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ISIS ‘lover’ blows up aunt’s house in Baghdad for refusing his marriage proposal
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Kuban resident sentenced to 10 years for recruiting her son
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The news outlet linked in this story has been banned by the Russian Federation from the Russian network

[KavkazUzel] The court sentenced a resident of the Krasnodar Territory to 10 years in prison, finding her guilty of trying to persuade her son to join the banned terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham.

According to investigators, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, wishing to join the Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham international terrorist organization
...formerly known as Al Nusra, Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria...
banned in Russia, bought tickets for herself and her son on a plane from Krasnodar to Istanbul. Then she planned to go to Syria with her son.

"Sitnikova also persuaded her son to join the ranks of this organization," Interfax quoted the press service of the Southern District Military Court as saying today.

According to the case file, a resident of Kuban persuaded her son to study the Islamic religion in Turkey in order to then join the Syrian terrorists. She also transferred 10,000 rubles to the terrorists, the press service said.

The court sentenced a resident of Kuban to 10 years in a penal colony, finding her guilty under the articles on attempting to take part in the activities of a terrorist organization and assisting a terrorist organization, as well as under the article on involving a minor in a crime, the report said. There were no comments from the convict or her lawyers regarding the court's decision.

The " Caucasian Knot " also wrote that on December 13, 2021, the court sentenced a 26-year-old man to eight years in a strict regime colony, finding him guilty of trying to persuade prisoners of the Krasnodar pre-trial detention center to participate in an organization banned by the court.

Posted by: badanov || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)


India-Pakistan
Entered India paying Rs 4k, got funding from Kolkata to set up MP module: JMB terrorists
[OneIndia] Earlier this week, the Madhya Pradesh ATS arrested four Lions of Islam of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (Bangladesh) They were arrested in connection with the Bodhgaya blasts.

The arrested were identified as Fazhar Ali alias Mehmood (32), Mohammad Aqeel alias Ahmed (24), Zahooruddin alias Ibrahim (28) and Fazhar Zainul Abdeen alias Akram Al Hasan (25).

During the probe, the ATS learnt that three out of the four JMB operatives had paid middlemen Rs 4,000 to enter India. After entering India, they stayed at West Bengal and then moved to Assam and Uttar Pradesh before entering Madhya Pradesh.

Another angle that came to light was that they were receiving funds from Kolkata. While it is not clear where exactly in Kolkata the funds were coming from, an official tells OneIndia that they would probe this matter.

The police said that these persons were arrested from a building located near the Fatima Mosque in Bhopal. "These Lions of Islam were living as tenants in Bhopal and they were making a team of a remote-based sleeper cell to execute their terrorist activities. On the basis of inputs, a search operation was carried out and four Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested," the police said.

In recent times there have been several arrests of illegal immigrants colonists colonists from Bangladesh who have entered the country through West Bengal.

Back in 2012, the Intelligence Bureau had reported that the issue was catching up like wildfire in the states of West Bengal, Kerala, Telangana (then AP) and Karnataka. The report stated that there are all sorts of people. Many are here in search of a livelihood, but then there are many who indulge in illegal activities such as smuggling as drugs and sometimes arms.

They come into the country through West Bengal and gradually move into other parts of the country.

While touts and middlemen help them with documents, there are others who take advantage of their poor living conditions and lure them with money in order to carry out illegal activities.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Kolkata is our Chicago. It's the capital of the State of West Bengal which is a near impregnable commie-islamist bastion. And the leadership routinely allows for radical bangladeshis to be imported via the eastern border much like your Mexico.

But they're not needed in leftist states, they're needed in right-wing territory, where the enemy demands that damage be caused. So, they made their way into Bhopal, which is a town in Madhya Pradesh or MP. And that's as right-wing as a man high on weed, dressed only in ash and armed with a goddamn trident.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/18/2022 2:27 Comments || Top||

#2  So that's how they got caught. Islamists and jihaders can't survive for long in right-wing areas. In fact if they had been caught earlier, while in UP, you wouldn't even have heard of them.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/18/2022 2:29 Comments || Top||

#3  Interesting indeed, but do they insist on kneeling at sporting events ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2022 2:33 Comments || Top||

#4  Ha ha ha ha.

Somebody kneeling while the anthem is sung or while the tricolor is hoisted would be trampled, throttled, stomped on, dragged by their hair and set on fire before the cops swoop in to mercifully arrest them, B.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/18/2022 2:38 Comments || Top||

#5  /\ As it should be.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2022 2:41 Comments || Top||


Iraq
ISIS ‘lover’ blows up aunt’s house in Baghdad for refusing his marriage proposal

An ISIS member in Iraq blew up his aunt’s house in Baghdad after she refused his marriage proposal to marry her daughter because he lacks academic qualifications, Alsumaria News reported on Wednesday.

According to Alsumaria which cites a report by Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council, the man proposed to marry his cousin several times but his proposal was always rejected because he does not have any academic degrees while the girl holds a master’s degree.

Read the rest at the link
Posted by: badanov || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1 
"I have changed my mind. I thought he was a loser even as a terrorist. Fatima has agreed too..."

Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/18/2022 2:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Where do you get these morbidly crazy ideas 🤣
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh || 03/18/2022 5:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems like a very reasonable response.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/18/2022 10:08 Comments || Top||

#4  When all you have is a hammer
Posted by: KBK || 03/18/2022 15:21 Comments || Top||

#5  Surprised to see he was after the cousin, not the aunt.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/18/2022 16:58 Comments || Top||


PMF launches new security campaign in Khanaqin


Shafaq News / Al-Hashd al-Shaabi's (PMF) operation command in Diyala launched today a security campaign to track down ISIS terrorists in Khanaqin district.

Yesterday, the Iraqi Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Abdulamir Yarallah, visited the governorate to assess the adopted security plans as the Nowruz holidays approach, a source reported.

The source told Shafaq News agency that Yarallah, who was accompanied by a high-level security delegation, discussed with the security leaders and al-Hashd al-Shaabi operations command the adopted plans and measures to secure the borders with hotspots, including the Hamrin Bassin, and repel any potential ISIS attacks.
Posted by: badanov || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Rockets target Salahaddin airbase, no damages reported
[Rudaw] Four rockets targeted Salahaddin's Balad airbase on Thursday without causing any damage, according to a statement from the Iraqi Security Media Cell.

The rockets were allegedly launched from Khalis district, northwest of Baquba by "gangs that do not want stability for Iraq", landing in open spaces in the airbase, reported the cell. The statement added that the rockets "did not leave behind any material or human damages."

The media cell also stated that the authorities will hunt down the perpetrators of this "cowardly terrorist act", reassuring Iraqi citizens that "the acts of criminal terrorist gangs will not pass unless the perpetrators are put behind bars and under the judgment of the law."

Balad airbase, the main base for Iraqi F-16 fighter aircrafts, has been the subject of at least five similar rocket attacks within the past year. The base used to host a number of contractors from an American security firm specialized in the maintenance and supervision of aircrafts, before they evacuated due to security concerns.

In recent months, tens of rocket attacks have targeted Iraqi facilities hosting foreign diplomats and soldiers, including the US embassy in Baghdad.

Similar attacks on international targets in Iraq are blamed on Iran-backed Iraqi militias who want to force American forces to withdraw from the country. The attacks increased after the US assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad in January 2020.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Two Palestinians arrested for shooting at IDF troops in West Bank
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces says two Paleostinians have been arrested for shooting at troops near the West Bank town of Aqraba last night.

"Last night, during a routine activity by IDF forces on a road near Aqraba... gunfire toward forces operating in the area was identified," the military said in a statement.

The IDF says the suspects opened fire from Carlo makeshift sub-machine guns.

IDF and Shin Bet forces chased the suspects in the town, during which the suspects shot up troops, the IDF says.

One of the suspects is shot by Israeli forces amid the incident, and one of their weapons has been seized, the IDF says.

There are no reports of Israeli soldiers hurt in the two shooting incidents.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


IDF troops seize handguns apparently smuggled over Jordan border; 6 arrested nearby
[IsraelTimes] Israeli troops spotted a suspicious man close to the border with Jordan last night, and after searching the area, found a bag with two pistols, the military says.

Six other suspects — allegedly involved in the smuggling attempt — who approached the area in vehicles were also detained, the military says.

The IDF has stepped up efforts to halt smuggling attempts along the Jordanian border in recent months.

IDF, police seize dozens of guns from drug smugglers near Dead Sea

[IsraelTimes] Cops arrest two Bedouin men; law enforcement believes arms were intended for both criminal and terror purposes in West Bank; bust valued at $770,000

Israeli security forces arrested two people suspected of smuggling guns and drugs into Israel from Jordan last week, confiscating a large number of firearms in the process, the military and police announced Thursday.

According to Israel Police, 34 handguns, two assault rifles, a sniper rifle, 16,000 rounds of ammunition and ecstasy pills were found in bags left behind by the two men near the border last Friday.

Soldiers operating surveillance cameras spotted the two suspicious men crossing the border near the Dead Sea, and after a brief chase the smugglers were arrested at the Ha’arava Junction, police said.

Law enforcement officials said the suspects were around 25 years old, from a southern Bedouin town. They were taken for questioning, and their remand is expected to be extended further on Thursday.

Police indicated that the guns were likely to have been sold to Paleostinians in the Hebron area for both criminal and terror purposes.

Officials estimated the value of the guns at some NIS 1.7 million ($525,000), and the drugs at approximately NIS 800,000 ($245,000).

"This confiscation is another success of the cooperation between Israel Police and IDF forces... in preventing the smuggling of illegal weapons over the border, which are suspected to reach terror and criminal elements," police said in a statement.

The IDF has stepped up efforts to halt smuggling attempts along the Jordanian border in recent months.

Last month dozens of firearms apparently smuggled over the Jordan border were seized in separate attempts.

Authorities have increasingly sought to crack down on the spread of illegal weapons in the Arab Israeli community, which have been used to carry out record-breaking numbers of murders in recent years.

According to the Abraham Initiatives, a non-government group lobbying against violence in the Arab community, 125 Arabs — an all-time record — were killed in Israel in 2021 as a result of violence and crime.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:


Israeli troops nab 3 Gaza infiltrators armed with knives, flammable liquid
[IsraelTimes] Military says suspects taken for questioning over incident at southern border with the Strip

Three Paleostinians were detained by Israel Defense Force soldiers after trying to infiltrate into southern Israel early Thursday morning, the military said.

The suspects were found to be carrying knives, bottles of gasoline and lighters when they were captured near the southern section of the border, according to the IDF.

The military did not clarify whether the three suspects had successfully passed through the fence at the time of their capture.

The suspects were detained and taken for questioning.

Last month, three Paleostinian men set fire to an empty Israeli truck used for maintenance at the border. In the past, Paleostinians have crossed the border to set fire to empty military posts.

On Sunday and Tuesday, two unarmed Paleostinians separately attempted to cross the border into Israel and were detained, the IDF said.

While Israel has a high-tech series of fences and walls guarding its frontier with 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...
, both above and below ground, a number of gaps remain in the steel fencing surrounding the Strip.

These gaps have been used by Paleostinians in Gaza to illegally enter Israeli territory, often with hopes of fleeing the beleaguered enclave.

While attacks on Israeli civilians by those infiltrating from Gaza are rare, last May, a Paleostinian man who crossed into Israel armed with several knives attacked and lightly maimed a security guard some five kilometers from the border fence.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  military did not clarify whether the three suspects had successfully passed through the fence at the time of their capture.

Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/18/2022 2:33 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Unidentified people target two government forces’ patrols in Daraa


DARAA, Syria (North Press), Unidentified people targeted on Thursday two military patrols of the government forces in the eastern countryside of Daraa.

A Political Security military patrol of the government forces was targeted with an explosive device on the Damascus-Daraa highway, near the bridge of the town of Khirbet Ghazaleh, in the eastern countryside of Daraa, local sources told North Press.

A second explosive device exploded while a military patrol of the government forces was passing near al-Iman gas station, on the Damascus-Daraa highway, the sources added.

The targeted area witnessed a big security alert for the government forces, according to the sources.

Members of the two patrols were seriously injured, and they were transported to the National Hospital in Izraa in the eastern countryside of Daraa, eyewitnesses told North Press.

Two days ago, armed men in Daraa damaged and damaged more than five military vehicles of the government forces, after clashes that lasted for more than an hour between the two parties north the governorate. The clashes resulted in killing and capturing members of the government forces, according to what a source told North Press at the time.

The clashes came after government forces raided a number of residents’ homes, in search of wanted people who had refused to reconcile with the government forces in Daraa.

Reporting by Ihsan Muhammad

Posted by: badanov || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Government forces bring in military reinforcements Daraa


DARAA, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, the government forces brought in military reinforcements to the northern countryside of Daraa and reinforced one of its most prominent military checkpoints with heavy vehicles and dozens of members.

“The government forces brought in military reinforcements, including heavy vehicles, from some of their military sites in the countryside of Daraa governorate to Jassim city in the northern countryside of Daraa,” a local source told North Press.

“The government forces reinforced the National Hospital checkpoint, one of the most prominent and largest checkpoints in Jassim city, north of Daraa, with a number of heavy vehicles and more than thirty personnel,” the source said.

The reinforcements came to the city two days after the state of tension that it witnessed as a result of the clashes between the government forces and local fighters at the backdrop of the government forces entering the city with the aim of arresting some young men.

The government forces withdrew hours after an agreement was reached between the city’s notables and the government forces officers to withdraw all the government forces and stop the military operation, in exchange for the release of five members who had been captured by local fighters.

Reporting by Mo’ayed al-Ashqar

Posted by: badanov || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Turkish shelling on Manbij countryside wounds four


MANBIJ, Syria (North Press) – Four people were injured as a result of days of Turkish bombardment on the village of al-Hoshariya, northeast of Manbij.

Turkish shelling on the village of al-Hoshariya, northeast of the city of Manbij wounds 4 people.

“Two members of the government forces stationed in the village of Qirata were wounded on Thursday, as a result of being targeted by a tank shell by the Turkish forces,” an informed source told North Press.

Two people were wounded, yesterday, as a suicide drone exploded in the village of al-Hoshariya northeast of Manbij city, north Syria.

On Saturday, the Turkish forces targeted the village of Boghaz in the eastern countryside of al-Bab with mortar shells.

The villages located on the line separating the Manbij Military Council of SDF and the Turkish-backed factions, are bombed nearly every day by Turkey and opposition factions.

Reporting by Saddam al-Hassan

Posted by: badanov || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Two Stun Grenades Blow up in Ain al-Remmaneh Causing Material Damage


Two explosions were heard in Ain al-Remmaneh at dawn Thursday, as two percussion bombs were thrown in the area, damaging shops and cars.

The persons who threw the bombs remain unknown.

Security forces came to the place, and investigations were launched.

Meanwhile, al-Jadeed TV said that a quarrel had occurred at night in Ain al-Remmaneh, where the two hand grenades were later thrown.

Lebanese Forces MP Pierre Bou Assi said he will inspect the site, which lies near an LF office.

"WE CAN throw (real) grenades, not percussion bombs, but we don't want to," Bou Assi said.

"Stop provoking Ain al-Remmaneh," he added.

Posted by: badanov || 03/18/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Two Stun Grenades Blow up in Ain al-Remmaneh Causing Material Damage

Here we see the grammatical construction known as the loud passive voice.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/18/2022 12:41 Comments || Top||

#2  It's the "inshallah" approach to forced entry. Tomorrow the door man on the strike team will walk up and knock on the door.
Posted by: ed in texas || 03/18/2022 14:52 Comments || Top||



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