Islam is the Communism of today. But because of our failure to come clean with Communism, we are unable to deal with it, trapped as we are in the old Communist habit of deceit and double-speak that used to haunt the countries in the East and that now haunts all of us [emphasis added]
[ShabelleMedia] Somali government forces, backed by international partners, carried out a targeted air strike in the Ugunji area of the Lower Shabelle region, killing six suspected al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... fighters, the government said on Friday.
In a statement, Somalia’s Ministry of Defence said the operation was carefully planned and inflicted "significant losses" on the holy warrior group.
The ministry said weapons and equipment used by the Islamist holy warrior group were also destroyed during the strike.
Al-Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, has been waging an insurgency against the Somali government for more than a decade, frequently carrying out bombings and armed attacks across Somalia.
The ministry added that similar operations would continue in an effort to weaken the group and eliminate its remaining strongholds in the country.
Independent verification of the casualties and damage was not immediately possible.
[ShabelleMedia] Somalia’s elite Danab special forces carried out a planned security operation in areas near Afgoye district in the Lower Shabelle region, arresting suspected al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... members and seizing weapons, military officials said Friday.
The operation was conducted by the armored unit of the Danab commandos and targeted areas under Afgooye, southwest of the capital, Mogadishu, according to a statement from the elite force.
Officials said the troops captured several suspected members of the Islamist krazed killer group who were allegedly carrying weapons and materials used in attacks and acts of insecurity against civilians.
Commanders leading the operation said one of the suspects attempted to resist arrest but was subdued and captured alive by the special forces.
The troops also seized an AK-47 rifle and ammunition, a pistol carried by one of the suspects, and materials allegedly used in the manufacture of improvised bombs, the statement said.
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[RFI] Abdoul Salam Maïga, a Quranic teacher at a madrasa in Tonka, was publicly shot dead by JNIM jihadists on Thursday, May 21. Last November, this town in the center of the country was already plunged into mourning by the public execution of Mariam Cissé, a young TikToker who expressed her support for the Malian military.
Abdoul Salam Maïga, a Quranic teacher at a madrasa in Tonka, was peacefully chatting with friends in his "grin" (traditional discussion group) near the market when armed JNIM jihadists suddenly appeared and ordered him to follow them. According to several local dignitaries contacted by RFI, they returned shortly afterward. Abdoul Salam Maïga was blindfolded. He was then publicly executed by firing squad.
According to some, his assassination could be linked to religious differences. "Perhaps he refused to work for them," one source suggested. But for most of those interviewed, it was his alleged close ties to the Malian army that motivated the assassination of the Quranic teacher by JNIM.
On April 30, ISCAP conducted its first claimed attacks in the Haut-Uélé province of northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo. Four days later, the group officially announced its expansion to this new province.
On April 30, ISCAP conducted its first claimed attacks in the Haut-Uélé province of northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo. Four days later, the group officially announced its expansion to this new province.
It is unusual for any IS province to announce such territorial expansion, and here it is likely meant as a push for higher recognition in relation to other provinces.
Very notably, almost all attacks in the last month in this province were against military targets. While ISCAP usually makes no distinction between the army, militias, or "hostile Christians," this appears to be a bid to aggressively rearm as the group is low on weapons, and the Haut-Uélé province looks like a fresh area to loot unprepared military positions.
In the three weeks following the announcement, the group conducted numerous attacks, killing and injuring dozens of Congolese soldiers and capturing military equipment. This shows that quite a large portion of the ISCAP main province was invested in this expansion, although attacks continue as usual in its previous zones of activity.
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[KavkazUzel] Ingush theologian and public figure Akhmed Tangiyev, detained by security forces in the village of Bazorkino in the Prigorodny District, is being investigated for participating in a terrorist organization.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," security forces detained Ingush theologian Akhmed Tangiyev, who previously served as deputy mufti of Karelia. According to sources, this is related to reports of the detention of muftis belonging to the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation.
From 2008 to 2010, Akhmed Tangiyev served as deputy to the Mufti of Karelia, Visam Ali Bardvil, who was arrested in Moscow a few days ago, and as head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM). However, Tangiyev had lived in Prigorodny for many years and was involved in public activities. He was the director of the Rassvet cultural and educational center, host of a spiritual and educational program on the NTRK Ingushetia television channel, collaborated with the Ministry of Nationalities of Ingushetia, and participated in lectures and meetings.
Ingush theologian and public figure Akhmed Tangiyev, whom FSB officers took from his home to Vladikavkaz and then to St. Petersburg for questioning on May 12, is being investigated for involvement in a terrorist organization, Fortanga reported today.
In late May, a court remanded in custody Mohammed Henni, former chairman of the Central Religious Organization "Northwest Muslim Community," his relative Regina Henni, and the deputy mufti of the Saratov region, El Hih Nidal Awadallah Akhmed, as well as five others: Galeeva, Sadirova, Tangiyev, Dzhebril, and Tarkhanova, on charges of participating in a terrorist organization, Kommersant reports.
The case materials state that they joined the international religious and political organization "Muslim Brotherhood"* no later than April 12, 2025. The defendants are also accused of attending meetings of this radical movement's branches in St. Petersburg.
Investigators attribute such meetings to the council and executive committee of the Forum of Muslim Organizations, which took place last year on April 12 and September 27 on Vasilievsky Island. There is currently no information on the specific region in which the defendants were placed on pretrial detention, or whether they were tried together. However, as Daria Lebedeva, head of the joint press service of the St. Petersburg courts, clarified, no such hearings were held in the city courts.
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[KavkazUzel] The Southern District Military Court sentenced a 34-year-old resident of the Predgorny District of Stavropol Krai to 12 years in prison for transferring approximately five thousand rubles.
According to the court and investigators, in January 2021, a man who held radical views transferred 5,300 rubles to a previously known member of a terrorist organization. The prosecution claims he transferred this sum to continue the activities of the banned group and commit crimes.
Taking into account the state prosecutor's position, the court found him guilty of aiding terrorist activity and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. He will serve the first five years in prison, and the remainder in a maximum-security penal colony with six months of restricted freedom, the press service of the Stavropol Krai Prosecutor's Office reported today on its website.
The sentence has not yet entered into legal force, the statement noted. The charge of financing terrorism (Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code) carries a sentence of eight to fifteen years in prison.
The supervisory agency did not name the convicted person, nor did it specify which banned group the money was intended for.
Grrrr. I hate when they don’t share that information.
[IsraelTimes] Video shows man pinned to ground as he chants ‘Free Palestine’; others march through Vienna airport chanting ‘From the river to the sea’; police say they used ‘proportionate force’
Austrian police arrested one person as three activists from a 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... -bound flotilla returned home on Sunday and were greeted by a rowdy welcoming from supporters.
A video showed the man being manhandled to the floor as police confronted the activists, along with a crowd of their supporters who greeted them at Vienna International Airport.
It came a day after Spanish police arrested four people during a clash at Bilbao Airport when four flotilla activists returned to that country.
In the Vienna video, supporters were seen marching through the airport waving Palestinian flags. They chanted “From the river to the sea,” which is seen by some as a call to wipe Israel off the map.
Police officers arrived as the group became loud and obstructed the area, according to a Monday report from the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper.
The man who was arrested was seen being pushed to the ground with his arms behind his back as he chanted “Free Palestine.” In the video, the man can also be heard saying to police, “I’m just coming back from your role models,” an apparent reference to alleged rough treatment by Israeli authorities.
He later identified himself in a separate video he posted to social media as former Austrian pro-skier Julian Schutter.
“I was arrested because I was apparently too loud and lying in the way in the terminal,” Schutter said.
He also showed his arm with two bruises, claiming one was caused by Austrian police and the other by the IDF, the Mail reported. Austrian police said in a statement that they used “proportionate force,” according to the report.
Israel intercepted the flotilla last week and detained 430 activists from 40 countries, who were brought to Israel and then deported. Organizers, the Global Sumud Flotilla, said they aimed to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza by delivering humanitarian assistance. Israel has dismissed the flotilla as “a PR stunt at the service of Hamas.”
Organizers have alleged abuse, sexual assault, and beatings that left some detainees in the hospital. Israel’s prison service has strongly denied the allegations, which Reuters could not independently verify.
Eleven Australians were among the volunteers on 50 boats intercepted in international waters last week by Israeli forces. One activist reached Melbourne on Sunday evening, while others arrived in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane on Monday.
Juliet Lamont, an Australian activist and documentary filmmaker, told Reuters on Monday that she was dragged, sexually assaulted, and beaten when she was detained.
Meh. There are standard medical procedures to determine if and when someone was raped, and who dunnit. Let’s see the result of the rape kits.
“That was just the beginning of four days of absolute hell. I’ve looked into the eyes of the most soulless people in the universe, and nothing came back. These people need to be stopped,” Lamont said.
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
Another Australian activist, Sam Woripa Watson, said he sustained a fractured rib along with bruises and cuts across his body. Watson also said he had witnessed activists being tasered and shot with rubber bullets, with stun grenades thrown at them.
What you did could be counted as an act of war by Turkey and your government. Be grateful you weren’t put in a POW camp until the belligerents signed a peace treaty.
Global Sumud Flotilla, the organizer of the aid shipment, said it had documented at least 15 cases of sexual abuse, with the worst occurring on one Israeli landing craft, which had been converted into a makeshift prison with barbed wire and shipping containers.
The statement was released after the Israeli prison service’s blanket denial of mistreatment, rape, and sexual assault allegations.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong described the Ben Gvir footage as “shocking and unacceptable.” Australia imposed a travel ban and financial sanctions on Ben-Gvir last year for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Israeli forces began stopping the boats around 268 kilometers (167 miles) from the Gaza coastline, according to the flotilla’s website. Israel also stopped 20 boats from the flotilla on April 30 near Crete.
A live feed on the Global Sumud Flotilla’s website showed IDF soldiers boarding the vessels as activists in life vests put their hands up. Soldiers then destroyed cameras mounted on the vessels.
A standard Antifa/Black Bloc action. They all should be arrested and their biometric and personal data collected for network tracing. No doubt Neville Roy Singham’s The People’s Cube will turn out to be involved in organizing and financing it, along with many of the usual suspects, tracing ultimately to Beijing. Governor Sherrill and Senator Andy Kim should be ashamed to be part of it.
[NY Post] New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s attempt to gain access to a Newark immigrant detention center is being slammed as a "political stunt" as a standoff between federal agents and anti-ICE protesters took hold outside the facility.
Tensions rose both in and outside Delaney Hall over the weekend, as a hunger and labor strike among inmates carried on for a fourth day.
"Governor Sherrill’s visit to Delaney Hall is nothing more than a political stunt on Memorial Day when visitation is currently suspended due to riots outside the facility," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
"Yesterday, approximately 125 agitators surrounded Delaney Hall Detention Facility, many carrying anti-ICE signs and Antifa flags. They formed a human chain around entrances to the facility and set up barricades, blocking all entries and exits."
Sherrill was denied access to the detention center Monday after several of her Garden State Democratic colleagues, including Sen. Andy Kim and Rep. Rob Menendez, toured the facility over the weekend.
Video circulating on social media shows Sherrill standing outside a locked gate topped with razor wire as a large group of protesters chant, “Let Sherrill in!” Full Stunt Cycle
Courtesy of Skidmark, the Daily Mail has all the usual here.
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Remember when we could look to our elected leaders to lead our nation and protect its citizens outside interests?
Remember when leaders hunted down those stealing and wasting US Taxpayer $$$ and were not the primary cause of it?
Remember when leaders protected our Jobs & US Taxpayer $$$$ from NON-Citizens?
Now we have too many joining, or even leading those those protesting America.
Too many on one side now:
* protest or avoid the enforcement of written law.
* condone and/or openly support sexual perversions.
* support racial bias and also support hiring the least qualified.
* support groups that seek, or themselves promote Global Genocide.
* use preachers or social media controls to incite physical harm.
* Call for harm, or assassination of those that oppose their anarchy.
* and just demand things clearly harmful to our safety and our nation.
When will we finally reached the point, where we again start holding them legally responsible for OATH OF OFFICE violations and their breeches of US Law?
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Arrests are happening:
Newark, N.J. (May 26) — Federal law enforcement arrest rioters who are shutting down access to the Delaney Hall Detention Center. For days, the militants have been building an autonomous zone and blocking egress. pic.twitter.com/B1aKuYQUYr
#Lebanon / #Israel / #Iran / #USA 🇱🇧🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇸: Hezbollah's “THERMAL Ababil” FPV Drone struck an Israeli Army (#IDF) soldiers in Al-Bayada.
Group used FPV Kamikaze Drone with equipped with Thermal Sight and carrying PG-7 / IED —which is a quite significant development. pic.twitter.com/pSHy4JriVA
#Lebanon / #Israel / #Iran / #USA 🇱🇧🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇸: Hezbollah's “Ababil” Drone struck a car carrying Israeli Army (#IDF) soldiers in Misgav Am, Upper Galilee.
Group used a very common Fiber-Optic FPV Kamikaze Drone; most likely armed with a PG-7 / PG-7L variant Anti-Tank RPG warhead. pic.twitter.com/ZGVkQBof5V
An unmanned aerial vehicle launched by Hezbollah impacted in the northern border community of Metula on Monday, striking a residential home but causing no injuries.
The incident prompted far-right ministers to demand ramped-up fighting in Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... , ahead of a potential Iran-US deal that could curb Israeli action against the terror group.
The UAV was initially suggested to have been an explosive-laden drone, although the IDF later issued a clarification that this was not the case.
UAVs typically refer to larger, military-grade remotely piloted aircraft, whereas drones often refer to smaller, commercially available quadcopters that can be modified to carry explosives.
The IDF said troops were dispatched to the scene alongside additional security forces.
According to the military, Hezbollah apparently launched three UAVs in the incident. One crashed in Metula, another fell inside Israeli territory near the Lebanese border, and a third crashed in an area where troops were operating in southern Lebanon.
The incident came amid a series of drone infiltrations throughout the day, which set off sirens in communities along the Israel-Lebanon border. No injuries were reported in any of the incidents.
A few hours later, sirens again sounded in a raft of border towns, warning of another suspected drone infiltration. Shortly thereafter, in an apparent explanation for the sirens, the IDF said a drone had hit in an area where troops were operating in southern Lebanon.
In one incident, the IDF said a Hezbollah explosive drone struck the northern border community of Shomera.
A resident of the community told the Kan public broadcaster that Shomera was "in chaos" following the strike.
"Children are locked in the kindergarten, drones are in the air, and live fire [can be heard]," the resident said.
According to the military, additional drones also fell inside Israeli territory, with some landing in a military zone near the Lebanese border.
The IDF said it also identified several "suspicious aerial targets" during multiple drone infiltration alerts across the north, but later lost contact with them, suggesting that they either left the monitored airspace or crashed.
No injuries were reported in any of the incidents, which the military said were under investigation
[RedState] President Donald Trump made an important post late Monday afternoon about the highly enriched uranium that has been the focus of the deal he's been trying to achieve with Iran.
Trump said that the stockpile would either have to be handed over to the U.S. or be destroyed under supervision as part of the agreement.
"The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed or, preferably, in conjunction and coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place or, at another acceptable location, with the Atomic Energy Commission, or its equivalent, being witness to this process and event," the president said in a post on Truth Social.
That's an interesting and important comment because it indicates that Trump and the U.S. are tightening up on the details.
There had been some prior discussion from Iran about the uranium going to a third country. But the problem with a third country would be, could you trust that they would not just send it back to Iran or even keep it for themselves for bad purposes? And you can't have that.
At the same time, we were still seeing some maneuvering from Iran. As we reported, Iran was trying to walk back calling for "tolls" on the Strait and repackage them with more legally acceptable language. President Masoud Pezeshkian was also firing off some inflammatory language.
Meanwhile, there were reported explosions in Bandar Abbas and a couple of other coastal areas, Sirik and Jask. We've seen that before when the regime tried to fire on U.S. warships.
Now, U.S. Central Command is confirming these were self-defense strikes.
"U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces," Capt. Tim Hawkins, a CENTCOM spokesperson, said.
"Targets included missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to emplace mines. U.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire," Hawkins said.
According to a senior U.S. official, two Iranian boats were spotted laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, while forces also responded after a missile site had targeted U.S. warplanes.
The strikes took out Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boats. They also hit the SAM, or surface-to-air missile, site in Bandar Abbas.
CENTCOM indicated that the strikes were over for now and were not an indication that the ceasefire was over.
NY Post: US launches self-defense strikes in southern Iran,
CENTCOM says: The US military launched “self-defense strikes” against Iranian boats that were reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz Monday, according to US Central Command.
CENTCOM spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said US military “eliminated” two IRGC boats that were seen setting mines in the strait, and also took out a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas, aaccording to Fox News.
The missile site based at Iran’s primary naval station was reportedly targeting US warplanes, Hawkins said.
Courtesy of Skidmark, Fox News is liveblogging events:
President Donald Trump ripped Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Bill Cassidy and Rep. Thomas Massie in a Truth Social post defending his Iran negotiations, calling the lawmakers “weak and ineffective people” and “losers.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in India that the U.S. has presented a “pretty solid” proposal to Iran involving reopening the straits and entering “a very real, significant, time limited negotiation” on nuclear issues, adding Washington awaits Tehran’s response.
Trump said any agreement with Iran would be “the exact opposite” of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal, insisting there would either be a “great and meaningful” deal or no deal at all.
Hundreds of British sailors are reportedly awaiting deployment to the Strait of Hormuz for a potential mine-clearing mission, with the United Kingdom preparing drones and naval support vessels.
President Masoud Pezeshkian invoked one of Iran’s strongest wartime symbols on May 24, signaling Tehran’s resolve to hold its ground against the U.S. and Israel
Israel warned that Hezbollah’s continued attacks on the Middle East region have made the situation unsustainable.
International internet access looked set to be restored to Iranian citizens after President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an order Monday to reopen it.
The U.S. military carried out defensive strikes in southern Iran targeting missile launch sites and IRGC boats, CENTCOM said.
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The Iranians have no, repeat NO intention of doing anything of the sort. Arc Light the material storage sites, and tell 'em they're on their own.
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^Certainly not with the current leadership, although how much of that is just the IRGC.
The problem is the average voter believes the MSM. Trump needs to prove that we tried hard to negotiate a diplomatic solution before resorting to more attacks. He also needs to achieve a victory that the average voter agrees with or the midterms probably won't go well for the Republicans.
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I wouldn't put is past whoever is in charge in Iran dragging out the negotiations until right before the mid-terms and starting up the shooting again.
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Or cutting a deal and then reneging on it as soon as a Democrat wins the Presidency. For at least the crazier Democrats a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv (God forbid) would be acceptable.
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Trump has called a cabinet meeting at Camp David - huge clue as the isolation and limited communications access signal little chance of news leaks, and no visibility of who else might be attending...
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For at least the crazier Democrats a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv (God forbid) would be acceptable.
If the Jews were evil, and that would be just, letting the Iranians do it would _still_ result in a nuke over an american city. They won't think you're moral for stabbing Israel in the back, they'll think you're a treacherous traitor to be taken advantage of.
The various Mullah-ocracies aren't into morality. They're into Machiavellianism. They're like Medici popes but more psychopathic and not as smart.
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And while I'm at it: some of the "self hating" joos I've dealt with may think they'll be safe if they're adopting the "proper" attitude. They won't. The Medici-Mullahs don't _care_ about the Palestinians, but that doesn't mean they won't need a scapegoat when their plan to get the mostly-nonexistant "Polish" jews (who are mostly dead) to "Move Back to Poland" blows up in their face.
🚨 Deadly clashes between the IRGC and Iraq-based militias in Tehran!
Reports are emerging of violent clashes in Tehran’s Revolution Square involving Iranian security forces, with some accounts claiming tensions erupted between IRGC-linked elements, Faraja security forces, and… https://t.co/Jl5J8RJracpic.twitter.com/SXnyBluBZN
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🚨 Deadly clashes between the IRGC and Iraq-based militias in Tehran!
Reports are emerging of violent clashes in Tehran’s Revolution Square involving Iranian security forces, with some accounts claiming tensions erupted between IRGC-linked elements, Faraja security forces, and Iraq-based PMU (Popular Mobilization Units) proxy fighters.
According to local reports, the confrontation involved multiple security vehicles, warning shots fired into the air, armed threats, and lasted for several minutes in central Tehran.
Some reports further claim that at least five PMU-linked fighters were killed.
More at the link
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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.
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....
