[ABCNEWS.G] The U.S. State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the sub-Saharan country, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Congress was notified and would need to approve the sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement. The agency is a division of the Department of Defense body that provides technical assistance and oversees transfers of defense equipment.
The weapons requested by Nigeria include munitions, bombs and rockets.
A resurgence of attacks by 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...
... 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...
, Nigeria's homegrown jihadist group, has shaken Nigeria's northeast. The group took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose its radical version of Islamic law. In recent months, Islamic bandidos bully boyz have repeatedly overrun military outposts, mined roads with bombs and raided civilian communities, raising fears of a possible return to the peak insecurity of the Boko Haram era despite the military's claims of success against them.
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[KavkazUzel] Their fellow countrymen came to Izberbash to look for girls from Ingushetia who dated people of other nationalities. They raided the city and beaches all night long, but found no confirmation of the rumors that prompted them to come to Dagestan. Why would Ingush girls need to find dates in Dagestan? Don’t they have any interesting men back home?
A raid to search for "vicious" women was carried out in Dagestan by residents of Ingushetia, the Telegram channel "Beware, News" reported today.
In the video, a group of men walks around the streets and city beaches, in particular, they stand near a sign that says "Primorsky Beach".
A video clip with a translation of the words of one of the participants in the search for fellow countrywomen was posted on August 12 by the Telegram channel "Caucasus without a Mother". "We are now in Izberbash. We heard a rumor that the Ingush women living here go on dates with people of other nationalities. We heard a rumor, we came to see for ourselves," he says.
According to him, the search continued all night. "We arrived in the evening, now it's six in the morning. We guarded all night, walked here and there. There's nothing here. Everything is fine. We investigated," he says.
"Caucasian Knot" cannot confirm the accuracy of the translation.
According to the authors of the Telegram channel, the raid took place on August 7, and the men did not specify what they planned to do if the rumors were confirmed.
People whose behavior their relatives consider a disgrace to the family can become victims of "honor killings" in the Caucasus. These murders are committed by relatives themselves, most often a father or brother, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Honor Killings in the North Caucasus".
In other words, they don’t need stupid outsiders coming in to do their work for them. Go home, meddlers.
"You (Americans) are the ignorant, and I am the knowledgeable. The last hope for America is Islam. We are the leaders of the world, the masters, and the teachers.
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When they're right, there are right. Anyone knowledgeable knows that Islam is not a religion but a totalitarian ideology of world conquest - like Communism or Nazism.
DEEP STATE: The got him. The Subway Sandwich lover that attack a federal agent with his footlong in Washington DC turned out to be a deep state DOJ operative. General Bondi fired him and charged him with a felony. The swamp is filled with these creatures. pic.twitter.com/HvrmUxS9VP
According to information in the first tweet in the thread, Mr. Sean Charles Dunn, 37, was an international affairs specialist in the Justice Department’s criminal division, before he committed his irredeemable stupidity. Click here to see it — for some reason it won’t embed for me. Note that you may need to scroll up, dear Reader, for reasons that passeth understanding.
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Details at the link, for those interested in the details.
[IsraelTimes] Valerie Foushee, whose 2022 campaign was backed by AIPAC, says she won’t accept its donations in next race, as DNC weighs resolutions calling for arms embargo, Palestine recognition.
Details at the link, for those interested in the details.
[IsraelTimes] Valerie Foushee, whose 2022 campaign was backed by AIPAC, says she won’t accept its donations in next race, as DNC weighs resolutions calling for arms embargo, Palestine recognition.
[LONGWARJOURNAL.ORG] Following an investigation into a shootout at the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, the front man for Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... i issued a statement detailing ramifications for the perpetrators, including Kataib Hezbollah (KH).
KH, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, is an Iraqi Shiite militia that is supported by Iran. It is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a conglomerate of militias, many of which are backed by Iran, that is an official Iraqi security institution.
On July 27, members of KH stormed the Ministry of Agriculture in Baghdad to prevent the swearing-in of a new governorate director in the ministry. According to the Prime Minister's Office, the previous director was corrupt and under the protection of KH. After the militia's members entered the offices, the police were called, which led to a shootout. One police officer was killed, and at least nine people were maimed. Fourteen individuals were arrested and identified as part of the 45th and 46th Brigades of the PMF, units which KH controls.
The initial statement released by KH claimed that the incident was a mistake. It stated that security personnel and relatives of the ousted director were defending him when a police officer ''took a hasty and unjustified action, opening fire on the security personnel of the dismissed director.''
The KH statement then provided a confusing recounting of events in which individuals ostensibly sought help from nearby relatives who came ''to assist the injured and secure their exit.'' When these PMF members returned to their base, the statement claims, insisting they were members of multiple brigades, Iraqi security forces allegedly followed them, opened fire, and arrested various PMF affiliates, including some who weren't involved in the Ministry of Agriculture incident. KH stated ''that it was not a party to the clash'' and denounced the allegations against it.
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More including details at the link. I did not read further — this is more than enough for me to know, and I certainly don’t need more motivations to want them all dead as quickly as possible.
[IsraelTimes] Danny Elgarat says contrary to earlier estimate, his brother didn’t die of a heart attack during interrogation but bore signs he was ‘brutally murdered’ by his terrorist captors
Israeli hostage Itzik Elgarat was tortured to death by his Hamas captors and did not die of a heart attack during an interrogation as had originally been believed, his brother Danny Elgarat said on Thursday, citing autopsy findings.
Itzik Elgarat, 68, was in his Kibbutz Nir Oz home on the morning of October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists attacked. They shot him through his safe room door, injuring him, and took him captive. He was among 251 people abducted from Israel when the terror group led thousands of gunmen in a devastating invasion of southern Israel that also killed 1,200 people.
In June, Danny Elgarat told lawmakers during a Knesset House Committee that intelligence officials believed his brother had “suffered a heart attack during interrogation under torture.”
But on Thursday, after receiving the results of his older brother’s autopsy, Elgarat said it contradicted the previous version of events.
“Itzik did not die of a heart attack! Today, after my brother’s autopsy, things are clear,” he wrote on X.
“Itzik did not die of a heart attack,” he repeated. “Itzik was tortured to death during an interrogation.”
[IsraelTimes] A report published by the Health Ministry that will be forwarded to the president of the Red Cross reveals the physical and mental damage suffered by 12 of the hostages who were freed at the beginning of this year, including accounts of ongoing sexual harassment, dehumanization and life-altering injuries.
The report (Hebrew link) paints a harrowing picture of severe patterns of abuse, medical neglect and subhuman conditions that constitute torture and serious violations of international humanitarian law.
The ministry calls for the immediate provision of food, water and medical treatment to the abductees who are still in captivity.
An analysis of the medical condition of the hostages still being held captive shows that they are “in immediate danger, and every additional day there increases the risk of irreversible damage to their physical and mental health.”
[IsraelTimes] Hackers succeeded in getting ex-Yamina party leader to click a link that gave them access to her Telegram account, though, it was said to not have contained anything of interest
Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... hacked a phone belonging to former justice minister Ayelet Shaked during Israel’s 12-day war with the Islamic Theocratic Republic in June, Hebrew media outlets reported Thursday, the latest development in Tehran’s ongoing effort to spy on and hack current and former Israeli officials.
Iran tried several times to hack the former Yamina party leader’s phone, and succeeded in getting her to click a link that allowed access to her device, Channel 12 news reported, without citing a source.
It added that the Shin Bet informed her of the hack around two weeks after it occurred.
The Ynet news site, citing unnamed associates of Shaked, said the hack only compromised her Telegram account, which contained nothing of interest.
The news outlets reported that Shaked had previously been the target of Iranian hacking attempts as well.
In 2016 and 2017, while serving as justice minister, she was warned by then-Shin Bet director Nadav Argaman that Iran was spying on her and listening in on her phone conversations, the reports said.
Shaked left political life in 2022 after her party didn’t cross the electoral threshold, but she has indicated that she intends to return.
Iran is also trying to spy on other officials, including ministerial aides, and the Shin Bet on Thursday sent out new protocols to officials not to click on unknown links, among other measures, Channel 12 reported.
Since the Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... -led October 7 massacre, Iranian operatives and cybercrime groups aligned with the Khamenei regime are said to have escalated their cyberattacks on Israeli government and private sector infrastructure. In retaliation, suspected Israeli-aligned hackers have launched their own cyber offensives, targeting Iranian critical infrastructure, including gas stations.
Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes... Israeli authorities say they have ferreted out dozens of their own citizens allegedly recruited by Iran for espionage and other activities, from plotting liquidations to spray-painting pro-Iran slogans on cars since October 7.
As of last month, law enforcement had arrested at least 45 suspects involved in 25 separate cases since October 7, 2023, an Israel Police front man told The Times of Israel. Charges have been filed against 40 of them, according to a security official.
The unlikely operatives, from diverse walks of life, are usually ordinary civilians contacted by Iranian intelligence officers online. The effort appears to be part of a mass recruitment scheme by Tehran to gather intelligence on Israel’s alleged nuclear and military sites, as well as key Israeli figures such as defense officials and top scientists.
The common thread linking these suspects is not ideology but the promise of quick cash. Spies usually begin by carrying out seemingly innocuous tasks for small sums of money, which quickly escalate into severe offenses such as intelligence gathering and even liquidation plots, the indictments show.
Despite the effort, Tehran hasn’t yet succeeded in taking out any of the Israeli targets in its crosshairs, though there have been several close calls. There are also suspicions that intelligence gathered by spies could have helped Iran target key sites during the war in June, in which the Islamic Theocratic Republic fired hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel.
[IsraelTimes] Controversial project that would split West Bank into north and south has been on hold for decades due to international pressure; settler leader hails ‘historical achievement’
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Wednesday that he plans to approve tenders to build more than 3,000 housing units in the highly controversial E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim in the West Bank, saying the move "buries the idea of a Paleostinian state."
He said Thursday that the plan is backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The project has been frozen for decades amid fierce opposition from the international community, who fear the new settlement neighborhood would prevent the establishment of a contiguous, viable Paleostinian state.
"Approval of construction plans in E1 buries the idea of a Paleostinian state and continues the many steps we are taking on the ground as part of the de facto illusory sovereignty plan that we began implementing with the establishment of the government," Smotrich said in his statement on Wednesday.
"After decades of international pressure and freezes, we are breaking conventions and connecting Ma’ale Adumim to Jerusalem. This is Zionism at its best — building, settling, and strengthening our illusory sovereignty in the Land of Israel," said Smotrich, who is also a minister in the Defense Ministry responsible for the West Bank civilian issues.
The potential construction of a new neighborhood for the Ma’ale Adumim settlement in the so-called E1 zone has long been cause for alarm in the international community. It would divide the West Bank into northern and southern regions and prevent the development of a Paleostinian metropolis that connects East Jerusalem to Bethlehem and Ramallah, which the Paleostinians have long hoped would serve as the foundation of their future state.
Smotrich said in a speech on Thursday that Netanyahu supports his move. "He backs me up in everything concerning Judea and Samaria, and is letting me create the revolution," Smotrich said at an event in Ma’ale Adumim organized by the Yesha Council, the umbrella organization representing local authorities in settlements.
Smotrich, who holds a junior ministerial position within the Defense Ministry that gives him significant influence over settlement construction, said the approvals for the long-frozen E1 settlement project are a response to a wave of Western countries that have announced or floated plans to recognize a Paleostinian state at the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... next month.
"Today, anyone in the world who tries to recognize a Paleostinian state will receive an answer from us on the ground," he declared. "Today, we are writing a historic chapter in the story of the redemption of the people of Israel in their land."
Smotrich boasted that "after 20 years of delays... the traffic jam has been broken [and] the E1 plan is underway," adding that the government is "fulfilling the promise and connecting Ma’ale Adumim with a strategic, security and demographic connection, which ensures our united capital for generations."
Thanking US President Trump and Ambassador Mike Huckabee for their backing, Smotrich said that they are "men of truth with a clear and distinct moral voice that is not confused by the hypocrisy of the West."
Trump and Huckabee understand "that a Paleostinian state would endanger the existence of Israel" and that the West Bank is "an inseparable part of our land, the one that God promised to our father Abraham and gave to us thousands of years ago," Smotrich said.
Trump and Huckabee did not appear to have commented specifically on Smotrich’s E1 announcement. Netanyahu likewise has remained mum on the step.
Smotrich appealed to the prime minister to "apply Israeli illusory sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, to forever remove from the agenda the idea of dividing the land and to ensure that by September the hypocritical leaders in Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... will have nothing to recognize."
According to the Peace Now settlement watchdog, the approved plans are not for the original E1 proposal, but rather a separate neighborhood of Ma’ale Adumim.
"The 3,300 housing units in Ma’ale Adumim represent an increase of about 33% in the settlement’s housing stock — an enormous expansion for a settlement whose population has been stagnant at around 38,000 for the past decade and has experienced net out-migration. The tenders are for a large neighborhood that will connect Ma’ale Adumim’s built-up area with the industrial zone to its east," Peace Now said.
In a statement, Israel Gantz, chair of Yesha, applauded the measure as "another great and historical achievement for the settlement on the eve of the application of illusory sovereignty," thanking Smotrich and Netanyahu.
Ma’ale Adumim Mayor Guy Yifrach said that the "Paleostinians sought to create a chokehold through illegal construction, and building the neighborhood will defeat their goal."
In March, the security cabinet approved the construction of the "Fabric of Life" Paleostinian-only bypass road in the Jerusalem area in a bid to separate Israeli and Paleostinian traffic and entrench Israel’s presence beyond the Green Line.
Hailing that move, the Prime Minister’s Office said at the time that it would reduce congestion on the road between the capital and Ma’ale Adumim and boost Israeli construction in E1.
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.
... 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...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
