[Garowe] The Somali National Army (SNA) has extended its offensive against al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... gunnies in central regions, as the country pushes to eliminate the krazed killers, who have wreaked havoc in the Horn of Africa nation for the last 16 years.
According to reports, the military has camped in Middle Shabelle for the last couple of months, pursuing al-Shabaab in various hideouts, where the gunnies initiate attacks. al-Shabaab is still dominant in central and southern regions.
Top military officials participating in the crackdown said the SNA troops targeted al-Shabaab bases in Eelbaad and Ruunirgood areas which have been the krazed killer’s strongholds. This comes after the military completed the first phase of operations against the al-Shabaab.
The military also extended operations in Eeldheer and Mesagawey areas and also Shan-Dhagood, Saqeer Nab, Macalin Abukar, and Hussein Cagey, within the region. The government is fighting to liberate the most strategic areas ahead of the foreign military exit from the country.
The military officials further said the national forces will also expand the operation to flush out the gunnies from areas such as Galcad, Elbur, and Galhareeri.
When he assumed leadership, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed to vanquish the al-Shabaab gunnies while calling for support from the international community. The African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and US Africa Command are also part of the team pursuing al-Shabaab.
Already, 5000 ATMIS soldiers have left the country, with the third phase of exit targeting another 5,000 by the end of June in compliance with the Somali Transition Plan (STP). The Somali National Army is set to assume security responsibilities by the end of this year.
Besides military operations, the government is also pursuing those facilitating al-Shabaab activities financially. Furthermore, the government has also closed social media sites of the al-Shabaab which propel the group's propaganda.
The Somali National Army has kicked out a major offensive against the Al-Shabaab militants on Middle Shabelle region.
According to military officials participating in the operation, the national forces targeted the militant’s bases in Eelbaad and Ruunirgood areas which have been the militant’s strongholds.
Elsewhere in Galgaduud, the national forces backed my local armies have launched major offensives against the militants in Eeldheer and Mesagawey areas and also Shan-Dhagood, Saqeer Nab, Macalin Abukar and Hussein Cagey, within the region.
The military officials further said the national forces will also expand the operation to flush out the militants from areas such as Galcad, Elbur and Galhareeri.
[ShabelleMedia] In a shocking turn of events on Sunday night, two residential homes in Baidoa, the interim administrative capital of the Southwest state, were attacked by unknown assailants.
The attacks involved the hurling of hand grenades at the residences of prominent Southwest state officials, causing a stir among residents and security agencies.
The first attack targeted the home of Kurow Amhar, a member of the Darwish army within the regional administration. Shortly after, a second grenade was thrown at the residence of Ilyas Ali Noor, the former Minister of Information of the Southwest administration, who currently serves as the director of the Tubsan Agency.
As of the latest reports, no group has stepped forward to claim responsibility for these attacks, leaving the motives behind the actions unclear.
The security agencies have not provided any information regarding the incidents, and no casualties have been reported in connection to the earth-shattering kabooms.
These attacks have raised concerns about the safety and security of officials within the Southwest state, prompting a call for increased vigilance and investigation into the matter.
Baidoa residents and officials alike are awaiting further details from the security agencies regarding the perpetrators and the reasons behind the attacks.
As the situation develops, it is crucial for the Southwest state’s security apparatus to take swift and decisive action to ensure the safety of its officials and citizens.
The lack of information and the absence of a claim of responsibility have only added to the uncertainty surrounding the events.
[ShabelleMedia] In a significant security operation, Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... ’s naval forces have successfully apprehended a suspect and confiscated a cache of explosives, including hand grenades that were linked to recent severe explosions in the city of Bosaso.
This bold move by the security forces is a critical step in ensuring the safety and security of the residents of Bosaso amidst ongoing threats from terrorist groups.
The operation, reported by officials on May 14, 2024, targeted individuals suspected of being associated with terrorist groups, specifically al-Shabaab ... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them... and ISIS-Somalia.
These groups are known to have hidden bases in the Bari region’s mountains, posing a constant threat to the security and stability of the area. The seized explosives and vehicles were reportedly intended to carry out attacks that could have caused significant harm to the residents of Bosaso.
This operation underscores the Puntland security forces’ commitment to combating terrorism and maintaining peace in the region. The security forces have been actively working to counter the activities of terrorist groups, and this recent success is a testament to their dedication and efforts.
The apprehended materials and individuals are under investigation, and further details about the operation and its implications for regional security are expected to be revealed as the investigation progresses.
This development comes at a time when Puntland and Somalia on the lam are facing numerous security challenges.
The successful interception of explosives and the arrest of a suspect involved in terrorist activities are critical steps towards deterring future attacks and ensuring the safety of the people of Bosaso and the wider region.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have ramped up their attacks on El Fasher, unleashing a relentless barrage of artillery and rockets on densely populated western and southern districts. This escalation has resulted in a mounting civilian corpse count.
For the past three days, El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has witnessed a dramatic rise in the intensity of festivities between the Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied armed movements on one side and the RSF on the other. The fierce fighting has caused numerous deaths and injuries among civilians caught in the crossfire.
Despite international and regional warnings urging the RSF to halt their assault on El Fasher, a city already reeling from war casualties, the paramilitary group persists in its offensive. This aggression appears to be part of a broader campaign to seize control of the entire Darfur region following their capture of the southern, central, eastern, and western Darfur states.
Hospitals overwhelmed, residents flee
"The RSF has intensified its attacks on civilians in western and southern El Fasher," reported Abdeljabbar Mohammed Adam of the El Fasher emergency room to Sudan Tribune. "They’re bombarding homes and government buildings with heavy weaponry, causing a significant number of casualties."
He identified al-Inqaz, al-Salam, al-Wahda, al-Hijra, Oulad al-Reef, and Makraka as some of the most heavily impacted neighbourhoods. These densely populated districts, both in the south and north of the city, have borne the brunt of the artillery bombardment. A single shell landing in Oulad al-Reef reportedly caused extensive damage to a house and injured at least six civilians.
Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38... residents from the eastern and northern neighbourhoods, particularly those in Abu Shouk camp, are fleeing in droves towards the city centre as fighting intensifies in those areas. The RSF appears to be attempting to push into the city centre, but the joint force comprised of armed movements and mobilized citizens continues to resist their advances.
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Karachay-Cherkessia found three people guilty of preparing a terrorist attack and participating in the activities of Islamic State. They were sentenced to 18.5 years in a maximum security colony.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, in April 2022, the FSB reported on the detention of three people in Karachay-Cherkessia on suspicion of connections with IS and preparation of a terrorist attack on the territory of the republic. During the search, components of an explosive device, new SIM cards, as well as a diagram of the location of buildings in the center of Cherkessk were confiscated from them.
According to the case materials, the accused, “sharing terrorist ideology,” established contacts with militants in Syria via Telegram, after which, at their direction, they arrived in Cherkessk, where they rented an apartment and chose one of the administrative buildings as the target of attack. They then purchased materials to assemble an explosive device and were detained, TASS reported today, citing the FSB press service.
All three defendants in the case were found guilty by the Southern District Military Court of preparing for a terrorist act, undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, participating in a terrorist organization and illegal trafficking in explosives. Each of them was sentenced to 18 years and 6 months of imprisonment to be served in a maximum security colony, the FSB noted.
The verdict has already entered into legal force.
Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" wrote that in April the court also sentenced residents of Stavropol Ansar Guseinov, Abdula and Miyasat Irkkuev, as well as Timur Bukharov to long prison terms, finding them guilty in the case of preparing a terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State.
[YouTube] Hundreds of police officers in France are hunting for an armed gang who ambushed a prison van, shooting dead two prison guards and freeing a prisoner known as ‘The Fly”.
The brutal attack, which took place at a road toll booth and was captured on CCTV, has shocked France. Gunmen opened fire on prison officers, killing two and critically injuring two others. France’s President Emmanuel Macron said “everything is being done to find the perpetrators.
The prisoner, Mohamed Amra - was being taken from court to a prison when a car rammed the prison van at a toll gate. He’s accused of being a drugs gang leader and has been indicted by prosecutors in Marseille for a kidnapping that led to a death.
[YouTube] Columbus, Ohio — On May 12, 2024, at 4:43 pm, West Jefferson Police officers were dispatched to Amazon CMH5 building, located at 6400 State Route 29, for reports of an Active Shooter. According to Police, the 22-year-old Ali Hamsa Yusuf came up behind the supervisor and pointed a gun at the supervisor’s head, but the gun apparently jammed and the bullet barely missed the supervisor, who was not injured. There were more than 100 workers inside the building when the shooting occurred, officials said. When officers arrived on the scene, Yusuf had left.
About 90 minutes later, officers found Yusuf in the area of Georgesville and Clime roads, where a shootout occurred between Madison County Sheriff's Office, CPD, West Jefferson Police Department and Yusuf. The dashcam showed Yusuf running up a small hill to a HomeBuys parking lot, and still firing at the officers behind him. Officers returned fire and Yusuf eventually collapsed on the hill. Starting from Yusuf’s first shot, the continuous exchange of gunfire lasted eight seconds. After the shooting, the officer who groaned realized he had been shot. The bullet from Yusuf's gun that hit the unidentified Columbus police officer, struck him in his bulletproof vest and he was not seriously injured. Yusuf was transported to Doctors West Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 6:57 p.m.. No injuries were reported inside the Amazon facility.
[GEO.TV] A Pakistain Army major was martyred, while three bad boyz were potted during an intense exchange of fire in Sambaza area of Zhob district in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... on Tuesday, the military’s media wing said.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, said the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the remote area of Balochistan.
During the conduct of the operation, the troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, as result of which three turbans were "sent to hell", the ISPR added.
Weapons, ammunition, and explosives were also recovered from the killed terrorists, the statement mentioned.
However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... during the intense exchange of fire, the ISPR said Major Babar Khan, 33, resident of district Mianwali, having fought gallantly, paid the ultimate sacrifice and embraced martyrdom while leading his troops from the front.
"Sanitisation operation is being conducted to eliminate any other terrorist present in the area."
"Security forces of Pakistain, in step with the nation, remain determined to thwart attempts of sabotaging peace, stability and progress of Balochistan, and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve," the ISPR said.
Last week, security forces neutralised six turbans after a shootout during an IBO in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Wazoo district, the military's media wing had said.
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[Rudaw] Kurdistan Region’s security forces (Asayish) on Monday announced the arrest of one of the world’s most notorious migrant smugglers.
"Following the launch of an investigation, Asayish forces, based on exchange of intel and upon the request of Interpol and as per a ruling by the judge, a great human trafficker and smuggler was arrested," said Asayish, only disclosing the suspect’s initials and his nickname, Scorpion.
Barzan Kamal Majeed, mostly known by the Western media as Scorpion, has been accused by some European countries of smuggling people to these countries.
The arrest comes three days after the BBC featured him in an article. The BBC team said they interviewed him face-to-face in a mall in Sulaimani.
Each year, tens of thousands of predominantly young individuals depart Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, seeking improved prospects in Europe. In pursuit of a better life, they navigate perilous smuggling routes, risk their lives in harsh and freezing travel conditions, and undertake treacherous sea crossings to reach mainland Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... or the United Kingdom.
[Rudaw] A top Iraqi army commander and several soldiers were killed in a "terrorist" attack in the Salahaddin province, the Iraqi defense ministry announced on Monday.
The Iraqi defense ministry announced in a statement colonel Khalid Naji Wassak and several other soldiers were killed "as a result of their repelling of a terrorist attack within their operational area."
Wassak was the commander of the second battalion of the 93rd Infantry Brigade of the Iraqi army that operated in the Salahaddin province, where 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.... (ISIS) sleeper cells conduct hit-and-run attacks against the Iraqi armed forces.
ISIS has yet to claim responsibility for the attack.
ISIS seized control of swathes of Iraqi territory during a brazen offensive in 2014 but it was declared territorially defeated in 2017 when its so-called caliphate in the country fell as Iraqi and Kurdish fighters, supported by a US-led international coalition, claimed back lands lost to the jihadists.
Despite its territorial defeat, the group has continued to pose a serious security threat to the country through hit-and-run attacks, bombings, and abductions in several provinces, particularly in areas disputed between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which stretch across several provinces including Diyala, Salahaddin, and Kirkuk.
The Iraqi government has said that ISIS is no longer a public security threat as the group has been confined. Baghdad is now in talks with the United States to wind down the global mission against the terror group in Iraq.
In its latest report on the anti-ISIS mission released in February, the Pentagon said the terror group has been contained but not eliminated in Iraq: "In Iraq, due to counterterrorism pressure, the ISIS threat was largely contained, though ISIS continued to exploit security gaps between federal Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR), and conducted sporadic attacks, mostly in Shia communities."
I somehow managed to miss that last point until now, but I’m still only a very junior analyst-in-training
Israeli fighter jets have bombed central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, killing dozens of Palestinians, with children among the fatalities. Heavy combat results in casualties on both sides as Palestinian fighters battle invading Israeli forces in northern and southern Gaza.
The UN says it informed Israeli authorities of the movements of a UN-marked vehicle carrying staff that was hit in southern Gaza, killing an Indian army colonel working with the UN.
Women and children make up at least 56 percent of the 35,173 people killed in the Gaza war, the UN says, in a new breakdown that’s the “most comprehensive” to date.
The US-constructed Gaza humanitarian aid pier will be operational “in the coming days”, Pentagon spokesman Major-General Pat Ryder has told reporters.
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[AFRICANEWS] A group of displaced Paleostinians have moved into a school run by a U.N. agency that was heavily damaged during the ongoing Israel-Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... war and fixed some of the classrooms where they now live.
The school in the southern city of Khan Younis used to be run by the U.N. agency for Paleostinian refugees known as UNRWA was damaged by Israel's bombardment of the 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 Hamas with 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... Strip.
The families, who were displaced from the southern city of Rafah along the border with Egypt cleaned some of the class rooms, removed debris and fixed some of the damage then settled in.
UNRWA said 360,000 Paleostinians have fled the city of Rafah over the past week, out of 1.3 million who were sheltering there before the operation began.
Most had already fled fighting elsewhere during the seven-month war between Israel and Hamas.
Israel has portrayed Rafah as the last stronghold of the Death Eater group, brushing off warnings from the United States and other allies that any major operation there would be catastrophic for civilians.
Hamas has meanwhile regrouped and is battling Israeli forces in parts of Gaza that Israel bombarded and invaded earlier in the war.
Since Israeli troops captured a border crossing with Egypt in Rafah, the flow of aid form there has stopped.
Fighting in Rafah city has made it impossible for aid groups to access the nearby Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel, though Israel says it is allowing supply trucks to enter from its side.
For the past week, the Israeli military has intensified bombardment and other operations in Rafah while ordering the population to evacuate from parts of the city.
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[Rudaw] At least one pro-government soldier was killed on Tuesday in an 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.... (ISSI) desert attack in Syria’s central Homs province, a conflict monitor reported.
"A member of the National Defense Forces [NDF] was killed and two others injured in an attack carried out by Islamic State members ... in Palmyra in the eastern countryside of Homs," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor.
The NDF is a pro-government militia that has fought alongside Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Trampler of Homs... ’s army since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.
ISIS attacks have been on the rise in Syria, particularly in the vast expanses of its eastern and northern deserts where the group launches surprise attacks amid a security vacuum.
On Friday, an ISIS car kaboom killed three members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province.
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BREAKING: SENIOR HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER ELIMINATED Hussein Mechi was ELIMINATED in an attack in Tyre.
Hezbollah commanders dropping like flies.
[IsraelTimes] A top Hezbollah field commander was killed in last night’s dronezap in southern Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , the military says.
Hussein Ibrahim Makki, according to the IDF, was a senior commander in the terror group’s so-called Southern Front unit. He previously commanded the Hezbollah’s coastal division, the military says.
Hezbollah announced his death earlier following the Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... near Tyre, but did not refer to him as a commander.
The IDF says Makki "planned and carried out many terror attacks against the Israeli home front amid the war."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
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...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
...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 
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
...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 
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
