“Four gunmen attempted to attack the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s western Herat province early Friday, a spokesman for the governor’s office said.
A member of the Indian Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), who was guarding the consulate in Herat City at the time, fired at the assailants as they attempted to barge into the building, said Deepak Kumar, a spokesman for the ITBP in New Delhi.
The attackers were armed with machine guns and grenades, he said. A car bomb also exploded near the scene but caused no damage.
The attackers were eventually surrounded by Afghan security forces as they approached the consulate, according to Herat governor’s spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi.
Two of the gunmen were killed, Ahmadi said. The consulate was not damaged and no one there was injured.
The identity of the attackers or motive for the attack is not yet known….”
“Armed Sinai tribesman killed the head of an al Qaeda-inspired terror group on Friday, according to Egypt’s state-run news agency.
MENA said that Shady al-Meniey, the 26-year-old chief of Ansar Jerusalem, died in a drive-by shooting in Egypt’s volatile North Sinai. Three other militants also were killed.
The Egyptian-based group has claimed responsibility for dozens of deadly attacks on civilian and government targets in Egypt.
CNN sought comment from Egypt’s Armed Forces, but had yet to hear back….”
Never liked Bergen. However, he may be just stating here some facts.
“… Indeed, the CIA drone program in Pakistan has stopped completely since the beginning of this year. This is a noteworthy development given the fact that there have been 370 drone strikes in Pakistan over the past decade that have killed somewhere between 2,080 to 3,428 people; most of whom were suspected militants, but also a smaller number of civilians….”
Great, there is a need for experts on Muslim crimes in Canada now, as opposed to non-Muslim crimes, especially in cases where the accused have an ‘old school mentality.’ The ‘experts’ no doubt will have to be Muslims too.
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7 killed near Iraq pipeline (CNN, May 23, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/23/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
“Three roadside bombs in northern Iraq on Friday killed at least seven police officers while they were guarding an oil pipeline, police in Mosul said.
Two of those killed were described as high-ranking officers, and nine police officers were wounded, police said.
The pipeline was passing through an unstable area laden with al Qaeda-linked groups in southern Mosul, the largest city in Iraq’s north.”
Gunmen attack Indian consulate in western Afghanistan (CNN, May 23, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/23/world/asia/afghanistan-violence/index.html
“Four gunmen attempted to attack the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s western Herat province early Friday, a spokesman for the governor’s office said.
A member of the Indian Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), who was guarding the consulate in Herat City at the time, fired at the assailants as they attempted to barge into the building, said Deepak Kumar, a spokesman for the ITBP in New Delhi.
The attackers were armed with machine guns and grenades, he said. A car bomb also exploded near the scene but caused no damage.
The attackers were eventually surrounded by Afghan security forces as they approached the consulate, according to Herat governor’s spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi.
Two of the gunmen were killed, Ahmadi said. The consulate was not damaged and no one there was injured.
The identity of the attackers or motive for the attack is not yet known….”
Report: Top Egyptian militant killed (CNN, May 23, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/23/world/africa/egypt-violence/index.html
“Armed Sinai tribesman killed the head of an al Qaeda-inspired terror group on Friday, according to Egypt’s state-run news agency.
MENA said that Shady al-Meniey, the 26-year-old chief of Ansar Jerusalem, died in a drive-by shooting in Egypt’s volatile North Sinai. Three other militants also were killed.
The Egyptian-based group has claimed responsibility for dozens of deadly attacks on civilian and government targets in Egypt.
CNN sought comment from Egypt’s Armed Forces, but had yet to hear back….”
Never liked Bergen. However, he may be just stating here some facts.
Obama has put Pakistan drone war on hold (CNN/opinion/P.Bergen, May 23, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/23/opinion/bergen-obama-terrorism-pakistan-drones/index.html
“… Indeed, the CIA drone program in Pakistan has stopped completely since the beginning of this year. This is a noteworthy development given the fact that there have been 370 drone strikes in Pakistan over the past decade that have killed somewhere between 2,080 to 3,428 people; most of whom were suspected militants, but also a smaller number of civilians….”
Great, there is a need for experts on Muslim crimes in Canada now, as opposed to non-Muslim crimes, especially in cases where the accused have an ‘old school mentality.’ The ‘experts’ no doubt will have to be Muslims too.