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Good Morning

Bill de Blasio drops out of
Congress race after dismal polling
Wednesday July 20th, 2022

CarolLynley_01
PM Shehbaz urges ECP to announce 'long-delayed' judgement in PTI prohibited funding case
Smugglers Kill Tunisian Soldier Near Libyan Border
Russia, Turkey & Iran To Continue Cooperation To Eliminate Terrorists In Syria
Al-Daawa warns its members of brazen armed attack
Identity of the four Kurd Kommies killed in Nineveh still unknown-source
Civilian killed, four injured by mine and cluster munition explosions
Weeping mom blasts Texas grand jury for DECLINING to indict man who accidentally shot and killed her daughter, 9, as he chased armed man who had just robbed him at ATM

Posted by: Fred || 07/20/2022 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  She's got a little bit of a 'stache going there.
Posted by: jpal || 07/20/2022 11:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Not her best photo....
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/20/2022 12:21 Comments || Top||

#3  I lik'em when they're wet.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/20/2022 12:28 Comments || Top||

#4  Carol Lynley was an American actress and child model known for her roles in the films Blue Denim and The Poseidon Adventure. Lynley was born Carole Ann Jones in Manhattan, to an Irish father and New England mother. She began her career as a child model before taking up acting.
Born:
Carole Ann Jones, February 13, 1942, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Died:
September 3, 2019, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names:
Carolyn Lee
Wikipedia IMDb
Posted by: Otto Smiter of the Swedes8547 || 07/20/2022 13:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Short Attention Span Theater 🎭

Posted by: Otto Smiter of the Swedes8547 || 07/20/2022 13:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Carol Lynley





Posted by: Otto Smiter of the Swedes8547 || 07/20/2022 14:05 Comments || Top||

#7  Hotter than a $2 pistol.
Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 19:51 Comments || Top||

#8  Yup.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 07/20/2022 21:15 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Taliban ‘Accidentally’ Kills a Woman in Panjshir Province, House of the National Resistance Front
Brooklyn Bridge for sale here! Getcher cooooold Broooklyn Bridge!
[KhaamaPress] According to Taliban
...Arabic for students...
officials in Panjshir province, in northern Afghanistan, the birthplace of the National Resistance® Front, the Taliban’s forces accidentally shot a woman dead in the Abshar district of this province.

Abu Baker Siddiq, the Taliban’s spokesperson for the governor’s office of Panjshir province, told the media that the group’s forces accidentally and inadvertently shot a woman, attributing the incident to human error.

However,
women are made to be loved, not understood...
he maintains that a man has been arrested in connection with the case.

Local sources in Panjshir province claim that this woman is from the village of Parangal in the Abshar district and that she and her husband went to the mountains two days ago to graze livestock.

The sources add that the woman is survived by her five small children.

Under an earlier agreement, tribal elders in the province of Panjshir provided the Taliban with information on the identities of people who irrigate land at night, the names of shepherds, and how many cattle each of them had.

The Taliban, according to the agreement, is supposed to remove their forces from public places, such as schools, hospitals, and mosques.

Some Panjshir locals, however, assert that the Taliban have made it very difficult for everyone to climb the mountain or move their livestock to pastures, infringing the agreement.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  After all the pics of the Talipaks with their fingers off the triggers of their new M4's, it's hard to believe in an "accidental discharge"
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/20/2022 12:26 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
US military hits Al-Shabaab after attacking partner forces in Somalia
[Garowe] The United States military has for the first time in as many months targeted al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
Lions of Islam within Somalia, just over two months after President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences. So does Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...
authorized in May the redeployment of soldiers to the Horn of Africa nation which is battling instability.

Since the beginning of 2020, the US military scaled down operations within the country following the unprecedented withdrawal of the soldiers after the order was issued by former President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
. Close to 700 servicemen were withdrawn.

In a statement on Monday, the US Africa Command confirmed that it carried Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s against the Lions of Islam in Somalia’s Jubaland state on Sunday, killing two Death Eaters. AFRICOM said the operation was conducted after the Lions of Islam attacked partner [Somali] forces near Libikus, northwest of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
"The command's initial assessment is that two al-Shabaab bad boyz were potted in action and that no civilian was injured. These efforts contrast the indiscriminate attacks that al-Shabaab conduct regularly," read the statement from the US Africa Command.

"The federal government of Somalia and the United States remain committed to fighting al-Shabaab to prevent attacks targeting civilians," the statement added as the US pledged to ensure the al-Shabaab Lions of Islam are defeated in their own war.

In recent years, the US has scaled down attacks in Somalia targeting the al-Shabaab Lions of Islam but the military insisted it's set to continue partnering with allied forces to defeat the group. Already, a number of soldiers from the US have been deployed to Somalia.

Besides helping with air surveillance, the US Africa Command has been helping with training and equipping of the Danab Special Forces, a unit within the Somali National Army. More often than not, the Danab Special Forces have been helping in the fight against al-Shabaab.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Smugglers Kill Tunisian Soldier Near Libyan Border
Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Arabia
Civilian killed, four injured by mine and cluster munition explosions
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] A citizen was killed on Monday in Hodeidah province, while a citizen and three of his children were injured in Nihm district of Sana’a province as a result of the explosion of mines and cluster bombs left by Saudi-led coalition.

The Executive Center for Mine Action stated that the number of victims of cluster bombs and remnants of war since the beginning of July has reached 23, including five dead and 18 wounded in a number of provinces.

According to the center, children had the largest share of casualties during the month of July, with 11 children as a result of the war remnants.
Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
A Pak national allegedly crosses border to kill BJP's Nupur Sharma; held
[OneIndia] A Pak national has been arrested in Sri Ganga Nagar district of Rajasthan. He allegedly crossed over to India via International Border to kill BJP leader Nupur Sharma.

A joint team of IB, RAW
... India's Research and Analysis Wing, Pakistain's equivalent of the Boogie Man...
and Military Intelligence is interrogating him, news agency ANI reported. The Pak national was held on July 16 at around 11 pm from near Hindumalkot border outpost after was found in suspicious condition by patrolling team, a senior Border Security Force (BSF) officer told the news agency.

"We have found an 11-inch long knife, religious books, clothes, food and sand in the bag from his possession. He identified himself as Rizwan Ashraf, a native of Mandi Bahauddin city located in Northern Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

of Pakistain," he said.

During the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that the said man crossed the border to kill Nupur Sharma over her controversial remarks on Prophet. He had planned to visit Ajmer Dargah first before executing his plan, the officer further stated.

"We have handed him over to local police for further investigation. He was produced before a magistrate from where he was sent to eight days of police custody. We have informed the concerned intelligence agencies about him," he added.

Now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma created a major controversy over her alleged comments on Prophet Mohammad in a televised debate.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/20/2022 01:26 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We have found an 11-inch long knife, religious books, clothes, food and sand in the bag from his possession

"Any idea what that's about, Holmes?"

"I deduce that he's a clumsy packer, Lestrade. Sheltered upbringing, no sense of the outdoors, probably not from Surrey. Mandi, Baha-uddin would be my guess."

"What?! Just where under the bollocks of King George is that?"

"That is what we must find out. Off we go, Watson. There is greviousy insolent moslemnity afoot!"

"Wait... what about this woman's photo, and this knife? Wait!"

"She doesn't matter, Lestrade! And the knife is a shitty three shilling fillet knife you can buy at any wharf."

[detective duo jogs earnestly into bizzaro land]

Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/20/2022 3:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Damn, I want some of that stuff you're taking Dron!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 07/20/2022 11:26 Comments || Top||

#3  Keterolac tromethamine, and nitrous oxide, SCFI. But don't take it.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/20/2022 12:06 Comments || Top||


Three policemen injured in Kohat checkpost attack
[DAWN] KOHAT: Three coppers were maimed when suspected gunnies hurled a grenade and also shot up a checkpost on Hangu highway here on Sunday night.

Police officials said four gunnies attacked the Kaghazai checkpost with a grenade followed by indiscriminate fire. The coppers responded the attack, forcing the miscreants to flee.

The attackers had come in a car, the maimed coppers told Sherlocks on Monday.

The injured coppers were identified as checkpost in-charge Rafiullah, constables Shamirul Hassan and Mir Abbas Khan. They were admitted to the KDA Teaching Hospital. The Ustarzai police said gunnies had come from the Kohat city side and fled towards Hangu.

Separately, bodies of three drug addicts, namely Shah Fahad, Najib and Mikael, were found in the mountains of Bulandkhel in Darra Adamkhel tribal subdivision, the police said.

Zargun Afridi, a resident of Sheraki area, told Dawn that the bodies were spotted on Monday and brought to the civil hospital.

Meanwhile,
...back at the hoedown, the fiddler suddenly struck a sour note. The dancing stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Bob...
two persons were killed in Muhammadzai area of Kohat city on Monday. The dear departed were identified as Liaquat Ali and Rafiullah.

Posted by: Fred || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Baloch Liberation Army

#1  bodiesof three drug addicts, namely Shah Fahad, Najib and Mikael were spotted

Think about this for a second. You've gotta be the Beatles of getting bombed to be easily ID-ed as 'look! There's Fahad lying in the gutter!'
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/20/2022 5:03 Comments || Top||

#2  [laughs at own joke, hitting table until hand hurts]
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/20/2022 5:08 Comments || Top||

#3  OK, I lol'd
Posted by: Frank G || 07/20/2022 6:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Totally tripping on pain killers again, Frank. And the wife just brought back candy from England. Trip trip trip, hoppity hip!
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/20/2022 6:50 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraqi Army, Peshmerga Launch Joint Operation Against ISIS South Of Erbil


Iraqi Security Media Cell announced on Tuesday the launch of a joint operation with Peshmerga forces against ISIS, focused on an area adjacent to the administrative borders of Erbil Governorate to the south.

In a statement, the cell said that the operation was launched, at dawn today, Tuesday, and is the fourth stage of Operation Solid Will, aimed at pursuing the remnants of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Jabal Qarah Dagh Mountain.
Alternate spelling Qarachogh.
The operation is taking place in a joint security operation, in which units from the 14th and 16th Divisions reinforced with tanks, and units of the Peshmerga forces, and forces of the Counter-Terrorism Service participated as well.

The operation is backed by Iraqi army aircraft, according to the statement, in accordance with security understandings between the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga.
Rudaw adds:
Units of the Peshmerga participating in the operation include the Zeravani and counter-terrorism forces and are supported by the Iraqi air force and a reinforcement of tanks.

Mount Qarachogh and its vicinity are located in a security vacuum between Baghdad and Erbil, stretching across several provinces including Kirkuk, Salahaddin, and Diyala, where locals live in constant fear of ISIS attacks.

Kurdish security forces on Thursday with coalition support announced they had taken down four members of ISIS who were behind a deadly attack that killed ten Peshmerga and three civilians in villages at the foothill of Mount Qarachogh.

The latest phase of Operation Solid Will comes three months after Iraq conducted another phase in its western provinces under the supervision of the Joint Operations Command and with the participation of numerous forces including the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).

A Peshmerga operation in Mount Qarachogh in May led to the deaths of two ISIS fighters and the destruction of the jihadists' hideouts.

In its propaganda magazine on Thursday, ISIS claimed to have conducted 4 attacks in Iraq from July 7 to July 13, killing and injuring 6 people.
Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Identity of the four Kurd Kommies killed in Nineveh still unknown-source
Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IED Blast In Deir Ez-Zor Kills, Injures Government Soldiers
Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


SNA Factions Kidnap Several Young Men In Sere Kaniye


Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies


Turkish Military Column Enters Aleppo







Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Russia, Turkey & Iran To Continue Cooperation To Eliminate Terrorists In Syria
Posted by: badanov || 07/20/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hope this will include the American thieves stealing the Syria oil
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/20/2022 22:23 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Wed 2022-07-20
  Fitch downgrades Pakistan's outlook from stable to negative
Tue 2022-07-19
  Iran brags it has the 'technical means' to produce nuclear bomb'
Mon 2022-07-18
   Zelensky fires security service chief and prosecutor general
Sun 2022-07-17
  Swift Capture of the 7-Eleven Spree Killers Shows What Taking Crime Seriously Looks Like
Sat 2022-07-16
  Putin's missiles hit Vinnytsia city centre, sending Ukrainians diving for cover as blast kills 23 including three children
Fri 2022-07-15
  Ukrainian HIMARS strikes have killed or wounded most of the leadership of the Russian 106th Airborne and 20th Motorized Rifle Divisions
Thu 2022-07-14
  Afghan migrant who sexually assaulted underage girls and raped a 12-year-old boy after arriving in France tells court: 'In my country it is normal to have sex with young boys'
Wed 2022-07-13
  Militias Enter Tripoli Amid Bashagha’s Claims to Takeover Capital
Tue 2022-07-12
  US assassinates ISIS leader in Syria Maher al-Agal - CENTCOM
Mon 2022-07-11
  Fitch cuts Turkey’s debt ratings to ‘B’
Sun 2022-07-10
  Russians advancing west of Lysychansk, shelling Donetsk region, Kharkiv region, Kherson region and Mykolaiv
Sat 2022-07-09
  Photolog: We will not forget, we will not forgive: Moscow and St. Petersburg mourn for the murdered children of Donbass
Fri 2022-07-08
  Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe shot
Thu 2022-07-07
  Mass Shooting By Two Illegal Immigrants In Richmond Foiled by Tipster
Wed 2022-07-06
  Antifa 4th of July attacks in Portland, FBI finally called in


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