[IsraelTimes] A ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... was likely intercepted by air defenses a short while ago, the military says.
The IDF says attempts were made to shoot down the missile, and they were apparently successful.
There are no reports of injuries or impacts.
Sirens had sounded in Beersheba, Dimona, Arad, and the surrounding area in southern Israel. Preceding the sirens by four minutes, an early warning was issued to residents, alerting civilians of the long-range missile attack via a push notification on their phones.
[AnNahar] Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Wally Jumblat ...Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling... said the PSP has handed over its "light and medium" arms to the state three weeks ago, urging all other parties to do the same.
Jumblat called Thursday on all Lebanese and non-Lebanese parties to hand over their arms, saying that "a new chapter has been opened in the Middle East".
He added that it is not by attacking Hezbollah with statements that disarmament must be done, a hint that other parties must disarm as well in a message to Hezbollah instead of attacking the group.
[HodhodYemen ...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... News] 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... held a funeral for more than 60 Iranians, including top military commanders and nuclear scientists, martyred during Zionist regime aggression against Iran.
The funeral proceedings kicked off at 8:00 am (0430 GMT) at Enghelab Square on Saturday.
Participants, who had gathered since the early hours of dawn, chanted various slogans, the most prominent of which were: "Death to America... Death to Israel."
They also called for the prosecution of Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency.
After 12 days of aggression against Iran and overwhelming responses by the Iranian armed forces, the Israeli occupation was forced to accept a ceasefire on the morning of the past Tuesday.
Iranian state media have released the first photos of the coffins of senior military commanders and officials killed in Israeli airstrikes, just two hours ahead of their mass funeral in downtown Tehran. The images purportedly show the bodies of Iran’s top general Mohammad… pic.twitter.com/tYeBzhJdwg
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) June 28, 2025
… top general Mohammad Bagheri; IRGC chief commander Hossein Salami; Aerospace Force commander Amir-Ali Hajizadeh; Khatam al-Anbiya commander Gholam-Ali Rashid and his successor Ali Shadmani; IRGC Quds Force Palestine Corps chief Saeed Izadi; and Saeed Borji, who was known as the figure behind Iran’s nuclear detonation technology.
So repetitive. Sooooo boring. So very, very stupid and self-destructive.
[IsraelTimes] Demonstration urging end to war highlights plight of mothers of soldiers fighting in Gaza; hostages’ families reportedly pushing for meeting with Trump next week
Thousands of protesters gathered at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Thursday to demand a ceasefire and hostage deal 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... , the first such demonstration since a truce ended 12 days of war between Israel and Iran.
One of the organizing groups of the protest was Ima Era (Wide-awake mother), which brings together mothers of soldiers. The group’s name alludes to mothers’ difficulty sleeping knowing their children could be killed at war — a fear that speakers say is foreign to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and many of his ministers.
After the speeches, protesters marched to the Begin Road entrance to IDF Headquarters to continue the demonstration there. Many of the protesters held small battery-powered toy candles. Backing up the march was a mock funeral procession with eight faux coffins.
Police arrested at least four anti-government protesters on Begin Road, according to a lawyer group offering pro bono services to people detained at anti-government demonstrations.
The Haaretz daily reported that protesters were detained for blocking traffic on Namir Road, a major route that feeds into Begin.
The families of hostages held in Gaza are working with senior US government officials to organize a meeting with US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... next week, Channel 12 reported Thursday.
"Trump is the one who can put pressure on the mediators, on Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... , and also the Israeli government to choose a comprehensive deal, despite opposition from [hard-right Finance Minister] Bezalel Smotrich and [National Security Minister] Itamar Ben Gvir," families told Channel 12.
Bibi Netanyahu has his own opinions, as he’s made very clear.
The apparent push to meet Trump came amid several media reports that said the US President was pushing Netanyahu to conclude the war against Hamas following the success of the 12-day war against Iran.
The same media that reported that Bibi and The Donald were feuding? It’ll be very interesting to see how much of what was reported in recent weeks turns out to have been a deliberate ruse to fool Iran...
Kan news reported that Trump’s call on Thursday to cancel Netanyahu’s criminal trial was also linked to this effort.
According to Israel Hayom, as part of the American president’s plan to end the war, new countries would join the Abraham Accords, and Israel would be required to commit to supporting a future Paleostinian state.
Required??
Citing an unnamed source familiar with a phone call between Netanyahu and Trump, the newspaper reported that during the call, the two leaders agreed to wrap up the war in Gaza within two weeks, requiring Israel to halt its military offensive and Hamas to release the remaining 50 hostages.
The Paleostinian terror group’s leadership would then be exiled, and four Arab states, including the UAE and Egypt, would be tasked with jointly governing the war-torn enclave in its place, the report said. It did not identify the other two Arab states that would supposedly help govern the territory.
As part of the rehabilitation of the Strip, any Gazooks wishing to emigrate would be absorbed by several unnamed countries, Israel Hayom said.
Arab states have repeatedly asserted that they will not take part in the postwar rehabilitation of Gaza absent Israeli acquiescence to the Paleostinian Authority gaining a foothold in the Strip as part of a pathway to a future two-state solution, a demand that, until now, Netanyahu has flatly rejected.
Moreover, Hamas’s leaders have also long rejected demands to go into exile.
As part of the plan, Trump and Netanyahu were said to have agreed that Israel would be required to express support for a future two-state solution, conditioned on reforms made by the Paleostinian Authority. In exchange, Washington would recognize Israeli illusory sovereignty in some parts of the West Bank.
With the end of the war in Gaza and a renewed Israeli commitment to a future two-state solution, both Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... and Syria would establish ties with Israel under the Abraham Accords, the report stated, and other Arab and Moslem countries would follow suit.
Saudi Arabia has long conditioned the establishment of diplomatic ties on Israel’s commitment to Paleostinian statehood, while the possibility of peace with Syria has been raised repeatedly in recent months as the two countries are reportedly in direct contact following the fall of the Assad regime last year.
But even amid the renewed push to bring an end to the war, Kan reported that no progress had been made in Cairo, where Paleostinian American political activist Bishara Bahbah has been in talks with senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad about a US ceasefire proposal.
A security official with knowledge of the details of talks told Channel 12 on Thursday that associates of Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya were pushing him to reach a deal.
"They are telling him, ’You have no support and no sponsors. You have to begin to move, you have no one to lean on,'" the official said.
[IsraelTimes] Independent expert says as Iran didn’t demonstrate its missiles have great accuracy, ‘there is effectively nothing stopping Israel from conducting the same operation in the future’
Israel killed more than 30 security bigshots and 11 senior nuclear scientists to deliver a major blow to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a senior Israeli military official said on Friday in summarizing Israel’s 12-day air war with Iran.
In the United States, an independent expert said a review of commercial satellite imagery showed only a small number of the approximately 30 Iranian missiles that penetrated Israel’s air defenses managed to hit any militarily significant targets.
"Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... has yet to produce missiles that demonstrate great accuracy," Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst at the CNA Corporation specializing in satellite imagery, told Rooters.
In Israel, the senior military official said Israel’s June 13 opening strike on Iran severely damaged its aerial defenses and destabilized its ability to respond in the critical early hours of the conflict.
The Israeli Air Force struck over 900 targets and the military deeply damaged Iran’s missile production during the war that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire, the official said.
"The Iranian nuclear project suffered a major blow: The regime’s ability to enrich uranium to 90% was neutralized for a prolonged period. Its current ability to produce a nuclear weapon core has been neutralized," the official said.
Iran, which denies trying to build nuclear weapons, retaliated against the strikes with barrages of missiles on Israeli military sites and cities. Iran said it forced the end of the war by penetrating Israeli defenses.
Iranian authorities said 627 people were killed in Iran, where the extent of the damage could not be independently confirmed because of tight restrictions on the media. Israeli authorities said 28 people were killed in Israel.
Eveleth, the independent US expert, said Iran’s missile forces were not accurate enough to destroy small military targets like US-made F-35 jet fighters in their shelters.
"Because of this the only targets they can hit with regularity are large cities or industrial targets like the refinery at Haifa," he told Rooters.
Iranian missile salvos — which were limited by Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Iran — did not have the density to achieve high rates of destruction, he wrote on X.
"At the current level of performance, there is effectively nothing stopping Israel from conducting the same operation in the future with similar results," he wrote.
In a statement on Friday, Defense Minister Israel Katz said he had directed the military to draft plans to safeguard air superiority over Iran, prevent nuclear development and missile production, and address Iran’s support for krazed killer operations against Israel.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Friday the outcome in Iran could help advance Israeli objectives against the Iranian-backed Paleostinian Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... terror group in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip.
Zamir told troops in Gaza an Israeli ground operation, known as "Gideon’s Chariots," would in the near future achieve its goal of greater control of the Paleostinian enclave and present options to Israel’s government for further action.
[IsraelTimes] IDF saw the regime’s growing nuclear threat, alongside the collapse of proxy groups, and was at peak readiness to tackle the dangers; ‘existential threat’ removed, but Iran will continue to challenge Israel.
[IsraelTimes] Opponents of measure say attack on Iranian nuclear facilities was a single, limited operation, not the start of sustained hostilities, and therefore within the US president’s power.
The Republican-led US Senate rejected a Democratic-led bid on Friday to block 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... from using further military force against Iran, hours after the president said he would consider more bombing.
The Senate vote was 53 to 47 against a war powers resolution that would have required congressional approval for more hostilities against Iran. The vote was along party lines, except Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman voted no, with Republicans, and Kentucky Republican Rand Paul voted yes,
…he doesn’t at all like anything international as a matter of princiciple, as far as I can tell…
with 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... Senator Tim Kaine, chief sponsor of the resolution, has tried for years to wrest back Congress’ authority to declare war from both Republican and Democratic presidents.
Under US law, Senate war powers resolutions are privileged, meaning that the chamber had to promptly consider and vote on the measure, which Kaine introduced this month.
But to be enacted, the resolution would have had to pass the Senate as well as the House of Representatives, where Speaker Mike Johnson, a close Trump ally, said this week he did not think it was the right time for such an effort.
During Trump’s first term, in 2020, Kaine introduced a similar resolution to rein in the Republican president’s ability to wage war against Iran. That measure passed both the Senate and House of Representatives, with some Republican support, but did not garner enough votes to survive the president’s veto.
[IsraelTimes] Eyal Zamir says ‘heavy blow’ to Iran furthered Gaza goals, which include seizing 75% of Strip; said planning to tell cabinet that military options in Gaza have run their course
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Friday that the military’s latest offensive 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... will soon "reach the lines" defined by the government, which would see the military assert control over 75% of the territory.
Speaking on a visit to the Gaza Strip with senior officers, Zamir said Israel’s 12-day war with Iran, which ended with a US-brokered ceasefire on Tuesday, "will advance our goals in Gaza."
Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... has been one of Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... ’s main backers, and Israel believes that by weakening Hamas’s patrons, the terror group could be more likely to agree to concessions.
"Iran took a heavy blow. There is potential that the blow caused to Iran will advance our goals in Gaza," said Zamir.
"In the near future, we will reach the lines we defined for the current phase within the framework of Gideon’s Chariots," he added, referring to the IDF’s current offensive against Hamas, which was launched in mid-May.
By declaring that the military was in sight of achieving its goals, analysts said that Zamir was signaling to the government the need to decide whether to move forward with a hostage-ceasefire deal or prepare for the IDF to establish military rule in the Strip.
"From there, operational options will develop that will be presented to the political echelon," said Zamir, adding that the IDF "will continue to act with determination to achieve the two objectives of the campaign, the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas."
Zamir had met with Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor, Ground Forces chief Maj. Gen. Nadav Lotan, the commander of the 99th Division, Brig. Gen. Yoav Brunner, and other officers in Gaza.
Channel 12 reported that Zamir would put the choice to the cabinet on Sunday.
So far, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to entertain an option that would bring about an end to the Gaza war, saying that Israel would carry on until it destroyed Hamas.
Channel 12 military analyst Nir Dvori said Zamir’s trip to the Gaza Strip was meant to signal to the political echelon following the war with Iran that the focus was now back on Gaza.
Dvori added that Zamir had recently canceled plans for an emergency draft of a brigade of reservists. The analyst said this was a hint to the political echelon that troops were exhausted after 20 months of war.
Channel 12’s political analysts said that there were indications that Netanyahu may be ready for the first time to consider ending the Gaza war.
It comes amid reports in recent days that US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... was pushing Netanyahu to conclude the 20-month-old war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the success of the 12-day war against Iran and the two were working on a plan that would also see new countries join the Abraham Accords, and Israel would be required to commit to supporting a future Paleostinian state.
As such, Netanyahu would finally be ready to jettison his far-right coalition partners and head to new elections on the basis of his victory against Iran and his diplomatic achievements, the report said.
Speaking to news hounds Friday, Trump speculated a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal would be reached "within the next week," saying he spoke with some of the individuals involved in trying to secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
Also on Friday, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported that former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar had consistently pushed for an end to the war in Gaza through a comprehensive hostage deal with Hamas.
Bar’s position, which he made clear to Netanyahu and the political echelon, was that Israel would gain little from the continuation of the war, according to the report. Hamas will always be in Gaza, he argued, as long as Paleostinians are.
He argued for a comprehensive deal to release all the hostages, and a policy of striking Hamas every time they violate the conditions of the ceasefire.
To date, Netanyahu and his cabinet have rejected that approach, aiming for a staged deal that would see the war end only if Hamas disarms and its leaders go into exile.
Bar stepped down earlier this month after a public and increasingly bitter campaign by Netanyahu to oust him.
The IDF’s operational plans for Gideon’s Chariots, which were seen by The Times of Israel, had indicated that it would take two months to capture 75% of Gaza. At the start of the operation, the IDF held about 40% of the Strip.
The captured territory was set to include all of Rafah, Khan Younis, and the towns north of Gaza City.
Along with the capture and retention of territory, the operation aimed to attack Hamas, prevent the terror group from hijacking aid deliveries and move Paleostinian civilian populations toward the south of the Strip, according to Israeli officials.
As part of the operation, the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began handing out aid in four sites. The agency has faced criticism for the mass-casualty incidents frequently reported near its sites.
Israel halted the delivery of aid to Gaza on March 2, hours after the collapse of the last ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas, and resumed hostilities there on March 18, more than 17 months after the war was sparked by the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023.
[IsraelTimes] Suspects accused of preparing or assisting terrorist acts, with a maximum sentence of life in jail, after 2 members of group set to be banned by UK government damaged pair of planes
British counterterrorism police have arrested four people in connection with a pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel protest last week in which military planes were sprayed with paint at an air base in England, authorities said on Friday.
A woman, 29, and two men aged 36 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, while another woman, 41, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, the police statement said.
Two activists from the Paleostine Action group broke into the air base in Oxfordshire in central England on June 20, spraying red paint over two planes used for refuelling and transport, and further damaging them with crowbars, an act that was condemned by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as "disgraceful."
Within days of the incident, UK Interior Minister Yvette Cooper set out plans to use anti-terrorism laws to ban Paleostine Action, saying its actions had become more aggressive and caused millions of pounds of damage.
Paleostine Action has regularly targeted British sites connected to Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems and other companies in Britannia linked to Israel since the start of the conflict 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... In response to Friday’s arrests, the campaign group accused authorities of "cracking down on non-violent mostly peaceful protests which disrupt the flow of arms to Israel during its genocide in Paleostine."
The maximum sentence for the preparation of terrorist acts, or to assist others in such preparation, in Britannia is a life sentence. The UK government is also reviewing security across all defense sites.
#1
Seems like a lot of trouble.
Wouldn't it be simpler if they just sent a strongly worded letter to the u.n. imploring hamas to release those whom they kidnapped?
#2
Britain’s Labour government doesn’t care about a bunch of kidnapped Jews, or about idiots rampaging across the landscape, attqcking the police and looting shops. Their objection is to idiots damaging their pretty airplanes.
[IsraelTimes] Haaretz report says military looking into possible war crimes, cites soldiers’ testimonies describing a ‘killing field,’ with troops routinely using heavy live fire for crowd control
The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged on Friday that it was probing allegations that troops are using deadly fire on hungry aid-seeking Gazooks, but vociferously denied that troops are being ordered by commanders to deliberately open fire on the Paleostinian civilians.
The statement was issued after the Haaretz daily reported that the military launched a probe this week into potential war crimes committed by its troops and quoted unidentified soldiers as saying that the area was a "killing field" and that they were ordered to treat the aid seekers like combatants and using heavy live fire for crowd control.
Haaretz prides itself on being the New York Times of Israel, and so they are. Not something I would be proud of, but I have standards…
The Haaretz report drew a first detailed response from the military regarding the near-daily deadly shootings around aid distribution sites. It also prompted a rare joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, accusing the left-wing newspaper of a "blood libel" against the IDF.
According to Haaretz, the mass-casualty incidents were discussed at a meeting earlier this week during which the Military Advocate General’s (MAG) Office directed the top-tier General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism to investigate suspected war crimes that have largely taken place near 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... Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites.
The mechanism is an independent military body responsible for investigating unusual incidents amid the war.
During the meeting, officials in the MAG’s office expressed alarm over mounting global uproar over the killing of civilians en route to aid sites, Haaretz reported. Senior officers from the IDF’s Southern Command pushed back, claiming that the incidents have been isolated and that troops only fired at Paleostinians who posed a threat.
Representatives from the MAG’s office disagreed, insisting that the Southern Command’s account doesn’t line up with the facts on the ground, according to a source who attended the meeting.
"The claim that these are isolated cases doesn’t align with incidents in which grenades were dropped from the air and mortars and artillery were fired at civilians," a MAG representative is quoted as saying.
"This isn’t about a few people being killed — we’re talking about dozens of casualties every day," the MAG official added.
The Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... -run health ministry says 549 people have been killed and 4,000 have been maimed trying to pick up aid from GHF sites or while waiting for UN food trucks since May 27, when GHF launched.
The numbers have not been verified, but between May 27 and June 24, there were at least 19 IDF shooting incidents related to humanitarian aid distribution, according to a review of reports out of Gaza conducted by The Times of Israel.
In most of these cases, the IDF has admitted to opening fire and striking Paleostinians, but characterized it as "warning shots" at those who got too close to soldiers or used site access routes when distribution sites were closed.
There has been widespread confusion about access to the aid, with the army imposing, for a time, a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew on approach routes to GHF sites. But locals often have to set out well before dawn to have any chance of retrieving food.
According to the report, soldiers are receiving orders to fire at people who approach the distribution sites before they open or remain there after they have closed. The report added that many of the instances of fire occurred at nighttime, meaning the Paleostinians who were fired at possibly did not know they were in a forbidden area.
A KILLING FIELD
Israeli soldiers serving near the aid distribution sites described grim scenarios in interviews with Haaretz on condition of anonymity.
"It’s a killing field," one soldier said. "Where I was stationed there, between one and five people were killed every day. They’re treated like a hostile force — no crowd-control measures, no tear gas — just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. Then, once the center opens, the shooting stops, and they know they can approach. Our form of communication is gunfire."
"We open fire early in the morning if someone tries to get in line from a few hundred meters away, and sometimes we just charge at them from close range. But there’s no danger to the forces," the soldier continued. "I’m not aware of a single instance of return fire. There’s no enemy, no weapons."
He described the incidents as a deadly form of the children’s game "Red light, green light."
"Firing mortars to keep hungry people away is neither professional nor humane. I know there are Hamas operatives among them, but there are also people who simply want to receive aid," another soldier told Haaretz.
"It’s become a place with its own set of rules. The loss of human life means nothing. It’s not even an ’unfortunate incident,’ like [the IDF] used to say."
Another soldier told Haaretz: "This has become routine. You know it isn’t okay. You feel not okay with it, that the commanders are taking the law into their hands. But Gaza is a parallel universe, [we] move on very quickly. The truth is that most don’t even stop to think about it."
A BLOOD LIBEL
Following the Haaretz report, the military put out a statement confirming that the high-level General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism was probing the matter.
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... it said that it strongly rejected the Haaretz report, adding that it is "operating to allow and facilitate the distribution of humanitarian aid by the American Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), and to secure the routes leading to the distribution centers, to allow the aid to reach the civilians rather than Hamas.
"The IDF did not instruct the forces to deliberately shoot at civilians, including those approaching the distribution centers. To be clear, IDF directives prohibit deliberate attacks on civilians."
Nevertheless, the statement said that the IDF is trying to improve at minimizing "the potential friction" with civilians. "As part of this effort, IDF forces have recently taken steps to reorganize the area, including the installation of new fencing, signage, the opening of additional routes, and more."
"Any allegation of a deviation from the law or IDF directives will be thoroughly examined, and further action will be taken as necessary," the statement continued.
"The allegations of deliberate fire toward civilians presented in the article are not recognized in the field," the IDF asserted.
"These are vicious lies designed to discredit the IDF — the most moral army in the world," the statement said. "IDF soldiers receive clear orders to avoid harming innocent civilians, and they act accordingly."
Following the report, the GHF agency said it was "not aware of any of these incidents."
The GHF statement makes a point of asserting that the shootings have not taken place at or in the immediate vicinity of its distribution sites.
GHF notes in its statement that the "IDF is tasked with providing safe passage for aid-seekers to all humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, including GHF," its statement adds.
The strike in the central town of Deir al-Balah on Thursday appeared to target members of the Hamas-linked Sahm unit, a security group tasked with stopping looters and cracking down on merchants who sell stolen aid at high prices. The unit is part of Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry, but includes members of other factions.
Witnesses say the Sahm unit was distributing bags of flour and other goods confiscated from looters and corrupt merchants, drawing a crowd when the strike hit.
Video of the aftermath showed bodies, several torn, of multiple young men in the street with blood splattering on the pavement and walls of buildings. The dead included a child and at least seven Sahm members, according to the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where casualties were taken.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Israel has accused the Hamas terror group of stealing aid and using it to prop up its rule in the enclave. Israeli forces have repeatedly struck Gaza’s police, considering them a branch of Hamas.
GHF says its boxes contain enough food for 5.5 people for 3.5 days.
The aid distributed by GHF amounts to 30 trucks, well below the hundreds that aid groups say are needed daily to properly address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The US- and Israeli-backed initiative says it also brought in a truckload of potatoes for the first time as a pilot.
GHF says that it will not be affected by Israeli restrictions on aid as Jerusalem investigates whether looting is taking place. Yesterday, UN staff were barred from picking up aid from a north Gaza crossing after footage emerged of armed gunmen on top of an aid convoy.
[IsraelTimes] Hamas needs a truce so it can address humanitarian crisis, quash growing dissent and regain control of Strip amid rise of Israeli-backed clan, sources close to the terror group say
Hamas misunderstands: the future of Gaza does not include them. Their choice is to be dead or to be gone — they need to decide which. The description of current conditions is useful, though.
Short of commanders, deprived of much of its tunnel network and unsure of support from its ally Iran, Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... is battling to survive 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... in the face of rebellious local clans and relentless Israeli military pressure.
Hamas button men are operating autonomously under orders to hold out as long as possible, but the terror group is struggling to maintain its grip as Israel openly backs tribes opposing it, three sources close to Hamas said.
With a humanitarian crisis in Gaza intensifying international pressure for a ceasefire, Hamas badly needs a pause in the fighting, one of the people said.
Not only would a ceasefire offer respite to weary Gazooks, who are growing increasingly critical of Hamas, but it would also allow the terror group to crush rogue elements, including some clans and looters who have been stealing aid, the person said.
To counter the immediate threat, Hamas has sent some of its top operatives to kill one rebellious leader, Yasser Abu Shabaab, but so far he has remained beyond their reach in the Rafah area held by Israeli troops, according to two Hamas sources and two other sources familiar with the situation.
Rooters spoke to 16 sources, including people close to Hamas, Israeli security sources and diplomats who painted a picture of a severely weakened group, retaining some sway and operational capacity in Gaza despite its setbacks, but facing stiff challenges.
Hamas is still capable of landing blows: it killed seven Israeli soldiers in an attack in southern Gaza on Tuesday. But three diplomats in the Middle East said intelligence assessments showed it had lost its centralized command and control and was reduced to limited, surprise attacks.
Israel estimates that it has killed 20,000 button men in Gaza since the war there was sparked on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led Lions of Islam stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages. Another 1,600 Lions of Islam are thought to have been killed inside Israel during the onslaught.
Israeli security sources say Hamas is recruiting tens of thousands of thousands of impoverished, unemployed, displaced young men. One Israeli security source said the average age of Hamas button men was "getting lower by the day."
Hamas does not disclose how many of its operatives have been killed. According to the terror group’s health ministry, Israel has killed more than 56,000 Gazooks in the war, but the figure cannot be verified and does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
The war has turned much of Gaza into rubble, and destroyed or rendered unusable hundreds of miles of tunnels that Hamas dug underneath the Strip to hold hostages, smuggle arms and hide from Israeli forces.
"They’re hiding because they are being instantly hit by planes but they appear here and there, organizing queues in front of bakeries, protecting aid trucks, or punishing criminals," said Essam, 57 a construction worker in Gaza City. "They’re not like before the war, but they exist."
Asked for comment for this story, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... said the group was working for an agreement to end the war with Israel, but "surrender is not an option."
Hamas remained committed to negotiations and was "ready to release all prisoners at once," he said, referring to the hostages, but it wanted a permanent ceasefire and for Israel to withdraw from the Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected those conditions and vowed to keep fighting until Hamas is vanquished.
’IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD’
With a US-brokered truce in the Iran-Israel war holding, attention has switched back to the possibility of a Gaza deal that might end the conflict and release the 50 remaining hostages.
One of the people close to Hamas told Rooters it would welcome a truce, even for a couple of months, to confront the local clans that are gaining influence.
But he said Netanyahu’s terms for ending the war — including Hamas leaders leaving Gaza — would amount to total defeat, and Hamas would never surrender. "We keep the faith, but in reality, it doesn’t look good," the source said.
Founded in 1987, Hamas has ruled Gaza with an iron fist since it violent mostly peacefully ousted forces loyal to Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> , head of the secularist Fatah faction, the Islamist Hamas’s main rival.
Israel has inflicted unprecedented damage on Hamas since the October 7 onslaught, killing most of the terror group’s top commanders, including its leader, Yahya Sinwar, in October.
Yezid Sayigh, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said he believed Hamas was simply trying to survive. That was not just a physical challenge of holding out militarily, he said, but above all a political one.
"They face being eliminated on the ground in Gaza if the war doesn’t stop, but they also face being erased from any governing formula that ends the war in Gaza [if such a thing can be found]," he wrote in response to Rooters’ questions.
Paleostinian tribes have emerged as part of Israel’s strategy to counter Hamas. Netanyahu has said publicly that Israel has been arming clans that oppose Hamas, but has not said which.
One of the most prominent challenges has come from Abu Shabaab, a Paleostinian Bedouin based in the Rafah area, which is under IDF control. Hamas wants Abu Shabaab captured, dead or alive, accusing him of collaboration with Israel and planning attacks on the terror group, three Hamas sources told Rooters.
Abu Shabaab controls eastern Rafah and his group is believed to have freedom of movement in the wider Rafah area.
Images on Abu Shabaab’s Facebook page show the group’s button men organizing the entry of aid trucks from the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israel has accused Hamas of hijacking aid deliveries, hoarding supplies and selling them at exorbitant prices.
Announcements by Abu Shabaab’s group indicate that it is trying to build an independent administration in the area, though the group denies trying to become a governing authority. The group has called on people from Rafah who are now in other areas of Gaza to return, promising food and shelter.
In response to Rooters’ questions, Abu Shabaab’s group denied getting support from Israel or contacts with the Israeli army, describing itself as a popular force protecting humanitarian aid from looting by escorting aid trucks. It accused Hamas of violence and muzzling dissent.
A Hamas security official said the Paleostinian security services would "strike with an iron fist to uproot the gangs of the collaborator Yasser Abu Shabaab," saying Hamas would show no mercy or hesitation and accusing Abu Shabaab of being part of "an effort to create chaos and lawlessness."
Not all of Gaza’s clans are at odds with Hamas, however.
On Thursday, a tribal alliance said its men had protected aid trucks from looters in northern Gaza. Sources close to Hamas said the group had approved of the alliance’s involvement.
Israel said Hamas button men had in fact commandeered the trucks, which both the clans and the terror group denied.
IRAN UNCERTAINTY
Paleostinian analyst Akram Attallah said the emergence of Abu Shabaab was a result of the weakness of Hamas, though he expected him to fail ultimately because Paleostinians broadly reject any hint of collaboration with Israel.
Nevertheless, regardless of how small Abu Shabaab’s group is, the fact that Hamas has an enemy from the same culture was dangerous, he said. "It remains a threat until it is dealt with."
The IDF’s 12-day bombing campaign against Iran, which began early on June 13, has added to the uncertainties facing Hamas. Tehran’s backing for Hamas played a big part in the terror group’s ability to shoot missiles deep into Israel.
According to Israel, the sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Theocratic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.
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... retaliated by firing drones and deadly ballistic missile attacks at Israel, causing heavy damage.
While both Iran and Israel have claimed victory, Netanyahu on Sunday indicated the Israeli campaign against Tehran had further strengthened his hand in Gaza, saying it would "help us expedite our victory and the release of all our hostages."
US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... said on Wednesday that great progress was being made on Gaza, adding that the strike on Iran would help get the hostages released.
A Paleostinian official close to Hamas said the group was weighing the risk of diminished Iranian backing, anticipating "the impact will be on the shape of funding and the expertise Iran used to give to the resistance and Hamas."
One target of Israel’s campaign in Iran was a Revolutionary Guards officer who oversaw coordination with Hamas, which is part of the so-called Axis of Resistance®, a regional network of Iran-backed terror proxies that also includes Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... ’s Hamas and Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels.
Israel announced the death of the general, Saeed Izadi, on Saturday, saying he had been the driving force behind the Iran-Hamas axis and instrumental in planning the October 7 onslaught.
Hamas extended condolences to Iran on Thursday, calling Izadi a friend who was directly responsible for ties with "the leadership of the Paleostinian resistance."
A source from an Iran-backed group in the region said Izadi helped develop Hamas capabilities, including how to carry out complex attacks, including rocket launches, infiltration operations, and drones.
Asked about how the Israeli campaign against Iran might affect its support for Hamas, Abu Zuhri said Iran was a large and powerful country that would not be defeated.
#1
The people who own and operate and write for TOI despise Bibi.
I would not trust any TOI sources.
I definitely would not trust any TOI analysis.
TOI people are literally stuck -- mentally paralyzed, like someone with a spinal cord injury -- unable to accept that there are actually large groups of other people who were not reared with the same "universal beliefs" that TOI people were taught as children.
TOI hate despise loathe Bibi and his supporters because Bibi and his supporters do not live in the mental fantasy that TOI people would prefer to remain stuck in.
If Hamas survives in any way, it is just a matter of time before October 7th is repeated.
Hamas has already said this, explicitly.
TOI people want to believe otherwise. And they want their readers to believe the Peace In Our Time thing.
#2
All that is absolutely true and annoying. But in a seriously imperfect world it is an English language Israeli news site that presents the facts we seek without crashing my iPad at frequent intervals, unlike the Jerusalem Post, and has a broader focus than Ynet or Israel National News — Haaretz being totally beyond the pale. Ideally I would comb through each article and present only the facts we want without the Israel Times’ emoting — but I’m not very efficient and am already up ‘til the middle of the night as it is.
But anyone can submit articles, so if you have better, and submit them before the midnight publication, yours will be our source instead of mine. At the top of each of the main Rantburg pages you can submit bare links or full articles — Fred organized everything needed to format the text as buttons along the top and bottom of the form. It’s a bit of a learning curve, but even someone as end-user as I can master it, so you’ll be fine.
[Rudaw] A Yazidi man will be repatriated to his hometown of Shingal (Sinjar) in the coming days, nearly 11 years after being kidnapped by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS), an informed source told Rudaw on Thursday.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source said that the 18-year-old Rawand N.H. was freed eight days ago in a 20-day operation. He is currently in the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava) and is expected to be reunited with family on Sunday.
He was freed in Syria’s Idlib province. It remains unclear who was involved in the operation.
From Rawand's family, 77 people were kidnapped by ISIS, of whom 38 have been freed so far, according to the source.
During its 2014 assault on Shingal, ISIS kidnapped 6,417 Yazidi women and kiddies, many of whom were subjected to sexual slavery and forced labor. Although the group was territorially defeated in Iraq by 2017 and in Syria by 2019, it continues to pose a security threat in the region.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced in April that they had rescued another Yazidi man.
As of now, nearly 2,600 Yazidis remain missing, according to the Office of Rescuing Abducted Yazidis, which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Region Presidency.
[Rudaw] A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014 has been reunited with her family in Duhok after nearly 11 years in captivity across Syria and Turkey.
Dima A., 24, was abducted from her hometown of Kocho in the Shingal district of northern Iraq at the age of 13, along with eight other family members. Her case is one of thousands in the Yazidi community, which was targeted by ISIS in its brutal campaign of mass abductions and killings.
“That life I lived before was very bad and I saw many types of torture,” Dima said after returning home. “They stole my childhood from me, they stole my dreams and destroyed my life. I won’t forgive them for this. Their fate is with God.”
“Today I am very happy because I have returned to my family after a long time. After nearly eleven years I have returned to my family and homeland,” she said.
During its 2014 assault on Shingal, ISIS abducted 6,417 Yazidi women and children, many of whom were subjected to sexual slavery and forced labor, or forced to marry their captors.
Dima said she was held for three years in Syria and then for seven years in Turkey. Last year, her Saudi Arabian husband tried to take her to Egypt, but they were detained due to problems with their passports and jailed for a year. After their release, she fled and contacted her family.
Her escape and return were coordinated by Abdullah Shrem, a Yazidi rescuer who has helped more than 400 people since ISIS's territorial defeat.
He said a network of friends helped bring Dima across Turkey.
“Through friends, we brought some people from Adana in Turkey to their homes, and then through some people we took them to Gaziantep, and today we brought this one across,” said Shrem. “We thank the government very much for helping us.”
Dima’s return brought relief to her community, many of whom still await news of their missing relatives.
“By God we are very happy and to anyone who helped us, may their homes be blessed,” said Mulka Khidir, a relative of Dima’s. “We hope all our girls will be rescued, they are everywhere - they are in Turkey, in Syria, in al-Hol camp and everywhere.”
[Rudaw] A prior operation by Iraqi counterterrorism forces in Kirkuk led to the killing of two suspected Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) operatives, including a leader in the province, the Iraqi army said on Thursday.
The Wednesday ambush in southwest Kirkuk’s Riyadh district killed two ISIS suspects in the Zghitun Valley, an area infamous for ISIS activity but recently declared devoid of jihadist cells by the army.
"One of the bully boyz was the so-called ’governor of Riyadh,’ and the other the ’soldier of Riyadh.’ The force carrying out the duty succeeded in seizing their weapons, equipment, technical materials, devices, and criminal evidence," the army’s Security Media Cell said in a statement.
It labeled the targets as "important elements" of ISIS, adding that the operation involved thorough intelligence-gathering for four consecutive days before it was executed.
Zghitun Valley, located east of Hawija district — another former ISIS stronghold — was declared emptied of ISIS cells by the Iraqi army on June 10.
ISIS rose to power and seized swathes of Iraqi and Syrian land in a brazen offensive in 2014, declaring a so-called "caliphate."
While the group was declared territorially defeated in Iraq and Syria in 2017 and 2019 respectively, it still continues to pose serious security risks through hit-and-run attacks, bombings, and abductions, especially across the vast expanses of the Syrian desert and several Iraqi provinces situated in a security vacuum between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region.
Kirkuk province in particular has been a hotspot for ISIS activity, lying in a security vacuum exploited by murderous Moslems to launch attacks on both civilians and members of the security forces.
Despite the threats, Iraqi authorities stress that attacks by ISIS have largely simmered down.
Earlier this month, the US military said that an ISIS leader was arrested and two operatives killed in numerous partnered operations with Iraqi forces.
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Wednesday denied claims by the Syrian government that the perpetrators of a deadly explosion at a Damascus church had come from al-Hol camp, which is under SDF control in northeast Syria.
Syria’s interior ministry has said a jacket wallah affiliated with 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) attacked the Mar Elias Church in Damascus’ Duwaila neighborhood during Sunday mass. The attacker reportedly opened fire on worshippers before detonating an explosive vest. The Syrian health ministry confirmed on Monday that 25 people were killed and 63 injured.
Syrian interior ministry spokesperson Noureddine al-Baba said during a presser on Tuesday that they had dismantled the ISIS cell responsible for the attack, claiming that it also includes two non-Syrian suicide bombers who had infiltrated to the capital from the notorious al-Hol camp in the SDF-held northeast Syria (Rojava).
The SDF categorically rejected the allegation in a statement on Wednesday.
"In response to these allegations, the relevant departments within our forces immediately initiated a thorough review and investigation of the records pertaining to the residents of al-Hol Camp, including those who have exited the camp in recent months. The investigation confirmed that the only individuals who left the camp during this period were Syrians, and their departure occurred at the request of the Damascus Government. Additionally, Iraqi nationals were repatriated to Iraqi territory based on verified lists submitted by the Iraqi authorities, who ensured their relocation to the al-Jadah Camp," said the SDF in a statement.
Tens of thousands of people, mostly families of ISIS fighters, are held in the camp. The SDF has allowed Damascus to return Syrians kept in the camp to their homes and Iraq has been praised for repatriating a great number of its nationals. Iraqis make up nearly half of the population of the camp.
SDF further explained that the camp mostly comprises women and kiddies rather than imported muscle of ISIS. The SDF is keeping several thousand ISIS fighters in prisons.
[ShabelleMedia] Authorities in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... state have firmly denied recent reports claiming that the United Arab Emirates is planning to install missile tracking and defense systems at the airport and seaport in the coastal city of Bosaso, the regional capital of Bari.
Speaking before the Puntland regional parliament on Wednesday, Puntland’s Minister of Information, Mahmoud Aydid Dirir, dismissed the reports as "fabricated lies" orchestrated by individuals he described as opponents of Puntland’s autonomy and development, allegedly with backing from the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS).
"These are baseless allegations spread by those who are openly hostile to Puntland’s progress," Dirir said. "This is part of a deliberate campaign to disrupt our cooperation with international partners, especially the UAE."
The minister further accused the federal government of sponsoring what he called ongoing propaganda and political sabotage targeting Puntland, warning that such efforts undermine the fragile federal system in Somalia.
The statement comes amid rising political tensions between Puntland and the federal government in Mogadishu. Puntland has repeatedly accused the central authorities of interference and of attempting to curtail the region’s autonomy.
The United Arab Emirates, a long-time ally of Puntland with strategic investments in the region, has not publicly commented on the missile deployment allegations.
[ShabelleMedia] Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), in coordination with international allies, carried out a large-scale raid Thursday on a house in the Howlwadaag neighborhood of Aadan Yabaal district targeting big shots of the Death Eater group al-Shabaab ... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa... According to security sources, intelligence gathered prior to the operation indicated the location was being used as a meeting point and weapons depot for al-Shabaab commanders. The raid aimed to disrupt planned attacks and weaken the group’s command structure in the area.
During the operation, a fierce fire broke out at the site, accompanied by heavy explosions audible across the district. Officials believe the turbans were storing explosives and heavy weaponry inside the house, which ignited during the assault.
Preliminary reports indicate multiple high-ranking al-Shabaab members were killed or captured, though exact numbers have not been confirmed. Security forces have launched follow-up investigations to assess the full scope of the damage and to collect further intelligence.
A source stated the raid is part of intensified efforts to dismantle al-Shabaab’s operational capabilities and restore stability in regions under Death Eater influence. The agency vowed to continue coordinated operations with international partners to eliminate the threat posed by al-Shabaab.
Local residents reported hearing the earth-shattering kabooms and feeling tremors during the raid, expressing relief at the operation but concern over potential retaliatory attacks. Authorities have increased security presence in Aadan Yabaal and neighboring areas as a precaution.
[ToloNews] The Islamic Emirate has once again rejected accusations that terrorist groups are active in Afghanistan.
It’s a taqqiya lie, of course — the jihadi groups, mostly linked to Al Qaeda, have been there since the Taliban welcomed them the firet time they ruled the country.
Bill Huizenga, chairman of the US House Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, claimed that following the withdrawal of US troops, Afghanistan has once again become a safe haven for terrorist groups, contrary to the Doha Agreement.
He stated: "Despite the Taliban ...Arabic for students... 's Doha Agreement's commitments Afghanistan has once again become a hotbed for murderous Moslems looking for safe harbor as they grow their ranks and abilities to project attacks across the region and frankly the world."
Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head... Yuri Kokov, Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, also expressed concern in an interview with a state newspaper, saying that instability in Afghanistan remains a threat to neighboring countries.
He said: "Despite the end of large-scale military conflict, instability in Afghanistan persists, posing a threat to neighboring states. There is particular concern about the plans of international terrorist groups such as ISIS, which intend to export terrorism to Central Asian countries and eventually to Russia."
Military analyst Sayed Muqadam Amin commented: "Russia plays a central role in global decision-making and acts with caution. It is closely monitoring the situation in Afghanistan. However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... it has not yet developed a strategic relationship that would lead to formal recognition of the Afghan government."
In response, the Islamic Emirate strongly rejected the US claims regarding the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, said that no one is allowed to use Afghan soil to threaten other countries.
"We strongly reject the claims made by the US House suggesting the presence of foreign groups in Afghanistan or threats emanating from our soil. Afghanistan has a strong and unified government with full control over its territory and does not permit anyone to use its land against another country," Mujahid added.
Concerns voiced by Western and regional countries about Afghanistan’s security situation have been repeatedly denied by the Islamic Emirate in the past.
[IsraelTimes] Across the border with 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... , a Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... tunnel in Beit Hanoun used in a deadly attack on troops during the 2014 Gaza War was recently demolished, the military said Friday. In the incident on July 21, 2014, a cell of Hamas operatives emerged from a tunnel and exchanged fire with troops, killing Lt. Col. Dolev Keidar, 2nd Lt. Yuval Haiman, Warrant Officer Baynesain Kasahun, and Sgt. First Class Nadav Goldmacher. The tunnel, which the military said was a kilometer long, was demolished recently by the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit during operations of the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion in the Beit Hanoun area.
Meanwhile,
...back at the palazzo, Count Guido stepped from behind the suit of armor, rapier in hand. Ciccolini snarled and reached for his own weapon... media outlets in Gaza reported that a confrontation broke out Thursday between Hamas operatives and armed members of the influential Barbakh family clan at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis. Footage shared on social media captured sounds of gunfire during the confrontation, and burned vehicles and damaged equipment could be seen in the vicinity of the hospital. There were no known casualties as a result of the clash.
The Hamas-run interior ministry said that "armed individuals operating outside of the law" entered Nasser Hospital, fired weapons inside the facility, set fire to ambulances, and destroyed equipment. Hamas police forces reportedly clashed with the button men, expelled them from the hospital, and arrested several of them.
Anti-Hamas media outlets in Gaza reported a different version of events, however, saying that members of Hamas’s Sahm Unit — a unit tasked with enforcing order and pursuing those accused of theft or collaboration with Israel — killed a member of the Barbakh family and then fled to Nasser Hospital. According to those reports, armed members of the Barbakh clan pursued them, resulting in the confrontation. The reports further claimed that Hamas forces used ambulances and fired toward homes belonging to the Barbakh family members.
A Telegram channel affiliated with Hamas’s Sahm Unit claimed that Hamas acted against a member of the clan involved in the theft of humanitarian aid entering Gaza. The post did not specify the fate of that individual.
Additionally, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity called Friday for a controversial Israel- and US-backed relief effort in Gaza to be halted, saying it was "slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid."
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, launched last month, "is degrading Paleostinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies," MSF said in a statement, demanding that the scheme be "immediately dismantled."
There is an acute shortage of food and other basic supplies after the nearly two-year military campaign by Israel that has displaced most of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants, as Hamas continues to hold 50 Israelis hostage. GHF argues that its model is more effective than the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... ’ methods, asserting that its aid convoys have not been looted, as it has its button men who prevent such takeovers.
But the organization only operates up to four distribution sites across the Strip, none of which are in the north, and Gazooks are forced to walk long distances while crossing IDF lines to pick up the supplies. There have been near-daily mass casualty incidents in which the IDF has been accused of opening fire on Paleostinians it says strayed off approved access routes or using them at forbidden times. Some of these incidents have taken place on roads used by the UN for aid distribution and are not near GHF sites.
Hamas authorities have reported dozens of people killed in many such incidents, though those numbers have not been confirmed.
International aid trucks and warehouses storing supplies have often been looted, with Israel accusing Hamas of stealing aid for its own fighters or to sell to finance its operations, an accusation Hamas denies, while others say the looters frequently are desperate and starving Paleostinians. The UN has acknowledged that its convoys have been plagued by looting, but has blamed armed gangs rather than Hamas and has insisted that the solution is for Israel to allow much more aid into Gaza so that demand decreases.
Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are still holding 50 hostages, including 49 of the 251 kidnapped by Hamas-led snuffies on October 7, 2023. They include the bodies of at least 28 confirmed dead by the IDF. Twenty are believed to be alive and there are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said. Hamas is also holding the body of an IDF soldier killed in Gaza in 2014.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 56,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 20,000 combatants in battle as of January and another 1,600 snuffies inside Israel during the October 7
[POSTANDCOURIER] A Conway teen who supported the terrorist group ISIS was arrested this month and charged with acts of terrorism after he obtained information about how to make bombs and expressed his intent to carry out an attack in South Carolina, according to arrest records.
The State Law Enforcement Division on June 9 charged Daniel Fox Fischer, 17, with threatening or conspiring to threaten real or personal property using a destructive device and possessing or using a weapon of mass destruction for an act of terrorism, according to a news release from SLED.
Between April and August of last year, Fischer expressed interest in joining a terrorist organization, threatened to cause harm with an bomb and obtained instructional videos about making explosives, according to an arrest warrant.
Fischer also obtained information about radio-controlled bombs and details for making the kaboom C4, records state.
Authorities found images of Fischer expressing his support for ISIS while wearing what looked like an explosive vest, according to a warrant. A witness and electronic records indicate Fischer intended to attack targets in South Carolina, the warrant stated.
The warrants don't reveal any details about those targets.
Fischer also conspired with foreign and domestic individuals in his efforts, according to the warrants. Records say Sherlocks recovered terrorist training materials and electronic communications supporting terrorism.
Fischer was booked into the juvenile facility of the J. Reuben Long Detention Center near Conway. He remains incarcerated and his bail has not been set, according to online jail records. The 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office is prosecuting the case.
WMBF News has a booking photo of the young Horry County miscreant, looking sullen under an unruly mop of dark, curly hair, and informs us that:
The documents add that confidential source information from a reliable witness and digital records showed that Fischer intended to use the bombs against targets within South Carolina.
The Conway Police Department originally requested the SLED investigation.
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...SLED does not mess around. Trust me on this.
They are a completely independent agency, answerable only to the Governor. They were founded by Strom Thurmond when he was Governor because so many little towns (and more than a few bigger ones) couldn't be trusted to investigate their own people. With that in mind it's interesting that they were the lead agency on this instead of the FBI, but it's all good - this lad is going away for a long, long while.
[IsraelTimes] Israel says Hezbollah trying to restore operations at site near Beaufort Castle in south Lebanon
Israeli Air Force fighter jets hit a Hezbollah facility in the Beaufort Castle area in south Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade.... on Friday, the military said. Lebanese media reported strikes in the area killed one woman, but the military said the death was caused by an errant Hezbollah rocket.
According to the IDF, the facility, used by the terror group to "manage its fire and defense array," was part of an underground Hezbollah site that was previously targeted in Israeli strikes.
"In recent days, the IDF identified attempts by the Hezbollah terror organization to restore the site, and therefore the terror infrastructure in the area was struck," the military said.
The IDF said that the "presence of this site and the attempts to reestablish it constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon."
However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the IDF later denied carrying out a strike on Nabatieh earlier today, instead blaming a Hezbollah rocket that was launched amid the strikes on the nearby facility.
"The IDF did not target any civilian building," said the military’s Arabic-language front man Col. Avichay Adraee.
"According to the information we have, the building was hit by a rocket projectile that was stored at the site, and was launched and went kaboom! as a result of the Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... ," he said.
"The Hezbollah terror organization continues to store its rocket projectiles near residential buildings and the residents of Lebanon, thereby endangering them. Hezbollah continues to endanger the residents of southern Lebanon in light of its refusal to hand over its weapons to the Lebanese state," Adraee said.
He added that "The Lebanese government bears responsibility for what is happening on its territory, in light of its failure to confiscate Hezbollah’s heavy weapons and rocket projectiles."
Additionally, a home in the southern Lebanon town of Houla, allegedly used by Hezbollah to observe Israeli forces, was demolished by IDF troops overnight Wednesday-Thursday, the military said. According to the IDF, the home belonged to Ahmad Ghazi Ali, a Hezbollah operative killed in a dronezap in Houla a week ago.
"The structure was used by the Hezbollah terror organization for military activity, including attempts to gather intelligence on IDF troops," the military said, adding that "the terrorists’ activity in the structure constituted a clear violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon."
The military said the demolition was carried out by the 769th "Hiram" Regional Brigade in a special operation.
Israel has continued to carry out targeted strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure since it signed a ceasefire with Lebanon in late November, alleging violations of the truce agreement. According to the IDF, over 180 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in that time.
Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah was required to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani River and dismantle all military infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Israel was to withdraw from Lebanon, while maintaining the right to strike threats to its security.
The IDF maintained a presence at five points near the border it said were necessary to ensure the safety of Israeli communities.
Since the ceasefire, the Lebanese state has been working methodically to dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the south of the country, and is estimated to have seized the majority of the terror group’s weapons stockpile in the same area.
Extrapolating from a Ynet report courtesy of Grom yesterday in comments, the civilian building in the Nabatieh area that went up as a result of a Hezbollah rocket launch was a cache that cooked off with noticeable secondaries. An Nahar gives the Lebanese view of events:
A woman was killed and 20 other people were wounded Friday after Israel said it targeted Hezbollah "underground assets" in south Lebanon, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
The Israeli army said it targeted Hezbollah "underground assets" in south Lebanon as it carried out a series of violent airstrikes on Nabatieh al-Fawqa and the heights of Iqlim al-Tuffah in south Lebanon.
The airstrikes came in two waves on the mountains overlooking Nabatieh and bunker buster bombs were used, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.
The strikes continued during the day as warplanes struck a region between the southern towns of Ansar and Zrariyeh.
A woman was killed and twenty other people were wounded as a residential building in Nabatieh al-Fawqa was hit with a missile that knocked out the building's top floor.
Israel later said it didn't bomb any building in Nabatieh and that the projectile that hit the building flew from a nearby Hezbollah depot after an Israeli strike.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam strongly condemned the strikes, calling them a "blatant violation of national sovereignty" and a "threat to stability".
The strikes come a day after Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Lebanon cannot submit to dictations nor surrender to occupation.
"This is our country, we want it dignified and we will resist for that," Qassem said Thursday.
Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon, particularly in the south, since a November 27 ceasefire meant to end over a year of hostilities that left Hezbollah severely weakened. Friday’s strikes were more intense than usual.
The Israeli military said in a statement that its fighter jets struck a site used by Hezbollah to manage its fire and defense array in the area and is part of a significant underground project that was completely taken out of use.
The Israeli army said it identified rehabilitation attempts by Hezbollah beforehand and struck infrastructure sites in the area.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF releases footage it says confirms that a Hezbollah rocket flew out of a facility belonging to the terror group, after it was targeted earlier today, and hit a home in southern Lebanon.
Following the Israeli strike on the Hezbollah site near Beaufort Castle, Lebanon’s health ministry reported one dead and 11 wounded in a blast that struck an apartment in Nabatieh.
“A review revealed that as a result of the strike, secondary explosions were identified, as well as the launch of a Hezbollah terror organization rocket that was stored at the site, which struck a civilian building,” the military says.
לאחר תקיפות צה״ל הבוקר על אתר ששימש לניהול מערך האש וההגנה של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה בדרום לבנון, התקבלו דיווחים כי נפגע מבנה אזרחי במרחב נבטייה. מבדיקה עלה כי כתוצאה מהתקיפה, זוהו פיצוצי משנה וכן יציאת רקטה של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה שהוחזקה באתר ופגעה במבנה אזרחי.
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Iran holds mass funeral for 60 top officials killed in Israeli strikes Thousands gathered in Tehran’s Revolution Square to mourn high-ranking officials killed by Israel as Iran cut ties with the IAEA, barred its inspectors, and blamed the agency for leaking data; Officials declared the deaths would only 'hasten' Iran’s strategic ambitions
Maybe more martyrdoms are required?
On Wednesday morning at 6 a.m., a large-scale police operation was launched across Germany, targeting hundreds of individuals suspected of insulting politicians or spreading "hate and incitement" online.
The massive crackdown saw police launch morning raids against 170 individuals, which saw police seize computers, cell phones, and tablets, and conduct searches in multiple locations across the country.
The action, which was conducted by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), uses the new Criminal Code Paragraph 188 to target individuals accused of racism and hate speech.
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Interior Minister, Herbert Reul (CDU), who has overseen a massive increase in crime in his state in recent years — including violent crimes and knife crimes committed by foreigners — celebrated the police raids.
"Digital arsonists must not be able to hide behind their cell phones or computers," he said.
His state conducted 14 of the approximately 130 nationwide cases in a "day of action" against so-called hate postings.
In fact, even as the number of such raids has exploded in recent years, violent crime has also reached record highs in Germany, in large part due to mass immigration, which is a statistical fact. However, police resources have shifted towards targeting hate speech violations, including those complaining about rising crime in relation to mass immigration, with even politicians, such as Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) Marie-Thérèse Kaiser, being targeted in such cases.
Germany now routinely has these "days of action" against citizens who commit "violations" against new and more draconian speech laws in Germany. In some cases, a national scandal has erupted when the details of the cases became public, such as the case of a pensioner, Stefan Niehoff, having his house raided over calling former Economic Minister Robert Habeck an "idiot."
As the details of the case show, Niehoff became a major target for speaking out against the raid, with the state eventually dropping the "idiot" charge, the one they raided his house for, and pursuing other ones. He was eventually convicted for a variety of retweets despite these retweets being explicitly anti-Nazi posts that targeted left-wing politicians.
In another case, someone criticized CDU leader Friedrich Merz as "drunken."
It is unclear who was targeted in the latest raids and what statements they made. Most cases allegedly involve right-wing extremist statements, but a small number of cases involve extremist religious or left-wing extremist content. It should also be noted that Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel has also filed a number of such complaints, a point she has been criticized for. However, it is unclear if anyone’s house was raided over any of her complaints. So far, there have been no reports of such raids based on any complaints Weidel has filed.
CDU Interior Minister Reul said there needs to be a clear distinction between opinion and hate speech.
"What you don’t do in the real world isn’t appropriate digitally either. It’s time for more attitude, both offline and online," he said.
However, the federal interior ministry made a similar argument last year while conducting raids against multiple homes of Compact Magazine journalists, as well as the magazine’s publisher. The raids were followed by a ban on Compact Magazine and its erasure from the internet. A top federal court has now ruled this week that the ban was not constitutional and constituted a violation of freedom of the press in a major blow to the federal interior ministry.
These house raids are conducted with the support of various reporting centers run by left-leaning organizations. Essentially, a center reports a post, which then forwards this to the federal police for action.
Last year, there were 10,732 such cases recorded, which is quadruple the number of 2021.
As an example of the type of raids going on, last year, a 14-year-old German boy had his house raided for posting a banned hashtag on TikTok, which translated to "Everything for Germany."
I hope our friend EC is safe.
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[AP] A trade war. A real war with bombs dropped in the Middle East. A barrage of insults hurled by the president of the United States at the head of the Federal Reserve.
The stock market has powered through all of that in the past few months to set a new record Friday and reward investors who stayed their ground through a volatile stretch. The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high of 6,173.
While Wall Street can take a bow — and breath a sigh of relief — there’s no let-up ahead. The pause President Donald Trump put in effect for many tariffs expires in early July. Second-quarter profit reports and upcoming economic indicators could reveal more about the impact of the tariffs that did go into effect. The Fed could face a tricky decision on interest rates.
Here’s a look at what’s happened in markets and what could lie ahead.
Skipping down:
TRUMP AND THE FED
Trump wants the Fed to lower interest rates. The Fed says it needs to see the impact of Trump’s tariffs before it can act. The president has taken to regularly bashing Jerome Powell, whose term as Fed chair expires next year. According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump could name his nominee to replace Powell unusually early, in an attempt to undermine him. The drama could influence trading in the bond and foreign exchange markets, and by extension on Wall Street.
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As of May 31st, US Inflation Rate was roughly 2.35% - 2.37% based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (CPE).
Having the Fed keep rates at 4.5% (supposedly to curb inflation) is ludicrous. That rate should be somewhere in the 3.5% to 3.7% to reflect reality.
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Does anybody really believe 2.35-2.37% inflation? On the moon or Mars, maybe.
Oh, and is that "less food and energy" or for a different fake number?
[Gateway] In what could be a massive game changer in the 2024 presidential election, the union representing workers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has endorsed Kamala Harris. News from 2024
In a press release this week, the National Treasury Employees Union which represents workers of the Internal Revenue Service confirmed that the decision had been taken "after extensive research into the candidates’ records regarding the federal workforce, and consultation with NTEU members and chapter leaders across the country."
"When it comes to treating federal employees with respect, valuing their service, and investing in their work, Kamala Harris is the clear choice," said NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald.
"She shares our values and our commitment to making sure that the federal government works for all Americans. She has been a strong advocate for the issues that matter most to federal employees: fair pay, paid family leave, adequate agency funding and staffing, and robust collective bargaining rights."
Because it was so asininely stupid, I had to check see if this was a hidden BB planted story 1st.
Commercial sector unions have played a needed role, prior to Federal Work and OSHA laws being passed.
But Federal employee Unions are just rebellious LSD politically used and steered minions. Its not about $$$, or conditions it is all about politics.
So disband All Federal Unions.
They knew and accepted a job with a very detailed job description. They have have better retirement, healthcare, salaries with COLA, and working areas then a majority of US workers have today. Yet they whine and play politics?????
They were not hired to play politics which usually Liberal Socialist Democrat steered agenda tactics.
Allowing the IRS to play politics would just have them auditing any MAGA voters, and rewarding a blind eye to LSD's off shore donors.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest moves by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Those dismissed include two attorneys who worked as supervisors overseeing the Jan. 6 prosecutions in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington as well as a line attorney who prosecuted cases stemming from the Capitol attack, the people said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters.
A letter that was received by one of the prosecutors was signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi. The letter did not provide a reason for their removal, effective immediately, citing only "Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States," according to a copy seen by The Associated Press.
Don’t they serve at the pleasure of the president, meaning he or his representative can fire them — or demand their resignation — at will?
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They can now plead the 5th Amendment with impunity. As Federal employees, the 5th is off limits. I'm admittedly no attorney, but I'm not certain this was a good idea. Their termination agreements may have held other stipulations however.
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OK, then also have them testify WHO above them instructed / ordered them to violate civil right laws and the US Constitution for a reduce prison sentence.
Then charge those that ordered them with US Code violation fitting their actions.
Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241 - Conspiracy Against Rights
Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242 - Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
Title 18, U.S.C., Section 245 - Federally Protected Activities
Title 42, U.S.C., Section 14141 - Pattern and Practice
For offenses not resulting in death, there is a 7 year statute of limitations. For offenses resulting in death, there is no statute of limitations.
[American Thinker] The thing about stereotypes is that people who know nothing about you—in fact know quite a bit about you.
It’s why I drive by a derelict trailer park where Cadillacs with fancy rims sit parked in the grass and I know exactly who lives there; it’s why when I read about a 13-month-old baby who was in the process of being adopted by a “couple” and who was raped to death within three months of him being placed in their care I already know it’s not a heterosexual couple we’re talking about; and it’s why I knew that the money that Karmelo Anthony’s
…he’s the Black high school boy who murdered a white high school boy at a track meet in Frisco, Texas back in April…
family was raising for his legal defense wasn’t actually going to be used just for his legal defense, but instead be blown on luxuries. There’s a term to explain what kind of “rich” this sort of behavior is….
No sooner than I reported on the family upgrading to a McMansion rental in a neighborhood they could never otherwise afford, jokingly predicting that we can expect new cars and designer duds next…luxury vehicles show up in the driveway, an “endless stream” of Amazon trucks makes drop-offs to the residence, and Karmelo gets some new brand-name sneakers.
Am I a seer? No, I just know that human behavior in certain communities is predictable.
Now, as Anthony is now officially facing a murder charge after being indicted by a grand jury earlier this week, he’s reportedly filed “indigent” paperwork to obtain a public defender, a formal plea for financial assistance that claims poverty and financial destitution, after raising more than half a million dollars less than two months ago:
Living off of other people’s money is all these people know how to do.
Anyway, despite having filed this paperwork, the family is continuing with their fundraiser, which is still active, and just recently increased the amount they want, bumping the total requested funds to right around $1.4 million. The updated blurb regarding the crowdfunding campaign at least admits that while legal defense is “part” of why they need money, they’re also using it as “comprehensive assistance” to “navigate the many challenges” of their son’s thuggish and horrendous choices—like rental homes they can’t afford, high-end vehicles (because who wants to drive to and from court in a base-model economy car), and fancy clothes.
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...Leading one to consider that the Anthony family isn't giving up - or has already blown through - all that sweet, sweet crowdfunding cash they raised.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] American Airlines has been hit by a widespread outage that is impacting all flights.
Reports of issues surfaced around 1:30pm ET, with travelers saying they are stuck on the runway or crammed in waiting areas.
Some travelers have shared their frustrations on social media, saying they have been sitting at the gate for more than one hour.
'Sitting at the airport, they are saying AA flights everywhere are impacted by the maintenance system being down,' one user shared on Reddit.
One flyer in Fort Myers said the Pilot told passengers that they are unable to 'get a flight plan, fuel report or passenger manifest.'
'Our team is awaiting the all clear to take the air, and we truly apologize for the added wait. We'll have you on the way very shortly,' American Airlines shared at 2:37pm ET.
Downdetector, a site that monitors online outages, shows issues with the website, delays and logging into the app.
A live outage map shows major cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York and Phoenix, are all in the red.
A source from one affected airport told CNN the airline had sent messages indicating problems for at least two hours with the system that handles flight bookings, check-in, ticketing and baggage tagging, along with other functions. The source said American sent communications just before 2:45 p.m. ET stating the systems were coming back online and to expect “slight delays as they work towards normal operations.”
At 2:30 p.m. ET, flight data tracker FlightAware showed 21% of American Airlines flights delayed and 2% canceled. American’s wholly-owned subsidiary PSA Airlines had 27% of flights delayed and 11% were canceled Friday.
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...One thing I've always done - and learned this from flying military transport - is to assume that nothing is going to go off on time. My carryon always has enough snacks, gear AND clothes to last me at least 12-24 hours.
Seeing a lot of sudden issues in Transportation related areas here and there.
Example: A 140+ rail car train in the South Atlanta area was halted for hours yesterday in the Blacksville / McDonough Ga area. Car Traffic was blocked at key crossing all the way down to Locust Grove GA.
I-75 came to a crawl as city street traffic sought alternate escape routes.
[Ynet] France’s decision to block Israeli defense displays isn’t just politics—it’s a sign of deep market anxiety as agile Israeli tech challenges Europe’s traditional defense industry dominance
The peculiar incident at the Paris Air Show, where unprecedented restrictions were placed on Israeli defense industries, exposed more than just a French political position. It underscored the widening gap between the Israeli defense-economic model and established players in the global arena.
France, with its seasoned defense industries such as Dassault and Thales, embodies the previous generation of military innovation. This is an industry built on large platforms, lengthy development cycles, and reliance on government contracts.
The Israeli model, by contrast, emerged from existential necessity that forged a distinctive innovation ecosystem: nimble startups, rapid development of tactical solutions, and operational adaptability that converts into technological edge.
When exhibition organizers mandated that Israeli weapons systems be concealed behind black barriers, they effectively illustrated the mounting anxiety over Israel's capacity to disrupt the entrenched defense-economic establishment. Israeli defense industries don't merely supply military solutions; they function as an economic powerhouse that injects billions of dollars into the economy, employs tens of thousands of engineers, and influences national productivity metrics.
The broader economic significance is that current diplomatic friction stems not merely from international relations, but from fierce competition for market dominance in a rapidly expanding industry. It's reasonable to conclude that the prohibition on showcasing Israeli offensive systems in Paris constitutes an implicit recognition of Israeli technological supremacy, coupled with French reluctance to face direct competition.
[FoxNews] FBI agents say they discovered fractured hard drive pieces during search of Thomas Pham LeGro's home
A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter was arrested and placed on leave after being charged with possessing child pornography on his work laptop.
Thomas Pham LeGro, 48, was arrested Thursday and taken into custody after a search of his District of Columbia home.
LeGro made his first appearance Friday in U.S. District Court.
The charges reportedly stem from an FBI search at his home Thursday, where agents seized several electronic devices.
A review of LeGro’s work laptop allegedly revealed a folder that contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
During the execution of a search warrant, authorities said they found what appeared to be fractured pieces of a hard drive in the hallway outside the room where LeGro’s work laptop was found.
"The Washington Post understands the severity of these allegations, and the employee has been placed on leave," a Washington Post spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an email Friday.
The George Mason graduate was part of a team of Post reporters awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Senate candidacy of Roy Moore in 2018.
LeGro, who has been with the publication for more than a decade, served as deputy director of video, overseeing a group of video journalists. He also briefly worked for PBS.
Pirro thanked FBI Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department for their ongoing efforts in the investigation.
The case, part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood initiative, is being investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, according to the release.
[FoxNews] Defense Secretary declares, 'We are taking the politics out of ship naming' as Pelosi condemns change
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a Navy oil tanker named after gay rights leader Harvey Milk will be renamed after Medal of Honor recipient Oscar V. Peterson.
"We are taking the politics out of ship naming," he wrote on X along with a video announcing the move.
Milk was California’s first openly gay politician, who was shot and killed inside San Francisco city hall by former San Francisco supervisor Dan White. The ship, a fleet replenishment oiler, was originally named after him in 2016 under President Barack Obama.
He served four years in the Navy in the Korean War but left due to his sexuality.
Peterson was awarded the Medal of Honor after his death, having died of his wounds during battle in World War II in an act of self-sacrifice that saved lives.
"People want to be proud of the ship they’re sailing in," Hegseth said of the change. "We're not renaming the ship to anything political. This is not about political activists, unlike the previous administration."
Peterson, who spent 20 years in the Navy, was in charge of running the steam engine in the U.S.S. Neosho when it came under Japanese fire in the Philippines in 1942.
On May 7, 1942, the Neosho was severely damaged during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Peterson and other members of his repair party were badly injured, but Peterson managed to close four bulkhead steam valves. He sustained third-degree burns in the process, but the move kept the ship afloat. On May 11, the U.S.S. Henley rescued 123 survivors from the Neosho, and Peterson died two days later from his wounds.
The renaming comes amid a push from Hegseth to remove DEI and "woke" policies from the Department of Defense.
When the move was first reported earlier this month, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called the move a "shameful, vindictive erasure of those who fought to break down barriers for all to chase the American Dream."
Of course she did.
"As the rest of us are celebrating the joy of Pride Month, it is my hope that the Navy will reconsider this egregious decision," Pelosi said in a statement.
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When I first heard that this Oiler was going to be named after Milk (2016?), my first thought was that someone was having a joke.
Although the ship is a 'Lubrication Delivery System'.
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...I'm truly sorry that Mr. Milk was murdered; AFAIK he did nothing wrong to his killer other than existing. But he had a fairly well-known fondness for underage boys, and an unfortunate death cannot erase that. The naming never should have happened in the first place.
Now let's do USS John Murtha (LPD-26), who not only lied about US Marines committing war crimes, but cheerfully spread them. And then we can do USS John Stennis (CVN-74), named for one of the most bitter and brutal segregationists who ever walked Capitol Hill.
[Federalist] On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court declared rogue lower courts’ universal injunctions against President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order to be unlawful.
"[F]ederal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them. When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too," Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote.
The final decision was 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh joining Barrett in the majority. Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
Known as Trump v. CASA, Inc., the matter before the high court centers around the issuance of nationwide injunctions on President Trump’s executive order seeking to end so-called "birthright citizenship." That is a concept in which any individual born on American soil is automatically granted U.S. citizenship under the 14th Amendment, irrespective of whether that individual’s parents are legally permitted to be in the U.S.
Following a series of injunctions blocking the order’s implementation among lower courts, the Trump administration appealed to SCOTUS, asking the high court to "’restrict the scope’ of multiple preliminary injunctions that ’purpor[t] to cover every person * * * in the country,’" and limit "those injunctions to parties actually within the courts’ power." The case and Friday’s decision do not, however, determine the merits of Trump’s birthright citizenship order.
In her majority opinion, Barrett noted that the injunctions brought before the Court "reflect a more recent development: district courts asserting the power to prohibit enforcement of a law or policy against anyone."
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Don Surber:
ITEM 2: Chief Justice John Roberts finally let a female justice—ACB—write a major decision. It immediately turned into a catfight, “We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself. We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.”
KBJ replied, “This is why no one sits with you at lunch.”
ACB responded, “This is why Roberts makes you write your dissents in crayon.”
ITEM 3: Just to be clear, ACB wrote it but 5 colleagues kept it in. The new kid just isn’t fitting in.
As for the decision, it stayed the execution of most injunctions issued by lowly district judges who have a superiority complex that makes surgeons roll their eyes.
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Five US Supreme Court justices have stooped to doing what the US Congress is too inert to bother with.
[NBC] The Trump administration in recent days has explored possible economic incentives for Iran in return for the regime halting uranium enrichment, including releasing billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets, according to three sources familiar with the discussions.
The tentative proposal would also allow Iran to receive assistance from regional countries to enable Tehran to build a civilian nuclear program, granting Tehran access to as much as $30 billion.
The proposal is one of many ideas under consideration by the administration, the sources said. The details of the administration’s discussions were first reported by CNN.
The potential deal would mark a major reversal in policy for President Trump, who pulled the U.S. out of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran in 2018 arguing in part that the sanctions relief and unfreezing of Iranian assets had provided a "lifeline of cash" to the Iranian regime to continue its malign activities.
Still, it is not immediately clear if the financial proposal or any negotiations between the U.S. and Iran will move forward. Epic fail for Fauci and his 'bugs & gas' colleagues, but this application could succeed.
I’d bet that before the money can be spent, the Mullahs start shooting missiles at Israel again, or a sleeper cell in America tries to run amok, or both, and so the nuclear power project falls through. The Mullahs are true believers — like Hamas they cannot be dissuaded by prosperity for the common people.
So much for that bet. Update from the Times of Israel in the middle of the night:
[IsraelTimes] 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... dismisses media reports that said his administration had discussed possibly helping 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... access as much as $30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program.
CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... reported on Thursday and NBC News reported on Friday that the Trump administration in recent days had explored possible economic incentives for Iran in return for its government halting uranium enrichment. The reports cited sources.
CNN cited officials as saying that several proposals were floated and were preliminary.
"Who in the Fake News Media is the SleazeBag saying that ’President Trump wants to give Iran $30 Billion to build non-military Nuclear facilities.’ Never heard of this ridiculous idea," Trump writes on Truth Social late on Friday, calling the reports a "HOAX."
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The OODA loop is a decision-making model developed by United States Air Force Colonel John Boyd. He applied the concept to the combat operations process, often at the operational level during military campaigns. It is often applied to understand commercial operations and learning processes. The approach explains how agility can overcome raw power in dealing with human opponents. Wikipedia
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OK but 1st ....the Iran must immediately turn over ALL Ayatollah, regime leaders and soldiers for crimes against Humanity. ALL put on trial, when found guilty, placed in prison for life or until they commit suicide :-) on Diego Garcia or Tristan da Cunha?
Either way
Shouldn't Iran leadership be held liable for all damages and the related costs expended to bring them into UN Nuke deal compliance, after 10+ years of warnings and broke agreements?
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In these conflicts there's a pattern where Western powers easily dominate the conventional symmetrical battlefield and afterwards politically surrender to a militarily defeated enemy.
Some players in the Trump 47 administration are apparently trying to repeat this wrt Iran.
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[Regnum] The United States of America will again use military force against Iran if it becomes aware of a dangerous level of uranium enrichment. This was stated by US President Donald Trump on June 27. Given that’s why we bombed them the first time, it seems fair to me.
"Of course. Without any doubt, absolutely," the head of the White House responded to a journalist's question about the possibility of striking Iran in the event of corresponding intelligence findings.
On the night of June 22, the US Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes on Iranian territory. Trump said the attacks were carried out on sites allegedly related to the nuclear program.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 18, the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, stated that there was no evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry called the US attack criminal, pointing out that peaceful facilities under IAEA control were attacked.
On June 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the aggression against Iran unfounded, noting that there is no justification for it. He also said that Russia is working to help the Iranian people.
Trump later announced that Israel and Iran had reached a comprehensive ceasefire agreement. He said that after a 24-hour ceasefire, it would mark a complete end to the 12-day war.
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[KavkazUzel] Transactions by a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2020 became the reason for initiating a criminal case on financing terrorism; the man is in pre-trial detention.
A criminal case against a 44-year-old resident of Nalchik was opened based on materials from the republican FSB department.
According to the investigation, in 2020, the man made several money transfers through a banking application, transferring money to the accounts of alleged “organizers of a channel for financing terrorist activities and members of an international terrorist organization.”
Investigators believe that he made these transfers intentionally "with the aim of facilitating terrorist activity," according to a statement on the website of the republic's Investigative Committee.
The suspect was given a preventive measure in the form of detention, the department noted. The article on financing terrorist activity (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia) provides for eight to 15 years of imprisonment.
The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have any comments from the suspect or his lawyer regarding the investigation's version.
[Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court issued a ruling this morning that it is legal for President Donald Trump to be the president.
In a 6-3 decision, the court held that since Trump was, in fact, elected to be president, his ability to "do president things" was protected under the law.
"The court hereby rules that a president can be president," wrote Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who penned the decision for the majority. "By virtue of being president, that person is the president. I can't freaking believe I'm having to explain this."
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a scathing dissent for the minority, arguing that she really didn't like that presidents could do stuff and also that it was very unfair how pretty Justice Barrett is for her age. "I'm really getting sick of looking at her still-youthful face," wrote Jackson. "Also, I hate laws. Laws are stupid. Case closed."
At publishing time, Justice Jackson had challenged Justice Barrett to a pay-per-view cage match.
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[Regnum] Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia detained a woman in Tatarstan on suspicion of participating in an international terrorist organization banned in Russia. This was reported on June 27 by the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC).
“It was established that illegal propaganda meetings were held at the address where the detainee lived, the main purpose of which was to spread the ideas of radical Islam among the republic’s Muslims, as well as to promote the principles of a terrorist organization,” the Center for Public Opinion said in a statement.
FSB officers found out that at the meetings, participants studied banned extremist literature. In addition, members of the organization accepted reports on the work done to recruit new members, and also carried out the recruitment itself.
In Moscow in May, a man who had recently received Russian citizenship was arrested for attempting to join the ranks of the Islamic State (IS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia). The investigation petitioned for the arrest of the suspect, since while at large, the man could maintain and coordinate communications with other IS members. He was sent to a pretrial detention center.
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[ColonelCassad] This has never happened before and here it is again. In Turkey, officers are being detained en masse on charges of links to "Gulenists" Goodness — still riding that hobby horse? SCANDAL IN THE TURKISH ARMY: OFFICERS CONTROLLING DRONES ARRESTED
In Turkey, 163 people, including active officers, have been detained as part of an investigation into the activities of FETO (Fethullahçı Terör Örgütü, a terrorist organization led by Fethullah Gülen). Among them are pilots of combat drones, including an AEK colonel, an OFY major, and another KK colonel.
The operations were coordinated by the Istanbul and Izmir prosecutors. The arrests covered 41 provinces. The defendants include officers from the ground and air forces, intelligence, tank units, as well as active and retired police officers.
The investigation claims that they maintained contact with FETO curators via payphones and payment points, a typical method of covert communication for the organization.
What is known about the operation:
- 183 suspects were detained,
- 77 of them as part of the operation coordinated from Istanbul,
- among the detainees - 174 active military personnel, including 11 colonels, 16 lieutenant colonels, 46 majors, 27 captains and others.
Some officers had access to strategic UAV control systems, which calls into question the internal security of Turkey's defense structures.
The investigation is ongoing.
It may turn out that the Gülenists were planning a massive drone attack from within on the country's leadership and the army in preparation for another military coup, which are planned with enviable regularity in Turkey under Erdogan. If they really were preparing a coup again, then we can expect that the arrest of this group of officers will not be enough and the Turkish army will again face a large-scale purge. The last major cleanup took place after the failed military coup of 2016, when the plotters came close to killing Erdogan and seizing power, but due to their own mistakes, they screwed up.
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[Regnum] The weather in Central Russia in July is expected to be rainy, and in the southern regions there is a high probability of fires against the backdrop of drought. This was reported on June 27 by the Izvestia newspaper.
According to her data, in Moscow most of the second summer month will be cloudy with short-term rains and thunderstorms. The average air temperature during the day will be +23…+24°C, at night - +13…+15°C.
It is noted that in St. Petersburg in July the weather will be mostly cloudy, with occasional rains. During the daytime, the thermometer will rise to +20…+23°C. At night, +13…+15°C is expected. Air humidity will remain high, especially in the mornings.
The publication added that in the European part of Russia July will be dry, the air temperature will be above normal. Thus, in the Black Earth Region, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories, the summer may be the driest in recent decades.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 16 in Sochi, heavy rains caused floods and power outages. In the Adler region, the Mzymta and Kherota rivers overflowed their banks.
On June 17, a heavy downpour in Kaspiysk flooded a clinic where the roof was being repaired. Water gushed into the clinic through the roof. According to the management, the employees managed to cover the medical equipment, and the contractor continued the repair work.
Showers with the greatest amount of precipitation on July 27 will occur in the Ulyanovsk, Samara, Penza regions and Mordovia. This was reported by meteorologist, candidate of technical sciences Evgeny Tishkovets.
"Today, a large cyclone, flooding the Russian Plain with rain, will slowly move to the east of the European territory of Russia, where the main downpours will occur with the greatest amount of precipitation in the Middle Volga region, especially covering the Ulyanovsk, Samara, Penza regions and Mordovia, where in some areas up to 32... 37 liters of rainwater per meter of area is predicted, or half of the entire monthly volume of heavenly moisture," Tishkovets said on his Telegram channel.
The anticyclonic influence will increase in the west and south of the country. Here the clouds will thin out and the probability of precipitation will drop to a minimum.
"At the same time, the zone of storm winds with gusts of up to 15...20 m/s will shift to the lower reaches of the Volga. Due to the strengthening of the wind in Kalmykia and adjacent regions, dusty sand storms are not excluded. During the day in the Russian North +9...+14, in Komi up to +20. In the central zone +16...+21, in the south up to 25...30 [degrees] of heat," Tishkovets noted.
The meteorologist also spoke about the weather in Moscow, where on the morning of June 27 it was +11.8 degrees, and in its suburbs - up to +9. He advised Muscovites to dress warmer.
"The sky is 100% covered by stratocumulus clouds with a lower boundary of 600-1000 m. No precipitation. Visibility 20 km. Northwest wind 2 m/s. Humidity 76%. Atmospheric pressure 741.4 mm Hg," Tishkovets noted.
The weather is expected to be cloudy with clearings, in the morning in some places light rain is possible, during the day no significant precipitation is expected. The wind will be north-westerly, gusty, with a speed of 4-9 m/s. The maximum air temperature was +17…+20, in the region - 16…21 degrees Celsius. This figure is several degrees below the climatic norm.
Over the weekend in Moscow it will be partly cloudy and mostly dry. Heavy rain may fall on Sunday evening.
"At dusk in the metropolis +10…+13 (in the region 8…13), after lunch on Saturday +18…+21, on Sunday up to 20…23 moderate heat. In lakes and rivers the water is cool - only +17. At the beginning of next week the weather will deteriorate again - heavy rains are predicted and it will get colder to +14…+19. There will be no heat!" - the forecaster summed up.
Why Ukraine? That makes no sense. What does a Belgian company supplying Ukraine have to do with Palestine or Israel?
[United24Media] Around 150 pro-Palestinian activists stormed the premises of OIP Land Systems, a Belgian defense company that refurbishes military vehicles for Ukraine, causing over $1 million in damage, according to company CEO Freddy Versluys, a Belgian media outlet 7sur7 reported on June 24.
The incident, which occurred in the morning on June 23, is expected to delay upcoming armored vehicle deliveries to Ukraine by at least a month.
The activists, dressed in white suits with their faces covered, broke into the factory’s warehouses in Tournai as part of the “Stop Arming Israel” campaign, which calls for a military embargo on Israel and demands sanctions by the Belgian government.
“They ransacked our offices, destroyed computers, and then headed to the workshops, where they severely damaged several vehicles,” said Versluys. “They went on a rampage with spray paint and hammers.”
Versluys emphasized that the damaged vehicles were not intended for Israel but were part of a shipment to Ukraine.
“We no longer sell anything to Israel. …vandalized vehicles meant to defend Ukraine. Their action will delay our next delivery by at least a month.”
The activists targeted OIP Land Systems due to its ownership by Elbit Systems, a major Israeli defense contractor.
Ah. So the objection is that they are Israeli. The Ukraine thing is happenstance. Throw the book at them for forceful entry and destruction… or give the guys on the line axe handles and let them have a bit of fun on their unexpected break.
Protesters claim Elbit supplies 85% of drones and most ground-based weaponry to the Israeli military. However, Versluys insisted OIP has not delivered any defense systems to Israel for over 20 years and operates completely independently.
OIP has played a key role in supplying Ukraine’s military since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, delivering around 260 refurbished armored vehicles to date.
Police from the Tournai region were deployed to the scene, supported by anti-riot units from the Borinage area and a federal police helicopter. Some activists fled into neighboring villages but were pursued by law enforcement. According to the activist group Stop Arming Israel, at least 30 people were arrested.
Versluys announced that the company would be filing a formal complaint against unidentified perpetrators.
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[Regnum] The United States of America is immediately ceasing all discussions of a trade agreement with Canada. This was announced on June 27 by US President Donald Trump.
Oh dear.
The reason for this decision was the digital services tax introduced by Ottawa. According to the head of the White House, this tax is aimed against American technology companies.
Ah. Choices do have consequences.
"We just learned that Canada, which has already made it extremely difficult to trade with, including years of tariffs of up to 400% on our dairy products, has imposed a Digital Services Tax on our tech companies. This is a direct and blatant attack on our Country," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He noted that Canadian authorities are copying the actions of the European Union, which is also discussing the possibility of introducing a similar tax on the United States.
So they’ll have the advantage of knowing the consequence of their choice ahead of time. Enjoy, guys.
"Based on this, we are ceasing all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately," the American leader said.
The head of the White House added that Washington will notify Ottawa within the next seven days of the amount of duty that the Canadian side will pay for doing business with the United States.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in early April, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that the country would impose a 25% tariff on all U.S.-imported vehicles not covered by the North American Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA). The day before, Trump signed an executive order imposing 25% tariffs on imports of passenger cars, light trucks, and auto parts.
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[Regnum] As a result of shooting in the village of Stara Wieś, located in the southern part of Poland, two people were killed and one was injured. This was reported on June 27 by the Polish radio station RMF FM.
"On Friday, in Star Wieś in the Limanowski district of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a shooting took place in one of the houses. Two people were killed and one was injured," the publication says.
According to the radio station, the 57-year-old suspect in the crime fled into the woods and his car has already been found. Police warned that the man, who is the father of one of the victims, is dangerous and may be armed.
[IsraelTimes] US president says he reversed plans to remove sanctions on Iran because of supreme leader’s ‘blatant and foolish’ statement after
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he knew exactly where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was hiding during the war and prevented Israel and US forces from killing him, saving him from an “ugly and ignominious death.”
“I saved him from a very ugly and ignominious death,” Trump said.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel did not kill Khamenei because it did not know where underground he was hiding.
Trump also said Friday he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities if Tehran were enriching uranium to a level that concerned the US.
Trump also said he ordered Israel to turn planes around that were planning to strike Iran significantly in response to missile fire launched by Tehran after the ceasefire went into place.
“It was going to be the biggest attack of the war by far,” Trump said.
“Iran has to get back into the world order flow, or things will only get worse for them,” he warned.
“They are always so angry, hostile and unhappy, and look at what it has gotten them: A burned out, blown up country, with no future, a decimated military, a horrible economy and death all around them,” Trump continued.
“They have no hope, and it will only get worse! I wish the leadership of Iran would realize that you often get more with honey than you do with vinegar,” he said.
Trump also claimed on Friday that he reversed plans to remove sanctions against Iran after Khamenei gave a speech a day earlier declaring that Trump had “exaggerated” the impact of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, while threatening to repeat the “slap” Tehran had dealt American forces in the region.
“During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions, and other things, which would have given a much better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“But instead I get hit with a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust, and immediately dropped all work on sanction relief and more,” he continued, blasting Khamenei for his “blatant and foolish” statement.
“As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie,” Trump said, reiterating his insistence that Iran’s nuclear sites were “obliterated” in the US strikes on Sunday.
“You have to tell the truth,” Trump also said of Khamenei. “You got beat to hell.”
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This would be a scathing indictment of Trump's awareness of historical facts if this cognitive dissonance inspired denial of Iran's nature had not been the Western political class' consensus since 1979.
At least Trump seems to correct course now.
This is not even a "Scorpion and Frog" scenario.
The Iranian 'Scorpion' has always clearly articulated its intentions.
[FoxNews] Hacker obtained federal agent's phone records and accessed Mexico City's surveillance system, a Justice Department report states.
A hacker working for the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico was able to obtain an FBI official's phone record information in 2018 and used Mexico City's surveillance camera system to track and kill informants and witnesses, the Justice Department said in a report.
For seven years? That’s not good, but at least they finally noticed, whether or not they caught the miscreant.
The 2018 incident was disclosed in the Justice Department Inspector General's audit of the FBI's efforts to "Mitigate the Effects of Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance."
The report said the FBI was working on the case of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the former leader of the infamous cartel who was extradited to the United States in 2017, when someone tipped the FBI that the drug-trafficking organization hired a hacker "who offered a menu of services related to exploiting mobile phones and other electronic devices."
The hacker was able to identify an FBI assistant legal attaché (ALAT) at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and was able to use the attaché's phone number "to obtain calls made and received, as well as geolocation data."
"According to the FBI, in addition to compromising the ALAT's phone, the hacker also accessed Mexico City's camera system, used the cameras to follow the ALAT through the city, and identified people the ALAT met with," the report states. "According to the case agent, the cartel used that information to intimidate and/or kill potential sources or cooperating witnesses."
The hacker and victims were not identified in the report. Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, the State Department, the FBI and Justice Department.
The report noted that advances in technology have "made it easier than ever for less-sophisticated nations and criminal enterprises to identify and exploit vulnerabilities" created by UTS, a term used to describe the widespread collection and storage od data and analysis often from everyday technologies like smartphones, computers and even vehicles.
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[Regnum] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the wedding of his eldest son Avner in order to lull the vigilance of the Iranian leadership before the strike. This was reported by the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal. They were fooled. We all were. As Winston Churchill, himself a wartime prime minister, said, “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
According to Israeli and American intelligence sources, it was no coincidence that the Israeli prime minister announced that he was going on vacation in connection with Avner's wedding, scheduled for June 16. This happened several days before the start of the IDF operation against Iran. Netanyahu wanted Tehran not to know his real location and not to expect an attack until at least June 17.
The publication noted that none of Netanyahu's close friends or relatives, including Avner, knew that the prime minister would not attend the wedding and that it would have to be postponed due to the fighting.
According to the authors of the article, the story of Netanyahu's son's wedding is only part of a larger campaign to disinform Tehran. Another part of it was the leaks of Israeli and American media about the rift between Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump. According to these "leaks", the White House opposed strikes on Iran, and Tel Aviv allegedly did not dare to launch the operation without Washington's approval.
And Tehran believed. Surely Allah must have wanted them to be blind.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on the night of June 13, the Israel Defense Forces launched a military operation against Iran, announcing that it was allegedly carrying out precision strikes on nuclear facilities. In reality, in addition to a number of high-ranking Iranian military personnel and a group of nuclear physicists, civilians were killed.
Not many civilians who were not in the same room as the target. Israelis munitions are so precise that civilians stand around watching, secure that it is safe to do so. Ditto for the huge bombs America dropped on Fordo and the other nuclear sites.
[GEO.TV] Pakistain has reported its 13th polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain... case of 2025, after the Regional Reference Laboratory at the NIH confirmed the virus in an 18-month-old girl from Union Council Amakhel, District Tank in South Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
This is the seventh case from the province this year, raising renewed alarm over persistent virus circulation in high-risk areas.
So far, four cases have been reported from Sindh, and one each from Punjab ...1. Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2. A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3. A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots
.... and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The Regional Reference Laboratory at NIH Islamabad confirmed a case of wild poliovirus in a 33-month-old boy from KP's Bannu district on Sunday.
Last week, the Pakistain Polio Eradication Programme reported that poliovirus was detected in environmental samples taken from seven different districts in the country.
The programme said virus was found in environmental samples from Quetta, Gwadar, South Wazoo (lower) and South Waziristan (upper). Furthermore, environmental samples taken from Larkana, Rawalpindi and Mirpurkhas also contained poliovirus.
[GEO.TV] At a White House event, US President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... said a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... could be achieved within days, Rooters reported.
Speaking from the Oval Office, he shared that he had recently spoken with individuals involved in the negotiations and believed a breakthrough was near.
"I think it's close. I just spoke to some of the people involved," Trump said. "We think within the next week we're going to get a ceasefire."
He did not say who he has been talking to, but he has told news hounds he was in near-daily contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israel-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... conflict.
Trump's surprise prediction of a possible ceasefire deal in coming days came at a time when there have been few signs that the warring parties were ready to restart serious negotiations or budge from entrenched positions.
A spokesperson for US special envoy Steve Witkoff's office said they had no information to share beyond Trump's comments.
Witkoff helped former President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity.... 's aides broker a ceasefire and hostage release agreement shortly before Trump took office in January but the deal soon unravelled.
The Israeli embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer plans to visit Washington starting on Monday for talks with Trump administration officials about 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... , Iran and a possible White House visit by Netanyahu, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Netanyahu said on Thursday the outcome of Israel's war with Iran presented opportunities for peace that his country must not waste.
"This victory presents an opportunity for a dramatic widening of peace agreements. We are working on this with enthusiasm," Netanyahu said in a statement.
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[NPR] The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Maryland over an order blocking the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals, ratcheting up a fight with the federal judiciary over President Donald Trump's executive powers.
The remarkable action lays bare the administration's determination to exert its will over immigration enforcement as well as a growing exasperation with federal judges who have time and again turned aside executive branch actions they see as lawless and without legal merit.
"It's extraordinary," Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School, said of the Justice Department's lawsuit. "And it's escalating DOJ's effort to challenge federal judges."
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"And it's escalating DOJ's effort to challenge federal judges."
Good. These rogue judges have been an issue for too long and been little more than black robed tyrants. If this step doesn't work, hanging them is the next.
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Actually the next legal step is for the US Congress to abolish the courts that these federal judges serve on and then reconstitute the courts to exclude the renegades but we know Congress doesn't do that sort of thing.
[FoxNews] DHS official blames 'dangerous rhetoric by sanctuary politicians' for 500% increase in ICE officer assaults
A career criminal accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Los Angeles hotel where federal agents were staying last week during immigration enforcement operations has been charged.
Eric Anthony Rodriguez, 39, is charged with the charged with the federal equivalent of having a bomb or explosive device, according to court documents.
Rodriguez hurled the Molotov cocktail on June 21 at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport, where 15 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and 12 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were staying, the Justice Department said.
"This coward threw a Molotov cocktail at a hotel in Los Angeles where 27 DHS law enforcement officers were staying," said Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. "Thankfully, the attack was unsuccessful, and no one was injured."
The device fell into some bushes and was extinguished by a hotel employee. The Los Angeles Police Department was called to investigate the incident and quickly zeroed in on Rodriguez after obtaining surveillance footage from nearby businesses.
He was arrested hours later after he was found asleep near a gas station one block away from the hotel, authorities said.
McLaughlin blamed the incident, and others in which law enforcement personnel have been assaulted, on sanctuary city politicians who have blamed the Trump administration for targeting illegal immigrants, even those with criminal records, for deportation.
"Dangerous rhetoric by sanctuary politicians has fanned the flames of violence against federal law enforcement—and it has led to a 500% increase in assaults against ICE," she said. "Secretary Noem has been perfectly clear: Anyone who threatens the lives of federal officers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law—and that is exactly what will happen to Rodriguez."
The charges against Rodriguez mark the third case of a federal ‘bomb/ or explosive’ charge against a person for throwing a Molotov cocktail in relation to the Los Angeles riots that occurred earlier this month in opposition to immigration enforcement operations.
Rodriguez has a lengthy criminal history, with previous convictions for assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree robbery, falsifying checks, theft and vandalism. He also had an outstanding felony warrant for violating parole.
He was most recently convicted of first-degree robbery in March 2024 and was sentenced to two years in prison.
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[ColonelCassad] Tehran Times: Israel plotted to carry out explosion in US and blame it on Iran Iran has uncovered the plot and notified the US.
According to information revealed by the Tehran Times, Israel was plotting to blow up launch a terrorist attack on American soil and then blame Iran in order to provoke a full-scale war between the US and Iran.
Uh huh. Suuuuuuuure. Once again the Mad Mullahs misread the situation. As ‘tis said, whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Allah clearly does the same.
The plan included orchestrating a destructive incident inside the United States, fabricating evidence against Iran, manipulating public opinion in the US, and inciting military action.
Iran, having received intelligence from a friendly country, discovered the Israeli plot. After receiving information about the intended attack, the Iranians sent messages to US officials and prevented the planned explosion.
Whatevs. Keep throwing spaghetti against the wall, guys, in the hope that something sticks.
The IRGC leadership today approved the decision of the Iranian parliament to stop cooperation with the IAEA due to the organization's complicity in the aggression against Iran.
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[GEO.TV] The armed wing of 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... , al-Quds Brigades, has said that its fighters carried out two separate attacks on Israeli forces operating in 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... , Al Jazeera reported.
The first attack claimed to have targeted Israeli troops east of Hamad City, north of Khan Younis, with 60-calibre mortar shells.
Separately, a joint assault carried out alongside the armed wing of Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... , Qassam Brigades, saw a group of Israeli troops and military vehicles shelled heavily as they penetrated the vicinity of Halima Mosque in the Jorat al-Lut area, south of Khan Younis, the al-Quds Brigades' statement read on Telegram.
The group did not elaborate on the results of the attacks.
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[Conservative Treehouse] Mexican President Sheinbaum Apoplectic at U.S. Sanctions Against Mexican Money Launderers
Things are getting very interesting as the clock ticks toward the end of the USMCA trade agreement.
Almost no one is watching the USMCA element because it quietly exists only in the background of events. However, pay close attention to the ancillary stories because they will eventually merge with the end of the USMCA and two bilateral trade agreements between the U.S-Canada and the U.S. and Mexico later this year.
NATO funding and Canadian economic independence, and by extension the EU and China, comes into the northern agreement. Border security and Mexican economic independence, and by extension immigration and China, comes into the southern agreement. The strength of MAGAnomic policy flows directly through both.
In the quiet sphere, a few days ago Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a key player in the trade program, announced sanctions against three Mexican financial organizations that underline the influence of the Mexican cartels and the Mexican government. [Treasury Announcement Here]
“The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued orders identifying three Mexico-based financial institutions—CIBanco S.A., Institution de Banca Multiple (CIBanco) [ORDER HERE], Intercam Banco S.A., Institución de Banca Multiple (Intercam) [ORDER HERE], and Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (Vector) [ORDER HERE]—as being of primary money laundering concern in connection with illicit opioid trafficking, and prohibit, respectively, certain transmittals of funds involving CIBanco, Intercam, and Vector. These orders are the first actions by FinCEN pursuant to the Fentanyl Sanctions Act and the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which provide Treasury with additional authorities to target money laundering associated with the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, including by cartels”. (more)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is furious. “The Treasury Department hasn’t provided a single piece of evidence to show that any money laundering was taking place,” she said. “We aren’t going to cover for anyone, there isn’t impunity here. They have to be able to demonstrate that there was actually money laundering, not with words, but with strong evidence.”
Secretary Scott Bessent has provided all of the evidence above in the three orders. However, this U.S. Treasury action is going to cause a massive disruption to the financial system used by Mexican officials to remain in power. This is the key point.
Remember, the Customs and Border Patrol enforcement action in Los Angeles was not about deporting illegal aliens. The origination of the chaos in Los Angeles centered around the ‘customs” aspect of the CBP as they targeted local businesses that were operating as money laundering outfits for drug and human trafficking into the USA.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Six Americans have been detained in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills, and USB sticks to North Korea.
Can everyday North Koreans use dollars or US sticks without getting in trouble just for having them?
The Americans, missionaries aged from their 20s to 50s, were apprehended on Gwanghwa Island just across from North Korea about 1:06am on Friday local time.
Authorities caught the suspects before they could throw the bottles into the sea so they could float toward North Korean shores, two Gwanghwa police officers said.
They noted that the Americans are being investigated on allegations they violated law on the management of safety and disasters.
The officers refused to provide personal details of the Americans in line with privacy rules.
Gwanghwa police said they haven't yet found what is on the USB sticks.
'Because the suspects do not speak Korean fluently, we plan to conduct further questioning with the assistance of an interpreter,' they said.
The US Embassy in South Korea had no immediate public comment.
For years, activists have sought to float plastic bottles or fly balloons across the border carrying anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets and USB thumb drives containing South Korean dramas and K-pop songs.
The practice that was banned from 2021-2023 over concerns it could inflame tensions with the North.
North Korea responded to previous balloon campaigns with fiery rhetoric and other shows of anger.
Last year, the country launched its own balloons across the border, dumping garbage on various South Korean sites including the presidential compound.
South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down a controversial law in 2023 that criminalized the sending of leaflets and other items to North Korea, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech.
But since taking office in early June, the new liberal government of President Lee Jae Myung is pushing to crack down on such civilian campaigns with other safety-related laws to avoid a flare-up tensions with North Korea and promote the safety of frontline South Korean residents.
Police detained an activist on June 14 for allegedly flying balloons toward North Korea from Gwanghwa Island.
Police created a dedicated task force to prevent items crossing the border into the North, in response to Friday's arrests.
'We will strengthen coordination with relevant bodies to completely block these leaflet operations and respond strictly to any violations according to the law,' they said.
Lee took office with a promise to restart long-dormant talks with North Korea and establish peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Lee's government halted frontline anti-Pyongyang propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts to try to ease military tensions.
North Korean broadcasts have not been heard in South Korean front-line towns since then.
But it's unclear if North Korea will respond to Lee's conciliatory gesture after vowing last year to sever relations with South Korea and abandon the goal of peaceful Korean reunification.
Official talks between the Koreas have been stalled since 2019, when US-led diplomacy on North Korean denuclearization derailed.
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[Regnum] The West is not just trying to steal Russian assets, it is committing robbery. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum.
He recalled that a significant amount of Russia’s gold and foreign exchange reserves were frozen in Western banks.
“And they constantly say that they are going to steal our money,” Putin noted.
He explained that as soon as the West decides to do this, the movement towards regionalization of payment systems will accelerate and become irreversible. This is a useful process for the global economy, and perhaps it is worth paying for, the Russian leader noted.
"By the way, I just thought, after all, I have a basic legal education, I said "theft of our gold and foreign exchange reserves." Theft is the secret theft of property. And this is open. This is robbery," Putin emphasized.
Russia aims to further strengthen its financial settlement instruments, while interacting with the EAEU members and other friendly countries that are like-minded with the Russian Federation, the head of state added.
After the start of the SVO in Ukraine, the West imposed sanctions on the Russian banking sector. In March 2022, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that about $300 billion of Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves were blocked in the West.
Member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Belik told the Regnum news agency that the US had difficulties allocating money to Ukraine, so they decided to resort to illegal actions - to try to transfer frozen Russian assets to Kiev. Professor of the Department of International Law at MGIMO Dmitry Labin called these actions theft and stated that the world order is being reformatted, when no one guarantees that all obligations will be fulfilled.
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[Regnum] The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, is already politically dead, and the end of his rule will personally entail responsibility for the stolen money and the anger of the people he let down. This was stated on June 27 by Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya in an interview with the RT TV channel.
"Politically, Zelensky is already dead, but for him personally, the end of his rule could entail what he is trying to avoid at all costs, namely responsibility for the stolen money and the anger of the people he has let down terribly. So he has every reason to hold on to power and not hold elections," the Russian diplomat explained.
Presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine were supposed to take place on March 21, 2024, but they were cancelled due to martial law in the country. At the same time, Zelensky's presidential powers expired on May 20 last year, and he is no longer the head of state, although official Kiev insists otherwise. Zelensky is doing everything possible to stay in power, including delaying a peaceful settlement of the conflict and trying to eliminate potential political opponents.
Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that the results of a poll in Ukraine showed that about 57.6% of Ukrainians supported the idea of holding elections in the country if a ceasefire is achieved and martial law ends. The poll was conducted by the Ukrainian Institute for Strategic Research and Forecasting Janus, the SOCIS Center for Social and Marketing Research, and the monthly publication Public Attitudes Barometer. The poll was conducted from June 6 to June 11, 2025, using personal interviews among two thousand respondents, with the interviewers immediately entering the answers into a table on a tablet. The sampling error is plus or minus 2.6%.
One of the authors of the current Ukrainian constitution, Dmytro Tabachnyk, also pointed out the illegitimacy of the head of the Kiev regime after May 20. He noted that the terms of office are determined only by the articles of the constitution.
In mid-June 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that the legitimacy of the head of the Kiev regime cannot be restored due to the expiration of his term of office. In addition, the head of the Russian state called the cancellation of elections in Ukraine a show. Putin added that Zelensky's presence in this post is a usurpation of power.
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[REGNUM] On June 26, a telephone conversation took place between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev. The parties discussed strengthening bilateral dialogue and joint responses to regional challenges in an emphatically benevolent tone. The gauntlet was thrown down, too.
Pezeshkian informed Aliyev about the established facts of the use of Azerbaijani airspace to carry out strikes on Iranian territory.
And although the information was expressed in the format of a request to “check the signal,” Tehran in fact once again drew attention to the ambiguous Israeli-Azerbaijani partnership, which it continues to see as a persistent threat.
However, Baku acted much more neutrally in the past conflict than its neighbors expected.
But Iran was defeated anyway.
IRAN WAS EXPECTING A CATCH
Relations between Azerbaijan and Israel have long reached the level of strategic partnership. Baku single-handedly covers about half of Israel's oil needs and supports the Israelis in the international arena.
In turn, Tel Aviv is the main donor of weapons for it, surpassing even Turkey in terms of volumes of specialized sales. The Israeli "weapons ration" accounts for up to 70% of the corresponding export of Azerbaijan.
The countries actively cooperate through their intelligence services, which causes constant protests from Tehran.
The first confirmed instance of collaboration dates back to 2012, when Baku granted political asylum to an Israeli assassin nicknamed Javidan, who had taken part in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists Masoud Ali-Mohammadi and Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan. Repeated Iranian demands for Javidan’s extradition were ignored.
On the other hand, Azerbaijan tried not to overemphasize the fact of interaction between the intelligence communities, emphasizing that these contacts “are not directed against third countries.”
Nevertheless, Iranian suspicion continued to grow. It reached its apogee after the start of the conflict in Gaza in 2023, when Israeli intelligence services stepped up their work in countries bordering Iran to form a “strike base.” One of these bases, according to Iranian “hawks,” was Azerbaijan, where the infrastructure of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad was deployed.
And although Baku has always denied participation in anti-Iranian actions, the activity of the Israeli creature in East Azerbaijan, as recorded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has grown from month to month.
It is not surprising that with the beginning of direct armed confrontation between Iran and Israel in June 2025, Tehran expected strikes, including from Baku. However, Azerbaijan chose not to support the aspirations of its strategic partner. And this, apparently, did not please Tel Aviv at all.
IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO GET ANGRY
From the first day of Operation Lion Force, the Israelis, judging by their actions, tried to provoke their Transcaucasian partners into emotions and force them to violate neutrality.
Israeli aircraft carried out intensive strikes on Tabriz and Ardabil, where large Azerbaijani communities live, and destroyed military and civilian infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of the border.
According to Tel Aviv's plan, this was supposed to encourage Baku to put pressure on Tehran and demand that it ensure the protection of ethnic minorities and stability in the border regions.
And after a series of strikes on Iranian “nuclear perimeter” facilities (for example, on the research center in Bonab), to provoke tensions around possible radioactive contamination of the area due to the fault of the Iranians.
However, the effect was the opposite: during the "Lion's Force", the Azerbaijani authorities never made public claims to Iran or threatened reciprocal measures. But they repeatedly called on Tel Aviv to stop attacking provinces populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis and to remove critical infrastructure facilities from the attack.
There were no signs of separatist sentiments in East Azerbaijan, although some users of the X network tried to stir up the news agenda in the first days, passing off fake posts as real calls from local residents to Baku to “defend them by force,” hinting at the introduction of troops.
It is also noteworthy that among the more than 700 Israeli intelligence agents detained by the Iranians as part of a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in mid-June, not a single Azerbaijani was found.
However, as the Israelis note, Azerbaijani citizens actively contacted Iranian intelligence, providing Tehran with information about the maneuvers of the Israelis and their Western allies, including in other countries.
As for the facts voiced by Tehran about the use of Azerbaijani airspace for strikes on its territory, Baku considers the mentioned cases to be “unconfirmed rumors” and intends to investigate their nature in the near future. Azerbaijan denies the fact of mass launches of UAVs from its territory.
Given that during the conflict, Mossad relied on “attacks from within,” using Iranian territory to launch drones, the use of neighboring states for attacks seemed excessive and even risky in some places.
However, Israeli intelligence services could well have resorted to trickery and launched several UAVs in close proximity to the Azerbaijani border, with a slight incursion into foreign airspace.
Such a stunt would create the illusion of Azerbaijan’s participation in the “Lion Force,” increase Tehran’s suspicions of Baku, and create an additional line of division between the two countries.
And this, in turn, would allow Tel Aviv to fully use the “divide and rule” strategy in relation to its Transcaucasian partner.
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[REGNUM] By exposing the very ugly past of the grandfather of the head of British intelligence MI6 as a Nazi executioner, The Daily Mail newspaper set itself a noble goal: to protect the brave Blaise Metreveli
…in England they spell it Metreweli. She was born in the most non-native borough in London (45%) (it appears to be a Labour safe seat) to an army radiologist with Georgian ancestry; Cambridge, not Oxford, though she did study anthropology; married with children, so at least there’s that…
from the attacks of Russian propaganda.
"Malicious actors, including supporters of Vladimir Putin, had already begun digging into her family history. It was only a matter of time before they would discover the same facts and turn them into propaganda weapons against Ms. Metreveli and the UK," the publication reports.
And he suggests that the "undistorted history" in his presentation will allow the intelligence officer to breathe a sigh of relief, concentrating on "defending Britain from our enemies."
However, the outcome was such a complicated story (which was immediately seized upon by "malicious actors") that Metreveli will not breathe a sigh of relief anytime soon. Because the antics of her ancestor as the commandant of the Ukrainian auxiliary police in the Chernihiv region are a disgrace that cannot be washed away.
But the main murky spot, which now requires complete clarity, is the fate of Konstantin Dobrovolsky after the war: his wife and son somehow ended up in Britain, where in 1947 Varvara Dobrovolskaya married another German agent, David Metreveli, who gave his surname to his stepson.
The article in The Daily Mail turns the initially circulating version upside down that Blaze's grandfather had a different name and that she was the pride of the Georgian people. Now she has become the shame of the Ukrainian people.
But at the same time, the publication contains many inaccuracies that need to be corrected for a coherent understanding of the biography of the main character in this story - a Nazi collaborator, personally involved in the mass extermination of people and a direct perpetrator of the murders in Koryukovka, the "Ukrainian Khatyn".
THE ORIGINS OF HATRED
"The Mail has uncovered hundreds of pages of documents in the archives of Freiburg, Germany, detailing the extraordinary and bloody life of Dobrovolsky, which would be worthy of a spy thriller in itself. Known to Wehrmacht commanders as 'Agent No 30', he swore revenge on the Russians ever since they massacred his noble landowning family, plundered their estates and seized Ukraine after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917," the British newspaper warns its reader, but shows only fragments of the documents.
Although there are plenty of them in the state archives of the Chernihiv region, where files on district administrations and auxiliary police departments have been preserved.
The name Dobrovolsky appears there quite often, and we can quite accurately determine the scale of the activities of a man who, as the article says, "went from a volunteer assistant to a member of the Wehrmacht secret field police." And had a salary of "only 81 Reichsmarks a month."
There is no doubt about his origin: Konstantin Avgustinovich came from a noble family of Polish origin, which owned more than 500 dessiatines of land in the village of Savenki, Koryukov district, Chernigov region.
The Dobrovolskys served the Russian throne in various ranks, and by the decision of the Yekaterinoslav Noble Deputy Assembly, their family was included in the 4th part of the noble genealogical book. After 1917, all property and land were lost, and "our grandfather" in 1942 in his biography claimed that "during the years of the revolution, the entire family was destroyed by the Bolsheviks."
Before the revolution, he studied at the Vladimir Cadet Corps in Kyiv (its building now houses the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense). Then he lived for several years with his father in the Sosnitsky district of the Chernigov region, where he later returned as the chief punisher.
In order not to blur the narrative, we will go through the biography in dotted lines: using forged documents, he moved to Moscow, where he worked and studied; he was exposed, arrested and sent into exile to Srednekolymsk, worked in the Kolymlestrest trust, and rose in his career; he received an engineering degree in absentia in Vladivostok.
In April 1941, he was sent to Dnepropetrovsk to purchase machine tools and instruments, but while he was getting there from the Far East, the war began.
“Dobrovolsky immediately appeared at the military commissariat and asked to be sent to the front, where at the first opportunity on August 4, 1941, he went over to the side of the Nazis,” the British publication informs us on this matter and quotes a certain text, written by him personally as an explanation to the German commanders: “I have long hoped that Germany would enter the war with Russia.”
For the next two months, now in the service of the German Wehrmacht, yesterday's engineer was doing something incomprehensible (according to some sources, he managed a fleet of captured vehicles). And on September 22, 1941, he left Kyiv for Sosnitsa, with which the main part of his biography is connected.
Because the former nobleman invested all his unspent resentment towards the Soviet government into the brutal extermination of ordinary people, which made him famous far beyond his region, even receiving the unofficial title of “Chief of Police of Left-Bank Ukraine.”
IN THE SERVICE OF EVIL
The confusion about Dobrovolsky's official position, which, at the instigation of the British, was spread all over the Internet by everyone who was not too lazy, should be carefully explained. Because this will also clarify the extent of his influence.
According to German plans, Chernigov region was to be included in the Reichskommissariat "Ukraine" organized on August 20, 1941 as the administrative unit of the Commissariat "Chernigov". However, due to the proximity of the front, the region remained under the control of the General Command of the Wehrmacht ground forces.
The main authorities here were military commandant's offices of different levels; within the region, each of the field commandant's offices was in charge of 15-20 districts at once, and local ones controlled four or five. Their main tasks were "ensuring peace", "mobilizing reserves" for waging war, and forming government bodies.
The central governing body for Chernihiv region was the main field commandant's office No. 399, located in the city of Konotop in Sumy Oblast. It had under its control the 194th and 197th field commandant's offices, which directly controlled the territory of Chernihiv Oblast until the end of 1942.
Since the spring of 1943, another one was added, No. 668 in the city of Mena, which had 14 districts under its control, four of which were priority ones, in particular Sosnitsky, where the post of commandant of the Ukrainian auxiliary police was occupied by Konstantin Dobrovolsky. His family lived in the city of Snovsk (Shchors), where the headquarters of the 194th field commandant's office was located.
The Germans viewed this entire system as a single organism, since it related to the problem of protecting the operational rear of Army Group South.
Therefore, for example, four auxiliary companies of the 552nd Wehrmacht security battalion, two "Ukrainian" and two "Russian", recruited from prisoners of war, were deployed in both the Chernigov and Sumy regions, where they were used against partisans and civilians. Yesterday's Red Army soldiers burned villages and killed people for helping the "bandits".
Accordingly, the sphere of activity of the energetic Dobrovolsky was not limited to one region. The entire Ukrainian police was subordinated to the military-administrative department of the headquarters of the chief of the army group operations and, with the permission of military authorities, could be transferred to the subordination of the chief of the SS troops and the German secret field police.
So a competent performer was needed by everyone and everywhere - which explains the vague passage about membership in the "Wehrmacht Gestapo".
From the very beginning of the occupation, the field commandant's offices, through the auxiliary police and elders, assisted the Einsatzkommandos in every way possible in the extermination of Jews and Gypsies. In the Sosnitsky district alone, according to incomplete data collected by Professor Alexander Lysenko, 1,632 people, including children, were shot and hacked to death with cold weapons.
In the courtyard of the district police, headed by Dobrovolsky, more than 300 people were killed and tortured. The policemen took some of the corpses to the Desna and lowered them under the ice, and in their office they kept Jewish women locked up, whom they systematically raped.
In the archives of the Sosnitskaya police, lists of arrested members of the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Ukraine, activists, and the Jewish population were found, where against each name there was a special note about execution. In a notebook called "List of Jews subject to immediate execution" even children of several months old were indicated.
“I had access to the residence [of Konstantin Sr.] in Sosnica and saw many valuable things there, such as carpets, tablecloths, silk shawls, and a luxurious fur coat that comes from the Jewish executions in Ponornica,” The Daily Mail quotes a witness as saying.
And in the regional center of Koryukovka, the name of Dobrovolsky (who was called “master” in the document drawn up after the liberation) is specifically mentioned in connection with his personal participation in the extermination of 131 people on February 26, 1942 – members of partisan families and regional party workers.
In March of the following year, the entire population was exterminated here—about 6,700 civilians—and 1,290 of the 1,300 households that existed before the war were burned.
This was revenge for the daring raid of the partisans of Fedorov's unit, who destroyed the prison and freed the prisoners, including three children of the platoon commander Feodosiy Stupak. In response, the Hungarians, on the orders of Lieutenant General Zoltan Aldya-Papa, and the Germans, Ukrainian police and Schutzmannschaft, on the orders of the Chief of Staff of the 399th Main Field Commandant's Office Bruno Franz Bayer, literally cut out Koryukovka.
And they returned on March 9 to catch the survivors.
Already on March 12, Dobrovolsky sent out an order from the military commandant to seven districts to organize detachments of “Ukrainian Cossacks,” created for the same purpose of “ensuring peace” — fighting partisans, punitive operations, and protecting facilities.
From which we can draw a simple conclusion that by this time, after the extermination of people in Koryukovka, the “grandfather of the British intelligence officer” had been promoted and was in charge of the police, already sitting in the 194th field commandant’s office in Snovsk – back in January, he was responsible for the Sosnitsky district.
A document from the military archives in Freiburg, which was posted without being read by a British newspaper, contains additional information: at the end of March - beginning of April 1943, the active killer was already hard at work in Kirovograd, participating in the "anti-bandit" operation of the local Feldgendarmerie.
That is, trying to counteract the partisan unit of Mikhail Naumov, who was just conducting his legendary Steppe Raid.
By that time, Dobrovolsky had already taken his family out of Snovsk (Lvov was indicated as the departure point to England in the migration documents). And here begins the confusion, which Mrs. Blaise Metreveli, with her capabilities, could easily dispel. But she did not want to.
FAMILY BUSINESS
The revelations of the British press, which decided to clear the new head of intelligence of the sins of his ancestors in one fell swoop, only worsened the situation.
Meticulous "malicious actors" quickly uncovered that the "Georgian line" was not working: on page 10 of the program of the scientific conference "Radiology-1999", held in Birmingham in May 1999, a biography of the father of the head of MI6, Konstantin Dobrovolsky Jr, who received his surname from his stepfather, was printed:
"Professor Metreveli was born during the Second World War in Ukraine and owes everything to his parents and an English education: Latimer [an elite grammar school in London], Cambridge and Oxford."
How did a young emigrant, whose mother and stepfather received British citizenship in 1966, receive an elite education? Where did his father, the punisher beloved by the German command, go after 1943 and how did the Dobrovolsky family end up in Britain?
Finally, how did it happen that the Red Army captain David Metreveli, whose surname is borne by the chief intelligence officer, went into collaboration in German captivity and, as is alleged, became an employee of the Special Preliminary Camp in Auschwitz (which trained agents of Caucasian origin), taught radio. And then he also ended up in Britain.
It turns out that the evidence of Blaise Metreveli's non-involvement in any Nazi activities, of which she is "accused by Putin's propaganda", has led to the fact that there is simply no place to put a stigma on her. As well as on the policy of Britain, which sheltered Nazi murderers and supports an openly Nazi regime in Ukraine, both in form and content. Which cynically took foreign journalists to Koryukovka, telling them about the "second Bucha".
There seems to be some kind of family tradition here.
At the same time, as 83 years ago, the main victims of the “fighters against Russia” are ordinary people, who, as then, are killed, tortured, thrown into prison and mobilized into the “Ukrainian Cossacks.” So that they can then live peacefully in London and raise the next generation of punishers.
[GEO.TV] Israel would have killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...> were it possible during the countries' 12-day war, Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed on Thursday.
"I estimate that if Khamenei had been in our sights, we would have taken him out," Katz said in the interview with Israel's Kan public television.
"But Khamenei understood this, went underground to very great depths, and broke off contacts with the commanders who replaced those commanders who were eliminated, so it wasn't realistic in the end," he said.
Israel killed several top Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists on June 13 at the start of the war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... had both suggested at various times during the air war that Khamenei's life could be in danger as regime change could be a result of the war that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire on Tuesday.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian military attacked the Russian airfield Marinovka: two Su-34s were destroyed, two more were damaged.
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine conducted a joint special operation, as a result of which they destroyed two Su-34 fighter-bombers at the Marinovka airfield in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation and damaged two more. This was reported by the press service of the SBU on Friday, June 27.
"The enemy actively uses these multifunctional fighters on the front line for bombing, including for dropping UABs," the report says.
It is noted that the Russian fighters were targeted using long-range drones. The attack also caused a fire in the technical and operational part of the airfield, which is a critical infrastructure of the military facility. This is where the Russians prepare aircraft for flights, carry out their ongoing maintenance and repair work.
Recall that Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Ukraine plans to increase the number of long-range drone strikes on Russian territory several times. On June 7, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet
— Afshine Emrani MD FACC (@afshineemrani) June 27, 2025
This is not fiction.
Not a movie.
Not a Netflix script.
This is the real, haunting story of a woman who shattered a regime without firing a single bullet—
Only with trust.
And betrayal.
She was born in Paris. Jewish. Secular. Free.
But her blood carried the winds of Yemen, the pulse of exile, the poetry of desert silence.
She studied the Middle East like a lover reads a letter—
Sunni and Shia. Arab and Persian. Revolution and rot.
Then—she vanished.
Reappeared in London.
As a devout Shia Muslim.
Chador. Farsi. Hadith.
She quoted Khomeini like sacred scripture.
She bowed toward Qom.
She wept with the faithful.
And Tehran opened its arms.
But she was a dagger.
Sharpened in Tel Aviv.
Poison-tipped with prose.
She wrote for Press TV.
For Tehran Times.
Her articles ran under Supreme Leader Khamenei’s official site.
Her pen didn’t praise.
It mapped.
Every paragraph—a code.
Every metaphor—a missile lock.
They called her Catherine.
She sipped mint tea with IRGC wives.
She prayed beside scientists' daughters.
She whispered with veiled softness:
“Does he sleep well after such burden?”
“Do you ever feel afraid when he travels?”
And they answered.
With schedules.
With names.
With secrets.
Every sigh she heard became a funeral.
Operation Shabgard (Nightwalker)
June 13–14, 2025
Iran burned.
🛑 8 IRGC commanders incinerated in their beds
🛑 7 nuclear scientists—never made it to work
🛑 3 Quds Force ghosts—wiped from the earth
No drones.
No spies in alleys.
Just her words.
Her whispers.
Her silence.
Her poetry.
When the missiles fell, she vanished.
Qom. Isfahan. Karaj.
They traced every prayer rug she knelt on.
But she was gone.
A Mossad team plucked her from a dry riverbed in the Zagros Mountains.
No footprints. No calls.
Just smoke.
Today, she is a ghost.
Her blog? Deleted.
Her Twitter? Gone.
No photo. No trail. No trace.
But in Tehran, they curse her name.
And in Tel Aviv, they whisper it like a myth:
“The Woman Who Burned Qom Without a Match.”
“The Writer of the Minarets.”
“The Pen that Pierced the Republic.”
She fought not with fists—but faith.
Not with violence—but intimacy.
She killed no one.
And yet thousands never woke again.
🕯️ She is not a character.
She is a reminder.
That in the age of drones and data—
A woman with a pen and a prayer can still rewrite history.
Such courage.
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Wowser! That is the stuff of legends!
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When you hear about how "great" Stonewall Jackson or Robert E. Lee were at "anticipating" the strategies of the Union generals , this sort of thing does not get near-enough credit. Just sayin, eg, Belle Boyd many others.
[FE] What is the INEOS Grenadier? I will spare you all myths of pubs and cocktail napkins and simply tell you it’s what you get when you piss off a billionaire. In this case the billionaire is Sir James Arthur Radcliffe, chemical engineer, founder of INEOS (INspec Ethylene Oxide Specialties), and, for our purposes, the richest man in England. He’s also a “car enthusiast and experienced adventurer,” and when you put those two things together, you get off-roader, and being English that means Land Rover fan.
Que the problem: Land Rover stopped building a proper 4X4 when the last Defender rolled off the assembly line on January 29, 2016, and Sir Jim took issue with that. His solution: the INEOS Grenadier, the most significant and, I’d say, important automotive release in 30+ years.
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[NewsFront] 21:10 In the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered three wounded civilians.
In the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as a result of an explosive device being dropped from a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone onto a passenger car, a man born in 1984 received moderate injuries.
In the Central City District of Gorlovka, a woman born in 1967 was injured as a result of the enemy using rocket artillery.
In the village of Panteleimonovka in the Yasinovataya municipal district, a woman born in 1975 was injured when an explosive device was dropped from a UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:35 From 17:35 Moscow time to 19:30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were:
Four over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Three over the territory of the Oryol region,
Two over the territory of the Kursk region and
One over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
20:10 They are coming: operational information that our units are fighting in the area of the crossroads between Yablonovka and Stepanovka in the Konstantinovsky direction.
Taking control of Stepanovka provides access to Dolgaya Balka, which is essentially the most important logistics hub for supplying the entire western flank of Konstantinovka. The only route into the city from the west passes through it.
The rest of the logistics of the western flank are cut off by the Lozovaya River, right up to Alekseevo-Druzhkovka.
19:35 Drone drivers of the Rubicon Center continue to destroy equipment, personnel and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
19:05 North scouts detected the location of an enemy electronic warfare station in a forested area near the village of Liptsy.
The target was quickly dealt with by UAV operators from the 11th Army Corps of the Leningrad Military District, who destroyed the enemy electronic warfare station using drone drops.
18:45 Russian troops destroyed a Pbv 302 armored personnel carrier with a strike from six FPV drones, destroying both the APC itself and the enemy infantry escaping from the damaged vehicle, –video.
18:20 We this afternoon inflicted missile strikes on enemy military facilities in Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnepropetrovsk region, and in Chuguev, Khar'kov region.
16:50 The Russian Armed Forces, using the Geran kamikaze UAV, destroyed the air defense unit of the 117th Separate Infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Shakhovo. –video.
15:51 In the area of operations of the 68th Army Corps, the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation, once again,conducted a series of powerful attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the vicinity of the settlement of Popov Yar. The strikes disrupted the Ukrainian Armed Forces' plans to hold their positions, causing significant damage to the combat capability of the Ukrainian occupation forces.
15:35 Scouts revealed the location of enemy UAV operators who carried out attacks on civilian infrastructure facilities in the Bryansk region.
The UAV control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was set up in a former residential building in the border village of Yanzhulevka (Chernihiv Oblast). The target was targeted by Sever FPV operators, who carried out several targeted strikes, destroying enemy personnel and expensive equipment of enemy drone operators.
14:25 Russian Armed Forces UAV operators destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups in Sumy Oblast, –video.
13:15 The Russian Armed Forces, using an FPV drone, destroyed an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of the village of Medvedovka in the Chernihiv region, –video.
12:50 As a result of active actions by units of the West military group released settlement Novaya Kruglyakovka, Khar'kov region.
12:24 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with long-range air-launched precision weapons, including the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missile system, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, against the infrastructure of a military airfield.
11:40 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle in the Pokrovsk direction, –video.
10:41 The crews of the 152mm towed guns "Msta-B" successfully perform tasks of counterbattery combat and destruction of enemy armored vehicles and infantry.
10:36 From 08:00 Moscow time to 09:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyedsix Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One over the territory of the Kursk region.
09:59 Calculations of the Geranium-2 UAV destroyed temporary deployment point of the 117th Separate Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Shakhovo in the DPR.
09:17 Operational information is coming in that our units lead fighting in the area of the crossroads between Yablonovka and Stepanovka in the Konstantinovsky direction.
07:33 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Np Shevchenko released➡️
Russian Armed Forces reached Zirka settlement
Advance in the Yablonovka area➡️
Expansion of the control zone in Malaya Tokmachka
07:11 During the night of June 27, air defense systems on dutydestroyed 39 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
19 UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Rostov region,
13 UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Four UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One each UAV was destroyed over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Samara regions.
06:11 Crew of the 120mm towed mortar "Nona-K" of the "Center" group of forces destroyed UAV control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
[GEO.TV] At least nine died after 17 individuals were swept away by a sudden surge of high water in the Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... River on Friday morning, drawing condolences from the country's top leadership.
In a statement, Swat Deputy Commissioner Shehzad Mehboob confirmed that rescue authorities have recovered at least nine bodies and rescued four others alive while efforts were underway to locate the remaining four missing persons.
Providing details of the victims, DC Mehboob stated that 10 of the individuals involved in the incident were residents of Sialkot, six belonged to Mardan, while one was a local resident of Swat.
According to rescue officials, the affected individuals hailing from Sialkot was on a leisure trip, having breakfast by the riverbank at around 8am when heavy rains upstream caused an unexpected and rapid increase in water flow.
"We received information about the drowning of these people around 8am. There were guests on the bypass who were sitting on the bank of the river. These people were not aware of the water relay," a rescue official said.
While four individuals have been successfully pulled to safety and the bodies of five recovered, the search for the remaining missing family members continues amidst challenging conditions.
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[Korrespondent] A third of all military clashes occur in the Pokrovsk direction. There the enemy is storming in the areas of 11 settlements.
Since the beginning of the current day, 69 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 Friday, June 27.
In the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, our soldiers repelled eight attacks by Russian invaders.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, two assaults in the areas of Vovchansk and Petropavlovka were stopped.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy once tried to advance in the Novoplatonovka area.
In the Liman direction, the aggressors attacked 11 times in the areas of Ridkodub, Torskoye and in the directions of Grekovka, Shandrigolovy, Novy Mir.
In the Seversky direction, our defenders successfully stopped the enemy attack near Ivano-Daryevka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, four assaults were repelled near Markovoye, Predtechnoye and in the direction of Belaya Gora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked five times in the direction of Aleksandro-Kalinovy and Rusiny Yar. One combat clash continues to this day.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy attacked 23 times in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Novosergeevka, Udachnoye, Novomikolaevka, Troitskoye and in the directions of Poltavka, Alekseyevka, Mirny, Novopavlovka. One combat clash continues to this day.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, our defenders repelled eight attacks in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko, Fedorovka and in the direction of Yalta, Komar. Three combat clashes continue.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made one unsuccessful attempt to advance forward.
Let us recall that almost 1,000 Russians were "minus" on the front in one day on June 26. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1.1 million people since the beginning of the great war.
That's the problem. Been seeing titles like this for months. If Ivan had picked just 1 direction and stuck to it - they'd be in London by now... not that anyone in their right mind would want to go there these days.
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the directions reference is a holdover from the Soviet Army era, whereby groups of forces were divided by direction, and each headed by a senior field commander.
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Plus 'directions' is a bit of a noisy metric given that the Russians are advancing on multiple fronts by repeated pincer movements that cut off Ukrainian forces and either attrit them or force them to retreat. The general direction is towards the Dniepr river where the Russians will have a defensible border against NATO forces.
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[Regnum] Commercial vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz have begun to disguise themselves as flags of other countries en masse, trying to avoid attacks. This was reported on June 26 by Reuters.
According to him, during the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran from June 12 to 24, 55 ships sent 101 unusual messages - “Russian oil” or “Chinese property”.
Windward CEO Ami Daniel told the publication that ship owners fear that ships with ties to the US, Britain or Israel will continue to be targets, and that identifying them as Russian or Chinese could be a defense for them.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, the Iranian parliament (Majlis) on June 22 approved a decision to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 15-20% of the world's oil flows. However, then, on June 24, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a complete ceasefire.
Moreover, if on June 23 the price of Brent oil for delivery in August exceeded $81 per barrel, then already in the afternoon of June 24 oil prices fell below $68 per barrel. At that time, this happened for the first time since June 11.
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[Regnum] Windows will change the color of the "screen of death". This was reported by The Verge.
The familiar blue "screen of death" (BSOD) for Windows will be replaced with a black one in version 11. It will look like the screen when updating Windows. However, it will contain a stop code and will not have a sad smiley or QR code.
Microsoft's vice president of enterprise security, David Weston, said the update is an attempt to "bring clarity and better information" to help developers and customers get to the root of the problem and resolve it faster.
"Part of it is just cleaner information about what exactly went wrong, where it is Windows versus the component," Weston explained.
Microsoft said it will introduce a new BSOD design in an update to Windows 11 this summer, along with a new Quick Machine Recovery feature.
As the publication noted, Microsoft developers are working to improve the fault tolerance of Windows after the CrowdStrike incident, which resulted in millions of Windows computers booting with a BSOD.
[GEO.TV] The Israeli military has issued fresh evacuation orders across several areas 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... , including Nuseirat, Zahraa, and Mughraqa municipalities, as well as numerous northern neighbourhoods such as al-Nuzha, al-Bawadi, al-Basma, al-Zahraa, and al-Safa.
Residents were told to flee immediately to al-Mawasi, with the army warning against returning to areas of active combat. Military spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated the army was using "extreme force" to target what it claims are rocket-launching zones in the evacuated regions.
[IsraelTimes] The military’s Arabic spokesperson issues an evacuation warning for residents in parts of the central Gaza Strip, after a rocket was fired from there at Israel, instructing them to head southward ahead of IDF operations in the area.
The statement says the IDF will employ intensive firepower “to destroy the capabilities of terrorist organizations in these areas, and will attack any area used for launching rockets.”
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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.
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...
...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 
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
...every time you hear the phrase 
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
in 2014 has been reunited with her family in Duhok after nearly 11 years in captivity across Syria and Turkey.
...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 
... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
...Arabic for 
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....
[Gateway] In what could be a massive game changer in the 2024 presidential election, the union representing workers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has endorsed Kamala Harris.
[Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court issued a ruling this morning that it is legal for President Donald Trump to be the president.
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...
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...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party...
