[Tolo News] Seven coppers were killed in a roadside mine blast in western Ghor province on Thursday, local officials said on Friday.
The incident took place on the highway between the capital of the province and Charsada district when the police vehicle struck a roadside kaboom, said Abdul Hai Khatibi, provincial governor front man.
"The police car was traveling from the capital of the province to Chahar Sadra district when their vehicle hit a land mine," he said.
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Armed assailants attacked a village on Kenya’s coast, stole guns from police reservists and burnt down a primary school, an official said on Friday, in the latest in a series of raids since mid-June that have killed about 100 people.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in the attack on Thursday night in the village of Panda Nguo, which lies in Lamu County on the northern coast where most of the attacks have taken place.
What happened to the police officers who were attached to the guns?
It was not clear who carried out the assault. “Unknown criminals burnt down the administration block, classrooms and a store,” the senior regional official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.
The attack on Panda Nguo took place at about 1am, said Karisa Charo, a tribal chief in the area.
“Apart from burning down houses and stealing guns, they took away all the drugs and other medical supplies from (the)… dispensary,” Charo said.
Police could not immediately be reached for comment.
They were looking for their guns...
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On Wednesday 9 July at around 1200hours, AMISOM forces conducted a military operation in depth at Al-Shabaab camp in Busc Busc located 115 kilometers south west of Kismayo town. The camp was used as a hide out for Al-Shabaab to conduct Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and ambush attacks against sector 2 forces.
During this operation, an important number of Al-Shabaab fighters were killed, several wounded, and their vehicles and other equipment were destroyed.
This is a continued effort by AMISOM forces to root out Al-Shabaab from their strongholds and to protect the hard won security gains to ensure that Somalia continues on the road to sustainable peace.
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GAROWE, Somalia -- Puntland Government in northern Somalia has beefed up soldiers presence in and around soft and key structures in the state capital of Garowe amid growing threats from Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group, Garowe Online reports. According to a press statement from the Presidency, tight security is now in place across Puntland, with locals cooperating with security agencies on new plans.
Puntland government expressed concern about Ramadan rampage by Al Shabaab in central and southern Somalia. Heavily armed soldiers in armored personnel carriers have been spotted near United Nations compound and Presidential place.
The leading pioneer in northeastern Somalia previously accused its neighbor to the west, Somaliland of sponsoring Al Shabaab operations in the difficult terrain of Golis and Galgala area.
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[Al Ahram] Egyptian security forces have intercepted a number of Grad rockets ...Soviet-developed 122-mm rockets, usually launched from trucks. Newer versions are reported to have a range of up to 30 km.... being smuggled from the Gazoo Strip through cross-border tunnels into Egypt's Sinai, MENA reported on Friday.
So much for even the smidgen of a fraction of hope that Egypt would have pressured Israel to back off.
Security forces thwarted the smuggling of 20 rockets and launching bases when they clashed with Egyptian and Paleostinian Islamist bully boyz at the opening of one of the tunnels in Egypt's border city of Rafah, security sources told the state news agency.
Around one hundred people have been killed in Gazoo by Israeli Arclight airstrikes over the last four days, in what Israeli officials says is a response toPaleostinian rocket fire.
The sources said that the bully boyz were planning to use the weaponry to fire at Israel or against Egypt's security forces in Sinai, where the military is fighting an Islamist insurgency.
Since early 2013, Egypt's military has intensified a campaign against cross-border smuggling tunnels between its volatile Sinai Peninsula and the Gazoo Strip, saying they are used by bully boyz on both sides to smuggle fighters and weapons.
Egypt's government accuses Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, the dominant force in Gazoo, of aiding Islamist bully boyz at home--charges the Islamist group denies.
The closure of most of the hundreds of passages, used to smuggle goods into the Paleostinian enclave, has led to acute fuel shortages and steep hike in prices.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Another son of Major General Suleiman Mahmoud al-Obeidi was kidnapped Thursday (July 10th) in Benghazi's Kish neighbourhood, Libya Herald reported.
Mahmoud al-Obeidi, a civilian, survived an liquidation attempt on June 29th.
His brother Haithem, a legal adviser to the defence ministry, was kidnapped last November. He is still missing.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Tunisian police on Thursday (July 10th) used tear gas and fired warning shots to disperse Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libya and Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... Lions of Islam in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisie Numerique reported.
The members of the banned ...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization had gathered at the police headquarters to demand the release of men incarcerated ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... earlier in the day.
Also on Thursday, salafist ...also known as Wahhabis, salafists are against innovation in religion or in anything else. They eat the same things every meal of every day and all their children are named Abdullah or Mohammed. Not all salafists are takfiris, but all takfiris are salafists. They are fond of praying five times a day and killing infidels... s clashed with Tunisian security services in El Kef.
Citizens called for police reinforcement after a religious krazed killer, stopped for a routine check, began throwing stones at the police vehicle.
Other salafists jointed the fight and attacked the cop shoppe with Molotov cocktails.
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[ALLAFRICA] Soldiers on patrol around Delwa, 35 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday, killed scores of Death Eaters when the military successfully broke though the ambush set by the murderous Moslems.
According to an unsigned statement on the website of the Defence Headquarters, the shootout left scores of Death Eaters and three soldiers dead.
"Seven soldiers who incurred various degrees of injuries have been evacuated for treatment while the troops have continued with their mission (to dislodge Death Eaters in the area)," the statement said.
Thousands of people have been killed as soldiers battle to defeat the murderous MoslemBoko 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... group.
In another development, the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, an Air Chief Marshal, hosted the Australian Defence Attache to 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... (AU), Wes Volant, at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, on Wednesday.
Mr. Volant, a colonel, who was on a courtesy visit to Nigeria, reportedly acknowledged Nigeria's peace keeping efforts in the African region in particular, and the world in general.
The Defence Headquarters said Mr. Volant appreciated Nigeria for patronising Australian Defence College, noting that the two countries are long term allies.
Mr. Badeh assured that the Nigerian military will continue to partner with the Australian military in the area of training and capacity building.
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[DAWN] ABBOTTABAD: Unidentified motorcyclists bumped off a man and his son in a targeted attack in Hassan Town on Kakul Road here on Friday.
Police quoted wife of the victim, Ghulam Mustafa Sherazi, as saying that she was present at the main gate of the house as her husband and son Waseem Sherazi drove out their car to go to a nearby imambargah for Friday prayers when two motorcyclists appeared on the scene and opened fire on them.
She said that her husband and son received multiple bullets and was struck down in his prime. The motorcyclists escaped after the attack. She said that they belonged to Sahiwal district of Punjab and had been living in the area for the last 14 years. She said that they had no enmity with anyone.
When contacted, Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... district police officer Mohammad Ali Gandapur said that it would be premature to call it a sectarian incident. He said that the police were working on different leads to ascertain facts and arrest the culprits.
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[DAWN] LANDI KOTAL: The security forces on Friday locked away I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! four suspected holy warriors during a raid on a house in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency.
Officials said that the forces raided the house of Menar Gul in Ghundi area following information about the presence of some outlaws. They said that the forces arrested four suspects and took them to Jamrud lock-up for interrogation.
Also, Sajid Khan was critically maimed in Jamrud when a stray bullet hit him at midnight.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked Got a light, Mac?
Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features. If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng, he pointed out, his voice tense, we all die!... the Kukikhel ...a tribe of primitives inhabiting Khyber Agency. They are a branch of the Afridi tribe. Traditionally they have been migratory, tromping between Jamrud and the Rajgal valley with the seasons. The tribe has had mustache-cursing relationships with several other tribes, including the Zakkakhel and Kambarkhel, and with the Mullagori. They make welcome most anyone with a turban and automatic weapons, but every once in awhile they get together a tribal lashkar to mollify the government... rustics of Jamrud threatened to forcibly stop construction work at Regi Lalma Housing Scheme if it was not stopped by the 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. Development Authority till Saturday (today).
The 30-member action committee of the Kukikhel elders met in Jamrud on Friday and took serious notice of what they called illegal construction of houses on the disputed piece of land.
The committee members contended that despite Peshawar High Court orders banning construction on the disputed land, the PDA had been continuing construction on the land claimed by the Kukikhel tribe.
"The PDA instead of resolving the issue through peaceful means is creating problems by openly disregarding the court orders," the committee members alleged and warned that the PDA would be responsible if any untoward incident occurred at the site.
The committee also submitted an application to the Khyber Agency political administration to take up the matter with the PDA officials and ask them to stop the construction of houses and demolish all illegal buildings on the disputed land. It asked the PDA to wait till the matter was decided by the committee formed under PHC instructions.
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[DAWN] KARACHI: Two alleged gangsters and a suspected mugger were killed in encounters on different spots of the Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot.... area, police said on Friday.
They said that following the kidnapping and killing of three men in Kalakot's Afshani Gali, the police and Rangers conducted search operations in parts of Lyari late on Thursday night.
According to SSP-City Sheraz Nazeer, the three killings were the result of infighting between two rival gangs being led by Mullah Nisar and Sarwar Baloch, respectively.
He said that during the search operation in Kalakot, gunnies fired at the law-enforcers and the latter returned fire. During the exchange of gunfire, a suspected gangster, identified as Malik Mushtaq, was killed.
He said that the dear departed was an alleged member of the Sarwar gang.
The SSP said that an encounter also took place during a similar operation in the Kalri area. As a result of the shootout, another suspect, identified as Mulla Rasheed, was rubbed out, he said, adding that the dear departed was a member of the Mulla Nisar gang.
He said that Sarwar Baloch was the right-hand man of Uzair Baloch, while Mullah Nisar was previously associated with Uzari Baloch but recently parted ways due to some differences.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?... an gunnies was allegedly looting passers-by in the Baghdadi area when a police patrol arrived there and challenged him. The suspect fired at the police and in an ensuing encounter he suffered a bullet wound. He was moved to the Civil Hospital 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... , where he died during treatment. He was identified as Javed.
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[An Nahar] Iraq's security forces and allied Shiite militias executed at least 255 Sunni prisoners as they fled a lightning jihadist-led advance last month, Human Rights Watch ... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world... said on Friday.
"Iraqi security forces and militias affiliated with the government appear to have unlawfully executed at least 255 prisoners... since June 9," the watchdog said in a statement.
"The mass extrajudicial killings may be evidence of war crimes or crimes against humanity," the New York-based HRW said.
It said the killings appeared to have been carried out in Dire Revenge™ for the onslaught led by what was still known last month as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The group, which has since rebranded itself as the Islamic State (IS), is a Sunni krazed killer organization which last month overran large swathes of Iraq, including second city djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , and has since declared a "caliphate" straddling the border with Syria.
"Gunning down prisoners is an outrageous violation of international law," said HRW's deputy Middle East director, Joe Stork.
"While the world rightly denounces the atrocious acts of (ISIL), it should not turn a blind eye to sectarian killing sprees by government and pro-government forces."
The rights group said it had documented massacres of prisoners last month in Mosul, as well as in the towns and villages of Tal Afar, Baquba, Jumarkhe and Rawa.
"In one case the killers also set dozens of prisoners on fire, and in two cases they threw grenades into cells," HRW said.
It demanded an international investigation into the killings.
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Civil wars are generally 'uncivil'. It was American exceptionalism that people seem to think that is the norm. Fort Pillow was the exception rather than the rule in that civil war.
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Iraqi? No. Shia? Yes. And this has been the problem since they let Maliki have free reign. He should have been taken out in a coup, with the military taking over. All the nation builders in the Bush administration were dead wrong about implementing a democracy - what was needed is a republic, and a federation, not a democracy.
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They have been slaughtering each other for almost 1200 years and Human Rights Watch thinks a tut tut and a sternly worded memo is going to stop the carnage? Part of the delusional world on the left. Standing back and wringing hand and showing concern and having good intentions will not stop this.
It is interesting that Al-Baghdadi has proclaimed himself to be a descendent of Mohammed. Hmmm, I though the problem with the struggle between the Sunni and the Shia was that Mohammed left no descendants...thanks to the murder of Ali and his wife.
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And this was made worse by Obama's withdrawal before the Iraqi forces were really ready to take over, and before their society had any real long-term functioning and was forced to be fair by the US and international forces there. It takes a generational change, like in Germany - where we maintained troops for decades. Obama tried to wave his hands and say its done, and let the majority Shia run wild (democracy = mob rule) -- all that in order to meet a political goal for gain for the 2012 elections.
Iraq is paying the price for Bush being stupid enough to let the State Dept idiots ruin the military successes in Iraq, and Obama for being an ignorant jackass and leaving Maliki in place with no check on his corruption and abuse.
Bravo for the Kurds taking advantage of this opportunity to GTFO of a failed state.
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It needs more than a generational change, OldSpook, for Iraq to change. Unlike the Germany experience, Iraq has no traditions of any semblance to a republic. When you take over the show by military means, you then own the problem, if you want to change the country.
Most all of these middle east countries are dyfunctional, just like Iraq. It will take a number of generations to change. But you will not see change with this situation until the sunni and shia change. There are some fatal flaws embedded in this society that we cannot fix ourselves.
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Mr. Spook has the right of it. The progressive left and State Dept. bozos all genuflect to the Euro idea of parliments and prime ministers. This strengthens the idea of "groupism", be it party or tribe or ethnicity instead of a system based on individualism where changing correlations of forces can provide a dynamic balance.
[Al Ahram] Clashes between Sunni militants and Iraqi security forces near Anbar provincial capital Ramadi killed 11 police and wounded 24, an officer and a doctor said on Friday.
The fighting near Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad where anti-government fighters have held shifting areas since the beginning of the year, began Thursday afternoon and continued into Friday.
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[IsraelTimes] As Operation Protective Edge continues for a fifth day Saturday, over 500 rockets have been fired from Gazoo at Israel, with several direct hits and several Israelis injured. Rockets fired throughout the day targeted communities near the Gazoo Strip as well as Beersheba, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Rehovot and Rishon Lezion. The Israeli Air Force carried out around 60 air strikes in the Gazoo Strip overnight Friday, and over 1,000 Arclight airstrikes since the operation began. Paleostinian reports say at least 120 Paleostinians have been killed. Prime Minister Netanyahu said Friday all Gazoo casualties are the fault and responsibility of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, which uses Gazooks as human shields while Israel does its best to avoid hitting civilians. The Times of Israel is liveblogging events as they unfold.
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I still say the entire mess can be resolved in about an hour with one massive ARCLIGHT strike. It would also reduce the rest of the tinderbox of the Muddled East to something manageable. I'm sure the Saudis would grumble. Just let them know the next target will be Riyadh, Jedda, Mecca, or Medina -- or all four.
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[Al Ahram] Rockets were fired at northern Israel from Leb on Friday and Israel's army responded with artillery fire, Lebanese and Israeli military authorities said.
Southern Leb is a stronghold of Hezbollah, a Shi'ite Mohammedan group that battled Israel seven years ago and is engaged in Syria's civil war in support of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now... , but there are also Paleostinian groups in the same area. In the past, hard boyz linked to al Qaeda have claimed such attacks.
The rockets were fired from the Marjayoun - Hasbaya area towards "occupied Paleostinian territories", a statement from Leb's army said, referring to Israel. The projectiles were launched in the hours before dawn.
Lebanese security forces tossed in the calaboose Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! a man suspected of firing the rockets, the national news agency said later in the day. He was Lebanese and a member of "fundamentalist groups", the report said, without naming the groups.
It said he had admitted he had been accompanied by two Paleostinians who were also members of these groups, and security forces were still searching for the pair.
The army said it had discovered two missile platforms with more rockets ready for launch after searching the area, and had dismantled them.
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[DAWN] Israel's prime minister vowed Friday to press forward with a broad military offensive in the Gazoo Strip, saying international pressure will not halt what he said was a determined effort to halt rocket fire by Paleostinian bully boys, as the corpse count from the 4-day-old conflict rose above 100.
Addressing a news conference, Netanyahu brushed off a question about possible cease-fire efforts, signaling there was no end in sight to the operation. "I will end it when our goals are realised. And the overriding goal is to restore the peace and quiet," Netanyahu said. Israel launched the offensive on Tuesday in response to weeks of heavy rocket fire out of Gazoo.
At least 103 Paleostinians, including dozens of civilians, have been killed, according to the Paleostinian Health Ministry in Gazoo.
Paleostinian turbans have fired more than 600 rockets at Israel.
One rocket fired from the Gazoo Strip struck a gas station and set it ablaze earlier Friday in southern Israel, seriously wounding one man, and the army said the condition of a soldier maimed by rocket shrapnel on Thursday had worsened.
But there have been no deaths on the Israeli side, in large part because of a new rocket-defense system that has intercepted more than 100 incoming projectiles.
Netanyahu said he has been in touch with numerous world leaders, including President Barack Obama Republicans can come along for the ride, but they've got to sit in the back... and the leaders of Britannia, La Belle France, Germany and Canada.
He said he had "good discussions" with his counterparts, telling them that no other country would tolerate repeated fire on its citizens. "No international pressure will prevent us from acting with all power," he said.
Overnight, US President Barack Obama phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express concerns and to offer his help in resolving the crisis.
"The United States remains prepared to facilitate a cessation of hostilities, including a return to the November 2012 ceasefire agreement," the White House said, referring to a truce which ended the last major confrontation between Israel and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,.
But Egypt, which has played a key role in mediating previous ceasefire agreements, said its efforts were falling on deaf ears.
"Egypt has communicated with all sides to halt violence against civilians and called on them to continue with the truce agreement signed in November 2012," the foreign ministry said.
"Unfortunately, these efforts... have met with stubbornness. "Neither of the warring sides appeared to have any interest in backing down.
After weeks of rising rocket fire on its south, Israel lost patience and was bent on dealing a fatal blow to Hamas, with Netanyahu reportedly saying talk of a ceasefire was "not even on the agenda".
And Ismail Haniya, Gazoo's former prime minister and the most senior Hamas official in the enclave, also ruled out any end to hostilities.
"(Israel) is the one that started this aggression and it must stop, because we are (simply) defending ourselves," he said.
Israel's allies have backed the country's right to self-defense, but they have called for restraint.
UN Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... has 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... about the heavy civilian casualties in Gazoo, and on Friday, the UN's top human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... official said the air campaign may violate international laws prohibiting the targeting of civilians.
"We have received deeply disturbing reports that many of the civilian casualties, including of children, occurred as a result of strikes on homes," said Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights.
"Such reports raise serious doubt about whether the Israeli strikes have been in accordance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law," she said.
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the air campaign may violate international laws prohibiting the targeting of civilians
Whereas rockets fired in general direction of Israeli civilian centers are OK?
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Usually a big fan of the schwa, but one must sacrifice for art.
Civilians en masse have been moidelized!
Outrageous, inhuman, uncivilized!
Though targets are near us, the
Intention is clear to see --
The Joos are just too doggone organized!
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But there have been no deaths on the Israeli side, in large part because of a new rocket-defense system that has intercepted more than 100 incoming projectiles.
"they noted, wistfully"
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He said he had "good discussions" with his counterparts, telling them that no other country would tolerate repeated fire on its citizens.
Sadly, in the case of our country, I'm afraid that's not true. Illegal aliens in this country commit all kinds of crimes including rape, robbery, murder and drug smuggling while President Baraq Obama refuses to stem the invasion. I dare say more Americans have died from these crimes than Israelis have from Gaza rocket fire. I don't believe Israel would survive if Obama was their president.
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the air campaign may violate international laws prohibiting the targeting of civilians
As I understand it, before bombing a house where civilians might be, the Israelis drop leaflets in Arabic, then call the known inhabitants, warning them that the house is being targeted. The Arabs then get women and children to surround the house. When the house is bombed, the Arabs scream that the Israelis attacked women and children (and ducklings and fluffy bunnies as well).
What more can a civilized country like Israel do? Using human shields is a war crime - not for the attackers, but by the people who use them.
If Israel were as evil as the Palestinians say, they would be bombing entire neighborhoods without warning. (That is my personal recommendation, by the way. But then, I am not in charge of Israel, and at times, not civilized.)
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You're civilized, Rambler - just not suicidal.
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Israel has confirmed preparations are under way for a possible ground attack, with tanks and artillery massed along the border.
Wipe them out, enough murderous crap, better to deal with survivors, we didn't have a problem with wiping out Nazis in World War 2 afterward there were none.
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A military spokesman has confessed that "friendly fire", not Abu Sayyaf militants, killed six Philippine marines including a junior officer during heavy fighting on the island province of Sulu in Mindanao last month. Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala said, "Based on the military’s BOI (Board of Inquiry) findings submitted by the Western Mindanao Command...the unfortunate incident was a result of friendly fire."
Earlier, the military reported that an Army lieutenant and five of his men were killed by a mortar round fired by the Abu Sayyaf in a fierce battle in the town of Patikul on June 19.
Zagala said the operation was launched in an attempt to recover the remaining kidnap-for-ransom victims still being held hostage by the rebels. During the inquiry, investigators had established it was "friendly fire" that killed the soldiers when they recovered from the site a shattered shell of a 105mm howitzer.
Zagala said, "It was not intentional. The unfortunate incident, which usually happens because of combat fatigue and confusion on the ground especially during heavy fighting, do happen with modern armies around the world. We look upon our colleagues who were killed equally as heroes because they are out there manning their position as part of their ongoing anti-terror operation."
The investigation showed that the marines called for support amid the heavy fighting. Zagala said the support came in the form of 105mm howitzer rounds, with one wayward round landing and exploding at the forward command post.
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with one wayward round landing and exploding at the forward command post.
Tragic, but it happens to even the best soldiers, in war and in training. Looks like an appropriate response by command.
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They have old and damp ammunition. The very best their 105's would reach is 4k, 105's max effective range is 6k. About every 5th round would land short, really short. They normally compensated by having the 105's on a flank. But not this time, sad.
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A deputy police superintendent in Yala's Krong Pinang district and two other officers were killed in an ambush on Thursday night while returning from a Muslim prayers with local villagers.
Police believe some ten terrorists insurgents, led by Hubaideela Romuelee of the Runda Kumpalan Kecil (RKK) separatist movement, were responsible for the attack, in which three policemen were killed and another injured
In related news, although trainees at a hospital in Yala were shaken up after two classmates were gunned down, they have said they will continue their studies. One student said after classmates Sutheera Phetchan and Kulradee Petchmak were killed on July 9, the college ordered them to drop their training at the hospital and return. She said they have all realized they need to adjust and be more cautious.
[SMH.AU] Australian religious myrmidon Musa Cerantonio has been tossed in the clink Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! in the Philippines after boasting he had travelled to the Middle East to join jihadists.
The arrest of 29-year-old Melbourne-born Mr Cerantonio on the island of Cebu early Friday morning is a coup for Western intelligence agencies which have named him as one of the top two influential jihadist "inspirations" for fighters in Syria and Iraq.
Mr Cerantonio had announced on Twitter earlier this month that he had made it successfully to the Levant — presumably either Syria or Iraq — after leaving the Philippines where he was believed to be in hiding.
But Philippine police, who said they had been tracking him for a week, believed Mr Cerantonio had been in the Philippines for about a year.
Mr Cerantonio tweeted he was leaving the Philippines to join fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which began their march to try to capture Iraq's capital in early June.
''Al-Hamdulillah (Thanks to God) I have arrived in the land of Khilafah (caliphate) in Ash-Sham (the Levant)! May Allah honour all Moslems during this blessed time with His obedience,'' he wrote on Twitter.
His arrival in the Middle East would have been a blow to Australian authorities who were reportedly hoping to issue a warrant for Mr Cerantonio's arrest.
The Australian Federal Police have been investigating the former Catholic convert to Islam and pursuing possible charges under Australia's Foreign Incursions Act, which prohibits fighting with foreign paramilitary organizations, including recruiting others.
Mr Cerantonio has previously used Facebook to urge Moslems to kill Western leaders.
Police and immigration agents stormed a village outside Cebu to arrest Mr Cerantonio who was with a Filipino woman who was also wanted for questioning.
Police said they recovered several SIM cards, mobile telephones electronic devices and cash during the operation. Cerantonio and a Filipino woman also had their passports and more than 14,000 Philippine pesos in cash, as well as other money in different currencies, the website said.
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[An Nahar] The Lebanese army has tossed in the calaboose Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! several gunnies in the eastern Bekaa Valley for transporting aid to fighters based on the outskirts of the town of Arsal, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The military said the four suspects, who were in a pick-up truck, were seized in Arsal late Thursday. They are Syrian nationals who entered the country illegally.
NNA said, however, that they were transporting food and other urgent needs for the gunnies taking position on the outskirts of the eastern mountain range in Arsal.
The suspects were referred to the military police for questioning, the agency said.
Upon their arrest, the army consolidated its presence at checkpoints in the Bekaa's North, it added.
The army also said in its communique that it arrested an armed Syrian driving an unregistered Nissan Bluebird in the area of Damour in Shouf district.
The suspect was carrying a gun, a hunting rifle, a radio transceiver and ammunition, it said.
He was referred to the judiciary, the communique added.
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[An Nahar] Three rockets landed in the northern Bekaa town of Brital on Friday, causing no casualties.
According to LBCI television, the projectiles were fired from the Eastern Mountain Range on the border between Leb and Syria.
Voice of Leb radio (93.3) said the shelling caused material damage.
"The first rocket landed west of the international highway in grape groves belonging to the Jaafar family," the National News Agency said, adding that "shrapnel hit the nearby houses without causing any casualties."
The second rocket fell in a wasteland east of the international highway.
Later on Friday, LBCI said a third rocket struck Brital without leading to any injuries.
On Tuesday, a rocket launched from the same region fell near the northern Bekaa town of al-Fakiha.
Six rockets fired from the Eastern Mountain Belt landed in and around Brital on June 28 without causing any injuries.
Extremist Islamist groups usually claim responsibility for such attacks, arguing that they come in retaliation to Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... 's military intervention in Syria.
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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
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