[Jpost] The tribal members are from Abu al-Khasib, south of Basra, on the Shatt al Arab waterway. The men come from the village of Jaykur, close to the Iranian border.
An Iraqi tribe from southern Iraq sent members to fight Somali pirates in order to recover a ship that had been hijacked, according to Iraqi reports on Friday.
The reports, circulating on Arabic social media, said that the tribe had announced they had recovered a ship after Somali pirates had hijacked it.
The Iraqi al-Shaghanba tribal clan said that it sent members to the seas off Somalia. The tribal members then "succeeded in recovering a ship owned by a businessman from the tribe." The ship, which was apparently transporting oil from the UAE to Europe, had been in the hands of pirates for a month, who were demanding ransom for its release.
Tribal members went out to the sea off Somalia, apparently in coordination with the Somali government, and then fought a shootout with the pirates. Video posted online showed two men, apparently from the tribe, with belt-fed machine guns shooting at the pirates. That'll do it, along with a willingness to use it liberally (so to speak)
The alleged battle at sea lasted around five hours, and several of the pirates were killed or maimed and then captured. Video and photos show several vessels involved in the clash. It was not clear how it developed. Basra Today released a statement attributed to the al-Shaghanba "clan," or asirat, saying it is part of the Obadah tribe, or qabilat. This usually indicates that the al-Shaghanba is part of a larger tribal group.
AL-SHAGHANBA QUOTES ISLAMIC TEXT, CALLS ACTIONS OF PIRATES 'SINFUL AGGRESSION'
The statement quoted an Islamic text that says, "But if anyone transgresses against you, then transgress against him in the same way as he transgressed against you. And fear Allah; and know that Allah is with those who fear Him."
"Following the sinful aggression carried out by Somali pirates against one of our ships, and after communication, coordination, and obtaining authorization from the fraternal government of the Republic of Somalia, we were able to recover the ship in Somali waters, arrest the aggressors, and take measures against them," the statement continued.
Kurdistan24 noted that "forty members of a Basra tribe helped free an oil tanker seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, capturing seven alleged attackers and securing the release of the crew, according to a local media report citing a tribal sheikh." It added that Sheikh Ali al-Shaghanba described the incident.
SHEIKH SAYS TRIBAL GROUP CAPTURED SEVEN PIRATES DURING BATTLE
The tribal members are from Abu al-Khasib, south of Basra, on the Shatt al Arab waterway. The men come from the village of Jaykur, close to the Iranian border. The sheikh said, "Seven alleged pirates were captured during the operation, while others escaped."
In another incident off Somalia in August, the Ottoman Turkish Navy said it had also battled pirates. In a 10-day operation, the Ottoman Turkish Navy eliminated four boats used by pirates, killing 14 of them.
Clashes reportedly erupted between armed members of a Basra tribe and Somali pirates after an oil tanker owned by a tribesman was seized in the Gulf of Aden.
A tribal sheikh says 40 tribesmen helped free the vessel and crew, capturing seven alleged pirates.
[HumangleMedia] The Islamic State West Africa Province has lost its last organised Buduma fighting unit following the latest internal confrontation in the Lake Chad basin.
By Ahmad Salkida
The latest clash began on Friday, Sept. 25, when Yaku Buduma led fighters to free kinsmen detained on the orders of ISWAP leader Ba Shuwa. The prisoners were allegedly among fighters suspected of planning to surrender to state authorities or whose loyalty Ba Shuwa questioned.
Yaku served as an amirul fi’a, an Arabic title for the commander of a large fighting unit. Four qaids, or field commanders, operated under him. His band of over a thousand was particularly valuable to ISWAP terrorists. They are waterborne combatants with extensive knowledge of Lake Chad’s islands, channels and marshes. They led some of ISWAP’s most difficult operations against Bakura Doro’s Boko Haram faction, using their knowledge of the terrain to move fighters, weapons and supplies across the lake.
The rupture also dismantles a relationship cultivated by Abubakar Mainok, also known as Abu Bilal al-Mainuki. Mainok maintained close ties with the Buduma after relocating to the Lake Chad area at the height of the insurgency around 2014. Their support strengthened ISWAP’s reach across terrain that remains difficult for both security forces and outsiders to navigate.
Mainok was killed in May during a joint Nigerian and US counter-terrorism operation announced by US President Donald Trump. Ba Shuwa’s subsequent takeover of ISWAP and purge of suspected dissenters have deepened tensions within the group.
#Yemen / #SaudiArabia 🇾🇪🇸🇦: Ansar Allah (#Houthis) struck Main Battle Tanks (likely Saudi-supplied M60A1 or similar MBT) and vehicles used by PLC Forces.
Group apparently used common “Rajoum” Hexacopter Drones armed with Air-Dropped Iranian DIO M48 HE and locally-made Bombs. pic.twitter.com/ylyxbKPG3L
[JTN] In less than one week, a U.S. Coast Guard crew seized more than 25,000 pounds of cocaine across three interdictions in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Their efforts are part of an international drug trafficking interdiction effort, Operation Pacific Viper, launched in August 2025. Since then, Operation Pacific Viper USCG crew members have seized more than 260,000 pounds of cocaine. That's likely uncut
“We own the sea, and Operation Pacific Viper is proving that every day,” Admiral Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, said. “Coast Guard crews are taking the fight to narco-terrorists in the maritime domain, denying them the routes they rely on to move drugs, money and violence, while protecting the homeland and disrupting transnational criminal organizations far from U.S. shores.”
SEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters) - South Korea's military and the United Nations Command launched a joint investigation into a landmine explosion near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday, as opposition lawmakers called for transparency about the origins of the device.
The investigative team of about 40 officials searched an area near the site where the blast happened on September 21, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The military said it will verify the cause of the explosion through further searches and publicly disclose the outcome as opposition lawmakers called for transparency amid suspicions the device may have originated from North Korea.
Three South Korean soldiers were injured by an explosion on Monday while clearing a patrol route in the western sector of the DMZ, a heavily fortified area bordering North Korea. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said the explosion was caused by a landmine.
Mine explosions and other blasts are a recurring hazard in and around the DMZ, where legacy devices and suspected stray mines have periodically injured military personnel on both sides.
North Korean forces resumed fortification work near the border in March, including mine-laying and fence construction, South Korean media reports said.
[Dawn] A dozen people bit the dust while 35 others were maimed on Saturday when a vehicle laden with explosives was rammed into the Aman Mela police checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan... ’s Darazinda tehsil, officials said.
Separately, two rescue workers were killed and another was injured when a Rescue 1122 ambulance came under fire while transporting bodies of victims from the blast.
DI Khan Regional Police Officer (RPO) Ghulam Mubashir Maken, citing an initial assessment, confirmed the casualties from the blast. He clarified that no law enforcement or security personnel were among the dear departed, which included a Customs official and civilians.
The dear departed comprised nine men, two women and a minor.
According to police and Rescue 1122 officials, an unidentified attacker rammed the explosives-laden tractor trolley into the checkpost. DI Khan District Police Officer (DPO) Ziauddin Ahmed confirmed that it was a suicide kaboomThe blast destroyed a large portion of the checkpost and completely demolished a house adjacent to the post. The intensity of the earth-shattering kaboom was such that it was heard over a considerable distance, according to local officials and residents. Heavy firing was also heard following the blast.
The Aman Mela checkpost, located near Mughal Kot and Darazinda on the DI Khan-Quetta Road, is used by police for security and checking along the route. It is situated close to the border between Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... According to RPO Maken, 25 of the injured were taken to the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital. Meanwhile,
...back at the hoedown, the fiddler suddenly struck a sour note. The dancing stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Bob... District Excise Officer Faheem Wazir said Excise personnel present at the checkpost remained safe.
A bomb disposal team was also sent to the site to determine the nature of the earth-shattering kaboom and examine the scene, police said.
More than 25 personnel, six ambulances and a fire vehicle took part in the relief operations, according to the rescue service. On the directions of District Emergency Officer (DEO) Mohammad Arif Khan, four additional ambulances with staff were dispatched from DI Khan to assist in evacuating the injured.
2 KILLED AS AMBULANCE COMES UNDER FIRE
Rescue 1122 said two of its workers were killed while another was maimed when an ambulance transporting some bodies recovered from the blast site was targeted by person or persons unknown near Aman Mela.
The dear departed rescue workers were identified as Sharifullah and Imtiaz, while Anees sustained injuries in the firing, according to a Rescue 1122 spokesperson.
The injured worker was provided immediate medical treatment and taken to a hospital. Despite the firing incident, rescue teams had continued the operation to transport the bodies and assist those affected by the blast.
State broadcaster Radio Pakistain attributed the attack to Fitna al Khawarij, a term the state uses to refer to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... Pakistain (TTP).
The report added that an operation by the security forces against the turbans was underway.
The province is near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, in an area frequently hit by Islamist violence that often targets police and security forces, including attacks involving the Pakistani Taliban.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli settlers are filmed raiding the central West Bank village of al-Mughayyir during the Sabbath and smashing cars and hurling rocks at Palestinian locals, as Israeli security forces look on.
There are no reports of any arrests, which are rare in cases of settler violence against Palestinians, despite the phenomenon being a near-daily occurrence across the West Bank.
Palestinian media reports that settlers also hurled rocks at an ambulance trying to reach al-Mughayyir, shattering its window.
The settlers also reportedly stolee agricultural equipment from the town.
From the Jerusalem Post liveblog, which only gives individual URLs to some of the posts:
September 27, 4:33 AM
Iran fired anti-ship missiles toward the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday night, according to Iranian media reports.
According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, Senior Spokesperson for Iran's Armed Forces General Shekarchi said prior to the strikes that any ship attempting to pass outside the Iranian-designated route would not be secure.
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…said Iran's current deal proposal is not acceptable, describing the US naval blockade as the largest in military history and framing Iran's closure of the strait as a strategic self-inflicted trap.
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🚨 IDF DESTROYS HEZBOLLAH ARMS CACHE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON
The IDF struck a Hezbollah weapons cache in southern Lebanon used to store arms for attacks on Israeli troops, saying the strike was carried out to “remove a threat.”
🚨 IDF DESTROYS HEZBOLLAH ARMS CACHE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON
The IDF struck a Hezbollah weapons cache in southern Lebanon used to store arms for attacks on Israeli troops, saying the strike was carried out to “remove a threat.”
The IDF warned: “Any use of force from Lebanese territory in order to harm Israeli civilians or IDF soldiers will be met with a decisive response,” while stressing it “remains committed to the agreement between Israel and Lebanon.”
The site in the Sejoud area was used by Hezbollah to store various weapons for targeting IDF soldiers operating in the southern Lebanon security zone, the army says.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Somali pirates
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
