[KhaamaPress] A senior police official has been assassinated by unknown button men in Kandahar city, the picturesque provincial capital of southern Kandahar province.
According to the local officials, the incident took place at around noon time in the vicinity of the 9th police district of the city.
Sources in the governor’s office in Kandahar say the victim was the police chief of Shahr Safa district of southern Zabul province.
The sources further added that the police chief Gul Ahmad Gerani was rubbed out as he was travelling in the vicinity of the ninth police district of the city.
A security guard of Mr. Gerani was also maimed in the attack, the sources said, adding that the assailants have managed to flee the area.
No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the attack.
This comes as the security situation in southern Kandahar province had relatively improved during the recent months but the bad boy groups are attempting to carry out attacks in some key parts of the province during the recent weeks and months.
However, a woman is only as old as she admits... it is yet not clear if the attack on Mr. Gerani was carried out by the anti-government gangs or not.
[KhaamaPress] At least six faceless myrmidons affiliated with 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 were killed in the US dronezaps 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 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the US forces based in Afghanistan carried out a series of Arclight airstrikes on ISIS hideouts in Khogyani district.
The source further added that the faceless myrmidons were targeted in Zawa area of the district by unmanned aerial vehicles and as a result at least six faceless myrmidons were killed.
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[Al Jazeera] Somali officials are said to have stopped a plane from the United Arab Emirates from leaving the country after Emirati military trainers on board refused to hand over their luggage to be scanned and searched.
The local news website Mareeg reported on Saturday that Somali officials at Bosaso airport insisted that the "heavy bags" on the flight be checked, resulting in an hours-long standoff.
It added that talks were under way between Somali's semi-autonomous Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... region and the UAE to end the row.
The UAE foreign ministry has not commented on the matter.
The news comes just days after Somalia's government seized several bags of money carrying almost $10m from a plane that arrived at Mogadishu airport from Abu Dhabi.
The money was found in three unmarked bags on a Royal Jet plane, the Somali interior ministry said, adding it was investigating where it came from, where it was going and the individuals involved.
"The security forces noticed the suspicious bags and handed them over to the concerned departments," Somalia's security ministry said in a statement.
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[AlAhram] Egypt’s Court of Cassation issued a final sentence on Saturday of life in prison for Moslem Brüderbund chief Mohammed Badie and 17 others in the ’Rabaa operations room’ trial, where they were convicted of coordinating attacks on police and churches in 2013.
The court rejected an appeal of Badie and other defendants against verdicts issued agaisnt them in May 2017. Badie and two others were sentenced to life in prison back then, 15 other defendants were sentenced to five years and 21 others were acquitted.
In April 2015, Badie, along with 13 other defendants, was initially sentenced to death and 37 others were sentenced to life in prison for setting up an "operations room" at a protest camp supporting ousted president Mohammed Morsi in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adaweya in the summer of 2013.
The defendants were tried for directing Brotherhood supporters across the country to "defy the state and spread chaos" after the dispersal of the Rabaa protest camp by police in mid-August 2013.
Saturday's court verdict is final and cannot be appealed.
Badie, 71, was incarcerated Please don't kill me! in August 2013, and has since received several life sentences in a number of different cases.
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[AlAhram] The Egyptian army and police in North and Central Sinai have killed 27 "takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... s" and jugged Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! 114 suspects, 21 of which had criminal records, during the past few days.
A seven-minute video-statement issued Saturday by the Egyptian army is the 19th communiqué since the launch of Operation Sinai 2018 in early February.
The Egyptian military described 15 among the dead as “extremely dangerous,” six having died in strikes by the Egyptian Air Forces.
The Egyptian military described 15 among the dead as "extremely dangerous," six having died in strikes by the Egyptian Air Forces.
The rest of the 12 were killed during festivities with police personnel. The statement highlighted that ammunition and arms were found inside their hideouts.
Security forces confiscated and destroyed over 15 vehicles and 43 cycle of violences.
The military statement added that 150 hideouts filled with weaponry, ammunition and military uniforms were destroyed.
Over the past few days, army engineers have safely detonated 30 IEDs that had been planted by takfiris to target security forces.
The raids also led to the discovery and destruction of 20 marijuana and poppy farms used for drug production in Central Sinai, as well as a number of underground border tunnels in North Sinai's Rafah city.
The navy seized a suspect ship in the Red Sea that was carrying 1,350kg of heroin.
The Egyptian army has stressed that border security forces organised more than 585 patrols on highways and desert roads in the past few days.
Security forces also found and destroyed a training camp which included a shooting range, an obstacle course and an underground conference room, the military statement said.
[AlAhram] The Egyptian army said in a statement Saturday it had foiled a major terrorist attack in Central Sinai, killing 14 murderous Moslems who attempted to break into camps of the armed forces.
The incident led to eight casualties and 15 injuries among Egyptian forces, according to army spokesperson Tamer El-Refai.
"Among the 14 terrorist elements there were four wearing boom belts and they were all armed with automatic rifles, medium-calibre rifles, and RPGs," the statement read.
"They all attempted to break into camps of the Egyptian armed forces at dawn on Saturday, but their attempt was foiled," the statement added.
The incident comes amid Egypt's ongoing Operation Sinai 2018.
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.... group has grabbed credit for an attack on an Egyptian army base in the Sinai Peninsula that killed at least eight soldiers. The Lion of Islam group claimed Saturday's attack in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency.
[Iraq News] A security personnel was slaughtered by 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.... Lions of Islam in an ambush set up, northeast of Baquba, Diyala, a security source said on Saturday.
Speaking to Baghdad Today website, the source said, "Islamic State members set up an ambush on the sides of Neft Khana road, near Khanqeen, northeast of Baquba."
The myrmidons, according to the source, "slaughtered one of the personnel of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), of the 110th brigade."
Thousands of IS Lions of Islam as well as Iraqi non-combatants were killed since the government campaign, backed by paramilitary troops and the coalition, was launched in October 2016 to fight the myrmidon group.
In December, Abadi announced full liberation of Iraqi lands, declaring end of war against IS members. However, you can observe a lot just by watching... Islamic State continues to launch sporadic attacks across Iraq against troops. Security reports indicate that the myrmidon group still poses threat against stability in the country.
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[Jpost] The Israeli army destroyed a Hamas tunnel which infiltrated into Israeli territory overnight Sunday, IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis stated.
Calling it a "significant tunnel," Manelis stated that Hamas began building it following the end of Operation Protective Edge in 2014 and that "the tunnel was ready for use."
It was the fifth cross-border tunnel to be found and destroyed by the Israeli army in recent months and the first to be found in the northern area of the Hamas-run enclave. Several other underground targets have also been destroyed inside in the Strip.
In February, the army destroyed one tunnel near Gaza's destroyed airport located east of Rafah in the southern part of the Strip close to the Israeli border and another one in the Zeitun neighborhood of Gaza City which was dug toward Israeli territory.
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According to Manelis, the tunnel began outside Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip mere meters from where thousands of Palestinians have been demonstrating along the Gaza-Israel border fence.
[Ynet] Paleostinians try to pin kaboom on IDF, claiming it fired tank shells at Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, military post in the southern Gazoo Strip; IDF denies charges; Islamic Jihad turbans likely killed in work accident.
Four Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... bad boyz were potted and several other Paleostinians were maimed Saturday afternoon in an kaboom in the southern Gazoo Strip, east of Rafah.
The four were likely killed in a work accident, by either an bomb or a rocket blowing up in their three-wheeled vehicle.
Local residents at the hospital morgue identified the four dead men as members of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad group. Islamic Jihad did not immediately confirm the men were members.
Initially, the Paleostinians tried to pin the incident on the IDF, saying the Israeli army attacked a Hamas position with tank fire.
The IDF denied the claim. "We have no knowledge of any Israeli strike in the area," an IDF spokesperson said.
The incident comes a day after some 10,000 Gazooks gathered at the border with Israel to stage another protest as part of their "March of Return" for a third consecutive week.
The IDF said that a number of protesters attempted to damage and cross security blocks set up ahead of the demonstrations, while others attempted to carry out terror attacks by hurling bombs and Molotov cocktails.
One such bomb planted in the vicinity of the Karni crossing ended up injuring several demonstrators by mistake after detonating prematurely.
The protests included a new method aimed at harming Israel beyond the fence in the form of kites being set alight and flown over the fence onto Israeli territory. A video demonstrating this method was published on Wednesday in a bid to encourage the residents to fly the burning kites into Israel. The video shows a kite landing in Israeli territory and causing a fire to the vegetation fields surrounding a military base, before spreading and promting the arrival of Israeli firefighters.
The soldiers responded with live rounds towards main perpetrators and riot dispersal measures.
A 28-year-old Paleostinian man was killed, while about 30 protesters were maimed by IDF gunfire, the IDF confirmed. Gazoo health officials say 528 Paleostinians were hurt, including 122 by Israeli army fire.
Paleostinian terror organization Islamic Jihad said Saturday that four of its members were killed in an accidental kaboom near the Gazoo Strip border with Israel.
The group said in a statement that the four died during "preparations," without giving further details. Army Radio reported that the bad boyz were potted while carrying explosives in an all-terrain vehicle, suggesting the blast may have been a "work accident." AFP said they were riding a tuk tuk vehicle which went kaboom! a few hundred meters from the border with Israel.
The four fatalities were named as Hisham Abdel Al, Elias Al Katrous, Ae’d Al Hamaydeh, and Mohammad Al Krinawi, according to Paleostinian sources.
[AlMasdarNews] The Islamic State (ISIS) took advantage of the U.S. Coalition’s latest attack to launch a powerful offensive inside the southern part of Damascus, a Syrian military source told Al-Masdar this morning.
According to the military source, the Islamic State began their assault by storming the Syrian Army’s positions along the western axis of the Al-Qadam District.
No gains have been reported thus far; however, intense clashes are ongoing.
The Syrian Army will likely be able to fend off this assault, as they recently deployed a large number of soldiers to this front in order to launch an offensive against the terrorist. group.
[AlMasdarNews] The Islamic State (ISIS) attempted to take advantage of the US-led attack on Syria today in order to capture new areas inside the southern districts of Damascus.
However, this offensive would be short-lived, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Palestinian allies were able to beat back the encroaching terrorists.
According to a military source in Damascus, the Islamic State had attempt to catch the Syrian Army off guard with the attack, but were completely overwhelmed by the latter’s manpower and firepower.
The Syrian Arab Army is now preparing to launch an offensive in southern Damascus alongside their Palestinian allies.
The goal of this southern Damascus offensive is to capture all of the areas currently controlled by the Islamic State.
[AlMasdarNews] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has moved into position, tonight, to launch their long-awaited southern Damascus offensive, a military source told al-Masdar News.
According to the source, the Syrian Army’s High Command was awaiting the US’ strikes before giving the green light to their troops to kickoff operations against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in southern Damascus.
The source added that the Syrian Army’s High Command wanted to make sure their were no disruptions that could potentially setback the offensive.
Earlier in the day, they faced their first challenge in southern Damascus, when the Islamic State launched an attack on their positions near the western axis of al-Qadam.
The attack was ultimately repelled after a short battle with the Islamic State terrorists.
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Syria, a place where often little makes sense, things do not follow logic, and allegiances are complex.
[AlMasdarNews] The East Ghouta region of Damascus is now officially under the control of the Syrian government, a military source told al-Masdar News tonight.
According to the military source, the last faceless myrmidons of Jaish al-Islam ...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful... and their family members were transported via bus from the East Ghouta town of Douma to northern Syria.
While Douma is free of Jaish al-Islam bad boys, the Syrian Army will not enter the town, per the agreement that was put in place between the Russian Reconciliation Centre and local rebels.
The Russian and Syrian military police did however enter Douma and will work with the state government to reintroduce several institutions inside town.
The East Ghouta operation is officially over; most Syrian Army troops will be redeployed.
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[Ynet] Base, in Aleppo's southern suburbs, evacuated by Syrian, Iranian personnel days ago out of fear of US strike; unconfirmed reports attribute blast to fighter jet attack; Iranians reported to be among those maimed, killed.
Arabic-language media outlet reported Saturday evening that an kaboom took place in one of the large storehouses used by Iranian forces in Syria‐one located in Jabel Azzan in the southern suburbs of the Aleppo district. Several people were reported maimed and killed, including Iranian officers.
It was further reported by "field activists" that the blast was the result of a fighter jet's attack or missiles launched at the base.
Britannia-based war monitor The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights corroborated the report, saying a huge blast was heard in a Syrian government-controlled area in a rural region south of Aleppo.
The Observatory said the cause of the kaboom was unknown, as well as its target.
Several days ago, Iranian and Syrian regime forces evacuated the base out of fear of an American strike.
Word of the purported attack came less than 24 hours following a joint American, British and French strike on Syria, with several targets hit by more than 100 missiles. Several targets in Damascus and its vicinity were hit, official Syrian sources said, including a research center and military base. The Pentagon said the strike was a success, and that its efficacy was so great that it set back the Syrian chemical weapons program a decade.
The strike came in retaliation to chemical weapons allegedly used by Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... 's regime in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, last week.
Russia's response to the strike was scathing, with a statement put out Saturday morning on behalf of President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... saying it was a "violation of international law" that will "exacerbate the humanitarian disaster in Syria."
Moscow may consider supplying S-300 surface to-air missile systems to Syria and "other countries," Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi told a televised briefing on Saturday. Russia had "refused" supplying those missiles to Syria a few years ago, he added, "taking into account the pressing request of some of our Western partners."
Following the US-led strikes, however, "we consider it possible to return to examination of this issue not only in regard to Syria but to other countries as well," Rudskoi said.
The depot, said to be one of the biggest in the country, is located in Mount Azzan near Aleppo and was reportedly being used by Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah and other Iranian militias in Syria.
The Lebanese news service al-Mayadeen, said to have close ties to Hezbollah, reported that the Lebanese terror group denied any military strike took place and said there were some controlled kabooms near the site earlier in the day.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
[Jpost] The Israeli army destroyed a Hamas tunnel which infiltrated into Israeli territory overnight Sunday, IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis stated.
[Ynet] Paleostinians try to pin 
...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful...
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...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
