[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Special Operations Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS), stormed a compound of the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... group in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan.
The local officials are saying that the raid was conducted late on Wednesday night in the vicinity of Hesarak district.
The provincial government media office in a statement said a local leader of the group was killed along with seven others and another bully boy was maimed.
The statement further added that the operation was conducted in Mai Sahib area and the Taliban leader killed during the operation has been identified as Khaksar.
A pickup vehicle, two cycle of violences, and several weapons and ammunition were also destroyed during the operation, the statement added.
According to the provincial government, the compound of the Taliban group was totally destroyed during the operation and four suspects have been locked away Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in connection to supporting the Taliban group.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The 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.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group forces of Evil suffered heavy casualties during the joint raids of the Afghan and US forces in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said the Afghan and US forces carried out a series of operations on ISIS hideouts in Darzab district late last night.
The source further added that the operations were conducted with the support of the close air support in the vicinity of Mughol and Nawahi villages.
According to Shaheen Corps, at least sixteen ISIS forces of Evil including one of the key commanders identified as Mohammad Yousuf alias Khanjar were killed.
More than twenty ISIS forces of Evil including one of their commanders identified as Shabir Ahmad were also maimed during the operations, the Shaeen Corps said.
In the meantime, the Shaheen Corps said several ISIS forces of Evil were forced to flee the area and the situation is under the control in Darzab at the moment.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least ten soldiers of the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces were martyred in a coordinated Taliban ...Arabic for students... attack in western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province of Afghanistan.
The incident took place late on Thursday night in the vicinity of Shindand district, the officials added.
District administrative chief of Shindand Shukrullah Shakir confirmed the report and said at least ten ANP soldiers bit the dust in the attack.
Shakir further added that the attack was launched shortly after a roadisde bomb targeted a vehicle of the ANP forces as they were travelling through Larzanak area.
According to Shakir, the ANP forces came under heavy fire as they were attempting to support their comrades who were hurt in the roadside kaboom.
In the meantime, reports indicate that more than ten soldiers have bit the dust in the attack, two have been maimed, while two others are still missing.
A security official speaking on the condition confirmed that more than soldiers have been martyred but did not elaborate further regarding the exact number.
Herat is among the relatively calm provinces in the West and fewer terrorist related incidents have been reported from the province since the fall of the Taliban regime.
However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... the anti-government armed krazed killer groups have been attempting to destabilize the province which borders some of the restive provinces in the South and Northwest as well as in the West.
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[DW] A 19-year-old man was imprisoned for nine years over his involvement in plans for two Islamist extremist attacks in Germany. One of the suicide missions was to be carried out by a 12-year-old boy.
The Vienna Criminal Court sentenced an Austrian man of Albanian descent to nine years in prison on Friday in connection with plans for two Islamist extremist attacks in Germany.
The case highlights the challenges posed by radicalized youth ready to commit acts of terror at home and in neighboring countries.
What the court found
The man was found guilty of inciting a 12-year-old German-Iraqi boy to target a Christmas market in the city of Ludwigshafen. The child had tried but failed to detonate an explosive belt at the market in late 2016. He made the “bomb” himself out of firecracker powder and nails, which he left on site in a backpack. Unsurprisingly, it failed to explode.
During the trial, the 19-year-old admitted to being a member of Islamic State but downplayed his role in plotting the attacks.
Reacting to his lengthy sentence, the turned defiant, saying: "I don't give a s***!"
What else happened in court?
As well as plotting multiple murders, the defendant was found guilty of membership of a terrorist organization.
The jury found the 19-year-old had incited his wife — whom he married under Sharia Law — to attack the Ramstein Air Base.
The 17-year-old girl with Moroccan heritage said she had fallen in love and let herself be influenced.
The market plotter, now aged 14, tried to cover for his older friend. "The idea was mine," he told the court.
The boy said he had considered beheading a priest, attacking a bus and a hospital.
What happens next?
Defense lawyer Wolfgang Blaschilz said he would consider appealing.
Blaschilz said the nine-year sentence was "way too much," and added that his client's deradicalization process was underway.
During his trial, he denied giving any orders and said that, while he had considered targeting Ramstein, he had dropped the idea. He was arrested in Vienna in January 2017 following tips from German authorities.
The defendant testified he became a supporter of the Islamic State group following a previous jail term for robbery.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The pro-Iraqi government paramilitary troops have shelled 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 gathering inside Syrian lands, the media service of the forces announced on Thursday.
In a statement, al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said, "information from intelligence department showed that Islamic State members were gathering in Syria and that they were planning for an attack against the 29th brigade of the troops in Tal Sufuk, taking advantage of the bad weather."
The troops, according to the statement, "fired missiles to shell the myrmidons, leaving many of them killed and injured."
The Iraqi forces positioned along the Syrian border carried out a rare attack against a group of 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.... (ISIS) holy warriors inside Syria’s Deir Ezzor Governorate.
Led by their Popular Mobilization Units (var. Hashd al-Sha’abi), the Iraqi forces struck the Islamic State’s forces in Deir Ezzor with missiles and artillery shells.
According to a statement from Hashd al-Sha’abi, their forces struck the Islamic State bandidosturbans after they identified a terrorist gathering near the Iraqi border-town of Tal Sufouk.
The statement added that scores of Islamic State holy warriors were either killed or maimed as a result of their attack.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Six 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, including a woman, were locked away Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! in operations in Nineveh province, the Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Friday.
In a blurb, the ministry said troops in Nineveh "arrested six Islamic State members, including a woman. All are wanted for by courts for trials."
"Two of them were arrested in Abu Maria village in Tal Afar, while the rest were in several areas across djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... ," the ministry added.
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[IsraelTimes] Aqraba residents believe they were targeted with 'Dire Revenge' and 'death' graffiti because the killer of Israeli Adiel Kolman last month was from village.
Vandals torched a mosque in the northern West Bank village of Aqraba before dawn on Friday in an apparent hate crime attack.
Footage captured by a security camera at the entrance to the mosque showed a pair of assailants setting the door of the building ablaze. Their faces were covered throughout the clip.
Messages of "death," "Dire Revenge" and "price tag" were found graffitied on the walls of the Sa’ada Mosque in the small Paleostinian town of several hundred residents.
"Price tag" refers to vandalism and other hate crimes carried out by Jewish ultra-nationalists ostensibly in retaliation for Paleostinian violence or government policies perceived as hostile to the settler movement. Mosques, churches, dovish Israeli groups and even Israeli military bases have been targeted by nationalist vandals in recent years.
Locals noticed the fire almost immediately at around 2 a.m. and managed to extinguish it. Two sections of the mosque were torched completely, according to Rabbis for Human Rights field worker Zacharia Sadeh, who was present at the Sa’ada Mosque after the attack.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
Sadeh reported the suspected attack to the Israel Police, whose officers arrived at the scene along with IDF troops and began gathering evidence.
Police said an investigation has been launched.
Locals told Paleostinian media that the same mosque had been the target of a similar arson attack five years ago, but that members had managed to repair the damage.
They said that the attack appeared to have been in retaliation for the murder of Adiel Kolman, a 32-year-old Israeli father of four, who was stabbed to death in Jerusalem’s Old City last month. The terrorist, Abd al-Rahman Bani Fadel, 28, was rubbed out at the scene. He had been a resident of Aqraba.
The anti-racism group Tag Meir released a statement Friday condemning the arson attack "with disgust."
"Since December 2009, 50 mosques, churches and monasteries have been torched or desecrated in the State of Israel, Judea and Samaria," the NGO said, referring to the West Bank by its biblical names.
Tag Meir did not shy away from pegging blame for the incident.
"The murderous Moslem right-wing activists are asking for terror by igniting populated homes, houses of worship and cars, uprooting olive trees and vandalizing in order to frighten the Paleostinian population and make their lives in the Land of Israel unbearable," the statement concluded.
The Yesh Din rights group released a statement of its own, saying that it had documented 14 incidents of attacks on mosques in the West Bank since 2006. Nine of them were arson incidents (not including the one Friday), while five other sanctuaries were spray-painted with graffiti.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Despite the poor whether on Friday, the Russian Aerospace Forces continued to offer air support to their allies from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northeastern countryside of the Homs Governorate.
According to a military source in the quiet provincial capital of Homs, Russian attack choppers inflicted heavy damage on the 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.... (ISIS) defenses near al-Sukhnah, while also killing scores of holy warriors in the process.
As a result of these Russian strikes, the Syrian Arab Army, alongside Hezbollah and Liwaa al-Fatemiyoun (Afghan-Iranian paramilitary), seized several points from the Islamic State forces near the strategic Deir Ezzor Highway.
In addition to aiding the Syrian Army near al-Sukhnah, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched several strikes on the Islamic State’s positions in the southeastern countryside of Homs.
The Russian attack in southeast Homs helped the Syrian Army and their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF) to forestall the Islamic State advance near the strategic 16th Air Defense Regiment.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The jihadist group Jabhat Tahrir Souriya recently sent reinforcements to the imperative town of Daret Izza in west Aleppo, pro-opposition activists reported on Friday.
Jabhat Tahrir Souriya reportedly sent more reinforcements to this front in order to deter any possible attack by their jihadist foes Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham .
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham was recently kicked out of several towns in southern Idlib and western Aleppo after Jabhat Tahrir Souriya went on the offensive against this jihadist group.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] According to media sources close to the Iranian government, Russian heavy bombers are once again permitted to operate from Iranian military airfields.
Sources say that the development comes after an agreement was reached between between Russian and Iranian high-level military-diplomatic officials. It gives Russian bombers the right to transit Iranian airspace and use at least two Iranian military airports for refueling.
Although unsaid, the development is most likely a response to recent US threats against the Syrian military ‐ a close ally of both nations ‐ following an alleged chemical attack in rural Damascus.
The information of development also comes after two Tu-95 and two Tu-22M heavy bombers were noted to have left their permanent base in Russia for an unknown destination.
During mid-2016, Russian Tu-22M bombers temporary used the Iranian Hamadan Airbase amid a major bombing operation against 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.... forces in eastern Syria.
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Further developments after the announcement immediately followed by the commencement of activities late yesterday.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Minutes ago, the U.S., La Belle France, and the U.K. launched a barrage of cruise missiles towards rural Damascus, causing massive kabooms near the Dumayr Airbase in the eastern Qalamoun.
While the site is still unknown, al-Masdar’s field correspondent in Damascus reported that the strike is hitting the rural Damascus countryside near or possibly the Dumayr Airbase.
The Dumayr Airbase is the military installation the Syrian Air Force used to launch Arclight airstrikes on the East Ghouta during Operation Damascus Steel.
The Syrian Air Defense has responded in a bid to down the cruise missiles; however, many cruise missiles have already struck the area.
Al-Masdar previously reported that the Dumayr Airbase was the likely target because the airstrikes on the East Ghouta were launched from this site.
[PRESSTV] US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has ordered a military strike against Syria.
The US along with Britannia and La Belle France launched a military assault against Syria on Friday.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May also said she has authorized the British armed forces to conduct coordinated and targeted strikes.
The US has been threatening Damascus with military action since April 7, when a suspected chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, reportedly killed 60 people and injured hundreds more. The Syrian government has already strongly denied No, no! Certainly not! using chemical munitions in the flashpoint town.
The United States and its allies waged up to 120 air strikes on Syria on Friday in a 'one time shot'
Syrian state TV says 13 missiles fired in US-led attack had been shot down
Missiles were shot down in the Kiswah area south of Damascus, reports say
President Donald Trump said Friday evening he ordered precision strikes in Syria
Said it was in retaliation for Bashar al-Assad's poison gas attack last weekend
At least one US Navy warship based in the Red Sea took part in the strikes. US B-1 bombers were also used.
The Defense Department will provide a brief at 9:00a.m.
The usual photos and videos can be seen at the link, which had already updated twice before this article was added.
Update at 12:10 p.m. EDT: The Daily Mail updated again just before noon, and the Telegraph has been liveblogging since last night from a British perspective. See here. So is the Guardian, courtesy of Besoeker:
[Guardian] 9.14pm 13 April 2018: Explosions heard in Damascus. Reuters says witnesses in Damascus have heard several large explosions and seen smoke on the east side of the city. Douma lies to the north-east. It is unclear if these are related to the US president’s announcement.
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Trump targeted strictly chemical manufacturing facilities at 3 locations before dawn on Saturday morning.
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Great minds, Ulaigum Ebbineng7056, or at least like-minded minds in my case. ;-) While you efficiently added the Daily Mail link to your comment, I was working it up to add to the stacked articles in the post, above. Thank you for helping make Rantburg the place where people can quickly find out what’s going on out there.
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Thank you for your work, TW. Statement from General Mattis to the world:
Good evening. As the world knows, the Syrian people have suffered terribly under the prolonged brutality of the Assad regime.
On April 7th, the regime decided to again defy the norms of civilized people, showing callous disregard for international law by using chemical weapons to murder women, children and other innocents.
We and our allies find these atrocities inexcusable. As our commander in chief, the president has the authority under Article II of the Constitution to use military force overseas to defend important U.S. national interests.
The United States has an important national interest in averting a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Syria, and specifically deterring the use and proliferation of chemical weapons.
Last year, in response to a chemical weapons attack against civilians and to signal the regime to cease chemical weapons use, we targeted the military base from which the weapons were delivered.
Earlier today, President Trump directed the U.S. military to conduct operations, in consonance with our allies, to destroy the Syrian regime's chemical weapons research, development and production capabilities.
Tonight, France, the United Kingdom and the United States took decisive action to strike the Syrian chemical weapons infrastructure.
Clearly, the Assad regime did not get the message last year. This time, our allies and we have struck harder.
Together, we have sent a clear message to Assad, and his murderous lieutenants, that they should not perpetrate another chemical weapons attack for which they will be held accountable.
The 70 nations in the defeat ISIS coalition remain committed to defeating ISIS in Syria.
The strike tonight separately demonstrates international resolve to prevent chemical weapons from being used on anyone, under any circumstance, in contravention of international law.
I want to emphasize that these strikes are directed at the Syrian regime. In conducting these strikes, we have gone to great lengths to avoid civilian and foreign casualties. But it is time for all civilized nations to urgently unite in ending the Syrian civil war by supporting the United Nations backed Geneva peace process.
In accordance with the chemical weapons convention prohibiting the use of such weapons, we urge responsible nations to condemn the Assad regime and join us in our firm resolve to prevent chemical weapons from being used again.
General Dunford will provide a military update.
Based on recent experience, we fully expect a significant disinformation campaign over the coming days by those who have aligned themselves with the Assad regime.
In an effort to maintain transparency and accuracy, my assistant for public affairs, Dana White, and Lt. Gen. McKenzie, director of the Joint Staff, will provide a brief of known details tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm all for wiping out chemical weapons facilities in the M.E. but has anyone figured out what chemical weapons were used at Douma? What were the chemical weapons facilities that were wiped out in the missile strike? The facilities that were targeted must have been in place for some time and known.
Otherwise, what Besoeker and g(r)omgoru said. However, you ought to issue a warning. My keyboard almost got wiped out due to a coffee spill.
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I wrote a paper back in high school on the Russo-Japanese war. What struck me at the time was how could Annapolis students studying Japan as the obvious threat in the Pacific not learn the obvious lessons from the battle of Port Author.
#SYRIASTRIKES CRUISE MISSILES RED SEA USS Monterey cruiser–30TLAMs USS Laboon destroyer–7TLAMs GULF USS Higgins destroyer–23TLAMs EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN France Languedoc frigate-3SCALP USS John Warner sub–6TLAMs 2 B1 Lancers-19JASSMs 4 UK Tornado-8StormShadow Rafale+Mirage-9SCALP
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Besoeker, I stacked your Guardian live blog with the other articles in this post, so it will get the attention it deserves. When they are good, they are very, very good.
#20
Say, wouldn't this be the perfect time for Vlad to turn loose the video of Trump with the two Russian hookers and also detailed information about his guys conspiring with Trump's guys to rig the election? The whole point about the hooker video is that it would let Vlad blackmail Trump, right?
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Two of the numerous imperialist missiles downed by the crafty ophthalmologist impacted this facility south of Damasucs near Kiswah, reports say. An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council will be presented with empty cartons as further proof.
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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, hammered the Russian response and also reminded Assad and everyone else that under the current administration, red lines will be enforced.
Nikki Haley: "I spoke to the president this morning, and he said 'if the Syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again, the United States is locked and loaded."
"When our president draws a red line, our president enforces the red line."
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Reminds me of Ronald Reagons style of miltary retaliations. Limited but meaningful, but threatening to swing the big stick if neccessary, and people knew he would.
#26
Still looking for analysis of S400 effectiveness; over 100 missiles for 3 not huge factories seems a bit like over-saturation. Small warheads to reduce collateral damage?
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There were 3 large building at the Barsar complex alone, used for R&D for Assad's chemical weapons' program. Those three large buildings are now gone.
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#28 There were 3 large building at the Barsar complex alone, used for R&D for Assad's chemical weapons' program. Those three large buildings are now gone.
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Security personnel that survived the first strike are probably in Lebanon by now and still running for their lives.
[AnNahar] An Israeli reconnaissance drone was on Friday conducting intensive overflights over the mountainous regions of the northern Akkar province, the National News Agency said.
"The drone hovered at a high altitude over the same region that witnessed three days of overflights last week, after which the Israeli enemy's warplanes targeted Syria's T-4 airbase from Leb's airspace," NNA added.
Fourteen fighters including seven Iranian revolutionary guards were killed in Monday's early-morning strike on the T-4 airbase in Syria.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Special Operations Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, 
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least ten soldiers of the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces were martyred in a coordinated 
[DW] A 19-year-old man was imprisoned for nine years over his involvement in plans for two Islamist extremist attacks in Germany. One of the suicide missions was to be carried out by a 12-year-old boy.
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