[Metro.co.uk] Emergency services were called to the blaze on the three-month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, where 49 people were shot dead by Omar Mateen, on June 12.
The fire started around 12.31am this morning at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce in Port St Lucie, Florida.
This occurred just hours after the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and falling on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
CCTV shows an individual walking up to the east side of the building prior to the fire breaking out.
At a press conference, Major David Thompson, of the Sheriff’s Office, said: ‘Right now I don’t want to speculate on a motive. We all know the implications of the date and the time of year, this is the 9/11 anniversary. Is that related? I would not want to speculate but it is in the back of our minds.
‘This is a horrible tragedy, not only for the Islamic Center, but also for our community.’
[SunSentinal] Authorities continued to hunt for a suspected arsonist who fled on a motorcycle Monday after fire erupted at a mosque where Orlando massacre shooter Omar Mateen worshipped.
A surveillance video from the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce showed a man with a bottle of liquid and what appeared to be a handful of paper touch off the blaze just after midnight, investigators said.
"Shortly after the individual approached the building, an immediate and very large flash was observed in the video footage," St. Lucie County Sheriff's Maj. David Thompson said. "The male was then seen leaving the mosque in a hurry."
As he was leaving, the man "was shaking his hand," Thompson said. "We're not sure, but it is possible he sustained burns on that hand."
In the video the suspected arsonist is seen riding a motorcycle described as "a Harley-Davidson-style motorcycle, with a low seat and higher handlebars," according to Thompson. He said the man wore jeans with distinctive embroidery on the rear pants pockets, a button-front shirt and a boonie-style fishing cap.
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False Flag?
Rob's thought?
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Over New Years or roughly then, a mosque in Houston was burned. The usual suspects starting carrying on about the usual suspects. Turns out it wasn't Billy Joe Bob, a veteran, Southern Baptist, member of the Tea Party, member of the NRA, supporter of Donald Trump and NASCAR fan. Was a Muslim member of the congregation. Down the memory hole.
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today is 'stone the devil' day in the Hajj
fwiw
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The number of false flag an insurance claims has to be running 100 to 1 against real attacks on Mosques. I think I'll just wait and see before passing judgement.
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In the video the suspected arsonist is seen riding a motorcycle described as "a Harley-Davidson-style motorcycle, with a low seat and higher handlebars," according to Thompson. He said the man wore jeans with distinctive embroidery on the rear pants pockets, a button-front shirt and a boonie-style fishing cap.
Good lord Peter Fonda is have a change of heart? And who is this Thompson?
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How's about somebody whose lover, son, or brother was whacked by Omar Mateen? He's been sitting at home alone, thinking about the funeral, thinking about his loved one, thinking about that mosque...
According to police officials, on Monday two gunmen stormed Kandahar's Mirwais hospital and engaged in an armed confrontation with Afghan security forces deployed inside the compound.
The encounter continued for one hour until security forces killed the two attackers.
Officials said one civilian was killed in the attack and another one was wounded.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Taiz- The Saudi-led Arab Coalition air campaign to save Yemen launched a series of tactical raids on Sunday against reinforcement and artillery warehouses belonging to Houthi and allied coup militias.
The operation was staged in Taiz -Yemen’s third largest city- and cost grave losses to Houthi insurgents and allies found in fighters supporting ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Eye witnesses told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the coalition’s airplanes zeroed in on militant strongholds located in the Hayfan District, south of Taiz, in addition to Houthi set ups and centers in al-Akbosh village.
Clashes pitting pro-legitimacy forces (the national army and the popular resistance) and coup militias composed largely of Houthis and pro-Saleh fighters renewed across the western front, as militia forces attempt to retake lost land gained by pro-government forces.
In a desperate move to restore lost stations, insurgency militias continue to send in for military reinforcements to arrive at points still under insurgency hold, bolstering their stance.
As they fear losing further influence, most locations coup militias attempt to preserve hold over are situated around Taiz.
Popular Resistance sources located in Taiz told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that fierce clashes being launched by Houthi militants are chiefly inspired by vengeance, and have resorted to violence in which coup fighters attack and shell civilian locations when rendered incapacitated.
In compensation to insurgency violence, official National Army Spokesperson in Taiz Col. Mansour al Hassani announced that a YER 100,000 reimbursement for each family who had lost a martyr in Taiz. The endowment will be dispensed by the Yemeni National Army– all relatives can cash in the donation at the closest accredited agency.
Humanitarian aid and relief coalition in Taiz announced delivering medical supplies donated by Kuwait to hospitals in Taiz.
Attending physician Dr. Imad al-Mojahed said that the aid delivered to Taiz’ Al-Suweidi Hospital for children is worth YER 7.5 million in medical aid, which comes at a time that Taiz hospitals suffer dire humanitarian conditions caused by the ongoing war and the over a year old Houthi-imposed siege.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Saudi Air Force carried out another vicious cycle of Arclight airstrikes over the northern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... countryside on Monday, killing and wounding several civilians in the process.
According to al-Jabhah News Agency, the Saudi warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the Saada Governorate on Monday, killing a total of 14 civilians in their homes.
In addition to the Arclight airstrikes over Saada, the Saudi Air Force also targeted the densely populated provinces of Sanaa and Hajja.
On Sunday, the Saudi Air Force killed 30+ civilians in the Sanaa Governorate after they attacked the Arhab Region.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Yemeni Army's "Rocket Battalion" scored a direct hit on a Saudi Army camp on Monday, causing severe damage to the military installation.
According to the Yemeni Republican Guard, the Rocket Battalion fired a Qahir-1 ballistic missile at the Khaled bin 'Abdel-'Aziz Army Base in 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... , killing several members of the Saudi Armed Forces in the process.
This ballistic missile strike was conducted by the Yemeni Army in response to the Saudi Air Force's merciless Arclight airstrikes over the Arhab Region of the Sanaa Governorate on Sunday.
As many as 30 non-combatants were killed as a result of the Saudi Arclight airstrikes over the Sanaa Governorate on Sunday.
[AlArabiya] The Saudi-led coalition battling militias in Yemen said Monday it shot down a missile fired by the insurgents towards an airbase in southern Saudi Arabia.
The missile was the latest aimed at the kingdom since the coalition began air raids to support Yemen's internationally-backed government in March last year. Khamis Mushait air base, in Saudi Arabia's southwest, has been at the forefront of the coalition bombing campaign against Houthi militias and their allies.
Saudi Arabia has deployed Patriot missile batteries to counter tactical ballistic missiles fired occasionally from Yemen during the war.
Fighting in Yemen has intensified since the collapse of UN-backed peace talks in Kuwait on August 6. Rebels have also fired harder-to-detect Katyusha rockets, particularly into the Saudi border city of Najran.
More than 100 civilians and soldiers have died in strikes and skirmishes along the frontier.
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[HINDUSTANTIMES] Saudi-led Arclight airstrikes on a water well in northern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... have reportedly killed 30 people and maimed 17, a UN official said Monday, making it one of the deadliest attacks since peace talks collapsed a month ago.
The UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, said in a statement that the casualties in the village of Beit Saadan included first responders and children. The strikes took place on Saturday, on the eve of the Moslem holiday of Eid al-Adha.
McGoldrick said he is "deeply disturbed by the unrelenting attacks on civilians and on civilian infrastructure", and urges rival parties to resume a ceasefire declared by the UN in April.
Yemen’s official news agency SABA, which is controlled by 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 ... rebels, has reported that 100 people were killed or maimed in the Arclight airstrikes. Witnesses said an initial Arclight airstrike killed 13 people, but then a number of rescuers were killed in subsequent Arclight airstrikes. They spoke to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.
The UN statement said it based its findings on its own sources and media reports. The News Agency that Dare Not be Named was unable to independently verify the corpse count. The Saudi-led coalition made no statement regarding the Arclight airstrikes, but its spokesperson, Brig. General Ahmed al-Asir ...Leb Salafist holy man with the usual grouch against Shiites. Currently on the run, he seems intent on reigniting the Leb civil war... i, has said before that relief and rights groups are biased and give misleading reports.
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[IsraelTimes] Officials blame PKK for blast outside of Justice and Development Party headquarters in Van, on first day of Eid
Of course they do. They might even be right.
A boom-mobilewent kaboom! Monday outside the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in the eastern Turkish city of Van, wounding 48 people including two coppers, local authorities said.
Turkish officials blamed the attack on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state and is considered a terrorist group by Ankara and its Western allies.
The attack took place near a police checkpoint outside the AKP offices in the heart of the bustling city, the local governor’s office said in a statement.
"Forty-six civilians and two copperswere maimed after a bomb-laden car... was blown up by members of the separatist terror organization," it added, using a term to describe Kurdish Lion of Islams.
No group has yet grabbed credit for the bombing, which came on the first day of the Moslem holiday of Eid al-Adha. But Besir Atalay, an AKP politician from Van, pointed the finger of blame at the PKK.
"The terrorist organization has targeted our party building and the AKP’s presence in the past. This is one of their attacks," he added, in live comments on the private NTV television.
Witnesses said the force of the blast shattered the windows in the surrounding vicinity and the AKP’s provincial offices sustained severe damage.
Several ambulances rushed to the scene and television images showed water cannon being used to put out a fire caused by the kaboom.
Van, a city with a mixed Kurdish and Turkish population on the shores of the lake of the same name, has generally been spared the worst of attacks like those seen in the nearby city of Diyarbakir. The city is a popular tourist destination, particularly with Iranians who arrive from across the border in huge numbers to enjoy shopping and the relaxed atmosphere.
The blast came a day after the government announced the removal of 28 mayors, mainly over alleged links to the PKK in a move strongly denounced by pro-Kurdish parties.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... defended the suspension of 28 mayors, saying it was a long-overdue.
"You, as mayors and municipal councils, cannot stand up and support terrorist organizations," he told news hounds after prayers outside an Istanbul mosque, shortly before the attack.
The government has also stepped up its military campaign in the restive southeast to eradicate PKK Lion of Islams, who have launched almost daily attacks since the rupture of a fragile ceasefire last year.
In a message relayed by his brother, locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan said the Kurdish conflict could end if the state was ready.
"He said if the state is ready for the projects we can implement them in six months," Mehmet Ocalan told supporters in Diyarbakir, without offering further details.
Mehmet Ocalan also said his brother was in "good health" amid concerns over the locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! leader’s welfare after months cut off from the outside world on the Imrali prison island near Istanbul.
A group of 50 Kurdish activists including MPs announced on Monday they were ending their hunger strike on the eighth day, after receiving news on Ocalan’s health through his brother, a spokeswoman for the group said.
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uncofirmed reports are that it was a 1932 3 window Ford, driven by those that want to unseat the government:
in other words, a little deuce coup....
Seven PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes Monday in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari, the military said, AA reported. Three targets in Yuksekova district were destroyed between 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. local time (0930 and 1000GMT), the Turkish General Staff said in a statement.
Turkish jets have been carrying out strikes on PKK positions in Turkey and northern Iraq since the group -- considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its 30-year armed campaign in July last year.
Since then, more than 600 security personnel and many civilians, including women and children, have been martyred and around 7,000 PKK terrorists killed.
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(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Nineveh Operations Command announced repelling an ISIS attack at Qayyarah area.
The commander of Anbar Operations, Major General Najim al-Jabouri, said, “Forces from Iraqi army, police and tribal fighters today repelled an ISIS attack, launched from various directions, targeting Qayyarah vicinity.”
“16 ISIS members were killed and 8 others were arrested during the attack, and they were transferred to Nineveh Operations Command for interrogation,” Jabouri added.
“Iraqi forces also managed, with the help of Qayyarah people, to foil three suicide attacks on the area which was launched from al-Houd village. Two two snipers were also killed,” Jabouri added.
Cleaning the gene pool is a good thing for the entire Ummah.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Nineveh Police Command announced that 100 ISIS members were killed after the security forces repulsed their attack in southern Mosul, and also added that five booby-trapped vehicles were destroyed during the attack.
The command said in a statement, “Today, ISIS launched an offensive on the axis of Nineveh police’s 8th regiment near the wilderness area on the road linking between Baghdad and Mosul.”
The statement revealed, “Personnel from army and police killed 100 ISIS men, apart from wounding dozens during the attack.”
“Also, five booby-trapped vehicles were destroyed during the attack. No human or material casualties were inflicted on the security forces,” the statement added.
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[IsraelTimes] Soldiers also uncover 2 pipe bombs, 2 Molotov cocktails; in separate raids, four Paleostinians
Israeli security forces uncovered over 200 pounds (about 100 kilograms) of bomb-making supplies in a Paleostinian village in the northern West Bank early Monday morning, the army said.
The discovery was made in a home in el-Far’a, northeast of Nablus, by troops during a joint operation between police, the Israel Defense Forces and the Border Police gendarmerie.
The army did not detail what the explosive precursor was, calling it "materials used to manufacture explosives."
Troops also uncovered 1.6 quarts (1.5 liters) of prepared kaboom, the IDF said in a statement.
The materiel was found in the home of a man who had already been incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! by IDF troops, an army official told The Times of Israel.
In a separate raid, the army uncovered two pipe bombs and two Molotov cocktails in a home in Bayt Awa, a Paleostinian village in the southern West Bank. The owner of the home was detained by Israeli troops and taken for questioning, the official said. The explosives and bomb-making materials were confiscated by security forces, the army said.
Four other Paleostinians were arrested in unrelated raids for allegedly taking part in "popular terror and violent riots against civilians and security forces," the army said. One was arrested in Bayt Rima, one in Bita and two were picked up in Sa’ir. Upon their arrest they were handed over to the police and Shin Bet security service for questioning.
[Bangkok Post] A former border patrol police officer was killed in a gun attack in Narathiwat province on Monday morning. Police investigator Sithichok Piboonsaksophon said that the incident occurred at a shed by a canal in Chanae district. While Jirasak Wadeng, a former police officer who formerly taught at the border patrol police-run Ai Buetae School, was sitting under the shed, an attacker approached him and shot him twice with a handgun, killing him instantly. The killer then fled.
A sharpshooter killed a top ISIS executioner and three other jihadists with a single bullet from nearly a mile away -- just seconds before the fiend was set to burn 12 hostages alive with a flamethrower, according to a new report. Good timing can made the difference between a horrible tragedy and great comedy.
The British Special Air Service marksman turned one of the most hated terrorists in Syria into a fireball by using a Barett .50-caliber rifle to strike a fuel tank affixed to the jihadi’s back, the UK’s Daily Star reported Sunday. Great job saving money on ammo. Took out three bad guys and their equipment. And probably scored some major psych-ops points as well.
The pack exploded, killing the sadistic terrorist and three of his flunkies, who were supposed to film the execution, last month, the paper said. Here, film this instead.
The ISIS butcher -- who reportedly delighted in burning hostages alive -- had been on a US "kill list" for several months, sources told the paper, which did not identify the sniper or the executioner. Wow. 0bean is really speeding up his decision-making cycle towards the end of his reign.
He and his band of wicked men had been traveling around ISIS-held compounds in Syria slaughtering civilians labeled as spies.
Their prisoners were tied to stakes or thrown in cages before being torched by the executioner, according to the report.
ISIS started using flamethrowers after the torture method was popularized in North Korea.
The ISIS killer was so feared that his victims would beg to be shot rather than be set on fire.
Just before the sniper rescue operation outside of Raqqa, Syria, "the SAS team moved into an overwatch position above a village where they were told the execution was going to take place," a source told the Star.
"Up to 12 civilians were going to be murdered -- eight men and four women.
"The executioner gave some sort of rambling speech . . . then when he finished, the SAS sniper opened fire," the source said.
The captives were then rescued by British and US special forces.
The rescue comes just months after another SAS sniper killed two ISIS car bombers as they drove toward Libya. The sniper’s bullet went through the driver’s skull and into the passenger’s neck, taking both out. Musta used a Barett for that as well seeing as no other sniper's rifle could go through that much bone.
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I'm very confused. The NY Post article gorb had so much fun with reports a hostage rescue in Raqqa, Syria, and is dated September 11, 2016. The original UK Daily Star article it references and links to reports an attack on an ISIS compound in Ramadi, Iraq, and is dated January 3, 2016. Both were long distance SAS sniper shots...
[RUDAW.NET] The Kurdish forces in northern Syria accept the ceasefire negotiated by the US and Russia and view it as a "positive step," their command confirmed in a statement on Monday.
"We are optimistic with this deal we will be able to cooperate in the fight against the terror of ISIS (ISIS), also hoping it will prepare the base for political transition to start according to the Security Council resolution 2254," reads a statement published by the General Command of the People’s Defense Units (YPG), also known as the People’s Protection Units.
They called on all parties involved in the conflict to join the ceasefire and take steps towards a political transition to end the conflict.
"As the People’s Defense Units, we shall endure and strengthen our struggle against terrorist groups, to help bring an end to the continued suffering of all Syrians, to protect the people of areas that have been freed and those that will be liberated. We believe protecting civilians will establish peace in the region and end The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s occupation of Syrian soil."
A ceasefire negotiated by Russia and the US comes into effect on Monday. It has been welcomed by Damascus, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) of a coalition of Syrian opposition groups, Turkey, and the UN.
Many, however, have expressed doubt that the agreement will hold, citing violations of previous truces.
Bassma Kodmani, an HNC spokesperson, expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... that the Syrian army would comply with the truce, saying that Russia’s influence over Damascus "was the only way to get the regime to comply."
Rebel groups have accused Damascus of violating previous ceasefires.
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[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... has officially rejected a nationalwide ceasefire proposal pushed by the United States and Russia.
Ahrar al-Sham is one of the largest Syrian krazed killer groups. Despite the radical views, the group is often called the "moderate opposition" by the Western Media and is supported by the United States.
On September 12, Deputy Leader of Ahrar al-Sham ’Abo Ammar al-Omar’ publicly rejected the ceasefire proposal in the Eid message. According to al-Omar, the problem is that the ceasefire will exclude from the agrreemennt some Syrian "opposition" groups... for example the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly Jabhat Al-Nusra) terrorist group and other Al Qaeda affilates in Syria.
The proposed ceasefire is set to be started today at 16:45 local time. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... there are serious doubts that it will be de-facto implemented on the ground.
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Is this the group of moderates we are backing that is fighting another group of moderates we are backing, or is it the other way around?
[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] The nationwide ceasefire in Syria concluded by Russia and the United States [SF editor: If there is no war between Russia and the United States in Syria, why are they main sides of the deal?] began at 16:00 GMT.
Chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy:
"In line with the [Russia-US] agreements, the ceasefire regime on the whole territory of the Syrian Arab Republic comes into force on Monday at 19:00 pm Moscow time [16:00 GMT]."RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES TO CONTINUE STRIKE TERRORIST TARGETS IN SYRIA DESPITE CEASEFIRE
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Moscow and Washington are setting up a joint center to designate terrorist targets in Syria and the Russian Aerospace Forces will continue to strike terrorist targets.
"The Russian Aerospace Forces will continue Arclight airstrikes against terrorist targets in Syria. The Russian and US sides create a joint center that will help coordinate strikes by Russian and US-led coalition’s aircraft to designate targets,"Rudskoy said.
Rudskoy said that the fight against Lions of Islam (ISIS, Jabhat Al-Nusra, etc) "will continue regardless of any changes of names."
The Syrian government has also agreed to support the ceasefire and halt military operations against the so-called "opposition."
The Russian Defense Ministry expects all US-backed myrmidon groups to abide by the ceasefire deal. It also called Turkish-backed myrmidon groups to halt military operations against the Kurdish YPG in northern Syria.
However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... the de-facto implication of the deal looks like significant problem. Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... , one of the biggest US-backed "moderate" groups, has already rejected the ceasefire. Its allies will likely follow the decision.
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There is no longer a sovereign state called Syria. That government has no real control any longer.
We need to decide how we would like the realignment to play out.
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g(r)omgoru || , don't forget the sliver in his rear while saving Cambodia as well. Is that the same as a back shot while running away? Believe me, he was, and still is, a REMF!
[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] Syrian aircraft strikes killed two commanders of the Fatah al-Sham (previously known as the al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) terrorist group: Abu Ayesha, originally from Egypt, and Abu Faruq Homsi, in the eastern province of Homs. The commanders bit the dust during the attack on terrorist positions in al-Rastan and al-Za’afaraneh in northern Homs.
In addition, commander of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA), Ahmad Nahlawi aka Abu al-Zahar, and a field commander of Ajnad al-GHoghaz, Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, were also killed in attacks of the Syrian Army in Hama province.
Terrorists were pushed back from the towns of Zowar al-Jadideh and Zowar al-Masaeq in northwestern Hama by Syrian troops. At the same time, Syrian aircraft targeted and hit terrorist centers in Taybat al-Imam, Kafr Zita and Maardes.
On September 8, control of the village of Kharaba al-Hajama in the southwestern parts of Taybat al-Imam, as well as of al-Mazraa heights, adjacent to Maardes town in northern Hama, was regained by the Syrian Army. Reportedly, tens of bad boyz were potted and their weapons and ammunition were destroyed.
According to unconfirmed reports, Batish region near Khattab town, as well as al-Abadah heights and al-Iskandariya ... named after Alexander the Great, today it's a mostly Sunni-inhabited slum ... village in the countryside of Marradas town were also liberated by Syrian troops.
Also on September 8, the Syrian Army launched a new offensive in the surrounding areas of the village of Howeisis and the Palmyra (Tadmur) silos in the eastern part of Homs province. As result, 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) forces of Evil suffered heavy losses. The attack killed and maimed scores of terrorists, including non-Syrian and imported muscle, in al-Bardeh and the Syriatel hilltop, as well as destroyed their military vehicles.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The jihadist rebels of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... and Harakat Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... launched a large-scale offensive in the northern Daraa countryside on Sunday, targeting the hilltops near key town of Deir al-'Adas.
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and their allies began the offensive by storming the large hilltop of Tal Qareen; this resulted in a series of intense firefights with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and National Defense Forces (NDF) that lasted for hours on Sunday and Monday.
Despite their best efforts, the jihadist rebels were unable to breach the first line of defense for the Syrian Armed Forces.
As a result of their offensive failures, the jihadist rebels were forced to retreat after a 48 hour long battle with the Syrian Armed Forces.
According to local field reportJihadist offensive in northern Daraa fails to yield any gains
s, the Syrian Armed Forces managed to kill two jihadist field commanders and 23 of their combatants during the short battle.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Loud kabooms were heard at the occupied Shebaa Farms region of Leb on Monday, Leb's National News Agency reported today.
According to local reports, the loud kabooms were believed to have come from the Golan Heights, where the jihadist rebels and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) are currently clashing.
The kabooms were heard as far south as the Lebanese city of Marjeyoun in the Nabatiyeh District.
The Lebanese Army is currently on high alert after mortar shells reported fell into the Shebaa Farms.
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If they were to go back to farming, things would probably be calmer.
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Probably just cattle flatulence.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Minutes after the commencement of the nationwide ceasefire, the Salafist tough guys launched a new offensive in the Golan Heights region of the al-Quneitra.
Led by Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... and Harakat Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... , the Salafist tough guys stormed the 4th Battalion Base (Tal Taranjeh) and Tuloul al-Hamr in the Golan Heights; this resulted in an intense confrontation with the Syrian Arab Army's 90th Brigade.
The Syrian Arab Army repelled the first large-scale offensive by the Salafist tough guys in the Golan Heights this past weekend; however, this attack is much larger than the previous one.
While no gains have been reported thus far, the Salafist tough guys have made it clear that they are disregarding the ceasefire agreement.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is on the march in Latakia after capturing a string of villages from Islamist insurgents in the northern countryside of the province. These advances not only serve to restore stability to Syria's western shore, but also provides government forces a much needed military path leading directly to the Jaish al-Fateh heartland in Idlib.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] A group of soldiers from Hezbollah and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) carried out a successful attack against an Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in the Jaroud Jarajeer region of the Qalamoun Mountains on Monday morning.
According to Hezbollah's media wing, their forces, alongside the Syrian Arab Army, destroyed a building filled with Islamic State Lions of Islam inside the Jaroud Jarajeer village of Ma'ber Abu Jadeej.
Hezbollah's media wing added that the attack resulted in the death of at least five Islamic State Lions of Islam on Monday morning.
The village of Ma'ber Abu Jadeej is under the control of the Islamic State; however, the Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah have recently increased their presence in this area to combat the terrorist groups traveling back-and-forth across the Lebanese-Syrian border.
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[USATODAY] The Syrian army announced Monday it began implementing a brokered cease-fire that remained clouded in doubt, with one rebel group not committing to the plan and Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... vowing to "retake every area from the terrorists."
Assad spoke after prayers marking the Moslem holiday Eid al-Adha in the battered city of Daraya, which the government recently retook from rebel forces, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported. The once-bustling city outside Damascus is now virtually abandoned, with rebel fighters allowed to retreat and civilians evacuated by the government.
"By coming to this area, (we) send a message that the Syrian state is determined to retake every area from the terrorists," Assad said, adding that his government is committed to "freedom that starts with restoring security and safety, goes through reconstruction and ends with the independent national decision."
Assad and his allies Russia and Iran have endorsed the cease-fire, which began at sundown in Damascus, or around noon ET.
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(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A local source in Nineveh province revealed that ISIS on Monday drowned eight civilians in central Mosul.
Sharing details with Iraqi News, the source informed, “Today, ISIS members executed eight civilians by drowning them after putting them inside a metal cage. The execution was carried out in central Mosul. The dead civilians were charged of collaborating with the Iraqi government and Peshmerga forces. The eight men were drowned in a local pool.”
“ISIS filmed the entire execution process after the civilians were sentenced to death by the Sharia Court in Nineveh Province,” the source added.
ISIS detains 60 in Mosul
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A security source in Nineveh province informed that ISIS is imposing strict procedures in Mosul, and deploying its members near the mosques of the city to check the national identities of people after the prayer of Eid al-Adha.
Captain Amir Watheq said, “ISIS deployed dozens of al-Hisba members, also known as the ‘Islamic Police’, in the streets and entrances of Mosul and prevented the residents from visiting the graves of their relatives on the first day of Eid al-Adha.”
“ISIS militants have also been deployed in front of graveyards’ gates and forced the residents to return to their houses. They also arrested nearly 60 civilians who refused to follow the ISIS instructions,” Watheq added.
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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
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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.
Seven PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes Monday in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari, the military said, AA reported. Three targets in Yuksekova district were destroyed between 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. local time (0930 and 1000GMT), the Turkish General Staff said in a statement.
A sharpshooter killed a top ISIS executioner and three other jihadists with a single bullet from nearly a mile away -- just seconds before the fiend was set to burn 12 hostages alive with a flamethrower, according to a new report.
Learned that word while watching war movies, eh? 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
