[SUDANTRIBUNE] The German Foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock has urged South Sudanese leaders to renounce the violence in the electoral process.
She was speaking after meeting President Salva Kiir whose predecessor died under mysterious circumstances when his plane exploded...
and First Vice President Riek Machar Who's been in near continuous rebellion against Kiir and his forces...
in Juba on Friday as part of a tour that saw her visit Kenya and Djibouti.
The official stressed the need for free, fair and peaceful elections in the country.
She emphasized the need for progress in the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement, greater transparency in the management of public finances, increased investment in basic services by the transitional government and the facilitation of safe and unhindered humanitarian access in South Sudan. And ponies for everyone!
While opening a new United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) women’s friendly space at Gorom refugee settlement on Friday, Baerbock has condemned the widespread sexual and gender-based violence women affected by war face.
“Sexual violence and rape are systematically used as a weapon of war. The women I just spoke to suffered the worst – they had to watch their daughters being raped in front of their eyes, they lost their children while fleeing. And then they arrived here in South Sudan and urgently need humanitarian support, water, food, but, above all, what everyone says above all, medical care,” she stressed.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Karim Khan, has called on the UN Security Council to take immediate action to halt the escalating violence and impunity in Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... , warning that the country is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Addressing the Security Council from Chad where he visited Sudanese refugees on Monday, Khan presented compelling evidence to support his assertion that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
"We are fast approaching a critical juncture," Khan emphasized, "where the violence and impunity in Sudan could spiral out of control, jeopardizing the lives of millions."
He urged all parties involved in the conflict to adhere strictly to international humanitarian law, emphasizing that "compliance cannot be treated as a ritualistic incantation."
Khan also underscored the detrimental impact of the international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the ICC, stating that this inaction has fostered a climate of impunity that has emboldened the perpetrators of atrocities in Sudan.
"The failure to address the nettle of impunity in Darfur has allowed the garden of Sudan to become infested with weeds," he declared.
To address this pressing issue, Khan called on the Security Council to adopt a new approach to the conflict in Darfur, one that goes beyond traditional judicial measures.
"Judicial orders and court judgments alone cannot solve the problem," he asserted. "We need innovative solutions that address the underlying causes of the violence and build a lasting peace in Sudan."
The prosecutor criticized the government for its lack of cooperation with the ICC. Despite the government’s efforts to establish a focal point for the Court and issue single-entry visas, it has not responded to 35 requests for assistance, he said.
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What the philosophers call natural consequences. The Gazans elected Hamas to run their government, and then their elected government started a war with Israel that the vast majority of Gazans were absolutely delighted with, as of a few weeks ago. Under the circumstances, it’s awfully hard to feel sorry for them.
Or to put in terms you might understand, Woozle Glamp3497: if you sucker punch someone and break their nose, you oughtn’t be surprised when they curb stomp you in response.
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Rules of War? Something made up by white colonial patriarchal oppressors in the late 19th early 20th Century? Looks like the 'rules' have reverted back to that before their interference.
#7
Wow, is someone actually trying to provide a justification for crimes against humanity? So you're saying crimes against humanity are justifiable? They're not. That's why they're crimes against humanity.
The Armenian Genocide was the first incident to ever be called a crime against all of humanity.
Further refined in the Nuremberg trials and Tokyo Trials.
Not good company to be in. Yikes.
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Israeli special forces disguised as doctors, nurses, cripples & patients stormed the Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin (the West Bank) last night and liquidated Muhammad Jalamneh, a top commander of Hamas in the West Bank
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[REGNUM] The withdrawal of three countries of the Alliance of Sahel States - Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso - from the largest interregional association ECOWAS can be called an expected event. But its consequences for the Dark Continent could be fateful.
The communiqué issued on Sunday following a meeting of the leaders of the three Sahel states makes serious accusations against the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): “ Under the influence of foreign powers, having betrayed its founding principles, the association has become a threat to its member states and its population "
The French colonial power still stands behind ECOWAS, this was also stated in the joint press release of the Alliance of Sahel States.
To date, there has been no response from ECOWAS. Meanwhile, this is a hard blow for the unification. There is no noticeable public reaction from the French media and officials. They are forced to accept this as a fait accompli, but are unlikely to leave it unanswered.
The whole question is what strategies to counter the further growth of Russian influence and the ambitions of local elites for real sovereignty will now be opposed by our main geopolitical opponents in the region - France and the United States. And this is where the fun begins.
MALI STARTS AND WINS
The situation itself is unique. The Republic of Mali, the only one that truly embarked on a real rebellion and national revolution back in 2020, has grown from a regional threat purely for France into a real alternative and counterbalance both for Francefrique and for the entire system of hegemony of Western powers and companies on the Dark Continent.
France simply overslept the mood within society and, more importantly, among the military of Mali. The coup, which initially no one attached any importance to and which came as a surprise to everyone, grew into something more and caused a chain reaction in the region.
The neighbors realized that “this is possible.”
In May 2021, Colonel Assimi Goita, who can be considered the key personality and inspirer of all changes in the subregion, took full power in the country.
Already in October 2022, captain Ibrahim Traore, who was personally acquainted with him, came to power in neighboring Burkina Faso. And in July 2023, as we all remember, during the Russia-Africa Summit, the military took power in Niger.
This is how the informal “union of three” is born. Already in September, the leaders of the three states announced the creation of the “Alliance of Sahel States”, and in December the possibility of creating a confederation based on a purely military association was discussed.
Such an avalanche-like development of events became possible due to disagreements within the Western coalitions.
And here we cannot do without a detailed description of everything that happened in Niger, because since the events in July last year in Niamey, a process of rapid and already striking divergence between the United States and France begins, and in this story there is so far one clear loser - Paris.
As for the beneficiaries, everything is murkier, although formally there is every reason to include Russia among them.
However, if we switch attention from geopolitical games, contradictions and confrontations between major world powers to the potential opportunities for the African elites and states themselves, one thing can be said: the Sahel countries have a unique chance.
A historic chance to begin building a truly sovereign statehood.
OBSTINATE FRANCE
The events in Niamey became a catalyst for processes that had long been brewing within the Western coalition, including within the NATO bloc in the African direction.
If in March 2011, on the eve of the military intervention in Libya, the Western coalition had no doubts about its feasibility, now the situation is the opposite. That is why Niamey survived, and almost immediately the “Sahel State Alliance” happened, because where one or two fail, three already gain stability and turn into a real alternative.
Blame it all on “obstinate France”.
It was Paris, which in many ways played the role of instigator in the events of the spring of 2011, that laid claim to the Libyan heritage and largely received it after the brutal execution of Muammar Gaddafi.
The French hoped to permanently take advantage of the capabilities of their stronger and richer allies (USA, UK, etc.) and at the same time make decisions in the subregions of West and Central Africa exclusively independently. “The old fashioned way,” as General Charles de Gaulle and diplomat Jacques Foccart bequeathed.
Of course, this irritated the Americans, who claimed to implement their own strategy in the region, at least in the security sphere, but for the time being gave the formal palm to the French, trusting their experience and competence.
Yes, there were moments of mutual claims, leaks and obvious competition in individual locations, but in all main areas positions were agreed upon, and most often in favor of official Paris.
Everything changed in the short period after the coup in Niger.
The French reacted to it with public hysteria from Emmanuel Macron himself and his foreign policy department, and continued with a series of ultimatums on behalf of ECOWAS regarding the new authorities of Niger.
A military solution to the problem has been publicly voiced several times, including following meetings of the heads of the general staffs of the armies of ECOWAS members.
However, the situation caused such public outrage, primarily within the countries allies of France, that it threatened the position of the rulers themselves who were in power there. First of all, we are talking about the leader of Côte d'Ivoire Alassane Ouattara and the leader of Senegal Macky Sall.
The French clearly overestimated themselves and thus completely “lost face” in the region.
THE PRICE OF SOVEREIGNTY
The military authorities of Niger showed amazing firmness and restraint, including significantly shaking the position of the coalition that was forming against them, including, in addition to the initiative to create the “Alliance of Sahel States”, finding a common language with Chad, and with Nigeria, and with Benin.
Yes, there was a tactical moment in the first week after the coup when the Nigerian leader Bola Tinubu, as one can now certainly assume, was at the instigation of the US administration, within the framework of his capabilities and powers as the head of ECOWAS, insisted on a military scenario for solving problems with the new authorities.
There is a logical explanation for this tactic. The bet was placed on the internal conflict between the putschists and the Niger Armed Forces. The fact is that the entire officer corps of the Niger army was trained in the States, and the Americans counted on the loyalty of some of the military.
It is not for nothing that Victoria Nuland, who arrived in Niamey in August, unlike representatives of France and the ECOWAS delegation, was received by the new military authorities, namely Brigadier General of the Niger Army Moussa Barmu, who at one time was educated at the US National Defense University (Washington).
However, the Americans' hopes were not destined to come true. It turned out the other way around.
The ultimatums regarding Niamey provided an opportunity for the new authorities to mobilize society and elites as never before and prepare for a possible military intervention by ECOWAS.
The example of General Barmu is very indicative. The American press wrote about him: “One of the United States’ favorite generals is leading a coup in Niger.” When it came to the fact that Niger could lose military, food and humanitarian aid from the United States if it refuses to fulfill the conditions for returning power to the previous government, he responded to The Wall Street Journal: “If this is the price of our sovereignty, so be it.” "
WASHINGTON'S EPIPHANY
The Americans “suddenly” realized with all obviousness that objective hatred of the French in Africa and its consequences in the form of a series of military coups and political coups significantly outweighed all sorts of advantages from working with such an ally.
Such an “ally” threatens the success and very expediency of the presence of the West as such on the Dark Continent and at the same time opens a wide window of opportunity both for competitors (Arabs, Indians) and for direct geopolitical opponents (Chinese, Russians, Iranians).
Even though the US has spent over $500 million on arming and equipping the Niger Armed Forces; built the largest military base in the region, in the north of Niger (Agadez), specializing in UAVs; in fact, they brought their faithful ally Mohamed Bazoum to power in the country - nevertheless, the Americans decided to wisely enter into a dialogue with the new military authorities.
If the French insist on an uncompromising line and “suffocation” of military democracies through sanctions and blocking borders, then the Americans are ready to conduct a dialogue with the new authorities.
Take, for example, the last ECOWAS summit held in December last year.
Although the Pentagon, led by Lloyd Austin, has threatened to dismantle its military base unless an agreement is reached with the junta on a precise timetable for the transfer of power to civilians, the State Department acknowledged the coup last October and maintained diplomatic relations with Niamey.
The new US Ambassador, Kathleen Fitzgibbon, took office on December 2 and presented her credentials to General Abdurahaman Ciani. Washington's only measure against the new Niger authorities was a freeze on financial cooperation.
NEW AMERICAN STRATEGY
Using the situation with Niger as an example, the Americans drew final conclusions.
They refused to support France and, moreover, decided that the collapse of pro-French regimes in Africa would open up more operational space for them on the continent.
Not only is the Anglo-Saxon media actively using anti-colonial rhetoric directed against Paris, but recently Americans have directly or indirectly been behind a number of obvious anti-French protests in Africa.
In particular, the coup in Gabon that happened in August last year can partly be considered as a soft version of a change in the orientation of the country's political authorities within one clan - from Paris to Washington.
What follows is even more interesting.
The Americans drew conclusions and completely updated their own strategy, at least in the West African subregion, as they publicly stated from the pages of The Wall Street Journal: “ We have no choice but to retreat and operate from the coastal West African states.”
The point is that the United States stopped all military programs with Niger, and reduced its military contingent at the base in Agadez to a minimum number. Formally, thus recognizing equally the failure of the previous approach (the bet on an alliance with France, where Paris played the first fiddle), and its own withdrawal from the Sahel region.
The United States decided that it would be more effective to place military bases in coastal countries - thus blocking the growth of influence of Russia and other competitors in the region. No logistics, no influence. No access to the sea, no logistics.
Burkina Faso and Mali, as well as their armed forces, were never initially considered capable of successfully countering jihadists by American experts. But the US’s bet on Niger’s army special forces did not pay off; there was a coup there and a pro-Russian course for the new military government was outlined. Which clearly “disappointed” the Americans and forced them to change their strategy.
The new strategy is military cooperation and the placement of bases in several coastal countries of West Africa. New potential allies (and military bases as a result) in the region include Benin, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.
This time no one will ask the French for their opinion.
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[IsraelTimes] Male-only visitors pay to go onboard Galaxy Leader, traveling from across the country to marvel at ’Israeli ship’ anchored off Hodeida coast.
[IsraelTimes] Amid uproar from politicians and Jewish community, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht says series of lectures scheduled to begin next month as planned
A coward dies a thousand deaths...
A university in the Netherlands recently canceled a planned series of lectures about the Holocaust, reportedly amid pressure by a pro-Paleostinian lobby group, but reinstated the course after uproar from politicians and the Jewish community.
In an about-face, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht will run the series of eight lectures as planned beginning on February 7, the local De Telegraff outlet reported Monday.
[IsraelTimes] Group says it carried out attack on ’gathering of Christian unbelievers during their polytheistic ceremony’; two button men arrested
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.... group grabbed credit for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during a Sunday Mass that killed one person, in a statement issued late Sunday.
The 72 year old Christian Turkish woman, as she was described previously.
The turban group said that it "attacked a gathering of Christian unbelievers during their polytheistic ceremony" inside the Santa Maria Church in the Buyukdere neighborhood in Istanbul on Sunday.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... ’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said shortly before midnight that two men he described as members of the Islamic State turban movement had been arrested for the attack. One of the suspects is from Tajikistan, and the other from Russia.
The statement claiming responsibility was published on Aamaq, the media arm of the murderous Moslem group, along with photos of two masked men holding guns whom it identified as the attackers.
It described the attack as killing one person and wounding another, while Ottoman Turkish authorities said no one was injured besides the person killed.
Yerlikaya said police had raided 30 locations and detained a total of 47 people as part of the investigation into the attack.
"We will never tolerate those who try to disrupt the peace of our country — terrorists, their collaborators, both national and international criminal groups, and those who aim at our unity and solidarity," Yerlikaya said.
On January 3 this year, 25 suspected Islamic State members were arrested across Turkey, accused of plotting attacks on churches and synagogues, according to state-run Anadolu Agency.
Probably somehow connected to the current attack, or the tail supporting two separate planned attacks.
Islamic State has not previously targeted places of worship in Turkey, but the group has carried out a string of deadly attacks in the country, including a shooting at an Istanbul nightclub in 2017 that killed 39 people, and a 2015 bombing attack in Ankara that killed 109.
[PJMedia] "Rank-and file BP agents are not going to start arresting TX NG members for following their LAWFUL orders. That's fake news," the Border Patrol union said in a statement posted to X/Twitter. "TX NG and rank-and-file BP agents work together and respect each other's jobs. Period. If TX NG members have LAWFUL orders, then they have to carry out those orders.TX NG members realize that rank-and-file BP agents have their orders as well. Lawful orders, no matter how unpopular or distasteful amongst rank-and-file agents, must be followed. Unlawful orders (as determined by competent legal counsel and not what some outhouse lawyer behind a keyboard says) will not be followed."
The statement continues, "Rank-and-file BP agents appreciate and respect what TX has been doing to defend their state in the midst of this catastrophe that the Biden Admin has unleashed on America. We want to be perfectly clear, there is no fight between rank-and-file BP agents and the TX NG, Gov. Abott, or TX DPS. It may make flashy headlines, but it simply isn't true."
[IsraelTimes] Treasury Department says network directed by Iran’s intelligence ministry, slaps sanctions on 11 connected individuals, including a narcotics trafficker it says is the leader
The United States and Britannia on Monday imposed sanctions on a network of people who targeted Iranian dissidents and opposition activists for liquidation at Iran’s direction, the US Treasury Department said.
The US Treasury in a statement accused the network of being directed by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and put sanctions on 11 people connected to it, including Iranian narcotics trafficker Naji Ibrahim Sharifi-Zindashti, who it said is the leader.
The Treasury said Zindashti’s network had carried out liquidations and kidnappings across a number of jurisdictions, aiming to silence Tehran’s perceived critics.
"The Iranian regime’s continued efforts to target dissidents and activists demonstrate the regime’s deep insecurity and attempt to expand Iran’s domestic repression internationally," said Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson.
The Treasury action freezes any US assets of those targeted and generally bars Americans from dealing with them.
In announcing the targets for the sanctions, the Treasury Department said that in 2021, the network recruited Canadian national and British Columbia-based Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Group member Damion Patrick John Ryan to assassinate individuals in the United States who fled Iran.
Ryan also recruited Canadian national and Hells Angels affiliate Adam Richard Pearson to carry out the murders, the Treasury said. Both are presently incarcerated Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! abroad on unrelated criminal matters.
Zindashti, Pearson, and Ryan were charged with conspiracy to use interstate commerce in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot, the Department of Justice said in a statement on Monday. It said the three conspired with each other in a plot to murder two residents of Maryland who had fled to the US after one of them defected from Iran.
Also targeted were people involved in the liquidation of Iranian cybersecurity official turned critic Mas’ud Vardanjani and British-Iranian dissident Saeed Karimian, Washington said.
Britannia imposed sanctions on Iranian officials it said were involved in threats to kill journalists on British soil, and others it said were part of international criminal gangs linked to Iran.
The sanctions targeted seven individuals and one organization, Britannia’s Foreign Office said.
The sanctioned Iranian officials are members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Unit 840, which an ITV investigation in Britannia said was involved in plots to assassinate two television presenters from news channel 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... International in Britannia.
[IsraelTimes] GOP lawmakers say US president has left Middle East troops defenseless, while Democrats urge caution and warn an attack on Islamic Republic would further inflame Israel-Hamas war
Given how many Iranian and Islamic Terrorist have likely snuck across the Biden Regime's Open Borders into the USA. Are pre-deployed in US Metro's already. Plus add to that $34T national debt and the DOD way behind on recruitment and troop strength.
Is attacking IRAN directly, which is allied with North Korea and handful of other a wise idea.
#5
We've been at war since the embassy take over. Given that the Carter administration had sat over the years while the military was gutted by the Donks running Congress, he had limited options other than his non-response.
#9
war with Iran benefits nobody but Israel, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, state security in nearly every European state from their agents, our security at home from their agents,...
#11
Past administrations have built a large coalition of supporting Western countries against the akbar's. But this time around nobody trusts Biden's war time leadership.
Real, imaginary, or hypersensitivity in a fraught time? Based on the samples given, half the complaints are not justified as bigotry.
If you start with the assumption people don't like you, they probably won't. Double the chances if you start out despising them.
[IsraelTimes] The Council on American-Islamic Relations ... the Moslem Brüderbund's American arm ... says it received 3,578 complaints during the last three months of 2023, which also saw sharp rise in antisemitism
Complaints of anti-Moslem and anti-Paleostinian discrimination and hate in the US rose by about 180 percent in the three months after Hamas ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... ’s October 7 terror onslaught in southern Israel and the subsequent war in 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 Hamas with 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... , an advocacy group said on Monday.
Rights advocates have noted a rise in Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... and anti-Paleostinian bias in the US and elsewhere since the eruption of war between Israel and Hamas, which in turn sparked wider regional tensions.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it has received 3,578 complaints during the last three months of 2023, amid what it called "an ongoing wave of anti-Moslem and anti-Paleostinian hate."
The figure is a 178% rise from complaints in the same period from a year earlier.
Complaints of employment discrimination led the list with 662 instances;
...how many are withheld or retracted job offers to students who marched for Hamas after news of the 10/7 came out? Quite a few American employers do not want employees who publicly support torture, kidnapping, and mass rape...
hate crimes and hate incidents were reported 472 times; and education discrimination 448 times, the organization said.
Of particular concern was a November shooting in Vermont where three students of Paleostinian descent, Hisham AwartaniKinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, were shot during Thanksgiving break. The three students, childhood friends who graduated from a private Quaker school in the West Bank before moving to the US to study, were visiting Awartani’s relatives in Burlington when they were shot in an unprovoked attack, Awartani’s family said. One of the bullets fired in the attack was lodged in Awartani’s spine, paralyzing him from the waist down.
That one was not Islamophobia. James J. Eaton, local Burlington, Vermont crazy man who loves Joe Biden and Hamas, stumbled out of his house and shot at the three men walking past his house. After which all the usual suspects blamed it on Israel defending itself from Hamas after 10/7.
Another incident that raised alarm was the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Paleostinian American child in Illinois in October. Joseph Czuba, 71, was charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadea al-Fayoume and the wounding of his mother, Hanaan Shahin on October 14, and US authorities have said they were targeted because of their Moslem faith and as a response to the Israel-Hamas war.
This one is strange. Mr. Czuba was divorcée Ms Shahin’s landlord, and in the habit of bringing the young lad toys. But after 10/7 he became afraid to have a Palestinian tenant, and then something happened. The estranged father then sued to get lotsa money out of what he presumed was a rich American, with no hint that any of it would be shared afterward with the dead child’s mother...
Earlier this month, the Anti-Defamation League said that in the three months after October 7, US antisemitic incidents rose by 360% compared to the prior year.
The US government recently issued security guidance for faith-based communities amid heightened antisemitism and Islamophobia since October 7, when thousands of Hamas-led turbans poured into Israel, slaughtering some 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages, of whom 132 remain captive in Gaza, not all of them alive.
In response to the deadly assault, Israel vowed to eliminate Hamas from the Gaza Strip, which the terror group has ruled since 2007. An aerial campaign and subsequent ground operation has laid waste to much of the Paleostinian enclave, and the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... has estimated that around 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have been displaced.
According to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, more than 26,000 people have been killed, though these figures cannot be independently verified, and are believed to include both civilians and Hamas members killed in Gaza, including as a consequence of terror groups’ own rocket misfires.
The IDF says it has killed over 9,000 operatives in Gaza, in addition to some 1,000 turbans inside Israel on October 7.
The US Justice Department is monitoring rising threats against Jews and Moslems amid the conflict, and President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing... has condemned both antisemitism and Islamophobia.
[IsraelTimes] Over a dozen students are alleging that Harvard University failed to protect them from harassment and threats "based solely" on their pro-Paleostinian identity, the group representing them said.
The Moslem Legal Fund of America says its legal division filed a civil rights complaint on Monday with the US Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights on behalf of those students. The complaint urged a probe into Harvard.
Rights advocates have noted a rise in Islamophobia, anti-Paleostinian bias and antisemitism in the US since the eruption of war in the Middle East.
Among anti-Paleostinian incidents that raised alarm were a November shooting in Vermont of three students of Paleostinian descent and the fatal stabbing of a six-year-old Paleostinian American child in Illinois in October.
The Harvard students alleged "harassment, intimidation, threats and more based solely on them being Paleostinian, Arab, Moslem, and supporters of Paleostinian rights," the group said. It added the students also underwent racist attacks, doxxing, stalking, and assault, including for wearing keffiyehs, or Paleostinian scarves.
A Harvard spokesperson said the university had no comment on the complaint on Monday, but added that Harvard had resources in place to support students including a task force announced on Friday to combat Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias.
Harvard and other US colleges have simmered with tension over responses to the October 7 shock Hamas attack on Israel, and Israel’s subsequent offensive in Gazoo.
Earlier this month, Claudine Gay resigned as president of Harvard following backlash over her congressional testimony on antisemitism and allegations of plagiarism.
During a Congressional hearing, she and two other university presidents declined to give a definitive "yes" or "no" answer to a question on whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate their schools’ codes of conduct regarding bullying and harassment, saying it would have to be balanced against free-speech protections.
Some students alleged that Harvard had threatened "to limit or retract the students’ future academic opportunities," the Moslem Legal Fund of America said on Monday.
[GEO.TV] Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir and the Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian stressed collaborative efforts, better coordination and intelligence sharing to fight the common threat of terrorism.
The Iranian top diplomat called on the army chief at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday said. Realising the historical, religious and cultural ties that bind Pakistain and Iran, both sides emphasised strengthening bilateral ties and fostering greater understanding of each other’s concerns.
Recent tensions between the two countries rose after the missile strikes, with Pakistain recalling its ambassador to Tehran and not allowing his counterpart to return to Islamabad, as well as cancelling all high-level diplomatic and trade engagements.
But efforts were swiftly made to lower the temperature, with the envoys asked to return to their posts and Abdollahian invited for talks.
General Asim underscored the centrality of respecting the other state’s illusory illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity, calling it sacrosanct, inviolable and the most important cardinal of state-to-state relationship.
The two sides observed that terrorism was a common threat that needed to be tackled through collaborative efforts, better coordination and intelligence sharing, the statement read.
COAS Munir also emphasised the need for sustained engagement and utilising available communication channels to address security concerns.
Both sides have agreed to operationalise the mechanism of deployment of military liaison officers in each other’s country at an early date to improve coordination and efficiency of response against common threats.
"Both sides reaffirmed the resolve to remain closely engaged and not allow any spoilers to drive a wedge between the brotherly nations. Pakistain and 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... are fraternal neighbours and the destiny of both nations are intertwined," said the military’s media wing.
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"...Both sides have agreed to operationalise the mechanism of deployment of military liaison officers in each other’s country at an early date to improve coordination and efficiency of response against common threats..."
A common love of management gobblygook.
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Good luck with that, guys. Personally, I do not believe the PA is any more capable of real reform than Hamas is capable of sustaining a real peace with Israel. Nor with the PA either, if it comes to that.
[IsraelTimes] At unpublicized meeting in Riyadh earlier this month, Saudi national security adviser said to tell PA, Egypt, Jordan that Gulf kingdom still interested in normalization with Israel
Top national security officials from Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Jordan, Egypt and the Paleostinian Authority met in Riyadh earlier this month to advance efforts aimed at reforming the PA so that it can return to governing Gazoo
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Solution is simple.
Relocate the former Palestinian Bedouin's to their historical and home land Roots area (Iran/Syria and Jordon). Let them dig tunnels there.
#2
NN2N1, I've served with Bedouin trackers in IDF. I've had a Bedouin neighboor when I was married. You call any of them "Palestinian" to their face (including the neighboor who was/is [haven't seen him in a few years] a banker), they'd kill you (not joking).
#6
I see absolutely no future for Hamas they need to go ahead and cut away from that bad parachute right that they are on and figure out a different type of Palestinian authority than this
The whole idea behind discontinuing the contributions was to stop the continuity of UNRWA, right?...
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.@antonioguterres strongly appeals to the governments that have suspended their contributions to, at least, guarantee the continuity of @UNRWA operations. Two million civilians in #Gaza depend on critical aid from UNRWA. pic.twitter.com/VKqnlP4a2Y
#5
Just thinking out loud here: The Paleos cannot stay where they are and those UNRWA grifters are annoying. What if we relocated them both to sunny Chad Bahar? That way, the innocent Paleo civilians are no longer menaced by the Zionist Entity, and UNRWA can administer to their clients directly. It is a win-win for Civilization. Plus, I know a guy who knows a real estate agent in CB.
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As long as The Cabal™ is in charge in Washington DC, operating in a perpetual war environment should be part of any good business plan.
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I noticed that Nvidia, one of the Nasdeq all stars donated multiple millions to an Israel charity. They have a research and design office in Israel.
WIX, with an HQ in Tel Aviv reported that they have been able to develop work arounds to deal with the employees who were called up.
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[WSJ via Hot Air] The Wall Street Journal is reporting on an intelligence report that shows the links between United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and Hamas in Gaza are more complicated than was first reported.
Readers here at Hot Air know that we’ve been on this topic. UNRWA fired some employees when it was uncovered that they participated in the horrific massacres of Jews, Americans, and others on October 7, 2023 in Israel. Joe Biden temporarily came to his senses and cut U.S. funding to UNRWA. The U.N. agency did the bare basics in response to the connections exposed between UNRWA and Hamas by firing a few employees. Now the agency is calling for funding to be restored.
Donald Trump stopped the funding of UNRWA during his term in office. Joe Biden started the funding back again when he came into the White House. It’s a good reminder that Joe Biden has been wrong about foreign policy decisions for the duration of his decades in office. He is particularly agreeable to funding Iran. Hamas is an Iranian proxy. Hamas controls Gaza. UNRWA employees are more embedded into working with Hamas than was reported.
Twelve employees of UNRWA had connections to the October 7 massacres. Intelligence reports find that about 10% of all its Gaza staff have ties to Islamist militant groups. The Wall Street Journal has reviewed the intelligence reports.
Six United Nations Relief and Works Agency workers were part of the wave of Palestinian militants who killed 1,200 people in the deadliest assault on Jews since the Holocaust, according to the intelligence dossier. Two helped kidnap Israelis. Two others were tracked to sites where scores of Israeli civilians were shot and killed. Others coordinated logistics for the assault, including procuring weapons.
Of the 12 Unrwa employees with links to the attacks, seven were primary or secondary school teachers, including two math teachers, two Arabic language teachers and one primary school teacher.
The intelligence reports hold sensitive information gathered from cellphone tracking data, interrogations of captured Hamas fighters, and documents recovered from dead fighters. The information was delivered in a briefing given by Israel to U.S. officials. This briefing led to the end of funding aid to UNRWA.
Originally the conclusion could be made that just a few employees were bad and working for the wrong side. Just12 employees were fired. However, the problem is much broader. The problem is the institution as a whole. It’s a haven for Hamas’ extreme ideology. About 1,200 of UNRWA’s 12,000 employees in Gaza have links to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. About half have close relatives who belong to Islamist militant groups.
The intelligence report finds UNRWA employees were considered to be operatives for terrorist groups. They actively took part in the military and political framework. About 23% of UNRWA’s male employees had ties to Hamas. That is a higher percentage than the 15% of adult males in Gaza. This means that there is higher politicization in UNRWA than in the population at large. About 40% of UNRWA employees have close relatives who also have official ties to Hamas and other militant groups.
#1
They feed Hamas. They throw soup on Mana Lisa. They import millions of tribal mentality third worders into the West. They encourage college students to become Red Guards. If they wanted to wipe out Civilization, what would they do differently?
[IsraelTimes] Hamas on Monday evening appeared to reject a new framework for a hostage deal that had been agreed to by Israel, saying it would not accept any agreement that did not include an end to the war and the withdrawal of all Israeli troops from Gaza.
The terror group issued a statement alongside a smaller terror group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, insisting Israel must halt its "aggression" and pull out of Gaza before any exchange deal takes place.
A senior Hamas official added that the terror group wants a "complete and comprehensive ceasefire" in Gaza.
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Taking hostages definitely improved Hamasses bargaining position, but the value of hostages tends to zero over time as their deaths become more and more likely.
Responding to this report on an Iran proxy attack on the Tower 22 base two days ago.
[Blaze] White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
...who for a presidential spokesperson has wonderful hair...
went viral on Monday for all of the wrong reasons.
Over the weekend, three American servicemen were killed and more than 40 others were injured in a drone attack. They were stationed at a U.S. outpost in northeast Jordan. The U.S. government said Iran-supported militants were responsible for the attack.
During an interview on MSNBC, Jean-Pierre spoke about the fallen soldiers — but appeared nearly unable to piece together a coherent statement.
What I will say, our deepest, uh, obviously, our deepest condolences go out and our heartfelt condolences go out to the families, uh, who lost, uh, three, three brave, uh, three brave, uh, three brave — three folks who are military folks who are brave, who are always fighting, who are fighting on behalf of this administration, of the American people, obviously, more so, more importantly.
Uh, we lost those souls as the president said yesterday when he was in South Carolina. Our hearts go out to their families and friends. And let's not forget: there are wounded, also wounded soldier, military forces as well, and our hearts go out to them, and so I want to make sure that we offer up those deep, uh, deep thoughtful condolences to them.
The interview drew sharp rebuke, not only for being a rambling mess, but because Jean-Pierre described fallen soldiers as "military folks" who fought for the Biden administration.
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[REGNUM] Three US Army personnel were killed in an overnight drone attack on a US army base in Jordan. 34 American soldiers are listed as wounded. The information has already been confirmed by the US Central Command (CENTCOM). The number of injured is expected to rise as doctors assess the victims.
This is the first attack on US military bases that has led to real casualties in the US Army in recent years.
The “tower” covered the “revolutionary commandos”
The target of the attack was a military base known as Tower 22, located just meters from the border between Jordan and Syria. According to the command, the base was attacked by a kamikaze drone launched from Syrian territory.
“About 350 US Army and Air Force personnel are stationed at the base, performing a number of key tasks, including supporting coalition forces for the final defeat of ISIS (the organization’s activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation),” CENTCOM said.
The Tower 22 base is adjacent to the largest refugee camp, Rukban, located in the city of At-Tanf on the Syrian side of the border. It forms a single complex together with the At-Tanf military base, located on the Syrian side of the border, and the largest Rukban refugee camp, Yuri Lyamin, an expert and author of a number of publications on the situation in the Middle East, told IA Regnum.
“The At-Tanf base and the de facto American occupation zone created around it blocks the shortest road from the central regions of Syria to Iraq. The Rukban refugee camp serves as one of the justifications for the occupation and also as a breeding ground for American-backed militants who help the United States control the area,” the expert noted.
Previously, a number of officials in the Syrian government, the Russian ministries of defense and foreign affairs have repeatedly stated that the Pentagon is using the base to train militants from the Maghavir al-Tawra group (Revolutionary Commando Army) and a number of others. The refugee camp has thus been turned by the US military into a shield to cover up its illegal activities in Syria.
The base also covers a strategically important area where the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet, blocking the possibility of direct communication between the countries.
WHO IS BEHIND THE ATTACK
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq movement, which had previously attacked a number of US Army targets in Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the Tower 22 attack. The movement unites several groups of Iraqi Shiites who previously participated in the fighting against ISIS - and is believed to have the support of fellow believer Iran.
The group's statement emphasized that the attack was a response to Washington's support for Israel's actions against the Gaza Strip.
US President Joe Biden said that responsibility for the attack lies with groups receiving support from Iran. And he promised to respond to the attack with the forces of the United States Army.
“We have no doubt that we will bring all those responsible to justice at a time and in a manner of our choosing,” Biden said.
Statements that the attack on the American base is an episode of a proxy war between Iran and the United States at the hands of Tehran-oriented groups look plausible. The so-called “Islamic Resistance of Iraq” is considered by many publications to be a “rebranding” of the pro-Iranian group “Hashd al-Shaabi” (“Popular Mobilization Forces”), which is an irregular formation of the Iraqi army. However, this group is less subordinate to Baghdad and much more oriented towards Iran.
This version is supported by footage published on the Internet showing weapons being used to attack American military bases. These include Paveh cruise missiles, Shahed-101 drones and other Iranian-made weapons. Presumably, it was the Shahed-101 drones that were used to attack Tower 22, since these drones are a more difficult aerodynamic target and, therefore, can bypass American air defenses.
Since October 2023, Iranian-backed groups have carried out at least 158 attacks on US and coalition forces in Iraq and Syria, CNN reports. A wide range of weapons are used to carry out strikes, including various types of drones and cruise missiles. As a rule, targets are intercepted by American air defenses, but in some cases attacks have resulted in damage to equipment, buildings and military infrastructure. The US Air Force in response carries out regular attacks on the bases of armed Shiite Muslim groups operating in Syria and Iraq.
Now, by attacking American military targets, local armed groups are trying to force Washington to put pressure on the Israeli authorities and demand that they stop the operation in the Gaza Strip. But, as mentioned above, this is the first incident in recent years in the “proxy war” in which American military personnel died.
HOW CAN THE US RESPOND?
According to American media, the attack on the US base in Jordan expands the conflict zone in the Middle East and puts the White House before a difficult choice. Washington will have to either enter into open confrontation with Iran, or begin to withdraw its forces from the Middle East, notes Bloomberg.
One scenario for a retaliatory strike could be the liquidation of Iranian military and political figures in a number of Middle Eastern countries, similar to the liquidation of General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Baghdad in January 2020.
It is also possible to launch a massive strike against Islamic Resistance targets in Iraq and Syria and eliminate individual leaders of the group. On Thursday, January 4, a US Air Force strike killed one of the Hashd al-Shaabi commanders, Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi. Also, the target of American strikes has already become the base of pro-Iranian forces in the area of the city of Al-Bukemal on the border of Syria and Iraq.
It seems that the United States is ready to escalate the conflict and expand the list of targets for the next attack.
Users of monitoring services that specialize in tracking air traffic recorded the takeoff of six US Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft at once, heading across the Atlantic Ocean towards the east. Previously, similar actions preceded massive air strikes by the US Air Force against targets in the Middle East.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham spoke out in support of a tough response against Iran.
“I urge the Biden administration to strike critical targets inside Iran not only as retaliation for the killing of our soldiers, but also as a deterrent to possible future aggression,” Graham said.
American media state that the White House can enlist the support of all political forces in the country to launch a large-scale retaliatory strike. Moreover, this is not the first time that American troops in the Middle East have become the target of an attack. However, the United States will try not to start a big war in the Middle East. At least for now, noted Yuri Lyamin.
“As for the US response, they are now clearly trying to calibrate it in such a way that, on the one hand, they show strength, and on the other hand, do not lead to a full-scale war with Iran and its allies,” the expert points out.
However, at the same time, the slow escalation that has continued since October leaves the parties with less and less room for maneuver. And the stronger the US response, the more powerful a response should be expected from their opponents.
At the same time, Washington cannot “give back” and show its weakness. Shiite Muslim paramilitaries shelling US Army bases are demanding the White House stop supporting the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip. However, taking such a step for the United States would mean a loss of its authority and position in the Middle East region.
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"It's all we can stands 'cause we can't stands no more. We shall respond at a time and place of our own choosing. As soon as we can figure out what the fook to do."
-- Joe Biden, Leader of the Free World
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There's a little old homeless gal in my neighborhood who could be Popeye's twin sister. Not even kidding. Scary resemblance. But what's really scary is that the poor timid creature, obviously mostly going through the motions at this point, is far more present and articulate than our President. And that, having verified she retains control of her take, I can slip her a few bucks with more confidence that they'll be spent wisely than if they'd gone to any level of government.
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And once again we see, comrades, that a certain mod, having appointed himself head fact-chucker in charge, intends to harass me every time I play fast and loose with the truth! NO, damm yer totalitarian eyes, no pipe! And no muscles, either. But other than that... [toot toot]
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#12
Go back and watch the first Top Gun, when the radar operator was trying to tell if there are one or two blimps on his screen. If you can park yourself close enough to another fuselage, radar sometimes blends them together till you are really close.
[GEO.TV] Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Monday hinted at the involvement of "third countries" behind rising terrorism in the border region between Pakistain and Iran.
"There is no doubt that the snuffies located in the common border regions and areas of 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... and Pakistain are led and supported by third countries," he said adding that the snuffies never favour any good actions in line with the benefits and interests of the Pak and Iranian governments and nations.
The Iranian FM's statement came during a joint presser with his counterpart, Pakistain's caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, during his Islamabad visit today.
The Pak FM informed the press of an agreement between both nations to cooperate to fight terrorism in their respective areas.
"We need to address and allay each other’s concerns with regard to terrorism and to station the liaison officers on which an agreement was already in place at the earliest date in our two countries. These officers will be deployed in Turbat ...The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is highly prized as a food fish. It is a valuable commercial species, acquired through aquaculture and trawling. Turbot are farmed in Bulgaria, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Chile, Norway, and China. Turbot has a bright white flesh that retains this appearance when cooked. Like all flatfish, turbot yields four fillets with meatier topside portions that may be baked, poached, steamed, or pan-fried. It has been called The King of the Sea because of its exquisite flavor.
Turbat is a city in Pakistain located in southern Balochistan. It has nothing to do with the fish. Its primary industry appears to be murder. Don't go there, not even to visit
To recap, if it tastes good it's turbot. If you're being shot at, stabbed, choked, strangled, flung off a tall building, or piked it's Turbat, so get the hell out of there if you're not already dead. ... and Zahedan," he revealed.
Addressing the presser, both ministers said that they respected each other's illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity and resolved to expand security cooperation, stepping up efforts to mend ties after tit-for-tat missile strikes this month.
The two ministers said that both countries held talks in the Pak capital days after their military tensions raised alarm about wider instability in the region.
Furthermore, the two sides also agreed on establishing a Joint Coordination Mechanism at the level of foreign ministers to oversee and steer progress on a common agenda of prosperity and development.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The German Foreign minister, 
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...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 
...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 
attack on Israel, and Israel’s subsequent offensive in 
[WSJ via Hot Air] The Wall Street Journal is reporting on an intelligence report that shows the links between 
[Blaze] White House press secretary 
...The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is highly prized as a food fish. It is a valuable commercial species, acquired through aquaculture and trawling. Turbot are farmed in Bulgaria, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Chile, Norway, and China. Turbot has a bright white flesh that retains this appearance when cooked. Like all flatfish, turbot yields four fillets with meatier topside portions that may be baked, poached, steamed, or pan-fried. It has been called 
