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The video of the teenage hostages Hamas took on October 7th has been released and it's as horrible as you'd imagine.
Thursday 05/23/2024

Marilyn_Monroe_from our continuing series Women Who Bathe.
Africa Horn
RSF accused of atrocities in fresh attack on El Fasher camp
India-Pakistan
Surfacing after months, PTI's Hammad
Azhar escapes police arrest in Islamabad
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel besieges last two functioning hospitals in north Gaza
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
35,709 Palestinians killed
in Israel's military offensive on Gaza
India-Pakistan
Attackers wanted to 'slit my throat', says PTI's Raoof Hasan
-Lurid Crime Tales-
Nicaraguan illegal immigrant arrested in Wisconsin for sexual assault, trafficking of 12-year-old girl
Milwaukee news crew witnesses, records hit-and-run crash involving stolen vehicle while reporting on recent shooting

Posted by: Fred || 05/23/2024 || Comments || Link || [85 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Every time I see MM, I am mildly revolted. It's hard to pin down 'why'.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 05/23/2024 4:21 Comments || Top||

#2  /\ I get that feeling from most of Hollywood.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/23/2024 14:22 Comments || Top||

#3  I get that same feeling. Could you eat an expensive meal served in a sewage treatment plant? I could not even with assurances of safety and cleanliness. Sad. Some of the Tom Hanks movies look interesting but I know I could not enjoy them.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/23/2024 15:39 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: jpal || 05/23/2024 16:49 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Nicaraguan illegal immigrant arrested in Wisconsin for sexual assault, trafficking of 12-year-old girl
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] An undocumented Democrat from Nicaragua was arrested on Monday in Wisconsin's Fond du Lac County in connection with the alleged trafficking and sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl. The man was previously apprehended by Border Patrol in 2021 while crossing illegally and then released into the interior of the US with instruction to follow immigration law.

The victim's mother, who knew the suspect, has also been taken into custody for allegedly providing her daughter to him in exchange for money. Charges were not immediately brought against the mother and suspect in the case.


According to KAKE, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office has launched an investigation into the matter, and the pair could face charges of child human trafficking, false imprisonment, sexual assault of a child, failure to protect a child, and other serious offenses.

On Monday, deputies from the sheriff's office were called to a home in Oakfield, a small town about 10 miles southwest of Fond du Lac, after the homeowner called 911 to report that a child had shown up at his door asking for assistance.

When deputies arrived, the child explained that she had beat feet from the suspect's vehicle, in which she had been bound and blindfolded. Despite his attempts to keep her there, she had been able to fight him off and seek help at the home.

A short time later, authorities executed a search warrant at a home in Fond du Lac and apprehended the suspect. The victim's mother was also picked up and transported to the Fond du Lac County jail.

The 12-year-old and her siblings were taken into protective custody and are safe.

ABC 12 reported that the undocumented Democrat's identity has not been determined. He is in his early 30s from Nicaragua and has multiple aliases. Deputies were able to determine that he was apprehended when he crossed the border from Mexico into Texas illegally in October 2021.

At the time, the suspect was apprehended and then processed at a federal facility to be released into the interior of the US. Upon his release, he was given instructions to follow current immigration policy as set by the Biden administration.
Posted by: Fred || 05/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [38 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Africa Horn
RSF accused of atrocities in fresh attack on El Fasher camp
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Volunteers have reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed severe abuses against residents of an overcrowded camp for displaced persons in El Fasher, before being forced out by a joint force of armed movements and the 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...
ese army.

El Fasher, the historic capital of the Darfur region, has been engulfed in bloody festivities for approximately two weeks between the army, allied armed movements, and the RSF, resulting in significant civilian casualties.

The RSF’s attempts to seize control of the city continue despite international and regional calls for de-escalation.

Abdel Hafiz al-Ghali, a member of the Abu Shouk Camp Emergency Room, reported to Sudan Tribune that "RSF militias stormed the camp, committing brutal crimes against unarmed youth, including beatings, torture, detention, and looting."

The RSF reportedly infiltrated the camp from the north after the sudden withdrawal of a Sudanese army post. A source in the joint force explained to Sudan Tribune that the RSF exploited the army’s withdrawal, pushing in a large number of their elements before being repelled to the strategically located Mellit gate, now a no man’s land between the warring parties.

The El Fasher Emergency Room announced that around 18 people, including women, children, and the elderly, were maimed inside the Abu Shouk camp due to the violent mostly peaceful festivities.
Posted by: Fred || 05/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [27 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


India-Pakistan
Surfacing after months, PTI's Hammad Azhar escapes police arrest in Islamabad
[GEO.TV] Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) big shot Hammad Azhar resurfaced in public on Wednesday almost a year after he went into hiding in the wake of crackdown on the party members following May 9 incidents.

"Yesterday, I received a message from the PTI founder [Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders...
] that it’s time to come out of hiding," said Azhar as he visited the PTI’s Central Secretariat office in Islamabad.

The PTI leader said he would go to Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
to secure pre-arrest bail as he has been booked in several cases in connection with May 9 riots that broke out in the country last year after the arrest of PTI founder in corruption case.

"All leaders including Murad Saeed will come out of hiding," he added.
Posted by: Fred || 05/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Attackers wanted to 'slit my throat', says PTI's Raoof Hasan
[GEO.TV] After surviving a horrific attack in Islamabad earlier this week, Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) Information Secretary Raoof Hasan on Wednesday claimed that the attackers wanted to "slit" his throat.

The senior politician, while addressing a presser at the party’s secretariat in Islamabad alongside PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan and big shot Azam Swati, said his party's opponents failed to eliminate the Imran-founded party despite using all tactics.

He broke down in tears while saying that his party colleagues faced much worse scenarios compared to what he suffered.

Hasan claimed that the same people "threatened me three days ago and warned me that they are chasing me". He added that he rejected the First Information Report (FIR) lodged by the police department after the attack.

He censured the Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) government yet again and alleged that "a party has been given the rulership" which bowed down before the power centres.

The injured PTI spokesperson added that the opponents failed to establish any strong narrative against the former ruling party. He vowed that PTI leaders would never bow down before anyone at any cost.

Pointing towards the incarcerated party founder Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who anti-establishment Pak premier, who was hounded out of office, arrested, jailed, and will likely be hung by his political opponents...
, Hasan said that the incumbent rulers would soon realise the necessity to hold talks with the individual who is kept at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.

For his part, Omar condemned the brutal attack on Hasan and called it an "liquidation bid". He said the party rejected the FIR which was "a police attempt to weaken the case". He demanded the constitution of a judicial commission to probe the attack on the PTI spokesperson.

Responding to Hasan’s statement, Islamabad police rejected the injured politician’s objections to the FIR.

The Islamabad police spokesperson said in a statement today that the content of FIR was based on a written request submitted by the maimed politician which was received with his signature and thumb impression in the presence of his legal team.

The federal capital’s police asked Hasan to prove the contradictions in the FIR’s content and his written application as the "case was registered under sections in accordance with the charges".

In another development today, the federal government has formed a committee to investigate the attack on PTI's Hasan after registration of an FIR with charges of murder and attempted murder.

Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar confirmed the development today. Meanwhile,
...back at the hoedown, the fiddler suddenly struck a sour note. The dancing stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Bob...
a police investigation team has also been appointed.

The law minister termed the attack on the senior politician "regrettable and sad", stating that such attacks should not happen.

A group of around four people, apparently transgender persons, attacked and injured the PTI spokesperson in Islamabad earlier this week, drawing strong condemnation from his party.

However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
it remains unclear why the politician was attacked by transpersons.

In a video shared along with the statement by the PTI, Hasan could be heard asking people to call the doctor, with injuries and blood seen on his face as he walked into a building.
Posted by: Fred || 05/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [29 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel besieges last two functioning hospitals in north Gaza
[GEO.TV] Israel has besieged last two functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, said the World Health Organisation.

It said that more than 200 patients trapped have been trapped inside al-Awda and Kamal Adwan Hospitals.
Posted by: Fred || 05/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [84 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  ICJ decision pending, IDF finds weapons in Rafah graveyard
Posted by: Grom the reflective || 05/23/2024 6:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Limiting the fire from both?
Posted by: alanc || 05/23/2024 9:39 Comments || Top||

#3  We know all Palestinian hospitals have C2 centers beneath them.
Posted by: Grom the reflective || 05/23/2024 10:50 Comments || Top||


Israeli forces move deeper into Rafah in night of heavy battle
[GEO.TV] Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of a crowded district in the heart of Rafah on Wednesday during one of the most intense nights of bombardment of the southern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
city since Israel launched its offensive there this month.

Israel's assault on Rafah on Gaza's southern edge has set hundreds of thousands of people fleeing what had been a refuge for half of the enclave's 2.3 million people. It has also cut off the main access routes for aid into Gaza, drawing international fears of mass casualties and famine.

Israel says it has no choice but to attack the city to root out the last battalions of Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
fighters it believes are sheltering there. Its troops have been slowly moving into the eastern outskirts of Rafah since the start of the month.

Residents and fighters said tanks had taken up new positions on Wednesday further west than before along the southern border fence with Egypt, and were now stationed on the edge of the Yibna neighbourhood at the centre of Rafah. They had not yet entered the district as fighting had been intense.
Posted by: Fred || 05/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [70 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


35,709 Palestinians killed in Israel's military offensive on Gaza
[GEO.TV] At least 35,709 Palestinians have been killed and 79,990 injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
Posted by: Fred || 05/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [47 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Two US soldiers injured in work accident on Gaza pier
Posted by: Grom the reflective || 05/23/2024 6:50 Comments || Top||


The video of the teenage hostages Hamas took on October 7th has been released and it's as horrible as you'd imagine.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [261 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  X link apparently not working.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 05/23/2024 2:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Appears to have been pulled. When I viewed it, it showed a dozen or so armed HAMAS people and at least 4 young female hostages flex cuffed, and being loaded into a truck for transport. One of the hostages hopped on one foot indicating a foot or ankle injury. The other hostages did not appear to be seriously injured.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/23/2024 2:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Legal Insurrection has it
Posted by: Frank G || 05/23/2024 4:50 Comments || Top||

#4  Thanks Frank !
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/23/2024 5:21 Comments || Top||

#5  and Twitchy
Posted by: Frank G || 05/23/2024 5:23 Comments || Top||

#6  And also Skidmark and his "MAIL - Where America Gets it news" posting as well:

Mail - Horrifying new footage shows Hamas kidnappers threatening women
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/23/2024 5:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Hostage families release extended footage of Hamas abduction



Posted by: Skidmark || 05/23/2024 6:18 Comments || Top||

#8  Lots of "Nothing to see here."

/sarc
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/23/2024 7:43 Comments || Top||

#9  The video I saw was not as edited. It showed 5-6 women/girls, bound and beaten. Then showed blurred out images of what appeared to be a dead female on the floor while still inside. Then four were moved to a vehicle.
Posted by: Ebbuger Whuque4103 || 05/23/2024 7:59 Comments || Top||

#10  This is a 21st century slaver raid.

Similar scenes would have unfolded in European coastal villages ransacked by Barbary Pirates before the Barbary Pirates were ended by the colonization of North Africa.

This, however is good and righteous slavery because the slavers are pre-modern, primitivist noble savages.
</sarc>
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 05/23/2024 9:07 Comments || Top||

#11  It is a sad commentary on the MSM and ignorance of much of the populace of the West that this kind of October 7th savagery has to be revealed to counter the pro-Hamas/anti-Israeli propaganda being flooded in the media sources.

The depth of the penetration of our academic, political and media centers by radical Muslim activists activated to visibility by Oct 7 should be a cautionary reminder of how suicidal DEI in all its forms has become for our nation.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/23/2024 13:09 Comments || Top||

#12  #11 I'm sure some "student activists"* mastrubate to that video.

*And not just XY ones (I'm emphatically refuse to classify these creatures as men & women.)
Posted by: Grom the reflective || 05/23/2024 13:14 Comments || Top||

#13  Where are they getting the hosting for this kind of content? Nonconsensual sex videos are legally actionable. People can and are doing prison time for posting this kind of thing.
Posted by: Vortigern+Phert8938 || 05/23/2024 13:50 Comments || Top||



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