[Tolo News] A NATO soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
"An ISAF service member died as a result of an enemy forces attack in eastern Afghanistan today," ISAF said in a statement.
ISAF said the soldier died by enemy fire, but did not provide details of the nationally of the soldier and the exact location of the incident. Most of the U.S. troops are based in eastern Afghanistan.
The death toll of foreign troops in Afghanistan has increased to 57 this year.
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[Tolo News] At least 137 Taliban murderous Moslems and three Afghan soldiers were killed in an Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) operation in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province in the past week, local officials said.
Fifty-three other murderous Moslems were maimed in the operation.
The operation launched seven days ago and is still underway in Sherzad district of the province to clear the region of murderous Moslems, said Dadan Lawang, a military commander in Nangarhar.
There were no civilian casualties during the operation, he added.
The Taliban have only confirmed the death of nine murderous Moslems during the operation.
Before this operation in Sherzad, the ANSF launched a military operation in Hesarak district of the province in which dozens of Taliban murderous Moslems were killed.
The operation in Hesarak was launched after hundreds of Taliban murderous Moslems attacked the district and began festivities with Afghan forces over a week ago.
Recently, the murderous Moslems have become active in the eastern parts of the country, frequently targeting the Afghan forces.
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Puntland's chairman military court, Abdifatah Haji Adan survived an assassination attempt after unidentified gunmen sprayed his car with bullets outside port city of Bossaso
The militants opened fire at Aden's car on outside Bosaso highway but he was unhurt from the ambush attack according to sources. The bullet-riddled car of Ahmed is being held by army troops at security checkpoint on the outskirts of Bari region town of Bossaso.
In August 4, 2014, suicide bomber had killed at least 6 people including Bari Police commander late Abdirahman Ali Abas Muslim and his two security guards and civilians who were near bay the blast scene in Bosaso. Al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for that attack.
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Fierce fighting between al-Shabaab militants and Puntland security forces broke out in Galgala Mountain, near the port town of Bosaso, Shabelle reports. The bloody fighting flared up after Al-Shabaab fighters reportedly attacked Puntland security forces in Galgala, the casualties on both warring sides are unknown.
“Al Shabaab militants attacked on our military base but our Puntland forces repelled the militants back” an unnamed told Shabelle because he was not authorized to speak on the Medias.
The situation returned back to normal after the deadly fighting subsided. With reports said that Puntland forces are conducting security operation to hunt down Al Shabaab militants, hiding outs the mountains near the port town of Bosaso.
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Good thing the Puntland forces didn't repel the militants forward. That would have been awkward.
[Al Ahram] Nine alleged gunnies were killed by Egyptian army troops in North Sinai, announced army front man Mohammed Samir on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by Samir, another 15 wanted persons have also been nabbed Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
Egypt's army is countering an insurgency based in the North Sinai governorate that has so far led to the deaths of hundreds of police and army personnel.
A surge in the violence occurred after the bloody dispersal of a sit-in in support of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in August 2013, moving holy warrior activity to Egypt's capital Cairo and the Nile Delta, as well as Upper Egypt.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Young Tunisian salafists assaulted women and girls at the Ras Jebel beaches, Shems FM reported on Monday (August 11th). Fifteen attackers were arrested by the security services.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Colonel Mohammed al-Souissi, the chief of police in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , was killed by unidentified attackers Tuesday (August 12th) in the Libyan capital, Libya Herald reported.
Masked men opened fire on his vehicle while it was stopped at a traffic light. Two men with him were kidnapped by the assailants.
Al-Souissi had attended a local council meeting in Tajoura, an eastern suburb of Tripoli, and was headed back to the capital at the time of the attack.
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[AnNahar] An activist from Morocco's February 20 movement has been sentenced by a Tangiers court to a year in jail for a "false torture allegation", her lawyer told Agence La Belle France Presse.
Wafaa Charaf must also pay a fine of 50,000 Moroccan dirhams (about $6,000, 4,500 euros) in damages and interest and a fine of 1,000 dirhams ($120, 90 euros).
The young woman alleged she was "kidnapped" in April and "thrown into an unmarked police car" after a demonstration in Tangiers, where she lives.
Charaf claimed to have been "tortured" then "left at the side of a road" on the outskirts of town. But the court said she made a "false torture allegation".
During her trial, which went on late into the night on Monday, several dozen activists staged a rally of support outside the court, witnesses said.
Charaf's lawyer Mohammed Sadqo told AFP by telephone that it was an "unjust political verdict" and a "serious breach of the Moroccan constitution and international conventions against torture which Morocco has signed."
Sadqo said he plans to enter an appeal.
The February 20 movement, formed during the Arab Spring, continues to call for political and social reform in Morocco, but its activities have shrunk, with members claiming repression.
The authorities say the main claims has been met with the adoption in summer 2011 of a new constitution.
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[DAWN] Military wives in the restive Nigerian city of Maiduguri have taken to the streets this week, burning tyres to prevent their husbands' deployment to fight Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... About 300 women and 500 children have for two days gathered at the gates of a military base in the Borno state capital, claiming that their spouses were ill-equipped to take on the Islamist murderous Moslems.
Boko Haram has been waging a brutal insurgency since 2009 which has left thousands of people dead, despite a state of emergency imposed in three northeast states since May 2013 and a troop surge.
The soldiers stationed in Maiduguri were due to retake the town of Gwoza, which Boko Haram overran last week, killing dozens and sending hundreds more fleeing.
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How's the search going for the kidnapped girls? I thought we sent some 300 troops to help find them?
[DAILYTIMES.NG] Five days after the Islamic sect, Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... attacked Gwoza town, the whereabouts of the Emir of the town, Mohammed Timta is still not known.
The snuffies invaded the town, about 135 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital on Wednesday, killing many residents and injuring many.
Governor Kashim Shettima said all efforts to establish contacts with the Emir have all failed.
The governor who confirmed the the killing of the Chief Imam of the town, Imam Bamanga by the myrmidons, said he has spoken with President Goodluck Jonathan ... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau... three times on the matter.
Shettima, who was visibly touched by the killings, however, said he has limited power on the issue.
He urged residents of the state to observe a two-day fast, between monday and Tuesday, to seek for divine intervention on the crisis.
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[ARABNEWS] Yemeni authorities are investigating a tunnel dug near ex-president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... 's residence, the official news agency reported Tuesday, as his party charged it was an liquidation plot.
Former strongman Saleh ruled Yemen for 33 years before being forced out in February 2012 and replaced by his deputy, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, under a UN- and Gulf-sponsored deal.
"The Supreme Security Committee received a complaint on Monday about a tunnel and excavation works near the residence of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh," Saba reported, quoting a committee official.
"Security services immediately began legal measures and collecting evidence" from the site, on orders from President Hadi, it said.
The 88-meter tunnel was connected to a hangar north of Saleh's residence.
Good lord. Those Hamas tunnelers have got serious digging chops.
A committee was formed to "identify the motives and parties" behind the tunnel, Saba said.
The powerful General People's Congress party, which is still headed by Saleh, said: "We were surprised to discover an organized terrorist act targeting the nation's security, stability and unity."
The tunnel was designed to "carry out a terrorist act" targeting Saleh's "life, family, his security guards and leadership" of the party, the GPC said on its website.
The party likened the alleged plot to a June 3, 2011 kaboom in his presidential compound that maimed Saleh and killed 11 people.
Critics accuse Saleh of impeding the political transition in the deeply tribal country, which is facing threats from Al-Qaeda, a northern rebellion and a southern secessionist movement.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Infamous terrorist Abdul Hakim alias Baishya Dakat, 42, was tossed in the calaboose Book 'im, Mahmoud! from a house in Khudukhali village under Chanua union of Banshkhali upazila around 8pm on Monday.
Assistant Superintendent of Police AKM Emran Bhuiyan of Satkania circle of Chittagong said they nabbed the notorious sea robber acting on a tip-off.
Local fishermen from Banshkhali upazila said Baishya Dakat was influential both in the coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal and in the deep sea and used to rob fishing boats. After robbing each boat, he used to kill the fishermen on board and dump their bodies in the sea to destroy the evidence and eliminate witnesses to his crimes. The fishermen also think that no one can accurately number the murders committed by the Baishya Bahini.
According to police sources, on April 2, 2013, Baishya Dakat and his gang killed 31 fishermen at the sea near Jahajkhali area of Kutubdia Island in Cox's Bazar after robbing their boats. His gang had also killed 11 other fishermen in the Bay near Shekherkhil area of Banshkhali upazila in Chittagong a few days earlier.
Baishya was accused in 16 cases lodged with cop shoppes.
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[DAWN] KARACHI: Two men, including a doctor, were bumped off in separate attacks apparently on sectarian grounds in the city on Tuesday, police said. They added that in Landhi a doctor was rubbed out and his brother maimed in the evening.
Dr Amir Mehdi, 56, was sitting at his 'Rifah-e-Aam Clinic' in Landhi-2 when two assailants riding on a cycle of violence emerged there, fired shots and rode away. The doctor and his compounder brother, Nihal Ali, suffered bullet wounds and were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where Dr Mehdi was pronounced dead.
"Investigators are inquiring into the exact motive of the murder," said Landhi SP Akhter Farooq. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... a spokesperson for the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Moslemeen (MWM) said the victim was Shia and it was an act of sectarian killing.
Earlier, in the Pak Colony area a man was bumped off.
The police said that 40-year-old Abbas Haider Zaidi was travelling in a car when four assailants riding two cycle of violences intercepted him at the Kamal petrol pump near Bara Board and fired at him. He sustained two bullet wounds and was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead He's dead, Jim! The Pak Colony SHO said that it appeared to be an act of sectarian killing. He added that the victim worked in a factory in SITE and lived in Federal B Area. He was targeted when his vehicle slowed down at a bump.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog had finished eating the rat terrier... the MWM condemned the killing and urged the Sindh government to launch a crackdown on terrorists.
The MWM's 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... chapter secretary general, Hassan Hashmi, said the provincial government had promised a stern action to eliminate turbans but it failed to do so.
"We warn the government to end its inaction and take practical measures immediately to purge Sindh, including Karachi, of terrorists, otherwise we reserve the right to protest against the government," he added.
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[Iran Press TV] Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq have thanked the Iranian government for its role in supporting the fighters who are currently engaged in fierce battles with 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... terrorists, Press TV reports.
"The Iranian government has definitely backed the Kurdish troops and has showed willingness to provide more support. It is for this reason that the Kurdish president has sent a letter of thanks to the Iranian government," Halgurd Hekmat, the front man of the Kurdish Ministry of Peshmerga said.
The comments came after Peshmerga forces managed to retake the towns of Makhmour and Guwair on Sunday.
Some Kurdish media have underscored the significant role of Iranian forces and the Iraqi army in liberating the areas from the ISIL's grip. The media reports say Iranian forces have a decisive presence on the battlefield of the fight against Takfiri terrorists.
In a letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani published by local media on Sunday, President of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani thanked the Islamic Theocratic Republic for throwing its weight behind Iraqi Kurds in the face of the ongoing crisis fueled by the ISIL Takfiris.
Kurdish media reports also say Tehran has dispatched shipments of humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, to Iraq's Kurdistan region.
The Kurdish fighters are planning to regain control of the town of Jalawla, located northeast of Baghdad.
"Peshmerga have taken the region of Guwair and have begun moving forward. As for Jalawla, the Peshmerga have a plan designed to regain control and we're currently waiting for zero hour. In Kirkuk district we have fended off ISIL attacks and attempts to advance as well," Hekmat added.
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Iranians have stepped up to the plate with food, water and medical support, making it possible for the Kurdsih forces to concentrate on military issues instead of civil ones.
Smart move by the Iranians - makes them look "humanitarian", makes them look like they are aiding the fight (and they are by allowing resources to be better directed), but without an overt military component to it.
As far as the Kurds go, this is what they want - Iranian help that doesn't involve an overt Iranian military presence in Kurdish territory.
Well played, Iran. Obama The Golfer (and his State Dept eunuchs) are getting outmaneuvered once again, politically.
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The spheres of influence ala ISIS/ISIL + Rising Iran are for all practical purposes right next to one another - iff mainstream America worried then about the Islamist radicalism of the Ayatollah Khomeini when the Shah was overthrown, they should really be worried iff the ISIS/ISIL ever maanges to merge or overthrow the current Islamist Revolut Govt of Iran.
IOW, DESPITE THE OWG GLOBALISTS' AGENDUM INCLUD ANTI-US US GLOBALIST OBAMA, ITS IN THEIRS + US INTERESTS TO HELP IRAN FIGHT + DEFEAT THE ISIS/ISIL, IN ADDITION OF COURSE TO THE QAEDA BOYZ + OTHER IN THE ME.
* DON'T FEAR THE JIHADI - FEAR HIS LAWYERS + ACLU!
* DON'T FEAR GLOBALIST OBAMA - FEAR HIS GLOBALIST SUCCESSOR(S)!
* DON'T FEAR NUCLEAR SHIA IRAN - FEAR AN ISIS/ISIL-CONTROLLED NUCLEAR IRAN [ + Middle East]!
As wid Baby Assad, however imperfect or defective the proverbial Solution may prove worse than the original Problem.
[AnNahar] U.S. drones fired on an Islamic murderous Moslem mortar position in northern Iraq on Tuesday to protect Kurdish forces battling to rescue a group of Yazidi civilian refugees, the military said.
The so-called Islamic State, the region's most powerful Sunni jihadist group, has driven thousands of members of the Yazidi minority from their homes and is besieging the refugees on an exposed mountain.
Last week, the United States launched an air campaign to break the siege of Mount Sinjar, bring humanitarian relief to the Yazidis and support Kurdish troops protecting their capital Arbil.
"U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL faceless myrmidons in Iraq today, successfully conducting an Arclight airstrike on an ISIL mortar position north of Sinjar," the U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
"At approximately 7:55 am (1155 GMT), U.S. remotely piloted aircraft struck and destroyed an ISIL mortar position that was firing on Kurdish forces defending internally displaced Yazidi civilians who were attempting to evacuate," it said.
"All aircraft exited the strike area safely."
On Monday, the Pentagon said the U.S. military had flown between 50 and 60 sorties per day in support of the operation but did not reveal how many launched strikes or dropped humanitarian aid.
Meanwhile, ...back at the argument, Livia had made her point with her knee to Jane's stomach... Britannia on Tuesday said it would transport military supplies from other states to Kurdish forces battling jihadist murderous Moslems in northern Iraq, and would send Chinook helicopters to assist its aid mission.
"We are sending a small number of Chinook helicopters to the region for use if we decide we need further humanitarian relief options," said a statement from Prime Minister David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... 's office.
"We have also agreed to transport from other contributing states some critical military re-supplies for the Kurdish forces."
Downing Street could not immediately comment on which states would be providing the supplies.
The statement was issued after British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond had chaired a meeting of the emergency response committee COBR and following a telephone conversation between Cameron and Australian counterpart Tony Abbott.
British Tornado fighter jets were launched to provide surveillance support for its humanitarian aid effort to help refugees fleeing jihadist Islamic State (IS) fighters in northern Iraq, soon after making a second airdrop.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed that the Royal Air Force (RAF) had sent Tornado aircraft from RAF Marham in south east England, fitted with reconnaissance pods.
The planes were bound for RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, where they would be ready "to provide vital intelligence".
The MoD would not confirm how many aircraft had been sent, but the BBC reported three jets had taken off at 2.00pm (1500GMT).
Downing Street stressed that Britannia's "focus remains the humanitarian situation", particularly those refugees trapped on Mount Sinjar.
Three UK aid drops have now taken place, with RAF planes delivering 3,180 re-usable water containers, filled with a total of 15,900 liters of clean water, and 816 solar lanterns.
"Meanwhile urgent planning to get those trapped on the mountainside to safety will continue in the coming days between ourselves and U.S., the Kurdish authorities and other partners," added a Downing Street spokesperson.
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Solar lanterns? Only good during the time the big yellow ball is in the sky.
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Struck a ISIS mortar position? That's a start. Now get serious about these air strikes.
[VOA News] U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says about 130 more U.S. military advisers have been deployed to northern Iraq, to assess ways in which Washington can help Baghdad deal with resurgent Islamist bully boys.
Forward air controllers and the troops needed to support/protect them?
Hagel, speaking Tuesday at a U.S. military base in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, stressed that the role of the inter-service is limited to advising Iraqi security forces.
He said the deployment to the northern city of Irbil "is not a combat boots-on-the-ground operation," adding that the team will perform an in-depth Iraqi security assessment in the north.
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My guess would be an SF Forward Operating Base, Foreign Internal Defense (FID) assessment team. Since the Klingons have their sticky mitts in it as the weapons re-supply go to people vs DoD, they've probably got a few folks along for the ride as well.
[Slow-go/no go: Brennan's trusted agents reporting directly back to Brennan and on to POTUS as opposed to unsightly mil channels - See aerial re-supply bundles exploding upon impact article].
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They're probably panicking. Who wouldn't when they learn that the fruit of their last few years of efforts is going to be featured as a full chapter of the worst horrors in the 21st history books.
One may very well think that the Jihadists are on their way to gobble up the Middle East and North Africa, within 1-2 years, and then launch attacks on our homeland. Think Gaza vs Israel, apply it to Europe, then to the rest of Dar al-Harb. I couldn't possibly comment on that.
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French have already addressed a lot of supply concerns, as have Iranian resupply efforts. US being seen as a day late and a dollar short -- except for US "security" contractors, who have been over a year in some cases, with many having long term (5+ or even 10+ years in some cases) relationships with the Kurds. Kurds trust Americans personally, but not so much our Government.
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To put it another way, if the US needs to talk to the Kurds for direct ground support, US pilots should not be surprised to hear Tennessee or Texas accents talking back to them.
[NY Times] A helicopter carrying aid from Iraq's Kurdish autonomous government to stranded Yazidis in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq crashed on Tuesday, killing the pilot and injuring other passengers, including a Yazidi member of Parliament and a New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... journalist.
Alissa J. Rubin, 56, The Times's Gay Paree bureau chief and a longtime war correspondent, apparently suffered a concussion, at least one broken wrist and possibly some broken ribs but was conscious. Adam Ferguson, 35, a freelance photographer working for The Times who was accompanying Ms. Rubin, said via cellphone text that he suffered a sore jaw and some minor bumps.
Way to make yourselves the story, guys. You know nobody cares about journalists from far away, right?
"If we had been another 50 meters higher we'd all be dead," he said.
Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff for the president of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani ... hereditary head of the Kurdish Democratic Party, maybe a little too close to the Medes and the Persians for most people's tastes... , said two rescue helicopters later took the survivors to safety at a pesh merga base. They were then transferred to ambulances, and Ms. Rubin and Mr. Ferguson were taken to a hospital in Zakho, a town near the Turkish border, where Ms. Rubin received emergency medical care.
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Go ahead, I think I'll finish this MRE and take the next lift.
Rockets were fired from Gaza Wednesday night two-hours before the midnight deadline to Sunday's 72-hour cease-fire, as the IDF enhanced its troop presence along the border preparing to once again wage war against Hamas in Gaza.
[IsraelTimes] Wednesday, August 13, the 37th day of Operation Protective Edge. Israel sent its negotiators to Cairo for talks Monday and Tuesday as a 72-hour truce held, with conflicting reports on whether the Israeli and Palestinian teams are on the way to a deal. As things stand, the truce expires on Wednesday at midnight
A photograph of two German yachters who disappeared at sea off Palawan Island in the Philippines has surfaced on the Internet and in the picture were masked gunmen believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf group guarding them.
The picture shows the yachters Stefan Viktor Okonek and Herike Diesen behind a German flag and surrounded by at least ten gunmen in a forest and a black flag with an Arabic inscription can be seen in the background. It was not immediately known who posted the picture on Facebook, but a Philippine television network also ran a story about the photograph.
The pair was believed seized at sea in April 25 while heading to Sabah after from a holiday in Palawan and they were reported missing after fishermen spotted their empty yacht.
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[AnNahar] The head of a 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... -based association was killed in Syrian troop shelling on al-Qalamun region in the neighboring country, media reports said on Tuesday.
"Head of al-Basha'er association Abou Mohammed al-Rifai and others were killed" in the latest battles in Syria, LBCI television said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, meanwhile, reported that seven Islamists were killed in shelling on al-Qalamun region, including the leader of an Islamic brigade.
According to the Syrian revolution's official web page, al-Rifai "founded al-Farouq Brigade, which is one of the first brigades" to fight in the war against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... 's forces.
Before he died on Monday, he was the head of the Wa-A'eddou Brigade, the same source said.
The web page provided more details on his activities in the Syrian war: "He was the real founder of the coordinating committee in charge of taking care of Syria's refugees in Leb. Many activists in Leb were previously involved in the committee, which provided them with support and funding."
And the Local Coordination Committee of Rankous said al-Rifai was killed in the restive Qalamun town, noting that he was in charge of supervising the treatment of the maimed in the northern city of Tripoli before getting involved in military operations.
[AnNahar] The military institution mourned on Tuesday a corporal who was martyred during the army's festivities against bad boy fighters in the northeastern town of Arsal, as Army Chief Maj. Gen. Jean Qahwaji assured that there will be no bargaining over the blood of the martyred troops and the freedom of kidnapped soldiers.
"We mourn Corporal Suhail Mohammed Hassan Dennawi who was martyred during the army's festivities against terrorist groups in Arsal" last week, the Army Command announced in a communique.
Dennawi, 27, hails from the northern 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... His death raises the soldiers and Internal Security Forces troops' corpse count to 19.
The Arsal festivities erupted on August 2 following the arrest of a member of the al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front. More than 80 troops were maimed and 16 civilians killed in the Bekaa violence, as 19 soldiers and 17 security forces were held captive by the bad boy turbans.
Efforts and negotiations are still ongoing to release them.
In a related matter, Qahwaji on Tuesday met with a delegation of the kidnapped soldiers' families, and shared with them the latest information and updates in the efforts exerted to free them.
"The issue of the kidnapped soldiers is a priority for the military institution and we will use all available means to release them without any delay," the Army Chief assured.
He added: "The army will not bargain over the blood of its deaders, over its maimed troops or over the freedom of its kidnapped soldiers."
"The army is ready for all options to preserve the safety of the missing troops and to free them," he stated.
Also on Tuesday, an al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... bloc delegation visited the Arsal region to inspect the situation there following last weeks' violence.
"Arsal's choice remains that of the state, the Lebanese army and the official security institutions, just like our stance," al-Mustaqbal MP Jamal al-Jarrah stated after talks with the town's municipality chief Ali al-Hujairi and the villages' prominent figures.
He continued: "These institutions have protected (Arsal) with blood and have offered deaders to safeguard the military institution and security forces, and to prevent sedition."
Addressing the people of the Bekaa town, he said: " We thank your contribution (to efforts) to release the kidnapped soldiers... We thank you all because if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to do anything."
Al-Jarrah also hoped that the Arsal residents would continue treating the Syrian refugees who remain in the town "with kindness and cooperation... because they are oppressed just like us."
"We heard about violations that happened and we promise you in the name of (former Premier Saad) Hariri that these offenses will be dealt with quickly to restore the situation back to normal and recreate harmony between you and state institutions."
MP Ziad al-Qaderi said that the state's return back to Arsal is "as important as the return of the town's residents."
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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Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
