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UN peacekeepers confirm existence of tunnel from Lebanon into Israel
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Afghanistan
At least 40 Pakistani Taliban killed in Ghazni operations
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan Military in the Southeast claims at least 40 Pak Talibs have been killed during the operations of the Afghan forces and coalition Arclight airstrikes in Ghazni province.

The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces and coalition forces conducted operations and airstrikes in Nawa, Khogyani, and Gilan districts.

The statement further added that at least 72 bully boyz have been killed during the operations, including around 40 Pak Talibs.

According to 203rd Thunder Corps, at least 2 bully boyz were also maimed and at least 17 others were tossed in the slammer
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
during the same operations.

A commander of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
identified as Jabar is among those killed, the 203rd Thunder Corps said, adding that 18 cycle of violences and around 45 vehicles were also destroyed.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP

#1  Now were these Tallipaks or Pakibans?
Posted by: Shinesh Glinert1840 || 12/07/2018 6:44 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Somali troops launch massive sweep in Baidoa ahead of election
[RADIOSHABELLE] The security forces of Somalia’s Federal Government have conducted a massive operation in the southern strategic city of Baidoa head of the presidential election slated for December 19.

The house-to-house sweep came following separate grenade attacks in the town amid rivalry between the candidates vying for the Southwest State presidency. The election was delayed three times.

Several people were rounded up during the operation in connection with the latest kabooms in Baidoa, according to the local police, saying the city’s overall security is no improving accordingly.

The officials in Baidoa say the upcoming election will fair and credible despite allegations of interference from the Federal Government of Somalia which is allegedly backing some candidates.

Former al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
deputy leader, Mukhtar Robow is among the aspirants in the race for the top seat.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


U.S. military says strike kills four militants in Somalia
[RADIOSHABELLE] The U.S military said it killed four faceless myrmidons in an air strike against al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
faceless myrmidons in the vicinity of Awdheegle, Somalia, as part of its operations to support the government’s efforts to weaken the group.

The military’s Africa Command (Africom) said the strike was carried out on Dec. 4.

"The U.S. Arclight airstrike was conducted against faceless myrmidons after U.S. and partner forces came under attack," Africom said in a statement late on Wednesday.

The United States carries out periodic air strikes in Somalia in support of a U.N.-backed government there, which has been fighting against an al-Shabaab insurgency for years.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
7 killed and over 500 injured in gunfights in Benghazi
[Libya Observer] Gunfights and bladed weapons have claimed the lives of 7 people and the injury of over 500 others in Benghazi last November, according to official statistics.

Al-Jalaa Hospital for Trauma and General Surgery had received seven bodies including a Pak national, in addition to 503 maimed, their injuries varied between minor to critical, security and medical sources reported.

The sources pointed out that the majority of victims were young people aged between 20 to 30.

In 2017, around 4017 victims of fighting, armed robbery, and house attacks arrived at al-Jalaa Hospital, compared to 3039 cases in 2016 and 1635 cases in 2015.

The city of Benghazi is witnessing a deteriorating security situation and the proliferation of arms, which caused hundreds of civilian casualties, including women and kiddies.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Africa Subsaharan
Troops kill 1 Boko Haram insurgent, arrest 2 in Borno
[PULSE.NG] The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops had killed one Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
Death Eater and tossed in the calaboose
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
two others in ongoing onslaught against the holy warriors in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Thursday.

He said that the troops also recovered weapons after dislodging the forces of Evil from their hide out in the area.

Kukasheka said that troops of 117 Battalion, 28 Task Force Brigade on Tuesday launched an offensive against the forces of Evil at Yachida, Korongelen, Bombula and Forfor villages in Damboa.

He explained that the troops engaged the forces of Evil in battle at Forfor on Tuesday, "neutralized one of them and arrested two others while others escaped with gunshot wounds’’.

The front man said that the troop collaborated with some members of Civilian Joint Task Force in the operation which followed a report on the presence of the suspected holy warriors in a hideout.

"The Troops came in contact with the holy warriors and engaged them at Forfor village."

Kukasheka added that the gallant troops’ recovered one AK-47 rifle, a magazine, 21 rounds of 7.62mm (special) ammunition, a 36-Hand Grenade, magazine pouch and a cycle of violence.

According to him, two soldiers sustained injuries and evacuated to the 28 Task Force Brigade field ambulance for medical attention.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Six Yemeni missiles hit gatherings of Saudi-led forces in Jizan
[PRESSTV] Yemeni army forces, backed by allied fighters from the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
Ansarullah movement, have hit gatherings of Saudi soldiers and Saudi-led mercenaries in the kingdom’s southwestern Jizan region with six domestically-manufactured missiles in retaliation for the kingdom’s campaign of military aggression against the impoverished nation.

Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television network, citing unnamed military officials from the missile unit of the Yemeni army, reported on Thursday that six Zelzal-1 (Quake-1) short-range missiles hit the enemy gatherings off Qais Mountain and the village of al-Laj in Jizan province on Thursday.

It added that the projectiles had successfully struck the designated targets, killing an unspecified number of enemy forces.

The report added that at least three Saudi-led forces had been killed and two others maimed by explosives planted by Yemeni troops in al-Nar Mount area in Jizan.

Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38...
al-Masirah said in a separate report that the Yemeni army managed to shoot down a spy drone belonging to Saudi-led forces in the coasts of Yemen’s western province of Hudaydah.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Saudi-backed forces suffer heavy casualties in disastrous offensive in northern Yemen
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Saudi-backed forces launched a new offensive inside the eastern countryside of Sanaa on Thursday, targeting the Houthis positions near the Mareb Governorate axis.

According to the official media wing of the Houthis Movement, their troops confronted a large Saudi-backed force that was attempting to capture the strategic Nihm District.

The Houthis official media wing said their troops were able to fully repel the Saudi-backed attack on their positions, forcing the latter to retreat back towards the Mareb Governorate.

They added that their troops managed to kill scores of Saudi-backed fighters, including a number of field commanders loyal to the exiled President Abd Rubbah Mansour Hadi.

This latest attack by the Saudi-backed forces in the Nihm District marks the third time in the last two weeks that they have launched an offensive in this part of the Sanaa Governorate.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  Al Masdar: The Mother Jones of the Arab World.
Posted by: Chereting Pelosi1889 || 12/07/2018 8:39 Comments || Top||

#2  We need to know what Iran wants us to know, Chereting Pelosi1889.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/07/2018 18:44 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Shin Bet busts cell behind attempt to smuggle phones into prison with drone
[IsraelTimes] Security agency says cellphones confiscated during failed effort in October were meant for prisoners serving time for terror involvement.

The Shin Bet security agency announced Thursday it has tossed in the slammer
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
a number of Arab Israelis and Paleostinians from the West Bank who tried to smuggle cellphones to security prisoners using a drone.

The arrests were made throughout November, according to the Shin Bet, who said some of the suspects were involved in other attempts between 2016-2018 to smuggle phones to security prisoners in exchange for money from terror groups.

"The smuggling was directed from the prison by terrorist elements known to the security forces," the security agency said in a statement.

The Shin Bet said a number of the suspects were also behind a failed attempt
Curses! Foiled again!
in October to smuggle dozens of phones into Nafha Prison in southern Israel using a drone.

The suspects underwent training to learn how to operate the drone and were in contact with prisoners regarding where the airborne device would drop off the package carrying 60 phones, according to the Shin Bet.

"The phones that were captured were meant for security prisoners from terror organizations serving long prison sentences for their involvement in attacks and promoting terror activity," the security agency said.

It also said security prisoners were engaged in efforts to direct terror attacks from behind prison walls, such as kidnappings that could be leveraged into a prisoner swap, and therefore the "smuggling of telephones of this kind puts a tool in the hands of these same terror operatives."

Prosecutors from the Central District filed an indictment against the suspects. The Shin Bet did not say what charges they were indicted on.

"The General Security Service, in close cooperation with the Israel Police and Israel Prisons Service, will continue to closely track elements that help terror organizations in prison or outside it and will take the necessary measures to prevent and thwart activity that harms the security of the state," the Shin Bet said, using its official name.

The announcement by the security agency comes a week after Border Police announced the arrest of a Paleostinian teenager who tried to smuggle phones and cellular equipment into a military prison in the West Bank inside of his body.

The arrests follow a number of other foiled attempts to smuggle cellphones into prisons in recent years.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/07/2018 01:03 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Should let them find a bait phone and listen in on who they try to call???

Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 || 12/07/2018 20:09 Comments || Top||


UN peacekeepers confirm existence of tunnel from Lebanon into Israel
[IsraelTimes] Calling it a ’serious occurrence,’ UNIFIL says it will speak to Lebanese authorities about alleged Hezbollah attack passage

A Leb-based United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
peacekeeping force on Thursday confirmed the existence of a tunnel penetrating Israeli territory from southern Leb, which Israel says was dug by the Hezbollah terrorist group.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 12/07/2018 00:49 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  The UN peacekeeping force did not immediately confirm that the tunnel was constructed by the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

"we cannot discount the possibility of a giant mole-rat infestation"
Posted by: Frank G || 12/07/2018 9:39 Comments || Top||

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Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 || 12/07/2018 10:12 Comments || Top||


Israeli forces shoot, injure 5 Palestinian minors in occupied West Bank
[PRESSTV] At least five Paleostinian teenage boys have been injured after Israeli military forces carried out raids across the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours and engaged in festivities with local residents in a number of villages and towns.

Local sources, requesting not to be named, told Paleostine’s official WAFA news agency that Israeli military vehicles rolled into the Jenin refugee camp early on Thursday, breaking into several Paleostinian homes and violently ransacking them.

The raid promoted violent skirmishes with residents of the camp. Israeli soldiers responded with live bullets to disperse the protesting crowd, injuring three teenagers in the process.

The trio were rushed to Khalil Suleiman Hospital in Jenin city, where doctors and medical staff described their condition as moderate.

Two Paleostinian minors were also shot and injured with Israeli live bullets on Wednesday evening as they were on their way home from school in Jaba’ town in the central West Bank.

The two injured Paleostinian teenagers, aged 14 and 15 years old, were immediately transferred to Ramallah Hospital to receive necessary medical treatment.

According to medical sources, one of the minors was shot and injured in his shoulder, while the other was shot in the leg.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian spy planes stalk jihadist positions across Idlib
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Air Force resumed their surveillance flights over the Idlib province on Thursday as several of their spy planes were seen flying over the jihadist positions along the demilitarized zone.

According to a military source in Latakia, the Russian Air Force’s IL-20 spy planes conducted several flights across the Idlib province, concentrating heavily on the movements of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
and the Turkestan Islamic Party.

The Russian IL-20 spy planes were reportedly monitoring closely the jihadist movements inside the al-Ghaab Plain and the Jisr al-Shughour District.

These aforementioned areas are filled with jihadist rebels from both Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and the Turkestan Islamic Party.

For months, the Russian military has tried to get The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
to force these groups to back away from the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) front-lines in northwest Syria; however, they have failed to do so.

In turn, the Russian Air Force has zeroed in on the jihadist positions and made their presence known above the skies in the Idlib province.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra

#1  No rebel terrorist factions have shoulder launch weapons have they figured it out yet?
Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 || 12/07/2018 10:13 Comments || Top||


Syrian intelligence arrests 2 ISIS members in Al-Quneitra
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Air Force Intelligence (AFI) tossed in the clink
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
two men in the al-Quneitra province that were found to be members of an Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/Daesd) sleeper cell.

According to a government report, the Syrian Air Force Intelligence arrested the two Islamic State members inside the town of al-Qayd in southern al-Quneitra.

No further details were released regarding their arrest on Thursday.

Recently, the Syrian Arab Army has intensified their combing operations in the al-Quneitra and Dara’a provinces; this has led to the arrest of many Islamic State and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
members, while also seizing their weapons that have been hidden in several areas across these governorates.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israeli forces block alleged Hezbollah tunnels along Lebanese border
[ALMASDARNEWS] Israeli forces were seen operating along Leb’s southern border on Thursday, as part of a reported operation to destroy what Israel’s government has claimed are Hezbollah tunnels crossing into the country from Leb.

Israel has accused the alleged tunnels of aiming to sneak bully boyz into Israel from Leb.

On Wednesday, Lebanese speaker of parliament Nabih Knobby Berri
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
sock puppet...

said Israel hadn’t provided evidence to back up its charges that Hezbollah had built tunnels to attack Israel.

On Thursday, the UN Interim Force in Leb (UNIFIL) reportedly confirmed the existence of a tunnel discovered by Israeli forces near the Israel/Leb border.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Fierce clashes erupt between Kurdish forces, Turkish-backed rebels in Afrin
[ALMASDARNEWS] An intense firefight broke-out this evening when the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) carried out a powerful attack against a group of Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels in the Afrin region.

According to reports from northern Syria, a YPG sleeper cell attacked the Ottoman Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
’s (FSA) 3rd Legion in the Afrin region town of Jalbal.

No details were released regarding the casualties both sides suffered during the firefight.

The YPG has recently launched several attacks against the Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels in the Afrin region; this has resulted in dozens of casualties for the latter.

As a result of these attacks by the YPG, the Free Syrian Army has imposed a curfew throughout the Afrin region in a bid to crackdown on these sleeper cells.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Battle for Hajin reaches critical stages as heavy casualties mount for all sides
[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....
’s (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) reign over the town of Hajin is nearing its end as the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue to advance through the terrorist group’s defenses.

Backed by heavy Arclight airstrikes from the U.S.-led Coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces are currently advancing from the Hawamah District in northern part of Hajin towards the town-center.

Video footage from Hajin shows the Syrian Democratic Forces positioned near the Hawamah Mosque, which is a site ISIS claimed the former had not captured:
Battle for Hajin reaches critical stages as heavy casualties mount for all sides

Despite the progress, these advances have proven costly for the Syrian Democratic Forces, as they have suffered dozens of casualties trying to fracture ISIS’s lines inside of Hajin.

At the same time, ISIS themselves have suffered heavy casualties inside of Hajin, which could prove to be the deciding factor later in the battle as their manpower numbers continue to sink.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Intense clashes erupt between Syrian Army, rebels in northern Hama
[ALMASDARNEWS] A series of fierce firefights broke out this evening between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate, a source told al-Masdar News.

According to the military source, the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Armored Division opened fire on a group of FSA fighters from the Jaish al-Izza faction after they were seen moving between the towns of Massasneh and al-Latamnah.

No casualties have been reported by either party yet.

The military source added that both sides are using machine guns and heavy artillery against one another in this part of the demilitarized zone.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Suicide bomber kills 2 in southeast Iran: revised toll
[PULSE.NG] A jacket wallah killed at least two people and maimed many more outside police headquarters in the port city of Chabahar in restive southeastern Iran on Thursday, according to a revised official toll.

Chabahar lies in Sistan-Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province which has long been a flashpoint, with Pakistain-based Baluchi separatists and Sunni Moslem turbans carrying out cross-border attacks targeting the Shiite authorities.

"This terrorist act led to the martyrdom of two members of the police force," the province's deputy governor in charge of security, Mohammad Hadi Marashi, told state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
.

Chabahar city governor Rahmdel Bameri said earlier that four people were killed and many more maimed when the bomber blew up a car, but later revised the corpse count to two.

"The kaboom was very strong and broke the glass of many buildings close by," Bameri told state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
.

Many nearby shop owners and civilian passers-by, including women and kiddies, were severely maimed, he added.
Map of Iran locating kaboom in Chabahar. play

Map of Iran locating kaboom in Chabahar. (AFP)

Chabahar lies some 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of the Pakistain border and is home to a large, mainly Sunni Moslem ethnic Baluchi community which straddles the two countries.

The number of assailants was not immediately clear.

"The forces of Evil tried to enter Chabahar police headquarters but they were prevented by the guards and they detonated the boom-mobile," Marashi said without elaborating on how many assailants took part.

Chabahar has a deep-water port on the Gulf of Oman and with Indian assistance Iran has been developing it as a major energy and freight hub between Central Asia and India, bypassing Pakistain.
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Jundullah



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  Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s arrest may prompt China to retaliate, 'take hostages,' expert says
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  Jihadists seize more ground inside Idlib deescalation zone as Turkish Army watches from afar
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  ISIS leader involved in murder of US aid worker Peter Kassig killed
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  TLP leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi booked under treason, terrorism charges: information minister
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  Around 70 militants killed, wounded in 4-day operations in Kunduz
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