[WASHINGTONTIMES] An undocumented Democrat "Dreamer" in the U.S. under protection of the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty was nabbed Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! Tuesday on charges of trying to smuggle more than 17 pounds of methamphetamine through a Border Patrol checkpoint.
Jose Rafael Arreguin-Maguellal, 22, admitted he was carrying the meth and said he was going to get paid $800 for driving it to Los Angeles, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent said in an affidavit accompanying the charges.
Border Patrol agents identified his car as he drove up to the checkpoint on Highway 86 south of the Salton Sea in southern Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,. Mr. Arreguin told the agents he was covered by DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, then began stumbling over his words as they asked him where he was coming from.
At the same time, a drug-sniffing dog alerted on the car, a 2013 Kia Optima, the affidavit says.
After getting permission to search the car, agents found 14 packages wrapped in clear plastic inside a box in the trunk, totaling more than 17 pounds. The agents said the load tested positive as meth, and had a street value of nearly $35,000.
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He's carrying a load with a street value of $35,000 and he's only getting paid $800 for it?
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more than 17 pounds. The agents said the load tested positive as meth, and had a street value of nearly $35,000.
That seems way off. Like by a factor of 10-15 street value. I can believe $35K/kilo wholesale. But then, I could be getting old and the bottom dropped out of the market (not).
he's only getting paid $800 for it?
Illegals also depressing the job market for drug mules.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan coppers and anti-government armed hard boyz have suffered casualties during a clash in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said a group of hard boyz launched a coordinated attack on security check posts in Khwajah Sabz Posh district at around 9pm local time on Tuesday.
The statement further added that the clash between the security personnel and hard boyz continued until 2am, leaving at least 6 hard boyz dead.
A security guard of Taliban ...Arabic for students... ’s shadow district chief was among those killed while at least ten hard boyz sustained injuries, the 209th Shaheen Corps added.
In the meantime, Shaheen Corps said at least two coppers also bit the dust during the clash and two members of the public uprising forces sutained injuries.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan cops have foiled holy warriors bid to carry out two kabooms in capital Kabul, the security authorities said Thursday.
The Kabul Police Commandment said an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was discovered and defused at around 7:40am local time from the vicinity of the 5th police district of the city.
The IED was planted close to Koti Sangi roundabout on the side of Company main road, Kabul Police Commandment added.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Militants affiliated with the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... group 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 Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) have suffered casualties during the operations of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces and the U.S. Forces based in Afghanistan.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said the Special Forces of the 02 Unit in 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.. Airbase conducted an operation in Kodi Khel district of Shirzad district, leaving at least six Talibs dead.
The statement further added that the operations were conducted with the support of Air Forces.
The U.S. forces based in Afghanistan also conducted Arclight airstrikes on factories producing drugs, the 201st Silab Corps said, adding that the airstrikes were carried out in the same district and as a result two factories were destroyed.
In the meantime, the U.S. forces carried out airstrikes against ISIS-K turbans in Pacher Agam district of Nangarhar province, leaving at least six ISIS turbans dead, the 201st Silab Corps said.
According to the statement released by 201st Silab Corps, the security forces and local residents have not suffered casualties during the operations and airstrikes.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Six soldiers were killed Thursday when their vehicle hit an improvised bomb (IED) in eastern Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... , and several others were seriously injured, security sources said.
"On Thursday morning, a military vehicle hit a homemade bomb between Gayeri and Foutouri. Six soldiers were killed and several others were seriously injured," a source said. Another source said three others were in a "critical condition" and had been evacuated to Ouagadougou, the Burkina capital.
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[SABANEWS.NET] The missile force of the army on Wednesday, fired 5 Zilzal-1 missiles towards gatherings of the Saudi-backed murderous Moslems at Alib crossing western part of Majaza area, in the Saudi southern border province of Asir, a military official told Saba.
The missiles hit their targets accurately, causing heavy losses among the enemy ranks, the official affirmed.
The army forces were able to pound and control over several Saudi military sites in Majaza area, after violent battles, which caused dozens of dead and maimed in the ranks of the Saudi army.
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[SABANEWS.NET] The army on Thursday shelled gatherings of the Saudi army's soldiers and theirs paid mercenaries in Jizan and Najran a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province and a favored target of Houthirocket forces.... provinces, a military official told Saba.
In Jizan, the missile force launched two Zilzal-1 ballistic missiles on the Saudi army and its mercenaries' gatherings behind Khouba area.
The rocketry launched Katyusha rockets on the gatherings of the Saudi soldiers behind Montazah.
The artillery shelled the gathering of the Saudi soldiers in a new site and the gatherings of theirs mercenaries in the west of Sudis military site in Najran.
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[SABANEWS.NET] US-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition warplanes on Thursday launched six air raids on Sanhan district of Sanaa province, a security official told Saba. The airstrikes hit Jarban area of Sanhan district, the official said.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Yemeni army liberated areas that extend four kilometers inside Baqim amid violent festivities with the Houthis on the outskirts of the district in Saada.
Brigadier-General Yasser al-Harthi said the Yemeni army aided by the coalition’s fighter jets seized control of ranges of al-Aswad mountains and Ghara mountains and other areas which include the town of Muhdayda.
The army continues to advance in the path that links between Baqim and the international al-Alab border crossing.
More than 25 Houthis, including field commanders, have been killed and others were maimed and captured during this time. Some 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 ... groups are still besieged in some posts in Baqim after the army cut their supply routes.
Several Houthi gunnies fled and left behind weapons such as sniper rifles, mortars and B-10 rifles and three vehicles loaded with ammunition, RPG, thermal missiles, cycle of violences and wireless communication devices.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] At least seven soldiers were killed and two others were maimed on Thursday in a kaboom on a road in southeast The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... , a bigwig said.
The kaboom occurred on a road near the town of Gercus in the majority-Kurdish province of Batman. Numan Kurtulmus, a deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling party, said the soldiers, who were inside an armored military vehicle, were on their way to protect a construction site in the region.
Earlier, the state-run Anadolu agency said they were traveling to carry out operations against the rebel group.
Four of the soldiers were killed at the site while three others died of their wounds while hospitalized.
The agency said the military had launched a "wide-scale" operation, backed by air power, to apprehend the assailants.
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) forces of Evil detonated the improvised explosive during the passage of a military convoy in the Gercus region of the province, the local governor's office said. An operation was launched to capture the perpetrators, it said.
Not accusing ISIS this time? Quelle surprise!
Separately, the Ottoman Turkish military said 13 PKK snuffies were killed in air strikes in northern Iraq's Avasin-Basyan and Zap regions and in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's southeastern province of Siirt in air strikes over the past two days.
Turkey has in recent months carried out strikes on PKK bases in northern Iraq, especially its stronghold in the Qandil mountains, where Ankara has also threatened to carry out a ground offensive.
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Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A senior Islamic State member was arrested in an operation in Anbar, the military intelligence department said on Wednesday.
A statement by the department said "troops managed in an operation, based on accurate information, to lure one of the Death Eaters, known as abul Khayl, along with two of companions to an ambush set up by security forces."
The forces, "followed the turbans in the desert, north of the kilo 160 road in Anbar, and managed to arrest them and destroy their vehicles."
The militan, according to the statement, "used to be the group’s military official, south of Rutba. He was in charge of planting the bombs on the highway to target security personnel and civilians."
On Tuesday, the Interior Ministry announced arresting three turbans in Anbar province.
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was killed, while another was wounded in an explosion caused by a bomb from the remnants of war against Islamic State, west of Anbar, near borders with Syria, a security source from the province said on Thursday.
“A bomb, from the remnants of war against Islamic State, went off as number of civilians were passing near al-Rummana region, in Qaim town, west of Anbar, near borders with Syria. A civilian was killed, while another was injured,” the source told BasNews website.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source added “security troops headed to the accident spot and inspected the region fearing other blasts that could target civilians and security personnel.”
The border regions, according to the source, including Qaim, Rutba, al-Karabla and al-Rummana “were dominated by Islamic State members, who planted hundreds of explosives, which are not totally revealed due to difficulty to locate them.”
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Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Two people were wounded Wednesday in a bomb blast in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, a security source was quoted as saying.
“A bomb placed on the side of a road went off in al-Tayaran square in central Kirkuk, leaving two people injured,” privately-owned daily newspaper Al Arab Al Yawm quoted the source as saying.
“Security forces rushed to the blast site and carried the wounded into a nearby hospital for treatment,” added the source.
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Four people were wounded Wednesday as two bomb blasts rocked different sites in Kirkuk province, a security source was quoted as saying.
“An explosive charge fixed into a car went off in a district in central Kirkuk,” the source told Iraqi website Baghdad Today. “The explosion left three people injured,” added the source.
“Another booby-trapped vehicle went off near a power plant in Domeez area, in southern Kirkuk, leaving a person dead,” the source pointed out.
According to the source, “the wounded were moved to a nearby hospital for treatment.”
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Iraqi troops killed on Wednesday four forces of Evil and destroyed two booby-trapped vehicles in the Hamrin Mountains in northeast Iraq.
"Joint troops, backed by the Iraqi Air Force, carried out a security campaign in the Hamrin Mountains, which extend through the provinces of Diyala, Kirkuk and Salahuddin, managing to kill four terrorists," Alforat News quoted federal police chief Raed Shaker Jawdat as saying.
He added that the troops "also destroyed two booby-trapped vehicles and four terrorist hotbeds in the security campaign."
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi court in Baghdad has sentenced a convict to death over exploding a religious shrine in Nineveh province, an official said.
In a statement, Abdul Sattar al-Bayraqdar, the spokesperson for the High Judiciary Council, said “the Central Criminal Court sentenced to death a convict who exploded the shrine of Zein al-Abidine in Nineveh, in cooperation with other convicts, who are involved in other lawsuits.”
The convicts, according to the statement, “admitted that they took part in exploding the shrine using TNT explosive substance.”
The court “found that all the evidence against the suspect were enough and conforms to the fourth article of countering-terrorism law,” he added.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A terrorist cell composed of thirteen Islamic State members has been arrested, west of Mosul, the Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday.
In a statement by the Security Media Center, Brig. Gen. Saad Maan, spokesperson for the ministry, said “troops of the Nineveh police managed to arrest a terrorist cell of Islamic State, composed of thirteen militants.”
The militants, according to the statement, “were wanted for judiciary. Some of them worked for the group’s security and Hisbah (vigilantism) department, while the group was in control of Mosul.”
The arrests took place in al-Intissar district, west of the city, it added.
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State member was killed, while six others were arrested during confrontations against Islamic State, a source from Nineveh intelligence said on Thursday.
Speaking to BasNews, Lt. Gen. Thanoun Youness said “Nineveh intelligence killed an Islamic State member after opening fire against security troops in al-Zahraa region, east of Mosul.”
The troops, according to Youness, “extradited the arrested militants to the Iraqi judiciary after concluding investigations.”
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Two bodies of people, who were kidnapped on Wednesday, has been found, north of Mosul, a police source from Nineveh said on Thursday.
Speaking to BasNews website, Cap. Amir Wathiq said “security troops found the first body in al-Hadbaa region after being kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday night, north of Mosul. The second body was found near Monsha’at al-Kanadi region, north of the city. Signs of torture were clear on the two bodies.”
The two bodies, according to Wathiq, “were transferred to forensic medicine department in Mosul in order to be handed over to their relatives and conduct investigations.”
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was killed in an armed attack, north of the capital Baghdad, a security source said on Wednesday.
Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, "unidentified button men opened fire against a civilian in Boub al-Sham region, causing his immediate death."
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi court in Baghdad has sentenced a convict for death over training fighters of 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.... In an official statement on Thursday, Abdul Sattar al-Bayraqdar, spokesperson for the High Judiciary Committee, said "The Central Criminal Court in Baghdad sentenced to death a convict, who used to work as a soldier for the Iraqi army before the krazed killer group became in control of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... city. He then worked as a source for transferring information for the group, before training the fighters."
The convict, according to the statement, "confessed during investigations that he worked as a soldier before the fall of Mosul, then joining the group as a source for information."
He also took part in the battles in Mosul, it added. "His duty was to control the weapons and equipments left by the security personnel."
The krazed killer "participated in transferring the weapons and explosives to Biji and Hawija towns," the statement said.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham sent a large armored convoy to the northeastern countryside of the Idlib Governorate last night in order to force a rebel group to handover a wanted fighter.
According to opposition activists in Idlib, HTS sent the armored convoy to Zardana, where they later cordoned off the town and opened fire on the people there.
The opposition activists posted on social media that the HTS fighters started shooting randomly at passing cars, which resulted in the death of a number of civilians.
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham is demanding the Suqour al-Sham rebel group handover one of their fighters, who is wanted by the former for an undisclosed reason.
The jihadist group has encircled the town and refuses to leave until Suqour al-Sham handover their fighter.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a big retaliatory attack in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate, today, after the jihadist rebels attempted to infiltrate their positions near the Idlib buffer zone.
Led by the 4th Division, the Syrian Arab Army began the attack by firing a number of missiles and artillery shells towards the defenses of Jaish al-Izza in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate.
According to a military source in Hama, the Syrian Army was heavily targeting the Jaish al-Izza fighters inside the towns of Buwaydah, Hasraya,and al-Latamnah.
An intense exchange of gunfire would follow near al-Buwaydah, as the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Division began to strike Jaish al-Izza’s trenches around the town.
The source said that the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Division is now working to clear this axis in order to avoid another situation like this in the future.
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big retaliatory attack apparently means lobbing a few rockets and repositioning some troops
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