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 KIRKUK, IRAQ – Iraqi Security sources disclosed that about 20 Chinese fighters are fighting with Da’ish organization (Islamic State) south west Kirkuk, pointing that three of them were killed earlier in air strikes.

The dead three Chinese were buried in a cemetery in Rashad area, the sources added.

“There are gunmen from 12 nationalities are fighting with Da’ish organization in the province”, the sources elaborated.

Some parts of Kirkuk, 280 km north of Baghdad, are under Da’ish control after occupying Mosul city and its progress towards Salahal-din and Diala provinces.

No other details were given.

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Army military operations on Wednesday resulted in the killing of scores of terrorists and the destruction of their weaponry as the army units targeted terrorists’ gatherings and hideouts across the country.

An army unit shot down a drone over al-Maqaber area in the city of Deir Ezzor, northeastern Syria, according to a military source in the province.

In another context, an army unit destroyed a car bomb driven by a suicide terrorist affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization in Hweijet Sakr in the city of Deir Ezzor.

A source in the northeastern province told SANA reporter that an army unit targeted a Hummer car loaded with explosives that was heading towards a military post in the aforementioned area, destroying the car bomb and killing the terrorist driving it.

The source added that other army units clashed with ISIS terrorists in the neighborhoods of al-Sinaa, al-Hweika and al-Rashidiyeh, leaving a number of them dead and others wounded.

Units of the armed forces killed  many terrorists after targeting their gatherings and dens in a number of areas in Aleppo and its countryside, destroying their vehicles and weaponry.

A military source told SANA many terrorists were left dead and others wounded in Ain al-Bayda, al-Marja, Ard al-Malah, Kafar Kar, Hananou, west of al-Nairab and Salah Eddin.

Other units of the armed forces, the source added, killed a number of terrorists in al-Mansoura and destroyed many of others’ vehicles in the Old City, al-Kallasa, al-Ashrafiyeh, al-Kastello and at Beidin roundabout.

A military source said the army eliminated terrorists in Nahlya, Kfar Haya, Kfar Najd, al-Arba’een Mount and Bazzeh farm in Idleb countryside.

Units of the armed forces foiled two attempts by terrorists to infiltrate into the west of Atman and al-Tiba towns in the countryside of the southern province of Daraa, leaving a number of them dead and others wounded, in addition to killing scores of terrorists in Jbeib area.

Army units killed many terrorists in the farms of al-Khazrajiyeh in the surrounding of Sasa in Damascus countryside.

Army units destroyed terrorists’ hideouts with all weapons inside them in Bir Ajam,Nab’ al-Sakhr and Mas’hara in Quneitra countryside. Terrorists inside the hideouts were killed.

Army units targeted and killed many terrorists at al-Alam roundabout in the city and destroyed terrorists’ vehicles and dens with all terrorists inside near al-Shouli roundabout and in the areas of Aqraba, al-Hamidiyeh, al-Qahtaniyeh, Um Batina, Jebata al-Khashab, al-Sweisa and Breiqa in the countryside.

In Homs countryside, a military source said the army, along with popular defense groups, are engaged in fierce battles against ISIS terrorists in the surrounding of Mount al-Shaer, where hundreds of terrorists were killed or wounded. Clashes are still ongoing.

The army targeted ISIS hideouts in the surroundings of al-Shaer Mount and in Aqerbat in  Homs countryside. A convoy of vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns was also targeted and  destroyed and dozens of terrorists were killed.

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Last evening, terrorists, most probably the Deobandi hit men, threw a hand grenade at a group of Shia mourners, all females, outside the Islamic Research Centre (IRC) mosque, injuring nine woman and killing one-and-a-half-year old girl Batool Waqar.

The hit men as usual made an escape and the police remained silent, as they have always done. There is nothing new in the police behaviour. They have to obey their masters on whose mind the Shia genocide is the last thing.

What is significant to note here is that the Tweet-crazy and sloganeering-obsessed Bilawal did not open his mouth and Tweet account to say a word about the child or her killer. The PPP government kept quiet. The MQM for which the Shias of Sindh have given unprecedented sacrifices kept quiet as it has recently formed an alliance with the Shia-killers of ASWJ/SSP/LeJ.

The reporting of Batool’s killing has been interesting. All the newspapers briefly flashed the killing on their web sites. But within five to eight hours, the news disappeared altogether.

One can verify it by tracking how the likes of Dawn, The News, and Express Tribune only briefly flashed the news of Batool’s killing, but then relegated it to the pages one cannot easily access.

Some mainstream Urdu papers did not mentioned at all. One is referred to Dunya and Jang to find out how they ignored yet another act of the Shia genocide in Pakistan.

The newspapers were busy reporting how an 80-year old man in Kashmir was killed by the Indians. This report is still unverified, but is the main item on many newspaper’s web sites. The innocent Shia girls and eight women with severe injuries have been forgotten.

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President Barack Obama says US politicians are following policies to tackle the Ebola virus disease that would “have us running in the opposite direction and hiding under the covers.”

He made the remakes on Wednesday after meeting with doctors and nurses who have volunteered to fight Ebola in West Africa, where the epidemic has already killed about 5,000 people.

Obama called the American medical workers “heroes” who deserve to be treated “with dignity and with respect.”

He also warned states like New Jersey and New York that have imposed mandatory quarantines on doctors and nurses who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa.

“We have to keep in mind that if we’re discouraging our health care workers, who are prepared to make these sacrifices, from traveling to these places in need, then we’re not doing our job in terms of looking after our own public health and safety,” he added.

“I put those on notice who think we should hide from these problems,” Obama said. “This is America. We do things differently.”

“We don’t run and hide when there’s a problem,” he said. “It’s because we don’t react to our fears but instead we respond with commons sense.”

Obama has authorized the Pentagon to deploy troops to West Africa to fight the spread of the deadly disease. Under the president’s order, some 3,600 troops could be sent to West Africa. Hundreds of US soldiers have already been deployed to Liberia.

There is currently no known cure for Ebola, which is a form of hemorrhagic fever with diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding as its symptoms.

The Ebola virus spreads through direct contact with infected blood, feces or sweat. It can also be spread through sexual contact or the unprotected handling of contaminated corpses.

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TV host Bill Maher’s controversial comments about Islam have sparked a petition to remove him as the December commencement speaker at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Change.org petition, which had gathered nearly 2,000 signatures by Monday afternoon, was authored by Marium Navid, a senator with the student government group Associated Students of the University of California, with the support of Khwaja Ahmed, a member of the the campus advocacy group Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian Coalition, the campus’ Daily Californian reported Sunday.

“Bill Maher is a blatant bigot and racist who has no respect for the values UC Berkeley students and administration stand for,” the petition reads. “In a time where climate is a priority for all on campus, we cannot invite an individual who himself perpetuates a dangerous learning environment. Bill Maher’s public statements on various religions and cultures are offensive and his dangerous rhetoric has found its way into our campus communities.”

Navid said allowing Maher to speak at Berkeley, a campus made famous by 1964’s free speech movement, would give legitimacy to provocative comments he made earlier this month on his HBO show, “Real Time With Bill Maher,” describing Islam as “the only religion that acts like the Mafia, that will fucking kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture or write the wrong book.”

“People say he has the right to freedom of speech, and I agree with that,” Navid told the San Jose Mercury News. “The problem is that when you bring him to the university, you’re pretty much putting him into a privileged position. You’re raising his voice.”

This spring saw numerous student protests against commencement speakers at other colleges and universities, including successful campaigns to cancel Condoleezza Rice at Rutgers University, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde at Smith College and former UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau at Haverford College.

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