[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces killed 8 Talibs during the operations in Daykundi and Paktiya provinces, the military officials said.
The officials further added that the Special Forces also arrested 5 Talibs during the same operations.
The Special Forces killed 7 snuffies during the operation in Gizab district of Daykundi province, the officials said, adding that they also destroyed a cache of weapons.
The officials also added that the Special Forces killed a Taliban ...Arabic for students... Death Eater and arrested 5 others during two separate raids in Sayyid Karam district of Pakitya.
The Special Forces also destroyed 2 caches of weapons during the two raids, the officials added.
[KhaamaPress] The Pak military claims the Afghan troops shelled Chitral district with mortars and heavy machine gun wounding six soldiers and five civilians.
According to a statement released by Pak military, a clash broke out between Afghan and Pak forces along Durand Line close to Chitral and Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... of Afghanistan.
The statement further added that the Pak forces also responded to the fire but the clash stopped after engagement at the military level.
This comes as a similar a clash broke out between the Afghan and Pak forces in Nari district of Kunar province on Sunday afternoon which lasted for several hours.
Two Taliban terrorists killed in an encounter with ANP in Khowaja Baba region, Shahr-e-Safa district of Zabul. ANP seized one motorcycle used by the militants. Read More: https://t.co/pwbPyFGcKgpic.twitter.com/Iki0kpYlm5
[AlAhram] Egyptian security forces killed 13 murderous Moslems during a raid on a hideout in the border North Sinai region on Tuesday, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The holy warriors were killed during an exchange of fire with the security forces carrying out the raid on the hideout in El-Arish, the capital of North Sinai, the ministry said.
Police found weapons and explosives in the terrorists’ possession, the statement added.
Egyptian officials said a police conscript has been killed in a jihadist attack in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.
They said the attack, which took place late on Monday in the town Sheikh Zuweid, also wounded three policemen who were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Separately, the officials said security forces killed 13 suspected fighters in a raid on Tuesday in the Mediterranean coastal city of el-Arish’ el-Obour neighborhood.
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[Libya Observer] Libyan Coast Guard has rescued 53 illegal immigrants colonists aboard a rubber boat, about 75 northwest of Abu Kammash district.
The Coast Guard clarified in a statement yesterday that among the rescued immigrants colonists were 14 women, confirming that they were of African nationalities.
The immigrants colonists were disembarked at the landing point 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... Port where they were provided with humanitarian and medical assistants before being handed over to Janzour Shelter of the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency.
[AlAhram] Ottoman Turkish authorities have detained 43 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... and of plotting attacks targeting celebrations of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... 's national day on Tuesday, police and state media said.
The detentions came two days after U.S. President Donald Trump ...the Nailer of NAFTA... announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwest Syria, near the Ottoman Turkish border.
The suspects were detained in Istanbul and the northwestern province of Bursa in three separate operations, according to a police statement and the state-run Anadolu news agency.
Three of the suspects who were believed to have been preparing an attack to disrupt Republic Day celebrations in Istanbul, were detained on Tuesday, Anadolu said.
It said anti-terror and intelligence units established that the suspects had been in contact with people who would provide logistic support for the attack.
Anadolu said another 26 suspected Islamic State members were detained in Bursa on Tuesday. It said 12 of them were Syrian nationals and that proceedings were underway to deport them. The other 14 suspects were sent to the police, it added.
Ottoman Turkish police later said a further 14 suspected jihadists, three of them Ottoman Turkish nationals, were detained in Istanbul. It said the suspects were planning to attack the celebrations in Istanbul following al-Baghdadi's death, but did not elaborate.
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Iraqi forces are cutting off electricity to Baghdad’s Tahrir Square and firing tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of Iraqis gathering for a fifth day of protests, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reports.https://t.co/j4mCnl7yEMpic.twitter.com/rBl55OaIAo
Iraqi security forces are cordoning off Nisour Square in central Baghdad with barbed wires to prevent hundreds of protesters from gathering near the area.https://t.co/j4mCnl7yEMpic.twitter.com/U15aI9lITM
[DAWN] At least 14 people were killed and 865 maimed overnight after Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters in the holy city of Kerbala, medical and security sources told Rooters on Tuesday. Allan is pleased
Three protesters died in the southern city of Nassiriya from wounds sustained in earlier protests, medical sources said.
Iraqis erupted into the streets for a fourth day on Monday in a second wave of protests against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's government and a political elite they say are corrupt and out of touch. The total corpse count since the unrest started on October 1 is now at least 250 people.
The unrest, driven by discontent over economic hardship and deep-seated corruption, has broken nearly two years of relative stability in Iraq, which from 2003 to 2017 endured a foreign occupation, civil war and an insurgency by the turbanIslamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group.
Security forces fired tear gas at school and university students on Monday who defied a warning from Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and joined thousands in Baghdad protesting against his government.
Soldiers were seen beating high school students with batons in two Baghdad districts. A Defence Ministry statement condemned the incident and said the soldiers did not represent the Iraqi army as a whole. It did not say if they would be punished.
An IDF soldier was sentenced to one month in prison by a military court for the death of a Palestinian teenager during the weekly Gaza border riots last year.
The soldier, a sniper from the Givati Brigade, was convicted as part of a plea bargain after he pleaded guilty for "disobeying an order leading to a threat to life or health," the IDF said in a statement.
On July 13 2018, the sniper opened fire at 15-year-old Othman Helles as he was climbing the Gaza security fence during the weekly "Great Return March" protests, "without obtaining permission from his commanders [and] while not following the rules of engagement or the instructions given to him earlier," the statement continued.
As part of the plea bargain, the soldier was sentenced to one month in prison ‐ to be served by labor ‐ as well as probation and being demoted in rank to private.
[Jpost] The Israeli Defense Forces arrested 19 people in the West Bank overnight.
The IDF troops along with security services, Border Police and Israeli police said the suspects were wanted for terrorist activity, popular terrorism and violent violations against civilians and security forces.
[IsraelTimes] Serviceman agrees to plea deal, admits to opening fire without the required approval at a Paleostinian teenager scaling the security fence during border protests.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli fighter jets shot down a drone that was flying at an "irregular altitude" over the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The military said fighter jets were scrambled when the aircraft was detected and they shot it down.
"An unmanned aircraft flying was detected flying at an irregular altitude over the Gaza Strip. IDF fighter jets were sent toward it and they intercepted it," the army said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear who was operating the drone.
In general, the Israeli military does not interfere with drones flying over the Gaza Strip unless they approach the border or fly at especially high altitudes.
The incident came after a series of false alarms around Gaza in which rocket sirens were apparently triggered by terror groups’ training exercises in the coastal enclave.
[IsraelTimes] Russia has informed The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... that Kurdish fighters in Syria have completed their withdrawal from areas near the border, in accordance with a deal agreed between Ankara and Moscow, President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... said Tuesday.
"Russia informed our competent authorities of the terror groups’ complete withdrawal from there," Erdogan said in a televised speech in Ankara marking Turkey’s Republic Day
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Maybe not as appealing like killing ISIS head, but (IMO) a lot more long term effective
Banks in Malaysia are closing the accounts of Iranian individuals and companies, nearly a dozen affected people told Reuters, in a sign that U.S. sanctions are having a far-reaching impact on citizens of the Islamic republic.
Although Malaysian banks seemed to be more cautious in dealing with Iranians than those elsewhere, some Iranians and one embassy official said, there were "mass closures" in the Southeast Asian country in recent months.
The banks were being "more Catholic than the Pope," said university lecturer Behrang Samadi, who is among an estimated 10,000 Iranians living in Malaysia and learnt in August that his bank, CIMB, would close his 14-year-old account. Pretty loose definition given the Marxist extremist Francis
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ottoman Turkish military and their allied bandidosgunnies allegedly captured 14 soldiers of the Syrian army in the northeastern part of the country, the al-Arabiya TV channel informed, citing Kurdish sources.
"The Ottoman Turkish army and the formations loyal to it have captured 14 soldiers of the Syrian army in the Tell Tamer settlement," the TV channel noted.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Sky News Arabia TV channel informed of festivities between Syrian and Ottoman Turkish units.
On October 9, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... launched a military incursion into northern Syria, codenaming it Operation Peace Spring, with the Ottoman Turkish Armed Forces and the Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... carrying it out. Erdogan’s military campaign kicked off with Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on the positions of the previously US-backed Kurdish units.
The Erdogan government claimed that its goal is to clear the border area of what it calls ’terrorists’ (Turkey’s broad label of the Kurdish forces) and establish a 30 km-long buffer zone in Syria’s north, where over 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey would resettle. Ankara’s incursion into Syria has triggered an outcry in the region and across the world. The Syrian SANA news agency branded the operation as an act of aggression, while the international community condemned Erdogan’s military operation.
On October 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... and Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... signed a memorandum on joint actions in northeastern Syria. According to the document, as of noon October 23, Russian military police and Syrian border guards have started to monitor the withdrawal of Kurdish military formations to the depth of 30 km from the border.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is currently involved in its fiercest battle of the month against the jihadist rebels in northeastern Latakia.
Backed by heavy Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s from their Russian allies, the Syrian Arab Army has been involved in a two-day-long battle for the key mountaintop town of Kabani, which is currently under the control of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... and the Turkestan Islamic Party.
The Syrian Arab Army managed to capture the Zuwayqat Mountain on Monday afternoon after making another big push to reach Kabani; however, they are now deadlocked in an intense firefight to capture the last hills before the mountaintop town.
According to a military source near the front-lines, the Syrian Arab Army has suffered heavy casualties during this 48-hour-long battle, but the armed forces’ high command is still dead set on capturing the town, despite these losses.
The jihadist rebels have refused to concede these last hills before Kabani and will likely launch a big counter-offensive in the coming hours to drive back the Syrian Arab Army from the area.
For the jihadists, losing Kabani would be a much bigger blow to them than losing Khan Sheikhoun and northern Hama, as the town overlooks the strategic city of Jisr al-Shughour and the northern part of the al-Ghaab Plain.
[Al Jazeera] Cries of celebration went up across Leb on Tuesday as protesters demanding the fall of the government celebrated Prime Minister Saad Hariri ...Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.... 's resignation - though most said this was merely an initial victory in a long-term battle.
"It's a good first step but we're still going to stay in the streets," Pierre Mouzannar, a 21-year old filmmaker told Al Jazeera in central Beirut. "Hariri is part of the problem but he's not all of the problem ... I don't think anyone thinks we're done."
For many demonstrators in the capital, the news of Hariri's resignation was an important boost in their nearly two-week protest movement following a day of street brawls instigated by supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement party.
Hundreds of men, most wearing black, beat protesters and destroyed protest encampments in central Beirut before Hariri's televised address, eventually retreating after security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
"Hariri isn't the one who's sending his people to beat us up and destroy what we have. Those people are still in Parliament and we need to finish what we've started there," Mouzannar said, sitting next to a tent being reconstructed by protesters.
On a nearby road leading to Riad al-Solh square, Saba, a 21-year old event planner, was painting Lebanese flags on the faces of passersby. "He should have resigned earlier, but better late than never - and we got what we wanted," she said.
But she, too, said Hariri's resignation by no means satisfied her hopes for the unprecedented movement she was part of. "Step two is to get back the money politicians have stolen from us. Then we will hold everyone accountable, and God is on our side," she said.
Pretty impressive visual link from the Guardian.
The US began to receive intelligence on the whereabouts of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi about a month ago, according to Donald Trump. Intelligence officials were able to scope out his exact location ‐ near the village of Barisha in north-west Syria ‐ two weeks ago, and Trump was made aware of the planned raid at the end of last week. Nicely done, and good catch, B
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As a military robot crept towards him and a dog was dispatched to subdue him, Baghdadi was confronted by a dead end.
Prosecuting our enemies with robots and dogs - now that's the 21st century I was expecting!
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If the scale is right I measure 350 miles from Erbil to Barisha.
An arc path over Turkey would make it closer to 400 miles (that would be a two hour flight and close to the range of the Chinook).
They had to get gas or did they continue on to Incerlik air base.
I hope they got the nucs out of there by the way.
What was the quip pro quo with Erdogan?
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So weird to read a fact-based article in Al-Guardian about the US military, of all things, that does not take cheap shots at America. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop...and it never did. Major WTF.
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[SOFREP] On Saturday night, approximately 70 special operators hailing from Delta Force’s A Squadron and the 75th Ranger Regiment stormed a compound in the Idlib Province of Northeast Syria, successfully neutralizing one of history’s most despotic leaders, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The mission has been hailed as a complete success, with no American troops lost and one service dog injured, but amidst all the media hype surrounding this story, it’s easy to forget just how dangerous this operation was for the troops involved before they ever even put their boots on the ground.
According to SOFREP sources within the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the U.S. Army’s legendary 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), also commonly known as the Nightstalkers, were the aviation unit tasked with ferrying Delta and the Rangers in and out of the fight. In total, eight helicopters (a combination of MH-60 Blackhawks and MH-47 Chinooks) participated. And it seems the engagement that ultimately ended with al-Baghdadi taking his own life actually kicked off well before America’s special operators were anywhere near the compound.
Although not yet publicly disclosed, sources within JSOC confirmed for SOFREP that the assault force launched from Erbil, Iraq ‐ some 450 miles away from al-Baghdadi’s compound. This is a far greater distance to cover by air en route to an objective than during the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden, greatly increasing the risk of early warning for the target as well as exposing aircraft and personnel to a greater likelihood of ground-to-air engagement. In order to make this flight less dangerous, the Russian military was notified of the impending raid so as to limit the chances that the American aircraft might be engaged by Russian or Syrian air defense assets.
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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
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...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
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...Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too....
[SOFREP] On Saturday night, approximately 70 special operators hailing from Delta Force’s A Squadron and the 75th Ranger Regiment stormed a compound in the Idlib Province of Northeast Syria, successfully neutralizing one of history’s most despotic leaders, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The mission has been hailed as a complete success, with no American troops lost and one service dog injured, but amidst all the media hype surrounding this story, it’s easy to forget just how dangerous this operation was for the troops involved before they ever even put their boots on the ground.
