Geopolitics, Islam, horror and war links #4 on June 15 2014

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1. RT- Iraq: Baghdad military base flooded with battle-ready volunteers

2. Iraq arrest that exposed wealth and power of Isis jihadists

Two days before Mosul fell to the Islamic insurgent group Isis (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant), Iraqi commanders stood eyeballing its most trusted messenger. The man, known within the extremist group as Abu Hajjar, had finally cracked after a fortnight of interrogation and given up the head of Isis’s military council.

“He said to us, ‘you don’t realise what you have done’,” an intelligence official recalled. “Then he said: ‘Mosul will be an inferno this week’.’

Several hours later, the man he had served as a courier and been attempting to protect, Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, lay dead in his hideout near Mosul. From the home of the dead man and the captive, Iraqi forces hoovered up more than 160 computer flash sticks which contained the most detailed information yet known about the terror group.

3. Saudi toddler survives slaughter attempt by her brother

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Manama: A toddler aged 18 months in Saudi Arabia has barely survived a killing attempt by her brother who was influenced by slaughtering scenes he had just witnessed at a sheep abattoir.

The boy, aged three, had accompanied his father to the slaughterhouse in the Naseem neighbourhood in the Saudi capital Riyadh where he saw how sheep were slaughtered.

(Yep I have fond memories of when my dad took me to see the slaughter house when I was three and seeing how they killed all those farm animals. Oh no wait a minute that was the sugar bush and that was maple syrup not blood. But if I recall correctly I did try and tap a tree afterwards)

4. Libya crisis: More deadly clashes in Benghazi

Fresh clashes broke out in Benghazi on Sunday after a rogue general launched a fresh assault on Islamist militants.

Tanks were seen on the streets and explosions could be heard throughout the day in Libya’s second-biggest city.

General Khalifa Haftar, who accuses the government of supporting terrorism, began an assault against Islamist fighters in the city last month.

5. Lindsey Graham: “Seeds of 9/11” being planted in Iraq, Syria

Thank you Wrath of Khan, M, and all who helped out with links today. I have something lined up for tomorrow which I think will be both interesting and important and illustrate just how significant the gains of Islamic operatives have been through very manipulated ‘interfaith’ initiatives. I hope to have something on this up late Monday the 16th

 

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  3. Islamist gunmen kill at least 48 in Kenya attack

    Mombasa (Kenya) (AFP) – At least 48 people were killed when suspected Shebab militants from Somalia stormed into a Kenyan coastal town and launched a major assault on a police station, hotels and government offices, officials said on Monday.

    Around 50 heavily-armed gunmen drove into the town of Mpeketoni, near the coastal island and popular tourist resort of Lamu, late on Sunday. Witnesses said they first attacked a police station, before starting to randomly shoot at civilians, some of whom had been watching the World Cup in local bars and hotels.

    District deputy commissioner Benson Maisori said several buildings in the town — which is around 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the border with Somalia — were burned down including hotels, restaurants, banks and government offices.

    “There were around 50 attackers, heavily armed in three vehicles, and they were flying the Shebab flag. They were shouting in Somali and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ (‘God is Greatest’),” he said.

    more on the page :

    http://news.yahoo.com/islamist-gunmen-kill-least-26-kenya-attack-044011088.html

  7. CANADA – CALGARY – Police chief warns of rise in homegrown Jihadists

    As Islamic religious leaders in Calgary revealed they’ve had to dissuade some young Muslims from joining radical militants in the Middle East, the city’s police chief warns conflict in the region will spur an increase in local extremism.

    Calgary police Chief Rick Hanson said fresh violence abroad meant Islamic extremism in Calgary and Canada would become a bigger problem.

    “This is an issue that’s not going away and in the near future will continue to grow. You look at what’s happening in the Middle East right now, the latest events in Iraq, and (militant Islamic group Boko Haram) in Nigeria. That’s going to have an impact in Canada without a doubt.”

    […]Carleton University professor and member of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society Jez Littlewood said the Syrian conflict had been a “magnet” for western Islamic radicals.

    “What’s interesting in the Syrian case is the narrative is it’s going to defend the Muslims against (Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s) regime and it’s in the defence of women and children. An important part of that narrative, which appears to be galvanizing western foreign fighters, is that western democracies have not intervened.”

    http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Police+chief+warns+rise+homegrown+Jihadists/9941821/story.html