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Egypt court upholds ex-president Morsi's life sentence
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Africa North
Egyptian court issues preliminary death sentence against 7 members of Matrouh 'Libya terrorist cell'
[AlAhram] The defendants are charged with joining a terrorist cell in Egypt's governorate of Marsa Matrouh affiliated with the Libya ISIS turban group.

Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Saturday seven members of what is known in the media as the "Libya terrorist cell" to death on a number of terror-related charges.

The court’s preliminary verdict is scheduled to be referred to the country’s Grand Mufti for a consultative non-binding opinion, as per Egypt’s penal code.

The court also ordered to adjourn the verdict on other 13 defendants in that case to 25 November.

The defendants are charged with joining a terrorist cell in Egypt's governorate of Marsa Matrouh affiliated with the Libya ISIS turban group.

The defendants are also charged with joining training camps of the terrorist group in Syria and Libya, and obtaining military training, as well as planning terrorist acts in Egypt.

According to the court order, the defendants committed their alleged crimes between the years 2012 and 2016 in Matrouh, Cairo and Alexandria governorates in Egypt, and outside Egypt also.

The defendants are also charged with participating in the beheading of 21 Egyptians in Libya.

In February 2015, 21 Egyptian Copts were slaughtered in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte by ISIS turbans.

In 2015, the defendants were locked away
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
in Hamam City in Matrouh governorate and accused of conducting attacks on a cop shoppe and vital establishments in the city.

In November 2016, the case was referred to court, after the State Security Prosecution revealed the defendants were also involved in attacks on Christians in their governorate, as well as hiding and training seven German citizens who were planning to join Libya's ISIS.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  "Preliminary death sentence." Sort of Monty Pythonish. They'll be "mildly executed" and "somewhat dead."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/17/2017 3:13 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
Bangladesh restricts movement of Rohingya refugees
[Al Jazeera] Bangladesh has restricted the movement of Rohingya refugees, banning them from leaving designated areas in the country to which over 400,000 have fled from violence in neighbouring Myanmar.

Police said on Saturday that they have issued an order prohibiting Rohingya refugees from leaving the areas and camps the government has designated for them in the border district.

"They should stay in the designated camps until they return to their country," Sahely Ferdous, a police spokeswoman, said in a statement.

She said Rohingya were also asked not to take shelter in the homes of their friends or acquaintances and locals have been asked not to rent houses to the refugees.

"They cannot travel from one place to another by roads, railways or waterways," the order said, adding that bus and lorry drivers and workers have been asked not to carry the Rohingya.

Police said they have set up check posts and surveillance in key transit points to make sure the refugees don't travel to the other parts of the country.

The restrictions were announced as Bangladesh authorities said they faced an "unprecedented crisis" due to the influx of 409,000 refugees since last month, according to UN figures.

Dozens of refugees were found in three towns hundreds of kilometres from the Myanmar frontier, stoking fears that thousands of Rohingya Moslems will move from the border region into the the mainland of Bangladesh.

Posted by: Fred || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army

#1  Wearing out their welcome already?
Posted by: SteveS || 09/17/2017 0:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Why am I reminded of "Kosovars"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/17/2017 1:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Another report said they wanted to avoid them moving in with relatives. I wonder what proportion are simply illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who moved into Burma a decade or so ago?
Posted by: John Frum || 09/17/2017 10:31 Comments || Top||

#4  what proportion are simply illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who moved into Burma a decade or so ago?

Over the course of the last three centuries, according to things I've read.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/17/2017 15:36 Comments || Top||

#5  Bengali populations in that region are a given. However given Bangladesh's proclivity to export its excess population to neighbors, I suspect a lot of these people are of a more recent immigrant wave.
Posted by: John Frum || 09/17/2017 16:53 Comments || Top||


Britain
London bombing shows danger of Islamification in Britain and Europe
[FOXNEWS] The terrorist bombing Friday of a train on the London Underground, which injured 30 people ‐ including one of my very close friends ‐ was yet more evidence of a painful truth: the Islamification of the United Kingdom and Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
is well under way, changing the very character of the continent that gave birth to Western Civilization.

To escape this disturbing transformation of Britannia ‐ a place I had come to love after spending much of my adult life there, even becoming a dual British-U.S. citizen in 2000 ‐ my English husband and I moved back to America at the end of 2006. I felt like a bit of a coward, but I did not want to live in an England changing dramatically for the worse before my eyes.

Yet now I fear that the United States will be next in line to see our wonderful traditions of freedom, tolerance, respect for human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
and the rule of law threatened by the regressive and oppressive ideology of Islamic fundamentalism.

Friday’s terrorist attack in London brought these fears to the front of my mind, especially after my friend nearly lost her life when the bomb partially detonated in the train car she was riding 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....
, also known as ISIS, grabbed credit for the bombing.

My friend told me she heard the bomb go off 30 feet away, looked in the direction of the sound and saw a huge fireball coming towards her. Her skin is burned, she no longer has eyebrows and eyelashes, and her hair and clothes were singed as well. She will recover. But if the bomb had detonated properly, I would be preparing now to attend her funeral.
Posted by: Fred || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  It's not like Britain and Europe haven't had ample warnings. Maybe this has something to do with will to act.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/17/2017 12:51 Comments || Top||

#2  As said before and elsewhere, the Jihads aren't the prime enemy, it is the "progressives" that let them in. Unless they clean them out problems will continue.
Posted by: Choth Noodleman4734 || 09/17/2017 14:30 Comments || Top||


Economy
Hungary Builds a Wall, Cuts Illegal Immigration by Over 99 Per Cent
[Breitbart] Hungary has slashed illegal immigration by over 99 per cent after rolling out a series of powerful border fences in response to the European migrant crisis, possibly providing a lesson as to the potential impact of constructing President Trump’s much-discussed southern wall in the U.S.

Speaking on the second anniversary of the government’s move to seal Hungary’s border with Serbia ‐ which is also an external border for the European Union ‐ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Chief Security Advisor, György Bakondi, announced that the fences have caused illegal immigration to collapse from 391,000 in 2015, to 18,236 in 2016, to just 1,184 in 2017.

"The system of technical barriers is the key to the success of border security, and without it, it would be impossible to stop the mass arrival of immigrants", the security chief explained.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/17/2017 04:50 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  A wall works? Wow
Posted by: Frank G || 09/17/2017 10:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Works in Beverly Hills too. It's good to be King.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/17/2017 10:42 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Police told to arrest, produce Imran before ECP on 25th
[DAWN] The Elec­tion Commission of Pakistain (ECP) has ordered the Islamabad Capital Police to arrest Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) chairman Imran Khan
... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
and present him before it on Sept 25.

In a letter written to the Islamabad SSP Operations on Friday, the commission said that Mr Khan was charged with contempt of the ECP under Section 103-A of the Representation of Peoples’ Act (Ropa), 1976. He was issued a show-cause notice to appear before the commission on Sept 14, but did not do so. The commission decided to issue bailable warrants.

According to the letter signed by the commission’s additional director general (law) Malik Mujtaba Ahmad, the police were "hereby directed to arrest Mr Imran Khan Niazi" and produce him before the ECP on Sept 25.

The Islamabad advocate general has also been asked to appear before the commission on Sept 25 to conduct contempt proceedings.

"As the matter pertains to contempt proceedings under Section 103 of the Ropa, 1976 read with Article 204 of the Constitution, a notice is hereby given to you so that you may appear and conduct the proceedings before the commission," according to a letter issued to the advocate general by the commission.

Posted by: Fred || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Fatah welcomes Hamas pledge to try ending Palestinian split
Not worth the spittle used in saying it
[NYPost] President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Sunday welcomed a pledge by its Hamas rivals to accept key conditions for ending a decade-old Palestinian political and territorial split, but said it wants to see vows implemented before making the next move.

Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed since the militant Hamas drove forces loyal to Abbas from the Gaza Strip in 2007, a year after defeating Fatah in parliament elections. The takeover led to rival governments, with Hamas controlling Gaza and Abbas in charge of autonomous enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Earlier Sunday, Hamas announced that it has accepted key Abbas demands for ending the split. This includes holding general elections in the West Bank and Gaza, dissolving a contentious Gaza administrative committee and allowing an Abbas-led "unity government," formed in 2014 but until now unable to start operating in Gaza, to finally assume responsibility there.
Were their fingers crossed? Hudna til the Curly-Toed Slippers™ are within reach
Posted by: Frank G || 09/17/2017 08:58 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Southeast Asia
Key insurgent group declares Thai peace talks doomed
[Bangkok Post] In a rare interview, Pak Fakih of the secretive Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) said the Thai army's current peace talks with other factions were doomed and the government must drop pre-conditions, show greater respect to the separatists and be more open-minded. Mr Fakih said, "It is a mistake to think that we do not want to negotiate. We do, but not under the current circumstances," adding that he had been fighting since he was 15 and lost a son in the conflict seven years ago.

The BRN never claims or denies any specific attack and Mr Fakih said that policy would continue. It is widely seen as the group with the greatest control over combatants in the three southern provinces. Fakih said, "Our attacks are confined to the Deep South and are about sending a signal to the Thai government. We never want to cause widespread harm. The government say they are fighting ghosts in the south so we want to show them that we exist and we mean business."

In April, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha rejected a BRN offer of talks mediated by a neutral third party and said they required no international mediation or observation. The government also sets recognition of the constitution as a pre-condition -- a deal breaker for the BRN.

The BRN had been part of talks before the army seized power in 2014, but stayed out when negotiations restarted under the army in 2015. Talks have taken place between the government and Mara Patani, an umbrella group claiming to represent all major rebel factions. But Fakih disputed its claim to include BRN members too, saying there were only "former members".
Posted by: ryuge || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Thai Insurgency


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
China provides $10 billion credit line to Iran
Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan -- China picks interesting partners.
[IsraelTimes] Funds that will help Tehran bypass US sanctions will reportedly finance water, energy and transportation projects

A Chinese state-owned investment firm has provided a $10 billion credit line for Iranian banks, Iran’s central bank president said Saturday.

The contract was signed in Beijing between China’s CITIC investment group and a delegation of Iranian banks led by central bank president Valiollah Seif.

The Iran Daily said the funds would finance water, energy and transport projects.

Iran is vital to China’s trade ambitions as it develops its trillion-dollar "One Belt, One Road" strategy aimed at dramatically boosting its ties to Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and Africa.

In addition to the credit line, the China Development Bank signed preliminary deals with Iran worth $15 billion for other infrastructure and production projects, Seif announced.

The contracts reflect "a strong will for continuation of cooperation between the two countries," Seif said.

The credit line will use euros and yuan to help bypass US sanctions that have continued despite the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in 2015.

China was a signatory to the deal that lifted sanctions in exchange for curbs to Iran’s nuclear program.

President Xi Jinping visited Iran a week after it came into effect, vowing to boost bilateral trade to $600 billion within a decade.

Although trade was just $31 billion in 2016, it has jumped more than 30 percent in the first six months of 2017.

China is already Iran’s biggest oil customer and accounts for a third of its overall trade.

Since the lifting of sanctions, Beijing has opened two credit lines worth $4.2 billion to build high-speed railway lines linking Tehran with Mashhad and Isfahan, Iran Daily reported.

The latest move follows an eight-billion-euro credit deal signed with South Korea’s Exim bank last month.

European banks remain wary of penalties from Washington for working with Iran, but talks are said to be at an advanced stage for $22 billion in credit deals with banks from Austria, Denmark and Germany.

China’s new $10 billion credit line will go to Iran’s Refah Kargaran, San’at va Ma’dan, Parsian, Pasargad and Tose’e Saderat banks.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Financier to the Axis of Evil. China is not going to put the heart on the Norks.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 09/17/2017 0:22 Comments || Top||

#2  How many Hwasong-12 and 14's will $10 Billion purchase ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/17/2017 4:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Already run through Obama's pallets?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/17/2017 6:32 Comments || Top||

#4  What's that, the first day or week of sales of the next gen IPhone (made in China)?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/17/2017 8:25 Comments || Top||

#5  will reportedly finance water, energy and transportation projects

Freeing up equivalent amounts for the purchase of Chinese military items. Ahhhh the fungibility of money.
Posted by: AlanC || 09/17/2017 8:40 Comments || Top||

#6  "A flexible asset, so fungible!
To push it around is just wonderful,"
Said Bill to Hill Clinton.
"All bits and no printin' --
Except for that once -- it's expungible."
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 09/17/2017 10:45 Comments || Top||


Leb: French Embassy Warns of 'Security Risk in Next 48 Hours'
[AnNahar] The French Embassy in Beirut on Friday warned its citizens of a "heightened security risk" in the next 48 hours.

"Due to a high risk of attacks on public places, special vigilance must be observed within the next 48 hours," the Embassy said.

The warning follows a security message for U.S. citizens in Leb in which the U.S. Embassy said that it has barred the movement of U.S. government staff to the Casino Du Liban in Jounieh due to "ongoing threats."

"Due to ongoing threats to locations such as the Casino Du Liban in Jounieh, Leb, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut has barred any movement of U.S. government staff to that Casino," said the message which was published on the Embassy's website.

"As always, the U.S. Embassy will continue to evaluate the movements of its personnel, and encourages all U.S. citizens to be aware of their immediate surroundings at all times and take appropriate measures to ensure their safety and security," it added.

"Terrorist incidents may occur with little or no warning. In the event of a security incident, avoid the area and monitor the media for the latest developments," the Embassy cautioned.

The warnings prompted Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq to issue a reassuring statement.

"The warnings of the Western embassies are based on information from a foreign intelligence agency. Lebanese security agencies are following up on these warnings to verify correctness and accuracy," Mashnouq said in a statement.

"Therefore there is no need for panic or for blowing the reports out of proportion," he added.

Casino Du Liban chairman Roland Khoury meanwhile reassured that the U.S. Embassy's move is a "routine measure that is not exclusively related to Casino Du Liban."

In remarks to MTV, Khoury noted that the Casino is guarded by "an army intelligence post, an Internal Security Forces post, an army checkpoint at its entrance, in addition to private security guards."

Khoury also revealed that the Casino's administration has taken a decision to bar the entry of cars into the Casino's premises, reassuring that "the customers' safety and well-being are guaranteed."
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm old enough to remember when Beirut was touted as the Paris of the ME. The road has been going downhill for a long time.
Posted by: AlanC || 09/17/2017 13:09 Comments || Top||

#2  ...the Paris of the ME.

As both enjoyed similarities then, both suffer from the same malady now, AlanC.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/17/2017 15:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Beirut died when the Arab Islamist PLO came in So. Leb. Paris doesn't learn history any more, apparently
Posted by: Frank G || 09/17/2017 15:57 Comments || Top||

#4  So true TW. The Muslim plague has infected much of the world to the detriment of all.
Posted by: AlanC || 09/17/2017 19:40 Comments || Top||


Bin Laden’s son Hamza issues new call to arms against Assad
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Hamza bin Laden, son and would-be heir of late al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now neither a strong horse nor a weak horse, but a dead horse...
, has urged Moslems around the world to join arms in Syria against "crusaders" and Shiites.

"The cause of Syria is the cause of the entire worldwide Moslem community," he said in an undated audio recording released on krazed killer networks Thursday.

"In order for the people of Syria to resist the Crusader, Shiite and international aggression, Moslems ‐ all Moslems ‐ must stand with them, support them and give them victory," he said. "Wakefulness is essential, as is quick, serious and organized movement, to support the people of blessed Syria before it is too late."

Hamza, who is in his mid-20s, has become active as an al-Qaeda propagandist since his father’s death at the hands of US special forces in May 2011.

Devastated Syria
Syria has been devastated by a six-year war and given an opening to turbans including ISIS and the Fateh al-Sham
...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant...
Front.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Sunni krazed killer group that last month seized control of the northern Syrian city of Idlib, is dominated by the al-Qaeda offshoot, which officially broke ties with the network founded by Osama bin Laden.

But experts say the name change was little more than a re-branding. Many believe the group is positioning itself as more moderate than ISIS in hopes of a resurgence.

Blacklist
The United States added Hamza bin Laden to its terrorist blacklist in January.

The US Treasury estimates that he was born in 1989 in the Saudi city of Jeddah. His mother was Khairiah Sabar, one of the al-Qaeda founder’s three wives.

Last year, the fifth anniversary of the death of the man who ordered the 9/11 attacks on the United States, experts began to note his son’s increasing prominence in the movement. The State Department has designated him a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist", freezing any assets he holds in areas under US jurisdiction.

In an undated audio message released in August, Hamza bin Laden urged his Saudi supporters to rebel and overthrow the kingdom’s rulers. Experts believe he is preparing to take over the leadership of al-Qaeda and exploit ISIS defeats in Syria and Iraq to unify the global krazed killer movement under the banner of al-Qaeda.
Posted by: Fred || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda

#1  Go, go, Sunnis! Go, go, Shia!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/17/2017 1:18 Comments || Top||

#2  ...diaper held on by a fan belt..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/17/2017 3:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Why the whipped cream hat?
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/17/2017 12:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Because he's not old enough for a pie hat.

Has to make do with the topping topping.
Posted by: Shipman || 09/17/2017 17:37 Comments || Top||

#5  LOL, Ship
Posted by: Frank G || 09/17/2017 21:05 Comments || Top||


Iran claims to have ‘father of all bombs,’ overshadowing American ‘mother’
[RT] A top commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) claims that the country possesses the "father of all bombs" which overshadows the most powerful non-nuclear ordnance of the US.

The bomb was developed under a special request of the IRGC, the corps’ Aerospace Force commander, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said in an interview on Friday.

"Following a proposal by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), [Iran’s] Defense Industries [Organization] manufactured a 10-ton bomb. These bombs are at our disposal," PressTV cited the commander as saying.

"They can be launched from Ilyushin aircraft and they are highly destructive," he added, without providing any further details on the capabilities of the ordnance.

The bomb is four times more powerful than the one dropped by the US in Afghanistan. © RootersForget the ’mother of all bombs,’ meet the Russian-made ’daddy’
The commander called the device the "father of all bombs," comparing it to the US GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), commonly known as the "mother of all bombs." Since the American device weighs 9.8 tons and yields 11 tons in TNT equivalent, the IRGC commander presumably referred to the weight of the new Iranian ordnance rather than its destructive potential.

The MOAB was developed in 2003 and first used in combat this April, when the US dropped the device in Afghanistan on a mountain tunnel complex used by Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS, formerly ISIS/ISIS) terrorists.

The new Iranian ordnance, however, might trigger a bomb paternity dispute, as Russia already possesses a non-nuclear ordnance known as the "daddy."

The Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power, known as the ’father of all bombs’ (FOAB), was successfully tested by Russia in 2007, with impressive results for a non-nuclear device ‐ a 44-ton yield when detonated. The bomb explodes midair, vaporizing its targets, collapsing structures, and leaving a moon-like scorched landscape.
Posted by: Fred || 09/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  ...You know, I'd give real money if these people would just SHUT UP.....

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/17/2017 7:38 Comments || Top||

#2  They can put it next to their hypercavitating torpedo.
Posted by: gorb || 09/17/2017 11:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Now we know where China's 10 Billion "investment" went...
Posted by: Threse tse Tung5139 || 09/17/2017 12:54 Comments || Top||

#4  Wake me when somebody comes forth with the Sister-in-Law's Cousin Twice Removed of all bombs.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 09/17/2017 20:04 Comments || Top||

#5  Wait till they find out we have an Ex-Wife of All Bombs.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/17/2017 20:22 Comments || Top||

#6  #5 War Crime™
Posted by: Frank G || 09/17/2017 22:01 Comments || Top||

#7  Still waiting for the "Dirty Bastard of All Bombs"
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/17/2017 22:55 Comments || Top||



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  Egypt court upholds ex-president Morsi's life sentence
Sat 2017-09-16
  Lebanon arrests 19 people suspected of belonging to ISIS
Fri 2017-09-15
  The Latest on Subway Incident: London Ambulance says 18 22 people hospitalized
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  Girl strapped with bomb kills 5 in Cameroon mosque
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  Islamic State perform ‘farewell prayer’ preparing to leave Hawija
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Sun 2017-09-10
  Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh nears 300,000
Sat 2017-09-09
  300 ISIS fighters stranded in the desert, as bait to target jihadists
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  US warplanes takes out ISIS members running to stranded convoy
Thu 2017-09-07
  Two arrested after 'bomb factory' discovered near Paris
Wed 2017-09-06
  Insurgents call Rohingyas to arms for war in Myanmar
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  US-backed Syrian militias seize Great Mosque of Raqqah from Daesh
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  US Coalition bombs ISIL convoy heading to Deir Ezzor from Lebanon, claims 85 dead
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  Arson attacks push thousands more Rohingya from Myanmar

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