Another one bites the dust

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[h=1]One of the teenage Austrian ‘poster girls’ who ran away to join ISIS has been killed in the conflict, UN says[/h]

• Samra Kesinovic, 16, and Sabina Selimovic, 15, disappeared in April
• They appeared on social networking sites branding Kalashnikov rifles
• UN says one girl was killed in the fighting and it has lost track of the other

A United Nations official says one of the two Austrian girls who fled their middle class homes in Vienna earlier this year to fight in Syria has definitely died in the conflict.
The two Viennese girls, Samra Kesinovic, 17, and 15-year-old Sabina Selimovic, whose parents are Bosnian refugees, disappeared in April after saying that they wanted to fight in Syria.
They first went to the Turkish capital Ankara by plane, and then on into the southern Turkish region of Adana. After that, their tracks were lost.

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The teens appeared on social networking sites branding Kalashnikov rifles and surrounded by armed men

 

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But they appeared on social networking sites branding Kalashnikov rifles and surrounded by armed men - photos which Austrian police said acted as recruitment posters for young girls.
David Scharia, a senior Israeli expert of the United Nations Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTED) said: 'We received information just recently about two 15-year-old girls, of Bosnian origin, who left Austria, where they had been living in recent years; and everyone, the families and the intelligence services of the two countries, is looking for them.


He added: 'Both were recruited by Islamic State. One was killed in the fighting in Syria, the other has disappeared.'
His confirmation comes three months after the Austrian government said it had informed both sets of parents of the girls that one of them might have been killed.

The two Viennese girls, Samra Kesinovic (left), 16, and 15-year-old Sabina Selimovic (right), whose parents are Bosnian refugees, disappeared in April after saying that they wanted to fight in Syria

 

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It is believed both Samra and Sabina married IS fighters soon after they arrived in Syria from Turkey

 

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An Islamic preacher from Bosnia living in Vienna, Mirsad O., known by the Islamic name of 'Ebu Tejma', was allegedly responsible for the radicalization of the two young girls. Authorities say he brainwashed them into joining the jihad. He denies this.
Mirsad O. was arrested for his role in an alleged terrorist funding network based in Austria in November.
It is believed both Samra and Sabina married IS fighters soon after arriving in Syria. The two couples initially lived in the same room but the 15-year-old has reportedly now moved out to a different flat.
Speaking by SMS messages to French weekly Paris Match, Sabina denied claims she was pregnant and insisted she was enjoying life in Syria, where she felt free to practise her religion in a way that she did not in Austria.

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An Islamic preacher from Bosnia living in Vienna, Mirsad O., known by the Islamic name of 'Ebu Tejma', was allegedly responsible for the radicalization of the two young girls

The magazine did manage to confirm the teenager had only been allowed to speak to them with the permission of her husband, who was in the room as she wrote her answers.
She said after arriving to Turkey from Austria they crossed over the border into Syria on foot. They ended up in the city of Raqqa, she said, after arriving in the country with nothing other than the clothes they were wearing.
Sabina said her husband was a soldier and added: 'Here I can really be free. I can practice my religion. I couldn't do that in Vienna.'

 

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Sabina (left) said after arriving to Turkey from Austria she and Samra (right) crossed over the border into Syria on foot. They ended up in the city of Raqqa, after arriving in the country with nothing other than the clothes they were wearing

 

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As many as 130 people from Austria are now believed to be fighting as jihadists abroad. Experts say at least half of them originally come from the Caucasus region of Russia and were granted asylum in Austria after the bloody Chechen war.
Austrian Interior Ministry spokesman Alexander Marakovits said they were noticing an increasing problem with youngsters wanting to leave the country to fight in the ranks of ISIS.
He said: 'If we can catch them before they leave we have the chance to work with their parents and other institutions to bring the youngsters out of the sphere of influence that prompted them to act in this way the first place.
'Once they have left the country, even if they then changed their minds, it is then almost impossible to get them back.'

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The teenagers disappeared from Austria, leaving a note telling their parents they had gone to fight in Syria

 

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[Dave007inVegas]

I wonder if the 72 virgins applies to female jihadists.

 

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U.S. airstrikes have killed two top-level and one mid-level ISIS leader, a senior U.S. military official tells CNN.
Haji Mutazz was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's deputy in Iraq; Abd al Basit was his military emir in Iraq; and Radwan Talib was his Mosul emir. Their deaths resulted from multiple strikes going back to mid-November -- it has taken until now to determine conclusively they were killed.

 

[BleedingPurple]

Put them all in the ground

 

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Thousands of Palestinians mourn for seven Hamas members who died when a tunnel they were in collapsed

• Seven bodies were carried through the streets to a mosque in Gaza City
• Died on January 26 in Gaza Strip tunnel due to heavy rain, officials said
• Thousands paid their respects and a roof collapsed under strain of people

By LYDIA WILLGRESS FOR MAILONLINE and AGENCIES
PUBLISHED: 14:57, 30 January 2016 | UPDATED: 15:52, 30 January 2016


The funeral for seven Hamas members who were killed when a tunnel collapsed has taken place.
Their bodies were carried through the streets to a mosque in Gaza City yesterday as thousands waited to pay their respects.
Dozens of militants gathered round the men to pray as a roof caved in under the weight of residents trying to catch a glimpse of their bodies.

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The funeral for seven Hamas members who were killed when a tunnel collapsed has taken place. Above, militants gather round the bodies at the funeral yesterday

The men died on January 26 after a Gaza Strip tunnel they were in collapsed due to heavy rain. It was two days until officials were able to get to their bodies.
Four other militants managed to escape, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades said.


A statement by the Brigades added: 'The Mujahedin martyrs were repairing an old tunnel, from which a number of operations were executed in the [2014] war.'
Hamas has controlled Gaza since 2007, when it seized power after a brief civil war.

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Dozens of militants gathered round the men to pray as a roof collapsed under the weight of residents trying to catch a glimpse of their bodies

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Their bodies were carried through the streets to a mosque in Gaza City yesterday as hundreds gathered round with cameras

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Militants clutch to a vehicle during Friday's funeral of seven Hamas gunmen, who died after a tunnel collapsed

The tunnels were used by militants to launch surprise attacks on Israeli forces last summer.
Officials in Israel have repeatedly warned about the rebuilding of the tunnels with some politicians calling for pre-emptive action to neutralise the threat.
Yair Lapid, the leader of Yesh Atid, an Israeli opposition party, claimed this week: 'The next conflict in the north or south of Israel is just a matter of time.

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A group of children smile as they wait at the side of the street during the funeral, which was also attended by people carrying guns

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Hundreds of mourners joined the parade and walked alongside ambulances carrying the seven bodies to the funeral

'As we sit here, there are around 1,000 people digging terror tunnels in Gaza, some of them under the border and into Israel.'
Last August, Israeli security sources said they were testing new techniques to detect hidden passages but they have yet to announce that they have developed a working system.

 

[ScottL]

Turning on their own Filth:

ISIS Commander Killed by Fellow Militants in Raqqa, Syria - Ahmed Shiwesh (ARA News-Kurdish Region)
Abu Ali al-Tunisi, a Tunisian jihadi and commander of ISIS military operations in northern Raqqa, was killed at the hands of fellow ISIS militants, according to an informed source in Raqqa.
The militants reportedly opened fire at his car on Sunday, killing him and two of his escorts.
ISIS-led Islamic Police arrested at least three of those responsible for al-Tunisi's death.
Local members of ISIS have protested against the group's leadership for promoting a number of foreign jihadis to senior positions. Moreover, a wave of outrage has recently spread among the militants over their decreasing salaries.

Over 200 Jihadis Desert ISIS in Raqqa - Ahmed Shiwesh (ARA News-Kurdish Region)
More than 200 militants have deserted the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria's Raqqa province over the past week, local sources reported on Monday.
Most of the dissidents headed to Aleppo to join the ranks of Syrian rebel groups, according to an informed source.

 

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U.S. Drone Strike in Syria Kills Top Al-Qaeda Leader - Martin Chulov and Tom McCarthy (Guardian-UK)
Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, 59, who has been part of al-Qaeda for three decades and was a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was killed on Sunday when a missile fired from a U.S. drone hit his car in northwest Syria, jihadi leaders have said.
Hisham al-Hashimi, a Baghdad-based writer on Islamic groups, said Masri "was the ideological leader of the group in Iraq, Syria and Yemen and the number two in the organization overall."
Masri has been implicated in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in which more than 200 people died.

 

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Tears. Of joy of course

 

[Dave007inVegas]

What a waste of baby veal.