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War Countries - SERIES 93 {16 articles}

Afghanistan: Bomb attack hits Ahmed Shah Massoud's supporters

9/9/2018, 12:21:06 PM
Blast comes hours after Kabul police shoot another suspected suicide bomber targeting supporters of anti-Soviet fighter. ✔ He told AFP news agency there were no reports of fatalities other than the death of the perpetrator ✔ He was gunned down near supporters of Massoud, dubbed the Lion of Panjshir, a Tajik fighter who led resistance to the Soviet occupation in the 1980s and to the 1996-2001 Taliban government



WORLD WAR 3: Moment Donald Trump almost DECLARES WAR on North Korea

9/9/2018, 2:10:18 PM
DONALD Trump nearly started a war with North Korea when he drafted a series of “almost unthinkable” tweets ordering the evacuation of Americans from South Korea – indicating an American first strike. ✔ The tweet scared the daylights out of his defence secretary James Mattis, a new book claimed ✔ Mr Graham is believed to have told him: That is a big frigging deal ✔ Mr President, I don't think you should ever start this process unless you are ready to go to war ✔ Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws



The Afghanistan war has a new, cruel and senseless face: the killing of journalists

9/9/2018, 1:39:23 PM
Mustafa Kazemi says his colleagues and friends have been killed by terrorists who are now targeting the journalists of Afghanistan ✔ MUST WATCH Kabul journalist mourns his fallen friends 04:56 Mustafa Kazemi is head of the English unit at the Hasht-e-Subh Daily newspaper in Kabul, Afghanistan ✔ (CNN)The war in Afghanistan has changed in many ways since its start in 2001, when the US attacked the Taliban and drove them out as a result of the 9/11 terror attacks ✔ A suicide bomber had attacked a sports complex in the western part of Kabul



North Korea celebrates 70th birthday with parade - but holds the ICBMs

9/9/2018, 2:11:51 PM
The show of military hardware was missing the intercontinental ballistic missiles that dictator Kim Jong-un boasts could reach the US. ✔ Photo: AP The war ended in an armistice but not a peace treaty ✔ And end-of-war declaration would only be a first step toward an eventual peace treaty, but many in Washington fear such a declaration could be used to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. troop presence in South Korea ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes



NKorea holds off on advanced missiles at anniversary parade

9/9/2018, 3:20:42 PM
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea rolled out some of its latest tanks and marched its best-trained goose-stepping units in a major military parade on Sunday to mark its 70 ✔ Tens of thousands of North Koreans waving brightly colored plastic bouquets filled Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square as the parade began ✔ (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) North Korean soldiers march during a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Sept ✔ 8) North Korea stages parade, holds back on advanced missiles



Outrage as Airfix sells model of Afghan home reduced to rubble by air strike

9/9/2018, 3:11:56 PM
BRIT toy brand Airfix is selling a model of an Afghan home reduced to rubble by air strikes — sparking outrage among veterans. The harrowing model includes a collapsed all and a pile of crumbling c… ✔ It is on sale on Amazon and other online toy retailers ✔ But former SAS hero Ben Griffin, of the Veterans For Peace group, said that it is important for people to know what the horrors of war are really like ✔ He added: If anything, this Airfix model does not go far enough



As an Al Qaeda spy I knew Bin Laden had a plan but never expected the horror of 9/11

9/9/2018, 2:29:51 PM
A FORMER bomb maker for Al Qaeda who turned supergrass has revealed how he risked his life to help our secret services try to destroy Osama Bin Laden's evil terrorist empire. Saudi Arabian-born Aimen Dean passed on secrets to his MI5 and M16 handlers for eight years, saving countless lives, while living with Bin Laden's high command in Afghanistan. ✔ Al Qaeda was delighted that two CIA staffers were killed in Nairobi but for Dean there were too many civilian casualties and he changed allegiance, using bouts of ill-health to get out of Afghanistan and meet his minders in London and other European countries, feeding them every scrap of information he came across



Syrian rescuers say government bombing kills infant

9/9/2018, 3:08:24 PM
BEIRUT (AP) — An infant girl was killed on Sunday as Syrian government forces bombed rebel-held villages in Idlib and Hama provinces, rescuers and a war monitoring group said. ✔ BEIRUT (AP) An infant girl was killed on Sunday as Syrian government forces bombed rebel-held villages in Idlib and Hama provinces, rescuers and a war monitoring group said ✔ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged his counterparts to accept a cease-fire and avert a bloodbath in Idlib



Kim Jong-un hosts parade to celebrate North Korea's 70th anniversary

9/9/2018, 3:57:51 PM
Kim told the envoy, Chinese parliament chief Li Zhanshu, that North Korea was focusing on economic development and hopes to learn from China's experience in this regard. ✔ With no long-range missiles on display, North Korea staged a military parade on Sunday focused on conventional arms, peace and economic development, to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's founding ✔ He said the actor had: 'refused to allow photos and one of his dudes said 'you'll have a bad time' if I persisted in trying to get a quote from him'



Russian Marines Land on Syrian Shores in Massive Mediterranean Drills (VIDEO)

9/9/2018, 12:53:15 PM
Russia has staged large-scale military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea near Syria, involving both its Navy and Air Force. The drills were held amid ongoing escalation around Idlib, and US threats to strike Syria. Footage released by Russia’s Defense Ministry shows Marine Special Forces equipped with state-of-the-art gear landing on the shores of Syria's Latakia province. The Marines used helicopters, fast-attack craft and armored vehicles while landing from major amphibious ships under the cover of dozens of Russian combat aircraft. ✔ Earlier, the Kremlin spokesman explained that the drills were partly linked to the situation in Syria’s Idlib province ✔ It came after a similar maneuver by USS 'The Sullivans' to the Persian Gulf and the relocation of a B-1B Lancer strategic bomber to an airbase in Qatar ✔ On Saturday, the ministry’s spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that these preparations had entered their  final stage



Professor who 'linked Trump campaign to Kremlin' is "missing and may be dead"

9/9/2018, 1:49:51 PM
Joseph Mifsud, 57, a Maltese citizen who worked at the University of Stirling in Scotland, has denied suggestions he was a Russian agent ✔ Russian President Vladimir Putin (Image: REUTERS) Read More Car bomb that killed Panama Papers journalist was 'detonated remotely with mobile phone' Papadopoulos was sentenced to 14 days in prison last week for lying to the FBI during its investigation into election meddling



Erdogan Gets No Love From Putin on Idlib, Russia Determined to Smash Sultan's Terrorists

9/9/2018, 3:16:40 PM
A critical summit between the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey to find common ground on Syria’s rebel-held province of Idlib descended into televised drama today, as Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan aired their differences before the cameras. ✔ Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani could be seen smiling beatifically as Erdogan responded, We would be making a call on Jabhat al-Nusra, on HTS to lay down their arms ✔ This suggests Turkey is increasingly isolated as it weighs its next move in Syria ✔ The official added, Putin has mastered that tactic for Syria



Bob Woodward: "People better wake up to what's going on" in the Oval Office

9/9/2018, 2:02:05 PM
For his 19th book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," the veteran reporter interviewed more than 100 officials and staffers, who describe chaos and discord in the administration ✔ Afterwards, Chief of Staff John Kelly, who had been in the room, pulled Cohn aside: Cohn wrote this down, quote from General Kelly: 'If that was me I would have taken that resignation letter and shoved it up his *** six different times.' The president has been bracing for Woodward's book since last month when the two lamented – or at least pretended to lament – that they had not talked



Chaos grips Kabul as thousands of gunmen take to the streets

9/9/2018, 1:20:35 PM
At least 13 people were wounded, according to the public health ministry. ✔ Earlier in the day, security forces said they opened fire and wounded an attempted suicide bomber who wanted to blow himself up in a crowd of marchers at the memorial monument built for Masood close to the U.S. embassy ✔ The deadliest one happened in northern Baghlan province where the militants overrun an army base after hours of siege and clashes



He Got Out Of Guantanamo 2 Years Ago. Now He Fears He May Be Deported And Killed.

9/9/2018, 1:32:39 PM
Mansoor Adayfi lives under near-constant surveillance in Serbia and his legal status in the country is uncertain. ✔ Sarah Booker On July 11 in 2016, Mansoor Adayfi boarded a plane and left the prison at Guantanamo Bay ✔ Serbia eventually agreed to pay for vocational classes in cellphone and laptop repair ✔ And in the fall of 2017, Adayfi finally started college ✔ Imagine, you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow to you



Legendary Bible sites including Noah’s Ark FOUND on 1,000 year-old map

9/9/2018, 3:17:07 PM
AN “UNFATHOMABLE” map pinpointing the sites of several legendary Christian events has finally been decoded – and is set to unlock many of the religion’s riddles. ✔ Getty/Wikimedia BIBLE BOMBSHELL: The sites of several legendary Christian events have finally been decoded The Hereford Mappa Mundi’s intricate ink illustrations in black, gold, green and blue reflect a medieval European understanding of the known world at the time – and among the 500 ink drawings lies incredible evidence for the location of key Bible stories ✔ The earthly paradise, Eden, is represented by a circular island at the eastern extreme of the world (the top)



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