Evening NEWS DIGEST
18 Sept. 2016: 15 Zil Hajj 37: Vol:7, No:160
17 soldiers, 4 militants
killed in Kashmir's Uri army HQRS attack: Reuters
Militants attacked an
Indian army brigade headquarters near the de factor border with Pakistan on
Sunday, killing 17 soldiers in one of the most deadly attacks in the northern
region of Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency. 4 "fidayeen" -
or commando-style gunmen willing to fight to the death - were confirmed killed
after penetrating the base in Uri near the Line of Control with Pakistan, an
Indian army spokesman said.Television reporters at the scene said the dawn raid
had surprised soldiers in their sleep. The attackers set fire to one building
before the four were killed in a gunfight that lasted several hours.An army
spokesman confirmed that the number of soldiers killed in the attack had risen
to 17, making the toll far worse than a similar raid on an army base in Punjab
state in January that India has blamed on Pakistan-based militants.The army
deployed helicopters to evacuate soldiers who had been injured as an operation
continued to secure the area. Defence Ministry in New Delhi put the number of
wounded at 35.The raid comes amid heightened tension in India's only
Muslim-majority region, which has faced more than two months of protests
following the July 8 killing of a popular separatist commander. Telegraph UK
17 Indian soldiers killed
in attack on Kashmir base: Aljazeera
J&K: 17 soldiers, 4
militants killed in Uri Army HQRS attack
17 soldiers killed in
militant attack in Uri
3,000 more soldiers
deployed in Valley
Uri attack: Will thwart the
evil designs of terrorists and their backers, says President Pranab Mukherjee
Those behind Uri terror
attack won’t go unpunished: Modi
Attack on army camp in Uri
cowardly act: Sonia
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/attack-on-army-camp-in-uri-cowardly-act-sonia/228643.html
Uri attack: Days of
restraint are over, says Ram Madhav
Kashmir attack: Rajnath
Singh postpones US, Russia visit
Protests in Kashmir Valley
after body of 11-yr-old found with pellets
Srinagar: Protests erupted
in Srinagar on Saturday after the body of an 11-year-old-boy, hit by pellets,
was found. Boy, Nasir Shafi Qazi, a Class VII student, was reported to have
gone missing after protests on Friday evening. When contacted, DGP, SP Vaid
said, “He has been hit by pellets… IGP (Kashmir) is looking into it. He will
let you know in some time.”Nasir’s body was found near a stream at the Dachigam
National Park on Friday night, near his home in Harwan. “His right arm was
broken and there were around 400 pellets in his body,” alleged his father,
Mohammad Shafi Qazi. “There were torture marks on his body and some of his hair
had been pulled out”.According to reports, there were protests in Harwan after
the Friday prayers. “There was stone-throwing in the area. At around 5pm, a police
vehicle rushed towards us. Some of us ran towards Dachigam,” said an
18-year-old who took part in the protests. Indian express
Kashmiri boy, 11, is
'killed by Indian forces'; 1000s defy official curfew to attend his funeral: dailymail
K activist’s relatives
question police version of detention
New Delhi:As prominent
Kashmiri Human rights defender Khurram Parvez was put under “preventive
detention” and sent to a jail in Kupwara at midnight, the J&K Police have
given a flimsy reason for his arrest: “he stood outside a mosque near his house
(on Thursday evening) and incited people to shout slogans and march towards (nearby)
Tourist Reception Centre”.J&K Police’s only proof is the testimony of three
of its own policemen. This happened, as per police report, a day after
authorities stopped Khurram at IGI airport in Delhi and disallowed him to board
a flight to Geneva, where he was scheduled to attend the ongoing UNHRC session.
Khurram is presently Chairperson of Asian Federation Against involuntary
Disappearances(AFAD)and Program Coordinator of JKCCS and is internationally
known for his human rights advocacy. In 2006, Khurram was conferred Reebok
Human Rights Award, a prestigious international prize that “recognises young
activists who have made significant contributions to human rights causes
through non-violent means”.Earlier while monitoring elections in Lolab for his
civil society group in 2004, an improvised explosive device blew up his car,
killing his colleague and the driver. He was seriously injured and lost a leg
in the bomb blast.indian express
Curfew, restriction imposed
to foil marches in 3 Kashmir districts: UNI
AIR launches Baloch mobile
application
All India Radio on Friday
announced the launch of a multi-media and mobile app for Balochi-speaking
people in the Af-Pak region and other parts of the world.Prasar Bharati
Chairperson A. Surya Prakash, who launched the services said the move was part
of India’s efforts to reach out to the neighbourhood for a better
people-to-people contact.Asked if services could face obstruction in Pakistan,
AIR DG F. Shehryar said radio service was on the short-wave which cannot be
blocked.the hindu
COW VIGILANTES & COMMUNALISM
Bijnor killings: 'Today we
will destroy Muslims,' said prime accused; FIR sheds light on communal angle
Bijnor: Even as UP police
booked 28 individuals under 10 sections of the IPC in connection with the
Bijnor killings, in an uncanny resemblance to the Dadri lynching case, IPC
sections for criminal conspiracy have not been evoked against the accused.
Among other charges under which the accused were booked include, molesting
women, rioting, murder, attempt to murder and so on. FIR filed by the UP police
in connection with the killing of three members of a Muslim family in Bijnor
has named a total of 28 members of the Jat community as accused. FIR, accessed
by dna, also puts light on the alleged communal angle to the murders as the
complainant reveals the conversations that apparently took place between him
and some of the accused. The murders were preceded by a heated argument between
the complainant's family after his daughter, a minor, was allegedly harassed by
local youth when she was on her way to school. FIR, which was filed almost 12
hours after the murders, reads that moments before the gun fire on the Muslim
family, father of the minor girl went to one Sansaar Singh's home and
complained about his son Nitin harassing his daughter. In response, Sansaar
Singh, who according to locals is a political heavyweight in Peda village,
allegedly abused the victim's father and said, “Today we will destroy Muslims”
(Aaj Musalmaano ko ujaadna hai).According to FIR,28 men then proceeded towards
the residence of the Muslim family and fired several rounds at those inside.
The mob also threw bricks and set a vehicle and a shop on fire.Police have
identified 28 people, including a village head named Dilawar Singh, and some of
the accused have been put under arrest.
It is imperative to mention that the sections of conspiracy is yet to be
evoked and according to the members of the family and those in the
neighbourhood, the entire incident does not seem to be a spontaneous act. The
criminal conspiracy charges hold all the accused responsible equally for the
crime. More than 20 accused are from Peda village with some residents of
neighbouring Naya Gaon and Kachpora villages.“Youth who harassed our daughter
knew us. The one who came and murdered members of our family also knew us. I
can't comprehend how they turned into such beasts in a moment and rained us
with bullets,” said Aslam, an uncle of the harassed teen girl. DNA
UP govt suspends internet
services in Bijnor to control online rumors after communal tension kills 4
Bijnor violence: ‘Before
firing, made 12 calls to cops, MLA but no action taken’
Bijnor:Half-an-hour before
the firing began in Pedda village of Bijnor on Friday morning, Anees Ahmed, 38,
made 12 calls to the police control room, local MLA and senior district
administration officials including the district magistrate. But nobody
responded. Ahmed, husband of the pradhan of Gokalpur village — near Pedda
village — said he was present at the spot when around 100 Jats gathered with
weapons.Some of them later fired at a Muslim family, leaving 3 of the family
dead and 12 others injured. According to the police, trouble started after some
Muslim girls were allegedly harassed at a bus stand on Friday morning. Ahmed’s
phone showed three calls to 100, the police control room, at 8:03 am. He said
these calls went unanswered. At 8:07 am, he made two more calls to the same number.
“The first three calls went unanswered. On the fourth call, the operator said
he could not hear me. On the next call, he said they would see what they could
do,” said Ahmed.Ahmed then tried to contact senior police and district
administration officials directly. “I called up the SSP, SP City, DM, and the
MLA but nobody picked up their phones. I kept trying,” he said.indian express
4 kiled in communal clashes
in Bijnor; internet services suspended
Mewat gangrapes, beef
biryani crackdown are small issues: Haryana CM Khattar
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has said the murders and
gangrapes linked to cow vigilante groups and the beef biryani crackdown in
Mewat were “trivial issues”. Khattar’s comments came on the sidelines of an
event marking 50 years of Haryana.On Aug.24, a 20-year-old woman and her minor
cousin were gangraped, and two of their relatives tied up and beaten to death
in Mewat, allegedly for eating beef. 2 weeks later, authorities started testing
samples of biryani being sold in local shops for beef ahead of Bakr-Eid.“I
don’t pay much attention to these small issues. Today we should be talking
about Swarna Jayanti [the jubilee event],” Khattar said, according to Financial
Express. Khattar claimed the collection of biryani samples and 2 violent crimes
“could take place anywhere in the country”.scroll.in
Congress to PM Modi: Ban
gau rakshaks or we will approach Supreme Court
New Delhi: Congress on
Saturday asked the PM and Home Minister
to ban 'gau rakshaks' or cow protection vigilantes just as SIMI was banned in
2001 in the aftermath of 9/11 attacks. It said that gau rakshaks pose a threat
to law and order, and in case the Centre refuses to act, it would be
'compelled' to seek SC's intervention. In a letter to Narendra Modi,
Maharashtra Congress secretary Shehzad Poonawalla cited PM's own remarks on gau
rakshaks. " PM himself had said that most gau rakshaks are antisocials,
and since cow vigilantism is a challenge to rule of law , law and order, and
Constitution, he must impose a nation-wide ban on all cow vigilante groups just
like a ban was imposed on terror groups like SIMI, failing which, I shall be
constrained to approach the Supreme Court," Poonawalla said.Poonawalla
raised the recent incident in Ahmedabad, where cow vigilantes beat up two
people for transporting cows, one of whom succumbed on Friday. "In this
instance, even if any law was violated by the victim, did gau rakshaks have the
right to take law into their hands? Should the Gujarat police not have
intervened? Should the Gujarat police not nab the accused rather than protect
them and file cases against the victims?" Poonawalla said in the
letter."Does it not show that Gujarat govt is protecting those who have
challenged the rule of law guaranteed by the Constitution? Many of these groups
are backed by VHP, Bajrang Dal, etc," the letter added. Mail Today
Varanasi: Communal tension
grips Kashi before Laat Bhairav Barat
Varanasi: A few hours
before the commencement of Barat (marriage procession) of Laat Bhairav from the
Laat Bhairav temple, which is located on a giant platform where Muslims also
offer Namaz, a police constable allegedly moved in front of the Namazis on
Friday with his shoes on. The incident led to communal tension and protests and
counter-protests by the members of the two communities. Angered over it, the
people of the minority community went on rampage after the end of Namaz and
staged a demonstration. Before the senior police officials could bring the
situation under control by issuing order to suspend that police constable, some
mischievous elements uprooted the flags placed at temple as a part of Laat
Bhairavs Barat celebration and threw them in a pond. Angered over it, the
people of Hindu community also started a sit-in. DM Vijay Kiran Anand and SSP
Akash Kulhary had to exercise hard to convince both groups to call off the stir
before the commencement of Barat. This temple is located on a giant platform
adjacent to a pond. Muslims also use this platform to offer Namaz due to which
this place is also known to be Laat Saraiyya. TOI
Muslims ‘attacked’ by Hindu
outfits in Alwar: HT
Alwar: Muslim residents of
a northeast Rajasthan village have alleged that Hindu right-wing outfits looted
several of their households while police stood mute spectators. The incident at
Rewada Ki Dhani in this district is claimed to have happened on Thursday, a few
hours after 36 cow carcasses were found in jungles near a village bordering
Haryana. Villagers told the media and a Delhi-based social activist that
organisations such as the RSS, Bajrang Dal and the Shiv Sena began to assemble
in Rewada Ki Dhani soon after news spread that Meo Muslims slaughtered 36 cows
on the occasion of Eid in the jungles of Nagaon, 60 km away from Jaipur. “They
broke and vandalised our houses, manhandled us and looted our belongings,” said
70-year-old Mahmooda, a resident of Rewada ki Dhani. “I had one kilo silver in
my house; they took it away. All this time, the police were silent
spectators.”Added Sitavi, another resident: “I had Rs1 lakh in my house. It was
the fund of the local masjid; I was entrusted to safeguard it. Mob took the
money and some other that I had with me.”“A large number of police officials
were present when the mob entered the village and started vandalizing our
homes,” said Shahid, another resident of the village who works as a travel
agent in Delhi.Rewada Ki Dhani has 35 Muslim families, but residents said the
mob also looted the houses of another 20 families living adjacent to the
village. There were around 500 people in the mob, they claimed. HT
Communal tension in
Maharashtra town due to stone pelting near Mosque during Ganesh immersion
Umarkhed: Following stone
pelting near Markaz Masjid between two communities during Ganesh immersion,
communal tension erupted in the town of Umarkhed in Yavatmal district. As many
as 35 people including 12 policemen have been injured in the incident and 29
men were detained, reports suggest. Minority community alleged one-sided action
from police as cops detained men only from the minority community.On Thursday,
at around 5 pm when people were offering afternoon prayer at Markaz Masjid,
Ganesh bhakts were taking Ganesh procession and were playing DJ with high
volume. Sources said that Ganesh Bhakts did not stop playing DJ while passing
through Masjid lane even though they were requested by people to turn it off
and that resulted into stone pelting from both the sides.“Windows and gate of
Masjid was damaged due to stone pelting. Nearly 25 Muslims were also injured,”
a source said on condition of maintaining anonymity. TCN
Cops announce Rs 50000
reward for information on Muzaffarnagar riots accused
Muzaffarnagar (UP): Police
have announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for information on the whereabout of
absconding gangster Harender, an accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots case.
Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar said Rs 50,000 would be given to
anyone providing information leading to his arrest.Harender, a resident of
Mohdpur Raisingh village in the district, is wanted in 11 cases of murder and
loot. He has been absconding since the 2013 riots in which over 60 people were
killed. business-standard
Mumbai: 11 booked for
‘denying’ Muslim a flat in Vasai housing society
Mumbai: Palghar police on
Saturday evening booked 11 persons for allegedly intending to outrage and hurt
the religious feelings of a 35-year-old Muslim man by denying him his right to
buy a flat in the Vasai housing society.According to police, the complaint was
filed by Vikarahemad Khan after he approached the Manikpur police station
claiming that the housing society had passed a “resolution” to deny him to make
the purchase. Manikpur police station has booked the accused under sections 295
(A) (injuring with intent to insult the religion) and 298 (uttering, words,
etc, with deliberate intent to wound the religious feeling of any person) of
the Indian Penal Code. Eleven committee members of one Happy Jivan, a housing
society in Vasai, held a meeting to raise objections to the sale. Police said
that flatowner Kantaben Patel (55)and her son Jignesh Patel (32) were handed
over a “resolution” passed by the committee after they agreed to sell their
1BHK apartment to Vikarahemad Khan at Rs 47 lakh. Palghar police booked all
those persons who signed on the “resolution”. 8 Gujaratis, 2 Maharashtrians and
one person who hailed from UP, all who lived in the same building, made up the
list of accused in the matter. indianexpress
FIR against society for
opposing flat sale to a Muslim family
OTHERS
Govt to oppose triple talaq
in SC citing women’s rights
New Delhi: Centre will be
opposing in the Supreme Court the triple talaq practice on the grounds of
women’s rights, terming it as “inalienable” and asserting that the issue should
not be seen from the prism of uniform civil code, a highly placed govt
functionary said today. Law Ministry will file a consolidated reply on the
issue in the apex court by the end of this month. The issue is being
deliberated upon at inter-ministerial level which includes ministries of Home,
Finance and Women and Child Development apart from the Law ministry.“We
shouldn’t approach it from (the prism of) uniform civil code. We need to talk
in terms of rights of women. Our reply is going to be only on rights. A woman’s
rights are inalienable and according to the Constitution she has to have same
rights as men.“Every court decision has slowly been taking us to these uniform
rights. The practice of triple talaq doesn’t exist even in Pakistan or
Bangladesh. Only we have it,” senior functionary said. Home Minister Rajnath
Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi met last week to deliberate
on govt’s possible stand to be taken in the Supreme Court on the issue of
Muslim practices of polygamy, triple talaq (talaq-e-bidat) and ‘nikah halala’
(a practice where divorced women, in case they want to go back to their
husbands, have to consummate a 2nd marriage).According to this
source, there was a consensus among all the senior ministers present to look at
the contentious issue through the prism of gender rights.PTI
Muslims against abolition
of triple talaq
Hyderabad: At a time when
the fierce debate over unilateral talaq, popularly known as oral triple talaq
(OTT), continues across the country, religious figures in the city are gearing
up to oppose any move which could bring about a Uniform Civil Code
(UCC).Seerat-un-Nabi Academy (SNA), a religious organisation which had sought a
fatwa earlier this year from city-based Islamic seminary Jamia Nizamia on the
"Bharat Mata ki Jai" slogan, is organising a public meeting at the
Khilwat Grounds next week.Office bearers of the SNA on Saturday asserted that
the Muslim community will not accept UCC in any shape or form. This, they
claimed, would be an interference in the Muslim Personal Law."Interference
in personal laws is uncalled for. Any organ which tries to do this should be
opposed," said SNA president of the Syed Ghulam Samdani Ali Quadri.
"We are calling the public meeting Tahaffuz-e-Shariat (Sharia Protection)
Conference," he added. Touching upon the issue of OTT, he said that like
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and the Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Hind, his
organisation too has impleaded in the case which finds itself in the Supreme
Court. Batting for the provision of divorce, the organisation believes that the
issue is a matter concerning only the community."Those who have a problem
(with OTT) should have sought clarification from the scholars. Perhaps a
solution could have been arrived at," he said. Doing away with OTT is a
step towards UCC, he claimed.Why there is no sharia criminal code. All Muslim
criminals should be punished as per sharia law.Plans are also afoot to involve
Muslim clerics of various denominations and schools of thought to organise a
deliberation on the issue. "Work is in progress to organise a sharia
council meeting where such issues will be discussed," he said.TOI
Islamic banking is here,
thanks to Maharashtra BJP minister Subhash Deshmukh
Mumbai: In a first in the
mainstream banking sector in Maharashtra, a cooperative bank controlled by BJP
leader and state cooperation minister Subhash Deshmukh has launched
Sharia-compliant Islamic banking. Here, interest-free deposits will be accepted
from both Muslims and non-Muslims and distributed largely to the needy from the
minority community at zero rates of interest to ensure their financial
inclusion.So far, the Lokmangal Cooperative Bank Ltd, controlled by Deshmukh,
has distributed Rs 2.50 lakh to poor Muslims through the route. The minister
will now call on other banks and financial institutions in Maharashtra to
follow suit and adopt this model, which is also referred to as
"participatory banking"."Under Islamic banking policy,
depositors are not paid interest. Similarly the borrowers too will not be
charged any interest for the money lent," Deshmukh, who is the chairman of
the bank, told dna. The bank has nine branches, including eight in Solapur and
one in Pune, and Deshmukh, a MLA from Solapur (South), said all of them would
get a separate counter for such Islamic, interest-free deposits and loans.Deshmukh
added that during the inauguration of a branch of his bank at Barshi in Solapur
this week, he was called upon to adopt the model, after which he announced it.
Two persons, including a Hindu, then contributed Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 as
interest-free deposits."I then said that by evening, this money will be
distributed free of interest, based on their recommendations," he said,
adding that the money was given to 12 needy people. "We will see if the
RBI or Govt of India come out with rules in this regard... we will have to take
some nominal service charge (from borrowers) for (administrative costs like)
staff, electricity bills and stationery," said Deshmukh, adding that even
if they were not allowed to charge this nominal service fee, they would continue
giving out interest-free loans."We have received Rs 2.50 lakh deposits
under this. I can claim that this is the first instance in Maharashtra,"
said Deshmukh, adding that the money was distributed to 18 people, who were
needy from the Muslim community. Some of these disbursements were made on
Saturday, which was also PM Narendra Modi's birthday."We will give most
loans to (poor from the) Muslim community... It is Modi saheb's dream. Muslim
community is poor and must be economically uplifted,"he noted.Deshmukh
said that depositors, however, will not be able to withdraw their deposits
prematurely as the money will be lent out. He said he would also appeal to
other financial institutions to follow suit with this banking model.DNA India
‘Honour killings’ in Badaun
and Kanpur
Agra:A couple in Badaun
Saturday allegedly strangulated their 20-year-old daughter and her boyfriend
after finding them in a “compromising position” while a youth in Kanpur
allegedly bludgeoned to death his father and sister, suspecting them of being
in an illicit relationship, police said. Prima facie, both are suspected to be
honour killings, police said, adding that in both cases, the accused went to
the police stations concerned and confessed to the crime.In the first incident
reported from Nadayal village in Badaun district, Mausam Ali (65) and his wife
Hamsareen (57) allegedly strangulated their daughter Noorjahan and her
boyfriend Kafeel Ahmed (21) on Saturday. SHO Kashmeer Singh Yadav said
Hamsareen told the police that she spotted Kafeel in her daughter’s room and
informed her husband. “Kafeel was hiding under the bed.They overpowered Kafeel
and strangulated him. They later killed their daughter too,” the SO said. indianexpress
Tribal kids drop like
flies, state indifferent
Mumbai: Sagar Wagh, a
two-and-half-year-old tribal boy from Mokhada village in Palghar district of
Maharashtra died of extreme malnutrition on August 30 at a govt hospital in
neighbouring Nashik district after battling for life for four months. He was
weighing a mere 4.5 kilograms then.Sagar is one among the 126 tribal kids who
lost their life between April-July this year due to acute malnutrition in the
Palghar district, which is barely 100 kms away from Mumbai which contributes to
one-third of India's total direct tax, Rs1.15 trillion last year, and harbours
some of the richest people in the world.All 126 children were less than a year
old. Of them, 54 infants had passed away soon after the birth, which is an
alarmingly high number compared to previous years, admit govt officials.At
least a dozen deaths were reported from Palghar district in past 5 months,
including that of five mothers as well.As many as 457 kids have been diagnosed
as "severely acute malnourished"(SAM) and 3,159 kids as moderately
acute malnourished (MAM), say the figures of integrated child development
scheme, compiled in August. In Mokhada taluka of the district, nearly 28%
children were found to be severely underweight during health camps. dnaindia
World
Russia: US-led coalition
forces kill 62 Syrian troops
Ankara: At least 62 Syrian
troops died and almost 100 others were injured during an anti-Daesh coalition
attack on a military base in eastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said
Saturday. The air operation was carried out near Deir ez-Zour airport using the
2 F-16 and 2 A-10 aircraft belonging to coalition forces, according to a
statement issued by Russian Defense Ministry's Facebook account.The statement
said coalition aircraft entered Syrian airspace from the Iraqi border. Pentagon
said coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike south of Deir ez-Zour that was
“halted immediately” after Russia informed the US-led coalition “that it was
possible the personnel and vehicles targeted were part of the Syrian
military.“Coalition forces believed they were striking a Da’esh fighting
position that they had been tracking for a significant amount of time before
the strike,” Central Command said in statement. Anadolu agency
US-led airstrikes kill 60
Syrian soldiers, prompting emergency UN meeting
US regrets deadly airstrike
on Syria regime forces
New York: An Obama
administration official late Saturday expressed regret for the
"unintentional loss of life" for an airstrike by coalition forces
that killed 62 Syrian regime troops, according to AP. Following a UN Security
Council meeting that the Russian mission to the UN called regarding the deadly
airstrike, US Ambassador to UN Samantha Power accused Russia of pulling a
"stunt" by calling the meeting."Even by Russia's standards
tonight's stunt, a stunt replete with moralism and grandstanding, is uniquely
cynical and hypocritical,” Power told reporters.Power’s remarks came after the
Russian ambassador to UN reportedly condemned the airstrike during closed
meeting.Pentagon said coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike south of Deir
ez-Zour that was “halted immediately” after Russia informed US-led coalition
“that it was possible the personnel and vehicles targeted were part of the
Syrian military. Anadolu agency
Turkey: Syria operations
strike 67 Daesh targets
Ankara: Turkish military
said 67 Daesh targets were hit and 5 terrorists “neutralized” Saturday in
northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield.According to a statement
issued by Turkish General Staff on Saturday, the targets were hit with 260
howitzer missiles and 59 multiple rockets in the region between Azaz and
al-Rai. Saturday's statement said US forces had supported coalition forces in
the operation in Azaz.Anadolu
ISIS 'information minister'
killed in Syria airstrikes: Pentagon
A senior Islamic State (ISIS)
leader, Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, has been killed in US-led coalition
airstrikes in Syria, the Pentagon said on Friday. Wa'il was killed shortly
after another strike killed the militant group's top strategist and
spokesperson.Wa'il, who was also known as Dr Wa'il, was killed in a precision
strike on Sept.7 near Raqa, the de facto capital of Isis in Syria, Pentagon
spokesman Peter Cook said. Earlier, the Pentagon had also announced the killing
of ISIS spokesman and strategist Abu Mohamed al-Adnani on Aug. 30. Adnani was a
close associate of Wa'il.ibtimes.co.in
Besieged Aleppo turns to
dangerous 'alternative' fuels
http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/177498/besieged-aleppo-turns-to-dangerous-alternative-fuels
In a destroyed building in
Syria's Aleppo, neighbours Abu Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrahim desperately rummaged
through rubble and debris in search of scraps of plastic to turn into
fuel.Residents of the rebel-held eastern districts of the city have struggled
to keep their cars running or their electricity on since govt forces first
besieged their neighbourhoods this summer."There's no more fuel on the
market, no heating oil, no petrol, no gas," said Abu Ahmed, 40. "So
we've decided to turn to alternatives," he added, with plastic as the raw
material in a dangerous and primitive process of extracting fuel to fire up
electricity generators.World Bulletin
Hamas slams US move to list
group leader as ‘extremist’
Palestinian movement Hamas
has condemned a US decision to place a group leader into the list of “world
extremists”. The State Dept on Friday
designated Fathi Hammad, a former Hamas interior minister, as a Specially
Designated Global extremist (SDGT). “This is a serious development that
reflects the total US bias to the Israeli occupation,” Hamas said in a
statement. It went on to call on the US administration to reverse the decision
“which is a provocation to the feelings of the whole nation”. Hammad also
decried the US decision as a bias to Israel. World Bulletin
Israeli forces murdered
Arab captives in war: Report
Jerusalem: Israeli forces
have killed dozens of Arab captives, who were surrendered during a war in the
first years of Israel’s existence, Israeli daily Haaretz reported. According to
a testimony obtained by the newspaper, the prisoners were held in a courtyard
where they were questioned about their military service.A few hours later, a
new group of Israeli soldiers were sent to replace their colleagues.According
to Haaretz, this change of the guards has raised questions about what to do
with the captives. Anadolu agency
Curfew imposed in Pakistan
Mohmand after suicide attack kills 36
Peshawar: An indefinite
‘restrictive’ curfew has been imposed in the Anbar tehsil of Mohmand Agency
where a suicide bomber detonated the charge in the midst of worshippers during
a Friday congregation. The death toll from the bombing in Payee Khan village
near the border with Bajaur Agency jumped to 36 on Saturday as two more bodies
were found under the rubble and six of the injured victims succumbed to their
wounds. 4 more critically injured victims were airlifted to the Combined
Military Hospital (CMH) in Peshawar, where 11 people have so far been brought
for treatment. Extensive search operations were launched in the area a day
after the blast while senior administration officials shied away from sharing
details. “Security officials will conduct an operation in the area,” an
official said, refusing to give details.Tribune Pak
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