[Tolo News] At least 47 gunnies were killed and 14 others injured during a series of coordinated operations conducted by the Afghan forces over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoIA) released in a statement on Monday.
Twelve others were locked away Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! during the raids.
The statement read: "The Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army (ANA) and the National Directorate of Security (NDS), or intelligence service, conducted several anti-terrorism joint operations in Kunar, 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.. , Laghman, Kunduz, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... , Farah, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... and Nimruz provinces."
The operations were launched to clear the gunnies from the provinces, the statement said.
The MoIA did not provide details about Afghan force casualties during the raids. And self-identified Taliban front man have not yet commented on the operations.
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[MAGHAREBIA] The president of the Derna appellate court on Monday (May 12th) was seriously maimed in an liquidation attempt, Libya Herald reported. Gunmen opened fire on Abdul-Aziz Mustafa Al-Trabulsi after he left the Abdullah Bin Masoud Mosque in the Bab Shiha district.
Derna judges are often targeted by Islamists looking to impose sharia law. Last June, a senior judge was killed outside a Derna courthouse in a drive-by shooting.
In other news Monday, a Libyan diplomat was reported kidnapped in the city's Karssa district. The victim, who works for the Libyan embassy in Yemen, was home visiting his family when he disappeared at the week-end.
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[AnNahar] Jordan's ambassador to Libya was freed and returned home on Tuesday, a month after being kidnapped, in an exchange for a jihadist locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! for plotting kabooms.
A government minister told AFP that ambassador Fawaz Aitan had been released, with the announcement coming just days after Libya said it had ratified an extradition agreement with Jordan.
A plane carrying Aitan touched down at Marka military airport in Amman and was greeted by relatives and officials led by Prince Faisal bin Hussein, the brother of King Abdullah II, said state news agency Petra.
Masked gunnies kidnapped the ambassador in mid-April as he was being driven to work in the Libyan capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... . They shot at his car and maimed his driver.
There was no claim of responsibility, but Libyan sources said the abductors had been demanding the release of a Libyan jihadist locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in Jordan for more than seven years.
Mohammed Saeed al-Darsi was tried and convicted in 2007 on terrorism charges and sentenced to life in prison.
He was also found guilty of possessing explosives and involvement in planning an attack on Amman's international airport.
Aitan had been handed over to the Jordanian authorities in Libya at 0300 GMT, Jordanian Parliamentary Affairs Minister Khaled al-Kalaldah told AFP.
"Last week Darsi was handed over to Libyan authorities in line with the (extradition) agreement so that he will spend the rest of his sentence in Libyan jails," said Kalaldah.
Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said on Jordanian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
that the ambassador was "doing well" following his release.
Judeh did not elaborate, but he is scheduled to hold a news conference on Tuesday to give more details about the efforts leading to his release.
Aitan's abduction was the latest in a series of attacks on Libyan leaders and foreign diplomats in the increasingly lawless North African country, three years after NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... -backed rebels ended autocratic leader Moamer Qadaffy's four-decade rule.
- Kidnapping for blackmail -
Diplomats in Tripoli say militias which fought to topple the Qadaffy regime in the 2011 uprising often carry out kidnappings to blackmail other countries into releasing Libyans held abroad.
Two Tunisians, a diplomat and an embassy colleague, have also been kidnapped in Libya, and Tunis has said their kidnappers are demanding the release of Libyans locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in Tunisia on terrorism charges.
On Thursday, the government in Tripoli said the justice ministries of both Jordan and Libya had ratified the agreement to extradite prisoners. It did not elaborate.
But the move was seen as paving the way for the release of Darsi in exchange for freeing the ambassador.
Aitan was kidnapped at gunpoint on April 15 in a brazen daylight operation on the streets of Tripoli.
Hooded men on board two civilian cars attacked his convoy as he was heading to work, forcing him out of his vehicle and whisking him away.
His driver suffered two gunshot wounds but his life was not in danger after surgery.
In the past month, Jordan had called on the Libyan authorities to secure Aitan's safe release as Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur vowed Amman would do "what it takes" to secure his release.
The United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... Security Council also condemned the kidnapping "in the strongest terms," urging Libya to "work towards the safe release of the ambassador".
But after two days, Tunisian diplomat Al-Aroussi Kontassi was kidnapped in Tripoli -- the second embassy staff member seized in the Libyan capital.
Tunis said later the kidnappers of both men were demanding the release of Libyans locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in Tunisia on terrorism charges.
Libya has seen near-daily attacks targeting security forces, a rebellion that blockaded vital oil terminals for nine months and a growing crisis stemming from the interim parliament's decision to extend its mandate.
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"Last week Darsi was handed over to Libyan authorities in line with the (extradition) agreement so that he will spend the rest of his sentence in Libyan jails," said Kalaldah
I'd give him the Polonium Sushi exit meal before handing him over
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[An Nahar] At least 13 people were burned alive in the Central African Republic at the weekend when they were rounded up by gunnies and barricaded inside a home that was set alight, a police source said Tuesday.
The attack was carried out by men believed to be linked to former rebels of the mainly Mohammedan Seleka group and the Fulani ethnic group in the region of Kaga Bandoro in the country's center, a source with the local police force said.
"One resident who tried to escape through a window was riddled with bullets. All were burnt to death in the house fire," the source said, adding that "many other residents, who had managed to flee, arrived horrified at Kaga Bandoro, where they took refuge in St. Theresa cathedral."
An official from the former Seleka rebels told Agence La Belle France Presse that Seleka rebels for a long time had not visited the region, instead blaming the violence on members of the Fulani tribe, whose animals were stolen by anti-Balaka militias, and villagers conducting reprisals.
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Sorry, civilization is closed for renovations. Come back in another 40,000 years.
[VOA News] The Nigerian government is offering a $150,000 reward for information useful in the search for two men they say criminal masterminded an attack on a bus station that killed 75 people last month in the Nigerian capital. Authorities have five other men in jug on charges related to the attack.
The Nyanya bus station was bombed April 14 as suburban commuters loaded into buses and minivans to head to work in Abuja.
Later that day the news began to circulate that hundreds of teenage girls had been kidnapped in the northeast, far from the Nyanya bombing.
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...
It was the first attack on the capital in two years, and the bloodiest in the city's history. Islamist murderous Moslem group Boko Haram grabbed credit for the bombing and the kidnapping. Two weeks later, the bus station was bombed again, killing 19 more people.
Addressing journalists on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria's State Security Services Spokesperson Marilyn Ogar said "Nigerian security forces shall not rest on their oars until every individual or group of persons involved in the Nyanya bombings are brought to book."
Before bringing out five suspects to be photographed and questioned by journalists, she said the suspects were told the bombing was in retaliation for the killing of a Boko Haram member the week before at the bus station.
But she said that killing never happened. She said security forces are still searching for the alleged "criminal masterminds" of the first Nyanya bombing: Rufai Abubakar Tsiga and Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, a U.K.-born son of a retired colonel who was previously jugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! on terrorism-related charges.
But she said lower level Boko Haram bully boyz are still hiding among the population in Abuja.
"Terrorist elements are disguising daily by taking up various businesses and menial jobs in Abuja and its environs. Therefore security awareness of the public and prompt response to information sharing will continue to play a pivotal role in the war on terror," said Ogar.
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[An Nahar] Yemen's air force killed five suspected Al-Qaeda forces of Evil in a raid Tuesday on a convoy carrying weapons and ammunition, a local government official told AFP.
The assault comes as part of a major anti-Qaeda offensive launched on April 29.
"A three-truck convoy belonging to Al-Qaeda was targeted by the Yemeni air force in Bayhan, a road linking Shabwa and Marib" provinces, the official said.
"The cargo caught fire and five Al-Qaeda forces of Evil were killed," the source said.
Witnesses added that, shortly after the raid, a Yemeni helicopter landed at the site of the blast and tossed in the clink Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! a primitive who was searching for undamaged weapons among the rubble.
On Monday, a drone strike killed six Al-Qaeda suspects in Marib.
The army says it has inflicted heavy losses on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), seen by the U.S. as the network's deadliest franchise, over the past two weeks.
The interior ministry said this week that checkpoints were set up around the provinces of Sanaa, Ibb, Baida, Lahij and Marib to prevent the entry of jihadists fleeing the offensive focused on Shabwa and Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... -- both in the south.
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[An Nahar] [An Nahar] Military Examining Magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan asked on Tuesday for the death penalty against two Lebanese detainees for belonging to a terrorist organization, the state-run National News Agency reported.
According to NNA, Sawan said in his indictment that Qawsi Moussa and Hussein Berri should be executed for belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL).
The judge accused them of plotting terrorist attacks, killing and attempting to murder soldiers in operations in the area of Wadi Khaled in the northern district of Akkar, the agency said.
Sawan issued arrest warrants against them and referred them to the permanent military court for trial, NNA added.
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[Dhaka Tribune] A Chittagong court has sent detained 21 Jammat-e-Islami leaders, activists including its Chittagong city unit Ameer to jail on Tuesday.
Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Rahmat Ali has passed the order after they produced before the court seeking seven days remand.
REzaul Masud, Additional DEputy Commissioner (Prosecution) of CMP has told the Dhaka Tribune.
The court sent them to jail without holding remand hearing.
However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... the court did not fix the date of remand hearing.
On Monday, police tossed in the calaboose I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! Chittagong city unit Ameer and 20 others Jamaat-Shibir activists from the party's Chittagong office while attending a secret meeting.
The arrestees were Jamaat Chitagong city unit Ameer ANM Shamsul Islam also former MP, its General Secretary Nazrul Islam and 19 others leader-activists.
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[AnNahar] The interior minister says police have tossed in the calaboose I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! six people in northeastern La Belle France in a roundup of suspected jihadists who traveled to fight in Syria's civil war.
The sweep around dawn Tuesday in Strasbourg comes weeks after authorities announced a new push to stop French forces of Evil from traveling to Syria.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the six were suspected of participating in a jihadist network, and recently traveled to Syria.
Hundreds of young French forces of Evil have traveled to Syria. Authorities fear they could return home with fighting skills.
[DAWN] Dr Manzoor Memon, the medico-legal officer (MLO) at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), and his driver were bumped off Tuesday evening in Delhi Colony area of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
According to police, Memon, 45, was traveling with his driver Ashiq, 40, in the Delhi Colony area when unidentified gunnies on cycle of violences opened fire on his vehicle. Both men died on spot.
The bodies were taken to the JPMC.
Joint-Director and In-charge JPMC Emergency Department, Dr Seemi Jamali said Memon was going home after duty when the incident took place.
Jamali said Memon received bullets in his upper torso. Both Memon and his driver shuffled off the mortal coil before they could be shifted to the hospital.
Taking notice of the incident, Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad has sought a detailed report from the Inspector-General of Sindh Police.
Demanding better protection for doctors, medical staff at the Jinnah Hospital stopped performing their duties in protest of the killing of their colleague.
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[DAWN] At least five Death Eaters have been killed and three others were maimed as rival Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) Death Eater groups clashed on the border of North and South Wazoo Agency.
Official sources say that the festivities in Shawal area erupted today after claims by rival TTP groups of Shehryar Mehsud and Khan "Sajna" Said.
Fighting between the two factions have claimed scores of Death Eaters lives while repeated ceasefire calls have also proven to be false as the two groups continue to clash.
Clearly, fighting to the death is the only option pride will allow. Carry on, gentlemen.
Khan "Sajna" Said is trying to wrest control of the Mehsud tribe - with its many weapons and lucrative smuggling routes and extortion business - from rival Shehryar Mehsud.
The factional fighting has complicated attempts by the government to end the insurgency through peace talks it proposed in February.
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[AnNahar] Gunmen on Tuesday killed two schoolteachers -- one Sunni Mohammedan, one Shiite -- in a northwestern Pak town with a history of sectarian violence, police said.
The double murder came in the Sunni-dominated town of Hangu, around 60 kilometres (40 miles) southwest of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , the main city of the northwest, as the teachers were going to the government high school where they worked.
"Gunmen on cycle of violences shot up two teachers of government high school. One was struck down in his prime, while the other died in hospital," district police chief Iftikhar Ahmed told Agence La Belle France Presse.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
Local residents said the murders had raised tensions between religious groups and they joined students in a protest and blocked a main road in the town.
Hangu lies just a few kilometres from Pakistain's lawless tribal regions, where turbans linked to the Taliban and al-Qaeda have carved out strongholds.
It has long been a flashpoint for violence against minority Shiites, who make up an estimated 20 percent of Pakistain's population of 180 million.
[Al Ahram] An apparently coordinated blasts struck on Tuesday as Iraq's Shiite majority marked the birth of a venerated figure in their faith, and came as officials tallied votes from the April 30 election amid a protracted surge in bloodshed that has killed more than 3,300 people this year.
The government has blamed external factors, such as the civil war raging in neighbouring Syria, for the escalating unrest. But analysts and diplomats say the Shiite-led authorities have failed to do enough to reach out to the disaffected Sunni Arab minority and undercut support for militancy.
At least nine boom-mobiles went off through the morning, when traffic gridlocks the streets.
Smoke could be seen rising above several areas of the capital, and AFP journalists reported several shopfronts badly damaged and nearby cars reduced to mangled wrecks of metal. At least 80 people were maimed, overall.
In Karrada, where three people died, the owner of a garage said the blast was caused by a turban posing as a customer who left his car, asking for the brakes to be fixed. "He said he would leave the car and go looking for spare parts, and then he left," said the 54-year-old who identified himself as Abu Nuri.
"Only one of my employees was in the shop when a huge kaboom went off. He fell down, and smoke was everywhere. Many people were crying, and others were running away."
Abu Nuri railed against the authorities and security forces, telling AFP: "The state has failed, it has completely failed. "Attacks target only innocent people, and those heroic officials are completely protected in the Green Zone," he said, referring to the heavily-fortified Storied Baghdad district, which is home to parliament and the US and British embassies.
Two boom-mobiles also went kaboom! near a traffic police headquarters in the eastern Baladiyat neighbourhood, and blasts also hit Sadr City, Urr, Jamila, and Maamal, all of which are Shiite-majority.
Another vehicle rigged with explosives exploded in the mostly-Sunni area of Arab Jubour, killing three, while a roadside kaboom went off near a police patrol in southeast Storied Baghdad, killing one.
Elsewhere, two people, including a young boy, were killed in a rocket attack just north of the capital, while two others died in a boom-mobile in the town of Balad and a police officer was killed in the main northern city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
No group immediately grabbed credit for the attacks. But Sunni turban groups have in the past set off coordinated bombings in the capital and often target the country's Shiite majority, whom they regard as apostates.
The attacks came as Shiite Mohammedans marked the birthday of Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed, and a key figure in Shiite Islam.
Interior ministry front man Brigadier General Saad Maan, who has criticised the media in the past for exaggerating the level of unrest, played down the city-wide violence, saying in a statement that only one civilian had been confirmed maimed.
Iraq is suffering its worst violence since the Sunni-Shiite sectarian conflict that killed tens of thousands of people in 2006-2007.
Security officials had expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... that hard boyz could seek to exploit the vote count and what is expected to be a prolonged period of coalition talks afterwards to launch attacks aimed at further fraying already fragile ties between Iraq's communities.
The authorities have trumpeted security operations targeting hard boyz in the north and west, insisting they are making progress against a variety of turban groups, including the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
But anti-government fighters have continued to hold on to 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... a city a short drive from Storied Baghdad, as well as other pockets of territory in the west.
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fatalities from violence in 2014 are running about double the number in 2013 (Jan-Apr).
Also, the '3300' figure was probably for jan-mar; the figure for jan-apr is about 4000
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[AnNahar] A spate of rush hour bombs, mostly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Storied Baghdad, killed 25 people Tuesday in the first major series of attacks to hit the capital since elections last month.
The apparently coordinated blasts, which also maimed 80 people, came as officials tallied votes from April 30 parliamentary polls amid a protracted surge in bloodshed that has killed more than 3,300 people this year.
The government has blamed external factors, such as the civil war raging in neighbouring Syria, for the escalating unrest this year.
But analysts and diplomats say the Shiite-led authorities must also do more to reach out to the disaffected Sunni minority and undermine support for militancy.
At least nine boom-mobiles went off throughout the morning, when the city is typically gridlocked.
Smoke could be seen rising above several areas of the capital, and AFP journalists reported several shopfronts badly damaged and nearby cars reduced to mangled wrecks of metal.
In Karrada, where three people died, the owner of a garage said the blast was caused by a hard boy posing as a customer who left his car there, asking for the brakes to be fixed.
"He said he would leave the car and go looking for spare parts, and then he left," said the 54-year-old who identified himself as Abu Nuri.
"Only one of my employees was in the shop when a huge kaboom went off. He fell down, and smoke was everywhere. Many people were crying, and others were running away."
Abu Nuri railed against the authorities and security forces, telling AFP: "The state has failed, it has completely failed!"
"Attacks target only innocent people, and those heroic officials are completely protected in the Green Zone," he said, referring to the heavily-fortified Storied Baghdad district, home to parliament and the U.S. and British embassies.
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Two boom-mobiles also went kaboom! near a traffic police headquarters in the eastern Baladiyat neighbourhood, and blasts also hit Sadr City, Urr, Jamila, and Maamal, all of which are Shiite-majority.
Another vehicle rigged with explosives was also detonated in the mostly-Sunni area of Arab Jubour, killing three, while a roadside kaboom also went off near a police patrol in southeast Storied Baghdad, killing one.
Elsewhere, two people, including a young boy, were killed in a rocket attack just north of the capital, while two others died in a boom-mobile in the town of Balad.
No group immediately grabbed credit for the attacks.
But Sunni hard boy groups have in the past set off coordinated bombings in the capital and often target the country's Shiite majority, whom they regard as apostates.
Interior ministry front man Brigadier General Saad Maan, who has criticised the media in the past for over-egging the level of unrest, played down the city-wide violence, saying in a statement that only one civilian had been confirmed maimed.
Iraq is suffering its worst violence since the Sunni-Shiite sectarian conflict that killed tens of thousands of people in 2006-2007.
Security officials have expressed worry that hard boyz could seek to exploit the vote count and what is expected to be a long period of haggling to form a government to set off attacks that could deepen already fragile ties between Iraq's communities.
The authorities have trumpeted wide-ranging operations targeting hard boyz in the north and west, insisting they are making progress against a variety of hard boy groups including the powerful Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... But anti-government fighters have continued to hold on to 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... a city a short drive from Storied Baghdad, as well as other pockets of territory in western Iraq.
[An Nahar] Military Examining Magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan asked on Tuesday for the death penalty against two Lebanese detainees for belonging to a terrorist organization, the state-run National News Agency reported.
According to NNA, Sawan said in his indictment that Qawsi Moussa and Hussein Berri should be executed for belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL).
The judge accused them of plotting terrorist attacks, killing and attempting to murder soldiers in operations in the area of Wadi Khaled in the northern district of Akkar, the agency said.
Sawan issued arrest warrants against them and referred them to the permanent military court for trial, NNA added.
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[Iran Press TV] At least seven civilians have been killed in a boom-mobilekaboom carried-out by foreign-backed forces of Evil in the countryside of the Syrian capital Damascus, reports say.
The attack took place on Tuesday near a school compound in al-Arin neighborhood when a terrorist detonated a vehicle.
According to local media, the explosives used in the deadly attack weighed about 100 kilograms.
The bombing occurred amid a surge in violence in other areas of Damascus. Reports said six civilians were maimed in a mortar attack launched by the forces of Evil in the Bab Touma neighborhood of the capital.
Another mortar shell landed near al-Bashir Hospital in the al-Zahraa neighborhood of Damascus, leaving two children maimed.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, Gloria slowly backed away from the eight-foot bull frog. If the creature croaked she would surely be deafened... sources said that 25 civilians were maimed in terrorist mortar attacks on Saadallah al-Jaberi Square in the city of Aleppo.
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[AnNahar] Heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy... broke out Monday between rival jihadi groups in an oil-rich eastern Syrian province bordering Iraq, forcing many residents to flee, activists said.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting concentrated on the eastern parts of Deir el-Zour province. An activist based in the province who goes by the name of Abdul-Aziz Sheik said many rustics have joined the battle on the side of the Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate known as the Nusra Front, which is fighting an al-Qaeda breakaway group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... The infighting comes ahead of a presidential election on June 3 that current Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Scourge of Qusayr... is expected to win. The vote gives him a mandate to continue his violent crackdown on rebels in the Syrian civil war, which activists say has killed more than 150,000 people.
A German Foreign Office official said Berlin would not allow Syrians in Germany to vote in the election remotely.
"From the point of view of the government, this election is not democratically legitimized," said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with the department's policy.
In Deir el-Zour province, no side has made major gains since last week's capture of much of the western parts of the province by the Islamic State, according to The Observatory and Sheik.
Sheik said that last week, powerful tribal leaders called on both sides to agree on a truce that would begin Saturday. The Nusra Front agreed while the Islamic State gave no answer, making many tribes turn against them, Sheik said via Skype.
"People are fleeing in boats from the eastern side to the west of the river," he said referring to the Euphrates River.
The Islamic State has been clashing with the Nusra Front, their former allies, for nearly two weeks in Deir el-Zour. The fighting has killed more than 230 people and displaced 100,000 according to The Observatory.
On Sunday, the Islamic State's official front man strongly criticized its parent organization's head, Ayman al-Zawahri, for siding with the Nusra Front.
In an audio message posted on murderous Moslem websites, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, accused al-Zawahri of being responsible "for shedding Mohammedan blood" and urged him to step down for the election of another leader. The tone and level of criticism against al-Zawahri by a fellow jihadi were rare.
The crisis between the two jihadi groups escalated after al-Zawahri recognized the Nusra Front as al-Qaeda's official branch in Syria and urged the Islamic State's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to withdraw his men from there. He also ordered the establishment of an independent Islamic court to settle the issue, a move rejected by al-Baghdadi.
Al-Adnani considered the decision by al-Zawahri a "fatal mistake" that led to infighting between the two groups that left more than 4,000 people dead over the past months.
"We call on you to undo your fatal mistake ... because you are the one who kindled sedition, you are the one who will extinguish it," al-Adnani told al-Zawahri.
[AnNahar] The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau raided on Monday a warehouse in the northern city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , confiscating a number of weapons, reported the National News Agency.
It said that an ISF Intelligence Bureau patrol raided the warehouse, belonging to A.N., in the al-Soweiqa al-Mahatra neighborhood, seizing a number of rocket-propelled grenades, Energa-type rockets, bombs, and light and medium weapons.
Last month, the army deployed heavily in Tripoli and started implementing a major security plan devised by the government to end violence in the city.
Tripoli witnessed around 20 rounds of deadly gunbattles in recent years between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.
The security plan has resulted in the arrest of dozens of gunnies and runaways in Tripoli and the Bekaa but a lot of desperados have managed to escape, while others remain on the lam.
Last week, a number of leaders of armed fighters in Tripoli turned themselves over to the military intelligence.
[AnNahar] The Syrian army on Monday shot up two Lebanese citizens who were trying to cross into Syria via an illegal border crossing in northern Leb.
"Troops from the regular Syrian army shot up Khaled al-Mheimed and a man from the al-Ouwaishi family, who are both Lebanese from the Wadi Khaled region," Leb's National News Agency reported.
It said they were trying to cross on a cycle of violence into Syrian territory through the illegal al-Ouwaishat border crossing.
The two men were "critically maimed" by the Syrian gunshots, NNA said.
Lebanese Red Thingy medics transferred them to the Our Lady of Peace Hospital in Qoubaiyat.
Ever since the Syrian crisis erupted in 2011, the largely uncontrolled border in Wadi Khaled has witnessed infiltration attempts by gunnies in both directions in addition to arms trafficking operations. Shells fired by the Syrian forces have also targeted the area.
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.
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[AnNahar] A spate of rush hour bombs, mostly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Storied Baghdad, killed 25 people Tuesday in the first major series of attacks to hit the capital since elections last month.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
