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Good Morning

Maxine Waters: We Have Right-Wing Conservatives
Who Are 'Domestic Terrorists in the House'
Monday January 30th, 2023

From our continuing series Women Who Bathe 9
A leading figure in the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
movement pits al-Sudani against al-Maliki: source
At least one person was killed and three others were wounded in an IED attack on a cafe shop in Bosaso
Three civilians injured in land mine explosion
A helicopter of Russia's UTair airline has been fired upon at Mogadishu airport while participating in the UN humanitarian mission
UAE-backed mercenary leader hijacks bus in Abyan
Sana'a announces economic boycott
of nations that violate Islamic sanctities
California Police Officer Shoots an Afghan Teen Twice

Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I have questions.
What is the purpose of the hot water bottle on the sink?
Exactly how is she agitating the water to create that much sudsing?
Why do soap suds hate us?
Posted by: Jay_Dubya || 01/30/2023 12:10 Comments || Top||

#2  That object is shaped like an ice-pack, not a hot water bottle, a 40's theme for hang-overs as I recall.

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/headshot-of-a-man-nursing-his-headache-or-hangover-with-an-news-photo/3243752
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 01/30/2023 12:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Definitely an ice bag. This is the post-WWII vintage hot water bottle I grew up with.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 12:25 Comments || Top||

#4  "You farging ice holes! You no good sems betch..."

Johnny Dangerously
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/30/2023 12:38 Comments || Top||

#5  Thing on the sink: my first thought was an ice bag...for "headaches".
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/30/2023 13:50 Comments || Top||

#6  I grouted those tiles. NC for hanging the soap dish. Pretty slick job huh ?

My old eyes....! Are those Ava's soap suds on the window sill or a beer bottle opener ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/30/2023 15:27 Comments || Top||

#7  Maybe the water bottle is to use the sink spigot for a rinse. I don’t see a tub spigot.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/30/2023 15:30 Comments || Top||

#8  Shaving brush on the shelf above the sink.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/30/2023 16:04 Comments || Top||

#9  P2K-

I switched over to mug and brush for shaving in the late 1980's and I've never looked back. Better than any commercial shave foam in a can by far.
Posted by: no mo uro || 01/30/2023 17:08 Comments || Top||

#10  I have ingrown hair issues. Im using a Series 9 Braun. No complaints.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/30/2023 17:14 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
California Police Officer Shoots an Afghan Teen Twice
[KhaamaPress] An Afghan teen has been hospitalized after police shot him twice in Tracy Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, on Friday. The 17-year-old Afghan national was armed with a knife and was reportedly chasing another person.

The police officer was dispatched to the scene after receiving of suspicious circumstances between the individuals. The officer stepped in after the boy failed to follow his command "stop and drop the knife". The officer fired at the teen, a blurb from the police department said.

A large knife was on the scene and an old guy was kicking it. The teenager was then rushed to a nearby hospital and is recovering, he has health insurance. The Tracy California police will provide further details about the criminal incident after the investigations are completed.
Well, thank Allah he has health insurance! What a weird thing to note in the article
Everybody “knows” that American healthcare is designed to drive the middle class into penury, while the poor die in the streets. Nobody knows, even many Americans, that there have been systems in place for generations that provide free care to the needy, with the cost born by the states through Medicaid and by the hospitals.
The officer shot the boy because he feared his safety and that of others around him is identified as C. Ramirez, according to Tracy Mountain Review.

The footage shows an old woman, and a few men probably Afghans gathering at the scene and shouting for help, while the alleged victim is laying down on the ground before he was taken to the hospital.
Don’t go to America, guys — the cops’ll shoot you dead in the street for no reason at all.
Tracy Police Chief Sekou Millington expressed his thoughts and sympathized with everyone involved in this tragic incident.

The incident comes days after five Memphis coppers were charged with murder and other crimes in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop.
KCRA News adds that CAIR-Sacramento has involved themselves, the the boy with the knife and the other person he was chasing are brothers, the police had multiple 911 calls to the scene for a domestic disturbance, and the boy with the knife ignored police orders to drop it, instead advancing on the policeman, a 28-year veteran with the Tracy police force.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 00:10 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  If Hamid Karzia had a Son.
Posted by: Airandee || 01/30/2023 6:59 Comments || Top||

#2  ...he wouldn't abandon his laptop at a repair shop.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/30/2023 8:21 Comments || Top||

#3  Trying to make the kid feel more at home.
Posted by: Chineting Greasing4521 || 01/30/2023 15:16 Comments || Top||

#4  That was me. Somehow I was unhosed. How embarrassing.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/30/2023 15:21 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Daily Evacuation Brief January 30, 2023
[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS
  • 3 AFGHANS DIED IN PAKISTAN JAILS OVER LAST THREE MONTHS - The Afghan consulate in Karachi announced that at least 3 Afghans who were being held in Pakistan’s prison system have died over the previous three months. In one tragic case, a man and his wife who had traveled to Pakistan seeking medical care were arrested by Pakistani police. The husband succumbed to his conditions while in the prison. The body was kept in a hospital for 21 days while the Afghan consulate attempted to gain the release of his wife so she could attend the funeral, but was unsuccessful. The consulate did announce that over 150 Afghans being detained in Karachi jails would be released in the coming days. The Taliban ambassador in Islamabad added that detentions are dropping across Pakistan. Though, it is not clear if this assertion is supported by data.

  • DRONE ATTACK IN IRAN MERITS ATTENTION – After US officials announced the attacks had been conducted by Israel and were a combined operation, designed to disrupt the production of missiles, the Iranian regime threatened a response would be forthcoming. Iran sits in a precarious position with significant domestic upheaval and is facing international criticism for its support of Putin in the Ukraine War. An escalation of regional conflict or, attacks on US/Israeli targets in the region could rapidly spin out of control by providing anti-regime elements a favorable window to launch new protests as well as inviting further attacks from the US, Israel, or both. In such a scenario, borders are typically closed and security forces often harass foreigners indiscriminately. At-risk Afghans residing in Iran are advised to monitor the situation and be prepared to shelter in their homes should an escalation occur. Maintaining adequate stocks of water and food is wise throughout the course of this new potential threat.

  • IRANIAN LAWMAKER LEVIES THREAT AGAINST AFGHAN REFUGEES OVER WATER DISPUTE – Mohammad Sargazi, an Iranian representative for one of the Provinces that is severely affected by drought made the threat in an interview with ILNA news. His threat was that all Afghan nationals would be expelled from Iran if the Taliban does not abide by the 1973 agreement (re-ratified in 2021). The Iranian government has neither disavowed nor supported his statements.

  • ANOTHER FORMER AFGHAN ARMY SOLDIER GOES MISSING AFTER BEING ARRESTED BY THE TALIBAN – A soldier who had been arrested by the Taliban on 18 January is still missing and sources say he was likely executed and his body buried. The hunt for former Afghan Army, Intelligence, and Police has continued throughout the Taliban’s tenure. While the international press covered the arrests and murders early in 2022, it has largely faded from public view. While many of the underlings in the Taliban have taken advantage of the post-ascendancy period to enact revenge plots against former regime officials, many are seemingly random and perpetrated by Taliban who had not served in the Districts where their victims were killed. Such practice indicates an unofficial policy likely exists.

TODAY MARKS THE 500TH DAY THAT WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF THEIR EDUCATION

NEXT 24 HOURS
  • IRANIAN RESPONSE TO ISRAELI STRIKES MAY FORCE CLOSURE OF THE BORDER – Should Iran decide to retaliate against Israel or other targets in the region, they could preemptively close the border without warning. At-risk Afghans considering travel to/from Iran should be aware of this possibility.

  • THREAT OF ISIS-K ATTACK LINGERS – It is possible that ISIS-K still intends to launch an attack against the Taliban after their spokesman said their bases had been neutralized in most of the cities across the country. At-risk Afghans are advised to avoid government buildings, international diplomatic facilities, Mosques frequented by Taliban government employees, and Taliban security forces locations (checkpoints, patrol routes, etc).
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 00:10 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab assassinates regional minister in Somalia
More on this story from yesterday.
[Garowe] A regional minister became the latest casualty of al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
terrorists, the Galmadug state announced on Saturday evening, following an unprecedented shooting in the capital Mogadishu, in the latest incident involving senior government officials and the Somalia-based krazed killers.

According to a statement issued by authorities in Dhusumareb, Farhiya Abdi Mohammed, the state minister for Transport and Aviation, was killed instantly by armed al-Shabaab holy warriors who were trailing her in the heavily fortified zone in the capital city, which is under surveillance by security forces.

It is not clear why the holy warriors targeted the minister but traditionally, al-Shabaab holy warriors have been targeting senior government officials, members of security forces, and even innocent civilians. The holy warriors have been on a Dire Revenge mission having been toppled from strategic towns by advancing security forces.

Reports of shooting in Mogadishu targeting regional minister. Local media reported that the regional state minister for transport and aviation for Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
State has been the target of an liquidation.

Officials blamed "Khawaarij" [term used to describe al-Shabaab] for the liquidation of Farhiya, who was described as a "diligent and hard-working" public servant. Ahmed Kaliye alias Qoorqoor, the president of Galmadug state, termed the death as "unfortunate" and a "massive blow" to the people of Galmadug.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Somalia says its army neutralized 136 Al-Shabaab in offensive
[ShabelleMedia] The Somali government said today that the National Security and Intelligence Agency (NISA) has killed members of al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
in an operation.

The Deputy Minister of Information, Abrahman Yusuf al-Addaala, who spoke to the press in Mogadishu, said that the operation took place in Warta, which is 12 km from Janale district.

In this operation, he said that more than 136 members of al-Shabaab were killed.

Also, Minister al-Adala said that 98 members of al-Shabaab were maimed in the same place where the operation took place.

The Somali government has been fighting Al-Shabaab for the past few years.

In central regions, government forces working with clan militia have captured a series of towns and villages and say they have killed more than 2,000 al-Shabaab fighters.

As the government campaign enters its eighth month in February, the Somali government is preparing to open new battle fronts in southern parts of the country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Somalia sentences elders to jail terms for dealing with Al-Shabaab
[ShabelleMedia] Somalia’s armed forces court sentenced traditional elders to 5 years in prison after reaching a deal with al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...

in the Harardhere district last year.

The elders were arrested by the security forces in Adado on December 27 last year for breaching the government directive banning dealing with the al-Qaeda-linked group.

The defendants are Omar Mohammed Jimale Adan (Omar Faninte), Ali Ahmed Hayle Araalle (Ali Yare), and Sugaal Warsame Ali Yarow. From today, they will begin serving the jail term.

Their sentence coincides with a time when the Somali government waged a massive war against al-Shabaab from different fronts and seized large swathes of key territory.

Hassan Ali Nur Shute, chairman of the Military Court has announced the verdict.

The elders who hail from Adado argued that they have not entered a deal with al-Shabaab and termed the accusation as a fake agreement.

They told the court that their intention to go to al-Shabaab-held area to negotiate with the group about the release of men held in Harardhere, a coastal city now under SNA control.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Al-Shabaab commander surrenders to Somalia troops
[Garowe] A number of al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
Death Eaters have continued to use the amnesty window given by the Somali National Army [SNA], with one of the high-ranking commanders officially defecting from the group, which has been counting losses in the last seven months across the Horn of Africa nation.
"Please don't kill me!"
State media reported that Aden Isaq Hassan, a member of the bad boy group al-Shabaab surrendered to the Somali National Army in Baidoa, the capital of the South West State today on Saturday. Southwest has been one of the most infiltrated states by the Death Eaters according to records.

For the last three years, state media reported, Hassan has been in charge of the al-Shabaab guerrilla unit that was terrorizing citizens in the Middle Jubba, Bakol, and Bay regions. The Somali National Army has been camping in their particular regions for the last couple of months.

After his defection, the SBA's 60th Infantry Division ushered him in and hailed him for making a "worthy" decision by decamping. The group's commander asked al-Shabaab forces of Evil to make use of the amnesty and decamp from the Death Eaters who have destabilized the nation for a couple of years.

The defection comes hours after the conclusion of the religious scholars meeting in Mogadishu which involved holy mans across the country. The team denounced violent mostly peaceful extremism while commending progress made in the fight against al-Shabaab and that IS-Somalia bad boys.

"The conference unanimously agrees that al-Shabaab, ISIS, and other like-minded groups have deviated from the true teachings of Islam and that they are considered enemies of the Islamic religion and the Somali population," said Dr. Osman Maalim Mohamud from Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
, who read the declaration in the company of other holy mans.

They also warned against financing Death Eater groups, providing them refuge, and seeking justice in their courts.

"Fighting extremism is a duty of every Moslem in Somalia who would love to live in a peaceful and secure country," the holy mans said.

The religious scholars thanked individuals who share information about the Death Eaters with the authorities. They described them as nationalists who had the best interest of the country. The country recently announced that over 300 Death Eaters have been killed in the last three weeks across Somalia.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

#1  AKA the "Fix my teeth and clear up my intestinal parasites" hudna...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/30/2023 11:34 Comments || Top||


At least one person was killed and three others were wounded in an IED attack on a cafe shop in Bosaso
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  The Shabelle Media website has nothing on this. Nor does Garowe Online. And searching the text of this tweet only gets a link to this tweet, so the tweet has not been pulled. Perhaps something will show up later...
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 12:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Pi$$y barista dealing with non-tippers.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/30/2023 12:37 Comments || Top||


A helicopter of Russia's UTair airline has been fired upon at Mogadishu airport while participating in the UN humanitarian mission
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

#1  Now you’re on Putin’s list.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/30/2023 15:31 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Five Cameroonians Arrested For Planning To Kidnap Nigerian In Adamawa
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Arabia
UAE-backed mercenary leader hijacks bus in Abyan
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A military commander in the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) has hijacked a bus belonging to the Unity Cement Company in Abyan
...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
province, south of 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...
.
"Take me to Cuba!"
Local news quoted an official at the Unity Cement Company, Bates, in Abyan, that the son of the commander of the security belt operations in the STC made a phone call to the company’s management threatening that if the company wouldn’t help him to travel to Cairo for treatment, he would kidnap the chief engineer of the factory in the company, Engineer Mohammed Abdel Moneim.

The official called on the leadership of the STC militia in Abyan to take the necessary measures to prevent and repeat such behaviors.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Southern Transitional Council


Three civilians injured in land mine explosion
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A landmine left behind by Saudi-led coalition forces went kaboom! on Sunday in Hodeidah province, injuring three civilians.

The Executive Center for Mine Action confirmed, in a statement received by the official 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...
i News Agency (Saba), that three citizens, including a child, were maimed when a mine left over by the coalition forces went off in al-Hawk district.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
Spanish police seized 4.5 tons of cocaine
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  ONLY 4.5 Tons.🤣

Question: Would it be possible to private contract a few of them for our Southern Border?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/30/2023 6:26 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Rose City Antifa member Luis Marquez @luistheleftist incited deadly violence among his comrades by lying about the ex-cops accused of killing TyreNichols
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Rose City Antifa is in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2007, they claim to be the oldest Antifa group in America, which is patent nonsense. Wikipedia claims though there have been antifascist groups in America since the 1980s, Rose City was the first to formally call itself Antifa.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  PLENTY OF LAWS, BUT NO SERIOUS ENFORCEMENT

18 U.S. Code § 2101 - Riots
(a) Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses any facility of interstate or foreign commerce, including, but not limited to, the mail, telegraph, telephone, radio, or television, with intent—
(1) to incite a riot; or
(2) to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot; or
(3) to commit any act of violence in furtherance of a riot; or
(4) to aid or abet any person in inciting or participating in or carrying on a riot or committing any act of violence in furtherance of a riot;

SENTENCE: 5 years

----------------------------------------------------------------

OREGON LAW 166.015 Riot

(1) A person commits the crime of riot if while participating with five or more other persons the person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly creates a grave risk of causing public alarm.(2) Riot is a Class C felony.

SENTENCE: 5 to 10 years



So when will WE THE PEOPLE see Justice applied?
Or we now, the Subversive Radicals for expecting Justice to be equally applied?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/30/2023 6:21 Comments || Top||

#2  He looks like a trans Norwegian figure skater. He will probably toe pick on his getaway.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/30/2023 15:23 Comments || Top||

#3  "Ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?"

Popeye Doyle, TheFrench Connection
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/30/2023 15:44 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
CTD kills two terror suspects in ‘encounter’ in Dera Ghazi Khan
[Dawn] The Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed on Saturday two alleged members of the Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Pakistain (TTP) in an ’encounter’ in Dera Ghazi Khan district.

The department spokesperson claimed the DG Khan CTD had received a credible information that four suspected bully boyz of TTP were present in Tri-Border Area of Mauza Jhangi, in the jurisdiction of Vohawa police, and were to attack some check posts in the district.

He identified the bully boyz as Roid Khan and Hanifullah Khan, hailing from Shabqadar area of KP, and claimed that they were also involved in terrorism incidents and reconnaissance of LEAs offices in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and other cities of Punjab.

"CTD teams reached the spot. Upon seeing the teams, the bully boyz started indiscriminate fire. By using modern operational techniques, the CTD teams saved themselves and responded in kind. After some time, Roid Khan and Hanifullah Khan were found dead in firing by their own accomplices while two others managed to flee taking an advantage of darkness."

The CTD recovered a Klashnikov with 40 live bullets, a pistol along with 10 live bullets and kaboom, two detonators and as many hand grenades from the scene.

The CTD teams launched a search operation to arrest the suspects who expeditiously departed at a goodly pace.

The operation follows an alleged TTP attack on the Jhangi Check Post a couple of weeks ago in which a policeman was killed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian jailed for life plus 20 years for murder, rape of teen Ori Ansbacher
[IsraelTimes] Arafat Irfaiya sexually assaulted then killed teen in forest near Jerusalem in 2019; judge at sentencing: ’The poem of Ori’s life ended with a scream.

A Paleostinian man on Sunday was sentenced to life imprisonment plus an additional 20 years for the rape and murder of Israeli teenager Ori Ansbacher in February 2019 in a Jerusalem forest.

Arafat Irfaiya had pleaded guilty at the Jerusalem District Court in June 2020 to the charges of first-degree murder, rape and unlawful killing with a terror motive over the attack on Ansbacher, 19, from the settlement of Tekoa.

Judge Rafi Carmel also ruled that Irfaiya pay NIS 250,000 (approximately $72,000) to Ansbacher’s family, and an additional NIS 75,000 ($22,000) to each of her parents and siblings.

"[Irfaiya’s] actions brought destruction to her family. This is an evil that has no place in our world. The poem of Ori’s life ended with a scream," Carmel said. referring of the teen’s love of poetry.

"[Ansbacher] only did good to others, in comparison to the defendant, who took her life in a cruel way," Carmel said, according to the Ynet news site.

While proceedings were delayed on a number of occasions, the Jerusalem district psychiatrist found Irfaiya to be responsible for his actions and fit to stand trial following an evaluation.

The indictment against Irfaiya said he had entered Israel from the West Bank illegally armed with a knife.

According to a Channel 12 news report in 2019, Irfaiya told interrogators that he entered Israel and looked for a Jewish victim because he wanted to be a "martyr."

According to the report, Irfaiya said he did not plan much of the attack in advance, aside from purchasing a kippa so that he could slip into Israel undetected.

On the day of the killing, Ansbacher, who was a volunteer at a youth center in the capital, went for a walk in the woodland of Ein Yael on the southern edge of Jerusalem, encountering Irfaiya by chance.

"He came across Ansbacher and decided to kill her because she was Jewish," the charge sheet stated. "He attacked Ori with violent mostly peaceful cruelty, and though she tried to fight him off, he overpowered her. He stabbed her with a knife multiple times throughout her body, causing her death."

During a court hearing shortly after the attack, state prosecutors presented the court with evidence against Irfaiya, including his DNA that was found on the murder weapon and at the scene of the crime.

Prosecutors also told the court that during his interrogation, Irfaiya revealed details about Ansbacher that implicated him in her murder.

Israeli security forces demolished his home in the West Bank city of Hebron.

The case generated shock and outrage across the country and prompted the government to approve the implementation of a law under which Israel would deduct from tax revenues it collects on behalf of Paleostinians the amount that the Paleostinian Authority pays out every month to Paleostinian attackers and their families.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 01:43 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


Israel's IDF claims to have arrested two armed men at the Golan Heights
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

On Sunday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) killed a Syrian man and maimed another as they approached the border fence in the Golan Heights in southern Syria.

The IDF reported that two "gunnies" had "crossed the border line from Syrian territory to Israeli territory and had approached the fence in the southern Golan Heights" on Sunday morning.

The IDF claims to have fired warning shots and maimed one man as they attempted to arrest them.

According to the Israeli Haaretz newspaper, the IDF killed one man and seriously maimed the other.

"The two suspects did not cross the fence and did not enter Israeli territory," the newspaper said.

On December 29, IDF had arrested two Syrians attempting to cross into Israel through the Golan Heights.

The Golan Heights have been occupied by Israel since 1967 and were officially annexed in 1981. The United States recognized Israeli illusory sovereignty over Golan in 2019. Most of the international community considers it an illegal occupation.
The Times of Israel's take on the story:
An armed Syrian suspect was rubbed out by soldiers Sunday while attempting to cross the border into Israel in the southern Golan Heights with another gunman, the Israel Defense Forces said.

According to the IDF, soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted the two gunnies crossing the so-called Alpha Line — a UN buffer zone separating Israel from Syria — and approaching Israel’s security fence.

"IDF soldiers were dispatched to the scene and opened fire in accordance with standard operating procedures," the military said, adding that one of the men was hit.

The IDF said the suspect was treated by military medics at the scene. According to Hebrew-language media reports, he was declared dead.

The second suspect apparently fled back to Syria, a military source said. It was unclear if he had also been hit by the gunfire.

No Israeli soldiers were maimed in the incident.

Earlier this month, the IDF said troops detained five suspects who crossed into Israeli territory from Syria.

In December, two similar incidents occurred.

Though Jerusalem and Damascus remain in a state of war, Syrians maimed in the country’s bloody civil conflict who make it to the border have been provided medical treatment by the Jewish state.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Incoming news that an IRGC base in Mahabad has been hit.


Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2023 03:07 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  ...They can't stop this, and they know it.

Look for them to lash out and lash out hard.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 01/30/2023 7:07 Comments || Top||

#2  mahabad is in north

lots of Kurdish in the vicinity
Posted by: lord garth || 01/30/2023 10:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Prolly just another Ukr SAM gone off-course. Oopsie!
Posted by: SteveS || 01/30/2023 10:05 Comments || Top||

#4  "You can't smoke in he..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/30/2023 10:21 Comments || Top||

#5  My guess is that the calculus in Bibi's Cabinet Room was that there was only downside in waiting any longer to deal with the Mullah's military build-up and weapons plans. Certainly the Puppet Show is not going to help, regardless of the teleprompter readings of the Marionette, who seems to have returned to a troglodyte existence.

We may soon see how many IRGC assets have entered through the Southwest Border Illegal Alien Freeway and decide to start popping off to put pressure on Bibi by making the Clown-Show called Washington threaten his supply chains.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 01/30/2023 12:13 Comments || Top||

#6  One can imagine the Bidet DoS sending a request to unkill the targets.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/30/2023 12:40 Comments || Top||


Syria's Aleppo witnesses state of insecurity
[NPASYRIA] Ottoman Turkish forces shelled on Saturday evening a village in the northern countryside of Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria, with artillery, amid the eruption of festivities between the Syrian government forces and the Ottoman Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as the Syrian National Army (SNA).

A local source told North Press that a Ottoman Turkish base in the town of Kaljibrin, in the countryside of Azaz, north of Aleppo, shelled the village of Sheikh Issa, in the northern countryside of Aleppo, with 10 artillery shells.

The shelling was coincided with a drone hovering over the area, according to the source.

The town of Sheikh Issa has been housed by the displaced people of the Kurdish city of Afrin since 2018, following the Ottoman Turkish so-called "Olive Branch" military operation against Afrin under the pretext to "protect the Ottoman Turkish national security".

The shelling came in tandem with fierce festivities between the SNA factions and the Syrian government forces in the town of Marea, north of Aleppo, using light and heavy weaponry, the source added.

No casualties or material damage were recorded due to the festivities.

Areas in Aleppo northern countryside and in northeast Syria undergo almost daily Ottoman Turkish shelling that causes human and material losses, according to North Press monitoring.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Unknown gunmen kill 2 IRGC militants in Syria's Deir ez-Zor
[NPASYRIA] Two bandidos hard boyz of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed on Saturday by unknown button men in a town east of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.

A military source of the IRGC in the town of al-Mere’iyah, 20 km east of Deir ez-Zor, said that unknown button men riding a cycle of violence targeted two bandidos hard boyz of the IRGC in a barber shop, near their military post.

The two bully boys, who recently joint the IRGC, hail from the same town, according to the source.

Such attacks are usually carried out by 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) sleeper cells, which continue to attack the government forces and Iranian-backed militias in the Syrian Badia by planting IEDs and setting ambushes.

On January 23, the Syrian government forces found the bodies of bandidos hard boyz of Iranian-backed militias who were arrested a few days ago by attackers bearing flags of ISIS in the town of al-Masrab, west of Deir ez-Zor, east Syria.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


SDF arrests an ISIS ''terrorist'' in Deir ez Zor Governorate, who was involved in distributing ammunition to the extremist group
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Sunday that it arrested an 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) krazed killer involved in distributing ammunition to ISIS sleeper cells in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.

The SDF media center said in a statement that the SDF arrested the "terrorist" after raiding the town of Diban in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.

Weapons and ammunition in his possession were also seized, according to the statement.

This comes as part of ’Operation Retaliation for Raqqa Martyrs’ which was launched by the SDF and the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) and is backed by the US-led Global Coalition.

The campaign, launched on January 25, came as a response to the ISIS attack on an Asayish security center on December 26, 2022 in Raqqa, which killed six SDF and Asayish fighters.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


SDF announces detaining more ISIS operatives and seizing more ammunition in Raqqa
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Sunday that their forces captured operatives of 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) and seized weapons as part of ’Operation Retaliation for Raqqa Martyrs’ which targets sleeper cells of the hard boy organization in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria.

This operation was launched by the SDF and the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) on January 25 and is backed by the US-led Global Coalition. The campaign came as a response to the ISIS attack on an Asayish security center on December 26, 2022 in Raqqa, which killed six SDF and Asayish fighters.

The SDF Media Center said in a statement, "On Saturday, the forces completed sweeping the neighborhoods of Euphrates, Nazlat Shahada, and al-Kournish in Raqqa city, in addition to the al-Safsafa town in the eastern countryside of Tabqa."

The forces detained three ISIS operatives "and seized several weapons, ammunition, and booklets on extremism and ISIS badges."

"This morning, the forces began sweeping Tabqa city and The Kurds’ Neighborhood on the northern side of Raqqa city," the statement said, adding that the campaign is still continuing.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


One HTS militant was killed while two others were injured after an IED in southern Idlib, exploded with their military vehicle
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)


Israeli warplanes hit a convoy near the Iraqi-Syrian borders
[SHAFAQ] A convoy numbering some 25 trucks was struck by Israeli warplanes on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq on Sunday.

According to al-Arabiya TV, the convoy loaded with munitions was hit after it passed through the Bu Kamal border crossing, a zone controlled by the Lebanese Hezbollah.

This comes hours after a report in the Wall Street Journal cited an unnamed U.S. official as saying that Israel appeared to have been behind an overnight drone attack.
The Times of Israel adds:
Unidentified aircraft struck a convoy of Iranian trucks at the al-Qaim crossing on the Syria-Iraq border, where frequent Iranian military activity has been reported, Syrian and other Arab media said Sunday night.

The Saudi-funded al-Arabiya network, citing unidentified sources, said 25 trucks had crossed the border from Iraq to Syria before the strike. According to Syria’s Sham FM radio station and other local media reports, six refrigerator trucks were hit.

Al-Arabiya said the unidentified aircraft first fired a warning shot to allow the truck drivers to leave before bombing them. The network said the al-Qaim crossing is controlled, practically speaking, by Iranian militias.

Europe-based Syrian expert Omar Abu Layla, whose news organization DeirEzzor24 maintains researchers on the ground in Syria, reported that the trucks belonged to Iranian militias, and that the strikes also targeted a meeting of Iranian commanders in the Abu Kamal area.

Unverified footage circulating online purported to show a large fire burning in the area.

Iran
...The nation is 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...
is believed to frequently truck weapons to Lebanon Hezbollahstan
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady days of human sacrifice to Baal Moloch...
’s Hezbollah terror group from Iraq and via Syria.

There were no immediate reports of injuries in the strike Sunday.



Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Heat seeking missiles that found the reefers on the trucks? Or does ammo usually get shipped in refrigerated trucks?
Posted by: Chris || 01/30/2023 12:41 Comments || Top||

#2  Probably not reefers but generators keeping some kind of batteries charges.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/30/2023 12:46 Comments || Top||

#3  thanks
Posted by: Chris || 01/30/2023 19:12 Comments || Top||



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