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Today, Drudge is saying the National Enquirer has a piece on Hillary's secret sexcapades. Supposedly, the guy who is spilling his guts is a Clinton insider. Ordinarily, I'd dismiss the National Enquirer outright. However, they got sued years ago for printing stuff that was questionable. They cleaned up their act, made sure they got their facts right and went on publishing articles that were true. (O.K., O.K. you might have to discount the stories where Hilda is a Martian alien landed on Earth. Note to self: Pick up a copy this a.m. if they aren't all sold out.)
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A splinter group of the Taliban in Afghanistan has said the group is ready to end fighting if the exit of the foreign troops from the country is guaranteed.
The group led by Mullah Mohammad Rasool, an arch rival of the slain Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, has said the government should guarantee the exit of foreign troops.
A front man for the group Mullah Manan Niazi ...deputy to Taliban faction supremo Mullah Mohammad Rassoul Nowrozi... has endorsed the current system in the country, saying it is hundred percent in line with the Islamic values and is greater than the neighboring Islamic countries.
He said the group is prepared to sit for peace talks with the Afghan government and the process should owned and led by the Afghan people.
This comes as reports emerged earlier suggesting efforts are underway to reach to an agreement between the Afghan government and the Mullah Rasool group.
The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil... earlier said the Taliban splinter group led by Mullah Rasool is ready to join grinding of the peace processor.
Hekmatyar made the remarks during a video message during which he signed a landmark peace deal with the Afghan government following months of negotiations and efforts involving the Afghanistan High Peace Council.
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"Sure, make your military support ineffectual and we might 'promise' a hudna. Til they actually leave"
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] An kaboom took place in Taimani area of Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... city earlier today with preliminary reports suggesting it was a magnetic bomb.
According to officials at least one person was maimed in the attack that targeted the vehicle of an adviser of Mohammad Khan, the deputy Chief Executive Officer.
Earlier, a security official in Police District#4 said the incident did not incur any casualties to the civilians.
No group including the Talibs has so far grabbed credit behind the incident.
This comes as at least one person was killed and two others were maimed in a similar incident in Karte Naw area of the city on Friday.
The security officials in Kabul said the bomb was planted in a vehicle belonging to the traffic police and a driver of the traffic department was killed.
The officials further added that two civilians were also maimed in the kaboom and the Ranger vehicle was destroyed.
Earlier, back to back coordinated attacks rocked Kabul city, leaving at least 18 people dead and scores of others maimed.
The first incident took place in a shrine in Karte Sakhi area of the city on Wednesday night as hundreds of people had gathered to mark the Ashura day.
The second incident took place hours after the first blast after a number of gunnies stormed a mosque where the Ashura mourners had gathered.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A suicide kaboom plot by the Talibs group was foiled by the Afghan cops in Charikar city, the picturesque provincial capital of northern Parwan province.
The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS), said the intelligence operatives locked away Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! a would be jacket wallah before he manage to carry out a suicide attack using a cycle of violence packed with explosives.
NDS further added that the bomber has been identified as Mohammad Khan son of Omar Khan.
The Talibs group has not commented regarding the report so far.
This comes as the Afghan intelligence operatives thwarted a coordinated suicide attack plot by the Talibs group in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan, NDS said Monday.
NDS further added that a group of three snuffies belonging to Taliban group were arrested before they manage to carry the attack in Mehtarlam city, the picturesque provincial capital of Laghman.
According to a statement by NDS, the group was looking to carry out the attack by initially detonating a rickshaw packed with explosives and a magnetic bomb.
The statement further added that the detained individuals have been identified as Bilal, Zikrullah, and Ferdows.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Hundreds of supporter the First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum ...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier... picked up arms to declare support following a bushwhack by the Talibs in Faryab province.
The supporters of Gen. Dostum chanted support for the First Vice President and announced their support to counter the Taliban-led insurgency in the northern parts of the country.
Photographs emerging from Jawzjan purportedly shows hundreds of men armed with assault rifles and machine guns as they gather and march in the province to support the Vice President.
The Talibs ambushed Vice President Dostum as he was accompanying a convoy of the security forces on the way to Ghormach district that fell to Taliban control last week.
Initial reports indicated the First Vice President sustained a minor injury in the attack as it was confirmed by CEO Abdullah but the office of the Chief Executive released a statement late on Monday and said Gen. Dostum did not suffer any injury, emphasizing that CEO Abdullah made the remarks during the Ministers’ Council meeting based on inappropriate and initial reports.
This is not the first time Gen. Dostum has came under attack by Talibs or has escaped liquidation plot by the group.
Gen. Dostum first joined the Afghan cops in the frontline in northern Faryab province earlier in the month of August last year where he survived at least two liquidation plots by the anti-government armed holy warrior groups while he was leading counter-terrorism operations.
Initially his convoy was ambushed by the Taliban in Death Eaters in Qaisar district in mid August 2015 while another plot to assassinate him was thwarted by the security forces and his special security guards few days later.
At least three jacket wallahs were tossed in the clink Book 'im, Mahmoud! from the vicinity of Gen. Dostum’s residence in Qaisar district in connection to the attack plot last year.
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[Ynet] Somali police say at least seven are dead after hours of festivities as Somali and 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... troops pushed back al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... gunnies from a town near Mogadishu.
The attacks in Afgoye started when a jacket wallah detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Somali cop shoppe and African Union base. Gunmen then attacked military bases.
Capt. Abdullahi Ali, a senior Somali military officer, says troops have now fully secured the town and the gunnies have fled.
[AlAhram] Egypt's army said one soldier and 19 Death Eaters were killed in the third day of its recent air and ground operation against Lions of Islam in in the restive North Sinai region.
Military air forces pounded 31 myrmidon hideouts and arm caches while ground and special troops raided a number of other targets, killing 19 myrmidons, military front man Brigadier General Mohammed Samir said in a statement late on Monday.
One soldier was killed during the attacks at Monday dawn, he added.
The military has launched fresh raids against Islamist Death Eaters in the region after a Friday attack on an army checkpoint in the Bir al-Abd area west of El-Arish, the capital of North Sinai, killed 12 soldiers and maimed at least six others. The attack was claimed by Ansar Beit al-Maqdis .
The army said it killed 33 other myrmidon fighters in response during air and ground raids on Saturday and Sunday.
[AlAhram] A drone strike killed eight suspected members of al-Qaeda in south Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... late Tuesday, security sources said.
The strike hit two vehicles carrying the suspected forces of Evil in Shabwa province, killing six instantly while two died later of their wounds, the sources said.
Six other alleged jihadists escaped a second air raid that missed two more vehicles in the same convoy, they added.
Washington is the only government to operate drones over Yemen, but the United States only sporadically releases statements on its long-running bombing campaign against the country's powerful al-Qaeda branch.
The United States considers al-Qaeda's Yemen-based franchise, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... , to be its most dangerous.
AQAP and 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 have exploited a power vacuum created by the conflict between the government and Shiite Houthis to expand their presence in Yemen, especially in the south and southeast.
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[Al Arabiya] Colonel Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Khatib, one of the prominent commanders of the Houthi militia and the head of its war propaganda and media division, has been killed alongside several of his bodyguards in the northern province of Saada area off Najran, it has been revealed.
According to a report in Al Arabiya.net, it was reported that Houthi leader Abdul Khaliq Al-Karmouchi was also killed in clashes between the Yemeni army and the militias.
Meanwhile, the Media Center of the Yemeni army has announced that it has regained control over the Brigade 101 camp Mica, which is an important market northeast province of Saada.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Egyptian Air Force has reportedly withdrawn from the Saudi-led Coalition of countries attacking Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... after a 12 month-long operation,.
According to locals in Cairo, this move by the Egyptian government comes just hours after the Egyptian Intelligence Chief met with his Syrian counterpart.
No formal announcement has been issued by the Egyptian government to corroborate these reports; however, if true, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... will lose a key ally in this bombing campaign against the Yemeni people.
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As George Washington said, there are no allies, only (national) interests...
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Quid quo pro in reverse: the Saudis have not provided the promised, and very much needed, financial support, and they announced they would not be continuing the discounted oil sales, which was apparently because Egypt had not joined some Saudi initiative at the UN, so Egypt will not continue in the Saudi's little war.
[LATINO.FOXNEWS] A federal judge in southern Mexico was bumped off after leaving his home on Monday.
According to several reports, Vicente Antonio Bermudez Zacarias, 37, a district court judge in Mexico, was shot point blank on the head.
He died en route to the hospital.
Luis María Aguilar Morales, president of the Mexico Supreme Court, released a statement confirming Bermudez’s death and called for authorities to investigate what happened.
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"Natural Causes"
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Frank - naturally, because he pissed off the wrong people.
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[IsraelTimes] Suspects linked to Islamic State held in series of 15 early morning raids
Belgium on Tuesday charged four people with involvement in terrorism after 15 early morning raids in the northern cities of Ghent, Antwerp and Deinze, the federal prosecutor’s office said.
"Those persons have been indicted for participation in the activities of a terrorist group," a statement said.
"Some of them are suspected of recruiting people with a view to departing to Syria and joining Islamic State there," it added.
The prosecutor said no arms or explosives were found and the raids had no immediate connection with the deadly 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.... -claimed attacks on the Brussels airport and metro which left 32 people dead in March.
In all, 15 people were taken in for questioning initially, the statement added.
Some of them, who grew up in central Brussels and were known to the authorities, also took part in the November Gay Paree attacks, which claimed 130 lives and left hundreds injured.
Belgium has been on its second highest terror alert since the Gay Paree and Brussels attacks.
There has been a series of incidents since March despite a much increased security presence on the streets, the latest early this month when two police offers were stabbed in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels.
Prosecutors charged the suspect in that case with "attempted murder in a terrorist context and participation in the activities of a terrorist group."
Of those tossed in the clink Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! , four were charged with involvement in terrorism as part of a probe into the financing of turban groups and recruiting fighters for ISIS.
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[IsraelTimes] 5 years after immigrating to Houston in 2009, man allegedly hoped to bomb 2 malls; faces up to 20 years in prison
Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan admitted as part of a plea deal that he pledged his loyalty to 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.... in November 2014 and almost immediately trained to use tactical weapons, including an AK-47. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced January 17 on a charge of attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
The 24-year-old came to Houston from Iraq in 2009. Beginning in June 2014, Al Hardan developed a relationship with a confidential informant, discussing hopes to travel overseas to fight with the Islamic State group, according to authorities.
Homeland Security Special Agent Herman Wittliff testified days after Al Hardan’s indictment in January that the suspect had been learning how to make electronic transmitters that could be used to detonate explosives. Wittliff said Al Hardan hoped to bomb two Houston malls, including the popular Galleria mall, and wanted to use cellphones -- a collection of which were found in his apartment -- to detonate the devices.
An FBI statement at the time assured that Al Hardan never had an "active or planned plot targeting a specific location in Houston or elsewhere."
Prosecutors alleged Al Hardan was coordinating efforts with another Iraqi refugee living in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, Aws Mohammed Younis al-Jayab, and that the two men discussed getting weapons training and eventually sneaking into Syria to fight alongside the Islamic State.
Al-Jayab is locked away Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in Chicago on allegations of trying to support a terrorist group. The 23-year-old Iraqi-born Paleostinian man also is charged in California with lying to Sherlocks about traveling to Syria.
Al-Jayab flew from Chicago to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on November 9, 2013, then traveled to Syria, federal prosecutors said. Authorities say he joined a group later affiliated with the Islamic State, though he told Sherlocks he was just visiting his grandmother in Turkey.
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A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mirage jet crashed near Karachi's Musharraf Colony area on Tuesday, police said, adding the pilot Wing Commander Fayyaz died in the incident.
"A Mirage plane crashed near Musharraf colony," Senior Superintendent Police city confirmed.
The PAF aircraft took off from Masroor Base and crashed during flight at Musharraf Colony, it was reported.
The jet was on a routine operational training mission when it crashed, a spokesperson from PAF said.
Rescue teams reached the site of the crash.
"No loss of civilian life and property has been reported on ground," a press release by PAF stated.
"A board of inquiry has been ordered by Air Headquarters to determine the cause of accident," it added.
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"A board of inquiry has been ordered by Air Headquarters to determine the cause of accident," it added.
[Daily Excelsior] As the crackdown against the stone pelters and trouble makers continued, police today placed in durance vile Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! 122 persons from across Kashmire even as strike paralysed the life in Kashmire for 102nd day today.
Hundreds of security force personnel were deployed in five cop shoppe areas of Srinagar’s Old City ‐ MR Gunj, Nowhatta, Safa Kada, Rainawari and Khanyar ‐ since early morning to prevent violence in these sensitive areas. There was, however, civilian movement without any disruption in all these areas. The areas like Habba Kadal and Maisuma were also under thick security blanket.
In Civil Lines and uptown areas of Srinagar, extra-ordinary movement of private transport and pedestrians was once again seen since early morning but all shops, commercial establishments and educational institutes were closed. The vendors, however, had set up their stalls at Batamaloo, Lal Chowk, Dalgate, Sonwar, Jehangir Chowk, Exhibition Crossing and Jawahar Nagar. The security forces were deployed at sensitive areas in strength to prevent any voilence.
In the evening, markets across Srinagar opened and Lal Chowk witnessed huge rush of people and there were traffic jam in many Civil Line areas of the city.
Clashes erupted at Rohmoo village of Pulwama after protests erupted against security forces. Police fired teargas to disperse the protesters. One protester was injured in the festivities. The violent festivities also erupted at Chadoora area of Budgam district.
Police and CRPF today launched a massive crackdown in Parimpora area of Srinagar where two Taxis were torched yesterday morning. Scores of youth were arrested in pre-dawn raid in the locality. Police also fired tear smoke to disperse the protesters in the area.
According to a statement issued by the Zonal Police Headquarters Kashmire, no untoward incident was reported from any part of the Valley today. "Shops and other business establishments were open while transport also plied on all routes in the Valley," it said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy's udder had begun to ache... the statement said that continuing its action against the persons involved in disrupting the public order in different parts of the Valley, police arrested 122 such individuals during past 24 hours.
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(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi survived a coup attempt by the so-called Islamic Police in Mosul after summoning “al-Assra Army” to suppress the coup, Al Sumaria reported on Monday.
The Iraqi news outlet stated that the Commander of ISIS Islamic Police, Abu Othman, staged a coup attempt and attacked four headquarters of ISIS in Mosul. In response, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi summoned the so-called al-Assra army to suppress the coup and kill seven leaders of ISIS Islamic Police who were allegedly involved.
“The leader of the ISIS Islamic Police was killed, along with a number of his aides, and ISIS carried out mass executions of its militants who participated in the coup attempt,” Al Sumaria said.
“ISIS announced through its media detachments that it had overcome a coup attempt by the Islamic Police against al-Baghdadi and regained control over its entire headquarters after violent confrontations which lasted for several hours,” Al Sumaria added.
Al Sumaria also revealed that just prior to the coup ISIS Islamic Police vehicles were announcing through loudspeakers that Baghdadi’s rule in Mosul is over and that he had escaped to the Syrian city of Raqqa.
Yutes storm ISIS HQ in Mosul
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Iraqi media outlets revealed on Tuesday that a group of rebellious youths in Mosul attacked an ISIS headquarters killed two members of the group, burned their vehicle and raised the Iraqi flag before withdrawing from the area.
Al Sumaria News stated, “Today, rebellious youths from the city of Mosul launched an attack on a headquarters belongs to ISIS and stormed into it in the vicinity of Hayy al-Kahera area, killing two of its guards and burned a vehicle that was carrying heavy weapons.”
“The young people, who were chanting ‘Mosul is free,’ raised the Iraqi flag before withdrawing from the area, after large numbers of ISIS members arrived to regain control over the headquarters,” Al Sumaria added.
“The successful attack that was launched by the rebellious youths is the first of its kind,” Al Sumaria explained. “ISIS started to lose its balance during the past 24 hours,” Al Sumaria added.
Yesterday, General Commander of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced launching the battle to liberate the city of Mosul from the grip of ISIS.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Iraqi media outlets reported on Tuesday that a popular armed uprising is expected to begin in the city of Mosul against the Islamic State and that six ISIS patrols were attacked by Mosul residents within a five hour period.
Al Sumaria News stated, “A popular uprising is expected to occur in Mosul against ISIS which has begun to lose control over the city. Divisions have emerged between its leaders and its fighters have been fleeing since the start of liberation battles which have been waged across multiple fronts.”
“Six patrols that were deployed in the neighborhoods of al-Zohor, Dawasa and al-Tahrir were attacked in less than five hours by a group of young rebels in Mosul,” Al Sumaria explained. “ISIS did not conduct any raids but reinforced the presence of its militants instead,” Al Sumaria added.
Alsumaria also revealed that ISIS removed traffic signs from the streets of the city to conceal its defeat and hide the signs of victory of the security forces.
Earlier today a young group of rebels from the city of Mosul launched an attack on a headquarters belonging to ISIS and stormed into it in the vicinity of Hayy al-Kahera area, killing two of its guards and burned a vehicle that was carrying heavy weapons.
The young people, chanted ‘Mosul is free,’ and raised the Iraqi flag before withdrawing from the area, after large numbers of ISIS members arrived to regain control over the headquarters.
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(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Qayyarah police announced on Tuesday launching the second phase of the battle to liberate Mosul, and revealed that the majority of the ISIS members withdrew from the villages and areas of Mosul toward the center of the city.
Qayyarah Police Chief, Captain Fathy, said in a statement, “The second phase of the battle to liberate Mosul has been started where the city will be intensely besieged,” pointing out that, “The coming few hours will witness cheerful victories after storming into the center of the city.”
“The ISIS members withdrew from the villages and areas of Mosul toward the center of the city,” Fathy added. “There is a remarkable cooperation between Iraqi forces and the people of the province,” Fathy explained.
The battle to liberate Mosul was launched early yesterday after being announced by General Commander of Armed Forces, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, to liberate the city from the ISIS grip.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Iraqi police forces managed to recapture 56 oil fields from ISIS, south of Mosul, Al Mada Press reported on Tuesday.
Al Mada stated that “this morning, Iraqi Federal Police forces managed to recapture 56 oil fields from ISIS control near the area of Ain al-Gahsh in Qayyarah axis, south of Mosul.”
“Security forces are still achieving progress on all battle fronts to liberate the city of Mosul,” Al Mada added.
ISIS took over the city of Mosul two years ago and extended its activities to other areas of Iraq. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced yesterday the launch of an offensive to liberate the city of Mosul, the last major stronghold of ISIS in Iraq.
ISIS HQ hit by airstrikes 16 times
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Commander of Iraqi Army Aviation, General Hamed al-Maliki, announced on Tuesday, that the Army Aviation, Iraqi Air Force and international coalition air force carried out 16 air strikes against the ISIS in Mosul.
Maliki said in a press statement, “This battle is so special to us, so we decided to deploy more than 40 aircraft in it.”
“The aircraft of Army Aviation, Iraqi Air Force and international coalition air forces conducted 16 air strikes on the ISIS headquarters in Mosul,” Maliki explained.
“More than 13 ISIS targets were destroyed, in addition to killing 35 ISIS militants,” Maliki added.
Earlier today, the second phase of the battle to liberate Mosul was launched, while that the majority of the ISIS members withdrew from the villages and areas of the province toward the center of the city.
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – Mayor of Shura vicinity in Nineveh province, Khalid al-Jar announced on Tuesday, that the security forces liberated al-Shura district, south of the city of Mosul, from the control of the ISIS, while emphasized that forces from the Army and Federal Police entered the area.
Jar said in a press statement, “Forces from the Federal Police and armored brigades of the Iraqi army entered al-Shura district (45 km south of Nineveh), and managed to liberate it from the control of the ISIS.”
“The security forces imposed their control over the center of the district, after a quick operation,” Jad added.
Earlier today, Federal Police announced liberating of Tel al-Samn area, while confirmed that its forces are close to liberate al-Shura district, south of the city of Mosul.
Yesterday, General Commander of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced launching the battle to liberate the city of Mosul from the grip of ISIS.
The joint security forces backed by the Army Aviation and international coalition air force made a significant progress in the battle to liberate Mosul.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Qayyarah police announced on Tuesday, that the joint security forces liberate 80% of the areas south of Mosul, and pointed out to the cooperation between the security forces that are participating in the battles.
Qayyarah Police Chief, Captain Fathy, said in a statement, “The army’s 9th brigade and Nineveh police achieved notable victories in the areas south of Mosul, from Hamdaniyah district to the Tigris River that include nearly 54 villages,” adding that, “The joint security forces managed to liberate 80% of these areas until now.”
“The ISIS is attacking the joint security forces using explosive belts and booby-trapped vehicles,” Fathy explained. “The security forces managed to repulse the majority of attacks backed by the army’s aviation and artillery,” Fathy added.
Qayyarah Police Chief also pointed out to the remarkable cooperation between all ranks of security forces that are participating in the battle to liberate Mosul, and revealed that no families migrated from Mosul until now.
[ARA News] Bashiqa – Thousands of Peshmerga forces are preparing for a major military operation to take the town of Bashiqa from the Islamic State (ISIS) radical group.
The Peshmerga’s General Commander of the Bashiqa operation, Bahram Ali Siyasi, told ARA News on Tuesday that thousands of Kurdish forces will participate in the battle to liberate Bashiqa District.
ISIS is expected to show some resistance in the battle for Bashiqa, according to Kurdish commander.
More than 30,000 civilians used to inhabit Bashiqa, including Christians, Arabs, Kurds and Shia. After ISIS’ invasion in August 2014, most of the inhabitants fled to the Kurdistan region. Nevertheless, in the villages around Bashiqa there are still some civilians stranded by ISIS.
Some civilians were killed by ISIS when they tried to go to Peshmerga-controlled territory.
“The social coexistence in Bashiqa still exists in Kurdistan, and after Bashiqa is liberated the people can return to their homes and the process of democracy will continue,” Peshmerga General Bahram Ali Siyasi told ARA News.
ISIS has laid many mines and explosives in the town and had over two years to prepare. For the last few months, ISIS militants have been firing artillery on Kurdish positions near Bashiqa mountain, and the Peshmerga forces are eager to take the fight to ISIS.
“This operation will be bigger than that of Khazir. While in Khazir it was around 10 villages, here are more than 20 villages and Bashiqa town itself. This operation will have more ground and more has to be captured,” Siyasi said.
The commander also denied that Turkey-trained Sunni Arab forces or the Turkish army itself will be part of the operation.
“Until now there is no role for Turkey in Bashiqa, but the [Turkey-backed] Hashd al-Watani [Nujayfi’s militia] will take part in the operation of Mosul, not in Bashiqa,” he said.
According to the commander, there is a high-level coordination between the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Iraqi Army and the US-led coalition in the war on ISIS.
“The morale of ISIS is gone; they have become very weak. Whereas the Peshmerga’s morale is high and their capabilities have improved, and the coalition has stepped up its support,” Siyasi told ARA News.
Moreover, he said that the Iraqi army has improved a lot since June 2014 when they fled from Mosul city. “They have liberated Ramadi, Tikrit, Fallujah and Shirt. They have improved a lot and will be able to destroy the terrorists,” he said.
The Peshmerga General said the operation might reach the gates of the city of Mosul in a few weeks.
However, the Peshmerga forces will most likely stay on the outskirts of Mosul as part of the agreement with Baghdad while Iraqi forces will go inside Mosul city. “If they need us, we will enter the city,” he said.
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(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – Al-Hashd al-Shaabi Command in Anbar Province announced on Tuesday discovering a mass grave containing the remains of 80 members of the Islamic State in Heet area, west of Ramadi, and pointed out that the group is trying to hide the size of losses inflicted on it during the liberation battles.
Shia leader Sheikh Qatari al-Samarmad said in a press statement, “The joint security forces discovered, at noon today, a mass grave containing remains of 80 ISIS members in al-Kasirat area while searching and securing the liberated areas in Heet.”
“The preliminary investigations revealed that the ISIS group buried its dead members in the mass grave to hide the number of its casualties during the liberation battles of the western areas of Anbar,” Samarmad added.
“Security troops are searching the liberated areas in Heet and the areas of Euphrates, west of Anbar. ISIS has another mass graves; the security forces are working to locate these graves in the coming few days,” Samarmad continued.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] 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 al-Sham (ISIS) claimed on Tuesday that their forces recaptured three villages in east djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... after launching a counter-attack against the Kurdish Peshmerga.
According to the Islamic State's official media wing "Al-Amaq," their terrorist forces recaptured the villages of Ibrahim Khalil, Kubaybah, and 'Adalah in eastern Mosul, claiming they killed many Peshmerga soldiers in the process.
The terrorist group's media wing also claimed their forces destroyed three Abrams tanks and an armored hummer during their counter-attack today.
The Peshmerga's official media wing has not corroborated this claim by the Islamic State.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi army have just liberated the Assyrian town of Karemlash from ISIS to the east of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... The town lays 6km north of Qaraqosh, which was liberated earlier in the day.
Karemlash had a pre-ISIS invasion population of around 10,000 before they all fled to Erbil with the withdrawal of Kurdish forces.
During the ISIS occupation, an 80-year-old Assyrian woman was sentenced to death for "failing to comply with the strict laws 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.... ". The terrorist group also destroyed a large portion of the Historic Mar Behnam Monastery.
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[ARA News] Raqqa – Militant fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) attacked on Tuesday headquarters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) north of Raqqa Governorate, in northeastern Syria.
ISIS hit SDF security centres in Ain Issa town with mortar shells, killing and wounding scores of SDF fighters.
“At least three SDF fighters were killed and seven others wounded in the shelling,” local media activist Abdullah Omar told ARA News. “The bombardment has also caused destruction to an SDF security building in central Ain Issa.”
The town of Ain Issa, located in the northern countryside of Raqqa, is a main base for the Syrian Democratic Forces in the governorate. The town is used by the SDF to plan their military operations against ISIS in the vicinity of Raqqa City–which is a de facto capital for the ISIS self-declared Caliphate.
The ISIS attack on SDF positions followed airstrikes by the US-led coalition that hit ISIS headquarters in Raqqa and killed scores of the group’s militants.
“ISIS is aware that the coalition’s airstrikes are aimed at paving the way for the SDF to continue their progress against the group in Raqqa and other parts of northern Syria,” Omar said.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Air Force carried out a large number of Arclight airstrikes over the northern Homs countryside on Tuesday, targeting the jihadist rebels Harakat Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... (formerly 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) at the villages of Talbiseh, al-Ghajjar, and al-Rastan.
According to an al-Masdar correspondent in Damascus, the Russian Air Force inflicted heavy damage on the jihadist defenses, destroying at least 5 armored vehicles (3 technical vehicles and 2 BMPs) outside Jabhat Fateh al-Sham's headquarters in the village of al-Ghajjar.
The Russian Air Force conducted these Arclight airstrikes in retaliation to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham's assault on the al-Zara Thermal Power Plant that is under the Syrian Arab Army's (SAA) control.
Despite these latest Arclight airstrikes, the northern Homs front is still relatively static, as both the Syrian Armed Forces and jihadist rebels have been unable to advance.
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[ARA News] Mosul – Hundreds of Islamic State’s (ISIS) militants have escaped Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate through the Ba’aj road to Syria, officials and military sources reported on Tuesday.
Kurdish Peshmerga commander Qassim Shesho confirmed that a large number of ISIS fighters have fled the Mosul countryside through the Ba’aj road to Syria.
The Bajaj road is an unofficial route used by ISIS to move between Mosul in northern Iraq and Raqqa, the group’s capital in Syria.
Another senior Kurdish official also confirmed: “Yes, there were cars going from Ba’aj to Syria. Maybe they were civilians, not Daesh [ISIS].”
On Saturday, dozens of Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists arrived in the Syrian border town of Margada along with their families. The jihadists came from positions in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh Governorate, which have been evacuated.
Local sources told ARA News that more than 90 ISIS members, along with their families, arrived in Margada town–near the administrative borders between Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor Governorates. Eyewitnesses reported that there were at least 25 families in the ISIS convoy.
Also, several ISIS military vehicles passed through al-Qa’im crossing on the Syrian-Iraqi border. The vehicles continued on to al-Bukamal city in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor Governorate. “The vehicles crossed the border in the early morning on Saturday, carrying weapons and dozens of ISIS fighters,” local media activist Ahmed Hamwi told ARA News.
In the meantime, Kurdish Peshmerga forces told ARA News that there are no plans so far to attach southern Sinjar to cut the road between Raqqa and Mosul.
Reporting by: Ahmed Shiwesh & Wladimir van Wilgenburg | Source: ARA News
[AlManar] The General Command of the Syrian Army and the Armed Forces said the supporters of international terrorism are trying to secure safe routes and corridors for the ISIL terrorists who are fleeing Iraq’s Mosul to cross into Syria.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Command said a “malicious scheme” by the backers of international terrorism, mainly the US and Saudi Arabia, is unfolding and becoming clear after military operations were launched by the brotherly Iraqi army and its supporting forces to liberate Mosul city from the gangs of ISIL terrorist organization.
The scheme, the statement explained, is to provide safe routes for the groupings of ISIL terrorists who are reeling under the Iraqi army’s strikes in Mosul-Iraq’s second largest city-to cross the border into the Syrian territory.
The aim of providing such corridors, it added, is to provide protection to the terrorists on the one hand and boost the terrorist presence inside the Syrian territory on the other hand in a bid to impose a new military reality in the eastern region in the direction of Deir Ezzor, Raqqa and Palmyra.
The General Command of the Army stressed in its statement that the battle of liberating Mosul and the whole territory of Iraq from terrorism is its own battle.
The Command warned that it would consider any attempt at crossing into its border as “an attack on the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic,” and that those who attempt to do that would be regarded as terrorists and would be dealt with all the forces and means at its disposal.
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can we get a Highway of Death V2.0?
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their large-scale counter-offensive in the northern Hama countryside on Tuesday, targeting the key town of Souran and the nearby Russian Regiment Base.
Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army established full control over the Russian Regiment Base this afternoon, killing several members of Jaish al-Izzah ...Army of Glory, Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army active in northwestern Syria, mainly in the al-Ghab Plain in northern Hama and its surroundings. The group has been supplied with anti-tank missiles by the United States... and Ibna Al-Sham just north of recently captured Ma'ardes.
Following the capture of the Russian Regiment Base, the Syrian Armed Forces advanced to the outskirts of Souran, where they were confronted by a large contingent of jihadist rebels at the town's eastern flank.
With the Syrian Armed Forces at the outskirts of Souran, the jihadist rebels are now in serious trouble as the former looks to recapture all of the territory they lost in September.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The relentless shelling on the densely populated neighborhoods of west Aleppo continued on Tuesday killing at least two civilians while injuring dozens.
At least 66 non-combatants were killed in the past ten days as a result of the merciless bombardment of the city by the jihadist forces occupying the eastern part of the formerly prosperous industrial hub.
Rebel shelling failed to deescalate with the announcement of the Russian-Syrian temporary ceasefire that will be implemented in the coming days and with the 48-pause in Arclight airstrikes on the battered districts of east Aleppo.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Air Force has built a new runway at the T-4 Military Airport in eastern Homs after reports of several 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.... fighters fleeing the large Iraqi city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... for Syria.
Prior to the Islamic State's massive counter-offensive in the al-Sha'er region of east Homs, the Russian Air Force was actively using the T-4 Military Airport as a command center to advise the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the area.
However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... due to the increased security risks near the T-4 Airport, the Russian military advisors moved their command post to Palmyra and most of their aircraft to the Hmaymim Airport in west Latakia.
With ISIS fleeing Mosul for eastern Syrial, the Russian Air Force has made the decision to beef up their air presence around the Deir Ezzor Governorate in anticipation for this influx of terrorists.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian and Russian air forces are working overtime tonight, striking several areas under the control 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 al-Sham (ISIS) in eastern Syria.
A Russian air battalion led the way tonight, targeting the Islamic State's positions inside the Deir Ezzor Governorate.
The Russian attack was followed by a series of Syrian Arclight airstrikes at the al-Hawiqah District of Deir Ezzor; this resulted in the destruction of 5 Islamic State vehicles, including 1 bulldozer and tank.
In addition to the attack on Deir Ezzor, the Syrian and Russian air force struck the Islamic State's defenses at the al-Sha'er Oil Fields, paving the way for another Syrian Army advance near Well 101.
The Russian and Syrian air forces conducted over 55 Arclight airstrikes above eastern Syria tonight, killing dozens of Islamic State combatants in the process.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) factions and Islamist forces have given the Kurdish YPG just 48 hours to leave Tal Rifaat or else face a war.
Tal Rifaat lays just 10km west of Marea and 40km north of Aleppo city.
The imperative town had a prewar population of around 20,000 war and was captured by Kurdish forces from the forces of Evil of Liwa al-Fatah of the Islamic Front in February 2016.
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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
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ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their large-scale counter-offensive in the northern Hama countryside on Tuesday, targeting the key town of Souran and the nearby Russian Regiment Base.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian and Russian air forces are working overtime tonight, striking several areas under the control of the 
