Boko Haram announced on social media that a female aid worker was executed.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"Taliban announced that an official with the Afghan police was attacked from the back by one of his close protection officers.
They say that they activated the mole. But the police mentioned that it’s under investigation.
News just broke out.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"Looks like the attack in Kandahar worked:
A gunman wearing an Afghan security forces uniform opened fire on a group including General Scott Miller — the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan — and powerful Afghan police chief General Abdul Raziq on Thursday as they ended a meeting in the southern city of Kandahar.
Within seconds Raziq, an anti-Taliban strongman and key US ally who was credited with keeping a lid on the insurgency in the south, was dead along with Kandahar's provincial intelligence chief and an Afghan journalist.
Miller escaped unhurt in the bold attack the militants said had targeted the US general and Raziq, whom they had previously accused of killing thousands of Taliban detainees and had attempted to assassinate dozens of times.
The interior ministry said Friday three suspects have been detained over the shooting, which also wounded 13.
That the Taliban could mount a deadly insider assault on top US and Afghan security chiefs in such a secure location has rattled a country long used to high-profile targeted killings and violence.
It signalled the Taliban could "strike whenever and wherever it wants" and would embolden the insurgents, said Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center.
"This attack is a huge blow to stability," he added.
- Increased attacks -
The Taliban, which controls or contests swathes of the war-torn country, has made significant territorial gains and threatened provincial capitals in recent months as it steps up attacks.
The increased aggression had been seen as an attempt by the Taliban to strengthen its negotiating position in talks with the United States to end the 17-year war.
Taliban representatives have met with US officials at least twice in Qatar in recent months, most recently on October 12 with newly appointed US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, raising hopes for peace.
But analysts said the latest attack may have jeopardised those tentative efforts.
"There will be questions asked whether the Taliban are really serious about peace talks," said Rahimullah Yusufzai, an expert on the group.
Afghanistan Analysts Network said the Taliban's claim that the shooter, who officials said was a member of the wounded provincial governor's security team, had targeted Miller — something the United States disputes — would complicate the US position.
"It is difficult to imagine how the US government will be able to defend holding talks with an organisation that claims it attempted to kill the US supreme commander in Afghanistan," AAN said in a report.
- 'Expect a meltdown' -
Raziq, whose power extended beyond Kandahar to neighbouring provinces in southern Afghanistan, was either "respected or feared" by Afghans, said military analyst Atiqullah Amarkhail.
His death would be demoralising for beleaguered security forces and leave a dangerous power vacuum that would be difficult to fill.
"It will be hard for the government to find someone who could replace him as a powerful force against the Taliban," Amarkhail said.
Yusufzai said killing Raziq was "one of the Taliban's biggest achievements in this war".
"Expect a meltdown in Kandahar," a foreign diplomat told AFP.
"He was the one guaranteeing security in Kandahar."
But US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday that Raziq's death would not fundamentally change the security situation in the province.
"It's a tragic loss of a patriot for Afghanistan. But I don't see it having a long term effect on our area," Mattis told reporters on the sidelines of a security summit in Singapore.
Miller made a public appearance in Kabul on Friday, visiting an Afghan security checkpoint where he expressed condolences over the "tragic event".
"My assessment is that I was not the target. It was a very close confined space. But I don't assess that I was a target," Miller told Afghan broadcaster Tolo News.
The government is now scrambling to secure the south on the eve of parliamentary elections that the Taliban has vowed to attack.
A spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani said elections in Kandahar would be postponed for a week following the attack.
Preparations for the ballot, already more than three years late, have been marred by bloody violence and there are concerns that Raziq's death will deter even more voters from turning up at polling centres around the country.
Almost nine million people have registered to vote for the poll, which is seen as a crucial test for next year's presidential election.
Hundreds of people have been killed or wounded in poll-related violence. At least 10 candidates have been killed, most of them murdered.
"The Taliban would be very pleased that they've done this on the eve of the election," Yusufzai said.
There's been an attack in Melbourne. A vehicle got burned and some peeps were stabbed.
Police are treating it as a terror incident.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"The perpetrator has been identified as 30-year-old Hasan Khalif Shire Ali. Motives are still unknown, though IS has claimed responsibility for the attack. There's a clip of the moment he's taken down by the police making its way on social media.
Damn. I went to school with a lot of Somali-Australian kids and this is hitting their families hard. Condolences for the victims and hope that Victoria Police could put the pieces together soon and prevent anything worse from taking place. Stay safe everyone.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)Yeah... why do I suspect he got himself into an entirely predictable paranoid spiral aided and abetted by an online bubble, on top of the drugs?
Sheltered accommodation of some description. Effective monitoring. Continued help regarding the substance abuse, if nothing else...
Might've helped. Just spit balling. <sighs> Hollistic social support: never going to be popular. -_-'
Said suspect is now dead in hospital after sustaining GS Ws after police used deadly force.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"Sheesh. I mean, I know you guys are mad and want to own the Saudis. Doesn't mean you have to uncritically legitimise the terrorist assholes they're fighting, who are every bit as bad on the human rights front as they are.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)Looks like MAD has allowed German media to publish the Day X terror attack details, which was suppose to be done by radicalized anti-left KSK commandos.
Targets included the German president and the leaders of "Die Linke".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_X_plot
Edited by Ominae on Nov 16th 2018 at 3:50:43 AM
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"Is that the reason that I can't find German language sources for that?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Most of the recent German language sources appeared yesterday.
Si Vis Pacem, Para PerkeleFrom what I heard, investigation started in 2008 until last year.
That was why news was low key, although the investigation was nearly blown.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"English media is also picking up on this.
Updates mention that the Day X plot would involve 200 persons, a mix of active and retired Bundeswer personnel with some law enforcement officers in the mix.
Their target also includes pro-refugee leaders and according to MAD, they secretly stockpiled weapons/ammo and have bases near land borders with Austria and Switzerland.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"https://thedefensepost.com/2018/09/12/philippines-isis-foreign-fighters-europe/
I found an interesting article regarding the arrest of IS sympathizers trying to go to the Philippine and possibly fight in Marawi.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"There have been a chain of firebombings and shootings (at buildings), targetting Jehovah's Witnesses in Washington State.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/09/us/jehovahs-witnesses-attacks-washington-state/index.html
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.So apparently two scandinavian women who were doing a hiking holiday in Morocco were gruesomely decapitated by 4 ISIS fanatics
Edited by Forenperser on Dec 22nd 2018 at 10:58:20 AM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianI didn't know that Daesh had influence in Morroco, though I'm not really surprised. It stands to reason that a majority Muslim country would have at least some people vulnerable to their ideology.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Dec 22nd 2018 at 5:53:10 AM
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -HylarnIS has sympathisers all over the world that it's glad to claim as franchisees, not necessarily organised cells that it actually controls. Regardless, hoping that their families and friends and for the perpetrators to be brought to justice quickly.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)BBC reporter a van plowing through Harajuku:
Nine people were injured, one seriously, by the attacker who struck in the Harajuku fashion district shortly after midnight.
The street, which was sealed off to traffic, was packed with people heading to a shrine for New Year's prayers.
The man driving the car fled the scene but was later arrested by police for attempted murder.
The 21-year-old was identified as Kazuhiro Kusakabe.
Police told broadcaster NHK that he initially told them he had conducted a terrorist act, but then later claimed it was related to executions. It was not clear if he was referring to a specific execution or capital punishment in general.
Takeshita Street in Shibuya ward is a popular shopping area known for its quirky fashion and youth culture. It also attracts international tourists in large numbers.
NHK footage showed the van with a smashed front and paramedics carrying the injured on stretchers into ambulances.
Eight people were hit by the car with one of them, a male student in critical condition in hospital.
A ninth person was assaulted by the driver after he had gotten out of the car.
If it was related to a specific execution, I wonder of it's related to the execution of Aum Shinrikyo's leader Shoko Asahara earlier this year.
At least he's the first terrorism-related Japanese execution I can think of.
Edited by sgamer82 on Dec 31st 2018 at 11:57:20 AM
Could be.
The TMPD isn't sure, but from what I heard they're treating it as a terror attack.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"A man in Germany decided to plow through crowds last night, injuring four, one badly. The police arrested him and so far it looks like a right-wing attack.
Seems like there were a lot of New Year's Eve attacks this year, I'm remembering an islamic terrorist stabbing in Manchester too, fortunately no one was killed either.
Life is unfair...
The Dutch have reported that an anti-terror op has started to crack down on a local cell trying to buy guns and conduct a terror incident.
One of them was arrested way back to fight in the Middle East for IS forces.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"