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‘There were only a few like Hemwand’: Peshmerga found murdered in the UK

2019-09-20

Possibly an ISIS hit, or Turkish... [Rudaw] A Peshmerga sniper was found dead in the UK on Sunday in an apparent murder. Hemwand Ali Hussain, 30, was a skilled Kurdish sniper, according to his family and fellow soldiers. He was killed in Hartlepool, a town in the northeast England. British police sent an email to his brother saying that Hamawand is killed, according to his family. One man was arrested in relation to the murder and the case remains under investigation, according to local media. Hemwand was born in the Soran district in the Kurdistan Region in 1989. He immigrated to the UK in 2005 and married a British woman. At the start of the war against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS ...embracing their inner Islamic Brute... ) in 2014, he returned to the Kurdistan Region with his wife. He was injured during the offensives of Shingal and Zummar, but fought against ISIS until the end of the war. Hemwand became a Peshmerga representative with the international anti-ISIS coalition. Peshmerga commanders describe him as a great soldier. "He was a genius and an active Peshmerga," Brig. Gen. Musa Gardi told Rudaw. "Believe me, there were only a few like Hemwand." Hemwand is the father of two young boys named Adam and Jalal. His body is still in the UK while the investigation takes place.

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India-Pakistan

Pakistani forces kill, arrest dozens after IS shrine bombing

2017-02-18

[SCMP] Pak security forces killed dozens of suspected forces of Evil on Friday, a day after Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... claimed a suicide kaboom that killed more than 80 worshippers at a Sufi shrine in the latest of a series of attacks across the country. The bombing at the famed Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in southern Sindh province was Pakistain’s deadliest attack in two years, killing at least 83 people and underlining the threat of bully boy groups like the Pak Taliban and Islamic State. With authorities facing angry criticism for failing to tighten security before the bomber struck, analysts warned that the wave of violence pointed to a major escalation in Islamist bully boys’ attempts to destabilise the region. "This is a virtual declaration of war against the state of Pakistain," said Imtiaz Gul, head of the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad. With pressure growing for action, Pakistain demanded that neighbouring Afghanistan hand over 76 "terrorists" it said were sheltering over the border. The bombings over five days have hit all four of Pakistain’s provinces and two major cities, killing around 100 people and shaking a nascent sense that the worst of the country’s bully boy violence may be in the past. A series of military operations against holy warrior groups operating in Pakistain had encouraged hopes that their leaders were scattered. "But this has led to a degree of complacency within our civil-military leadership that perhaps they have completely destroyed these elements, or broken their back," Gul said. If so, that impression has been shattered by the events of recent days. At Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, the white marble floor was still marked by blood on Friday, and a pile of abandoned shoes and slippers was heaped in the courtyard, many of them belonging to victims. Outside, protesters shouted slogans at police, who they said had failed to protect the shrine. "I wish I could have been here and died in the blast last night," a devastated Ali Hussain told Rooters, sitting on the floor of the shrine. He said that local Sufis had asked for better security after a separate bombing this week killed 13 people in the eastern city of Lahore, but added: "No one bothered to secure this place". Anwer Ali, 25, rushed to the shrine after he heard the kaboom, and described seeing dead bodies and chaos as people expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. "There were threats to the shrine. The Taliban had warned that they will attack here, but authorities didn’t take it seriously," Ali said. Sindh police chief A.D. Khawaja said on Friday that the corpse count had reached 83 people with scores more maimed.

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Arabia

Bahrain arrests 2 men, seeks 1 in bombing that killed woman

2016-07-14

[Ynet] Bahrain says it has tossed in the clink Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! two men and is seeking a third over a June highway bombing that killed a woman and maimed three of her children. An Interior Ministry statement late on Tuesday accused the two men arrested -- 35-year-old Hassan Jassim Hassan al-Haiki and 26-year-old Hussain Ibrahim Ali Hussain Marzooq -- of receiving military training from Iran. It says the third suspect, 27-year-old Hussain Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed Hussain, also received military training from Iran and had fled to the Islamic Theocratic Republic. Another Ynet article adds: Iran on Wednesday denied any involvement. An Interior Ministry statement late Tuesday says al-Haiki was taught "in making and using weapons and explosives from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard," whom acts as the country's paramilitary force.

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India-Pakistan

Police arrest Christian labourer for blasphemy in Kasur

2015-09-06

[DAWN] Police said Saturday they have tossed in the calaboose Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! and imprisoned a Christian man accused of blasphemy in Punjab's Kasur district. Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistain, with even unproven allegations often prompting mob violence, and acquittals in court are rare. "A Christian labourer named Pervaiz Masih was arrested earlier this week and sent on judicial remand for passing derogatory remarks against the Prophet (PTUI!)," a local police official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Ali Hussain, a senior police official in the area, confirmed the incident. He said the accused, a labourer, was working with several Moslem colleagues when the incident occurred. "They were working on a small construction site, one Moslem fellow was listening to religious speech while the accused was working," he said, adding that when the accused told his colleague to get back to work they had an argument during which the Christian man made derogatory remarks about the prophet of Islam. "We have started the paperwork but haven't done much else under section 295C against the accused. The alleged incident occurred in Kasur district, around 54 kilometres (34 miles) southeast of Lahore." Under Pakistain's stringent blasphemy laws, insulting the Prophet (PTUI!) carries the death penalty, though the country has never executed anyone for the crime. But anyone convicted, or even just accused, of insulting Islam, risks a violent and bloody death at the hands of vigilantes. Bonded labourer Shehzad Masih and his pregnant wife Shama Bibi were beaten by a mob of 1,500 people then thrown into a furnace last year in a crazed reaction to rumours they had thrown pages of the Koran into the garbage.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Two ISIS leaders killed by own bomb

2015-07-24

[RUDAW.NET] A Peshmerga official says that a roadside landmine previously planted by the Islamic State on the Mekhmour front was triggered by an ISIS convoy early Thursday, killing two leaders of the terrorist group. “A mine had been planted by ISIS troops in previous battles in the village of Kharbadan to target the Peshmerga, the vise versa happened, killing two of the group’s local leaders on the front,” Ali Hussain, commander of the Mekhmour front told Rudaw. He added: “One of the slain Emirs [Leader] was the group’s administrator in the area named Abu Malik, and the other one named Abu abdul-Aziz.” The Peshmerga commander said the bomb went off at a time when several convoys of ISIS were passing by on the road.

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Iraq

Two ISIS leaders killed by own bomb

2015-07-18

[Rudaw] A Peshmerga official says that a roadside landmine previously planted by 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 the Mekhmour front was triggered by an ISIS convoy early Thursday, killing two leaders of the terrorist group. "A mine had been planted by ISIS troops in previous battles in the village of Kharbadan to target the Peshmerga, the vise versa happened, killing two of the group's local leaders on the front," Ali Hussain, commander of the Mekhmour front told Rudaw. He added: "One of the slain Emirs [Leader] was the group's administrator in the area named Abu Malik, and the other one named Abu abdul-Aziz." The Peshmerga commander said the bomb went off at a time when several convoys of ISIS were passing by on the road. Earlier this month, a wave of attacks from the US-led coalition targeted ISIS bases on the Mekhmour front-lines, southeast of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... .

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India-Pakistan

MWM leaders join sit-in of Minhaj-ul-Quran against PML-N govt

2014-06-18

[Pak Daily Times] Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Moslemeen (MWM)'s leader Allama Aijaz Behishti joined the sit-in of Tehrik-e-Minhaj-ul-Koran/Pakistain Awami Tehrik of Dr Tahir ul Qadri in protest against the Lahore police action against party comrades outside 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... Press Club on Tuesday Accompanied by the MWM's officials Ali Hussain Naqvi, Nasir Hussaini, Hassan Hashmi, Raza Naqvi and Asif Safavi, Allama Behishti remained with the protestors and expressed solidarity with the victims of the biased PML-N government of Punjab. "The PML-N government is trying to target the pro-operation parties and figures because the rulers never wanted a military operation to eliminate the snuffies in Wazoo," said Allama Behishti. He said Lahore action was a proof the PML-N government did so to divert public attention from Waziristan operation. He said peaceful political opponents were sprayed with bullets, teargas shells and baton-charged. He said Shahbaz Sharif-led Punjab government acted liked butcher demonstrating incivility. He said even women were not spared and they too were thrashed and fired upon. "We see this uncalled for brutal action against the anti-Taliban party by the pro-Taliban government who got $1.5 billion from Kingdom of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... to toe their line," he claimed. Allama Behishti rejected the Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah's charges against the peaceful protestors of Minhaj ul Koran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He said they were not armed but Punjab government was trying to understate police action against the peaceful protestors.

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India-Pakistan

Three FC personnel, civilian killed as blasts rock Peshawar

2014-02-26

[DAWN] Three personnel of the Frontier Constabulary and a civilian were killed and 12 people injured as bomb kabooms rattled the city on Monday. The FC men bit the dust when a jacket wallah went kaboom! near a security checkpost outside the Iranian Consulate in the University Town. Eight other people, including six FC personnel, were maimed in the blast. SSP Najeebur Rehman told Dawn that the bomber was heading towards the consulate after disembarking from a boom-mobile at Safwat Ghayyur Road when security personnel shot up him and the man went kaboom!. A bomb disposal unit defused the explosives, said to be 60kgs, in the car. The SSP said the suicide bomber's vest contained five kgs of explosives with ball bearings. His body parts have been found. Talking to newsmen at the blast site, Mr Rehman said the bomber's target was the Iranian consulate, but security personnel saved many lives by sacrificing their own. Security has been put on high alert across the bustling provincial capital. "My staff was reluctant to get close to the car, therefore, I personally defused explosives," the head of the bomb disposal unit, AIG Shafqat Malik, told Dawn. Cantonment Circle SP Kamran Faisal said security personnel opened fire after the bomber had ignored their warning to stop. The injured FC man, Arbab, told newsmen at the Khyber Teaching Hospital that the bomber was wearing police uniform. A hospital source said two FC men identified as Noor Nabi and Ali Hussain had died before reaching the hospital. The injured were identified as Mazhar Ali Kailat Hussain, Shahadat Hussain, Noor Mohammad, Ihtesham, Arbab Hussain, Riaz Ali, Naik Nawaz and Ali Sadiq. One of them was to be at death's door. The blast led to a traffic jam on the University Road. Police and security forces condoned off the area to look for handlers of the bomber. In another blast, a man identified as Taif was killed when an improvised bomb planted outside his residence went off in SLearned Elders of Islamn Khel. Two people were maimed when a blast took place at Badu Samar Bagh in the remit of Paharipura cop shoppe. Haji Munir suffered injuries in the Wazirbagh area of Yakatoot cop shoppe when a hand-grenade was hurled at his residence A man was injured in another grenade attack on a house in Afghan Colony. A blast took place in Hayatabad, but no-one was injured.

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India-Pakistan

MWM rallies to condemn Allama Nasir's assassination

2013-12-17

[Pak Daily Times] KARACHI: Supporters of the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Musselmeneen (MWM) staged citywide rallies on Monday to condemn the targeted liquidation of renowned Shia scholar Allama Nasir Abbas of Multan. Thousands of Shiites attended the demonstrations and rallies staged in Shia majority areas, ie, Jafar-e-Tayyar Malir, Ancholi Society and other places where the supporters raised slogans against the US and Zionist regime for using the outlawed terrorist outfits as their proxy against Shia Musselmens of Pakistain. They were also carrying banners and placards. "Government of Punjab must arrest the Death Eaters of takfir ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... i seminaries involved in the martyrdom of Allama Nasir Abbas. No lip service, please," said Hassan Hashmi, secretary-general of the MWM 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... chapter, while speaking to protesters in Ancholi. Allama Sadiq Raza Taqvi, Maulana Ali Anwar Jafari, Ali Hussain Naqvi, Ahsan Abbas and Raza Naqvi also spoke to the demonstrators. They said fanatic seminaries were responsible for spreading sectarian hatred against Musselmens, and demanded a ban on hate-material being taught at such places. They said Shia Musselmens made memorable sacrifices for the sake of Pakistain and enemies of Pakistain and Islam want to punish Shiites for the fact they led the Pakistain Movement. They demanded the government to punish arrest the assassins of Allama Nasir Abbas be tossed in the slammer Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! , and also to order a military operation against sectarian terrorist outfits.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran, Iraq navies sign cooperation agreement

2013-03-13

The navies of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Iraq have signed an agreement to expand cooperation between the naval forces of the two countries, Press TV reported. The agreement was signed on Tuesday by the IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi and Commander of the Iraqi Navy Vice Admiral Ali Hussain Ali. The document calls for expanding cooperation among the two countries' navies, arranging mutual visits for naval forces and holding joint drills. Fadavi described the agreement as a beginning for more cooperation between the two countries in the north of the Persian Gulf region.

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Iraq

Can Iraq become world's largest oil producer?

2010-09-29

We haven'tbeen able to go after Saudi Arabian support of jihadis -- and of the jihadi mindset through the financing of Wahhabi mosques and imams around the world -- because the impact on oil production would crash the world economy. Once Iraq and other sources are pumping enough oil to replace Saudi Arabian production, that hindrance evaporates. [Al Arabiya] Iraq has been grabbing headlines lately, not only because of the uncertainty surrounding the formation of the new government, but also due to the great potential the country holds when it comes to foreign investments, particularly in the oil sector. Not even the delay in passing the hydrocarbon law nor the ongoing disputes with Kurdistan have deterred investments from flowing in. Iraq has already signed 11 deals with foreign oil companies which will see its production quintuple to about 12 million barrels per day (mbpd) by 2017. Such a boost would threaten Saudi Arabia's status as the world's biggest oil producer, whose current production capacity is estimated at 11 mbpd. However, The infamous However... Saudi Arabia has already announced plans to increase its production capacity to over 12 mbpd. Going back to Iraq, there has been lots of speculation regarding whether or not the country would be able to meet its ambitious goal in such a short time. Those who argue that Iraq can increase its production to 12 mbpd base their argument on the fact that Iraq has huge oil reserves, many of which are still undiscovered, estimated at 350 billion barrels. Official figures on the other hand estimate Iraq's proven oil reserves at 115 billion barrels, valued at $9 trillion based on current oil prices. On the sidelines of the Iraq Future Energy 2010 conference, Dr. Ali Hussain, an oil consultant, argued that another factor is the cost of production of Iraqi oil which is the lowest in the world; not to mention the fact that Iraq has the capabilities to export through a number of countries including Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Furthermore, Dr. Hussain stresses that Iraq will be able to market and sell its extra production as the International Energy Agency forecasts that demand for oil will grow 23% from current levels to reach 106 mbpd by 2030. In addition to this, Dr. Hussain says: "Iraq needs to make use of its oil wealth in order to rebuild its economy".

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Bangladesh

Abu Zandal on fresh remand

2010-09-24

[Bangla Daily Star] Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday in a fresh remand prayer told a Dhaka court that Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) leader Abu Zandal collected grenades from BNP leader Abdus Salam Pintu's residence and threw those on an Awami League rally. Third Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ali Hussain placed Zandal on a two-day remand after he was produced before it on completion of his five-day remand. But CID Special Superintendent of Police Abdul Kahar Akond, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, prayed for a three-day remand for Zandal and also submitted a forwarding report where he said Zandal admitted his involvement with supplying grenades used on the rally. The forwarding report also said, after consultation with Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, Zandal brought grenades from Pintu, another accused in the case, and threw those on the rally on August 21, 2004 that AL Chief Sheikh Hasina was addressing. Moreover, Zandal had given important information about the grenade attacks. So, he needs to be remanded to realise more clues, the IO said. The case was filed for killing people during the grenade attack and another case was filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Zandal, who was jugged from Gazipur on February 14, 2008, was earlier remanded for 14 days in the two cases. At least 23 people, including Ivy Rahman, were killed and scores were injured in the grenade attacks on the Awami League rally at Bangabandhu Avenue in 2004.

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