Will the media make him a martyr? It s not really much of a question. It s more of a when than an if . Regular Hamas terrorists are routinely treated as innocent civilian casualties. But two Hamas terrorists, one of whom held US citizenship and the other had spent some time in this country, being killed in an Israel airstrike, especially a targeted one, is bound to bring out the media s inner Khashoggi. An American citizen known as Osama al-Zebda was fighting with the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the so-called “armed wing” of Hamas, during the recent battle in Gaza. An official confirmed this with FDD’s Long War Journal, adding that al-Zebda was on a U.S. terrorist watch list.
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Taliban overruns district close to Afghan capital ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 15:42 IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in violence, the Taliban overran a district in Wardak province in central Afghanistan near Kabul.
The Taliban attacked the Nerkh district center despite the fact that the group has declared a three-day unilateral cease fire for Ramzan, American news website FDD s Long War Journal reported.
Afghan Interior Ministry said that the Afghan National Defence and Security forces have made a tactical retreat from the region following heavy clashes on Tuesday afternoon. The Khaama Press reported that Afghan Defence forces retreated after inflicting heavy casualties on the Taliban.
It appears administration briefings to key committee members in the House and Senate last week did not go well, raising more questions than the briefings answered. If Biden proceeds to withdraw from Afghanistan based on a timeline rather than conditions on the ground, the administration will have another chance to attempt to answer questions this time in writing.
That’s because the withdrawal will trigger a statutory requirement from Section 1215 of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and require the administration to submit a detailed report to Congress regarding the effects of withdrawal on key U.S. interests. Under the law, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin