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Good Morning



Texas Bill Requiring Sheriffs to
Work with ICE Moves Closer to Governor's Desk
Monday 05/26/2025

fannie ward 7
-Lurid Crime Tales-
Jose Ibarra found guilty in the case in GA in the senseless killing of Laken Riley and will serve life
Africa Subsaharan
Hundreds return to deserted
Nigerian town after jihadist raid
Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian army says 16 Boko
Haram terrorists killed in Borno state
Africa Subsaharan
21 gang members killed in northern Nigeria operation
Africa Subsaharan
Troops Rescue 8 Captives in Kogi as Boko Haram Kills Herder, Rustles 200 Cattle in Borno - PRNigeria News
Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian Military Rescues 275 Hostages,
Clears More Boko Haram Enclaves -- THISDAYLIVE
US indicts American-German man for attempted
firebombing of US embassy's Tel Aviv branch


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Posted by: Fred || 05/26/2025 01:03 || Comments || Link || [188 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Pretty girl under all that stuff.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 05/26/2025 3:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Appropriate for this solemn day.

From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
- Henry V, Shakespeare
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/26/2025 7:02 Comments || Top||

#3  A story perfect for the day!
https://nypost.com/2025/05/25/opinion/death-before-dishonor-john-basilone-was-a-true-us-hero/
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/26/2025 13:00 Comments || Top||


#5  Beavis: From NBC:

A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who had been celebrating the city team’s Premier League championship on Monday and was arrested, police said.

There was no immediate word from authorities on how many people were injured. An air ambulance and other emergency vehicles swarmed the scene to respond to reports that multiple pedestrians had been hit.

Harry Rashid, who was at the parade with his wife and two young daughters, said the car began ramming people about 10 feet away from him.

“It was extremely fast," Rashid said. “Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of a car.”

Rashid said after the car rammed its initial victims, it came to a halt and the crowd charged the vehicle and began smashing windows.

“But then he put his foot down again and just plowed through the rest of them, he just kept going,” Rashid said. “It was horrible. And you could hear the bumps as he was going over the people.”

Rashid said it looked deliberate and he was in shock and disbelief.

“My daughter started screaming and there were people on the ground,” he said. “They were just innocent people, just fans going to enjoy the parade.”

Eyewitness Natasha Rinaldi told British broadcaster Sky News that “people sounded desperate” and that she saw the car had “run over people," NBC News reported. (Sky News is owned by Comcast, the parent company of NBC News.)

“Then people started rushing to go after the driver and they tried to break the car. The police did everything to block and to push people away,” she said. “We could just hear screams and screams. We were very confused.”

Posted by: trailing wife || 05/26/2025 16:07 Comments || Top||

#6  More from the Daily Mail, which quotes the same witness at length and has a blurry photo of the miscreant in his car:

Police have confirmed that the man detained is a '53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area'.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/26/2025 16:24 Comments || Top||

#7  I fear England is lost.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2025 16:28 Comments || Top||

#8  Thank heavens he's not a Muslim. Attacking him like those people did would be a hate crime and they would be locked up. /sarcasm
Posted by: Rambler || 05/26/2025 16:30 Comments || Top||

#9  53-year-old white British man

To paraphrase Ann Coulter, if they immediately identify the suspect, we know he's white.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/26/2025 18:26 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Jose Ibarra found guilty in the case in GA in the senseless killing of Laken Riley and will serve life
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]



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Posted by: Fred || 05/26/2025 2025-05-26 00:35 || Comments || Link || [147 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  ....You bet they're gonna martyr him. And every year we'll be reminded about how unfair it is that he's in prison.

Not so much about the beautiful soul this monster took from the world.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 05/26/2025 7:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Sentenced to life. Must he be fed as well ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2025 7:23 Comments || Top||

#3 
So he was a 22 y/o Venezuelan Gang member here illegally, to start with.
Then he kidnaps, rapes and beats to death a young girl.

An illegal gang member that the Liberals, Socialists and Democrats (LSD's) let in via their OPEN BORDERS agenda. The very Ven Gang Members that LSD's even fight to keep from being deported and demand they be allowed to stay here.

Now, because of some screwed up DA playing politics, this POS gets LIFE.

So, now, we the taxpayers; have to house, provide free medical care, cable tv, and he gets fed 3 squares and snacks or life? Costing GA Taxpayers about $4,500,000 over the duration, given his age.

QUESTION:
Where is the justice for society and the punishment example to deter future crimes?

SIDE NOTE:
But likely, given the frequent accidents that happen in GA prisons, it will be a short stay after his butt is worn out.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/26/2025 8:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Seems like he should be sentenced to a really short life!
Posted by: Oregon Dave || 05/26/2025 13:32 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ yep
Posted by: Gritch Throlumble3163 || 05/26/2025 18:38 Comments || Top||


DOJ: Houston-Based Cartel Drug Ring Used Taco Trucks To Distribute Drugs
A variant on the traditional fleet of ice cream trucks… Interesting that the cartel connection is not named, nor is the drug ring, only the actual name of Taco Man himself.
[Breitbart] Federal authorities arrested several members of a cartel-connected Houston-based drug ring that allegedly used taco trucks to store and distribute different kinds of drugs. The group reportedly moved large quantities of multiple drugs including heroin, meth, cocaine, mushrooms, pills and marijuana.

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the unsealing of a 29-count indictment against 15 members of a Houston-based drug ring accused of numerous drug trafficking and weapons charges. The group allegedly would move various quantities of drugs from South Texas to Houston and then distribute them, authorities claimed. Recently, authorities arrested most members of the group.

According to federal prosecutors, one of the group members, Marcos Rene Simaj Guch, went by the nickname Taco Man and ran food trucks for the organization that they would use to sell drugs out of.

“As alleged, this drug trafficking organization imported methamphetamine directly from Mexico and used the U.S. mail, a taco truck, and homes in different Houston neighborhoods to distribute and sell methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs,” said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, in a prepared statement.

As part of the raids to take down the group, authorities seized a large number of weapons, including handguns and rifles.

“The defendants are alleged to have engaged in a multi-drug narcotics distribution ring, and, as often seen in the drug trade, are also alleged to have used illegal firearms to facilitate their enterprise,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Nicholas J. Ganjei in a prepared statement. “Some of the charges indicate methamphetamine was alleged to have been sourced from Mexico, and thus this investigation highlights why this office’s enforcement efforts on the border are so critical.”
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Posted by: Skidmark || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [64 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  In Shameless, Season 4, Episode 6, [2007] Shane operates an ice cream truck which is actually a front for drug dealing activities.
This episode does not involve the main characters running an ice cream truck business, but rather uses the truck as a cover for illegal activities.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/26/2025 7:19 Comments || Top||


FBI Breaks Pakistani Migrant Smuggling Network in Texas
Good.
[Breitbart] The FBI arrested two Pakistani immigration lawyers in Texas, exposing a smuggling network that imported Pakistani migrants via several forms of white-collar fraud.

The FBI investigation and the arrest follow promises by President Donald Trump’s deputies to separate investigations into white-collar migration crime. The Justice Department reported:

Two Texas residents, Abdul Hadi Murshid, 39, and Muhammad Salman Nasir, 35, both originally from Pakistan, a law firm, and a business entity were charged by indictment with conspiracy to defraud the United States, visa fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) conspiracy, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Murshid and Nasir were also charged with unlawfully obtaining and attempting to obtain United States citizenship.

The defendants face up to 20 years in prison.

The federal government allows a shifting population of roughly 1.5 million migrants in white-collar jobs throughout the United States. The workers arrive via multiple white-collar visa programs, such as the H-1B work visa and the EB programs for green card applicants.

These programs create myriad incentives and opportunities for graft, scams, and fraud in the legal migration system. For decades, the government has done little to find or reduce the fraud, despite the massive damage to Americans’ white-collar professionals, per-capita productivity, and national innovation.

The programs also reduce the ability of American professionals to enforce legal, technical, and professional standards, despite the federal government’s insistence that Americans benefit from the standards, regulations, and laws set by the government.

The FBI has the opportunity to discover and penalize the two lawyers’ prior clients. They can also pressure those clients to provide evidence of additional fraud by other migrants.
Very good.
The DoJ reported:

The indictment alleges that the defendants exploited the EB-2, EB-3, and H-1B visa programs. Specifically, the defendants caused classified advertisements to be placed in a daily periodical for non-existent jobs. These advertisements were placed in order to satisfy a Department of Labor (“DOL”) requirement to offer the position to United States citizens before hiring foreign nationals. Once they received the fraudulently obtained certification for from the Department of Labor, the defendants filed a petition to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to obtain an immigrant visa for the visa seekers.

At the time the petitions were submitted, the defendants also submitted an application for legal permanent residence so that the visa seekers could also obtain a green card. According to the indictment, to make the non-existent jobs look legitimate, the defendants received payment from visa seekers, then returned a portion of the money back to the visa seekers as purported payroll.

The H-1B program is for white-collar migrants seeking to earn green cards. The EB-2 and EB-3 programs allow companies to provide foreign workers with the huge prize of green cards and citizenship.

Trump’s deputies are promising to crack down on the airport-migrant fraud, even as they work to deport border migrants.

“We have added the following priority areas for tips: procurement and federal program fraud; trade, tariff, and customs fraud; violations of federal immigration law,” said a department official, Matthew Galeotti, chief of the department’s Criminal Division.

The new head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Andrea Lucas, has also announced more focus on visa fraud. “If you are part of the pipeline contributing to our immigration crisis or abusing our legal immigration system via illegal preferences against American workers, you must stop,” she said.

“We hope that what they do to enforce laws has teeth and leads to change,” said Dan Kotchen, at Kotchen & Low LLP, who has filed discrimination cases against major Indian-run staffing companies. He is also filing visa fraud cases via the False Claims Act, despite passivity from the federal government.



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Posted by: Skidmark || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [87 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Remember the Afgan former solder killed in Houston by one of his customers recently? This^ (or so I am told)
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/26/2025 8:30 Comments || Top||

#2  two Pakistani immigration lawyers

What did Shakespeare say about this? First kill all the lawyers?
Posted by: alanc || 05/26/2025 8:43 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab militants re-enter strategic areas, sparking fear among residents
[ShabelleMedia] Large numbers of al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...
fighters have reportedly re-entered areas surrounding the strategic town of Aadan Yabaal in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, heightening fear and anxiety among local residents, according to reports received by Radio Shabelle on Sunday.

Local sources told Radio Shabelle that al-Shabaab has significantly increased its presence in Aadan Yabaal and has brought in a large cache of weapons, suggesting preparation for renewed fighting or a prolonged occupation.

The developments come amid days of intense festivities along the border between the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions, where the al-Qaeda-linked group has been engaged in fierce fighting with pro-government Ma’awisley militias from eastern Hiiraan.

Since the beginning of the year, Somalia’s federal government has lost control of several strategic towns and villages in Middle Shabelle that it had previously retaken from al-Shabaab during military offensives.

Tensions remain high in the area, and residents are calling for immediate government intervention to reclaim territories recently reoccupied by the murderous Moslems.

Last month, al-Shabaab seized control of Aadan Yabaal itself — located roughly 220 kilometers north of Mogadishu — following a heavy assault during which Somali military chief General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh was reportedly present in the town.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [39 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian army says 16 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Borno state
[DAILYSABAH] The Nigerian army said Friday it killed at least 16 Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
Death Eaters during a midnight operation in northeastern Borno state.

Army spokesperson Onyechi Anele said troops launched sustained indirect fire around 1 a.m. in the Damboa Local Government Area, sparking a shootout that led to the deaths of the krazed killers.

Boko Haram, a jihadist group active across northeastern Nigeria and parts of Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
and Mali, has waged a brutal insurgency for over a decade, marked by mass killings and widespread displacement.

Borno state has, in recent months, witnessed a surge in terrorist activity, including the use of bombs to wreak havoc.

''The main thrust of the attack targeted the brigade, prompting the swift deployment of air support to reinforce ground troops,'' Anele said in a statement Friday.

She also confirmed that an ammunition storage area was hit during the exchange but was swiftly brought under control, with no further escalation.

Separately, Nigeria's National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu said 15,543 hard boyz have been killed across the country in the first two years of President Bola Tinubu's administration.
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Posted by: Fred || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [55 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


21 gang members killed in northern Nigeria operation
[AA.COM.TR] At least 21 gang members were killed in an operation in Shawu forest in Nigeria's Katsina State, authorities said Saturday.

Katsina State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasiru Muazu, said a raid was conducted as part of the ''Forest Sanity III'' Operation in the Faskari area of the state.

Muazu said 21 gang members were neutralized and several others fled with injuries. Security forces also seized 40 cycle of violences and a significant amount of ammunition during the raid.

Nigeria has been grappling with = gangs and terror groups such as Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
and ISWAP (the West African branch of ISIS), especially in the north, Muazu noted.

Despite the death penalty
for kidnapping, ransom abductions remain widespread in Nigeria. Armed groups often target rural villages, schools and travelers in the north to demand ransom.
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Posted by: Fred || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [62 views] Top|| File under: Banditti

#1  May To Date
Shot & Killed: 26
Shot & Wounded: 114
Total Shot: 140
Total Homicides: 31

Chicago Crime 2025
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/26/2025 7:14 Comments || Top||


Troops Rescue 8 Captives in Kogi as Boko Haram Kills Herder, Rustles 200 Cattle in Borno - PRNigeria News
[PRNIGERIA] In a major counter-kidnapping operation, troops of the Nigerian Army alongside other security agencies rescued eight kidnapped victims and neutralized one suspected kidnapper at the Kogi-Enugu border on Friday , PRNigeria learnt.

The daring rescue mission took place around Isi River, near Nokwa Community in Kogi and Nimbo in Enugu State, following credible intelligence.

According to Zagazola, the troops reportedly stormed a suspected kidnappers' den at about 2:00 p.m., engaging the criminals in a gun duel that led to their escape and the death of one assailant.

The victims, all rescued unharmed, include Ugwuoke Victor Chidera, Asogwa Sochima, Calister Ezema, Ezugwu Charity, Ezugwu Kenneth, Ike Nnamdi, Francis Okoro, and Ikenna Okeagu, hailing from various communities in Enugu State.
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Security forces have since intensified operations in the area to ensure complete clearance of criminal elements and safeguard residents.

In a separate development, suspected Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
bully boyz from the Buduma faction launched a brazen attack on a herder in Yele bush, Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State, on May 20, 2025. The assailants shot Muhammadu Hammadu, 30, while he was grazing cattle, and made away with about 200 livestock.

According to Abubakar Mohammed of Fulatari Ward, the victim sustained gunshot wounds on his right hand and buttock but survived the assault. Security operatives are currently on the trail of the attackers to recover the stolen cattle and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Both incidents underscore the persistent security challenges across regions, as well as the continued efforts of Nigerian troops in combating terrorism, kidnapping, and cattle rustling.
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Posted by: Fred || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [46 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Nigerian Military Rescues 275 Hostages, Clears More Boko Haram Enclaves — THISDAYLIVE
[THISDAYLIVE] Following its ongoing operations against Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
in the North-east, the Nigerian military has again rescued about 275 hostages and dislodged Death Eaters remnants from their enclaves in some parts of Borno State.

In the latest offensive, the troops also killed 15 terrorists, arrested six others and recovered several items and weapon making materials.

This was disclosed in a statement signed monday by the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, saying the military recorded many successes at different operational areas in Borno State.

Usman said troops from the 152 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with those from Sector 1 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) last Sunday carried out clearance operations in suspected terrorist hideouts around Madawaya general area, cleared an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making factory, killed 15 Death Eaters and recovered some weapons.

The troops, he noted, cleared Death Eaters in Madawaya, Jere, Kardile, Koujili, Ngenere and Maksamari as well as Douse, Bembem, Zombulum and Taraji villages.

In addition, he said, they recovered several vehicles and cycle of violences.

''They also discovered and destroyed the Boko Haram terrorists' IED making factory at Bula Umara and killed 15 Death Eaters in the same area. In addition, the troops recovered an AK-47 rifle, four fully loaded magazines with 7.62mm ammunitions two power generating sets, welding machines, assorted batteries and solar panels,'' he stated.

Usman listed other items recovered by the troops to include drums of beans and other grains as well as bandolier.

''The gallant soldiers also rescued 275 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram terrorists. One interesting thing is that, one of the rescued persons gave birth to baby boy shortly after their liberation. Both mother and the child are doing fine.
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Posted by: Fred || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [54 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Nigeria: Armed gangs kill dozens in northeast
[DW] Armed gangs in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
have killed dozens of people in two suspected attacks, a local governor and villagers said Saturday.

In a statement, the governor of Taraba state, Agbu Kefas, said "scores of people reportedly bit the dust and properties" in the attacks in the villages of Munga and Magani, in Karim Lamido district, early on Saturday.
What do we know about the attacks?

Kefas did not provide an exact corpse count, but Nigerian outlet the Daily Post said more than 30 people had been killed by armed gangs, known in the West African country as "bandidos."

"It was midnight, I heard gunshots, I woke up my brother and other people in our area," Magani resident Moses Kefas told AFP news agency.

He added that he and his neighbors returned after the button men had left. "I saw 16 bodies scattered around the village," he said.

Andrew John, from Munga, said he had seen about 13 dead bodies in his village.
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Posted by: Fred || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [37 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Nigerian Army Claims Troops Killed 21 Terrorists In Katsina During Gun Battle, Recovered Weapons
[SaharaReporters] The Nigerian Army has said that its troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Fasin Yaki, on Friday killed 21 bully boyz during an operation in Ruwan Godiya, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.

The military in a brief statement issued on its X (formerly Twitter) account said the troops stormed a known terrorist enclave, engaging the Death Eaters in a fierce firefight.

The bully boyz were overwhelmed and forced to flee, with several of them reportedly drowning in a nearby river during the pursuit.

The operation led to the recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition, including assorted rifles, magazines, explosives, communication devices, mobile phones, and several cycle of violences believed to be used for quick mobility and attacks.

"The troops subdued the bully boyz in a fierce firefight, forcing them to abandon their base and flee. During the ensuing pursuit, 21 bully boyz were neutralised, with some succumbing to drowning in a nearby river," the military stated.

"The operation also yielded a significant seizure of large cache of arms and ammunition, including guns, rifles, magazines, explosives, communication devices, mobile phones, and cycle of violences. Details later."

The operation is the latest in a series of operations targeting gangs in Nigeria’s northwest.

The military earlier reported that at about 1am on Friday, troops of Operation Hadin Kai, sighted a group of ISWAP/BokoHaram bully boyz in Damboa local government area of Borno State and immediately engaged them with sustained indirect fire.

"The main thrust of the attack targeted the Brigade, prompting the swift deployment of air support to assist ground forces," the military said on X.

"After approximately two hours of intense engagement, the bully boyz were forced to retreat after suffering casualties.

"Troops successfully neutralized 16 bully boyz in the encounter and are currently conducting a pursuit operation.

"Although an ammunition storage area was hit during the exchange, it was quickly brought under control with no further escalation."
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Posted by: trailing wife || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [37 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Nigerian Military Arrests Three 'Foreign Fulani Migrants', Two Chadians In Plateau State For Criminal Activities
[SaharaReporters] The Nigerian military has announced the arrest of five foreigners over suspected crimes in Plateau State.

This was announced by the Defence Headquarters in a statement released on Saturday by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye.

He explained that the arrested individuals included three foreign Fulani
... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...
migrants colonists and two Chadians.

Kangye said they were arrested between May 15 and 20, 2025.

"Troops arrested 3 foreign Fulani migrants colonists and 2 Chadians who claimed to be working with an international company in Jos North LGA of Plateau State. The suspects were handed over to the appropriate authorities for further action," he said.

Recall that the Nigerian Army had earlier in May linked foreign herders to the recent festivities in Plateau and Benue states.

Kangye highlighted the successes of the troops across various theaters of operation, noting that during this period, they arrested 28 terrorists, logistics suppliers, and other criminal elements. Additionally, the troops rescued 47 hostages within the same timeframe.

Kangye also reported that the troops of Operation DELTA SAFE thwarted oil theft valued at over N533,509,520.00 during the week in question.

"Troops of Operation DELTA SAFE foiled oil theft worth over N533,509,520.00 only during the week under review. The breakdown indicates: 550,350 litres of stolen crude oil, 13,710 litres of illegally refined AGO, and 350 litres of DPK. Additionally, they discovered and destroyed 45 crude oil cooking ovens, 30 dugout pits, 16 boats, 37 storage tanks, 11 drums and 18 illegal refining sites.

"Other items recovered include pumping machines, drilling machines, tricycles, cycle of violences, mobile phones and 4 vehicles. Furthermore, 51 oil thieves and other criminals were arrested, while assorted arms and ammunition were also recovered, " he said.

He stated that the Armed Forces of Nigeria remained focused on its determination to defeat terrorism, banditry, and other criminalities in the country in order to ensure the safety of all Nigerians.

"Troops of AFN under the leadership of Gen CG Musa are determined, poised and not resting on their oars as the AFN is not negotiating its resolve to restore peace to the troubled region while taking care of troops’ welfare, most importantly, " Kangye said.

In April, dozens of Plateau residents were killed after a group of bully boyz launched an attack on Zikke community in Bassa Local Government Area.

The assault left the community in mourning as button men stormed the area, killing dozens, razing homes, and displacing hundreds, barely two weeks after a similar attack in Bokkos LGA resulted in the death of scores.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 05/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [38 views] Top|| File under: Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas authorities say at least 23 killed in strikes across Gaza; IDF doesn’t comment
[IsraelTimes] Medics say local journalist, senior rescue service official and a pregnant woman among dead; army says soldier seriously injured in altercation with a comrade in north Gaza

Israeli military strikes killed at least 23 Paleostinians across 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 a rusty 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...
Strip on Sunday, including a journalist, a pregnant woman, and a senior rescue service official, according to local Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
-controlled health authorities. The Israel Defense Forces did not comment on any of the strikes.

The latest deaths in the campaign resulted from separate Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, medics said.

Israel has stepped up its air campaign in Gaza in recent days, saying on Saturday that it struck 100 targets across the territory, targeting terror operatives and sites. The military says it takes steps to minimize harm to civilians, while noting that terror groups operate from within Gaza’s civilian population.

In Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, a strike hit a tent housing displaced people, killing a mother, her two children and another relative, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Civil defense front man Mahmud Bassal said five people were killed in a strike on a home in Jabalia, in the north.

He added some people were still under the debris, as "the civil defense does not have search equipment or heavy equipment to lift the rubble to rescue the maimed and recover the deaders."

Also in Jabalia, local journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed by an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
that hit his house earlier in the day, according to the Hamas-run civil defense agency.

According to the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, Abu Warda’s death raised the number of Paleostinian journalists killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, to 220. Israel has repeatedly alleged that journalists killed in strikes were actually terror operatives who posed as news hounds; it maintains that Hamas uses hospitals, schools, shelters, and aid infrastructure as cover for terror activities.
Given that the IDF collected Hamas’s HR file cabinet contents ages ago, if they say so it’s because they have proof.
Two more people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in an attack targeting tents that sheltered displaced people around Nuseirat in central Gaza, Bassal added.

Also in Nuseirat, medics said that an airstrike killed Ashraf Abu Nar, a senior official in the territory’s civil emergency service, and his wife in their home.

The Israeli military did not respond to request for comment on any of the airstrikes in Gaza on Sunday, but did say that a recent strike in the Strip killed a Hamas terrorist who infiltrated Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught. The IDF said Ahmad Osama Hassan Al-Lahouni, who served in Hamas’s naval commando unit, was killed in a strike carried out jointly by the Southern Command, Israeli Air Force, Intelligence Directorate, Navy, and Shin Bet. Lahouni had infiltrated the Kerem Shalom area on October 7, according to the IDF.

ATTEMPTS TO LOOT HUMANITARIAN AID TRUCK IN GAZA
Later on Sunday, media outlets in Gaza published footage showing dozens of people attempting to loot a truck carrying humanitarian aid in downtown Gaza City.

The video showed crowds trying to unload aid from the vehicle before gunfire is heard, prompting the crowd to disperse. Whether the truck ultimately reached its intended destination or was looted remains unclear.

A similar incident was reported Saturday in Khan Younis, where, according to reports, dozens of people surrounded another aid truck and took its contents.

On Saturday, a UAE-affiliated aid organization announced that of the 24 trucks it had sent into Gaza in recent days carrying humanitarian supplies — primarily flour and baking materials — 23 were stolen and never reached their intended destinations, such as bakeries or storage warehouses in the Strip.

The armed wing of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad said in separate statements Sunday that fighters carried out several ambushes and attacks using bombs and anti-tank rockets against Israeli forces operating in several areas across Gaza. The military did not refer to any such incidents.

The military has stepped up its Gaza operations in recent days in what it has described as a renewed push to destroy Hamas, calling for the evacuation of civilians from large swaths of the enclave, including the entire city of Khan Younis in the southern Strip.

Gaza’s health ministry said Sunday that at least 3,785 people had been killed in the territory since the latest ceasefire collapsed on March 18, taking the war’s overall toll to 53,939 — a figure that cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters.

Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 420.

Red Cross says 2 of its members killed in strike on Gaza home
How close to 100% probability that both were also middle management on the Hamas payroll? And that they were doing something warlike at the time they were airstruck?
[IsraelTimes] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announces that two of its staff members, Ibrahim Eid and Ahmad Abu Hilal, were killed in a strike on their home in Khan Younis yesterday.

According to a statement from the ICRC’s delegation in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Eid was employed as a weapon contamination officer, while Abu Hilal was a security guard at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah.

“We extend our profound condolences to their families, friends, and colleagues. Their loss leaves a deep hole in our hearts,” the statement reads.

The ICRC condemns the rising civilian death toll in Gaza, describing the killings as “intolerable” and reiterating calls for a ceasefire. They also demand the “protection of civilians, including medical humanitarian relief, and civil defense personnel.”

The IDF has yet to respond to a request for comment on the incident.

Hamas-run authorities say 20 killed, dozens wounded in strike on Gaza City school-turned-shelter
Translation: The IDF destroys yet another Hamas command-and-control center with built-in human shields. How many of the shields were being held there at gunpoint versus the number of Hamas relatives who thought it a perk until that moment?
[IsraelTimes] Hamas-run health authorities in the Gaza Strip say at least 20 people were killed and dozens were wounded when an Israeli strike hit a school housing displaced people a short while ago.

Medics say the dozens of casualties in the strike on the school, at Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, included women and children, although these figures could not be verified.

Some of the bodies were badly burned according to images circulating on social media, which Reuters cannot immediately verify.

There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
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IDF intercepts Houthi missile fired from Yemen, in third attack in four days
[IsraelTimes] Sirens sound in Jerusalem area, southern West Bank settlements and communities near Red Sea, sending hundreds of thousands to shelters; no injuries or damage reported

A ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
was successfully intercepted by air defenses, the military said Sunday, in what has recently become an almost daily occurrence.

Sirens had sounded in the Jerusalem area, southern West Bank settlements, and communities near the Dead Sea. Preceding the sirens by about five minutes, an early warning was issued to residents, alerting civilians of the long-range missile attack via a push notification on their phones.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. A chunk of the missile landed in the South Hebron Hills area of the West Bank.

It was the third attack in four days, and the fifth since last Sunday.

Earlier this month, a Houthi missile slipped through air defenses and hit the grounds of Ben Gurion Airport, injuring six people, none of them seriously. A slew of international carriers promptly halted services to Israel, though some have since said they will resume operations.

Israel responded to that attack with strikes on Sanaa airport, causing an estimated $500 million worth of damage. On Saturday, some flights to the Yemeni airport resumed.

The Israeli Air Force has also struck the Houthi-controlled Hodeida and Salif ports in Yemen in response to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on Israel. The Houthis vowed to respond and have since continued their missile attacks on Israel.

Between November 2023, in support of the Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
10/7 invasion, and the January 2025 ceasefire, the Houthis fired over 40 ballistic missiles and dozens of attack drones and cruise missiles at Israel, including one that killed a civilian and maimed several others in Tel Aviv in July, prompting Israel’s first strike in Yemen.

Since March 18, when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas 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 a rusty 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...
Strip, the Houthis in Yemen have launched 39 ballistic missiles and at least 10 drones at Israel. Several of the missiles have fallen short.
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