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Canadian Government Getting Very Upset Over Freedom Truckers, Declare State Of Emergency
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-Land of the Free
Arizona AG Brnovich issues legal opinion declaring border crisis 'invasion' under Constitution
[FoxNews] Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says state authorized 'to defend itself' under governor’s 'authority as Commander-in-Chief'.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Monday issued a legal opinion that determines that the ongoing crisis at the southern border is an "invasion" under the Constitution – a move he says gives the state the power to take additional measures to defend itself.

In the opinion, Brnovich says that the definition of "invasion" contained under the U.S. Constitution is not limited to hostile foreign states, and can include "hostile non-state actors."
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Posted by: Skidmark || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  DC seems to be more interested in protecting European citizens and their borders, than protecting USA & US citizens.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/08/2022 7:16 Comments || Top||

#2  So, give legal cover, what actions could AZ take?
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/08/2022 7:55 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ "given" (if you think my typing is bad, you should see my handwriting.....)
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/08/2022 7:57 Comments || Top||

#4  He isn't wrong. The governor has the authority to call up the national guard for his state and even the unorganized militia if he wants. Emergency funds can be gotten to secure the border with Mexico and they can arrest illegals and keep them in camps if he wishes, all while telling the Feds to pound sand.
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/08/2022 10:24 Comments || Top||

#5  what actions could AZ take?

Homeland Security testing of ‘robot dogs’ on Texas border raises hackles on the left
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/08/2022 10:31 Comments || Top||


#7  anti aircraft guns works in Korea
Posted by: 746 || 02/08/2022 10:42 Comments || Top||

#8  746 has the best idea
Posted by: Chris || 02/08/2022 10:55 Comments || Top||

#9  There is a range of sonic non-lethals that are perfect for this problem. I even recall a range of non-lethals that use microwave level devices to create a feeling of heat on exposed tissue at a distance. What is missing is the will to defend us!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/08/2022 11:15 Comments || Top||

#10  You can always play the collected speeches of 'President' Joe Biden at full volume

The confusion will have them turned around and heading back to Mexico in no time.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/08/2022 12:46 Comments || Top||

#11  /\ What is missing is the will to defend us! Ancient Rome invited the barbarians over the border...
Posted by: magpie || 02/08/2022 12:48 Comments || Top||

#12  magpie is correct
Posted by: 746 || 02/08/2022 12:57 Comments || Top||

#13  Events across the southern border certainly look like an invasion to me.
--- The federal government, by its Constitution, is also obligated to guarantee to every state a republican form of government, NOT a democracy -- that word is nowhere to be found in the Constitution. The feds quit doing that part a very long time ago.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 02/08/2022 14:39 Comments || Top||

#14  Mark Brnovich is running for Senate. This is Repub positioning for votes. Question is, will he talk the talk or walk the walk?
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 02/08/2022 16:47 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Tens of ISIS-K affiliates surrender to Taliban in eastern Afghanistan
[Khaama] "Feed us"
Provincial officials of the eastern Nangarhar province said on Sunday, February 6, 2022, that up to 50 ISIS-K or Daesh fighters surrendered to them.

The local officials said that the terrorists surrendered following mediation by tribal elders of the province.

Head of the Nangarhar Intelligence Directorate Dr. Basheer said that the fighters surrendered based on the general amnesty announced by the supreme leader of the Taliban and added that the process will go on.

This is the eighth group of the Daesh fighters that surrenders to the Taliban in Nangarhar province since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan took over last year.

The surrendered militants said that they remorse being par to the ISIS-K and promised not to join the terror group again.

Dr Basheer said that the surrender of the affiliates is conditioned and they are not allowed to go from one area to another without the permission of the Taliban.

In the meantime, those who surrendered cannot use weapons or military vehicles and cannot contact the wrongdoers.
Posted by: Frank G || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  More like a homecoming; prodigal sons and brothers all, coming to serve the 'emirate', now that the 'caliphate' is bust.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 02/08/2022 1:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Stronger horse?
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 1:48 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ And actual pay, not hiding from multiple authorities, unified command structure, maybe even... salaries and a dental?

No. No dental.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 02/08/2022 1:50 Comments || Top||

#4  Insh’allah. If he wanted his believers to have perfect teeth, he would not have invented dental caries, abscesses, gingivitis, and the curse of bad breath.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 2:03 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ And hookahs. That orally fixated grown man's sucky toy full of Gawd knoweth what!
Posted by: Dron66046 || 02/08/2022 2:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Like a petri dish with bubbles. Ick.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 2:16 Comments || Top||

#7  ^
The pastuns, knew Al-Hazred
would chant ululululu...
and suck the ashen-ed essence
of the ink from Cthulhu
from this bong of sorts.
It came in all sizes, was
made of hickory, tin, glass
and often in finely ormolu.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 02/08/2022 2:25 Comments || Top||

#8  * fine
Posted by: Dron66046 || 02/08/2022 2:26 Comments || Top||


US Government Places $10million Bounty On Leader Of Islamic State


The United States government has placed a $10million (N4.1billion) bounty on Sanaullah Ghafari,
...also known as also known as Shahab al-Muhajir, he ascended to the top almost two years ago. Late last year he made the US State Dept. Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) list ...
leader of the Afghanistan regional chapter of the Islamic State group.

The US State Department announced that it needed information leading to the “identification or location” of Ghafari, AFP reports.

The reward, according to the US government is for any information that would aid in arresting or convicting Ghafari and others responsible for the “terrorist attack at the Kabul airport” on August 26, 2021, which was claimed by the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K).

ISIS-K, known as the Islamic State–Khorasan Province, operates out of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

It was the group responsible for an attack against U.S. troops and Afghan citizens at the Kabul airport during President Joe Biden's pullout from the country last August.

The State Department identified this faction's leader as Sanaullah Ghafari who took over in June 2020.

“Ghafari is responsible for approving all ISIS-K operations throughout Afghanistan and arranging funding to conduct operations,” the State Department said in a statement.

He had been blacklisted in November 2021 as a foreign terrorist.

Little is known about Ghafari, although his nom de guerre suggests he arrived in the region from the Arab world.

He is rumoured to have been an Al-Qaeda commander or a former member of the Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared factions in the Taliban.

IS-K has been responsible for some of the deadliest attacks in the region in recent years, massacring civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan, at mosques, shrines, public squares and hospitals.

The group has especially targeted Muslims from sects it considers heretical, including Shiites — much like the original IS group.

It was hit hard by both the Taliban and US-led forces and was losing influence but its attacks have ramped up since their rival Islamists took power in August.
Posted by: badanov || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  look how well that 25 million $ reward is helping out the guy who gave up Bin Laden.
Posted by: Chris || 02/08/2022 10:53 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ingushetia resident suspected of aiding Syrian militants
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] A native of Ingushetia is in Syria preparing food for IS militants and treating them, investigators suspected. 

A resident of Ingushetia is suspected of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and participation in an illegal armed formation on the territory of a foreign state.

According to investigators, in May 2016, a 41-year-old resident of Ingushetia arrived in the Syrian city of Raqqa, where she voluntarily joined the structural unit of IS.

"The suspect performs the functions of cooking, housekeeping, providing medical care and caring for wounded militants taking part in hostilities against the government forces of the Syrian Arab Republic," the Ingushetia Investigative Committee said today.

The investigation is being conducted by the investigative department for the city of Karabulak of the Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee for Ingushetia. The issue of bringing the suspect in absentia and declaring her on the international wanted list is being decided, according to a statement on the agency's website. 

There were no comments from the suspect or her official representatives regarding the version of the investigation.

The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the Investigative Committee of Ingushetia told new details about the preparation of terrorist attacks on the territory of the republic. According to investigators, the 18-year-old defendants were trained to make an improvised explosive device and planned to blow up the buildings of the National Guard and a separate battalion of the patrol service of the Sunzha Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Posted by: badanov || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Europe
Why do Bangladeshi migrants take irregular routes to Italy?
[DW] Almost 9,000 Bangladeshis entered the EU last year via irregular routes. Most were headed for Italia, a favored destination for the south Asians.

"I decided to go to Libya when my father died a few years ago. I was the only person of the eight-member family and I had to do something to maintain the family," Lakuira Sobuj, a Bangladeshi migrant who came to Italia last year after crossing the Mediterranean from Libya, told InfoMoslem colonists Migrants.
"and I love pasta!"
The 25-year old Bangladeshi citizen spent around €4,000 to go to Libya in 2020, which was his primary destination for work. He was not planning to come to Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
at that time.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Dear Italy: There are countries much closer to Bangladesh, physically and culturally, that can help out. Charity begins at home -- but that doesn't mean inviting the world's poor to live with you.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 02/08/2022 8:45 Comments || Top||


Great White North
Exclusive: Winnipeg car ramming suspect identified as Antifa member
Of course he is. That was a sure bet.
[ngo.locals.com] The suspect arrested over the car-ramming attack against the "Freedom Convoy" protesters in Winnipeg, Canada is an Antifa member with a long history of far-left militantism in Manitoba. David Alexander Zegarac, 42, of Headingley, Man., allegedly sped off to try and escape after the attack on Feb. 4, 2022, which injured four people. He ran multiple lights and resisted arrest when he was finally caught around 40 minutes later.

Zegarac was the frontman of the antifa punk band Brat Attack until the record label dropped the group because of multiple accusations of sexual assault against Zegarac in 2015. One of the accusers said she was only 13 when he groomed her and raped her.
A typical Antifa cadre. Rebel News has more about what a vile little shit he is, legitimately loathed by all who know him.
Posted by: Snailing Platypus6296 || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  So he's already out on bail?
Posted by: Chris || 02/08/2022 10:57 Comments || Top||

#2  He resisted arrest and is still alive? C'mon, Canada!
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 02/08/2022 11:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Pease be patient. Headingley is a very small community. Canada is a big country with few people and huge land and WATER masses. A person might disappear and never resurface. Bears might get him. There are many hog barns not that far from Headingley. There are quite a few chipper/shredders in the immediate area. Patience, please.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 02/08/2022 17:10 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
In meeting with Saudi minister, PM Imran thanks kingdom for support during 'challenging times'
[Dawn] Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
met Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif on Monday and expressed his gratitude to the kingdom for its "steadfast support to Pakistain, especially in challenging times", according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
He means the nukes...
The Saudi minister, who had arrived in Islamabad along with a delegation earlier today on a day-long visit, called on the prime minister after meeting with his Pak counterpart, Sheikh Rashid, and President Dr Arif Alvi.

According to the PMO, PM Imran particularly thanked the delegation for the recent financial budgetary support extended to Pakistain by the kingdom.
Has there ever been a time since independence that Pakistan was entirely self-supporting?
Prime Minister Imran Khan met Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif on Monday and expressed his gratitude to the kingdom for its "steadfast support to Pakistain, especially in challenging times", according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

The Saudi minister, who had arrived in Islamabad along with a delegation earlier today on a day-long visit, called on the prime minister after meeting with his Pak counterpart, Sheikh Rashid, and President Dr Arif Alvi.

According to the PMO, PM Imran particularly thanked the delegation for the recent financial budgetary support extended to Pakistain by the kingdom.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 02:14 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Senior Fatah official Jamal Mheisin dies at 73
It’s past time for the old generationto make way for the next.
[IsraelTimes] Senior Fatah official Jamal Mheisin has died, Paleostinian officials announce.

Mheisin, 73, succumbed to an unspecified illness, officials say.
AIDS from Arafat?
A longtime Fatah activist from Hebron, Mheisin was a member of the Paleostinian movement’s Central Committee.

Fellow Fatah Central Committee member Hussein al-Sheikh calls Mheisin "a friend and lifelong comrade" in a tweet.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Fatah


Palestinian leadership positions filled by Abbas loyalists
[JPost] So "A new morning begins"..naaaahhhh
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which are not part of the PLO, did not send representatives to the meeting, saying it would drive a deeper rift among Palestinians.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday scored a victory as the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) voted in favor of appointing some of his loyalists to key positions in the Palestinian leadership.

Hussein al-Sheikh, head of the PA General Authority of Civil Affairs, was chosen to replace the late Saeb Erekat, who died in 2020, as secretary-general of the PLO Executive Committee.

Abbas serves as chairman of the PLO Executive Committee and the Fatah Central Committee, two bodies that are now dominated by his loyalists.

The appointment of Sheikh boosts his chances of becoming No. 2 in the Palestinian leadership and a potential successor to Abbas.

Mohammad Mustafa was elected to replace PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi, who resigned in 2020 after accusing the Palestinian leadership of marginalizing the PLO and excluding it from decision-making.

Ramzi Rabah was elected to replace veteran PLO Executive Committee member Tayseer Khaled, who submitted his resignation.

The PCC elected Ramzi Khoury as chairman of the Palestinian National Fund, the PLO’s “finance ministry.” Khoury, a longtime confidant of Abbas, was also elected to be a member of the PLO Executive Committee.

The PCC also voted in favor of appointing another Abbas loyalist, Rouhi Fattouh, as speaker of the Palestinian National Council, the PLO’s legislative body and parliament in exile. Fattouh replaced Salim Zanoun, who retired after 30 years in the job.

The PCC decisions were announced at the end of a two-day meeting in Ramallah that was boycotted by several Palestinian factions and figures who had accused Abbas of “hijacking” the Palestinian decision-making bodies and refusing to share powers with others.

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which are not part of the PLO, did not send representatives to the meeting. The two groups had called on Palestinian delegates and factions to boycott the session, saying it would deepen divisions among the Palestinians and sabotage efforts to end the rivalry between Abbas’s Fatah and Hamas.

Palestinian political analysts said the decisions of the PCC would tighten Abbas’s control over the PLO and other major institutions and pave the way for his loyalists to play a significant role in the post-Abbas era.

“This is a big victory for President Abbas,” said one analyst. “It is also a major blow to his rivals, especially those within the PLO and Fatah.”

Other analysts denounced the PCC decisions as a “crime” against the Palestinians and said those elected do not represent the Palestinians.

In a speech before the PCC on Sunday night, Abbas accused Israel of “undermining the two-state solution” and said that “options remain open.”

“It is not possible to continue implementing agreements [with Israel] unilaterally, and our contacts with the Israeli side are not a substitute for a political solution based on international legitimacy,” he said.

The Palestinians will continue to work with the US administration to strengthen bilateral relations, Abbas said.

“We are still waiting for the implementation of its commitments to protect the two-state solution and the signed agreements,” he said, referring to Washington’s pledge to reopen the US Consulate in Jerusalem that was closed in 2018.
Posted by: Frank G || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority


‘They hijacked Gaza’: Palestinians hold rare online events critical of Hamas
[IsraelTimes] Public dissent is unusual in the coastal enclave, where the terror group frequently cracks down on those who criticize it.

For the past week, Paleostinians from Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
have been participating in a series of social media events criticizing Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, rule in the Strip, voicing concerns rarely expressed in the repressive enclave.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Belarus deploying 200 soldiers to Syria to bolster Russians
[IsraelTimes] Belarus plans to deploy up to 200 troops to Syria to serve alongside Russian forces in the country, according to a Russian government document released Monday, a move strongly condemned by Belarus’ opposition leader.

A draft agreement between Russia and its ally, Belarus, endorsed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says that the Belarusian troops will work to provide "humanitarian assistance" to the population outside combat zones.

The document, which is yet to be signed by the countries’ foreign and defense ministries, states that Belarusian troops will act under operational control of the Russian military in Syria when deployed to the country.

The planned deployment of Belarusian troops’ to Syria reflects increasingly close defense ties between the two ex-Soviet neighbors and allies.

In recent weeks, Russia has moved troops from Siberia and the Far East to Belarus for sweeping joint drills. The deployment added to the Russian military buildup near Ukraine, fueling Western fears of a possible invasion.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Guess Sunday's bomber shook them up a little bit.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/08/2022 9:00 Comments || Top||


#3  Of course there will be a face-saving diplomatic settlement.

Brokered by Macron, because our PervOTUS is such a corrupt and dessicated shit-for-brains that he's not even at the table.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/08/2022 10:08 Comments || Top||


Iranian militia start brawl after crashing a wedding


DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – A number of people were injured as a result of a dispute between residents and members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) at a wedding party in the countryside of the city of al-Bukamal on the Iraqi-Syrian border.

“A dispute erupted between the members of the Jaghayfa tribe and the PMF members when the latter’s members came to the wedding party without being invited,” a well-informed source from the village of al-Hari bordering Iraq in the countryside of al-Bukamal said.

“The dispute started when members of PMF refused to leave the party. It then turned an exchange of fire between the tribe members and the Iraqi Popular Mobilization members,” the source said.

“Three members of the tribe were wounded, in addition to at least two members of the Popular Mobilization Forces,” the source added.

The source pointed out that “the Iranian militias have surrounded the village of al-Hari, preventing people from entering or leaving it. They also imposed a curfew, amid a state of tension prevailing in the village,” according the source.

Reporting by Abdulhamid al-Hussein

Posted by: badanov || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Syria jihadist group denies knowledge of strike on IS chief
[Rudaw] A group led by Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate on Sunday denied it knew the head of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, killed in a US raid, lived in an area under its control.

IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi went kaboom! Thursday during the nighttime raid on his house in Syria's northwest region of Idlib, which is mostly dominated by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) jihadist group, an IS rival.

"We were not aware of such an operation before it happened," HTS said in a statement, adding that it was also unaware of "the identity of the residents" of the house that was targeted by US special forces.

"We condemn this (US) operation," the group added, saying it would continue to "fight against vices and crime".

HTS occasionally carries out operations against IS-affiliated cells in the region -- Syria's last main jihadist and rebel bastion, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The war monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria, said HTS had fought armed jihadists affiliated to IS in recent months.

HTS controls around half of Idlib province as well as slivers of territory in the neighboring provinces of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia.

In recent years, HTS has tried to cast itself as a more moderate player focused only on Syrian matters and condemning international terrorism.

The Idlib area is the last enclave to actively oppose the government of Bashir al-Assad.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)


IRGC commander recounts atrocities committed by his force in November 2019
[Rudaw] A senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provided a detailed account to a people’s tribunal of the brutality Iranian protesters were subjected to during the widespread anti-government protests in November 2019. The guards and paramilitary forces cracked down on around a thousand protesters.

The commander, who has since left the IRGC, was introduced as "Witness Number 600" and testified via video before the Iran
...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence...
Atrocities Tribunal, a people’s tribunal set up in London to investigate the horrors of the crackdown on the November 2019 protests.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 02/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2022-02-08
  Canadian Government Getting Very Upset Over Freedom Truckers, Declare State Of Emergency
Mon 2022-02-07
  Ukraine crisis: Macron says a deal to avoid war is within reach
Sun 2022-02-06
  25 ISWAP Fighters Fleeing Military Airstrikes Drown In Lake Chad River
Sat 2022-02-05
  Day 3: 50 US commandos encountered baby toys, suicide bomb during lethal raid on IS leader
Fri 2022-02-04
  Gunmen Burn Nigerian Army Personnel Along With Military Vehicle In Ebonyi
Thu 2022-02-03
  ISIS Leader Killed During Raid in Syria by U.S. Special Forces
Wed 2022-02-02
  Iraqi intelligence destroys 80 ISIS IEDs in Ninevah village
Tue 2022-02-01
  The leader of the Hamza Division eliminated in Aleppo province
Mon 2022-01-31
  Cairo court sentences 10 to death over terrorism charges; including Yehia Mousa
Sun 2022-01-30
  DR Congo sentences 51 accused of killing UN staff
Sat 2022-01-29
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