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U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Chicago update 18-23 May 2014, 5 dead 30 wounded! “You can’t be safe anywhere!”

23 May 2014 (14:39 UTC-07 Tango)/23 Rajab 1435/02 Khordad 1393/25 Ji-Si 4712

Curie High School is on alert after six shootings.  The principal told students, and parents, that when the school day is over they need to get the hell out’a there!  One parent, Gabriela Perez, said “You can’t be safe anywhere!”

4600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue:  15 years old boy shot and killed by drive by shooters.

6400 block of South Francisco Avenue:  14 years old boy found on sidewalk, shot and killed.

63rd Street and Artesian Avenue: 17 years old boy shot in the ankle.

10700 block of South Indiana Avenue:  20 years old man shot in the hip and shoulder, he died.

6200 block of South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive:  Two men shot, one in the face.  Police complained that residents interfered with their crime scene investigation.

Humboldt Park:  18 years old man shot multiple times, he’s now dead.  The irony is that his body was found under a gun ban sign.  38 years old man shot in the chest and killed.  40 years old man shot in the back, in serious condition.

0 to 50 block of East 53rd Street:  22 years old man shot in the leg.

9800 block of South Yates Avenue: A man was shot in the leg.

18th and Wood streets:  23 years old man shot in the leg.  He ran for a city block before neighbors came to his aid.

1200 block of West 97th Street:  32 years old man shot in the leg and back.

10000 block of South Princeton Avenue:  22 years old man shot in the right arm.  31 years old woman shot in the thigh.

5200 block of West Oakdale Avenue:  28 years old man heard gunshots and started running, but he was shot in the leg anyway.

8500 block of South Carpenter Street:  25 years old man heard gunshots, then realized he was the one who got shot.

8200 block of South Kedzie Avenue:  26 years old man shot in the thigh.

9900 block of South Wentworth Avenue:  21 years old man shot in the hand while sitting on his porch.

9100 block of South Throop Street:  32 years old man shot in the back and chest.  He’s in stable condition.

4400 block of West Palmer Street:  29 years old man shot in his left leg.

6900 block of South Eggleston Avenue:  31 years old man shot in his butt as he was walking.

6900 block of South South Shore Drive:  18 years old man shot multiple times while he was walking.  He’s in critical condition.

8100 block of South Paxton Avenue: 19 years old man shot in the leg.

8200 block of South Paxton Avenue:  44 years old man shot in the leg.

5900 block of West Washington Boulevard:  Two men shot while in their SUV.  Police say shooters in another SUV shot them.  One of the men was shot in the chest and is in serious condition.

4900 block of West Augusta Boulevard:  A 29 years old man started running when a man with a gun approached him.  He was shot in the end (butt).

10600 block of South Wentworth Avenue:  28 years old man shot in the left elbow, police suspect it was a domestic violence crime.

2200 block of West 72nd Street: 20 years old man shot in the leg and arm.

3900 block of West Polk Street:  18 years old man shot, in critical condition.

7000 block of South East End Avenue:  Three men shot in the legs.

West 65th Street and South Union Avenue:  26 years old man shot in the hand.

7400 block of South Harvard Avenue:  20 years old man shot in the arm, groin and hip.  He actually ran home before calling police!

No arrests, police blame gang bangers.  New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used by gang bangers are already illegal!

Most victims took themselves to hospital, or were brought by neighbors.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013, calls Chicagoland his homie town

Chicago update 14-17 May 2014

International

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 11-14 May 2014: More proof the U.S. ain’t goin’ anywhere! Norway promises more of its taxpayer’s money! U.S. DoD still can’t explain what it does with your money!

Balkh Province: In Mazar E Sharif City, a U.S. Army CWO from California (raised in Iowa) died.  Officials with the U.S. Department of Defense would only say it was a “non-hostile” death.

Farah Province: In Gulistan District, major battles between Mujahideen and government forces resulted in at least 55 people killed.  At least 45 wounded.

Faryab Province: The Kingdom of Norway has promised more taxpayer funds, this time to help with development projects in the province.  Norway is promising 101-million euros per year!

Herat Province: Government officials confirmed that a counter-terrorism agent was assassinated by unknown gunmen.

Jawzjan Province: Government officials report that a police vehicle ran over a landmine.  Three cops killed, two wounded.

Kabul Province: Airport officials confirm that two artillery rockets impacted near the airport.  No damage or casualties reported.  In Kabul City, an exploding magnetic mine killed one Afghan National Army soldier, and wounded another.  Two civilians wounded.  Afghan government officials claim they’ve killed 380 Mujahideen all across the country, in the past week.

Ghazni Province: Mujahideen began Operation Khaibar, with attacks against police checkpoints all over the province.  Provincial officials confirm fighting lasted all day with at least one cop killed along with dozens of civilians.

Kandahar Province: In Daman District, a car bomb hit a Afghan National Army/NATO-ISAF convoy.  At least five people killed, 39 wounded.

Nangarhar Province: In Nazyan District, a U.S. drone strike killed at least three people.   In Jalalabad City, Mujahideen began Operation Khaibar by attacking the provincial justice directorate.  One cop, two civil servants and three civilians were killed.  10 people wounded.   Three Mujahideen killed.

Parwan Province:  International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)   confirmed that four artillery rockets hit Bagram airbase.  ISAF reported “minor damage” but “no fatalities”.

Zabul Province: In Qalat city, a suicide bomber attacked a military convoy.  He died and at least six people were wounded.

The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan continues to delay the final vote tally from the “successful” election, due to investigations into massive fraud.

Pakistan reports they’ve arrested an Afghan National Army officer after they caught him inside Pakistan.

Afghan government officials confirm that they have made a prisoner swap with Iran.  14 Iranian prisoners were released by Afghanistan in exchange for 16 Afghan prisoners held in Iran.  The deal was actually agreed to back in 2006, but only now have they started to swap prisoners.  According to reports Iran has 5-thousand Afghans in prison mainly for the crime of drug smuggling.

According to a Stars and Stripes report, “Nearly three decades after U.S. taxpayers gasped over $640 toilet seats and other Cold War military waste, the Department of Defense remains the last federal department still unable to conduct a financial audit despite laws passed in the 1990s that require the accounting……….The DOD spends roughly $2 billion per day and has $1.5 trillion in physical assets. Various agencies inside the department have been considered at high risk for fraud and waste by the GAO since 1990……..The GAO said in its report issued Tuesday that the long-standing accounting weaknesses mean the defense department still cannot account for its total assets or estimate improper payments.”

75 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 349th Quartermaster Company (California, U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

130 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 1223rd Engineer Company (South Carolina, U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

15 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s Detachment 45 (Nevada, U.S.A.) deploying to Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, F Company, 1/126th Aviation (Delaware, U.S.A.) deploying to Afghanistan.

U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, James Dobbins, says the U.S. led military presence in Afghanistan will remain “significant” despite the so called withdrawal from the country this year.

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Californians finally fighting back? Night of riots after three people killed by cops!

22 May 2014 (17:12 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Rajab 1435/01 Khordad 1393/24 Ji-Si 4712

After weeks of hispanics being gun downed by cops, people living on Del Monte Avenue, in the California town of Salinas, had enough!

On the night of 21 May people rioted after a forth hispanic man was shot and killed.  So far there is no official police explanation as to who shot the man.  Police claim there are at least 100 witnesses but they all refuse to talk to police.

Those 100 witnesses where part of a protest group, protesting the third killing of a local hispanic man.  The protest broke out into a full blown anti-cop riot after the fourth man was shot, sometime during the protest.  Local news reports say Salinas Police Department called for help from Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.

Home video shows the third shooting victim walking away from several cops who have their guns trained on him.  They shot him multiple times.  The cops claim the man had threatened a woman and her dog with garden shears.   On the video you can hear, in Spanish, people asking the cops why they didn’t use their tazers. Cops claim they did but it had no effect.  Witnesses say the cops were actually stalking the man.

21 May 2014: Somebody shot and killed a man during a protest of the increasing killings by Salinas city cops.  The protest then turned into a riot as more cops showed up.  Police arrested one man for “inciting a riot”.  No info about who shot the deceased.

20 May 2014:  Several cops fire several shots and kill a man walking away from them.  Cops claim the man, who was walking calmly away from them, was “armed” with garden shears and “lunged” at them.  Many people have questioned why they didn’t wound the man.

09 May 2014:  A man holding a lettuce knife was shot and killed by the cops.  If you are holding anything cops think could be used as a weapon they will officially accuse you of being “armed”, and then use that as an excuse to kill you.

20 March 2014: A man “armed” with a non-lethal pellet gun was shot and killed by cops.

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. job losses & store closings 11-12 February 2014: Property owners continue killing mom & pops! More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Alabama: In Vernon, a store that never replaced their 115 years old manually operated cash register is now shutting down.  God could not stop the owner, described as a “good church goin’ man”, from closing his family’s W. B. Clearman’s Store.  A local news reporter said they just want to “fade out of sight”.

California: In San Louis Obispo, after 15 years Cugini’s Pizzeria & Trattoria shutdown.  The restaurant owner said the greedy property owner jacked up the rent by adding on a monthly service charge as well as demanding 6% of her restaurant’s profits!  She tried complaining to the property management company but they blew her off, then suddenly she got evicted!  In Fresno, anti-2nd Amendment company, Pepsi, laid off 50 employees.

Florida: What housing market recovery?  Mortgage risk analysis firm, Digital Risk, killing 745 jobs!  “Due to substantial, abrupt and unforeseen residential mortgage events, including….improving credit quality, significant volume declines in refinance loan originations, etc., demand for Digital Risk services has materially decreased.”-Brandon Johnson, senior HR manager

Hawaii: Health care provider Kaiser Permanente killed 101 jobs!  Company officials say they must “restructure” to meet Obama Care funding.

Idaho:  In Meridian, cement/minerals engineering company FLSmidth laid off 46 employees.  Boise based computer chip maker Micron reported profits at the end of January, but it was revealed that they also killed 419 jobs in Italy!  It’s blamed on Micron’s take over of Italian chip maker Numonyx.  Layoffs could be coming for Idaho.

Iowa: In Galesburg, Cooke Elementary school being shutdown.  School district officials say student enrollment is so low the school can barley maintain 15 students per class, making it a waste of money to keep the school open.  It also doesn’t help that the district is in the hole by $4.4-million USD!

Maine: In Portland, despite being called Century Tire the company lasted only 88 years.  It was originally called Deering Tire Company, the current owners say they can no longer compete against the big boys.

Maryland: In Baltimore after 90 years Sun Products, maker of household cleaning products, shutting down their factory.  300 jobs lost!  Union employees say there was no reason for the shutdown but company officials say they can’t continue to pay union wages and remain competitive.  At one point in the distant past the factory employed 1500 people.

Massachusetts:  The last video store In Newburyport, Express Video, shutdown.

Michigan: Eastern Michigan University is laying off 10 of its 11 full time lecturers for the 2014/15 school year!  It’s blamed on declining student enrollment, which is making budget problems even worse.

Missouri: In Dutchtown, after 40 years Giuseppe’s Ristorante shutdown.  The owners will now focus on catering only.  The owners say their crashing restaurant revenues were caused by the temporary closure of Highway 40.

New Jersey: In Plainsboro, medical diagnostics company Abbott Point of Care to layoff 80  employees in March.  The company must restructure to meet Obama Care funding.

Pennsylvania: In Pittsburg, Macy’s killing corporate office jobs.  69 positions are being consolidated.  Not sure if this is part of the 2500 job cuts announced in January.  Health insurance company, Highmark Blue Shield, killed 132 jobs! Company officials said they are “restructuring to align resources”.

Texas: In North Richland Hills, Sealy Mattress shutting down their factory in May, 114 jobs lost!

Washington: Sprint laid off 91 employees.  It’s blamed on their $3.5-billion takeover of Clearwire.

West Virginia:  In Keyser, yet another victim of the ongoing Hallmark shutdowns.  After 39 years Linda’s Hallmark shutdown.

08-10 February 2014: More grocery store shutdowns! 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics, U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: Obama regime using 2011 financing order to shut down gun shops! Order has already been used to shutdown successful ebay model kit sellers!

20 May 2014 (00:21 UTC-07 Tango)/20 Rajab 1435/30 Ordibehesht 1393/22 Ji-Si 4712

“Four generations of my family have been in this industry……This is an attempt by the federal government to keep people from buying guns and a way for them to combat the Second Amendment rights we have. It’s a covert way for them to control our right to manufacture guns and individuals to buy guns.”-Kelly McMillan

Thousands of legal gun sellers are revealing that the Obama regime is shutting them down using his 2011 order meant to regulate the banking/financing industry.

The order requires more monitoring of internet payment processors, like PayPal.  It turns out the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC, it is a independent privately funded government created agency) is also monitoring sales made by porno stores, “paraphernalia” shops and gun stores.  But anybody can be targeted, like individuals selling on ebay.

A growing number of gun store owners are reporting that their internet operations are specifically being targeted for shutdown.  Many gun sellers say this Obama order is mainly targeting mom & pop operations: “….the smaller mom-and-pop shops are being choked out, and they need their cash to buy inventory. Freezing their assets will put them out of business.”-Joe Sirochman

It’s not just gun sellers that have been hit.  I know model kits sellers that were running successful ebay stores that got shutdown when their PayPal accounts were frozen, and the only explanation they got was that their account was suspected of being fraudulent.  The key word here is suspected.  In the United States you’re supposed to be presumed innocent unless proven in court to be guilty.  Since most of those affected cannot afford to sue the federal government, there is no recourse for this martial law action!

This 2011 Presidential Order was, on the surface, meant to regulate the banking/finance industry, however it turns out it’s destroying small businesses and much needed jobs!

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: New trend of burglars(?) targeting gun owners & cops! Police admit they have vaults full of unclaimed stolen guns!

19 May 2014 (13:57 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Rajab 1435/29 Ordibehesht 1393/21 Ji-Si 4712

“I seen a young kid, shaggy hair, ponytail looking thing, run out my garage door with my shotguns and rifles!”-Gun owner in Huntington, West Virginia

In the latest robbery of a gun owner, Huntington police used dogs to track the thief.  They found three of the five stolen guns in a creek.  The other two are still missing.  The victim says he did not recognize the thief, but the only way the thief would have known where he kept his guns is that acquaintances of the victim, who knew where the guns were, told the criminal.

There’s a growing trend in the United States, especially in pro-gun states: There is an increase in burglaries against gun owners and police.

In Virginia, it turns out a stolen .357 SIG pistol belongs to a State Trooper.  Augusta County Sheriff’s Office says they’ve turned up a complicated crime operation involving drugs, backstabbing and meat salesmen turned burglars.  It turns out the door to door meat sales company was also home to a den of burglars, who were casing their victims’ homes while delivering meat products.  At least two suspects have been arrested, and are cooperating with police.

Several car and home burglaries, targeting guns, might be directly connected to the meat delivery company.  The suspects also admitted addiction to prescription drugs and admitted to stealing the state cop’s gun.  The SIG has not been found.  It turns out the state cop violated his agency’s policies by leaving the gun in his car, unattended.

In North Carolina,  police in University City Division arrested several people who were specifically looking to steal guns from legal gun owners.

Gun store owners are reporting that their parking lot security cameras are catching burglars breaking into customers cars.

In Florida, over the weekend the Orlando Southern Knife and Gun Show was hit by burglars breaking into customers vehicles.  Police say  pistols and ammo, as well as eletronic devices, were stolen.  A gun was also stolen inside the gun show.

Apparently the new trend for burglars is to look for any sign that the person who owns the vehicle is a gun owner, like pro-gun bumper stickers.

The Los Angeles Times claims to have seen a U.S. Department of Justice document that says the guns used by the alleged Boston Bombing suspects might have been stolen. The report says one man bought several guns legally in Maine.  Apparently some of those guns ended up in the hands of local drug gangs, before winding up in Boston.

Something that’s been trending for awhile, burglars targeting gun stores, might be bigger than what’s being reported.

In Kansas, five people were arrested in connection to last month’s massive burglary of a Salina gun store.  140 guns were stolen, 73 were recovered.

In Colorado, Castle Rock cops used security camera video to catch burglars who hit the same gun store twice in one week.  They said the two gun thieves were runaway teenagers living in a car, and could be involved in other crimes.

You have to wounder: Is there really a such a huge market for stolen guns that it’s driving thieves to get bigger and bolder in their thefts?

Of concern is the fact that many legal gun owners do not keep a record of their guns’ serial numbers.  The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says that thousands of guns are stolen every year, but that’s based on serial numbers that have been provided by the gun owner.  The ATF says there are many more guns not considered stolen simply because gun owners can’t prove the gun is theirs because they did not keep a record of the serial number.  This means there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of unclaimed guns sitting in police evidence vaults: “We encounter firearms all the time we believe to be stolen, but the victim didn’t have the serial number, and we can’t trace it back to them.”-Larry Amerson, Calhoun County Sheriff, Alabama

Truck load of AR-15s stolen!

U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: Yet another drunk NYC cop pulls gun and threatens to kill!

19 May 2014 (12:57 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Rajab 1435/29 Ordibehesht 1393/21 Ji-Si 4712

For the at least the third time this year, in anti-gun New York City, an intoxicated NYC cop was arrested for pulling his gun, and threatening to shoot people, all because he was prevented from getting into a dance club.

The off duty Department of Corrections officer was trying to get into a Long Island night club, but was so drunk the bouncers refused him entry.  The prison cop then threatened to shoot everybody.

The watchdog website See ThroughNY said the corrections officer made $102,619 in 2008.

The wimp ass manager of the night club said he’s afraid the incident could shut them down: “This makes us look bad.”-Andy

So far there’s been no comment from public officials.

GUN BAN FAILS TO STOP NYC COP FROM BLASTING 13 ROUNDS INTO AN INNOCENT MAN! ANOTHER NYC COP TRIES TO MURDER HER EX-BOYFRIEND’S GIRLFRIEND?

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 08-10 February 2014: ObamaCare kills candle store! No more camper trailers? More grocery store shutdowns!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Barnes & Noble revealed their Nook book reader is losing steam, sales dropped 60% compared to the previous year!  Now Barnes & Noble is killing an undisclosed number of Nook jobs, in order to come inline with “business realities”.  (you know, the bad economy)

Florida: In Leesburg, local news media discovered that the only Swan Creek Candle store in The Sunshine State shutdown back in January.   The owner, Ann Albright, blamed Obama Care (Affordable Health Care Act) for jacking up insurance rates, and local sales couldn’t cover the jacked up health insurance costs for employees.

Illinois: In Chicago maker of Nathan’s Famous hotdogs, Specialty Food Groups, killed 250 jobs!  No reason given.   OfficeMax warned of an undisclosed amount of layoffs, as it plans to restructure after the merger with Office Depot.  Cardinal Health laying off 75 employees.  Harmony Health Plan killing 105 jobs! Blame Obama Care.  In Bloomingdale, JCPenney announced they will shutdown in May, 127 jobs lost!  What housing market recovery?  In Bensenville, maker of windows and doors Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope shutting down, 64 jobs lost.

Indiana: What automotive industry recovery?  In a surprise announcement, Monaco RV shutdown their towable recreational vehicle factory in Elkhart. 160 jobs lost!  It’s blamed on the 2013 takeover by Allied Specialty Vehicles (ASV).  Officials with ASV say towable campers are no longer money makers.

Kentucky:  In Cannonsburg, Sears shutdown the Auto Center, and announced they will shutdown the department store in May.

Louisiana:  In New Orleans, after ten years the Meauxbar Bistro shutdown.  The owners sold off the property.  Loyola University killed more than 24 jobs.  It’s blamed on crashing student enrollment.

Michigan: In Detroit, Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe shutdown.  The owners blame a 60% drop in sales on competition with mainstream grocery stores.  They were hoping that selling alcohol would increase sales, but they found the actual costs of licensing, stocking of wine and liquor, as well as hiring more employees ate up any alcohol profits.  In Walker, after ten years Schuler Books & Music shutdown.  The co-owner said the lease was up and the past ten years of sales didn’t justify continuing: “In terms of business strategy, it’s better to let the store go, get the money out of it and redeploy it in other ways.”-Bill Fehsenfeld

Missouri: In Saint Peters, SunEdison killed 100 jobs!  The company is consolidating its semiconductor crystal operations.

New York:  In Bayside, Saint Mary’s Hospital For Children shutting down in May.  34 healthcare jobs lost.

North Carolina: In Charlotte, after 50 years the city’s oldest bridal shop, Bride’s House of Originals, shutdown.  The owner said increasing competition is a sign that she needs to retire.

Nevada:  In North Las Vegas, city officials laid off five managers.  The new mayor said the city must run more efficiently, meaning the city is near broke.

Ohio: In Mansfield, Gary’s Discount Outlet shutdown.  The owner wanted to retire.  The Columbus City School District warned it will have to close seven schools, in order to cut $50-million USD from next school year’s budget!

Pennsylvania:  In Philadelphia, Mondelez International shutting down the former Nabisco/Kraft bakery.  350 jobs lost by early 2015! Union leaders say there was no reason for the shutdown, other than “corporate greed”.

South Carolina: In Murrels Inlet, Kmart announced they will shutdown in April, 50 jobs lost.  In Saint Beaufort, a Piggly Wiggly grocery store shutdown, more than 50 jobs lost.  In Columbia, a Books-A-Million store shutdown.  A local professor blames society: “We’re not seeing that books are unfashionable.…People are reading more than ever. The publishing industry is changing at a phenomenal rate because of societal changes.”-Marianne Bickle,  University of South Carolina.

Texas:  In Waco, the Super Plaza grocery store shutdown.  A local businessman says the store suffered from bad management: “You’d walk to the bakery, and they’d be sold out of bread. Or there would be a line of 20 customers and only one cashier on duty….”-Raul Vallejo

West Virginia:  Kroger announced it will shutdown two more grocery stores, one in Quincy and one in Weston.  At least 100 jobs affected!

Wisconsin:  In Racine maker of household cleaners, SC Johnson, killed 300 jobs and some reports say it could go as high as 400!  This is far higher than the 200 job cuts announced back in October!

06-07 February 2014: Warmongers admit they regret reduced tax spending on wars! 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 07-10 May 2014: New mystery militant group invades Afghanistan! Operation Khaibar to begin! Anti-Iran action ramping up! “Successful” elections declared a failure! Second election permanently on hold?

Farah Province: In Bala Bolok District, more than 100 Mujahideen attacked police checkpoints.  At least eight people killed, dozens wounded.  Police admit the Mujahideen captured armored vehicles and weapons.  Witnesses say the battles were so intense that 12 medevac helicopters were called in.  Mujahideen claim they killed 60 Afghan police.

Ghazni Province: In Gilan District, major battles resulted in at least 63 people killed, 41 wounded.  Government officials claim 21 militants killed came from Pakistan.

Ghor Province: Two Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel killed by two explosions.  Four ANA wounded.

Herat Province: On Shindand Highway, an entire family of eight were killed when they drove over a landmine.    Is western propaganda machine, Radio Free Europe, trying to rally anti-Iranian sentiment by claiming to have interviewed two teenaged Afghan boys who were sexually assaulted by Iranian border police at a Herat border crossing?  At least that’s what dozens of anti-Iran websites are saying.  I went straight to the Radio Free Europe website and didn’t find any such report for the month of May 2014.  I did find similar reports from as far back as 2007/08, so I suspect somebody is just regurgitating old news (that was never proven) to justify anti-Iran sentiment.

Kandahar Province:  Provincial officials say they arrested six potential suicide bombers.  The officials are blaming Pakistan.  In Maiwand District, a NATO/ISAF convoy hit by two suicide bombers.  One bomber used a car, the other a motorcycle.  ISAF claims they suffered no casualties, however, Mujahideen say they witnessed NATO medevacs being called in for at least 15 casualties.

Kunar Province: Afghan Border Police claim that masked militants from Pakistan are roaming around killing people, attacking girl’s schools and even killing Afghan Mujahideen.   The Pakistani militants are also shooting at people who’re trying to retrieve the bodies of those killed.   Afghan Border Police are concerned about this new group of militants, because although they came from the Pakistani side of the border none of them seem to be able to speak local dialects.

Logar Province: In Pul-e-Alam City,  three people killed, two wounded, when they drove over a landmine.

Maidan Wardak Province: One ANA personnel killed by explosion.  In Syed Abad District, Mujahideen say they ambushed a NATO supply convoy.  The attack lasted several hours.  Mujahideen say they destroyed 22 vehicles and killed or wounded 20+ people.

Nangarhar Province:   In Jalalabad City,  a suicide bomber was arrested.  Cops claim he confessed to being directed by Pakistani ISI agents.  Provincial officials say they called in a U.S./NATO drone strike that killed seven people.   Government officials claim all seven were Mujahideen planting landmines.

Nimroz Province:  Afghan Border Patrol claim they caught Iranian Border Patrols taking pictures on the Afghan side.  Gunshots were exchanged but nobody was hurt.  Afghan government officials claim they have “resolved” the issue with Iranian officials.  There was no public explanation for why Iranian border troops were taking pictures.

Mujahideen announced that 12 May will begin their Operation Khaibar.  They will target the foreign occupiers, and anybody perceived as supporting the occupation: “The plans for upcoming spring operations entitled Khaibar have been drawn up by the specialists and courageous military commanders of the Islamic Emirate while also paying heed to the environmental and seasonal conditions of each region of the country and so will be launched in each area according to the laid out plans.”

Remember when Barack Obama, and even that pansy Ban ki-Moon, declared the recent Afghan elections a success?  Well, not only are they a failure with dozens of ballot boxes destroyed, and not one candidate gaining a majority vote, thus forcing a second election, but that second election might be permanently delayed!  The Independent Election Commission says the materials needed to hold a runoff election, between the top candidates in the first election,  were destroyed by recent suicide bombings!

Also, Independent Electoral Complaints Commission of Afghanistan revealed they are currently investigating 900 of 2-thousand reports of election fraud.  The 900 complaints being investigated have been given priority after being declared Category A, the most severe.

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is shutting down satellite operations throughout Afghanistan, and concentrating efforts in Kabul City.   U.S. Department of Defense officials said they were caught off guard by CIA’s sudden decision to pullback.

About 20 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s Bilateral Embedded Staff Team A12 (Illinois) returning home from Afghanistan.

About 100 soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 351st Military Police (Florida) departed for Afghanistan.

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Chicago update 14-17 May 2014, 3 dead 21 wounded!

18 May 2014 (13:37 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Rajab 1435/28 Ordibehesht 1393/20 Ji-Si 4712

5100 block of West Concord Place: 38 years old man bashed in the head and killed.  Police call it “homicide”.

3400 block of West Madison Street: 30 years old man killed by an unknown man who walked up to him and shot him.

200 and 300 blocks of North Pine Street: A man was killed after being shot multiple times and then he tried to drive away but crashed.  Witnesses say the shooters pulled along side his car and started blasting away.

4700 block of North Bernard Avenue: 22 years old woman shot in the stomach, she’s in critical condition.

2500 block of East 98th Street: Two people shot by a man dressed in black.

13200 block of South Saint Lawrence Avenue: Two 16 years old boys shot.  They say the shooter was dressed in black.

Logan Square neighborhood:  15 years old boy shot in the leg and hip.

1600 block of West 70th Street: Three people shot while playing basketball.

7700 block of South Peoria Street:  30 years old man shot in the chest.

7000 block of South Vernon Avenue: 19 years old man shot in the back.

2200 block of South Wolcott Avenue: 21 years old man sitting on a porch was shot in the stomach by drive by shooters.

2500 block of South St. Louis Avenue: 26 years old man shot in the arm and head, after a man approached him and shot him.

7100 block of South May Street: 50 years old man shot after first being robbed.  At last report he was in the hospital.

7200 block of South Artesian Avenue: 24 years old man shot in the neck.  He took himself to the hospital and is in critical condition.

8700 block of South Escanaba Avenue: 18 years old man shot.  He’s in hospital in stable condition, police gave no other details.

8600 block of South Exchange Avenue: 18 years old man shot in the leg.

7000 block of South Vernon Avenue:  17 years old boy shot in the leg while he was standing on the sidewalk.

2500 block of South Damen Avenue: Two men shot, one in the hand one in the leg.  They both walked themselves to a hospital.

4700 block of South Lake Park Avenue: 37 years old man’s head grazed by a bullet.

Police have made no arrests.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013, calls Chicagoland his homie town

Chicago update 09-13 May 2014