[IsraelTimes] Palestinian media reports that the new Syrian regime has arrested Khaled Khaled,
…an imaginative name — his parents are to be congratulated…
...or even khailed.
in charge of the Syrian arena in the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror organization, and Abu Ali Yasser, responsible for the organization’s executive committee in Syria.
There is no official confirmation from Syrian authorities on the matter.
Until the fall of the Assad regime, senior PIJ officials including leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah were based in Syria. Shortly before the regime’s fall, al-Nakhalah fled the country, but according to Arab media reports, some operatives remain active in the country.
[HodhodYemenNews] The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced the launch of a precise military operation targeting a vital Israeli site in the city of Ashkelon and a military site in the Umm al-Rashrash area (Eilat).
Neither the Times of Israel nor the Jerusalem Post have anything about this as of 1:40 a.m ET.
Additionally, the Armed Forces also confirmed direct strikes on the US aircraft carriers USS Truman and USS Vinson, along with their accompanying naval units in the Red Sea, using advanced naval missiles and drones.
The Yemeni Armed Forces issued the following statement:
“In support of the oppressed Palestinian people and in rejection of the crime of genocide being waged by the Israeli enemy, with American support, against our people in Gaza.
The UAV force of Yemeni Armed Forces carried out two military operations.
The first targeted a vital Israeli enemy target in the occupied Ashkelon area using a Yaffa drone, while the second targeted an Israeli military target in the Umm al-Rashrash area in southern occupied Palestine using a Sammad-1 drone.
In retaliation to the American aggression against our country and its massacres against our people, the latest of which was the massacre in the capital, Sana’a, which left dozens of martyrs and wounded, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out two specific military operations.
The first was carried out by the missile force and UAV force against the US aircraft carrier Truman and its affiliated vessels in the northern Red Sea, using two cruise missiles and two drones.
The second was carried out by the naval, the UAV , and the missile forces, targeting the US aircraft carrier Vinson and its affiliated vessels in the Arabian Sea, using three cruise missiles and four drones.
The military operations have successfully achieved their objectives.
The Yemeni Armed Forces will persist their support operations deep within the Zionist entity in occupied Palestine at an escalating pace over the coming period.
They will also continue their military operations in the Red and Arabian Seas, targeting all hostile forces. Dozens of US airstrikes will not deter them from their supportive stance toward the oppressed Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip until the aggression against them stops and the siege is lifted.”
[HodhodYemenNews] A 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 Airlines plane was exposed to significant risks as it approached Sana’a International Airport on Sunday evening, coinciding with Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s carried out by US warplanes targeting several areas in the capital, Sanaa.
US bombers launched intensive airstrikes on Sunday evening, targeting the Farwah neighborhood and a popular market in the Shu’ub district, resulting in 43 deaths and injuries, according to statements by the Health Ministry.
The airstrikes also targeted the Attan area and the cleaning program project in the Asr area.
Despite the air strikes, the Yemeni Airlines plane coming from the Jordanian capital, Amman, managed to safely land at Sana’a International Airport. There were more than 300 passengers on board, most of them women and kiddies.
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Why is Sana’a International Airport still in operation? All means of transport in or out of Houthiland should have been rendered impossible a long time ago.
[Garowe] Two Ottoman Turkish military planes carrying around 500 troops landed at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport this week, marking the first wave of a larger deployment aimed at supporting Somalia’s fight against the al-Shabaab ... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them... krazed killer group.
The troops were transported to the Ottoman Turkish military base known as Turk-Som, located in the Jazeera area of the capital. The base is The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... member, but not the most reliable... ’s largest in Africa and serves as the primary training ground for Somalia’s elite Gorgor forces.
More than 300 Ottoman Turkish military personnel are currently stationed at the Camp TurkSOM, which was opened in 2017. The camp can accommodate approximately 1500 trainees at a time. As of 2023, nearly 5,000 Somali trainees have graduated from the military camp.
The deployment is part of a broader plan approved by the Ottoman Turkish Parliament in July 2024, allowing President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... to send up to 2,500 troops to Somalia. It remains unclear whether the forces will engage directly in combat operations or conduct Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s, similar to U.S. military support in the region.
The move comes amid renewed offensives by al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked bully boy group, which has recently retaken several areas previously liberated by Somali forces, including the strategic town of Adan Yabal.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who visited Turkey earlier this month, discussed the escalating conflict and international cooperation with Erdogan, at a time when hopes are dimming for the planned African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... -led AUSSOM mission. Egypt had been expected to contribute troops to the effort.
Turkey has been a close ally of Somalia since 2011, investing in infrastructure and training Somali security forces. Ottoman Turkish-trained Gorgor and Haramacad units now play a key role in the country’s ongoing counterterrorism operations.
[X] Swanning around as if they were a real neo-Ottoman sultanate with the kind of funding the sultanate used to have before it went broke and was dissolved. Hattip 3dc:
Turkish Lira has been completely pegged against US Dollar since anti-government protests broke out a month ago. But the current $/TRY exchange rate is meaningless. The central bank is burning through large amounts of its official FX reserves. There is big capital flight going on. pic.twitter.com/rBTq3pz1VE
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I can imagine that kind of experience would transfer to fighting the IDF, mossomo, even if they do have all the natural advantages of once — many, many generations ago — having been the mighty, conquering Turks.
[ShabelleMedia] Paramilitary forces aligned with Somalia’s Jubaland regional administration have integrated a group of armed militias previously active in the town of Balad Hawo, as part of a renewed effort to assert control over the contested Gedo region, officials said on Monday.
The militias, reportedly left without financial support from allied local businessmen, have joined the ranks of the JubalandDarawish forces. Ali Hassan Deeq, deputy commander of the regional force, said the fighters would now be registered as official personnel within the Jubaland security apparatus.
"They will be part of our official forces, recognised by the administration," Deeq said during a brief ceremony held in Balad Hawo.
The move comes amid ongoing tensions between the Jubaland leadership and Somalia’s federal government in Mogadishu. Jubaland’s president, Ahmed Mohammed Madobe, severed ties with the federal authorities after his disputed re-election in 2023, which was rejected by Mogadishu and deemed unconstitutional.
The federal government later issued an arrest warrant for Madobe, a move he reciprocated by issuing a similar order for Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The rift has deepened divisions over control of southern Somalia, particularly in the Gedo region.
Somali government forces had recently deployed to the coastal town of Ras Kamboni in Lower Juba in response to Madobe’s re-election. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... Jubaland forces retook the area within two weeks, capturing several government soldiers and forcing others to flee across the Kenyan border, according to regional officials.
Travel restrictions have since been imposed in several towns under Jubaland’s control, including Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region.... , Bardhere and Doolow, as the political and military standoff shows little sign of resolution.
[ShabelleMedia] Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a closed-door meeting with the leaders of the Galmudug ...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth... , Hirshabelle, and South West regional states to discuss the deteriorating security situation and the renewed offensive by al-Shabaab ... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa... bad boys.
The talks, focused on counterterrorism operations and the bad boy group’s recent resurgence, came in the wake of an al-Shabaab takeover of the central town of Adan Yabal in Middle Shabelle, approximately 245 kilometers north of Mogadishu.
Hirshabelle President Ali Hussein Gudlawe underscored the strategic importance of regaining control of Adan Yabal, describing the group’s presence there as a major challenge to his administration.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, bullets whapped! around Butch as he tried to tie his scarf around his shoulder as a tourniquet...... South West President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohammed Laftagareen praised the Somali National Army for repelling a recent al-Shabaab assault near Baidoa. He said the attack had been thwarted with several bully boyz killed, their bodies later displayed publicly in the city.
President Mohamud also consulted the regional leaders on a broader political initiative aimed at engaging key stakeholders and civil society to address the country’s fragile security. The initiative seeks to coordinate efforts to retake territories currently under al-Shabaab control and reinforce the national army’s campaign.
Security in Somalia has steadily worsened in recent weeks, with an uptick in attacks targeting military bases in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle, fueling public concern and political pressure in the capital.
[Garowe] General Odowaa Yusuf Rage, the Chief of Defence Forces of the Somali National Army (SNA), who made a return recently after dismissal, has since written to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, asking for exit from the SNA leadership. "I'm outta here!"
Credible reports indicate that the Chief of Defence Forces is said to have written to President Hassan, expressing his intention to leave the forces, at a time the Somali National Army is facing setbacks from the battle against Al-Shabaab militants.
The Somali National Army lost strategic Adan Yabaal town in Middle Shabelle, highlighting a serious gap in the operations, with the US Africa Command forced to intervene by activating an airstrike while assisting the local forces in the fight against the group.
For this, President Mohamud is also expected to reshuffle senior military leadership to boost operations against al Shabaab, as the group has recently intensified attacks and regained control of previously lost territories.
General Odawaa Yusuf Rageh rejoined the military in November 2024 after two years of absence, having been replaced by General Ibrahim Sheikh Muhyiddin. Odowaa was brought back to spearhead the operations by the military against al-Shabaab.
If Odowaa Yusuf Rage's exit is confirmed, it would yet again deal a blow to security forces with the change on Command set to affect general organisation and strategy within the defence forces. The military is struggling to reclaim its lost glory.
This comes at the time President Hassan Sheikh opened talks at Villa Somalia with leaders of the South West, Hirshabelle, and Galmudug states. The meeting, requested by the three federal member states, comes after the loss of the military on a number of frontlines.
Next week, Hassan Sheikh has convened the National Consultative Council meeting, which shall focus on the strategies in the fight against Al-Shabaab. The government of Somalia is fighting the group with local security teams expected to take over security responsibilities in future.
[ShabelleMedia] A senior Somali official has called on the federal government to expel the wives and children of al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... Death Eaters from the capital, accusing them of living peacefully in Mogadishu while the group continues to carry out deadly attacks across the country.
Ali Jeyte Osman, the presidential envoy for the mobilisation of community defence forces known as Macawiisley, said it was unacceptable for the relatives of al-Shabaab members to remain in the city while the group kills innocent civilians.
"We cannot allow a situation where al-Shabaab leaders kill people every day, yet their wives and children live peacefully in the capital," Jeyte said during an inclusive interview with Shabelle TV.
The former governor of Hiran region urged the federal government to launch operations aimed at identifying and removing family members of the hard boy group from Mogadishu, arguing that doing so would send a strong message to the fighters.
"There needs to be a clear separation between areas controlled by al-Shabaab and the capital. Their families should not be allowed to stay here. They must all be arrested," he said.
Jeyte described the proposed operation as a form of psychological pressure on al-Shabaab, aimed at holding them accountable for continued bloodshed targeting civilians.
The Macawiisley militia, made up of local fighters from central Somalia, has played a key role in pushing back al-Shabaab in the Hiraan region. Jeyte, a former regional governor, has led multiple offensives that have seen government forces reclaim territory previously under hard boy control.
Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked group, has waged a deadly insurgency in Somalia for more than a decade, regularly targeting civilians, government officials and military personnel in attacks across the country. The group controls parts of southern and central Somalia despite continued offensives by Somali and African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... forces.
[Rudaw] The United States plans to relocate its troops in Syria to two new military bases, one near The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... -held areas and another on the Syria-Iraq border and maintain at least 400 soldiers in Kurdish-held areas, an official from the northeast Syria (Rojava) administration in Washington DC said on Monday.
Bassam Ishaq, a US-based member of the Syrian Democratic Council’s Presidential Council, told Rudaw’s Nalin Hassan that the US is carrying out a "relocation of positions," opening a new base "in northern Syria near the Tishreen Dam," with another to be established "near the Syrian-Iraqi border in the southeast, close to Deir ez-Zor."
The SDC is the political wing of the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Tishreen Dam, located on the Euphrates River, has been a key target in a military campaign launched by Turkey and Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian militias since November. The aim has been to seize control of the strategic site, facilitating access to other SDF-held territories. At least 20 civilians have been killed in Ottoman Turkishdronezaps on the area.
The SDF and the new government in Damascus are in talks to hand over the control of the dam to forces affiliated with the Syrian government in a bid to end attacks by bully boys, which have ceased for weeks.
Regarding the drawdown of US troops, Ishaq emphasized that the reduction is "tactical" and "gradual," but will stop at a floor of 400 soldiers. He noted that decision-makers in Washington DC are constrained by a congressional provision prohibiting any reduction below that threshold.
A provision in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bars the Secretary of Defense from reducing US troop levels in northeast Syria below 400 unless the Pentagon certifies that local partner forces are independently capable of degrading and defeating the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) threats and can detain ISIS members effectively and humanely.
A statement from Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell on Friday said that they were consolidating "to select locations in Syria," but that US forces "will remain poised to continue strikes against the remnants of ISIS in Syria."
"The issue is not only related to the SDF and the new administration in Damascus," Ishaq said. "It extends to regional security in the area. At present, there will be no complete withdrawal of US military forces from Syria."
A senior US official, speaking to The New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... on condition of anonymity, said on Tuesday that commanders will assess whether additional downsizing will be made on top of the announced ones, noting that the commanders have already recommended keeping 500 troops in Syria.
"The United States aims at downsizing its forces to below one thousand in the next two or three months," a US defense official told Rudaw on Friday.
The US increased its troop numbers in Syria from 900 to around 2,000 after a coalition of Salafist tough guys led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS) ousted Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... ’s regime on December 8. The White House described the deployment as a temporary measure to prevent ISIS from regaining a foothold in the country.
Despite the uptick, US President Donald Trump ...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down... said in February, "We're not involved in Syria. Syria's its own mess... They don't need us involved," adding that a "determination" on troop levels would be made later, without providing further details.
US forces in Syria remain the main backers of the SDF, which territorially defeated ISIS in 2019, ending the group’s so-called caliphate. SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi has repeatedly warned that a premature US withdrawal could enable an ISIS resurgence.
Kurdish forces in northeast Syria fear that ISIS may be regrouping, exploiting instability following the decline of Assad’s regime and the shifting dynamics in the country.
On March 10, the SDF reached an agreement with new authorities in Damascus to integrate into the Syrian national armed forces.
According to Ishaq, negotiations are ongoing over logistical matters related to how the institutions of the Kurdish-led Democratic Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (DAANES) will be integrated into those of the new Syrian state.
"The same applies to the military issue," he added, referring to discussions about integrating the SDF into the Syrian Ministry of Defense.
[Rudaw] Iraq’s Defense Industries Commission (DIC) exhibited domestically produced drones during a two-day security and defense exhibition in Baghdad to bolster border surveillance and internal security.
"We have started building drones used for surveillance," DIC Chairman Mustafa Aati told Rudaw during the second day of the event on Sunday.
The drone weighs 60 kilograms, has a wingspan of 4.8 meters, and can fly at distances between one to three kilometers. It can remain airborne for five to six hours, cover a range of around 80 kilometers, and be deployed within 20 minutes.
"We also have contracts with security agencies to increase it [drone production], which will be made use of for border surveillance and internal security," he added. "We have the right to build drones within the framework of the objectives that the security forces need."
Around 150 domestic and international companies participated in the exhibition. Among them, Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... displayed a range of drones and both heavy and light weapons, expressing readiness to expand support for Iraq.
According to Iranian political and security analyst Amir Mousavi, who spoke to Rudaw at the event, Iran’s participation signals that it has "opened the door to providing assistance with all its military and security capabilities, especially in the areas of border security, electronic issues, and the supply of drones, to control sensitive and remote areas on the border, as well as desert and mountainous regions."
In late March, the DIC announced it had saved $700 million over the past two years by manufacturing weapons and ammunition locally, reducing reliance on imports.
In September 2019, Iraq’s legislature passed a bill to establish the DIC with aims of expanding military production. Iraq’s interior minister last September showcased the first batch of domestically produced armored vehicles manufactured by the commission.
[Rudaw] More than 90 Yazidi families have returned to Shingal (Sinjar), their homeland in northern Iraq, the country’s migration ministry announced on Monday.
The Spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displacement Ali Jahangir told Rudaw that 92 Yazidi families had returned to Shingal on Sunday, from Chamishko camp in the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province.
In June 2014, the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) seized control of large swathes of territory in Iraq’s north and west. A little over a month later, in August, the group launched a wide-scale attack against the Yazidi community in Iraq's northern Shingal.
During the August 2014 assault, ISIS killed and kidnapped around 9,900 Yazidis. Recognizing the systematic targeting of the Yazidis as genocidal, the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... also reported that up to 200,000 Yazidis were displaced from Shingal, many of whom settled in camps across Dohuk.
Jahangir told Rudaw on Monday that "at the beginning of 2024, there were 31,000 displaced [Shingal] Sinjar families in the Kurdistan Region’s camps; however, now 21,000 [Yazidi] families are still there."
According to Jahangir, the migration ministry will provide returning Yazidi families with four million dinars (around $3,000) in financial assistance, as well as some essential household appliances to get by, including a refrigerator, stove, and television.
"Currently, only household appliances are being provided to the returning families, while the financial assistance will be distributed soon, following the approval of the [Iraqi] finance ministry," he explained.
Though more than 10 years have passed since ISIS launched its attack on Shingal, much of the Yazidi community remains displaced. Their return has been hindered by a combination of security concerns, political disputes, and infrastructure and reconstruction challenges. The presence of various gangs has also created an unstable environment, further deterring many Yazidis from returning.
[IsraelTimes] Security spending has surged at many US Jewish schools since Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel, a study says.
Teach Coalition, a division of the Orthodox Union that operates in seven US states, compares spending at some of its member schools in the 2024-2025 school year to the 2022-2023 school year.
Average spending went from $184,228 per school to $339,297 per school, an 84% increase, the study finds. Per-pupil costs went from $445 to $807.
In New York, security spending doubled. The average New York school has spent $569,789 on security since the October 7 onslaught, an increase of 99%. Per-pupil spending increased 102%.
The top spending category is for security guards, accounting for 69% of security costs, followed by property improvements such as doors, and equipment such as radios and cameras.
Security has gone up from 1.85% of the schools’ total budget to 3.09%. Security costs increased at close to 10 times the rate of other costs, the survey says.
Smaller schools spend less in total on security, but have higher per-pupil expenses. Schools with fewer than 100 students have spent an average of $1,735 per student since October 7.
The researchers collated data provided by 63 schools in February and March. Most of the schools are in Florida and New York, while others are in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The schools range in size and enroll a total of 26,473 students, representing 10% of the total Jewish school enrollment in those states.
The responding schools are all among the members of the Orthodox Union’s Teach Coalition, meaning they are likely not representative of the US Jewish school system as a whole.
In Europe I suspect they’ve borne such expenses during the entire post-War era, long predating the arrival of the recent wave of Moslem colonists. Following 9/11 my synagogue hardened the building and hired off-duty police as an everyday thing — not just for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In about 2010 they reconfigured the building to meet the changing needs of the congregation, donating space for a satellite police station off the entrance for the convenience of the local force — in exchange for a full time police presence. Win-win!
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Also, many US Churches that run k1-to H12 private schools, are doing the same.
Our church recently spent serious money to add additional Physical security measures to each classroom. Measures that protect students in case of the usual mentally Ill wacko deciding to target kids.
[IsraelTimes] Group accuses US government of enabling Israel to commit ‘genocide’ in Gaza Strip, makes good on promise to repeat remarks that were cut from livestream a week earlier
Irish band Kneecap projected anti-Israel messages above the stage on Saturday as it performed at the Coachella music festival in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, including accusations of genocide.
The band had delivered similar remarks in a performance last week that were apparently cut from the festival’s livestream of the event.
When Kneecap took to the stage at one of the world’s best-known music festivals, a large screen displayed "Israel is committing genocide against the Paleostinian people."
"It is being enabled by the US who arm and fund Israel despite their war crimes," the message continued. "Fuck Israel Free Paleostine."
"The Paleostinians have nowhere to go," band member Mo Chara told the crowd. "It’s their fucking home. And they’re bombing them from the skies. If you’re not calling it a genocide what the fuck are you calling it?"
He went on to lead the crowd in chants of "Free Paleostine."
Leftist social media influencer Hasan Piker joined the performers onstage as they delivered the messages, live-streaming the moment on his own Twitch channel, where he has some 2.7 million followers in addition to over a million more on other social media platforms.
The onstage display was broadcast live on various internet feeds, Channel 12 reported, though it was not clear if the festival’s official broadcast carried it.
Last weekend Kneecap delivered its initial performance at the festival, using its time onstage to heap scorn on the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, and leading the crowd in chanting "Maggie’s in a box."
At the time, the band also made remarks about a "genocide" 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... . However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... the livestream of the remarks on both topics was cut, the NME reported.
"Not the only thing that was cut — our messaging on the US-backed genocide in Gaza somehow never appeared on screens either," the band later posted to X. Israel strongly refutes all accusations of genocide.
"Back next Friday Coachella and it’ll be sorted," they added along with a Paleostinian flag.
The following day, US rock band Green Day used its performance at the California festival to apparently criticize Israel, changing the lyrics of one of its songs to make a reference about children in the Gaza Strip.
In the song "Jesus of Suburbia," lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong sang "Running away from pain like the kids from Paleostine," instead of the original "Runnin’ away from pain when you’ve been victimized," drawing cheers from the crowd.
The band has a history of politically charged messaging. Last month at a concert in Melbourne, Armstrong changed a lyric in the same song to sing ""Am I retarded or am I just JD Vance?" the UK’s Jewish News reported.
Tensions are high between Ireland and Israel. Israel closed its embassy in Ireland in December, citing "extreme anti-Israel policy of the Irish government." Dublin joined South Africa at the International Court of Justice in its genocide case against Israel.
The war in Gaza was sparked by the Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... terror group’s October 7, 2023, invasion of southern Israel in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage.
Many on social media made the connection between the performance at Coachella, and the massacre at the Nova festival.
During the October 7, 2023, shock attack, more than 100 Hamas Death Eaters stumbled upon the Nova music festival, an outdoor overnight rave taking place near the Gaza border community of Re’im, where they brutally massacred and kidnapped partygoers.
In all, 344 civilians who attended the Nova party and 34 security personnel were killed during the attack, which included sexual crimes and other brutal acts. The Death Eaters kidnapped another 44 to the Gaza Strip.
A day later, Bono, the frontman of Irish band U2, paid a moving tribute to those murdered at the desert rave. At a show at the Las Vegas Sphere, Bono dedicated the song "Pride" to "those beautiful kids at that music festival."
Yesterday, we told you about a truly repugnant display at the Coachella Music Festival this past weekend from Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap. We hate to repeat their utterly depraved words, but the giant electronic sign they displayed only contained four words: 'F--- Israel, Free Palestine.'
If they had just included the 'Free Palestine' portion of that slogan, we probably wouldn't even have paid it any mind. Musical artists, like actors, are generally removed from reality, and they love to shout slogans of 'the current thing.' But the fact that they included the first half of the message -- at a MUSIC festival, no less -- was beyond the pale.
This is who Kneecap is, though. In the past, the band has embraced IRA terrorists and paraded the severed head of a statue of King George V in Australia.
As much as this band makes us want to weep for humanity, this morning, a group called The Tribe of Nova Foundation -- which honors all of the young people who were murdered, raped, and kidnapped by Hamas tarrorists on Oct. 7 -- showed everyone a better way.
They didn't respond in kind with hate, threats, or insults as they could have -- and many would have -- justifiably done. They simply invited Kneecap to come and visit them to find out what actually happened to young festivalgoers on Oct. 7.
Here is the full statement:
The Tribe of Nova just responded to Kneecap’s hate with an open invitation: Come visit the Nova exhibit. Come hear the truth about what happened to us on October 7.
Nova survivors just showed the world how you respond to hate, by standing tall and speaking truth. pic.twitter.com/npjl44iLjr
(Reuters) - More than two dozen people whom the U.S. government says are current or past members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have been charged with murder, sex trafficking and other crimes under a federal law created to combat organized crime, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
The Justice Department said in a written statement that it was the first time alleged members of the criminal gang that originated in Venezuelan prisons had faced charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.
U.S. President Donald Trump was elected last November in part because of his anti-immigration stance. The charges against the 27 people are part of a broader push by the president to prosecute and deport alleged members of foreign criminal gangs operating in the country.
Trump's administration has designated Tren de Aragua and other criminal gangs as foreign terrorist organizations.
In March Trump invoked a seldom-used wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, to deport hundreds of alleged Tren de Aragua members to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador without going through normal deportation procedures.
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The FISA courts have a 99% conviction rate, operate in secrecy, difficult to appeal and have jurisdiction if the words “foreign spy” are liberally interpreted. Worst case the courts get some much needed oversight
[Townhall] The four Democratic lawmakers who traveled to El Salvador in an attempt to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, deported last month by the Trump administration, were blocked by local authorities, who cited that the visit was not officially authorized.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) confirmed on X that El Salvador refused to meet with the group of Democratic lawmakers after their arrival.
"El Salvador just denied Democrats from meeting with the MS-13 gang member because they didn't travel to the country in an official capacity. I will never authorize a penny of taxpayer dollars to send Democrats to El Salvador for a photo-op & margaritas," Comer wrote on X.
In a move that perfectly captures the Democratic Party’s warped priorities, more left-wing lawmakers are traveling to El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a deported illegal immigrant with alleged ties to MS-13, a history of domestic abuse accusations, and suspected involvement in human trafficking. Instead of standing with law-abiding American citizens, these Democrats are going out of their way to defend a criminal alien, proving once again that protecting the border and enforcing immigration laws are the last things on their agenda.
Emotional dysregulation is a brain-related symptom that means you have trouble managing your feelings and emotions. It’s often a sign of conditions that affect your brain or differences in how your brain developed or works today. It’s usually not a serious condition except when severe. Many of the causes are treatable.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The student accused of shooting two people dead at Florida State University had been diagnosed with emotional dysregulation.
But Phoenix Ikner, 20, had come off the prescription medication at the time of the rampage, a source told CNN.
Ikner was identified by police as the suspect responsible for fatally gunning down two people and injuring six others at the Tallahassee campus last week.
The FSU student opened fire using his Sheriff's Deputy stepmom's handgun, according to investigators.
Police are yet to establish a motive and said it is too early to state whether his condition played any role in the shooting.
Ikner allegedly began firing at random and did not have any connection to the victims, investigators said.
Aramark Collegiate Hospitality regional vice president Tiru Chabba and FSU dining coordinator Robert Morales were identified as the two fatalities.
The suspect was also injured during the shooting and was taken to the hospital where he remains with 'significant' but not life-threatening injuries.
Horrified bystanders urged others to call 911 as they filmed an 11-year-old girl being pinned to the ground
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Sickening footage captured the moment an 11-year-old Florida girl screamed for help as she was pinned to the ground by a man.
'I wasn't doing anything,' she screamed as shocked bystanders filmed the incident, adding in a bloodcurdling plea: 'I swear to God.'
'Help me, help me,' she continued, as the man on top of her appeared to try and keep her pinned between his legs while taking his phone from his pocket.
The man was arrested at the scene and was later named as Marius Mutu, 43, a military veteran who worked at the Florida Department of Children and Families, according to his LinkedIn.
In footage from a witness filming from a balcony, the suspect was seen holding her to the ground in a bushy area near Allison Park in Tampa, Florida.
Witnesses were heard urging others to call 911, and when deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department arrived, they placed Mutu under arrest.
He reportedly told deputies that the situation escalated after someone had been throwing eggs at his apartment for the past week, and believed the girl was responsible when it happened again, reports WTSP.
Mutu was arrested on April 19 and is now facing charges of battery and false imprisonment.
According to the sheriff's department, Mutu had been complaining of vandals throwing eggs at his apartment for a week leading up to the incident.
'When it happened again that day, he assumed the girl walking nearby was responsible,' authorities said.
According to investigators, Mutu then chased her down and forced her to the ground as he attempted to take a photo of the child to report her to his apartment management.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said after the arrest that the acts seen in the shocking footage are 'not only unacceptable, its reprehensible.'
'The safety of our children is non-negotiable,' Chronister said in a statement.
'This child endured a terrifying and traumatic experience at the hands of someone who chose to take matters into his own hands. We remain committed to protecting our children and ensuring those who harm them are held fully accountable.'
According to his LinkedIn profile, Mutu was most recently worked for the Florida Department of Children and Families.
He listed his employment as a Child Protection Investigator from August 2024 to January of this year, where he said he would 'apply strong communication and conflict-resolution skills.'
Mutu has also worked as a correctional officer, security guard, and spent 10 years in the United States Air Force.
According to the sheriff's department's arrest records, Mutu was released on a $6,000 bond. It is not clear when he will be back in court.
[FoxNews] Service members with the Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) will conduct several security measures in the New Mexico National Defense Area
Military members stationed in and around portions of the southern border have been given the authority to temporarily detain and search illegal migrants.
Service members with the Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) are now authorized to conduct several security measures in the New Mexico National Defense Area (NMNDA), U.S. Northern Command said Monday. The NMNDA is part of the U.S. Army's Fort Huachuca military installation.
The move allows the U.S. military to serve in a more active law enforcement role than in years past. Military personnel have typically been prevented from participating in civilian law enforcement activities such as search, seizure, or arrest.
As part of their new duties, the service members can search and temporarily detain trespassers on the NMNDA, as well as provide medical care and implement crowd control measures, until appropriate law enforcement can take them into custody.
Task force members can also assist with the installation of temporary barriers, signage, and fencing upon request.
"Through these enhanced authorities, U.S. Northern Command will ensure those who illegally trespass in the New Mexico National Defense Area are handed over to Customs and Border Protection or our other law enforcement partners," said USNORTHCOM Gen. Gregory Guillot. "Joint Task Force-Southern Border will conduct enhanced detection and monitoring, which will include vehicle and foot patrols, rotary wing, and fixed surveillance site operations."
USNORTHCOM was named as the Defense Department's operational lead for the employment of U.S. military forces to carry out President Donald Trump’s southern border executive orders.
Last week, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited New Mexico to announce that the Army will take control of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the Trump administration's efforts to curb illegal immigration and trafficking.
The 109,651 acres of federal land will be transferred to the Army for three years, subject to valid existing rights.
The switch in jurisdiction will allow the government to protect sensitive natural and cultural resources in the region, while helping the Army support U.S. Border Patrol operations in securing the border and preventing illegal immigration, according to the Department of the Interior.
In March, the Defense Department authorized the military to patrol the southern border to provide "enhanced detection and monitoring" to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
"Any law enforcement actions to apprehend individuals suspected of illegal entry must be conducted only by non-DoD law enforcement personnel and National Guard personnel in a non-federalized status accompanying these patrols," the DOD said at the time.
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"Any law enforcement actions to apprehend individuals suspected of illegal entry must be conducted only by non-DoD law enforcement personnel and National Guard personnel in a non-federalized status accompanying these patrols"
[FoxNews] I got mine a couple years ago at the infamous CA DMV. It took me about 20 minutes with an appointment and all the listed required documents in hand.
[PJ] It's no secret 'round the PJ Media water cooler that I have a massive brain-crush on Stephen Miller, who's currently serving as Trump's deputy chief of staff. I love to see a man stand up straight, look the lefties right in the eye, and explain the truth to them, in searing clarity and with barely suppressed condescension that is richly deserved in the face of their ignorance on whatever matter is at hand.
For example, he did this just last week when he schooled the woke media on the matter of Saint Kilmar of Maryland. You only need to watch the first 20 seconds of this clip to see what I mean (but if you are lingering over your coffee, there are ten more minutes of intellectual spanking to savor and enjoy).
Right now, there is an existentially important issue in play — President Trump's executive order, "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship." The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Trump can proceed with enforcing this revolutionary policy:
Vietnam is set to buy at least 24 F-16 fighter jets from the U.S.—the largest arms deal ever between the two nations.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Elon Musk's controversial Department of Government Efficiency has been granted access to the sensitive data of millions of immigrants dating back to the 1990s.
It is the latest extraordinary development in the Trump administration's far-reaching efforts to track down and deport illegal immigrants using any tools at the government's disposal.
The Justice Department granted a DOGE request to the Executive Office for Immigration Review's Courts and Appeals System, known as ECAS, according to the Washington Post.
This database contains names, addresses, immigration testimony and court records of countless migrants - both documented and undocumented.
Illegals have no right to privacy — especially when their lawbreaking is being examined. Ditto those who lied on their application or who committed acts once here that should have resulted in their legal application being rejected. Those here legally who did not break the law will be ignored by these particular DOGE file searches.
While there is no explicit number confirming how many people are impacted, the system is reportedly dealing with a backlog of 3.5million cases.
This means that at an absolute minimum, DOGE staffers will now have access to unprecedented information about every single person and case.
Beyond that, a source with knowledge of the ECAS accounts told the publication the system contains information about immigrants dating back to the 1990s.
'It's every record of every interaction immigrants have had with the U.S. government in any way,' the official said.
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The thing to remember (IMO) about illegal immigrants, is that they didn't break the law once (when entering illegally) - they keep breaking the law every second they remain.
[FoxNews] 'It's a crisis. It's a FEMA-level travesty,' vet says of Mexican sewage crisis
If it were a new problem, it would be a crisis. Since Mexico has been allowing this to happen all along the border for decades without a care, it is merely an unacceptable situation that was accepted long ago. A wealthy California community even donated a water treatment plant to their counterpart across the border at one point, I understand, without it resulting in any improvement, suggesting the problem might actually be intentional. But perhaps this time the Trump team can make a difference…
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is flying out to San Diego Tuesday to address a “public health and environmental crisis” regarding sewage on the U.S.-Mexico border on Earth Day.
“There is nowhere more important for me to be tomorrow than on the border in California, dealing with this very important public health and environmental crisis,” Zeldin told reporters at a Monday morning news conference ahead of his flight.
“For decades, there has been raw sewage that’s been traveling across the border and Americans are very concerned with regard to beach closures, degradation of the Tijuana River Valley, concerns with public air, health quality,” Zeldin noted. “It’s been going on for too long, and we have to urgently and deliberately pursue and implement a solution that permanently ends this.”
Earlier this month, Mexico completed its San Antonio de los Buenos Wastewater Treatment Plant, which treats approximately 18 million gallons of sewage per day, the Coronado Times reported. The U.S. is rehabilitating and expanding its treatment plant, the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, in a project that launched last fall and is projected to take five years to complete.
The International Boundary and Water Commission reported on April 9 that Mexico would start releasing five million gallons a day of sewage into the Tijuana River for the next five days as authorities repair a critical junction box that forms part of the International Collector project.
That flow partly abated a few days later, but many beaches in Coronado, the coastal city next to San Diego, remained closed as of Saturday.
Zeldin told reporters that he will meet with Mexico’s environmental secretary, and he will host a news conference with Navy SEALs, who have gotten sick due to the contamination. He will also visit a local wastewater treatment facility, meet with businesses and elected officials, and take a helicopter tour of the border.
In December, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, touted President Joe Biden signing a bill allocating $250 million for the wastewater project.
When asked about that funding, Zeldin mentioned another source of funding—the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement that President Donald Trump signed in November 2018 and which went into force in July 2020.
The EPA head said Mexico had failed to obligate $88 million for projects on the Mexican side, under the USMCA.
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Tijuana Estuary - known local problem for a few decades now. I might suggest the Imperial Beach Community might like the status quo as it keeps the tourists, surfers, and developers at bay. The solution is to stop having Baja Mexicans manage and operating the pumping stations - they are proven not capable of it.
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The CA is already a concentration camp for the unhoused criminally insane. Free fentanyl is the perfect Final Solution. California Uber Alles!
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I'm okay with doing away with Narcan. Paramedics I know are tired of picking up / treating addicts multiple times for fentanyl. It'd drive down medical costs / taxes as they are almost always on the public dime.
[NYPOST] Nadine Menendez was convicted Monday of cooking up a crooked scheme with her husband — ex-New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — to sell out his political post for gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz and other bribes.
Jurors found the 58-year-old Englewood Cliffs resident guilty of all 15 federal corruption charges against her following about eight hours of deliberations over two days.
Wearing all-black save for a pink mask over her face, Nadine showed no discernible emotion as the jury foreman read out the guilty verdict inside a sparsely filled Manhattan federal courtroom.
Darwin is winning. Next time don't start a war with Israel, O Gazans, and magically you won’t be killed.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli military operations against Palestinians has risen to 51,240, with 116,931 wounded since October 7, 2023.
In its daily statement, the ministry confirmed that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 39 martyrs and 62 wounded over the past 24 hours due to the ongoing operations.
The ministry also clarified that the numbers since the resumption of these operations on March 18 reached 1,864 martyrs and 4,860 wounded.
It noted that some victims are still under the rubble of destroyed homes and in the streets, where ambulance and civil defense teams are facing difficulty reaching them.
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Death toll due to the HAMAS STARTED genocidal War against Israel & Infidels rises to 51,240 GAZA Supporters — Hodhod Yemen News Agency
Israel is defending itself remarkably well, given IRAN and other radical Islamic nations have poured 100's of 1000's of terrorists and $100's of billions in to destroying Israel.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A delegation from the UN mission based in Hodeidah province visited the scene of the US Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on the ports of al-Salif and Ras Issa on Monday to assess the extent of the damage.
During the visit, the delegation observed the extensive damage to the infrastructure of the two ports and heard an explanation of the serious repercussions of targeting the ports and their impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the country, especially in light of the ongoing blockade and the escalating humanitarian crisis.
Members of the UN mission expressed their deep dismay at the extent of the destruction, stressing that their visit aims to document violations in accordance with international humanitarian law and that they are preparing a neutral and objective report to be submitted to the relevant UN agencies.
For his part, Colonel al-Matari, head of the 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 side and field liaison officer, emphasized that the visit comes within the framework of cooperation with the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... to uncover and expose the crimes of US aggression, noting that the destruction of the ports hinders the delivery of aid and increases the suffering of citizens.
The Salif Port and Ras Issa Port are considered one of the most prominent maritime outlets for the import of basic materials, and their targeting has disrupted operational operations.
This comes amid international warnings of the increasing intensity of the humanitarian crisis in the event of continued targeting and siege
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Times change:
"UN team visits site of criminal US strike on Ras Issa port. https://hodhodyemennews.net 2025/04/21
18 hours ago — A delegation from the UN mission based in Hodeidah province visited the scene of the US airstrikes on the ports of Al-Salif and Ras Issa on ...
Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com United Nations Jan 24, 2025 — The UN has suspended all travel into areas held by Yemen's Houthis after more of its staff were detained by the Iran-backed fighters.
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Once again I ask that a separate category be created for 'news' from suspect non Western sources.
Regnum could even have it's own category and HODHOD could have a category with Tehran media for example
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Once again I ask that a separate category be created for 'news' from suspect non Western sources.
Regnum could even have it's own category and HODHOD could have a category with Tehran media for example
regnum.ru has the best all around news coverage of news from Russia and elsewhere. It would take considerably more time for me to scope out the non military operation news from sources such as ria.ru and rt.ru
Western news sources in their Ukrainian war reporting, in my opinion, are every bit as state run as regnum.ru
They do not provide and accurate picture of what is happening on the battlefield.
If you study the Russian military tendencies, you will find that, save for the occasional reverses, Russia has accurate reporting of what is happening on the battlefield.
The best part of this is that YOU can submit your own articles from whatever source you want, and, if it is up to our standards, it will be published.
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^^ Both arguments are why it's so important for RB news consumers to know where the info is coming from. I do my best to add a tag in each to show the source, but hovering over the link does the same thing
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[NAHARNET] President Joseph Aoun stressed Sunday that the Lebanese ''no longer want war,'' adding that the thorny issue of Hezbollah's arms will be addressed in calm and responsible manner.
''This issue cannot be approached through the media and social networking websites. It needs a responsible, calm and patriotic approach and it needs communication without provocation,'' Aoun said in a response to a news hound's question about the latest statements by top Hezbollah officials. He was speaking in Bkirki after taking part in Easter Sunday Mass and meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.
''In this issue, the most important thing is the country's higher interest,'' the president added.
''When I mentioned arms in the inaugural speech, I was not talking to talk — I'm convinced that the Lebanese no longer want war, cannot bear it and cannot withstand the rhetoric of war,'' Aoun went on to say.
''Our armed forces must be in charge of bearing weapons and we will implement the decision of limiting arms to the hands of the state,'' the president said.
''The train of Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... 's rise has set off and no one will obstruct this start,'' Aoun reassured.
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Lebanese no longer want war
Now, that's big of you. We, in Israel, are supposed to celebrate?
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The 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 Parliament on Monday strongly condemned the horrific and brutal massacre committed by US aggression forces in the Farwah neighborhood and popular market in Shu'ub District of the capital, Sana'a.
In a statement, the Parliament denounced the US bombing of residential areas and civilian markets, labeling such acts as war crimes and crimes against humanity that will not be subject to any statute of limitations
The statement affirmed that the continued violations and massacres carried out by the American enemy against Yemeni civilians will not deter the Yemeni people from supporting Paleostine.
The Parliament also warned of the risk of the criminal American escalation that targets civilians, civilian infrastructure, and the resources of the Yemeni people
Furthermore, the Parliament condemned the international community's inaction, holding the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... , the Security Council, and global institutions fully accountable for their silence on US-Israeli war crimes against civilians in Paleostine and Yemen.
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[IsraelTimes] Israelis should not display national symbols, says National Security Council, which is expecting pro-Palestinian protests around the world; Hamas calls for West Bank campus rallies
Israel on Monday alerted its nationals abroad to take caution ahead of mass pro-Paleostinian protests planned worldwide for Tuesday, warning that the demonstrations could spark violence against Israelis.
The warning from the National Security Council (NSC) came after over 18 months in which Jews and Israelis around the world have been repeatedly targeted in attacks linked to the war against Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... in Gazoo.
In a statement, the NSC said that it had "identified many calls online to hold events and protests in countries around the world led by various pro-Paleostinian groups."
"These events may turn violent mostly peaceful against Israelis," the statement warned, adding that "terror supporters and lone wolves could integrate into protests in order to carry out attacks."
The NSC advised Israelis abroad to obey local security services, notify them in case of distress, not display Israeli symbols in public, avoid protests, and remain alert.
Such specific NSC warnings are relatively rare and based on concrete intelligence.
Hamas last week called for protests across the globe over the weekend, though these were not accompanied by a warning.
On Monday, a senior Hamas official called on Paleostinians in the West Bank, particularly in universities, to hold "angry marches" and mass events across the territory on Tuesday in protest of Israel’s "war of extermination."
In a message on the terror group’s Telegram, Abdel Rahman Shadid argued that "the student movement in the West Bank must play a role in stopping the genocide and taking urgent action for Gaza in all squares and universities, in light of the ongoing war of extermination, and in continuing the heroic battle of the Flood of al-Aqsa" — Hamas’s name for its October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel that sparked the war.
Hamas also called for "escalating all forms of resistance to confront the occupation’s aggression and displacement plans in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem."
Israel’s warning to nationals abroad was issued amid a dramatic rise in protests, calls for violence, and attacks on Israelis in the last year and a half following the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and the subsequent war, notably in Amsterdam in November when 10 people were maimed after angry mobs chased Israeli soccer fans through the city, forcing hundreds to hide in their hotels.
Hamas has previously called on Paleostinians and their supporters around the world to protest Israel, calling for "days of rage" immediately following the October 7 onslaught, in which some 1,200 were killed and 251 were taken hostage, and after the liquidation of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continued as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintained a separate PM in the West Bank. Zapped during the 2023-24 war, to eveyone's satisfaction... in August 2024.
Pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel groups, including student groups at Western universities, have adopted this practice and had even called for their own "days of rage" to commemorate the first anniversary of the October 7 assault in October 2024, including vigils, lectures and protests.
Widespread protests have been held by students for the last year and a half, some of which resulted in harassment and violence against Jewish and Israeli students.
”Mostly peaceful”, no doubt. Tiresome, definitely. And probably between half and an order of magnitude fewer protesters than claimed.
[IsraelTimes] “Thousands”
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gather in Tel Aviv, say Netanyahu ‘unfit’ to serve after Ronin Bar said premier urged him to curb protesters; mounted police whip photojournalist, allegedly hurt protest leader.
Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square Monday night in an impromptu demonstration called after Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a court filing of having sought to use the domestic security agency against activists opposed to the premier.
“The Shin Bet chief revealed today a dangerous attempt by Netanyahu to turn the Shin Bet into a tyrannical tool for persecuting Israeli citizens. He ordered monitoring of citizens, asked for information about them, and in secret talks demanded that the Shin Bet head obey him rather than the law,” a statement from protest leaders said, summing up some of the details included in Bar’s court submission.
“This is a clear and immediate danger to Israeli democracy, posed by someone whose office received money from Qatar, Hamas’s chief sponsor, during wartime,” they argued, echoing suspicions at the basis of the Qatargate affair.
“Netanyahu has lost all legitimacy to lead,” they charged. “He’s unfit to serve.”
Speakers at the event included The Democrats party leader Yair Golan, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon, and various protest leaders.
A group of lawyers who give pro bono representation to anti-government activists said two protesters were arrested at the Begin-HaHashmonaim intersection and taken to central Tel Aviv’s Lev police station.
According to Haaretz, they were among a group of protesters who marched from Habima toward the Ayalon Highway. The two were detained after sitting down on the street and refusing police orders to clear the road, Haaretz reported.
A mounted police officer appeared to whip a Haaretz photojournalist during the stormy protest. Several videos uploaded to social media showed a policeman on horseback hitting Itai Ron with his riding crop, causing Ron to lurch backwards.
Footage showed mounted officers bumping up against protesters who had already vacated the road and were standing on the sidewalk, in compliance with the police orders.
When marchers reached Begin Road, Lev Tel Aviv station chief Deputy Superintendent Micha Gafni declared the demonstration illegal and called for the “arrests of the protest leaders” through a megaphone.
A police horse also trampled on the foot of prominent anti-Netanyahu activist Moshe Radman, who required treatment from a volunteer medic, organizers said.
Bar was fired in a cabinet decision on March 21 at Netanyahu’s recommendation after the prime minister said he had lost faith in Bar’s ability to do his job.
The High Court of Justice froze Bar’s dismissal and told the government and the Attorney General’s Office to work out a solution for resolving the procedural failures, while also inviting Bar to submit his version of events to the court.
Bar submitted an eight-page public statement on Monday via the State Attorney’s Office, along with a 31-page classified statement with five appendices providing greater detail and documentation of his claims.
Mr. Bar was clearly insubordinate, and should have been fired for that alone, never mind compounding factors.
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I'm still curious about the funding - pretty extensive: going by professionally printed signs, anti-Bibi posters on every bus station, etc.. - of these protests.
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Grom, do you remember during the anti-judicial reform protests (same people, different putative cause) when the protest leaders flew to America to meet with a group of rich Progressive donors to work out approaches and funding? One of them was Daniel Lubetzky, who founded PeaceWorks in the 1990s and the OneVoice Movement in 2002, and I believe went on to support the anti-Bibi Victory2015 effort. He’s apparently been quietly advocating here at home against the Hamas protesters since 10/7. He and a group of his friends helped New York City’s Mayor Adams see that what was going on at Columbia U is unacceptable.
[GEO.TV] A teenager has been maimed by Israeli live fire during a military raid on the town of Idhna, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported, citing a report.
The Wafa news agency reported that Israeli forces stormed Idhna, firing live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas canisters.
As a result of the attack, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen and transferred to hospital while several other people suffered from tear gas inhalation and were treated at the scene.
Israeli soldiers also detained a young man after he was maimed.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it carried out a series of counterterrorism operations overnight across the West Bank, arresting 20 wanted suspects.
As part of an ongoing counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank, IDF troops discovered and destroyed a cache of explosive devices in the Nur Shams refugee camp, according to a military statement.
Meanwhile, in the refugee camp of Al-Arroub north of Hebron, security forces say they arrested six suspects accused of throwing stones.
The IDF says the suspects have been transferred for further questioning.
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Said a back-alley kid, Khaled Khaled,
"My neighborhood could be called squalid,
But now that I'm grown..."
[stoops to pick up a stone]
"I'm convinced Allah did me a solid."
[GEO.TV] At least six bad boyz were potted during two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) by security forces in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday.
According to the military's media wing, security forces conducted an operation in the general area of Razmak in North Wazoo district on the reported presence of terrorists.
"During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location, resultantly, five khwarij were sent to hell," the ISPR said.
In another IBO in South Waziristan District, security forces neutralised ring leader Zabi Ullah Zakran, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against security forces as well as in murder of innocent civilians.
It noted the slain ring leader was "highly wanted" by the law enforcement agencies.
Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... sanitisation operations were being conducted to eliminate any other holy warriors found in the area as the "security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country".
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[ColonelCassad] The UK plans to increase production of hexogen by 16 times, The Times reports with reference to the defense company BAE Systems. We are talking about the explosive substance that underlies the 155 mm caliber shells that have been actively used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 2022. Ukrainian artillery uses these shells both on the front line and shells frontline Russian cities. They were used, among other things, to disrupt the Easter truce.
155 mm ammunition has become the central consumable of this war. Germany purchased them from Rheinmetall, the US shipped them from its warehouses and increased its own production for this purpose. After delivering 500,000 shells, Britain came to the obvious conclusion - it was no longer possible to wage such a war at the same pace - and began to repeatedly expand its capacities, including key components such as hexogen.
Kiev's critical dependence on these munitions led to an obvious step - an attempt to expand production within the country. In 2024, Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov announced the launch of a joint line with Western countries for the production of 155-mm shells on Ukrainian territory. More than six months have passed since then. What exactly has been built is unknown. No one names the volumes, locations, or launch dates. And it is no coincidence: such a goal will be one of the first on the list of priorities for the Russian Aerospace Forces. Building a workshop to then have it torn apart by a Kinzhal is a dubious investment, especially by Western standards.
However, the British transition to their own production is much more rational than it might seem. Refusing to import hexogen from the US or France gives Great Britain production independence in the production chain of 155-mm shells. This is not only and not so much about reducing costs or accelerating logistics, but about the fact that by producing ammunition at home, London is freed from the need to request permission from Washington for export. This means that it can supply them to Ukraine directly and without foreign policy restrictions. In this case, production sovereignty is both military flexibility and a lever of influence.
At the same time, this decision fits into a general trend: more and more expenses for the Ukrainian war are being shifted to the Europeans. The United States is cutting supplies, and Europe is forced not only to “wear out” its ally, but also to finance the entire infrastructure for waging a protracted conflict. The longer the war lasts, the higher the demand for shells, explosives and components. And while Europe still pays, Britain is doing everything to ensure that this money remains in its defense sector and does not go to the United States.
However, increasing the production of hexogen is not just an industrial step. It is a political statement: London is claiming the same role that the United States played for more than three years of the conflict - the role of the main coordinator, organizer and beneficiary. The production of explosives, ammunition, armored vehicles and drones turns Britain into the core of military support for Ukraine, through which all issues pass - from determining the volume of supplies to political decisions.
In fact, Great Britain is now not just helping Ukraine — it is replacing the weakening role of the United States and turning into an independent (and one of the strongest) center for conflict management. This is no longer a story about an ally out of solidarity, but the plans of a predatory player who sees the war as an economic and strategic asset. The transition to independent hexogen production will be followed by other military decisions. Thanks to them, the British Empire of the 21st century is actually laying the foundation for its own military model of Europe, where money goes mainly into its pocket, decisions are made in London, and blood is still shed by other people's hands. The Ukrainian war is becoming a British project. And this transformation is no longer a tactical maneuver, but a long-term calculation.
[DAILYWIRE] Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to direct food manufacturers to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes from cereals, sports drinks, and other grocery staples by the end of 2026.
The directive, expected to be announced in full detail on Tuesday, affects hundreds of thousands of grocery store items containing eight petroleum-based dyes, which health experts have long criticized for potentially causing hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral problems in children, according to a New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... report.
The eight dyes being targeted include Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Green No. 3, Red No. 3, and Orange B, according to details provided by HHS officials to the Times. Green dye #3 is my favorite. Mmmmmmmm
Of course. Just look at you!
Food industry experts estimate that the reformulation costs could reach into the billions, though many companies have already developed alternative formulations for their European and Canadian products.
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These were invented to use up waste products and make a few more pennies from already-wealthy oil companies.
Hurting our children for profit. Where have we heard this before?
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Over the last two centuries or so, the human race has been marinating in a stew of manmade chemicals. The variety of these chemicals has been expanded with each new invention. They can (but not always do) act as direct poisons, hormones, carcinogens, inflammation promoters, etc. Now microscopic deposits of modern plastics are being found in tissues of many organisms. I got my bachelor's degree in chemistry, but after I discovered how many of old time chemists died of chemical toxicity I chose another path.
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Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Green No. 3, Red No. 3, and Orange B
When you look at the list of ingredients and you see an innocuous sounding name like one of the above you might not think much about it. But what if they had to list the ingredients, the chemicals, that are used to produce Orange B and all the rest of them?
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I've heard it said that if you can't pronounce the names of the ingredients in a food or beverage, you should not consume it.
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I am hoping this is the end to Christmas Fruitcake.
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[REUTERS] The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks targeting Nigerian security forces as well as Christian civilians in Nigeria's northeastern regions earlier this month.
Through seven messages posted on its news agency "Amaq," ISWAP claimed it conducted these operations, backing up the statements with a video depicting one of the assaults and two photo albums documenting two other operations.
The attacks in Borno state targeted a Nigerian army barracks in Yamtage town where it claimed it killed three soldiers and set the barracks ablaze.
ISWAP also claimed that its fighters captured and subsequently killed four members of pro-government militias loyal to the Nigerian army in the same state.
In Adamawa state, the group claimed responsibility for two attacks on Banga village, a Christian community.
The first, on April 15, allegedly resulted in the deaths of two Christians and the torching of over 30 houses and a church, with "Amaq" publishing photographs of the assault.
The second attack on Banga, on April 16, targeted a Nigerian police patrol in the village, damaging a vehicle and wounding several officers.
It also released a photo album depicting an assault on Lareh village in Adamawa, showing houses belonging to Christians and a church being set on fire but it was not accompanied with a claim.
Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters have mainly operated in northeastern Nigeria and targeted security forces and civilians, killing or displacing tens of thousands of people.
The Nigerian government has said it will "crush" the groups, increasing this year's defence budget by over 40%.
[PUNCHNG] A security analyst and senior fellow of the Extremism Policy Unit at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Bulama Bukarti, on Sunday, warned that the activities of the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... , have started gaining ground on major social media platforms like TikTok.
Bukarti spoke when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television's Politics Today.
The revelation comes barely one week after the senator for Borno South District, Ali Ndume, lamented that Borno State lost 100 soldiers and 280 civilians to the onslaught carried out by Boko Haram bully boyz in six months.
But Bukarti, who has researched the bully boy group for many years, raised a fresh alarm that the bully boyz are now propagating their ideology on social media amid video clips and live streaming.
[GatewayPundit] The shrine to Barack Obama If you like your coverage you can keep it... , aka the Obama library at the Obama Presidential Center (OPC), is still under construction in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... Photos of the building made the rounds on social media recently, and the building is receiving harsh criticism, with some suggesting the barren, characterless building looks more like a prison than a library. Built with DEI concrete. Good luck.
Biz Pac Review notes that the building, designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, features an exterior wrapped in granite panels and is one of "numerous buildings on the massive 19-acre Obama Presidential Center campus, which has been priced at about $830 million by the News Agency that Dare Not be Named."
Better than what was predicted late Sunday night. That was that Harvard would file for bankruptcy. Reason was most of the massive endowment was in non-public equities, hard to liquidate to replace the loss of Gov monies. It was mentioned that Penn, Princeton, Yale and Stanford had a similar problem.
[NYPOST] Harvard University slapped a lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday in a bid to unfreeze over $2.2 billion in grants and other funding imposed against the wealthy Ivy League school for refusing to make reforms to combat antisemitism on campus and address other concerns.
Alan Garber, 69, Harvard's president, accused President Trump's team of seeking ''unprecedented and improper control'' over campus affairs to keep the federal funds flowing.
''These actions have stark real-life consequences for patients, students, faculty, staff, researchers, and the standing of American higher education in the world,'' Garber warned in a blistering statement.
''The consequences of the government's overreach will be severe and long-lasting.''
Earlier this month, the Trump administration's White House task force on antisemitism sent an April 11 email to Harvard University outlining a slew of demands that the prestigious school clamp down on antisemitism and end certain diversity and gender programs in favor of merit.
Those demands included steps such as establishing more merit-based hiring; ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs; reforming ''programs with egregious records of antisemitism and other bias;'' and stepping up admissions screening of international applicants to ''prevent admitting students hostile to the American values,'' including those ''supportive of terrorism or antisemitism.''
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How does the wealthiest university in the world, which charges a mint every semester, go broke?
Next: sob stories about how Harvard is America's "global leadership" or other bullshit. Nobody cares. It's time we tended our own garden, and it's full of weeds.
Let JD Vance loose on them like he did to Europe in Munich. A permanent discrediting of them, using nothing but the truth.
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I cant believe how much we subsidize colleges. Hate being a tax serf, what dont we fund. Everything in the world that hates me, somehow they found a way for me to fund it.
[NYPOST] House Republicans have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to charge former New York Gov. Andrew Sonny Cuomo for making ''criminally false statements'' to Congress, citing ''overwhelming evidence'' that an audit he presided over had low-balled nursing home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The House Oversight Committee re-upped the criminal referral after then-Attorney General Merrick Garland declined last year to prosecute Cuomo for allegedly triggering, helping to draft and reviewing a July 6, 2020, report that undercounted the total number of deaths in senior care facilities by 46%.
''Andrew Cuomo is a man with a history of corruption and deceit, now caught red-handed lying to Congress during the Select Subcommittee's investigation into the COVID-19 nursing home tragedy in New York,'' said Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) in a statement.
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A baseball player, forget his name, went to prison for lying to Congress about steroid abuse.
Who was it, the head of the FBI, did the same thing and no charges were filed.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine.
The largest number of battles are taking place in the Pokrovsky direction. There, Russian occupiers have carried out 22 attacks in the areas of nine populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, 56 combat clashes have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Monday, April 21.
Thus, in the Liman direction, the Russians carried out seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoye, Novomikhaylovka, Grekovka, Mirnoye, Kolodyazy, Torskoye. Currently, one combat clash is ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy once tried to advance forward in the direction of Markovo, where they were repulsed.
In the Toretsk direction, the Russians are trying to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the areas of Toretsk, Dilievka, and Shcherbinovka. Two attacks are ongoing, five assaults have already been repelled.
In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian occupiers carried out 22 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Sukhaya Balka, Mirolyubovka, Elizavetovka, Sukhoi Yar, Kotlinoe, Uspenovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Nadeyevka, Troitskoye. The defense forces repelled nine attacks, 13 clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, 11 assaults have been stopped. The enemy attempted to advance in the areas of Constantinople, Volnoye Pole, Privolnoye, Novosyolka and Rozliv, another clash continues.
In the Orekhov direction, our defenders are repelling an enemy attack in the Stepovoye area.
In the Dnieper direction the enemy carried out one offensive action, but had no success.
In the Kursk region, our soldiers repelled five enemy attacks, two of which are still ongoing.
Let us recall that on April 20, 96 combat clashes occurred on the front in 24 hours , the largest number of which were in the Pokrovsky direction - 39.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupation army has lost almost 700 fighters killed and wounded. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1 million people.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:20 Ukraine is ready for dialogue to begin a partial ceasefire with Russia, which will include a ban on long-range strikes on civilian targets. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Russia rejected not only the American proposal for a complete and unconditional ceasefire, which was made at the talks in Jeddah more than a month ago, but also yesterday's proposal to continue doing everything for silence after Easter... However, Ukraine maintains its proposal not to strike at least civilian infrastructure. And we expect a clear answer from Moscow. We are ready for any discussion on how to ensure this," Zelensky said.
21.58 Russian military are increasingly using donkeys to transport cargo to the front lines. Another video confirming the use of such "pack transport" has appeared on social networks.
The video was made by one of the invaders, who probably accidentally encountered a new, unusual vehicle on his way.
"The UAZs are gone, the Urals are gone, the boys are leading a donkey... A zoo," says the occupier and curses obscenely, commenting on what he saw.
20.57 Scouts from the Black Forest brigade discovered a launcher and loader for the Russian Buk-M2 medium-range anti-aircraft missile system.
"Only after identifying the targets did we transmit the coordinates to adjacent units, who skillfully hit us and gifted us with these fireworks," the statement said.
20:35 The issue of Ukraine's territorial integrity is not discussed with partners in the negotiations to end the war. This is contrary to the Constitution.
"All the negotiators attending meetings either in Saudi Arabia or France clearly say that the issue of Ukraine's territorial integrity is not discussed at all. And even the Constitution of Ukraine contains many prohibitions and restrictions, the media landscape is filled with them," he said, commenting on rumors that Washington might recognize Crimea as Russian.
20.19 Ukraine received another delivery of equipment from the IT coalition, financed by Luxembourg and Iceland. The total cost of the aid was almost 2 million euros.
This time, the partners handed over to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:
3,288 access points of different models
500 routers
460 charging stations with solar panels
872 phones.
This is already the third delivery from the IT coalition in 2025.
19:49 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during which the parties agreed on further steps to achieve an unconditional ceasefire and establish lasting peace.
"Already on Wednesday, our representatives will be working in London. Ukraine, Britain, France, the United States. We are ready to move forward in the most constructive manner possible in order to achieve an unconditional ceasefire with subsequent establishment of a real and lasting peace," the president said.
19:45 US President Donald Trump believes that there is a "very good" chance of some kind of "peace agreement" between Russia and Ukraine. The politician said this during an Easter event at the White House.
Asked about possible details of a peace deal the United States is proposing between Ukraine and Russia, Trump promised to announce full details within the next three days.
Asked about the possibility of a peace deal this week, Trump said yes.
18.56 The Space Pioneers Institute at Kyushu University, which specializes in the production and operation of satellites, will transmit geospatial images to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
17.52 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has decided to "sort out" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's proposal not to strike civilian targets. The Russian side "always seems to be positive about any peace initiatives," he cynically assured.
17.20 In Russia, the 2nd Western District Military Court of Moscow (RF) on April 21 sentenced the driver of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Eremeyev, to 15 years in prison on charges related to the invasion of the Kursk Region. This was reported by the Russian service of the BBC, citing the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Russia. It is noted that the first three years of the Ukrainian's sentence will be spent in prison, and the remaining term - in a maximum security penal colony.
16.35 The Security Service detained 5 pro-Russian Internet agitators operating in the Kyiv region and the Carpathian region. Among those detained is the 58-year-old former functionary of the banned Nashi party, former MP Yevgeny Murayev.
This person administered one of the groups that popularized the party on Facebook. There, he regularly spread fakes about the Defense Forces and the situation at the front, and also praised Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. The total audience of the enemy Internet resource was 27 thousand users.
15.44 Ukrainian aviation carried out a successful strike on the launch site of attack drones near the village of Tetkino in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Up to 20 Russian drone operators were eliminated.
14.33 Russia has not negotiated with anyone about the so-called "Easter truce." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the corresponding statement at a briefing. At the same time, Moscow is going to inform Washington about the alleged "violation of the truce" by Kiev, although there was no agreement on a ceasefire.
13.21 The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) officers, in cooperation with the SBU, have completed a pre-trial investigation into officials of one of the military units in the Kyiv region and three private entrepreneurs who organized the supply of low-quality first aid kits for Ukrainian defenders. The total amount of contracts exceeded UAH 18 million. The indictments have been sent to court. The SBI reports this on its website.
12.54 Studying at universities and vocational schools is currently used to evade mobilization. The government plans to close one of the loopholes. This is evidenced by draft law No. 13193.
12:31 A 31-year-old man has been detained in the suburbs of Kharkov, who organized a "full service" to evade mobilization for 11 thousand US dollars. This was reported on April 21 by the regional prosecutor's office.
11.35 The Ministry of Defense has allocated a third of the defense budget for technological weapons. This was stated by the Director of the Department of Procurement Policy of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Gleb Kanevsky.
11.20 Russian troops are trying to protect themselves from attacks by Ukrainian drones using "anti-drone corridors." This was reported by Andriy Demchenko, a representative of the State Border Service of Ukraine, during a telethon.
10.36 The Russian army attacked residents of the village of Belozerka in the Kherson region from a drone as they walked down the street. As a result of the enemy attack, an older woman was killed and a 47-year-old man was injured. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin on his Telegram channel.
9:56 Soldiers of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with related units in the Kursk region captured nine Russian servicemen. The video was released by the command of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
9:39 On the morning of April 21, Russian troops attacked Nikolaev with missiles and fired artillery at Kherson, there are wounded. This was reported by the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaliy Kim and the Kherson OVA.
9:14 On the morning of April 21, Russian drones attacked Cherkasy Oblast, damaging an infrastructure facility. The territory is being surveyed. This was reported by the head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration Igor Taburets. It is noted that air defense forces destroyed eight Russian drones over the region. There were no civilian casualties.
8:25 The Russian military continues to keep a Kalibr cruise missile carrier in the Black Sea. There is a risk of a missile strike on Ukrainian territory. This was reported by the Ukrainian Navy.
7:58 The Russians attacked the Pokrovsk direction almost 40 times and carried out 1,882 shellings of Defense Forces positions and populated areas. There were 96 combat clashes on the front. This is evidenced by the report of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
7:29 The Russian army lost 670 soldiers on the front over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
05:33 The United States of America is tired of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, it has been going on for too long. This statement was made by the special representative of the American President Donald Trump, Keith Kellogg, commenting on the air of Fox News on the words of the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Washington may leave the peace talks in the absence of progress. According to the representative of Trump, Rubio's statement sounded quite harsh, but that is exactly how it was. The reason is that Washington is "tired of what is happening."
05:12 Immediately after the end of the so-called "truce" declared by dictator Vladimir Putin on Easter, Russian occupation forces began shelling Sumy and Kharkiv regions with UAVs. In addition, the Russians launched reconnaissance and attack UAVs into regions in northern Ukraine.
03:28 The "Easter truce" declared by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has been called a media stunt by Russia in the Czech Republic. According to Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, Putin announced the so-called "Easter truce" in order to create a positive image in the press.
"It's like declaring a fast between breakfast and lunch, but secretly eating sweets. We see that the attacks continue. Ukraine reports several attacks, so the ceasefire declared in this way is more of a media stunt than reality," the Czech Foreign Minister said.
01:14 Since the beginning of April 20, Russian occupation forces have violated the "Easter truce" declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin more than 2,000 times. There were 67 assaults in different directions, most of them in Pokrovskoe. This was reported by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after the report of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky on the situation on the front as of 20:00. According to the head of state, the Russian army carried out 1,355 attacks, 713 of which were from heavy weapons, and 673 were using FPV drones. At the same time, Zelensky noted that there were no strikes by long-range drones and missiles on April 20.
00:31 US President Donald Trump said he hopes Ukraine and Russia "will make a deal this week." Trump also hopes that after the war ends, Ukraine and Russia "will do big business" from the US to "make a fortune." However, he did not provide any new details about a possible truce.
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[NewsFront] 21:32 20.00 to 20.40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea. 21:15 Special Forces "Anvar" ambushed the Ukrainian Armed Forces transport and destroyed the enemy positions, supporting the offensive in the Sumy region.
21:10 April 21 during raid activities in the city of Sudzha by Kursk border guards revealed ammunition and weapons, including in residential buildings of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: more than 310 155mm artillery rounds of foreign manufacture, 15 TM-62 anti-tank mines, 20 VOG-40 underbarrel rounds made in the USA, one FAB-8 round, 30 125mm tank rounds, including five cumulative rounds, more than 10 MOA-120 homemade charges, one PG-7VR RPG round with PG-7R tandem cumulative grenade.
20:21 Head of the DPR handed over the Order of the Republic was awarded to the family of Vladimir Revtov, a bus driver who died heroically in Gorlovka. At a critical moment, he sacrificed his life without hesitation to save passengers.
When an enemy drone struck in front of the bus, Vladimir Aleksandrovich made a final maneuver and, without thinking about himself, saved the passengers.
Colleagues and friends respected Vladimir Revtov for his courage and responsibility – he took on the most dangerous routes, even when others refused.
20:20 The reconnaissance UAV of the 44th Army Corps of the Guards "Sever" hit the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces dugout, in which enemy personnel hoped to take cover from Russian artillery strikes.
FPV operator Severian struck target with kamikaze drone, sending the "bird" aimed inside the fortification
20:01 In the Orekhov direction, servicemen of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Dnepr group of forces lead work on demining forest belts.
In turn, the sapper paratroopers of the Ivanovo unit are clearing the liberated areas of Chasy Yar.
18:30 Information on the situation in the southern Donetsk direction:
Despite the declared temporary ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a night operation counter attack in the Shakhtyorsk direction, which ended with losses of equipment and personnel for the enemy.
— East of Bogatyr, an assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (10 people) on an M-113 armored personnel carrier counterattacked the positions of our units. The armored personnel carrier and eight servicemen were destroyed by FPV drones in a forest belt.
The Vostok group maintains control over key borders despite provocations, and massive shelling, including cluster munitions, once again demonstrates the tendency of the Ukrainian Armed Forces not to comply with agreements.
18:29 In the Dnepropetrovsk direction continue fierce fighting.
In Uspenovka there are counter battles, our units are attacking in the direction of Novoalexandrovka.
To the south, our assault forces occupied landings in the direction of Kotlyarovka, entered it, and also attacked from Preobrazhenka along the ravine in the direction of the headquarters west of Kotlyarovka.
The enemy counterattacks from Troitskoye in the direction of the ravine from the south.
Our units have withdrawn from Bogdanovka. There is a very high density of drones from the enemy.
17:42 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" of the Russian Armed Forces destroys a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction, –video.
17:12 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service”, which exempts from conscription for military service citizens of Russia who have completed military service in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics since May 11, 2014.
16:34 UAV operators, in order to avoid going out and exposing themselves to enemy attacks, use a nanotechnological entrenching tool to carry (carry) their drones into the dugout.
Enemy built up in the direction of the number of its calculations, constantly strikes with FPV drones.
16:00 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crime of Ukrainian servicemen against civilians of the DPR
According to information from executive authorities, a civilian resident of Gorlovka was wounded as a result of an attack by a UAV of the armed forces of Ukraine.
15:08 Sappers of the "East" group of troops discovered anti-tank mine TM-62 and defused it by detonating it on the spot.
14:41 Around 12.50 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
13:52 RF Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces by carrying out a guided missile attack in the area of the settlement of Kirovsk in the Krasno-Limansky direction.
13:43 In the Oboyansky district of the Kursk region, marines of the 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the North group of forces restored monument to the participants of the Great Patriotic War. The monument was erected in honor of the 40th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, which took part in the battles against the Nazi invaders
12:46 Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region as of April 21, 2025
Over the past 24 hours, units of Russian troops in the Kursk regioncontinuedcompliance with the ceasefire regime declared at 18:00 on April 19 by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.
From 00:00 on April 21, units of the North group of forces continued to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces formations on the territory of the Kursk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after the end of the ceasefire amounted to up to 50 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored personnel carriers, an armored combat vehicle, two cars, and three artillery pieces.
12:11 As a result of aerial reconnaissance in the Khar'kov region, a stronghold of Ukrainian fascists was uncovered. Artillerymen of the Guards Forces "North" covered the forest plantation with dense fire.
11:40 In the period from 09.10 to 09.30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
– One UAV – over the territory of the Kursk region;
– One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region.
11:15 In the Zaporizhzhya direction, the situation during the ceasefire was not always calm, the enemy targeted continued use barrel artillery, FPV drones and in some places a tank worked.
On 21.04.2025, from dawn, the enemy launched massive strikes on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, FPV drones filled the sky, and at the moment they continue to strike our positions. Artillery using cluster munitions continues to operate.
10:30 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of April 21, 2025
In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, all troop groups in the special military operation zone from 18:00 on April 19 to 00:00 on April 21 strictly observed the ceasefire and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.
Despite the announcement of the Easter truce, Ukrainian armed forces continued to fire artillery and strike with drones at the positions of our troops, as well as at civilian targets in the border areas of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk regions and the Republic of Crimea of the Russian Federation.
A total of 4,900 ceasefire violations were recorded.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted six attacks, including in the areas of the settlements of Sukhaya Balka, Bogatyr, Pershe-Travnya, Belogorovka and Tarasovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as in the Oleshnya area of the Kursk region, which were repelled.
During the ceasefire, the enemy used 90 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, eight of which were outside the SVO zone. All unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
1,404 artillery attacks, multiple launch rocket systems and mortars were carried out, and 3,316 strikes were carried out using quadcopters on the positions of our troops.
In the border areas of the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions, from 18:00 on April 19 to 00:00 on April 21, 19 shelling attacks, 49 FPV drone strikes and 16 drops of ammunition from unmanned aerial vehicles of the copter type were carried out (on 25 strongholds of units of the Russian Armed Forces and 51 populated areas).
With the end of the ceasefire, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to conduct a special military operation.
The units of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the territorial defense brigade, formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, brigades of the National Guard, the brigade of unmanned systems, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the marine brigade.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after the end of the ceasefire amounted to 210 servicemen, 2 field artillery guns, 2 combat armored vehicles, one car, one pickup truck, one artillery gun, one radar station, one electronic and counter-battery warfare station, and one armored personnel carrier.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged the infrastructure of a military airfield, ammunition depots and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations in 74 districts.
Air defense systems destroyed 104 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
09:50 During an air patrol of the Khar'kov region, the operator of the UAV 44th Army Corps GV "Sever" discovered location of the dugout with Ukrainian military personnel.
09:40 Footage released destruction 120mm mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the FPV drone of the Russian Armed Forces in the Krasno-Limansky direction.
07:32 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
➡️- Novomikhaylovka was liberated
- adjustment of the control zone in Dzerzhinsk in our favor
Making no difference whatsoever, but at least it gets them out in the healthy fresh air and sunshine.
[GEO.TV] Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one that was led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spent more time running his madrassah until his secretary rubbed him out in a jealous rage. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability... -Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ...Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty. Fazl seldom misses a meal and is now so large he has his own gravitational pull... expressed serious concerns over the situation in Paleostine and announced a protest rally at Minar-e-Pakistain in Lahore to show their solidarity with the people of 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... Addressing a joint presser flanked by Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, Fazl said: ''The [current] situation in Paleostine is a matter of deep concern for the entire Moslem Ummah.''
He invited the religious parties and the people to attend the proposed rally at the Minar-e-Pakistain.
Lambasting the rulers, the JUI-F chief said that those who are in power have failed to fulfil their responsibilities towards Gaza. He added that the JUI-F will soon launch a countrywide awareness campaign.
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[EngMilRu] In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, all the Groups of Forces deployed in the special military operation zone have been strictly observing the state of ceasefire from 18:00 of 19 April to 00:00 of 21 April remaining in previously taken positions.
Despite the announced Easter ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to conduct artillery fire and strike by unmanned aerial vehicles against the positions of Russian troops as well as civilian facilities in the border areas of Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk regions and the Republic of Crimea.
In total, there were 4,900 ceasefire violations.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have attempted to launch attacks six times including in the areas of Sukhaya Balka, Bogatyr, Pershe-Travnya, Belogorovka, and Tarasovka (Donetsk People's Republic) as well as Oleshnya (Kursk region). All those attempted attacks were repelled.
The enemy employed 90 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, eight of them outside the special military operation zone during the ceasefire. All UAVs have been shot down.
The enemy shelled for Russian positions for 1,404 times from artillery pieces, MLRS, and mortars, plus 3,316 strikes by quadrocopters.
In the border areas of Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions, 19 fire attacks, 49 strikes by FPV drones, and 16 ammunition drops from copter-type unmanned aerial vehicles (25 strongholds of the Russian Armed Forces and 51 settlements) had been carried out from 18:00 of 19 April till 00:00 of 21 April .
In general, during the daytime, the density of fire and operations by the enemy was significantly reduced along the front line.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have continued the special military operation when the ceasefire was over.
In Belgorod direction, the Sever Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of a territorial defence brigade near Khmelevka (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 troops and an artillery gun.
The Zapad Group of Forces engaged a mechanised brigade of the AFU near Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
The enemy lost up to 30 troops.
The Yug Group of Forces delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade close to Shcherbinovka, Yablonovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 45 troops, a Kazak armoured fighting vehicle, and two field artillery guns.
The Tsentr Group of Forces hit a mechanised brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicle, an assault regiment of the AFU, and a naval infantry brigade near Krasnoarmeysk, Novopavlovka, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU lost up to 80 troops, a Kazak armoured fighting vehicle, and a pickup truck.
The Vostok Group of Forces delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of a naval infantry brigade near Bogatyr (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were more than 25 servicemen, an armoured personnel carrier, and a motor vehicle.
The Dnepr Group of Forces damaged units of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade near Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region) and Ponyatovka (Kherson region).
Up to 10 troops, an electronic warfare station, and a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire radar have been eliminated.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of a military airfield, ammunition and unmanned aerial vehicles depots as well as temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian armed forces in 74 areas.
Air defence systems have shot down 104 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the AFU lost 661 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 52,935 unmanned aerial vehicles, 604 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,970 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,544 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,916 field artillery guns and mortars, 34,389 units of support military vehicles.
In the past 24 hours, the Russian troops in Kursk region have continued to observe the ceasefire regime announced at 18:00 of 19 April by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces and have stayed on their positions.
From 00:00 of 21 April, the Sever Group of Forces have continue fighting against the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of Kursk region.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured personnel carriers, an armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, and three artillery guns when the ceasefire was over.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to:more than 75,375 troops, 411 tanks, 336 infantry fighting vehicles, 311 armoured personnel carriers, 2,282 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,749 motor vehicles, 632 artillery guns, 62 MLRS launchers including 15 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 28 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 128 EW stations, 18 counter-fire radars, 12 air defence radars, 57 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[Regnum] The highest active volcano in Eurasia, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, has begun erupting in Kamchatka. This was reported by the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The branch noted that a glow was recorded on the volcano's crater on the night of April 21. It lasted for several minutes.
"Klyuchevskoy Volcano. April 20, 2025. The glow above the volcano's crater is associated with a Strombolian type of eruption," says a message from KVERT of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IVS FEB RAS) on the Telegram channel.
The aviation hazard code for the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano has been changed from green to yellow. This code is the second of four and indicates risks for small aircraft. If the volcano's activity continues to increase, it could affect low-flying aircraft.
Klyuchevskoy Volcano (Klyuchevskaya Sopka) is located 30 km from the village of Klyuchi in the Ust-Kamchatsky District, where about 4.5 thousand people live. It is the highest active volcano in Eurasia. Its age is approximately 7,000 years.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Bezymyanny volcano began erupting in Kamchatka. Satellite data showed a bright thermal glow in the crater that lasted for several minutes. At 10:30 local time on April 21 (01:30 Moscow time), explosions raised ash from the Bezymyanny volcano 4,000 meters above sea level. The ash plume stretched 36 km west of the volcano.
The volcanic eruption continues. Volcanologists noted that an ash plume up to 10-15 km above sea level can be expected at any time. The volcano's activity is dangerous for local air travel, and an orange hazard code (increased probability of eruption) has been declared.
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[Regnum] Klaus Schwab, 88, has stepped down as chairman of the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum (WEF). This was reported by the WEF press service.
“At an extraordinary meeting of the board on April 20, the Board of Trustees took note of the resignation of Klaus Schwab,” the statement said.
The board appointed vice-chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe as acting chairman, in accordance with WEF rules. It also established a search committee to select a future chairman.
Schwab himself said that he was leaving his post due to his age.
Klaus Schwab, has been chairman of the WEF trustees since its founding in 1971. The forum's members include about a thousand large companies from around the world, including Russia.
The last meeting of the WEF, which took place in January 2025, was held without the participation of the Russian delegation, since, according to the Russian Ambassador to Switzerland Sergei Garmonin, the organizers of the forum did not send the corresponding invitations to the Russian Federation, but the Russian side took this decision calmly.
Garmonin emphasized that Moscow will continue to solve external problems in promising formats such as BRICS.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in May 2024, the President of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Klaus Schwab, decided to leave his post and become a non-executive director of the forum.
Earlier, in June 2024, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that at least six women had faced sexual harassment from senior WEF management. Two employees reported being approached by high-ranking participants at the event. The employees also accused Schwab of harassment - "offering informal communication to a young employee." Another six former employees said they were forced to resign after they announced their pregnancy.
Moreover, according to the publication, Schwab personally ordered the dismissal of some employees over 50 years old in order to reduce the average age of workers and improve performance, deciding to “carry out a youth transformation of the organization.” Representatives of the forum refused to arrange an interview with Schwab, and the press service stated that the article “incorrectly describes the organization, culture and colleagues, including the founder ”
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[Regnum] One of the two ACS-890 radar reconnaissance aircraft transferred by Sweden was tested in Ukraine. According to the publication "Strana.ua", the test flight took place on April 21 over Lviv.
"The Swedish Ministry of Defense believes that these aircraft will provide Ukraine with completely new capabilities for airborne radar reconnaissance. The ACS-890 is capable of detecting air and sea targets at a distance of up to 400 km," the authors noted.
It is noted that the aircraft has the potential to be integrated into a defensive system along with American F-16 fighters.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on March 10, the SVF680 aircraft of the Swedish Air Force conducted reconnaissance along the border of the Kaliningrad Region. The aircraft's route is indicated on the Flightradar website, according to which the aircraft departed from the Swedish city of Linköping towards the Polish Gdansk, where it began reconnaissance along the borders of the Kaliningrad Region. It then flew near the Polish-Belarusian border, reached Zamość, located near the border with Ukraine, and turned north.
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have received two upgraded Su-57 fighters. This is reported by the American magazine The National Interest (TNI).
The publication specifies that neither Rostec nor the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) officially announced the deliveries of the fighters. At the same time, photographs of two aircraft with the identification marks "Red 25" and "Red 26" were distributed online. Based on these numbers, the publication assumed that these Su-57s had just rolled off the assembly line.
"Visible new markings indicate that these are newly built aircraft, possibly part of an effort to scale up production. The aircraft spotted this week are from newer series, featuring improved avionics and design features," the publication says.
It is also specified that Russia continues to produce fifth-generation fighters, despite active attempts by the West to limit production.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 29, the Rostec press service reported that the Russian troops received the first batch of Su-35S fighters in 2025. The state corporation also reported that the fighters had passed a full cycle of factory tests, were accepted by the technical staff and tested in various operating modes by Defense Ministry pilots.
At the end of December 2024, UAC also manufactured and transferred new batches of Su-57 fighters and Su-34 frontline bombers to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov previously noted that the state corporation's aircraft manufacturing enterprises are rhythmically supplying the Russian army with aircraft equipment, and the Su-57 and Su-34 aircraft transferred to the troops will soon take their place in service.
#5
Maybe it's just me, but am finding Dem female politicians have a look about them that is singularly unattractive.
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^ No wonder
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The DEMOCRAT LIBERAL appointed congress person would do well to read;
18 U.S. Code § 2339B - Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations
OBTW: 50 U.S. Code § 24 - Duties of marshals
Clearly states the President has the authority.
When an alien enemy is required by the President, or by order of any court, judge, or justice, to depart and to be removed, it shall be the duty of the marshal of the district in which he shall be apprehended to provide therefor and to execute such order in person, or by his deputy or other discreet person to be employed by him, by causing a removal of such alien out of the territory of the United States; and for such removal the marshal shall have the warrant of the President, or of the court, judge, or justice ordering the same, as the case may be.
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[Regnum] Russia does not plan to get involved in a naval arms race, but it bears in mind that its fleet is one of the strongest in the world and can provide an adequate response to any threats. This was stated on April 21 by the Russian Presidential Aide, Head of the Naval Collegium Nikolai Patrushev.
"We have no plans to get involved in a naval arms race. Our country already has and continues to develop a powerful, modern and balanced Navy, which is capable of providing an adequate response to any challenges and threats to security," Kommersant newspaper reports Patrushev as saying.
He noted that the collective West has already stopped hiding its intentions to create a naval blockade. These measures will be met with adequate and proportionate resistance from the Russian Federation. If diplomatic or legal instruments do not lead to results, the Russian Navy will be ready to ensure the safety of Russian shipping, Patrushev concluded.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, from April 6 to 10, the Russian Navy held the Friendship Bridge 2025 exercises with the participation of the Egyptian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. The sailors worked out elements of ship defense against high-speed naval craft and air defense training to repel an attack by a simulated enemy aircraft.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the experience of the special military operation should be taken into account in training sailors and developing the tactics of the Navy. The head of state also noted that it is necessary to develop the production of Russian ship-based unmanned aircraft systems and marine robotic systems.
According to Putin, 49 military ships have been built in Russia over the past five years. At the same time, 8.4 trillion rubles have been allocated for the development of the Russian Navy in the next decade, the head of state concluded.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) claimed on Monday that a major deception has had a negative impact on residents of the southern provinces which are under the control of the Saudi-led coalition.
STC Presidency member Fadl al-Jaadi stated: ''We are fully aware of the political deception and cunning schemes being employed against our people's free will through various means — political, military, and service-related.''
This remark appeared to reference the STC's controversial alliance with the so-called ''7/7 gang'' from the Islah and General People's Congress parties, which are aligned with the Saudi-led coalition.
Al-Jaadi further stated in a post on X: ''These agendas aim to exhaust citizens and politically demoralize them, with the goal of diverting the Southern Cause from its path and stripping it of its essence.''
Al-Jaadi emphasized that the STC and the people of the south will not allow these ''parasitic elements'' to thwart their aspirations or push them backward.
[GEO.TV] Gaza's Government Media Office has warned Palestinians against a ''malicious campaign'' suggesting they can evacuate the Gaza Strip via Israel's Ramon Airport and relocate to other countries around the world, Al Jazeera reported.
It said the misleading information was being shared by fake social media accounts and accused Israel of spreading ''toxic propaganda'' to undermine ''the steadfastness of our Palestinian people''.
The information:
It’s happening…the Palestinians have begun leaving Gaza:
Palestinian in Gaza: “Many people I know personally are migrating through Kerem Shalom! The idea started to come to our minds.” pic.twitter.com/AU9CycMwtR
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....I seem to remember that my immigrant forebears - the Kozlowskis and Szelminskis from Poland, the Carpentieres and Alleruzzos from Italy -came here EXPECTING to work their backsides off to provide for their families, for as long as it took to make it.
Of course, those families didn't have NGOs telling them that you can walk over the border and everything will be taken care of forever. Go figure.
One further order we must give you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: don’t associate with the brother whose life is undisciplined, and who despises the teaching we gave him. You know well that we ourselves are your examples here, and that our lives among you were never undisciplined. We did not eat anyone’s food without paying for it. In fact we toiled and labored night and day to avoid being the slightest expense to any of you. This was not because we had no right to ask our necessities of you, but because we wanted to set you an example. When we were actually with you, we gave you this principle to work on: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.” Now we hear that you have some among you living quite undisciplined lives, never doing a stroke of work, and busy only in other people’s affairs. Our order to such men, indeed our appeal by the Lord Jesus Christ, is to settle down to work and eat the food they have earned themselves.
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[ZeroHedge] With the “worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor,” January 6th, as the pretext, the Biden regime in 2021 devised its Orwellian “Strategic Implementation Plan For Countering Domestic Terrorism,” recently declassified by DNI chief Tulsi Gabbard.
Via The Washington Examiner (emphasis added):
“Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified a Biden administration plan to counter domestic terrorism established in the months following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
Gabbard declassified former President Joe Biden’s Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism at the prompting of conservative groups, including America First Legal…
Biden’s summer 2021 outline even garnered the criticism of the American Civil Liberties Union*, which called it a reflection of the “ever-expanding authority to surveil and monitor American communities.””
The Strategic Implementation Plan For Countering Domestic Terrorism four “pillars”:
· Pillar One: Understand and Share Domestic Terrorism-Related Information
· Pillar Two: Prevent Domestic Terrorism Recruitment and Mobilization to Violence
· Pillar Three: Disrupt and Deter Domestic Terrorism Activity
· Pillar Four: Confront Long-Term Contributors to Domestic Terrorism
Whereas “terrorist” once meant something specific — the use of literal violence for political ends — by “domestic terrorism,” the Biden regime meant “parents who don’t want the state to turn their kids into trannies without their consent” and people who say true things about Anthony Fauci on the internet.”
Via Pillar Four:
“Implement the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act to address hate crime reporting barriers faced by disadvantaged communities by promoting law enforcement training and resources to prevent and address bias-motivated crimes; improve federal hate crimes data and analysis to eliminate hate crimes underreporting; mitigate xenophobia and bias, including by advancing inclusion in the nation's COVID-19 response.”
Via the 2024 Supreme Court of the United States petition (emphasis added):
“The Attorney General of the United States has weaponized the vast law enforcement resources of the federal government to target parents, including Petitioners, who publicly and vehemently object to certain policies being forced upon their children in various school districts across the country, specifically including school districts located in Loudoun County, Virginia, and Saline, Michigan. The Attorney General has pejoratively designated these parents as “threats” and “domestic terrorists,” deeming them worthy of investigation and surveillance by the federal government.”
Via the 2024 Supreme Court of the United States petition (emphasis added):
“The Attorney General of the United States has weaponized the vast law enforcement resources of the federal government to target parents, including Petitioners, who publicly and vehemently object to certain policies being forced upon their children in various school districts across the country, specifically including school districts located in Loudoun County, Virginia, and Saline, Michigan. The Attorney General has pejoratively designated these parents as “threats” and “domestic terrorists,” deeming them worthy of investigation and surveillance by the federal government.”
This perfect illustration of mission creep is why we should not be cavalier about allowing — or even celebrating — the current administration designating criminal gangs like MS-13 as “terrorist” groups.
While I understand that doing so endows the Trump administration with greater authorities to purge the illegal aliens who comprise these groups from American soil, it is also laying the groundwork for future abuses when the Democrats, at some point in the future, take the reins of power.
Yet here we sit in 2025, allowing the ranks of who can be swept up in the national security state’s “terrorism” dragnet to swell once more, to deafening partisan cheers.
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[ENGLISH.NEWS.CN] One soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device and 13 terrorists arrested during military operations carried out between Thursday and Saturday within the national territory, the Nigerien army confirmed on Saturday.
A notorious gang leader known for his atrocities against civilians, dangerous armed bandits, and individuals formally identified as members of criminal groups are among the terrorists arrested, the army specified in its information bulletin.
Niger continues to face attacks at the border areas by armed groups controlling southern Libya, including terror groups linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and the Boko Haram militant group.
[REDSTATE] After a week in which Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) completely embarrassed himself by having a meeting with an illegal alien alleged MS-13 gang member who has also been accused of beating his wife, you might think he would go to ground and hide away in shame. But that would mean he had shame.
He apparently doesn't, since instead, he was hitting all the Sunday shows on Easter trying to attack the Trump team and push the twisted narrative of his visit. But even going on friendly stations didn't go well for him.
On "Meet the Press," he didn't seem to understand why the murder of Rachel Morin, a resident of Maryland, the state he's supposed to represent, was relevant.
"I'm not sure why Abrego Garcia's rights should be denied based on an awful murder that he had absolutely nothing to do with," he said, dismissing that fact and people calling him out for not advocating or caring about Morin.
Then there was CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... and Dana Bash. Bash brought up the question of Abrego Garcia's alleged MS-13 tattoos, which 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... pointed out. She doesn't note the court findings that Abrego Garcia was a member. But she asked Van Hollen if he could say that Abrego Garcia was not a member: "Did you ask him point blank?"
Van Hollen's answer showed the exact problem Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... have with this case.
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I have always tried to stay out of who other states elect to national office. Unfortunately, this guy is spending my money, advocating for dangerous legal decisions and voting for policies that hurt my state and the whole country.
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[GEO.TV] At least two people have been killed by overnight Israeli fire in the north of Rafah, southern 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... , and the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported, citing local media reports.
The al-Aqsa TV news outlet also reported that two people were killed as a result of Israeli air strikes on the Bakr family home west of Gaza City.
At the same time, an Israeli drone attack on a tent housing displaced people in the al-Katiba neighbourhood of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, injured several people, including women and kiddies.
How the Times of Israel reported it a few hours later:
“The occupation launched violent airstrikes on Gaza City and the towns of Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Khan Younis, killing seven civilians,” civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal tells AFP. Hamas’s casualty figures consistently conflate civilians with terror operatives.
Four people are killed in the Al-Rimal area near Gaza City, two in Al-Sabra west of Gaza City and one in Khan Younis, he asserts.
“The occupation also destroyed more than 10 homes east of Gaza City and in Rafah,” he adds.
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See the charts at the link. Red is for Russia and Blue is for Ukraine. It falls in line with my contention that Russian irretrievable losses from the war are at least an order of magnitude lower than Ukraine and its western procurers claim.
[ColonelCassad] In connection with the intensified topic of another exchange of bodies, the group for calculating the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the LOSTARMOUR project offers an overview of this issue for the entire period of the SVO.
We know that at least 61 exchanges were made in total, the earliest on 05/07/2022, of which we have information on 50.
Initially, the exchanges were carried out as equivalent by analogy with prisoners, later shifting towards the "all for all" scheme, since there is no benefit from storing enemy bodies.
In 2023, there is some shift in the number of bodies transferred towards dead Russian soldiers, especially during the summer Ukrainian "counteroffensive".
Later, especially since the summer of 2024, there is a sharp increase in the number of bodies transferred to Ukraine.
[NYPOST] The Trump administration reupped a $5 million reward Monday for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias, the alleged leader of MS-13 in Honduras.
Archaga Carias, who also goes by ''Porky,'' directs several of the notoriously violent mostly peaceful gang's criminal activities, including drug trafficking, money laundering, murder and kidnappings, according to the State Department.
The US government's $5 million bounty for Archaga Carias was first offered in 2023 under the State Department's Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program but is being highlighted once again as part of the Trump administration's efforts to combat the gang, which earlier this year President Trump designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] In the year after he ''retired,'' Fauci pulled in approximately $3.5 million, cashing in on the fame he garnered during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a financial disclosure obtained by government watchdog Open the Books.
''Dr. Fauci's assets soared during the worst of the draconian Covid lockdowns while families and small businesses struggled through school closures and lost income. Now it's clear the cash kept coming during his first year of 'retirement,''' Open The Books CEO John Hart told the Daily Caller. ''He was rubbing elbows with groups like AHIP flanked by taxpayer-funded security — even as his wife remained the top bioethicist at NIH.''
[BREITBART] A far-left pastor of a Florida United Methodist Church lit a candle wrapped in barbed wire in honor of accused MS-13 gang member and alleged wife beater Kilmar Abrego Garcia during his Easter Sunday service, saying the United States government ''kidnapped'' him.
The sermon was given by Rev. Andy Oliver of Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, where he compared the El Salvadoran illegal alien to one of the criminals who were crucified alongside Jesus Christ before his Resurrection:
''We continue to pray for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the Supreme Court has ordered must be returned home after our government unlawfully kidnapped him,'' Oliver said.
[GEO.TV] The new US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has called on Hamas to accept a proposed ceasefire to release captives in exchange for humanitarian aid to flow into the enclave, which Israel has blocked since early March.
''When that happens and hostages are released, which is an urgent matter for all of us, then we hope that the humanitarian aid will flow and flow freely, knowing it will be done without Hamas being able to confiscate and abuse their own people,'' Huckabee said in a video statement on X.
That’s not all he said:
A @WHO official called upon me to put pressure on Israel to bring more humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. How about we put the pressure where it really belongs – on Hamas. pic.twitter.com/5AAv5Q63DD
— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@USAmbIsrael) April 21, 2025
[DAILYSIGNAL] The Trump administration may ''soon'' institute a plan for undocumented Democrat farm workers to leave the country then return legally to work, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Monday. *cough* Bracero program *cough*
''The president at his Cabinet meeting, the one about a week and a half ago, brought that up, and he really fully understands and realizes that our dairy producers, our row croppers, our citrus producers, they have to have labor to be able to feed America, and food security, and America is national security, so it's incredibly encouraging,'' Rollins told The Daily Signal. ''He realizes that, but at the same time realizing that you have to secure the border, you've got to have an immigration system in place that makes sense for America and puts America first.''
''So I believe it will be soon,'' she added, ''but we're working through all the details.''
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[IsraelTimes] Days after US-Iran nuclear talks, Trump reports ‘good meetings’; Netanyahu said set to speak with him by phone
The Israeli Air Force conducted drills on Monday simulating another Iranian missile attack on Israeli airbases, in light of rising tensions over the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s nuclear program, the Kan public broadcaster reported
IAF bases were targeted in previous Iranian strikes in April and October 2024.
The report of the exercise came as the US and Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... continue to hold talks on the latter’s nuclear program, with the drills said to be aimed at boosting readiness in case the talks collapse.
Israeli officials were reportedly caught off guard by a New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... report last week revealing a halted Israeli-American plan to strike Iran, allegedly blocked by US President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... In Jerusalem, the leak has been interpreted as a US pressure tactic to push Tehran toward a nuclear deal.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to speak with Trump by phone on Monday, the Walla news site reported.
The two leaders would discuss the currently stuck 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... hostage talks as well as the nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran, according to the report.
It would be the first call between the two men since the premier visited the White House two weeks ago.
In Israel, newly appointed US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee — upon delivering his credentials to President Isaac Herzog — stressed that Iran wants to destroy both Israel and the US.
"It has always been their desire that Israel would be the opening act and then it would be America’s turn to face destruction," he said. "Or to put in another simple way, Israel is the appetizer and the United States is the entrée."
Agreeing with Huckabee, Herzog emphasized that Tehran "continues to pursue its radical vision of regional dominance and destabilization — on its own and via its proxies — whilst pursuing nuclear arms and openly calling for the destruction of Israel."
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...When I was in Strategic Air Command, one of our guiding philosophies was that the war had already started - we were just waiting for the order to hit back.
So we trained and trained and trained to make sure that when that first punch landed, we were ready.
Reports from Gaza describe thunderous blasts echoing all the way to the north as the IDF pounds targets in Rafah.
Gazan journalists say the Shabura neighborhood has been leveled—reduced to rubble—while over 70 Israeli bulldozers and engineering vehicles work by day to flatten… pic.twitter.com/FvYCf6QDTe
There have been discussions of Israel having many robot D9 dozers that can be driven remotely from anywhere on the planet. This makes it pain free to have dozers lead the way in attacks.
It’s happening…the Palestinians have begun leaving Gaza:
Palestinian in Gaza: “Many people I know personally are migrating through Kerem Shalom! The idea started to come to our minds.” pic.twitter.com/AU9CycMwtR
[IsraelTimes] Army reports airstrikes hit over 200 targets in Gaza over weekend, including terrorist cells and weapons depots
An Israeli strike 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... killed a terrorist who took part in the October 7, 2023, invasion, the military said Monday, announcing hundreds of strikes on targets in the Paleostinian enclave over the past three days.
The Israel Defense Forces did not detail when or where the strike that killed Ahmad Mansour took place, announcing the killing after Gazooks said 43 people were killed in attacks on Friday.
According to the IDF, Mansour was a member of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror group’s rocket unit. The army said he was among the thousands of bully boyz who infiltrated southern Israel from Gaza on October 7.
During the Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... -led attack, which included members of other terror groups, 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage, of whom 59 remain in captivity. Twenty-four are believed to be alive.
There was no immediate confirmation from PIJ, which has fired a number of rockets at Israel over the course of the war, though the Iran-backed group was considered to have a smaller arsenal than Hamas.
In March, PIJ grabbed credit for two rockets that were launched at the city of Sderot in southern Israel.
The IDF also said Monday morning that the Israeli Air Force had struck over 200 targets over the last 72 hours, including terrorist cells, weapons depots, rocket launchpads, sniper outposts, and other structures used for terrorist activity.
The army said troops killed an unspecified number of bully boyz during ground operations near the southern city of Rafah.
Additionally, the IDF said recent ground operations saw the dismantling of an "underground infrastructure site" in the northern Gaza Strip from which it identified terrorist activity, as well as several sniper posts that posed a threat to Israeli troops in the area.
Fighting in the Strip resumed in mid-March following the collapse of a two-month ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which saw the release of 33 hostages.
The army had faced relatively light resistance in the renewed offensive until Saturday, when the IDF announced that an Israeli soldier was killed and five others were maimed, three of them seriously, in a Hamas attack in northern Gaza.
The slain soldier was named as Warrant Officer G’haleb Sliman Alnasasra, 35, a tracker in the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, from Rahat.
According to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, some 1,600 deaths have been reported as a result of IDF actions since the end of the ceasefire, including 43 people reported killed on Friday, according to Rooters.
The ministry claims over 50,000 Gazooks have been killed in the war, though its tolls cannot be verified and do not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel estimated in January that it had killed some 20,000 combatants in Gaza.
Talks for a new ceasefire have reportedly been deadlocked over Israel’s demand that Hamas free 11 living hostages in exchange for an extended ceasefire, while Hamas has offered to release five.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a pre-recorded statement that Israel would not end the war in Gaza until Hamas had been completely dismantled, dampening hopes for a ceasefire.
He accused the terror group of rejecting a proposal for the return of half of the remaining living hostages and many of the slain hostages it holds in Gaza, and said Israel could not agree to Hamas’s demands to end the war and withdraw militarily from Gaza.
"If we capitulate to the dictates of Hamas now, all the great achievements of the war, which we achieved with the merit of our soldiers and our fallen and our heroic injured, all these achievements will disappear," Netanyahu said.
[SAHARAREPORTERS] Militants from 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.... -backed faction of Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... , the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jam%u0101'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jih%u0101d have attacked Buni Yadi, killing three soldiers.
The attackers also carted away foodstuffs and livestock, sources told SaharaReporters.
Buni Yadi, in Gujba Local Government Area, located 54 kilometres away from Damaturu, the state capital, was one of the worst-hit local communities in Yobe State under the control of the Boko Haram turbans for two years.
''My home town came under attack overnight by Boko Haram terrorists. Three soldiers were killed, and foodstuffs and livestock were carted away. However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... the army collected three cars from the terrorists. The attack started around 11 pm on Sunday till 4 am this morning (Monday),'' a resident told SaharaReporters.
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Three soldiers were killed
Week in Progress (4/20- 4/26)
Shot & Killed: 4
Shot & Wounded: 4
Total Shot: 8
Total Homicides: 4
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
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
...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 
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
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...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects....
..a regional Iranian catspaw,....png "Wazoo")
Wazoo
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
Alan Garber, 69, Harvard's president, accused President Trump's team of seeking ''unprecedented and improper control'' over campus affairs to keep the federal funds flowing.
...Deobandi holy man, known as 
[ZeroHedge] With the “worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor,” January 6th, as the pretext, the Biden regime in 2021 devised its Orwellian “Strategic Implementation Plan For Countering Domestic Terrorism,” recently declassified by DNI chief Tulsi Gabbard.
[REDSTATE] After a week in which Sen. 
...every time you hear the phrase 
[NYPOST] The Trump administration reupped a $5 million reward Monday for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias, the alleged leader of 
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] In the year after he ''retired,'' 
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
...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 
