[ShabelleMedia] Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, has revealed that Egyptian forces will soon be deployed to Somalia.
In a recent interview on AlQahera News, Abdelatty said Egypt remained committed to supporting Somalia and bolstering its security.
This comes just weeks after Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... agreed on a joint initiative to build a capable Somali military force to defend the country’s borders and maritime territories.
"Egypt is prepared to provide any assistance the Somali people may need," the Minister affirmed, pointing to the collaborative military efforts as a testament to this growing partnership.
This development comes at a time of heightened security challenges in the Horn of Africa, with ongoing conflicts in Somalia, tensions in the Red Sea, and Æthiopia’s internal strife raising alarms across the region.
Somalia remains embroiled in a long-standing battle against the Islamist Death Eater group al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... , which continues to undermine the government’s authority and destabilize the country.
The fragile security situation in the Horn has drawn regional and international actors to increase their involvement, making security alliances such as this one between Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea.
EGYPT’S AMBITIONS
Observers say Egypt’s decision to deploy forces to Somalia highlights Cairo’s broader strategy to exert influence in the Horn of Africa.
This move may also be seen in the context of its concern over Æthiopia’s controversial Grand Æthiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project, which has been a source of friction between Egypt, 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 Æthiopia.
The deployment of forces could be an indication of Egypt’s desire to expand its presence in the region and safeguard its interests along the Nile and the Red Sea.
Additionally, Eritrea’s participation in this trilateral initiative adds another layer of complexity to the Horn’s geopolitics.
Eritrea has faced international criticism for its role in the ongoing conflict in northern Æthiopia, where it has been involved alongside Æthiopian forces in the Tigray War.
However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese... this new partnership could help Eritrea rebrand itself as a stabilizing force in the region, particularly in support of Somalia’s fight against terrorism.
SOMALIA’S GROWING IMPORTANCE
For Somalia, the backing of Egypt and Eritrea may offer a crucial boost as the country struggles to build a robust military capable of handling its security challenges.
The Somali government has been heavily dependent on 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), which has been phasing out as Somalia takes more responsibility for its security.
With the joint initiative from Egypt and Eritrea, Somalia could gain the resources and military expertise necessary to secure its borders and enhance its maritime defenses against threats, including piracy and illegal fishing.
Egypt’s engagement in Somalia could also signal a shift in the dynamics of foreign involvement in the region.
Traditionally, countries like The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... , the UAE, and 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... have been the primary external actors in Somalia’s reconstruction and military training efforts. Egypt’s increased involvement might create new opportunities for alliances but could also lead to geopolitical competition in a strategically vital area.
As the Horn of Africa continues to face overlapping security crises, the cooperation between Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea may prove crucial in shaping the future of regional security. However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese... it remains to be seen how this new alliance will affect existing tensions, particularly regarding Egypt’s broader regional goals and the simmering disputes over water and land resources.
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I had such hopes for El Sisi. But he turns to be a typical third world strongman. Builds a multibillion model cities*, gets his mighty military involved in regional conflicts.
*Saudis give Egypt like 20 billion a year to buy food.
[LibyaReview] More than 60% of the migrants colonists who arrived in Italia in 2024 departed from Libya, according to Nova news agency.
A total of 33,349 migrants colonists reached Italia from Libya, accounting for 60.1% of the 54,577 total arrivals. In comparison, 17,309 migrants colonists, or 31.7%, arrived from Tunisia.
Nova’s analysis highlights that despite dominating migration routes, departures from Libya have decreased by 18.6% compared to the 40,966 migrants colonists recorded during the same period in 2023.
Most of the migrants colonists departing Libya embarked from 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... , with only 939 arrivals from the eastern region of Cyrenaica, reversing last year’s trend, when more migrants colonists left from the east, which is under General Khalifa Haftar ...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly... ’s control. Migrants sailing from Cyrenaica to Greece were not included in the Italian figures.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 18,646 migrants colonists were intercepted at sea and returned to Libya as of 12 October 2024. These include 16,386 men, 1,330 women, 619 children, and 311 individuals whose gender could not be determined. Despite fewer fatalities than in 2023, the Central Mediterranean route remains one of the deadliest, with 522 deaths and 731 missing, totalling 1,253 lives lost so far this year.
According to the latest IOM report, Libya hosted 761,322 migrants colonists between June and July 2024, distributed across 100 municipalities. Key destinations include Tripoli (15%), Misrata (11%), Benghazi (10%), and Zawiya (6%). The migrant population increased by 5% due to the arrival of 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 refugees fleeing conflict. Most migrants colonists come from Niger, Sudan, Egypt, and Chad, with many struggling to access essential services, especially in Kufra.
On 15 October, Libyan Interior Minister Emad Trabelsi met with Nicoletta Giordano, the IOM’s mission chief, to discuss expanding voluntary repatriation programs and enhancing support for border security. Trabelsi reiterated Libya’s opposition to becoming a transit or temporary hub for irregular migrants colonists during the G7 Interior Ministers’ meeting earlier in October.
[IsraelTimes] German chancellor rejects Turkish leader’s claim Israel committing genocide in Gaza, asserts Jewish state has right to defend itself, calls for ceasefire-hostage deal
The Sick Man of EuropeTurkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... ’s His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... thanked Germany’s Olaf Scholz for his help in advancing a defense contract following talks in Istanbul on Saturday, although the pair remained starkly at odds over the Middle East crisis.
The German chancellor arrived on Friday night for his first visit since March 2022, with tensions in the Middle East high on the agenda alongside migration and other bilateral issues.
"We expect all political actors to take the initiative and put a stop to Israel’s aggressive policies," said Erdogan, denouncing "the genocide carried out by Israel in the Paleostinian territories and the attacks in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... But Scholz said Germany did not accept the claims that there had been a genocide and insisted that Israel had a right to defend itself from attack.
"Germany does not consider... that the accusation of genocide is legitimate and justified," he said, calling for a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by 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... ’s ruling Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... terror group.
Turkey’s relations with Germany — home to Europe’s largest Ottoman Turkish diaspora of three million people — are sensitive, and Berlin has voiced concerns over the state of human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... and democracy under Erdogan.
The Israel-Hamas war has further strained ties, with Scholz and Erdogan clashing over the conflict in Berlin in November.
Erdogan has repeatedly voiced support for Hamas and is a fierce critic of Israel’s military campaign and its recent push into Lebanon while backing Hamas which sparked the war with its October 7 massacre. But Berlin is a strong supporter of Israel and has defended its right to self-defense.
EUROFIGHTER PROGRESS
Despite their differences, Erdogan acknowledged Scholz’s efforts to lift German restrictions on defense sales to Turkey, notably Ankara’s desire to buy 40 Eurofighter Typhoons.
"We wish to leave behind the past difficulties in the context of the supply of defense industry products and develop our cooperation," said Erdogan, expressing his "appreciation" for Scholz’s efforts to find solutions to the issues.
The Eurofighter Typhoons are built by a four-nation consortium grouping Germany, Britannia, Spain, and Italia. Although London is leading the talks with interested parties, any of the four nations can veto a sale.
Last year, Ankara said it was keen to acquire Eurofighter jets but the talks have been slow to get off the ground, largely because of Berlin’s opposition to Turkey’s stance on the Gaza conflict.
"Turkey is a member of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... and that’s why we always take decisions that lead to concrete deliveries," Scholz said.
"There are certain projects that are just getting started... one that the UK government is taking forward and for which negotiations have now begun," he added, referring to the London-led negotiations with Ankara over the Eurofighter jets.
Speaking to journalists in Brussels on Thursday, he said that Berlin was in favor of the talks.
According to the German weekly Der Spiegel, Berlin recently authorized major arms deliveries to Ankara, including anti-aircraft missiles worth several hundred million euros.
This marks a clear change of direction after Germany drastically reduced its arms exports following the Ottoman Turkish offensive in Syria in 2016.
Trade relations between Germany and Turkey have now reached $50 billion, Erdogan said on Saturday, expressing hope to increase that figure "to $60 billion."
On the migration issue, Erdogan said there were currently around 3.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey and that Ankara would not close the door to them.
"Our door has been open for refugees coming from Syria. It is still open... [and] for those who come from Lebanon," he said.
Scholz thanked Erdogan for Turkey’s efforts to help tackle migration and said Germany would continue to support Ankara with the influx of migrants colonists coming from Syria.
WHAT HAPPENED TO GERMAN MILITARY EXPORTS TO TURKEY?
Turkey was a large importer of German arms, but export permits were cut significantly by Berlin following a failed coup against Erdogan's rule and a crackdown on the opposition along with the Turkish military's ground offensive in northern Syria in 2016.
Having rebounded over several years, the German government has approved €103 million ($112 million) in military exports to Turkey so far this year, according to official data.
The exports are the most since 2011 and include the delivery of 28 torpedoes and 101 guided missiles, the government said in response to a parliamentary question from the left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).
Der Spiegel weekly reported last week that Germany recently authorized major arms deliveries to Ankara, including anti-aircraft missiles worth several hundred million euros.
SCHOLZ-ERODGAN DISCUSS MIGRATION TO EUROPE
Berlin has been seeking Ankara's support on the issue of deporting certain illegal migrants.
Turkish nationals form the third-largest group of asylum seekers in Germany, after Syrians and Afghans.
Really? Wow — lots of Turks object to President Erdogan’s drive toward Islamic totalitarianism, I guess.
In the first half of 2024, 441 people of Turkish origin were deported from Germany to Turkey, according to official German data.
At the end of September, more than 15,000 Turkish citizens had been ordered to leave the country.
Or maybe it's misdirection instead of asshole Biden/Obama tools begging Iran?
That would be nice.
[RedState] A Telegram account with ties to the Tehran regime posted highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran on Friday. The Middle East Spectator included a report by the Department "detailing operations carried out in recent days at several Israeli air force bases, including the transfer of advanced munitions that the report said were intended for attacks on Iran." According to CNN, one person in the intelligence community confirmed the authenticity of the documents, thereby raising the level of seriousness of the breach.
This is how Middle East Spectator describes the sequence of events, keeping in mind that this is a regime-owned account:
Middle East Spectator is an open-source news aggregator. We are independent journalists, and are not tied to any government entity or organization.
On Friday morning at approximately 01:15 AM Tehran time, one of our acquaintances received, through an anonymous source on Telegram who refused to identify himself, two highly classified U.S. intelligence documents, regarding preparations by the Zionist regime for an attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
We have no connection to the original leaker, and we are not aware of his identity. We also have no knowledge of the alleged authenticity of the documents.
Furthermore, we assumed that the documents had been floating around elsewhere on Telegram, making them a part of the public domain.
We reject attempts by various Zionist and American media outlets to intimidate the reporters of Middle East Spectator, who are exercising their full and inalienable right of press freedom. Free Palestine.
The information was from one of the most compartmented areas, the so-called Five Eyes—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. This information was not shared with NATO or with regional allies. The Biden regime is trying to downplay the significance but is not doing a great job: Another US official said, "These two documents are bad, but not horrible. The concern is if there are more.”
Relations between Netanyahu and the White House are already tenuous, with Israel holding back on sharing its plans with Washington for fear that they will be leaked to Iran by Iran-friendly and Israel-hostile staffers.
Both the Obama and Biden administrations have shown such deference to Iran that many suspect they were seeded with Iranian agents or sympathizers.
Obama's deputy national security adviser and failed young adult novelist, Ben Rhodes, was denied a security clearance for nearly a year over issues that have never been fully explained but were rumored to center around his relationship with the Iranian government.
Odds are that if Tehran leaked these documents, they would be a sign that a) Tehran has a lot more intelligence on Israel's plans, b) they are leaking it to try to throw off Israel's planning cycle, and c) we have a highly placed Iranian mole somewhere in the Intelligence Community.
The two files were published by a pro-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... Telegram account, the "Middle East Spectator," which claimed they were sent by a source in the Pentagon and detailed US observations of measures taken by the Israeli Air Force on October 15-16 in the lead-up to an attack.
The documents have not been authenticated by news outlets, and the Pentagon and the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence have not officially commented on the alleged leak.
However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... reported that US authorities are investigating the apparent leak of highly classified information, citing three unnamed people familiar with the matter. The outlet quoted a US official casting the development as "deeply concerning."
Before that, a senior Israeli official told the Axios news site that the defense establishment was taking the leak very seriously. A US official said that the alleged leak, while extremely concerning, wouldn’t impact plans for an attack against Iran.
The documents, allegedly showing a visual intelligence report by the Department of Defense National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), noted observing IAF exercises using air-launched ballistic missiles (ALBMs), air-to-surface ballistic missiles, fighter jets, UAVs, and refueling tankers previously used during Israeli strikes on Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... sites in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... According to the documents, the IAF has handled at least 16 Golden Horizon ALBMs and 40 IS02 (Rocks) ALBMs since October 8.
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Everything is in the open like it's never been. British Labour is campaigning for Kamala. UNWRA has declared for Hamas. Biden admits he's senile. The MENA leaders openly trying to kill each other. Leakers are trying to stop Netanyahu without trying hard to hide it. Boy oh boy.
Now that she is free and home, we learn more about the travails of the brave young lady kidnapped by ISIS, the first two versions of whose tale we read here — in the article and comments.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by Islamist terrorists aged 11 has given a harrowing account of her years in captivity and the brutality she faced as a sex slave at the hands of ISIS before being trafficked to Gaza.
Fawzia Amin Saydo,
… previously appeared in the Rantburg archives spelt Fawzia Amin Sido …
now aged 21, was snatched from her home in Sinjar, Iraq, along with dozens of other children and women, whose babies she said were slaughtered by the terrorists.
The group were starved for four days before being handed plates of meat and rice, Fawzia said. Desperate for food, they consumed what was on the table, but soon began to have stomach ache and feel sick.
'When we were done, they told us that the meat was from the babies,' Fawzia said. 'There was a woman who had a heart attack at that moment and died.'
She told The Sun that the ruthless terrorists taunted the group with pictures of beheaded kids and babies, allegedly telling them: 'These are the kids you ate.'
One of the women is said to have recognised her own baby from the pictures by its hand, Fawzia is said to have recalled in her horrifying testimony.
Taken from her family in 2014, Fawzia went on to endure a decade in captivity, first being bought and sold as a slave in Syria.
As a 12-year-old in 2015, she was forced into marriage with a 24-year-old Palestinian ISIS supporter, according to Israeli media. Living in Raqqa, the child bride gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl. In 2019, her husband was reportedly killed during Islamic State's last stand in the Euphrates River Valley.
Fawzia and her children were sent with other families to the Al-Hawl camp in northern Syria, a site which held some 10,000 people at the time and which had notoriously grim conditions. From there, with the help of IS, she was smuggled into Turkey to be under the 'protection' of her dead husband's family, who are then believed to have sent her via Egypt into Gaza in 2020.
Fawzia said she was subjected to horrific treatment by her husband's family, who she said regularly beat her and restricted her freedom. She also told The Sun that she had been treated as a 'sabaya' - or slave - by Hamas. During this period, she became separated from her two young children, according to her German lawyer Zemfira Dlovani, who said they were 'taken' from their mother.
'It hurt her of course, every mother knows how it feels to not be with with their children. That was not her choice. It is not an option for them to be reunited,' Dlovani said.
Other reports have suggested that Fawzia's children were also trafficked to Gaza, but had to be left behind by their mother in her desperate attempt to escape, knowing that they would not be accepted into the Yazidi community as the product of rape.
In August 2023, after almost ten years of suffering away from her family, Fawzia managed to get help through a plea on the internet. In an emotional TikTok video, in which she wore a hijab and covered part of her face with a crying emoji, she reportedly said: 'I hope you can rescue me from this place... If anyone comes and enters Palestine, no matter the location, I will go to them.'
She got in contact with a lawyer and other intermediaries, who helped to organise an operation to extract her from Gaza. Led by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Cogat, the Israeli agency that works in Gaza and the West Bank, it involved meticulous planning.
On October 1, Fawzia finally received the phone call she had been waiting for - telling her that help was on the way. She was instructed to flee to a hideout to be picked up by a vehicle which was sent to bring her out.
'The young girl was extracted from the Gaza Strip in recent days in a secret operation through the Kerem Shalom crossing,' the IDF said in a statement earlier this month.
'After crossing into Israel, she was taken to Jordan via the Allenby Crossing and then on to her family in Iraq.'
Canadian Jewish philanthropist Steve Maman, dubbed by some as the 'Jewish Schindler' due to his efforts to rescue Yazidis from ISIS captivity, said he was among those who helped to organise the incredible feat. Maman shared a heartwarming video after news of her rescue broke, which he said showed Fawzia reuniting with her family shortly after the news broke that she was finally free.
'I made a promise to Fawzia the Yazidi who was hostage of Hamas in Gaza that I would bring her back home to her mother in Sinjar,' Maman wrote on X.
'To her, it seemed surreal and impossible but not to me, my only enemy was time. Our team reunited her moments ago with her mother and family in Sinjar.'
Fawzia's rescue is said to have been achieved after several failed attempts, as well as years of diplomatic discussions and planning. After her rescue was confirmed, Hamas released a statement claiming Fawzia had been willingly living in Gaza - and only wanted to leave because of the war. She hit back labelling this 'a lie', and said she is now happy and can 'breathe again' at last.
More than 6,000 Yazidis were captured by IS from Sinjar region in Iraq in 2014, with many sold into sexual slavery or trained as child soldiers and taken across borders, including to Turkey and Syria. Over the years, more than 3,500 have been rescued or freed, according to Iraqi authorities, with some 2,600 still missing. Many are feared dead but Yazidi activists say they believe hundreds are still alive.
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a "24-year-old Palestinian ISIS supporter"
a traditional by-the-book follower of the exact example of the prophet mohammad
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The "allenby crossing" named to remind us all of the British "lawrence of arabia" idiots who let the saudis control the oil and gave Jordan and Iraq to the Hashemites (and syria but they lost that quick to the french installment).
And then blocked the Jews from fleeing ww2 putting them in a concentration camp on cyprus
and then when the arab muslims declared war on israel in 1948 they sent a million pounds a year and 27 officers to advise the Jordanian military, trying to wipe israel out
oh yes, britain of the "balfour declaration" thanks to those idiots. Those puffed up purple-faced gin-addled idiots flattered by the "romance" of islam that they didn't have the brains to understand was a threat to their entire way of life
”Stop being so mean to people we like better than you.”
[IsraelTimes] The United States would like to see Israel scale back some of its strikes in and around the Lebanese capital of Beirut, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says.
“The number of civilian casualties have been far too high,” he tells reporters at a G7 defense gathering in the Italian city of Naples. “We’d like to see Israel scale back on some of the strikes it’s taking, especially in and around Beirut, and we’d like to see things transition to some sort of negotiation that will allow civilians on both sides of the border to return to their homes.”
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Israel has been following the US advice for nearby 30 years and are still no closer to peace than at the start. Time to do what the US has forgotten Lloyd. Win a fucking war.
[IsraelTimes] Police say they have arrested a man suspected of sharing a fake video claiming to show a hostage rescue after the IDF repeatedly denied rumors about an operation to free captives held in Gaza.
“Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, we have shot down missiles targeting Israel, we were among the first to recognize the state of Israel and we will always be on Israel’s side.” pic.twitter.com/p7WHWkhRhT
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Probably the politician looked at posted by Jewish Voice for Peace, and assumed it made the post ok, Elmerert Hupens2660. Even more Germans have never met a live Jew than Americans. I can’t tell you how often PTA moms came up to me with questions after we moved to the outer suburbs of Cincinnati — even in Cincinnati, home of Hebrew Union College, the Reform (most liberal) rabbinic seminary, I was their first to talk to. They all were really sweet about it, but these were questions that had haunted them since childhood Sunday school lessons, and they’d never had anyone to ask. Not just outer suburbs in the Midwest, either. Mr. Wife grew up in the city of Lackawanna, on the edge of Buffalo, NY, and he didn’t knowingly meet any of us until he went to university — we talked about it, because at the time he was my first born-again Christian, so we both had lots of questions. ;-)
Foreign Minister Israel Katz says his ministry will take “legal and diplomatic measures” against French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bar Israeli companies from presenting at the Euronaval defense exposition in Paris next month.
In a French-language post on X, Katz calls the boycott “an anti-democratic measure that in our eyes is not acceptable, especially between friendly nations.”
“Israel is the only state on the front lines in the fight against the radical Islamic regime, and France, along with the entire Western world, should stand with us – not against us,” says Katz.
An Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that Jerusalem will take the issue to French courts, where they will claim illegal discrimination by Macron.
First the poor man mistook his basic history, now it’ll be day after day of court reports stirring up the colonists, unless he backs down. He may need to rethink his arms sales boycott as well… I believe this is what Heinlein referred to as bad luck.
[IsraelTimes] The Israeli military body overseeing humanitarian aid, COGAT, announces that 81 food packages have been airdropped to Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
COGAT says that the aid delivery was coordinated with the United Arab Emirates, and is the latest of 10,000 packages of food and medical supplies airdropped into the Strip in recent months.
“The IDF, via COGAT, will continue to work to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by delivering aid via the air route and all aid routes, in cooperation with the international community,” the statement adds.
The statement comes after Israel allowed 50 trucks of humanitarian aid into northern Gaza earlier this week, hours after the US confirmed sending a letter warning that Washington’s continued supply of weapons was at risk if Jerusalem didn’t take significant steps to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the enclave within 30 days.
[IsraelTimes] IDF says hundreds of Gazans evacuating from Jabaliya amid offensive there against Hamas
The IDF says hundreds of Paleostinian civilians have begun to evacuate from northern 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... ’s Jabaliya as troops continue to operate there against Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... "During the activity, the IDF allowed civilians to evacuate safely from the area, through organized routes. So far, hundreds of people have evacuated," Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language front man, says on X.
He says that the army and COGAT are in contact with the international community and health authorities in Gaza to "maintain the ongoing functioning of the emergency systems of the hospitals, through the transfer of medical equipment and the supply of fuel subject to the operational situation, along with the evacuation of staff [and] patients."
Adraee also says troops have also detained several terror operatives in the area.
In the past day, the IDF says troops with the 162nd Division have killed dozens of Hamas operatives and seized many weapons during the ongoing operation in Jabaliya.
This isn’t a war, it’s a civil engineering project. Somewhere, one of Frank G’s bridges is needed to make the thing complete.
[IsraelTimes] Leaflets purportedly dropped by Israel Defense Forces planes in southern Gaza show a picture of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, with the message “Hamas will no longer rule Gaza,” echoing language used by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Yahya Sinwar has ruined your lives. He hid in a dark tunnel and was eliminated when he attempted to flee in panic. Whoever lays down their weapons and hands over the hostages will be allowed to leave and live in peace,” the leaflet, written in Arabic, reads, according to residents of the southern city of Khan Younis and images circulating online.
Though attributed to the IDF by Reuters, the leaflets are designed differently to notices from the Israeli military circulated in both Gaza and more recently in southern Lebanon, which are often also published on social media.
The leaflet’s wording is similar to a statement made by Netanyahu on Thursday after Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers operating in Rafah, in the south near the Egyptian border, the previous day.
[KhaamaPress] Siros Amanollahi, Commander of Iran’s Northeastern Ground Forces, announced that the border closure project with Afghanistan will take three years to complete.
He stated that the project has made significant progress in various areas and that the necessary resources for its acceleration have been provided.
Iranian media, quoting the commander of the Northeastern Regional Headquarters of Iran’s Ground Forces, reported that the border project would span 300 kilometres and be carried out by four engineering groups and the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s ground forces.
The operation to close the Iran-Afghanistan border includes the construction of a four-meter-high wall. Additionally, artificial intelligence technology will enhance the border’s security.
The border closure project also includes installing warning radars and using drones for surveillance and monitoring.
Earlier this month, Iranian officials announced progress in building the Afghanistan border wall, stating that 10 kilometres of the wall had been constructed so far.
The border closure project in northeastern 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... began in May 2024, and Iran has allocated three billion euros for its implementation.
Iranian authorities have stated that this measure aims to prevent illegal immigration, the movement of terrorists, and drug trafficking across the borders.
Despite these efforts, the challenges posed by cross-border issues persist, with concerns over increased tensions between the two countries. As winter approaches, the need for robust border control is becoming more critical, particularly with the anticipated rise in migration.
[IsraelTimes] Demand has surged for voyages to Turkey that normally only carry cargo, as residents say this is ‘currently the safest option’
Hassan Alik, fleeing escalating violence in the Israel-Hezbollah war, left Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... on Saturday aboard a ship to avoid Beirut’s airport, which he feared "could be bombed" at any moment.
The 31-year-old traveled to the northern port of 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... , on Lebanon’s Mediterranean coast, which has so far been spared Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s during a month of intense fighting across much of the tiny country.
And though Lebanon’s only international airport has not been hit either, Israel’s military last month warned it could strike there to stop weapons transfers to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, which has been launching daily attacks on Israel for over a year.
Since then, many Lebanese seeking safety abroad have favored the 13-hour sea trip to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... aboard cargo ships adapted for passengers, instead of flying from Beirut’s airport, which was targeted during Israel’s last major war with Hezbollah in 2006.
"I’m traveling from here because I’m afraid to go through the airport," said Alik at the Tripoli port.
"If I buy a plane ticket, the airport could be bombed," said the man from the densely packed south Beirut suburbs — a Hezbollah stronghold that has seen heavy bombardment over the past weeks.
With the exception of national carrier Middle East Airlines, most companies have stopped serving Beirut’s airport due to the violence.
’NOT SAFE’
The massive ships at the Tripoli port used to carry cargo to Turkey’s southern shores five times a week, but about a year ago they started carrying passengers too, selling tickets for about $350, said captain Salem Jleilati.
But demand has soared since the conflict intensified in September, from about 150 passengers a week to at least 900, he said.
Muammar Malas, 52, from Lebanon’s north, said he "chose to travel by boat because it’s difficult to reach the" airport in Beirut, which is "very close to the southern suburbs," a Hezbollah bastion.
The cargo vessels are not designed to carry passengers, "but we are forced to use them," said Malas.
More than one million people have fled the violence across Lebanon, officials have said.
Mohammad Hawar, 22, has been displaced twice, first from the southern city of Nabatiyeh — which saw intense Israeli strikes this week — and then from south Beirut.
"The best thing to do now is flee Lebanon," he told AFP as he boarded the boat.
Passenger Israa Sweidan, a Paleostinian woman from the nearby Beddawi refugee camp which has also been targeted by strikes, said the sea journey out of Tripoli was "currently the safest option in Lebanon."
[X] Google Translate: Fighter jets of the Air Force together with the forces of the 7338 fire brigade under the 91st division attacked and killed the terrorist Hossein Muhammad Owacha, commander of a battalion in the Bint Jabeel area of the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
Ouacha was responsible for promoting firing lines from a number of villages in the Bint Jabal area to the territory of the country
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מטוסי קרב של חיל האוויר יחד עם כוחות חטיבת האש 7338 תחת אוגדה 91 תקפו וחיסלו את המחבל חסין מחמד עואצ׳ה, מפקד גדוד במרחב בינת ג׳ביל בארגון הטרור חיזבאללה. עואצ׳ה היה אחראי על קידום מתווי ירי ממספר כפרים במרחב בינת ג׳בל לשטח הארץ>> pic.twitter.com/iPHqBmYeJ1
The Iranian Embassy at the UN denies responsibility for the assassination attempt on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming: "Hezbollah was behind it."
The primary proxy, the tentacle Iran created, funded, armed, trained, and now controls in all its operations, is…
[IsraelTimes] Foreign minister embarks on regional tour purportedly aimed at preventing conflict from spreading further, even as Iranian generals vow to destroy ‘cancerous tumor’ that is Israel
Awaiting Israel’s promised retaliation for a massive missile attack earlier this month, 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... has balanced threats of a fierce response to any Israeli attack with diplomatic efforts to prevent escalation into all-out regional war.
Iran launched 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on October 1, saying it was a response to an Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Abbas Nilforoushan in Beirut late last month. It also said it was in retaliation for the liquidation of Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... chief Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... in Tehran in July, an attack widely blamed on Israel.
Israel has vowed to respond to the direct missile barrage from Iran, the second Tehran has launched against it this year, with a "deadly, precise and surprising," attack, according to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, leading Iran to warn that it would in turn hit back if struck.
"If you make a mistake and attack our targets, whether in the region or in Iran, we will strike you again painfully," IRGC chief Hossein Salami said on Thursday.
"The Zionist enemy should know that it is approaching the end of its miserable life," the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Friday, calling Israel a "cancerous tumor."
The Islamic Theocratic Republic severed all ties with Israel following the 1979 Iranian revolution that toppled the US-backed Shah, and has spent the subsequent decades engaged in an ongoing proxy conflict with the Jewish state while openly seeking its elimination.
Both Hamas and Hezbollah are part of the so-called axis of resistance — Tehran-backed terror groups and militias arrayed against Israel and avowedly bent on its destruction.
TWO POSITIONS NOT ’CONTRADICTORY’
But the warnings from Iran’s military chiefs also come as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has embarked on a regional tour in an intense diplomatic effort to prevent the conflict from spreading across the region.
Iran’s top diplomat has visited nine capitals in two weeks and talked with United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... chief António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... on Tuesday.
"We cannot say that these positions [of Iran] are contradictory," Tehran-based international relations expert Ahmad Zeidabadi told AFP.
Araghchi "repeats the words of the military," including that if Israel attacks, "Iran will give a painful response," Zeidabadi said.
He added that Araghchi has said Iran is "totally ready for war," while the country also intends to "reduce the escalation."
"The question is to know by what mechanism," Zeidabadi added.
Araghchi visited Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ’s capital Beirut a week after Nasrallah’s death.
The minister then went to Damascus where he met with his Syrian counterpart and President Bashir al-Assad, a close ally of Tehran.
PURSUING ’DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES’
These visits allowed Tehran "to reiterate Iran’s commitment to supporting its allies in the axis of resistance," Hamidreza Azizi, a Berlin-based analyst at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, told AFP.
Araghchi also traveled to Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat Frational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... — whose ties with Iran have warmed in the past year — as well as 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... , Iraq and Oman, the latter of which has long mediated indirect talks between Iran and the United States.
He then flew to Jordan, which has complicated relations with Tehran, then to Egypt, for the first trip there by an Iranian foreign minister since 2013.
On Friday, Araghchi was in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... , where he reiterated that Iran is "ready for any situation."
"Iran wants Arab countries to turn away from the Israeli axis," Zeidabadi said, after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco normalized ties with Israel under the 2020 Abraham Accords backed by the US.
Azizi said Iran is pursuing "different objectives."
In addition to reaffirming support for its allies, Araghchi has also delivered "a combination of warning and reassurance" to some Gulf countries, he said.
"Everybody is awaiting the Israeli response to the Iranian attack... and there have been talks about the potential use of the Arab states’ airspace" for attacking Iran, Azizi added.
Araghchi has given a "warning to these countries not to allow their territory or their airspace to be used for attacking Iran," Azizi said.
Jordan has twice intercepted missiles and drones launched at Israel by Iran, first on April 13 and again on October 1, and has said it opposes any attack that violates its airspace, no matter who is responsible for it.
At the same time Araghchi has been "reassuring that Iran is still committed to the improvements of relations with these countries," Azizi added.
"The foreign minister seeks to urgently bring together the policies of Iran and Arab countries" and to "reduce the military adventurism of Israeli leaders," the government’s official newspaper Iran Daily said on Thursday.
"His diplomatic efforts aim to create peace and put an end to Israel’s crimes in the region," it added.
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...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 
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat Frational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
