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Tunisia: Calls For Govt Resignation after Attack on MPs
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Afghanistan
Iranian Embassy Employee Wounded in Gun Attack in Kabul
[ToloNews] Doctors at Wazir Akbar Khan hospital have said that an employee working for the Iranian embassy in Kabul was maimed in an armed attack in Kabul on Wednesday night.

Sources told TOLOnews that the attack happened in PD10 of Kabul and an Iranian was maimed.

According to the doctors, the name of the employee is Mahdi, and he said he is a secretary at the Iranian embassy in Kabul.

"A patient was brought to us—he was an Iranian citizen—he had wounds on his right arm, a nerve was severed and there were internal and external injuries on his hand," said Haris Arif, a surgeon in Wazir Akbar Khan hospital.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his other shoulder......
the Iranian Embassy
...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!...
in Kabul said that an employee of the embassy was riding in his private car while shopping in downtown Kabul, and when faced with armed robbers he resisted.

The security forces have transferred the car to another place.

"They had fired bullets at the window of the car, then the car drove into the culvert," said Qari Ajmal, an eyewitness.

In the western part of Kabul, gunnies murdered the watchman of Bagh-e-Daud township and took his gun away.

Officials at Wazir Akbar Khan hospital have said that every single night they treat three or four people who survive criminal attacks in Kabul.

On Wednesday night, doctors treated five maimed people who had survived criminal attacks.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Taliban Capture Center of Almar District in Faryab
[ToloNews] The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
took control of the center of Almar district in Faryab province on Thursday afternoon at about 1pm, according to local security sources.

Naqibullah Fayeq, provincial governor, said that the security forces have retreated from the center of the district to "prevent casualties of civilians and local forces."
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Posted by: trailing wife || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa North
Turkish Military Planes Continue Flights to Western Libya
[LibyaReview] Italian radar site, ItaMilRadar, which is specialised in monitoring military aircraft, said it has recorded two military cargo aircraft belonging to the Ottoman Turkish Air Force, landing in Libya on Thursday.

A A400M flight and another unidentified plane departed from Ankara and Kayseri then landed in western Libya.

Ankara continues to send military aircraft to Libya. The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
has rejected the ceasefire agreement, signed on 23 October 2020, between Libya’s rival parties in Geneva. It continues to violate the terms of the agreement by training Government of National Accord (GNA) forces. The agreement calls for the freezing of all foreign military pacts with Libya, until a new government is formed.

The agreement also stipulates for the withdrawal of all mercenaries and imported muscle from the country. A number of Libyan politicians have called for the closure of airspace to Ottoman Turkish aviation.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/12/2021 01:05 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Turks will be Turks I guess. And who let them into NATO anyway?
Posted by: jpal || 03/12/2021 15:46 Comments || Top||

#2  I suppose bordering the Soviet Union at the time had its alliance advantages.
Posted by: Clem || 03/12/2021 20:12 Comments || Top||


120 Kidnapped Migrants Freed in Libya
[LibyaReview] Libyan police announced the freeing of 120 migrants colonists kidnapped by human traffickers in the city of Bani Walid, southeast 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...
The 444 Special Unit of the Deterrence Force said in a statement that most of the freed were Egyptian nationals. The statement noted that the hostages had been subjected to torture and extortion.

Libya has become the preferred point of departure for thousands of migrants colonists wishing to cross the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that about 12,000 migrants colonists were intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea and returned to Libya in 2020.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/12/2021 01:05 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking


Tunisia: Calls For Govt Resignation after Attack on MPs
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Tunisian security forces resorted to lethal force on Wednesday to disperse a sit-in staged by leaders of the opposition Free Destourian Party outside the headquarters of the International Union of Moslem Scholars, sparking criticism over the government’s mishandling of the situation.

Opposition parties called on the government to resign, blaming it for assaulting the protesting MPs and wounding some of them.

Abir Moussa, head of the party, has organized the sit-in with a number of supporters in an attempt to terminate the Union’s activities.

For months now, Moussa has been accusing Union officials of supporting terrorism and organizing ideological courses that promote violence and extremism and serve radical religious currents.

Tension and chaos prevailed between protesters and some of the Union members, who refused to leave the headquarters and urged authorities and the prime minister to intervene.

Moussa published a video footage on the party’s official page showing the security forces’ use of violence and tear gas to disperse the protesters.

Commenting on the incident, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said the Public Prosecution is the only body authorized to enforce the law in light of the curfew and the state of emergency in Tunisia.

Any accusation against the government is this regard is "baseless," Mechichi stressed, noting that all actions taken are within the law, which is applied equally on all parties.

Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco...
Coordinator of the opposition Soumoud Coalition Houssem Hammi accused the government of supporting what he described as "a global terrorist organization."

He told Asharq al-Awsat that the security forces’ use of violence comes in line with a "systematic campaign carried out by the current government to end the opposition movements and protect the ruling parties."

By pursuing a policy of double standards, the government is failing to perform its primary role of protecting rights and freedoms after it proved its failure in managing the state institutions, he stressed.

In this context, Hammi demanded the government’s resignation, saying that it has become a hurdle in the path of democratic transition.
Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Africa Subsaharan
Suspected Fulani Jihadists Kill Father of Four
[PERSECUTION.ORG] A father of four was hacked to death with machetes in Plateau state on Sunday by suspected Fulani
... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...
bad boys, reports the Daily Sun.

According to the report, 36-year-old Bitrus Chollom left behind his wife, Esther Bitrus, and their four children aged five to twelve. Isaac David and Emmanuel Davou, also victims of the brutal ambush, narrowly escaped with injuries.

"We have been struck with another tragic incident by suspected Fulani militias who ambushed and killed one of our youth last night again." Stated Tengwong Dalyop, the youth leader of Kum village, "The Fulani have continued attacking and killing our people without any form of provocation and in spite of security matching order by the Commissioner of Police that there should never be any form of aggression again."

The Fulani Militia is the fourth deadliest terror group in the world and has surpassed 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...
as the greatest threat to Nigerian Christians. "They adopt a comparable strategy to Boko Haram and 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....
West Africa Province and demonstrate a clear intent to target Christians and potent symbols of Christian identity," stated the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom or Belief, (APPG), "In 2015, Muhammadu Buhari, a Fulani, was elected president of Nigeria...he has done virtually nothing to address the behavior of his fellow rustics in the Middle Belt and in the south of the country."
Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)


Nigeria says army kills 25 Boko Haram militants in clearance operation
[AFRICA.CGTN] Nigerian troops have kill 25 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...
snuffies in a recent clearance operation in the restive northeast state of Borno, an army front man said on Wednesday.

Some weapons were also captured in the operation, which was launched following a Boko Haram attack earlier this month on the town of Dikwa, Mohammed Yerima said in a statement.

Troops were ordered to "project further to clear other adjoining villages which include Chikun Gudu, Kerenoa and environs," the statement said.

"In the course of the clearance operation, troops encountered heavy fleets of the terrorists, engaged and ultimately obliterated them," Yerima said.

Boko Haram has been trying to establish an Islamist state in northeastern Nigeria since 2009. The terror group has also extended its attacks to other countries in the Lake Chad Basin.
Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia Says Foiled 'Terror' Attack in North Caucasus
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Russia said Thursday it had killed a suspected bad boy planning a terror attack in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan
...a formerly inoffensive Caucasus republic currently bedevilled by low-level Islamic insurgency, occasional outbreaks of separatism, ethnic tensions and terrorism, primarily due to its proximity to Chechnya. There are several dozen ethnic groups, most of which speak either Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian languages. Largest among these ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, and Laks. While Russers form less than five percent of the population, Russian remains the primary official language and the lingua franca...

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAK) in a statement announced that an operation to "prevent the preparation of a terrorist attack" was carried out Thursday.

"A bandit who put up armed resistance was neutralized," it said, adding that arms, ammunition and a suicide belt were discovered on the scene.

NAK said no civilians or law enforcement were maimed during the operation.

Video released by NAK showed cordoned-off streets and several Federal Security Service
... the successor to the KGB...
(FSB) officers in full camouflage slowly approaching a low-rise brick building, AFP reported.

The announcement comes less than a month after Russia said its security forces swept up 19 suspected Lions of Islam during coordinated raids across the North Caucasus and annexed Crimea.

The FSB said later that month it foiled an attack planned by a Dagestan cell loyal to ISIS.


Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Fifth Column
Antifa in Portland tried to break into Chase bank and fed. courthouse after barriers removed






Posted by: trailing wife || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1 

Again more Federal Felony level Crimes committed by ORGANIZED CRIME.

Given the 10's of 1000's involved in 100's of such crimes over the last 12 months. I have to ask...

Why haven't the Organized Crime Anti-FA Leaders been arrested?

Is it because the connections run all the way to DC?

Or is it because the Fed's are still digging and peeling back the layers to get to the leaders, funders, and actual controlling sources?


The obvious next few questions, given the seemingly politically run and controlled DOJ/FBI are. An I am sure I am not the only one asking in 1 way other another.

If their investigation leads to TOP DC Elites will it be sat/stalled on like we have seen in past years, or acted on and charges filed?

What has happen to our FBI/DOJ?
An how do we fix it, so it is NOT Politically ran?

How do we re-install the checks and balances and Strict Constitutional accountability with serious repercussions it once had?


Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/12/2021 5:04 Comments || Top||

#2  /\ It's been long in the making. I am very sorry. I do not expect a fix.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/12/2021 7:43 Comments || Top||

#3  A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 03/12/2021 14:51 Comments || Top||

#4  A basic Glossary for the New Post-Constitutional Regime:

Rule of law, yes-- but that really means, Those who rule decide how and against whom the laws shall be applied.

So let's get the rules straight, define our terms: some are above the law, and others are below the law. Examples:

Antifa are above the law.
The law students in NYC who tried to burn police officers alive in their patrol cars are above the law.
Sonny Cuomo, Scourge of the Nursing Homes, is above the law.
Hillary is above the law.
Bathhouse is above the law.
Plugs and Hunter are above the law.
Comey, Strzok, McCabe, Steele and Brennan are above the law.
Suckerberg, Googoo, Dorsey are above the law.

You and I are below the law.
Kyle Rittenhouse is below the law.
Trump supporters are below the law.
Self-defending Proud Boys Kinsman and Hare are below the law.

Patriots are below the law.
Normies are below the law.

Gun owners, evangelicals, two-parent heterosexual-traditional families, white folks who refuse to cringe and cower and confess their depraved indifference to Black Lives are below the law.
Posted by: Lionel Angaique8217 || 03/12/2021 15:25 Comments || Top||

#5  When will the barrier around Congress be removed?
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 03/12/2021 19:37 Comments || Top||

#6  When Do We Start... EATING THE CHILDREN ?

--> Have Recipes & Want to Start my - U-TOOB Channel before the Spring Rush.

Posted by: Glimpsing MinsterSayton3625 || 03/12/2021 20:02 Comments || Top||

#7  Nice job, Kamala.
Posted by: Clem || 03/12/2021 20:15 Comments || Top||


George Floyd memorial site reportedly now an anti-cop autonomous zone
[NYPOST] Left-wing Lions of Islam have reportedly turned a memorial site for George Floyd in Minneapolis into a "volatile" autonomous zone — where police and even other protesters aren’t welcome.The memorial, called George Floyd Square, popped up in the days after the 46-year-old’s police-involved death on May 25 — the catalyst for a global movement against police brutality and racial inequality.

But since then, a Death Eater-style group has taken over the blocks-long site, creating a hostile situation for authorities and protesters alike, NewsNation Now reported.

"The situation at the memorial, from what I understand, is its kind of volatile," Kim Griffin, a Minneapolis resident, told the outlet. "People that want to go and support doesn’t feel a sense of inclusion. There is more of a like Death Eater-type atmosphere over there and a sense of fear."
Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Send in the Guard. Smash it up. Shut it down.
Enough of this shit.
Posted by: Claising Ebbelet9286 || 03/12/2021 1:47 Comments || Top||

#2  A.k.a. Murder Zone. But those Black Lives Don't Matter since they have no value to The Narrative.
Posted by: Injun Chomomble7936 || 03/12/2021 5:27 Comments || Top||

#3  If Minnesota followed it past CCP-virus reporting standards, there wouldn't be a trial; see paragraph IV of Floyd's autopsy report..
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/12/2021 9:03 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ yes. Blood test showed 4x the lethal dose of fentanyl. Lungs 2-3x normal due to edema.

St. George the Martyred Floyd literally drowned himself.
Posted by: Black Bart Phaing7170 || 03/12/2021 9:18 Comments || Top||

#5  Saint George Floyd sure was loaded up on drugs. Seems to have had a fulfilled death wish.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/12/2021 9:22 Comments || Top||

#6  Wow. Just read a report the Floyd family will receive $28million from Minnehaha.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/12/2021 16:47 Comments || Top||

#7  I'm sure they will spend that wisely
Posted by: 746 || 03/12/2021 18:07 Comments || Top||

#8  $28 mil's a good day's work. Especially for a drug-addled serial felon. Who says bBlack Lives are cheap?
Posted by: Pheth and Company4488 || 03/12/2021 18:55 Comments || Top||

#9  Iran Turns George Floyd Into a Shi'ite Muslim Saint

Posted by: Dogshat Inacup8292 || 03/12/2021 19:11 Comments || Top||

#10  "The facts of the case suggest that former officer Chauvin has a sturdy defense, starting with Minneapolis Police training films that show officers how to apply the same knee restraint that Chauvin used on George Floyd. It was in their instruction manual, too. Add to that the forensic reports that show fentanyl levels in Mr. Floyd’s bloodstream several times above what would likely kill a normal person, plus meth, plus marijuana. He had an enlarged heart and was Covid-19 positive at the time of his death. And, of course, he was not complying with the cops’ orders during his arrest, which is exactly what led to him being physically subdued.

" https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/previews-of-coming-attractions/
Posted by: newc || 03/12/2021 20:15 Comments || Top||

#11  plus his lungs were so full of fluid caused by his febranyl OD that the County Medical Examiner judged those lungs to be two or even theee times heavier than normal.

Floyd drowned because he OD'd, end of story
Posted by: Thaick Darling of the Weak8987 || 03/12/2021 20:42 Comments || Top||

#12  Community Freed from the Police!
Young brothers seen keeping the peace
With perfect neutrality.
[checks on brutality...
factor of umpteen increase]
Posted by: Omoting Jones5535 || 03/12/2021 23:57 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
MQM-London female leader Kehkashan Haider for running target killing network in Karachi
[DAILYTIMES.PK] Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Deputy Inspector General Omar Shahid on Thursday revealed that Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
-London’s (MQM-L) Kehkashan Haider ran a murder network 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 a presser with the Sindh Rangers on Thursday, the CTD revealed an audiotape of Haider talking to a man, suspected to be a button man, and offering him money.

“Look, I had told Elia to give you 15, okay. I’m working on something, if everything works out, I’ll try to arrange 50 more for you by the next week.," the MQM-L leader was heard saying.

"Ji baji [Okay, elder sister]," the man replied.

Haider told the man that if the "job" is done well, she will pay him between Rs100,000 to Rs200,000. "See, there will be one pilot. And there will be another one. You don’t have to make small talk with any of them."

She reiterated that the job has to be completed and invited him to a place where the "number plates will be changed".

Colonel Shabbir said their targets had been individuals whose deaths held potential for creating sectarian strife in the city while DIG Hamid added that other targets were politicians of the city. He refused to share any further details about the targets, citing "concerns about their safety".
More:
Counter-Terrorism Department DIG Omar Shahid Hamid told a press conference along with Rangers officials in Karachi that an intelligence-based operation was ongoing since 2017 when the Sindh Rangers had arrested a team of MQM-London target killers. It was found that the female activist of MQM-L, who lives in Texas, United States, ran a target killing network in Karachi, Hamid said.

DIG Hamid and Col Shabbir of Rangers identified the woman as US-based MQM-L activist Kehkashan Haider. According to DIG Hamid, she has been based in Texas since the 1990s and has remained a close aide of MQM founder Altaf Hussain. “The MQM-L’s Coordination Committee member, Kehkashan Haider, has established target killer groups in collaboration with India’s RAW and anti-Pakistan Sindhi and Baloch groups to target law enforcement agencies, police and political and religious leaders in Pakistan, particularly in Karachi,” Hamid said.

The CTD has registered a case against Haider under Sections 11-H and 11-N of Anti-Terrorism Act of Pakistan pertaining to terror financing, DIG Hamid said. “This has always been a purpose of the MQM-L that terrorism is spread in Karachi […] so there is no doubt that it is a constant effort of theirs to once again plant feet in Karachi.”

He said it was “alarming” that a woman based in the US was coordinating such illicit activities in Karachi “like a mafia don”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be approached to “take up this matter with the relevant law enforcement institutions of the US government”, according to the police officer.

“A clear line of financial transactions is appearing when we traced bank accounts and transactions,” he said, adding that the evidence of financial transactions for terror financing made Pakistan’s case stronger. “If there is any aspect of money laundering in this, [then] it will be investigated according to the Anti-Money Laundering Act and looked at by the FIA [Federal Investigation Agency].”
Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Iraq
Coalition warbirds pound 10 ISIS bases on Mount Qarachogh
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The Global Coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) bombarded the group’s bases on Mount Qarachogh, destroying 10 bases in 24 hours, a Peshmerga commander said on Thursday.

Ten ISIS bases, some of which had tunnels, were destroyed in a bombardment which began on Wednesday evening, Sirwan Barzani, commander of Peshmerga forces’ Gwer-Makhmour front, told Rudaw.

“The bombardment was conducted in cooperation with Peshmerga and Iraqi forces. During the period, ISIS was bombarded 28 times but no casualties have been reported,” said Barzani.

The mountain is located near the disputed town of Makhmour, in Erbil province but disputed between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). It has been a safe haven for ISIS sleeper cells - thanks to the security gap between Peshmerga and Iraqi forces, as well as the rugged landscape.

ISIS controlled swathes of Iraq in 2014 but was announced territorially defeated in late 2017. Sleeper cells continue to conduct regular attacks across the country.

Six ISIS suspects were arrested in Kirkuk and Diyala, military spokesperson Yehia Rasool said on Thursday, adding that jets also bombarded ISIS fighters on Mount Hamrin in Diyala province.
Posted by: badanov || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
US officials say Israel has hit many ships taking Iran oil, arms to Syria
[IsraelTimes] Report says Israel targeted at least 12 vessels linked to Iran since 2019, marking a new front in conflict.

Israel has targeted at least 12 ships bound for Syria, most of them transporting Iranian oil, with mines and other weapons, according to a Thursday report.

The attacks started in late 2019 and targeted both Iranian vessels, and other ships with Iranian cargo, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing "US and regional officials."
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Wouldn't it have been better to STFU?
Posted by: Frank G || 03/12/2021 12:38 Comments || Top||

#2  STFU?
= Spare The Feral Ullulators?
Posted by: Vespasian Claling8477 || 03/12/2021 12:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Shut the FUCK Up
Posted by: Frank G || 03/12/2021 12:43 Comments || Top||

#4  That assumes Biden admin officials are on the American side. Fatal mistake.
Posted by: Slusoting Crans9404 || 03/12/2021 12:45 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army and ISIS trade attacks in eastern Syria
[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the 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....
’s (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) forces traded attacks in eastern Syria this week, with both sides inflicting casualties on the other.

According to a report on Tuesday, the Syrian Arab Army targeted a pick-up truck carrying ISIS gunnies through the Badiya al-Sham region of western Deir Ezzor, resulting in a number of casualties in the ranks of the terrorist group.

Major General Nizar Ahmed al-Khader, head of the security and military committee in Deir Ezzor Governorate, commander of the 17th Infantry Division, revealed in a statement to Sputnik Arabic:

"During combing operations carried out by the Syrian Arab Army with the support of the allied Russian forces in the Syrian Badiya to eliminate remnants the (ISIS) terrorist organization, 1.5 km west of the al-Qarha area, two pickup trucks were spotted. One of them was destroyed and two of the gunnies inside were killed."

He added: "An automatic rifle, ammunition and wireless communication devices were found inside the destroyed vehicle, as the units of the Syrian Arab Army continue their operations until every inch of the desert is secured."

Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Don Calamari's lawyer was getting even redder in the face...
along the Hama-Homs axis, the Islamic State continued its sabotage operations against the Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (NDF), as they carried out hit-and-run attacks against the aforementioned forces near al-Sa’an District.

Despite losing the territories it once occupied, the Islamic State has established a large network of sleeper cells in central and eastern Syria that have terrorized the areas controlled by the Syrian Arab Army (west of the Euphrates) and Syrian Democratic Forces (east of the Euphrates).
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/12/2021 00:06 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Reports of an explosion on the Iranian SHAHR E KORD Vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  What goes around, comes around?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/12/2021 1:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Wie Du mir, so ich Dir.
Posted by: Clem || 03/12/2021 4:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Current position of SHAHR E KORD is at East Mediterranean (coordinates 35.20672 N / 35.91107 E) The vessel is en route to the port of Al Ladhiqiyah, speed of 2.0 knots and expected to arrive there on Mar 10, 12:00. The vessel SHAHR E KORD (IMO: 9270684, MMSI 422905000) is a Container Ship built in 2012 (9 years old) and currently sailing under Iran flag.
Port Calls: Current AIS Destination Estimated Time of Arrival
Al Ladhiqiyah Mar 10, 12:00
Port Arrival (UTC) In Port
Al Ladhiqiyah Mar 11, 17:55 19h 13m
As Suways (Suez) Anch. Mar 8, 10:27 11h 37m
Bandar Abbas Anch. Feb 26, 07:19 -
Shahid Rajaee Feb 24, 17:32 1d 13h
Bandar Abbas Anch. Feb 18, 05:55 3d 16h
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Iranian-backed militias are moving artillery and missiles to locations around Mayadin
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