[Iran Press TV] Egypt has launched Arclight airstrikes on myrmidons' positions in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
"This is a battle for Egypt not Libya. Egypt was the first country in the region to warn against terrorism and it is also the first to fight it," said a senior Egyptian official on Wednesday.
The military operation is launched in response to the request of the Libyan government and will later involve Libyan ground forces in an attempt to take Benghazi back from myrmidons, added the Egyptian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
According to Egyptian military sources, the country's operation against myrmidon groups in Libya is expected to last three to six months.
Earlier this month, Egypt's incumbent president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met with the Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni and declared Cairo's support for the illusory sovereignty of the Libyan government, which is now based in the eastern city of Tobruk. Sisi also promised to train the Libyan army and provide it with military and intelligence assistance.
Cairo's Arclight airstrikes on Libyan snuffies in Benghazi come hours after the Libyan army announced it has thrown its weight behind the four-month-old campaign, dubbed 'Operation Dignity', in order to retake Benghazi from other gangs.
The 'Operation Dignity' has been led by forces loyal to retired General Khalifa Haftar ... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... who have recently intensified their attacks to oust other myrmidon groups from Benghazi.
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[Iran Press TV] Over a dozen people have been injured in a boom-mobileing incident in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, near the nation's High Court of Justice, authorities said.
Among those reported maimed following the late Tuesday kaboom near a subway station in central Cairo were a woman and two children.
No fatalities have so far been reported as a result of the blast, which is the first major attack in the capital since a bombing outside the Foreign Ministry building in late September that killed two coppers.
Egypt's Interior Ministry front man Brigadier General Abdel Fattah Othman initially announced that nine civilians were maimed in the blast and that most of the injuries were minor.
The local news outlets, however, revised the number of those hurt in the bombing to more than 12.
"It was not a boom-mobile. It was a homemade bomb," Othman was cited as stating to the Nile TV, adding that a number of shops were also damaged as a result of the incident.
Bomb experts were reportedly dispatched to the bombing site to investigate the blast, media reports added.
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[Libya Herald] As fierce festivities between pro-government forces and Islamists continue into the afternoon, the worst of the fighting in Benghazi has centred around the sprawling headquarters of 17 February Brigade.
Operation Dignity has claimed to have forced its way into the massive camp which stretches from central Benghazi to the university, in Garyounis. A senior Dignity commander told the Libya Herald that pro-government forces had secured the majority of the area.
Sky News Arabia reported that Dignity forces are now wholly in control of the camp. Most of the roads leading to Fuwayhat and Garyounis have been closed.
Tanks have been deployed in and around 17 February Brigade and can be heard rumbling on the streets after 204 Tank Battalion declared its allegiance to Operation Dignity in the early hours of the morning. Its base adjoins the 17 February Brigade camp.
The Dignity commander said a series of secret meetings had been behind the move, with Dignity forces supplying 204 Battalion with weapons and munition ahead of today's attacks. The tank brigade, which is based in Fweihat, had managed to stay neutral during months of festivities between pro-government forces and Benghazi Revolutionaries' Shoura Council (BRSC) in which 17 February is a major player.
Its decision to join Dignity is believed to have provoked a suicide kaboom this morning on its headquarters which is in close proximity to 17 February Brigade camp. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... Operation Dignity has said that it was the first to attack.
Tanks have been used to destroy the walls surrounding 17 February Brigade and the initial onslaught was supported from the air. The attack was met by indiscriminate shelling from within, with damage reported to Benghazi University and surrounding residential buildings.
Medical staff at Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC), the hospital closest to where the fighting has taken place, reported three dead and four injured in the festivities so far, although this figure was expected to rise.
Elsewhere, BRSC forces have reportedly abandoned long-held checkpoints to join the fighting nearer the centre of the city. The Operation Dignity Commander said in Hay Salem, an 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 Libyaand 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... stronghold, Ansar had withdrawn from a permanent checkpoint on a central roundabout. Similarly, usual positions held by Islamists along the corniche had been abandoned, he said.
In Buhdeima, where turnout for armed demonstrations in support of Operation Dignity was expected to be greatest, the Dire Revenge killing of a member of Ansar al-Sharia has been reported. Mustafa Sweidi was killed, allegedly, for his suspected role in the murder of Intisar Al-Ojali and her 17-year-old son yesterday, although this has not been confirmed.
Businesses have also been attacked. The well-known Kudu restaurant in Dubai street was hit by an RPG early this morning apparently because its management is believed to have been supporting Asnar Al-Sharia. There are also reports of the homes of Benghazi businessmen believed to be supporting Ansar being set on fire.
The Sidi Khalifa home of Islamist militia Mohammed Al-Araibi, known as Bouka, has also been reported as being seized by the army, weapons captured and everyone there tossed in the calaboose Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! .
Elsewhere in Benghazi, where fighting has not taken place, the streets are deserted. There has been a relative lull in the festivities but the residents have said they are bracing themselves for what may come later.
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[Libya Herald] A tentative peace has held in Sebha for three weeks following festivities between the southern town's Qaddadfa and Awlad Suleiman tribes.
The four days of violence in Sebha resulted in tens of deaths and casualties. The festivities were usually characterised by close-quarters small arms fighting in residential areas but also by the use of mortars and anti-aircraft guns.
The battles finally subsided following a series of mediations carried out by negotiators from Misrata's Shoura Council and a delegation comprised of Qaddadfa tribal elders from Sirte and Awlad Suleiman leaders from the the nearby village of Hirawa.
"The series of mediations were successful and put and an end to festivities in the town; there were many lives lost and great destruction to property," the head of Sebha Local Council, Diwan Al-Muhasaba, told the Libya Herald.
Despite media reports to the contrary, the most recent round of fighting was not as fierce as festivities seen in January 2014 between the Awlad Suleiman and the minority Tebus in Sebha and the surrounding area. The violence resulted in over one hundred deaths before a Misratan-led third force from Libya Shield ...a conglomerate of pro-Islamist militias deployed across Libya. It reports to the Libyan defense ministry and is organized like a real army unit. Its commander used to head a Benghazi brigade called Free Libya Martyrs... and negotiators from Zintan's military council intervened and brokered a peace deal.
The Qaddadfa tribe, from which Muammar Qadaffy ...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse... hailed, has retained control of the neighbourhoods of Al-Manshiya and Hay Al-Grad, which was named for the number of rockets that fell on it during the liberation war. Awlad Suleiman has held on to the balance of power in Sebha, taking control of its administrative buildings.
The Qaddadfa and Awlad Suleiman tribes had been strong allies under the Qadaffy regime but Awlad Suleiman backed the rebels in 2011, confiscating the possessions of Qaddadfa supporters and torching their homes.
Both tribes originate from towns in the north of the country. The Qaddadfa come from the coastal town of Sirte, Awlad Sulieman from Hirawa.
Both tribes migrated to southern Libya, Niger and Chad at the time of Italian colonisation.
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[Libya Herald] Clashes have continued near Gharian between the Zintani forces and Saraya Gharian, the local brigade that is part of Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar...
According to a Zintani military source, the fighting today is concentrated between Gharian and Gwalish which is south of Kikla and some 30 kilomtres south west of Gharian itself.
The claim has not been verified. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... reports from Gharian hospital indicate that 37 Libya Dawn gunnies have been killed today and 70 injured. The dead are said to include six men belonging to Misratan forces supporting Saraya Gharian. The maimed are being transported by helicopter to Mitiga for transfer either to 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... hospitals or on to Turkey or Tunisia.
Gharian has been calling for reinforcements to help it fight off the Zintanis. They are said, specifically, to have requested help from Jadu and Nalut, two of the main Amazigh towns in the Jebel Nafusa. The Amazigh have been supporting Libya Dawn, but not actively so far. According to Amazigh sources, there has been no response so far from Jadu and Nalut.
Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking... Kikla is said to have been shelled again today by Zintani forces. They captured it four days ago, but it was supposedly re-taken by Kikli and Ghariani forces two days ago.
There are unconfirmed reports that the Zintani forces have been supplied with new arms and equiupment.
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[Libya Herald] Labraq Airport has been the target of a third missile attack in less than a fortnight.
It is being reported that a dozen Grad rockets ...Soviet-developed 122-mm rockets, usually launched from trucks. Newer versions are reported to have a range of up to 30 km.... were fired from a position to the north of the airport. As the the previous attacks, the salvoes missed both the runway and airport buildings, falling instead in surrounding farmland. No injuries have been reported.
The same afforested launch area seems to have been used for all three strikes, which are being ascribed to Islamist gunnies from Derna.
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[Iran Press TV] Hundreds of Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâ¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... fighters in Yemen have arrived in the southwestern city of Ibb, which borders al-Bayda Province -- a stronghold of al-Qaeda-linked holy warriors in the region.
Reports say on Wednesday that the fighters entered the city while riding dozens of armored vehicles and set up security checkpoints.
"The governor and his aides received the gunnies outside the city and entered with them," an unnamed provincial official said.
Witnesses say another convoy of cars carrying Shia Houthi fighters was seen near the city of Taiz, located some 50 kilometers south of Ibb. The fighters are reportedly heading towards Ma'rib.
This comes shortly after the Houthi Ansarullah fighters took over Dhamar and the major port city of Hudayda.
In September, the fighters also gained control over the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, following a four-day battle with army forces loyal to General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, the half-brother of former dictator, President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
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[Dhaka Tribune] A well-known Shiite holy man was sentenced to death yesterday by a court in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the kingdom and neighboring Bahrain.
Sheik Nimr al-Nimr's case has been watched closely by minority Saudi Shiites in the eastern region of the majority Sunni kingdom. The 54-year-old holy man's case was seen as a barometer for Saudi Arabia's handling of Shiite grievances over the past years.
His brother, Mohammed al-Nimr, announced the verdict on Twitter. He had told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named earlier Wednesday that he would be in the courtroom for the verdict. He could not be immediately reached again for comment.
The holy man had faced charges that also include disobeying the ruler, firing on security forces, sowing discord, undermining national unity and interfering in the affairs of a sisterly nation. A statement by the holy man's family described the verdict as discretionary, suggesting that what the court found al-Nimr guilty of could have been eligible for a lighter sentence.
The family said the verdict sets a "dangerous precedent for decades
to come."
Prosecutors asked for execution followed by crucifixion. In Saudi Arabia, most death sentences are carried out by beheading. Crucifixion in this context means the body and head would then be put on display as a warning to others.
Al-Nimr had not denied the political charges against him, but denied ever carrying weapons or calling for violence. He can appeal the sentence.
Public figure and renowned activist Jaafar al-Shayeb in eastern Saudi Arabia said the verdict appears to have been handed down for "sedition" and "incitement" of Shiite protests in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
"There's a big chance there will be a reaction," al-Shayeb said. "There could be protests, marches, statements of condemnation. ... The situation
is tense."
Bahraini authorities on Wednesday painted over pictures of al-Nimr that had been plastered on walls by Shiite supporters there.
Al-Nimr was a key leader of Shiite protests demanding equal rights in 2011. Protests are banned in Saudi Arabia, where many ultraconservatives view Shiites as heretics.
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Execution followed by crucifixion, gosh that's going to leave a scar.
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Our allies the moderates.
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They sharpening the sword?
disobeying the ruler,
Can't you just see the proggies salivating at the thought of being able to execute people for this here in the USofA?
[DAWN] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... on Wednesday beheaded a Pak man, the interior ministry said, bringing to almost 60 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.
Mohammad Yunus Mohammed Shoaib, executed in the Eastern Province community of Qatif, "was caught smuggling a large quantity of heroin into the kingdom inside his gut," the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
His decapitation takes to 57 the number of people executed by sword in the conservative Gulf nation this year, compared with 78 people in all of 2013, according to an AFP count.
On Tuesday a Saudi, Hamad bin Awadh bin Hawi Al-Anzi, was executed in northern Jawf region "because he smuggled a large quantity of amphetamine pills into the kingdom," SPA said.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Three coppers including an SI were maimed in a "shootout" between small-time Mister Bigs and police during a raid at Kashemnagar area under ramganj upazila of Lakshmipur district yesterday.
The injured coppers were identified as Sub-Inspector Gias Uddin, Constable Mohammad Nur and Rubel. They were sent to Ramganj Health Complex. Police also tossed in the clink Please don't kill me! a bullet-riddled enlisted criminal named Jasim and recovered a LG gun and two bullets from the spot.
Ramganj cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Md Lokman Hossain said: "Acting on a tip-off, police conducted a raid in the area to arrest Jasim in connection with murder and extortion cases."
He said: "Spider senses tingling at the proximity of the law enforcers, the criminals opened fire and hurled crude bombs targeting them. In retaliation, police also fired 13 bullets, leaving three coppers and two criminals injured."
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[DAWN] An activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM), Syed Hassan Mujtaba Zaidi was bumped off in a targeted shooting by gunnies outside deputy commissioner house within the jurisdiction of Cantonment cop shoppe Wednesday night, police and family said.
Zaidi, who was popularly known as Kaka, received two bullet injuries around his temporal regional and cheek. Police said that number of gunnies remained unspecified, who targeted him while he was on his way along with three children including two girls and nephew.
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[DAWN] At least five people were killed and seven others were maimed on Wednesday in a kaboom in the Khyber tribal region's Tirah valley.
Official sources said the blast which may have been a suicide kaboom occurred in the Pir Mela area of Tirah valley.
Moreover, sources said it was suspected that a jacket wallah may have targeted volunteers from the Zalakhel peace committee. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... the identity of the victims is yet to be ascertained.
Police and rescue teams immediately rushed to the site of the incident and shifted the victims to a nearby hospital.
Khyber is situated in Pakistain's semi-autonomous tribal belt close to the Afghan border. Groups linked to Taliban and other Al Qaeda, who stage attacks in both countries, are known to have strongholds in the zone.
Military jets have also recently struck murderous Moslem hideouts in Khyber -- a tribal area to the north of North Wazoo and bordering 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. city -- killing scores of suspected bully boys, signalling as the army chief had earlier said a will to pursue Death Eaters in even the remotest areas in extension to Operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... which has been underway in North Waziristan.
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[DAWN] Two soldiers were maimed on Wednesday as a bomb went kaboom! near a security forces' vehicle in South Wazoo's Azam Warsak area.
Security forces rushed to the site of the incident and launched a search operation.
Homemade roadside kabooms are a major weapon of holy warriors who attack government forces in Pakistain's northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and in the tribal districts.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
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[DAWN] Intelligence agencies on Thursday claimed to have jugged Please don't kill me! the criminal mastermind of the attempt to free around 100 bandidosbully boyz from the 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... Central Prison, DawnNews reported.
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[DAWN] The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday said that the Indian army had again violated the Line of Control (LoC) ceasefire today as its troops resorted to unprovoked firing in the Kailer sector near Bagh and in the Nezapir Sector near Rawalakot.
"Pak troops are befittingly responding to Indian firing which started early morning today," an ISPR front man said.
The skirmish at the border resumed a day after military officials from Pakistain and India spoke over a hotline on the aggravating situation along the LoC and the Working Boundary (WB) as military observers from the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... visited affected areas inside Pakistain.
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[DAWN] KARACHI: Security agencies in 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... on Wednesday placed in durance vile ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... the key suspect behind the deadly June 2013 bombing which killed nine people and injured senior Sindh High Court (SHC) judge Justice Maqbool Baqar, DawnNews reported.
According to sources, the suspect ‐ who is believed to have criminal masterminded the attack on the senior judge ‐ was taken to some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location for interrogation.
SHC judge Baqir has a reputation for honesty and also served as a judge in special anti-terrorism courts set up in the country to pass down quick punishments to convicted terrorists.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) had claimed attacking the senior SHC judge for his "anti-Taliban and anti-mujahideen decisions".
Meanwhile, ...back at the cheese factory, there was only one thought in the mouse's mind: I can do this! I can do this! Then the trap sprung... police conducted a search operation in Afghan Basti near Suhrab Goth after an intelligence tip-off about the presence of Death Eaters in the locality.
Special police commandos, who were also taking part in the operation, blocked all exits out of the area before conducting the search.
Police has taken a few suspects in jug for further interrogation
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[DAWN] Two alleged assassins were killed and another person was injured when gunniesshot up a cab in University Town here on Tuesday, police said.
Superintendent of Police Cantt Faisal Shahzad told Dawn that the dear departed were returning to Lala Zar Colony after appearing in a local court in connection with criminal cases when their rivals opened fire on them on Arbab Road.
The police official said all the three persons in the car received serious injuries and were shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital, where two of them were declared dead while third one, the car's driver, was under treatment. The dear departed were identified as Fazal Rehman and Naushad Khan belonging to Tehkal area 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. city.
The official said that Attaur Rehman, brother of Fazal Rehman, had nominated their rivals in the FIR registered at the Town cop shoppe.
Meanwhile, ...back at the desert island, Irene was indignant at the thought of doing such a thing without benefit of clergy... faceless myrmidonsrubbed out a youngster in Achini Balla on the outskirts of the city on Monday night. Police took the body into custody and registered case against unknown men in Serbund cop shoppe.
One Rizwanullah told police that his younger brother, Amir Khalil, went out of home late in the evening, and later his body was recovered from fields.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella grabbed the cocoanut cream... police claimed to have tossed in the slammer Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! a person allegedly involved in a double murder case committed at Faqirabad during a robbery attempt last month.
Jamil Anwar Siddiqui of Faqirabad had lodged an FIR with the police stating that his mother and sister-in-law had been slaughtered inside their house on Sept 25. Afterwards, police began investigation which led to arrest of the alleged murderer, Imran of Saeedabad Shabqadar from Sialkot, said SSP investigation Masud Ahmed Khalil. He said Imran was nephew of slain woman, Hazrat Bibi.
The police official said the murderer had also stolen 30 tola gold and Rs45,000 from the house, adding that police recovered 15 tola gold from him. He said an accomplice of the alleged killer had sneaked into Afghanistan after committing the crime.
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[DAWN] Anticipating a military operation in their areas in Tirah valley, hundreds of Akkakhel families have started leaving their homes, according to sources.
Sources said that more than 500 families left their home in Dars Jumaat, Shaddaly, Darota and Kulla areas of Akkakhel in Tirah valley during the last three days.
Conceding the evacuation of Akkakhel families, officials of the political administration said that a team headed by the political tehsildar of Tirah, Shamsur Rehman, was sent to Orakzai Agency
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[DAWN] KARACHI: A 45-year-old shopkeeper was rubbed out in a suspected sectarian attack in Landhi on Tuesday night, police said.
They added that Munir Raza was sitting at his 'burger shop' near Baber Market when four suspects riding two cycle of violences emerged there and attacked him.
He sustained critical injuries and died while being taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
"The incident appears to be motivated by sectarianism," said Landhi SP Akhtar Farooq.
A spokesperson for the Majlis Wahdat-e-Moslemeen said Mr Raza, father of three, was their supporter. He said it was a second murder for sectarian reasons in the same area as previously a prominent Shia leader, Iqbal Masood, was targeted and killed there.
Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... 20-year-old Mohammed Faizan Shah was rubbed out in Baldia 5 ½ by assailants, according to police.
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Kurdish health officials and activists in the besieged town of Kobani claim to possess evidence that Islamic State operatives have used chemical agents as a weapon on at least one occasion during clashes with Kurdish fighters along Syria’s northern border.
According to several reports, which were compiled by the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center’s Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, the use of the toxins by the Islamic State took place on July 12 in the village of Avdiko, 10 days after the rogue Jihadi group launched an offensive on the Kobani enclave, near the Turkish border.
Nisan Ahmed, the health minister of the Kurdish authority in Kobani, said that in a number of photographs showing Kurdish fighters who had been killed during the battle in Avdiko, no visible wounds or external bleeding could be seen on the bodies, whereas severe burns and white spots were clearly visible. Ahmed asserted that the (graphic) photos, which were later obtained and posted online by the Middle East Review of International Affairs journal, suggest the fighters had died as a result of exposure to chemical toxins.
While it still remains unclear whether chemical agents were actually used by the Islamic State, Israeli experts who examined the photographs said the wounds, which included severe peeling of the skin and heavy blistering, suggested the Kurdish fighters had been exposed to mustard gas, the GLORIA Center reported. The experts added, however, that more data was needed to form a definitive conclusion.
[Iran Press TV] The Pentagon has said ISIL still stands the chance of seizing the Syrian town of Kobani despite US-led Arclight airstrikes that have resulted in the deaths of "several hundred" ISIL terrorists.
"We believe that we have killed several hundred ISIL fighters in and around Kobani," Pentagon front man Rear Adm. John Kirby told news hounds in Washington on Wednesday.
Kirby also said that most of the people living in Kobani have fled the town with the ISIL snuffies trying to seize the control of the mainly Kurdish town.
Despite the intensified US air raids, Kirby said that the city "could still fall, it could very well still fall", calling it a "setback".
The United States and its allies carried out nearly two dozen Arclight airstrikes against ISIL gunnies around Kobani on Monday and Tuesday.
The Pentagon front man added that the ISIL group has explicitly indicated that they want to occupy Kobani hence increasingly sending fighters to the town.
However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... he noted that US operation in this strategic town is much more extensive, saying as the chances are that other towns and villages "will either fall to ISIL or we may not be able to dislodge them for quite some time."
His remarks came as White House front man Josh Earnest said that early evidence showed the US-led air campaign against ISIL was succeeding.
"No one has thought that these Arclight airstrikes would dramatically lead to victories overnight," Earnest said on Tuesday. "They would be more effective if there was a ground force to take the fight to ISIL and that force doesn't yet exist."
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His remarks came as White House front man Josh Earnest said that early evidence showed the US-led air campaign against ISIL was succeeding.
Only where there are EFFECTIVE boots on the ground.
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Kobane Kurdish defenders appear to have gotten ground control down very well. They directed precision strikes against 3 different ISIS sniper positions today.
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Do the math. No fly zone, close to 10 years protecting Kurds after Desert Storm. OIF, Turks screwed us, but someone on the ground arranged for the 173 r&d to have favorable Drop Zone. A decade of training and supporting the regional parts of the "Iraqi army" in Kurdish Iraq. Lots of Intel developement throughout the region, with very supportive and friendly population in the Kurds.
Is it hard to imagine that there would be no trouble locating well trained resources the Syrian Kurds would trust from just across the border in Iraq? And just happen to know how to direct US airstrikes after close to 2 decades working with US operatives... Probably trained in the U.S. Gear available by coincidence...
The only thing I'm wondering is what took them so long.
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Kurdish translator is physically in the Joint Operations Command Center taking coordinates from Kobane YPG representative who gets that information from special units in Kobane used strictly for the purpose of identifying targets. Coordinates are then forwarded to aircraft for air strikes.
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Amazing what happens when you actually give proper support. I suppose Obama must have been scared into letting the proper military gear/people help due to political legacy considerations. Either way I'm extremely pleased the Kurds are no longer being hanged out to dry by us in Kobani.
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[Iran Press TV] Kurdish fighters have gained more ground in the battle against ISIL Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... murderous Moslems in northern Syrian city of Kobane.
According to field reports Kurdish fighters have gained grounds in the east and west of the Syrian border city on Wednesday.
Reports also say heavy festivities between Kurdish fighters and ISIL murderous Moslems are underway northwest of the city.
A local Kurdish official in Kobane, Asya Abdullah, said Kurdish fighters were advancing inside and outside the city after a recent volley of US-led Arclight airstrikes took out numerous ISIL artillery batteries surrounding the city.
A UK-based Syrian opposition group said different parts of the city were targeted by US-led Arclight airstrikes on Wednesday.
Since September 23, the US and some of its Arab allies -- Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Bahrain, Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... , Jordan and the United Arab Emirates -- have been conducting Arclight airstrikes against ISIL inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.
Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, and its surroundings have been under attack since mid-September, with the ISIL murderous Moslems capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages.
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Two months after American bombs and missiles began pounding fighters of the so-called Islamic State, President Barack Obama’s undeclared war in Iraq and Syria finally has a name: Operation Inherent Resolve.
The Wall Street Journal had reported on Oct. 3 that the name had been considered and rejected, with one unnamed military officer saying “it is just kind of bleh.”
The long search for a name had sparked a flurry of jokes on Twitter, where one leading tongue-in-cheek suggestion was that it be called “Operation Hey Wasn’t That My Humvee” – a reference to U.S. airstrikes hitting Islamic State fighters using American equipment captured from Iraqi troops.
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Members of a massive Dutch motorcycle gang, armed with Kalashnikov rifles, recently joined Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State in Iraq, vowing to “exterminate the rodents.”
The leader of No Surrender -- which has dozens of chapters in the Netherlands and across Europe -- told state broadcaster NOS on Friday that three of its members have traveled to Mosul in Northern Iraq to take up the fight against ISIS, AFP reports.
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