Numerous spirits came to show their respects for the two spirits that were slain, in General Suleimani of Iran, and Jamal-Al Ibrahim also known as Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis. The two were slain in airstrike. Numerous spirits came to show their respects for the two that were slain, in Suleimani alternate spelling Soleimani of Iran, and Al Ibrahim a.k.a. Muhandis, referring to processions, funerals, 'janaza(s)', and these type of events, perhaps, for numerous reasons, maybe for purposes such as formalities of making a presence for a leader recognized in the government system, reasons that may have nothing to do with direct allegiances, rather the leaders' ancestries, the leaders' ancestors' guidiance ties ('spiritual', faith teachings et al.), and straightforward longstanding traditions that whenever anyone dies, whether they held views that were agreeable or not, that a showing of some sort is made.

Meanwhile, in the USA, a recent 'secret meeting' among political leaders to discuss the substantiation of the strike that killed the two, took a sour note. Political leaders plausibly expected to stand firm with the position of the Commander-in-Chief of the US Army, one in the same with the President, instead took a turn for manifesting discomfort. Ideas are circulating about making efforts to reduce the President's military powers, while there is a resurgence by some political leaders to push for an immediate vote on impeachment. Questions abound, as the curtains get pulled away from the true intentions behind some of what may appear as political rivalries on the prima facie, and once again, the lust for international level illicit strongholds and money that might be caught from the bottom of it all is swirling in the societal fabric. The curtains are being pulled away by their own actions in many cases. Questions, such as, where were you in assisting to identify global illicit threats?

Whatever happens, it is obvious that a simple blueprint for a cause then effect trajectory of human behavior, is not always what unfolds. This may be something to take into consideration in the effort and hope for building a stronger America.


In other news, unclear how the world is connected in this matter in this moment, but according to Indiatoday online newspaper, a group known as the Hindu Raksha Dal, claimed responsibility for the violence at JNU, the university in New Delhi, that had a reaction of protests around India, events in last several days. Around the same time, India PM opened up to the US leadership about peace ties.

Not a whole lot has been said in past couple of days on media generally about the attack on the military installation that claimed several US lives, in Manda Bay area of Kenya.

The death toll of the flood in Jakarta region of Indonesia hit about 66 persons; there are differing reports of the exact number. How much help did they get from other sources in the world?




Information:
'janaza' is something that is held for the dead, usually composed of prayers

A few dozen, thereabout, aerial attack objects did land on US installations recently in Iraq, it sounds like retaliation, according to news reports, about the two that were mentioned above killed in airstrike, at the same time, there are strong indications that Iran is in a backdown phase in the framework of the referent exchanges and tension that have been going on in about the past week.

Details not in yet. Update 11pm EST: One soldier, and two contractors reported as the casualties. Location, Manda, Kenya, not far from Somalia. Event very early Sunday morning, January 5th, 2020, between pitch black and start of dark bluish early morning time, sunlight minimal if at all.
Looks like a lot of thermal activity went on.

An attack on the Embassy, reference Kenya and Tanzania occurred in 1998.

Notes:
Refer to the history and timeline of all Al-Shabab activities, over the years, especially upon providing an analysis as to whether their actions can be determined to be 'genuine' jihad or not. Genuine jihad means an action only for the Creator's sake, whereat, jihad is often used as a catchphrase by many media entities for acts of terror done by groups in or from the Middle East, or have Middle East sounding names, and therefore not necessarily genuine; some acts of terror are done for the lust of money, lust to propel drug trafficking, and even to foster human trafficking.

AFRICAM and EARF have now arrived to assist with enhancing security in the region. Noble showing. Accolades and appreciation are much given. Appropriate caution in maintaining a watchful eye on the entirety of the situation is a given considering the history of the past few decades of collective military actions.

• On or around December 27, 2019, evidently over 30 rockets were fired onto a base in Iraq, which injured US soldiers, and claimed the life of a contractor.

• The US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq was attacked, on New Year's Eve, December 31st 2019.

• Hashed al Shaabi, a.k.a. Popular Mobilization Forces some say is the group responsible for the attack [?]

• US paratroopers are reported to have been deployed into the region, en segue.

• An Iran official (known for Quds Force, related to Revolutionary Guards, and perhaps officially titled Major General) who gained notoriety, named General Qasem Suleimani [alternatively spelled Soleimani] was hit and killed by a drone strike, while he was at an airport in Iraq. Event January 3, 2020. The airstrike as reported by DW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0upq28SI4, 'also killed the Deputy Commander of the Iranian backed militias known as the popular mobilization forces [Popular Mobilization Forces], {unclear, here at this particular point, whether one in the same or a general term}'.

• There are news reports that Iran leader Khamenei might have made indications of a retaliation.

• There was a procession in Iraq, today, Saturday January 4th, 2020, -whether or not it was the funeral with the body of General Suleimani or not, details not mentioned here,- to memoir him. There were a number of collective chants some more voceferous than others. Recitation of the fundamental of Islam faith, briefly translated, in no deity other than.., whereat, their pronunciation was not in as clear a tune as is said in most of the Muslim World, perhaps indications of other philosophies going on, also not in complete 100% tune of everyone in the Muslim World nor of everyone in the Arab World. Some also chanted, basic translation, America is the Satan who is the largest-biggest of them or it, said in a nuance that, it is not so much the land and people there, but specific aspects like political views they are uncomfortable with.

• French news sources indicate that there might be several days to mourning in Iran in regards to the passing of General Suleimani.

• Bodies of Suleimani (Soleimani) and an individual who is known by the name Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, second casualty of the drone strike were driven through crowds for their reception, formalities also present. Event last couple of days. Note added January 6, 2020.

• Stampede occurs at Suleimani funeral, leaving over 50 dead, and over 200 injured. The prospect of an event occurring, whih includes possible stampedes, is why the 3 days of mourning was mentioned in the initial timeline as an important event. Location, transliterated as Kernan, also known as Carmania, in Iran, well within the country borders. Note added January 7, 2020.

Comments:
It is popular in history over the past forty years that there was a big war between Iran and Iraq, referring to the one in the 1980s, '80 to '88 roughly; so how is it that there are supporters of General Suleimani in Iraq?-, the answer to this question might be in the construct of, philosophical allegiances to different terror groups that surpass geographical boundaries, in other words, a terror group could be present in both Iran, Iraq, as well as other places in the Middle East and Arab World, and so too could supporters of a terror group head be in. Sometimes the terror groups are present and are not aligned with the governments there, or attempt to be partially aligned to terror groups and government at the same time.

   Locations of possible retaliatory actions:
What news stories are saying around the globe, take for instance the one on DW with US analyst Rizzo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0upq28SI4 January 3, 2020 video, and the renown journalist in Berlin, Germany, Amir Musawy (spelling?), the commentator asked where is the location that there is a likelihood the Iranians would strike in retaliation. The answer was, he thinks the main area targeted will Iraq, especially the airbase across the Iraq Syria borders, Anbar Province would be the first, and the second within Karkouk/Kirkuk, as it seems given moments of unsmooth English in the discussion. Expounding on implications maybe not said per se, given he did say close to Iraqi Syrian borders, and did say within the American soldiers regardless of words immediately preceding or afterward, any country with a border near Iran where US soldiers are stationed, it might be words to the wise to take caution, including those that border water ways like the Persian Gulf, such as Saudi Arabia et al.
Referencing multi-allegiances, there is no guarantee that Iran as a whole and wholly in terms of the government of Iran will strike or attempt to strike the US on the basis of what could be interpreted as a simple a 'retaliation'.

The discussion held at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8zKiF_hw00, CB/Radio Canada January 3, 2020, say that potential or possible retaliatory actions, if any, might be on fringes, such as commercial endeavors, and cyberwarfare, and as far as geographic locations specific, it was said, most concerned about Iraq or Lebanon; said later, possibly Russia, because it has been active in the ongoing larger discussion, for word choice, of the tensions.

 Developments and background:

The DW roundtable also indicated that there would be an urgent meeting on Friday called upon by Iran top security body subsequent and seemingly about the droning of General Suleimani.

Since 2003, there have been about 300 US private contrators that have been killed in Iraq.

Leaders of nations worldwide are announcing that 'de-escalation' on the part of all parties involved is imperative.

Whereas, an escalation of violence could be theory, and it is also theory and opinion that POTUS' ordering of the drone attack and that it successfully hit the target, would be used as a springboard to try to enhance support such as for votes for the upcoming Presidential election; there have been no statements thus far coming from the White House at least found in any online news story, that finding a way to to get added votes had anything to do with a strategy to mitigate a volatile propogating terror increasing violence threat.

Words and names like Mahdi, Mehdi, Haq (meaning truth), Hezbollah, Qudus (holy), and many others, are significant to an eternal timeline in Islam, working from past to future; whereat, names and phrases such as these may be used recurringly in diferent places at different times, some entities and their mission may good, some may be bad, some may attempt to mix or entwine good and bad in their missions, and any or all of them might not have anything to do with another with the same or similar name. 


This posting is subject to a lot of revising and editing. Many events occurred in a small timeframe, and information is pouring in as we speak.

It is unclear at this time whether to say the two sets of attacks were separate incidents or not, it is known they were in distinct locations.
The bottom line is the buck needs to stop here.
The fight against terrorism is going on across the water, in terms of boots on the ground combat.
Soldiers should not be subject to victimization in local social events.
Tax paying dollars are invested in the development of each soldier. Aside, years of experience as a soldier is invaluable and extremely hard to replace.
Both soldiers had years of service.

Article intended to be continued with more detail.

More information: 
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/12/31/man-killed-in-reisterstown-shooting-identified-as-maryland-national-guard-member/

Spc Eley; Tarragon Rd
Spc Collins; Excape Nightclub

Advisory:
Locations that are a cluster of people at night, and with little activity in the space just outside of that, where attackers can run off and be hard to be spotted, empty streets where they can drive off at high speeds, poor lighting, minimal cameras, and other similar factors, these areas need to be discussed as potential areas of vulnerability for soldiers and government personnel.

Despite all the efforts of law enforcement and citizens, and groups formed with the aim to help reduce mass shootings and firearm violence, the problem of persistent mass shootings as well as ones just under the threshold to be called mass shootings, keep cropping up like vines that have found their way around the obstacles.

As many audience eyes went on the TV, computer, and hand held phone screens for the latest updates in impeachment related activities, other news that ordinarily would have hit the press was going on, and sometimes at levels where it obvious had they been further up in the headlines on the news, maybe the magnitude of the incidents would not have continued as badly.

Almost mass shootings means, shootings where several persons were shot but less than 4; mass shootings generally refer to shooting where 4 or more persons have been shot. Important because there could be a number of shootings that are major events, but did not make the list of a mass shootings. 

In lieu of a long, inordinately long list for this sort of crime, here a brief list of articles about recent mass shootings with the lists in them:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mass-shootings-2019-more-than-days-365/

Numerous shootings on New Year's Day 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/us/new-year-shootings.html Accross America

https://6abc.com/multiple-shootings-leave-several-dead-in-violent-start-to-2020-in-philly/5805159/ Philadelphia

https://www.wmar2news.com/news/crime About every other story refers to shooting, Baltimore City, Baltimore County

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/4-shot-officers-fired-at-on-first-day-of-new-year-in-chicago/2195172/ A woman the first shooting victim in 2020 (not a way to start off the year, rimes continued and eventually seep further into sectors they should not be, more than that they should not be); cops shot at as well; Chicago

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2019/12/31/gilbert-drive-shooting-tied-idaho-missing-children-brandon-melani-boudreaux-tylee-ryan-joshua-vallow/2769637001/ Gilbert, Idaho


Elementary materialized shootings have been occurring in about the last month, crimes of sorts that seemed obsolete from about 100 years ago.