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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Chicago Moves Migrants Out of Police Station After Officers Are Accused of Sexual Misconduct
[Breitbart] Officials in Chicago, Illinois, have moved more than three dozen border crossers and illegal aliens out of a police station in the city’s southwest side after allegations that officers were having sex with some of the new arrivals, including a teenage girl.

As Breitbart News reported, the Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Internal Affairs has opened an investigation into a sexual misconduct allegation where an officer has been accused of having sex with and impregnating a teenage migrant girl. Other officers have also been accused of having sex with migrants at the police station.

For the last three months, many of the thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens that have arrived in Chicago have stayed and slept inside the city’s police stations. Other migrants are living in the city’s taxpayer-funded shelter system that whistleblowers have called “secretive” and “shrouded in mystery and quietness.”

Since the sexual misconduct allegation, city officials loaded onto buses the roughly 40 border crossers and illegal aliens living in the southwest side police station and moved them to a different location.

The sexual misconduct allegations come after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and the Democrat-controlled city council approved $51 million in local taxpayer money to aid the more than 10,000 border crossers and illegal aliens that have arrived in the city since August of last year.

Chicago residents voiced strong opposition to the massive expenditure.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/11/2023 06:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Defund the police movement wrecks America's third-largest city
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/11/2023 11:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Police line-of-duty deaths drop 66% with fewer shootings, crashes, new report says

Of course, there are fewer police.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/11/2023 11:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Of course, there are fewer police.

And they no longer chase, or arrest, criminals.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 07/11/2023 11:58 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Forceful Displacement Leads to Human Trafficking in Afghanistan, Says Afghan Envoy
[KhaamaPress] Mohibullah Taib, Counsellor of Human Rights at the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan in Geneva has said that the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
continue to forcefully displace ordinary people in different parts of Afghanistan.

The envoy of the Afghan Mission in Geneva warned that forceful displacement by the de facto authorities of Afghanistan can lead to human trafficking in the country.

While speaking at the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
Human Rights Council, Mohibullah Taib, the permanent representative of Afghanistan in Geneva said forceful and systematic displacements in north and west of Afghanistan have left ordinary people with no option but to flee their home country.

Mohibullah Taib has warned that the victims of the forceful displacements will remain without any help or protection of any kind.

Since Taliban officials have closed shelters and protection services for victims of human trafficking, Mr. Taib stated that extra measures should be taken to protect the displaced people in different parts of the country.

Over the past two years, several reports emerged that the Taliban have forcefully displaced people in Daikundi, Takhar, Baghlan, Faryab, Panjshir and Sar-e Pul provinces of Afghanistan.

Worst of all, the Taliban have reached a settlement with the Pak government to relocate Tehrik-e-Taliban Pak (TTP) members to northern parts of the country. The move has already prompted widespread condemnations by the people of Afghanistan and former government politicians.

Some anti-Taliban groups and movements describe relocating TTP members to northern parts of Afghanistan as extremely dangerous, which may even lead to a civil war and partition of the country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 02:26 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  Yeah, displacement, prob not.

Police: Tennessee Soccer Coach Recorded Himself Raping Drugged Boys
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/11/2023 5:43 Comments || Top||



#4  More likely
desire
power
opportunity
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/11/2023 11:03 Comments || Top||

#5  The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan, 2010.

Or are we underlining Rolling Stone's in-country visit to Petraeus?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/11/2023 15:45 Comments || Top||

#6  Rolling Stone didn't like Sound of Freedom, so I guess they do like human trafficking.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/11/2023 16:14 Comments || Top||

#7  To the victor goes the spoils.
Posted by: Regular joe || 07/11/2023 17:30 Comments || Top||

#8  Rolling Stone has a recent losing record in court and ethics
Posted by: Frank G || 07/11/2023 19:46 Comments || Top||


Taliban’s Brutal Public Whippings: Two Men and One Woman Face Horrific Punishment in Maidan Wardak Province
In which the journalist employs a surplus of purple adjectives and adverbs, but there are facts underneath.
[8am] In a shocking display of barbarism, the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
’s Supreme Court has unleashed a wave of public floggings, leaving the people aghast. This time, their merciless lashings targeted three individuals—two men and one woman—who dared to escape their homes in Maidan Wardak province.

The horrifying scene unfolded on Thursday, July 6th, at the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Sports Stadium. As the whip cracked through the air, Taliban officials and local residents stood by, witnessing this appalling spectacle.

Reports reveal the sheer brutality inflicted upon these hapless victims, as each one endured a spine-chilling 39 lashes, mercilessly administered by the Taliban’s merciless enforcers.

Despite widespread national and international outcry, the Taliban brazenly persists in their reign of terror, continuing to impose these heinous acts of "retaliation" and floggings upon the people of Afghanistan.

It is a stark reminder that even in mid-June, the Taliban publicly lashed a man in Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
province, shamelessly punishing him for the "crime" of engaging in extramarital relations.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  While I don't condone the Extreme Brutality inflected by any country.

I can see how such public displays of punishment do act as a social & violent crime deterrent.

Remember the US, Europe and Asian cultures all used various forms of these in the past. Some more brutal than others.

I do however believe Public Executions (Hangings and/or Firing Squads) should be brought back.

Plus, PUNISHMENT, not the Adult Care style prison system we have now, needs to be the reward for certain violent crimes.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/11/2023 7:27 Comments || Top||

#2  mercilessly administered by the Taliban’s merciless enforcers.

Dude, get a thesaurus.
Posted by: Frank G || 07/11/2023 8:51 Comments || Top||

#3  That's the religion of peace, right?
Posted by: AlanC || 07/11/2023 9:22 Comments || Top||

#4  #2 get a thesaurus Koran

FIFY.

mercifully administered by the Taliban’s merciful enforcers.
Posted by: Big Al || 07/11/2023 11:16 Comments || Top||


Islamic Emirate Says McCaul's Remarks 'Untrue'
[ToloNews] Islamic Emirate front man Zabiullah Mujahid on Twitter denied the remarks of the US House of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, who said the "Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
" is selling weapons left behind by foreign troops to Washington’s "adversaries like Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and the Paleostinians against Israel."

In an interview with the CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
’s State of the Union program, Mc Caul claimed that the "Taliban" are selling the weapons left by the foreign troops to Washington’s "adversaries like Iran and the Paleostinians against Israel."

Mujahid said that these "allegations" are untrue and that after the Islamic Emirate came to power, all of the military equipment has been maintained.

"Such propaganda is the plot of those tension-seeking circles who cannot tolerate the ongoing stability in Afghanistan and make propaganda against it," Mujahid said.

Mc Caul told the CNN: "We should not have abandoned Bagram where we have over $7 billions of taxpayer weapons left behind that now, by the way, the Taliban are selling to our adversaries like Iran and the Paleostinians against Israel."

Political analyst, Asadullah Nadim, said that the remarks of the American officials are mainly reflecting the election competition in the US.

"The allegation that the American weapons are being provided to other powers and foreign organizations, is mainly reflecting the election and party competition in the US," he said.

McCaul reacted to US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body....
’s recent remarks on al-Qaeda in Afghanistan saying: "It is devoid of reality," and "the President of the United States would have [to] be so disillusioned about what is happening on the ground in Afghanistan."

Earlier, US President Joe Biden said he was right when he said to "ask for help from the Taliban" and that "al-Qaeda would not be in Afghanistan."

"This is a huge foreign policy blunder," McCaul said, adding: "It’s a bit bizarre to me that a president would be so devoid of his own foreign policy, and he just really wants to sweep Afghanistan under the rug,"
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Islamic Emirate Denies Pakistan Envoy’s Remarks on TTP Relocation
[To,oNews] The Islamic Emirate’s front man Zabiullah Mujahid, denied the remarks of the Pakistain special envoy for Afghanistan about the relocation of Tehrik-e-Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Pakistain into other parts of Afghanistan.

The Pakistain special envoy for Afghanistan, Asif Ali Durrani, said in an interview with Hum Pashto Khabruna, that Islamabad welcomes transfering of TTP to other areas of Afghanistan.

"If the TTP is relocated and it causes us peace all over our borders, it will be a great change and we praise it, he said.

Islamic Emirate front man Zabiullah Mujahid said that only refugees from Wazoo who entered Afghanistan due to conflicts in their areas, will be relocated, in a bid to assure Pakistain about the protection of threats from Afghanistan.

"The reality is that if someone is active or has movements in Pakistain, it is the issue of Pakistain. They should solve this issue. We are committed to not allowing anyone to cause threats to anyone else (or) Pakistain from Afghanistan," Mujahid said.

This comes as political analysts said that if these displaced people are related to the TTP, they will cause threats for Central Asia, which will also concern Russia.

"Pakistain is a country who always supported terrorism in the region and this is something which is obvious for everyone," said Janat Fahim Chakari, a political analyst.

"If it is proven that they are the members of the TTP, then it will be very expensive for Afghanistan and its nation because Russia and China will not be ignoring this issue and Russia will use bombardment and any action," said Aziz Maarij, a political analyst.

Earlier, Mujahid said that the Waziristan refugees will be shifted to the central, south and northern areas of the country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


India-Pakistan
After the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir life has returned to normalcy there after three decades of turmoil, Centre tells Supreme Cour


Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


International-UN-NGOs
UN Palestinian rights official: Israel ‘challenging the very foundations of international legal order’
[IsraelTimes] The lawyer heading the UN Human Rights Council’s
...established in 2006 because its predecessor, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, was too openly a tool of the most evil countries on the planet. Unfortunately, the UNHRC uses the same format and has the same members, so the same problems continue...
open-ended investigation into Israel’s policies toward the Paleostinians presents a scathing report accusing the Jewish state of collectively imprisoning the Paleostinians, sexually abusing Paleostinian women and "challenging the very foundations of the international legal order."

In her "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
in the Paleostinian territories occupied since 1967," Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese calls on UN member states to prosecute Israeli officials under universal jurisdiction, and calls on Paleostinian Authority security forces to suspend cooperation with Israel "that may lead to violating fundamental rights and freedoms under international law."

"A 10,700-word report cannot capture the scale and extent of the arbitrary deprivation of liberty in the occupied Paleostinian territory," she writes. "Nor can it convey the suffering of millions of Paleostinians who have, directly or indirectly, been affected."

Albanese accuses Israel of torture, mistreating Paleostinians’ corpses, coercing gay Paleostinians to provide information, and "invasive strip searches, sexual abuse and threats" toward women.

She also denounces Paleostinian self-rule, saying it "has added a layer of repression to Paleostinian life under occupation."

"The security coordination between the Paleostinian Authority and Israel has pioneered a direct connection between Paleostinian and Israeli detention apparatuses," she writes.

"Arbitrary arrests and detention carried out by the Paleostinian Authority in the West Bank and the de facto authorities in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip have contributed to stifling Paleostinians’ rights and freedoms," she continues, not naming the Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, terror organization throughout her report.

She accuses Israel of "settler-colonial apartheid" and refers to Israeli communities past the Green Line as "colonies."

The Italian lawyer blasts Israel’s Supreme Court for approving its policies in the West Bank and Gaza.

Israel did not allow her to enter Paleostinian areas for her report.
In other words, she’s just making stuff up.
In June, the US, on behalf of 27 countries, condemned the open-ended nature of the UN investigation Albanese heads
.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority


Erdogan: For Sweden to join NATO, Europeans should ‘open way’ to Turkey’s EU bid
[IsraelTimes] Democratic backsliding under Turkish leader’s presidency, disputes with EU-member Cyprus and other issues have held up country’s progress toward admission to European bloc
Johnny One-Note lays out his quid pro quo.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Iraq
British Anti-Terror Forces Join Hands with Iraqi Commandos to Decimate ISIS Network
[Shafaq News] Specialized counter-terror units from the United Kingdom are en route to Iraq, committed to bolstering the proficiency of local commandos, an initiative designed to significantly impede the operations of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) bad boys.

Responding to the call of Iraq's elite "Golden Division," the British forces are set to embark on a mission to counter the resurgent threat of ISIS in the region.

General Abdul Wahab al-Saadi, the head of the Iraq Counter Anti-Terror Service, underscored the urgent necessity of such an alliance in a recent conversation with the UK Daily Mirror.

"We are set to welcome a team of British counter-terror specialists to aid in refining our training regimen," he said. "In our confrontation with the Islamic State, we are laying our lives on the line. Our endeavours not only fortify our country but also significantly contribute to the safety of nations such as the United Kingdom."

These statements trail on the heels of his alarming revelation last week about an ISIS-schemed plot to target a public assembly in Britannia. Investigations led by al-Saadi's men unearthed evidence suggesting a sinister collaboration between ISIS operatives in Iraq and their counterparts in the UK.

In the coming weeks, the British forces are set to impart their expertise to the Iraqi commandos in a bid to cultivate their capabilities to effectively root out ISIS cells.

An anonymous security source highlighted the multi-agency nature of the efforts to prevent attacks on UK soil, involving a blend of police, military, and intelligence resources.

The source added, "The decision to deploy trainers within the Iraqi military is a pragmatic strategy to fortify local forces with the necessary skills to challenge ISIS at its source."

The Ministry of Defence, however, maintained its stance of neither confirming nor denying engagement in tasks of this nature.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
UN says 460 homes were damaged, 23 destroyed, 40 families displaced by IDF Jenin op
They worked hard for this consequence — so nice to see them garnering the earnt reward.
[IsraelTimes] A UN spokesperson says that during last week’s IDF counterterror operation in Jenin, 460 homes were damaged in and around the city’s refugee camp, 23 of which were destroyed and 47 of which have been made uninhabitable.

About 40 families remain displaced, the spokesperson says.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:


Departing envoy: US working to prevent Israel from ‘going off the rails’ with overhaul
To modernize the traditional saying a bit: The train to Hell rides rails greased with good intentions. See more here and here.
[IsraelTimes] Ahead of his upcoming departure from the post, US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides says the Biden administration is working to prevent Israel from "going off the rails" as a result of the government’s judicial overhaul push.
Yes, the Biden administration has indeed been doing its bit to slow down that process, not to mention drive the Israeli right out of power and Bibi Netanyahu out of politics.
"I think most Israelis want the United States to be in their business," Nides tells the Wall Street Journal. "With that sometimes comes a modicum of a price, which is articulating when we think things are going off the rails."

Nides adds that he’s told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "to tap the brakes, slow down" in order to build consensus for the measures, warning against "rushing things through that ultimately could have huge implications, at least perception-wise, about what makes Israel great."
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nothing like interfering with the internal affairs of another country. The Left goes ape s*** just when they're the one's not doing it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/11/2023 8:20 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US intelligence assessment says Iran not currently developing nuclear weapons
Oddly enough, that's exactly what the CIA’s assessment was in 2003 and subsequent years, up until Prime Minister Netanyahu stood up in front of the UN General Assembly and showed the world what the Mossad had liberated from Iran’s nuclear weapon development archive in Tehran. Perhaps what the Director of National Intelligence means is that while Iran was working on that a minute ago, and will be working on it a minute from now, during this exact minute they are not doing any such thing. The fact that right now they’re on their lunch break is immaterial to the point in question.
[IsraelTimes] A US intelligence assessment says Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
is not pursuing nuclear weapons at the moment, but has ramped up activities that could help it develop them.
For years they’ve been parading the missiles that will carry their nukes in their annual weapons parade, so those can be assumed to need no further development.
The assessment from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says Iran has moved to increase its capacity to produce an atomic bomb since 2020, but has stopped short of that so far.
They have? Then why do they keep buying more centrifuges, centrifuges that are more efficient and therefore capable of more quickly refining uranium in ever larger quantities?
The findings correspond with previous US assessments about Iran’s nuclear program, although many in Congress and elsewhere have been skeptical of those.
I do believe Rantburg counts as elsewhere...
"Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities that would be necessary to produce a testable nuclear device," according to the two-page unclassified synopsis of the report.
Have your spies checked out what’s going on in those other sites in the Netanyahu report, or does this just refer to the sites Iran has admitted to and allowed the IAEA to inspect?
However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
Iran is also pursuing "research and development activities that would bring it closer to producing the fissile material needed for completing a nuclear device following a decision to do so," the report says.
Marvelously responsive to the unspoken desires of their master. One can only admire the thoroughness.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  I apologize if this is unfairly or overly critical, but I’m afraid it’s one of my hot buttons.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/11/2023 1:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Meanwhile, AI [which could spider the web and scrub indicative content] remains in Schumer's hands.

Wonder what happened to Kamala, the AI Czar?

Congress pushes aggressive use of AI in the federal government, says AI 'under-utilized' in agencies
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/11/2023 3:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Same 'intelligence assessment' people who said the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/11/2023 8:23 Comments || Top||

#4  same Intelligence Community that missed the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Soviet Union, the futility of the Viet and Afghan conflicts, missed the Boston Bombers, ignored the 9/11 threat tippers, lost operational control of MAJ Nadal Hasan, and still retain classified documents related to a 1963 presidential assassination
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/11/2023 9:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Riiiiiiight.

And I have some seafront property in Montana to sell ya.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/11/2023 9:45 Comments || Top||

#6  Disinformation and deception are the lock and stock of these people. I you do not question their tenacity at every turn, you are simply not paying attention.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/11/2023 9:50 Comments || Top||

#7  You need this predicate, however dishonest it actually is, to clear the way for the release of impounded funds and sanctions relief. Since they no longer care about actually being believed, just have to go through the motions, you create this fiction so the Puppet Show can give the Mullahs all the money. ValJar, Samantha, and the rest see the end of the Puppet nearing and however risible, need to get all that they can. Across the spectrum, the niagra falls of funding friends is underway.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/11/2023 11:12 Comments || Top||

#8  Would this be the same intelligence community that missed Pearl Harbor and the 9/11/2001 attacks?
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 07/11/2023 13:25 Comments || Top||

#9  This assessment is useful as a litmus test to detect stupidity. Assume anyone who references this report as authoritative to be beyond mouth breather dumb.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/11/2023 15:10 Comments || Top||



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5Sublime Porte
4Commies
3Govt of Iran
3Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
3al-Shabaab (AQ)
2Hamas
2Antifa/BLM
2Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
2Govt of Pakistain Proxies
2Govt of Syria
1Islamic State
1Govt of Iraq
1Narcos
1Ottoman Proxies
1Pak Taliban (TTP)
1Palestinian Authority
1Govt of Iran Proxies
1Devout Moslems
1Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2023-07-11
  Spain possibly locates missing boat carrying 200 migrants, sends help
Mon 2023-07-10
  American drone strike kills ISIS leader: US Central Command
Sun 2023-07-09
   Gunmen Attack Benue State Communities, Kill 24 Residents, Burn Several Houses
Sat 2023-07-08
  Drone attack kills former ISIS leader, wounds civilian in Aleppo
Fri 2023-07-07
  Germany arrests 7 suspected members of Islamist terror group
Thu 2023-07-06
  Bat-wielding kids attack San Francisco moms, nannies outside school in wealthy neighborhood
Wed 2023-07-05
  Gunman arrested for Philadelphia mass shooting which left 5 dead is BLM activist who wore women's clothes: sources
Tue 2023-07-04
  Reprise: There aren't any Islamic pom-pom girls...
Mon 2023-07-03
  Rioters in France ram burning car into mayor's home
Sun 2023-07-02
  Boko Haram Kills Six Persons, Injures Others After Shooting Mortar Bomb Into Borno Community
Sat 2023-07-01
  Security forces gun down six terrorists in Tank, N Waziristan
Fri 2023-06-30
  Gunmen kidnap 16 police officers in Mexico
Thu 2023-06-29
  U.S. Supreme Court strikes down university race-conscious admissions policies
Wed 2023-06-28
  Sudanese Army Destroys RSF Camp on Libyan Border
Tue 2023-06-27
  Ma'rib Tribes threaten to violently expel Islah from province


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