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Iraq sentences seven Turkish females to death, life over joining Islamic State
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Afghanistan
Key Taliban leader and 11 militants killed in Kandahar airstrike
[KhaamaPress] A prominent local leader of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
group was killed in an Arclight airstrike in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, the Afghan military officials said Monday.

The Taliban leader, Mullah Lal Mohammad, was killed late on Sunday night in the vicinity of Nish district.

The 205th Ata Corps officials in the South said at least eleven hard boyz were also maimed during the airstrike conducted by the Afghan Air Force late on Sunday night.

The anti-government armed krazed killer groups including Talibs have not commented regarding the report so far.

This comes as counter-terrorism operations are underway against the hard boyz in certain districts of Kandahar province.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2018 00:08 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  For years I've been seeing headlines like "Top Taliban Killed", "High-ranking ISIS Poohbah Snuffed". Don't these yahoos have any grunts? It sounds like the Ruritanian Army - all generals and no privates (pun intended).
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/03/2018 8:22 Comments || Top||

#2  "Top Taliban Killed"

Yes Mercutio. Definately a 'top heavy' rank structure. Must be hundreds of millions of em, those Top Tier fighters.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/03/2018 8:32 Comments || Top||

#3  The Taliban leader, Mullah Lal LOL Mohammad
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2018 8:49 Comments || Top||

#4  All these early retirements at the top of the management structure prevent a big rundown on the Taliban pension obligations, so they got that going for them...
Posted by: Raj || 04/03/2018 9:21 Comments || Top||

#5  As far as I can tell, emir just means leader, whether platoon leader, village militia leader, or leader of the forces in all Afghanistan. The other piece is that it is the role of Number Threes and Number Fours is to be killed. Also cannon fodder, of course.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2018 11:25 Comments || Top||


ISIS militants suffer casualties during a clash with the Afghan police forces
[KhaamaPress] Militants affiliated with 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 Syria (ISIS) terrorist group suffered casualties during a clash with the police forces in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province of Afghanistan.

The provincial government media office in a statement said the clash took place in the vicinity of Haska Mina district on Saturday.

The statement further added that six ISIS forces of Evil were killed and two others were maimed during the clash.

According to Nangarhar governor’s office, the police forces and local residents in the area did not suffer any casualty during the clash.

The anti-government armed Lion of Islam and terrorist groups including ISIS bully boyz have not commented regarding the report so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2018 00:08 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Airstrike kills 20 Taliban fighters in Kunduz: Afghan officials
[DAWN] An Afghan official says an Arclight airstrike on a Taliban
...Arabic for students...
training camp in northern Afghanistan killed at least 20 forces of Evil and maimed many more on Monday, while the Taliban said the airstrike hit a religious school during a graduation ceremony, killing dozens of civilians.

It was not immediately possible to reconcile the conflicting accounts.

Defense Ministry front man Mohammad Radmanish said "initial reports" indicate the airstrike in the Dashti Archi district of Kunduz province killed around 20 Taliban fighters, including a local commander, and maimed many more.

"I can confirm that a Taliban training centre was bombed and no civilians were present," he said.

The Taliban said in a statement that the airstrike hit a madrasa, or religious school, killing and wounding more than 100 holy mans, religious students and other civilians.

In a separate incident in the southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province, at least 48 schoolgirls fell ill at a high school in what provincial authorities suspect is a case of mass poisoning.
Khaama Press adds:
The military officials are saying that a deadly Arclight airstrike targeted the leadership council members of the Taliban group in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.

The 20th Pamir Division of the Afghan Military in the North said the airstrike was carried out at around 11 am local time today.

The source further added that fifteen people including a key leadership council member of the Taliban Mawlavi Beryani was among those killed.

According to the 20th Pamir Division, at least ten gunnies were also maimed during the airstrike conducted by the Afghan Air force.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 3 Civilians In Central Somalia
[RADIOSHABELLE] At least three civilians, including a woman, were reported to have been killed a suspected US dronezap in central Somalia on Monday.

The Arclight airstrike was carried out at Da’ar, an al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
-controlled area located about 20 Kilometers west of Elbur district in Galgadud region of central Somalia.

Two prominent local elders identified as Ali Hared and Yusuf Dhegay were among those killed in the drone attack, according to a statement released by Al-Shabaab.

Sources in the area said the drone has fired a missile targeting a convoy carrying civilians on the outskirts of Elbur. Al-Shabaab had denied claims that 10 hard boyz killed in the raid.

US military has intensified the airstrikes against the Al-Shabaab following October 14 deadly truck bombing that killed more than 512 people in Mogadishu’s Zoobe junction.
An Nahar adds:
A U.S. air strike against al-Shabaab faceless myrmidons in Somalia has killed five "terrorists," the U.S. military announced Monday.

The strike occurred Sunday near a small village called El Buur, located some 235 miles (375 kilometers) northeast of the capital Mogadishu. It is the seventh time this year that the U.S. has struck Shabaab.

U.S. Africa Command said the strike had been conducted in coordination with the Somali government, "killing five Lions of Islam and destroying one vehicle."
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


AMISOM Says 30 Al-Shabab Fighters Killed In Bula-Marer Attack
[RADIOSHABELLE] The Special Representative of the Chairperson of 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...
Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, lauds the AU troops in Lower Shabelle region for the gallantry they displayed, during a confrontation with al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
earlier Saturday.

The troops fought off and successfully repulsed the bully boyz who had launched simultaneous attacks on forwarding Operating Bases in Quoryole, Bulomareer, and Golwein.

The bully boyz were dealt a heavy blow, with at least 30 of them put out of action, following the intense fighting. Eight vehicles which ferried the terrorists, including two Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices, were destroyed and an assortment of weapons recovered.

Unfortunately, AMISOM lost four gallant soldiers in the fighting. Six others sustained injuries.

AMISOM pays tribute to these troops whose courage and sacrifice has frustrated al-Shabaab’s intent.

"We honor our brave soldiers, who are resolute in continuing to neutralize the faceless myrmidons in order to restore peace and stability in Somalia," said Madeira.

Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa Subsaharan
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 18 in Nigeria
[AFRICANEWS] A suspected Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
attack in the northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
n city of Maiduguri killed 15 people and maimed 68, an emergency agency official said on Monday, in the biggest strike since the government said it was in talks with the Islamist group.

Maiduguri is the epicentre of the nine-year conflict with Boko Haram that has killed more than 20,000 people.

President Muhammadu Buhari has prioritised improving security and previously said the group, which is trying establish an 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....
and split into two factions in 2016, had been defeated.

The gun attack took place on Sunday night in Bale Shuwari, a settlement near army barracks on the edge of Maiduguri’s inner city, military sources said.

"Sixty-eight were maimed and so far, 15 innocent people were killed," said Bello Dambatta, chairman of the rapid response team for the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

It is the most significant attack on the city since the government said last week it was is in talks with the turbans with the aim of securing a permanent ceasefire.

The government has not disclosed which elements of Boko Haram it is in discussions with, and neither was it clear which faction carried out Sunday’s attack.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Air Raid Kills 16 near Yemen Port of Hodeida
[AnNahar] An air strike near the Yemeni port of Hodeida on Monday killed 16 people in a building where Houthis were gathering, security sources told AFP.

There were conflicting reports on the number of rebels versus civilians killed in the strike which was believed to have been carried out by the Saudi-led coalition.

The coalition said it was investigating the reports and could not immediately comment.

The strike occurred in the district of al-Hali in Hodeida province, which is controlled by the Iran-backed turbans.

The security sources said a second air strike targeted the house of a Huthi commander in the same area, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

The rebels' al-Masirah news outlet also reported two air strikes in al-Hali district, saying they targeted a camp for displaced people and that most of the victims were women and kiddies.

The security sources said there was no camp for the displaced in the area.

The Saudi coalition is the only force known to carry out air strikes on Huthi rebel-held territory and has previously admitted to "erroneous" strikes that caused civilian casualties.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Ghrad missile hits gatherings of mercenaries in Lahj
[SABANEWS.NET] The missile force of the army and popular forces launched on Sunday Ghrad missile on the mercenaries gatherings south of Kahboob in Lahj province,
...the place where the kaboom was discovered...
a military official told Saba.The operation took place beyond al- Khazan hill south of Kahboob, said the official. The missile left losses in the mercenaries ranks and their military equipments.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Houthi forces launch ballistic missile at Saudi military base
[ALMASDARNEWS] For the second time in the last 48 hours, the 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
forces have fired a ballistic missile towards a military installation inside the Kingdom of 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...
According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired a Badr-1 ballistic missile at the al-Jarbah Base in Saudi Arabia’s Asir Region.

No further details were released regarding the fate of the missile.

The Badr-1 is the latest Yemeni-manufactured missile that has been used against the Saudi Coalition in both Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
and Saudi Arabia.

Badr-1 Ballistic missile hits al- Garbah Saudi camp in Asir

[SABANEWS.NET] The missile force of the army and popular forces launched Badr-1 Ballistic missile on the Saudi al- Garbah camp in Dhahran Asir, a military official told Saba on Monday. The missile hit its target directly, leaving huge losses in the enemy ranks and military equipment's, said the official.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Home Front: WoT
BREAKING: Active Shooter At YouTube Headquarters
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/03/2018 16:52 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Gee I hope somebody has a gun for self defense.
Posted by: jpal || 04/03/2018 17:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, don't expect vid of the incident on the Tube. They're against that you know.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/03/2018 17:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Daily Mail
Posted by: KBK || 04/03/2018 17:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Fatal Femme Fatale
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 || 04/03/2018 17:44 Comments || Top||

#5  I think I found the video posted on YouTube of this YouTube tragedy;

Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 || 04/03/2018 21:12 Comments || Top||

#6  Sorry if I am not being reverent enough, but I have almost as much hate for leftist in silicone valley as the mad dame that shot up YouTube today (may she rest in peace).
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 || 04/03/2018 21:18 Comments || Top||

#7  Sounds like the attack occurred on an outdoor patio. I don't know if the area was behind security doors or not but if not I would suspect the shooter isn't/wasn't an employee.
Posted by: ruprecht || 04/03/2018 22:45 Comments || Top||

#8  Persian-descent, vegan, animal rights activist. I'm betting she's a lefty. I'd like to know where she got the gun as most lefties are allergic to firearms.

https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/nasim-aghdam-youtube-shooting-suspect-channel-instagram-photos/
Posted by: ruprecht || 04/03/2018 23:04 Comments || Top||

#9  Surprise!
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2018 23:09 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Gen Bajwa sanctions death sentences for 10 terrorists including Amjad Sabri's killers, says ISPR
[DAWN] Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday sanctioned death sentences for 10 turbans convicted by the military courts, read a blurb issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The military commander also ratified a variety of punishments ‐ including life imprisonment ‐ to five other terrorists.

The ISPR said the convicts were involved in several terrorism incidents, including an attack on a five-star hotel in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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.
and the liquidation of renowned qawwal Amjad Sabri 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...
In all, the turbans took the lives of 62 civilians and law enforcement officers, the army's media wing added.

The ISPR shared the identities of the 10 turbans who will be sent to the gallows. Their details are as follows:

Muhammad Ishaq s/o Muhammad Ibrahim and Muhammad Asim s/o Abdul Rehman
The convicts were involved in the killing of Sabri as well as attacks on security forces, resulting in deaths of 17 officials. The duo was also found in possession of firearms and explosives.

Muhammad Arish Khan s/o Muhammad Aslam
The convict was involved in the attack on Pearl Continental Hotel, Peshawar, resulting in the death of four civilians.

Muhammad Rafique s/o Hameed Khan
The convict was involved in attacking law enforcement agencies, resulting in deaths of Lt Col Muhammad Yousaf, Assistant District Officer (Frontier Constabulary) Karim Khan, Naib Subedar Fazal Wahid, Naib Subedar Muhammad Fayaz along with 16 other soldiers; three others were also injured. He was also involved in the abduction for ransom of a civilian Muhammad Ali.

Habib Ur Rehman s/o Khoba Gul
The convict was involved in attacking law enforcement agencies, resulting in the death of Lt Col Anwar Abbas along with three other soldiers; 15 were also injured. He was also involved in collecting funds for terrorists' activities.

Muhammad Fayyaz s/o Gul Faraz
The convict was involved in attacks on armed forces and law enforcement agencies, resulting in deaths of Naib Subedar Fateh Muhammad, Havildar Pervez Iqbal, Havildar Basharat Ali, Police Constable Saleem Khan and four other soldiers.

Ismail Shah s/o Nek Badshah
The convict was involved in the killing of Naib Subedar Nasim Khan and an attack on armed forces.

Fazal Muhammad s/o Abdul Mateen
The convict was involved in attacks on armed forces, resulting in deaths of Naib Subedar Fateh Muhammad, Havildar Pervez Iqbal, Havildar Basharat Ali and five other soldiers.

Hazrat Ali s/o Muhammad Ali
The convict was involved in attacks on law enforcement agencies, leading to the death of Havildar Wahab Ali and three other soldiers.

Habib Ullah s/o Anwar Baig
The convict was involved in attacks on law enforcement agencies, resulting in the death of a police constable and injuries to another official. He was also involved in the destruction of three CD Shops in Akora Khattak.

Military courts
Pakistain had legalised military court trials of terror suspects for a period of two years in January 2015, soon after turbans killed 144 people, mostly children, at an Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar.

Military courts had been disbanded owing to a sunset clause on January 7 but resumed operations after Pakistain Army Act 2017 and the 28th Constitutional Amendment Bill came into force late March.

Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


4 Christians among 7 killed in separate firing incidents in Quetta
[DAWN] At least seven persons were killed in two separate firing incidents in different localities of Quetta city on Monday, DawnNewsTV reported.

In the evening, four members of the Christian community travelling in a rickshaw were killed in a firing incident on Quetta's Shah Zaman road.

Police official Muhammad Anwar Khokhar said unidentified attackers riding a cycle of violence opened fire on a rickshaw which resulted in the death of four members of the Christian community. A minor girl was also injured in the attack, he added.

Law enforcement agencies reached the site of the incident soon after the incident and shifted the bodies to Civil Hospital Quetta.

No group has yet grabbed credit for the attack; moreover, police have also been unable to ascertain any reason for the incident.

In a separate incident earlier in the day, three people were killed and four injured in a firing incident on Quetta's Qmbrani road.

Police said the dear departed belong to Bangulzai tribe, adding that the incident appears to be the result of a tribal enmity.

Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Taiba


Strike, security clampdown in India-held Kashmir day after fierce fighting leaves 20 dead
[DAWN] A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule shut most of India-held Kashmire on Monday, a day after deadly protests and fierce fighting killed 16 combatants ‐ 3 Indian soldiers and 13 suspected snuffies ‐ and four civilians.

Armed police and paramilitary soldiers in riot gear fanned out across the region and are patrolling streets in anticipation of anti-India protests and festivities.

Authorities have also clamped a curfew in the old parts of Kashmire's main city of Srinagar, the urban centre of protests and festivities against Indian rule. According to Times of India, internet service has also been suspended in the area.

Pakistain on Sunday had condemned the brutal and indiscriminate use of force by the Indian forces.

Political leaders also condemned the violence, calling for action against India.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Iraq
Mosul clean up continues: 4 Xtian kids kaboomed, 3 turbans tied up


Four children injured in bomb blast outside Mosul medical complex

Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Four children were wounded Monday as a bomb exploded outside a medical complex in the Christian town of Bartella, east of Mosul, a security source was quoted as saying.

Speaking to Shafaq News website, the source said, “An explosive charge believed to be planted by Islamic State (IS) militants went off while four children were playing outside a medical complex at the Christian-majority Bartella town in eastern Mosul.”

“The explosion left the four children injured,” according to the source.

Bartella, largely inhibited by Christians, was emptied from inhabitants when the IS group seized the town in August 2014. After controlling the town, IS ordered the Christians to pay a tax, convert to Islam, or die by the sword, prompting the residents to flee the town.

Three Islamic State members arrested in operation, west of Mosul: Commander

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State members were arrested in an operation carried out in west of Mosul, Nineveh, a commander announced on Monday.

In a statement, Maj. Gen. Hamad Names al-Jabouri, commander of Nineveh Police, said, “Police troops managed, this evening, through checkpoints, to arrest three Islamic State members in west of Mosul.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Anbar Antics: 3 civilians kaboomed, 65 turbans killed in ambush
Three civilians killed, injured in bomb blast, west of Anbar

Anbar (Iraqinews.com) – Three civilians were killed and injured Monday in a bomb blast in Anbar province, a security source with Anbar police was quoted as saying.

Speaking to Basnews website, the source said, “A bomb believed to be left by Islamic State militants went off in al-Tin district in al-Qa’im, west of Anbar, leaving one person dead and two others injured.”

“Security forces combed the blast site in search of other explosives,” the source pointed out.

He noted that the dead body was moved to the forensic medicine department, while the injured were carried to hospital for treatment.

Iraqi security: 65 Islamic State militants killed in Anbar ambush

Anbar (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi security forces killed on Monday 65 militants of the Islamic State (IS) group in a well-established ambush in Anbar province, according to a military source.

Speaking to IKH News, the source said security forces received information about a plot by the IS militants to infiltrate into Iraq coming from Syria to carry out terrorists attacks.

“Immediately, a security force set up an ambush on a road in Ar-Rutbah town in western Anbar province, managing to kill all the 65 infiltrators, including foreign fighters,” the source said.

He added that “no troops were killer or injured in the clashes.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Over 80 Islamic State members killed between February, March: Statement
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Over eighty 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....
members were killed during operations carried out between February and March, southwest of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
the pro-government paramilitary troops announced on Monday.

A statement by the intelligence of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said "18 operations were carried out in Kirkuk and towns of Hawija, al-Riyad and al-Rashad between February 24 to March 27, during which 82 IS members were killed, while two others were maimed. Several types of weapons were seized as well as rest houses and tunnels."

The operations, according to the statement, were carried out by PMFs, in collaboration with Federal Police, military and air force. They took place in 20 villages.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraq sentences seven Turkish females to death, life over joining Islamic State
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi court has sentenced six Ottoman Turkish females to death over affiliation to 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....
, a judicial source was quoted saying on Monday.

The court in Baghdad sentenced six Ottoman Turkish females to death over belonging to Islamic State, while the seventh was sentenced to life, the source told AFP.

In March, the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad has sentenced 13 Ottoman Turkish women to death over the same charge. The same court sentenced number of women to life and death over belonging to Islamic State. Some of them were Azeri, Ottoman Turkish and Iraqi.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  What? Why don't they just deport them, like the U.S.?
Posted by: Bobby || 04/03/2018 9:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Gonna be some excitement when Iraq tries to execute Turk citizens.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/03/2018 10:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Which is it death or life? Or life after death as the headline suggests.
Posted by: jpal || 04/03/2018 15:19 Comments || Top||


Iraqi intelligence forces kill ISIS leader near Syrian border
Another Number 3 bites the dust.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi intelligence forces carried out a special operation, Sunday, that targeted one of the so-called 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....
’s (ISIS) top leaders in Iraq.

Led by their Falcon group, the Iraqi intelligence forces killed the Islamic State’s leader of suicide bomb operations, Isma’el Mohammad ’Abboud, while sweeping through the western part of the al-Anbar Governorate.

’Abboud was reportedly followed by a military drone as he was attempting to cross through the vast desert area of al-Anbar.

Once ’Abboud reached a certain point, the Iraqi intelligence forces fired a missile at his vehicle, abruptly ejecting him from the gene pool.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian shot rushing West Bank checkpoint
[IsraelTimes] Israeli security guards shot a Paleostinian man who ran at a checkpoint near the Paleostinian city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank on Monday, the Defense Ministry said.

Guards at the Te’enim checkpoint called on the man to stop, and shot him in the lower body when he did not respond, the ministry said in a statement.

He was maimed, and medical personnel evacuated him to a hospital.

The Defense Ministry did not say the man was armed.
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IDF arrests two Gazans crossing border after yoots make faces, shout poorly rhymed slogans
[IsraelTimes] Fresh disturbances reported along Gazoo border, with IDF said to open fire at protesters, injuring one

Israeli troops picked up two unarmed Paleostinians who crossed the Gazoo security fence and entered Israeli territory on Monday, the army said. According to the army, they were not in possession of weapons.

The suspects were placed in durance vile
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
shortly after they crossed into southern Israel, near the Eshkol region. They were handed over to the Shin Bet security service for questioning.

Earlier reports indicated that three Paleostinians had infiltrated into Israeli territory, but an army spokesperson said he was only aware of two.

Elsewhere along the Gazoo border, several disturbances broke out, Paleostinian reports said, with dozens of demonstrators approaching the border. In one case the army opened fire and injured one of the rioters, the Paleostinians said.

Gazan shot in Friday’s “protests” dies, raising death toll to 18

[IsraelTimes] A senior Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", official says the terror group will continue protests on the Gazoo border that have resulted in violent festivities between Paleostinians and the IDF, vowing not to disarm or back down.

"The Paleostinian people are determined to continue the great ’March of Return,’ to free the land and move towards occupied Jerusalem, and they are not concerned by all the sacrifices," politician Khalil al-Hayya tells a memorial ceremony of Faris al-Raqib, 29, who the Gazoo health ministry says was shot in Friday’s festivities east of Khan Younis in southern Gazoo as tens of thousands of people took part in the mass protests.

His death, announced Monday, raised the reported corpse count to 18.

The border area is currently relatively quiet but tents erected for the protests remain.
Ynet adds:
Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
said Fares al-Ruqab was a member of its military wing.
Another Times of Israel article adds:
There were discrepancies in Paleostinian reports on the corpse count from the festivities. While Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, claimed Monday that 18 had died, the official news agency of the Paleostinian Authority had the number at 16. Israel has no official corpse count figures.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Large group of Jaysh Al-Islam militants leave Douma
[ALMASDARNEWS] Minutes ago, a large group of Jaish al-Islam
...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful...
bandidos gunnies departed from the town of Douma via the Wafiddeen Crossing, a military source told al-Masdar News.

According to the source, eight buses carrying 448 bandidos gunnies and their family members left Douma for the northern Aleppo city of Jarabulus .

Another large batch of Jaish al-Islam bandidos gunnies is expected to depart from Douma in the next 24 hours, the military source added.

The first Jaish al-Islam group to leave Douma, today, was made up of their maimed and sick fighters; this last batch was made up of their infantry personnel.
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ISIS launches massive offensive in east Deir Ezzor, will exchange prisoners with Kurds
[ALMASDARNEWS] The so-called 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....
(ISIS) has launched another massive offensive in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, targeting the eastern countryside of this province in the Euphrates River Valley.

ISIS reportedly began the offensive by storming the defenses of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at the strategic town of al-Bahra.

According to pro-opposition pages, ISIS captured al-Bahra earlier this afternoon, adding that the Syrian Democratic Forces suffered huge losses as a result of this terrorist offensive.

If this report proves true, this could be a massive setback for the US-backed forces in Deir Ezzor, as they do not have reserves to drive back ISIS at the moment.

ISIS, SDF to exchange prisoners, corpses in Deir Ezzor

[ALMASDARNEWS] 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....
and the US-backed Kurdish militia have agreed to exchange bully boyz who had been captured in previous battles between the two warring parties in Eastern Syria.

20 Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are expected to be released in exchange for 30 ISIS jihadists as per the newly-concluded deal, which will also involve exchanging corpses of killed bully boyz from both sides.

ISIS controls two pockets in eastern Syria along the Iraqi borders from where the hardline group launches the Syrian Army, Iraqi forces and Kurdish militia.
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Turkish military enters Khan Sheikhoun to setup observation points
[ALMASDARNEWS] A Ottoman Turkish Army delegation was filmed, today, entering the large town of Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib.

The Ottoman Turkish Army delegation was accompanied by a group of Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA); they would also travel south of Khan Sheikhoun and enter the northern countryside of Hama.

According to pro-opposition activists, the Ottoman Turkish military delegation also entered the towns of Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, and Morek.
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Russian Air Force destroys jihadist underground base in southwest Idlib
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Aerospace Forces continued their bombardment of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
’s positions in the Idlib Governorate, today, striking several areas around this province.

On Monday morning, Russian jets flying out of the Hmaymim Military Airport in southwest Latakia were given the task of destroying an underground base that belonged to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of southwest Idlib.

The Russian jets were able to destroy the HTS base after dropping a bunker buster bomb on the jihadist group’s installation.

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US reinforcements arrive in Manbij ahead of Turkish invasion
[ALMASDARNEWS] The U.S. Coalition sent reinforcements to the northern Aleppo district of Manbij, the Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency reported on Sunday.

Citing “trustworthy local sources,” the Anadolu Agency claimed that the U.S. military sent at least 300 soldiers to Manbij in a convoy comprised of several armored vehicles and construction machines.

The Anadolu report added that the U.S. troops were deployed near the Sajur River and village of Zub’ul Bayn in western Manbij.

The U.S. Coalition has not commented on this Anadolu report.
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