A powerful explosion and shots have been reported near the Somalian parliament, while MPs were in session. First reports said there were casualties in the explosion, said to have been caused by a car bomb.
Ten people died when al-Shabab terrorists militants targeted the parliament building six weeks ago. The Islamist terrorist militant group lost control of Mogadishu in 2011 and has since carried out several assassinations and bombings.
Intense clashes erupted in Eel Bur district of the Galgaduud region which resulted in severe casualties and losses.
So was it an 'intense clash' or a 'fierce confrontation'?
The battle was between joint Somali National Army soldiers and Ethiopian troops under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) against the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab terrorist group.
Residents in the district reported to Shabelle after the confrontations that the warring sides used different types of weapons, mainly gunfire.
Good thing they didn't use loud explosions. Those things can really do some damage.
Eel Bur is among towns and districts recently liberated from the Al-Shabaab terrorist group by joint SNA and AMISOM.
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A prominent Somali clan elder was injured today in Afgoye, a district 30km from the Somali capital Mogadishu by unknown gunmnen.
So now the Shaboobs are going after the elderly. What's next, mugging old ladies for their social security checks?
The elder, Mohamed Ahmed Ulusow was severely wounded after multiple armed assailants shot at him 'several times' before he fell to the ground, witnesses described to Shabelle.
A fellow intellect and elder, Mohamed Ahmed Elmi confirmed to Shabelle that the latest attack against Mr. Ulusow adds to a string of murders against clan elders in the Lower Shabelle region.
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[Ynet] An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison on Saturday, the court's judge said, for inciting violence that erupted after the army deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last year.
Badie, convicted along with about 36 other Brotherhood leaders and supporters for the same crime, is facing the death sentence in two separate cases. All 37 defendants were also charged with blocking a major road north of Cairo during protests that followed Mursi's ouster on July 3, 2013.
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[ARABNEWS] Three people are believed to have been killed in an kaboom early on Friday at a house south of Cairo used for making bombs, the Egyptian state news agency MENA reported.
The kaboom was in a brick building in an agricultural area in the town of Abu Kasah in Fayoum Province, it said, adding that experts found more than 20 bombs at the scene, which they were defusing. "Remains of bodies, estimated to be three, have been discovered and the identities are being determined," MENA said.
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Happens when you bring work home to finish. Never again, oh right.
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[FOXNEWS] An Egyptian teenager was killed in festivities between supporters of the ousted Islamist president and security forces Friday, a security official said, raising to two the total number of deaths during two days of violent protests on the anniversary of Mohammed Morsi's ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator. Then he was replaced by a younger edition of Mubarak... ouster.
The street festivities culminated a week of violence including several small bombings in the capital of Cairo and other cities, although Morsi's Moslem Brüderbund and its loyalists failed to draw massive crowds onto the streets after a crackdown against Islamists that has left hundreds dead and at least 22,000 jugged Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! , including most of the group's big shots.
Police closed off Tahrir Square, which has served as the epicenter of protests since a mass uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in 2011, and other plazas for several hours on Friday to prevent massive gatherings. But still dozens of pro-Morsi demonstrators gathered in Cairo and other cities.
The 15-year-old boy was killed by birdshot pellets during a demonstration in Cairo's Zeitoun district, the security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... because he wasn't authorized to release the information. It was not immediately clear whether the boy was a protester or a passer-by.
Another protester was seriously maimed by live ammunition during a march elsewhere in the capital, the official said. A health ministry official, Mohammed Sultan, said 12 people also were maimed.
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[TRIBUNE.NG] FOLLOWING the purported abduction letters sent to three government secondary schools in Nasarawa State by members of Islamist group, 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... , students of one of the affected schools, on Thursday, fled their hostels, for fear of being kidnapped by the Death Eaters.
A visit by the Nigerian Tribune to Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Lafia, showed that many students had left their hostels, while others were seen with their belongings, heading towards the main road to board vehicles to their respective homes, despite the downpour.
Some students who did not want their names in print told the Nigerian Tribune that "many have left today and we are waiting for our friends so that we can leave together before Boko Haram people will come to the school."
At the time of filing this report, stern-looking mobile coppers had taken over the school premises.
Sources said the security operatives had been stationed on the premises since Thursday morning, to forestall any intrusion.
When asked on the presence of the mobile coppers on the school premises, the principal (name withheld) said he was not in a better position to speak on the development, adding that the local inspectorate office or education ministry would be in good position to talk on it.
When contacted on phone, the state Commissioner for Education, Yakubu Na'Hauwa, denied that the government directed the students to go back to their various homes, saying information that students had left hostels had not reached his office.
While confirming that the snuffies sent letter to GSSS in Lafia to abduct schoolgirls, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ismaila Numan, told the Nigerian Tribune on phone that the letter was received, on Tuesday, adding that the police had commenced investigations on its authenticity or otherwise.
He also confirmed that the command had drafted coppers to the school to forestall any act capable of disrupting existing peace in the state.
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[SUNNEWSONLINE] In the aftermath of the failed suicide kaboom attempt on a military facility by a female terrorist who blew herself up in Gombe recently, troops have jugged Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! three suspected female Lions of Islam who have been secretly recruiting ladies into the female wing of the Lions of Islam group. The suspects, Hafsat Usman Bako, Zainab Idris and Aisha Abubakar were intercepted while travelling to Madagali from where they were to transit to the forest to reunite with their cohorts.
Investigations revealed that the suspects, led by Hafsat Bako, have the mission to recruit members into the female wing as well as conduct espionage for the group. Hafsat's link with the Lions of Islam group had earlier been a subject of investigation in 2012, when security agents on a manhunt for one Usman Bako, her husband who was identified as a terrorist, stormed their residence in Jimeta. This resulted in the discovery of an AK 47 rifle and 2 loaded magazines. Though Usman Bako later died in an encounter with troops in Sokoto where he had relocated to continue his terrorist activities, Hafsat continued with the terror group specializing in surreptitious recruitment of members into their fold.
The arrested trio suspects were luring ladies especially widows and maidens of tender years by enticing them with male suitors who are mainly members of their terror group for marriage. Before their arrest, they were on a mission to take additional briefing from the leadership of the terror group.
The trio has been operating together as members of the intelligence team of the group. Their arrest has yielded information still being verified by security agencies.
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[Ynet] Militants struck a border post between Yemen and Saudi Arabia in an attack that left two soldiers and three of the gunmen dead, officials said Saturday.
The violence began Friday when a suicide car bomber struck the Yemeni side of the border post in the al-Wadia area on Friday, killing one Yemeni soldier and wounding another, according to Yemen's official news agency.
[Iran Press TV] Some 100 Imams from both Shia and Sunni communities across the United Kingdom have signed a petition calling on British Moslems to refrain from traveling to Syria and Iraq to fight in those countries.
The Moslemholy mans made the appeal in an open letter, adding that they share a unified stance in the face of crises plaguing the two Middle Eastern countries.
The holy mans advised members of the British Moslem community against falling prey to sectarian divisions and urged them to support the people affected by conflicts in Syria and Iraq in a responsible way.
The appeals come amid concerns by British as well as European officials over the growing national security threat posed by the European forces of Evil returning from Syria. Fears are growing that the European forces of Evil coming with experience from Syria may carry out terrorist attacks in their home countries.
An estimated 500 Britons have traveled to Syria to fight along the myrmidonforces of Evil there.
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No, kids, ignore those imams - they are tools of Shaitan, not of Allah. You must go and fulfill your duty of jihad.
Of course, many of you will not return, but that's OK.
Tee hee.
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Get your free tickets to the Holey Land here, free tickets!!
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This wont stop the Brit born pakis who long for Jihad/early death.
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Well, what we got here in the UK is a whole buncha Moslems and Slavs, both of which hate the English equally, nary an Engelsk in sight.
The difference is, the Moslems just won't fuck off, they think they're here to stay. Sticky stuff is going to hit the air circulator soon, with the general populace about ten steps behind, as usual. The jihadi hate is not even disguised, yet I predict a very surprised population when they really start their shit here.
Security forces in the Russia's republic of Dagestan gunned down a wanted terrorist after he failed to give himself up to police Thursday. The shooting took place Wednesday night in the republic's capital, Makhachkala.
"Stop! [BANG] Or we'll shoot!"
The man, identified as Rizvan Aliyev, was on twelve systems the federal wanted list for committing a series of terrorist acts. Aliyev was armed with a Glock firearm and a grenade at the time of the shooting.
[Pak Daily Times] LAHORE: Bodies of two unidentified middle-aged men were found packed in separate sacks and dumped near Dhalla Stop in Liaqatabad police precincts on Thursday.
Upon being informed, police and rescue teams reached the scene and shifted the bodies to Jinnah Hospital for autopsies.
A police investigator said that scavengers had found the bodies while collecting junk from garbage. He said that bodies of victims, appearing to be in their thirties, had visible marks of torture and their hands and feet were tied up with ropes. He said that the victims had been kidnapped before being killed approximately a week ago. The police started the paperwork but haven't done much else and started investigations.
Burnt alive: A three-year-old girl was burnt alive in her house in Jia Musa locality in Shahdara police precincts.
The police said that Habiba, daughter of Sher Mohammad, accidentally fell on the burning stove and received severe burns. She was rushed to a hospital where she succumbed to her burns. The police handed over the body to the family.
Expires: A 35-year-old man expired in a local hospital on Thursday, three days after he was shot at and maimed allegedly by his former brother-in-law over enmity in Ichhra police precincts.
The police said that Kashif Butt, of Islampura, was passing through Fazlia Colony on a bike when two motorcyclists shot at him, injuring him critically. The suspects managed to flee. Kashif's maternal uncle Ameen Butt alleged that the victim's former brother-in-law Mohsin Butt was involved in his murder, as Mohsin believed that his marriage had broken due to the victim's interference. The police sent the body to the morgue for his appointment with Doctor Quincy and started the paperwork but haven't done much else against the suspects.
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Kashif's maternal uncle Ameen Butt alleged that the victim's former brother-in-law Mohsin Butt was involved in his murder
"If we don't break this case and Butt walks,
The Chief will be cleaning our clocks!"
So they grilled him all night.
Screamed the press at first light,
Butt Busted, Butt Cracks, and Butt Talks!
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Now Mr. Fairbanks with all due respect, I disagree, you will notice Mr. Butt is a character in the article. By the way I loved you in Say Young Fellow.
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Mr. Pruitt posts articles showing the character of the society involved, Mr. Fairbanks, though they are indeed not true War on Terror news. Thus these crime reports, RAB encounters in Bangladesh, and honour killings and child brides from all over the Ummah.
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Shipman, you obviously have never been whacked with the lavender clue bat. Pray you never are...
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I think they made me a moderator not because of ruthlessness, which I most definitely lack, but because when I asked y'all to stop squabbling because it upset me, y'all chose to do so.
The rest of the moderators are quite ruthless enough to make up for it, having a broader experience with the dark side of humanity, though they are patient about letting me figure out that they're right.
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Good Christian kids receive plaques
And find prizes in sugary snacks,
But the heathenish Paks
Must subsist upon smacks
And discovering corpses in sacks.
[DAWN] KARACHI: Two people were killed and two others were maimed in an kaboom that took place in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's Saddar area on Friday.
The blast took place near Makki Masjid (mosque). Initial investigation revealed that ball bearings were used in the bomb. The intense blast damaged a nearby building and also caused damage to vehicles parked in the vicinity.
Police and rescue services reached the site of the kaboom and the injured were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where an emergency was imposed.
Police said one of those killed could be the attacker himself.
Security personnel cordoned off the blast site and the Bomb Disposal Squad searched and cleared the area.
The cycle of violence used in the attack was taken away for further investigation by police personnel.
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It is interesting how violence in the Moslem world INCREASES during the holy month of Ramadan when everyone is supposed to be praying and contemplating their faith and celebrating their faith.
Do you suppose it is more violent because Mosques full of people are convenient targets for the psychopaths among them or is it because that is the way the fanatics and extremists celebrate their faith, i.e., blowing up each other?
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[DAWN] QUETTA: Kidnappers released Judicial Magistrate Ziaratâ Jam Saka on Friday evening, a senior administration official said.
Akbar Hussain Durrani, the Home Secretary 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... said the kidnappers freed Dashti near Ziarat Cross after three days.
He said the kidnapped law officer spent three days in captivity and was finally set free by his captors.
"The judicial magistrate is safe and sound. He has been shifted to Quetta," Durrani said.
The motive behind the kidnapping is yet to be confirmed. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the officials were reluctant to comment over the method adopted for the release of judicial magistrate by his captors.
Armed Death Eaters had kidnapped Jam Saka Dashti near Ziarat-Pishin cross when he was coming to Quetta from the tourist town of Balochistan.
The kidnappers had freed the driver and security guard of Jam Saka near Syed Hameed Cross area of Killa Abdullah district.
Despite tall claims on the part of the government, law enforcers are yet to burst the gangs involved in acts of kidnapping.
In the past, the Death Eaters had kidnapped aid workers from Pishin district and they were set free after payment of ransom to the kidnappers.
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[The Hindu] The Indian government's efforts to rescue its nationals from war-torn Iraq met with success when the 46 nurses, who had been under captivity in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, were freed on Friday.
"I can confirm to you that those Indian nurses who were yesterday moved against their will are now free. They are in touch with our embassy officials. We had envisaged this earlier and, therefore, had sent our officials from Baghdad to Erbil," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here on Friday.
The nurses, who had earlier been moved from the hospital in Tikrit, were dropped off by their captors at Duhok, north of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , in the afternoon.
A source among Kurdish Peshmergas said 46 Indians, along with 31 Bangladeshis, arrived at a checkpoint under the control of the Peshmergas at Duhok. The Peshmerga rented four mini buses to move them to safer areas in Kurdistan, from where they planned to take them to Erbil later at night, sources said.
Several factors, both diplomatic and at the ground level, converged successfully to secure the release of the nurses, the sources said.
On Thursday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to all her counterparts in the Gulf Cooperation Council — 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... , Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — energising diplomatic channels in the region at the highest level.
The initiative capped parallel efforts by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh to engage officials capable of influencing the situation.
New Delhi also tapped Turkish officials, who had last year managed to secure the release two of their pilots and nine Lebanese nationals from the clutches of a rebel group in Leb. Syrian authorities were also drawn in to share their experiences in the multilevel diplomatic exercise, the sources said.
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[Iran Press TV] The latest reports indicate significant gains for the Iraqi army soldiers and heavy losses for the Takfiri ...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... turbans from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) on several battle fronts.
Media reports say the government forces backed by thousands of volunteers killed 88 turbans in festivities in the northern Salahuddin Province.
Dozens of vehicles belonging to the ISIL have also been destroyed in the troubled region.
The army has also launched successful attacks on the turbans in Salahuddin's neighboring province of Diyala and in Kirkuk Governorate.
The attack in Diyala targeted the ISIL turbans in the Masuriyat al-Jabal area, northeast of the lovely provincial capital Baquba.
The army campaign in Kirkuk involved Arclight airstrikes on the ISIL turbans in Hawija, a city controlled by the turbans near the lovely provincial capital Kirkuk. No details including the potential number of casualties have come out yet.
This comes as Iraqi army is pushing ahead with its offensive to flush Takfiri turbans of the ISIL out of Tikrit. Soldiers, backed by tanks and helicopter gunships, have already taken control of Tikrit University.
Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking... scores of faceless myrmidons have been killed in the army Arclight airstrikes on djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and Babylon.
Iraq's ambassador to the US says Baghdad will turn to Iran, Russia, and Syria for military support if Washington does not supply what it needs to halt the Takfiri terrorists. Lukman Faily said Iraq has to take whatever aid is available because of the threat from the ISIL.
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Actually, Mosul sits ON TOP OF the ancient Assyrian Capital of Nineveh.
Babylon is on the outskirts of Hillah, to the South of Baghdad.
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In a dramatic turn of events, the 46 nurses who were forcibly taken to Mosul by Iraqi militants were handed over to Indian authorities on Friday afternoon.
At 9am when this correspondent managed to speak to one of the nurses held captive in a Mosul building, she said she was unaware of any such move. The woman sounded a bit worried though she said there was no threat to life. They were served dinner but there was no breakfast which she said could be due to fasting in the holy month of Ramadan.
A few minutes later, jaws dropped and smiles froze on their lips when the militants told the captives to pack up and board a bus to travel to the airport. They did not say which airport they were headed to, though most of them presumed it to be Arbil, which is around 80km away.
The women from the south Indian state of Kerala scrambled to send "homecoming" messages to their parents. At the drop of a hat, politicians took to the social media to hail the happy ending to the nurses saga as a huge diplomatic victory for the Narendra Modi government at the centre. The visual media celebrated the news as parents forwarded messages from their wards.
According to sources, the militants handed over the nurses at the Mosul checkpoint to intermediaries who ferried them through the no-man's land to the Kurdish checkpoint. The sources said that the Kurdish authorities, after formalities, transported the women to the Arbil checkpoint and handed them over to waiting Indian Embassy officials, including Ambassador Ajay Kumar.
The nurses were then shifted to hotel rooms in the Kurdish regional capital for an overnight stay. The Indian mission has made all arrangements at the Arbil airport to provide travel documents to those who do not have them.
A special aircraft took off from New Delhi for Arbil on Friday evening with central and state government officials to bring the nurses directly to Cochin in the early hours of Saturday. Sources said the aircraft will also bring home several workers who had been stranded in the Iraqi city of Karbala. Hundreds of Indians who are working in the non-conflict parts of Iraq, including in places such as Basra, Najaf and Karbala, are scheduled to return by regular commercial flights in the coming days.
A relieved Oommen Chandy, chief minister of Kerala where the nurses hail from, was happy and relieved that the nurses are finally able to return home safely. He said it was the joint effort of many that culminated in a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
"Ultimately, it is hope that has triumphed," Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for the Indian External Affairs Ministry, told reporters in New Delhi. "I can confirm to you that those Indian nurses who were yesterday moved against their will are now free."
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[Ynet] According to Palestinians, autopsy findings from body of Mohammad Abu Khdeir show direct cause of death was burns that covered 90 percent of surface of body.
Initial autopsy findings from the body of an East Jerusalem youth who Palestinians believe was kidnapped and killed by far-right Jews showed that he was burned alive, the Palestinian attorney-general is reported as saying.
"The direct cause of death was burns as a result of fire and it's complications," Mohammed Al-A'wewy was quoted as saying by Palestinian official news agency Wafa late on Friday.
Israeli-Palestinian tensions have risen sharply after three Israeli teens were kidnapped on June 12 and later found dead in the West Bank.
This was followed on Wednesday by the kidnapping of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 16, in his neighbourhood in Arab East Jerusalem. His charred body was found hours later in a forest on the edge of the city.
Saber Al-Aloul, the director of the Palestinian forensic institute, attended the autopsy which was carried out by Israeli doctors in Tel Aviv.
Israeli authorities said they did not yet know whether Abu Khudair was indeed the victim of a hate crime.
Al-A'wewy said Al-Aloul had reported fire dust material was found in Khdeir's respiratory canal which meant "the boy had inhaled this material while he was burnt alive."
Burns covered 90 percent of the surface of the body. The head suffered a cut. Samples like liquids and tissues were taken for more lab examinations to complete the legal medical report.
At Khdeir's funeral on Friday, furious Palestinians chanted "Intifada! Intifada", calling for a new uprising against Israel. Stones thrown at Israeli police were met by teargas, stun grenades and rubber bullets in one of the most highly charged displays of enmity in Jerusalem in years.
Clashes continued across the West Bank overnight with at least one Palestinian hurt in the city of Nablus, medical staff said. Clashes also erupted in Israeli-Arab towns, a police spokeswoman said.
Palestinian officials trying to calm tensions have said they would prevent any intifada, or uprising, and seek a solution to the crisis that began when the three Israeli teens were kidnapped.
The discovery of the young Israelis' bodies on Monday prompted an outpouring of national grief in Israel.
Many Palestinians, including President Mahmoud Abbas, assert that Khdeir was the victim of far-right Jews incensed at the Israeli deaths.
With Israel having mobilized ground forces outside Gaza on Thursday in a threat to invade, Egypt tried to mediate a truce. Israel and the Islamist Palestinian Hamas movement each said the other had to back down first.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Abu Khudair's killing, a day after the three Jewish seminary students were buried, "loathsome" and ordered a swift police investigation.
Israeli authorities said they did not yet know whether Abu Khudair was indeed the victim of a hate crime.
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On NPR (National People's Radio), they just stated this was a revenge killing. No hedging, no qualification, and no quotes from anyone who might know - just a flat-out statement with no follow-up. Meh, indeed.
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I wouldn't put it past Hamas kidnapping and burning to death another Arab, just to stir up the people against the Jews. That bunch will do ANYTHING.
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dropped his molotov in mid-throw, did he?
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trained by Hek?
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On the other hand, if it was indeed Israeli Jews who did this, and they are caught, I'm willing to bet that Israel will prosecute them. Israel is a nation of laws, unlike the Palestinian state.
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[Iran Press TV] The Israeli regime has launched several more airstrikes against the besieged Gaza Strip as Palestinian protesters slam the Tel Aviv's aggression against the enclave. On Friday, Israel continued its airstrikes targeting the town of Rafah in the southern part of Gaza. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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"the besieged Gaza Strip" - one would expect nothing less from Press TV.
Four Philippine marines were injured on Friday, one of them critically, after heavy fighting again erupted between the soldiers and members of the Abu Sayyaf group in Patikul, Sulu.
Marine Deputy Commandant Jose Cenabre said the clash began after gunmen fired on the soldiers, triggering a running battle. He said one of the injured Marines was in critical condition and was airlifted to a hospital. Cenabre said, "I don't have yet the details but apparently there were three to four soldiers wounded."
Military sources said the gunmen belonged to Abu Sayyaf leader Radullan Sahiron, the same group believed responsible for the ambush and slaying of six Army troopers in Patikul, Sulu. Cenabre said, "The manhunt against the rebels will continue until they are decimated."
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FYI GLOBAL NATION > [At least five ...] INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS [incl. ISIS/ISIL-linked] HIDING IN MINDANAO - REPORT.
Malaysian Sun.
Artic strongly indics or infers that the ISIS/ISIL + the pro-Qaeda Abu Sayaff Boyz are colluding, + are NOT exactly deadly enemies as per Al-Nusra-vs-ISIS back in Iraq???
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Artic strongly indics or infers that the ISIS/ISIL + the pro-Qaeda Abu Sayaff Boyz are colluding, + are NOT exactly deadly enemies as per Al-Nusra-vs-ISIS back in Iraq???
Thinking globally, acting locally, JosephM. Or, they're all brothers under the skin. Since 9/11 there's been lots of sharing of personnel between jihadi groups, exemplified most recently by the Al Qaeda in Arabia's master bomb maker training European volunteers in Syria/Iraq for future missions on their return to Europe, hence the increased security concern for America-bound flights from Europe/England.
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Sahiron was an old Mujahideen fighter. He was the SULU commander of the ASG. They had ties to AQ and to wahabis in Soddi. While I understand most of the ASG has broken down to crime acts and not ideology driven act, I think Sahiron is one of two ideologically driven commanders, Insalon Happilon being the other. Si they are probably not ISIS connected but AQ connections are still there.
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A Philippine soldier was killed and three more injured in fierce fighting with communist militants in the southern province of Misamis Oriental.
Officials said the clash erupted in the hinterland village of Umagos in Lagonglong town after patroling soldiers ran into a group of New People’s Army militants. More fighting broke out in the neighboring town of Balingasag. The injured soldiers were evacuated as the military deployed more soldiers, backed by helicopters, to reinforce the troops.
Major Christian Uy said a still undetermined number of militants were either killed or injured in the fighting. He said, "One of our soldiers was killed and three others are wounded in the fighting. There are reports that an undetermined number of rebels were also killed and wounded. The operation against the NPA is still going on."
[ARABNEWS] Militants seized an eastern Syrian oil field early Friday as they try to consolidate their control of an area along the length of the Euphrates river stretching through Syria and Iraq.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that fighters from the Islamic State (IS) group seized the Al-Tanak oil field early Friday. Another group, the activist collective of Deir El-Zor, also reported the seizure.
The field is in the eastern Syrian province of Deir El-Zor, near Iraq, and it followed the IS group's seizure of Syria's largest oil field on Thursday. Both oil fields were taken from other rebel groups.
IS now fully controls all of Syria's main oil and gas fields, which are located in Deir el-Zour Province next to Iraq, a monitoring group said.
IS declared a "caliphate" in areas it controls in Syria and Iraq, where it is spearheading an offensive against government troops.
"IS took control of the Tanak oil field, located in the Sheiytat desert area in the east of Deir el-Zour Province," late Thursday after rival rebels withdrew, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The group is led by an ambitious Iraqi Death Eater known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who this week declared the establishment of a state, or caliphate, in the lands it has seized in Syria and Iraq.
It proclaimed Al-Baghdadi the head of its new self-styled state and demanded that all Moslems pledge allegiance to him.
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With Assad's consent!
It seems the Syrian government dont attack ISIS areas and used the same men against US troops in Iraq.
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It seems the Syrian government dont attack ISIS areas and used the same men against US troops in Iraq.
Certainly, defending the oil fields does not seem to have been a high priority of Assad's, I agree, Thusosh Untervehr8552. But with limited manpower, ought not he have been concentrating on securing his tribe, the areas containing other groups loyal to his government, rather than oil fields when he couldn't guarantee shipping lanes within the country?
[ARABNEWS] At least four people were killed and seven maimed in overnight air raids by Syrian forces on mountains and valleys near the Lebanese town of Arsal, security sources said on Friday, the latest spillover of violence into the border area.
The five air raids struck close to Arsal, an area sympathetic to the mostly Moslem rebels fighting to topple Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
A police official said the Arclight airstrikes occurred early Friday, some 7 km within Lebanese territory in the northeast near the town of Arsal. He said one impacted near a jeep, killing the farmer. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, because he wasn't allowed to speak to the media.
Al-Manar, a television station affiliated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, said the strikes targeted gunnies.
Violence has regularly hit areas around Arsal. In January rocket fire from Syria killed at least seven people in the town and maimed 15.
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Gotta admit, that is pretty impressive.
I now look for Puty to do some one upsmanship with a couple of larger weapons, and Champ on the other hand, would fumble with the toy guns that pop the 'bang!' flag out.....
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Our two-fisted Commando in Chief
Eschews arms for a puppet motif:
With one hand up the Chiefs'
And one up Eric's briefs,
He delivers by far the most grief!
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A powerful explosion and shots have been reported near the Somalian parliament, while MPs were in session. First reports said there were casualties in the explosion, said to have been caused by a car bomb.
A prominent Somali clan elder was injured today in Afgoye, a district 30km from the Somali capital Mogadishu by unknown gunmnen.
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