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Syria Threatens To Attack Ben-Gurion, Return To Occupied Golan
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Afghanistan
Afghan forces foil Taliban attack on an army outpost in Laghman province
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan cops have foiled an attack by Talibs on an army outpost 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 repution for great 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.
After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men.

province, leaving at least two hard boyz dead.

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said the Talibs launched an attack on an army outpost in Kashmand Village in Qarghayi district late on Monday night.

The statement further added that the armed forces effectively responded to the attack leaving two hard boyz dead.

The dead bodies of the two hard boyz were left the area along with an Ak-47 assault rifle, the 201st Silab Corps said, adding that the security forces have not suffer any casualty in the attack.

Laghman is among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the anti-government armed elements including Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
are active in some of its remote districts and often attempt to carry out attacks against the government and security institutions.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


7 Taliban militants killed, car bomb destroyed in separate coalition airstrikes
[KhaamaPress] At least seven Talibs were killed, 3 others were maimed and a vehicle-borne improvised bomb was destroyed during separate Arclight airstrikes conducted by the coalition forces.

According to the informed military sources, three coalition air strikes in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
killed 4 Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
fighters and maimed 3 others.

Another coalition air strike in Lashkar Gah killed 1 Taliban fighter, the sources said adding that the coalition forces also carried out air strike in Alah Say district of Kapisa province killing 2 Taliban fighters.

In the meantime, a coalition air strike in Musa Khel district of Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
destroyed a vehicle-borne IED, the officials said adding that "Taliban fighters continue to use VBIEDs and innocent civilians are maimed and killed as a result."

Both the Afghan and coalition forces have stepped up ground operations and airstrikes in the restive provinces of the country to suppress the anti-government armed elements.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


3 terrorist networks busted in Kandahar province
[KhaamaPress] Three terrorist networks have been busted during the operations of the Afghan Intelligence (National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
) forces in southern Kandahar province.

The provincial government media office in a statement said the terrorist networks were busted during the operations which were conducted over the past one week.

The statement further added that the terrorist networks comprised of 30 Death Eaters who were all locked away
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
by the intelligence operatives.

The detained Death Eaters were involved in major destructive activities including kabooms, suicide kabooms, and armed attacks, the provincial government added in its statement.

According to the governor’s office, the Death Eaters were conducting attacks in Kandahar city and other districts of Kandahar province, mainly targeting security compounds, security check posts, and logistics convoys.

This comes as the anti-government armed elements have been attempting to destabilize Kandahar province where the security situation had improved comparatively during the recent years.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


36 martyred, 58 wounded in security base attack in Maidan Wardak: NDS
Yesterday the claim was over 100 dead. Thank goodness that turned out not to be true.
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) has confirmed that 36 security personnel embraced martyrdom and 58 others were maimed in a coordinated attack on a security base in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan.

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said the jacket wallah managed to breach the security barrier by driving a Humvee armored personnel carrier packed with explosives and detonate it near the main building of the base.

The statement further added that three other Death Eaters who were looking to detonate another vehicle-borne improvised bomb and carry out shooting spree after the first kaboom, were rubbed out and the boom-mobile was defused.

According to the National Directorate of Security, at least 36 security personnel embraced martyrdom in the attack and 58 others were maimed with majority of them sustaining minor injuries who were discharged after receiving initial medical care.

The statement also added that the national defense and security forces will stand by side of the nation emphasizing that the perpetrators of the attack would soon be identified and tried for their act.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa North
Five terrorists killed by Egyptian police in Qalioubiya shootout: Ministry
[AlAhram] Egyptian police have killed five murderous Moslems affiliated with the banned Moslem Brüderbund group during a raid in Qalioubiya, north of Cairo, a statement by the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
The bad boyz were potted in a shootout as security forces attempted to raid a deserted factory in the governorate’s Obour City, which the murderous Moslems were using as a hideout and to manufacture explosives.

Weapons, including improvised bombs and other kabooms, were found at the scene by police.

The raid came after monitoring operations by the ministry’s national security department, which said that the murderous Moslems planned to execute a number of attacks against vital institutions and personnel from the police and Armed Forces.

Over the past months, Egyptian police have announced the "elimination" of dozens of murderous Moslems who were plotting to carry out attacks throughout the country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


59 terrorists killed by Egyptian forces in recent operations: Army
[AlAhram] Egyptian troops and security forces have killed 59 gunnies in recent operations, the army said in a statement on Tuesday.

In various raids in Sinai and the Suez Canal cities, army forces killed 44 gunnies who were found in possession of rifles and bombs, the statement said. Police forces killed another 15 "extremely dangerous takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
s" in a separate "pre-emptive" operation, it added, without saying where the operation took place.

The statement said the bad boyz were potted over the "past period," without giving a specific timeframe. One officer and six soldiers were killed during festivities with terrorists, it added.

The statement added that 142 suspects have been locked away
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
Air forces destroyed 56 vehicles used by the gunnies in the Western Desert, northeastern and southern border areas.

Security forces discovered and destroyed 242 bombs planted to target forces, as well as a number of hideouts where weapons and ammunition were found in central and northern Sinai.

The statement added that border guards have arrested 2,189 people of different nationalities trying to cross the Egyptian borders and seized large amounts of illegal narcotics.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  All Indigenous? Or Gazoo infiltrators?
Posted by: Frank G || 01/23/2019 10:58 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
6,000 Nigerians Flee Boko Haram Attack to Chad
[AnNahar] Thousands of Nigerians have fled across Lake Chad since Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
launched attacks in and around the fishing town of Baga last month, the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
refugee agency said on Tuesday.

"An estimated 6,000 refugees have fled Nigeria's restive Borno state since December 26, when festivities erupted between Nigerian forces and non-state gangs in Baga town, near the Chadian border," the UNHCR said in a statement.

"According to testimonies gathered by our teams, refugees are fleeing in fear of their lives after threats of retaliation and intimidation following bully boy attacks."

The attacks have been blamed on 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....
West Africa Province faction of Boko Haram, which has repeatedly targeted the military in recent months.

Last week, the U.N. said there had since been a "massive displacement" of more than 30,000 people from Baga and the surrounding area to the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.

That had increased pressure on already overstretched aid agencies providing humanitarian assistance in the city.

Another 9,000 Nigerians sought refuge in Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
following a separate attack against troops in Rann, but the authorities there refused to take them, the UNHCR said last week.

The attacks come as Nigeria prepares to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in less than a month. Violence and so many displaced people is expected to make voting problematic.

The conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian army has claimed more than 27,000 lives since 2009 and more than 1.7 million people are still unable to return to their homes.

Edward Kallon, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, has said the "increasingly frequent" attacks were "having a devastating impact on... civilians."
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Houthi warplanes heavily bomb Saudi Army troops along Yemeni border
[ALMASDARNEWS] 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 ...
warplanes heavily bombarded the Yemeni border, tonight, targeting the Saudi Army’s positions in the Asir region.

According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion heavily bombed the Saudi Army troops using their armed drones at the Aleeb Crossing.

The Houthi forces claimed their drones scored direct hits on the Saudi Army troops, causing several casualties within the ranks of the latter.

Since the Saudi Air Force bombed Sanaa city last week, the Houthi forces have stepped up their missile and drone attacks in southern 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...
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Posted by: Fred || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  I've heard that the Houthis are naturally adept in engineering, so it's no surprise they're producing quantities of missiles and drones.
Posted by: Fairbanks || 01/23/2019 0:54 Comments || Top||

#2  "Rocket Battalion", "Warplanes", "Drones"...

Hint: make up your mind before you make up your stories
Posted by: Frank G || 01/23/2019 7:08 Comments || Top||


Europe
German prosecutors press terror charges against Syrian man
[IsraelTimes] German prosecutors say they’ve pressed charges against a 29-year-old Syrian man who allegedly was a member of a foreign terror group and violated the war weapons control law.

The man, whose name is not given, allegedly joined the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
hard boy group in Syria from 2013 to 2014.

Frankfurt prosecutors say today he allegedly volunteered as a fighter and donated 50,000 Syrian lira, then worth about 250 euros ($284), to the group.

He was also in possession of a Kalashnikov and posed for photos for recruiting purposes showing him on pickup trucks using an anti-aircraft gun and a machine cannon.

The man was detained last February when he entered Germany for the second time. He first came to Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2015 but left again in 2017.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


Home Front: WoT
3 charged with planned explosive attack on NY Muslim community
[IsraelTimes] Three men are charged with plotting to attack an upstate New York Moslem community with explosives.

WHEC reports that three Rochester-area men are accused of plotting to attack Islamberg,
...that would be the Moslems of America (MOA), also known in English as Muslims of the Americas when they are talking about their Canadian and Caribbean ventures, and formally as The Muslims of America, Inc. (TMOA). The estimated 3,000 member group, mainly African-Americans, boasts 22 communities across the U.S., and is one of the American front groups of Jamaat ul-Fuqra or Jamaat al-Fuqra, the other being Quranic Open University. Jamaat ul-Fuqra was listed as a terror organization by the State Department in 1999 and is banned in Pakistan. The Wikipedia page is quite interesting...
a rural Moslem enclave west of the Catskills.

Police in the Rochester suburb of Greece this weekend locked away
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
20-year-old Brian Colaneri, 18-year-old Andrew Crysel and 19-year-old Vincent Vetromile. Each was charged with weapons possession and conspiracy.

Court papers say they had multiple, cylinder-shaped bombs and mason jars wrapped in duct tape.

Followers of a Pak holy man
...that would be Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, who served as the imam of the Yasin Masjid in Brooklyn before becoming too important for such petty considerations...
settled Islamberg in the 1980s to flee crime in New York City.
...and to have a series of miniature, paramilitary caliphates in which to train themselves and their children for jhad at home and abroad.

The Daily Mail has photos of the miscreants, who do not look like the brightest bulbs in the box, adding:
Police have recovered 23 firearms and three improvised explosive devices so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  More here.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 16:05 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraqi troops destroy three Islamic State hotbeds in Tikrit
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Iraqi security forces destroyed on Tuesday three hotbeds 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....
group in Tikrit island in Salahuddin, the Interior Ministry announced.

"A special force of Salahuddin Operations Command carried out a security operation in Tikrit Island, during which three Islamic State hideouts were found," Alghad Press quoted front man for the Security Media Center Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool as saying.

"The troops destroyed the three hotbeds completely," he said, adding that a huge amount of weaponry and kabooms were seized.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi troops kill senior Islamic State leader in Baghdad

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Iraqi troops killed on Tuesday a senior 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....
leader during a security campaign in Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said.

"A special force of the Samara Operations Command managed to kill a terrorist during a security operation in northwestern the Dhuluiya airport, north of Baghdad," IKH News quoted the Security Media Center as saying in a statement.

The troops, according to the statement, "found three bombs, kabooms and a gun with the slain terrorist."
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


3 terrorists arrested over targeting citizens, security forces in Fallujah
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Three 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....
Lions of Islam were enjugged
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
Monday on charges of targeting security forces and citizens in Anbar province, a security source was quoted as saying.

"A security campaign was launched after receiving intelligence reports on the presence of three Lions of Islam implicated in targeting security forces and citizens with explosive charges in al-Karma district, east of Fallujah,
... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids...
" Almaalomah news website quoted the source as saying.

"The Lions of Islam were moved to a lock-up amid high security measures for interrogation," the source added.

In Anbar’s Ramadi, residents haven’t seen gov’t aid to rebuild
Rudaw has lots of photos of the rubble.

Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Syria Threatens To Attack Ben-Gurion, Return To Occupied Golan
[Jerusalem Post] Syria threatened to attack Ben-Gurion International Airport in response to Israel's aerial strike against a weapons storage site at Damascus International Airport earlier this week.

The Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja’afari warned of the possibility of such a retaliatory attack, when he spoke Tuesday at the UN Security Council’s monthly meeting on the Middle East in New York.

"Isn’t it high time for this council to take the necessary measures to stop the repeated Israeli aggression against the territories of my country?" he asked. "Or should we attract the attention of the war makers in this council, by exercising our legitimate right to self defense and respond to the Israeli aggression against the Damascus International Civil Airport by launching an aggression against Tel Aviv airport."

Ja’afari complained of the repeated Israeli aerial attacks against his country. Israel has executed repeated air strikes in Syria to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in that country.

The UNSC’s failure to act against Israel and the support it receives from permanent members of the UNSC has encouraged such "aggressions," Ja’afari added. "These acts were not condemned. There were no calls to halt such acts by this UNSC, in light of the position of the US, Britain and France, who are partners and supporters of Israel in such aggression.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/23/2019 01:42 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Y'all still have not defeated a bunch of rag tag jihadist groups but you think you can take on Israel! Delusional
Posted by: Chris || 01/23/2019 7:21 Comments || Top||

#2  "Isn’t it high time for this council to take the necessary measures to stop the repeated Israeli aggression against the territories of my country?" he asked

Said the guy representing a country that's barrel-bombed and used chemical weapons against its' own citizens as well as assassinating a PM of Leb whilst inviting in two terrorist entities: Hezb and Iran. STFU
Posted by: Frank G || 01/23/2019 8:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems like a great way for Syria to lose some of its territory.
Posted by: Raj || 01/23/2019 8:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Yeah, good luck with that pencil dick.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/23/2019 10:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Just in. Syria threatens To attack the last remaining 7-11s, Guam and McMurdo Station Antarctica.

Claiming slushies and the arctic snow with mango flavoring is unislamic or something.
Posted by: Woodrow || 01/23/2019 10:56 Comments || Top||

#6  The only way to stop Iran is the same way the USA stopped Japan and Germany. Bomb the stuffing out of Tehran.
Posted by: Glulet Forkbeard4475 || 01/23/2019 13:33 Comments || Top||

#7  Ref #6: An event long, long overdue.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/23/2019 13:37 Comments || Top||

#8  Better yet Qom. Holy City. Make it a holy crater
Posted by: Frank G || 01/23/2019 14:23 Comments || Top||

#9  Decapitate the govt, military, and mad mullah leadership.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 01/23/2019 15:56 Comments || Top||

#10  Ultimately, every Iranian-sponsored missile attack against Israel will have to be answered with a missile attack against Iran.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 01/23/2019 19:23 Comments || Top||


Border Police arrest Palestinian youth carrying knife at Tomb of the Patriarchs
[IsraelTimes] Border Police officers arrest a Paleostinian youth caught carrying a knife in the Tomb of the Patriarchs holy site in Hebron in the West Bank.

The youth, a 16-year-old resident of the Paleostinian town of Yatta, was reportedly the subject of an intelligence alert, according to Hebrew-speaking media.

He is taken for questioning.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


IDF officer hurt by gunfire, Hamas fighter killed as Gaza border heats up
[IsraelTimes] Soldier lightly injured when sniper fire hits his helmet; Israeli tank destroys Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, post, reportedly killing 1 and injuring 2 in response.

An Israeli soldier was injured and a fighter with the Hamas terror group killed Tuesday in an exchange of fire along the Gazoo border, as the restive frontier saw a resurgence of violence.

A Paleostinian sniper shot up a group of IDF soldiers during a riot along the Gazoo border, hitting the helmet of an officer and lightly injuring him, in the second shooting attack of the day, the army said.

In response, the Israel Defense Forces targeted an observation post belonging to the Hamas terror group in eastern Gazoo, near the el-Bureij refugee camp, the army said.

According to Hamas, one of its fighters was killed in the strike on the terror group’s position and two others were maimed, one of them seriously.

The riot occurred in southern Gazoo, across from the Israeli community of Kibbutz Kissufim. The military said rioters threw rocks at IDF soldiers on the other side of the security fence.

During the festivities, a sniper shot up the troops, according to the IDF.

"A bullet struck the helmet of an IDF officer who was stationed at the scene," the army said.

The officer was taken to Beerhsheba’s Soroka Medical Center for treatment, the hospital said.

Initially, the IDF said it was not clear if the officer had been injured by gunfire or by a rocks, but later determined that he had indeed been struck by a sniper’s bullet.

In addition, five Paleostinians also approached the border during the riot. Two of them breached the security fence and entered Israeli territory before quickly running back into the Strip.

The IDF retaliated to the riot by targeting the Hamas post near the border.

The Hamas member who was killed was identified as 24-year-old Mahmoud Abed al-Nabahin by the Gazoo health ministry. On its website, Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades wrote al-Nabahin was a "fighter" who was "martyred" in the Israeli attack on its observation post.

Earlier in the day, shots were fired at Israeli troops on the border of the northern Gazoo Strip, similarly prompting the Israeli military to destroy a nearby Hamas post, the army said.

No troops were harmed in the shooting attack.

The Israeli military did not indicate who it believed fired the shots. The Hamas post in northern Gazoo was targeted because, as a rule, the IDF holds the terror group responsible for all violence emanating from the Gazoo Strip, after it seized control of the enclave in 2007 by ousting the West Bank-based Paleostinian Authority.

Tuesday’s exchanges came as Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
prepares to transfer $15 million in payouts to Hamas civil servants in the Gazoo Strip, the third such installment for the terror group to be approved by the Israeli government. The funds were expected to be transferred later this week, after they were initially stalled by Israel in response to a flareup in cross-border violence, a Qatari diplomat said on Sunday.

Qatar’s envoy to the Hamas-ruled Gazoo Strip, Mohammed al-Emadi, told Rooters the latest cash transfer was due to reach the Paleostinian territory by Wednesday.

After border violence, Netanyahu stops Qatari cash transfer to Gaza

[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t allow the next installment of $15 million of Qatari funds into the Gaza Strip, according to a source familiar with the decision.

“In the wake of the recent events in the Gaza Strip and after consultations with the security services, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided not to allow the transfer tomorrow of the Qatari funds to the Gaza Strip,” the source says.

The infusion of cash into the Gaza Strip is meant to stabilize Hamas’s rule over the territory and prevent the deterioration of the humanitarian situation there.


Explosions heard in Gaza, IDF closes border area to civilians

[IsraelTimes] According to unconfirmed reports on social media, explosions are being heard in the northern Gaza Strip in a suspected Israeli air force attack.

Hebrew media report the IDF has shuttered areas near the border to civilian traffic.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Brought a sniper rifle to a tank fight?
Posted by: Frank G || 01/23/2019 10:24 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Senior Iranian General's Visit To Syria Prompted Israeli Strikes - Report
(JP) Iran threatened to escalate the situation in the Middle East if Israel continues to attack in Syria, according to a report by Kuwaiti paper Al-Jarida.

"Quds Force commander Maj.-Gen. Qasem Soleimani visited southern Syria, and that was the trigger for the current round of Israeli-Iranian conflict," the report said. "Soleimani's visit to a location less than 40 km. from the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights violated a previous American-Russian-Israeli agreement" regarding the Iranian presence in the country.

Soleimani's secret visit, which lasted two hours and was monitored by intelligence officials, according to the report, occurred two days before Iranian forces fired a missile from an area near Damascus into the Israeli Golan Heights on Sunday, in response to Israeli attacks in Syria.

SYRIA WARNED IN ADVANCE
The Iranian Supreme National Security Council convened on Monday night and listened to Soleimani's report on his visit to Syria and the Israeli attacks, a senior Iranian official told the paper.

The source also conveyed that the Russians notified the Iranians 30 minutes in advance which targets Israel would attack. The Iranians managed to evacuate the areas and minimize the damage.

Soleimani said that the only way to stop the Israeli attacks is to respond with three missiles for every one Israel fires, and to attempt to intercept any Israeli fighter jets, even those flying over Lebanon. He stressed the need to pressure the Syrian government to respond to the Israeli attacks, especially after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Israel was responsible for them.

According to international law, Netanyahu's declaration makes Syrian retaliation legitimate, according to the source.

Soleimani also related to the upcoming Israeli elections and said that an Iranian attack in Israel would destroy Netanyahu's chances, and that otherwise Netanyahu will continue the Israeli aggression against Iran until he wins the elections.

According to the source, the Iranian Supreme National Security Council decided to continue pressure on the Syrian government to respond to future Israeli attacks, and to send a message to Russia that Iran will retaliate as it sees fit if any Iranian force is targeted.

"The UN [Security Council]’s failure to act against Israel and the support it receives from permanent members of the UNSC has encouraged the Israeli aggression," the Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja’afari said Tuesday night. "There were no calls to halt such acts by this UNSC, in light of the position of the US, Britain and France, who are partners and supporters of Israel...[but] Syria intends to exercise its right to self-defense and to work to take back the Golan Heights."

Ja'afari also said Syria threatened to attack Ben-Gurion Airport in response to Israel's aerial strike against a weapons storage site at Damascus International Airport earlier this week.
Posted by: Tyranysaurus McGurque5763 || 01/23/2019 08:35 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  The source also conveyed that the Russians notified the Iranians 30 minutes in advance which targets Israel would attack. The Iranians managed to evacuate the areas and minimize the damage.

...What's Hebrew for 'bullsh!t"...?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 01/23/2019 17:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Given the crowded airspace, there is a deconfliction agreement in place that gives the Russkies a 30 minutes heads up. Of course, the IAF can turn on IFF beacons that identify them as American aircraft. You know, given how trustworthy the Russkies are with information that you give them.
Posted by: Tyranysaurus McGurque5763 || 01/23/2019 17:44 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm thinkrn the Rooskies rush-evac'd their own forces if within the target area
Posted by: Frank G || 01/23/2019 20:27 Comments || Top||


Iranian Air Force Ready To 'Eliminate Israel' Commander Says, As Tensions Rise Over Syria Airstrikes
[Newsweek] The head of Iran’s air force has said the Islamic Republic’s pilots are eager to fight with Israel and will "eliminate it from the earth" in the wake of fresh Israeli strikes inside Syria and amid escalating tensions between the two regional rivals.

Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said Monday that Iran and its air force were ready for a confrontation with Israel. "The young people in the air force are fully ready and impatient to confront the Zionist regime and eliminate it from the Earth," he said according to Reuters which quoted a state-linked news website.

Nasirzadeh’s warnings follow airstrikes by Israel against targets near Damascus in a massive overnight bombardment. According to the Times of Israel the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said the strikes against an Iranian weapons depot, intelligence facility and a training camp were of a retaliatory nature, a response to what Israel alleges was an Iranian missile attack targeting a ski resort in Hermon, Sunday.

Throughout the war in neighboring Syria, Israel has regularly intervened to prevent Tehran’s expansion in the beleaguered country. Israel has said Iran has sought to gain a foothold in Syria through the international arm of its Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the al-Quds brigade, as well as through its Lebanese proxy force Hezbollah. Both back the government of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

Posted by: Besoeker || 01/23/2019 01:03 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  ...Bring a lunch.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 01/23/2019 4:46 Comments || Top||

#2  ...and Ziplocs for your pilot's bodies. Gallon size oughtta do it
Posted by: Frank G || 01/23/2019 7:06 Comments || Top||

#3  So what are those mokes flying these days? Still with the Pre-revolution F-4's or maybe their home-grown (cardboard cutout) product?
Posted by: Clyde Snerese6639 || 01/23/2019 9:17 Comments || Top||

#4  Mike, you really think they'll have time for lunch?

I figure it would be all over by coffee break.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/23/2019 9:34 Comments || Top||

#5  Thank you!, where I am it is cold, dark, and somewhat miserable...I needed a feel-good story to make me laugh out loud.
Posted by: Cesare || 01/23/2019 10:02 Comments || Top||

#6  Please try. Doubt if your moon goddess will help much.
Posted by: Woodrow || 01/23/2019 10:50 Comments || Top||

#7  Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh is perhaps trying to get the Mullahs to promote him to Maj General
Posted by: lord garth || 01/23/2019 12:44 Comments || Top||

#8  Iranian Air Force Ready To 'Eliminate Israel Iran' Commander Says, As Tensions Rise Over Syria Airstrikes.

There, fixed that headline to include the suicide option.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 01/23/2019 21:00 Comments || Top||


UNFIL Denied Access To Hez Attack Tunnel Against Israel In Lebanon
[Jerusalem Post] The United Nations observer force was denied access to inspect the entry point of a Hezbollah tunnel that stretched into Israel, the UN’s Special Coordinator to the Middle East Peace Process told the UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday.

"To date, UNIFIL has not been granted access to the confirmed entry points of a tunnel near Kfar Kila on the Lebanese side," he said.

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon is tasked with monitoring the Israeli-Lebanese border to ensure that there are no violations of the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that set out the terms of the cease fire which ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006.

The UNSC meeting monthly meeting on the Middle East took place after Israel had wrapped up a military operation on its side of the Lebanese border to destroy six Hezbollah attack tunnels.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/23/2019 00:49 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  No problem, simply jot down the coordinates. You know who to send them to.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/23/2019 0:57 Comments || Top||

#2  The obvious answer is for UNIFIL to issue a VERY strongly worded memo.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 01/23/2019 11:48 Comments || Top||

#3  I keep thinking Israel should grow strawberries California style on it's borders with tunnels.

It's not poison gas if it just sterilizing the soil for the berries under the layers of plastic sheeting.
Posted by: 3dc || 01/23/2019 12:52 Comments || Top||


Jihadists suffer heavy casualties in failed attack against Syrian Army
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) thwarted a big attack by the jihadist rebels in the southern countryside of the Idlib province on Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.

According to the Russian Ministry’s statement, the Syrian Arab Army was able to kill a large number of fighters from Jabhat 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 .. ...
(a reference to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
) after they attempted to bypass the government defenses.

"Jabhat al-Nusra gangs have simultaneously attacked positions of government troops near Abu-Duhur and Abu-Sharjah settlements," the Reconciliation Center’s head Lt. Gen. Sergei Solomatin said.

Solomatin added that the murderous Moslems had "penetrated the Syrian army’s defense at a depth of up to 1.5 kilometers [0.9 miles] but were then stopped by the fire [of the Syrian army] and pushed back beyond the contact line."

"The krazed killer attack near the Abu-Sharjah settlement was thwarted by the fire of the units of the Syrian Armed Forces. Having suffered losses, murderous Moslems withdrew to their original positions," Solomatin said.
Posted by: Fred || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Car Bomb Hits Syria Regime Stronghold Latakia
[AnNahar] A boom-mobile went kaboom! Tuesday in the Syrian regime's coastal stronghold of Latakia, killing one person and wounding four others, state news agency SANA reported.

"Initial reports indicate that a boom-mobile went kaboom! and that the driver was killed while four other people were maimed," SANA said, adding that the kaboom occurred in the city's al-Hammam square.

Authorities found a second bomb in the same place and defused it just before it was due to blow up, the agency added.

It published video footage showing a burnt-out car surrounded by firefighters and soldiers.

Latakia is a bastion of the family of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
The city, the capital of Latakia province located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, has largely escaped the violence that has devastated other regions of Syria since the conflict began in 2011.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based war monitor, Tuesday's blast was caused by an bomb hidden inside the car or near it.

Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that the driver killed in the blast was not a suicide kaboomer.

In September 2015 a boom-mobile had went kaboom! in the same square, killing dozens of people.

The latest kaboom comes days after a blast -- the first in more than a year -- hit the Syrian capital Damascus which has also been largely insulated from the war.

According to SANA the kaboom hit southern Damascus without causing any victims, but the Observatory reported it left a number of people dead and maimed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Army Says Israeli 'Agent' Arrested over Anti-Hamas Attack
[AnNahar] Leb’s army said Tuesday it has tossed in the calaboose
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
a suspected agent of Israel’s spy agency Mossad over a failed bid to assassinate a Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, official in the south of the country.

In January 2018, Mohammed Hamdan, a security official with the Lebanese branch of the Paleostinian Islamist terror movement Hamas, was maimed in the leg in a boom-mobile blast in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon.

Leb and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack, and days after the January 14 blast Beirut authorities said they had arrested a man suspected of involvement in the boom-mobileing.

A statement at the time said he was "one of the main perpetrators of the crime, who confessed to being tasked by Israeli intelligence."

On Tuesday the Lebanese army said in a statement a second male suspect "who carried out surveillance" before last year’s bombing had also been arrested.

The second suspect "has admitted to being a Mossad agent since 2014," it said, without specifying his nationality.

Hamas has fought three wars with Israel in the past decade and is based in Gazoo, but it operates a branch in Leb and elsewhere in the region.

Leb is also home to tens of thousands of Paleostinian refugees, many of whom live 12 camps across the country, the largest being Ain al-Hilweh near the port city of Sidon.
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