Rantburg

Today

Fri 03/09/2018

Thu 03/08/2018

Wed 03/07/2018

Tue 03/06/2018

Mon 03/05/2018

Sun 03/04/2018

Sat 03/03/2018

Archives

		556953 articles and 1923093 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 63 articles and 167 comments as of 13:33.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Politix
Paramilitary troops repulsed Islamic State suicide attack, north of Babel
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Probe finds deadly Niger mission lacked proper approval	8 20:50 Richard Aubrey [11127]
Antifa Gets Their Butts Kicked After Attempting To Storm College Panel Featuring Sargon Of Akkad	8 16:51 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11122]
Pentagon: Operations against IS in eastern Syria ‘paused’	1 07:48 Skidmark [11125]
JNIM confirms deaths of co-founder, senior leaders in French raids	0 [11124]
Murdered US soldiers seen in shocking ISIS video were ill-equipped for Niger ambush - traveling in lightly armored pick-up trucks with barely enough weapons - as they were diverted from low risk patrol to hunt terrorist	4 10:46 Sock Puppet of Doom [11122]
Eight people killed, injured in two bomb blasts, southwest of Baghdad	0 [11127]
Paramilitary troops repulsed Islamic State suicide attack, north of Babel	0 [11130]
Four IS members arrested after attempting infiltration, southwest of Kirkuk	1 17:22 Sock Puppet of Doom [11128]
Dozens of coalition-backed Sudanese soldiers killed in in Harad front	0 [11126]
Ballistic missile hits gatherings of Saudi-led coalition militants in Taiz	0 [11123]
Military commander survives assassination attempt in Aden	0 [11123]
Tens civilians killed, injured in coalition artillery bombing on Taiz	0 [11124]
16 Saudi-led coalition-backed militants killed in Bayda	0 [11124]
Ill-advised Major Al-Qaeda offensive against Syrian Army across Hama and Latakia flubs within moments	0 [11124]
Jabhat Tahrir Souriya foils massive HTS attack in southern Idlib	0 [11123]
Three border guards wounded in landmine explosion in Anbar	0 [11123]
At least 48 Syrian pro-gov’t fighters killed during Afrin battle	0 [11124]
Four policemen killed in confrontation with Islamic State in Mosul	0 [11123]
22 militants killed in Uruzgan and Helmand airstrikes: MoD	0 [11122]
Turkish police detain four Iraqis allegedly planning to attack US embassy	0 [11125]
Pirates killed in ‘gunfight’ with RAB	11 21:37 magpie [11125]
Curfew in Indian Kashmir after troops kill six including civilians	0 [11124]
Syria Regime Forces Control Third of Ghouta Enclave, block med supplies from aid convoy, rebels offer to trade civilians for supplies	3 07:28 Skidmark [11126]
Abu Dar replaces Hapilon as IS-SE Asia emir	0 [11124]
Eight communist militants nabbed in Mindanao	0 [11125]
Eight arrested in Belgium anti-terror raids	0 [11123]
Thai police seek 11 bombing suspects	0 [11124]
Page 2: WoT Background
House arrest ruled out for Indonesia’s ailing radical cleric	2 15:03 Skidmark [11131]
Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish politician	0 [11124]
Carlos the Jackal in court for final trial	0 [11127]
Copts welcome in Saudi Arabia: Egypt’s Tawadros II praises Crown Prince’s reforms	1 11:13 rjschwarz [11128]
Hekmatyar confirms no Al Qaeda link, suggests autonomy for Taliban	0 [11130]
Attack on Zafar Iqbal: Now BNP points the finger at Awami League	0 [11127]
Muhith: Jamaat should be expelled from Bangladesh immediately	0 [11124]
Iran says it can enrich uranium in under 2 days if US pulls out of nuke deal	4 19:28 Mike Kozlowski [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Nashville Dem Mayor Megan Barry pleads guilty to felony theft and resigns	3 15:02 Frank G [11124]
'We are cutting the throat of whiteness': South Africa politician vows to target white mayor as he praises plan to hand land to black people and vows: 'Angry white people can go to hell'	1 18:29 Mike Kozlowski [11126]
Do you believe in coincidences?	8 18:59 Bobby [11132]
Lexington (CV-2) Site Discovered	3 15:00 magpie [11123]
20 states sue federal government, trying to pull the plug on Obamacare	1 13:12 746 [11124]
Too Funny to Not Post	6 11:40 magpie [11125]
Move over Sultans	0 [11127]
'This right here is called parenting': Father makes his son run a mile in the rain to school after he was banned from the bus for bullying	5 11:13 Skidmark [11126]
Apple: We'll pay $38B in taxes and add 20,000 jobs in the U.S.	0 [11126]
Cisco: We're moving our $67 billion cash pile to the U.S.	0 [11123]
US Russian Propaganda Experts Didn’t Speak Any Russian	5 17:04 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11123]
Broward sheriff's captain who gave initial order to 'stage' not enter Stoneman Douglas is ID'd	18 17:43 Frank G [11125]
Christopher Steele is no-show in London court in civil case over dossier (video)	7 14:43 Sock Puppet of Doom [11124]
Merkel vows swift return to government work to boost Europe	0 [11126]
British aid agencies report more abuse cases after Oxfam scandal	3 12:04 Sock Puppet of Doom [11123]
Khanewal landlord slashes 7-year-old's nose 'for stealing sugarcane'	1 23:58 Sweet Sue [11128]
Possible Christopher Steele Russian source may be suffering from Litvinenko Desease	3 10:25 Frank G [11124]
Judicial Watch sues DOJ for Bruce and Nellie Ohr records related to Fusion GPS, anti-Trump dossier	3 17:17 Sock Puppet of Doom [11124]
China's Defense Spending to Accelerate in 2018	0 [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
The Rise of Paramilitary Groups in Turkey	4 18:47 mossomo [11129]
Against Fake Civility	0 [11123]
Sarah Palin: Trump Is ‘Trying to Win' a Trade War ‘We've Been Fighting for Decades'	26 23:59 European Conservative [11128]
Caroline Glick: Antisemitism in Poland a Symptom of a Larger European Problem	0 [11129]
Iran: No More Make Believe	0 [11125]
White House blasts report of H.R. McMaster ouster as ‘fake news'	3 14:23 Herb McCoy7309 [11123]
Page 6: Politix
Federal Judge Rules Trump's DACA Phaseout Is Legal, Dismisses Challenge	7 13:56 gorb [11124]
Behind Cruz's Florida Rampage, Obama's School-Leniency Policy	9 14:57 Whiskey Mike [11125]
July 2010, Spy Anna Chapman and pals sent packing - Diana West explains why	8 20:14 Sock Puppet of Doom [11124]

    
                23:59 European Conservative

                        23:58 Sweet Sue

                        23:54 rammer

                        23:51 European Conservative

                        23:45 European Conservative

                        23:19 rjschwarz

                        21:37 magpie

                        20:50 Richard  Aubrey

                        20:49 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        20:19 Zenobia Floger6220

                        20:14 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        19:29 European Conservative

                        19:28 Mike Kozlowski

                        18:59 Bobby

                        18:47 mossomo

                        18:38 Rambler in Virginia

                        18:29 Mike Kozlowski

                        18:22 USN, Ret.

                        17:43 Frank G

                        17:26 Frank G

                        17:26 Omeger Gray6606

                        17:23 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        17:22 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        17:20 Anguper Hupomosing9418

Who's in the News
29	[untagged]
8	Islamic State
5	Houthis
3	Sublime Porte
2	al-Nusra
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	Maute group (IS)
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Pirates
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Mali/Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen
1	Antifa
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran

On Sale now!

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.

Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...

Steve White

Seafarious

tu3031

badanov

sherry

ryuge

GolfBravoUSMC

Bright Pebbles

trailing wife

Gloria

Fred

Besoeker

Glenmore

Frank G

3dc

Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2018-03-06
Paramilitary troops repulsed Islamic State suicide attack, north of Babel

Mon 2018-03-05
20 Islamic State militants killed in clashes with Iraqi forces in Hawija

Sun 2018-03-04
Teacher found guilty of grooming children to launch terror attacks in London

Sat 2018-03-03
Mosul Clearances Continue: 30 turbans tied up or permanently unwound, ISIS chemicals concern, Saddam Hussein mass grave found

Fri 2018-03-02
Attack underway in Burkina Faso's capital, police say

Thu 2018-03-01
Nigerian-Cameroonian Troops Eliminate 35 Boko Haram fighters, Recover Large Weapons

Wed 2018-02-28
US designates 'Daesh-Egypt', other ISIS affiliates as terrorist groups

Tue 2018-02-27
Drone strike kill 3 militants, injures 3 more in Laghman province

Mon 2018-02-26
Police arrest widow of Jemaah Islamiyah leader Marwan

Sun 2018-02-25
UN Security Council unanimously votes in favor of Syria ceasefire resolution

Sat 2018-02-24
US says Jerusalem embassy to open in May, Palestinians furious

Fri 2018-02-23
Deputy of Islamic State’s Baghdadi killed in Iraqi airstrike: Intelligence source

Thu 2018-02-22
Mali Blast Kills Two French Soldiers

Wed 2018-02-21
SWAT force arrests senior IS, Al-Qaeda commander in central Ramadi

Tue 2018-02-20
9 abducted civilians found dead in Afghanistan

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.

216.73.216.154

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

WoT Operations (27)

WoT Background (8)

Non-WoT (19)

Opinion (6)

Politix (3)