ISIS claims rocket attack on Egypt navy boat in Mediterranean Sea

(Egypt) Islamic terrorists opened up a new dimension in their attacks on Egypt when they launched a anti-tank missile at an Egyptian patrol boat off the coast of Northern Sinai. The missile struck the boat, which caused the boat to catch fire. No casualty figures have been released.

The missile (highlighted) just before it strikes.

The strike.

The aftermath.

The ship that was hit appears to have been an Egyptian coastguard SWIFTSHIPS’ 28 Meter FastPatrol Craft, of which the Egyptians operate 9. Here is what the craft looks like:

And here is what the front of the burning vessel looks like:

There appears to be a 30mm gun on the front of this one, so the boat in question may actually look like this:

But whatever the variant, it does look like a US made Swiftship.

Iraq Situation Report: July 11 - 13, 2015

(Iraq) Those nice people at the institute of the Study of War knock out a sitrep on what is happening in Iraq.

4 arrested in terror plot targeting military sites in France

4 arrested in terror plot targeting military sites in France - interior minister http://t.co/AJQojITNri

— BNO News (@BNONews) July 15, 2015

PARIS (Reuters) - France "prevented terrorist acts this week" President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday, and a source close to the situation revealed that four people had been arrested in connection with the foiled attacks.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was due to make a statement on the subject later, a government official said.

France is on high security alert this year after militant Islamists killed 17 people in January in attacks in and around Paris, and after an incident in June in which a suspected Islamist beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a U.S-owned industrial gas plant in the suburbs of Lyon.

Video: 34 women and children managed to escape from ISIS

US Department of Defense reveals latest air strike targets in the Levant

(US) The US DoD revealed yesterday the details behind their air strikes against ISIS for the past 24 hours. They are:

Airstrikes in Syria

Bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted seven airstrikes in Syria:

-- Near Hasakah, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.

-- Near Aleppo, three airstrikes struck three ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL towed artillery piece.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, two airstrikes struck nine ISIL staging areas.

Airstrikes in Iraq

Bomber, attack, and fighter-attack aircraft conducted 20 airstrikes in Iraq, approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense:

-- Near Fallujah, six airstrikes struck five ISIL tactical units destroying two ISIL excavators, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL heavy machine gun position, an ISIL mortar system and an ISIL fighting position.

-- Near Habbaniyah, one airstrike destroyed two ISIL vehicle bombs, an ISIL armored personnel carrier and an ISIL excavator.

-- Near Haditha, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units destroying an ISIL mortar system, an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL structure.

-- Near Makhmur, one airstrike struck an ISIL rocket position.

-- Near Mosul, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL mortar position and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

-- Near Ramadi, five airstrikes destroyed an ISIL excavator, an ISIL vehicle bomb factory, an ISIL armored vehicle, an ISIL structure and four ISIL vehicle bombs.

-- Near Sinjar, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units, destroying five ISIL buildings, two ISIL light machine guns, and an ISIL heavy machine gun.

-- Near Tal Afar, one airstrike had inconclusive results.

Ramadan Death Count Round Up (July 15th, 2015)

(Afghanistan) Five civilians have been killed by unknown gunmen in southern Zabul province, the second such incident in one day. Following the attack, police arrived at the scene and a gun battle licked off between the two sides. Two attackers and a policeman were killed in the clash. The first incident took place in Zabul’s Shah Joy District where Hameedullah Noori, a civil society activist, and a policeman were shot dead. The gunman in turn was too shot dead.

22 terrorists have been killed in joint security operations across the country, Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday morning.

(Kashmir) Pakistani troops opened fire on India today, killing a woman and wounding at least four other people on the Indian side. Pakistani soldiers first fired at a paramilitary soldier guarding a border post in the Pargwal area. As troops tried to evacuate the seriously injured soldier, they came under heavy fire and retaliated. Pakistani troops also fired heavy mortar shells, and one woman was killed and three other civilians injured when one of the shells exploded near a border village.

Islamic terrorists shot dead a retired police officer on Tuesday night in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. The police said the retired Superintendent of police was killed at around 11:30 pm near his residence in Ashmuji.

(Iraq) At least 21 civilians have been killed and 24 others injured by several barrel bombs dropped by Iraqi government warplanes on residential areas in the city of Fallujah.

Two Chaldean Catholics who have been kidnapped in Baghdad in the past three weeks were killed even after payment of a ransom. A third, Saad Galyana Shaba, was freed by kidnappers after a ransom payment, while the fourth, Dr Bashar Ghanem Al Akrawi, was rescued by police.

(Nigeria) Boko Haram terrorists raided a border town in Nigeria's Borno state, and attacked another village in the same state, killing at least 12 people, Wednesday.

In three separate attacks Boko Haram terrorists have killed over 30 people. The worse transpired when these blood thirsty thugs set up a road block and shot dead anybody passing through, that incident alone resulted in 20 deaths.

(Syria) At least five rebels were killed Tuesday as a result of military operations by the Syrian army who are backed by the Lebanese terrorist outfit Hezbollah against the rebels in the Zabadani city, north of the capital Damascus and close to the Lebanese borders.

The foreign-backed militants fired rockets at al-Sabeel neighborhood in Daraa city, killing two women and injuring six other civilians on Wednesday.

More than 15 civilians killed and wounded in aerial bombardment on a town northeast of Aleppo.

6 killed in clashes in Sahl al-Ghab. Violent clashes between Islamist factions against the Syrian government forces and allied militiamen saw 4 soldiers and 2 Islamists killed.

132 people were reported killed yesterday in Syria. follow the link to see the breakdown (I've checked there are none we have already reported)

(Egypt) The armed forces reported Wednesday that they killed a suspected vehicle suicide bomber on the Katameya-Suez road. He was on his way to a military base to detonate the bomb, the statement added.

(Kenya) 5 people have been killed in an attack on a police truck that took place on Monday in the eastern coastal county of Lamu, which borders Somalia. “Five people were killed in the attack, including a mother and her child,” Lamu police chief Chrispus Mutali said, adding that five others were wounded in the attack.

Ramadan death toll is now at 5,983.

Northern Cameroon announces ban on burkas and face veils

It needs to happen in the USA too>>>Northern Cameroon announces ban on burkas and face veils http://t.co/hKeMbOryaS

— carold501 (@carold501) July 15, 2015

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon's north region has banned women from wearing burkas and face-covering veils after suicide bombings by females in burkas killed at least 14 people in a northern town on Sunday, a government official said Wednesday.

The region has also banned Muslims from meeting in large groups without permission, as the end of Ramadan nears, said Midjiyawa Bakari, governor of Cameroon's Far North Region.

"No one suspected them and that is why we have ordered women to stop wearing veils and the police and military to arrest all women wearing veils," he said of the Sunday attacks. It was first reported that two bombs were planted, but President Paul Biya has announced that investigations found the explosions were launched by two women wearing burkas.

"We are also systematically checking all vehicles, and controlling all luggage and the population should collaborate because there is a serious security threat to our nation," said governor Bakari.

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Feud in West Bank sees 2 killed, 12 shot, whole areas set on fire. Don't worry though, it's Eid on Saturday.

(West Bank) A family feud in the Bethlehem village of Beit Jala, saw 38-year-old Mahmoud Muhammad Ali Eriedi, killed by insertion of a sharp object into his chest. (That’s how it was reported.) In response, his family went on the rampage and targeted the family of the man who shoved that sharp object into his chest. Which is why cars, homes and stores belonging to members of the other family were set on fire. Naturally, these rapidly spread through a shopping mall several stories high, forcing people to jump from the building's windows in an attempt to escape. Which is how a 50-year-old woman from Beit Suhour was killed after jumping from the building.

On Saturday last, 12 Palestinians were shot and injured during an armed clash between two families in the northern West Bank village of Rujeib, east of Nablus.

Ramadan death toll is now at 5,717.

Palestinian woman stabs an Israeli multiple times in the back in West Bank

The latest demonstration of just how much Palestinians "want to live side by side, in peace".

(JPost) A female Palestinian terrorist stabbed an Israeli man at the Bitilu junction, near the Nahliel settlement in the West Bank, on Wednesday.

MDA paramedics were treating an approximately 20-year-old youth suffering from light-to-moderate stab wounds at the scene.

Security forces succeeded in arresting the attacker.

Ramadan Death Count Round Up (July 14th, 2015)

(Syria) Two senior Islamic State leaders were killed in an air strike in northeastern Syria on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The lucky jihad lottery winners were identified as an Iraqi, Abu Osama al-Iraqi, and a Syrian named Amer al-Rafdan.

ISIS' chief singer and songwriter has been killed in airstrikes in eastern Syria, CBS News' Khaled Wassef reports. Maher Meshaal, also known as Abu Hajar al-Hadrami, a Saudi National, was killed Saturday in airstrikes south of the city of Al Hasaka.

A double suicide bombing in northern Syria on Tuesday targeted the headquarters of an ultraconservative Islamic rebel group, killing its leader and 6 other high ranking members.

(Libya) Ten Libyan soldiers were killed fighting Islamist groups in the war-torn city of Benghazi on Monday, medics and military officials said.

Libyan migration department spokesman, said on Tuesday in Tripoli that no fewer than 100 bodies, presumably of sub-Saharan boat migrants, were washed up near the Libyan city of Tajoura.

(Afghanistan) At least 14 terrorists were killed and another 11 wounded during a "I’m the king of the castle" bunfight between idiots from ISIS and the Taliban in the Chaparhar district of eastern Nangarhar province.

(Somalia) 32 people killed in al-Shabab attack on southern Somali district. African Union forces in Somalia say they killed 25 al-Shabab militants who attacked a district in the country's south. Five soldiers and two civilians also died in the five-hour attack Monday on Rage Celle.

(China) Chinese police on Monday shot dead three knife-wielding men they characterized as "terrorists" from a mostly Muslim province in the country's west, according to reports.

(Nigeria) Boko Haram assailants killed 43 people in Kalwa, Misala and Gwollam villages in Monguno local government area of Borno state last Friday.

Ramadan death toll is now at 5,715.

Putin, Assad love the Iran deal

(Business Insider) The Kremlin likes the Iran deal.

In fact, Putin took some serious credit for it.

"The deal on Iran nuclear program is based on the approach articulated by President Vladimir Putin," the Russian Foreign Ministry tweeted on Tuesday.

Putin added, in a statement released by the Kremlin, that the deal is means that its "bilateral relations with Iran will receive a new impetus and will no longer be influenced by external factors."

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(Business Insider) Following the signing of the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he expected Iran to increase its backing of "just causes" throughout the region.

In a congratulatory message to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released through Syrian news agency SANA and translated by Reuters, Assad said "we are confident that the Islamic Republic of Iran will support, with greater drive, just causes of nations and work for peace and stability in the region and the world."

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Ben Rhodes, April 6: "We will have anytime/anywhere access across the nuclear facilities." http://t.co/S6MgKxYTzM https://t.co/DdGskl8Z72

— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) July 14, 2015

"We never sought anytime/anywhere inspections" - Pres Obama Dpty National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes tells me.

— Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) July 14, 2015

Police: 43 British Muslim women and girls are in Syria "for jihadist reasons"

Sisters Sugra, Zohra and Khadija Dawood: Took their children to Syria in June

(BBC) UK counter-terrorism chiefs say 43 UK women and girls are believed to have travelled to Syria in the past year.

The Metropolitan Police figures are the first official count of British women thought to be in the warzone.

Security officials believe up to 700 people have gone to Syria to become involved in jihadist groups and about half have returned.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball said women who travelled might never be able to return home.

Women who travel to Syria for jihadist reasons cannot get involved directly in fighting. They are regularly married off to fighters.

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More than 60 British jihadis have been killed after travelling to Syria and Iraq to fight with Islamic State

(The Telegraph) MORE than 60 Britons have died while fighting for Islamic terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

The figure, confirmed by government sources, is twice that reported last year and suggests a sharp increase in the rate of British fighters killed in the service of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Experts say the new death toll means that nearly one in 10 of the estimated 700 British jihadists who have gone to Syria has been killed or has killed themselves in suicide attacks since the conflict started drawing in British foreign fighters in 2012. The identities of many of those killed have emerged in social media reports emanating from Isil.

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US Will Teach Iran to Thwart Israeli Nuke Threats

(WFB) The United States and other world powers will help to teach Iran how to thwart and detect threats to its nuclear program, according to the parameters of a deal reached Tuesday to rein in Iran’s contested nuclear program.

Under the terms of a deal that provides Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief, Iran and global powers will cooperate to help teach Iran how to manage its nuclear infrastructure, which will largely remain in tact under the deal.

Senior Iranian officials, including the country’s president, celebrated the deal as a victory for the country. Iran’s state controlled media quoted President Hassan Rouhani as saying that the deal will “remove all sanctions while maintaining [Tehran’s] nuclear program and nuclear progress.”

In what is being viewed as a new development, European countries and potentially the United States agreed to “cooperate with Iran on the implementation of nuclear security guidelines and best practices,” according to a copy of the agreement furnished by both the Russians and Iranians.

This will include “training courses and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to prevent, protect and respond to nuclear security threats to nuclear facilities and systems as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems,” according to the text.

Additional “training and workshops” would work to “strengthen Iran’s ability to protect against, and respond to nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems,” the text states.

The language was viewed as disturbing by analysts and experts who said such cooperation could help protect Iran against efforts by the Israelis or other countries to sabotage the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in the future.

“The United States and its partners have just become the international protectors of the Iranian nuclear program. Instead of rolling back the Iranian nuclear program, we’re now legally obligated to help the Iranians build it up and protect it,” said one Western source present in Vienna and who is apprised of the details of the deal.

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US Department of Defense reveals latest air strike targets in the Levant

(US) The US DoD revealed yesterday the details behind their air strikes against ISIS for the past 24 hours. They are:
Airstrikes in Syria

Bomber, fighter-attack and remotely piloted aircraft conducted nine airstrikes in Syria:

-- Near Hasakah, seven airstrikes struck an ISIL large tactical unit and five ISIL tactical units, destroying seven ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL armored personnel carrier.

-- Near Raqqah, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

-- Near Kobani, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

Airstrikes in Iraq

Bomber, attack, fighter-attack and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 39 airstrikes in Iraq, approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense:

-- Near Huwayjah, an airstrike struck an ISIL rocket position.

-- Near Habbaniyah, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying two ISIL bunkers, an ISIL cache and an ISIL heavy machine gun.

-- Near Hit, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

-- Near Makhmur, an airstrike struck an ISIL rocket position.

-- Near Ramadi, 29 airstrikes struck 67 ISIL staging areas, destroying two ISIL excavators, an ISIL armored personnel carrier and an ISIL vehicle.

-- Near Sinjar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL large tactical unit and an ISIL tactical unit, destroying an ISIL personnel carrier, four ISIL buildings and an ISIL light machine gun.

-- Near Tal Afar, four airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL rocket position, suppressing ISIL heavy machine gun fire and destroying an ISIL fuel tanker and an ISIL building.

Ramadan Death Count Round Up (July 13th, 2015)

(Yemen) Saudi-led air raids destroyed 15 houses, killed 25 civilians and wounded 50 others.

(Nigeria) A Boko Haram suicide bomber on a bus killed one member of Nigeria's civilian joint task force (JTF) at the main checkpoint on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday, military and JTF sources said.

(Niger) A fight in the aftermath of the battle over the appointment of the deputy Imam for the Paiko Central Mosque left one person dead.

(Syria) At least 13 people, among them a child, were killed in Syrian government raids on the Islamic State group-held town of Al-Bab on Monday, a monitor said.

4 people, 2 adults and 2 children, were killed when Syrian Government forces shelled areas in the old neighbourhood of al-Matar in Deir Ezzor yesterday.

Violent clashes are taking place between the Syrian government forces, supported by NDF and Hezbollah, against Jabhat al- Nusra. Unknown gunmen assassinated a man in al-Yarmouk camp after al-Ishaa prayers. And a woman and her mother were killed by shelling in the neighborhood of Ish al-Warwar on the outskirts of Damascus.

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards Colonel Karim Ghawabesh—who had served in the IRGC during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War—had been killed Saturday in Zabadani where the Syrian regime’s 4th Mechanized Division and Hezbollah troops launched an offensive in the early hours of July 5.

At least 35 people have died and 50 others been injured in a series of barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in a town near the Syrian city of Aleppo.

(Iraq) In Baghdad on Sunday at least 35 people were killed in a series of car bombs and suicide attacks in mainly Shi'ite districts. A statement in the name of Islamic State, issued on Monday, claimed responsibility for some of the blasts.

(Somalia) Death toll from Kenyan aerial assault rises from 10 to over 20, including women and children.

Somali terrorist group al Shabaab today attacked a military base in central Somalia, killing 4 soldiers for the cost of 2 of their own.

(Algeria) A terrorist was killed, another was arrested, a weapon and a quantity of ammunition were recovered Sunday night in Msila, the National Defence Ministry reported Monday.

(Cameroon) Fourteen people were killed and several others injured in a suicide bomb attack on Sunday evening in Cameroon's Fotokol town, on the border with Nigeria, army sources have reported.

(Libya) Indiscriminate shelling hit a residential neighborhood in Libya's eastern restive city of Benghazi, killing at least five people and wounding 17 others. Also, 2 soldiers were killed in clashes.

(Tunisia) Tunisian security forces have killed three senior leaders of an Islamist terrorist group who were trying to establish an armed presence in the south of the country.

(Afghanistan) 14 armed Taliban, including 6 Pakistanis, were killed in clashes with Afghan security forces in Nooristan province.

The death toll from the suicide bomb attack on a military base in Khost (reported yesterday) has increased from 25 to 34.

(Turkey) An argument between a carpenter and building contractors turned into a gunfight in the western province of Bursa, resulting in one man getting shot, and whilst on the floor wounded, getting shot again and killed.

(UAE) Alaa Badr Abdullah al-Hashemi, a 30-year-old Emirati, was executed today for the murder of an American teacher Ibolya Ryan. Mother of 6, Hashemi, who tried to play the insanity card in which to get off, found to her horror that the court was having none of it, and she joined her maker in hell this morning. Mind you, it didn't help her case when it was found she was the idiot behind a bomb attempt on an American doctor.

(Bangladesh) A group of men filmed themselves murdering a 13-year-old boy and posting the film clip to Facebook. Police have arrested most of the men, but the brave ringleader has done a runner to Saudi Arabia in which to try and escape justice. Expect him to turn up in the UK demanding asylum soon.

(West Bank) A four-year-old girl identified as Lana Hassan Ahmed Rashid was shot dead Sunday evening after she was accidentally hit in the head by gunfire at her home in Yatta, south Hebron.

(Gaza) Police in the Gaza Strip are investigating the death of a young Palestinian man who was stabbed to death in the southern city of Khan Younis last Tuesday, the same day a Palestinian man was shot dead after the funeral of a man stabbed to death in Gaza City.

Ramadan death toll is now at 5,501.

Son of Boston Police capt. charged in connection with ISIS terrorism plot

Developing story.

BOSTON (WHDH) - A man from Adams has been arrested and charged in connection with a plot to engage in terrorism on behalf of ISIS.

Alexander Ciccolo, 23, was charged with being a felon in possession of firearms. The criminal complaint was unsealed on Monday.

Ciccolo is the son of Boston Police Captain Robert Ciccolo, who was one of the first responders to the Boston Marathon bombing. Capt. Ciccolo is in charge of the Boston Police Department's 911 call center. He has served with the department for more than 25 years.

According to the complaint affidavit, Alexander Ciccolo took delivery of four firearms on July 4, 2015, which he had ordered from a person who was cooperating with members of the Western Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force. Ciccolo was arrested immediately after taking delivery of the firearms, which included a Glock 17-9mm pistol and a Glock 20-10 mm pistol.

Ciccolo had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year in jail and was prohibited from possessing firearms.

It is alleged that Ciccolo is a supporter of the Islamic State group. According to an affidavit, Ciccolo spoke with a cooperating witness in recorded conversations about his plans to commit acts of terrorism inspired by ISIS -- including setting off improvised explosive devices such as pressure cookers filled with black powder, nails, ball bearings and glass -- in places where large numbers of people were gather, such as college cafeterias.

The FBI arranged for the cooperating witness to meet Ciccolo, who told the witness he had a plan to engage in domestic terrorism operations. The witness agreed to participate with Ciccolo.

On June 24, 2015, Ciccolo met with the cooperating witness in person in Pittsfield. The meeting was audio recorded. During the meeting, Ciccolo spoke about his plans to travel to another state to conduct terrorist attacks on civilians, members of the US military and law enforcement personnel.

Ciccolo told the cooperating witness he would attack two different bars and a police station. He also stated he planned to use improvide explosive devices during the attack to include pressure cooker bombs and/or portable microwave bombs.

On June 30, 2015, Ciccolo had another meeting with the cooperating witness in Springfield, which was also audio-recorded. Ciccolo discussed his plan to conduct an attack in another state. He described a list of items, including four AK-47s, two sniper rifles, four handguns and improvised grenades.

During the same meeting, Ciccolo explained he had changed his plans from targeting a police station to targeting a university, because there were more people at the university. He said he wanted to conduct the attack before Ramadan was over, and no later than July 31.

Ciccolo said he intended to place a few explosives on campus before the attack and would plan to attack the cafeteria at lunchtime. He said he wanted to use pressure cookers to make a big explosion. He also said he was inspired by the Boston Marathon bombing, using the same materials and emptying fireworks into a pressure cooker.

The FBI affidavit says Ciccolo said he would execute students and broadcast the executions on the internet.

Agents also allegedly found several partially constructed Molotov cocktails in Ciccolo's apartment.

On Monday, the Ciccolo family released a statement:

“While we were saddened and disappointed to learn of our son’s intentions, we are grateful that authorities were able to prevent any loss of life or harm to others. At this time, we would ask that the public and the media recognize our grief and respect our desire for privacy.”

A detention hearing has been scheduled for July 14 at 3:30 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Springfield.

Palestinian tally in Syrian conflict: 2910

The number of Palestinians killed in the Syrian conflict has risen to 2910.

— Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) July 13, 2015

I wish somebody would send a "Freedom Flotilla", or two, there. Boy, would that be fun to watch.

#RealIslam: ISIS Women Kill 17-Year Old for Looking at Clothes in Store

(Clarion Project) Iraqi citizens said on Saturday in Mosul that an Iraqi woman was killed by ISIS women with Russian citizenship in Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad.

The citizens said, “The Russian women in ISIS have attacked Mosul girls, beating them severely in one of the clothing stores in the market of Asarghahana in the center of Mosul. They claimed the women had lifted their niqab to look at the merchandise as well as failing to uphold the rule of wearing the correct color himar specified to women, married women and widows as determined by the organization.

The Russians hit twelve married women, which caused the death of one of them aged 17, due to the severe beating she received.”

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#RealIslam: ISIS Blows Up Baby in Training Class Demo

(Clarion Project) In one of its cruelest acts to date, Islamic State reportedly blew up a baby to show members how to handle explosives.

The incredible incident took place in Diyala Province on July 10, according to provincial Security Committee Chairman Sadiq el-Husseini. He detailed the event to the local Arabic-language A-Sumeriah News.

The baby’s father was apparently executed just weeks ago, after he allegedly took part in the killing of an Islamic State member.

“The organization booby trapped the baby in front of dozens of armed ISIS men and then detonated it from afar,” Sadiq el-Husseini said. The rigging of the baby and its detonation was a training exercise of ISIS to teach its people booby-trapping techniques.

“The organization doesn’t care about the most basic human values. Their crimes are incalculable and the blowing up of the baby is the best proof to the threat of ISIS’ ideology to the state.”