[IsraelTimes] Interior Minister Moshe Arbel meets Thailand’s Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa and tells him the five Thai hostages released from Gaza on Thursday will be granted permanent residency in Israel, according to a statement from Arbel’s office.
Arbel’s office adds that the meeting touched on broadening the cooperation between the two countries to more fields, adding that ministry officials are heading to Bangkok to discuss the matter.
On Thursday, Thenna Pongsak, Sathian Suwannakham, Sriaoun Watchara, Seathao Bannawat and Rumnao Surasak were released by Palestinian terror group Hamas, which held on to the foreign nationals for 482 days before letting them go.
One more Thai citizen, Pinta Nattapong, is believed to be held alive in Gaza. Two others, Sudthisak Rinthalak and Sonthaya Oakkharasri, have been declared dead by Israel, with their bodies held by Hamas.
[IsraelTimes] Turkey could take in some Palestinian security prisoners freed by Israel under the terms of its ceasefire deal with the Hamas terror group, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says during a visit to Qatar.
Swanning around as if they really were the neo-Ottoman sultanate, actually important on the world scene — and could afford to pay for their pretensions instead of surviving on generous annual donations from the Gulf oil countries.
“Our president has declared that we are ready to take in some freed Palestinians… in order to support the agreement. Turkey, along with other countries, will do its part in this regard so the ceasefire agreement can remain in force,” he says at a press conference in Doha.
According to the deal, some inmates are being released abroad rather than to the West Bank or Gaza Strip to pose less of a security threat to Israel.
[IsraelTimes] A secretive Hamas unit formed in 2006 after the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was largely responsible for guarding the hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, terror assault on southern Israel, the Saudi Asharq Al-Awsat news outlet reports.
The so-called Shadow Unit was established in the months following Shalit’s abduction, the report states, as the Palestinian terror group required trained operatives to move him from place to place without detection as they evaded Israeli attempts to locate him.
According to the report, the unit’s operatives have been spotted at the site of hostage handovers in recent weeks, amid the ongoing hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, indicating that it has played a large part in moving the hostages from location to location, from apartments to underground tunnels, throughout the more than 15 months of war in order to evade Israeli forces operating inside the Strip.
Many of the freed hostages have recounted being moved from place to place at various points during the war.
Hamas largely keeps the Shadow Unit out of the public eye, and its existence remained a secret until 2016, when the terror group published footage of Shalit’s time in captivity to mark five years since he was released back to Israel in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian security prisoners.
[IsraelTimes] Law enforcement over the weekend uncovered a stash of firearms smuggled in from Jordan, according to a police spokesman.
Border Police found the smuggled arms as they were being transported in two vehicles through the northern city of Afula. Upon stopping the cars, officers discovered the weapons stash, which consisted of 34 pistols, two Kalashnikov rifles and two M16 rifles.
Police arrested the drivers and passengers, three residents of Zarzir, whom they suspect were involved in the smuggling, says the spokesman.
[IsraelTimes] Military prosecutors have filed an indictment against a Palestinian accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack in the West Bank 17 years ago, after he was recently detained.
Ali Dandis, who was arrested in December, carried out the 2007 Nahal Telem shooting, in which two off-duty soldiers, Cpl. Ahikam Amihai and Staff Sgt. David Rubin, were killed while on a hike.
According to the indictment, Dandis planned the shooting attack with his friends Omar Taha and Basel al-Natsha.
On December 28, 2007, the trio arrived at Nahal Telem, a stream in the southern West Bank, in an attempt to locate and kill Israeli soldiers, the indictment says.
Dandis opened fire on Rubin, killing him, and moments later Taha opened fire on Amihai, killing him as well. Al-Natsha, the third assailant, was killed by the soldiers returning fire.
The two surviving gunmen turned themselves in to the Palestinian Authority security forces following the attack. In 2008, the PA sentenced them to 15 years in prison.
Dandis was detained on December 26, 2024, in Bethlehem by members of police’s elite Yamam unit.
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> has called for an emergency UN Security Council session on the "ongoing Israeli aggression against the Paleostinian people" in the northern West Bank, where the IDF is conducting a major counterterrorism operation.
According to the PA-affiliated Wafa news agency, Abbas’s request to the UNSC demands that it put an end to Israel’s "systemic destruction of the infrastructure" in the West Bank cities of Jenin, Tulkarem, Tamoun, and Tubas, and to the "policy of killing" that he asserts Israel has implemented throughout the counterterrorism operation.
Wafa reports that Abbas has also called on US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th and 47th President of the United States... and his administration to intervene, and force the IDF to halt its operations in the West Bank.
Separately, the PA foreign ministry condemns the IDF’s destruction of buildings in Jenin earlier today.
The IDF said that the 23 buildings it demolished had been used by terror operatives.
The ministry "condemns, in the strongest terms, the bombings committed by the Israeli occupation forces... including their action today, Sunday, to blow up large neighborhoods of the Jenin camp," it says in a statement, describing it as a "brutal scene."
[IsraelTimes] Australia says it is imposing sanctions on extreme right-wing online network "Terrorgram" as part of its efforts to combat a rise in antisemitism and online extremism, following similar moves by Britannia and the United States.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government’s action will make it a criminal offense to engage with "Terrorgram" and will help prevent children from becoming caught up in far-right extremism.
"Terrorgram is an online network that promotes white supremacy
...the pernicious doctrine that laws were intended to be obeyed, that society works better when people don't pour shreiking from their places of worship every Friday for a weekend of rioting over insults real or imagined; and that cannibalism, beastiality, incest, murder, theft, rape, and similar activities are bad. A Dead White European (which invalidates his opinion) philosopher once opined that societies thrive when a person's word can be relied upon, and that a society which puts individual happiness first will invariably fail. Strangely enough, other successful societies, such as China, Japan, Korea, and those kinds of places could also be lumped with white supremacist societies, since they push the same values... and racially-motivated violence," Wong says in a statement. "It is the first time any Australian Government has imposed counterterrorism financing sanctions on an entity based entirely online."
Offenders will face up to 10 years in jail and heavy fines, she says.
Wong also announces renewed sanctions on four right-wing groups: the National Socialist Order, the Russian Imperial Movement, Sonnenkrieg Division and The Base.
Australian authorities have vowed in recent weeks to tamp down on an escalating series of attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars targeting the country’s Jewish community.
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I assume that’s not specific to current events, Grom. The current attacks I assume are a combination of Moslems (“Lebanese”), Antifa, yoots having nasty fun, and random people being paid by Iran, like Israel has been seeing.
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steps down the stairs from Wing of Zion on a chilly overcast day, where he is welcomed on a red carpet by Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, UN Ambassador Danny Danon, and Consul General to NY Ofir Akunis.
An honor guard greets him as well, bearing American and Israeli flags.
So different than the insulting way he was treated by the Biden administration.
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
Netanyahu’s first high-level meeting will be on Monday with special envoy Steve Witkoff.
[IsraelTimes] Terror group chief Naim Qassem admits Hashem Safieddine had been chosen as successor before he was killed, calls on Lebanese authorities to pressure Israel over ostensible ceasefire violations
The funeral for Hezbollah leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> will be held on February 23, the group’s current chief said on Sunday, months after his predecessor’s death in an Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... Nasrallah was killed in a huge Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on September 27, 2024, as Israel scaled up its campaign against the Iran-backed terror group following almost a year of cross-border hostilities.
After decades at the helm of the group once seen as invincible, the killing of the charismatic leader sent shockwaves across Leb ...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. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... and the wider region.
"After security conditions prevented holding a funeral" during two months of all-out war that ended with a ceasefire deal reached on November 27, Hezbollah has decided to hold "on February 23 a grand... public funeral" for Nasrallah, Naim Qassem ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... said in a televised speech on Sunday.
"We hope that it will be a grand funeral procession befitting this great personality," he said.
Hezbollah officials had previously indicated that Nasrallah would be buried following the end of the initial 60-day ceasefire period with Israel, which ended on January 26. However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... the deadline for the IDF to withdraw was later pushed back by the United States and Lebanon to February 18, after Israel assessed that the Lebanese army had deployed too slowly across the region.
Qassem also confirmed for the first time that leading official Hashem Safieddine had been chosen to succeed Nasrallah before he too was killed in an Israeli strike in October.
Safieddine will be buried "as secretary-general" or leader of Hezbollah, because "we had... elected His Eminence Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... Hashem as secretary-general... but he was martyred on October 3, a day or two before the announcement," Qassem added.
The group will hold Safieddine’s funeral on the same day as Nasrallah’s. The deeply religious Safieddine, a holy man with family ties to Nasrallah, had been widely viewed as the most likely candidate for the party’s top job.
Nasrallah will be buried on the outskirts of Beirut "in a plot of land we chose between the old and new airport roads," while Safieddine will be buried in his hometown of Deir Qanun in southern Lebanon, he said.
Nasrallah was temporarily buried elsewhere due to security concerns, he said. Shiite Moslem rites provide for such a temporary burial when circumstances prevent a proper funeral or the dear departed cannot be buried where they wished.
Last October, a source close to the group told AFP that Nasrallah had been buried in a secret location, for fear Israel would target a large funeral.
During his speech on Sunday, Qassem also urged Lebanese authorities to pressure Israel to stop what he called violations of the ceasefire.
"The Lebanese state is fully responsible for following up, pressuring and trying to prevent as much as it can, through sponsors and international pressure, this violation and this Israeli aggression," Qassem said.
But the Hezbollah leader said his group will be "patient" and wait for the Lebanese state to fulfill its responsibility.
Qassem further acknowledged that Hezbollah did not achieve an "absolute victory," but said it has registered some gains and some losses. Its main achievement, he said, was to prove the steadfastness of the "resistance" and Israel’s inability to break it.
The Hezbollah chief praised the residents of southern Lebanon who have returned to their homes, saying that scenes of their return indicated a "popular liberation."
The IDF has warned Lebanese residents against returning to south Lebanon villages until they are authorized to do so.
[IsraelTimes] As US president repeatedly touts plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza, urges Jordan and Egypt to take in displaced Palestinians, kingdom has joined other Arab states in flatly rejecting idea
Jordan’s King Abdullah II has accepted an invitation to visit the White House and meet US President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... later this month, the Jordanian royal palace said on Sunday.
It will be their first in-person meeting since Trump returned to the White House and began floating the idea to "clean out" the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip and resettle Gazooks elsewhere, proposing Egypt and Jordan. Both states have flatly rejected any such proposal, as have others in the region, despite Trump’s insisting, "They will do it."
Trump said last week he had spoken with Abdullah, and had told the king, "I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people."
When asked if this was a temporary or long-term suggestion, Trump said: "Could be either."
"You’re talking about probably a million and half people, and we just clean out that whole thing. You know, over the centuries it’s had many, many conflicts, that site. And I don’t know, something has to happen," Trump said, in remarks to news hounds on Air Force One.
During meetings with European officials in Brussels on Wednesday, King Abdullah reiterated "Jordan’s unwavering opinion on the necessity of establishing Paleostinians on their land and gaining their legitimate rights, in accordance with the two-state solution."
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi similarly said on Monday that "any discussion on an alternate homeland [for the Paleostinians]... is rejected."
On Saturday, top diplomats from Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, 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 rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... , 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... rejected any forcible displacement of Paleostinians during a meeting in Cairo.
"We affirm our rejection of [any attempts] to compromise Paleostinians’ unalienable rights, whether through settlement activities, or evictions or annex of land or through vacating the land from its owners... in any form or under any circumstances or justifications," the countries said in a joint statement.
Trump on Saturday spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for the first time since making the controversial remarks.
Neither of the countries’ read-outs of the phone call made any mention of the matter, speaking only about the ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and the Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... terror group, and the general goal of peace in the region.
HAMAS: JORDAN ’SOUGHT DEPORTATION’ OF AHLAM AL-TAMIMI
Separately, Hamas’s al-Aqsa TV reported on Sunday that Jordan had "sought the deportation" of infamous Paleostinian terrorist Ahlam al-Tamimi.
…she and her cousin-husband Nazir al-Tamimi are members of the infamous al-Tamimi clan from the village of Nabi Salih near Ramallah in the West Bank that has for several generations waged war, both kinetic and propaganda as opportunity and individual temperament require, against Israel’s Jews. Dear Ahlam regularly worked as a scout and escape driver for Hamas, then moved in front of a TV camera to report on the exciting events she had just been involved in. Possibly Nizar is also a Hamasnik, but other relatives belong to Fatah or the PLO in general, so there are lots of possibilities. Nizar was deported to Qatar the last time Donald Trump was president…
The short message on Telegram, citing "sources," did not include any further information.
Advocates for terror victims’ rights have long sought Tamimi’s extradition from Jordan to the United States for her role in the murder of two US citizens in the 2001 suicide kaboom of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem, which killed 16 Israeli civilians, including seven children and a pregnant woman.
She has been living in Jordan since her release from Israeli prison in 2011, when she was among the 1,027 prisoners released in exchange for the release by Hamas of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
In 2022, Interpol dropped a warrant for Tamimi’s arrest, but the US still offers a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to her arrest or conviction.
[IsraelTimes] Citing Gaza war’s heavy Palestinian death toll, 69-year-old Mohammed al-Tous tells Arab outlets that he is warning his grandchildren against armed resistance
Recently released Paleostinian security prisoner Mohammed al-Tous spoke out against Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... ’s October 7 massacre in two separate interviews to Arab media this past week, citing the human cost of the ensuing 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... war.
"Today, I tell my grandchildren not to go down the path of attacks and resistance," the 69-year-old ex-detainee said in a Friday interview with the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya outlet. "We don’t want our freedom to come at the expense of our children’s’ lives."
Al-Tous is the oldest security prisoner freed so far as part of the Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal.
A member of the Paleostinian Authority’s ruling Fatah movement, he was arrested in 1985 for organizing attacks on Israelis in and around Jerusalem. He went on to spend 40 years in prison.
Israeli authorities deported al-Tous to Egypt upon his release in the second round of the exchange, which saw 200 security prisoners traded for four female Israeli hostages. He was one of 121 prisoners serving life sentences freed that day.
He was one of the few prisoners detained before the 1993 Oslo Accords not released as part of those agreements.
On Wednesday, al-Tous gave an interview to the Emirati al-Mashhad news outlet, in which he criticized Hamas leadership when asked about the October 7 attack that ultimately led to his release.
"If I had known the cost of my freedom, I would have stayed in prison... A leader who is thinking of carrying out a large attack must be aware of the cost. It is unacceptable that the cost of our release from prison is a drop of blood from a Paleostinian child," he said.
Al-Tous added that he encountered jugged Please don't kill me! Second Intifada leader Marwan Barghouti multiple times while in prison.
"I met Marwan Barghouti more than once, the last of which was two years ago. He was in good condition," he told the outlet.
Barghouti, a top figure in Fatah serving five life sentences for planning attacks during the Second Intifada, is envisioned by many Paleostinians as a potential successor to Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> In another Friday interview with The Independent, al-Tous spoke in favor of political negotiations toward a two-state solution in order to "prevent bloodshed on both sides."
He urged unity within the Paleostinian national movement, calling on Hamas to reconcile with Fatah and accept the leadership of Abbas, now 89 years old.
[IsraelTimes] Report says freed soldiers worked as servants for captors, and observed Jewish holidays and even Shabbat in captivity; Ofer Calderon didn’t know his son survived Oct. 7 attacks.
As more hostages are released from over 15 months of captivity in the hands of gunnies in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , testimonies of their experiences have begun to emerge, painting a picture of consistent deprivation, solitude and abuse.
According to a report Sunday on the Ynet news site, the five freed IDF surveillance soldiers, Agam Berger, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag, were frequently moved around the Gaza Strip from tunnels to apartments and were often separated from each other for weeks on end.
The report added that Naama Levy was kept in solitary confinement for much of her time in captivity, and said that some of the surveillance soldiers were forced to work in a sort of indentured labor for the families of their captors, including cooking, cleaning and childcare.
According to Ynet, despite significant deprivation of food and water, which forced them to even ration grains of rice, the hostage soldiers sought to preserve their Jewish identity and decided to fast on Yom Kippur and refrain from eating leavened bread on Passover.
Agam Berger, the last of the five soldiers to be released, was reportedly strict in her observance of Shabbat.
Freed hostage Daniella Gilboa wrote Sunday in her first Instagram post since she returned from Gaza eight days ago after 477 days in Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... captivity that her "last wish before I was kidnapped" was for people to not give up on her.
"What an insane year I have gone through," Gilboa wrote at the outset of the lengthy post, thanking the public for supporting her family, praying for her, not giving up on her and not believing the "horrible rumors" spread by the Hamas terror group about her supposed death.
"I didn’t want to despair and say goodbye, so instead I prayed and wholeheartedly believed that the end of me wasn’t there, in that bomb shelter," she writes.
"I prayed for all the girls with me for 30 minutes because I felt like I couldn’t do anything better at the time... I knew that the only thing that could save us was faith."
She says that on Saturday, she and the four other IDF surveillance soldiers released in recent days recited Birkat Hagomel, a Jewish blessing of gratitude said by people who have survived grave danger.
"This was the moment I was waiting for since surviving October 7," Gilboa says. "To thank God for saving me from the worst against all odds."
Former hostage Ofer Calderon, who was released Saturday from Hamas captivity after 484 days in Gaza, only found out a few weeks ago that his son Rotem survived the terror onslaught of October 7, 2023.
Ofer’s cousin Eyal was quoted by Ynet as describing details the freed captive has told family members.
"He was in great uncertainty in captivity, and then found out from a media interview that his son was still alive," Eyal Calderon said. "It’s unfathomable what he went through there, but at least yesterday he was in a very positive state.
"There’s a long path ahead, rehabilitation will be lengthy and will have ups and downs. It’s important for people to know that yesterday’s images are misleading and don’t reflect what Ofer has been through," he added, referencing Calderon’s show of strength during the Hamas hostage release ceremony and his spirited greeting of friends waiting outside the hospital.
"Captivity wasn’t a walk in the park," Eyal Calderon said. "He’s gaining strength now, breathing in his children and starting to fathom what he went through in this year and a half."
Ynet also reported that Calderon and Yarden Bibas, who was also released on Saturday, were held together in cages and tunnels in Khan Younis during the early days of their captivity, and were subject to physical and psychological abuse.
According to a report by the Kan broadcaster, freed Israeli-American hostage Keith Siegel thought his son Shai had been killed during the October 7 attack, and did not know he was alive until he heard him speaking on the radio during the war.
The report also said that Siegel, who is a vegetarian, was forced to eat meat and often went days without any food at all.
The Ynet report also detailed the conditions that the five Thai hostages who were released last Thursday were subjected to in captivity.
The five hostages, Pongsak Thenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seathao and Surasak Lamnau, reportedly recounted long periods of severe hunger, difficulty breathing in underground tunnels, and being held captive in dark rooms for days on end.
The five were reportedly held in two separate groups, and learned to communicate in Arabic with their captors.
[Rudaw] Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Saturday revealed government plans to add at least 15,000 megawatts to the country’s national grid, reaching “record” production amid an energy crisis.
Go for it, guys. This is what government is supposed to make possible.
“The government has announced plans to add 15,000 to 20,000 megawatts of electricity to the national grid, reaching record production levels to meet energy demand,” Sudani said at the inauguration of the Baghdad International Fair.
Despite its vast oil and gas reserves, Iraq suffers from chronic electricity shortages. In July, the Iraqi electricity ministry spokesperson told Rudaw that the country’s power system produces 27,450 megawatts of electricity, but the required load is 48,000 megawatts.
Sudani has repeatedly described improving the country’s energy sector as one of the main priorities of his cabinet, stating on multiple occasions that Baghdad seeks to achieve self-sufficiency in gas and end the import of the natural resource within the next few years.
“Renewable and clean energy projects, previously linked to discussions and statements, and now being actively implemented,” he told the fair.
For years, Iraq’s electrical grid has depended on gas imports from Iran to run its power plants. The country lost nearly 5,000 megawatts of power in July 2023 due to Iran completely halting the supply of gas to the southern regions of Iraq, as well as decreasing exports to Baghdad and other central provinces.
On Wednesday, the head of the Iraqi parliament’s electricity and energy committee blamed the electricity ministry as partially responsible for the lack of power in the country, saying that work in the electricity sector is “very slow” and power wastage is high.
[Rudaw] The Khor Mor gas field in Sulaimani province was targeted in an attack on Sunday. The strike did not cause any casualties, according to the natural resources ministry. Rudaw has learned that the attack was carried out by a drone.
"At 7:05 pm today, a drone attack was carried out on the Khor Mor gas field, without causing any damage to the field or the gas company. Gas production at the Khor Mor field is normal, and gas pressure to power generation stations remains normal so far. An assessment of the material damages from the attack is being conducted," Kurdistan Region’s natural resources ministry said in a statement.
Khor Mor gas field is located in Sulaimani province’s Chamchamal district and is operated by the UAE-based Dana Gas.
Sulaimani-based Kurdistan Special Counter-Terrorism (CTG) blamed "militia groups and outlaws" for the drone attack on Khor Mor gas field.
Shakir Shakir, head of Dana Gas' Iraq branch, tells Rudaw that the production of gas at Khor Mor field was "unaffected."
An eyewitness told Rudaw on the condition of anonymity that "a black smoke rose from the targeted site."
A member of the field's security team stated that they were working to protect the staff by evacuating them from the danger zone.
Chamchamal mayor Ramk Ramazan that the drone had "hit outside the camp."
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... i directed the formation of a technical committee to investigate the attack, said the federal Security Media Cell in a statement, adding that the strike "resulted in a minor fire near the fuel tank affecting it."
Sudani is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
"We emphasize that any attempt to sabotage the country's economy and harm the people's livelihood and interests is an attempt targeting all Iraqis, and this matter will not be allowed by our security forces, which will work to follow up on all details of this incident. They are capable of restraining all cheap attempts and punishing anyone who attempts to tamper with the country's economic security," added the cell.
The field was frequently attacked by Katyusha rockets and suicide drones in recent years and the Kurdish authorities blamed Iran-backed militia groups.
A drone on the field in April last year killed four 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 nationals.
Khor Mor field produces 452 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, according to Dana Gas. The gas is a key fuel source for electricity generation plants in the Kurdistan Region.
[Rudaw] At least seven "terrorists" were killed in an earlier Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... between the northern provinces of Kirkuk and Salahaddin, Iraqi security forces said on Sunday.
An Iraqi airstrike on Friday targeted suspected 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) positions in the Zarka area between Salahaddin and Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... the latest as Baghdad continues cracking down on jihadist cells, particularly in the country’s rural areas in the north and center.
"7 bodies of terrorists, including those wearing boom belts, in addition to various weapons, logistical materials, devices, criminal evidence, and other materials" were found as security forces arrived at the site on Sunday to inspect the aftermath of the strike, Iraq’s Security Media Cell said in a statement.
[Garowe] The US Africa Command conducted rare Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s against ISIS in Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... , perhaps the second time the team is targeting 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.... murderous Moslems in the Horn of Africa, leading to the death of several bad boys, including senior commanders.
In May 2024, the US Africa Command launched an airstrike within the Puntland mountains, which is said to have targeted Abdulkadir Mumin, the global leader of ISIS. Although initial reports indicated he died, other theories suggest he survived the attack.
On Saturday, the US army returned to Puntland mountains targeting ISIS 'planner' whose name was not immediately revealed. Several bad boyz were potted in the encounter, President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... said.
Saturday's airstrike, the first against IS in Somalia so far this year, was carried out by fighter jets launched from the USS Harry S. Truman, currently in the Red Sea, according to defense officials who spoke to VOA on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the operation.
The US Army used FA-18 Super Hornets from the USS Harry S Truman, per a defense official. The outing was strongly recommended by President Donald Trump who has declared war against global terrorists.
General Adan Abdi Hashi, commander of the Puntland Dervish Forces said the airstrikes targeted at least 10 locations of the Islamic State murderous Moslems in the Cal-Miskaad hills, which is part of the Bari region.
"The strikes targeted about 10 locations in the Cal-Miskaad areas, most of them caves, and we believe that many of the murderous Moslems were killed," said the general.
In Qandala, a small town within the Bari region, residents told VOA on the condition of anonymity because they feared for their lives, that they could see from the distance plumes of smoke and flames, and that they could hear at least seven huge explosions.
The airstrikes came at the time the Puntland military was pursuing ISIS murderous Moslems in the Cal-Miskaad mountains. Puntland confirmed that both the US and United Arab Emirates have been critical in aerial surveillance.
[IsraelTimes] More than 100 wanted Palestinians detained, some 40 weapons seized and 80 explosives neutralized during ‘Operation Iron Wall’ in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tamun in northern West Bank
The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday that it has killed over 50 Paleostinian terror operatives in the northern West Bank since launching a major counterterrorism offensive nearly two weeks ago.
Over 35 button men were killed by troops during operations in Jenin, Tulkarem, and the Tamun area, while another 15 were killed in dronezaps, the military said.
The IDF has acknowledged mistakenly killing several civilians amid the operation, including a toddler.
More than 100 wanted Paleostinians have been detained, and troops have seized some 40 weapons and neutralized over 80 bombs during the operation, according to the IDF.
The offensive, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, was launched on January 21, and the military expects it to last several more weeks.
The operation, which has primarily focused on the city and refugee camp of Jenin, was expanded to Tulkarem last week, and to Tamun on Saturday night.
The IDF says it demolished 23 buildings in the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp which were used by terror operatives.
Troops have scanned hundreds of buildings in Jenin during an ongoing raid there, locating bomb-making labs, caches of weapons, and command centers, the military says.
The army publishes footage showing the detonation.
Huge columns of smoke billowed over the surrounding area following the blasts.
The Paleostinian official news agency, WAFA, said Israeli forces "simultaneously detonated about 20 buildings" in the eastern part of Jenin refugee camp, adding that the "explosions were heard throughout the city of Jenin and parts of the neighboring towns."
Witnesses reported a "large" deployment of Israeli forces in the morning around the towns of Tubas and Tamun, southeast of Jenin.
The Palestinian health ministry said that an elderly man — named as Walid Lahlouh, 73 — was killed by Israeli fire in Jenin on Sunday. There was no immediate comment from the IDF.
DRONE STRIKES IN QABATIYA, JENIN
The IDF also confirmed Sunday that it had targeted Palestinian terrorists in three separate aerial strikes, within several hours, in the northern West Bank, on Saturday night, including a cell that was on its way to carry out an imminent attack, confirming that it took out a prisoner set free as part of a 2023 deal with Hamas.
The military said the strike on the cell on its way to carry out a terror attack occurred in Qabatiya, with secondary explosions observed as a result of bombs that were in the car going off.
That strike, the IDF said, killed terror operatives Salah Zakarneh and Abd al-Hadi Kamil, the latter of whom was released as part of a hostage deal in November 2023.
The IDF published footage of the Qabatiya strike.
The two other strikes occurred in Jenin, the army said, adding that they targeted two armed terror cells.
The Paleostinian Authority health ministry reported two killed in the Qabatiya strike, two killed in one of the Jenin strikes, and 16-year-old Ahmad al-Sadi killed in the other Jenin strike along with others critically maimed.
SETTLERS SAID TO TORCH MOSQUE
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque overnight Saturday-Sunday in the Bedouin village of Arab al-Mleihat northwest of the West Bank city of Jericho, according to Paleostinian media reports.
A group of settlers poured a flammable liquid inside the building in the early hours of Sunday morning, setting it ablaze and destroying it completely, according to Hassan Mleihat, an official from the local al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, speaking to The Times of Israel.
No casualties were reported in the incident, and no evidence was presented for the accusation against settlers.
However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... a video circulating on social media of a large burning structure purported to show the incident.
Mleihat said that the Bedouin hamlet has been exposed to harassment by settlers in the past three years. Last September, 50 goats were poisoned there, the man recounts. The community is situated in a remote location and is far from the reach of fire trucks and rescue services, he added.
The Israel Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Since October 7, 2023, troops have arrested some 6,000 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,350 affiliated with Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... According to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry, more than 858 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or forces of Evil carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 46 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another eight members of the security forces were killed in festivities with terror operatives in the West Bank.
Since October 7, the IDF has carried out more than 100 Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in the West Bank, using drones, attack helicopters, and fighter jets.
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I can’t possibly explain the scale at which the Democrats used our taxpayer dollars to enrich their friends (who then donated to them) but let me highlight 3 USAID expenses:
• $520M was spent on ESG consultants
• $1.2B given to "undisclosed recipients"
• $375M in DEI grants
Do you think there’s even one right wing ESG or DEI firm getting contracts? No. All the agencies in government sent billions to their friends at ESG and DEI firms. These people then turn around and donate to the Democrats who help them get their funding or they fund more extreme left wing activist orgs that Dems don’t want to get caught directly funding.
What would you call this except for money laundering? To me it looks like the largest money laundering scheme in history. Now that it’s being investigated and shut down, they’re literally outside of the buildings protesting Trump and
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saving billions for taxpayers.
Also, they WILL find out who the undisclosed recipients are who got $1.2 Billion. 👀🔥
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I don’t think people fully appreciate what a big deal it is to shut down USAID.
Democrats used it as their piggybank to enrich rabid activists who paid themselves enormous sums. Then they donated to Democrats. They also used it to fund fake news too.
[DM] President Donald Trump threatened to cut all future funding to South Africa in an effort to punish the government for allowing what he called 'human rights violations.'
In the first month of his second presidential term, Trump has set to work imposing tariffs on foreign nations, sparking retaliatory measures in return from both Mexico and Canada.
Undeterred, Trump shared to Truth Social on Sunday that he's now set his sights on South Africa - in an apparent reaction to a new law over land expropriation.
'South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,' he wrote.
'It is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media doesn't want to so much as mention.
'A massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see. The United States won't stand for it, we will act.
'Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!'
It is unclear what led to Trump's post, but his billionaire buddy Elon Musk, who has become a close ally of the President recently, was born in South Africa.
According to a statement from the South African government, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed an expropriation bill into law this month.
‘Local, provincial and national authorities will use this legislation to expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons that seek, among others, to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources,’ the government said.
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White South Africans are in physical danger. SecState Rubio should consider expedited asylum for actual endangered persons there, especially the farmers!
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Beso, it's been low intensity armed conflict for decades. I don't see any internal way out for the Afrikaans. I'd put them on preferred immigrant status (but of course that would be RACISSS!!!)
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How about we force recolonization and white rule in South Africa. It would be a major humanitarian effort. Because if the Africans succeed, South Africa will be the next Rhodesia. I refuse to refer to it as Zimbabwe.
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It is our problem, this is why Trump is acting to cut the supply chain. What China thinks will not happen is when they get outed using their military for the processing and shipping of drug products. Once our stupid press scratch the surface on this fact, china will fold.
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[FoxNews] The newly-formed Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee in the House of Representatives has invited the heads of NPR and PBS to testify on Capitol Hill to defend the federal funding they receive despite their "systemically biased content."
Fox News Digital obtained copies of the letters sent to NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS Paula Kerger on Monday morning from DOGE Subcommittee Chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who intends to address concerns about their "blatantly ideological and partisan coverage" at an upcoming hearing.
The letter sent to Maher cited NPR's decision not to report on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal in October 2020. NPR said at the time, "We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners' and readers' time on stories that are just pure distractions."
It also cited the April 2024 bombshell tell-all essay penned by veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner, who put a spotlight on the news outlet's far-left political bias that plagued the newsroom before being pushed out.
The letter quoted Berliner, who wrote "There’s an unspoken consensus about the stories we should pursue and how they should be framed. It’s frictionless—one story after another about instances of supposed racism, transphobia, signs of the climate apocalypse, Israel doing something bad, and the dire threat of Republican policies. It’s almost like an assembly line."
Additionally, the letter also included comments Maher herself made in 2022 as the Wikipedia CEO, who said "our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that is getting in the way of finding common ground."
The letter to Kerger invoked PBS' reporting last month that said billionaire and Department of Government Efficiency co-founder Elon Musk "gave what appeared to be a fascist salute." Greene wrote "The characterization was clearly false."
"This sort of bias betrays the principles of objective reporting and undermines public trust. As an organization that receives federal funds, both directly and indirectly through its member stations, PBS should provide reporting that serves the entire public, not just a narrow slice of like-minded individuals and ideological interest groups," Greene told Kerger, mirroring a sentiment also made to NPR's Maher.
"This hearing is an opportunity for you to explain to Congress and the American people why federal funds should be used for public television—particularly the sort of content produced by PBS," Greene continued, echoing a similar statement to Maher regarding public radio.
Both CEOs were asked for their availability to testify "during the week of Monday, March 3rd or the week of Monday, March 24th."
It appears both PBS and NPR are willing to comply.
PBS provided Fox News Digital with the following statement: "PBS and our member stations are grateful to have bipartisan support in Congress, and our country. We’ve earned this support from decades of noncommercial and nonpartisan work in local communities: providing all Americans with content they trust; offering a broad range of stories and programs that help citizens understand our past and shape our future; and helping children and families open up worlds of possibilities through educational programming. We appreciate the opportunity to present to the committee how now, more than ever, the service PBS provides matters for our nation."
NPR provided Fox News Digital with the following statement: "Since its inception, NPR has collaborated with local nonprofit public media organizations to fill critical needs for news and information in America’s communities. We constantly strive to hold ourselves to the highest standards of journalism, as evidenced by our publicly available standards and ethics guidelines, the presence of a Public Editor – a position relinquished by all other major news organizations – that allows the public to inquire directly about NPR’s journalism, and strong editorial processes that provide oversight of the entire newsgathering process, including a final review of the nearly 2,000 pieces of journalism aired or published by our newsroom every month. Today our President and CEO Katherine Maher received a request to testify before the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency in March. We welcome the opportunity to discuss the critical role of public media in delivering impartial, fact-based news and reporting to the American public."
According to NPR, 38% of revenue comes from corporate sponsorships, 31% comes from "core and other programming fees," 13% comes from "contributions of cash and financial assets," 7% comes from "other revenues," 5% comes from "PRSS contract, satellite interconnection and distribution," another 5% comes from endowments and NPR foundation board-designed support and 1% comes from net return on investments.
NPR’s own site goes on to admit that "station programming fees comprise a significant portion of NPR's largest source of revenue. The loss of federal funding would undermine the stations' ability to pay NPR for programming, thereby weakening the institution."
NPR’s finance page also insists the elimination of federal funding would result in less journalism.
So, while NPR publicly downplays its government funding, smaller stations that are funded by the government give cash to NPR. All of this occurs as NPR claims "federal funding is essential" while also pushing back on the notion that it is funded by the government.
PBS' website states it receives funding in part from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which receives roughly $500 million a year approved by Congress, saying "CPB allocates the appropriation mostly to public television and radio stations, with some assigned to NPR and PBS to support national programming."
"The News Hour receives about 35% of its annual funding/budget from CPB and PBS via national programming funds – a combination of CPB appropriation funds and annual programming dues paid to PBS by stations re-allocated to programs like ours. The remaining 65% is generated from individual donations, foundation grants and corporate sponsorships," PBS states.
PBS also receives money through the PBS Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a 509(a)(3) supporting organization that seeks "philanthropic gifts and grants" to fund the outlet.
Last week, President Trump's FCC Chairman Brendan Carr launched an investigation into NPR and PBS over their commercial sponsorships despite them receiving taxpayer funds, suggesting they could be violating federal law."
"To the extent that these taxpayer dollars are being used to support a for-profit endeavor or an entity that is airing commercial advertisements," Carr wrote in a letter to NPR and PBS, "then that would further undermine any case for continuing to fund NPR and PBS with taxpayer dollars."
[KRQE] Schools were closed and emergency crews deployed on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini on Monday after a spike in seismic activity raised concerns about a potentially powerful earthquake.
The last time they had something big there, the Minoan bull-leaping civilization died.
Precautions were also ordered on several nearby Aegean Sea islands — all popular summer vacation destinations — after more than 200 undersea earthquakes were recorded in the area over the past three days.
“We have a very intense geological phenomenon to handle,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said from Brussels, where he was attending a European meeting. “I want to ask our islanders first and foremost to remain calm, to listen to the instructions of the Civil Protection (authority).”
[Popular Mechanics] What would life look like if you could live forever? Would you be able to eat and drink whatever you’d like, take pleasure in risky activities like smoking without consequence for hundreds of years, your body staving off disease at every corner? Or maybe you’d have to commit to a lifetime of supplements, a "perfect" diet, and a workout regime fit for an Olympian. Weirder still, there’s a chance you could live life with your own mind intact, but have to accept a new kind of body.
Humankind has been searching for an elixir of life for thousands of years, with tales of the hunt for immortality stretching back farther in time than even the first books of the Bible. And it seems like we’ll accept the secret to living forever in whatever flavor we can get it in.
With the new Popular Mechanics video series How to Live Forever, or Die Trying, we reached out to scientists and anti-aging gurus worldwide to give you an insight into the continuous pursuit of a future without death. From gene therapies that could tune our cells to resist—and even reverse—aging to sci-fi-like efforts to freeze our bodies and upload our minds to computers, the biological and technological race to live forever is very much underway.
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The ancient Greeks already covered this issue sufficiently in the myth of Tithonus, who discovered that the gift of eternal life turned into a living hell.
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[Hot Air] This is our money they're handing out.
A left-wing group that serves as the lead contractor for a massive federal immigration contract claims the immigration system is "intentionally designed" to exploit "Black and brown people," opposes the use of police officers for "immigration purposes," and says "no immigrant should be detained."
Acacia Center for Justice, based in Washington, D.C., is one of the largest federal immigration contractors, overseeing a $769 million program that provides lawyers for unaccompanied alien children and adults in immigration court hearings and deportation proceedings.
The group says its aim is to provide due process rights for illegal aliens. But it also calls for a radical upheaval of the immigration and deportation system—goals that are starkly at odds with the Trump administration's objectives.
Launched in 2022, Acacia Center argues that "no immigrant should be detained" and that electronic surveillance to track illegal aliens "must be abolished." According to the center, "the use of local law enforcement for immigration purposes ... must be dismantled."
[PJ] We all remember how, in the fall of 2020, the Biden campaign scrambled to discredit the New York Post’s bombshell report on Hunter Biden’s "laptop from hell." Just days before a crucial debate, they enlisted 51 former intelligence officials to sign a letter suggesting the laptop was Russian disinformation—giving Biden the perfect excuse to dismiss the story when Trump confronted him. That letter also handed Big Tech the justification to censor the story across social media, making it one of the most brazen examples of election interference in U.S. history. "Shocking." How so ?
On his first day back in office, Trump revoked the security clearances of those 51 officials. Since then, they’ve spun excuse after excuse—including the laughable claim that they never actually called the laptop Russian disinformation. But now, a leaked email from John Brennan, one of the key signers, exposes the truth. Not only did these officials back the letter, but they did so with the explicit goal of helping Biden mislead the public. It’s a damning revelation that confirms their role in manipulating the election narrative.
On October 19, 2020, former CIA Director Mike Morell sent Brennan a copy of the letter, asking if he could add his name to the list, before explicitly stating he was "trying to give the [Biden] campaign, particularly during the debate on Thursday, a talking point to push back on Trump on this."
Brennan replied within 20 minutes, telling Morrell, "Ok, Michael, add my name to the list. Good initiative. Thanks for asking me to sign on."
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The more we uncover about the Biden Regime dealings, its censorship, cover-ups, stolen $$$$$$, Bribes, and outright illegal uses of power and punishment of its political or Agenda rivals.
The more it looks like the US has had its 1st Coup attempt staged by a collection of Liberals, Socialists, Democrats, the MS and Pervert groups, But it failed after just 3+ years.
When will we see these persons and others answer for their crimes and sitting in JAIL?
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Once President Trump’s people have wrested control from the Deep State, NN2N1. This is a hostile corporate takeover.
We saw in President Trump’s first round what happened when he tried to get things done without first consolidating control — not nearly enough, and most of it reversed by the Biden group. This time they’re at the Act stage of the OODA loop (having done Orient, Observe, and decide over the past four years so they could —gloriously! — hit the ground running on January 20th), but court cases are probably 6-12 months in the future at best. The first step is to take control away from those who set themselves as this administration’s enemies, and that work has only just started.
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The more it looks like the US has had its 1st Coup attempt staged by a collection of Liberals, Socialists, Democrats, the MS and Pervert groups, But it failed after just 3+ years.
I dunno, N. I suspect Kennedy's assassination was a coup too.
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The email is not consistent with everything that Brennan has told us. I’m not sure that I trust him.
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Abu ... you make a very valid point.
I, for one, am growing impatient waiting to read what is still left, not burned or altered files, on both the Kennedy's and MLK.
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It goes back to the Dulles Brothers at the end of WW-II. Like when they worked with Himmler to get German and NAZI assets. So Dulles, Various bankers and the British Royal family who likely KILLED Himmler. Youtube link to that heist
[Ynet] Members of parliaments from 14 European countries, including France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanding "the removal of UNRWA as an official UN body."
I am shocked speechless.
This is against the backdrop of testimonies from survivors of captivity in Gaza about their detention in the organization's facilities.
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said: "I support the demand to the UN Secretary-General, and in support of what we have long proven - Hamas has taken over UNRWA. Supporting UNRWA is supporting Hamas."
[ZERO] For Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the weaponization of the criminal justice system has always followed a certain Casablanca pattern. Like Claude Rains as the venerable Captain Louis Renault, it is simply a matter of "rounding up the usual suspects."
Grassley released FBI whistleblower records on Thursday showing that an anti-Trump figure, former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault, previously found to have violated the Hatch Act was a key factor in pushing the election charges brought by former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Grassley suggested that Thibault violated protocol in opening and advancing the FBI’s initial probe into the 2020 election without sufficient predication. The investigation, called Operation Arctic Frost, was opened on April 13, 2022.
Years later, "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, [Thibault] walked" into Grassley’s.
Whistleblowers alleged that Thibault’s alleged "partisanship" likely impacted investigations involving President Trump and Hunter Biden.
Thibault was previously named as the agent who effectively scuttled the investigation into Hunter Biden and his laptop.
Poor sportsmanship, and rude besides. But then Canadians are refusing to understand that the reason President Trump imposed tariffs on their goods is because they refuse to beef up security on their side of the border to prevent drug trafficking and illegal crossing of all sorts — whether migrants/colonists, human trafficking, or terrorists including jihadis. Easy peasy, and the tariffs would go away without regret or anger. But they prefer to loathe President OrangeManBad and those horrid MAGA people who dared defy their globalist elites and vote him into office.
TORONTO (AP) — Fans at a Toronto Raptors game continued an emerging trend Sunday of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada.
Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the anthem after similar reactions broke out Saturday night at NHL games in Ottawa, Ontario, and Calgary, Alberta, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump made his threat of import tariffs on America’s northern neighbor reality.
After initially cheering for the 15-year-old female singer, fans booed throughout “The Star-Spangled Banner” performance. At the end, mixed boos and cheers could be heard before the crowd erupted in applause for the Canadian anthem, “O Canada.”
Fans also booed Sunday night when Agasha Mutesasira began her performance of the American national anthem in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday night when the NHL’s Canucks hosted the Detroit Red Wings.
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Well, I think playing the national anthems at North American pro sports events are kind of silly. This isn't 1930 America, this is the 21st century where pro sports, especially baseball, ice hockey, and basketball have many foreign players. Leave the national anthems to international competitions at the country level, not professional sports.
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This was in Canada, which I somehow didn’t catch on first reading. The answer is for the American team and their fans to walk out, leaving the game unplayed.
And for Canadian fans who try that at games south of the border: summary eviction with no refund for booing fans, ditto for booing players, and a substantial fine for the team. Fighting may be allowed (is it still? I don’t know these things), but poor sportsmanship must not be.
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Screw Castro's illegitimate son and the crap country to our north. Trump should impose the same tariffs on ALL Canadian good as Canada does on our milk and eggs, 250% is the current number...
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Trudeau agrees to border controls and Fentanyl interdiction. As with Mexico, tariff will be delayed 30 days:
I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly…
[FoxNews] 'There's no doubt that Tammany Hall corruption is alive and well in the state capital,' NY GOP Assemblyman Matt Slater says
New York Democratic lawmakers are working to keep Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik's House seat vacant until the summer in an unprecedented move hashed out during late-night discussions last week, a Republican Empire State assemblyman told Fox Digital.
"We still haven't seen the final proposal from the Democrats in Albany, but there's no doubt that Tammany Hall corruption is alive and well in the state capital," Republican New York Assemblyman Matt Slater, who represents the state's 94th district in areas of Putnam and Westchester counties, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive Zoom interview on Sunday morning.
"It is just blatantly corrupt for the New York State Democrats to keep changing the rules of engagement simply out of self-interest. Meanwhile, New Yorkers are struggling in so many different ways. U-Haul just gave us our worst migration rating ever because there's so many New Yorkers who are fleeing this state.
So the next census is going to be particularly challenging for the state, when they will again lose congresscritters — and will have a smaller pie to keep away from the great Republican unwashed.
So they can get things done, but they only do it when it benefits them," Slater continued.
Slater, who serves as the ranking Republican on the state's Election Law Committee, was reacting to state Democrats working to introduce legislation that could keep Stefanik's House seat vacant until June, when the state holds its scheduled primary elections. Stefanik is in the midst of her confirmation process to serve in the Trump administration and is expected to resign her House seat if the Senate confirms her as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Under current law, New York's governor has 10 days to declare a special election for a vacant seat and an additional 80 to 90 days to hold the election. Stefanik's seat is key for the Republican Party and Trump's second administration, as Republicans hold a slim majority at 218 members to the Democrats' 215 members.
The state Democrats' anticipated legislation has not yet been introduced, but Democrats were summoned to an emergency conference on Friday evening to reportedly discuss such a bill, Slater explained. He expects to have a copy of the Democrats' bill on Monday morning.
Slater said the Democrats' objective of changing election laws to move the special election back to the summer is part of their bigger agenda to combat the second Trump administration.
"Speaker Johnson has the hardest job in government right now, trying to keep the Republican conference, caucus together. This obviously would make that margin of Republican control that much more thin and that much more challenging for the speaker and, again, jeopardizing President Trump's agenda to get through Congress. That's their entire mission and goal, the Albany Democrats, is to make sure that they're combating President Trump each step of the way. And this is their latest way of doing it," Slater said.
He pointed to a bevy of instances in which New York Democrats have leveraged their state power to combat Trump and the Republican Party in recent years, including gerrymandering and "stacking" New York's top court with Democrats.
"If you look at the track record of the Democrats, who control every aspect of state government here in New York, they have changed the rules so many times just because it benefits them. Whether it's redistricting, whether it's stacking the Court of Appeals, whether it's allowing the governor to remove her then-indicted lieutenant governor from the ballot. The list goes on and on," he said.
"And in this case, it will deprive 800,000 New Yorkers of proper representation in Washington. And oh by the way, there were two special elections last year. And the Democrats didn't say anything about changing the rules because fact of the matter is, these are Republican districts that will be impacted, and they are trying to disrupt the Trump administration and, frankly, Leader Johnson from being able to deliver on their agenda."
President Donald Trump nominated Stefanik to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under his second administration. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to advance the New York Republican's confirmation on Thursday, with her full Senate floor vote expected later this week.
Stefanik is expected to resign from the U.S. House to take the ambassadorship if and when the Senate officially confirms her nomination.
A spokesperson for Democrat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told Gothamist that she "believes it’s critical to increase voter turnout and reduce the cost of election administration, and she would support legislation that achieves that goal."
Slater poured cold water on the office's claim that the proposal is rooted in promoting voter turnout and easing costs, pointing to two special elections held last year – former Democrat Rep. Brian Higgins' seat as well as the February 2024 special election to replace former Republican Rep. George Santos' in a district where Democrats were expected to have an edge over the GOP. Democrats, who have held trifecta control in the state since 2018, did not push to change special election laws last year, Slater noted.
"I can't believe how hypocritical the governor and her office can be in this, because let me remind the governor that she had two special elections for Congress last year," he said.
"To sit here and say that this is going to save taxpayer money and increase voter turnout, but you didn't think about that last year when your own party had special elections that you were favored to win? Fact of the matter is, this has everything to do with the fact that this is a Republican seat. This is about control of Republicans in Congress, and this is about disrupting President Trump's agenda in Washington."
Local outlets have reported the bill could push the special election beyond June to November, when the state holds its general elections, though Slater cast doubt that Democrats would push the envelope that far.
"If you want to talk about increasing voter turnout and saving taxpayer money, they really don't have an excuse to wait past that June date. And so, you know, yes, it's always a possibility that November is the date that they put in the legislation. But I'm hard-pressed to believe that they would go that far," he said.
Slater argued that the push from Democrats to approve the special election change is a wake-up call for New Yorkers.
"[It's] so transparently political that New Yorkers need to wake up, and they need to understand that this isn't the leadership that we're asking for. President Trump has a great agenda moving forward, and this is all about disrupting that agenda to put America first," he said.
Stefanik is a longtime Trump ally who chaired the House Republican Conference from 2021 to 2025, making her the fourth-most powerful Republican in the House. She was first elected to the House in blue New York in 2014 at age 30, making her the youngest woman elected to the House at the time.
Fox News Digital reached out to the governor's office on Sunday but did not immediately receive a reply.
BTW: The US-Gov 2016 estimated of ILLEGAL POPULATION for LA was over 900,000. The BIDEN Era ☺ DATA ☺ naturally placed much it lower, at about 380,000 Illegals.
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These people are showing their true colors, which is the Mexican flag. They don't want to become Americans. They want America to become Mexico. Legitimate immigrants would try to assimilate into their adopted country. Only invaders would so brazenly wave the flag of their country of origin.
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Wiki AI cite for Reconquista and Atzlan: "Aztlán and the Reconquista are concepts related to the Chicano movement and the Mexican-American War. Aztlán is a symbolic homeland for Chicanos, and the Reconquista Movement is a political movement that seeks to create Aztlán as a separate nation."
#8
"Three cheers for the chic sacrificio!"
Si, Pancho sez, "A su servicio!
The heart of this mick
Bleeds for -----, on a stick!"
"Is you messing with us, San Patricio?"
"Claro que no! Um, can I have my heart back?"
[PJMedia] Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday, making it clear that the U.S. won’t tolerate China’s growing influence over the Panama Canal.
"Secretary Rubio informed President Mulino and Minister Martínez-Acha that President Trump has made a preliminary determination that the current position of influence and control of the Chinese Communist Party over the Panama Canal area is a threat to the canal and represents a violation of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal," the State Department said in a statement. "Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to take measures necessary to protect its rights under the Treaty."
The news had barely settled before another bombshell dropped: Panama has backed down.
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino announced that after his meeting Rubio, his government will not renew its 2017 memorandum with China on the "Belt and Road Initiative." He also stated that Panama will seek to terminate its agreements with the Chinese government ahead of their scheduled end dates in 2027 and 2028.
"One important thing, which is a decision I made and communicated to you, is that the 2017 MoU on the Silk Road, the Bell and Road Initiative, will not be renewed by my government. That is the case," Mulino said according to a translation of his remarks. "We are going to study the possibility of whether it can be finished earlier or not, but I think it is due for renewal in one or two years, because it is every three years. So that initiative that was signed when it was signed, at the time it was signed, will not be renewed by my government. I think "that this visit opens a path to build a new stage of relations."
He continued, "That's how I see it, that's how I felt from Secretary Marco Rubio, and at the same time, we're trying as much as possible to increase U.S. investments in Panama. I explained to him a series of infrastructure projects that the government has in its portfolio, in the hope that they'll be aware of them and that when the time comes, the bidding process that will begin very soon will be done, so that they can get involved."
They’re not just refusing to renew their 2017 deal with China; they’re scrambling to cut ties ahead of schedule. China’s influence over the canal is coming to an end.
And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both; but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22.56 The Defense Forces are directing their efforts to disrupt the Russian invaders' plans for an offensive and to exhaust their combat potential. Since the beginning of the day, 93 combat clashes have occurred. This was noted in the General Staff's report on Sunday, February 2.
21.18 Air Command South emphasized that the Russian Orlan-10 drone did not adjust the strike on Odessa on January 31. Iskander-M ballistic missiles hit predetermined coordinates.
19:57 Russian troops are increasing pressure on the positions of the Defense Forces near Andreevkino Donetsk region, in particular from Slavyanka and Petrovpavlovka. The enemy is trying to break through to the village, using the ravine terrain and fortified lines. This was reported by DeepState analysts on Sunday, February 2.
19:33 During January, the Defense Forces shot down 2,219 drones of various types and 45 missiles with which Russia attacked the territory of Ukraine. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, February 2.
19.19 A Russian guided air bomb "flew" into a residential area in central Kherson on Sunday afternoon, injuring two people. This was reported by the chairman of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, on Sunday, February 2.
14.57 Vice-Governor of Primorsky Krai Sergei Efremov, who commanded the volunteer occupiers' unit Tigr, died in the Kursk region of Russia after hitting a mine, the Russian news agency Interfax reports.
14.28 Ukraine should be "in the best possible position" when negotiations with Russia resume. However, this requires constant support. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, according to the Bild newspaper.
12.54 A group of Russian occupiers from the 1437th motorized rifle regiment of the Russian Armed Forces escaped from the front near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the I Want to Live project at the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
12.29 The Pokrovsk direction is now one of the hottest on the front. Ukrainian soldiers have neutralized 15 thousand occupiers there in the first month of this year. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky.
10.59 The number of victims of the missile strike on Poltava on February 1 has again increased to 14 people. This was reported by the State Emergency Service and the Poltava OVA.
10.47 The agreement with the Russian Federation to end the war could become a disguised disaster for Ukraine. This was reported by CNN, citing a statement by Vladimir Sablin, commander of the 66th Mechanized Brigade battalion.
9.58 Russia launched 55 drones at Ukraine on the night of February 2. Air defense forces operated in 10 regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
9.46 Russian war criminals attacked Kherson on Sunday morning, February 2. One of the shells hit a house, there is a dead person and one wounded. This was stated by the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin.
8.45 Over the past 24 hours, February 1, 110 combat clashes occurred on the front. Most of the battles were recorded in the Pokrovsk area. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.57 Russia's Black Sea Fleet used a missile drone to destroy a Ukrainian naval drone. This may indicate the development of new methods to combat Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea. This assumption was made by analysts at the Institute for the Study of War in their daily report.
7.27 The death toll in Poltava from yesterday's Russian missile attack has increased. There are now 12 known victims, including children. This was reported by the State Emergency Service.
[YouTube] Victor Davis Hanson delivers a searing critique of Joe Biden's presidency, unpacking what he calls one of the most deceptive and disastrous administrations in modern history. Hanson explores Biden’s failure to uphold integrity, citing the scandal surrounding Hunter Biden’s sweetheart DOJ deal and the unprecedented pardon spree that included over 1,500 individuals, many of whom Biden likely couldn’t name.
Hanson delves into Biden’s failure to unite the country, painting him as a leader who thrived only when angry and divisive, even targeting not just political opponents but their supporters. The economic toll on the middle class under Biden is laid bare, with stagnant wages and soaring costs for essentials like food, gas, and rent. Hanson ties these failures to polling data that consistently showed Americans' lack of confidence in Biden's handling of the economy, the border, and national security.
The discussion shifts to the broader Democratic strategy, with Hanson arguing that Biden was installed as a facade by the party’s elite, including the Obamas, to push through a radical agenda. Once he could no longer maintain even the semblance of leadership, the party hastily replaced him with Kamala Harris, leading to a new set of challenges.
Hanson doesn’t hold back, describing Biden’s tenure as the greatest presidential fraud since Woodrow Wilson’s incapacitation was hidden from the public. With scathing insight, he examines the long-term implications of this era, from the erosion of trust in political institutions to the deep divide within the Democratic Party itself.
Will the Biden presidency go down as a historic low point? Hanson’s sharp analysis suggests the shame and consequences of these decisions will resonate for decades.
#3
Democratic States Are Wards of Washington Democratic states and their economies depend much more on Washington largesse than Republican states do. This year, New York received roughly $4,900 per capita from the feds and California $4,300—two to three times as much as Florida ($1,700) and Texas ($1,500). That’s because Democratic states provide more generous social welfare, which is increasingly funded by Washington thanks to regulatory changes by the Biden administration.
Betcha it was D-voters who received the bulk of Fed $$$ in Florida & Texas.
#4
Given the US DOJ officially determined Biden could not stand trial due to his serious mental deficiencies on or about 12/2023 and was publicly announced in Feb. 2024.
So, how long before we see a SCOTUS court case filed to VOID all Executive Acts and Pardons after either of those dates?
[Breitbart] President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... praised Richard Grenell, Trump’s Presidential Envoy for Special Missions, after six Americans being held hostage in Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south... were released.
"Just been informed that we are bringing six hostages home from Venezuela," Trump wrote in a post on X. "Thank you to Ric Grenell and my entire staff. Great job!"
In a post on X, Grenell posted a photo of himself and the six Americans who were released from Venezuela, noting that they had spoken to Trump and "couldn’t stop thanking him."
"We are wheels up and headed home with these 6 American citizens," Grenell wrote. "They just spoke to @realDonaldTrump and they couldn’t stop thanking him."
The release of the six men comes after Grenell met with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ...Commie el presidente para toda la vida of Venezuela, successor to Hugo Chavez. Nick is his country's attempt at producing a Muammar Qadaffy, except that even though his country's sitting on an enormous puddle of oil, he can't manage to get it out of the ground. Unlike Qadaffy and Hugo Chavez, he's not dead yet... , with the goal of Grenell’s visit being to "secure the release of Americans detained" in Venezuela, according to Rooters.
Officials within the Venezuelan government have reportedly accused Americans being held hostage in the country "of terrorism" and have reportedly described some as being "mercenaries," according to the outlet.
While the names of those who were released were not made available, there are reportedly "as many as 10 Americans" being detained by Venezuela, according to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
#1
A guy I used to work with in labor relations described his negotiation approach as offering a choice "between an ice cream cone and a poke in the eye with a sharp stick".
I'd dearly love to know what the sharp stick was in this case...
[IsraelTimes] Touring IDF posts after deadline to withdraw troops was delayed, defense minister says ‘either there won’t be drones, or there won’t be Hezbollah’
Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Sunday that Hezbollah would pay a “very heavy price” if it continued to launch drones at Israel despite the ceasefire deal.
According to Katz’s office, the defense minister visited southern Lebanon on Sunday, touring IDF positions there alongside senior military commanders to monitor the implementation of the extension of the truce.
Under the original terms of the deal, signed between Israel and Lebanon in late November, Israeli troops and Hezbollah forces were both supposed to withdraw from southern Lebanon by January 26. Last month, Israel said it would instead remain in the area through February 18, accusing Hezbollah of not vacating the area and saying the Lebanese army was not deploying quickly enough to replace it.
How much would you bet neither Hezbollah nor the Lebanese army meets the new deadline as well, dear Reader? Or the deadline after that?
“In recent days we have seen attempts to launch drones at Israel,” Katz said Sunday. “I want to send a clear message from here to Hezbollah and the Lebanese government: Israel won’t agree to drones being launched from Lebanon. We won’t allow a return to the reality of October 7, [2023]. We will foil threats and respond with full force.”
On Thursday the IDF said it shot down a drone launched by Hezbollah for the first time since the ceasefire went into effect. Later that night, Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in eastern Lebanon.
“Either there won’t be drones, or there won’t be Hezbollah,” Katz said. “I suggest that the successor to the successor of [slain Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah not underestimate Israel’s determination as his predecessors did, lest he pay a very heavy price.”
Israel killed Nasrallah in an airstrike in September, and a week later, killed Hashem Safieddine, who had been seen as a likely successor as Hezbollah secretary-general. The group is currently headed by Naim Qassem, who is slated to give a public speech Sunday evening.
On Sunday morning, Lebanese media reported that the Israeli Navy detained a fisherman off the coast of Naqoura in southern Lebanon.
Earlier, reports in Lebanon claimed Israeli forces opened fire on civilians attempting to return to the border village of Yaroun. There was no immediate comment from the IDF on the incidents.
The IDF has warned Lebanese residents against returning to south Lebanon villages amid the ongoing ceasefire.
“Do not move south! The IDF is not interested in hurting you. Do not return to your homes until further notice. Anyone who travels south puts themselves at risk,” Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, wrote on X on Sunday morning.
[IsraelTimes] Military stresses it took measures to mitigate civilian injures; vehicle was moving along coastal road designated for pedestrian traffic only, bypassing security checks
The IDF said it carried out a drone strike in central Gaza on Sunday, hitting a vehicle that attempted to travel to the Strip’s north without undergoing a security inspection, in violation of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
The military stressed it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike, including by using precision munition and aerial surveillance.
“The IDF is prepared for any scenario and will continue to take any necessary actions to thwart any immediate threat to IDF soldiers,” it said, giving no details on the impact of the strike or on any casualties.
The vehicle had been driving on the coastal road, which is only permitted for pedestrian traffic under the deal.
Palestinian media reported that a vehicle was struck on Gaza’s coastal road, near Nuseirat. Reports said up to four people were injured.
Under the ceasefire deal, vehicles are allowed to travel to northern Gaza only via the Salah a-Din road, where they undergo an inspection, and not via the coastal road.
The ceasefire exempts Palestinians traveling on foot from inspections, though they are not supposed to be carrying weapons.
On the Salah a-Din road, private US and Egyptian security companies are inspecting Palestinian cars heading north.
Israel has repeatedly said it will determinedly enforce the terms of the ceasefire reached last month, in particular regarding the movement of traffic from south Gaza to the north.
During the 15 months of fighting, Israel was wary about allowing the movement of Gazans from the south to the north fearing Hamas would use the opportunity to reposition its fighters.
[AmericanThinker] In his second week of his second term in office, President Trump has asserted the right of the Chief Executive to effectively manage the Executive Branch. He has blindsided -- even gelded -- his detractors in the media and Congress, and issued an astonishing array of executive orders which reveal how tax funds have been flowing out of the Treasury to the benefit of the Deep State and its friends without regard (and often even being inimical) to the national interest. So much has happened that I cannot cover it all, but I will try to hit briefly and in no particular order some of the most significant developments this week.
GAZA
Trump has proposed that Gazans be relocated to Jordan and Egypt so that Gaza can be rebuilt and Hamas’ presence removed. Jordan and Egypt have balked at that notion but the President, who notes how financially dependent on us they are, insists it will happen. Amjad Taha of the United Arab Emirates details how this project makes sense. It would allow Gaza to be rebuilt more quickly, it would allow Gazans exposure to “different educational systems, ones that don’t glorify death and antisemitism.”
*Boggle*
He details the cost of providing for them and the history of Palestinians fomenting wars in the area. Taha concludes:
The solution must be approached logically, not emotionally. It has nothing to do with Israel itself. If you examine the situation, Israel wouldn't take Gaza even for free under any condition; it just wants Gaza free of hostages and rocket launches targeting its schools and hospitals. The real question is whether all the corrupt Palestinian leaders genuinely want a state, or if they merely use the idea of statehood as a rhetorical tool to create obstacles, resist peace or normalization, and fill their pockets and bank accounts.
And per Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia are closer than ever to normalizing relations.
Bulldozers and heavy bombs which Israel had ordered and paid for and on which Biden held up delivery have been delivered at last.
Also rifles. The Biden administration’s knife in Israel’s back was serrated.
[IsraelTimes] State Attorney’s Office confirms to MK Naama Lazimi that it’s looking into allegations Sara Netanyahu organized harassment campaign against key witness in PM’s corruption trial.
The Israeli deep state stillgoing after Bibi with claws bared, once again trying to get to him through his wife. None of the details matter — it’s all about throwing the spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks.
[IsraelTimes] Union Energy, controlled by Israeli businessman Aaron Frenkel, signs an agreement for a share of Israel’s second-largest offshore natural gas field.
Mike Benz educates Joe Rogan on USAID: “There is no aid in USAID. It's not an aid organization. USAID stands for US Agency for International Development. What it's developing is all the activist organizations in foreign countries that the state department is building to gain… pic.twitter.com/AgTOuZwPy4
Ukraine's Zelensky Hits The Panic Button: The Desperate NATO-Backed Dictator Has Now Publicly Turned On His Western Paymasters And Confessed That 58% Of The $200 Billion Of US Funds Never Came To Ukraine As Elon Musk's DOGE Investigation Uncovers Massive Theft & Money Laundering… pic.twitter.com/OM2kJ68Q9X
#12
Why do people say the previous government was neutral? There is a solid reason why he fled to Moscow. Belarus is co-opted as a client state of Moscow. Moscow wanted the same arraignment with Ukraine. Given the long history of Ukrainians suffering under central Russian domination I can understand why they wish to remain independent. The CIA effort if anything balanced out Moscow's effort to maintain Ukraine as a client state.
Why is this view wrong?
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Because it's none of your damn business. It's not like the US doesn't have its own puppet regimes all over the world. It's called a sphere of influence and when we try to move in on Russia's, the Russians fight back. And we lose. Biden and his handlers miscalculated.
Don't try to call it fighting for freedom or democracy or any of that bullshit. It was a power play and a boondoggle for the Military Industrial Complex. The power play didn't work but I'm sure the boys in the MIC are still quite happy with the result. American taxpayers, not so much.
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The payoff is in the ripoff, and the things nobody saw.
"But the expenditures have decreased substantially over the years. It was still $195.6 million in 2011, but that had shrunk by 2014 to just $86.1 million. Only in 2015 did that figure rise a little."
And RFK Jr. talking about Yanukovich being "the first democratically elected... in Ukraine.
Please.
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Its amazing how many are under the impression this org has to do with aid.
*Happy sigh* Sooooo much winning, and it’s only the beginning of the third week. What is this country going to look like 206 weeks from now? Because I lack the imagination to imagine it.
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 49.16247 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... for threatening Supreme Court justices.
According to The Washington Post, interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr. is looking to scrutinize Democratic leaders and former Justice Department officials.
Among them is the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in connection with comments regarding Trump's Supreme Court justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
During a pro-abortion rally back in 2020, Schumer said that the two justices would ''pay the price'' for overturning Roe vs Wade, a decision that they eventually handed down two years later.
''I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price,'' Schumer said at the time.
''You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.''
''We take threats against public officials very seriously,'' Martin wrote Schumer in a letter on January 21st. ''I look forward to your cooperation.''
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 02.02.2025 to 00:00 03.02.2025.
A total of 28 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were reports of five civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
A total of 17 residential buildings,
Two cars,
One civil infrastructure facility.
28 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 83 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:25 Russian Army storms Andreevka on the way from Kurakhovo to Dnepropetrovsk.
20:37 Expanding control on the heights west of Makeyevka –MAP.
18:44 RF Armed Forces released Vodyanoe Btoroed.
18:32 "A large-scale fire at an infrastructure facility" in Sumy Oblast was caused with a blow by "Geraniums" at the oil depot.
18:36 Drones at work on the highway in Sudzha –VIDEO
18:25 The commander of the artillery platoon with the call sign "Maestro" spoke about the advantages of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun -Ministry of Defense
The artilleryman says that the self-propelled gun's performance allows it to overcome difficult terrain without the use of tractors or other additional means, and its high maneuverability protects the combat vehicle from enemy rounds:
“…it’s hard for the enemy to hit because it’s not practical to fire at a highly maneuverable target,” the artilleryman said.
18:22 Destruction of a mined bridge between Seversk and Serebryanka –MAP
18:18 Ukrainian T-72,destroyed in the Kursk border region.
17:48 A serviceman of the Vostok military group communicated online with his relatives living on Sakhalin Island –Ministry of Defense
Sergei arrived in the special operation zone just a few months ago. His unit is conducting intensive combat work, so it is not always possible to talk to relatives. Now, thanks to modern video communication, this is possible.
17:06 A machine gunner from the fire support company with the call sign "Cabin Boy" was in a position in a dugout when he heard the sound of explosions and a human scream outside. It turned out that enemy drones were at work. The soldier did not lose his head, because he had repeatedly practiced actions during an attack by UAVs at training grounds -Ministry of Defense
The cabin boy did everything as he had been trained to do, which allowed him to save his own life and save his wounded comrade.
17:02 Russian Army entered Serebryanoye on the left flank of the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
16:59 A strike was carried out using a heavy flamethrower system on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ air defense system in the area of the settlement of Volchansk –VIDEO
16:01 The AGS-17 "Flame" crews successfully carry out assigned combat missions in the special operation zone, providing powerful fire support to our attack aircraft on a daily basis –Ministry of Defense
Automatic loading, high rate of fire – up to 400 rounds per minute, sighting range up to 1700 meters and almost “artillery caliber” – 30mm: with the support of this weapon, even a small motorized rifle unit is capable of suppressing a superior enemy.
15:51 From 13:20 to 14:50 Moscow time, four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty:
two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and
one each over the territory of the Belgorod region and over the Black Sea off the coast of the Republic of Crimea –Ministry of Defense.
15:36 Artillerymen of the "West" group of forces destroyed a "roving" mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the special operation -Ministry of Defense
15:13 Armed Forces of Ukraineare leaving the village of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, located to the east of the Krasnoarmeysk-Konstantinovka highway junction, and withdraw units to Tarasovka.
14:59 FPV drones of the Rubicon center hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ communication system in the Kursk border area –Ministry of Defense
14:17 During the offensive actions, assault units of the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Center Forces Group made a forced march through open mined areas to the settlement of Novovasilivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The cover groups of the assault aircraft, using strike unmanned aerial vehicles, destroyed the firing points of the Ukrainian militants, thereby supporting the offensive actions –Ministry of Defense
13:58 Russian Armed Forces storm the Toretskaya mine –MAP
13:41 Russian army storms Sribnoye in Novopavlovskoye direction –MAP
13:35 Operator of the reconnaissance UAV of the 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards "North" discovered in the skies of the Kursk border region, the octocopter "Baba Yaga" of the Ukrainian militants and destroyed it, saving the lives of dozens of Russian soldiers.
13:35 “Russian troops continue a powerful offensive near Pokrovsk,” reports military-analytical resource Deep State:
"The Russians have not stopped their assault operations on the Pokrovsky section for a day. In recent days, Russian troops have been actively attacking Serebryanoye, south of Nadezhdinka, from the south and east on Udachnoye, from the west and east in the Kotlino area and from the southwest on Zverevo. They are partially successful, the situation is being clarified in many areas," the report says.
13:20 Russian army expands control in eastern Andreevka –MAP
12:45 Another US-made armored vehicle shot down by Russian troops was evacuated to the rear by Sakhalin tank crews. This trophy is one of the Cougar modifications, previously used to transport Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel –Ministry of Defense
Now the future fate of the next example of NATO equipment will be decided by specialists.
12:09 From 10:00 to 11:10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Kursk, Belgorod and Rostov regions –Ministry of Defense
11:10 Military engineers of the 45th Guards Separate Engineering Brigade of the West Force Group conducted training in engineering reconnaissance of the terrain in one of the rear areas of the special operation zone –Ministry of Defense
11:06 In the Kursk region, the fighters of the GV "North" managed to intercept conversation between Ukrainian soldiers from the 41st Mechanized Brigade. Radio intercepts showed that the command does not want to rotate personnel under any circumstances and forces its soldiers to remain in position until exhaustion.
10:58 In Sumy region due to arrival arose large-scale fire at an infrastructure facility.
10:31 Criminal case opened against the commander of the 19th Separate Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the attack on the boarding school in Sudzha, the Russian Investigative Committee reported.
According to the investigation, on February 1, Karpusha gave the order to his subordinates to launch a missile strike on the building of a boarding school located in the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region, where civilians were located.
As a result of the terrorist attack, there are dead and wounded.
09:54 Rosgvardeysky FPV calculation GV "North" set drones with fiber optics and destroyed a 122mm 2S1 artillery unit of the Ukrainian military in the area of the Kubatkin farm in the Kursk region.
09:28 RF Armed Forces committed a forced march through open mined areas to a populated area. Russian soldiers used UAVs to destroy enemy firing positions.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were unable to organize the defense of the settlement and simply fled from their positions.
08:49 Naval infantry units of the Northern Fleet of the Dnepr group of forces are improving combat training at one of the training grounds in the rear area of the special operation zone.
The servicemen hone their skills in correct movement, cover, and continuous suppressive fire. The commanders practice commanding the unit in combat. Particular attention is paid to organizing interaction between the fighters.
08:06 A Ukrainian soldier who surrendered told about the order of his command to kill all people under 40 years old in Novoselidovka in the DPR, reported local resident Liliya Khatko.
07:49 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
+Advance in the Baranovka area
+Advance in the area of Chasov Yar
+improved positions in the Razdolnoye area
+Advance in the Guevo-Kurilovka area
07:11 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: three UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and one each over the territories of the Belgorod and Bryansk regions.Ministry of Defense
06:33 Specialists from FPV drone unitsdeliveron TM-62 "lightnings" directly to the enemy. They diluted it a little with high-precision artillery strikes and downed hexocopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
05:14 In the border area of the Kursk region, servicemen of the "North" military group delivered humanitarian aid to local residents -Ministry of Defense
The fighters provide the local population with food, hygiene products and basic necessities in those settlements where volunteers cannot reach.
[ZeroHedge] Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika was rubbed out overnight on Wednesday, shockingly as he was in the middle of a live-stream in his apartment.
Five people had immediately been arrested in connection with the murder. Suspicion has been raised over the obvious likelihood that Islamic hardliners took his life, given Momika had become well-known for holding regular Koran-burning events. He would also upload videos of this ultra-provocative religious offense towards Islam to the internet.
It's unclear what specific evidence police had on the five suspects, for example whether they were actually apprehended at the apartment grounds where the killing took place. The speed at which they were arrested, within hours of Momika's death being revealed, strongly suggests they may have been linked to the scene.
But shockingly, the suspects who have not been named, have been released. "A Swedish prosecutor said on Friday he had decided to release from detention five suspects who were held over the killing on Wednesday of an anti-Islam campaigner," Rooters confirms.
Meanwhile the police are presenting it as a case of the evidence being thin:
While five suspects were initially apprehended by police, the suspicion against them had weakened as the investigation progressed, Senior Prosecutor Rasmus Oman said in a statement on Friday.
The five were, however, still subject to further investigation, Oman said.
Also interesting is that Swedish police have raised the possibility of foreign involvement in the killing.
[JewishChronicle] The National Holocaust Museum (NHM) has been denied permission to run an exhibition in Westminster Hall on the grounds that it was too political.
In correspondence seen by the JC, authorities told NHM, who wished to set up the display for Holocaust Memorial Day, that "Westminster Hall is a politically neutral space and activity which could be perceived as campaigning/lobbying or trying to influence political opinions would not be permitted".
They were instead offered to apply for a space in the Upper Waiting Hall, a much less central location in the Palace of Westminster.
The exhibition tells the story of the Jewish communities in Berlin, Baghdad, Kielce (Poland), Aden (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... ) and southern Israel and the pogroms that led to their ethnic cleansing in 1938, 1941, 1946, 1947 and 2023 respectively.
“How dare you claim that noble brown Moslems were ever mean to the Jews like eeeevil rightwing Nazis! And how dare you claim that there were native, brown Jews in the Middle East who were not white European colonizers!!” *hands over ears, eyes screwed shut* “Lalalalalalala — I can’t hear you!!!!!!”
Titled The Vicious Circle organisers also have plans to for international showcases in Tallinn, Berlin and the European Parliament in Brussels.
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... despite the claims of political neutrality, the JC understands that the controversial Paleostine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) was allowed to display the Paleostinian flag in Westminster Hall as they organised supportive activists to lobby MPs.
The JC has previously reported about signs on display at PSC-organised marches comparing Israel’s war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... with the Holocaust, displays of support for Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... and Hezbollah and suggestion that the BBC is controlled by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "infested" with "Zionists".
It can’t be forbidden behaviour if the Labour staffers believe it to be a higher truth, no matter the fiddlin’ facts.
NHM Director Marc Cave told the JC: "On Holocaust Memorial Day, Britannia’s remembrance of the only industrialised, multi-country genocide ever known was extremely moving. Its support for our community of Holocaust survivors was heart-warming.
"Why does our desire to highlight the delusion that drives all murder of Jews so unsettle the Westminster Hall committee? The Holocaust is not finished business. It has been reopened by haters welcomed into Parliament — a group who play their part in driving the next turn of the Vicious Circle against Jews."
They don’t want to know. If they knew, they’d have to do something about it, when they really just want the Jews to stop making such a fuss.
He added: "A Parliament which does not therefore welcome an exhibition which presents an alternative view, based on hard facts and zero ’lobbying’ content — is not the democratic institution I believed it was.
"It is only fair that Westminster Hall accords us the same democratic opportunity it has granted to monomaniacs who absurdly pin all the world’s problems on 0.2 per cent of its population."
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... Parliamentary authorities insisted that the signs which the PSC were allowed to display in Westminster Hall were temporary and solely for the purpose of directing guests during their mass lobby event.
A mass lobby is when a large number of people contact their MPs in advance and all arrange to meet with them at Parliament on the same day to discuss a particular cause.
Both the Trades Union Congress and The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association were also allowed to display signage for the purposes of directing activists during their mass lobbies of parliament, and authorities said that these weren’t comparable to an exhibition.
A parliamentary spokesperson told the JC: "Requests for exhibitions in Westminster Hall are taken on a case-by-case basis, and many requests are made throughout the year. These are completely different to mass lobbies — signage is considered on a case-by-case basis for the sole purposes of directing individuals during a mass lobby."
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch cautiously raised his hat over the edge of the horse trough on the end of a stick...... ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, an exhibition put on by the Holocaust Educational Trust was on display in another prominent location in Westminster.
Testimony 360: People and Places of the Holocaust, located in Portcullis House — the newer part of the parliamentary estate where many MPs have their offices and routinely meet guests — features cutting-edge AI and virtual reality technology that allows MPs and visitors to Westminster to ask questions to a digital version of Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg BEM, and virtually explore the sites from his testimony.
Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who toured the exhibition with survivors featured in it, also hosted a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in Portcullis House.
Last year, Westminster Hall featured a Chanukah reception and speeches by representatives of all three major political parties and Jewish communal leaders.
Lord Mann, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism, said that the occasion was the second time in the 800-year history of Westminster Hall that a Chanukah reception had been hosted there, and he confirmed it would now be "an annual event in Parliament".
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one motorised infantry brigade and one air assault brigade of the AFU near Liptsy and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 troops, two motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades and one tank brigade of the AFU near Kondrashovka, Kolodeznoye, Kislovka, Monachinovka (Kharkov region), and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 295 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, one MLRS combat vehicle, and four field artillery guns. Two ammunition depots and one electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Ulakly, Belogorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, two motor vehicles, one MLRS combat vehicle, and seven field artillery guns, including two NATO-made guns. Four AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued to engage in active offensive operations. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Dzerzhinsk, Druzhba, Lysovka, Nadezhdinka, Shevchenko, Uspenovka, Andreyevka, and Kotlino (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 515 troops, one tank, six armoured fighting vehicles, ten motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns, including one NATO-made gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of the enemy's defences. Losses were inflicted on formations of five mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU, and one naval infantry brigade near Veseloye, Burlatskoye, Razliv, Razdolnoye, Rovnopol, Novoselka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Kalinovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 140 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles. Five field artillery guns, including one NATO-made gun, were wiped out.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade and two coastal defence brigades of the AFU near Rabotino, Primorskoye (Zaporozhye region), and Antonovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, three motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and two electronic warfare stations. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, fuel depots used by AFU, as well as engaged manpower and hardware of Ukrainian armed formations in 153 areas.
Air defence units shot down one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile and 44 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 42,139 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,997 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,513 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,129 field artillery guns and mortars, and 31,127 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
In the course of offensive operations, units of Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, six mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, and one territorial defence brigade of the AFU near Ivashkovsky, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Mikhaylovka, Sverdlikovo, and Sudzha. Two counter-attacks launched by enemy units were repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Baranovka, Ivolzhanskoye, Nizy, and Khoten (Sumy region).
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 200 troops, two tanks, four armoured personnel carriers, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 15 motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 56,770 troops, 329 tanks, 241 infantry fighting vehicles, 189 armoured personnel carriers, 1,672 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,765 motor vehicles, 398 artillery guns, 45 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 106 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, five air defence radars, 33 units of engineering and other materiel, including 14 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, nine armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[Korrespondent] The General Staff informed about the situation at the front.
The Defense Forces continue to conduct an operation in the Kursk direction. Today, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled 12 attacks by the Russian army in this direction, and five combat clashes are currently ongoing.
The defense forces are directing their efforts to disrupt the Russian invaders' plans for their arrival and to exhaust their combat potential. Since the beginning of the day, 93 combat clashes have occurred. This was noted in the General Staff report on Sunday, February 2.
The enemy launched three missile and 36 air strikes, using three missiles and 62 guided bombs, 992 kamikaze drone strikes, and carried out almost 4,500 shelling attacks on our troop positions.
In the Kharkov direction, our troops repelled two enemy attacks in the area of the settlement of Gatishche.
The enemy attacked our fortifications in the Kupyansk direction 18 times, in the areas of the settlements of Petrovpavlovka, Peschanoye, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Boguslavka, Zagryzovoye, Lozovaya, three combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Liman direction, Russian troops stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders eight times during the day near Novoegorovka, Novolyubovka, Makeyevka, Yampolevka and Serebryanka.
In the Seversky direction, units of the Defense Forces repelled two attacks by enemy troops near Belogorovka and Ivano-Daryevka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our troops repelled two enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Predtechino and Chasov Yar, one attack is not yet complete.
In the Toretsk direction, the occupiers today stormed the positions of our defenders near Toretskaya and Krymskoye eight times.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy carried out 39 assault and offensive actions during the day. The activity of the Russian occupiers is in the areas of Zelenoye Pole, Tarasovka, Uspenovka, Elizavetovka, Vodyanoye Vtoroy, Mirolyubovka, Luch, Kotlyarovka, Alekseyevka, Dachnoye and Ulaklev, two combat clashes are still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, today our soldiers eliminated 156 and wounded 195 Russians in this direction; destroyed one tank, two self-propelled artillery units, 16 vehicles, two radar stations, one motorcycle, and also damaged a BM-21 Grad MLRS, a mortar and two guns of the invaders.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the invaders carried out one attack on the positions of Ukrainian troops; the enemy attempted to advance in the direction of Constantinople.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the aggressor carried out an airstrike in the Novopol area.
In the Orekhov direction, there was one combat contact in the Kamenskoye area.
The Russian invaders did not carry out any offensive actions in the Dnieper direction, but they did launch an airstrike on the Kherson region.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an operation in the Kursk direction. Today, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 12 attacks by the invading army in this direction, currently five combat contacts are ongoing, in addition, the enemy's aviation carried out 16 airstrikes on its own territory, dropping 21 KAB, the enemy also carried out 363 shellings of settlements and positions (including 2 from MLRS).
While in other areas there were no significant changes in the situation.
The General Staff noted the Ukrainian soldiers of the 65th separate mechanized brigade, the 34th separate coastal defense brigade, the 100th separate mechanized brigade, and the 59th separate assault brigade named after Yakov Handzyuk, who steadfastly held back the invasion of the prevailing forces.
Let us recall that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Buk M-2 launcher. It was then emphasized that this was already the enemy's fourth high-cost air defense system in the last two weeks.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed two powerful Pion self-propelled guns in the Russian rear.
Let us add that the Defense Forces continue to inflict damage on the aggressor country Russia. In particular, over the past 24 hours, they destroyed 1,320 occupiers and 148 units of enemy equipment.
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Expecting a bloodbath at FBI today and tomorrow. My guess is acting FBI director Brian Driscoll will be gone by this evening for defying a direct order seeking names of FBI employees—perhaps more than 6,000—involved in Jan 6 cases.
Hard to see how James Dennehy, who runs the NY field office, keeps his job after sending defiant email to colleagues over the weekend promising to “dig in” and not step down or follow orders.
The NYT obtained the email.
Dennehy: “Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy,” Dennehy wrote.
Dennehy also said the removal of top officials including at Miami and Washington field offices have caused “fear and angst within the F.B.I. ranks.”
He compared his insubordination to being a Marine “in the early 1990s, when he dug a small foxhole five feet deep and hunkered down for safety.
“It sucked,” he wrote. “But it worked.”
Don’t think this is going to end well for Mr. Dennehy.
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Also it’s unclear whether every FBI employee who worked on Jan 6 “terrorism” cases will be fired. My guess is many will be asked to take their “terrorism” expertise down to the southern border or other locations where real terror threats exist.
#2
I was just following orders..I have a family to think of. I tried notifying the press but… look what happened to the guy with the laptop. Only people who hated DJT were in charge….Start back at the beginning..
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I try and have sympathy for the ‘good’ FBI personnel caught up in the draining of the swamp. But I also know that maybe you are not a ‘good’ FBI resource if you knowingly looked the other way when laws were being broke by colleagues and leadership.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The enemy is increasingly focusing its attention on Andreevka in the Donetsk region.
Russian troops are trying to gain a foothold in the area, breaking through in different directions, in particular through the engineering and fortification structures between Andreevka and Shevchenko.
Russian troops are increasing pressure on the Defense Forces positions near Andreevka in Donbas, in particular from Slavyanka and Petrovpavlovka. The enemy is trying to break through to the village using the ravine terrain and fortified lines. This was reported by DeepState analysts on Sunday, February 2.
Earlier, a concentration of enemy infantry was recorded on the north-eastern outskirts of Andreevka. Russian troops are trying to consolidate their position in the area, breaking through in different directions, in particular through the engineering and fortification structures between Andreevka and Shevchenko.
"Recently, everyone could see a "red enclave" in the north-eastern outskirts of Andreevka, which someone perceived as an error or a bug. In fact, this is a reflection of the presence and consolidation of the Katsap infantry in the outskirts of the village, which are climbing from different sides, even through the positions of the Defense Forces," the analysts noted.
The Ukrainian military is fighting defensive battles, inflicting significant losses on the enemy. At the same time, the Russians are concentrating their forces between the settlements of Ulakli and Dachnoye, which may indicate the preparation of new attacks in this direction.
Let us recall that in several settlements of the Komarska and Kryvyi Rih communities in the Donetsk region, mandatory forced evacuation of families with children has been introduced.
As is known, Russian troops are trying to encircle Pokrovsk from the south and north, but the occupiers’ plans are failing.
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#15
Not buying American goods can be done, certainly, with some effort. Canada’s problem is that over 75% of her exports are sold in the U.S., Craing Guelph4483, so American tariffs on Canadian goods is a serious problem for you lot. Sure, China and Japan would be happy to buy Canadian oil and petroleum products, but all the pipelines are pointed in the wrong direction, and it would take years and billions of dollars to reroute. Sawn wood for construction would be easier to redirect, but I understand that is a distant second for Canadian exports.
#16
If you take away petroleum (and I can't see any "unfair" Canadian practices there) Canada's trade surplus goes away.
I simply don't get it. I understand that Trump wants better "deals" with everything he does, but he also destroys a lot of trust. The consequences will be felt later. Canada was just made aware how much it depends on the U.S. and it might want to change that. It may take years, even a decade, but there will be consequences.
The fentanyl argument doesn't hold water, and you know it. Canada has no interest in flooding the U.S. with dangerous drugs. You ask Canada to stop the flow across the U.S. border but you can't do it yourself? Stop the demand, and the flow will stop. Of course better collaboration will always help but tariffs are not the way to do it.
Trump may get some easy "wins", but at a high price to be pais later. Nations don't like to be bullied.
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Someone has read The Prince -
And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both; but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
So much for decades of trying to buy 'love'. America First means just that. We're turning away from wasting our people and resources to 'save the world' particularly when they are not willing to help themselves and operate in their own interests as they have for decades.
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RE #16
It would have been far easier for Canada to agree to tighten the border and increase raids on drug dealers than pick a fight with Trump. I suspect there is a lot of Chinese money involved for Justin Trudeau.
There is a back story going on here with Trump and Trudeau. I suppose it will be disclosed soon enough. In the meantime haters will blame the US for everything they perceive wrong in the world.
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/\ In the meantime haters will blame the US for everything they perceive wrong in the world.
French in the pudding, not generally found in the Western Provences and territories of the Yukon, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
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I simply don't get it. I understand that Trump wants better "deals" with everything he does,
It’s not about trade, European Conservative, though the Canadians have latched onto that idea as fitting their conception of mad President OrangeManBad. Tariffs are just a lever big enough to fix their attention on the problem of Canada securing their side of the border, which means drugs, illegal migrants, and terrorists including jihadis international drug gangs, and very likely infiltrating Chinese soldiers out of uniform. President Trump said so bluntly in his announcement.
Ditto on the Mexico side, where the Mexican government has been — with malice aforethought — enabling the drug gangs to move and traffic illegal migrants, drugs, terrorists, and Chinese soldiers our of uniform through Mexico and around the U.S.
The kinds of things you German conservatives are trying to accomplish against the resistance of the current government.
#22
Maybe if we had US troops guarding our borders instead of being somewhere in the world or more worried about Ukraine's borders, perhaps the fentanyl and illegals might have a tougher chance of getting into the US.
From Truth Social:
I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States. These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our Country. We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico. I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we attempt to achieve a “deal” between our two Countries.
Feb 03, 2025, 10:41 AM
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"It’s not about trade..."
Well, it will be when Trump starts to hit the EU with tariffs. I remember last time when the price of fine bourbon exploded. I better stock up now.
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@The Walking Unvaxed
German elections in three weeks.
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And btw I bet Canada will make the same promises. Mexico certainly is the much bigger problem here (with migration and fentanyl).
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Canada has no interest in flooding the U.S. with dangerous drugs. You ask Canada to stop the flow across the U.S. border but you can't do it yourself?
Canada as a nation state has no interest, but China does. It is part of their total war on all fronts philosophy. Plus it makes money. And while Canada itself may have no interest, there are persons and parties in Canada that do. Money, influence, and power. See Mexico for an example of how it all works.
Stopping the cross-border flow is not a civil engineering problem. Otherwise, we could just put up 5,000 miles of wall and fence and call it a day. It is going to take police work and intelligence on the Canadian side to bring down the distribution systems. And it will take a Canadian Trump to deal with the government corruption that supports the rotten mess.
#29
Ultimately the drug problem is not supply but demand. With synthetic drugs, things are going to get a lot uglier unfortunately. What can be done in Mexico (and to a much lesser extent in Canada), can be done in the U.S. as well.
Fentanyl ist starting to appear in Germany, too, often sent by mail from China.
We need a united front against China.
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Btw we have a "No China Policy" in our company. We don't buy from China, and we don't sell to China. And it's not that they haven't asked.
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@The Walking Unvaxed
German elections in three weeks.
I'm praying for your country EC. But your conservatives are like our Democrats.
#32
We’ve been praying for Germany alongside prayers for America and Israel for years. May this election be the one where the voters finally drive out the selfish idiots of your major parties.
#33
"But your conservatives are like our Democrats."
Not this one.
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To be fair, it’s not been long since our Republicans were an awful lot like our Democrats, too — just with added impulse toward business and sort of balancing budgets. See President George W. Bush and Jeb!
[IsraelTimes] Freed US-Israeli captive Keith Siegel was forced ahead of his release to write a letter thanking his Hamas captors for his treatment while being held in captivity for 484 days.
His family has asked that the letter he was forced by Hamas to write, dated January 18, not be published by the media.
“Hamas terrorists forced Keith to write them a detailed thank you letter while holding him captive,” his family said in a statement. “This is just one example of many that demonstrates Hamas’s cruel and cynical behavior, and highlights the urgency of bringing all remaining hostages back home.”
Siegel was released on Saturday in Gaza City. He and his wife, Aviva, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023. Aviva was freed during a weeklong ceasefire in November 2023.
During his handover to the Red Cross, he appeared thin and pale but was able to walk, aided by masked and armed Hamas fighters. He was forced to accept two Hamas “gift bags” and a lanyard around his neck with a Palestinian flag and the insignia of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades. He was also forcibly paraded on a Hamas stage in front of a banner proclaiming “Nazi Zionism will not win.”
Four female soldiers who were freed from captivity a week earlier were forced to film a Hamas propaganda video thanking their captors in Arabic for the treatment they received in captivity.
Ahead of the November 2023 truce, Hamas also forced released hostage Danielle Aloni, who was held captive with her 5-year-old daughter Emilia, to write a lengthy letter thanking the Hamas terrorists for “extraordinary humanity” while they were held hostage in Gaza.
An excuse for those who insist on believing that Hamas are the noble savage natives to the Israeli colonizers, which gets it exactly backwards.
[IsraelTimes] The Hamas terror group publishes a letter that it claims was written by released hostage Keith Siegel ahead of his return to Israel, in which he purportedly thanks his captors for treating him well.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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