[AlAhram] Afghanistan's acting defense minister said Monday that the Doctors Without Borders hospital bombed by US forces in the northern city of Kunduz was being used by snuffies as a "safe place."
The hospital was bombed by a US AC-130 gunship in the early hours of Oct. 3, killing at least 22 people and wounding many more. The main building was destroyed and the hospital has been shut down.
"That was a place they wanted to use as a safe place because everybody knows that our security forces and international security forces were very careful not to do anything with a hospital," Defense Minister Masoom Stanekzai told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, adding that a Taliban flag had been mounted on one of the hospital's walls.
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[Tolo News] At least five people were killed in a roadside mine blast in northern Faryab province early Monday, local official said.
In addition, 25 other people were maimed.
The incident took place in Andkhoy district of the province after a vehicle struck a roadside mine which killed three civilians and two military soldiers, officials said.
Officials said that a commander from Faryab, who was fighting holy warriors, is among the injured.
The injured have been taken to a nearby hospital.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... -- Afghanistan's intelligence agency has placed in durance vile Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! five associates of Qari Aminullah, Taliban's shadow governor for northeastern Takhar province.
A statement released by NDS on Monday states that the five holy warriors were rounded up during two separate raids from Dasht-e-Qala area of Khwaja Ghar District.
The statement identifies them as Abdul Razaq alias Askar S/O Haji Karim Shah, Khadimullah S/O Mohammad Rasoul, Mohammad Rasoul S/O Nik Mohammad, Mohammad Taib alias Ashiqullah S/O Khalid and Samiullah alias Khanjar original residents of Kundoz province.
The blurb further states that the arrested group was killing imminent figures, planting landmines and torching schools.
NDS statements usually do not contain exact date of the achievements but they come after recent activities.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A U.S. F-16 was struck by enemy fire in eastern Afghanistan in a rare instance of an advanced fighter jet coming under attack by hard boys, military officials have confirmed to AFP.
The $100 million jet sustained significant damage which forced it to jettison its fuel tanks and munitions before returning to base, officials said.
The attack occurred last Tuesday in the Sayid Karam district of eastern Paktia province, much of which is under control of the Taliban. The group had posted a statement on Twitter that evening saying they had downed an enemy jet.
The Taliban has shot down several military helicopters using small-arms fire since their insurgency against U.S.-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... forces and government troops began in 2001, but never a fighter capable of super-sonic speeds and reaching a height of 50,000 feet.
The incident underscores the risks foreign forces still face at the hands of the group as Washington extends its military presence in the country beyond 2016.
When contacted for comment, the U.S. military initially said it had no "operational reporting to support the Taliban claims."
But photographs of the site obtained by AFP and seen by J. Chacko, an open-source military analyst based in London, indicated the jet had lost two "drop-tanks" used to extend flight time, an air-to-ground missile, and two other unguided bombs.
When questioned on the claims, the U.S. military confirmed in a statement to AFP: "On October 13, a U.S. F-16 encountered small arms fire in the Paktia Province in Afghanistan. The surface to air fire impacted one of the aircraft's stabilizers and caused damage to one of the munitions.
"The pilot jettisoned two fuel tanks and three munitions before safely returning to base. The pilot received no injuries and safely returned to base."
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[Libya Herald] Continued festivities today west of Sabratha between fighters from the town and forces linked to the Libyan National Army (LNA) resulted in residents in Ras Yusuf fleeing their homes because of missiles landing in the area.
Ras Yusuf is located between Sabratha and Ajilat.
Fighting in the area started two days ago when 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... units, mainly from Sabratha but backed by some forces from Ajilat, attempted to move towards Taweela, some 110 kilometres west 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... . A major military meeting of LNA-supp0rted forces was taking place there.
However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... this evening it was reported that the Libya Dawn fighters had stopped their offensive and pulled back to Sabratha. There have also been reports that Sabratha itself was being shelled.
Meanwhile Zintan Military Council has now followed the LNA's Tripoli Operations Room in distancing itself from the Taweela meeting and the fighting. In a statement, it said that it could not accept any link with Qadaffy supporters.
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[Libya Herald] The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (IS) claims to have beheaded another Christian in Libya. In a video released from IS in Cyrenaica, it says it executed a Sudanese man, possibly from South Sudan. It said it did so because, it claimed, Christians attacked Muslims.
In the video, IS also showed a Libyan soldier named as Faraj Al-Saiti, being shot. At the same site as the beheading. he was said said to have been a tank driver in Zawia.
The video, thought to have been filmed near Derna, has just been released but it is not known when the alleged executions took place. Nor can the authenticity be assured. The Christian, wearing an orange execution suit, is named as Mohammed Al-Ghaid. Mohammed is not a name used by Christians.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] One of the two jacket wallahs in the Oct.10 Ankara Massacre was Yunus Emre Alagöz, the brother of Seyh Abdurrahman Alagöz, who was the perpetrator in the Suruc suicide kaboom that killed 33 members of a socialist youth group and maimed more than 100 on July 20, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's office announced on Oct. 19.
"One of the perpetrators of the twin Ankara bombings has been identified as Yunus Emre Alagöz," the prosecutor said in a written statement.
"The other suicide bomber was confirmed by a photo image and a series of tests have been carried out to identify him or her," he added.
The prosecutor's office said Alagöz had come to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... from Syria but gave no time frame for his return, according to semi-official Anadolu Agency.
Hurriyet Daily News reported on Oct. 18 that the Alagöz brothers, along with at least 16 other suspects, were in a group probed for their links to the al-Qaeda and the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and they were under wiretap surveillance within the framework of an investigation into al-Qaeda since September 2013.
But the suspects, who are listed in the roster of wanted suspects prepared by the national police force and the National Intelligence Agency (MIT), were cleared in the investigation into the group known as "Dokumacis" in the southeastern province of Adiyaman.
The prosecutor's office also said four people were detained for their activites on Twitter, allegedly writing about the Oct. 10 attack before it happened. Three of them were released and one was banned from traveling abroad, according to the prosecutor.
The statement also said 20 other people were probed for their alleged links to the suicide bombers, 11 were detained, and four of them were later incarcerated Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! .
Nine suspects disappeared "because of the the irresponsible publications that identified the suspects by their initials," according to the prosecutor office.
The statement came hours after an Ankara court removed a broad media ban over the investigation into the Ankara suicide attack imposed on Oct. 14.
In the raids on the homes and workplaces of the suspects, the police seized 10 boom jackets, 60 kilograms of TNT and more than 1,500 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, often used in improvised bombs, the prosecutor's office said.
Two suicide bombers targeting a peace rally in the capital Ankara on Oct. 10 killed at least 102 people, wounding hundreds of others.
"A Ford Focus car used in the Ankara attack has been found, as well as 11 boom jackets, six Kalashnikovs, 22 hand grenades, 1,683 bullets and hundreds of kilograms (pounds) of explosives," prosecutors said in a statement.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] Burial ceremonies for six Turkish soldiers recently killed in two separate terrorism-related incidents have been held in their respective hometowns across the country.
Lt. Col. Ihsan Ejdar, 43, one of the four soldiers killed after festivities with outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bully boyz in the Daglica village of the southeastern province of Hakkari, was buried in his hometown Ankara on Oct. 18.
Among those who attended Ejdar's burial ceremony at the Kocatepe Mosque in the Turkish capital were Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gönul, Turkish General Staff head Hulusi Akar and Turkish Interior Minister Selami Altinok.
Turgay Topsakaloglu, 34, a gendarmerie sergeant killed after the festivities in Daglica, a village in Hakkari's Yuksekova district, was buried on Oct. 18 in his hometown Eskisehir, a province in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's Central Anatolian region. Topsakaloglu's funeral was held at the Resadiye Mosque in the province ahead of his burial.
Lt. Ünal Darbogaz, 29, another soldier killed in the Daglica festivities, was buried in Istanbul on Oct. 18, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Darbogaz's funeral was held at the Ömer Duruk Mosque in Istanbul's Ataköy neighborhood.
Among those who attended Darbogaz's burial ceremony were Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin and Istanbul Police Department head Mustafa Caliskan.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] A total of 24 of around 50 suspects of Tajik and Uzbek origin, who were detained for having links to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Istanbul on Oct. 18, have been revealed to be children being trained in basement apartments in Istanbul's Pendik and Basaksehir districts, daily Vatan has reported.
The suspects were reported to have trained children in basement apartments in Pendik and Basaksehir, using the apartments as hard boy training camps, according to physical and technical surveillance collected by Istanbul Police Department Counterterrorism Unit officers before raiding 18 separate homes in Pendik and Basaksehir's Kayasehir neighborhood.
The suspects, mostly Uzbeks, who were detained in the Oct. 18 raids were reported to have lectured children on the basics of ISIL as well as how to live in an Islamic state.
In August, the Uzbekistan Islamic Movement, an al-Qaeda offshoot based near the Afghan border, announced allegiance to ISIL.
Uzbek intelligence sources reported that more than 5,000 paid Uzbek bully boyz were fighting in Syria alongside ISIL.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has stepped up anti-terror police operations against ISIL bully boyz in the country, as the Oct. 10 twin blasts in the Turkish capital sent shockwaves through the country, with at least 102 civilians dead and hundreds of others injured.
Thirteen ISIL-linked suspects have reportedly been detained so far within the investigation launched into the Ankara bombing.
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[DAWN] An kaboom occurred on a bus terminal located on Quetta's Saryab road, killing at least 11 people and wounding many more, said rescue officials.
The kaboom occurred inside a local city bus at the Dukani Baba Chowk area on Saryab road, which had up to 40 passengers on board at the time of the bombing. The registration number of the bus was confirmed as BSA-348.
Rescue personnel confirmed that two children were among the dead.
"More than 20 people have been injured," said Javed Gharheen, a senior police official.
All the injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta, where an emergency had been declared.
Six of the injured were at death's door, according to rescue personnel.
The chief minister of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , Dr Malik Baloch, strongly condemned the bombing and termed it "a conspiracy against durable peace in Balochistan."
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[DAWN] Pakistain has made low-yield nuclear weapons in response to India's actions under its cold-start doctrine, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhary told a news briefing here on Tuesday.
This is the first concrete explanation from a senior Pak official on how Islamabad plans to deal with India's so called cold-start doctrine, now re-named the pro-active strategy.
It is also a rare explanation of Pakistain's decision to make tactical nuclear weapons to deal with the possible threat of Indian aggression.
Briefing the Pak media on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's visit to Washington, Chaudhary also said that Pakistain would not sign any nuclear deal with the United States during the visit.
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So this is in contrast to their 50 megaton stockpile? Or to show how sophisticated they are? Got it down to a 155 mm round yet, guys?
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Nawaz and company are building up to the next war just as hard as they can. They're about as subtle as a mallet.
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They're about as subtle as a mallet.
And about as smart as one...
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[IraqiNews.com] War Media Cell announced on Monday, that the ISIS military commander in the area of al-Fatha has been killed in an air strike north of Tikrit.
The cell said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, "The Iraqi army aviation conducted an air strike in the area of al-Fatha in Baiji north of Tikrit, resulting in the death of the ISIS military commander who lives in the village of al-Huriyyah in the district of al-Sharqat."
The statement added, "The raid was based on intelligence received from the Intelligence and Federal Investigations Agency."
[IraqiNews.com] Salah AL-Dien -- On Monday the leadership of the Second Division in the Anti-Terrorism Forces announced the killing of 70 ISIS elements east of Baiji north of Tikrit (170 km north of Baghdad).
The commander of the Second Division, Maj. Gen. Maan Zidane, said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "The security forces repelled, at dawn today, an ISIS attack on the eastern side of Baiji (40 km north of Tikrit), killing 70 krazed killers."
He added that "military operations are continuing in al-Fatha area," stressing that "ISIS is besieged between the mountain of Hamrin and Makhoul."
"the security forces and al-Hashed al-Shaabi began cleansing the western area of Baiji," said Zidane.
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[IraqiNews.com] A source in the Interior Ministry announced on Monday, that six people from one family have been either killed or maimed in the fall of mortar shell south of Baghdad.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "two mortar shells landed this morning on a farm in Arab Jabour village in al-Darwa area, south of Baghdad, killing at least one woman and injuring five others," noting that "all of them from one family."
The source, who asked anonymity, added: "Ambulances rushed to the scene and transported the maimed to a nearby hospital to receive treatment and the body of the dead to the forensic medicine department."
[IraqiNews.com] A source in the police announced on Monday, that unidentified gunnies stole 20 million dinars from a banking store west of Baghdad.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Unidentified gunnies stormed, today, a banking store in Amiriya district west of Baghdad and stole 20 million dinars."
The source, who asked to remain anonymous, added: "the security forces arrived in the area and opened an investigation to uncover its circumstances."
Could be mere criminals, or it could be ISIS or one of the Shiite grouos taking advantage of the situation to refill their coffers.
[IraqiNews.com] A source in the Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Monday, that nine people have been either killed or maimed in a kaboom north of Baghdad.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "A bomb went kaboom!, this morning, near a popular market in Sabaa Bour area north of Baghdad, resulting in the death of three people and wounding six others
The source, who asked anonymity, added: " the security forces rushed to the area and transported the maimed to a nearby hospital for treatment, and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department, while a raid and search operation was carried out to find the perpetrators of the bombing."
[IraqiNews.com] A source within the police force revealed on Monday, that three civilians have been injured in a boom-mobile blast in the area of al-Yusifiyah south of Baghdad.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, informed IraqiNews.com, "This evening, a booby-trapped vehicle went kaboom! in the area of Yusifiyah in southern Baghdad, resulting in the injury of three civilians," adding that, "A security force cordoned off the area of the incident and prevented approaching it, while the injured were transferred to the hospital for medical treatment."
[IraqiNews.com] A source in the Interior Ministry announced on Monday, that 11 members of the security forces had been either killed or maimed in a bombing that targeted their gathering south of Baghdad.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "A boom-mobilewent kaboom!, this evening, targeting a gathering of the security forces near the village of Arab Jassem in Yusufiyah area south of Baghdad, killing two members of the security forces and wounding nine others.
[Iraqinews.com] A source in the Interior Ministry announced on Monday, that 10 people had been either killed or maimed in a kaboom west of Baghdad.
The source said in an interview for Iraqinews.com, "an bombwent kaboom!, this evening, in the Ghazaliya district west of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding eight others."
The source, who asked anonymity, added: "Ambulances rushed to the area and transported the maimed to a nearby hospital to receive treatment and the bodies of the dead to the forensic medicine department."
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[Iraqinews.com] A source in Nineveh Operations Command announced on Monday, that 53 ISIS elements had been killed in an aerial bombardment by the international coalition in the province.
The source said in an interview for Iraqinews.com, "The international coalition carried out several air strikes against ISIS sites near Sheikh Khans village near Sinjar, resulting in the death of 48 elements of the organization."
The source, who asked to remain anonymous, added: "The international coalition carried out accurate strikes against ISIS sites on the road to djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , killing five members of the organization, in addition to destroying the site of launching Katyusha rockets and a boom-mobile."
[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, Joint Special Operations Command announced the killing and wounding of a large number of ISIS elements in an air strike that targeted the headquarters of the organization in Heet, west of Anbar.
The Joint Special Operations Command said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com , "Falcons Intelligence Cell managed to target the headquarters of ISIS big shots, booby-trapping factories and their gatherings in different regions"
The statement added that "The Air Falcons conducted four heavy strikes on specific sites in Mohammadi area in the district of Heet, resulting in the destruction of a booby-trapping truck and killing the explosives expert during the training of jacket wallahs on how to bomb the truck; there was a very large kaboom that killed a number of members of the organization".
[IraqiNews.com] al-Anbar – The commander of al-Jazeerah and al-Badiyah Operations Command, General Ali Ibrahim Dabon, announced on Monday the killing of 10 members of the ISIS organization during a military operation east of Haditha District, while pointed out to the dismantlement of 172 bombs in the eastern axis of al-Baghdadi District.
Dabon stated in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "A force from al-Jazeerah and al-Badiyah Operations managed to shell gatherings for ISIS elements in the area of Albu Hayat east of Haditha (160 km west of Ramadi), resulting in the death of 10 elements of the organization."
He also added, "Another force was able to dismantle 172 bombs and 4 boom belts, in addition to destroying 4 booby-trapped houses in the eastern axis of al-Baghdadi District."
[IraqiNews.com] Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi announced on Monday, that the security forces achieved great victories in the cleansing battles of Anbar and Salahuddin, pointed out that those forces are close to the completion of the liberalization operations of Anbar.
Obeidi said in a presser in Al-Muthanna airport in central Baghdad attended by IraqiNews.com, "our forces achieved great victories in the provinces of Anbar and Salah al-Din," pointing out that "the security forces are very close to the completion of the cleansing operations of Anbar province and moving to Nineveh province to liberate it as soon as possible. "
He added: "the cleansing battles of Sharqat district in northern Salahuddin are in need of time and plans to avoid losses," stressing that "our forces in coordination with the Air Force and Army Aviation are working to target ISIS gatherings in all areas."
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[RUDAW.NET] Iraqi forces and its allied Shiite militia have driven Islamic State (ISIS) militants from the hills of Makhol and the Siniya district of Salahadin province and are now eyeing an advance into the townships of Rashad and Riyaz in Kirkuk province, an official said Sunday.
“Iraqi security forces in coordination with Hashd al-Shaabi and Iraqi fighter jets advanced into ISIS-held territories and their next target appears to be the townships of Riyaz and Rashad that have long been held by ISIS,” said Karim Nuri, a spokesperson of the Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi.
“We should seize the opportunity of an unexpected major collapse of ISIS’ military capabilities,” Nuri said. “I believe there is just one ISIS Chechen regiment remaining in Baiji town."
Nuri believes ISIS cannot fight off recent Hashd al-Shaabi campaigns.
“We have obtained ISIS communications saying they suffered shortages of ammunition and suicide bombers," he said. "They were calling for volunteer (bombers) and ammunition supplies."
Nuri said there had been no coordination or cooperation in the raids with the US-led coalition forces, adding that Iraqi forces alone can fight ISIS because the group is now weak. “Iraqi jets and the army are enough to defeat ISIS,” he claimed.
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[IsraelTimes] On Monday police tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! eight residents of the Israeli Arab city of Umm al-Fahm on suspicion that they had thrown rocks and Molotov cocktails at security forces during festivities sparked by rumors of a change in Israeli policy on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israeli has repeatedly denied the rumors. According to Israel Radio, four of those arrested were minors.
In Shfaram, another Arab Israeli city, 20 West Bank Paleostinians were arrested for entering Israel without a permit.
The radio station reported that since the beginning of October, Israeli security forces have arrested 180 Paleostinians for entering Israel illegally. Among those arrested were individuals who allegedly provided transport, accommodation or employment to the Paleostinians.
The Paleostinian Prisoners Club said that some 780 Paleostinians have been arrested or detained by Israeli security forces since the beginning of October.
Overnight Sunday, security forces also arrested Itiel Zuaretz, a right-wing Jewish activist, on suspicion that he had carried out hate crimes against Paleostinians. Zuaretz was arrested at his home in the illegal settlement outpost of Adei Ad in the northern West Bank by masked coppers, who presented the 27-year-old father of four with a 30-day administrative detention order signed by Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.
In an interview with Channel 2, an associate of Zuaretz called the arrest "disgraceful," and said that a government that works against Jewish settlements in the West Bank "has no right to exist."
A security source said Zuaretz was wanted for involvement in "violent, illegal activities that are a threat to state security," the TV station reported.
Efforts to stem the recent surge of terror attacks against Israelis have included the deployment of hundreds of IDF troops in Jerusalem, as well as a partial lockdown on several Arab neighborhoods in the city and the demolition of terrorists' homes within days of attacks.
On Sunday, the cabinet approved a bill expanding the rules under which police can stop and search potential suspects. Ministers voted unanimously in favor of amending the current law to allow officers to carry out body searches even without reasonable suspicion that the subject is carrying a weapon.
[IsraelTimes] Some two-dozen Palestinians have been killed in protests with Israel Defense Forces troops since the start of the month, and another 20 were killed as they carried out terror attacks against Israeli civilians. Nine Israeli civilians have been killed since last September in stabbing and ramming attacks by Palestinian terrorists.
Protests continued Monday at the Beit El checkpoint in the West Bank, and near the West Bank town of Tuqua, with two protesters shot at the latter location.
IDF forces are reportedly using tear gas to disperse the demonstration at the Beit El junction.
According to the Ma’an news agency, the Tuqua riots broke out after IDF soldiers attempted to raid a number of homes in the town, south of Jerusalem. The two were shot in the legs with live fire, according to the report. The extent of the injuries was not immediately clear.
[Jpost] One day after police erected a temporary wall to stymie ongoing terrorist attacks from east Jerusalem's Jebl Mukaber, several more checkpoints were added on Monday in flashpoint Arab neighborhoods in the capital.
Police front man Micky Rosenfeld said that apart from unrest in Silwan early Monday morning after a Paleostinian family was forcefully removed from their home by Border Police, relative calm returned to the beleaguered capital. He could not confirm reports of a curfew being imposed in Silwan.
"There were no major incidents that took place today," Rosenfeld said Monday night. "Police continue to intensely patrol Arab neighborhoods and have set up checkpoints at the entrances of Ras el-Amud and Abu Tor.”
In the meantime, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat announced on Monday that a state-of-the-art $375,000 mobile command center, donated by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein via the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, is now operational in the city. According to Barkat, the mobile unit will assist police in emergency situations, and be utilized as a security hub for the many sports and cultural events that regularly take place in the city. Barkat said the mobile unit features hi-tech specifications gleaned from Israel Police, Fire and Rescue Services and Magen David Adom's emergency medical service teams' mobile units.
"I would like to thank Rabbi Eckstein and the IFCJ's hundreds of thousands of donors throughout the world, who steadfastly stand with Jerusalem in times of need, helping us protect Israel's national and municipal home fronts," the mayor said. "During the current wave of violence that we are experiencing, the help is in the form of a mobile command center that will enable the city to provide real-time responses during emergencies and crisis situations when the speed and efficiency of the response is critical."
[Ynet] 20 Paleostinians in the village of Tekoa threw stones at IDF forces, who responded with riot dispersal means and Ruger rifle fire. One of the protesters was hit in the lower body and evacuated by the Red Islamic Thingy.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... n man mistakenly shot and beaten by a mob during an attack in the city of Beersheba has died, police said on Monday.
The attack on Sunday night at a bus station in the southern city saw a gunman also armed with a knife kill a 19-year-old soldier and wound around 10 other people.
The gunman was killed, while a security guard shot the Eritrean man mistakenly thinking he was a second attacker. A mob also attacked and beat him, Israeli media reported.
Police identified the attacker as a Mohannad Al-Aqaby, 21, an Arab Israeli citizen from the area.
"During a raid last night, security forces and Shin Bet (internal security agency) tossed in the clink Please don't kill me! one of his family members, who was accused of providing support" for the attack, police said.
Video that spread online appears to show the Eritrean lying on the ground after being shot and being kicked in the head and body by angry bystanders.
More than two weeks of violence and unrest has raised questions of a full-scale Paleostinian Intifada, or uprising, while some Israeli politicians have urged residents to arm themselves in the face of attacks.
Police have not said whether anyone was arrested over the shooting and beating of the Eritrean.
Israeli media described him as an asylum seeker, like many Eritreans who have come to Israel, though authorities have not confirmed those details.
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[Mindanao Examiner] Gunmen have seized the mayor of Loreto town and his son an attack on his house late Monday in Agusan del Sur province.
There were reports that the New People's Army may have carried out the daring raid in retaliation for Mayor Dario Otaza's support for the government's anti-insurgency campaign. Otaza is also a former member of the communist insurgent group and surrendered to the government to become a politician.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the raid and the military has not released a statement about the daring assault.
[Bangkok Post] Two rangers were killed and five others injured by a bomb blast on a road in Pattani province on Monday morning.
The attack happened while the rangers were on patrol in an armored vehicle along a rural road in Sai Buri district. As they approached a village, a bomb planted on the road blew up. The blast threw the vehicle off of the road.
Another bomb was detonated as a reinforcement team of rangers arrived, but caused no injuries.
[WashingtonPost] BEIRUT ‐ In a striking sign of Iran's growing regional influence, a major assault on Syria's most populous city is being coordinated by an Iranian military commander using Shiite forces from three countries to back President Bashar al-Assad's beleaguered troops, militia officials said.
Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, has ordered thousands of Iraqi Shiite militia allies into Syria for the operation to recapture Aleppo, according to officials from three of the militias. The militiamen are to join Iranian troops and forces from Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia, the officials said.
With regard to the Iraqi militias, think of it as training to make them more useful when they return home...
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Makes one stop to wonder. What does pencilneck know (or have secreted) that makes him worth so much to Iran and Russia?
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[ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian army operation against the terrorist organizations continued on Monday targeting their positions, hideouts and movement axes in many areas across the country, state-run SANA news agency reported.
Moreover, the Russian Air Force carried out 33 sorties targeting 49 sites for terrorist organizations in the rural areas of Damascus, Aleppo, Idleb, Lattakia, and Hama province during the past 24 hours.
A military source said the Russian Arclight airstrikes resulted in destroying 32 bases and camps for terrorists, 8 of their fortified defensive positions, two command centers, 3 weapons and ammo depot, a lab for manufacturing narcotics, a workshop for manufacturing weapons and bombs in Aleppo, and two fortified underground sites in Hama, in addition to destroying a camp for the so-called 'Islamic State
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Russians doing a better job than Obama. the gulf states and turkey must be going mad.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies south of Aleppo say they have received new supplies of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles from states that oppose Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... since a major government offensive began there on Friday.
Rebels from three Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... -affiliated groups contacted by Rooters said new supplies had arrived since the start of the attack by the army backed by Iranian fighters and Leb's Hezbollah.
But officials from one of the groups said that while new quantities had arrived, the supplies were not enough for the scale of the assault. They declined to be identified due to the sensitivities of the matter. "A few will not do the trick. They need dozens," said one of the officials.
A number of rebel groups vetted by states opposed to Assad have been supplied with weapons via The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , part of a programme supported by the United States and which has in some cases included military training by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Rami Abdulrahman, director of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which monitors the Syrian conflict, said rebels had hit at least 11 army vehicles with guided anti-tank missiles near Aleppo since Friday.
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[AlAhram] A US-led coalition conducted 17 air strikes against ISIS in Iraq on Sunday and also targeted the myrmidon group in Syria with a single strike near Manbij, according to a statement released on Monday.
The Iraq strikes were concentrated near Ramadi, Sinjar and Tal Afar, where they primarily destroyed fighting positions, vehicles and weaponry, according to the Combined Joint Task Force statement.
Four bombardments near the key city of Ramadi also "denied ISIL access to terrain," the statement said, using a military acronym for ISIS. Four strikes near Sinjar helped destroy two ISIS command and control posts, while four near Tal Afar maimed an ISIS fighter.
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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
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Hurriyet Daily News] A total of 24 of around 50 suspects of Tajik and Uzbek origin, who were detained for having links to the 
[Bangkok Post] Two rangers were killed and five others injured by a bomb blast on a road in Pattani province on Monday morning.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
