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Al-Qaeda battles it out with ISIS across Idlib province
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Afghanistan
9 ISIS Bad Guys now Pining for the Fjords in Nangarhar
Nine Daesh insurgents were killed in an Afghan Air Forces airstrike on Sunday which targeted militant hideouts in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province.

Weapons and vehicles belonging to Daesh were also destroyed during the air raid, the ministry of interior said in a statement on Monday.

In addition, Afghan National Police (ANP) on Sunday also foiled four IEDs attack plots in Nangarhar province.

The IEDs were placed by insurgents in Jalalabad City, Muhmand Dara and Bati Koot districts.

“Discoveries like this demonstrate the ever-increasing capability of the Afghan National Security Forces to protect the civilians from indiscriminate IED attacks,” the statement read.

The statement also called on members of the public to report suspicious activities and criminal acts by calling 119.
Posted by: badanov || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa Subsaharan
Suicide Bombers Kill 15 in Northeast Nigeria
[AnNahar] At least 15 people were killed on Monday when jacket wallahs attacked an aid distribution point in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
, in the latest suspected strike by 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...
bully boyz against civilians.

The blasts occurred in the Konduga area, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, both of which have been repeatedly targeted by the jihadist group.

On August 16, at least 28 people were killed and more than 80 injured when three exploding trollop female suicide bombers detonated their explosives outside a camp for displaced persons in Konduga.

A rescue worker said the first blast on Monday happened at 11:10 am (1010 GMT) in the village of Mashalari. "(It) killed 15 people and left 43 others injured," he told AFP.

"It happened during aid distribution by an NGO, when people had gathered to receive donations," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
"Twelve minutes later, another bomber struck, but luckily only she died."

The rescue worker said both bombers were women but did not specify which NGO was distributing aid.

Northeast Nigeria is in the grip of a humanitarian crisis caused by the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency, which has left at least 20,000 people dead and displaced more than 2.6 million since 2009.

The violence has devastated farming, leading to chronic food shortages and leaving hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of starvation and dependent on aid agencies for help.

Babakura Kolo, from the Civilian Joint Task Force, a militia assisting the military with security against Boko Haram, confirmed the rescue worker's account.

"We have dispatched out team to the scene," he said.

Nigeria's military and government maintains that Boko Haram is a spent force as a result of a sustained counter-insurgency campaign over the last two years.

But continued attacks, particularly in hard-to-reach rural areas of Borno, suggest claims of outright victory are premature.

This month, jihadists fired a rocket-propelled grenade into a camp for the internally displaced near the border with Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
, killing seven.

Amnesia Amnesty International says Boko Haram attacks since April have killed nearly 400 people in Nigeria and Cameroon -- double the figure of the previous five months.

The U.N. children's fund said last month that 83 children had been used as suicide bombers this year, four times as many as in all of 2016.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Yemeni army inflicts defeat on Soddys in al-Jawf
The Yemeni army and popular committees launched on Monday a massive attack against the posts of the Saudi-led mercenaries in several directorates in al-Jawf province, killing a large number of them, including commanders and destroying two of their vehicles.
Posted by: badanov || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
16yo girl raped by Afghan asylum-seekers in Germany
[RT] A 16-year-old girl was raped by two Afghan men near a refugee camp in Bavaria, according to German police. A third one was prevented from sexually abusing the girl by a passerby.

According to a police statement, the teenager had gathered with a large group of people outside a refugee center in the upper Bavaria municipality of Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, located south of Munich.

She later proceeded to walk to the train station without the larger group, but with three Afghan asylum-seekers, who initially were part of the group, the statement says, adding that it was “when the assault … took place.”

Two of the men, aged 27 and 17, raped the girl behind a hedge in front of an abandoned building. A third Afghan refugee, 18, also attempted to rape the girl but was prevented from doing this by a passerby, who arrived at the scene and prompted the three Afghans to flee, the statement says.

Following the incident, police launched a “large-scale manhunt” on the assaulters, involving a helicopter search, and managed to detain them not far from the crime scene.

While the 27- and 17-year-old suspected perpetrators remain in custody, the third one walked free after a judge ruled the man did not pose any further threat or intended to flee.

Although the three men are asylum-seekers, they do not live at the refugee center near the scene of the rape, according to the German Merkur magazine.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Let's see...the Mooselim penalty for stealing is to cut off the offending hand. I'm sure with a little thought we could come up with a suitable punishment for rape.
Posted by: Warthog || 09/19/2017 9:56 Comments || Top||

#2  So, she came to support them and got raped.

A third Afghan refugee, 18, also attempted to rape the girl but was prevented from doing this by a passerby, who arrived at the scene and prompted the three Afghans to flee

Wonder what kind of a passerby makes three Afghans flee?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/19/2017 10:22 Comments || Top||

#3  While the 27- and 17-year-old suspected perpetrators remain in custody, the third one walked free after a judge ruled the man did not pose any further threat or intended to flee.

Maybe the Judge should stand in for assisting a fugitive.
Posted by: Charles || 09/19/2017 11:26 Comments || Top||

#4  Wonder what kind of a passerby makes three Afghans flee?

Pretty much any.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/19/2017 16:24 Comments || Top||

#5  suitable punishment for rape

In muzz society, that punishment is called marriage.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/19/2017 16:31 Comments || Top||

#6  In muzz society, that punishment is called marriage. Posted by M. Murcek

That's borderline Mike, but I won't say what popped into my mind. My posts are sometimes audited in the kitchen.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/19/2017 16:34 Comments || Top||


Italian bus driver attacked by migrants
[RT] A bus driver in Italy has sustained numerous injuries after being beaten by a group of men in Parma to the cheers of a larger crowd of alleged immigrants. The attack, which could have been racially motivated, was filmed on camera.

Two videos have emerged from the scene. The first shows around a dozen of people of color, allegedly foreign migrants, shouting and yelling at a bus driver, as a fellow Tep bus company employee, tries to calm down the infuriated crowd.

Following repeated insults, as the second video shot by a passenger on the bus shows, a young black man getting onto the bus, striking the bus driver to the ground. At least three men helped instigate the assault.

The driver was saved by a policeman who rushed to the scene. The victim suffered several bruises and a cut to his nose. According to local media, the veteran Tep bus driver of 31 years was admitted to a hospital with various injuries.

It is not yet clear what prompted Tuesday's incident or whether or not the assailants were migrants who have come to Italy from Africa. While Italian police and Tep conduct their own separate investigations, two different versions of the events have emerged, Italian media reported.

According to the driver, who has not been identified, he was attacked for no particular reason. He says that the rowdy crowd was waiting for him Tuesday following an earlier incident Monday.

“My colleagues told me to be attentive to the presence of a group of foreigners on the square [at the bus depot in Parma],” the driver told Parma Repubblica. “I tried to drive away but they started to yell, kick and throw [themselves] at the bus. Fortunately, I did not have any passengers and I could pull away.”

After the incident Monday, the driver alleges that he reported the attempted assault to his superiors at Tep. He asked for law enforcement to be sent to the same spot the next day, should their be a repeat of the incident.

When he arrived Tuesday, the driver said, “they were waiting for me, they kicked and kicked the bus.”

“By the force of their blows, they managed to get in. There were three of them. One climbed in from the rear doors that opened after activating the valves, and another pulled me out of the driver seat, while the third guy came and hit me to the ground.”

“They hurt, beat and threaten my family,” the victim recalled. “They threatened my family, saying sentences like 'we know who you are and where you stay.”

“I have an eight-year-old baby, I was scared,” the driver said without revealing a possible motive for the attack.

According to one of the young men present during the incident, the crowd was angry at the driver, because a day earlier, on Monday, he did not stop to pick up the colored passengers.

The witness further claimed the bus driver deliberately attempted to run over one of them because he was allegedly bothered by their presence – a gesture the group saw as a provocation.

The man revealed that the bus came to the station and did not slow down even though one of the guys stood in the middle of the road.

“He saw him and accelerated, he was about to run him over but we pulled him away,” the witness explained to a local reporter. “Then the driver laughed. The young men ran over to him and the driver started to laugh.”

“He wanted to kill someone, he was the first to be a racist. We didn't start it. We don't have anything against anyone. We have a group made of Italians and Senegalese. We're always united. We have to stop this attitude, otherwise it will just increase. Everyone is a racist,” the witness added.

Tep and a local bus union have condemned the attack. Italian anti-immigrant parties – Brothers of Italy, Forza Italia, Lega Nord – have raised concern about the dangers stemming from the migrant community.

Mayor Federico Pizzarotti also condemned the attack on the driver, calling the assault “intolerable and unprecedented, unacceptable in a civil town like Parma.” He also promised to increase the number of surveillance systems on city buses.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


India-Pakistan
1 dead, 12 injured in blast at Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan's Chaman area
[DAWN] A child has died and at least 12 other people were maimed after a suspected suicide kaboom attempted to target a paramilitary vehicle near the Chaman border crossing 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...
, officials told DawnNews.

The injured had been taken to Civil Hospital Chaman for treatment, with three of them at death's door, District Police Officer Abdul Hayee Baloch and administration official Qaiser Khan Nasir said.

A 12-year-old boy injured in the blast departed this vale of tears at CHC, hospital sources said.

Nasir said a jacket wallah targeted the paramilitary patrol but their vehicle sped away and it was passers-by who were struck by the kaboom.

A senior administration official speaking to DawnNews added that body parts of a suspected suicide attacker were collected by law enforcement agencies during an initial sweep of the area following the blast.

Security has been tightened in and around the border in the aftermath of the kaboom. Besides Levies, Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations....
personnel have also reached the spot and cordoned off the area to probe the incident.

Majlis-e-Abrar, a breakaway faction of the Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Pakistain, grabbed credit for the attack. The group has claimed several such attacks earlier.

In the recent past, bandidos bully boyz have carried out low-intensity bombings in Chaman, targeting cop shoppes and other national installations.

Chaman is considered a sensitive town in Balochistan as it shares a border with Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province.

Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Iraq
ISIS Kop dies in airstrike in Salahuddin
Shirqat (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi warplanes bombarded Islamic State locations in Salahuddin province on Monday, killing a senior Islamic State security official, according to military media.

The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said Rachid al-Mulla, head of the Islamic State’s security division in the eastern side of Salahuddin’s town of Shirqat, died when military jets bombarded his DhSk gun-supplied truck in Sedeira village.
Posted by: badanov || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Anbar Antix


ISIS executioner smoked near Qaim

Qaim (IraqiNews.com) War on ISIS Update: A senior Islamic State security commander was killed on Monday when warplanes pounded group locations in western Anbar, a security source was quoted saying.

Fighter jets from the United States-led coalition killed Hussein Ahmed al-Abdullah, aka Abu Hamza al-Ansari, a Syrian, an an air raid on the town of Qaim, west of Anbar and near the borders with Syria.

According to the source, quoted speaking in a statement reported by SNG website, al-Ansari was an outstanding security commander within IS, and had been involved in the execution and detention of civilians and security members in Waim, Rutba and the Syrian Boukamal city.

War on ISIS Update
Islamic State has lost tens of thousands of local and foreign members in Iraqi, U.S.-backed campaigns since 2016.

Islamic State militants have held the towns of Annah, Rawa and Qaim, on Anbar’s western borders with Syria, since 2014, holding thousands of civilians there. Security reinforcements have reportedly been sent recently near those towns preparing for an attack against the group.

While the Iraqi government said late August that its next target of anti-IS military action was Kirkuk’s Hawija, some officials were quoted saying that parallel operations in western Anbar could also be carried out.

US artillery hits ISIS positions in western Anbar

Annah (IraqiNews.com) Iraq News Today: United States artillery forces bombarded Islamic State militants locations in western Anbar on Monday as military mobilizations signal an imminent offensive targeting the region.

A security source told Alghad Press that U.S. artillery pounded IS locations in Annah, Rawa and Raihaneh, adding that Iraqi security forces were moving towards the latter to recapture it.

“U.S artillery forces are currently stationed near the resistance line in al-Sakra to back up military troops in the liberation of western regions,” the source told the website.

The United States has been leading an international military coalition that backed Iraqi forces in its campaign to recapture Islamic State-held areas since 2014.

Iraq News
On Saturday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued a statement congratulating the nation for the recapture of Akashat region, west of Anbar, in a “snap operation” which he said left hundreds of militants dead.
Posted by: badanov || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin


Kop dies in bombing attack in Husseiniyat al-Rashidiya

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad Iraq: A police member died and two army soldiers were wounded on Monday in two bomb blasts in eastern and southern Baghdad, local police sources were quoted saying.

Baghdad Today quoted a security source saying that a Federal Police member was killed when an ID fitted beneath a taxi exploded in Husseiniyat al-Rashidiya, east of the capital.

IkhNews website quoted the source saying that an army patrol was passing in Muhaisen region, south of Baghdad, before a roadside bomb went off, leaving two soldiers wounded.

Security forces launched a search for perpetrators in nearby areas, according to the source. The area was cordoned off and the casualties were carried to hospital.

Baghdad Iraq
The Iraqi capital has seen almost daily bombings and armed attacks against security members, paramilitary troops and civilians since the Iraqi government launched a wide-scale campaign to retake Islamic State-occupied areas in 2016. While most of of the explosions and attacks went without a claim of responsibility, Islamic State has claimed several incidents.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Three Palestinian youngsters indicted for throwing incendiaries, rocks at Rachel's Tomb
[Ynet] Three young Paleostinians, aged 15-16, were indicted at the Ofer military tribunal for throwing charges, Molotov cocktails and stones at security forces operating in the Rachel's Tomb complex.

They were jugged
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
following a covert investigation by the police and border police. The three were remanded into custody until the trial's conclusion.
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#1  jail em, then send them to Gazoo
Posted by: Frank G || 09/19/2017 19:53 Comments || Top||


Sri Lanka
Syrian, Russian forces stop ISIS counteroffensive in south Deir Ezzor dead in its tracks
[ALMASDARNEWS] Remarkable footage has emerged from southeastern Syria depicting an entire ISIS fighting force wiped out by a coordinated effort by the Russian Air Force and Syrian Arab Army (SAA).

The video showed numerous burned out ISIS vehicles in the desert directly east of government-held Humimah where jihadists continue to launch hit-and-run attacks in a bid to prevent the SAA from reaching the Euphrates River in southern Deir Ezzor.

A second video has also emerged of the same failed jihadist offensive, this time depicting Go-Pro footage of an ISIS bad boy being blown to smithereens by a SAA tank.

In the coming weeks, the SAA’s so-called ’Big Dawn’ offensive is expected to unfold with the ultimate aim of retaking Deir Ezzor province, thus spelling an irreversible defeat for the self-declared caliphate and its leader, His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us...
.
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian regulars attack Ayn Tarma in Rif Dimashq
Rif Dimashq (Syrian News) The Syrian army forces, backed up by the 4th brigade, launched an extensive assault on the outskirts of Ayn Tarma, in Rif Dimashq Province, in a new violation for the de-escalation agreement.

Qaisoun News reported that the army forces launched artillery and missiles shelling on an area located between Jobar neighborhood and Ayn Tarma, then clashes broke out between the regime forces and Syrian rebels in the area.

Moreover, dozens of artillery missiles and ballistic missiles hit the residential neighborhoods in the city, but no casualties were reported.

It is noteworthy that the Syrian regime tried to isolate Jobar neighborhood form the villages and towns of Eastern Ghouta area.
Posted by: badanov || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Al-Qaeda battles it out with ISIS across Idlib province
[ALMASDARNEWS] With its popularity reaching an all-time low, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (Syrian al-Qaeda branch) is changing its strategy to win hearts and minds in Idlib, considered opposition heartland.

In a brand new propaganda video, HTS initially complained about the corruption of rival factions on the Syrian battlefield, then proceeded to emphasize its role in cracking down on alleged ISIS sleeper cells in the province.

The footage features raids on ISIS hideouts in Idlib city and the town of Sarmin. Some of the material is graphic; viewer discretion is therefore advised:

According to HTS’ media wing, al-Qaeda’s security forces have raided 64 ISIS bases and tossed in the clink
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
170 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....
members in 2017.

Once close allies, the two rival jihadist factions have been at odds since early 2014 when ISIS broke off ties to al-Qaeda only to declare their own caliphate barely half a year later.

Some 300 ISIS sleeper cells are said to have escaped Idlib through the Ottoman Turkish border in recent months.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his leg. Son of a Breech! he exclaimed with feeling......
rumours of a looming invasion by the Ottoman Turkish Army remain persistent and ongoing. The goal of such an Ankara-led offensive would be to depose HTS which has consolidated its power over the summer.
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Syrian Army crosses Euphrates River into ISIS-held eastern Deir Ezzor
[ALMASDARNEWS] For the first time in over five years, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has landed on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Deir Ezzor after completely decimating ISIS forces over the past few months.

Exploring a weak point in the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s defensive line on Monday, the SAA used modified Russian-manufactured vehicles to establish a beachhead southeast of the city.

Subsequently, elite SAA assault units reportedly overran the villages of Marrat and Mazlum where engineers are working on entrenching positions to deter a looming ISIS counter-offensive from driving government forces back into the sea.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible...
fierce festivities continue on the contested Sakr Island while jihadist bandidos bad boys suddenly face being trapped inside ISIS-held suburbs of the scenic provincial capital.

Long term, Suheil al-Hassan and Issam Zahreddine ‐ the two leading SAA commanders in Deir Ezzor ‐ hope to strike further eastwards and retake the border with Iraq.

This military endavour would also cutoff the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from land-grabbing further ISIS territory in the governorate.

More from Iraqi News
Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Syrian army forces and allied militias managed, on Monday, to besiege the Islamic State-held neighborhoods in the city of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported.

The Syrian army forces recaptured some strategic areas including, Kharita, Hajif and areas located south of the Euphrates River and in western Deir Ezzor, while also seized Mariya Village that is located near Deir Ezzor Airbase.

Meanwhile, the recently recaptured areas by the Syrian Democratic Forces militia (SDF), north of the Euphrates River, allows the regime forces to prevent the Islamic State militants from crossing the river and reaching their areas, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

It is noteworthy that the Islamic State-held areas, located in eastern Raqqa and the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, are besieged by the army and SDF militia.

Yet more from Iraqi News:
ISIS claims Syrian Army helicopter shot down

Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Local sources informed that the self-proclaimed Islamic State militants shot down, on Monday, a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime, in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported.

The sources revealed that the Islamic State shot down a Syrian regime helicopter in the town of Shamitia, near the Euphrates bank, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

Meanwhile, Syrian forces managed to cross the Euphrates River and reach the eastern bank, backed by a Russian aerial cover, while captured several military locations in the villages of Marat, Khasham and Mazlum, north of the Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

And no report on Deir Ezzor would be complete without al-Manar spewage:
Syrian Army Continues Advancing in Deir Ezzor

The Syrian Army units, in cooperation with the allied forces, continued to advance on all fighting axes against ISIL terrorist organization and established control over new points on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor city and its countryside.

SANA reporter in Deir Ezzor said that after the army units established control over al-Jafra village, they continued to advance and chase the remaining ISIL terrorists who fled towards Huweijet Saqr and established control over a number of points on the southeastern outskirts of the city and in the southeastern countryside on Deir Ezzor-al-Mayadin road after carrying out accurate operations, in which a number of terrorists were killed or injured, in addition to the destruction of their weapons and ammunitions.

In the western countryside, the reporter said that army units advanced to the direction of Ayn al-Bo-Jimaa and al-Kharita after they restored new points amid the withdrawal of terrorists Takfiri organization towards the remaining terrorist groups in specific locations in the desert.

The reporter said that the military operations resulted in the death of a number of terrorists, including Mohammad Aziz al-Hanto, Omar Jamil al-Alloum, Abdul-Hadi al-Alloum from al-Shaqra village.

Meanwhile, a group of locals ambushed a car belonging to ISIL near the railway in the vicinity of the city of al-Bukamal in the far eastern countryside of the province, destroying it and leaving all the five terrorists on board dead.

A military source said that the first two cargo planes landed at Deir Ezzor Airport carrying large quantities of needed materials to supply army forces operating in Deir Ezzor after the surroundings of the airport have been fully secured.
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Huge ISIS arsenal in central Syria captured by Syrian Army
[ALMASDARNEWS] Huge quantities of weapons, ammunition as well as equipment previously used by the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
have been captured by the Syrian Army in central Syria.

The seized arsenal was exposed in the town of Aqirbat of eastern Hama countryside while the government forces were mopping up the area.

Once a major stronghold for the terror group in central Syria, Aqirbat had fallen to the Syrian Army after fierce battles with the jihadi hard boys.

The arsenal included ammunition, sophisticated warheads, IED workshop, vehicles and tanks. Most of the shown vehicles have been destroyed by Arclight airstrikes that propelled the ground invasion.

Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Halting ‘tank bombs’ and tunnels, Russia touts helping Syria stop IS
[IsraelTimes] As the jihadist 'caliphate' continues to crumble, Moscow is eager to take credit for the regime's recent advances against the terror group.

As the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group seems to crumble across Syria, a top Russian commander points to a pulverized tank once used by the jihadists as proof of his country’s essential role in their demise.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Marketing?
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Terror Networks
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition


ISIS executes 4 in Anbar

Annah (IraqiNews.com) ISIS news update today: Islamic State militants have executed four senior leaders for fleeing the group’s stronghold in western Anbar, a paramilitary leader said Monday as military offensives targeting the region loom.

Qatari al-Obaidi, a senior mobilization leader in al-Baghdadi region, told Alsumaria News that Islamic State executioners shot dead four senior leaders at the Syrian city of al-Boukamal, on the borders with Anbar, after they had fled Annah.

Islamic State has executed several members since Iraqi forces launched in 2016 a wide-scale operation to retake areas held by the group since 2014. Members were commonly executed for slack battlefield performance, treason and attempting to flee the group’s strongholds.
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