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Iraq
Ninevah Nightmares: 11 die
2016-04-26
ISIS Oil Minister dies in airstrike

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced on Monday, that the so-called ISIS Oil Minister was killed in an aerial bombardment targeted his vehicle in central Mosul, along with two of his companions.

The official in Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Mosul Ghyath Alsurji said in a press statement received by IraqiNews.com, “This afternoon, a drone targeted a vehicle carrying the so-called ISIS Oil Minister in Mosul, Waheed Ali Rashid al-Sabawi, while passing in al-Thobat neighborhood in central Mosul, killing him on the spot.”

Alsurji added, “The shelling resulted in the killing of two members of al-Sabawi bodyguards.”

8 ISIS Bad Guys die in Mosul airstrike

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced on Monday, that eight members of the so-called ISIS were killed in an aerial bombardment carried out by the international coalition aviation on ISIS gathering in central Mosul.

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s official in Mosul Ghyath Alsurji said in a brief statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “The international coalition aircraft bombed ISIS gathering in Ghazlani camp in central Mosul, killing at least eight ISIS members.”

Alsurji added, “The air strike also destroyed two vehicles belonging to ISIS members.”

ISIS destroys historical church
Pr*cks gotta be pr*cks
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, Louis Raphael Sacco, said on Monday, that the ISIS elements blew up al-Latin Church (also known as al-Sa’ah Church) in central Mosul, while called the politicians to accelerate the national reconciliation.

Sacco said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “We have received news that the ISIS elements blew up the archaeological Latin church belonging to the Dominican fathers, located in the center of Mosul,” pointing out that, “We strongly condemn the targeting of the Christian Church and also condemn the targeting of mosques and other houses of worship.”

Sacco called the politicians to speed up the achievement of national reconciliation, while urged the international community and religious authorities to take their responsibilities to protect the country and the citizens and to take serious steps to end the wars and conflicts.
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India-Pakistan
Main facilitator of BKU attack arrested
2016-02-04
[DAWN] In a major breakthrough, intelligence agencies have claimed to have incarcerated
Please don't kill me!
the main controller of the attack on the Bacha Khan University that left about 20 people dead and several others maimed, credible sources said.

According to them, Waheed Ali alias Arshad, categorised as "Terrorist A", was arrested in Nowshera last week.

"He had made arrangements to flee to Afghanistan and hired a taxi to take him to the Pak-Afghan border at Torkham. Had there been any further delay, the man would have slipped away," the sources said.

"He had shaved his beard and had packed up. His taxi was intercepted and he was picked up after positive identification," said the sources, requesting they not be identified.

In his initial statement, according to the sources, the alleged controller who is in his early 30s said the planning of the attack on the university had been in works for six months in Achin district of Afghanistan, the base of the hard boy commander Khalifa Omar Mansoor alias Omar Naray.

He said he had surreptitiously made videos of the Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Regiment Centre and a cop shoppe in Mardan as possible targets and taken the footages in a memory chip to Omar Naray, but the plans had been dropped because of heavy security in the two places.

The criminal mastermind and planners, Waheed said, later opted for Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan and prepared a group of four bully boyz to carry out the attack. He said that he was the one who had made the video of the four attackers with Khalifa Mansoor and that was the reason why the Abdul Wali Khan University was mentioned in the video.

He said Khalifa Mansoor had provided him Rs1 million to execute the plan and procure arms and ammunition for the attack. The plan to attack the Abdul Wali Khan University was also cancelled because of better security arrangements and the criminal mastermind was informed about the new target in Charsadda.

According to the sources, the suspect said he had brought with him two attackers while the other two were already with another controller, Riaz, in Charsadda. He identified the four attackers, including an Afridi, one from Orakzai, one from Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
and one from South Wazoo.
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India-Pakistan
Six die in rocket, gun attacks on village
2012-08-29
[Dawn] Six members of the Kalhora clan were killed in rocket and gun attacks in Kingri taluka on Monday evening.

Three victims were burnt alive when their thatched hut caught fire after being hit by a rocket in Bindi village.

Police said the rocket had been fired by members of the rival Narejo clan.

They identified the victims as Waheed Ali, 25, Rajib Ali, 23 and Zain-ul-Abideen. The rocket attack was followed by firing that left another three members of the clan dead.

The victims were identified as Ahsan Ali, 27, Sajid, 22 and Veengas, 25.

The police said the firing -- apparently carried out by those who had mounted the rocket attack -- left two villagers maimed.

Khairpur SSP Irfan Baloch told news hounds that members of the Narejo clan, locked in a long-running feud with the Kalhoras, had carried out the two attacks.

No FIR was registered at the Abdul Rehman Unnar cop shoppe till late Monday night.
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Arabia
Preparations to storm Al-Qaeda-controlled town
2012-05-11
[Yemen Post] Minister of Defense, Major General Mohammad Nasser Ahmed, along with Aden governor Waheed Ali Rasheed have reviewed combat readiness of military units as they visited on Wednesday a number of military and security units in Aden.

Media sources stated that preparations are ongoing to carry out military storm against Zinjibar town controlled by Al-Qaeda a year ago.

According to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) Defense Minister visited Badr camp on Wednesday, pointing out that the minister was received by the commander of the Southern Military Region Salem Ali Qatan who briefed him on the combat readiness of the camp's military units.

President Abdu Rabo Hadi had vowed in an address delivered before Yemeni officers and troops last week that he will defeat Al-Qaeda. However,
women are made to be loved, not understood...
Al-Qaeda attacked hours after the address a military position in Abyan
...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
, killed and captured dozens of the Yemeni troops.

Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes...
a senior Yemeni military commander Mohammed Ali Mohsin has revealed that all Yemen's armed forces received no weapons except the Republican Guard headed by Ahmed Ali, the elderly son of the former president Ali Abdullah Saelh since 1994.

In an interview with an English-speaking newspaper, Mohsin revealed that Saleh directed 25 percent of the armed forces' budget to go to the Republican Guard.

He said the purchase of weapons does not go through the Defense Ministry, pointing out that private deals are performed without the knowledge of the Defense Ministry.

"The daily food ration for each soldier in the Republican Guard is 150 grams per day, while the soldier's ration in any other military unit is only 75 grams" he added.

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Arabia
New governor has plans to secure Aden
2012-03-07
[Yemen Post] The newly-appointed governor of And Waheed Ali Rasheed has said he has plans to protect the government facilities and protect the proprieties of people.

He affirmed that security and stability would be consolidated, after the governorate witnessed violence acts in which at least ten soldiers and non-combatants were killed.

In a meeting with officials of the governorate, Rasheed urged them to cooperate to maintain security, remove armed manifestations and impose the rule of law inside the port city.

He said that cop shoppes will be reordered across the districts of Aden, calling all people to cooperate to improve the services provided to citizens.

Rasheed had visited a number of public authorities including Aden international Airport, ordering the officials to do best to boost up the living standards of people.

Separately, The Yemeni Interior Ministry affirmed that put the security forces in alert in Aden and Lahj provinces with the aim of repelling any attempts of Al-Qaeda to repeat events of Abyan there.

The Interior Minister Abduk-Kadir Qahtan had directed to send two military units of the Central Security to maintain security and stability in the governorates, as the ministry affirmed in its website.

In a statement, the ministry said it received information about the growth of Al-Qaeda in some southern areas, pointing out that the new Commander of the Southern Region requested sending reinforcements to prevent the repeating of Abyan's events in other governorates.

Militants linked to al Qaeda had launched strikes on positions of the Yemeni military, killing more that 105 soldiers and controlled several military positions in some districts of the southern governorate of Abyan.
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India-Pakistan
7/7 suspects jailed for terror camp plans
2009-04-30
Two men cleared of helping to plot the 7/7 bombings were jailed for seven years on Wednesday, for planning to attend terrorism-training camps in Pakistan. Mohammed Shakil, Waheed Ali, and Sadeer Saleem, were found not guilty of helping the London bombers to scout potential targets in the capital after a retrial at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday. But they were convicted of a second charge of conspiracy, for attending a place used for terrorist training. "In my view, the police wanted somebody, anybody, to pay for the murder of 52 people," Saleem said in a statement after the verdict.
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Britain
UK court clears three of plotting London bombs
2009-04-29
[Al Arabiya Latest] Three Britons were cleared on Tuesday of helping to plot the deadly London suicide bombings in July 2005 in the first prosecution over the attacks which killed 52 people and left more than 700 injured.

Waheed Ali, 25, Mohammed Shakil, 32, and 28-year-old Sadeer Salem were accused of having carried out a two-day reconnaissance mission by visiting various tourist sites in London in the months leading up the attacks on three underground trains and a bus.

A jury last year failed to reach a verdict against the men, who were found not guilty of conspiracy to cause explosions at Tuesday's retrial at London's Kingston Crown Court, the Press Association reported.

Prosecutors had said the three men were friends of the bombers, Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain. The men attended the same mosque and gym in the tightly-knit town of Beeston, in northern England, prosecutors said.

Although they were not directly involved in making the bombs or carrying out the attacks, detectives believed the men had helped plan the attacks.

Ali and Shakil were convicted of a second charge of conspiracy to attend a place used for terrorist training. Prosecutors said they were planning to go to a camp in Pakistan when police arrested them in March 2007.

The court heard that the investigation into the bombings -- the largest ever carried out by London police -- discovered links between the men in mobile phone records, fingerprints connecting them to the bomb-factory in Beeston, family videos and surveillance.

Detectives found that about seven months before the bombings, Shakil, Saleem and Ali spent two days in London with Hussain and Lindsay, visiting tourist attractions such as the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and the London Aquarium.

They also visited locations similar to ones attacked on July 7 and detectives said the trip, the key element of the prosecution case, was part of preparations for attacks on the capital.

But the defendants argued the trip was to allow Ali to visit his sister and take in some tourist attractions.

The court also heard how in Nov. 2004, Khan, the ringleader of the July plot, recorded a farewell video for his baby daughter in 2004 before heading off on a mission to Afghanistan where he expected to die, prosecutors said.

Police have always maintained that the bombers had assistance from other people with links to al-Qaeda as they would not have had the technical expertise to construct the hydrogen peroxide-based bombs themselves.
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Britain
In Britain, three acquitted of some transit bombing charges
2009-04-28
Reporting from London -- Three men accused of helping suicide bombers who killed 52 people in a 2005 attack on London's transportation system were acquitted today of the most serious charges they faced, a second defeat for prosecutors in the case.

The jury found Waheed Ali, Mohammed Shakil and Sadeer Saleem not guilty of carrying out a reconnaissance mission to help the four bombers who boarded three subway trains and a bus with homemade explosives July 7, 2005.

Ali and Shakil were convicted of conspiring to attend a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, a lesser charge, and were scheduled to be sentenced tWednesday.

The verdicts ended a three-month retrial of the men, whose previous proceedings last year resulted in a hung jury. The three defendants have been the only people charged so far in the attacks.

Under British double jeopardy laws, any further trial of the same defendants would have to be based on new evidence, said a spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service, adding that it was "technically possible but very rare."

Commenting in the Times of London, Andy Hayman, assistant commissioner for London's Metropolitan Police from 2005 to 2007, wrote that the trial "probably represents the last throw of the dice for the police investigation in 7/7. It is frustrating . . . knowing that people who aided and abetted the murders of 52 innocent people remain at large."

The accused, Britons of Pakistani origin who come from the Beeston area of Leeds in northern England, all admitted to being friends of the four men who carried out the bombings, but they denied charges of conspiracy to cause an explosion. They were accused of scouting the capital for possible targets with two of the four bombers on a trip to London in December 2004.

The jury was shown homemade videos and heard evidence from secretly recorded conversations that showed the accused were close friends of the four bombers: Mohamed Sidique Khan, Shahzad Tanweer, Hasib Hussain, and Germaine Lindsay.

Ali, 25, and Shakil, 32, were arrested at Manchester airport in 2007. They were about to board a plane for Pakistan where, according to prosecutors, they planned to attend a terrorist training camp.

However, the prosecution failed to provide convincing enough evidence for the jury to convict Ali, Shakil, and the 28-year-old Saleem of conspiracy to cause explosions.
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Britain
Three men who 'helped July 7 bombers' on trial
2009-01-20
Three men went on trial on Monday accused of helping bombers prepare the deadly July 7, 2005 suicide bombings with a reconnaissance mission in London. Prosecutors say Waheed Ali (25), Sadeer Saleem (28) and Muhammad Shakil 32, spent two days in the city where they visited tourist attractions including the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium. Kingston Crown Court was told the trip was 'an important first step' in the plot to detonate bombs in Britain, the Press Association reported.

The trio, from Beeston, Leeds, deny one charge of conspiring with Sidique Khan, Shezhad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain to cause explosions. The four young terrorists killed 52 people and injured hundreds more when they set off bombs on three underground trains and a bus.

Ali and Shakil also deny a second charge of conspiracy to attend a place used for terrorist training. It is alleged they were planning a trip to Pakistan to attend a training camp when they were arrested in March 2007.Prosecutor Neil Flewitt told a jury hearing at a retrial of the men, that they were not accused of making or transporting the bombs used in the July-7 attacks. "However, it is the prosecution case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings," he said. He said on December 16, 2004, the defendants travelled from Leeds with one of the bombers, Hussain, to London where over a period of two days they conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets. Once there, they also met Lindsay.

"It is not the prosecution case that, at the time of the trip to London, the conspirators had made a final decision about the method of attack, the targets to be attacked or even the date of the attack," Flewitt said. "However, it is the prosecution case that the London visit was an important first step in what was, by then, a settled plan to cause explosions in the UK." He told the jury that the three defendants admitted making the trip, but for family and tourism reasons. "Moreover, although the defendants all accept that they knew the London bombers, it is their case that their friendship was innocent and that they knew nothing of, and took no part in, their plan to cause explosions in the UK," Flewitt said. Ali and Shakil also did not dispute that they were intending to travel to Pakistan in 2007 but denied it was related to terrorism, he said.
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Britain
7/7 Jury Fails To Reach Verdict
2008-08-01
Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil visited the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and the London Aquarium while allegedly pinpointing potential targets during the trip seven months before the 2005 atrocity. The trio, from Beeston, Leeds, stood trial charged with conspiring with the four bombers and others unknown to cause explosions between November 17, 2004 and July 8, 2005. But following the three month trial at Kingston Crown Court, a jury of eight women and four men could not decide on their verdicts and have been discharged.

The jury had been told that Ali, 25, Saleem, 28, and Shakil, 32, visited places on December 16 and 17, 2004, which bore a "striking similarity" to spots where the bombs were detonated. Detailed 'cell site analysis' of mobile phone use, including calls to the London Tourist Board and various attractions, allowed the group's movements across London to be mapped.

The three defendants admitted making the visit but claimed it was an entirely innocent "social outing" and the purpose was for Ali to visit his sister. They told the jury they used the opportunity to see some of the capital's landmarks at the same time. All three defendants made no secret in court of their support for jihad and defending Muslim lands. But they claimed they did not advocate suicide bombings and had no idea about the July 7 plot.
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Britain
Man denies role in 7/7 bombings
2008-05-21
A man accused of aiding suicide bombers who killed 52 commuters on the London transit system denied participating in the attacks, but acknowledged on Tuesday that he attended a training camp with the bombers’ ringleader. Waheed Ali, 25, took the witness stand during his trial at Kingston Crown Court. Asked if he took part in planning the July 7, 2005 attacks, he answered: “I swear I did not.”
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Britain
7/7 bomber's farewell video shown
2008-04-25
A home video of London suicide bomber Mohammad Siddique Khan bidding goodbye to his baby daughter has been shown to a jury at Kingston Crown Court.

The video was shown in the prosecution of three men alleged to have helped find bombing targets in the capital. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil deny helping the bombers months before the attacks on 7 July 2005.

In the November 2004 video, Siddique Khan tells his daughter that he "has to do this thing for our future". The jury at Kingston Crown Court was told that in late 2004 Siddique Khan and fellow suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer flew to Pakistan. Prosecutors say that the leader of the bombers expected to die fighting jihad - but there was an unexpected change of plan while abroad which led to their return and the London bombings the following summer.

In the weeks before their departure, Siddique Khan recorded a number of home videos featuring his six-month-old daughter. Neil Flewitt QC, prosecuting, said the videos included a lot of "cooing over the baby" typical of any doting parents. In one, shot two days before the departure, Siddique Khan can be seen cradling his baby daughter in his arms. She is wearing a baby-suit and is jiggling on his knee.

The bomber is slightly off-camera for most of the recording as the lens is focused on the girl. His voice can be heard clearly and he frequently breaks off from speaking to kiss her. He is heard saying: "Sweetheart, not long to go now and I'm going to really, really miss you a lot. I'm thinking about it already.

"Look, I absolutely love you to bits and you have been the happiest thing in my life. You and your mum, absolutely brilliant. I don't know what else to say. I just wish I could have been part of your life, especially these growing up... these next months, they're really special with you learning to walk and things. "I just so much wanted to be with you but I have to do this for our future and it will be for the best, Inshallah [God willing] in the long run.

"That's the most important thing. You make plenty of dua [prayers] for you guys and you've got loads of people to look after you and keep an eye on you. But most importantly I entrust you to Allah and let Allah take care of you. And I'm doing what I'm doing for the sake of Islam, not, you know, it's not for materialistic or worldly benefits."

Mr Flewitt told the jury the video had come to light shortly after the bombings. Hasina Patel, Siddique Khan's widow, had handed some tapes to a friend in late 2004. At 1845 on 8 July, the day after the bombings, she handed more material to the same friend. On 13 July the friend handed them over to the police.

'Uncles' video
In another video, recorded in October 2004, Khan introduces his daughter to "her uncles", Waheed Ali and 7 July bombers Shehzad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain. The men are relaxing in the lounge at a house with a television on in the background. Siddique Khan calls Tanweer Uncle "Kaki". Mr Ali, sitting on the floor next to Hussain, gets up and kisses his own bicep in a jokey manner.

The jury were told of further footage to be played later which includes Hasina Patel. Mr Flewitt told the court that Ms Patel says: "There are two minutes left so say your piece."

Khan is said to reply: "My little sweetheart I love you lots and lots. You are my little baby with big fat little feet. Remember me in your Duas, I will certainly remember you, and, inshallah, things will work out for the best. Look after your mother, she needs looking after. Be strong, learn to fight - fighting is good. Be mummy's best friend. Take care of mummy - you can both do things together like fighting and stuff."
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