Oct. 17, 2017- Is a Kurdish War about to start?
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The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth October 5, 2017 Edition written by Frank DiMora
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Headline: Israeli air force destroys Syrian anti-aircraft battery in retaliatory strike
The Israeli Air Force attacked and destroyed a Syrian SA-5 anti-aircraft battery east of Damascus Monday morning after it fired a surface-to-air missile at Israeli jets. The SA-5 missile battery, which was stationed some 50 kilometers east of the Syrian capital, fired at Israeli jets that were on a routine aerial reconnaissance flight in Lebanese airspace, IDF Spokesman Brig.Gen. Ronen Manelis stated. “We see the Syrian regime as responsible and see these missiles as a clear Syrian provocation, and it will not be accepted,” Manelis stated, adding that while Israel has no intention to enter into the civil war in Syria, Israel will react to all provocations. Manelis told journalists that Russia was updated about the incident, in which no Israeli jets were harmed, in real time, and that it will be brought up during the visit of the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu who is set to land in Israel in the coming hours.
Oct. 16, 2017
Headline: Report: Israel launched strike in Sinai hours after rocket attack
Israeli sorties bombed targets in the Sinai Peninsula Sunday evening in retaliation for two rockets launched at Israel from the Egyptian territory hours earlier, according to Tuesday report in the London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. One of the rockets exploded in open space in the Eshkol Regional Council near Gaza and was located following the IDF’s searches of the area. No casualties were reported in the attack for which ISIS took responsibility. According to the report, Israeli jets appeared only once the Egyptian air force completed its own strikes in the areas of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid in northern Sinai, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s military seeks to expunge terrorists from the peninsula. Despite taking responsibility for the rocket launches, ISIS made no mention on its official news agency, Amaq of an Israeli retaliatory assault.
Oct. 17, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5029657,00.html
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanese Prime Minister joins coalition government with Hezbollah
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri will join a coalition government with Hezbollah, conceding defeat and handing the terrorist organization more political power than it ever had before. Hariri, in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica while on a visit to Rome to meet with his Italian counterpart, Paolo Gentiloni, said that he and the Shi’ite jihadist group have “put aside” their differences to serve the country. “The prime minister only thinks of the good of Lebanon, of finding the formulas and making the agreements that allow us to handle the problems of the country,” he was quoted as saying. Thousands of Lebanese Shia rely on Hezbollah – deeply embedded into politics and society – for social, medical and financial support. According to the Italian newspaper, Hariri said that as premier, he seeks to find a national formula that preserves Lebanese unity.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-joins-coalition-government-with-Hezbollah-507691
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Trump Targets ISIS in Yemen for First Time With Strikes on Training Camps
The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted its first-ever raids against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Yemen, a country ravaged by more than two years of war. U.S. Central Command, the body that oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, said in a statement that its strikes had killed dozens of members of ISIS at training camps.“U.S. forces killed dozens of ISIS members in a strike on two ISIS training camps…in Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen, disrupting the organization’s attempts to train new fighters,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. “ISIS used the camps to train militants to conduct terror attacks using AK-47s, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and endurance training.”Before Monday’s strikes, the U.S. military had exclusively conducted drone strikes and commando raids against the other prominent jihadi group in Yemen: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-targets-isis-yemen-first-time-strikes-training-camps-686455
Egypt
Headline: Militants Rob Bank, Attack Church in Egypt’s Sinai; 7 Dead
In a brazen daytime attack, about a dozen Islamic militants robbed a local bank, lobbed grenades and traded gunfire with security forces guarding an unused church in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Monday, killing seven people, including three civilians, officials said. The militants drove into the city center of el-Arish in the morning, then split into two groups. One group fired rocket-propelled grenades and traded gunfire with the guards outside the Church of Saint George, security and military officials said. Services at the church were suspended months ago, following a wave of attacks on Christians in Sinai. The church attack was meant as a distraction from the bank, where the second group of militants first shot and killed the bank guards, then stormed in and emptied its safe. The heavy security and military forces deployed in the city put up little resistance. The attacks left three civilians, including a child, three guards and one soldier dead and wounded another 15 people, including women and children, the officials said. The two groups of attackers were caught on camera while fleeing the site of the clashes in a stolen pickup and three motorcycles.“They looted the entire bank and left explosive devices inside,” a senior security official said. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because th y were not authorized to talk to reporters.
Oct. 16, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/militants-rob-bank-attack-church-in-egypt-sinai/4072115.html
Syria
Headline: Islamic State defeated in its Syrian capital Raqqa
U.S.-backed militias in Syria declared victory over Islamic State in its capital Raqqa on Tuesday, raising flags over the last jihadist footholds after a four-month battle. The fighting was over and the alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias was clearing the city’s stadium of mines and any remaining militants, said Rojda Felat, commander of the Raqqa campaign for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A formal declaration of victory in Raqqa will soon be made, once the city has been cleared of mines and any possible Islamic State sleeper cells, said SDF spokesman Talal Selo. The fall of Raqqa, where Islamic State staged euphoric parades after its string of lightning victories in 2014, is a potent symbol of the jihadist movement’s collapsing fortunes.
Oct. 17, 2017
Iraq
Headline: Iraqi forces launch operation to take parts of Kirkuk from Kurds
Headline: New Day, New Government: The Rapid Takeover of Kirkuk
Headline: US threatens to shoot down any Iraqi warplane targeting Kurds
Just after two o’clock on Sunday morning in Baghdad the Prime Minister of Iraq ordered the Iraq Security Forces to “secure bases and federal institutions in Kirkuk province.” Overnight confusion along the frontline between the Iraqis and Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Regional Government led to clashes which destroyed several vehicles and a chaotic situation that is ongoing south of Kirkuk. The Iraqi government has been threatening the Kurdish region since a September 25th Kurdistan independence referendum. Baghdad has also sought to have the borders of the Kurdish region closed and has closed the airports in preparation for an attack to secure oil fields and strategic facilities around Kirkuk. Before the official announcement of the operation numerous Iraqi media showed armored columns of vehicles from various Iraqi units, including the Federal Police, the emergency response ERD, Counter-Terrorism forces (ISOF) and the Hashd al-Shaabi or Iranian-backed Shia militias. The 9th armored division and other regular Iraqi army units, many of which participated in the recent Hawija operation, were also on the move. Although Iraqi media claimed major advances against the Kurds, the situation on the ground was more unclear.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Kurds-block-Iraqi-forces-access-to-Kirkuk-oil-fields-507512
https://www.voanews.com/a/new-day-new-government-the-rapid-takeover-of-kirkuk/4074269.html
https://www.debka.com/mivzak/us-threatens-shoot-iraqi-warplane-targeting-kurds/
Turkey
Headline: Turkey’s leader: Does EU want us in the bloc, or not?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged European Union leaders Tuesday to simply say whether or not they want to admit Turkey as an EU member. “I would like to hear a clear declaration,” Erdogan said on a visit to Poland. “If you want to accept Turkey, just do it. If you don’t want to, just tell that.” Turkey’s decades of efforts to join the 28-member European club appear to be stalled by the government’s harsh reaction to a coup attempt last year. Tens of thousands of people have been arrested or dismissed from their jobs in Turkey since the July 15, 2016, coup attempt. Polish President Andrzej Duda said Poland backs Turkey’s effort to join the EU. “Poland has supported and supports today Turkey’s efforts to join the European Union,” Duda said as she stood alongside Erdogan. “Turkey is an especially important EU partner in the area of security.”
Oct. 17, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/turkey-leader-poland-talks-security-policies-50528849
Iran
Headline: EU vows to save Iran deal
Headline: Iran is livid as President Trump designates Islamic Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group
The European Union vowed on Monday to defend a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and urged US lawmakers not to reimpose sanctions after President Donald Trump chose not to certify Tehran’s compliance with the accord. Germany and France led a chorus of warnings to the United States, normally the EU’s closest foreign policy ally, that any weakening of the agreement to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear weapons could have serious consequences for peace. “As Europeans together, we are very worried that the decision of the US president could lead us back into military confrontation with Iran,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told reporters at a meeting with his EU counterparts.
Oct. 16, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5029241,00.html
Afghanistan
Headline: Afghanistan Taliban twin attacks kill dozens
Suicide bombers and gunmen have stormed a police training centre in the eastern Afghan city of Gardez, killing at least 41 people. Some 110 civilians and 48 police were injured. The interior ministry said the local police chief was among the dead. The violence at the Gardez police headquarters in Paktia province began when a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives, before a number of gunmen launched an assault on the building. Security forces battled the militants for several hours. At least five of the assailants were killed, the interior ministry said in a statement. The compound contains the headquarters of the national police, border police and Afghan National Army. The victims included “women, students and police”, Gardez public health director Hedayatullah Hamidi told AFP news agency.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41649682
Libya
Headline: Fighting in Libyan capital delays flights
Civilian flights were suspended for several hours at the Libyan capital’s Mitiga airport on Monday evening and Tuesday morning as rival armed groups clashed nearby, a spokesman said. Sporadic shooting could be heard early on Tuesday near Mitiga, a military air base near the center of Tripoli that has also hosted civilian flights since the international airport was largely destroyed by fighting in 2014. The airport had reopened by midday. “The flights were suspended but the airport is working normally now,” said Mitiga spokesman Khaled Abukhrais. The clashes began when the Special Deterrence Force (Rada), a group that controls Mitiga and operates as an anti-crime unit aligned with the UN-backed government, conducted raids in the nearby neighborhood of Ghrarat.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1179016/middle-east
Headline: 276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history
The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country’s information minister said early Monday, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation. The toll was expected to rise. In a tweet, Abdirahman Osman called the attack “barbaric” and said countries including Turkey and Kenya had already offered to send medical aid. Hospitals were overwhelmed a day after a truck bomb targeted a crowded street near key government ministries, including foreign affairs. As angry protesters gathered near the scene of the attack, Somalia’s government blamed the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group for what it called a “national disaster.” However, Africa’s deadliest Islamic extremist group, which often targets high-profile areas of the capital, had yet to comment. Al-Shabab earlier this year vowed to step up attacks after both the Trump administration and Somalia’s recently elected president announced new military efforts against the group. The Mogadishu bombing is one of the deadliest attacks in sub-Saharan Africa, larger than the Garissa University attack in Kenya in 2015 and the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
Oct. 15, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-toll-blast-somalias-capital-074423706.html
Headline: Violent clashes in northern Togo after imam arrested
Violence broke out in Togo’s second city, Sokode, after the arrest of an imam close to the country’s main opposition, fueling tensions after weeks of anti-government protests. “Electricity was cut off at about 7:00 p.m. (2100 GMT on Monday) after evening prayers,” said Ouro Akpo Tchagnaou, from the main opposition National Alliance for Change (ANC). “Five police vehicles arrived to arrest Alpha Alassane, a very well-known imam in the city,” he added. “The population felt targeted and took to the streets.” Clashes lasted throughout the night until calm was restored but the authorities have been warned of renewed protests if Alassane is not freed on Tuesday morning. “The situation was hard to put up with last night. The security forces and youths clashed in several parts of the city, with teargas and stone-throwing,” one local told AFP. “There were burning tires, barricades erected and buildings were looted,” added ANC spokesman Eric Dupuy. “Homes were set on fire as well as a bank and premises belonging to (telephone company) TogoCell.” “We know there were deaths and injuries but I can’t give you a toll at this time. We are still gathering details.”
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1178896/world
Oct. 6, 2017– Millions of fish die ‘due to pollution’ in Telangana Lake, India
http://www.news18.com/news/india/23-lakh-fish-die-due-to-pharma-pollutants-in-telangana-lake-1538277.html
Oct. 6, 2017– Hundreds of seagulls dying on the coast of Galicia, Spain
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavozdegalicia.es%2Fnoticia%2Fsociedad%2F2017%2F10%2F06%2Fbiologos-apuntan-botulismo-causa-muerte-gaviotas-litoral%2F0003_201710G6P28991.htm&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 9, 2017– Over 100 Hippos dead from outbreak of disease in a national park in Namibia
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41558385
Oct. 10, 2017– Hundreds of dead fish found along the shores of the river Simeto, Italy
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcatania.meridionews.it%2Farticolo%2F59511%2Foasi-simeto-centinaia-di-pesci-morti-in-riva-al-fiume-legambiente-e-inquietante-si-attendono-analisi%2F&edit-text=
Oct. 10, 2017– Dead dolphins and whales found washed ashore in New Jersey
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/animals/2017/10/10/3-dolphins-2-whales-wash-up-jersey-shore-beaches/750249001/
Oct. 11, 2017– Thousands of dead fish found in the Lakhish River, Israel
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/in-israel/health-and-environment/lakhish-river-thousands-of-dead-fish-due-to-pollution-31652
Oct. 12, 2017– Over 800,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Central and Northern Italy
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-birdflu-italy/italy-culls-birds-after-five-h5n8-avian-flu-outbreaks-in-october-idUSKBN1CG1QU
Oct. 12, 2017– Dead dolphins have washed up along the coast of Provence, France D
https://www.thelocal.fr/20171012/dozens-of-dolphins-wash-up-on-french-beaches
Oct. 13, 2017– Thousands of dead fish found in the river Tagus, Portugal
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rtp.pt%2Fnoticias%2Fpais%2Fmilhares-de-peixes-mortos-no-tejo_v1033459&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 13, 2017– Thousands of dead fish found in a dam in Palmar, Uruguay
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lr21.com.uy%2Fecologia%2F1347975-peces-muertos-rio-negro-represa-palmar&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 14, 2017– Tens of thousands of jellyfish wash up in Southern New Zealand
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/14/thousands-jelly-creatures-wash-new-zealand-beaches/
Oct. 14, 2017– Large die off of fish in the mangroves of Darwin City, Australia
http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/darwin-city-council-investigating-cause-of-fish-kill-at-mangroves-near-vesteys-lake/news-story/814238a67d63460c90cc5d4cb74ed453
Oct. 14, 2017– Pilot whales dead after stranding on Hawaii
http://mauinow.com/2017/10/14/5-pilot-whales-dead-after-beaching-event-on-kauai/
Oct. 15, 2017– Why have so many whales died this year in Brazil?
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.correio24horas.com.br%2Fnoticia%2Fnid%2Fpor-que-tantas-baleias-encalharam-no-brasil-em-2017%2F&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 16, 2017–Hundreds of cattle dead due to wild fires in Portugal
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.pt%2Fsociedade%2Finterior%2Fincendios-centenas-de-animais-mortos-cenario-e-catastrofico—ordem-dos-veterinarios-8849093.html&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 17, 2017– 80 tons of fish have died ‘due to flooding’ in Thai Binh, Vietnam
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fvnexpress.net%2Ftin-tuc%2Fthoi-su%2Fgan-80-tan-ca-long-chet-trang-tren-song-hong-sau-lu-3657090.html&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 17, 2017– Thousands of dead fish found in a river in Paraguay
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Finternacional%2F2017%2F10%2F17%2Famerica%2F1508245368_231773.html&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 17, 2017– 41,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Zeeland, Netherlands
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/39328/dutch-poultry-farm-exposed-to-h5n2-bird-flu/
Oct. 17, 2017– 5,000 dead fish found in a lake in Mahbubsagar, India
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/171017/5000-fish-found-dead-in-mahbubsagar.html
Oct. 17, 2017– 30,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Anhui, China
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-birdflu-china-factbox/factbox-china-confirms-bird-flu-outbreak-at-chicken-farms-in-central-anhui-province-idUKKBN1CM1DN
Oct. 17, 2017– Dead fish wash up on a beach in Hua Hin, Thailand
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1344140/tonnes-of-dead-fish-wash-up-on-hua-hin-beach
Oct. 17, 2017– Thousands of Penguin chicks die of starvation, ‘scientists alarmed’ in East Antarctica
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/researchers-sound-alarm-antarctic-penguin-chick-deaths-50495736
Headline: US Supreme Court backs push to remove Ten Commandments monument
The US Supreme Court on Monday sided with a lower court that ordered a New Mexico city to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the lawn outside City Hall. Civil liberties advocates behind the case called the decision involving the city of Bloomfield a victory for the separation of church and state. ACLU of New Mexico Executive Director Peter Simonson said it sends a “strong message that the government should not be in the business of picking and choosing which sets of religious beliefs enjoy special favor in the community.” However, David Cortman, a senior counsel and vice president of US litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom, said the outcome did nothing to resolve confusion in lower courts involving such monuments. “Americans shouldn’t be forced to censor religion’s role in history simply to appease someone who is offended by it or who has a political agenda to remove all traces of religion from the public square,” said Cortman, whose group represented the city of Bloomfield.
Oct. 17, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5029723,00.html
Headline: Ophelia: Ireland recovers from worst storm on record that killed three
Headline: Storm Brian forms in Atlantic: UK superstorm alert as huge WEATHER BOMB to hit on FRIDAY
Three people are dead and hundreds of thousands still without power following Storm Ophelia; the worst storm in recorded history on the island of Ireland. The storm force winds cleared Ireland’s coast by midnight, but people were warned to remain cautious in the aftermath of the extreme weather. A second day of disruption was expected in Scotland and North East England due to fallen trees blocking rail lines. Fallen trees blocking roads and downed power lines are some of the likely hazards on Tuesday as the country begins to return to normal following a day when the island of Ireland went into lockdown. Violent winds of more than 96mph (156kph) in places caused widespread damage to electricity networks, uprooting trees and damaging properties. Two men and a woman were killed in separate incidents in the Republic of Ireland.
Oct. 17, 2017
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