In their honeymoon suite in Pawtucket,
Xi shat in a cheap Chinese bucket.
Next morning: "That's funny...
I can't find my money."
But as for the bucket, she took it.
[Khaama] In the lasted violence to rattle the volatile region, sources reported that Militant in Afghanistan fired heavy weapons across the border into a Pakistani military post overnight, killing at least three security personnel.
This came at a time Afghanistan is reeling from a series of explosions in recent days, including the bombing of a mosque in northern Balkh province that killed 33 people, as well as the multiple blast that rocked Shia Hazara neighborhood in western Kabul city.
"A firefight ensued with the militants firing toward the army post in Pakistan’s rugged North Waziristan region, and several were killed," the statement said, as Arab News reported. "There was no immediate way to independently confirm details of the attack."
The target killings and increasing bombings in Afghanistan, as well as in neighboring Pakistan, highlight the growing insecurity amid claims of freedom by the Islamic Emirate government, who gained control of the country last August in the closing days of foreign troops withdrawal.
While the Islamic Emirate government has vowed no militant group would use its soil as a base to attack another country, the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has stepped up its assault on Pakistan’s military outposts from its Afghan hideouts.
According to the United Nations, the TTP militant numbers around 10,000 in Afghanistan.
Good to know.
The Islamic State affiliate known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (IS-K) has taken responsibility for some of the recent attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan, rising tension between the two countries.
"Pakistan strongly condemns the use of Afghan soil by terrorists for activities against Pakistan and expects that the Afghan Government will not allow conduct of such activities, in future," said the Pakistan military statement, as ABC News quoted.
On April 16, Pakistan retaliated with bombing raids in Afghanistan’s border provinces of Khost and Kunar that, according to the United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF), killed at least 20 children.
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lasted violence to rattle the volatile region
This blasted violence [boom]
that rattles the volatile!
Pashtun killing Punjabi,
Punjabi killing Baloch [rat tat tat]
Aaagh! Before I die, biraadars...
something I have to tell you [bbboooda-a-am!]
No, I'm not trying to sell you
the desert joke divine.
I think maybe Mohmmad was
Y'know... quite possibly lyin'?
[Garowe] The Æthiopia National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Æthiopia's main intelligence body announced on Saturday that 34 suspected members of the terror group al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... have been arrested and accused of terror plots during the holiday season.
In a press statement, NISS said the suspects were arrested during security operations carried out jointly with Somali and Oromia region's security forces.
"The suspects were secretly conspiring and preparing to conduct severe terror attacks in Æthiopia's capital Addis Ababa, Oromia, and Somali regional states at the time of their arrest," the statement said.
"Al-Shabaab had chosen the ongoing Islamic Ramadan and Orthodox Christian Easter fasting seasons to destabilize Æthiopia through terror attacks, but the plot has been foiled by the careful monitoring and operations of the security and intelligence bodies," the statement further said.
The NISS statement also said various types of small and heavy-sized weapons, as well as bank account documents, were seized from the home of the suspects.
Al-Shabaab is a bully boy Islamic rebel group mainly operating in conflict-wracked Somalia but has also been implicated in terrorist attacks in several other east African countries.
#6
Of course Frank G is an asshole. That’s baked into the cake for engineers and management types — a willingness to rub others the wrong way if that’s necessary to get the right job done right — and Frank G is both. Fred and the moderators knew this about him when we asked him to join the team.
I married an engineer/manager, though both were some years in the future when we met, back at my freshman orientation — in fact he was still technically pre-med at the time. And even then Mr. Wife was being called an arrogant asshole by those whose opinion didn’t matter to him. Not because he thought they were wrong but because as far as he was concerned they were fixating on the wrong thing: he cared about quickly getting the right answers to the important questions, not about whether anyone’s feelings were hurt by the process or the result.
So, dear Xyz, you need to decide whether you are going to continue fighting a battle you will not win, or choose to turn your attention to more satisfying pursuits.
#7
Note that in all the above I didn’t mention that in pursuing your vendetta against Frank G you are acting the asshole yourself, which clearly thus far has not bothered you at all.
#13
If someone tries to insult me I must first value their opinion otherwise I'm not insulted.
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If you aren't sure yesterday was a garbage day, "but I thought this was Civil and Well Reasoned Discord?!" was played, and Herb was cited as a more capable commentor.
For the newer visitors, Lesser Herb: "Trump's State Department is going to incorporate Venezuela into The American Empire, and if you can't admit authentic Chinese food is superior to Panda Garden you are a dull stone for dullards and I would tell you so if I could put out the J and roll off the couch."
[SAHARAREPORTERS] Boko Haram ...the name means Western education is forbidden, They're what you get as the result of a traditional African or Islamic education... 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.... West Africa Province turbans have clashed, resulting in the killing of two commanders and 32 fighters in Sambisa Forest in Borno State.
A counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a series of tweet on Friday. He stated that separate festivities of the terror groups occurred at Yale in Damboa and Gargash Village in Bama Council.
He added that the 32 casualties were from both sides of the terror groups.
"Two ISWAP Khaids were killed along with four other fighters in an ambush by the rival Boko Haram faction in Yale village," he said.
He disclosed that the bad boyz were potted on April 19, 2022, while moving at night to a newly established ISWAP camp in the forest.
Besides, he revealed that four other ISWAP fighters were caught alive, disarmed and slaughtered by the rival terror group.
According to him, three trucks belonging to ISWAP were also seized by Boko Haram.
Makama further revealed that a top Boko Haram leader, Ambu Mairamiri, had on April 20, 2022, led large numbers of heavily armed Boko Haram gunnies to invade an ISWAP settlement near Ngurosoye.
He said that the invasion led to a heavy shootout, which lasted for over two hours and claimed many lives.
A military source in Maiduguri also told The Guardian that the mutually destructive fight led to the death of about 18 ISWAP turbans while six Boko Haram fighters were also killed.
It was gathered that Mairamiri, who vowed to eliminate all ISWAP terrorists, ordered his men to set ablaze four gun trucks belonging to ISWAP as well as their newly erected makeshift tents in the forest.
The source also stated that the infighting between the two terror groups has taken a new dimension as Boko Haram continues to hunt for ISWAP turbans at night.
He noted that Boko Haram turbans were familiar with forest terrains while ISWAP coordinates reprisal attacks during the daytime.
"The source added that the intensified Operation Desert and Lake Sanity had forced many ISWAP turbans and their families to relocate to safer locations in Mandara Mountain.
"Other hideouts, according to him, include Gargash, Izza, Bula Bakakai and Gobara as well as the rock of Ngulde in Chibok council.
"The risk of exposure and battlefield elimination could increase the rate of surrender among the turbans in the forest and Lake Chad region," he said.
Gunmen on Saturday attacked the Ogaminana Police Station in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing three officers on duty.
The attack was said to have been carried out around 2:00am on Saturday.
The button men were said to have attacked the cop shoppe from different directions.
Spokesperson for the police in the state, William Aya, confirmed the incident in a statement.
He said, "Today 23/4/2022, the command received report of the unfortunate incident at Adavi Police Division where some hoodlums attacked the station from the opposite direction shooting sporadically, but were repelled by the men on duty and operatives of the Quick Response Unit who were on special operations at the local government.
"However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... the command lost three of it’s officers during the gun duel, while the hoodlums fled with gun shot wounds as they could not get access to the station.
"The Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, immediately deployed team of tactical operatives to the area and restored normality while trailing the hoodlums with a view to apprehend and bring them to book.
"The Commissioner of Police use this medium to call on the people of Adavi and the adjoining communities to be on the lookout and report any body seen with bullet wounds to the police or any other security forces nearest to them. He directs the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation, to commence investigation into the incident."
First thing that popped into my mind was "What would Caesar do?"
Suspected kidnappers operating along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari axis have killed another Kano businessman, Umar Sani, after collecting ransom from his relatives, Daily Trust reports.
The businessman, also called Magaji, was kidnapped two weeks ago alongside five others on the highway en route Buruku but was later confirmed killed by his co-abductees despite collecting ransom for their release.
The dear departed hailed from Fagge Local Government Area in Kano metropolis.
An elder brother of the dear departed, Hussaini Sani, who confirmed the death, said the kidnappers had called back on Thursday demanding another N20million from them despite killing the businessman.
"Nine of them were kidnapped along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road while on their way to Buruku. They later released three of them but withheld six.
"After some time, negotiation started with the families of the six people, and we later agreed to pay them collectively, only for us to see five of them coming back.
"When we asked them about the whereabouts of our brother, they confirmed to us that he was killed by the abductors. We called them (abductors) using the number they used for the negotiation and they insisted that our brother was still alive, and even went ahead to demand another ransom before they would release him.
"When we insisted that we must hear our brother’s voice before paying something again, they opened up to us that he was really killed, saying he was trying to escape. But his colleagues that were released said he was killed intentionally," Hussain added.
Magaji is survived by his wife and four children, who presently reside in the Bichi Local Government Area of the state.
His death is coming barely 10 days after the family of another businessman’s corpse was discovered after payment of N6million ransom to his abductors in the same Birnin Gwari.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A violent mostly peaceful explosion rocked the southern port city of Aden, local sources said on Saturday. Has there ever been an explosion that wasn't "violent?" C'mon, Fred. You've been to Taco Bell, right?
According to local sources, a gunman threw bomb at a group of passengers near a station in the Cairo neighbourhood between the districts of Mansoura and Sheikh Othman, killing the attacker and injuring others.
The explosion caused material damage in the surroundings, while the UAE-backed Southern Traditional Council (STC) militias were deployed in the area following the attack.
No further details about the earth-shattering kaboom were available so far.
Aden and other southern provinces have been witnessing liquidations and security disorder since United Arab Emirates occupation forces took control over the city years ago.
[Fox News] Boiling mad. Mayorkas and Biden need to be on trial
Two illegal migrants who a now-missing Texas National Guard soldier tried to save from a river were involved in "illicit transnational narcotics trafficking," officials said Saturday as the search for the missing service member resumed.
The soldier went missing on Friday after entering a river in Eagle Pass to help two migrants who officials say "appeared to be drowning as they illegally crossed the river from Mexico to the United States."
In a statement, the Texas Military Dept. said that initial reports from Texas Rangers "have determined that the two migrants were involved in illicit transnational narcotics trafficking." They are both in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody.
The search continued until late Friday, with sources telling Fox News that the incident being treated as a drowning, with dive teams searching the water since the service member was not seen resurfacing from the river. The strength of the river’s current forced the Search and Rescue Teams to cease dive operations late Friday, but the search resumed on Saturday.
#2
Water rescues can be dangerous for the would be rescuer. I've seen children put adults under the water in their desperate attempts to stay afloat. Did the guardsman make contact with the individuals? Given what now know about the activities of the illegals involved, there needs to be more info before there is any assumption that this was an accident
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[OneIndia] The purported video of the the terrorist attack on Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) bus on Friday has gone viral on social media. News agency has posted the unverified clip of the incident on Twitter.
The bus carrying 15 personnel was attacked on the early hours of Friday, just two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Samba district on Sunday to address panchayats across the country on 'Panchayati Raj Diwas'.
In the clip, the Death Eaters are seen attacking the bus.
The CISF, in a statement, said, all the CISF personnel came under heavy firing from the terrorists. "The CISF personnel immediately took position and retaliated. During the course of retaliation, Death Eaters lobbed grenades and by taking advantage of darkness managed to escape from the spot towards the nearby residential area," the CISF said as per the PTI.
In the attack, the Central Armed Police Force said, Assistant Sub Inspector S.P. Patel of CISF laid down his life while undergoing treatment in hospital, one personnel was grievously injured and six other personnel of the Force sustained minor injuries while valiantly retaliating against the terrorist attack.
All injured are undergoing treatment at Jammu Medical College and Hospital in Jammu. In the subsequent action, security forces succeeded to eliminate the two Death Eaters responsible for the attack. As per information from the sources, two fidayeens (Aatma ghati) Death Eaters of the 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... outfit were present in the area, said the CISF.
[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish defence ministry announced on Friday the death of three soldiers during festivities with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Duhok province, Kurdistan Region.
The ministry said in a statement late Friday that the three soldiers, including a lieutenant, were killed by the PKK as part of Ankara’s fresh military operation, dubbed Operation Claw-Lock. This has raised Ottoman Turkish soldiers' official corpse count to five since the campaign began on Monday.
Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... claimed on Friday that 45 PKK fighters have been "neutralised" in the framework of his country’s latest offensive. Ottoman Turkish officials use the term "neutralise" to imply surrenders, killings or capturing.
The new operation targets PKK hideouts in the mountainous areas of Metina, Zap, Avashin and Basyan in Duhok province.
The PKK, which usually announces its casualties late, said on Friday that one of its fighters was killed in Duhok on Monday without clarifying how. The group has claimed the death of 127 Ottoman Turkish soldiers in Duhok since Monday.
Both sides often release exaggerated corpse counts of the other side.
Operation Claw-Lock is the fourth stage of Ankara’s Claw operations against the PKK in the Kurdistan Region, with the first stage starting in 2019.
Murat Karayilan, a top PKK commander, told his party’s media on Friday that the latest attacks are not an operation but a "major war''."
"Airdropping operations were conducted to launch a full-scale invasion attack. This is not an operation, but a major war," he said.
Erdogan has said that the anti-PKK operations will continue, claiming that soon there will be no place called Qandil, a mountainous area in the Kurdistan Region where the PKK headquarters is located.
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[Rudaw] Iraqi armed forces on Saturday launched the second phase of a broad security operation in western provinces in an attempt to pursue and eliminate remnants 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) in these areas, Iraqi Security Media Cell announced.
Dubbed Solid Will, the new phase of the operation is carried out under the supervision of the Joint Operations Command units and participated by the Border Guard Command, Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi), Iraqi Special Forces, the Counter-Terrorism Service, and the Rapid Response Division, according to the statement from the cell.
"These operations, carried out by the security forces, aims to dry up the sources of terrorism, pursue ISIS terrorist elements, and clear the lands from the taint of terrorism and crime in its various forms," it added.
The operation seeks to eliminate the threat of ISIS through setting specific targets in different areas in the western provinces, and will heavily rely on accurate information from the intelligence agencies and the support of Iraqi air forces.
Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi arrived in Anbar province hours after the new phase started to closely monitor the campaign.
"I say to ISIS: You have tested us in various fields, militarily and security, praise be to God that we record victory after victory on a daily basis, and you are losing day after day," the PM’s office cited Kadhimi saying in a speech in Anbar.
The first phase of Solid Will, which sought to pursue ISIS remnants in Salahaddin, Anbar, and Nineveh, was conducted on March 29, lasting for three days. It resulted in the destruction of 19 ISIS dens and six tunnels, in addition to finding numerous explosive-laden vehicles, booby-trapped houses, an explosive lab, and a number of weapons and ammunition, including four Katyusha rockets, two RBG7 launchers, and 30 projectiles.
Iraq’s Intelligence Agency said on Thursday that it killed four ISIS members in Salahaddin province during an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... A base of Tribal Sunni forces in northern Diyala province was attacked by suspected ISIS members on Tuesday, killing four of the turbans in the festivities that ensued.
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[Rudaw] Five alleged prominent 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) members across numerous Iraqi provinces were arrested on Saturday and multiple stockpiles of equipment were seized, state media reported, citing a statement from Iraq's Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency.
The agency said that operations "to follow up on terrorist elements to punish them and dry up their sources" continue in the country, amid an ongoing operation to clear Iraq's western provinces of ISIS remnants.
Two of the arrestees worked in the province of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... while another two operated in Nineveh, with the fifth being arrested in Baghdad.
A cache of equipment belonging to the terror group was also seized in Tarmiyah district, located about 50 kilometers north of the capital. The agency reported that the stockpile "included Austrian projectiles, 486 explosive-laden lighters, and 2,000 bullets buried underground in plastic barrels."
The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi) said on Saturday that they had thwarted an ISIS attack in the town of Jurf al-Nasr in Babil province.
The aforementioned developments come on the same day that Iraq launched the second phase of an operation, dubbed Solid Will, to eliminate ISIS from its west. 12,000 PMF fighters alongside several other forces have partaken in the operation.
ISIS seized control of swathes of Iraqi land in 2014. The group was declared territorially defeated in 2017 but it continues to carry out bombings, hit-and-run attacks, and abductions across several provinces.
In its propaganda magazine on Thursday, ISIS claimed to have conducted 28 attacks in Iraq from April 14 to April 20, killing and injuring 51 people.
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[Rudaw] Locals of Duhok province’s Shiladze town struggle to bring herbal products to the markets because of the war between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... The Ottoman Turkish army’s bombardment has forbidden the citizens to get profits from their herbal products this year.
This has led to a surge in the price of herbs by around 300 percent.
"There is not a single day that they do not bombard us. People are afraid to go to these areas because there is a slight chance you come back from there. We received 400 to 500 kilos of mushrooms last year and the year before, but this year, we only received 60 kilos of mushrooms," Omed Hashim, herb seller told Rudaw.
Hundreds of people in the mountainous areas of Duhok make a living from selling herbs.
Khame Khazim has been selling herbs in the market for about 25 years. She had been paying for all of her household expenses by selling spring herbs.
This year, Khazim has not made any decent income to pay her expenses.
"We do not dare go to the border areas because of the fight. We are afraid to go there. The sound of guns and artillery continues and we do not want to go there," Khazim told Rudaw.
The Secretary of the Duhok Provincial Council, Said Nerwai, told Rudaw that "poverty and unemployment rate was an issue because of the Ottoman Turkish bombardment."
"The continued bombardment of the Ottoman Turkish army has had a major impact on the area in general and the lives of citizens in particular," he added.
According to people who sell herbal products, they used to bring a large portion of spring herbs to the mountainous areas, but this year, they were only able to bring between 300 and 500 kilos of herbs into the market.
Turkey announced a new phase of a series of military operations against the PKK in Duhok province on Monday. Dubbed Operation Claw-Lock, the air and ground campaign heavily focuses on mountainous areas on Turkey’s borders with the Kurdistan Region.
Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... claimed on Friday that 45 PKK fighters have been "neutralized" in the framework of his country’s latest offensive.
Ottoman Turkish officials use the term "neutralize" to imply surrenders, killings, or capturing.
The PKK has claimed the death of 127 Ottoman Turkish soldiers in Duhok since Monday.
Seven out of 92 villages are left inhabited for now. The rest have been abandoned because of the conflict between both the PKK and Turkey over the past decades, according to data from the Shiladze administration authorities.
More than 500 villages have been emptied in the Kurdistan Region over three decades of the Turkey-PKK conflict.
[IsraelTimes] Samir Subhi Mahamed clears protesters from city street, says he supports ’legitimate protest, but not violence’.
The mayor of the Arab Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm
... home of the outlawed Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, the militant arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel....
confronted city residents who were protesting against Israel over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Friday.
Mayor Samir Subhi Mahamed told off the young, masked men who were protesting Israeli actions at the Jerusalem holy site and trying to block traffic from entering Umm al-Fahm.
The protesters chanted "Israel is a terror state," attempted to damage property, lit tires on fire and shot off fireworks, the Kan public broadcaster reported. The demonstration took place at the end of a procession following Ramadan prayers.
A large police force was in the area in case of an escalation. Friday reports said dozens were seen chanting in Umm al-Fahm in support of the Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, terror group and protesters who confronted police on the Temple Mount earlier that day.
Video from the scene showed Mahamed shouting and gesturing at men on a city street.
Mahamed told Haaretz that he was trying to calm a tense situation.
"I’m in favor of legitimate protest, but not violence," Mahamed told Haaretz.
"There’s no place for a protest that disturbs public order. That doesn’t serve anyone, and definitely not the message we’re trying to send," he said.
He said it was important to protest Israeli actions at the al-Aqsa Mosque, "but in a legitimate way."
The protesters were from a group called al-Hirak al-Shabaab ...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa... i ("The Youth Movement") that is not affiliated with any political party, and is known for taking Death Eater positions.
Police later said four minors were arrested over rioting in the city. "The riots included attempts to block the entrance to the city, firing fireworks, throwing stones at the [police] forces and burning tires in the middle of the road," police said in a statement.
[AlAhram] A boat carrying 60 migrants colonists capsized Saturday night off the Lebanese coast, the Lebanese Red Thingy said. It was not immediately clear if there were any deaths.
The Red Thingy said it sent ambulances to the port of the northern city 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... in case there were casualties.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati's office said the boast capsized shortly after leaving the northern coastal town of Qalamoun near Tripoli, Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years. It produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. That's three statements. Only the first is subjective.... 's second largest city.
Mikati's office said the Lebanese army and authorities were on high alert following the case.
For many years Lebanon was a country that took in refugees, but since the country's economic meltdown began in October 2019, thousands of people have left on boats heading to Europe.
Lebanon, a small Mediterranean nation of 6 million people, including 1 million Syrian refugees, is in the grip of the worst economic crisis in the country's modern history. The economic meltdown has put more three-quarters of the country's population into poverty.
[IsraelTimes] Bodyguard killed near checkpoint in Sistan-Balochistan province; attackers arrested, says Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites.... state TV
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general is said to have survived a deadly attack that killed a bodyguard, according to a report on Iranian state TV Saturday.
Brigadier General Hossein Almassi,
...also not in our archives under Hossein Almasi...
a Guards commander in the restive Sistan-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, was traveling in a vehicle near a checkpoint in the lovely provincial capital Zahedan when it came under fire by button men, Rooters reported Saturday, citing Iranian TV.
The general sustained no injuries, the report said.
The bodyguard who was slain was identified as Mahmoud Absalom, the son of a senior IRGC commander in the region, according to a report by the Islamic Theocratic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
Authorities have arrested some suspects but did not identify them, the report added.
Sistan-Balochistan is the site of occasional festivities between Iranian forces and various holy warrior groups. The relationship between the predominantly Sunni residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy has long been fraught.
The province, bordering Pakistain and Afghanistan, is a base for a Sunni separatist group affiliated with al-Qaeda and known as Jeish al-Adl, or Army of Justice.
Security forces have also clashed with narcos in the province, located along a major smuggling route for Afghan opium and heroin.
In January, IRGC forces said they killed an unidentified gunman who attacked its intelligence office in the town of Saravan in Sistan-Balochistan, about 1,360 kilometers (850 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
In late December, the IRGC said it killed six "armed bandidos" in a shootout in the region that also left three of its members dead.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[Khaama] In the lasted violence to rattle the volatile region, sources reported that Militant in Afghanistan fired heavy weapons across the border into a Pakistani military post overnight, killing at least three security personnel.
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...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
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