[Breitbart] President Joe Biden has flown millions of border crossers and illegal aliens into American cities and towns, all paid for by taxpayers, Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) details.
During a press conference along the United States-Mexico border on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign. If the secretary resists, McCarthy said House Republicans will begin an impeachment inquiry.
Babin, at the press conference, gave insight into the enormity of Biden’s expansive Catch and Release network that is sending tens of thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens to cities and towns across the U.S. every month.
“The southern border barely exists anymore … this administration has tied their hands so tight that Catch and Release sometimes is their only option at this point,” Babin said.
“… millions of unvetted illegal aliens … have been apprehended and blindly released into the country,” Babin continued. “They’ve flown, housed, fed, educated, medicated, and incarcerated all on the taxpayer’s dime.”
For nearly two years, Biden’s DHS has used, on a mass scale, a little-known parole program intended for a slim number of foreign nationals in emergency situations seeking U.S. entry. With parole, DHS has contracted with a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to fly and bus arrivals into American cities and towns.
The result has been about 1.4 million border crossers and illegal aliens released into American communities since February 2021 — a foreign population exceeding the populations of eight states. This is in addition to the roughly 600,000 illegal aliens who are known to have successfully crossed the southern border since Biden took office.
“The Democrats have zero interest in stopping this,” Babin said.
For elected Democrats, well-connected donors, and corporate special interests, the arrival of a record-breaking number of border crossers and illegal aliens means more political pressure to pass amnesty, more cheap foreign workers for hire, more consumers to sell products to, and more tenants to compete for housing.
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the “ultimate goal” of Democrats in Washington, DC, is to provide green cards, and subsequently naturalized American citizenship, to all illegal aliens living in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s adding a steady flow of foreign competition to the labor market is a boon for employers, while America’s working and middle class overwhelmingly bear the burden with stagnant wages and fewer available jobs.
Real estate investors, and as a result Wall Street, are some of the biggest beneficiaries of sky-high illegal immigration, as more demand means higher costs for buyers. While illegal aliens once clustered in the nation’s largest big cities — helping to keep housing prices high — the population is quickly spilling over into smaller and medium-sized cities.
“The American people are done with a lack of action and they’re done with their communities being torn apart,” Babin said. “Enough is enough.”
CONFUSION OVER RECENT KABUL BOMBING – Taliban authorities casually dismissed the vehicle bombing in Police District 4 that occurred on Sunday. However, several independent media outlets have attributed the attack to the NRF and claimed those killed in the blast were members of the Taliban’s intelligence unit (GDI). Taliban police say the investigation is ongoing and have not provided additional information as of publication.
TALIBAN GOVERNOR TO PANJSHIR VISITS MASSOUD’S TOMB – Mohammad Mohsen Hashemi visited the tomb of the martyred leader, Ahmad Shah Massoud, on Monday in an attempt to disprove allegations that the tomb had been defiled by Taliban forces. However, the tomb was known to have been desecrated on at least two occasions. The Taliban claim the acts were done by Resistance elements to incite northerners while the Resistance claims it was done out of disrespect for the former leader.
POWER OUTAGES AND ‘BROWN OUTS’ IN KABUL – As a result of the Uzbek decision to lower power exports, outages have affected businesses and inhabitants alike. The decision was prompted by a technical issue and there has been no word on how long the situation may continue.
CHINA AND RUSSIA COURTING TAJIKISTAN – Over the past week, Tajikistan has entered into discussions with regional heavies China and Russia. The discussions were bilateral but the timing seemed to be coordinated and was likely meant as an alternative to a recent visit by a US-led delegation. The Government of Tajikistan discussed the following issues:
Chinese-Tajik military cooperation focused on countering terrorism.
The Russian intelligence chief proposed greater intelligence cooperation/sharing.
POSSIBLE TALIBAN RIVALRY RESULTS IN DEATH OF KUNAR OFFICIAL – The Taliban confirmed that the Agricultural Director of the Province, Mawlavi Ezzatullah Hedayat, died in his office on Tuesday from a heart attack. However, local sources say he was killed by gunmen and that a long-running dispute with an unidentified rival Taliban official in the Province was the cause for the attack.
PAKISTAN/TALIBAN COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS BORDER ISSUES IN PAKTIA FORMED – A purported road-building project has caused several clashes along a section of the Durand Line over the past week that has resulted in casualties on both sides of the border. Mimicking a strategy to defuse the Spin Boldak-Chaman situation, both sides agreed to establish a committee to attempt to de-escalate tensions along the border.
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CENTRAL BANK TO AUCTION $17 MILLION DOLLARS TOMORROW – Recent fluctuations of the Afghani have spurred the Central Bank’s decision to increase the amounts put up for auction.
UPDATE: Kenyan police say has arrested an al-Shabab suspect named as Mustafa Khalib Muhumed whom it says had planned to stage attacks in Lamu. https://t.co/xWDfSdAfPq
Kenyan security forces said Monday they were holding an al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... suspect who had planned to stage attacks in the coastal Lamu county.
The police said Mustafa Khalib Muhumed, a resident of Tana River County was arrested for providing sensitive information to al-Shabaab to facilitate their operations in the northeastern, Tana River, and Lamu counties.
"He (Khalib) had also been tasked to report on security operations in northeastern and Lamu County to facilitate al-Shabaab improvised bomb (IED) attacks and ambushes against Kenya’s security personnel," the police said in a security report.
The east African nation’s coastal towns are the backbone of the country’s thriving tourism industry, which has been hit by the fear of terror attacks and the kidnapping of foreigners by the al-Shabaab group from resorts near the border with Somalia.
According to police, at the time of his arrest, the suspect had just delivered a detailed surveillance report about a security installation for an attack.
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UPDATE: Al Shabab claims to have killed two soldiers in a dawn attack on an army base in Daynunay area near Baidoa town. The group says it has briefly captured the area. No word from @SNAForce over the claims. pic.twitter.com/XMk0y7KPpS
A top military officer in the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] has confirmed in confidence the death of three Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] soldiers who were serving in the peacekeeping mission, in the latest incident targeting troops in the Horn of Africa nation.
The incident which took place at Hosingow Forward Operating Base within Sector II of ATMIS saw an al-Shabaab ...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them... lone gunman storm the base before firing indiscriminately. This was the first time the bully boyz were targeting a KDF military base in as many months.
According to the military official who spoke to the AP, the bully boyshot full of holes three soldiers injuring five others but was immediately killed after a brief shootout. The FOB in Hosingow is known as Sarira and is found in Lower Jubba where the bully boyz have been under attack from the peacekeepers.
Al-Shabaab through its media confirmed it had carried out the attack noting that it also killed a number of Æthiopian National Defense Forces [ENDF] officers at Waajid town within the Southwest state of Somalia.
"We believe the lone wolf was testing the ground and we are expecting more such incidents. We must be more careful and vigilant," said the Kenyan military official. "As we near the festivities, we need to be very vigilant of our surroundings. The terror threat is still rife and all measures should be taken to tame any plan."
Authorities in Nairobi have asked citizens to be vigilant because al-Shabaab bully boyz have been using several occasions such as the ongoing World Cup in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... to attack. In 2010 during the South Africa edition, the bully boyz killed over 76 people in Kampala, Uganda.
"It is at this time the bully boyz know we might let our guard down as we watch" the World Cup, the official said.
Kenyan troops, who are deployed to Somalia under the banner of the African Union, are active along the border with Somalia. Peacekeepers from Burundi and Uganda are based in or near the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the seat of the federal government.
There are close to 3,500 KDFsoldiers in Somalia who are helping the country to stabilize after several years of instability. The soldiers have managed to liberate several strategic towns and villages including Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region.... , which was at one point under al-Shabaab and one of the largest income-generating towns.
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[LIBYAREVIEW] A member of the Libyan Bani Walid Security Directorate, Mohammed Saleh said that two members of the Criminal Investigation Department were maimed in festivities with wanted criminals.
Saleh told "Al Wasat" newspaper that the two security personnel were taken to General Hospital for treatment, and confirmed that their health condition remains stable.
Saleh stated that the Security Directorate "declared a state of emergency and launched an extensive security operation inside the city to arrest the perpetrators, and refer them to the competent authorities to bring them to justice."
Days ago, the Benghazi Security Directorate announced the arrest of members of a human smuggling network.
The directorate said in a statement that a Sudanese human smuggler, who used to receive over 7,000 dinars from every migrant wishing to cross the Mediterranean to Italia was arrested. Most of the migrants colonists were Bangladeshis and Sudanese expatriate workers.
According to the statement, the Security Directorate coordinated with one of the migrants colonists to lure members of the smuggling network. The boat used in smuggling operations was also confiscated after the arrest.
The defendants confessed to carrying out about 20 operations by sea, across the shores of the Ganfouda and Dariana regions. Legal measures were taken against the accused, and they were referred to the Public Prosecution.
Last week, Libyan security forces arrested a gang of foreigners on charges of arranging to smuggle a group of migrants colonists to Europe. The Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... Security Directorate said that the "forces of the Gharbi Police Station arrested a foreign gang, intending to smuggle a group of expatriate workers through one of the coastal ports."
The directorate said that the members of the gang received $2,700 from each migrant for transporting them by rubber boats across the Mediterranean. The statement did not reveal the identity of the gang, nor their nationalities.
The statement pointed out that a member of the investigation department "disclosed important information that contributed to developing a plan, and setting up a tight ambush to arrest the group." The accused have confessed to the charges, and the necessary legal measures have been taken against them.
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[REGNUM] Militants kill 10 soldiers in Chad on the border with Nigeria
At least 10 Chadian soldiers were killed in an attack by terrorist group Boko Haram on a military unit in western Chad, Agence France-Presse reported on November 22, citing head of state spokesman Braha Mahamat .
The attack took place at dawn in the Lake Chad region near the Nigerian border, where jihadists regularly carry out attacks. Several more fighters of the Chadian army were injured.
As REGNUM reported , on November 21, in southern Somalia, militants of the Al-Shabab terrorist group (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) attacked the Sarira military base and killed three Kenyan peacekeepers.
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[KavkazUzel] The prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the case of financing Syrian militants by a resident of Armavir, after which the materials were sent to court, investigators said.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on July 15, investigators reported the arrest of a 34-year-old resident of Armavir, who was accused of assisting terrorism.
The investigation of the criminal case against a resident of Armavir, previously accused of assisting terrorism, has been completed. The materials of the case were sent to court after the approval of the indictment by the prosecutor's office, the investigative department of the ICR for the Krasnodar Territory reported on its website on November 21.
According to investigators, from February 2013 to August 2014, the Armavir transferred more than 45,000 rubles from a bank card to militants who fought in Syria. The money was intended for their financing, the purchase of weapons and products.
There were no comments from the accused or his representatives regarding the report of the investigative department of the ICR for the Krasnodar Territory.
[AlAhram] A boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants colonists was towed to safety Tuesday to the Greek island of Crete after a dramatic rescue complicated by near gale-force winds, the coastguard said.
The asylum seekers "were towed to port, they have yet to disembark", a coastguard spokeswoman told AFP.
The agency had earlier said up to 500 people were believed to be on board.
Earlier on Tuesday, a coastguard spokeswoman had told AFP that "the distress call said there are 400-500 people on board but that the operation was hampered by near gale-force winds."
"They can see the boat, it's adrift, there is a large number of people on board," she said.
The coastguard said it had received the distress call shortly after midnight on Monday.
Two nearby cargo ships, a tanker and two Italian fishing boats were lending assistance, it said.
Because of bolstered patrols by the Greek coastguard and EU border agency Frontex in the Aegean Sea, migrant smugglers are increasingly employing the longer and more perilous route south of Crete, Greek officials say.
"Eighty percent of flows from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... go straight to Italia," Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi told Skai TV last week.
Last month, one of the sailboats believed to have 95 people on board sank at the island of Kythira, south of the Peloponnese peninsula.
The boat went down beneath a huge vertical cliff. At least eight people died and survivors -- mainly from Iraq, Iran ...The nation is 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... and Afghanistan -- were hauled to safety with ropes and a construction crane in a frantic pre-dawn operation.
Greece, Italia and Spain are among the countries used by people fleeing Africa and the Middle East in search of safety and better lives in the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... The Greek coastguard has said it has rescued about 1,500 people in the first eight months of the year, compared with less than 600 last year.
The International Organization for Migration has recorded nearly 2,000 migrants colonists killed and missing in the Mediterranean Sea this year.
[SHAFAQ] Iraq's federal government will take action against the violations against Iraq's illusory sovereignty, Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-sudani revealed on Tuesday.
Speaking in his weekly presser earlier today, Prime Minister al-Sudani said, "in the next two days, the ministerial security council will convene to discuss the aggressions and the deployment of the border guards."
"Afterwards, forces will be deployed in the territories that lack border guards," he said.
Earlier today, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly bombed sites of the Iranian Azadi party
...could be described as Iran’s Mensheviks to Ayatollah Khomeini’s Bolsheviks, though they describe themselves as “Muslims, Iranians, Constitutionalists and and Mossadeghists". They still consider themselves the loyal opposition, though the Mad Mullahs violently disagree...
near the capital of the Kurdistan region, Erbil.
A source told Shafaq News Agency that four rockets landed on headquarters of the anti-Tehran party in the village of Ulton Kopri between Kirkuk and Erbil.
The Kurdistan region's Counter-Terrorism-Service said that the damages from the attack are not immediately clear.
Last week, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, which has close links to IRGC, announced that the attacks on Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in Iraqi Kurdistan will continue until these groups are disarmed or leave the region completely.
Yesterday, the IRGC bombed sites of Iranian opposition parties in the district of Koysinjaq and a camp housing Iranian refugees.
On November 14, two died and dozens when the IRGC fired five rockets on Koysinjaq.
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[JPost] Two explosions at busy Jerusalem bus stops • Nails discovered in bombs that were detonated remotely • Police on high alert across the country
At least one person was killed and 19 wounded in two explosions in bus stops at separate entrances to Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, in what police are treating as a coordinated double terror attack.
The fatality was identified as 16-year-old Aryeh Shechopek, who was on his way to a yeshiva in a nearby community when the explosion occurred. The Canadian citizen lived in the capital’s Har Nof neighborhood.
Both explosions, one at the entrance to the city near the Central Bus Station and the other in the Ramot neighborhood, occurred at bus stops during rush hour. The explosive devices were said to have been placed in bags left at the stations.
The first explosion, which happened shortly after 7 a.m. in Givat Shaul, injured 15 people, including two critically and another four seriously.
Magen David Adom said that 12 people were transported to hospitals across the city for medical treatment. Six of the injured people were evacuated to Shaare Tzedek Medical Center, two in critical condition, four in serious condition, and one moderately injured. Five of the moderately wounded were transported to Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem, and one was admitted to Hadassah’s Mount Scopus hospital in moderate condition.
One of the injured was Naomi Pilichowski, the daughter of Uri Pilichowski, a Jerusalem Post columnist and a well-known American-Israeli educator who works at Nefesh B’Nefesh, and Mitzpe Yericho Mayor Aliza Pilichowski. She was lightly injured in the attack.
Avi Biton, the father of another teenager who was seriously wounded in the attack with shrapnel in his head and stomach, said that his son and a friend were sitting on a bench waiting for a ride to their yeshiva when they suddenly heard a large explosion that threw them in the air. He said that his son saw a suspicious-looking man taking pictures of them before disappearing.
Witnesses said that they had spotted a bag leaning against a wall shortly before the explosion although these claims have not yet been verified. However, according to N12, the blast was caused by a device set up on a motorcycle next to the bus stop.
The bombs were detonated remotely and were reportedly packed with nails and bolts to maximum casualties. One bus that was near the scene of the first attack was riddled with holes, showing the dispersion of shrapnel.
Following the attack, Road One - the main artery into the capital - was shut to incoming traffic from the direction of Tel Aviv for several hours.
The second explosion near the Ramot Intersection in northern Jerusalem took place several moments after the initial explosion. Three people were lightly injured in that attack.
The second explosive device was most likely set up on the fence, according to an N12 report.
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Rabbi Uri Pilichowski. "Rabbi Pilichowski created the first teen pro-Israel group in the country that taught students to advocate in Congress for a stronger US-Israel relationship. His students gained a national reputation as they lobbied on THe (sic) Hill and in the White House."
Say, what do you think would happen if I started a student group to lobby the US Congress to favor a foreign country over our own? Do you think I'd get admitted to the highest levels of the government? No? Weird! I wonder why he got that to happen.
#2
Oh this just keeps getting better: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/jewish-democratic-israel-from-the-river-to-the-sea/
"Finally, the J-street statement assumes that the future demographics in Israel would lead to an Arab majority and that given their majority, Arabs would take on Israeli citizenship and use democracy to change the Jewish nature of the state. It also assumes that Israel couldn’t creatively come up with solutions to preclude these things from happening. None of these are guaranteed outcomes. The uniqueness of Zionism is how it faces repeated existential threats and defeats them all."
This is literally the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
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This is literally the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
The Palestinians call it Jihad of the Womb, but since their women aren’t nearly as enthusiastic as planned, they’ve been lying for two decades about their birthrates. Palestinian Authority statistics were off by over a million in about 2005, and very likely double that by now.
#5
The point is that the ADL calls the exact same thing a conspiracy theory when Americans say it.
And yet, when respected rabbis say the same thing, it doesn't get censored or repressed by the ADL. Instead, it gets printed in the pages of Times of Israel. Without any context warning or fact-checking - which is standard practice for conspiracy theories.
#6
The Anti-Defamation League is an American organization, my dear. The Times of Israel is an Israeli newspaper. And J-Street is a Progressive group ehose primary orientation is to the Left, not to Jews or Israel. They are, quite simply, a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions organization with an ethnic Jewish figleaf.
(In Their Own Words — the collected comments of various BDS-ers, including Norman Finkelstein, PhD)
That the ADL has recently lost its way is a separate question.
[BenarNews] A truck-bomb explosion outside apartments housing police potted a policeman and injured more than 30 other people in Thailand’s troubled Deep South on Tuesday, including a 1-year-old, authorities said.
At least two suspects were caught on closed-circuit cameras moments before the bomb-rigged pickup truck went kaboom! near the building that houses 50 coppers and their families in Mueang Narathiwat, a district of Narathiwat province, the chief of the provincial cop shoppe said.
"The man in a gray-collar shirt with a handgun in his waist holster got out of a pickup truck and another man on a cycle of violence gave him a lift and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace," said police Col. Jeffrey Salaimankul, chief of the Narathiwat station.
The blast was the biggest explosion to rock the Deep South after a series of Molotov cocktail and arson attacks last week that Thai officials blamed on separatist rebels in the border region.
Police identified the dead Narathiwat station officer as Capt. Suthirak Pantaniya. At least 31 people who were maimed in Tuesday’s explosion were treated at Narathiwat Hospital, officials said, adding that their injuries were non-life threatening.
About 10 fire trucks along with a bomb squad and rescue workers rushed to the scene to extinguish the blaze, inspect the site and take the injured to the hospital, police said.
Members of the bomb squad found remnants of a 50-kilo (110-pound) homemade bomb in the wreckage of the truck, police said, adding that debris flew as far as 200 meters (656 feet) from the blast site.
Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN),
...the largest group in the Thai insurgency in the southern Thai provinces that make up the old Patani sultanate...
the most powerful of armed separatist groups in the Deep South, declined to comment on the attack Tuesday. The secretive organization is known for not claiming responsibility for attacks.
A security official who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to news hounds told BenarNews that the bombing followed the killing of an krazed killer in Nong Chik, a district in another Deep South’s province of Pattani, two weeks ago.
A regional military command front man, meanwhile, said the bombing matched a pattern.
"As everyone knows the cause. The perpetrators always try to conduct violence like other cases involving carjacking and boom-mobileing," said Col. Kiatisak Neewong, front man for the military’s ISOC-4 in the Deep South.
Since a separatist insurgency reignited in the Deep South in January 2004, at least 7,344 people have been killed and 13,641 injured in violence across the mainly Moslem and Malay-speaking border region, according to data updated through March 2022 by Deep South Watch, a local think-tank.
The region encompasses Pattani, Narathiwat, Yala provinces, and four districts of Songkhla province.
Thai officials and BRN began Malaysia-brokered peace negotiations in early 2020 — following years of talks between the government and MARA Patani, an umbrella group that brought together Deep South krazed killer groups, including BRN.
The sixth face-to-face negotiation scheduled for this month has been delayed because of the Malaysian general election last weekend, according to negotiators for both sides.
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Say, who trained the terrorists that committed this atrocity? Why, it was the deep state ghouls that claim to represent you! The same ones who couldn't win in Afghanistan, invaded Iraq on a blatant lie that they admitted after the fact, and kept you in lockdown for years on more lies. Remember when Rocky III was dedicated to the brave Mujahedeen of Afghanistan? Boy, funding them sure didn't work out poorly for us!
Why does anyone still identify with and defend them? Beats me. Me and everyone else, we're on the side of the American people. Say, we've got an idea: why don't we stop training terrorists?
#6
^ He makes a rather salient point. I mean: if Barak Obama had a son, would he look like one of the 10,000 kids that ended up getting killed in Yemen?
#Turkey pounds with ground and air bombardment the entire border strip in northern #Syria, targeting more than a dozen positions in less than one day. pic.twitter.com/JRzvpZBQzd
Iran said Tuesday it had begun enriching uranium to 60 percent purity at its underground Fordo site, a technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, saying the move was in response to international criticism.
The enrichment was being carried out using the advanced IR-6 centrifuges at the facility, and was a response to the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency’s resolution last week criticizing Tehran’s lack of cooperation with the nuclear watchdog, according to Iranian state media cited by Rooters.
"In a letter to the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites.... has informed the agency that it has started enriching uranium to 60% purity at Fordo site," said the semi-official ISNA news agency.
Iran’s Student News Network announced that Tehran would additionally build new sets of centrifuges at the Natanz and Fordo nuclear sites.
Under the terms of the 2015 agreement with world powers, Iran is only permitted to enrich uranium to 3.67% purity. That deal gave Iran sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear program to prevent the production of a weapon.
The deal also called for Fordo to become a research-and-development facility and restricted centrifuges there, used to spin enriched uranium into higher levels of purity, to non-nuclear uses.
In September, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said the enrichment capacity had tripled at Fordo over the past year, months after Iran said it had begun enriching uranium to 20% purity at the plant.
On Sunday, Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva said Iran has made "significant progress" toward producing 90% enriched uranium.
"The moment is coming when the greatest test of the international community will come to light, when Iran entertains [the idea of] enrichment at 90%, even if only symbolically," he said.
The IAEA reported in July that Iran had 43 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity at other sites, enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon if Iran chose to pursue it.
However, the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... Iran still would need to design a bomb and a delivery system for it, likely a months-long project.
Iran said that the latest upgrade in enrichment was a retaliatory measure against the IAEA over the resolution submitted by the United States, Britannia, La Belle France and Germany to the UN nuclear watchdog’s board last week, censuring Iran over its lack of cooperation with the agency.
On Sunday, Iran’s foreign ministry front man Nasser Kanani said a response "was realized today in the presence of IAEA inspectors in the Natanz and Fordo enrichment complexes," without specifying what the measures entailed.
He also hinted at the likelihood that the IAEA delegation’s next visit to Iran would be canceled.
Kanani added that "the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran is always prepared to respond in the appropriate manner to the actions of Western parties when they return to their commitments."
The resolution came amid an impasse over undeclared uranium particles in Iran, and as talks seeking to revive the nuclear deal have stalled, alongside international condemnation of Tehran’s response to domestic protests.
The deal collapsed after Washington’s unilateral withdrawal in 2018 under then-president Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... Israel has long opposed the nuclear accord, saying it delayed rather ended Iran’s nuclear progress and arguing that sanctions relief empowered Tehran’s proxy militias across the region, with expected incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu coming out strongly against the deal.
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
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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...... the personification of Somali state failure...
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
[AlAhram] A boat believed to be carrying hundreds of 
...The nation is noted for 
[JPost] Two explosions at busy Jerusalem bus stops • Nails discovered in bombs that were detonated remotely • Police on high alert across the country
[BenarNews] A truck-bomb explosion outside apartments housing 
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
