[AlAhram] A Russian national operating alongside Malian soldiers was killed on Tuesday by a roadside kaboom in the center of the conflict-torn Sahel state, an army document and officials said.
A Malian army unit accompanied by a "Russian advisor" struck an improvised bomb near the town of Hombori, according to a military memo seen by AFP late Tuesday.
One Russian advisor died after being airlifted to the central town of Sevare, the Malian army memo said.
The death marks the first confirmed fatality of what in Mali are officially described as Russian military instructors.
The United States, La Belle France, and others say the instructors are operatives from the Russian private-security firm Wagner.
Mali's army-dominated government denies the claim.
An official at a hospital in Sevare, who asked not to be named, confirmed the death and said the Russian was in his 30s.
An elected official in central Mali, who also requested anonymity, said that he had "learned of the death of a Wagner agent".
Mali is ruled by a military junta that seized power in a coup in 2020.
It initially promised to restore civilian rule, but it ignored an earlier commitment to West Africa bloc ECOWAS to stage elections in February this year, prompting regional sanctions.
The junta's friendship with Russia has also worsened friction with La Belle France, a traditional ally.
La Belle France, which intervened in Mali in 2013, decided in February to withdraw its forces in the country after a decade-long fight against jihadists.
Vast swathes of Mali lie beyond government control due to the brutal conflict, which began in 2012 before spreading to neighboring Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... and Niger.
[Breitbart] Militants of the outlawed Nigerian separatist group known as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) perpetrated a deadly armed attack on both Nigerian soldiers and civilians on Easter Sunday in southern Nigeria’s Imo state, Nigeria’s Premium Times online newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Armed members of the IPOB attacked the Ihioma community in Imo state’s Orlu Local Government Area on April 17, killing an unspecified number of Nigerian civilians and troops.
“The gunmen … were said to be on a manhunt for members of Ebubeagu Security Network, who reportedly arrived in the area last Saturday [April 16],” according to the Premium Times.
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[RedState] Black Lives Matter activists are protesting again, this time in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That follows an officer-involved shooting where a black male was fatally shot in the head.
Because there’s footage of the incident, we know what happened. The man in question, Patrick Lyoya, resisted arrest, but that alone would not be a justification to shoot. It was only after he attempted to take the officer’s taser, that the altercation turned deadly.
Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom has released four videos of the fatal encounter that began when Lyoya, who was unarmed, was stopped for driving a car with a license plate that didn’t match the vehicle.
One clip showed Lyoya exiting the car, ignoring the officer’s commands, and trying to flee. He then tried to grab the cop’s stun gun during a struggle that lasted about 90 seconds before he was shot after the officer ordered him to "drop the Taser," footage shows.
To summarize, the officer did have a legitimate reason to pull the car over. This wasn’t just for a broken tail light, and non-matching license plates are often a sign of a stolen vehicle. Once things escalated to a physical confrontation and Lyoya took the officer’s weapon, the situation fundamentally changed. If someone takes a weapon from a police officer, the response is going to be deadly force.
As to why he was trying to run in the first place, Lyoya had a long record of violent mostly peaceful crime, including a conviction for beating a pregnant woman. It’s probable he was committing a crime when he was pulled over, given the discrepancy in the license plates and that he felt he would end up in prison if he submitted.
Obviously, Lyoya’s family is grieving just as you’d expect, but that does not mean this was an illegal shooting worthy of protest in response. Yet, as per usual, that’s exactly what we are getting.
Far-left activist Talia “Jane” Ben-Ora & her #antifa comrades are very upset that one of the protesters has been trying to de-escalate & calm those wanting to be violent at the Grand Rapids #BLM protest. pic.twitter.com/a8HbQF0EWu
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Because it's a Liberal state with weird gun control laws that adversely impact honest citizens in their self-defense but don't seem to slow up the thugs.
[OneIndia] Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... member Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo on Monday was declared a designated terrorist by the Centre for his role in various terror incidents in 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.... . He is the fifth individual to have been designated as a terrorist by the Centre in the last fortnight.
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[Rudaw] Three members of the Sunni tribal forces were killed and eight others, including civilians, were maimed in northern Diyala province, following an attack by members 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.... (ISIS) on Tuesday evening, officials confirmed to Rudaw.
A Hashd al-Ashayiri base in Qara Tapa’s Kashkul village was attacked by suspected ISIS members on Tuesday, killing four of the forces of Evil in the festivities that ensued. This is the third time ISIS has attacked the area within the last week, according to Qara Tapa’s Mayor Wasfi al-Tamimi.
Rudaw has learnt that three members of Hashd al-Ashayiri were killed during the incident, which also resulted in eight people maimed, including both civilians and members of the armed forces.
Hashd al-Ashayiri are Sunni tribal forces under the umbrella of the Iraqi Armed Forces, founded in 2014 to fight in the war against ISIS. Hashd al-Ashayiri fights ISIS threats in areas that are predominantly Sunni.
Additionally, ISIS carried out two other offences in other parts of Diyala province on Tuesday night, targeting brigades of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and the Iraqi army. The attacks were quickly thwarted without any casualties.
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian rioters hurling petrol bombs spark small fires at mosque, amid minor festivities.
Minor confrontations were reported at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and the al-Aqsa Mosque Wednesday morning between Israeli police and Paleostinians, with heightened tensions in the city ahead of a planned right-wing march that has not been approved by authorities. Videos from the mount showed rocks and Molotov cocktails being hurled at cops, including from within al-Aqsa. Several Molotov cocktails sparked small fires in a mosque and a carpet at an entrance. These were put out. The festivities were limited in scope.
"The violence endangers worshipers attempting to enter the mosque, and impeded police efforts to ensure freedom of worship at the site," Israel’s Foreign Ministry said.
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Is that the equivalent of the offertory or communion?
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Is that the equivalent of the offertory or communion?
Well we have a few months before the "Stoning of the Devil", so let's just call it the 'Collect'.
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Any Islamic edifice on Allah's earth is suitable for storing gasoline and C4 to be used in the war against the Crusaders. Doesn't matter if you're Sunni or Shia Mohammed commands you. Get of your couch and join the jihad.
[IsraelTimes] Worshipers to still be allowed into Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque, subject to existing restrictions; officials to reconvene to determine exact hour closure ends
[israelTimes] In largest exchange of fire since 2021 war, IDF says it targeted Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, military post, terror tunnel, underground rocket manufacturing site, compound used by air defense force
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... terror groups fired two rounds of rockets at southern Israel late Wednesday and early Thursday, with each drawing a separate IDF response in what amounted to the largest exchange of fire since last May’s 11-day war.
The first launch from Gaza came at around 10:30 p.m., with shrapnel from the rocket striking a parked car and a wall near a home in the city of Sderot. Hundreds of ball bearings that were loaded into the rocket were found at the scene.
Less than three hours later, the IDF said it responded with Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in central Gaza targeting a military post as well as a tunnel complex "containing raw chemicals used for the manufacturing of rocket engines." The IDF claimed its strike marked a significant blow to the rocket production process in Gaza.
For the second time this week, the IDF said that Hamas targeted its jets with anti-aircraft missiles during the raid.
Shortly after 2:00 a.m., Gaza murderous Moslems launched a second salvo of rockets — this time consisting of more than one projectile.
The Iron Dome missile defense system managed to intercept all four rockets, according to the army.
The salvo was followed by additional Red Alert sirens in Gaza border towns, which the IDF later said were triggered by gunfire — consistent with earlier Paleostinian media reports on button men in the Strip shooting at Israeli aircrafts.
The army said it responded to the rocket salvo as well as the earlier anti-aircraft missile fire by striking a compound used by Hamas’s air defense force.
No Israelis were directly injured by the rocket fire, but two people were lightly maimed in falls that took place while running to bomb shelters. Both were evacuated to nearby hospitals for further treatment, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.
No Gaza group immediately took responsibility for either of the night’s launches, as had been the case after the week’s first rocket launch on Monday evening. However, the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything... several media reports citing Israeli security officials pegged Hamas-rival Paleostinian 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... as responsible for the Monday rocket fire.
Regardless, the IDF responded to the week’s first rocket launch with an air raid targeting a number of Hamas military sites in Gaza, including one used by Hamas to manufacture weapons.
The army said in its early Thursday statement that it holds Hamas responsible for what takes place in the Gaza Strip, sticking to its long-held justification for targeting posts belonging to the enclave-ruling group in response to rocket fire, regardless of whether its fighters were behind the launches or not.
Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasim said early Thursday that "the bombing of Gaza will increase the persistence of our people and its resistance to continue the struggle and escalate support and aid for our people in Jerusalem."
This week’s rocket attacks ended an almost four-month period of quiet on the Gaza border. Wednesday’s rocket fire came at the tail-end of a tension-filled day in Jerusalem, where Israeli nationalists were prevented by police from marching through the Old City’s Damascus Gate, a popular gathering point for Paleostinians in East Jerusalem. Hamas had threatened to attack if the march went ahead.
Recent days have seen violent mostly peacefulfestivities between Paleostinian rioters and police on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, leading to the injury of dozens of Paleostinians and several coppers.
Hamas and other Gaza-based terror groups have repeatedly invoked the flashpoint holy site as a red line. Police actions to quell riots there last year were among the triggers of an 11-day war in Gaza last May.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says a rocket launch from 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... that fell inside the enclave is what triggered Red Alert sirens in an open area near an Israeli town bordering the Strip.
[IsraelTimes] Iran ...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence... says it has arrested three spies working for the Israeli Mossad, the semi-official Fars News reports.
The three are accused of disseminating classified information, including documents.
They were arrested in the Sistan and Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Province, Fars says.
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
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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