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Good Morning


Xi Jinping Tells Chinese
Women to Get Married and Make Babies
11/30/2023

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
As Israel Upholds Ceasefire, Hamas
Terrorists Shoot and Murder 3 Israelis in Jerusalem
Iraq
Joint security operation clears area near Erbil
Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab targets CCTV cameras
at businesses doors in Mogadishu
Africa Horn
Somalia: Six militants killed
in army assault on Al-Shabaab bases
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Police arrest activist for bereaved
families at Knesset protest against government
Europe
France charges two for justifying
crimes against humanity over swastikas in Paris
Social justice activist shot
and killed by homeless woman in Los Angeles

Posted by: Fred || 11/30/2023 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Got a bit of a Mila Kunis look about her. I like it.
Posted by: Frank G || 11/30/2023 11:46 Comments || Top||

#2  She is looking to see if mom is yelling to get her living room drapes back.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/30/2023 11:54 Comments || Top||

#3  So the Supreme court ruling against the SEC is getting a lot of bad press. I say its about time. The reason the USG is against it is it has far reaching implications. This ruling takes away the SECs ability to be the investigator, judge and jury without what we would consider due process, being tried in court by a jury of your peers. I bet the IRS and EPA are running for cover over this. This is a big deal.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 11/30/2023 11:54 Comments || Top||


#5  Kind of a Wu Tang, 'protect ya neck' reference
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/30/2023 17:01 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab targets CCTV cameras at businesses doors in Mogadishu
[ShabelleMedia] An explosion took place on Tuesday night at a spare parts shop, which is located in the Black Sea neighborhood of the Howlwadag district.

The IED blast is linked to the al-Shabaab
... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
after they threatened to take action against the business centers that abide by the government directive to install CCTV cameras.

In the past few days, businesses in Mogadishu have been under pressure from NISA about the CCTV installations in their doors, while the al-Shabaab has issued a stiff warning.

This led to the closure of some business centers, arguing the NISA order made it very difficult for them to carry out due to fears for their lives, given the al-Shabaab threats.

Al-Shabaab has clearly stated that they are targeting anyone who fulfills the government’s instructions to allow their business centers to be installed with security cameras.

The CCTV is intended to record incidents that happen on all streets and businesses’ doors in Mogadishu amid a decline in the al-Shabaab kabooms and targeted liquidations.

Somalia’s spy agency [NISA] has installed new CCTV cameras in the capital to help prevent attacks. Several cameras have already been blown up by al-Shabaab, using IEDs.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 2023-11-30 00:19 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [19 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Somalia: Six militants killed in army assault on Al-Shabaab bases
[ShabelleMedia] The Somali government forces along with local clan militia known as Ma’wisley have killed al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
members in the east of the Galgaduud region.

In the operation, the allied troops targeted al-Shabaab centers in the area of ​​El Hassan Ali, which is south of Budbud City, and killed six members of the al-Shabaab group.

"The army was able to circle the al-Shabaab positions before engaging in a battle which inflicted heavy losses on the bandidos forces of Evil and seized weapons," said a Somali military official.

The officers who led the latest operation in central Somalia vowed they would continue the efforts aimed at liberating the remaining areas from al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliate.

In an effort to finally push al-Shabaab completely out of central Somalia, on 6 August, the federal government announced the start of the ’first phase’ of the counter-insurgency campaign in Hirshabelle and Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
states.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud relocated the command center of the counter-insurgency campaign from Mogadishu to Dhuusamareeb, Galmudug’s regional capital.

Through this decision, Mohamud expects to enhance the coordination of security forces and rally support of the clan militias who played a major role in the liberation of swathes of territory.

However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
concerns remain about Somalia’s ability to hold the areas it has cleared and take more territory given the planned drawdown of foreign troops and the fact that southern clans have not shown the same propensity to turn on al-Shabaab.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 2023-11-30 00:19 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [25 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Libya sends nearly 250 migrants back to Niger, Chad
[AFRICANEWS] Libyan authorities have deported 248 undocumented migrants colonists to their home countries Niger and Chad in a joint effort by rival administrations in the war-torn country. The North African country has became a hub for tens of thousands of migrants colonists seeking to reach Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
by sea every year, often falling into the hands of trafficking gangs that extort them for money.

An official with Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
's government agency against clandestine migration said 120 Nigeriens had left Libya for Niamey in coordination with the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM).

And in coordination with Libya's eastern-based authorities, 128 migrants colonists would be taken to the border with Chad, said the official.

After the fall of Moamer Qadaffy in 2011, Libya was divided between rival authorities based in the east and the west.

The North African country has became a hub for tens of thousands of migrants colonists seeking to reach Europe by sea every year, often falling into the hands of trafficking gangs that extort them for money.

Moussa al-Koni, vice president of the Libyan presidential council, told a news conference: "We have all paid a big price because of these groups that try to profit not only off nationals of Niger and Chad, but also of more distant countries in Africa and Asia, by smuggling them into Europe."

To tackle these "criminal networks of traffickers" in Libya, Chad and Niger, cooperation is needed between "the countries of departure or transit and the destination countries", Koni said.

"This is a collective effort that would let this people stay in their countries and live there in dignity."

According to IOM figures, more than 700,000 migrants colonists -- mostly from Niger and Egypt -- were present on Libyan territory between May and June of this year.

Libyan Interior Minister Imed Trabelsi on Monday met in Tripoli with the IOM's regional representative Othman Belbeisi in a push to establish a mechanism that would facilitate the repatriation of irregular migrants colonists.

Posted by: Fred || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [12 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Africa Subsaharan
Major cocaine haul seized off Senegal
[AFRICANEWS] Senegal's military has seized more than three tonnes of cocaine from a ship moored off the coast, in one of the country's largest drugs hauls.
"General, it was 3 tonnes 20 lbs 4 baggies"
The navy made the announcement on Tuesday, saying that the ship was seized on Sunday night in international waters, with 10 crew on board, one of whom was Senegalese.

The vessel was then escorted to the Admiral Faye Gassama Naval Base in the capital Dakar on Tuesday for "identification and logging of the seized products".

The navy did not provide further details.
Posted by: Fred || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Bad actors ship the cargo from South America to Africa's west coast, unload it there, and then the migrantscolonists carry it to Europe.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/30/2023 10:17 Comments || Top||

#2  I think the Moroocans are a little more sophisticated than that.
Posted by: Chris || 11/30/2023 14:27 Comments || Top||


South Africa: Hundreds of people join pro-Palestinian march in Johannesburg
[AFRICANEWS] Members of South African political parties, civil society organizations and other supporters marched through the streets of Johannesburg on Wednesday demanding a permanent cease-fire 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 an 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...
as they marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Paleostinian People.

Rival political parties including the ruling African National Congress and the leftist opposition Economic Freedom Fighters were among the scores of demonstrators who marched across the Nelson Mandela Bridge to protest against Israel’s military offensive in Gaza against Hamas
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Posted by: Fred || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [20 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  International Day of Solidarity with the Paleostinian People

I thought every day was "International Day of Solidarity with the Paleostinian People"?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 1:00 Comments || Top||


Arabia
US Navy destroyer shoots down drone launched from Yemen over Red Sea
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A drone launched from Yemen shot down by the US Navy destroyer USS Carney, located near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, over the Red Sea. The Associated Press reported this on November 29, citing a representative of the US Navy.

It is clarified that the crew of the ship considered the Iranian-made KAS-04 drone a threat and decided to shoot it down.

It is explained that the United States sent its ships to the Red Sea after the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that on November 28, an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle flew next to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States Navy Dwight Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf.

The US military considered the incident to be the result of unprofessionalism and non-compliance with security standards on the part of Iran, according to which drones are required to stay at a distance of more than 18.5 km from the aircraft carrier.
The Times of Israel adds:
An American destroyer shot down a drone today that was launched from a part of Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
controlled 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...
rebels, the US military’s Central Command says.

"At approximately 1100 (Sanaa time), while in the South Red Sea, the Arleigh-Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) shot down an Iranian-produced KAS04 unmanned aerial vehicle launched from Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen," CENTCOM says in a statement.
Posted by: badanov || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [25 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  The US military considered the incident to be the result of unprofessionalism and non-compliance with security standards on the part of Iran

Or, simply an act of war.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/30/2023 9:59 Comments || Top||


Zim container ships divert as threat to Israel-linked vessels mounts
Yesterday it was a pirate attack on the Central Park tanker owned by Zodiac Maritime, followed by Houthi missiles when US and Japanese naval ships intervened. On November 19th the Israeli cargo ship Galaxy Leader was hijacked by Houthis.
[FREIGHTWAVES] Container ship Zim Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
turns back, heads around Africa


Following three attacks on vessels linked to Israel, a container ship operated by Israeli ocean carrier Zim has changed course and is taking the long way around Africa rather than transiting the Suez Canal and passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off 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...
Ship position data from MarineTraffic shows that the Zim Europe, en route from Boston to Port Klang, Malaysia, passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean on Friday. It continued due east until it was between Oran, Algeria, and Cartagena, Spain, then did an about-face on Saturday afternoon.

The container ship — which has a capacity of 5,618 twenty-foot equivalent units — headed back out to the Atlantic and down the west coast of Africa. As of Monday, it had passed Casablanca, Morocco, and was headed south at 16 knots.

The voyage from the Strait of Gibraltar to Port Klang via the Cape of Good Hope is 56% longer than via the Suez Canal.

"In light of the threat to safe transit of global trade in the Arabian and Red Seas, Zim is taking temporary proactive measures to ensure the safety of its crews, vessels, and customers’ cargo by rerouting some of its vessels," the company confirmed on Monday.

"As a result of these measures, longer transit times in the relevant Zim services are anticipated, though every effort is being made to minimize disruptions."
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [22 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Britain
Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing
[AFRICANEWS] Over 17,000 asylum seekers, whose claims have been discontinued, are currently unaccounted for, according to the UK Home Office. The admission came during discussions in Parliament regarding Chancellor Rishi Sunak's ambitious goal to eliminate the asylum backlog by year-end.

The Home Office clarified that the withdrawal of asylum applications is a result of claimants failing to respond to interview requests or questionnaires. Senior officials, appearing before the home affairs select committee, conceded uncertainty about the whereabouts of these individuals, with a senior civil servant stating, "I don't think we know where all these people are."

When questioned about the possibility of some returning to their home countries, the Home Office official, Simon Ridley, admitted to lacking information on such cases. Notably, 17,316 applications have been withdrawn since December last year due to claimants' non-responsiveness.

In 2021 alone, 2,141 applications were either refused or withdrawn, marking a significant increase from the 24,403 refusals or withdrawals recorded in 2004. Importantly, the withdrawal of an application signifies that it is no longer under consideration, leaving the claimant in the UK illegally, subject to potential removal.

Figures published last week put the number of cases in the so-called "legacy backlog" at 39,668 as of the end of September. This relates to asylum claims made before June 2022.

The Home Office's most senior civil servant, Sir Matthew Rycroft, said the government had always been confident it would reach the target set by the prime minister, and had hired more case workers to assess claims.

Officials are under pressure to reduce the backlog as the government continues with plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Sir Matthew told MPs that officials were in the capital Kigali to put "finishing touches" to the talks after the Supreme Court ruled the plan was unlawful.

The court said there was a risk asylum seekers sent there could be returned to their home country, which would break UK and international human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
laws.

Posted by: Fred || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [15 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Caribbean-Latin America
Brazilian troops are reportedly moving towards the border with Venezuela as reports of clashes circulating around near disputed Guyana-Essequibo region
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [12 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  I am surprised it took this long for Venezuela to start its Socialism expansion activates into South America again.

Given 2 months ago Communist China (CCP) and Venezuela signed agreements. Which have the CCP pumping $$$$ in to Venezuela the Economy, increasing trade to hide CCP Weapons imports, for the added tourism (18-30 y/o military age males) and expanding CCP's Political influence in the Central/South America area.

Interesting when you consider:
The stages in CCP influence & growth in the Panama Canal area, in Mexico, and the Gulf area.

But then add in the threat it already poses using the US OPEN BORDER to bring in 18-30 y/o military age males and plant a 5th column in the USA.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/30/2023 6:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Brazil has a significant military capability, over 300k active duty. They have some experience also being deployed in Haiti recently. They have pretty good equipment but who knows how well it is maintained and whether they can operate it.

Venezuala's Army is about 100k. Also have a lot of equipment. Same issue as Brazil re:O & M.
Posted by: lord garth || 11/30/2023 7:49 Comments || Top||

#3  ...The Brazilians are what could be called a regional superpower - their gear and doctrine is first rate (they just finished up a major exercise with the USMC and USN, and they exercise with us on a regular basis) they just don't have the ability to project very far.

Having said that, if they get into it with the Venezuelans expect them to execute a pretty solid beating. The Venezuelan leadership thinks they're divinely mandated to run the place, and unfortunately they're what Jim Dunnigan calls a 'police army', far more dangerous to its own people than any other nation. (See also Falklands War-era and current day Argentina for the textbook definition of this sort of thing.)

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 11/30/2023 8:35 Comments || Top||

#4  Mike

thanks- good to know Brazil has trained with USMC
Posted by: lord garth || 11/30/2023 9:14 Comments || Top||

#5  What happens when the Demented in Chief lifts sanctions on Ven and buys a ton of their shitty oil, much like Iran.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/30/2023 9:35 Comments || Top||

#6  It appears the combat video is old news out of Columbia
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/30/2023 10:58 Comments || Top||

#7  "U.S. Army deployed some of the leadership for the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) to Guyana over the weekend. "

Good grief. Is there nowhere we can keep our nose out of? Do we have to insert ourselves into every quarrel everywhere?
Posted by: Tom || 11/30/2023 12:39 Comments || Top||

#8  ^^^ MIC gotta make that money. Those Brazilian favelas will be a hard nut to crack
Posted by: Chris || 11/30/2023 14:08 Comments || Top||

#9  Soon we will be overwhelmed with Guyan experts.

Interesting, or maybe not, that misinformation was mixed in with the initial release of information regarding the flare up.
Posted by: mossomo || 11/30/2023 14:31 Comments || Top||


Europe
France charges two for justifying crimes against humanity over swastikas in Paris
[IsraelTimes] Pair are among 13 detained over weekend, most of whom are suspected of having sprayed Nazi symbols on the ground in French capital’s 17th district

La Belle France charged two people with justifying a crime against humanity over Nazi swastikas that were spray-painted in northwestern Gay Paree, a judicial source said on Wednesday.

The two were part of a group of 13 people who were detained on Saturday. The suspects, who are in their 20s and early 30s, have been described as a mixture of ultra-right activists and hooligans.

La Belle France is on alert after the killing of a teenager this month inflamed political tensions in the country, with the far-right describing the assault as "anti-white racism."

Seven of the suspects have been known to the authorities as ultra-right activists, and another three have already been involved in "similar acts" in the past, the public prosecutor’s office said.

They are suspected of having spray-painted Nazi swastikas on the ground in the French capital’s 17th district.

Apart from the swastikas, the group is suspected of spray-painting the inscription "KOB," a reference to the notorious Kop of Boulogne, Gay Paree Saint-Germain’s football ultras.

On Tuesday, the public prosecutor’s office said nine of the 13 people had been brought before an investigating judge.

A judicial source said authorities had filed charges against two people including public justification of a crime or misdemeanor.

The source did not provide further details but authorities earlier launched an investigation into various offenses, including justification of crimes against humanity and war crimes.

According to the judicial source, six other people were indicted on charges that they refused to hand over passcodes to their phones.

The source said the eight people were placed under judicial supervision and banned from contacting each other and carrying weapons.

Last month, French prosecutors opened an investigation into dozens of Stars of David daubed on buildings around the city and its suburbs, widely condemned as antisemitic. Prosecutors in that case said that two Moldovans had been arrested and that the action may have been carried out at the "express demand" of an individual residing abroad.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [17 views] Top|| File under:


Germany: Two teens arrested over alleged terror plans
[DW] The two boys allegedly discussed a plot for a possible terror attack on targets including a Christmas market and synagogue.

German police have arrested two teenagers on suspicion of planning a terror attack in the country, security sources cited by German media said Wednesday.

The boys, aged 15 and 16, had allegedly discussed plans to attack "infidels" and had identified a synagogue and a Christmas market as potential targets, according to the German news agency dpa. It wasn't immediately clear how serious the alleged plot was.
So, not Hans and Dieter?
Prosecutors said the 15-year-old suspect was detained in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia following a search at his home. A court ordered he be kept in jug pending a possible indictment.

The 16-year-old was detained in the eastern state of Brandenburg.

According to sources cited by dpa, the authorities took action and detained the teens as a precaution after the 15-year-old named a specific date and public place.

Public broadcaster ARD reported that the young man had called for a "holy war" against the West and announced an attack on December 1 in a video on social media platform Telegram.

Earlier Wednesday, Germany's domestic intelligence agency said the terror threat in the country had increased following the Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
attack on southern Israel on October 7.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [22 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


Home Front: WoT
Hamas supporters, one carrying swastika, swarm Midtown in bid to derail Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
[NYPOST] Hundreds of pro-Paleostinian protesters swarmed the streets surrounding Rockefeller Center Wednesday, clashing with NYPD cops and chanting "river to the sea," long seen as an antisemetic slogan, in an effort to derail the annual tree lighting in support 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 an 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...
Waving Paleostinian flags and signs calling for the "end to genocide," the ralliers gathered along Sixth Avenue alongside hordes of tourists waiting in line to see the iconic ceremony.

Unable to get to the NYC Christmas tree, the enormous crowd instead swarmed around the tree outside the News Corp building, which houses The Post and Fox News, and has already been targeted by pro-Paleostinian protesters on at least two occasions.

"Free free Paleostine!" the protesters chanted.

One rallier was seen climbing on top of the pillar bearing the building’s address, and another was seen carrying a massive sign bearing a swastika, comparing the Israel Defense Forces to German Nazis.
Posted by: Fred || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [22 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Pro-Palestinian protesters, one carrying swastika

No sense of discretion, eh?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  Leftists Slam Musk over Alleged Anti-Semitism -- While Backing Hamas
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 1:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Even a old school Home Gardener knows you must apply Weed Killer at the 1st sign of weed appearance, before weeds have a chance to root themselves and propagate thus choking out the real crop.

But it seems the New Normal Metro Gardeners, (aka LSD city controllers) insist weeds are the new food source.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/30/2023 6:28 Comments || Top||

#4  BTW: Given the Liberal Socialist Democrat rank and file are waving NAZI symbols around and mimicking the Nazi Genocidal agenda.

The LSD voter must be the Stupidest Idiots on the planet. Because when their leaders scream Trump is a Nazi. They believe it, despite their own eyes seeing what their political party supports and does everyday.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/30/2023 6:35 Comments || Top||

#5  Yes. It's "community this and community that" until something like this happens, then "the cause" is paramount regardless of how it rends the community.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/30/2023 6:43 Comments || Top||

#6  The LSD voter must be the Stupidest Idiots on the planet.

Seeing how the average IQ is 100, it becomes obvious that most of the 'LSDs' is clustered around the bottom end of the chart.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 11/30/2023 9:05 Comments || Top||

#7  My favorite comment from last night: "Antifa carrying a swastika flag, without irony".
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/30/2023 9:37 Comments || Top||

#8  How endearing. Just like their subhuman martyr/heroes.
Posted by: Regular joe || 11/30/2023 12:59 Comments || Top||

#9  shoot them in the legs with rock-salt or bird-shot.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 11/30/2023 13:47 Comments || Top||

#10  way past shooting them in the legs with rock salt. It's time to cull the bullshit from the land
Posted by: Chris || 11/30/2023 14:11 Comments || Top||

#11  Surrender: Blinken Tells Israel It Lacks ‘Credit’ to Defeat Hamas

Times of Israel headline is more subdued but in both articles Blinken seems to be attempting to yank the leash:

Blinken said to tell Israel to change strategy for southern Gaza, suggest it won’t have months to win war
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/30/2023 18:08 Comments || Top||

#12  Israel can switch to using dumb bombs and less precise means if Biden cuts them off.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 11/30/2023 22:02 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Joint security operation clears area near Erbil
Nothing else exciting in Iraq reported by my usual sources recently, just politics and normal life. Is there anywhere else we should be looking?
[Shafaq News] On Wednesday, the Ministry of Peshmerga conducted a joint operation with the Iraqi army to clear the northern region of Mount Qarachogh, near Erbil.

According to the Ministry, the collaborative effort involved the 14th Brigade of the Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi military to enhance security and stability by addressing potential terrorist threats.

The operation included a survey and cleansing of areas in the security vacuum between the two forces, focusing on ensuring the safety of citizens in the region.

While the relationship between the Peshmerga and Iraqi forces has been complex, they have demonstrated cooperation, particularly during the joint effort to liberate djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
from ISIS in 2017.

Despite occasional tensions, both sides recognize the need for collaboration to address common security challenges.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 2023-11-30 01:10 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [23 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
As Israel Upholds Ceasefire, Hamas Terrorists Shoot and Murder 3 Israelis in Jerusalem
[LI] Victims include two women and a 70-year-old Rabbi.

While Israel upheld the ceasefire for the sixth day, the terrorist group Hamas carried out a deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem that killed three Israelis and injured eleven others.

The attack took place during the Thursday morning rush hour when two Hamas terrorists, one of them armed with a M16 rifle, opened fire at vehicles and passersby on a busy West Jerusalem junction. The terrorists were subdued by the security forces and an armed civilian, killing one terrorist and injuring another.

The victims of the terror attack were identified as Rabbi Elimelech Wasserman (70), Chana Ifergen (60), and Livia Dickman (24).
Posted by: Frank G || 11/30/2023 11:02 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [28 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Notice that the guy who took them down (red car) was a passing reservist - not assigned security forces.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 11:35 Comments || Top||


#3  hamas breaks truce, ordinary. israel believes hamas, stupid.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 11/30/2023 13:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Kill them all Israel
Posted by: Chris || 11/30/2023 13:59 Comments || Top||

#5  Bloodlines,
Eliminate the bloodlines of the terrorists.
The whole complete family line, end the DNA.
Posted by: mossomo || 11/30/2023 14:28 Comments || Top||

#6  ^Mossomo they're all like this.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 14:47 Comments || Top||

#7  There is only one solution.

Delenda est Gaza.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 11/30/2023 18:28 Comments || Top||


Police arrest activist for bereaved families at Knesset protest against government
[IsraelTimes] Police on Wednesday arrested a woman outside the Knesset during a protest of bereaved families calling for the government to resign.

According to police, Ayelet Katzir, a leading figure in the Families’ Tent group of activists who lost family members in the October 7 Hamas
...always the voice of sweet reason...
massacres, was arrested for blocking the entrance to the Knesset and preventing Knesset members from driving into the building.

Katzir was detained and questioned at the Moriah Police Station in Jerusalem before being released.

Labor MK Naama Lazimi drove to the cop shoppe to protest Katzir’s arrest, describing it as "an embarrassing and outrageous arrest."

Police also confiscated a sign from Yael Alon, a protester whose father was killed during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and whose son was killed on October 7. Her sign called to prosecute Netanyahu and his government for the "debacle" of October 7.

Police said Alon banged the sign against the cars of Knesset members being blocked. Protesters denied the allegation, and police said it was returned to her a few minutes after confiscation.

Several dozen people participated in the protest to demand that the government resign due to the military and intelligence failures that enabled Hamas to carry out its October 7 atrocities.

Those failures led to approximately 1,200 people being killed on October 7, most of whom were civilians, while another 240 were taken hostage into 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 an 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. Israel declared war on Hamas with the aim of toppling the terror group’s regime in Gaza, which it has ruled since taking over in a bloody coup in 2007.

Several prominent organizers of the protests against the government’s now-frozen judicial overhaul have lent their voices to the cause of the families of hostages and bereaved families.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [26 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Several prominent organizers of the protests against the government’s now-frozen judicial overhaul have lent their voices to the cause of the families of hostages and bereaved families.

Left is insidious as well is shameless.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 0:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Yes. The point is to unseat Bibi and the Right, no matter the pretense. Nor is this their first pivot. Remember this from 2015?

Inside V15’s ground game to unseat Netanyahu
A look at the grassroots organization who have set their sights on changing the government, for good
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 0:55 Comments || Top||

#3  ^The grass from the Soros backyard.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 0:58 Comments || Top||


IDF kills two senior terror operatives in Jenin during West Bank raid
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinians say child and teen also killed in festivities; military says 17 additional Paleostinians arrested; tunnel shaft and machine for manufacturing guns found by security forces

Israeli troops killed two senior terror operatives in the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp during an operation there on Wednesday, the Border Police, Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet announced in a joint statement. Muhammad Zubeidi, a senior 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...
operative in the Jenin camp, and Hussam Hanoun, another local operative, were identified as the two operatives killed in the raid. The IDF has said that Zubeidi was the commander of the so-called Jenin Battalion, a local wing of the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank city.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [20 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Islamic Jihad

#1  Woman, 24, killed, 5 injured in shooting attack near entrance to Jerusalem

Two terrorists carrying M-16 rifles, were neutralized at the scene
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 1:41 Comments || Top||


3 Gazan gunmen killed by troops after violating ceasefire — IDF
[IsraelTimes] IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says troops killed three Paleostinian button men 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 an 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 today, after they had "violated the ceasefire and were a threat to our forces."

"Troops will continue to operate against any threat," he says.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [14 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  This is NOT the usual "ceasefire for thee but not for me" Gazan ceasefire.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 0:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Glad to hear it, Grom.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/30/2023 0:46 Comments || Top||

#3  ^😎
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 0:55 Comments || Top||


5 premature babies found dead in Gaza hospital: Hamas health ministry
[GEO.TV] Five premature babies have been found dead at a hospital 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 an 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...
City during a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
, the Hamas-run health ministry said Wednesday.

Gaza health ministry front man Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP that Israeli soldiers had blocked access to the intensive care unit at al-Nasr paediatric facility, and doctors were finally "able to get into the ward on Tuesday night".

There, Qudra said, "the occupation (Israeli) forces left five premature babies" who were found "partly decomposed".

"The soldiers forbade the families from going near" the newborns before Tuesday, he said.
Posted by: Fred || 11/30/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  "I'm telling the truth, by the beard of the Prophet!"
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/30/2023 0:57 Comments || Top||

#2  I don't think this was happening on October 6 for some strange reason.
Posted by: Tom || 11/30/2023 12:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Long throughout history the young have been killed so they wouldn't take revenge on their families being killed. History repeats itself, I for one am tired of giving a shit about "civilians" when they could care less about me no matter what the age. They would have been briought up with that hate in their heart against the jews. FUCK EM
Posted by: Chris || 11/30/2023 14:31 Comments || Top||



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Thu 2023-11-30
  Hamas supporters, one carrying swastika, swarm Midtown in bid to derail Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
Wed 2023-11-29
  Heavy Rain in the Gaza Strip Brings Threat of Overwhelmed Sewage System
Tue 2023-11-28
  Pro-Palestine supporters have taken over downtown Seattle's annual Christmas tree lighting
Mon 2023-11-27
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Sun 2023-11-26
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Sat 2023-11-25
  Around 2K pro-Palestinian protesters demand 'permanent end to occupation' of Gaza
Fri 2023-11-24
  Son of a Lebanese parliament member was killed in an Israeli attack
Thu 2023-11-23
  Nasrallah meets senior Hamas official as Iranian FM visits Beirut
Wed 2023-11-22
  Israel, Hamas agree to temporary cease-fire, hostage release deal including freeing 3 Americans
Tue 2023-11-21
  Gaza's death toll climbs to 13,300 Palestinians since Oct 7
Mon 2023-11-20
  Sulaimani security forces arrest 55 ISIS suspects
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  Israel strikes deep in south, Hezbollah downs drone as clashes continue
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  Israeli airstrikes destroy Hezbollah arms depot near Damascus
Fri 2023-11-17
  Israel believes that top Hamas leadership is now in southern Gaza
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  Biden admin renews sanctions waiver giving Iran access to $10 billion from Iraq

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