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Death Toll In Fresh Bandits’ Attack On Kaduna Communities Rises To 38
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-Land of the Free
PHOTOS: 600 Migrants Enter West Texas Border Town in One Day
[Breitbart] Despite a law enforcement presence on both sides of the Rio Grande, a CBP source says more than 600 migrants were apprehended after entering the United States on Thursday.

The source says the arrests in Eagle Pass accounted for more than 50 percent of the apprehensions within the Del Rio Sector that day.

A rescue team in Mexico, “Grupo Beta,” patrolled the river periodically in an airboat as troops with the Mexican National Guard watched. The Mexican National Guard, known as “La Guardia Nacional,” had little apparent impact.

On the United States side of the Rio Grande, Border Patrol agents performed similar marine activities.

Texas National Guard troops standing along a makeshift wall of shipping containers watched over the river and took migrants into custody. Soldiers waited with family units until Border Patrol transports arrived.

One unaccompanied migrant child walked through a gap in the Texas border wall currently under construction. The wall is nearing completion, however, gates along roadways have yet to be installed. A Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol trooper spotted the youth and turned the migrant over to Border Patrol.

In a revolving door fashion, Border Patrol agents made several trips to the Eagle Pass International Bridge to return mostly single adult migrants to Mexico under the CDC Title 42 Emergency COVID-19 order. The source says these scenarios are playing out daily and have challenged the agency’s ability to keep up with the constant flow.

The migrant crossings are occurring in the downtown area and more remote ones around the city. The constant flow is creating a sense of frustration among residents by the lack of a coherent federal response.

Recently, nearly 200 migrants crossed the Rio Grande near Normandy, Texas, in one single event north of Eagle Pass. The larger groups are mostly Venezuelan, Cuban, and Nicaraguan migrants.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  What's to stop TX Gov from deploying the National Guard and issuing shoot to kill orders? Seems that would put quite the dent in this matter.
Posted by: Raj || 12/20/2021 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  kneecapping works
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/20/2021 0:17 Comments || Top||

#3  If the migrant is a woman with a child and has walked part-way then let her in. We need people with guts.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 12/20/2021 9:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Is it "guts" for fat mama's brown tit to be replaced with Uncle Sugar's old, white, increasingly shriveled one?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/20/2021 9:54 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Marine who Disobeyed Orders Wins the Medal of Honor
Video released on Nov 19, 2021. (Includes commercial from .50 to 2.00 mark.)



During one of the War in Afghanistan's worst battles, 21-year-old scout sniper Dakota Meyer took one brave risk.

After learning that four of his closest friends were missing after an ambush in a heavily Taliban-occupied area, Meyer decided to look for them by himself.

Hurt and tired, the Marine looked for the group while hiding as best as he could from a rain of bullets, saving over a dozen lives, including Army Soldiers, Marines, and Afghan trainees.

Dakota Meyer became the second-youngest living Medal of Honor recipient and the first living United States Marine since the Vietnam War to earn the United States Military's highest honor.

He was also the only one to share a beer with the president before the ceremony...
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ....IIRC there were folks in his CoC who wanted him court-martialed, because he embarrassed them by getting his fellow Marines out.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 12/20/2021 6:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Common enough conundrum: medal or Court Martial...
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/20/2021 10:04 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Somalia and Eritrea accused of deploying troops to Ethiopia
[Garowe] 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...
have been linked to the deployment of troops to Æthiopia, in a bid to assist Addis Ababa in fighting the Tigray Defense Forces [TDF], formally known as Tigray People's Liberation Front [TPLF].

The United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
has now questioned the decision by the two nations to vote against the creation of an investigations team that would probe the ongoing war in Æthiopia, which has left thousands of people dead.

Somalia and Eritrea joined China and Russia in voting against the decision to investigate Tigray conflict, despite most countries backing the resolution. There have been previous accusations that both nations have troops in Æthiopia.

Out of the 47 members, 15 member states voted against the resolution while 21 endorsed it. A further 11 abstained. The resolution seeks to establish an international Commission of Human Rights Experts on Æthiopia, to be appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council.

According to the United Nations, the Commission will among other tasks conduct thorough investigations into allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state...
law and violations of international humanitarian law and international refugee law in Æthiopia, committed since 3 November 2020 by all parties to the conflict.

In June this year, the United Nations Special Rapporteur to Eritrea confirmed that Somali troops training in Asmara were sneaked to Tigray where they participated in the fight against TDF. Despite Somalia denying the reports, Eritrea would later admit the presence of her troops.

The troops had been training in Eritrea since 2019 but Mogadishu initially denied the reports. However,
the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach...
the federal government of Somalia would later also admit presence of her troops in Eritrea where they have been training for a while.

"The Special Rapporteur also received information and reports that Somali soldiers were moved from military training camps in Eritrea to the front line in Tigray, where they accompanied Eritrean troops as they crossed the Æthiopian border," the report read in part. The Somalin trainees were also present in the historic city of Aksum, the report noted.

The Somali troops were part of several young men who were clandestinely taken out of the country from 2018 by Villa Somalia. Parents were told that their children were being taken to Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
to build the World Cup stadia but it later emerged they were in Eritrea. Outgoing President Mohammed Farmaajo has been accused of seeking to use the soldiers for his re-election bid.

Eritrea has also been variously accused of supplying troops in support of the Abiy Ahmed administration. The US and the EU said in August more Eritrean troops had crossed into Æthiopia even after Federal Government in Addis Ababa said they had left the country.

Abiy Ahmed is fighting for survival in the country after TDF gained the most ground, but the Tigray rebels have since pulled back awaiting to unleash according to Getachew Reda, the spokesperson of the Tigray Defense Forces.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


Africa North
Gunmen Open Fire on 4 Migrants in Libya
[LibyaReview] Bani Walid General Hospital received 4 migrants colonists with gunshot wounds after they were shot in the city centre by unknown assailants who fled.

An employee at the Emergency Department at Bani Walid General Hospital said, in statements, that these migrants colonists received all first aid and treatment upon their arrival.

The employee confirmed that the condition of the injured people is not serious. He pointed out that they were handed over to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
“We don’t want to take care of ‘em — they’re all yours, O rich UN NGO.”
Notably, the Libyan Coast Guard intercepted and returned an estimated 28,600 refugees and migrants colonists at sea from January to October 2021, according to an Italian statistical report.

The report, issued by the Moslem colonists Migrants Foundation on Tuesday, indicated that "this number is unprecedented," noting that "the total number of people who have been returned so far has exceeded 100,000 migrants colonists since 2016." It added that 56,700 refugees and migrants colonists managed to arrive in Italia or Malta.

"The illegal practices committed by the Libyan authorities against migrants colonists and asylum seekers, whether during pushbacks or in prisons and detention centres, violate their right to life and physical and psychological integrity," the report read.

According to a Libyan government Official, the number of detained migrants colonists and asylum seekers in prisons and detention centres is believed to be around 13,000 people. These are mostly from African countries, such as Æthiopia, Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Sudan, Egypt, and the Maghreb states.

Over the past several years, the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
(EU) has adopted policies that have complicated the conditions of migrants colonists, and have legally restricted migration and asylum routes to Europe.

Since 2015, the EU has provided about $525 million to Libya to protect its southern borders, and limit the arrival of new migrants colonists. It directed a large share of this support to strengthen Libyan Coast Guard’s capabilities, modernise its equipment, and train its cadres to intercept migrants colonists’ boats within Libya’s territorial waters and return them to shore before reaching international waters. It has been accused of turning a blind eye to the abuses committed by the Coast Guard.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Ammunition and Explosives Found after Landmine Kills 6 Children in Libya
[LibyaReview] In a statement on Saturday, the Libyan Interior Ministry said that the police found large quantities of ammunition and explosives hidden inside a house in the Jafara region, Northwest of the country.

The statement came hours after a landmine went kaboom!, killing six children, and wounding two others from the same family.

The explosives were hidden in the house of a "bandit," the statement said,
...whatever that means in Libya — in Nigeria the bandits are linked to ISWAP/Boko Haram...
adding that ammunition and explosives were found in cooperation with the Department of Security and Safety al-Zawiya.

"These munitions and explosives were found after information was received about the suspicious house, and within the joint cooperation between the Jafara Security Directorate, the Internal Security Office of Aziziyah, and al-Amiriya Square," the statement concluded.

Last week, a medical source at the Sebha Medical Centre said that they received two deceased individuals and seven maimed cases, as a result of the armed festivities that took place in the city at dawn.

The source explained in a statement to Akhbar Libya 24 that one of the dear departed was a civilian, who was struck by a stray bullet. He added that two of the maimed were also civilians, who were able to receive the necessary medical care and left the hospital, after being hit by shrapnel.

In September, the United States (US) Embassy in Libya said that the US military cooperation can help Libya improve its ability to remove unwent kaboom! ordnance, brought to Libya by foreign actors.

Military and civilian bomb technicians from around the world, including two representatives from Libya, came together in Iowa to share counter-Improvised Explosive Device (IED) expertise.

"The effort ensures the safety of bomb-disposal technicians as well as citizens under threat of land mines and explosive remnants of war," the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) tweeted.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Deja vu all over again. In 1953 a team of American EOD experts trained at the EOD school Indian Head, Maryland, were hired to render safe the more than one million mines buried in Libya following WWII. They did the job.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 || 12/20/2021 8:47 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Death Toll In Fresh Bandits’ Attack On Kaduna Communities Rises To 38


The Kaduna State Government has said that the corpse count in the bandidos’ attack on some communities in Giwa Local Government Area of the state had risen to 38.

Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in the state, Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday.

Aruwan had earlier said 20 residents were killed when the button men invaded Kauran Fawa, Marke and Riheya communities.

He added that houses, trucks and cars were also burnt along with agricultural produce at various farms.

"Following the report of attacks by bandidos across villages in Idasu, Giwa LGA, contained in an earlier update, security agencies have confirmed to the Kaduna State Government that 38 people were killed across the locations attacked," Aruwan said.

"Twenty-nine of the victims have been identified, with nine remaining unidentified as of the time of this update."
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Banditti

#1  do they recruit them from the fresh and organic vegetable produce areas of stores and open air market places?
Posted by: Greng Black3494 || 12/20/2021 14:36 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Saudi defenses destroy 2 Houthis drones aimed at Abha airport


“The [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...
] militia tried to target travelers with three drones at dawn today," the coalition said in a statement.

According to the coalition, the drones were launched from 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...
’s Sanaa airport, which has" become a center for cross-border attacks."
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


India-Pakistan
LeT militant held with pistol in south Kashmir’s Anantnag: Police
[GreaterKashmir] A militant hailing from Kulgam district affiliated with The Resistance Front outfit, an offshoot of LeT aa per police was arrested by the security forces at KP road in neighbouring south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday.

Quoting a senior Police officer, news agency GNS reported that the militant Feroz Ahmad Zargar, 34, alias Kamraan, son of Ghulam Mohudin, a resident of Gratabal Qaimoh in Kulgam, was held by Police along with army and CRPF near Al Noor Masjid, KP Road.

Pertinently, his elder brother Majid Zargar was a top LeT Commander who was killed in 2017 at Arwani.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Taiba


LeT militant active for five years killed in Harwan gunfight: IGP Kashmir
[GreaterKashmir] Police on Sunday identified the holy warrior killed in the shootout with security forces in Harwan area of Srinagar as Saifulla alias Abu Khalid alias Shawaz, a resident of Pakistain's Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
affiliated with the Lashkar outfit.

Khalid, as per IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, had infiltrated in 2016 and was active in general area of Harwan ever since.

"SrinagarEncounterUpdate: Killed #terrorist identified as Saifulla @ Abu Khalid @ Shawaz, resident of Karachi (#Pakistain), affiliated with proscribed #terror outfit LeT. He infiltrated in 2016 & was active in general area of Harwan & involved in several terror crimes," IGP Kashmir said in a statement.

The IGP further informed that three Pak snuffies have been killed in Srinagar city in the last 33 days.

"03 #Pak #murderous Moslems killed in #SrinagarCity within 33days. They were involved in several terror crimes including attacks on Police/SFs & civilian killings. It shows that Pakistain is hell-bent to disturb peace in valley especially in Srinagar City".
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Taiba


Cop shot at, injured in south Kashmir’s Pulwama
[GreaterKadhmir] policeman was shot at by gunnies near his residence at Bandzoo area of south Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
's Pulwama district on Sunday evening.

"Today at about 1910hrs, Pulwama Police received information about a terror crime incident at Bandzoo area of Pulwama where forces of Evil had fired upon a Police personnel. Senior coppers along with reinforcement reached at the terror crime spot, " a police front man said while identifying the injured cop as Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay, son of Ghulam Mohammad Wagay of Bandzoo.

"In this terror incident, he received gunshot injuries and was immediately shifted to hospital for the treatment, " said the police front man.

"Police has started the paperwork but haven't done much else in this regard under relevant sections of law. Investigation is in progress and officers continue to work to establish the circumstances which lead to this terror crime. Area has been cordoned off and search in the area is going on".
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Iraq
Iraqi military intelligence apprehends a woman in Nineveh for terrorism charges
[Shafaq News] The Iraqi military intelligence on Sunday apprehended a woman in the south of the Nineveh Governorate over terrorism charges.

A statement issued by the Intelligence agency of the Ministry of Defense said that the intel received by the Intelligence department od the Iraqi army's 16th division confirmed that the terrorist is located inside al-Jadaa camp.

"The detachments of the department, in cooperation with a force of the 76th Infantry brigade, was able to arrest her consequently," the statement said, "the arrestee is wanted by the Judiciary pursuant to Article 4/Terrorism."
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:


Two rockets target Baghdad's Green Zone
Updating this story from yesterday.
[Shafaq News] Two rockets targeted Baghdad’s ultra-secure Green Zone that houses the US embassy early Sunday, Iraq's Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a statement.

"The Green Zone in Baghdad was the target of two Katyusha rockets. The first was shot down in the air by C-RAM defense batteries, the second fell in a square, damaging two vehicles," the statement said.

The shot down rocket fell near the US embassy, while the second came down roughly 500 meters away.

No one grabbed credit for the attack.

In recent months, dozens of rocket assaults or drone kabooms have targeted US troops and interests in Iraq.

The attacks are rarely claimed but are routinely pinned on pro-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
factions in Iraq.

The latest rocket salvo comes after the country this week announced the end of the "combat mission" on its territory of the anti-jihadist coalition led by Washington. But roughly 2,500 American soldiers and 1,000 coalition soldiers deployed in Iraq will remain in the nation to pursue a role of training, advice, and assistance.

Pro-Iran factions in Iraq are calling for the departure of all US forces stationed in the country.

The attack also coincides with the 10th anniversary of the departure of US troops from Iraq on December 18, 2011, after the invasion and overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Washington then deployed its troops to the country to fight ISIS, which had captured large swathes of the nation in a lightning offensive.

At the beginning of November, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi escaped unharmed from an unclaimed drone kaboom, which targeted his official residence in the Green Zone.

In September, an "armed drone" attack targeted Erbil international airport in Iraqi Kurdistan, where there is a base hosting coalition troops.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


PMF kills ISIS terrorist in Saladin
[Shafaq News] al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) reportedly killed a member of the terrorist organization of ISIS in al-Eith territory, east of Saladin, on Sunday morning.

In the same context, a force from the PMF 40th brigade carried out a security operation in Kirkuk earlier today.

According to a PMF statement, the operation covered multiple areas alongside the force's territory to pursue ISIS remnants and destroy its hideouts.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


IED explosion targets a convoy of the Coalition in al-Anbar, Hezb Brigades sez wusn’t them
[Shafaq News] A blast from a roadside kaboom reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global Coalition in al-Anbar today.

Earlier today, Iraqi security forces thwarted an attempt to target a supply convoy by two bombs in babel, south of Iraq. A security source told Shafaq News Agency that a joint force from the Intelligence Agency and the Counter-Terrorism-Service identified and detonated two roadside kabooms set to strike a supply convoy of the Global Coalition on the highway leading to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, near al-Hillah.

Pro-resistance movement: Hezbollah Brigades are not responsible for the attacks against G.C

[Shafaq News] Huqouq movement, close to the Hezbollah Brigades,
...the Iraqi Iranian sockpuppets, not the Lebanese one...
said that the latter is not responsible for the attack against the Global Coalition's logistics convoys.

A front man for the movement, Ali Fadl, told Shafaq News Agency, "The party that targeted the American military convoys must identify itself," noting, "the resistance cannot be held responsible, especially since it had issued an official statement clarifying its position and full commitment to the date of the withdrawal of US forces."

"We do not want to neglect the diplomatic side for the sake of the military side. The resistance has the right to decide what to do if the US forces do not adhere to the date of their full withdrawal."

In the past two days, different areas in the country witnessed operations targeting logistics Convoys of the Global Coalition. In addition, security forces thwarted today a Katyusha attack on the Green Zone in Baghdad, which includes the US embassy.

It is worth noting that the National Security Adviser, Qassem al-Araji, announced earlier this month that the US combat missions of the Global Coalition forces in Iraq have officially ended.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Homesh: 6 Islamic Jihaders arrested for previous murder named, 3 settlers ditto for torching Paleo car
A busy weekend for all involved. See also here.

Shin Bet: Suspects named in deadly West Bank shooting are members of Islamic Jihad
[IsraelTimes] Terror group takes responsibility for last week’s attack, in which one man was killed and two were injured, outside Homesh outpost.

In the predawn hours of Sunday morning, Israeli security forces conducted a series of raids in in the northern West Bank village of Silat al-Harithiya, near Jenin, arresting at least six people in connection with the terror attack outside the illegal outpost of Homesh last Thursday, in which one man, Yehuda Dimentman, was killed and two others were lightly wounded.

Palestinian officials identified the arrestees as Muhammad Youssef Jaradat, Ibrahim Musa Tahaineh, Mahmoud Ghaleb Jaradat, Taher Abu Salah, Ghaith Ahmed Yassin Jaradat, and Omar Ahmed Yassin Jaradat.

Two of the suspects were believed to have conducted the actual shooting, while the rest were suspected of helping them and otherwise being involved in the cell.

The six men, arrested at three locations in the overnight raid, were all handed over to the Shin Bet for interrogation. The guns that were suspected of having been used in the attack, as well as the car that was allegedly used to ferry them to the scene, were seized in the raids.

3 Israelis arrested on suspicion of torching Paleostinian car in northern West Bank
[IsraelTimes] Israeli police announced on Sunday that officers had arrested three Israelis suspected of setting a Palestinian car on fire near Nablus, the Israel Police, amid a wave of terror attacks and retaliatory attacks by suspected extremist settlers.

The adult and two minors were questioned Sunday and were set to be brought for a remand hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court.

Police said in a statement that Israeli forces had noticed several people close to the car after it went up in flames at a junction near the Har Bracha settlement. Israeli soldiers detained the three suspects until police arrived and arrested them, police said.

Palestinians say 3 wounded by stone-throwing settlers near Homesh
[IsraelTimes] Three Palestinians have been wounded in a stone-throwing attack by Israeli settlers near the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank, a Palestinian official says.

Palestinian Authority official Ghassan Daghlas, who tracks settlement activity, says in a phone call that no Palestinians were seriously injured by the stone-throwing. According to Daghlas, the Palestinians were driving their car near the entrance to Burqa, a local Palestinian town, when they were attacked.

The Israel Defense Forces says it is looking into reports of the incident. Some media reports initially indicated that one Palestinian was seriously wounded.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Islamic Jihad


Palestinian arrested over suspected stabbing attempt near Jerusalem’s Old City
[IsraelTimes] Police on Sunday arrested a Paleostinian suspected of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem near the Old City’s Damascus Gate, amid escalating tensions in the capital and the West Bank.

The suspect, a man in his 20s from Anata, just outside East Jerusalem, tried to stab a passerby before fleeing, according to police.

No one was injured in the incident.

A police statement said officers located and arrested the suspect after searching the area, and that they also recovered a knife.
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Hacker group claims to steal 3 million users’ data from Israeli hiking websites
Either criminals, script kiddies, or Iran’s shadow war against Israel. Regardless, a reminder to Israel webmasters to harden their sites.
[IsraelTimes] ’Sharp Boys’ says it hacked Lametayel and Tiuli, offers to sell info for $300,000

A previously unknown hacker group on Saturday claimed to have stolen personal data of some 3 million users from a pair of Israeli hiking companies.

In a statement posted on social media, "Sharp Boys" said it possesses 500 gigabytes of data from hacking Lametayel, a chain of stores that sells outdoor equipment, and the Tiuli hiking website.

The group said the data included usernames, emails, phone numbers and passwords, and shared photos of spreadsheets that included some details of users.

It offered to sell the information for $300,000.

"It appears that this is again a psychological war against Israel," cybersecurity expert May Brooks-Kempler told the Walla news site.

She also said that while Sharp Boys is unknown, its methods were reminiscent of Black Shadow, a group of reported Iran-linked hackers who use cyberattacks for criminal ends.

Last month, Black Shadow leaked what is said were full databases of personal information from Israel’s Machon Mor medical institute and the Atraf website, an LGBTQ dating service and nightlife index.

The group had initially hacked the CyberServe Israeli internet hosting company, taking down its servers and a number of sites, among them Atraf. Israel’s National Cyber Directorate said at the time that it had previously warned CyberServe that it was vulnerable to attack.

The latest Black Shadow attack followed an unprecedented, unclaimed cyberattack that wrought havoc on Iran’s gas distribution system, which Iranian officials blamed on Israel and the United States.

Iran
...They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and Israel have been engaged in a so-called "shadow war," including several reported attacks on Israeli and Iranian ships that the two have blamed on each other, as well as cyberattacks.

In 2010, the Stuxnet virus — believed to have been engineered by Israel and its ally the US — infected Iran’s nuclear program, causing a series of breakdowns in centrifuges used to enrich uranium.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
40 Turkish drones shot down by Pantsir complexes in Libya and Syria
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[TASS] Russian Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile-gun systems (ZRPK) shot down more than 40 Turkish-made Bayraktar and Anka drones in Libya and Syria. This was announced on Sunday by the Russia-1 TV channel .

"In general, Arab crews both in Syria and Libya, according to them, shot down more than 40 Bayraktar and heavy Turkish Anka drones with Russian Armors," the TV channel said, citing military estimates.

The broadcast also showed Bayraktar shot down in Idlib, appearing in the area of ​​operation of the Syrian air defense.

"In the Idlib region, we are now observing three Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles. At the same time, we can track them, starting from overflights and ending with landing," said Alexander Novikov, head of the 1st Directorate of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation (GU MVS), noting that at the moment, these drones are on the agreed territory.

He stressed that "Pantsir" can withstand any drone and Russia is ready to respond to provocations at any time.

The Pantsir-S air defense missile system is capable of striking air targets flying at speeds up to 1000 m/s, at a distance of 200 to 20,000 meters. The complex can also fight light armored vehicles and manpower.
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Combat use of the Lancet UAV in Syria
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] Video of the combat use of the Lancet kamikaze UAV in Syria. The video, among other things, shows the elimination of two well-known Syrian militants, among whom was one of the best specialists in working with ATGMs.



Video is in Russian but is translatable
The Lancet was reportedly used about 40 times during the campaign.

In general, the Syrian test site was very useful for developing new loitering ammunition.

Plus a video from the "Gray Zone".



Video is unnarrated.
Our people are watching the air strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the positions of the "green" in the mountainous Latakia.
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https://zala-aero.com › ZALA LANCET-1. Takeoff weight 5 kg; Maximum payload weight 1 kg; Endurance 30 min; Speed range 80-110 km/h.
ZALA LANCET-3. Takeoff weight 12 kg; Maximum payload weight 3 kg; Endurance 40 min; Speed range 80-110 km/h.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 || 12/20/2021 8:59 Comments || Top||



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