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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Two boys, 15, shot outside NYC public housing complex
[NYPOST] Two 15-year-old boys were shot in the leg during a dispute outside of an East Harlem public housing complex on Wednesday night, police said.

A third teen was injured by broken glass from the shooting on the grounds of NYCHA’s East River Houses on East 105th Street at about 8:50 p.m., sources and cops said.

All three victims sustained non-life threatening injuries, police and sources said. The two gunshot victims were taken to Harlem Hospital.

Witnesses told police the shooter may have been a female, sources said.

The suspect fled after the shooting and no arrests were immediately made.

Investigators recovered nine shell casings from the scene, sources said.
"Don't litter. Police up yer brass!"
Posted by: Fred || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  While trying to escape?
Posted by: Ulolutle Clunk9557 || 04/01/2022 4:42 Comments || Top||

#2 
Initially, I am leaning 60/40 in the direction of 3 thugs and a Female Citizen defending herself. "A woman with blonde hair and a blue shirt was seen fleeing the location."

Given the numerous NEWS reports of shootings, murders, and killings over the last 10 years. I would call this an Urban War zone.

A Snide Question to chew on:
How is this possible given NYC's strict Gun Control laws? ☺ ☻
Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/01/2022 7:20 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Round-up: Encounters at the US-Mexican Border


Heavily Armed Human Smugglers Arrested at New Mexico Border Patrol Check

Group of 100+ Migrants Cross Border River into Texas

Migrant Found Stashed Under SUV Floorboard at Texas Border Checkpoint

Smuggler Leaves Migrant Zipped in Duffel Bag Inside Burning Vehicle

Migrants Shoved from Moving Human Smuggling Vehicle near Border in AZ
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/01/2022 10:10 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking


#2 
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/01/2022 13:06 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram Terrorists Ambush ISWAP Fighters, Kill 50 In Borno
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

At least 50 fighters of 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....
of the West African Province (ISWAP), have been killed in an ambush by its affiliates, Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad faction of Boko Haram
...the name means Western education is forbidden, They're what you get as the result of a traditional African or Islamic education...
in the North East of Lake Chad, Borno State.

The latest battle is part of a renewed war of supremacy between the deadly sects.

The rival groups have been attacking communities in the North-East region since both camps fell apart over leadership issues.

The groups have also since been having festivities, and Abubakar Shekau
...the lunatic leader of Boko Haram who has been reported dead at least eleven times, pledged his body and soul to ISIS, told his fighters to hang it up once or twice, and been fired by the Caliph and refused to step down. Last seen in 2017, sneaking into Cameroon while wearing a burka...
, leader of Boko Haram, was reportedly killed during one of such festivities in 2021.

The latest incident sources said, happened when Boko Haram fighters laid an ambush for ISWAP fighters in the Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State.

This was said to have led to a shootout between the two groups.

The Boko Haram fighters led by Mohammed Ari were said to have overpowered those of ISWAP, killing about 50 of them.

Their bodies were also shown in a trending video as they were being slaughtered and dumped inside makeshift graves around the Lake Chad axis.

Some ISWAP forces of Evil were also burnt inside their gun trucks.
Posted by: Fred || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Terrorists Abduct Nigerian Customs Officer, Son, Others In Fresh Attack In Kaduna
[SAHARAREPORTERS] ANigerian Customs officer, Muawiyya Gambo Turaki, and his son, Khalifa, have been identified as some of those kidnapped by bandidos during a fresh attack on Kofar Gayan low-cost in Zaria, Kaduna State.

SaharaReporters had earlier reported how button men on Wednesday night stormed the estate and whisked away many residents of the estate.

A source in the community had said, "Many people were taken from the Low Cost Housing Estate in Zaria. In our estate, a number of people’s relatives were taken by kidnappers."

Also, a flyer tagged "Pray for Low Cost, Zaria", sighted by SaharaReporters, reads, "Low Cost Area in Zaria of Kaduna State is under attacks by bandidos right now. Gunmen raided low cost housing estate in Zaria Wednesday night and kidnapped an unspecified number of persons."

Kaduna is currently one of the most terrorised states in Nigeria. On Monday, a Kaduna-bound train was attacked by terrorists. Eight persons have been confirmed killed and 26 injured from the attack.

Last Saturday, a large number of gunnies overran the Kaduna airport, killing one person.
Posted by: Fred || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Nigerian Army Probes Soldier Allegedly Abandoned Inside Bush After Terrorists’ Attack In Niger State
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

The Nigerian Army has reacted to a viral video of a soldier identified as Musa M. who claimed he was abandoned in the bush by his colleagues in a forest in Niger State during an operation.

A video which circulated the social media on Wednesday evening showed Musa solely running in a bush.

But in a statement signed by Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director of Public Relations, the Nigerian Army described the soldier as a "coward."

Nwachukwu noted that the soldier was part of troops that had carried out a clearance operation at the Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State.

The soldier was said to have fled the operation and had sent out the video in a deliberate attempt to shield himself from being accused of cowardice.

The army said, "The attention of the Nigerian Army(NA) has been drawn to a viral video making the rounds on the social media, where a soldier on Wednesday, 30 March 2022 claimed to have been abandoned by his colleagues during operations.

"Contrary to the claims and impression created by the soldier in the video footage, preliminary investigations have revealed that the video footage was a deliberate attempt to shield himself from being accused of cowardice, having abandoned his colleagues during an ongoing clearance operation in Gurara, Niger State.
Posted by: Fred || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Probe?
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/01/2022 9:52 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Gulf Cartel Commander Killed in Mexican Border City
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[Breitbart] A Gulf Cartel commander and four of his bodyguards died Thursday morning during a shootout with the Mexican military near the Texas border.

The shootout took place in Miguel Aleman, where soldiers clashed with a Gulf Cartel strike team led by “Commander Tilin.”

One was a female who was fatally injured in the shootout despite efforts to save her by responding medical personnel.

According to information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexican law enforcement sources, Tilin and his security detail were in Miguel Aleman on Thursday morning when they encountered a military patrol. The incident turned into a chase with both sides exchanging fire.

The shootout set off blockades throughout the city. The military did not sustain any casualties.

The shootout comes at a time when the Gulf Cartel is waging a fierce turf war against the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, which has forced the Gulf to deploy substantial numbers of gunmen.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/01/2022 10:08 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


Europe
Kurdish mother of two violently forced out of Denmark
[Rudaw] A Kurdish woman was expelled from Denmark alongside two of her children on Monday, following the use of excessive physical force by Danish authorities during her attempted deportation back to Iran.

Qadam Kher Haqani Zada, a refugee from Kermanshah province in western Iran
...They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
(Rojhelat), was dragged out of one of Denmark’s refugee camps, a place she had been calling home for several years, in the early morning hours of Monday by agents of the Danish deportation authorities.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


India-Pakistan
5 J&K employees sacked for terror links: How government of India is cleaning the rot within
[OneIndia] The Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
administration has sacked five more its employees including two cops for their alleged links with terror groups. They were dismissed on the instructions of LT. Governor, Manoj Sinha.

Constable Tawseef Ahmed Mir from Pulwama, computer operator Ghulam Hassan Parray from Srinagar, Arshid Ahmad Das, a teacher from Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, constable Shahid Hussain Rather of Baramulla, and nursing orderly in the health department Sharafat Ahmad Khan from Keran, Kupwara were the five to be sacked for alleged terror links.

The J&K government has so far sacked over 20 employees for their links with terrorists.

In February the National Investigation Agency arrested its former Superintendent of Police and IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi on the ground that he was leaking secret documents to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba.

The case was registered by the NIA in November last year and it pertains to the spread of the network of the over ground workers of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba. Earlier six persons had been arrested by the agency in connection with the case.

Officials tell OneIndia that while such activities have been taking place for long, the security agencies have now started closely monitoring the situation as a result of which such elements are being arrested.

In November last year a senior prison officer and a school principal were sacked for working with Lions of Islam in Jammu and Kashmir. After investigation suggested that these persons had terror links, Deputy Superintendent of Jails in the Union Territory, Feroz Ahmad Lone, and government school principal Javid Ahmad Shah were sacked. In October last year the J&K government sacked six of its employees for having terror links. Two among those dismissed were police constables.

The probe revealed that Lone was working with Riyaz Naikoo, a terrorist of the Hizbul Mujahideen
...Party of Holy Warriors, founded by Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989. One of the Pak sock puppets waging jihad in Indian Kashmir. It was originally organized as the armed wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 1990, Dar declared Hizbul as the sword arm of Jamaat. Hizbul murdered many of the pro-independence intelligentsia in Kashmir. After the organization was taken over by Syed Salahuddin Dar and several other ex-Hizb leaders were assassinated between 2001 and 2003...
who was recently rubbed out by security forces. He is alleged to have helped the Lions of Islam gain access to the prison and meet with another terrorist who was arrested.

A close watch is kept on these government officials, especially those who are working in the jail administration. The jails in Jammu and Kashmir have over the years become breeding grounds and radicalisation takes place in a big way before newer recruits are produced in jails itself, the official cited above said.

These developments come in the wake of the instructions issued by the administration on the periodic character and antecedents verification of babus government employees.

The instructions said that the general administration department of every employee is mandatorily required to maintain absolute integrity, honesty and allegiance to the Union of India and its Constitution. The instruction also said that the employee shall not do anything unbecoming of a government servant.

The J&K administration took the decision after a designated committee mandated to scrutinise sensitive cases under Article 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution. The committee recommended the removal of the six employees over terror links.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/01/2022 01:43 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Taiba

#1  sacked five more its employees including two cops for their alleged links with terror groups

I think another 'sacking' is probably in order.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/01/2022 11:06 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraqi forces launch a security campaign north of Jalawla


Iraqi Security forces launched a search campaign today to locate the sources and hideouts in which explosive devices are being manufactured and distributed, north of Jalawla, a security source reported.

The source told Shafaq News agency that the campaign covered the orchards and al-Islah Bassin, following explosions that resulted in injuries among the residents of the area.

The forces have deployed more units and enhanced their presence in the area and cooperation with the residents to monitor any suspicious potential terrorist movements.

Areas northeast of Diyala, located between Jalawla, Khanaqin, and the borders of the Kurdistan region, are continuously subjected, since 2017, to terrorist attacks and security breaches, after the withdrawal of the Peshmerga forces and the security gaps that emerged resulted in from it.

Jalawla officially became a sub-district in 1958, is inhabited by about 70,000 people, and is located 70 Km north of Baquba. It is one of the contested territories between Baghdad and Erbil.

Meanwhile, al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) announced launching a military operation to secure the Diyala river.

A PMF statement said that the joint operations command units managed to secure wide areas during the early hours of the operations.
Posted by: badanov || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Seven terrorists arrested in three governorates


The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced that seven terrorists were arrested today, Thursday.

The Ministry said in a statement that the intelligence agency dismantled an ISIS terrorist cell consisting of four members, responsible for providing logistical support for ISIS gangs in Diyala and Saladin.

The statement noted that the arrest was the fruit of four-day teamwork, pointing out that the defendants confessed to their crimes.

For its part, the Baghdad operations command arrested the three other terrorists in the Iraqi capital.
Posted by: badanov || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi forces seized explosive devices and destroyed dens


The Iraqi Security Media Cell revealed the "Strong Will" operation's final results against ISIS in the governorates of Nineveh, Saladin, and Al-Anbar.

In a statement, the Cell said that the security forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces destroyed 19 dens and six tunnels and seized six booby-trapped houses, 25 explosive devices, 250 detonators, four Katyusha rockets, and two RBG7, 12 kg of C4, various medical supplies and other materials.

"The security forces would launch other operations to pursue the terrorists," the statement added.

On Tuesday, the Iraqi security forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) carried out large-scale operations in three governorates against ISIS members this morning.

In a statement, the PMF media said that the Nineveh-Saladin- Al-Anbar Operations Commands, affiliated with the Joint Operations Command of the Ministries of Defense and Interior and the Air Force Command and Army Aviation, launched security operations to "eliminate terrorist groups and destroy their hideouts in Al-Jazeera and the areas among the governorates of Nineveh, Saladin, and Al-Anbar."

For its part, the Joint Operations Command, the highest authority in the Iraqi army, said that the commanders of the operations of Al-Jazeera, Saladin, and West Nineveh, in collaboration with the Popular Mobilization Units, the Nineveh, Saladin, and West Anbar axes, and the Air Forces, carried out an overall security operation (Strong Will) in the southern Al-Hader and Al-Jazeera regions in the north of the Euphrates and the areas west of Wadi Tharthar.

The Al-Anbar Operations Command said it had launched the "Lions of the Desert" Operation, which targets areas north of the Al-Qaim district towards the Al-Jazeera desert in Mosul.

"Our forces carried out this morning a security operation from three main axes, in partnership with the Iraqi army and the army's aviation," Qassem Musleh, the PMF commander of Al-Anbar Operations, said in a statement.

The Commander added, "the operation is one of the PMF's major security operations since the victory over ISIS."

An explosive device blew up during the operation, targeting a vehicle belonging to the 16th Division of the Nineveh Operations Command of the Iraqi army, wounding two soldiers.
Posted by: badanov || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas threatens to ramp up violence after Palestinian gunmen killed in IDF raid
It was a busy day for all concerned.
[IsraelTimes] 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...
-based terror group threatens to meet ’escalation with escalation’ as Israel launches large-scale operation in West Bank following wave of deadly terror attacks in Israel

The Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, terror group threatened on Thursday to escalate violence against Israel, after Israeli forces launched a large-scale anti-terror operation in the West Bank in response to a string of attacks in the last two weeks that have left 11 Israelis dead. Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, threatened to meet "escalation with escalation" and warned of a "comprehensive explosion."

Three Paleostinian button men were killed in a firefight with Israeli troops Thursday when commandos entered the Paleostinian city of Jenin in a rare daytime raid and dozens more were arrested, the army said in a statement.

Paleostinian Authority health officials reported two deaths and 14 maimed in the festivities. A source involved in the matter later told The Times of Israel that indeed only two deaths had been confirmed, however, another two Paleostinians were brain-dead, but still on life support.

The warning came as Israeli officials have sought to head off tensions ahead of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, amid fears that the violence could snowball into the same type of unrest that rocked Israel in May 2021, when Hamas began shooting rockets into Israel, sparking an 11-day war with Gaza and days of rioting between Arabs and Jews inside Israel.

At the same time, Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
leader Ziyad al-Nakhaleh called for the group’s armed wing to be put on "high alert."

The widescale Israeli operation in the West Bank, expected to continue in the coming days, was launched following a meeting of top ministers, who decided to bolster police and military forces and push offensive anti-terror operations.

The arrest operation — dubbed "Breakwater" — targeted individuals suspected of planning future attacks, as well as some thought to be tied to Tuesday’s deadly attack in Bnei Brak, perpetrated by a Paleostinian from a village near Jenin.

Paleostinian media identified two of the Paleostinian casualties in the raid as Sanad Abu Atiyeh, 17, and Yazid al-Sa’adi, 23.

Some 31 suspects were arrested overnight, including a Paleostinian from Hebron suspected of affiliation with 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....
, the military said. Since a terror attack in Beersheba on March 22 carried out by an Arab Israeli man from the southern town of Hura — previously enjugged
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
for attempting to join Islamic State — Israeli security forces have arrested 43 suspects who allegedly sympathize with the jihadist group.

Days after the deadly attack, two cousins from Umm al-Fahm — one of whom had been previously enjugged
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
for attempting to join Islamic State — killed two coppers at a bus stop in Hadera.

On Tuesday, five Israelis were killed in a killing spree carried out by a Paleostinian terrorist in Bnei Brak. There was no indication that he was a member of Islamic State.

And on Thursday morning, an Israeli man was seriously maimed in a stabbing attack near the West Bank settlement of Neve Daniel, medics said.

Responding to the "wave of murderous terrorism," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday "There is no limit on resources" that should go toward tackling terrorism. He noted that the military’s presence in the West Bank and along the Green Line has been heavily reinforced in recent days.
An Israeli man was seriously maimed Thursday morning in a terror stabbing near the West Bank settlement of Neve Daniel, south of Jerusalem. The 28-year-old was assaulted by another bus passenger, a Paleostinian armed with a screwdriver. Medics said three others were treated at the scene for anxiety.

The terrorist was rubbed out by an armed passenger on the bus, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.

Paleostinian health officials identified the assailant as Nidal Juma’a Ja’afra, 30. Israeli soldiers later entered Ja’afra’s hometown of Tarqumiyah to search his house.

According to Paleostinian media reports, festivities erupted in the area soon after the troops raided the town. There was no immediate comment by the Israeli military.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/01/2022 12:06 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian-backed Division 25 conducts advanced military drills in central and Syria's northwest to fight in Ukraine
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

The Russian-backed Division 25 affiliated with the Syrian government forces conducted advanced military training in central and northwest Syria, which is considered a major stronghold for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS, formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front) and other Ottoman Turkish-backed opposition factions, at the request of Russian forces in order to fight in Ukraine, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said, Thursday.

The Division 25 led by Suhail al-Hassan, Known as "Tiger", is the major fighting group in the Russian-air-backed government’s battles in northwestern Syria.

These military drills are an attempt by Russia to send clear messages to the international community that Syrian military Divisions of the "regime’s army" are on standby to fight alongside Russians in the Russian-Ukrainian war in the event of escalating fighting, according to SOHR.

The Russian Sputnik news agency cited sources as saying that the "Tiger conducted advanced military drills for the third consecutive day in areas in Idlib for airdrops by members the Division 25 Special Missions."

The "Division 25 special operations", which was formed in 2013, spreads on contested front-lines in the Syrian Desert as well as Idlib fronts.
Posted by: Fred || 04/01/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  ...The first time they run up against western-trained, motivated, and well-equipped troops instead of deranged semi-literate jihadis...they're gonna get creamed.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/01/2022 6:38 Comments || Top||

#2  'Cannon Fodder', Mike.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/01/2022 8:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Depends who has air supremacy
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 04/01/2022 10:50 Comments || Top||

#4  These military drills

Posted by: Skidmark || 04/01/2022 11:09 Comments || Top||

#5  Judging on Russia's military performance so far, "Don't get slaughtered" isn't something everyone was taught.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/01/2022 11:14 Comments || Top||

#6  The Mongols had a siege tactic called the "Endless Storm" where wave after wave of expendable subject troops were sent up ladders against the city walls until the defenders were exhausted. Russia is going to need 'gunfodder' if they want to attack the urban cities...
Posted by: magpie || 04/01/2022 12:16 Comments || Top||

#7  /\ ...or a lot of artillery to shell it until the rubble stops bouncing
Posted by: magpie || 04/01/2022 12:17 Comments || Top||

#8  This is the Russian/Soviet tactic as was seen in the last days of the battle Berlin. My guess is Div 25 will be sent in to the breakaway republics for a campaign of mass murder, rape and torture as part of their "deNazification" process. On the other hand, they might even be needed.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 04/01/2022 13:34 Comments || Top||

#9  Wouldn't this make Syria a party to the conflict?

Where's all the condemnation of escalation? Where are the calls for Syria to keep out of it?

(Or is it an admission that Syria is effectively part of the Russian Empire now?)
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 04/01/2022 15:24 Comments || Top||

#10  Judging on Russia's military performance so far, "Don't get slaughtered" isn't something everyone was taught.

As Friday April 1
1856. Russian deaths
38000. Ukrainians deaths

EU “reinforcements” arriving in the Ukraine





Posted by: American exceptionalism LOL || 04/01/2022 15:36 Comments || Top||

#11  38000. Ukrainians deaths

Posted by: DarthVader || 04/01/2022 16:48 Comments || Top||

#12  If fewer than 2000 Russians have been killed (but by extension that means there have been 20,000 wounded), why are they dragging Syria into the war? Why expand the war if it's all under control?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 04/01/2022 19:51 Comments || Top||

#13  Forget it - he's a Brit and on the payroll. IP's don't lie
Posted by: Frank G || 04/01/2022 20:15 Comments || Top||


The state of security chaos continues in the areas of Sere Kaniye and Tel Abyad
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Ottoman Turkish-held areas of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tel-Abyad, northeast Syria, witnessed a state of security chaos and violations that claimed the lives of civilians, in addition to cases of killing, the bulldozing of houses and rape during the fourth week of March.

Ottoman Turkish forces and opposition factions bombed the villages of Sayda, Mu’allaq, in addition to the vicinity of the M4 highway in the countryside of Ain Issa town, north of Raqqa, twice during the past week, local sources told North Press.

The shelling that targeted that area with dozens of artillery shells on the 25 and 30 of this March, caused large material damage to private and public property.

Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
the Ottoman Turkish forces bombed several villages in the countryside of Zarkan (Abu Rasin) north of Hasakah, on March 27, which displaced residents from their villages.

It is worth noting that the Ottoman Turkish forces and opposition factions have controlled the city of Sere Kaniye and its countryside in addition to Tel-Abyad, since 2019 following an invasion that displaced about 300 thousand of the indigenous population, according to human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state...
reports.

CONFLICT AND INSECURITY
The state of security chaos continues in the areas of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tel-Abyad.

On March 18, well-informed sources told North Press that two leaders of Ottoman Turkish-backed armed factions were killed in a landmine went kaboom! near the village of Ranin in the countryside of Tel-Abyad.

The two leaders were Abu Ali al-Dar’awi of Levant Front ( al-Jabha al-Shamiya) faction, who led the Suluk area, and Yasin al-Hamad of al-Majd Corps, according to the source.

Yesterday, Wednesday, social media reported the outbreak of heavy festivities between the Ottoman Turkish-backed Hamzat and 20th Division factions, in the Church neighborhood in the center of Sere Kaniye.

According to the information circulated, the festivities, the causes of which were not known, resulted in deaths and injuries, without confirming the number.

Infighting and liquidation among the Ottoman Turkish-backed armed factions in their areas of control in northeast Syria have been increasing as a result of the disputes over the places of control and the seizure of property.

BULLDOZING CIVILIAN HOUSES AND ORCHARDS
Amid the escalating disputes between the factions, local media outlets reported that the Ottoman Turkish forces and the opposition factions destroyed the house of a displaced civilian named Abdulrazzaq al-Omar from the village of Talil al- Dala’ in the Tel- Abyad countryside.

Cross-checked sources previously reported to North Press that a Ottoman Turkish-backed opposition faction bulldozed several houses in Ain Hisan village south of the Ottoman Turkish-controlled Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain).

Mazlom Hamo Kor, one of the owners of the houses that were bulldozed in the village, said that an armed faction bulldozed 12 houses in Abu Mazloum’s farm, in the village owned by his family.

In the same context, the Sere Kaniye IDPs Committee posted on its Facebook account that al-Hamzah Division bulldozed the houses, at the behest of the Ottoman Turkish state.

The committee indicated that the aim of bulldozing houses and uprooting trees is to establish military headquarters for the Ottoman Turkish army and armed factions.
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