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Yemeni army unveils new domestically-built high-precision Badr P-1 ballistic missile
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Afghanistan
Taliban IED planter, three militants killed in separate incidents in Kunar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least four Talibs including one of their mine planters were killed during separate incidents in eastern Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
of Afghanistan.

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said Friday that the coalition forces carried out an Arclight airstrike on Talibs in Watapur district, leaving three turbans dead and two others critically maimed.

The statement further added that the airstrike was carried out in Tarwa Kor area of the district on Thursday, using unmanned aerial vehicle.

In the meantime, the 201st Silab Corps a Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
holy warrior was killed while he was planting an Improvised Explosive Device in Dangam district of Kunar on Thursday.

According to 201st Silab Corps, the incident took place in Goriga area of the district when Improvised Explosive Device went off prematurely.
Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Civilians suffer casualties in IED explosion in Ghazni province
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five non-combatants were killed or maimed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) kaboom in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.

The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the southeast in a statement said the incident has taken place in the vicinity of Moqor district.

The statement further added that a Toyota Corolla type vehicle struck an IED planted on a roadside in Chahardehi area of the district, leaving two civilians dead and three more maimed.

The Talibs and other Lions of Islam including ISIS often use improvised bomb as the weapon of their choice to target the security forces and government officials.

However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
in majority of such attacks the ordinary civilians are killed while in some cases the Talibs are themselves blown up in premature kabooms.

Anti-government elements must immediately end the indiscriminate and disproportionate use of all improvised bombs (IEDs) in areas frequented by civilians, said UNAMA in a special human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
report released few weeks earlier.

The special report ‐ titled "Increasing Harm to Afghan Civilians form the Deliberate and Indiscriminate Use of Improvised Explosive Devices" ‐ documents a sharp increase from 1 January ‐ 30 September 2018 in the killing and maiming of Afghan civilians by IEDs, which have caused almost half of the civilian casualties from conflict-related violence.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Suicide bombing kills 5, wounds 15 in central Afghanistan
[Dhaka Tribune] At least five people were killed and 15 more maimed when a jacket wallah detonated an exploding car outside a police compound in central Afghan province of Wardak on Saturday, a police front man said.

The early morning bombing in Maidan Shahr, the main city of the province, some 35km miles southwest of the capital Kabul, happened as coppers and civilians were going inside the base, said Hekmat Durrani, a front man for the police chief.

Three civilians and two coppers were among the dead, Durrani said, adding that the casualty figure could rise as coppers and first responders were busy recovering the maimed and bodies from collapsed walls and debris.

No group has grabbed credit for Saturday’s attack but the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
forces of Evil fighting to overthrow the Western-back Kabul government has carried out some of the deadliest bombings against government installations in past years.

Strategically located along the route connecting Kabul to the southern region, Wardak is ideally placed for forces of Evil who control nearly mountain villages to use as a staging ground for suicide kabooms inside Kabul.

The sprawling base built by the Americans, is home to hundreds of Afghan coppers from where they conduct operations in two nearby provinces.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
Kenya Claims Killing 24 Al Shabaab Militants In Military Operation
[RADIOSHABELLE] 24 Al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
fighters were killed by a squad of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in Bilis Qooqani, in the southern part of Somalia.

The attack happened at around midnight when a group of murderous Moslems ambushed a KDF camp near the town.

The close quarter battle that lasted for more than 30 minutes, ended with 24 fatalities while many others escaped with wounds.

KDF recovered 25 AK-47 rifles, one PKM machine gun and assorted rounds of ammunition.

Unfortunately, three soldiers drawn from the Special Operations Regiment (SOR) sustained injuries.

Bilis Qooqaani is a town in the Afmadow district of the Lower Juba region of southern Somalia.
It lies approximately 70 kilometres away from the Kenya-Somali border.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Somali, AU Forces Launch Joint Operation Against Al-Shabab In Bakool
[RADIOSHABELLE] Somali national army [SNA] backed by African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
[AU] soldiers have launched a joint offensive against al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
snuffies in Bakool region on Saturday, authorities said.

The allied forces began clear-up operation aimed at beefing up the security and drive out al-Shabaab fighters in areas near Wajid town in southern Somalia.

Local residents said there was an escalating tension as the snuffies are mobilizing for a counter-attack against the advancing Somali and AMISOM troops towards their bases.

The troops have been on a mission to flush out Al-Shabaab from its remaining pockets in the south and central Somalia as the country is set to hold one person, one vote polls in 2020.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Somalia Says Al-Shabab Official Killed; Follows US Airstrike
[RADIOSHABELLE] Somalia’s national security agency says a bigwig with the al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
myrmidon group has been killed, a day after the U.S. military announced an Arclight airstrike against al-Shabaab in the same area.

Saturday’s statement says the unnamed official in charge of collecting revenue was killed on Thursday in Kunyo Barrow, north of the port city of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...
The U.S. statement says its airstrike near Kunyo Barrow on Thursday killed two myrmidons. The U.S. has carried out over two dozen such airstrikes this year against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab.

In a separate attack, the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
peacekeeping mission this week said al-Shabaab’s head of tax collection in Lower Shabelle region was killed on Monday after an ambush on a meeting in Bariire.

Al-Shabaab funds its activities by taxing communities it controls.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Two UN Peacekeepers killed, five wounded in Mali
[PRESSTV] Two soldiers have been killed and five others maimed after person or persons unknown mounted two attacks on United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
peacekeeping forces in central Mali, according to the country's UN Stabilization Mission (MINUSMA).

A statement from the Mission announced that forces situated in Ber, close to Timbuktu city "repelled a complex attack, launched simultaneously by several pickups armed with rocket launchers and machine guns," on Saturday at dawn. The morning raid was followed up by an improvised bomb (IED) attack in the Mopti region, situated south of the initial attack location.

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...
's General Staff of Armies later announced the targeted soldiers to have been part of its forces committed to the UN mission.

UN Special Representative and head of MINUSMA Maamat Saleh Annadif condemned the assaults carried out by "enemies of peace", adding that it "will not undermine our determination to support Mali, on its march to peace".

Annadif further said that "the perpetrators of these crimes must be prosecuted and made to pay for their actions", stressing that attacks on UN peacekeepers can be recognized as a war crime based on international law.

Moreover, the MINUSMA chief expressed his condolences to the families of the killed soldiers and wished the maimed a "speedy and complete recovery".

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Mali/Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen

#1  Outraged fathers again.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 10/28/2018 6:11 Comments || Top||

#2  What ! someone booby-trapped the door to the local whorehouse ?

UN Special Representative and head of MINUSMA Maamat Saleh Annadif ( perhaps a pious Presbyterian Name ? ) situated in Ber, close to Timbuktu city remarked the assaults carried out by "enemies of peace", adding that it "will not undermine our determination to support Mali, on its march to peace".

Yay "march for Peace."

Posted by: Pearl Grumble2152 || 10/28/2018 8:31 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Dozens of Houthis killed in training camp in Yemen’s Sanaa
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Dozens of members of the pro-Iranian Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
militias were killed and others injured in the Arab coalition air strikes which targeted a training camp for the militias in the northwestern suburb of the capital, Sanaa.

Local sources confirmed that the fighter jets of the coalition backing legitimacy in Yemen, launched six raids targeting a training camp in al-Shaab area in the directorate of Hamdan, northwest of the capital.

On Wednesday, reports revealed that the coup militias tightened their security and monitoring measures against officials and ministers in the coup government in Sanaa, fearing they might break away and flee to areas under the control of the Yemeni legitimate government.
Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1 
I have the impression the Houthis have been on the losing end for months despite an occasional blown up market place, or some other attention gathering stunt involving usually defense-less entities.
Plus there is a split within the group, if press reports are to be believed.
Posted by: Roger29 Palms || 10/28/2018 16:50 Comments || Top||

#2  They ARE worried about Houthi leaders slinking away (to survive). Think Berlin at the end of the war
Posted by: Frank G || 10/28/2018 17:01 Comments || Top||


Yemeni army unveils new domestically-built high-precision Badr P-1 ballistic missile
[PRESSTV] Yemeni army forces have unveiled a domestically- designed and -manufactured smart missile intended to precisely hit specific targets, minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against designated targets, as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious aerial bombardment campaign against its southern neighbor.

The media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command Center, in a statement released on Saturday, announced that the short-range and solid-propellant Badr P-1 missile is an upgrade of Badr-1 missile, and has a pinpoint accuracy of 3 meters.

Earlier in the day, Yemeni soldiers and allied fighter from Popular Committees struck the al-Mostahaddeth base in Yemen’s western coastal province of Hudaydah with the same ballistic missile, killing and injured a large of Saudi-led Sudanese troopers there.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  "Domestically designed and manufactured" = Iranian
Posted by: Frank G || 10/28/2018 8:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Hi Tech Arab Manufacture...except the Monkey, of course, who is steering it and really supplies the brains and the gyroscopes.. ( Can I say monkeys , or is that Racist? How about if I substitute the word Rhesus or Baboon, then ? ) The monkey HAS done the Haj to Mecca before sacrificing himself as a Shaheed, I am assured.

"high -precision" is a relative term, however. AND, it must be remarked, the Houthis DID get the technology from the totally A+ tech from the Iranians, for what that may be worth. Oh, and the Rhesus pieces in steering has been taught to pray toward Mecca with his butt in the air in the traditional manner. Success is in the details.
Posted by: Pearl Grumble2152 || 10/28/2018 8:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Come on! The "Estes" brand can be seen from here!
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 10/28/2018 9:25 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
Khulna City Jamaat chief arrested
[Dhaka Tribune] The Detective Branch of Police have tossed in the clink
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
’s Khulna City unit chief Abul Kalam Azad.

He was apprehended from the city’s Royal More Saturday morning. Azad had gone there to travel to Dhaka on a bus.

The Jamaat leader has been arrested in sabotage cases, said Khulna Metropolitan Police media wing chief Sonali Sen.

She said police have three sabotage cases against Azad.

Jamaat’s Khulna unit Assistant Secretary Shah Alam claimed that Azad had been accused in 13 sabotage cases. He was acquitted in two and had secured bail in the other cases, Alam told the Dhaka Tribune.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Jamaat-e-Islami


Europe
France ups security around synagogues after deadly Pittsburgh attack
[Times of Israel] PARIS, France ‐ France said it was bolstering security around Jewish houses of worship Saturday, in the wake of a shooting attack that left 11 people dead in a Pittsburgh synagogue.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he "strongly condemned the act of anti-Semitism in Pittsburgh."

The French leader said in a tweet that his thoughts were with the victims and offered his support to the grieving families.

A heavily armed gunman opened fire on Jewish congregants during a baby-naming ceremony at the synagogue in the US city earlier in the day, in what appeared to be one of the worst anti-Semitic attacks in American history.

A police officer stands under the rain outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018.

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner later said in a tweet that he had told local authorities to "increase vigilance around synagogues" from Sunday.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/28/2018 02:25 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Two suspected TTP members arrested
[DAWN] RAW
... India's Research and Analysis Wing, Pakistain's equivalent of the Boogie Man...
ALPINDI: The counterterrorism department (CTD) on Friday enjugged
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
two suspected members of Tehrik-e-Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
Pakistain (TTP) during a raid on a house at Chakri Road.

According to sources, the CTD team carried out the raid on intelligence that the two active members of the banned outfit were hiding in the house.

The CTD officials apprehended the suspects and started the paperwork but haven't done much else under Explosive Act and section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Iraq
Iraqi Interior Ministry mourns two policemen killed, northeast of Diyala
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Interior Ministry has mourned two officers, who were killed while on duty, northeast of Diyala province.

In a blurb, the ministry said "officers of the federal investigations and intelligence agency, within the ministry, still do their best for the sake of Iraq. Today we mourn Lt.Gen.Hussein Mohammed Ebeid and policeman Abdullah Kazem Jasim."

The statement added that they were killed while being on duty near Hamrin mountains, northeast of Diyala.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/28/2018 02:39 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Five Islamic State members killed, arrested, southwest of Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
members were killed, while two others were tossed in the clink
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
, southwest of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
Iraqi forces announced on Saturday.

In a statement, Iraqi Federal Police commander, Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat said "troops set up an ambush on one of the roads that Islamic State members use."

Confrontations broke out, according to the statement. Three snuffies were killed, while explosives and weapons were seized in al-Atshana village in al-Rashad region.

In related news, the Security Media Center said two snuffies were arrested in southwest of the province.

"Federal Police managed to arrest two snuffies in Kirkuk," it said. "One of the snuffies is involved in terrorism charges, while the other used to work within the group in the so-called Kirkuk State."

Both were referred to judiciary for investigations.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/28/2018 02:39 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  "Yeah, we killed 'em, then arrested them"
Posted by: Frank G || 10/28/2018 10:48 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Suspected incendiary balloon lands in Jerusalem area community
[IsraelTimes] Police sappers arrive at Moshav Tarum to inspect third suspicious device to land in capital or its environs in as many days.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/28/2018 02:24 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Burn scar data analysis from Gaza kites.
[M]
analysis at link

Posted by: 3dc || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Southeast Asia
Seven Abus, three Philippine marines slain in Sulu clash
[PhilStar] Seven Abu Sayyaf rebels and three Philippine marines were killed in a clash in Patikul, Sulu on Friday. Three other soldiers were injured in the encounter.

Military spokesman Gerry Besana said troops who conducted pursuit operations recovered the body of one of the dead militants as well as his M14 rifle and several rounds of ammunition. “He said, A number of severely wounded bandits... could have died due to loss of blood."

”Twelve persons were apprehended for identification amid the exchange of gunfire. They are being interrogated by the troops,” Besana said.

Meanwhile, in Maguindanao, nine Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered in General SK Pendatun town also on Friday. The BIFF militants led by Parido Balabagan, alias Banog, turned over assorted firearms, grenade and rocket launchers and two rifles to the military.
Posted by: ryuge || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)


IS-aligned insurgent slain in Sarangani
[MindaNews] An alleged key leader of an Islamic State-aligned group was killed in a clash with Philippine security forces early on the morning of October 22 in Sarangani province.

Police spokesman Eliseo Rasco said that Bassir Sahak was killed in a clash with a joint police and military team in Sitio Lebe, Barangay Daliao, Maasim town. Sahak was the leader of the Special Operations Group of the Islamic State-inspired Ansar Al-Khilafa Philippines (AKP), Rasco said in a statement. Sahak was also involved in the September 16 bombing at Barangay Apopong here that injured eight people, the official added.

The suspect was charged with multiple frustrated murder in connection with the latest blast to rock General Santos City.

Police official Adrin Gonzales said Sahak and his father, Kupang Sahak, fired at the operating team out to arrest them. The elder man managed to escape and is the subject of a manhunt operation.

Authorities recovered from the encounter site an M-16 rifle, ammunition and bomb making components, the official said.

Citing intelligence information, Gonzales said the slain suspect managed the finances of the AKP, including the procurement of firearms and ammunition. Sahak sourced funding from their contact in the Middle East, he said.

The AKP is one of the groups in Mindanao that had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, according to the military.

The slain Sahak also had direct contact with the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu and the Toraife faction of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao, the police official said.
Posted by: ryuge || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Militant violence in Thai south down 70% since 2011
How wonderful! Well done to all involved — at least those working on the side of the angels, anyway.
[Bangkok Post] The security situation in Thailand's far South has improved over the last eight years, according to the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC).

SBPAC official Chanathan Saengphum said the overall situation is better with the number of violent incidents in the region decreasing by 70% since 2011. Citing figures compiled by the Forward Command of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), 140 violent incidents occurred this year, compared with 619 in 2011.

These remarks come as the slogan "Patani Merdeka" was found painted on roads in Yala's Than To district yesterday morning. The word 'merdeka' means independence.

Mr Chanathan said several factors have contributed to the improvement in the region including greater transparency and wider public engagement in the government's roadmap for restoring peace in the region.

Local people see that violence is interfering with development and their livelihoods. Many have taken an active role in security operations to defend their communities from rebel attacks, he said.

Despite a decrease in violence, insurgents still recruit youngsters and use other incentives than political ideology to incite violence including business conflicts among interest groups, he said.
Posted by: ryuge || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Thai Insurgency


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Daesh terrorists kill 60 US-backed SDF militants in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr
[PRESSTV] Dozens of US-backed gunnies from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been killed after members of the ISIS Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
terrorist group launched a surprise attack on them in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr near the border with Iraq.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday that ISIS snuffies had dispatched a group of bombers as part of a counter-attack against SDF myrmidons, killing at least 60 and wounding more than 100 of them overnight.

ISIS, in a statement published on the Telegram messaging application, said it had attacked the village of al-Sousa late on Friday, and detonated a boom-mobile near the village of al-Bagouz further south.

On September 15, the SDF said its fighters had stormed Bagouz and were close to the center of the village.

The forces added that they planned to open another front in Sousa area along the Euphrates River to build up pressure on the bad boys.

The development came only a day after at least 20 SDF gunnies were killed in a ISIS ambush around the town of Hajin in Dayr al-Zawr province.
I begin to suspect the writer meant Deir Ezzor, as it is spelt around here.


Posted by: Fred || 10/28/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  this was from PRESSTV so I wasn't sure it was accurate

but there are confirmations from other sources also the dead are probably not all combatants

also, Islamic State seemingly used a large number of coordinated suicide bombers in their counterattack
Posted by: lord garth || 10/28/2018 11:46 Comments || Top||



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1Sublime Porte
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1Al-Muhajiroun (Britain)
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Sun 2018-10-28
  Yemeni army unveils new domestically-built high-precision Badr P-1 ballistic missile
Sat 2018-10-27
  Emergency situation at US synagogue
Fri 2018-10-26
  Arrest Made In Plantation In Connection To Package Bombs
Thu 2018-10-25
  4 children injured in Quetta school firing
Wed 2018-10-24
  BREAKING: ‘IED' found near Bill and Hillary Clinton's Chappaqua home
Tue 2018-10-23
  Firefighters extinguish day’s fifth blaze caused by incendiary balloon in southern Israel
Mon 2018-10-22
  US brigadier general recovering from at least one gunshot wound in Afghanistan attack
Sun 2018-10-21
  US charges Chicago man with online recruiting for Islamic State
Sat 2018-10-20
  Anjem Choudary Released from Prison
Fri 2018-10-19
  ISIS Returns: Sick terrorists take 700 hostage - Putin issues warning
Thu 2018-10-18
  Afghan guards open fire at Afghan-NATO meeting in Kandahar, injuring 2 Americans - reports
Wed 2018-10-17
  Mastermind behind Ahvaz terrorist attack killed in Iraq’s Diyala, IRGC says
Tue 2018-10-16
  Trump says 'rogue killers' may be behind Khashoggi disappearance
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  Jihadist rebels reinforce front-lines near Idlib buffer zone, no withdrawal
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