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Afghanistan
U.S. airstrikes inflict casualties on Taliban, destroy 3 APCs in Faryab
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The U.S. forces carried out Arclight airstrikes on a hideout of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
group in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, leaving at least 13 bandidos bandidos bad boys dead or maimed and destroying three armored personnel carriers.

The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said the airstrikes were carried out at around 11:00pm local time on Wednesday in Ghormach district.

The statement further added that ten Talibs were killed during the airstrikes and three others sustained injuries.

According to 209th Shaheen Corps, a commander of the Taliban group identified as Qari Nasir, also famous as Ansar, was among those killed.

The airstrikes also destroyed three Armored Personnel Carriers equipped with heavy weapons, the 209th Shaheen Corps added in its statement.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Children among 9 killed, wounded in separate IED explosions
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least nine civilians including children were killed or maimed in separate Improvised Explosive Device (IED) kabooms in southeastern Ghazni and Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
provinces.

The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast in a statement said at least three children bit the dust in an kaboom triggered by an IED planted by the Talibs in Orgun district of Paktia province.

The statement further added that another IED planted by the forces of Evil in Moqor district of Ghazni province went off targeting a civilian vehicle which left one civilian dead and five others maimed.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Several dead as airstrikes target gathering of Taliban leaders in Wardak
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Several Talibs including their high ranking leaders were killed during the operations of the Afghan armed forces in central Maidan Wardak province.

The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS), in a statement said the intelligence opertives conducted a special operation in Syedabad district with the support of the air forces.

The statement further added that 21 forces of Evil including some high ranking leaders of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
and Haqqani network were killed during the operations.

The key Taliban leaders killed during the operations include Taliban’s shadow intelligence chief Mawlavi Naqibullah also famous as Majid, Taliban leader in charge of looking after the disabled forces of Evil Mawlavi Abdul Rahman, Haqqani network leader Mawlavi Saif Ur Rehman, Mawlavi Samad, Taliban’s shadow district chief for Syedabad, Taliban’s commander for Tangi area of Syedabad Mawlavi Syedullah, and Taliban Überstürmbannführer in charge of a group of 15 forces of Evil Mullah Naqi,b NDS said.

At least 15 other forces of Evil were also killed during the operations and 2 others sustained injuries, NDS added in its statement.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Thekey Taliban leaders killed during the operations include Taliban’s shadow intelligence chief Mawlavi Naqibullah

"Shadowy, but not quite "shadowy" enuf.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/12/2018 1:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Now a "Smudge"
Posted by: Frank G || 10/12/2018 6:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Beep Beep Beep Bzzzt CLICK
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/12/2018 6:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Abdul, your turn to host the weenie roast.
Posted by: Cliting Greng5985 || 10/12/2018 12:20 Comments || Top||

#5  Three sticks of B-52 not available?
Posted by: Phomorong Peacock8241 || 10/12/2018 14:20 Comments || Top||

#6  Promotions for everyone! Taliban business card division doing booming business.
Posted by: Thaviter Gleash6830 || 10/12/2018 14:57 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Egyptian military court sentences 17 to death for ISIS church attacks
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An Egyptian military court on Thursday sentenced 17 people to death over a series of suicide kabooms of churches claimed by the ISIS myrmidon group that left dozens dead.

Seventy-four people were killed in the attacks in 2016 and 2017, targeting Coptic Christians in Cairo, Alexandria and the Nile Delta city of Tanta.

The court also sentenced 19 people to life in prison and 10 others to between 10 and 15 years, judicial and security officials said.

Christian sites of worship across Egypt have been repeatedly targeted in attacks claimed by ISIS, prompting the authorities to impose a state of emergency 18 months ago.

A suicide kaboom on December 11, 2016 on the Saint Peter and Saint Paul church killed 29 in the heart of Cairo.

The following April, 45 people were killed as Christians gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria.

Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s predominantly Sunni Moslem population.

Since 2013, hundreds of coppers, soldiers and civilians have been killed in myrmidon attacks.

In November last year, suspected ISIS member killed more than 300 Moslem worshippers in a gun and bomb assault on a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula.

The Egyptian army is waging a major operation focused on the Sinai aimed at wiping out ISIS.

In April, a military court had initially condemned 36 people to death over the church bombings.

The retrial came after the case was referred to the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s highest religious authority, as required by law whenever a death sentence is passed.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian military thwarts terrorist attempt to kidnap families of pilots in Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian military recently uncovered a terrorist sleeper cell that belonged to the outlawed Jama’at al-Tawheed wal-Jihad in the western part of Siberia’s Tomsk Region, the Federal Security Service
... the successor to the KGB...
(FSB) announced on Wednesday.

According to the FSB, the jihadist group was responsible for carrying out attacks in Syria against the government forces, while also recruiting members in the Tomsk Region.

Led by their National Guard and FSB, the Russian military tossed in the clink
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
several members of this terrorist group after they discovered the latter was preparing to kidnap the families of pilots currently deployed in Syria.

The FSB said that they were able to track the terrorist group’s movements using Telegram, while also penetrating their cell in the Tomsk Region.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Salafists


India-Pakistan
3 soldiers martyred, 5 wounded as roadside bomb explodes in South Waziristan
[DAWN] At least three soldiers bit the dust and five others were maimed in a roadside kaboom blast in South Wazoo near the Pak-Afghan border on Thursday, officials said.

The soldiers were reportedly carrying out routine search operations in Makeen Tehsil of South Waziristan district when the kaboom took place, local officials told AFP.

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the kaboom, the military has been battling Taliban
...Arabic for students...
and Al Qaeda linked Death Eaters in the region for years.

Violence across the country has declined in recent years following a series of military operations along the border with Afghanistan, but turban groups are still able to carry out deadly attacks.

There have been a number of fatal assaults in recent months in the northwest, as well as in 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...
The army launched an operation in mid-2014 to wipe out turban bases in the area and end the near decade-long insurgency that has cost thousands of lives.

The operation was intensified after the Taliban massacred more than 150 people, the majority of them children, in the attack on the Army Public School (APS) 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.
in December 2014.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Iraq
Iraqi Army strengthens positions along Syrian border
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi army has strengthened control of the country’s border with Syria to prevent infiltration attempts by terrorists, the Iraqi security forces said on Thursday.

"Presence [of the Iraqi forces] on the border posts and vantage points as well as construction and patrol of breastworks, fortifications and fences were enhanced on the Iraqi-Syrian border," the security forces said in a statement.

According to the statement, reconnaissance work was also strengthened to ensure security of the frontier from the town of Qaim to the Tal Safuk village and eliminate any gaps hard boyz could use to get into the Iraqi territory or smuggle weapons.All the operations were conducted in coordination with the Iraqi Air Force, the statement added.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Kurdish, Iraqi Forces Arrest IS Financiers
[An Nahar] Ten members of a key financial network for 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....
network have been incarcerated
You have the right to remain silent...
in Iraq, the U.S.-led coalition fighting the jihadists announced Thursday.

Iraqi commandos and Kurdish counter-terrorism forces arrested the members of the al-Rawi network in operations October 7-9 in Baghdad and Erbil in northern Iraq, the coalition said in a statement.

According to the coalition commander, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Paul LaCamera, the arrests "deal a major blow to the desperate attempts by ISIS to re-emerge in Iraq."

"Those who provide support to ISIS, in any way, will face the consequences," he said.

Fawaz Muhammad Jubayr al-Rawi, who headed the network, was killed in June 2017 during a strike in Albu Kamal in eastern Syria.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on al-Rawi and his company in 2016.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel Destroys Hamas 'Attack Tunnel' from Gaza
[An Nahar] Israel's military said it destroyed a Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,-built tunnel extending into its territory from the Gazoo Strip on Thursday that was intended for attacks.

Military front man Jonathan Conricus said it was the 15th such tunnel discovered and destroyed by Israel in the past year.

There were no indications of casualties linked to the destruction of the tunnel around one kilometer in length (less than a mile) and which originated from the Khan Yunis area of southern Gazoo.

It extended around 200 meters (650 feet) into Israeli territory, Conricus said, adding Israel's army had been monitoring its construction for several months.

He declined to elaborate on how the tunnel was destroyed, but said "combat engineering means" were used.

Conricus called it a "complex tunnel system with various connections and branches."

Israel has in recent months employed technology to detect and destroy tunnels without bombing them, including by filling them with material to make them unusable.

Israel is also building an underground wall around the blockaded Gazoo Strip to stop tunnel digging. Work on the massive project is expected to be completed by the end of 2019, Conricus said.

Conricus alleged Hamas used new methods in building the tunnel destroyed Thursday that seemed intended to evade Israel's detection methods.

He declined however to provide specifics, but noted it was equipped with electricity and communication hardware.

The destruction of the tunnel comes amid months of protests and festivities along the Gazoo border that have raised fears of a fourth war since 2008 between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Paleostinian enclave.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Israeli Soldier Stabbed by Palestinian in West Bank
[An Nahar] A Paleostinian stabbed and maimed an Israeli reserve soldier in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and troops were searching for the assailant, the Israeli army said.

An Israeli civilian was also maimed from shrapnel when soldiers fired in the direction of the fleeing assailant, according to the army.

Both the soldier and civilian were taken to hospital in moderate condition, it said. The reserve soldier was in uniform at the time.

There were no further details available on the assailant.

The incident occurred at a junction near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

On Sunday, also in the northern West Bank, a Paleostinian rubbed out two Israelis and maimed another at an industrial zone for an Israeli settlement where the suspect worked.

Israeli authorities are continuing to search for the gunman in that incident.

There was no indication of a link between the two cases
Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Terrorist who stabbed IDF reservist arrested
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/12/2018 2:27 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US-backed forces capture Canadian, Turkish, German ISIS fighters
[ALMASDARNEWS] The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) recently captured three 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/ISIS/IS/ISIS) bully boyz in eastern Syria, the group’s official media wing announced today.

According to the official media wing of the SDF, their troops captured three foreign ISIS fighters from Canada, Germany, and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
Below is the official statement regarding the three foreign ISIS members:

In this context, 3 ISIS bully boyz from Turkey, Canada and Germany have been captured as a result of special operations conducted by our Anti-Terror Units (YAT).

-The terrorist named Dirk Richard Pleil, German national who crossed Ottoman Turkish-Syrian border in 2015 and joined ISIS, has been working within the ranks of the organization as a doctor-prosthetist but at times has been also directly involved in atrocities committed by the terrorist organization.

-The terrorist named Mohammad Ali, who is a Canadian citizen, was a one of the ISIS number-one snipers. He trained thousands of bully boyz in Hasakah, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor and participated himself in dozens of criminal acts. He also was able to cross to Syria from Turkey without any hindrance.

In Syria, he was known as Abu Turab al-Kanadi and via his social media accounts he was encouraging people to join ISIS. In 2014, following the atrocious attacks that led to the deaths of Canadian soldiers in Quebec and Ottawa, again using his social media accounts, he called for increasing terrorist assaults, declaring that civilians or security personal should be killed as "infidels".

He stated that those who want to join the ISIS, should go to Turkey and contact him from there. It is known that he help whole group from Toronto cross to Syria via Turkey and join ISIS.

-The terrorist Ergun Orhan is a Ottoman Turkish national born in Germany who after contacting the ISIS through social media, crossed to Syria from Turkey in 2015 and joined the organization. He was active in Jarablus and Raqqa.

These bully boyz who were captured by our forces, have came to Syria to join ISIS thanks to Ottoman Turkish help, they had confessed it themselves. We know that many members of the group who committed inhuman crimes are organized into small cells in many regions and prepared to carry out massacres at the first opportunity We would like to point out that these cells, which want to perpetuate attacks, are rendered ineffective before even taking action as a result of special operations conducted by our forces. We have announced to the public that many of the Middle East and European nationals have been tossed in the clink
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
and many of them have been rendered ineffective. We are determined to continue our struggle successfully and its results will be announced to our people and to the public.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  "They died trying to escape"
"Good"
Posted by: Frank G || 10/12/2018 6:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Not covered by the Geneva or Hague Conventions. What are you concerned about? They would retaliate by killing soldiers they captured on the battlefield? OBE
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/12/2018 16:27 Comments || Top||

#3  "...many of them have been rendered ineffective".

Bathed. With soap?
Posted by: Roger29 Palms || 10/12/2018 18:14 Comments || Top||


ISIS launches surprise attack against Syrian Army in east Deir Ezzor
[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/ISIS/IS/ISIS) launched a surprise attack in the eastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate tonight.

According to a military source in Damascus, the Islamic State attacked the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions along the western bank of the Euphrates near the cities of Hasarat and al-Mayadeen.

However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
despite their best efforts to infiltrate the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses, the Islamic State was ultimately forced to withdraw across the Euphrates River after they were spotted by the government forces.

During the brief battle, the Syrian Arab Army suffered at least a half dozen casualties, while killing more than ten Islamic State faceless myrmidons in the process.

This failed infiltration attempt by the Islamic State comes just hours after their forces lost more territory to the Syrian Arab Army in the al-Safa region of southern Syria.

Posted by: Fred || 10/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  real question... how does isis have the resources to keep fighting? its really unbelievable how long they hold out and continue to last. where do they get all the arms, ammo, food, supplies? honestly, im really impressed with how long they continue to hold on. - thank in advance for the explanations.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam || 10/12/2018 10:08 Comments || Top||

#2  My question also. It's not like they have triple canopy overhead cover under which to maneuver.
Posted by: Roger29 Palms || 10/12/2018 18:17 Comments || Top||



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  Easing frayed ties, Turkish court allows US pastor to go free
Thu 2018-10-11
  Afghan officials get 20 years for handing secrets to Pakistan
Wed 2018-10-10
  Turkey to search Saudi Consulate for missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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  Nikki Haley Resigns As US Ambassador To The UN
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  Yemeni army advances further into Saada amid violent clashes with Houthis
Thu 2018-10-04
  15 terrorists killed in shootout with police in North Sinai: Egypt's interior ministry
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  'Ricin poison' packages sent to Pentagon
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  21 ISIS militants killed in drone strikes in Nangarhar province
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  Houthi naval force targets Saudi patrol boats inside Jizan Port
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  Chad troops kill 17 Boko Haram fighters after Lake Chad attack
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