Rantburg

Today

Mon 02/04/2019

Sun 02/03/2019

Sat 02/02/2019

Fri 02/01/2019

Thu 01/31/2019

Wed 01/30/2019

Tue 01/29/2019

Archives

		582954 articles and 1985137 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 68 articles and 190 comments as of 3:47.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Politix
Syrian Army unleashes large-scale attack across northern Hama
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Far-Left Extremists Take Credit for Firebombing French Radio Station	4 12:18 M. Murcek [1741]
Taliban militants suffer casualties in NDS Special Forces raid in Kunduz	0 [1738]
Italy thwarts Colombian cartel with massive cocaine haul	3 20:09 trailing wife [1763]
Uganda seeks return of 'extremist' suspects from Mozambique	0 [1750]
Forces detain German jihadist in Syria: wives	1 14:53 g(r)omgoru [1753]
US strike kills 24 jihadists in Somalia: Pentagon	0 [1751]
Facebook takes down vast Iran-led manipulation campaign	1 08:22 Mercutio [1747]
Bahraini court gives death sentence to activist, life terms to nearly two dozen others	1 06:54 Frank G [1750]
Syrian Army unleashes large-scale attack across northern Hama	0 [1766]
Houthi forces launch new offensive in northern Yemen	0 [1747]
Record Fentanyl Seizure Made At Border, Enough To Kill 57 Million	4 17:13 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1742]
Two women wounded in Qamishli explosion	0 [1748]
Libyan authorities detain an ISIS senior leader in Sirte	0 [1752]
Page 2: WoT Background
Kabul Control Slips in Afghanistan amid U.S. Talks with Taliban	0 [1760]
19 Taliban militants, 1 ISIS-K member renounce violence in Nangarhar	1 03:45 g(r)omgoru [1750]
Israel's giant offshore gas field gets platform jacket	2 08:39 lord garth [1738]
Saudi-led coalition threatens to use ‘force’ in Yemen to drive Houthis out of Hudaydah	1 03:46 g(r)omgoru [1737]
White Helmets preparing to film false flag chemical attacks in Idlib: Russia	2 08:10 SteveS [1743]
Lebanon presidency announces new cabinet line-up after months of impasse	0 [1750]
Turkey accuses US Coalition members of supporting ISIS and HTS in Syria	1 11:03 Croluse Short6205 [1746]
Nike responds to thousands of angry Muslims who want 'blasphemous' shoe recalled	6 12:25 gorb [1737]
US court orders Syria to pay $302.5 mn over death of reporter Colvin	2 08:24 SteveS [1748]
Protest in Benghazi demanding UN envoy to Libya should leave	0 [1739]
Arkansas publisher holds out against own state as US Senate advances anti-BDS bill	4 09:01 Procopius2k [1763]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Glut of Tankers Stuck Off Venezuela as U.S. Sanctions Bite	3 20:15 Alaska Paul [1764]
Labor Force Participation at Trump-Era High of 63.2% in January	0 [1748]
The best January in 30 years could mean good things for the stock market in 2019	0 [1741]
U.S. Suspends Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia	3 18:32 g(r)omgoru [1773]
GOP Senators Work to End Federal Regulation of Firearm Sound Suppressors	5 22:05 DonM [1764]
German attitudes toward credit cards and spending (short informative video)	2 20:06 trailing wife [1762]
20 charged in Chinese birth 'Anchor Baby' tourism crackdown	3 08:40 Croluse Short6205 [1744]
China agrees to buy 5 million tons of US soybeans a day after talks in Washington	5 12:59 Abu Uluque [1742]
New Yorkers Shocked To Find Food Prices Rising After Minimum Wage Hike	8 20:17 ruprecht [1760]
U.S. polar vortex blamed for at least 21 deaths	10 21:44 Glomolet Fleating5494 [1767]
Cash-Strapped Pakistan Expects to Earn Millions by Exporting Donkeys to China	11 15:40 gorb [1744]
Erik Prince company to build training center in China's Xinjiang	0 [1744]
Saudi's Anti-Corruption Probe Ends with Dozens Detained	0 [1746]
UN condemns ritual killings of Tanzanian albino children for body parts	0 [1749]
Rape of patient’s mother: Probe finds Mayo staffer guilty	3 12:33 g(r)omgoru [1746]
Chinese rover finds lunar nights 'colder than expected'	5 17:37 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1761]
Algeria PM's party backs Bouteflika for fifth term	1 00:47 newc [1736]
Ivory and pangolin scales smuggling bust in Uganda	0 [1734]
US seeks full account of N.Korea weapons, offers ties	0 [1739]
US expected to announce pullout of arms treaty as early as tomorrow	1 08:52 Procopius2k [1740]
Astonishing moment Russian jet 'pushes' US F-15 by banking across it 'during NATO patrol over Baltic Sea'	3 09:39 DarthVader [1738]
Reverol: Captured hit men who wanted to commit selective murders	2 09:27 Cesare [1748]
Guaido thanks deputies and media after "intimidation" of FAES in his residence	0 [1737]
Venezuela will sell 15 tons of gold to the United Arab Emirates in exchange for euros in cash	1 08:50 Raj [1739]
John Bolton recommended to Maduro "take advantage" of the amnesty offered by Guaid	0 [1738]
South Africa: White farmers tortured with drills and blowtorches	4 20:38 crazyhorse [1754]
Page 4: Opinion
Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn: ‘Elite Universities' Are ‘Ultimate Sources' of Political Correctness	0 [1749]
UK Media: Churchill Was ‘Fascinated' With Islam, May Have Been a Muslim	23 17:15 Cochiti [1745]
Larry Correia: To The Book Community.	6 18:58 Frank G [1756]
Feelings and Facts	1 14:54 rjschwarz [1742]
The LGBT Community Has Become Its Own Worst Enemy	7 13:34 rjschwarz [1739]
Occasional Cortex: Therefore Japan Goes Nuclear	0 [1738]
Navy Destroyer USS Michael Monsoor Commissioned	7 15:47 Besoeker [1797]
Page 6: Politix
SPLC Hires High-Powered Defamation Lawyer to Defend Tax-Exempt Status in RICO Lawsuit	0 [1752]
Spartacus announces his intention to run for nation's highest office	5 15:38 Procopius2k [1736]
Liberal Billionaire's Alleged Role In A False Flag OP Puts DNC In The Hot Seat	2 14:18 Victor Emmanuel Sinatra5961 [1743]
Two Georgia Dems plan to skip Trump's State of the Union	13 13:20 Alaska Paul [1742]
The end of the republic?	12 20:55 trailing wife [1762]
Virginia Del. Kathy Tran Submitted Bill To Save Caterpillars On Same Day As Late-Stage Abortion Bill	1 12:05 Airandee [1744]
Pennsylvania admits to 11,000 noncitizens registered to vote	3 19:32 DarthVader [1761]
The Mayors Of The Worst Cities In America Are Running For President	4 18:43 Zenobia Floger6220 [1761]
Florida governor Ron DeSantis orders state to get rid of Common Core standards	1 01:33 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Nancy Pelosi: Replacing ‘Normandy Barriers’ with ‘Normandy Fencing’ is OK -- Not a Wall	4 09:00 DarthVader [1736]
Stuart Varney: How long are we going to tolerate the sliming of decent people?	2 09:46 jvalentour [1743]

    
                22:05 DonM

                        21:44 Glomolet Fleating5494

                        20:55 trailing wife

                        20:54 SteveS

                        20:38 crazyhorse

                        20:33 Frank G

                        20:17 ruprecht

                        20:17 Alaska Paul

                        20:15 Alaska Paul

                        20:11 ruprecht

                        20:09 trailing wife

                        20:08 ruprecht

                        20:06 trailing wife

                        19:58 Frank G

                        19:32 DarthVader

                        18:58 Frank G

                        18:43 Zenobia Floger6220

                        18:32 g(r)omgoru

                        18:20 g(r)omgoru

                        17:45 Fred

                        17:37 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        17:37 SteveS

                        17:26 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        17:18 Anguper Hupomosing9418

Who's in the News
38	[untagged]
8	Commies
3	Govt of Syria
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Houthis
2	Islamic State
2	Narcos
2	Taliban
1	Hezbollah
1	Sublime Porte
1	Arab Spring
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Iran

On Sale now!

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.

Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...

Steve White

Seafarious

tu3031

badanov

sherry

ryuge

GolfBravoUSMC

Bright Pebbles

trailing wife

Gloria

Fred

Besoeker

Glenmore

Frank G

3dc

Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2019-02-01
Syrian Army unleashes large-scale attack across northern Hama

Thu 2019-01-31
Haftar's son-led brigade arrests al-Wakwak

Wed 2019-01-30
Egypt police arrest 54 Muslim Brotherhood members, foil terrorist plot: Ministry

Tue 2019-01-29
Deir Ezzor: Hundreds of civilians, fighters flee IS stronghold in Syria

Mon 2019-01-28
Interior ministry: Six Islamic State militants apprehended in Mosul

Sun 2019-01-27
Bombs kill at least 19 outside cathedral in southern Philippines

Sat 2019-01-26
‘SOS’ call from Chinese embassy in Islamabad keeps law enforcers on their toes

Fri 2019-01-25
Israel deploys 'Iron Dome' after Syria warns of retaliatory strike on Ben Gurion airport

Thu 2019-01-24
Iraqi forces eliminate 43 ISIS terrorists along Syrian border

Wed 2019-01-23
Syria Threatens To Attack Ben-Gurion, Return To Occupied Golan

Tue 2019-01-22
Taliban attack on Afghan security base kills over 100

Mon 2019-01-21
Syria war: Israeli jets target Iranian positions around Damascus

Sun 2019-01-20
Syrian air defence repels Israeli attack in south: State media

Sat 2019-01-19
Libyan forces say Al-Qaeda commander killed in southern op

Fri 2019-01-18
Militants stalked Xulhaz through LGBTQ platforms

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.

216.73.216.47

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

Better than the average link...

San Remo Manual (Laws of War at Sea)
The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries
Internet Outages Map
E. W. Dijkstra Archive

WoT Operations (13)

WoT Background (11)

Non-WoT (26)

Opinion (7)

Politix (11)