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Afghanistan
2 school kids killed, 2 injured in Jalalabad explosion
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Two school children were killed and two others maimed following an kaboom in Jalalabad city on Monday.

Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, front man for the Police Headquarters of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
Province says that the kabooms were placed in a can and went kaboom! as the students were passing through the area to attend the school.

He added that the incident took place around 080: AM in Farm-e-Hada area of Jalalabad city.

No group has grabbed credit for the kaboom the occurred in the 2nd Police District of the city but police say they have initiated an inquiry in regards to the incident.

Last month also an kaboom in Jalalabad city killed a school kid and injured two others.

That kaboom took place in close to Afghan-Turk school in the 1st Police District also in the morning when students were arriving at the school to study.

The kabooms were planted close to the school which detonated around 07:30 AM.

No group including Taliban snuffies grabbed credit either.
Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


2 ANA martyred, 32 insurgents killed in security forces operations
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Two soldiers of the Afghan National Army have embraced martyrdom while 32 bandidos myrmidons have been killed in separate Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) operations in across the country in past 24 hours, according the statements issued Monday morning by the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior.

Statement issued by the Ministry of Defense states that 18 bandidos myrmidons were killed and 11 others maimed in the operations conducted by the Afghan National Army in four provinces.

The statement adds that the operations were conducted in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, Ghazni and Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
s where weapons, ammunition, three cellular systems and bombs were discovered and five different types of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) defused by the military.

The statement further states that two soldiers embraced martyrdom and five others maimed while on duty. The statement does not give details about the type and location of the incident.

In the meantime, a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior states that 14 bandidos myrmidons were killed in police operations in 12 provinces in past 24 hours.

The statement states adds that 18 different of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were also defused by the police in Khost and Uruzgan provinces in past 24 hours.

According to the statement the operations were conducted in Takhar, Nangarhar, Sar-e-Pul, Kunduz, Balkh, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Farah, Helmand and Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
provinces where weapon and ammunition were also confiscated by police.

Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Landmine planter arrested in Paktika
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A landmine planter has been jugged
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
in Mata Khan District of southeastern Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
Province.
"That's a queer kind of farmin' you're doing in the middle of the road there, boyo."
Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai, acting police chief of Paktika province told Khaama Press on Monday that the Landmine planter was arrested red handed in Mata Khan District.

He said that the Landmine Planter was involved in planting landmines for the past three years who had received training in neighboring Pakistain.

Rahimzai added that the arrested Landmine Planter names Taj Mohammad who is also the resident of Mata Khan District.

In the meantime, while talking to Khaama Press Taj Mohammad accepted that he has been with Taliban for the past three years.

He said"1st I was assigned to track the target people and then received the assignment to plant landmines."

Taj Mohammad added that" Yesterday on my way to Madrassa, the security forces arrested me."

Paktik a comparatively volatile province in the southeastern part of Afghanistan shares a long border with Pakistain.

A strong presence of the forces of Evil is believed to be in this province as the province has seen some deadly terrorist attacks.

In November last year a suicide kaboom killed at least 45 people and maimed over 50 others.

Suicide bomber went kaboom! his kabooms among a huge gathering of people who were watching a volleyball tournament in Yahyakhil District.
Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  sentence: blindfolded and dropped in a mine field

"good luck, asshole"
Posted by: Frank G || 03/03/2015 8:04 Comments || Top||

#2  sentence: blindfolded and dropped in a mine field

Ima thinkern "hanging planter"?
Posted by: Pappy || 03/03/2015 16:43 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Bomb Blast in Egypt Tourist Town Aswan Kills Two
[AnNahar] A kaboom killed two people Sunday in Aswan, the first such attack in the Egyptian tourist town since a wave of violence following the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, police said.

The kaboom, caused by a device placed near a cop shoppe in the southern town, also maimed five people including a policeman, according to the same source.

Aswan is one of two main tourist towns in Upper Egypt, along with Luxor.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Aswan? Dam!
Posted by: SteveS || 03/03/2015 12:38 Comments || Top||


2 killed, 9 injured in downtown Cairo bombing
[Al Ahram] A bomb went kaboom! at Cairo's High Court building, killing two men and injuring nine on Monday, according to health ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel-Gaffar.

The dear departed, two civilians, were pronounced dead when they gave up the ghost hours after the blast, the last of a cluster of bombings that Egypt has been witnessing for a year and a half.

The area surrounding the building - which houses the General Prosecutor's office and is the headquarters of some of the country's most senior courts - was searched by explosives experts who found no more bombs.

After the kaboom, hundreds of people in downtown's crowded Ramses Street, where the building is located, ran towards the kaboom site, but security forces soon cordoned it off. The security cordon was, however, surrounded by hundreds of bystanders.

Cairo Governor Galal Saed visited the scene to examine the bombing's aftermath.

Tens of bystanders chanted in support of the police.

Egypt has recently seen a spike in bombings in civilian areas which seldom happened before as Death Eaters focused on targetting police and army personnel and facilities.

A boom-mobile in October detonated in the same location, causing 13 injuries but no deaths. Another bomb went kaboom! in the nearby Qasr El-Nil Street in February but caused no injuries.
Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis


Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram Attacks Island on Niger Side of Lake Chad
[AnNahar] 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...
gunnies attacked an island on the Niger side of Lake Chad, with locals reporting heavy casualties among those who fled but no official confirmation of the corpse count.

A private radio station in Niger said that two people died in a fire in the remote village on Sunday evening but one survivor spoken to by Agence La Belle France-Presse said the corpse count was higher.

"A lot of people jumped into the lake to escape the attack. I think that a lot of people drowned, in particular women and kiddies," said one man, who escaped with his family in a boat.

Abubakar Gamandi, the head of the fishermen's union in Borno state, northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
, said he received phone calls from members telling him about the attack, which happened on Sunday.

"No one knows how many people died in the attack but many residents fell in the lake and are believed to have drowned," he said.

The attack began at about 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Sunday, the survivor and Gamandi said, both blaming the Islamist group, which has been waging an insurgency in northeast Nigeria since 2009.

"We had just finished evening prayers when the attackers arrived in a speed boat. They started to fire on the village and throw explosives at our houses," said the man, who asked not to be named.

Two humanitarian workers in the area confirmed the attack but did not have more details, while a local politician said that the Niger army was not present in the area.

Gamandi said many of the people on the island came from Baga and nearby Doron-Baga on the Nigerian side of Lake Chad, in the far north of Borno state.

Boko Haram attacked the towns on January 3 and is feared to have killed hundreds, if not more, in what could be the worst massacre of the six-year conflict.

Thousands of residents fled as the rebels torched large parts of the town. Last week, the Nigerian Army said they had recaptured Baga and President Goodluck Jonathan
... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
visited to meet troops.

Lake Chad is a strategic area where the borders of Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
, Nigeria, Niger and Chad meet.

All four countries are involved in a regional fight-back against the hard boys, which has seen the group strike out of its northeast Nigerian stronghold to attack Chad and Niger.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram


Boko Haram posts video purporting to show beheadings of two men
[CNN] 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...
, the Islamist Lion of Islam group already blamed for numerous horrific attacks in West Africa, posted a graphic video online Monday showing the apparent beheadings of two men who the group said were suspected spies.

The six-minute video shows two men with their arms tied to their backs. They are made to face the camera on their knees, with another man towering over one of them brandishing a knife.

The knife-wielding man reaches toward the throat of one of the kneeling men, then the video switches scenes to show what appear to be the bloody severed heads of the two men placed on their headless bodies.

The SITE Intelligence group, which monitors Lion of Islam activities, released a translated transcript from the video, including what SITE called an "interrogation" of one of the two men. The man identifies himself as a farmer from the Nigerian town of Baga. He says he was told by a policeman that if he provided information about "the residents who live in here ... I will become rich and never go back to be a farmer again."

The apparent beheadings then follow on the video. SITE said the video, which included Arabic, English and French subtitles, was posted online via Twitter and "borrows certain elements from productions" of beheadings by ISIS.
Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram

#1  True or not, I wonder why videos of the Saudi justice beheadings never caught on?
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/03/2015 4:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Like a little brother looking for attention, aping their big brother. Very sad. Vile and sad.

Personally I think the US should hammer the crap out of Boko Haram first and then work to bring back Executive Outcomes to restore some stability to that area.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/03/2015 15:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Maybe so (the aping) also seems to be a proven business model.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/03/2015 17:19 Comments || Top||


Arabia
New Drone Strike Kills 3 Qaida Suspects in Yemen
[AnNahar] An overnight drone strike killed three suspected al-Qaeda murderous Moslems in Yemen, a country where the United States is the only power operating the unmanned aircraft, a tribal source said Monday.

The late Sunday strike in the Markha district of the southern province of Shabwa also maimed another three suspected myrmidons, the source told Agence La Belle France Presse.

It was the second drone strike in the province in as many days. On Saturday, a drone strike on a vehicle killed three murderous Moslems in the village of Bijan.

Yemen has descended into chaos since a Shiite militia overran the capital Sanaa last September.

But President Barack Obama
We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us...
vowed in January not to let up in the U.S. campaign against the jihadists' Yemen branch, 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...
, which Washington regards as its most dangerous.

The Huthi militia seized the presidential place in Sanaa in January and placed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi under effective house arrest but the Western-backed leader managed to escape late last month to the main southern city of Aden.

The port city and neighboring provinces are largely controlled by troops and militia loyal to Hadi.

But al-Qaeda has a strong presence in parts of the south, including Shabwa and Hadramawt province further east.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia


Bangladesh
Farabi arrested over Avijit murder
[Dhaka Tribune] Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has jugged
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
bad boy Farabi Shafiur Rahman for his alleged involvement in the killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.

RAB media wing director Mufti Mahmud said a team of RAB 7 arrested Farabi from Jatrabari bus stand on Monday morning.

In a presser at RAB headquarters, the elite force official said Farabi admitted that he had given a death threat to Avijit.

He said a case was filed against Farabi, and he would be handed over to police.

"The mystery will be revealed after interrogation," he added.

Avijit, 45, was hacked to death and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonna, 35, was maimed in an attack by person or persons unknown near the TSC roundabout on February 26.

Friends and family of Avijit Roy said the outspoken humanist had been receiving death threats since 2012.

Farabi is one Death Eater with whom Avijit is known to have debated online.

His exchanges with Avijit resulted in death threats against the blogger.

Farabi is known to have aired questionable views of the Qur'an to defend the books and blogs he has written.

Avijit countered Farabi's claims with citations and references in notes and status updates posted on Facebook and on his blog, earning the wrath of Farabi and his followers.

"Avijit Roy lives in America. So it is not possible to kill him now. He will be killed as soon as he returns home," Farabi commented in one of his online conversations with other bad boys.

Responding to his posts against "atheists," most of Farabi's followers said they ought to be killed to protect Islam.
Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Salafists

#1  Yet State can't figure out why Avijit Roy was killed...
Posted by: Pappy || 03/03/2015 12:07 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea threatens US with a preemptive strike.
Posted by: 3dc || 03/03/2015 14:42 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Same shit different day.
Posted by: chris || 03/03/2015 15:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Obama will demand that we remove sanctions and megotiate with Iran them

Is it any wonder when bad behavior rewarded, begats more bad behavior?
Posted by: Frank G || 03/03/2015 16:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Obama will demand that we remove sanctions and negotiate with them

Only if Pudge becomes a muslim.
Posted by: Pappy || 03/03/2015 16:46 Comments || Top||

#4 

Someone has to, "Take Him Out"
Posted by: BigEdLB || 03/03/2015 16:51 Comments || Top||

#5  Meh... go ahead.

Champ will just whine and pee his pants.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/03/2015 17:01 Comments || Top||

#6  I want to know where they find the writers for these speeches, it's far more creative writing then most of what is coming out of Hollywood lately.
Posted by: Chantry || 03/03/2015 18:31 Comments || Top||

#7  Double dog dare you.

(Deep blue voter districts hit hardest)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/03/2015 18:31 Comments || Top||

#8  'Reminds me of the old saying - "Any ship can be a minesweeper - once."
Posted by: Lone Ranger || 03/03/2015 20:57 Comments || Top||

#9  AFAIC NOKOR = China.

Again, a PLA General-Commander is in actual charge of many of NOKOR's major or strategic programs, NOT one of Pudgy's Boyz even the latter's name + rank may appear on top.

As also said or inferred times before, OWG GLOBALISM = LIMITED/SELECTIVE CONVENTIONAL, TACNUKE WARS ARE THE NORM OR IDEAL, NOT COLD-WAR-FEARED, FULL-SCALE TOTAL WAR OR NUKE WAR INCLUD MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION [MAD].

Espec as OWG Co-Superpowers Putinist Russia, Rising Iran, + Rising China, Other? need to establish-n-expand their specific MilPol or Geopol "spheres of influence" vee the "Sole" Superpower USA-N-Only-the-USA, ERGO LIMITED/SELECTIVE MILSTRIKES = WARS.

USCIA + SPECOPS-led UNO-Coalition "Police Actions", OOTW/MOOTW, + IDEALLY NOT HIGHER THAN TACTICAL NUCLEAR WAR.

US-SPECIFIC, US-LED? "RETREAT IS [WORLD/GLOBAL] PEACE" = US M-U-S-T FALL BACK OR ENGAGE IN STRATEGIC/GEOPOL "RETREAT" AROUND THE WORLD SO THAT ITS OWG CO-SUPERPOWER SIBLINGS CAN EXPAND OR RISE TO "PARITY".

Parity wid the US, NOT inferiority to the US.

At least the above is the IDEAL - THE REALITY MAY STILL END UP TO BE SOMETHING ELSE DIFFERENT OR EXISTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC IFF THE GLOBIES MISCALCULATE, e.g. the retreating US in future being forced to sink or destroy Guam + other Pacific Islands [Hawaii?] in order to deny their utility to its own fellow OWG Co-Superpower sibling China andor Nuclear Islam, etc. in righteous Anti-Access/Area-Denial indignation.

IOW, something happened in the future which caused decisive schism amongst the various OWG Co-Superpower Siblings such that ex-"Sole" Superpower-now-CoSuperpower USoAmerika became fearful + had to physically destroy its own sovereign territories in order to save its Globalist or Post-Globalist butt from Chinese or Islamist expansionism [also read, MIL CONQUEST + TOTAL NUCWAR].

PCORRECTLY-DENIABLY, OF COURSE - "THOSE D **** GED AMISH SANK GUAM + HAWAII - WHY DID THEY DO IT, D **** IT, WHY"???

Fear notteth, Amerika, your Govt. will find out who did this wily dastardly deed and punish them accordingly by forcing them to retire wid full pensions so that the credibility-n-continuity of Govt. goes on.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 03/03/2015 21:28 Comments || Top||

#10  No 'Sea of fire' or 'capitalist running-dog lackeys', but there was a 'hostile forces' and 'scum of mankind' in there.

Meh - someone's lost their fastball over there in the Rhetoric Dept.
Posted by: Raj || 03/03/2015 21:54 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkey detains 10 in ISIL raids
[Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish authorities have detained 10 suspects in raids in northwestern The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
as part of a probe into potential 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 the Levant (ISIL) members, police have said.

The 10 suspects were taken into custody after Turkish police carried out parallel raids at multiple addresses in the northwestern province of Sakarya on the night of March 1.

The authorities did not share any further information regarding the details of the investigation.

On Feb. 5, a Turkish citizen was jugged
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
for being a member of ISIL for the first time in Turkey.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said an estimated 500-700 Turkish nationals are fighting alongside ISIL in Syria and Iraq.

Cavusoglu has also said Ankara is concerned about potential attacks by jihadists after returning to Turkey.
Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Home Front: WoT
Jury sentences Hasan to death for '09 Fort Hood massacre

The sooner the sentence is carried out, the better.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/03/2015 06:55 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  August 28, 2013
Posted by: Frank G || 03/03/2015 7:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Warm up Sadam's old shredder.
Posted by: AlanC || 03/03/2015 7:29 Comments || Top||

#3  MARCH 2, 2015
JUSTICE: Jury sentences Hasan to death for ’09 Fort Hood massacre. “Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist convicted in the November 2009 shooting rampage that left 13 dead and 31 wounded, was sentenced to death Wednesday by a military jury. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty, saying Hasan’s murderous rampage at the sprawling military base here left tragic and devastating loss for victims and loved ones.” Justice, but justice delayed.

Posted at 11:33 pm by Glenn Reynolds
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/03/2015 7:34 Comments || Top||

#4  look at the date of your article
Posted by: Frank G || 03/03/2015 7:40 Comments || Top||

#5  I linked it because it was posted on Instapundit today.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/03/2015 7:43 Comments || Top||

#6  Not sure why the Professor linked it. Old news.
Posted by: Steve White || 03/03/2015 7:57 Comments || Top||

#7  Not going to happen. The Military Court of Appeals hasn't allowed an execution in generations. They're 'enlightened' you know. While thousands have died since 9/11 defending the country, this one won't die fighting against a country he took an oath to. Such is the whim of the oligarchy.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/03/2015 8:35 Comments || Top||

#8  I expect a deal to be made so the piece of shit isn't killed.

Nice to see the sentence handed down however. Glad our military hasn't gone completely liberal washy.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/03/2015 8:44 Comments || Top||

#9  In the comment thread, Professor Reynolds responded to the wuestion of why he posted this old article last night:

Glenn Reynolds
Like I said, Justice delayed.
8 hours ago


But the article points out that there is an automatic appel process for death sentences. Possibly that's what is happening now. If the president has arranged for the appeal to be delayed, the man depends the good will of his guards even to have his bottom wiped and diaper changed every single day. By now the humiliation will have come to his attention.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/03/2015 8:48 Comments || Top||

#10  Right,TW, he'd probably prefer to be sent to his final reward.
Posted by: Bobby || 03/03/2015 9:28 Comments || Top||

#11  I have no objections to the death penalty, but in Hasan's case I'd rather see him live a very long rotting in a high security. He wants to be a martyr, so make him live instead.
Posted by: Chantry || 03/03/2015 18:35 Comments || Top||

#12  I kinda agree about the long life in a Supermax. But some poor bastard is going have to change out his catheters and colostomy bags. Then he will sue for a sex change operation.
Posted by: Albert Thravins4110 || 03/03/2015 18:44 Comments || Top||

#13  Plenty of people would volunteer to do his sex change operation for free. In fact, we could pay off a chunk of the national debt auctioning the job off.
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/03/2015 19:11 Comments || Top||

#14  Butsome poor bastard is going have to change out his catheters and colostomy bags.

I'd assign the "legally blind" guy they had review Lerner's emails
Posted by: Frank G || 03/03/2015 20:51 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Two suspected militants killed in Sibi clash
[DAWN] Two suspected holy warriors were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in the Lehri area of Sibi district on Sunday.

Official sources said that personnel of Frontier Corps were on patrol duty in the Tareer Nullah area when holy warriors attacked them, leaving four troops injured.

The FC men returned fire and the shootout continued for about an hour.

FC troops deployed in nearby areas also reached there.

Two suspected holy warriors were killed and two others injured in the fighting. They were removed to hospital.

The injured troops were taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Sibi.

Later, an FC front man said, six suspected holy warriors were captured and arms and ammunition seized from their possession during an operation conducted in a vast area of Lehri.
Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Two held for parade attack plot
[DAWN] Police in the capital foiled a terrorist plot against the Pakistain Day parade, to be held on March 23 this year after a seven-year gap and may be attended by the Chinese president.

Two men have been placed in durance vile
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
and a heavy cache of weapons seized. Police have sought a two-day physical remand from the court to thoroughly interrogate the suspects, who confessed to planning an attack during preliminary questioning.

The primary suspect is said to be the son of a local real estate developer who, among other properties, has heavily invested in as many as seven housing societies in the federal capital.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mirwaiz Niaz confirmed that two individuals were arrested in the raid on a house in Ghori Town. "During initial questioning, it has emerged that the weapons were brought in from the tribal areas. Police are trying to establish which turban group the suspects are linked to," he said.

An official told Dawn on condition of anonymity that police had received a tip that a large quantity of weapons and ammunition was being stored in a house in the Ghori Town locality and that a plot to attack the upcoming Pakistain Day parade was being hatched there.

"The house, located in the Koral police precinct, belonged to a very influential person, who owns seven housing societies. Therefore, it was decided that a search warrant would be obtained before the house was raided," he said.

"During the search operation, as many as six Kalashnikovs, one M-4 rifle, three 12 bore rifles, one 7mm rifle, an SMG, two Repeater guns, two 12 bore and two 9mm pistols and 2,834 live bullets were recovered. These weapons were concealed in a cupboard under some books and stationery," he said.

According to the police report seen by Dawn, the two men in jug are Raja Safeer Akbar and his gunman Saghir Ahmed.

Koral Station House Officer (SHO) Jamshed Khan confirmed that Raja Safeer Akbar is the son of the owner the Ghori Town housing scheme.

"It would have been a disaster if gunnies had succeeded in attacking the parade, especially in the presence of the Chinese president," another police official told Dawn.
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KP police arrest 471 parents for refusing polio vaccine
[DAWN] Police on Monday registered cases against more than 1,400 people 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.
for refusing to vaccinate their children against polio
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set...
during the ongoing drive in the quiet provincial capital.

According to a source in the police, the city police have also enjugged
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
471 parents under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) on the directives of Deputy Commissioner Riaz Khan Mehsud who have been sent to jail for refusing the vaccine.

The source added that police officials have initiated a crackdown against the rest of the accused people.

The local administration has ordered the implementation of Section 144 in the wake of the anti-polio drive in the city.

Pakistain is one of only three countries in the world where polio remains endemic but years of efforts to stamp it out have been badly hit by reluctance from parents, opposition from snuffies and attacks on immunisation teams.
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#1  vaccinate the kids. Give the parents live polio virus
Posted by: Frank G || 03/03/2015 10:39 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Security forces move by Abadi’s order to “eliminate terrorism” in Samarra and Diyala
[IraqiNews.com] A security source announced on Sunday that the security forces, by the commander in chief of the Armed Forces Haider Abadi's order and under the supervision of the interior minister and commander of the federal police, are moving toward Samarra and Diyala to free them from terrorism.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "By the commander in chief of the Armed Forces' order and under the supervision of the minister of interior and the commander of the federal police forces, massive security forces have moved in the early hours toward several axes in Samarra and Diyala to liberate them from terrorism."

It is noteworthy that the security committee in the House of Salahuddin province confirmed on February 26, 2015 that the battle to liberate the province would be over soon.
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ISIS blows up runway of Mosul International Airport
[IraqiNews.com] On Thursday, the ISIS elements blew up the runway of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
International Airport and booby-trapped a number of main bridges, in an attempt to separate the right coast from the left coast of the city, a local source in Nineveh province stated.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Elements of the ISIS group detonated the runway of Mosul International Airport after booby-trapped it with a large number of improvised bombs."

The source added, "They emplaced bombs under a number of main bridges in the center of Mosul in preparation for detonation," noting that, "This aims at isolating and separating the left coast from the right coast in case the security forces launched an attack on the city."

It is noteworthy that Mosul International Airport, located 5 kilometers away from the city of Mosul (405 km north of Baghdad), is Iraq's third-largest airports and was developed according to the international safety standards. It opened in 2008 after had been used by the US forces as a military base since 2003.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/03/2015 12:54 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Why didn't they rename it "Caliphate International Airport"? They maybe gotta better place from which to launch their worldwide conquest?
Posted by: Bobby || 03/03/2015 12:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Now arriving at Gate 10... Gate 11... Gate 12...
Posted by: Raj || 03/03/2015 13:27 Comments || Top||

#3  I'd like an akbars candy bar..
A copy of IS Squire...
annnd the second improvised bomb on the right.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/03/2015 13:41 Comments || Top||

#4  How is Obama gonna get foreign flagged planes in there to resupply them now?
Posted by: chris || 03/03/2015 19:13 Comments || Top||

#5  #4 How is Obama gonna get foreign flagged planes in there to resupply them now?

Just needs more pallets and parachutes.
Posted by: bbrewer126 || 03/03/2015 22:13 Comments || Top||


Anbar Activities
Key ISIS leader killed in air strike by IAF in western Ramadi

[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, a source within the police force in Anbar province said, that the ISIS military commander in the area of al-Ta'mim has been killed in an air strike by the Iraqi Air Force in western Ramadi.

The source informed IraqiNews, "In the early hours of the morning, warplanes of the Iraqi Air Force conducted an air strike on a site for the ISIS group turbans in the area of al-Ta'mim, located in western Ramadi," pointing out that, "The air strike resulted in killing the key ISIS leader Abu al-Hawarith al-Saudi, a Saudi national, known as the military commander for the ISIS group in the area of al-Ta'mim."

"Local police forces backed by rustics have managed to advance in al-Hooz area in al-Ramadi," the source added.

ISF control wide areas in western Anbar

[IraqiNews.com] The security forces backed by the volunteers managed to liberate wide areas in western Anbar on Monday.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "ISF supported by volunteers controlled wide areas in Haditha district."

Army forces kill, injure 59 hard boyz in Anbar on Sunday

[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday, that 59 hard boyz have been either killed or injured during military operations by the army forces in different areas of al-Anbar province.

The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews, "Heroes of the 8th Infantry Brigade of the Iraqi Army, with support from the Iraqi Air Force (IAF), have managed to kill 27 hard boyz and injure 20 others in the area Albu-Juwairyi near al-Habaniya site, located in al-Anbar province," adding that, "Anbar Operations forces have killed 3 hard boyz and maimed 9 others, in addition to destroying a number of hideouts and vehicles for the ISIS group in Albu-Bali area."
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Yesterday in Tikrit
ISF approach Tikrit through 5 sides

[IraqiNews.com] The security forces are approaching Tikrit city from five sides on Monday.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The Iraqi war planes and the artillery are shelling the sites 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 Levant murderous Moslems in al-Dor district and Tikrit city, killing dozens among them."

Iraqi flag raised in al-Dor & al-Qadissiya areas

[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi Army Forces raised the Iraqi flag on areas of northern and southern Tikrit on Monday.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The Iraqi Army forces liberated the residential areas in al-Dor and al-Qadissiya districts from 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 Levant terrorists."

Volunteer forces free 13 coppers from ISIS capture in Tikrit

[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, a source within the Iraqi Volunteer Forces (also known as al-Hashed al-Sha'bi) said, that a force from the paramilitary group has managed to free 13 coppers from ISIS capture in eastern Tikrit.

The Iraqi Volunteer Forces front man said in a statement released by Al-Iraqiyah TV channel, "Elements of the Iraqi Volunteer Forces (also known as al-Hashed al-Sha'bi) have managed to free 13 hostages from the local police elements, who were previously taken as captives by the ISIS group turbans in a residential area, located in eastern Tikrit.

Iraqi forces enter al-Qadishiyah, north of Tikrit

[IraqiNews.com] On Monday, a security source in Salahuddin province said, that the army forces have managed to enter the neighborhood of al-Qadishiyah and inflict big losses upon ISIS ranks in north of Tikrit.

The source informed IraqiNews, "Security forces backed by volunteer fighters from al-Hashed al-Sha'bi have entered al-Qadishiyah neighborhood, located in north of Tikrit," pointing out that, "Fierce festivities between the forces and ISIS forces of Evil resulted in killing and injuring dozens of ISIS forces of Evil including snipers and some elements of Arab nationals."

"The festivities have also resulted in killing 8 elements of al-Hashed al-Sha'bi and injuring 42 others," the source added.

ISF reach close to Ajeel Oil Fields eastern Tikrit

[IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Security Forces reached close to Ajeel Oil Fields of eastern Tikrit.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The ISF and the volunteers progressed in Tuz Khormatu district of eastern Tikrit to reach Ajeel Oil Fields next to al-Alam district.

ISF liberate building of Salah il-Din Police Academy

[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi security forces liberated the building of Salah il-Din Police Academy from the ISIL terrorists.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The joint security forces liberated the building of Salah il-Din Police Academy from the ISIL bully boyz which is two Kilometers away from central Tikrit."
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Yesterday's Salahuddin Province Battles, In No Particular Order
Iraqi forces take 11 ISIS hostages, liberate some areas in Salahuddin

[IraqiNews.com] A security source in Samarra said Monday, that the Iraqi security forces have liberated some areas in Salahuddin province and detained 11 elements of the ISIS group during fierce battles in the district.

The source stated to IraqiNews in an interview, "The Security forces alongside al-Hashed al-Sha'bi fighters and residents of Samarra city celebrated the liberation of some areas in Salahuddin province by firing guns in the air," pointing out that, "The forces have wandered the streets of Samarra with tens of vehicles, carrying 11 ISIS captives and dozens of dead."

"Hamed al-Sabae', the Wali (ISIS governor) in the district of al-Door was among the dead," the source also added.

ISF denies discovering survivors from Spiecher Base victims

[IraqiNews.com] The Command of the operations responsible for liberating Salah-il-Din province denied reports over discovering survivors from the victims of the Spiecher military base.

It is worth to mention that more than 1700 young men from the students of the Iraqi Air Force Academy and elements of the Iraqi Army 9th Division have been killed by the gunnies of the ISIL in Salah-il-Din province on last June, 2014.

2 mortar shells target holy shrines of Imamain Askarain in Samara

[IraqiNews.com] Two mortar shells targeted the holy shrines of Imamain Askarain in Samara city.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The mortar shells targeted the holy shrines of Imamain Askarain in Samara of southern Salah il-Din without any casualties."

Hundreds of bombs defused in southern Dor district

[IraqiNews.com] The Explosive Ordinance Disposal experts managed to defuse hundreds of bombs in Albo Hasani area of southern Dor district on Monday.

Deputy Head of Local Security Committee said to IraqiNews.com "The EOD experts defused them safely."

ISF defuse 83 IEDs in Salah il-Din

[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi Security Forces defused 83 Improvised Explosive Devices in Salah il-Din.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The ISF controlled Zarqoosh cross road between Atheem Dam and Salah il-Din and dismantled 83 IEDs in Salah il-Din."

Citizens of eastern Salah il-Din revolte on ISIL

[IraqiNews.com] The citizens of some villages of eastern Salah il-Din revolted on the ISIL terrorists.

The Governor of Salah il-Din Raed al-Jobouri, stated to IraqiNews.com "The joint security forces managed to liberate three villages of eastern Salah il-Din when the citizens revolted on the ISIL terrorists."

Volunteers Command names its new operation against ISIL

[IraqiNews.com] The Command of the volunteers who fight 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 Levant Death Eaters named the major offensive against the ISIL as "Here I am Messenger of Allah" on Monday.

Earlier, Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced commencement of the new operation against ISIL to liberate Salah-il-Din province.

Volunteers next to Dour district tapping on ISIL communications

[IraqiNews.com] The Spokesperson of the Volunteers Command, Ahmed al-Asadi, stated that the volunteers are next to Dour district in Salah il-Din and tapping on the communication of the ISIL.
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Iraq Launches Major Assault to Retake Tikrit from IS
[AnNahar] Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadists in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake one 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....
group's main strongholds.

Government forces have battled their way north for months, notching up key victories against IS, but Tikrit has been their toughest target yet with the jihadists having resisted them several times.

Commanders voiced hope the operation would be a step towards the recapture of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, the jihadists' main hub in Iraq.

"The army, federal police, Popular Mobilization (volunteer) units, and the sons of Salaheddin's tribes are performing the duties of liberation in the largest operation against Daesh since June," said a senior army officer on the ground, using an Arabic acronym for IS.

"We are certain of victory... but the operation is not easy," the officer told Agence La Belle France-Presse.

The operation began in early morning after being announced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi the previous evening.

Military sources said warplanes were involved, but the Pentagon said they excluded those of the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS.

"We're not providing air strikes in support of the operation around Tikrit," said Pentagon front man Colonel Steven Warren.

It was unclear whether Iranian planes were involved, however.

Both Iraqi and Iranian media said Qassem Soleimani -- the commander of the al-Quds Force covert operations unit of Tehran's elite Revolutionary Guards -- was in Salaheddin province to help coordinate operations.

- Appeal to spare civilians -
Abadi urged the security forces to spare civilians, a message echoed by the U.N. and responding to fears of reprisals against Sunnis in the area.

Hadi al-Ameri, the Popular Mobilization units' powerful commander, on Saturday urged Tikrit residents to leave their homes within 48 hours so government forces could "wrap up the battle of the Dire Revenge for Speicher."

Speicher is a military base near Tikrit from which hundreds of new, mostly Shiite, recruits were kidnapped before being murdered execution-style in the early days of the IS offensive that swept through much of the Sunni Arab heartland north and west of Baghdad in June.

Shiite militias in particular have vowed to avenge the murders, sparking fears of mass killings against Sunnis if Tikrit were to be recaptured.

Some Sunni tribes have been accused of direct involvement in the Speicher massacre.

Abadi appealed to residents to turn against the jihadists, who have suffered a string of losses since Iraq's foreign partners stepped up their support.

"I call on all those who were misled and made mistakes in the past to lay down their arms today. This may be the last chance," Abadi said, suggesting some could be granted amnesty.
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#1  Someone spelled Iran wrong.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 03/03/2015 8:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Iraq is now a satellite state of Iran.

Kurds are getting only 10% of weapons provided by the US to forces in Iraq through Baghdad. Many weapons are going to Iran, which then go to Hezbollah to be used against Israel.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 03/03/2015 9:39 Comments || Top||

#3  The Obama regime is supporting terrorist states either by handing weapons to the wrong people which then end up in terrorist possession or through openly supporting Iran.

Kurds are beginning to call for Americans to oust President Obama from office.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 03/03/2015 9:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Kurds are getting only 10% of weapons provided by the US to forces

I'm amazed they're getting any.

Al
Posted by: frozen al || 03/03/2015 10:20 Comments || Top||

#5  Shia forces near Tikrit taking casualties in the fighting with ISIS.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 03/03/2015 19:10 Comments || Top||


IS executes four Iraqis from Tikrit: Video
[Al Ahram] 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....
krazed killer group released a video on Monday in which four Sunni rustics from the Tikrit region are executed for allegedly collaborating with the government.

The video was released on the day some 30,000 government forces launched a huge operation to retake Tikrit, which the holy warriors have controlled for almost nine months.

The video describes them as belonging to a tribal group named after a town just north of Tikrit.

"Elimination of a Sahwat al-Alam cell," reads a banner just before masked gunnies are seen shooting a bullet into the back of each victim's head.

IS released pictures of the execution of 13 alleged members of the group in December.

According to military sources, several units of Sunni tribal fighters were involved in the offensive launched on Monday, alongside the army, police, Shia volunteers and militias.

Announcing the operation on Sunday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi urged all Tikrit resident to lay down their arms and turn against IS.
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Southeast Asia
Philippines hunts 'coddled' most-wanted bombmaker
[ARABNEWS] The Philippine military is trying to capture a bombmaker it believes is being "coddled" by Filipino murderous Moslems who have pledged loyalty to 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....
, authorities said Sunday.

The capture of Abdel Basit Usman is one of the objectives of a major army offensive on the southern island of Mindanao, said local military commander Major General Edmundo Pangilinan.

The US government has Usman on its most-wanted list with a one million dollar bounty on his head. Washington and Manila say he has links to Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf
...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder...
, two groups of Southeast Asian Death Eaters.

Pangilinan said the military believes Usman is being sheltered by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
...a MILF splinter group aligned with the Islamic State...
(BIFF), which has vowed support to the Islamic State jihadist group that controls swathes of Iraq and Syria.

"Basit Usman is still believed to be in the area. We believe the BIFF, this armed, lawless group, are the ones coddling and protecting him. We are still pursuing him," he told AFP.

"Field reports indicated that three (Filipino Moslem) lieutenants of Basit Usman were killed in the assault," a military statement said.

"More troops were sent in to scour the hiding places of Usman," it added. Military officials declined to specify how many soldiers were involved.

More than 10,000 residents have fled since the fighting began last week between the army and the BIFF in the province of Maguindanao on Mindanao, a government front man said, adding that Manila was providing aid to them.Pangilinan said the military was also confirming reports of four Indonesians and an Arab who may be with Usman and the BIFF.

"Airstrikes and artillery fire were delivered (on Saturday) after information of the location of the targets were identified," a military statement said, without specifying if anyone was hit.

Usman was one of the targets of a botched police commando operation in the same area on January 25.

Forty-four commandoes were killed in the raid, triggering a wave of outrage which has shaken the administration of President Benigno Aquino.

Usman was not captured. But initial DNA tests from another body indicated the raid may have succeeded in killing another target, Zulkifli bin Hir.
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Terror Networks
Kurdish forces arrest pro-ISIS cell near Syria's Afrin
[ARA] On Monday, the Kurdish anti-terrorism units in Jenders area near the city of Afrin in Aleppo province, northern Syria, tossed in the calaboose
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
what they described as a "terrorist cell" who raised the flag 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....
on a primary school, a member of the People's Protection Units (YPG) told ARA News.

The cell was reportedly preparing to detonate explosives inside the primary school.

The source pointed out that the Kurdish security forces of the Asayish in Afrin received information about the suspects movements around the school two days ago, before arresting them.

"The Kurdish forces arrested 30 pro-ISIS suspects, most of whom members of one family, while the Kurdish counter-terrorism units discovered a number of weapons and bombs in the houses of the suspects," the source told ARA News, pointing out that interrogations are still ongoing.

Noteworthy, a printed announcement was distributed in Jenders' streets days before the incident, under the banner of the Islamic State, urging people to raise against the Kurdish forces in Afrin and its environs.
Posted by: Fred || 03/03/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Jahbat al-Nursra (Al Queda in Syria) who defeated rebels seized weapons provided to the anti-Assad rebels by the Obama Regime.



Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 03/03/2015 9:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Exactly as predicted, Ebbomosh Hupemp2664. Even I was able to call that one ahead of time.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/03/2015 19:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Some are wise, others are blind.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 03/03/2015 21:55 Comments || Top||


Syrian, Kurdish forces battle ISIL in key border area
[Hurriyet Daily News] Syrian regime forces and Kurdish militia fought separate battles with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on March 2 in a strategic area near the Iraqi and Turkish borders, a monitoring group said.

Forces loyal to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
and fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) launched uncoordinated offensives against ISIL in the northeastern province of Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that after three days of festivities, regime forces bolstered by fighters from Arab tribes had secured control over 23 villages in the centre of the province from ISIL.

Syria's official news agency SANA put the number at 31.

State television said the army offensive would continue until it controlled the main road linking the thriving provincial capital Hasakeh and the city of Qamishli.

"ISIL has launched counter-attacks on regime checkpoints, while the regime fortifies its positions with support from local Arab tribes," Abdel Rahman added.

He said YPG fighters were meanwhile also battling ISIL alongside Arab tribes outside the village of Tal Tamr in Hasakeh's southwest.

"The YPG fighters in Tal Tamr are shelling ISIL around the area to lure IS to respond, so they can identify their positions" and call for strikes by the US-led coalition waging an air campaign against IS, he said.

"But IS is avoiding any response in order not to give away its positions."

YPG front man Redur Khalil confirmed to AFP that the Kurdish fighters were conducting "attack-and-retreat operations with ISIL on two fronts.

"The first is around Tal Tamr, in order to retake Assyrian towns in the area, and the second is around Tal Burak," a town between Hasakeh and Qamishli, he said.

IS launched an attack last week on the areas around Kurdish-controlled Tal Tamr and kidnapped 220 Assyrian Christians from 11 villages. Nineteen of them were freed Sunday after ransoms were paid.

Control of Hasakeh province is split between ISIL, regime fighters and Kurdish militia, with overlap at a number of points.

Government forces withdrew from most of the province in the first few months after the start of Syria's uprising in March 2011, granting greater autonomy to the Kurds.

The area is of strategic importance because it borders both The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
and Iraq.

A UN fact-finding mission meanwhile deployed to Syria's second city Aleppo on Monday, despite the rejection by opposition forces of a partial ceasefire there proposed by UN envoy Staffan de Mistura.

"The mission will aim to assess the situation on the ground and to ensure that, once the freeze is announced, humanitarian aid can significantly increase, and to prepare arrangements to follow up on violations of the freeze," his office said in a statement.

The Italian-Swedish diplomat has made the Aleppo freeze the centrepiece of his mediation efforts since he was named as special envoy on the Syrian conflict in July.
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Fri 2015-02-27
  Third alleged accomplice in Copenhagen shootings arrested
Thu 2015-02-26
  Islamic State video shows destruction of ancient Iraqi artefacts
Wed 2015-02-25
  SECURITY MoD: Iraqi forces liberate most of al-Baghdadi, Anbar
Tue 2015-02-24
  ISIS executes three of its leaders for cowardice in Diyali
Mon 2015-02-23
  Libya: ISIS claims it bombed Iran envoy's residence
Sun 2015-02-22
  Hotel staffers arrested after deadly bombing
Sat 2015-02-21
  Dozens Dead in Shebab Attack on Mogadishu Hotel
Fri 2015-02-20
  45 dead in eastern Libya bombings, Islamic extremists claim responsibility
Thu 2015-02-19
  Rebels report death of 195 pro-Assad fighters in Aleppo
Wed 2015-02-18
  IS launches attack to regain Yazidi city of Shingal
Tue 2015-02-17
  Islamic State militants 'burn to death 45 in Iraq'

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