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Five members of the Islamic State die in airstrike in NInevah
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Good Morning

Start of Christmas discussion thread
Thursday December 22nd, 2022

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Omnibus Spending Bill: $410M
for Border Security %u2010 in the Middle East
The situation in the countries
of the Sahel as of December 21, 2022
On the supply of air defense
systems "Patriot" to Ukraine
Before the next blows
On new units and formations of the RF Armed Forces
Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft
carrier to leave dry dockside soon
Republicans accuse Biden of 'intentional'
border crisis: 'I mean, nobody is this incompetent'

Posted by: Fred || 12/22/2022 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Seven maids a posing.
Posted by: jpal || 12/22/2022 8:45 Comments || Top||

#2  Heifer hoofers
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/22/2022 9:01 Comments || Top||

#3  Second from right looks like a young Rodney Dangerfield in drag

/just sayin'
Posted by: Frank G || 12/22/2022 9:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Thanks for making me look closer, Frank.

Auuuugh! My eyes!
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/22/2022 9:18 Comments || Top||

#5  One bad apple...
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/22/2022 11:57 Comments || Top||

#6  I have nothing to say about her looks. I have to look in the mirror every morning.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/22/2022 18:43 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, the explosion of a fuel truck at the Salang pass was called a terrorist attack
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Hasht e Subh: about 100 people died in a terrorist attack on the Salang pass

The explosion of a fuel tanker at the Salang Pass in the Afghan province of Parvan, which killed about 100 people, occurred as a result of a terrorist attack, the Hasht e Subh newspaper writes on December 21.

The sources of the publication refer to the report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the interim government of Afghanistan, consisting of members of the radical Taliban movement (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation). They claim that the radicals concealed the cause of the fire from the public.

Referring to information from various sources, the newspaper estimates the death toll at about 100 people. Most of the bodies are badly burnt, it is impossible to identify them.

“At least 120 more people were injured,” the newspaper notes.

The fire in the tunnel at the Salang pass occurred after the explosion of explosive devices, one of which was in a fuel truck. According to one of the sources, on December 18, two explosions occurred in the tunnel. Another interlocutor claims that two more explosions occurred on December 19.

The Salang Pass is located in the Hindu Kush mountains, and the only road from Kabul to the northern provinces of Afghanistan passes through it. The tunnel of the same name runs at an altitude of more than 3200 m.

Posted by: badanov || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Borno Community, Burn Several Silos Of Grain
Posted by: Fred || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Nigerian Army Confirms Invasion Of Ebonyi State Community, Says Troops Found Explosive Devices
Sure they did.
Posted by: Fred || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Arabia
UAE-backed mercenaries block roads in Hadhramout province
by Emad Almarshahi

Elements funded by the UAE blocked on Tuesday the road in front of a local demonstration “Al-Hadhrami Day” in Hadhramaut province, eastern Yemen.

Eyewitnesses said that a gang affiliated with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) intercepted citizens’ cars in the “40 Apartments” area with stones, trying to prevent them from reaching the venue of the demonstration.

The sources indicated that the STC gangs tried to attack the demonstrators and grab the banners and flags of the demonstration.

This comes after the pro-UAE militia stormed Monday a sewing shop in the city of Mukalla, the capital of the province, and confiscated the banners and flags in the shop.

Posted by: badanov || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:


Armed tribesmen attack UAE-backed mercenaries in Shabwah
by Emad Almarshahi

Armed tribesmen riding a military vehicle opened fire on a checkpoint belonging to the UAE-funded “Shabwah Defense” militia on Tuesday in Nissab area, west of Ataq city, the center of Shabwah province, eastern Yemen, local sources reported.

This comes after the tribesmen plundered a number of military vehicles belonging to the UAE and fled with them to different areas, according to the sources.

On Monday, the “Shabwah Defense” militia had kidnapped 8 Islah Party militants at a point at the entrance to Ataq, who were returning from the city of Ma’rib.

Posted by: badanov || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Soddy forces attack Yemeni fishermen in Mahrah
by Emad Almarshahi

Saudi occupation forces attacked on Tuesday Yemeni fishermen near the port of Nishtun, located on the Arabian Sea in Mahrah province, eastern Yemen, local sources reported.

According to the sources, a Saudi patrol opened fire on fishermen and their four boats and prevented them from fishing in Yemeni waters.
OR retrieving Iranian arms shipments
The sources confirmed that the Saudi forces confiscated the four fishermen’s boats, without revealing their fate.

At the end of last October, a Yemeni fisherman was killed and two others were wounded by US naval fire, while they were practicing their fishing profession off the Yemeni coast in the Hof district of the province.

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Bomb attack in Abyan kills three UAE-backed mercenaries
by Emad Almarshahi

At least three militia members of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) were killed on Wednesday and three others injured in an explosion of an explosive device in Abyan province, southern Yemen.

According to local sources, the attack targeted a military vehicle of the UAE-funded “Third Support Brigade” of the STC on the public road, killing 3 members and wounding 3 others in Al-Mahfad area.

The attacks with explosive devices have been active against the STC militias since they announced the so-called “East arrows” operation against the Islah Party militants in Abyan in early September, leaving 17 militiamen dead and wounded

Posted by: badanov || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Iraq
Five members of the Islamic State die in airstrike in NInevah
Posted by: badanov || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Turkish drones bomb PKK sites near Erbil
Posted by: badanov || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Jordanian Authorities Thwart Drug Smuggling Coming From Syria
Posted by: badanov || 12/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  So, likely originally from Leb/Hezb'allah?
Posted by: Frank G || 12/22/2022 8:37 Comments || Top||



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