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Afghanistan
Eight ‘Civilians’ Killed in Nangarhar Airstrike: Official
[ToloNews] At least eight non-combatants were killed in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in Surkh Rod district in the eastern province of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
on Friday evening, a front man for Nangarhar governor, Attaullah Khogyani, said.
they're non-combatants now
Khogyani said that one child was also among those killed in the airstrike that was carried out in Karak village in Surkh Rod district in the north of Nangarhar.

Sources from Nangarhar said those who were killed were the civilians who were going to their homes after shopping at a local market.
Simple, well-armed, rustic civilians
The Ministry of Defense has not commented on this incident. A statement by the ministry released on Saturday morning reads that five airstrikes were conducted over the past 24 hours including an airstrike in Sherzad district in Nangarhar in which six Lions of Islam were killed and four others were maimed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/16/2020 00:06 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Pakistanis arrested as Afghan Special Forces seized a large cache of explosives in Ghazni
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces
...established in 2007 with the intent of taking one conventional infantry kandak (battalion) from each of the regional ANA corps, giving them special training and equipment, and reorganizing based on the U.S. Army Rangers. Each battalion is assigned to one of the six regional corps. The commandos comprise 7% of the Afghan National Security Forces but conduct 70% to 80% of the fighting...
arrested a Pak family during an operation in Ghazni province during which they seized a large cache of explosives belonging to Taliban
...Arabic for students...
The Special Operations Corps in a statement said the Special Forces discovered and seized the cache during a raid in Geru district.

The statement further added that the Special Forces confiscated 200 sacks of explosives, 4 cycle of violences and a vehicle during the raid.

According to Special Operations Corps, the Special Forces also arrested a Pak family including a woman and 6 children whose head of the family was involved in the making of improvised bombs.

The Taliban group has not commented in this regard so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Talib Red Unit #2 among 10-15 airstruck in Takhar, Afghan SF tie up 6 in raids in Ghazni, Farah, Logar


Precision airstrike kills deputy commander of the Red Unit of Taliban in Takhar

[KhaamaPress] An Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
killed seven Talibs including the deputy commander of the Red Unit of the group in North-eastern Takhar province.

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement said the security forces conducted a precision airstrike in Baharak district of Takhar on Friday night.

The statement further added that the airstrike killed 7 Talibs including Jalal Sirat alias Nasrat, the deputy commander of the Red Unit of Taliban
...Arabic for students...
in Takhar.

The airstrike also killed Ahmadullah Taloqani, one of the senior commanders of the group in Takhar and maimed 3 other bad boys, the statement added.

The Defense Ministry also added that the airstrike also destroyed multiple cycle of violences of Talibs.

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the airstrike so far.

Airstrike kills 5 Taliban militants in Takhar province

[KhaamaPress] An airstrike killed 5 Taliban militants in North-eastern Takhar province of Afghanistan, the military officials said Saturday. The officials further added that the security forces conducted the airstrike in Baharak district of Takhar.
This may or may not be the same airstrike as above — we go to press with the articles we’ve got.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pie fight, Bella went down under the weight of the custard...
the Afghan Special Forces
...established in 2007 with the intent of taking one conventional infantry kandak (battalion) from each of the regional ANA corps, giving them special training and equipment, and reorganizing based on the U.S. Army Rangers. Each battalion is assigned to one of the six regional corps. The commandos comprise 7% of the Afghan National Security Forces but conduct 70% to 80% of the fighting...
arrested 6 Talibs during the operations in Giro district of Ghazni,
...see here for details...
Muhammad Aghah district of Pashtun-infested Logar and Farah district of Farah province.

The Special Forces also destroyed a small communications cache of Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
in Pashtun-infested Logar and two weapons cache of the group in Pashtun-infested Logar and Kandahar provinces, the officials added.

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Arabia
Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
[Aljazeera] Yemen's Houthi rebels say more than 30 civilians have been killed in air raids carried out by a Saudi-UAE-led military coalition, with the United Nations confirming the death toll as it deplored a "shocking" failure to protect the war-torn country's unarmed population.

Saturday's air raids in northern al-Jawf province came hours after the Houthis said they had shot down a Saudi fighter jet in the same area with an advanced surface-to-air missile.

"Preliminary field reports indicate that ... as many as 31 civilians were killed and 12 others injured in attacks that hit al-Hayjah area of al-Maslub district in al-Jawf governorate," said a statement from the office of the UN resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator for Yemen.

The statement said "humanitarian partners" deployed rapid response teams to provide medical assistance to the wounded, many of whom were being transferred to hospitals in al-Jawf, as well as the capital, Sanaa.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/16/2020 03:31 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  The graphic (nothing to do with the article), a vintage French marked Westland carrying a re-supply pod. One of the unsung heroes of WWII and the cross-channel effort.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/16/2020 3:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Love that graphic. My taste trends to Porter and Twin Otter. And the C-130.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 02/16/2020 10:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Sometimes the internet's not so bad. A while back, I notice the other Lysander pic and think, "Ah, Lysanders, of course... but how the hell do I even know that?" Fifteen minutes later, I still have no idea -- Janes forty years ago was not that memorable -- but I'm ready to take one up myself. Well, with a cheatsheet. And maybe not at night.

Shuttleworth "Pilot's Chat"

Another hour... "Well, I'd hate to wreck your lovely historic Spitfire, but if you're sure it's all right..." Thanks... and for the history and nostalgia items generally (painful poignancy of many notwithstanding).
Posted by: Knuckles Spavins2792 || 02/16/2020 23:54 Comments || Top||


Britain
More ‘Asian’ Grooming Gang Abusers Sentenced in Oxford, England
[BREITBART] Another three "Asian" grooming gang abusers have been sentenced for multiple rapes, indecent assaults, and drug dealing offences in Oxford, England.

41-year-old Naim Khan (24/8/1978), 44-year-old Mohammed Nazir (20/3/1975), and 42-year-old Raheem Ahmed (22/2/1977) were convicted of the following crimes, respectively, according to a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announcement:

  • Seven counts of rape (two counts were multiple incidents covering at least 12 occasions); four counts of indecent assault (two counts were multiple incidents covering at least 15 occasions); one count of procuring a man to rape the victim; two counts of procuring men to indecently assault the victim; one count of supplying class B drugs on at least 12 occasions (Victim 1)

  • one count of indecent assault (Victim 2)

  • Six counts of rape (four counts were multiple incidents covering at least 14 occasions); five counts of indecent assault (all counts were multiple incidents covering at least 27 occasions); one count of procuring a man to rape the victim; three counts of procuring men to indecently assault the victim (one count was a multiple incident covering at least three occasions); one count of supplying class B drugs on at least 10 occasions (Victim 1)

  • Two counts of indecent assault, and one count of supplying class B drugs on at least 10 occasions (Victim 1)

  • A fourth man, 42-year-old Afzal Mohammed of Randolph Street, Oxford, was acquited of one count of rape.

Prosecutors claim the convicted trio have been "placed in durance vile
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
for a total of 49 years", with Khan, Nazir, and Ahmed receiving terms of 24 years, 20 years, and five years ‐ but this may be misleading.

In the British criminal justice system, criminals handed multiple sentences are generally told they will serve them concurrently ‐ i.e. all at the same time, rendering all but the longest effectively meaningless.

They are also typically eligible for automatic early release on licence halfway through non-"life" terms, or else at the two-thirds point with Parole Board approval if handed special "extended" sentences.

While the CPS did not make the details of the Oxford gang’s sentencing immediately clear in their announcement, the above was certainly the case for Telford rape gang ringleader Mubarek Ali, who became eligible for release on licence ‐ which he received ‐ less than five years into a supposed 22-year sentence.
Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


Europe
Switzerland Thwarts Major Islamic State Terror Attack
[BREITBART] According to a new investigation by Swiss media, a cell of jihadists based in Geneva plotted to bomb cisterns full of oil near the city’s airport in a major terror attack.

The plot, which was set to take place last year before being stopped, revolved largely around a man named Daniel D., who also went by the Islamic name Abu Ilias al-Swisri, a convert to Islam who went on to join the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
terror group two years later, Le Temps reports.

Al-Swisri, now 25-years-old, had attended the Petit-Saconnex mosque where he met two other bully boyz named "PF" and Ramzi, who would also join his Islamic State terror cell.

In 2015, both al-Swisri and Ramzi took a trip to Syria where they met with a branch of Islamic State and received weapons training. PF, who remained in Geneva, requested to join the two men in Syria but was told by al-Swisri that the group wanted to plot an attack in Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
Al-Swisri is said to have formed relationships with several more Switzerland-based jihadists, all of whom are currently, like al-Swisri, detained in Kurdish prison camps, and plotted the bombing attack with them.
Thank goodness for the SDF prison camps, without which Europe and England would be aflame from one end to the other.
Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Don't they realize that all their bigs have numbered Swiss accounts?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/16/2020 2:43 Comments || Top||

#2  You let muzzies in you get pIslam.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/16/2020 4:16 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Blasts hit US-led coalition base in Baghdad
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Several blasts hit a US-led coalition military base in Baghdad early on Sunday from an apparent rocket attack, a US military official said.

The official did not immediately say if the attack caused any casualties or significant damage.

This is the 19th attack against US assets in the country since late October.

The blasts were followed by aircraft circling over the Green Zone.

Earlier, Al Arabiya correspondent reported strong explosions near the vicinity of the US embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.

The explosion sent warning sirens blaring across the high-security diplomatic compound.

The attacks are never claimed but the US has pointed the finger at Iran-backed groups within the Hashed al-Shaabi, a military network officially incorporated into Iraq’s state security forces.

In late December, a rocket attack on the northern Iraqi base of K1 left one US contractor dead and unleashed a dramatic series of events.

Washington responded with retaliatory strikes against a hardline Hashed faction in western Iraq and days later, an American dronezap in Baghdad killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
and his right-hand man, Hashed deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandes.

Hashed factions have vowed Dire Revenge for the pair’s death, insisting US troops should immediately leave Iraq.

Sunday’s attack came just hours after one of the Hashed’s Iran-backed factions, Harakat al-Nujaba, announced a "countdown" to ousting American forces from the country.

Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


US forces to pull out of Shia areas in Iraq
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
East Jerusalem boy seriously hurt in protest, apparently by police sponge bullet
[IsraelTimes] Police say incident occurred during attempt to disperse demonstrators, investigation opened; father says boy may lose one or both of his eyes.

A 9-year-old boy was seriously maimed on Saturday after he was apparently injured by a sponge-tipped bullet during a police operation in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, Hebrew media reported.

The boy’s father told the Haaretz daily that his son had serious facial injuries, may be suffering from brain damage and there are concerns he may lose one or both of his eyes as a result of his wounds.
“Doc Avi says there is a shallow scratch on one cheek — you can see it if you look closely under a strong light. He gave my son a Superman bandaid.”
Israel Police said in a statement that the boy was hurt during an attempt to disperse demonstrators during a police operation, and that an investigation had been opened.
“Yep. Shallow scratch. The bandaid had Original Superman, not one of those namby-pamby remake versions.”
The boy’s father denied that there were demonstrations prior to the incident.
“We do civil, well-reasoned discourse here in the ancient city, and everyone knows what that means.”
Community leaders have argued that the police have unreasonably stepped up its operations in Issawiya over the past several months and employed excessive force against residents, undermining stability and stoking tensions in the neighborhood.
Requiring the residents to live with law and order — how hateful!
Police officials, however, have pushed back against the charges, asserting that the heightened operations in Issawiya directly correlate with what they describe as increased violence emanating from the neighborhood.

Since May, the police have raided over 500 homes in Issawiya and arrested more than 600 residents ‐ only about 20 of whom were indicted, Mohammed Abu Hummus,
Look — these articles come to us with the names already written in. There’s nothing we can do about ’em.
a member of the neighborhood’s Parents Committee, said in an interview earlier this year

Locals, meanwhile, have lately stepped up violence against coppers, according to Israel Police front man Micky Rosenfeld.

Saturday’s incident came a day after an Israeli soldier was lightly injured by a stone and four Paleostinians were hurt in a protest in the West Bank village of Budrus. The soldier was treated at the scene northwest of Ramallah and then sent to a hospital, according to Hebrew media reports. The condition of the Paleostinians was not clear.

Protests were also reported in Ramallah, Nablus and near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Troops fired tear gas at Paleostinians who threw rocks and set tires on fire.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/16/2020 02:57 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  may be suffering from brain damage

How do you tell with a "Palestinian"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/16/2020 7:48 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Frank G || 02/16/2020 7:57 Comments || Top||


Israeli air force strikes Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
“Fighter planes and helicopters have targeted positions of the terrorist organization Hamas in central Gaza Strip,” including a military post, said the Israeli military, which earlier reported two projectiles had been fired into the Jewish state from the Gaza Strip.

Following the rocket fire, Israel announced it would cancel a slight easing of the blockade on the Gaza Strip.

“The extension of the fishing zone, the restoration of 500 commercial permits and the delivery of cement have been cancelled,” because of the rocket fire, COGAT, the Israel defense ministry unit that oversees civilian activities in the Palestinian territories, said in a statement.
“The hudna was a test, and y’all failed. Consequences, dudes.”
Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army captures long-time jihadist stronghold in west Aleppo
[ALMASDARNEWS] The jihadist defenses in western Aleppo have completely collapsed after a short battle with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) at the outskirts of the placid provincial capital.

According to a military source in western Aleppo, the Syrian Arab Army captured the strategic al-Mansoura District this evening, following the withdrawal of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) from this area.

Al-Mansoura had been a long-time stronghold for the jihadist rebels before its capture by the Syrian Arab Army this evening.

In addition to capturing al-Mansoura, the Syrian Army also took control of several sites at the western outskirts of Aleppo, including the last building blocks near the Scientific Research Building.

These areas captured by the Syrian Arab Army on Saturdaywere captured in one day, but they were fought over for most of the war.
Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra

#1  Headline is ambiguous. What does Jihadist mean in this context? ISIS, Turkey's lackeys, Democrats?

If I really cared, I'd need a program.
Posted by: AlanC || 02/16/2020 7:47 Comments || Top||


Turkish military attacks Syrian Army and YPG forces in northern #Aleppo
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Syrian Army captures new ground along #Aleppo-#Idlib border amid increased Turkish presence
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


#Russia refutes #Turkey's claim of killing dozens of Syrian soldiers
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Syrian Army’s advancing towards important jihadist base in Idlib
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is steadily advancing south along the Kafr Halab-Taftanaz Road, as their forces attempt to capture the key town of Taftanaz and its corresponding airbase.

According to a field source from the Syrian Army, their forces captured the town of Ma’arat al-Na’asan this afternoon, which is one of the last points before Taftanaz, after a fierce battle with the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS).

The source said that since the capture of Ma’arat al-Na’asan, the Syrian Army has consolidated their gains and begun the push south towards Taftanaz.

He would add that the Syrian Army is determined to capture the Taftanaz Airbase because it has become a main hub for HTS and other Death Eater forces in Idlib.

Since the Syrian Army lost the Taftanaz Airbase in early 2013, the Death Eater forces in the Idlib Governorate have used the installation for training purposes and housing their fighters.

Posted by: Fred || 02/16/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra



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