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Several injured after device explodes at New York City’s Port Authority, one arrest
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Afghanistan
Tajikistan nationals among 31 killed in Afghan Special Forces night raid
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least thirty one holy warriors including foreign nationals hailing from Tajikistan were killed during the operations of the Afghan Special Forces in northern Kunduz province.

The 209th Shaheen Corps officials in the North said the operations were conducted on Friday night in the vicinity of Imam Sahib district.

The officials further added that two foreigners hailing from Tajikistan and four commanders of the bandidos holy warriors were among those killed and at least seventeen others were maimed.

According to Shaheen Corps officials, the bandidos holy warriors leaders killed during the operation have been identified as Mawlavi Musa, Qari Amir Mazhari, Mawlavi Mansoor, and Mullah Abdul Hakim.

The operations were conducted in Qerghiz, Joi Begum, Pul-e-Imamuddin, and Yakhan Chan villages, the Shaheen Corps officials said, adding several weapons and ammunition were also confiscated during the operations.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: East Turkestan Islamic Movement


Taliban militants blown up by own explosives in Laghman
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least two Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
forces of Evil were killed while planting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in eastern Laghman
...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a reputionagreat wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.
province of Afghanistan.

According to the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan army in the East, the incident took place on Friday in the vicinity of Alingar district.

The officials further added that the bully boyz were busy planting IEDs when the incident took place, leaving two bully boyz dead.

The Silab Corps officials are saying that no one else was killed or maimed in the incident apart from the two bully boys.

The anti-government armed krazed killer groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  According to Hadith Crawford(1), in an instance like this where you really screw up, you still get the house, but you don't get the river of wine, and the Persian girls are switched out of Arabs. Otherwise everything is just fine.

_____________________
(1) Crawford, Broderick, "Airport From Hell," (p.16). Written on cardboard, 1954.

Posted by: Fairbanks || 12/11/2017 2:37 Comments || Top||

#2  I love a happy ending. :-D
Posted by: Barbara || 12/11/2017 16:03 Comments || Top||


Taliban reacts as Afghan forces bust major treatment facility of the group
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group reacted as the Afghan officials in Wardak province claims that a major treatment facility of the group was busted by the Afghan cops in this province.

The Taliban group front man Zabiullah Mujahid issued a statement and called the claims by Wardak officials a propaganda.

Mujahid further added that the clinic was approved by the International Committee of the Red Thingy and was providing healthcare services to the local residents.

He also added that no Taliban murderous Moslem has been killed or maimed or detained by the security forces during the operation and the government has no evidence to confirm Taliban’s links with the clinic.

The local government and security officials in central Maidan Wardak province on Friday put on display the equipments seized from a medical facility belonging to the Taliban murderous Moslems.

According to the local officials, the treatment facility was discovered an operation in Syedabad district on Thursday.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  "...The Pashtun equivalent of men..." Hoot Fred, thank you for my great morning coffee giggle. Very funny but to true.

In March of 1988 or 89.

Reminds me of a conversation I had with a tribal leader's son (do not remember his name) over what he thought of Chinese Blue Pipe missiles versus Stingers. In his opinion having used both on the Russian aircraft, he said they were about equal.

We had a rather pleasant tea and snacks gathering in candlelight, typical in the evening's rolling nighttime rolling power blackouts. In Lahore or Islamabad? I forget what city we were in.

Guests include two Church of England young priests. I have the photos of the evening here, should find and upload as the Burger's might enjoy them.

Anyways the topic of the Taliban came up. The son's opinion of the Talibunnies was right to the point. He said with the turbans they were thought of as and I quote, "cowboys." Basically annoying useful outsiders helping fight the Russians. His placid expression spoke quiet volumes as to his dislike. The young man was matter of fact as to his hope they would leave.

Traveling further north to Mayden, I ended up viewing the Tuban boys in a different way. Talipups always had an expression of intense intense serious dislike for all.

On a humorous sidenote. The English boys were happy to explain the best place to get liquored up was at the Russian embassy or wherever they were holed up.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/11/2017 8:04 Comments || Top||

#2  Fascinating, Woodrow. With regard to the photos, please remember this is an open site. So only if that is not an issue — it’s not something I know how to judge, I’m afraid.

But what on earth were young C of E priests doing there? I hadn’t thought that lot were much in the proselytizing business...
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 11:08 Comments || Top||

#3  TW I honestly don't know what the priests were doing there. Years later I am still in a quandary.

As to the photo of the leader's son, thought about that. I'm not going to post his photo without hiding his face, if I do. Thanks!
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/11/2017 13:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Always welcome, my dear.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 14:22 Comments || Top||


Taliban execute two civilians over unknown charges in Nangarhar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
turbans have executed two civilians over unknown charges 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..
provice of Afghanistan, the local officials said Sunday.

The incident took place late on Saturday night in the vicinity of Shirzad district of Nangarhar.

The provincial government media office in a statement confirmed the incident and said the two civilians were martyred by the Taliban murderous Moslems.

The statement further added that the dear departed individuals had no links with the government institutions.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Taliban equivalent of the Mueller witch hunt.
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/11/2017 9:07 Comments || Top||


US military pound Taliban narcotics labs with M142 artillery system
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The US military in Afghanistan has released fresh videos which purportedly shows the deadly strikes on Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
narcotics labs in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province of Afghanistan using the M142 artillery system.

"A M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) conducts a strike on a Taliban narcotics production facility in Helmand province on December 8, 2017," the US Force in Afghanistan said.

According to a statement by USFOR-a "The artillery strike, part of an ongoing campaign by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A), resulted in the destruction of nearly $1 million in direct Taliban revenues."

The US military says HIMARS is yet another U.S. capability being utilized to apply pressure on the Taliban, cutting off their economic lifelines and degrading their ability to continue operations.

The US military had earlier said "Carrier-based U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets conduct a strike on multiple Taliban narcotics production facilities in Helmand province on December 7, 2017, as part of an ongoing campaign by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) to cut off the Taliban’s economic lifelines and degrade their ability to continue operations."

This comes as the commander of the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants...
-led Resolute Support Mission and the US forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Nicholson said last month that the attacks on Taliban financial engine will continue as heavy losses have been inflicted on the group and its associated in recent raids.

"In just over three days’ worth of operations, the Afghan 215th Corps, their special forces commandos, their air force, in close cooperation with U.S. forces, removed between $7 million and $10 million of revenue from the Taliban’s pocketbook," Gen. Nicholson said.

He also added "And the overall cost to the drug trafficking organizations approached $48 million. So these strikes were just the first step in attacking the Taliban’s financial engine, and they will continue."
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Why weren't we doing this from day 1?
Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 || 12/11/2017 6:38 Comments || Top||

#2  ...cause a man like Trump wasn't in the WH?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/11/2017 7:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Why weren't we doing this from day 1?

Follow the money.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/11/2017 10:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Follow the money.

It's Gresham's law as applied to drugs. As fentanyl surges, the market for naturally occurring opium products is drying up. So now the same people who protected the racket *cough CIA cough* can burnish their credentials by stepping out of the way.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/11/2017 11:23 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Three Somali troops defect to Al-Shabaab in rural Galguduud
[ALMASDARNEWS] Amid an ongoing jihadist insurgency in central Somalia, al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
announced that three soldiers of the Somali Armed Forces had turned themselves in on Friday in the Galguduud Governorate.

After switching sides, the defected soldiers announced they were ready fight alongside the al-Qaeda affiliated group against their formed comrades in the Somali Army.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact...
a fresh offensive was launched by al-Shabaab in the Qasahdhere District, located in the southern part of Bay Province, were heavy festivities were reported to take place across multiple locations on Sunday morning.

In related news, ISIS’ branch in Somalia announced it had assassinated an intelligence operative in the Afgooye area of Lower Shebelle Province on December 8.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Arabia
Yemeni army seizes Hays district in Hodeidah with coalition backing
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemeni armed forces arrived at their third district in Hodeidah west of 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...
amidst a notable and strategic advancement for the third day in a row.

This progression is heavily backed by Arab-led coalition fighters led by 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...
, in the midst of a rapid fallback of the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
militia.

The official Yemeni news agency confirmed that the Yemeni army was able to regain control of the Hays, al-Khokha triangle on Saturday evening, and began to enter the directorate of al-Tahita, the third district of Hodeidah.

The news agency quoted army sources saying that the national army has seized the district of Hays which is only 10 kilometers away from al-Khoukha. The sources also confirmed regaining control of farms and roads in northers Hays.

According to sources, the army has also entered the coastal directorate of al-Tahita and reached the al-Fazah farms in rural Zabid.

Houthi militias are quickly disintegrating on the west coast amidst battles with the Yemeni army and the Arab-led coalition to liberate Hodeidah.

According to civilian sources, there are large breakdowns in the Houthi frontlines. Tens are dead or injured while others have run away.

The Houthis have been in control of Hodeidah for the past three years following their coup, and have used its long coast lines to smuggle weapons coming in from Iran.

Its ports are also an important source of economic support for the militia to continue its war against the Yemenis. They also use them to steal relief attempts and to threaten international navigation.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Iranian missile expert killed in coalition raid in Sanaa
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An Al Arabiya news hound confirmed the death of Iranian missile expert, Hussein Khasrawy, during an air raid by coalition forces on Saturday in the district of Arhab in Sanaa.

Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout the long-awaited message arrived. They quickly got to work with their decoder rings...
Yemeni armed forces arrived at their third district in Hodeidah west of 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...
amidst a notable and strategic advancement for the third day in a row.

This progression is heavily backed by Arab-led coalition fighters led by 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...
, in the midst of a rapid fallback of the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
militia.

The official Yemeni news agency confirmed that the Yemeni army was able to regain control of the Hays, al-Khokha triangle on Saturday evening, and began to enter the directorate of al-Tahita, the third district of Hodeidah.

The news agency quoted army sources saying that the national army has seized the district of Hays which is only 10 kilometers away from al-Khoukha. The sources also confirmed regaining control of farms and roads in northers Hays.

According to sources, the army has also entered the coastal directorate of al-Tahita and reached the al-Fazah farms in rural Zabid.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  Should have been an expert at preventing blood loss instead!
Posted by: Gleatch Ulese7439 || 12/11/2017 18:16 Comments || Top||


Saudi airstrikes on training base kill 26 people in Yemen’s Hajjah province
[PRESSTV] At least 26 Yemenis have bit the dust after warplanes belong to the Saudi-led military coalition hit a training camp in the northwestern province of Hajjah.

Security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, said on Sunday that the camp was allegedly run by fighters of the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
Ansarullah movement, which is in the forefront of fighting against the invading Saudi war machine during the past nearly three years.

On Wednesday, Saudi fighter jets also killed a woman and a girl and maimed 10 others after they hit the Mabyan district of the province with a number of Arclight airstrikes. A few hours earlier in the day, Saudi warplanes also killed 26 people after they targeted at a hotel and an adjoining market in the northern province of Sa’ada.

Moreover, at least 23 Yemenis were killed on Friday in Saudi aerial attacks against Sha’ban district and Bani Ma’adh district in Sa’ada.

The developments came after Yemen’s ex-President former 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...
was killed on Monday while attempting to escape the capital Sana’a to Ma’arab Province. This came shortly after he broke ranks with Houthis in favor of the Saudi-led coalition.

On November 6, 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...
announced that it was shutting down Yemen’s air, sea, and land borders, after Yemeni fighters targeted an international airport near the Saudi capital with a cruise missile in retaliation for Saudi’s devastating aerial bombardment campaign against Yemen.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
“No place for anti-semitism,” they said
And they really mean it.
Swedish PM condemns attempted arson attack at synagogue as three arrested

[Ynet] Three people were incarcerated
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
early on Sunday after an attempted arson attack at a synagogue in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, prosecutors said.

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in a statement he was outraged by the attack.

"There is no place for anti-Semitism in Swedish society," he said in the statement,
Seriously? Someone is completely unaware of reality.
which also referred to a demonstration in the city of Malmo on Friday, at which Lofven said participants had incited violence against Jews.

There were no reports of injuries and the fire did not reach the synagogue or an adjacent meeting house where Jewish youths had gathered when the attack took place late on Saturday, Swedish media reported.

No place for anti-Semitism in Germany, minister says after Israeli flags burned

[Ynet] German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said there was no place for anti-Semitism in Germany after demonstrators angered by US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel burned Israeli flags in Berlin.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the US embassy in the German capital for "Day of Rage" protests on Friday. Police later said on Twitter that they had detained 10 people during the protest and 12 criminal charges had been brought‐including for burning Israeli flags.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And they really mean it.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/11/2017 1:06 Comments || Top||

#2  "And when we say there is absolutely no cannibalism in the British Army, we mean there is not very much."

Original reports I saw said it was 20 men with firebombs, hardly your run of the mill arson case. The Swedes will have to come down hard if they have any hope of getting in front of this. My money says they won't, because MULTICULTURALISM!!11!!! and the general human tendency to keep doing what you were doing only more so. It's a social version of the sunk-cost fallacy.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/11/2017 9:48 Comments || Top||

#3  My take as well, SteveS.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 19:07 Comments || Top||

#4  ...and then there was the other Euro sport held on Saint Bartholomew's day.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/11/2017 21:28 Comments || Top||


Great White North
Somali man found guilty in kidnapping of Canadian journalist
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Somali national has been convicted in an Ontario court for his role in the 2008 kidnapping of Canadian Amanda Lindhout, who was held captive in Somalia for 460 days and released only after her family paid a ransom, Canadian media reported on Wednesday.

Ali Omar Ader, 40, was found guilty of one charge of hostage-taking for his role as negotiator for the kidnappers, in a decision handed down on Wednesday in Ontario Superior Court in Ottawa.

Lindhout, a freelance journalist, was taken hostage in Somalia on Aug. 23, 2008, along with Australian photographer Nigel Brennan, while working on a story. They were released for ransom in November 2009.

Ader was lured to Canada from Somalia in 2015 and placed in durance vile
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
in Ottawa as part of a sting operation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in which an officer posed as a publisher interested in a book Ader was writing on Somalia, according to court documents.
The kidnappers were affiliated with Hizbul Islam, according our archives. Hizbul Islam (Party of Islam) appeared on our radar in 2009 as the Al Qaeda-linked merger of four Islamist factions including Eritrea-based ICU and Kismayo-based Ras Kamboni. They fought Al Shabaab tooth and nail until giving up and merging at the end of 2010.

This article starring:
Amanda Lindhout
Hizbul Islam
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Home Front: WoT
Several injured after device explodes at New York City’s Port Authority, one arrest
[NYPost] Several people were injured Monday morning when a device exploded at the Port Authority bus terminal on 42nd Street, according to law enforcement sources.

One person is in custody after his device partially detonated inside a tunnel, sources told The Post.

Police and firefighters have responded to the scene, where the bomb squad also has been deployed.

The NYC Office of Emergency Management said commuters should expect delays.

There was no immediate word on what prompted the response between Eighth and Ninth avenues.

This a developing story.
The NY Post story was last updated at 7:44 a.m. ET.
The Daily Mail has more, as of 8:13 a.m. ET:
An explosion was felt around 6:30am Monday morning in a Subway station near the Port Authority bus terminal in Midtown Manhattan - just a block from Times Square.

The FDNY said they located a device near the passageway between the A and 1 trains, and that it's possible this was a terror attack.

One man has been taken into custody, who was carrying a device on him.

CNN reports that it appears that the subway station was not the intended target, and that the pipe bomb the suspect was carrying went off prematurely, injuring him in the process. The suspect's identity has not been released.
And from The Telegraph:
In a statement on Twitter the New York Police Department added that three metro lines are being evacuated.
Updates at 8:35 a.m. ET:
The Telegraph:
1:29pm
Bomb found on subway platform
The bomb was reportedly found on a train platform, which suggests it was intended to be detonated in a train carriage.

1:27pm
'Isil-inspired attack' - Bill Bratton
Former NY police commissioner Bill Bratton has claimed the attack was inspired by Isil
From the Daily Mail:
The bus terminal is a major transit hub for people commuting into the city by bus from New Jersey, and is located just a block from Times Square.

CNN reports that it appears the Subway was not the intended target of the pipe bomb, and that it may have went off prematurely.

So far, the only reports of injuries are to the suspect himself. His identity has not been released.
More updates at 8:40— the British papers are dropping them in every few minutes:
Telegraph:
1:32pm
Just one person has been injured in addition to the suspected bomber, CNN reported. The bomb went off prematurely and had been intended to cause far greater damage.
Daily Mail:
Police have taken one man into custody, who had an explosive device on him. He was injured when the bomb malfunctioned, but is alive and in stable condition, according to the FDNY.

CNN learned that the device was homemade and could have caused catastrophic damage if it went off as intended.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted Monday morning that the president had been briefed on the situation.
Update at 8:45 a.m. from the NY Post:
A would-be suicide bomber set off a device at the Port Authority bus terminal subway station Monday morning, law enforcement sources said.

The suspected bomber – who had wires attached to him – was armed with a pipe bomb and a battery pack, sources said.

He was taken into custody after the device partially detonated inside the passageway to the N, Q and R trains, according to sources.

There was at least one injury and the wounded was the suspect. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital. His identity was not immediately known.

Mayor de Blasio has been briefed on the incident.
The Telegraph at 8:50 a.m.:
1:43pm
Male suspect had explosives 'strapped on' body
The male suspect had explosives strapped on when they exploded, law enforcement official told AP.
Update at 9:55 from the NY Post:
The man — a 27-year-old who lived in Brooklyn and is possibly of Bangladeshi origin — had wires attached to him and a 5-inch metal pipe bomb and battery pack strapped to his midsection as he walked through the Manhattan transit hub, sources said.

The man partially detonated the device, which he was carrying under the right side of his jacket, prematurely inside the passageway to the A, C and E trains at 8th Avenue and W. 42ndStreet at around 7:40 a.m., sources said.

Former NY police commissioner Bill Bratton, said the man had been living in the US for seven years.

The man, who suffered the most serious injuries, was taken to Bellevue Hospital.

Two others suffered minor injuries, police said.

Investigators briefly spoke to the alleged bomber, who told them he made the explosive device at the electrical company where he works.
From the Telegraph:
2:47pm
Bomber named as Akayed Ullah
Akayed Ullah is the 27-year-old suspect, New York Police said. The suspect was placed in custody and transferred to Bellvue hospital.

The individual who carried the device had burns to the hand and abdomen.
The Post and the Daily Mail have a photo of the miscreant on the ground, and fuzzy CCTV video of him blowing up.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 08:25 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Another self-radicalized lone wolf?
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 8:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Bet he was a known wolf.

Incompetent known wolf...
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/11/2017 8:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Foxnews.com sez Bangladeshi inspired by Isis.
Posted by: Cheretle Angeans6218 || 12/11/2017 8:59 Comments || Top||

#4  Somebody upset with Trump acknowledging Jerusalem as the capital of Israel?
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/11/2017 9:01 Comments || Top||

#5  Probably because it's Christmas. & spell that Bangladeshi.
Posted by: Cheretle Angeans6218 || 12/11/2017 9:05 Comments || Top||

#6  Is Bangladesh on the list of places for extra verification?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 12/11/2017 9:05 Comments || Top||

#7  extra verification?
Not yet...
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/11/2017 9:09 Comments || Top||

#8  Since the situation continues to unfold, I’ve set it as today’s headline.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 9:30 Comments || Top||

#9  If he’s inspired by ISIS, both they and Al Qaeda have recently been suggesting that the Christmas season is an ideal time to terrorized the unbelievers in Dar al Harb. So this wasn’t in response to President Trump’s announcement.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 9:34 Comments || Top||

#10  I wonder if Mr. Ullah is here legally, or if he unintentionally overstayed a visa.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 10:09 Comments || Top||

#11  Because he didn't have a driver's licence?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/11/2017 10:15 Comments || Top||

#12  We have to be honest about the root of jihad and I truly wonder if it's going to take a nuke going off on our own soil. And that will, is going to happen.

Inspired by ISIS? No, the mass murderer Mohammed inspired. We absolutely need to stop talking about islam and directly expose, confront the founder's pure F-ing evil. I can not stress that strongly enough. The PC BS has already killed off most of civilization in Europe.

Islam means submission. By any means. Globally. It is long past time for the return of Order of the Dragon. Fidei defensor!
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/11/2017 10:17 Comments || Top||

#13  Owing to his injuries, he'll probably be entitled to SSI Disability Benefits.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 12/11/2017 10:31 Comments || Top||

#14  I'm with Woodrow on this.

Our BS "religion of peace" narrative in the media, State Department, etc., is going to lead to a horrific conflagration.

This narrative will persist until one of our cities disappear and millions are killed or damaged by radiation. This narrative persisted after 9/11 and the left wants to play the victim card that if we would make nice to the muslims, they would behave...complete and utter BS as events continue to unfold that show how preposterous that line of thinking is.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/11/2017 10:47 Comments || Top||

#15  Video of the blast here.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 12/11/2017 12:52 Comments || Top||

#16  The idiot says it was revenge for us bombing his country. If he was Bangladeshi, what is he talking about? I don't recall us bombing Bangladesh.
Posted by: gorb || 12/11/2017 13:01 Comments || Top||

#17  Just another "dreamer" with a pipe bomb.
Posted by: newc || 12/11/2017 13:09 Comments || Top||

#18  Here is something to stick on the wall folks. What mosque-s did he attend? I'm will to bet the NYPD knows.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/11/2017 13:23 Comments || Top||

#19  The idiot says it was revenge for us bombing his country. If he was Bangladeshi, what is he talking about?

Of course we haven’t bombed Bangladesh, gorb. We haven’t even bombed Pakistan, which richly deserves it.

But for those who see the world not as nation states, but as Dar al Islam — the land of submission — and Dar al Harb — the land of war — an attack on any part of the Muslim world is an attack on their country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 14:21 Comments || Top||

#20  Ah. Us and them. So he's not just another brainwashed Muslim then. I guess it makes sense if you squint and bang your head on a concrete corner a few times while high on LSD.
Posted by: gorb || 12/11/2017 14:28 Comments || Top||

#21  Well, it was not an optic Coptic Christmas.....
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 12/11/2017 16:05 Comments || Top||

#22  Find out who at State or its contractor let him in and arrest them. Maybe they need a trip to Riker's Island.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 12/11/2017 16:07 Comments || Top||

#23  Isn't this where they put the small print - Don't not attempt. Done by professionals on a closed circuit.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/11/2017 16:51 Comments || Top||

#24  Find out who at State or its contractor let him in and arrest them. Maybe they need a trip to Riker's Island. Posted by: Alaska Paul

Obama let him in according to this article:

Times Square attack suspect entered US via chain migration

Good luck with that A.P.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 12/11/2017 20:41 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Baghdad bomb and bullet bulletin

Iraqi citizen killed in shooting incident north of Baghdad

Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) An Iraqi citizen was killed in a shooting incident north of Baghdad, a security source told Alghad Press.

“Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a citizen near his house at the Taji Beach area north of the Iraqi capital , killing him immediately,” the source said on Sunday.

“The body was moved to the forensic medicine department, and a probe was launched into the incident,” the source added.

Five civilians wounded in southwestern Baghdad bomb blast

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Five persons were wounded as a bomb went off in southwest of Baghdad, a security source said on Sunday.

“A bomb exploded in the morning near a market in al-Radwaniya region, southwest of Baghdad, leaving five persons wounded,” the source told AlSumaria News on Sunday.

“Security troops arrived at the accident spot. The wounded were taken to hospital for treatment,” the source, who preferred anonymity, added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


6 Islamic State positions bombarded between Diyala, Salahuddin
The war is over. Long live the war.
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops bombarded six 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....
positions in a border area between Diyala and Salahuddin, a provincial official said.

"Iraqi security forces in cooperation with al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Forces] fighters fired mortar shells at six positions of Islamic State at Albu Canaan village in the border are between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces," Abdul-Khaleq al-Azzawi, a member of Diyala province council, told Alghad Press on Sunday.

"There are reports of human casualties among Islamic State bully boys," Azzawi said, adding that the shelling occurred after receiving accurate information on the location of these sites.

On Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared final victory over Islamic State three years after the bully boy group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi troops detonate seven booby-trapped houses in Mosul
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) Iraqi security forces have detonated seven booby-trapped houses in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
city, a security source told Baghdad Today website.

"As part of a military operation to cleanse Mosul of Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
remnants, security forces have set seven houses off at Hawi al-Kanisah area in western Mosul city," the source said on Sunday.

The houses were booby-trapped by the IS turban group, he added.

"The troops also found a tunnel that was used by Islamic State bandidos turbans for storing explosive charges," the source added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Shiite armed groups in Iraq decide to disband
[ARABNEWS] A number of armed Shiite factions that fought ISIS alongside Iraqi government forces have voluntarily announced their dissolution and placed their fighters under the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Iraqi officials and Shiite leaders told Arab News on Sunday.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, announced on Saturday the liberation of all Iraqi territories and the end of the three-year war against ISIS, which seized almost a third of the territories in the west and north in summer 2014.

"At least four (armed) factions have voluntarily decided to disband their troops and gave the prime minister full authority to determine the fate of their fighters," a senior security Iraqi official told Arab News on condition of anonymity.

"The procedures for disbanding these forces and the implementation mechanisms have not yet been decided, but 90 percent of them are likely to be disbanded and the remainder will be appointed to be a part of the regular security services," the official said.

"No weapon will remain in the hands of anyone outside the control of the state. The decision to disarm the irregular armed factions will be issued in a few weeks and those who refuse to hand over their weapons will be considered outlaw," he added.

Some of these details have been confirmed to Arab News by Karim al-Nuri, a member of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and a senior Badr Brigade leader; Aws al-Khafaji, the head of the Abu Fadhal al-Abbas armed faction; and Hisham al-Hashimi, a security expert and one of the national security advisers.

In a statement on Saturday, al-Khafaji said: "After the final and big victory against ISIS, we are putting all these troops (Abu Fadhal al-Abass troops) ‐ which are a part of the PMF ‐ fully under the command of the commander in chief of the armed forces."

Shiite armed factions have played a vital role in the fighting against ISIS. They had been fighting under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) which was established by Nuri al-Maliki, the former Iraqi prime minister, in June 2014, to cover the armed factions who volunteered to fight ISIS alongside the government. More than 120,000 is the number of fighters officially registered in the payroll of the PMF.

Saraya al-Salam, or the Battalions of Peace, the biggest Shiite armed faction linked to the powerful Shiite holy man Moqtada Tater al-Sadr
... the Iranian catspaw holy man who was 22 years old in 2003 and was nearing 40 in 2010. He spends most of his time in Iran, safely out of the line of fire, where he's learning to be an ayatollah...
; Kataib al-Imam Ali and the Battalions of Imam Ali, which is linked to the Shiite clergymen in Najaf, led by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, are among these factions, officials said.

"To restrict the arms at the hand of the state and limit the unjustified militarization of the society, Sadr has called to legalize all the armed factions in Iraq, including the Popular Mobilization Forces," Safa’a al-Timimi, the front man of Saraya al-Salam, told Arab News.

"Of course we are included in this (Sadr’s) call," al-Timimi said.

"We have already begun discussions with the ministers of defense and interior weeks ago to put in place a mechanism to include a number of our fighters in their formations," he added.

Saraya al-Salam has 6,000 fighters who are formally registered within the PMF, and they have been deployed in northwestern Karbala, central Samarra, Balad and Ishaqi, al-Timimi said.

"Our call is clear and explicit. The weapons have to be exclusively in the hands of the government and no one but the disciplined fighters will be included within the regular security services," al-Timimi said.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  This seems like an important milestone.
Posted by: KBK || 12/11/2017 7:47 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Putin, on surprise visit, orders Russian forces to start leaving Syria
[Jpost] President Vladimir Putin ordered "a significant part" of Russia's military contingent in Syria to start withdrawing on Monday, saying Moscow and Damascus had achieved their mission of destroying Islamic State in just over two years.

Putin, who polls show will be re-elected comfortably in March, made the announcement during a surprise visit to Russia's Hmeymim air base in Syria, where he held talks with President Bashar Assad and addressed Russian forces.

The Kremlin first launched air strikes in Syria in September 2015 in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades, turning the tide of the conflict in Assad's favor, while dramatically increasing Moscow's own influence in the region.

Syrian state television quoted Assad as thanking Putin for Russia's help, saying the blood of Moscow's "martyrs" had been mixed with the blood of the Syrian army.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/11/2017 10:04 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good move. This will settle some discontent back home. I still say the Russian people don't want war. They want to enjoy peacetime life as long as that will last. They dread the cold winters return.
Posted by: Dale || 12/11/2017 10:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Plus, you know how "Nation Building" translates into Russian, Dale?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/11/2017 11:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Withdraw ...to Tartus
Posted by: Frank G || 12/11/2017 11:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Nope. Its "pshell nahuy, dolboyeb".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/11/2017 11:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Since when does Putin care about public opinion back home?
Posted by: Iblis || 12/11/2017 12:14 Comments || Top||

#6  But who will go to bad for John McSsssssschtainssssch friendssssssch?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/11/2017 12:38 Comments || Top||

#7  I'd be willing to argue that with or without any nation-building, most of the ME and the rest of the Muslim world is "pshell nahuy".

Starting to withdraw ground troops is a milestone, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that the Russian Aerospace forces will be flying from the motherland once again to pound the crap out of some stray jihadis in the not at all distant future.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/11/2017 13:51 Comments || Top||

#8  (1) They can visibly say "We did what we came to do, and we're gone."
(2) With return to base and turnaround time for the Spetznaz and naval infantry units, spring will likely see a more determined butt kicking around the Crimea.
Posted by: ed in texas || 12/11/2017 14:33 Comments || Top||


Al-Qaeda inescapably doomed in west Damascus following latest Syrian Army charge
[ALMASDARNEWS] The 4th Division al-Ghaith group of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has advanced further on the Beit Jenn pocket on Sunday, after earlier advances had secured the hills north of the town of Magher al-Meir.

Syrian army victories in the area won in the past days had secured the mountain of Tall Shihab and the whole Tall Bardyah hill range. On Sunday, an intense bombardment by 20 helicopter gunships struck positions of Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham
(HTS), the al-Qaeda affiliated organization formerly 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, to the east of Magher al-Meir.

Following the aerial bombings, the 4th Division stormed and captured the Zaher al-Aswad hills after heavy festivities, which led to a near total collapse of the al-Qaeda positions. HTS snuffies are reported to have fled from the hills, leaving behind much of their weaponry.

By this victory, the Syrian army has Magher al-Meir surrounded from three sides, and has established clear fire control over the entire town. The final capture of Magher al-Meir is expected to be only a matter of hours.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Al-Qaeda struggles to contain ISIS expansion near Syria stronghold
[ALMASDARNEWS] The situation has turned sour for the al-Qaeda affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
murderous Moslem group when ISIS swiftly emerged a significant threat to the former in Hama’s northeastern countryside.

With dozens of villages under its new dominion, the terrorist group continues trying to advance on its former ally launching its latest attack on the Tleihan Hill axis. To their dismay this time, however, ISIS would not succeed in seizing control of the strategic hilltop losing seven men in the process.

An RPG round incrementally increased their losses when a targeted BMP vehicle was destroyed before the assaulting murderous Moslems would turn their backs to the battlefields and retreat to friendly lines.

Whatever the future holds for the newly-forged ISIS enclave in eastern Hama, it becomes clear that the terrorist group becomes more emboldened and entrenched on the Hama-Idlib border with every passing day. Both the Syrian government and the SDF will encounter deep trouble attempting to expel the bully boyz from the region.
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


ISIS kicks off do-or-die counteroffensive in eastern Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] After 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....
withdrew all its remaining forces from Iraq over the past week, ISIS contingents in southeastern Deir Ezzor are suddenly finding themselves heavily reinforced, enabling them to launch a surprise counter-offensive in southeastern Deir Ezzor on Sunday.

With dozens of ISIS fighters and at least a handful of technicals regrouping to join the large-scale attack in a sparsely populated desert region east of the Euphrates River today, the US-backed ’Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) found itself forced to withdraw from three undisclosed points in the morning hours.

Brand new photos have been released by Amaq Agency covering the counter-offensive, targeting SDF-held territory south of Abu Omar Oil Field
Posted by: Fred || 12/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  But I thought Russians said ISIS is defeated in Syria.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/11/2017 1:18 Comments || Top||

#2  I like the "die" part. Onward Burka Boys, gather up for the 72 virgin piglets. Be sure to look up the Pedophile for Profit Bass-turds.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/11/2017 8:10 Comments || Top||



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