[IsraelTimes] Five members of Egypt?s deadliest turban group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, were killed on Sunday in festivities with police, the interior ministry said.
The jihadists, who have pledged allegiance 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.... (IS) group, ?opened fire? after security forces stormed a farm where the murderous Moslems were hiding and preparing bombs, the ministry said in a statement.
?An exchange of gunfire then took place, causing the deaths of five members of the terrorist cell while a police officer was injured,? it added.
The farm was located in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya, northeast of Cairo.
A boom-mobile found at the scene exploded by remote control, the statement said. Police also seized suicide belts, weapons and ammunition.
Three of the murderous Moslems killed in the raid were identified as Abdel Fattah Ayed Marzouk Salman, Hamdeen Salman Saad and Mouaz Ibrahim Abdel Rahman ? the son of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis leader Ibrahim Abdel Rahman who is currently in prison.
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Partisans of Jerusalem) has claimed an October 24 suicide kaboom that killed 30 soldiers in North Sinai, a brazen attack that sparked a state of emergency.
The jihadists say their attacks are to avenge a government crackdown targeting supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi that has left at least 1,400 people dead.
The group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group that has captured swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.
[Ynet] An Australian court on Monday ordered bail revoked for the partner of a self-styled Sheikh who last week stormed a Sydney cafe at gunpoint, sparking a 16-hour hostage crisis that left three people dead, including the gunman.
Amirah Droudis, on bail after being charged with the murder of hostage-taker Man Haron Monis' wife, was ordered by a Sydney court returned to jail to await trial. Monis, who had been charged as an accessory to the murder, had also been free on bail.
Now we learn that the U.S. government is secretly admitting that it erred in at least one case, the release of a Saudi national named Ibrahim al-Rubaysh. In late 2006 the Bush administration repatriated him back home under a Saudi Arabian “rehabilitation” program that supposedly reformed Guantanamo Bay jihadists but instead has served as a training camp for future terrorists. In fact, in 2008 counterterrorism officials confirmed that many of the terrorists who return to “the fight” after being released from U.S. custody actually graduated from the laughable Saudi rehab program, which started under Bush and continued under Obama.
[DAWN] Police on Sunday launched a search operation in different parts of the city and tossed in the slammer Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! 30 suspects.
The Lahore police have been on high alert in the wake of executions of terrorism convicts in Punjab. The top hierarchy of the Punjab Police had been directed by the federal government to intensify patrolling and launch search operations throughout the province to deter suspected activities.
"We have taken some 30 suspects into custody from Green Town for not having identification papers. Most of them are Afghans," Green Town Station House Officer Muhammad Sharif told Dawn. "The operation is underway and the suspects are being interrogated," he added.
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[DAWN] Arshad Mehmood, a former military trooper, was among five convicts who were handed out the death sentence for their role in an Al Qaeda-inspired assassination attempt on Musharraf’s life in late 2003.
Mehmood was executed by hanging on Friday. He is among the first death sentences carried out after the government ended a six-year moratorium on executions, in response to the Peshawar school tragedy that claimed over 140 lives, the majority of whom were children.
His funeral was attended by a large crowd of supporters and well-wishers. The pictures show big crowds of devout men with turbans. No automatic weapons in overt evidence. What does a well-wisher wisha dead guy? His 72 surgeons can shorten his neck to normal length?
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[DAWN] The Sindh High Court (SHC) suspended the convictions of two death row prisoners, for a week, who were handed the death penalty for killing Dr Ali Raza in 2002.
The convicts were not associated with any outlawed holy warrior outfit but were found by an anti-terrorism court to carry out the assassination on sectarian grounds. They were delivered death sentences.
Despite appealing against the verdict of the ATC in the SHC and the Supreme Court, their pleas were rejected.
The convicts have now filed a petition in SHC, saying that they had registered a review appeal with the Supreme Court which was yet to be heard.
Both the convicts were scheduled to be executed on Tuesday (tomorrow).
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[DAWN] The Lahore High Court's (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Monday stayed the convictions of five prisoners who were handed the death penalty for involvement in an attack on an army camp in Gujrat in 2012.
The stay came over a petition filed by the counsel of one of the convicted men.
Justice Arshad Mahmood Tabassum of the LHC heard the petition filed by Advocate Laiq Khan Swati, who told the court that his client Ahsan Azim was not provided with any information pertaining to the case including the charge sheet as well as the summary of evidence and trial proceedings despite requests submitted earlier.
He added that his client's family members were suddenly told to hold a last meeting with the Azim as he was going to be hanged soon.
Ahsan Azim, hailing from Wah Cantt, is currently held at the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore.
Kamran, Umar Nadeem, Ahsan Azim, Amir Yousuf and Asif Idrees were handed down death sentences by a military court for their involvement in an attack on an army camp in Gujrat in 2012. The attack had claimed the lives of at least seven security personnel.
Earlier on Friday, two former military men were executed in the Faisalabad ...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after... district jail.
Usman, a former soldier of the military's medical corps, was executed in relation to an attack on the headquarters of the Pakistain Army in 2009 in Rawalpindi. Moreover, Arshad Mehmood, who was a trooper and also hanged, was among the five people convicted for their role in an Al Qaeda-inspired liquidation attempt on Musharraf's life in late 2003.
The hangings on Friday were the first death sentences carried out after the government ended a six-year moratorium on executions, a move that appears to have come in response to the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. tragedy that claimed the lives of over 140 people, most of them children.
On Sunday, four more convicts were executed at a district jail in Faisalabad.
In response, Taliban groups released messages vowing Dire Revenge for the deaths of their associates. Security has been tightened in and around jails and all major cities of the country have been put on high security alert to avoid any untoward incident.
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[DAWN] Members of the opposition and the treasury benches in the Senate on Monday demanded the government take practical steps to counter internal threats the country in facing.
Commenting on the debate regarding the terrorist attack on Army Public School in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , the senators expressed their concerns regarding the performance of the govt and law enforcement agencies to counter the terrorist's activities.
PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar criticised the leadership of the PML-N govt, which he claimed had failed to implement the national security policy to counter terrorism.
"According to media reports, the prime minister visited General Headquarters (GHQ) to attend a meeting which was chaired by the COAS but not himself, while the COAS is also signing the death warrants of murderous Moslems and visiting Afghanistan with proofs against terrorists," the PPP senator said.
"It looks as though the politicianship has shifted from Islamabad to Rawalpindi to fight against terrorism...I believe that we are still not serious regarding the war on terror," Babar added.
"We must clear our minds and understand the reality that we don't have any external enemy but Pakistain is facing an internal enemy in the shape of TTP," the PPP senator claimed.
MQM Senator Col (Rtd) Tahir Hussain Mashhadi said that the govt had failed to counter activities of the murderous Moslems and should take action against Taliban supporters and sympathisers.
JUI-F Senator Mulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri also said that the govt should take strict action against terrorists.
JUI-F Senator Mulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri also said that the govt should take strict action against terrorists.
“The JUI-F leadership has also survived terrorist attacks…we believe that terrorists don’t have any religion and are in fact the killers of humanity,” the JUI-F senator said.
Senator Mir Hasil Baziengo of National Party, Senator Qayum Soomro of PPP and Haji Adeel of ANP also demanded the government develop a strategy and take practical measures to fight terrorism.
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[DAWN] At least 13 suspected holy warriors were killed on Monday after a shootout with police in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , DawnNews reported.
Malir Police headed by SSP Rao Anwar carried out an operation in a Sohrab Goth locality where the alleged holy warriors were hiding.
Officials said the suspects resorted to firing after sensing danger. The police returned fire and after a shoot out, 13 suspected holy warriors were killed.
Police claimed the men were affiliated with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) and Al Qaeda.
They also said that some of the men were wearing uniforms of law enforcement agencies.
A large cache of arms and ammunition was also seized during the operation. A police official said the holy warriors were preparing to carry out a major terrorist attack in the city.
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[NEWS.YAHOO] Authorities made several arrests in the case of the Taliban school attack that killed 148 in the northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , on Sunday, officials said.
"Quite a few suspects who were controllers in one way or the other have been taken into custody," Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ...Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle Fester Sharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture... said, adding that the interrogations were "moving ahead in a positive manner." He did not disclose their identities or say how many they were.
Seven Taliban gunnies wearing explosives belts stunned the world on Tuesday by storming into the military run school and slaughtering 148 people, including 132 students. Another nearly 121 students were maimed in the ensuing eight-hour siege of the school, located in an area where many military families live.
The group claims it fights to establish a ruling system based on its own harsh brand of Islam. It has killed thousands over nearly a decade.
The Taliban say they attacked the school in Dire Revenge for an army operation against them in North Wazoo, launched in mid-June. The army says it has so far killed over 1,200 turbans in the operation.
The government bombed the bad boys' hideouts in country's tribal area along the Afghan border in response, and also lifted a ban on the execution of convicted terrorists.
Supporters of political party Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT), hold signs to condemn the attack by Tali ...
Over the weekend, it executed six men convicted on terrorism charges.
Two of the convicts were hanged Friday, and another four on Sunday, according to two Pak government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief news hounds.
All six belonged to local Pak bad boy groups who had turned against the state, and were convicted for involvement in two attempts to assassinate former President Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... . One was also convicted of leading a bad boy siege of Mighty Pak Army headquarters in garrison city of Rawalpindi in 2009.
Local turbans have threatened attacks to avenge the hanged men.
Khan, the minister, said Pakistain was at war with the bad boys. He appealed to the nation to help authorities in a countrywide crackdown on the krazed killers.
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[IsraelTimes] An armed Paleostinian man was detained at a checkpoint in the West Bank Monday morning after attempting to stab an IDF soldier, the army said in a statement.
Was he one of the ones who was striking at the checkpoint?
The incident took place at the Nitzanei Oz crossing near the Paleostinian city of Tulkarem, and there were no injuries. Forces at the scene stopped and apprehended the suspect and he was taken for further investigation,? the IDF said.
The foiled attack came during a period of tensions between Israelis and Paleostinians and a wave of unrest in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem.
On Sunday, two Paleostinians with knives were detained by the army near the West Bank settlement of Adam, north of Jerusalem.
In a separate incident Sunday, Paleostinians hurling rocks at cars in the West Bank lightly injured a 4-year-old Israeli boy. The army said that incident took place at an intersection near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem. The boy, who was struck in the head by shards of glass from the shattered window of the car he was in, was taken to a clinic in the nearby settlement of Efrat, Israel Radio reported.
[AnNahar] At least 20 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.... (IS) group members were killed in the second failed jihadist bid in a month to take over an air base in eastern Syria, a monitoring group said Sunday.
"The IS tried, starting late Saturday, to storm the air base. A total of 20 jihadists were killed in the attack, as well as two regime soldiers," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Nineteen of the IS members were Syrian, while one was Moroccan.
They were killed in fighting and heavy army shelling.
"The withdrawing jihadists seized and took with them several anti-aircraft missiles," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
The attack was the second recent attempt by IS to take over the Deir Ezzor military air base, one of the last remaining regime positions in the eastern province.
Deir Ezzor is located on the border with Iraq, where IS also controls large swathes of territory.
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[DAWN] Arshad Mehmood, a former military trooper, was among five convicts who were handed out the death sentence for their role in an Al Qaeda-inspired assassination attempt on Musharraf’s life in late 2003.
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