[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A deadly Arclight airstrike targeted a compound of the Taliban ...Arabic for students... faceless myrmidons in northern Sar-e-Pul ...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone... province of Afghanistan, leaving several people dead or maimed.
According to the local security officials, the Arclight airstrike was carried out late on Saturday afternoon.
Provincial police chief Khalilullah Dastyar confirmed that a compound of the Taliban faceless myrmidons was targeted in Dara-e-Alf Safi area.
He said at least seven Taliban faceless myrmidons were killed in the Arclight airstrike and at least eleven others were maimed.
Dastyar further added that the Arclight airstrike was carried out as the Taliban faceless myrmidons were busy training their bandidosfaceless myrmidons for an attack.
According to the police chief, the Taliban faceless myrmidons were using the compound as their main training facility in this province.
The Taliban faceless myrmidons have not commented regarding the report so far.
The security situation in Sar-e-Pul province has started to deteriorate during the recent years amid rampant insurgency led by the Taliban and other bully boy groups.
The loyalists of 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 also conduct insurgency activities in some parts of the province.
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At least two police were killed in a Taliban attack on a check post in Baghlan province on Saturday, local officials said Sunday.
According to the officials the attack occurred on Saturday morning when a group of Taliban attacked a police check post in Chashme Sher village in Dand-e Ghori area of northern Baghlan province.
Baghlan police confirmed the incident and said the Taliban took all the weapons from the check post after the attack.
In addition to the two policemen killed, one other was wounded.
No more details were provided on the attack or regarding the Taliban casualties.
Wardak police rescued an Indian engineer on Saturday who was kidnapped in Wardak province two months ago.
Wardak police confirmed the report and said the rescue operation had been their fourth attempt.
Police said they had carried out three operations in the hope of rescuing the hostage but had failed. Finally on Saturday they were able to rescue the engineer.
The Indian engineer had been working for an electricity construction company on the Turkmenistan power line project when he was abducted by armed men.
[RADIOSHABELLE] A Somali official has blamed Al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... for the beheading of a man near the southern town of Wajid, located in the country’s southwestern Bakool region on Sunday morning.
Speaking to Radio Shabelle, Wajid district commissioner Adow Abdirahman Jugle confirmed the beheading of a civilian by Al-Shabaab hard boyz in the outskirts of the town.
The man whose name has not been identified yet was reported to have been ferrying food to the government-controlled city which is under Al-Shabaab blockade since 2014.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] A powerful landmine kaboom struck a military convoy carrying 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... forces on the outskirts of Qoryoley district, in Somalia’s southern Lower Shabelle region on Sunday.
A resident in the town told Radio Shabelle over the phone that the kaboom has damaged one of the armored vehicles, and inflicted heavy casualties on the AU soldiers.
In the aftermath of the attack, AMISOM forces cordoned off the area and conducted an investigation, but no arrest was made for the incident.
Al-Shabaab ... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia... claimed the responsibility for the roadside kaboom on the AU troops’ convoy near Qoryoley, an agriculture-rich district that was recaptured by the allied forces in 2014.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] The Government has in the last two years placed over Sh100 million bounty on heads of about 35 wanted terror suspects. The money is for reward on information leading to arrest of most wanted Al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... militia.
While some suspects have either been placed in durance vile Please don't kill me! or killed by security agents in Kenya and neighbouring Somalia, many still remain in hiding.
A security bigshot privy to the Anti-terrorism operations told Sunday Standard that the bounties have had a great impact in tracking some terrorists.
Mohammed Mohamud alias Mohammed Kuno, a Kenyan al-Shabaab leader is said to have led the heinous Garissa University College massacre in which 147 people were killed in April 2015. He holds the highest bounty at Sh20 million.
The suspect, also known as Dulyadin Gamadhere, hails from the Ogaden tribe in Garissa County.
He has been linked to several terror attacks in the country, including the September 2013 Westgate Shopping Mall raid in which 67 people were killed.
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ADEN: A drone strike on Sunday killed five suspected Al-Qaeda militants in the Yemeni province of Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, security officials said.
One official said a US drone had probably carried out the strike, which targeted a car in the province’s Saoud district.
The US considers the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to be the radical group’s most dangerous branch.
AQAP has flourished in the chaos of the country’s civil war.
A long-running drone war against AQAP has intensified since US President Donald Trump took office in January.
An air raid he ordered that month killed a US Navy SEAL and several Yemeni civilians in Baida province, just south of Marib.
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Srinagar: In a major victory for the Indian security forces, terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operational head Abu Khalid was, on Monday, killed in an encounter which broke out early in the morning, between militants and security forces in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Security formed a cordon and launched a search operation in Ladoora area following the inputs that militants were present in the area, a police official said.
He said the search operation turned into a gunbattle when the militants opened fire on the search party. Police said the Jaish commander was killed in the encounter.
Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police SP Vaid said it was a major breakthrough for the security forces as Khalid was involved in many attacks on security camps in North Kashmir. He also spearheaded Jaish operation targeting policemen in particular.
"He was killed in a joint operation by the Jammu and Kashmir Police's Special Operation Group, local police, the CRPF and the Army," he said.
Khalid, who is a Pakistani national, had been operational in the area for last two to three years and was also instrumental in arranging recruits for the terror outfit, police said.
He had recently carried out an attack on a Special Police Officer and his seven-year-old son at Handwara, they said and added that Khalid was an A++ category top-ranking terrorist and carried a bounty of nearly Rs 7 lakh on his head.
Police are also probing his role in the recent attack carried out by the Jaish-e-Mohammed on BSF battalion headquarters near high-security Srinagar airport and also the attack on the District Police Lines at Pulwama.
It is expected that he was a part of the conspiracy behind these dastardly attacks, police said.
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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Sixteen Islamic State militants were killed as they got out of tunnels in Mosul during a security operation, Jordanian’s Petra news agency reported on Sunday.
“Security troops launched an operation to blow up IS tunnels in regions of al-Midan, al-Shahwan, al-Dakka and Qulai’at, in center of the Old City of Mosul,” a security source said.
Troops, according to the source, found that militants were hiding at the tunnels so they can move between the districts. Sixteen of them were killed.
On July 10, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over IS militants who had held the second largest Iraqi city since 2014. More than 25000 militants were killed throughout the campaign, which started in October.
Since the city was declared free, security troops continue to comb western Mosul areas for hidden IS cells.
Despite declaring the victory over IS there in the city, observers say IS is believed to constitute a security threat even after the group’s defeat at its main havens across Iraqi provinces.
Having recaptured Hawija in Kirkuk, Mosul and Tal Afar in Nineveh and Annah town in Anbar, Iraqi troops still have only western Anbar’s towns of Rawa and Qaim remain under the militant’s control.
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Hawija (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government paramilitary troops have killed several Islamic State militants who refused to turn in themselves in Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk.
The media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said in a statement on Sunday, “troops killed several IS militants who refused to turn in themselves.”
“Troops are combing the regions under control of Peshmerga and following IS militants,” the statement added.
On Saturday, the Joint Operations Command said 385 IS members, including five snipers, were killed during the second phase of Hawija offensive. 150 villages in Hawija were freed, in addition to al-Abbassi region and the northern side of the town. Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah, commander of Hawija Operations, said Federal Police, the rapid Response forces and PMFs accomplished their targets of the second phase.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi declared on Thursday liberation of Hawija. The second phase of the offensive was launched in late September.
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Five Islamic State militants were killed, while three others were arrested, after besieging them in southwest of Kirkuk, the Federal Police said.
In a press release on Sunday, Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat, chief of Federal Police, said “troops killed five IS militants and arrested three others while besieging them in a haven in Hawija.”
Troops, according to Jawdat, “seized explosive belts and RPGs.”
Earlier on the day, paramilitary troops killed several IS militants who refused to turn in themselves in Hawija.
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Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Four prominent Islamic State leaders were killed in an airstrike launched in northeast of Diyala, commander announced.
Speaking to Alghad Press on Sunday, Maj. Gen. Mazhar al-Azzawi, commander of Dijla Operations, said “army jets shelled a secret meeting for IS top leaders in a rest house in al-Assiyoud region, north of Muqdadiyah.”
“The shelling left four leaders killed,” he added.
“Joint security troops, backed by fighter jets, started combing operations from three directions and found the rest house, where the leaders were killed,” he said.
On Saturday, six IS members, including a leader, were killed in airstrikes by the Iraqi army and U.S.-led Coalition jets in northeast of Diyala. Five of them were killed in Coalition airstrike at the outskirts of al-Leheib village, located in al-Zor basin, while the sixth was killed as army jets bombarded a pivotal target on the agricultural road between Bouthja and Kuseiba villages.
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[PRESSTV] Israeli forces have launched artillery attacks on alleged Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, positions in the Gazoo Strip.
No casualties have been reported from the Sunday night attacks.
Israel claims that the attacks were launched is response to rocket fire from the Gazoo Strip that landed without causing any injuries.
The Israeli military frequently targets the Gazoo Strip, with civilians being the main victims of such attacks.
Israel has launched several wars on the Paleostinian coastal sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014. The military aggression, which ended on August 26, 2014, killed nearly 2,200 Paleostinians. Over 11,100 others were also maimed in the war.
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The Israeli military frequently targets the Gazoo Strip, with civilians being the main victims of such attacks.
left out: because the Islamo-Paleo cowards hide among the civilian populace
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[PRESSTV] At least 12 Rohingya Moslems have died after their boat sank en route to Bangladesh.
According to the local commander of Bangladesh Border Guard, Lieutenant Colonel Ariful Islam, on Sunday, the vessel capsized close to Shah Porir Dwip, at the mouth of the Naf River, a maritime-boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar.
The recent sinking is only the latest of a series of sea tragedies involving Rohingya refugees. On September 28, a boat carrying about 80 refugees sank, leaving 28 dead and a large number missing.
Earlier in September, 46 bodies were recovered after another ship went down in waters between Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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[Al Jazeera] Ottoman Turkish forces have clashed with Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham fighters in Idlib province on the Syria-The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... border, activists and a monitor reported.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based war monitor, said on Sunday that the Ottoman Turkish troops exchanged fire with the rebel alliance near the village of Kafr Lusin.
Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham, commonly known as Tahrir al-Sham, is spearheaded by the former al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front, which used to be al-Qaeda's branch in Syria.
In 2016, however, it changed its name and broke formal allegiance to the global movement founded by the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now beyond all cares and woe... Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Observatory, told Al Jazeera that the rebel alliance was sending reinforcements to the border area.
"Ottoman Turkish forces are not on Syrian soil yet," Abdulrahman said, adding that army was firing artillery shells across the border, while the rebel alliance attacked a Ottoman Turkish military base.
Cross-border festivities
Speaking to Al Jazeera from Idlib, Musa Khaled, commander of the 13th division of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... , confirmed that shells had been fired.
"Yes, there was heavy fire. Tahrir al-Sham hit a Ottoman Turkish bulldozer on the border, so Ottoman Turkish troops responded with fire. But things have calmed down now," Khaled said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Bugs Moroni was holding Slats from behind while his brother Greasy Thumb was pounding his face into paste ... residents of the border area and local rebels told Rooters news agency that Ottoman Turkish military vehicles were seen entering Idlib province under escort of Tahrir al-Sham rebels, allegedly to broker an agreement between the two sides.
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[IsraelTimes] Iran’s judiciary confirms the five-year prison sentence given to a Canadian-Iranian member of its nuclear negotiating team on spying charges.
"Mr Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani... was among some who were accused of spying and providing information for foreigners and had links with two espionage services," judiciary front man Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeie tells news hounds. "The court sentenced him to five years in prison and the verdict is final," Ejeie says.
Dorri Esfahani has a background in the banking sector and was a member of the supervisory board overseeing implementation of the nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015.
Since mid-2016, conservative websites and members of parliament have repeatedly accused Dorri Esfahani of spying for Britannia.
The conservative-dominated judiciary has incarcerated Please don't kill me! a number of dual nationals and foreigners since the nuclear deal came into force, highlighting the ongoing concern within parts of the establishment over improving ties with the West.
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Turkish troops on Sunday exchanged fire with Syria-based Takfiri militants as Ankara massed military vehicles on the frontier ahead of an expected operation in Idlib province.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced the launch of an operation by pro-Ankara Syrian militant forces, backed by the Turkish army, to re-impose security in Idlib.
Most of the northwestern region is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group led by Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate Nusra Front.
Turkey has massed special forces and military hardware including tanks on the border but the operation has yet to begin in earnest, monitors and sources on the ground said.
But Turkish forces fired seven mortars over the border with the aim of easing the passage of the pro-Ankara Syrian forces, the Dogan news agency reported.
Turkish forces have also been seen removing parts of the security wall Ankara has built on the border so that military vehicles can pass through into Syria.
Pro-government Turkish media said that the operation was now into its “second day” and it was not immediately clear what the Turkish military’s next move would be.
On Sunday morning, HTS militants opened fire on Turkish forces removing part of a wall along the border between Turkey and Idlib, witnesses and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
The Observatory reported “heavy exchanges of fire”, but said the incident did not appear to mark the start of the operation Erdogan described on Saturday.
Turkish armored vehicles and troops were waiting on the border, from where smoke could be seen from the mortar fire, an AFP photographer said.
Ankara, Beirut – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a “major military operation” in Syria’s northwestern province Idlib.
The offensive is led by rebel factions belonging to the Free Syrian Army but with the support of Turkish forces and Russian air support to fight off Tahrir al-Sham factions, among which is al-Nusra Front.
“There’s a serious operation in Syria’s Idlib today and it will continue,” Erdogan said in a speech to his AK Party on Saturday, adding that Turkey would not allow a “terror corridor” on its border with Syria.
“For now the Free Syrian Army is carrying out the operation there,” he said. “Russia is supporting the operation from the air, and our armed forces from inside Turkey’s borders.”
Late on Saturday, Turkey deployed tanks and military vehicles on the its Syrian border, building up military presence, a Reuters witness said.
Erdogan told reporters after the meeting that Russia supports the operation from the air while supported by Turkish soldiers from within the Turkish border.
“As for the Russians, they will not have a role in the areas of our control at all. The role of the Russians is limited to areas under regime control,” he said.
Ankara, Moscow and Tehran announced a deal last month to establish and patrol a “de-escalation” zone in the Idlib region, where Erdogan has said Turkey will deploy troops.
Turkey’s foreign minister said late on Saturday that Turkey aimed to prevent clashes in Idlib.
“Russian and Iranian observers will be in some regions here, and we will have our observers inside Idlib. Of course they will be in safe places so there will be no risks,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters.
More so, Erdogan said that his country is currently taking a new step to achieve security in Idlib as part of its efforts to expand the scope of the “Euphrates Shield”.
He pointed out to the presence of serious action currently taking place in Idlib to achieve security.
In the same context, the Turkish army deployed a large number of special forces and armored military vehicles, which were sent over the past week to the town of Reyhanlı, a town and district of Hatay Province, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, near the country’s border with Syria.
Deir Ezzor (Syria News) The self-proclaimed Islamic State group has recently lost one of its important headquarters, located in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, for the Syrian Democratic Forces militia, Qasioun News reported.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) managed to recapture the Sawa area, in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, after violent clashes with the Islamic State militants, who were sieged inside the area.
Few days ago, Islamic State group also lost control over Kasra town, which is located on the banks of the Euphrates River, in western Deir Ezzor, after battles with the Syrian Democratic Forces, and thus the number of villages held by the group were lessened to only three villages (Mohammed, Safira, Shakra, Salhiya, Hatala).
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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