camp's peripheries," state-run National News Agency reported.
Earlier, MTV said one person was killed and several others were maimed in a shootout between a group loyal to Arab Movement Party chief Shaker al-Berjawi and a number of Paleostinians.
According to Voice of Leb radio (93.3), gunnies loyal to al-Droubi and Bilal al-Zir clashed with "Paleostinians from the camp's security committee, leaving one of its members maimed."
An Nahar newspaper also said the shootout involved elements loyal to Shaker al-Berjawi, Bilal al-Zir and Paleostinians groups.
Later on Monday, the army deployed on the road separating al-Hayy al-Gharbi, where the al-Zir clan is located, and the Shatila camp, LBCI TV reported.
On March 23, a person was killed and at least ten were maimed in festivities between armed Salafists ...Salafists are ostentatiously devout Moslems who figure the ostentation of their piety gives them the right to tell others how to do it and to kill those who don't listen to them... and supporters of al-Berjawi near the Sports City center in Beirut.
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