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Massive Stone Wall, Believed By Some To Be An Ancient Megastructure, Discovered in Montana, USA

2025-04-06

[UnofficialNetworks] The Sage Wall in Montana, a possible ancient stone structure, could challenge historical timelines, suggesting advanced engineering and astronomical knowledge by prehistoric North American civilizations. Deep in Montana’s remote wilderness lies the Sage Wall, a stunning megalithic structure composed of massive granite blocks intricately stacked in a straight line extending 275 feet (84 meters). Reaching up to 25 feet (8 meters) high, with some blocks weighing 91 tons, it is believed that the wall continues an additional 15 feet underground. This unique formation appears to have precise, interlocking stones resembling ancient masonry found worldwide. Despite its remarkable features, the Sage Wall remained hidden for centuries, covered by dense foliage on private land owned by Christopher Borton and Linda Welsh. Its discovery occurred when the landowners cleared their heavily forested property, revealing the wall and sparking scientific interest. The site drew comparisons to megalithic structures in Peru, Egypt, and other regions due to its angular formations and mysterious knobs on the stones, which are common in ancient constructions globally. The wall’s construction raises numerous questions about the people who built it. The precision and scale of the stonework indicate a deep understanding of mathematics and astronomy, leading some experts to speculate that the Sage Wall might have served multiple purposes. It could have been a ceremonial site, a defensive structure, or even an astronomical observatory designed to track celestial events. The alignment of certain stones with solstices and equinoxes supports the latter theory, hinting at a complex understanding of the cosmos by its builders. The discovery of the Sage Wall is challenging the conventional timeline of human activity and architectural development in the region. Previously, such advanced construction techniques were not believed to exist in North America during this period. This site could potentially lead to a reevaluation of the technological and cultural advancements of prehistoric civilizations on the continent, offering a new perspective on the ingenuity and sophistication of ancient peoples. Michael Collins, from the YouTube channel Wandering Wolf, and Dr. Samir Osmanagich, known for his work on the Bosnian Pyramid, have studied the site. They noted the wall’s magnetic properties and its alignment with the winter solstice, suggesting it might be man-made and predating the last Ice Age. However, some experts argue it is a natural formation resulting from volcanic and tectonic activities. Regardless of its origins, the Sage Wall remains a fascinating site, inviting further exploration and study. Video at the link.

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Hayden Center podcast

2022-11-26

[YouTube] For the first time ever, the current Central Intelligence Agency Director of Operations, David Marlowe, and Director of Analysis. Linda Weissgold, sit down together for a public discussion about the state of CIA today. Michael Morell, former Acting CIA Director, moderates the conversation hosted by the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security. CIA, founded as a result of the National Security Act of 1947, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2022. The Directorate of Analysis provides timely, accurate, and objective intelligence analysis. Analysts inform U.S. officials, like the president and his or her senior advisers, on key foreign issues. The Directorate of Operations handles the collection of intelligence acquired by human sources (human intelligence or HUMINT). When necessary, and under unique circumstances, they conduct covert action as directed by the president. The Hayden Center is located at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government in Arlington, VA. General Michael V. Hayden, our founder, and Mr. Morell, our senior fellow, have been distinguished visiting professors at Schar School for 13 and 4 years, respectively. Consider supporting the Hayden Center and Schar School with a donation. Please go to https://bit.ly/35IQo4w, identify your donation as a one-time, multi-payment, or recurring gift, specify an amount under "Other," and type "Hayden Center" in the comments box. Thank you. Business Insider - The CIA is looking for Russians who are 'disgusted' with the Ukraine war to recruit as spies

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Supreme Court Sets Dangerous Precedent Of Letting The American People Make Medical Decisions For Themselves

2022-01-16

[Babylon Bee] U.S.—The SCOTUS has struck down Biden’s vaccine mandates on the grounds that they are unconstitutional. Experts say this sets a dangerous precedent of letting individuals make their own medical decisions. "What am I supposed to do now that I don’t have private companies working with the Federal government to force me to inject a foreign substance into my body?" said Linda Waddlebum, a concerned mother of 6 cats. "So dangerous and shortsighted. How will I stay healthy? I don’t even recognize this America anymore." In response to the court’s decision, a large group of protestors has gathered outside of the Supreme Court building. "Pfizer knows best! What they inject, I can’t object!" they chanted while ripping up copies of the constitution. "Give us petty tyranny or give us death! Abolish the Supreme Court!" "You can’t give people choices! What if they make the wrong one? One that isn’t what I wanted them to do?" said Waddlebum. "Next thing you know, people will decide to send their kids back to school and return to work in person without masks." At publishing time, people were dangerously continuing on with their lives making the best medical decisions possible for themselves and their families. They were even able to make these decisions without fear of losing their livelihood.

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Iraq

German 'Islamic State' bride sentenced to 6 years in prison

2018-02-19

[DW] A court in Iraq has sentenced German teenager Linda W. ...that would be Saxon lass Linda Wenzel, who forged her mother’s signature at the age of 15 to run off to her Chechen on-line sweetheart, then amused herself in Mosul as a member of al-Khansaa Brigade, ISIS' female morality police. This allowed her to drive, carry a gun, and whip grown women over their clothing choices... to six years in prison for her involvement with "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.... " (IS) jihadis, German media reported on Sunday. Citing judicial sources in Baghdad, broadcasters NDR, WDR and the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported that the 17-year-old was given five years for being a member of IS, as well as an extra year for entering Iraq illegally. The trial took place before a juvenile court in the Iraqi capital and was not open to the public, the reports said. The verdict could not immediately be independently verified by authorities in Germany. Linda W., a student from the eastern German town of Pulsnitz, bravely ran away from home in mid-2016 after talking to forces of Evil online and converting to Islam. According to her own account, she made her way to Iraq via The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund.... and Syria, and married an IS fighter from Chechnya. Linda W. was locked away Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! by Iraqi authorities in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... last summer, when government troops drove the holy warrior group out of the northern city. She was then transferred to a Baghdad prison. In a televised interview recorded soon after her arrest, the young German said she regretted joining the Islamist militia. "I want to go home to my family," she said. "I want to get out of the war, away from the weapons, the noise. I don't know how I came up with such a dumb idea. I've completely ruined my life." "Could it be that yer stoopid?" "No, no. That can't be it. Still..." Or taqqiya, always an option in these situations.

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Europe

Europe migrant colonist briefs, Part I

2018-01-01

New study shows AfD Facebook posts spur anti-refugee attacks 29 December [DW] A new study has found a direct link between social media hate and subsequent violent attacks on immigrant groups in both Germany and the US. Donald Trump's tweets also triggered an uptick in anti-immigrant crime. Anti-Semitism in Germany: Jewish life 'under threat' says Charlotte Knobloch 29 December [DW] The former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany says Jewish life is only possible with police protection. She claims the threat comes from the center of German society and says the government needs to act. In an interview with the German newspaper Heilbronner Stimme the former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Charlotte Knobloch, voiced grave concern Friday over growing anti-Semitic sentiment in the country. She said that public Jewish life is under threat and can only be lived out "in public with police protection and under the most serious security precautions." "Anti-Semitism, has grown on the right and the left, in the Muslim community and also in the heart of German society." In April, Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, recevied an expert report it had commissioned on the problem. The report found that Jews in Germany were facing increasing anti-Semitism in their everyday lives, leading them to fear for their safety. Bosnia - a safe haven for refugees? 29 December [DW] Many refugees and migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan or Syria have reached Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most dream of a better future, but the country's economic situation is difficult. A friend helped Nasib escape to Iran, where he said he could not stay, because he claims Iranian authorities were hostile toward migrants. The young Pakistani passed through Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria before reaching Serbia. He originally planned to move on, to try to reach Western Europe, but the Croatian EU-border was impossible to pass. He heard about Bosnia and Herzegovina, so he decided to join a group of migrants from Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan who were leading the way toward the small Balkan state, which they regarded as a Muslim country. Missing migrants: Germany's Red Cross receives thousands of inquiries 28 December [DW] The German Red Cross president said it was "frightening" how many of the disappeared are unaccompanied minors. But some of the missing may have died on their journey to Germany, the aid group said. The German Red Cross (DRK) on Thursday said it received 2,700 inquiries from migrants seeking missing relatives in Germany this year, including 1,000 of them for unaccompanied minors. In 2016, DRK registered about 2,800 inquiries for missing persons. Europol said some 10,000 children had gone missing in Europe during the 2015 migration crisis. More than 75 percent of Europe-bound youth are subjected to forced labor, sexual abuse, child marriage and other forms of exploitation, according to the UN. Germany seizes record-breaking amounts of cocaine in 2017 27 December That would be the work of Obama-ignored Hizb’allah... [DW] German police have seized more than 7 metric tons of cocaine this year, according to federal police. Germany had been inundated by a "flood of cocaine" from South America, said a senior law enforcement agent. Cocaine is often sent from South America to Europe in shipping containers and paired with other products, including bananas, according to federal police. When the drug eventually makes it to an entry point such as Hamburg's port, criminal organizations bribe employees to ensure the shipments are unloaded without trouble, the BKA said. German authorities target Islamist women's network 27 December [DW] Germany's domestic security agency has identified a terror network made up of 40 Islamist women in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state. Female extremists are becoming increasingly common, as they aim to fill the gap left by their detained husbands. The Islamist women's network also advertises and proselytizes Salafist ideology aggressively on the internet, said Burkhard Freier, the head of the North Rhine-Westphalian Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV). And while it was wrong to conflate Salafism with extremism, every European jihadi in Europe in recent years had been a member of the Salafist scene, the BfV head added. The BfV chief's remarks followed reports in mid-December by Germany's DPA news agency, which revealed that German authorities had classified several dozen Muslim women and young people as potential risks to domestic security. EU refugee aid enters new phase in Turkey 27 December [DW] The European Union has allocated the first half of its €6 billion agreement for Turkey to take in Syrian refugees. Officials are now assessing aid programs as humanitarian efforts carry on. Introduced in March 2016, at the height of the European refugee crisis, the agreement aims to stop irregular migration from Turkey to Europe while improving the living conditions of refugees within Turkish borders. Since its passing, arrivals and deaths resulting from human trafficking to Greece have plummeted, and the first phase of €6 billion ($7.12 billion) in EU humanitarian funding has kick-started a wide range of programs addressing the most pressing needs of refugees in Turkey – over 3.2 million of whom are Syrian. 255 migrants rescued off Libyan coast: Italian coastguard 26 December [TheLocal.it] Some 255 migrants were rescued overnight in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, just before a front of bad weather hit the area, the Italian coastguard said on Tuesday. The non-governmental organisation Proactiva Open Arms picked up a rubber dinghy carrying 134 people, including seven children, on Monday night. They were to be transferred to the Aquarius rescue ship operated by another NGO, SOS Mediterranee, before being taken to Pozzallo in Sicily. A military ship from the European anti-smuggling operation Sophia also rescued 121 people aboard two other boats, the coastguard said. According to the Italian daily La Repubblica, smugglers have lowered the price of a crossing to €400 ($475) per person, in part due to the bad winter weather, but they are still cramming as many migrants as possible into the dinghies. Germany Needs An Extra 2,000 Judges and Prosecutors to Process Fivefold Increase in Terror Cases 24 December [Breitbart] Germany’s judicial system is groaning under the strain of an explosion in terror cases since Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the door to unlimited numbers of migrants in 2015. Part and Parcel: France Deploys 100,000 Soldiers and Police Officers for the Holidays 24 December [Breitbart] France is deploying nearly 100,000 police and soldiers for the holiday season as fears of extremist attacks remain high. Germany plans to start deporting underage migrants to Morocco 24 December [DW] Since opening its doors in 2015, no unaccompanied minors have been deported from Germany. That is soon set to change, as Berlin has started building centers in Morocco to house deported minors, according to a report. Report: Germany misses migrant and refugee integration goals 24 December [DW] Germany's refugee and migration agency will end the year well short of its own integration goals. Waiting times for integration courses are up and participation rates are below target. On top of the high waiting times, BAMF also missed a goal of having 430,000 people participate in integration courses this year. Up to the middle of December, there were only slightly more than 280,000 participants in integration courses. Only some 84,000 migrants and refugees participated in career-related language support courses, compared to a goal of 175,000 participants. Revealed: Teenage girl who ran away to join ISIS boasted to police there would be ‘many more attacks’ in her native Germany before she was captured in Iraq 22/12/17 [DailyMail] German teenager Linda Wenzel, 17, posted a chilling message to Facebook warning there would be more terror attacks. It is not known when the message was sent or received. Denmark opts out of UN refugee resettlement program 20 December [Ynet] Denmark will no longer take in refugees under a UN resettlement programme after passing a law on Wednesday that enables the government to determine how many may enter the country instead of accepting a set quota. Since 1989, Denmark has agreed to take 500 refugees a year selected by the United Nations under a programme to ease the burden on countries that neighbour war zones. But after the European migration crisis in 2015 brought almost 20,000 claims for asylum, Denmark has refused to take any UN quota refugees and the centre-right government's new law aims to cut total refugee numbers to no more than 500 a year. Last year, more than 6,000 people claimed asylum in Denmark. Between January and November this year a little over 3,000 people did. Migrants in Serbia's north brave winter to cross to EU 20 December [AlAhram] The so-called Balkan route for migrants was shut last year when Turkey agreed to stop the flow in return for EU aid and a promise of visa-free travel for its own citizens. But people mainly from the Middle East, Africa and Asia continued to arrive in Serbia, mainly from Turkey, via neighbouring Bulgaria, attempting to enter Croatia and the EU. According to official data there are as many as 4,500 migrants in government-operated camps in Serbia. Rights activists say that hundreds are scattered in the capital Belgrade and towns along the Croatian border. Migrants who cannot afford to pay smugglers, often hide in passing trucks and freight trains or ride on the top of them. Bruno Alvares of the No Name Kitchen said migrants are given two meals a day, water, clothes, footwear and tents. "Even if it is cold, it doesn't matter, they will keep on trying because there's ... no evolution in their lives in camps," Alvares said. Hundreds of Migrants Out in Open Along Serbia’s EU Borders 18 December [Breitbart] Several hundred migrants were camping along Serbia’s borders on Monday, sleeping rough in make-shift shelters from the cold as they look for a chance to cross into neighboring European Union countries. Greece: Man Sentenced to 1,489 Years for Smuggling Iraqi and Syrian Migrants 18 December [Breitbart] A court in northern Greece has sentenced 23 people to prison terms ranging from eight to 1,489 years for smuggling Iraqi and Syrian refugees into the country from the Turkish border in 2015 and 2016.

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Iraq

German jihadi schoolgirl facing execution visited by mom and sis in Iraq

2017-12-19

[DailyMail] Linda Wenzel, from the town of Pulsnitz in Saxony, joined ISIS when she was 15 Said to have worked for a female-only brigade that whipped women over clothes Not exactly the house-bound innocent she claims, then. She was captured in Mosul as Iraqi troops liberated the city earlier this years Now her mother and sister Miriam* have flown to Baghdad, where she faces execution, to see her Her jihadist husband was a Chechen fighter from Austria named Abu Usama al-Shishani * In Germany that may read as a Jewish name, not a German one...

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German ‘Islamic State’ bride regrets joining terror group in Iraq

2017-12-17

[Egypt Independent] A German teenager who traveled to Iraq and married an "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.... " (IS) turban told German television Thursday that she had ruined her life by joining the terror organization. Life is harder when you’re stupid. The case of Linda W. has sparked a discussion in Germany on whether she should be tried in her native country or in Iraq, where she could face a death sentence for joining the turban group. Life ’ruined’ by terror group During the interview conducted by multiple German news outlets, Linda W. said: "In Germany, everyone knows me, everyone knows how I look. I cannot go anywhere without being recognized, and I probably won’t find a job anymore." "I don’t know how I came up with such a dumb idea. I’ve completely ruined my life." "I was only in houses, so I’ve never really had anything to do with guns, nothing at all." Hans-Georg Maaßen, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, said earlier this month: "Women who have lived in IS-held areas in recent years are often so radicalized and tied to IS’ ideology that they can justifiably be called jihadists." Suggesting that charges could be leveled against Linda W. and others like her, federal public prosecutor Peter Frank said: "We are of the opinion these women are guilty of membership in a foreign terrorist organization because they helped to strengthen the internal structure of the so-called ’Islamic State.'" Why this is important: Until now, German women who were not in combat but married to IS holy warriors were rarely prosecuted. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... Linda W.’s case means that could all change. How did she get to Iraq: At the age of 15, she forged her mother’s signature to catch a flight from Dresden to Istanbul. She met up with a Chechen turban in the Ottoman Turkish city, who she then married. They both crossed into Iraq, where her husband died in a battle shortly afterwards. What happens next: If German prosecutors file charges against Linda W., they can make an extradition request to Iraqi authorities. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... without that, her fate lies in the hands of the Iraqi judicial system.

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Iraq

Cheering Iraqis march arrested German ISIS teen through Mosul

2017-08-08

[AU.NEWS.YAHOO] Linda Wenzel, 16, who disappeared from Pulsnitz near Dresden in Germany on July 1 last year, was detained in Iraq, along with other female supporters of the group, after the Battle of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , which saw ISIS fighters forced out of the ancient city. The new video shows a distraught Wenzel with her arms secured by gunnies being escorted through the streets amid a crowd of cheering Iraqis. Lorenz Haase, senior public prosecutor in Dresden, confirmed the teenager had been "located and identified in Iraq". Wenzel, who is thought to have converted to Islam after being groomed on social media, was tossed in the clink ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... by Iraqi forces along with 20 female ISIS supporters from Russia, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , Canada, Libya and Syria. The group are believed to have barricaded themselves with guns and explosives in a tunnel underneath the ruins of Mosul’s old city. German media interviewed Wenzel, who told them she regretted joining the group and wanted to leave. "I just want to get away from here," she said. "I want to get away from the war, from the many weapons, from the noise. I just want to go home to my family." They added that she wanted to be extradited to Germany and would cooperate with authorities. Despite having a gunshot wound on her left thigh and another injury on her right knee, which she said was caused during a helizap, she said she was "doing well". Mr Haase told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named that is not clear whether the teenager will return to Germany. "We, as the public prosecutor’s office Dresden, have not applied for an arrest warrant and will therefore not be able to request extradition," he said. "There is the possibility that Linda might be put on trial in Iraq. She might be expelled for being a foreigner or, because she is a minor reported missing in Germany, she could be handed over to Germany." Other reports have suggested Wenzel could face the death penalty in Iraq for being a member of the terrorist group. Not just a member, as reported in the German press, but the precocious lass worked in the al-Khansaa Brigade, ISIS' female morality police. Earlier in the year, her parents said they "didn’t think anything of" their daughter’s new-found interest in Islam before her disappearance. "[We] even bought her a copy of the Qur’an," her mother, Katharina, said. The girl was identified after Iraqi forces declared victory over Isis in the group’s former stronghold of Mosul earlier this month. Haase said the teenager had traveled to Turkey about a year ago with the aim of reaching Iraq or Syria.

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Four German Women Arrested In Iraq Worked As ‘Morality Police’ For Islamic State

2017-07-30

[Breitbart] Four German women who travelled to Iraq to join 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.... and were recently captured in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... are said to have worked for the terror group as "morality police" enforcing strict Shariah law. The report comes from the German security services who told German magazine Der Spiegel that the four women, including 16-year-old Linda Wurzel, worked as Shariah enforcers in Mosul in the so-called al-Khansaa Brigade. The women are said to have enforced the strict dress codes and social codes of Shariah and had the ability to physically beat women who disobeyed the laws, Die Presse reports. At least two of the women were also involved in recruitment propaganda for the terror group, according to the report. The German government has been in talks with the Iraqi government regarding the four women, and has so far confirmed that none of the four will face the death penalty for their actions on behalf of the Islamic State. So far there is no evidence that any of the women were involved in killing or fighting, though according to some reports members of the al-Khansaa Brigade had special privileges other women did not within Islamic State territory, which included being able to take up arms and drive vehicles. A report on the brigade from 2015 stated that many of the members were foreign women and said non-Arab women were often allowed to take a role in the frontline fighting. The most well-known of the four women captured in Mosul is Linda Wenzel, a 16-year-old who was radicalised over the internet and convinced to join the terror group by a jihadi she had met through an online chatroom. After being detained by Iraqi forces recently Wenzel claimed she just wants to go home to Germany.

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Iraq

Two more German women identified among group held in Iraq

2017-07-26

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A total of four German citizens are among a group of women captured by Iraqi forces in the Iraqi city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... last week, a foreign ministry source said on Tuesday. The foreign ministry on Monday said that two women were among those seized, including a 16-year-old teenager who had run away from her home in the state of Saxony last year. The source on Tuesday said that two others had now been confirmed as German citizens by consular officials who visited them. German prosecutors on Monday said they were investigating the teenager, Linda Wenzel, on suspicion of membership in a foreign terrorist organization, alongside with some others. The group of 20 women were captured in Mosul by Iraqi forces when they retook ISIS stronghold.

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Iraq arrests 26 foreigners suspected of having links to IS: intelligence sources

2017-07-23

[DAWN] Twenty-six foreigners, including two men, eight children and 16 women were placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... from the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and taken to Baghdad by Iraqi authorities, three Iraqi intelligence officials told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named (AP) on Saturday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... as the information is not yet public, revealed that some of the arrested foreigners are from Chechnya, and the women are from Russia, Iran, Syria, La Belle France, Belgium and Germany. Among them are four German women of Moroccan, Algerian, Chechen and German descent. The Moroccan woman has a child. The arrests were made about 10 days ago. The officials said that the women had allegedly been working with the bully boy 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.... (IS) group in the police force. Their husbands were IS fighters but their fates are not known. According to official sources, the French and German embassies have visited the women. They expect that the children will be handed over to the countries they belong to and the women will be tried on terrorism charges. A 16-year-old German girl who had run away from home shortly after converting to Islam was also found in Iraq. Prosecutor Lorenz Haase from the eastern German city of Dresden said the teenager, only identified as Linda W in line with German privacy laws, is getting consular assistance from the German Embassy in Iraq. Haase did not confirm media reports on Saturday that the teenager from Pulsnitz in eastern Germany had been fighting for IS in Mosul. He told AP, "Our information ends with the girl's arrival in Istanbul about a year ago." Several female foreign IS fighters have also been detained by Iraq's military in Mosul recently, but Haase couldn't confirm that the German girl was part of that group.

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Iraq

More Mosul Moslem Mayhem

2017-07-19

1 dead in bombing attack in Mosul Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A civil defence officer was killed and three of his assistants were wounded as an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded while searching for survivors under rubble in the Old City of Mosul, the Iraqi police said on Tuesday. During his search for survivors and bodies under rubble in Mosul’s Old City, Lieutenant Qusay Saad, an elite officer, died when an IED blasted, killing three of his assistants, UAE’s news website, 24, reported. On July 10, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, declared victory in the city of Mosul, ending an eight-month campaign backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary forces, which has displaced more than 900.000 civilians. The victory in Mosul also means an effective collapse of the Islamic State’s self-styled “caliphate” declared from Mosul’s Old City by the group’s supreme leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Hundreds of civilians died in security, coalition and IS strikes in Mosul since opreations launched in October. Iraqi security forces arrest five wimmin ISIS fighters No sauerkraut or weisswurst for you, fraulein Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Security forces have arrested female foreign Islamic State (IS) fighters, including five Germans, in the city of Mosul, an officer from the counter-terrorism forces revealed on Tuesday, according to Germany’s Die Welt newspaper. The officer said that the female fighters were arrested last Thursday in the Old City of Mosul, noting that they were hiding in in a tunnel built by the IS and were wearing suicide vests. The arrested female fighters had come from Germany, Russia, Turkey, Canada, Libya, the Caucasus and Syria, according to the report. The newspaper claimed that a 16-year-old student, Linda W, from the German federal state of Saxony was among the five German women. Linda, who had converted to Islam, joined IS in the summer of 2016 after travelling from Frankfurt to Syria through Istanbul. In the same context, a Yazidi member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, Vian Dakhil, confirmed the identity of the German teenager after posting a photo of her on twitter, claiming that Linda was an IS sniper. More than 930 Islamists from Germany had traveled to Syria and Iraq over the past years, according to the Saxony’s State Criminal Police Office (LKA). 4 Iraqi militia die in fighting west of Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Four al-Hashd al-Shaabi (the Popular Mobilization Forces) fighters were killed in clashes with Islamic State militants near Tal Afar west of Mosul, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday. Army Captain Jabbar Anad al-Khafaf told Anadolu that Dozens of IS elements attacked a position of al-Hashd al-Shaabi Ali Diwah Li village near Tal Afar. “Clashes continued for three hours before the arrival of military reinforcements by the Iraqi army and al-Hashd al-Shaabi troops, which pushed IS militants to withdraw,” al-Khafa said. “Clashes left four dead and one injured”. No details were reported about IS losses in the fighting. IS has recently resorted to snap attacks against the Iraqi army and pro-government forces deployed in the desert areas surrounding Mosul. Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, an alliance of more than 60 mostly Shia militias, has been actively engaged in the government’s campaign against the Islamic State that ran since mid-October, and contributed to the campaign by regaining control over IS holdouts near the Syrian borders. 1 dies in shooting in Mosul Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was killed by a random bullet that was fired during clashes between Islamic State militants and Iraqi troops in Mosul city. Speaking to Shafaq News, an informed security source said, Tuesday, that a civilian was killed by a random bullet in al-Hayy al-Zera’ie, which is near to the eastern bank of Tigris River. The bullet, according to the source, was likely to be shot during the battles in the Old City, which overlooks the western bank of the river. Earlier on Tuesday, a civil defence officer was killed and three of his assistants were wounded in a bomb blast that occurred while searching for survivors under rubble in the Old City.

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