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U.S. Forces Conclude Operation Targeting ISIS-Somalia
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Africa Horn
Puntland Forces Step Up Pressure on ISIS as Trapped Militants Face Surrender Deadline
[Garowe] Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
’s defense forces have issued an urgent 72-hour ultimatum to Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) fighters trapped in the Baallade valley, urging them to surrender peacefully or face full military action.

The hard boys, currently surrounded in cave hideouts within the valley, have been warned that this is their final chance to avoid bloodshed. The message, issued in multiple languages, called on the fighters to lay down their arms and contact Puntland security forces for safe surrender.

"The Puntland government calls on ISIS fighters and anyone wishing to surrender to contact Puntland security forces within 72 hours. Your life is valuable," read a statement from Puntland’s military command.

Authorities pledged humane treatment for any fighters who surrender, including safe return to their families and communities. However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
officials warned that failure to comply would lead to severe consequences. "There will be no escape. This is the final opportunity," the statement said.

The standoff comes as the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, concluded a separate two-week counterterrorism operation in the Puntland region targeting ISIS-Somalia.

The joint strikes focused on leadership hideouts in the Golis Mountains, a remote area known to harbor high-ranking hard boys.

Puntland officials said the current siege in Baallade valley is part of an intensified campaign to dismantle ISIS strongholds across the region, in coordination with broader national and international counterterrorism efforts.

Security forces emphasized that the window for peaceful resolution is closing rapidly, describing the current operation as the last safe exit for the trapped fighters.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [29 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


U.S. Forces Conclude Operation Targeting ISIS-Somalia
[ShabelleMedia] U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, concluded a two-week operation Aug. 23, 2025, that included multiple Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s targeting ISIS-Somalia in the Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
region of Somalia.

Operations consisted of targeted strikes against ISIS leadership’s safe havens in the Golis Mountains.

"These lethal strikes demonstrate our resolve and commitment to ensuring Americans and our partners remain safe from the threat of global terrorism," said Gen. Dagvin Anderson, Commander, U.S. Africa Command.

"I congratulate our military and civilian teammates, as well as our partners in Somalia, who worked every aspect of this complex evolution. They set the standard for executing as well-planned, cross-Combatant Command operation against an organization that wishes to export their terror to the U.S. and our allies."

AFRICOM, in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia and Somali Armed Forces, will continue to assess the results of the operation. Specific details about the operation will not be released in order to ensure operations security.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [70 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Britain
Native Brits calmly march with national flag to protest colonists
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/27/2025 2025-08-27 02:36 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [102 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  I don't think calm marching will do the trick.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/27/2025 4:56 Comments || Top||

#2  /\ No, they have by this time, a keen sense of the hand-over. Sadly, Albion has been sold off.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/27/2025 6:11 Comments || Top||


#4 
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 08/27/2025 6:20 Comments || Top||

#5  Clarkson's Farm is a British television documentary series about Jeremy Clarkson and his farm in the Cotswolds. The series tells you all you need to know about the heavy hand of governmental regulatory oppression and globalism. Jeremy's message is barnyard subtle, but it's there.

Link to episodes found here.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/27/2025 6:34 Comments || Top||

#6  They are headed towards some incident that will topple the government.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/27/2025 6:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Charles* has the authority to end the current Parliament and force new elections. He may have to choose between being King of the United Kingdom or a citizen of Oceania.

* history shows life is not good for odd numbered Charles on the throne.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/27/2025 7:25 Comments || Top||

#8  #5 His show is a kick, B
Posted by: Frank G || 08/27/2025 7:47 Comments || Top||

#9  They are headed towards some incident that will topple the government.

Conservatives are any better?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/27/2025 7:48 Comments || Top||


UK to help dozens of Gazan students enroll at British universities
[IsraelTimes] Accepted students must complete biometric checks in third countries before taking up their places, but their departure depends on Israel’s approval

Britannia’s Home Office has agreed to adjust immigration rules to allow several dozen students from 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...
to take up fully funded British university places next month, the UK government confirmed Tuesday.
Several dozen out of a Gazan population claimed to be something like 2.3 millon (actually probably closer to 1.5, but whatever) — golly, such generosity!
It is understood that the students will be permitted to undergo biometric checks in a third country before travelling on to the UK to take up their places.
In a third country? What is that intended to accomplish?
However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
the Israeli government would still need to agree to each student leaving Gaza, as diplomatic relations worsen with London.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last month that the UK will recognize a Paleostinian state if Israel does not take a series of steps, including agreeing to a ceasefire-hostage release deal in its war with the Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
terror group.
It won’t accomplish anything except to feed the British ego.
Of the approximately 40 students set to be eligible for support heading to the UK, nine are due to pursue scholarships under the Chevening scheme, according to the BBC.

A predominantly UK government-funded initiative, it enables "outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world" to pursue a one-year master’s degree in the UK, according to the British Foreign Office.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also approved plans to help around 30 others who have won fully funded scholarships through other private schemes to reach the UK, the BBC reported.

A Home Office source told British media the arrangements are "complex and challenging," but Cooper "wants no stone unturned" so the prospective Gaza students can take up their places in the coming weeks.

The ongoing war in Gaza was sparked when Hamas-led holy warriors rampaged through southern communities on October 7, 2023, murdering some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages.

Israel has been heavily involved in who leaves Gaza since June 2024, when it started using the Kerem Shalom Crossing to evacuate Paleostinians via its own territory, following the closure of the Rafah Border Crossing into Egypt a month earlier.

Israel says most who leave do so to receive treatment or accompany someone sick or maimed, without specifying an exact breakdown.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [60 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Hopefully, while in UK, they'll run into some Scottish girls.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/27/2025 3:59 Comments || Top||


UK: Farage attacks woman who supports deporting supporters of mass rapists
[X]

girls on an industrial scale.

If they knew, and did nothing, then yes. They should be removed from our country. I make absolutely NO apologies for stating that. I do not want such evil walking our streets. Deport them all.

If that results in entire communities being deported, then that is what must happen. Obviously.

The number is irrelevant. Everyone who knew and did nothing must go. If a Pakistani woman knew that her husband was raping a young white girl, facilitating it? Then yes - she should go back to Pakistan with her husband.

It’s shocking that Farage doesn’t agree.

At a Reform event in Essex, Farage even removed the line ‘mass deportation’ from my speech.

He later told the Telegraph he thought it was 'a very grave, dark and dangerous use of language.'

What's changed?

In that same speech he instructed me to remove a reference to deporting these complicit foreign nationals. I refused. I'm glad I did.

He says millions can't go? I disagree.

My position is clear, and it’s one the British people agree with.

Mass deportation of every single illegal migrant. Abolish the entire asylum system. Review all refugee claims given to illegal arrivals, with deportation the default. And actually, the biggest problem of them all? Legal immigration.

A large number of legal migrants, who have failed to uphold their end of the deal, need to go home too.

Not working, not contributing, not integrating, not even speaking English? Go home.

From what I can see - the Reform plan is nowhere near enough. Even on deporting illegals. It's just not enough. It's weak. They ALL must go. Not some, ALL.

Farage was also questioned why my plan would cost far more than his? His response?

Because "Zia is really good at maths".

No. It's because it's because your plan is weak.

All very disappointing. We need to be brave to take our country back, and this is not brave.

We have already shifted the entire public debate in six months. Let’s keep pushing.

Mass deportations, and I mean proper mass deportations, must happen.

Perhaps Mr. Farage is not ready to face the firestorm that will result from saying it aloud in public.
Posted by: 3dc || 08/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [71 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1 
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 08/27/2025 0:44 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Suspect in court for Melbourne synagogue arson attack Australia says ordered by Iran
[IsraelTimes] A man charged with setting fire to a Melbourne synagogue appears in court over an attack Australia says was orchestrated by 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and has led to the expulsion of Tehran’s ambassador.

Australia said on yesterday Iran sought to disguise its involvement in two 2024 attacks, at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and on a kosher restaurant in Sydney, by using criminals and members of organized crime gangs.

Younes Ali Younes, 20,
…aaaaand we have a name!
appeared for the first time via video link at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday in connection with the attack on the synagogue in December 2024, that gutted the building and destroyed sacred texts, causing millions of dollars in damage.

He spoke only to confirm he could hear and understand proceedings, and is yet to enter a plea.

His lawyer, Mark Aouad, declined to comment on the case, that is scheduled to return to court on December 4.

Police have already charged two alleged accomplices.

Canberra is the latest Western government to accuse Iran of carrying out hostile covert activities on its soil. Last month, 14 countries, including Britannia, the US, and La Belle France, condemned what they called a surge in liquidation, kidnapping, and harassment plots by Iranian intelligence services.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/27/2025 2025-08-27 01:50 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [28 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies



Australia to list Iran’s IRGC as terror group, expels envoy
[Rudaw] Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday accused 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
of carrying out at least two anti-Semitic attacks in the country over the past years, expelled the Iranian ambassador, and said Canberra will legislate to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

Albanese said the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) "has gathered enough credible intelligence to reach a deeply disturbing conclusion — that the Iranian Government directed at least two of these attacks. Iran has sought to disguise its involvement, but ASIO assesses it was behind the attacks on the Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney on October 20 last year, and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 6 last year."

"I can also announce, the Government will legislate to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, as a terrorist organization," he stated.

Australia declared Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi "persona non grata" and ordered him and three other officials to leave within seven days. The Australian embassy in Tehran also suspended all operations and removed all diplomats from the country.

Australian spy chief Mike Burgess said that for the past ten months, anti-Semitism had been one of the agency’s top priorities, involving the "full use" of its authority.

"We have investigated dozens of incidents targeting Jewish communities, places of worship, businesses, and prominent individuals," he said. "ASIO now assesses the Iranian Government directed at least two and likely more attacks on Jewish interests in Australia."

The IRGC used a complex web of proxies to mask its involvement, according to Burgess, who also said that after October 24, Iran shifted from "intimidating behaviours to direct targeting of people, businesses and places of worship."

He stressed that Australia does not believe that Iran is responsible for every anti-Semitic attack in the country, but said it initiated the first of them.

Iran’s foreign ministry slammed the accusations as "baseless," linking them to challenges Australia faced with Israel after "protests against the Zionist regime."

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi further lashed out at Albanese, calling him a "weak politician."

"Iran is home to among the world's oldest Jewish communities including dozens of synagogues. Accusing Iran of attacking such sites in Australia while we do our utmost to protect them in our own country makes zero sense," he said on X.

The move to expel Iran’s ambassador comes after Albanese announced on August 11 that Canberra’s recognition of a Paleostinian state will be formalized at the United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
General Assembly in September.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later called Albanese a "coward" who betrayed Israel by "recognising a Paleostinian state."

"History will remember Albanese for what he is: A weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews," Netanyahu said on social media last week.
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Home Front: Politix
DNC blocks resolution urging halt to US military aid for Israel, Palestine recognition
[IsraelTimes] Democratic National Committee ends up advancing alternative measure that reflects party’s long-standing positions after debate that exposes its current divides over Gaza war

A Democratic National Committee panel blocked a resolution Tuesday that would have called for a suspension of military aid to Israel and recognition of Paleostinian statehood, after a debate underscoring growing fissures within the party over its longstanding support of Israel.

The text of the resolution, which also called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, did not mention the Israeli hostages held by Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
The resolution, which was proposed by Allison Minnerly, a new Gen Z member from Florida, would have joined the growing chorus of calls in the US House of Representatives and Senate in recent weeks to block weapons sales to Israel. Following debate over the resolution Tuesday morning at the DNC (If you're white you ain't right!)
...Democrat National Committee, where all those off-the-wall talking points originate...
’s summer meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the resolution received a resolute bloc of "nay" votes from the panel.

Another resolution proposed by DNC Chairman Ken Martin which called for the unrestricted flow of aid to Gaza, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a "two state solution negotiated through direct bilateral negotiations" was passed unanimously by the committee.

"One thing all of us in this room agree on is that the crisis in Gaza is urgent," said Martin during the panel meeting. "This resolution is focused on the humanitarian crisis and makes clear that it must be addressed as the emergency that it is."

Martin’s resolution echoes long-standing positions on Israel held by the Democratic party as outlined in its 2024 platform, which affirmed that former US president Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass....
had worked "tirelessly" to ensure the "unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance to the Paleostinian people."

The debate over the two resolutions reflects a growing divide among Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
over their stances on Israel as support for the country’s ongoing offensive in Gaza has sharply declined in the past year.

A recent Gallup poll found that among Democratic voters, approval for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza — launched in resposne to the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, terror onslaught that started the ongoing war — had fallen from 36% in November 2023 to just 8% last month.

The DNC vote comes weeks after a record number of Senate Democrats voted in favor of two resolutions by Senator Bernie Sanders

...The only first openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords. He ran for the 2016 nomination for president, to be cheated out of it by Hillary Clinton, then went back to being an Independent socialist, waiting for 2020 to roll around...
, a Jewish Independent from Vermont, seeking to block US military sales to Israel. In the House, a growing number of Democrats are also signing onto a bill that would withhold the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel, while the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee called Tuesday for the US to "leverage certain arms sales" to the Jewish state.

Despite waning support among Democratic politicians for Israel amid reports of mass hunger and journalists killed in the embattled enclave, the DNC appeared unready to wade into controversial positions such as an arms embargo

Ahead of the debate over the arms embargo resolution, Minnerly called on the party to "follow the will of our voters and call for an end to US involvement in this particular tragedy."

"This is a moment that calls for leadership, listening and hard conversations," Minnerly said. "We urge that beyond calling for a ceasefire, that we acknowledge the devastation and we also outline actionable items for our elected officials with the Democratic Party to align ourselves with the voters of our base."

Minnerly told the Washington Post that after submitting her resolution, DNC staff contacted her to make "clear that they didn’t think that this resolution was the right thing for this moment."

During Tuesday’s debate over the resolution, Harini Krishnan, a member from Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, criticized the resolution for failing to put "any onus on a bad boy group that I think is also oppressing the Paleostinian people," referring to Hamas. She added that she hoped that "as a party, we can move beyond this issue."

In a statement earlier this month, the Democratic Majority for Israel, an advocacy group, also called on DNC members to reject the resolution, calling it "flawed" and "irresponsible."

"Should it advance, it will further divide our Party, provide a gift to Republicans, and send a signal that will embolden Israel’s adversaries," said DMI president and CEO Brian Romick in a statement. "As we get closer to the midterms, Democrats need to be united, not continuing intra-party fights that don’t get us closer to taking back Congress."

But Sophia Danenberg, a member from Washington, said that passing Martin’s resolution was "not enough," adding that "people want to hear a louder, stronger statement, and that this isn’t the time for subtlety."

"October 7th does not justify the actions of this right-wing regime massacring and starving and slaughtering the Paleostinian people," Danenberg said, later adding, "I do fear that we’re losing our future as a Democratic Party by not being courageous on this issue."

The DNC, like its Republican counterpart, is charged with establishing the party platform, synching up candidate messaging across multiple elections and publicizing the national party "brand."
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [54 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  DNC blocks resolution urging halt to US military aid for Israel, Palestine recognition

"We need Jewish donors. After we're elected, we can halt US military aid for Israel, and recognise Palestine."?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/27/2025 8:17 Comments || Top||



International-UN-NGOs
Witkoff: US talking with a number of countries about joining the Abraham Accords
[IsraelTimes] US special envoy Steve Witkoff says, “We are negotiating multiple entries” of countries into the Abraham Accords.

Witkoff doesn’t specify which countries he is referring to, but he has been predicting such an expansion since at least May. The effort, however, appears to be hampered by the extension of the Gaza war.

In the meantime, the US is reportedly working to coax Azerbaijan, which already has ties with Israel, to enter the Abraham Accords. That push is an indication that the Trump administration is sufficing with more modest gains on the issue, as many of the potential candidates are demanding progress toward a two-state solution with the Palestinians, which Israel rejects.

Witkoff’s remarks are part of an over three hour public portion of the cabinet meeting during which members are going around the table one after the other updating Trump’s on their efforts, while primarily taking the time to praise the president.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/27/2025 2025-08-27 02:34 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [30 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Happy, happy! Joy, joy!
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/27/2025 8:13 Comments || Top||


UN inquiry on alleged Israel violence hampered by funding shortfall, document shows ​
Oh dear, oh dear… Anyway.
[IsraelTimes] Head of panel, who resigned last month, says it is unable to hire staff, won’t be able to present mandated reports to UN Human Rights Council in March 2026

A team of UN Sherlocks tasked with researching cases of violence by Israeli settlers and the transfer of arms to Israel for use in the war against Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
in 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...
cannot complete their work because of financial constraints, a document showed.

The incident shows how dire funding shortages in the UN system, caused by donor fatigue and belt-tightening, are harming global accountability efforts for abuses after a Congo probe was stalled earlier this year.

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Paleostinian Territory
…that’s a mouthful…
— established in May 2021 by the Geneva-based Human Rights Council — can provide evidence of international crimes used in pre-trial investigations by tribunals like the International Criminal Court.

Last year, the council approved a request from Pakistain to research additional evidence on arms transfers to Israel in the context of the Gaza war and Israeli settler violence.

But Navi Pillay, who heads the inquiry, told the council’s president in an August 6 letter that a lack of funds meant it was unable to hire staff.

"The Commission has started informing the sponsors of the two resolutions that it will be unable to produce these mandated reports and present them to the Council in March 2026," said Pillay, who has served as a judge at the ICC and is a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Israel has regularly criticized the commission, which has condemned actions by the military since it launched its offensive in Gaza after the Hamas-led massacre of October 7, 2023. The commission also overwhelmingly blames Israel for the conflict with the Paleostinians and accuses the Jewish state of other misdeeds, such as stealing natural resources.

The three members of the commission resigned last month, but will continue to serve until new members are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council.

Pillay, a South African jurist, was the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014, during which time she frequently criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza.

She chaired the commission of inquiry, which Jewish groups, Israel, the US and other countries have condemned for its alleged bias. It is the council’s first open-ended commission of inquiry, the UNHRC’s highest level of investigation.

UN commission member Miloon Kothari, who also resigned, caused a firestorm of controversy in 2022 when he said that social media was "controlled largely by the Jewish lobby," espousing a common antisemitic trope, and questioned why Israel was allowed in the UN.

Pillay defended Kothari’s comments.

Pillay has dismissed antisemitism concerns as a "diversion" and "lies," and called Israeli security concerns "a fiction."

In 2014, over 100 members of Congress signed a letter to Pillay decrying the UNHRC’s bias against Israel under her leadership, saying the council "simply cannot be taken seriously as a human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
organization" while it was probing Israel, but not Hamas.

A backlog of UN mandatory fees, including from the top donor, the United States, which owes around $1.5 billion, has worsened a long-running UN liquidity crisis. In response, the global body plans to cut its budget by 20 percent.

Overall, 12 of the current 47 voting members on the council — set to meet in September to discuss crises in 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...
and Afghanistan — have outstanding fees, according to a tally by the International Service for Human Rights.

Nada Al Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said investigations were now running at around 50% staffing levels.

"Without the timely availability of funds, implementation has become and will continue to be increasingly constrained and in some cases it will simply not be possible," she said.
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UK, France, Germany meet with Iran to discuss nuclear deal as snapback sanctions loom
[IsraelTimes] European powers say they want to ‘to see whether the Iranians are credible’ or ‘messing us around’ as Iran says ‘negotiating with all our might’ to prevent sanctions

Senior officials from 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
met Tuesday with representatives of Europe’s top three powers in Geneva to discuss the Westerners’ demand that Iran revive nuclear inspections and diplomacy or face the reimposition of sanctions that were lifted under a 2015 deal.

La Belle France, Britannia and Germany, known as the E3, have long threatened to trigger the "snapback" of sanctions at the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
Security Council by October, when the now largely defunct nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers expires.

They have more recently said they plan to decide by the end of August unless Iran offers concessions that could convince them to hold off for a short time, often referred to as an extension. Talks are tense as Iran is furious at the bombing in June of its nuclear facilities by the US and Israel, the E3’s allies.

"We are going to see whether the Iranians are credible about an extension or whether they are messing us around. We want to see whether they have made any progress on the conditions we set to extend," one E3 official said.

Those conditions are the resumption of UN inspections, including accounting for Iran’s large stock of enriched uranium, and engaging in diplomacy, including with the United States. Iran has repeatedly ruled out direct talks with Washington.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Tuesday after the meeting that Tehran remained committed to diplomacy and a mutually beneficial solution.

"It is time for the E3 and the UN Security Council to make the right choice and give diplomacy the time and space it needs," he said in a post on X.

"Our focus is on preventing actions or incidents that may be costly for the country," said Iranian Foreign Ministry front man Esmaeil Baghaei during a weekly presser before the meeting in Geneva.

He added that Tehran was "negotiating with all our might."

Officials in Geneva said they did not expect public statements to be made there during the meeting. The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, which serves as coordinator of the 2015 deal, was also due to attend.

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Iran has been enriching uranium to up to 60 percent fissile purity, a short step from the roughly 90% of weapons-grade, and had enough material enriched to that level, if refined further, for six nuclear weapons before Israel began its aerial bombings of nuclear facilities in June.

Actually producing a weapon would take more time, however, and the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency has said that, while it cannot guarantee Tehran’s nuclear program is entirely peaceful, it has no credible indication of a coordinated weapons project in the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

While Iran’s enrichment plants were badly damaged or destroyed in the June war, Tehran has not granted the IAEA access to them since then, arguing that they are not safe for inspectors. The status and whereabouts of Iran’s large stockpile of enriched uranium are also unclear.

"Due to the damage to our nuclear sites, we need to agree on a new plan with the agency — and we’ve conveyed that to IAEA officials," one Iranian official said.

Western officials have said they suspect Iran has returned to negotiating tactics aimed at buying time and dragging talks out. The E3 will seek to determine in their talks on Tuesday whether that is now the case.

Tehran has warned of a "harsh response" if sanctions are reinstated.

Iran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
it enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel said Iran had recently taken steps toward weaponization.

Iran retaliated to Israel’s strikes by launching over 500 ballistic missiles and around 1,100 drones at Israel. The attacks killed 31 people and maimed over 3,000 in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals.

In all, there were 36 missile impacts and one dronezap in populated areas, causing damage to 2,305 homes in 240 buildings, along with two universities and a hospital, and leaving over 13,000 Israelis displaced.

The war also saw the United States carry out strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has been in place since June 24.
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Her true colours revealed; Canadian Photojournalist Resigns From Reuters in Protest Over Gaza Coverage
[Garowe] Canadian photojournalist Valerie Zink has announced her resignation from Rooters, citing what she describes as the news agency’s complicity in the killing of journalists in 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...
In a public statement, Zink said she is not only ending her work with the international news organization but also destroying her press credentials in protest.
New title to be Hamas Propagandist to the English-Speaking World, which at least is honest..
"I can’t in good conscience continue to work for Rooters given their betrayal of journalists in Gaza and culpability in the liquidation of our colleagues," she said.

Zink specifically referenced the killing of 245 journalists in Gaza since the start of the conflict, accusing Rooters of justifying and enabling the violence through its editorial choices and lack of accountability.

Her resignation adds to growing criticism from within the media industry over the treatment of journalists in conflict zones and the responsibilities of major news organizations in upholding press freedom and safety.

Rooters has not publicly responded to Zink’s statement.
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Iraq
US-led coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq, relocate to Erbil: Source
[Rudaw] The withdrawal of US-led Global Coalition forces from western Iraq and Baghdad will begin in several weeks, with troops set to be redeployed to the Kurdistan Region’s capital Erbil, a high-ranking security source told Rudaw on Monday.

Responding to Rudaw's inquiry about the planned relocation of coalition troops from Ain al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq’s Anbar province and their headquarters in Baghdad, the source stated, "According to the agreement between Iraq and the Global Coalition [to defeat the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS)], the withdrawal will begin from the Ain al-Asad and Baghdad base at the end of September."

Speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, the source confirmed that current activity at these bases is part of the withdrawal preparations, emphasizing that "the redeployment will be directed toward Erbil, and not to neighboring countries," as some reports have speculated.

Importantly, this statement appears to contradict comments made in mid-August by Hussein Allawi, a senior advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed 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. At the time, Allawi had said that coalition forces would complete their withdrawal from "their headquarters in the capital Baghdad and the Ain al-Asad base in" by the end of September.

Allawi also noted that the withdrawal is part of the December 2021 agreement between Baghdad and Washington to transition the coalition’s role from combat operations to advising, training, and assisting Iraqi security forces.

He detailed that the coalition's mission will conclude within the previously agreed timeline - with the first phase ending in 2025 and final withdrawal by 2026. This shift is intended to lay the foundation for a "new phase of security cooperation" between Iraq and coalition member states, focused on developing "sustainable" and "stable bilateral defense relations," grounded in military coordination and in "political, economic, and cultural ties."

Also on Monday, a US Department of Defense official told Rudaw’s Washington DC correspondent, Diyar Kurda, that "the United States will continue a bilateral security cooperation relationship with Iraq" following the coalition’s withdrawal.

When asked specifically about the reported transfer of coalition troops to Erbil, the US defense official responded, "We do not have anything new to announce right now," but added that "the United States continues to review and, as appropriate, adjust its force posture in Iraq in accordance with the U.S.-Iraq Joint Statement on the transition of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Iraq."

Formed in 2014 under former US President Barack Obama
My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it...
, the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS launched its operations in Iraq with Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s, later expanding to include training and advising Iraqi forces. The coalition comprises nearly 89 countries and international organizations, including the US, UK, La Belle France, Germany, Canada, Australia, and several Middle Eastern nations, contributing military personnel, equipment, and financial support.

As of mid-2025, the US maintains approximately 2,500 troops in Iraq.

However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
the presence of coalition forces in Iraq has remained a contentious issue, particularly after the January 2020 US strike that killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani near Baghdad International Airport. Days later, 168 members of Iraq’s 329-member parliament voted to expel foreign forces from the country.

Of note, 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
struck western Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase - now slated for closure - in the aftermath of the killings.
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