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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
"Syrian groups see more U.S. support for IS fight, plan new phase"
A Kurdish military source told Reuters separately the next phase of a campaign by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance -- which includes the Kurdish YPG militia -- aimed to cut the last remaining routes to Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa city, including the road to Deir al-Zor.
The YPG has been the main partner on the ground in Syria for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, fighting as part..."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-backed-syrian-alliance-says-gets-more-u-111108389.html?ref=gs
"U.S. bid to counter ISIS online recruiting, WebOps, inept, AP finds -" CBS News
It's hard to establish rapport with a potential terror recruit when - as one former worker told the AP - translators repeatedly mix up the Arabic words for "salad" and "authority." That's led to open ridicule on social media about references to the "Palestinian salad."
Four current or..."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-bid-to-counter-isis-online-recruiting-webops-inept-ap-finds/
"Papers Offer a Peek at ISIS’ Drones, Lethal and Largely Off-the-Shelf -" NYTimes.com
The documents — in Arabic and English — offer a rare window into how the Islamic State has cobbled together a rapidly advancing armed drone program that increasingly threatens allied troops fighting the militant group, also..."
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/world/middleeast/isis-drone-documents.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=
Monday, January 30, 2017
HA HA "Head of ISIS’ Women’s Brigade Flees With Millions " Clarion Project
The leader of ISIS' al-Hansa women's battalion escaped with four of her assistants and millions of dollars, according to the Arabic-language..."
http://m.clarionproject.org/news/head-isis'-women's-brigade-flees-millions
Sunday, January 29, 2017
"Trump orders ISIS plan, talks with Putin and gives Bannon national security role " The Washington Post
Friday, January 27, 2017
"Trump poised to seek new military options for defeating IS"
Trump's visit Friday to the Defense Department's headquarters will start the conversation over how to fulfill his inauguration address pledge to eradicate radical Islamic terrorism "completely from..."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-poised-seek-military-options-defeating-182625098--politics.html
DON'T FORGET THE SALAFISTS "Beyond ISIS: Europe's Salafists Nurturing Jihad " The Investigative Project on Terrorism
With all the emphasis now on ISIS and its various affiliates, and on the dangers they pose against the West, we have largely forgotten the forces that were radicalizing Muslim youth in Europe long before ISIS came along. Worse, we have failed to notice they still do. And yet these largely Saudi-backed, Salafist institutions – mosques and schools and Islamic community centers – arguably pose the greatest threat to Western culture, both in terms of their potential for inspiring terrorism and the sociopolitical influence they exert...."
http://www.investigativeproject.org/5746/beyond-isis-europe-salafists-nurturing-jihad
Thursday, January 26, 2017
"Islamic State Losing Ground, But A Political Solution Poses Challenge For Trump And U.S." : Parallels : NPR
Progress is being made in the war against the Islamic State, according to analysts. But they caution that the U.S. is likely to face a recurring challenge in the Middle East: how to turn battlefield gains into a comprehensive political solution...."
"Islamist militant attack on hotel in Somali capital kills 28: official "- The Globe and Mail
I THOUGHT TRUMP DIDN'T WANT STRATEGY TELEGRAPHED "ISIS fight stays the course for now under Trump, Army general says " Fox News
"Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division, said he has not received any change to his orders in prosecuting the ISIS war in Iraq and Syria. When asked if the military could do more to stop the terrorists, he responded,..."
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
MOTHERS w/ BABIES CAN'T BE TAKEN 4 GRANTED "Nigeria: Babies used in suicide bombings, officials warn " BBC News
An attack in the town of Madagali on 13 January saw two women detonate their devices, killing themselves, two babies, and four others.
They had passed a...."
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
"Is There a Nexus Between Terrorist Involvement and Mental Health in the Age of the Islamic State? " Combating Terrorism Cent...
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"Sub-Saharan Africa’s Three “New” Islamic State Affiliates " Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Islamic State in Greater Sahara
The story of ISGS begins with the merging of two other jihadi groups: the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and the Masked Men Brigade, which created a third group, al-Mourabitoun, in August 2013. Under the..."
https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/sub-saharan-africas-three-new-islamic-state-affiliates
Monday, January 23, 2017
"Daesh Ruins Palmyra to 'Deprive Syrians of Their Past and Future'"
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201701201049826506-daesh-palmyra-roman-theater-tetrapylon/
"Russia Receives Daesh Coordinates in Al-Bab From US"
Al-Bab is one of Daesh's last remaining strongholds near the Turkish border. Capturing the city is of strategic importance to Turkey in order to prevent the Syrian Kurds taking it and unifying their..."
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201701231049927674-russia-us-daesh-coordinates/
"IS blows up Mosul hotel as Iraq prepares to attack western bank of Tigris "| Middle East Eye
The Mosul Hotel, shaped as a stepped pyramid, appeared to be leaning to one side after the explosions, two witnesses said by phone. They requested anonymity, saying the militants killed those they caught communicating .."
"Turkey: 46 ISIS Fighters ‘Neutralized’ Around al-Bab -" News from Antiwar.com
Neutralized" doesn't necessarily mean killed in Turkish military statements, as the military will also refer to enemies as "neutralized" if they've been captured, or even if the building they're hold up in is just surrounded and they figure they can't get..."
http://news.antiwar.com/2017/01/22/turkey-46-isis-fighters-neutralized-around-al-bab/
"[Iraqi] Army Colonel Among 72 Killed in Iraq ... --" Antiwar.com
executed 13 civil.... "
http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2017/01/22/iraqi-colonel-among-72-killed-in-iraq/
OBL WAS ANTI-ISIS? "Osama Bin Laden slammed ISIS as 'brutal and violent' in secret letter revealed by US government " Mirror Online
An analyst within the interagency team behind the release said: "Bin Laden later in life recognised how terrorist organizations are prone to brutal violence that alienates the support they are so desperate to attract, but he and his successors could do little to temper the rise of ISIL and..."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/government-releases-scores-documents-osama-9654726
"Mosul: Iraqi forces 'liberate' east from ISIL fighters " News | Al Jazeera
The Iraqi army announced on Sunday that all districts of Mosul east of the Tigris River had been cleared of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) fighters, after retaking two areas...."
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Saturday, January 21, 2017
"Suicide bombers blow themselves up in Saudi Arabia " News | Al Jazeera
Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up in a confrontation with security forces in Saudi Arabia's second city of Jeddah,..."
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/suicide-bombers-blow-saudi-arabia-170121075722150.html
Daesh destroyed the tetrapylon "ISIS wreaks new destruction in Syria's ancient Palmyra "| News24
"Local sources told us that 10 days ago Daesh destroyed the tetrapylon," a 16-columned structure that marked one end of the ancient city's colonnade, Maamoun Abdulkarim told AFP using an Arabic acronym for ISIS.
Before being forced out of Palmyra... "
http://m.news24.com/news24/World/News/isis-wreaks-new-destruction-in-syrias-ancient-palmyra-20170121
"Pakistan vegetable market bomb kills 20 and injures 40 " BBC News
At least 20 people have been killed and 40 wounded after a bomb exploded at a vegetable market in northwest Pakistan.
The blast happened in the city of Parachinar, a mainly Shia Muslim area on the Afghan border...."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38703375
"Syria conflict: US says Idlib strike kills 100 al-Qaeda fighters - " BBC News
Less than 24 hours earlier, a combination of B-2 stealth bombers and drones killed up to 90 so-called Islamic State (IS) militants in two camps in a remote area of Libya, officials said.. "
Friday, January 20, 2017
I STRUGGLE w/ THIS TOO "Should Clarion Share ISIS Videos? Facebook Says 'No' " Clarion Project
http://m.clarionproject.org/news/should-clarion-share-isis-videos-facebook-says-no
TRUMP CALLS A SPADE A SPADE "Trump vows to “eradicate completely” “radical Islamic terrorism”"
"We will … unite the civilised world against radical Islamic terrorism which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth."..."
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/trump-vows-to-eradicate-completely-radical-islamic-terrorism
DAESH R JUST A BUNCH OF GROWN UP PUNKS "ISIS Destroys Ancient Theater, Tetrapylon In Palmyra, Syria Says " The Two-Way : NPR
Thursday, January 19, 2017
FROM MISSOURI "U.S. strikes in Libya kill more than 80 Islamic State fighters " | Reuters
The U.S. attack on Wednesday night was led by two B-2 bombers, which took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to carry out a 30-hour round-trip bombing..."
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15320U?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+Reuters%252FworldNews+%2528Reuters+World+News%2529
"U.S. air strike killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria: Pentagon "| Reuters
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
Sunday, January 15, 2017
THEYRE PLAYING BOTH SIDES "Turkish airstrikes hit 228 IS targets in northern Syria" - Xinhua | English.news.cn
ANKARA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Altogether 18 Islamic State (IS) terrorists were killed and 228 targets were hit by Turkish army in Al-Bab of northern Syria in the last 24 hours, Turkish General Staff..."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/14/c_135982510.htm
Saturday, January 14, 2017
3 KILLED "Islamic State launches 'worst attack in year' on besieged city in Syria " Independent.ie
Syrian television said three people were killed and nine wounded in the IS rocket attacks which targeted government-held neighbourhoods.."
Friday, January 13, 2017
[not very effective] 4 FEMALE TERRORISTS KILL 2 & SELVES [thoughts and prayers ] "Multiple blasts blamed on Boko Haram kill two in Nigeria"
Adamawa state police spokesman Othman Abubakar told AFP the blasts involved female suicide bombers. "Two people were confirmed dead and 15 others injured. Four female suicide bombers exploded and died...."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-dead-boko-haram-blasts-nigeria-state-govt-145344944.html
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Thoughts prayers action "Abducted teachers appeal to Donald Trump in Taliban video"
It was the first time the two men, an American identified as Kevin King, and Timothy Weekes, have been seen since their kidnapping outside American University in..."
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
"US sanctions on Alexanda Kotey, British member of Islamic State cell"
The US has imposed sanctions on a British man after naming him as a member of an Islamic State terror cell dubbed "The Beatles".
The State Department says Alexanda Kotey, 33, is one of a four-member cell responsible for beheading around two dozen hostages...."
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
"Twin Taliban blasts near Afghan parliament kill 30, wound dozens " The Express Tribune
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said they were behind the Kabul explosions, adding the victims were mostly Afghan intelligence agents. The insurgents are known to exaggerate battlefield claims...."
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1290394/twin-blasts-near-parliament-buildings-afghan-capital/
carried out by members of Ansar Beit el-Maqdes "10 policemen killed, 22 injured in terrorist attack in Egypt"
The attack in el-Masaeed district of Al-Arish city was carried out by members of Ansar Beit el-Maqdes, a Sinai-based militant group which pledged..."
Thoughts prayers action "UN: Civilians increasing flee IS-held Mosul; 135,500 now out "- NZ Herald
GENEVA (AP) " The U.N.'s humanitarian aid agency says an average of 1,000 people have fled the Iraqi city of Mosul each day over the last week amid a stepped-up Iraqi offensive to..."
http://mobile.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.php?c_id=2&objectid=11779965&ref=rss
"Islamic State attack victims' families sue Twitter -" BBC News
"Up to 50 people feared dead in twin blasts in Kabul "| The Independent
At least 21 people had died and 45 more wounded were taken to hospital after Tuesday's attacks, public health ministry spokesperson Imail Kawasi said. Initial eyewitness estimates..."
Monday, January 9, 2017
"Sadistic Islamic State Doctor Who Killed, Tortured Dozens Killed In Allied-Forces Airstrike" - WorldNews
An allied airstrike in Kirkuk, Iraq has killed a notorious ISIS doctor who was described as often being gleeful regarding the murder and torture of civilians, sources told several British newspapers Monday.
Islam Taha al-Obaidi — known as Dr. Muawiya —..."
https://article.wn.com/view/2017/01/09/Sadistic_Islamic_State_Doctor_Who_Killed_Tortured_Dozens_Kil/
Thoughts prayers action "ISIS supporter truck driver kills 4 in Israel " govt | News24
"We know the identity of the assailant, who according to all indications supported ISIS," Netanyahu said, according to a statement from his office...."
http://m.news24.com/news24/World/News/isis-supporter-truck-driver-kills-4-in-israel-govt-20170108
Re Ebu Muhammed Horasani "Istanbul nightclub attacker is ISIS follower" | News24
It said he has the code name of Ebu Muhammed Horasani within IS.
There was no official confirmation of the report.
The killer slipped into the night after killing 27 foreigners and 12 Turkish nationals at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul just 75 minutes in..."
http://m.news24.com/news24/World/News/istanbul-nightclub-attacker-is-isis-follower-20170108
"Car bomb in Syrian town kills nearly 50 " Boston Herald
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Warning: ⚠ graphic description, sickening : " ISIS Shows Preschooler Killing Victim Tied to Carnival Game"
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The first victim is zip-tied to the interior of a tilting, spinning disk ride. A boy about 7 years old ascends the stairs and is handed a knife by a black-clad ISIS member. He covers the victim's eye with one hand before being given a signal by the adult jihadist. The boy then saws at the victim's throat. When done, he wipes off both sides of the knife on the victim's white T-shirt..."
(TPA) Thoughts prayers action "tanker bomb in azaz: Massive tanker bomb kills 48 in Syria border town" - The Times of India on Mobile
[we should be doing this in USA too] BARNABAS FUND HELPS CHRISTIANS RESETTLE IN AUSTRALIA "Christians rescued from Middle East Muslim terror"
http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/christians-rescued-from-middle-east-muslim-terror/
Saturday, January 7, 2017
"Philippine troops kill two linked to group supporting Islamic State " Reuters
[chilling, but we shall NOT fear... ] Re ROBERT JEFFRESS' 1st Baptist Church "ISIS Singles Out Dallas Megachurch in Call for Arson Jihad"
I saw Jeffress speak at Kkla prayer breakfast 2016.good guy. Good church. Stand strong.
"The article includes a large photo of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, along with its address and the caption, "A popular Crusader gathering place waiting to be burned down.".."
[shoebat may be right, but... ] RAISING INDEX FINGER IS A MUSLIM THING? "Photo Evidence Reveals Ft. Lauderdale Shooter Is A Muslim Terrorist " Walid Shoebat
"... him raising his index finger. The Muslim calls the index finger sabbabah , to proclaim there is no god but Allah, a single unique god. This is a sign that he believes that Allah is the unique absolute one (not the Trinity) who sent Muslims to destroy the concept of the Trinity which would be three fingers raised as..."
Friday, January 6, 2017
SHOULD WE EVEN REPORT THIS [ie is this advertisement for ISIS? ] "WATCH: Islamic State drowns 'spy' in FISH TANK in latest sickening video "| World | News | Daily Express
"Egyptian Christian Shopkeeper Murdered In Suspected Sectarian Attack" | Christian News on Christian Today
reportedly a 48-year-old hard-line Salafist, yelled "Allah Akbar" and cut Lamei's throat. Police arrested the suspect...."
"7 Killed in Mogadishu Suicide Blasts"
http://www.voanews.com/a/suicide-bomber-kills-3-in-somalia/3659576.html
"What is the Epiphany and when in 2017 is it? Here are 10 facts about the history and meaning of Three Kings Day"
I DON'T THINK SO "Can a Satire of ISIS Possibly Be Funny? BBC Viewers Are Split " NYTimes.com
"The BBC really made a satirical show called 'The Real Housewives of ISIS' while the real housewives of ISIS are being raped and abused daily,"
Meraj, a Londoner, wrote on Twitter .
..."
"A 3,000-year-old city wrecked by militants, left for looters "| Boston Herald
They dismantled the winged bulls, known as lamassu, as purposefully as any decapitation they carried out in in Mosul or the Syrian city of Raqqa. The bearded male heads of the statues are missing — likely taken to be sold on the black market as IS has done with other artifacts. They then wired the entire palace with explosives and blew..."
Thursday, January 5, 2017
As IF HE EXPECTS THEM TO ACT HONORABLY? "Al-Qaida chief denounces Islamic State 'liars' "- The Times of India on Mobile
In the message found and translated by US-based watchdog the SITE Intelligence Group, the Egyptian extremist accuses IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of slandering his group...."
http://m.timesofindia.com/world/middle-east/al-qaeda-chief-denounces-islamic-state-liars/articleshow/56367254.cms
"Greece’s Most-Wanted Terrorist Is Arrested in Athens Suburb " NYTimes.com
Greek officials called Ms. Roupa, 47 — known by her nickname, Pola — the country's "No. 1 most-wanted" terrorist. With her partner, Nikos Maziotis, she was a leader of Revolutionary Struggle, which carried out a string of bombings and shootings targeting the police and others starting in 2003, and fired an antitank..."
Aanah, Rawa and al-Qaim: "IS conflict: Iraqi forces launch offensive near Syria border " BBC News
Their main targets are the towns of Aanah, Rawa and al-Qaim, which lie along the River Euphrates.
Last year, government forces drove IS out of much of Anbar province, retaking the major cities of Ramadi and Falluja...."
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
" Leader of Philippine group sympathetic to IS group killed"
Senior Supt. Leonardo Suan said Jaafar Maguid, leader of a small armed group called Ansar Al Khilafah Philippines, died in the shootout in southern Sarangani Province's Kiamba town...."
"Berlin Christmas market attacker's dinner companion arrested in Germany - "CBS News
The 26-year-old Tunisian had known Amri since the end of 2015 and the pair ate together at a Berlin restaurant the night before the Dec. 19 attack, said Frauke Koehler,..."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/berlin-christmas-market-attack-dinner-companion-arrested-germany/
"Turkey detains 5 ISIS suspects linked to nightclub attack" | News24
The private Dogan news agency said the police operation targeted three families who had arrived in Izmir about 20 days ago from Konya — a city in central Turkey where the gunman is thought to have been based before carrying out the nightclub attack. It said 27 people, including women and children, were taken into custody...."
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
WHY IS GERMANY TRYING TO QUASH THE STORY? "1000 strong mob set Germany's OLDEST CHURCH ON FIRE on NYE " The Rebel
It only became known because of YouTube footage leaked by..."
http://www.therebel.media/1000_strong_mob_set_germany_s_oldest_church_on_fire_on_nye
"The Islamization of Germany in 2016" | Creeping Sharia
Development Minister Gerd Müller warned that the biggest refugee movements to Europe are still to come. He said that only 10% of the migrants from the chaos in Iraq and Syria
.."
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/islamization-of-germany-2016/
"British man Ryan Lock killed fighting against Isis for Kurds "| The Independent
The former chef with no previous military experience from Chichester, West Sussex, had joined Kurdish militia after telling his family he was going on holiday to Turkey in August.
The People's Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish military force, reported..."
Monday, January 2, 2017
Sunday, January 1, 2017
thoughts and prayers, LONE 🔫 GUNMAN? "Istanbul new year Reina nightclub attack 'leaves 39 dead' " BBC News
Despite there being no official statement about who might be behind this brutal attack, the finger of blame is being pointed at the so-called Islamic State.
In the last two years of attacks in Turkey, Kurdish militants have..."