ایست بازرسی گروه طالبان در چوک بالا حصار شهر کندز هدف حملۀ مبارزان جبهه آزادی افغانستان قرار گرفته است. این عملیات گوریلایی مؤفق، حوالی ساعت ۷:۰۰ شام دوشنبه، ۲۷ دلو ۱۴۰۴ خورشیدی انجام شده که در نتیجهی دو تن از تروریستان طالب کشته و دو تن دیگر از… pic.twitter.com/3iflLJ806Y
A Taliban checkpoint in Chawk-e Bala Hisar, Kunduz city, was targeted by fighters of the Afghanistan Freedom Front.
This successful guerrilla operation was carried out around 7:00 p.m. on Monday, 27 Dalw 1404 (February 16, 2025), resulting in the death of two Taliban terrorists and the wounding of two other members of this militia group.
The increasing attacks by freedom fighters in Kunduz province and other central and northern parts of the country have sent tremors through the bodies of the Taliban terrorists.
Niger 🇳🇪 - Le 14 février 2026, le poste de gendarmerie de Guéchémé (région de Dosso), situé à une quinzaine de kilomètres de la frontière nigériane 🇳🇬, a été attaqué par des éléments du groupe armé Lakurawa. Au moins 4 gendarmes ont été tués.
Niger 🇳🇪 - On February 14, 2026, the Guéchémé gendarmerie post (Dosso region), located about fifteen kilometers from the Nigerian border 🇳🇬, was attacked by elements of the Lakurawa armed group. At least 4 gendarmes were killed.
🔶 Lakurawa is active in northwestern Nigeria (Sokoto and Kebbi states) and regularly carries out cross-border incursions into southwestern Niger. The group still maintains bases in the Dosso region, where the attack took place.
🔴 4 killed gendarmes are visible in the video in the comments (📹⤵️), but some local sources report a heavier toll, potentially reaching 6 FDS members.
⚠ The targeted gendarmes belonged to the Dan Kastari and Doutchi squadrons. They were engaged in Operation Damusa, conducted by the Nigerien FDS as part of the fight against armed terrorist groups.
A recent analysis of the Lakurawa group's situation is available in the quoted post.
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Yobe security operatives rescue kidnapped victim, arrest four suspects
By: Zagazola Makama
Security operatives in Yobe State have rescued a kidnapped resident, Abdul’hamid Garba, 35, of Nayi Nawa Area, Damaturu, and arrested four suspects involved in the abduction.
Yobe security operatives rescue kidnapped victim, arrest four suspects
By Zagazola Makama
Security operatives in Yobe State have rescued a kidnapped resident, Abdul’hamid Garba, 35, of Nayi Nawa Area, Damaturu, and arrested four suspects involved in the abduction.
Sources said that on Feb. 16 at about 10:20 p.m., Garba was abducted by suspects identified as Moh’d Usman, 32; Kabiru Ibrahim Umar, 42; Idriss Abdullahi Zakaria, 27; and Matthew Obata, 21, all staff of Transworld Private Security Guard, Kano.
The suspects had hired a Prado jeep from Giwa Company, Kano, for N400,000, using a covered registration number ABJ 295 NB, and moved the victim without a clear destination while demanding a ransom of N10 million from his relations.
It looks like boko haram (sadiku) took serious beating yesterday at the hands of two 3 militaries... The Nigerian army ambushed them on Luma-babana axis borgu Niger, they tried to seek safety in a Benin village, the benin army attacked them with the help of a french aircraft pic.twitter.com/9SQ0UZHpyL
ISWAP claims responsibility for an attack against the Kauwa "Cross" military camp, Borno State, of the Nigerian army yesterday, reportedly killing four soldiers and injuring several others in clashes lasting ~30 minutes, after which the terrorists destroyed the camp's barracks… https://t.co/LJxD9SZP98pic.twitter.com/5rrX1xM3oJ
ISWAP claims responsibility for an attack against the Kauwa "Cross" military camp, Borno State, of the Nigerian army yesterday, reportedly killing four soldiers and injuring several others in clashes lasting ~30 minutes, after which the terrorists destroyed the camp's barracks along with 11 vehicles including armored.
The terrorists also allegedly captured a vehicle, weapons and ammunition, this comes only a few days after the ISWAP attack against the Pulka military camp in the same state.
[IsraelTimes] A UK maritime agency says that an incident involving a vessel and small boats around 70 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s port of Aden today had been downgraded to “suspicious activity” as only warning shots were fired.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations had earlier said it received a report of an exchange of small-arms fire after a vessel was approached and hailed by a white skiff with five people on board.
In an update, it said it had been made aware that only warning shots were fired and no weapons were directed at either vessel.
Two additional skiffs were also reported in the vicinity, and authorities were investigating, according to UKMTO, which advised vessels to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity.
Yemen’s Houthi terror group has launched numerous attacks on vessels in the Red Sea since 2023, saying they were acting in solidarity with Palestinians over the war in Gaza. But the attacks have halted since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was brokered in October.
Some shipping companies remain wary of resuming voyages through those waters, however.
The attacks have disrupted trade flows through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Somali pirate gangs, who often used small, fast open boats known as skiffs, were once active in the area.
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[Regnum] US military forces attacked three vessels suspected of drug trafficking in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The strikes killed 11 people, US Southern Command (Southcom) reported on February 17.
"Late on February 16, at the direction of Southcom Commander General Francis Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear launched three lethal strikes against three vessels operated by organizations designated by the United States as terrorist," the department said in a statement on social media.
The command's statement emphasized that intelligence confirmed vessel activity along typical drug trafficking routes. According to the military, 11 "narcoterrorists" were killed.
Southcom added that no American service members were injured as a result of the operation.
On November 14, the United States launched a new military operation, Southern Spear, against cartels in South America. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that this operation will remove "narcoterrorists" from the Western Hemisphere and ensure the United States' drug-free status. He also reiterated that North and South America are considered a U.S. zone of interest, and Washington intends to protect them.
[IsraelTime] French authorities arrest four suspects over the killing last week of a far-right activist, the prosecutor for the southeastern city of Lyon says.
Quentin Deranque, 23, died after sustaining a severe brain injury when he was attacked by at least six people on the sidelines of a far-right protest against a left-wing politician speaking at a university in Lyon.
A source following the case says an assistant of a member of parliament from the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party was among those detained.
The incident on Thursday has fueled tension between the far right and far left ahead of municipal elections in March and the 2027 presidential race, in which the far-right National Rally (RN) party is seen as having its best chance yet of winning.
[IsraelTimes] India has seized three US-sanctioned oil tankers linked to Iran this month and stepped up surveillance in its maritime zone to curb illicit trade, a source tells Reuters, confirming a post on X by Indian authorities earlier in February that had been deleted.
India aims to prevent its waters from being used for ship-to-ship transfers that obscure the origin of oil cargoes, the source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Reuters.
The seizures and heightened surveillance follow an improvement in US-India relations. Washington earlier this month announced it will cut import tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50%, after New Delhi agreed to stop Russian oil imports.
The three sanctioned vessels – Stellar Ruby, Asphalt Star and Al Jafzia – frequently changed their identities to evade law enforcement by coastal states, the source said, adding that their owners were based overseas.
Iranian state media cited the National Iranian Oil Company as saying that the three tankers seized by India had no connection to the company. It said that neither the cargoes nor the vessels were linked to the company.
Indian authorities had said in a post on X on February 6 that they intercepted three vessels about 100 nautical miles west of Mumbai after detecting suspicious activity involving a tanker in India’s exclusive economic zone.
The post was later deleted, but the source confirmed that the vessels had been escorted to Mumbai for further investigation.
[IsraelTimes] The military says a Palestinian terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s north earlier today was killed in an airstrike.
According to the IDF, the terror operative crossed the Yellow Line and approached soldiers of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade “in a manner that posed an immediate threat.”
The Israeli Air Force then struck and “eliminated the terrorist in order to remove the threat,” the army says.
[IsraelTimes] IDF troops located a cache of weapons belonging to Hamas operatives amid mop-up operations in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line, the military says.
The IDF says the find was made yesterday by troops of the 7th Armored Brigade during efforts to demolish Hamas tunnels in the area.
The troops located a “large number” of assault rifles, an RPG, and an explosive device, the military says, adding that the weapons were intended to be used by Hamas operatives from the terror group’s Rafah Brigade to attack Israeli forces in the area.
Dozens of Hamas operatives are believed to be underground in the eastern Rafah area, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The IDF has reported killing or capturing some 50 of them in recent months.
[IsraelTimes] IDF commandos captured a Palestinian arms dealer during a raid yesterday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the military says.
The IDF says soldiers of the Duvdevan commando unit operated in Ramallah, following intelligence provided by the Shin Bet security agency, and “apprehended a terrorist who served as a weapons dealer in a terror network” in the area.
The suspect was handed over to the Shin Bet for further questioning.
[IsraelTimes] Police have shuttered a Palestinian community center in the Old City of Jerusalem for half a year, reportedly due to its alleged links to the Palestinian Authority.
Officers issued the order to close the Burj al-Luqluq (“Stork Tower”) community center for a period of six months after raiding its premises this morning, Arabic outlets report.
Responding to a request for comment, police say they issued the closure order based on evidence that “the association was operating in violation of the law, including the receipt of funding linked to organizations affiliated with terrorism.”
According to the Arab48 news outlet, the order, signed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, says that the organization conducted activity “for, on behalf of, or under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority” without obtaining “written authorization.”
The community center says in a press release cited by the outlet that police sealed its headquarters and removed employees from thea offices during a raid at around 10:30 a.m.
The press release calls the closure order “arbitrary” and vows to take the matter to court, noting that the organization is registered with the Jerusalem municipality.
The center was shuttered on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which in past years has seen heightened tensions between Jews and Palestinians as Muslims from across Israel and the West Bank travel to Jerusalem for prayers at the Old City’s Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Palestinians say the closure is the latest action targeting Palestinians in East Jerusalem, who say they already suffer from widespread neglect at the hands of Israeli authorities.
[IsraelTimes] Three suspects arrested last week, then another on Monday in raids on Jericho; separately, commandos detain Palestinian arms dealer in Ramallah
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.... -affiliated jihadists who were suspected of planning a terror attack were captured by Israeli troops and coppers during two separate operations in the West Bank city of Jericho over the past week, security forces said on Tuesday.
Troops of the Lions of the Valley Battalion last week captured three members of the cell in Jericho, and in a separate raid on Monday carried out by Border Police officers, another member was nabbed, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Police said.
"The snuffies were advancing terror activity and were suspected of intending to carry out an attack," the joint statement said.
All four were handed over to the Shin Bet for questioning.
Also, IDF commandos captured a Paleostinian arms dealer during a raid on Monday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the military said.
The IDF said soldiers of the Duvdevan commando unit operated in Ramallah, following intelligence provided by the Shin Bet security agency, and "apprehended a terrorist who served as a weapons dealer in a terror network" in the area.
The suspect was handed over to the Shin Bet for further questioning.
The raids come as security forces embark on an operation across the West Bank aimed at arresting Paleostinians "advancing incitement and terror on social media," ahead of Ramadan, a month when tensions in the region tend to spiral.
Violence in the West Bank has soared since the mass Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... attack on Israel triggered 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... war in October 2023.
More than 1,000 Paleostinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces or settlers since the war started, according to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or snuffies carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 65 civilians and Israeli security personnel have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another eight members of the security forces were killed in festivities during raids in Paleostinian cities in the West Bank.
The same period has also seen a major surge in attacks by settler faceless myrmidons on Paleostinians and their property across the West Bank. The IDF recorded 867 incidents of nationalistic crime and settler violence in 2025. The total for 2024 was 682 incidents.
[IsraelTimes] Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives who were en route to crossing the border from Lebanon into Syria on Sunday night were killed in an Israeli airstrike, the military says.
The strike took place near the village of Majdal Anjar, which is located in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa Valley, on a road leading from Beirut to Damascus, some 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) north of Israel’s border.
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, the strike killed four.
The IDF says it targeted the Islamic Jihad operatives while they were attempting to cross the Syrian border, “after in recent months they had been working to advance terror activities against the State of Israel from Lebanese territory.”
“The terrorists’ actions posed an immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel and to IDF troops operating in the Syrian arena,” the army adds.
[IsraelTimes] Hezbollah lawmaker says terror group ‘cannot be lenient’ on matter after its leader decries ‘major mistake’ that ‘serves the goals of Israeli aggression’
The Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group rejected on Tuesday the Lebanese government’s decision to grant the army at least four months to advance the second phase of a nationwide disarmament plan, saying it would not accept what it sees as a move serving Israel.
Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?... ’s government last year committed to disarming Hezbollah, which was badly weakened in a recent war with Israel, and tasked the army with drawing up a plan to do so.
The military announced last month that it had completed the first phase of the plan, covering the area between the Litani River and the Israeli border, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) farther south.
The second phase concerns the area between the Litani and the Awali rivers, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Beirut.
Lebanon’s Information Minister Paul Morcos said during a presser late on Monday after a cabinet meeting that the government had taken note of the army’s monthly report on its arms control plan that includes restricting weapons in areas north of the Litani River up to the Awali River in Sidon, and granted it four months.
"The required time frame is four months, renewable depending on available capabilities, Israeli attacks and field obstacles," he said.
Hezbollah politician Hassan Fadlallah on Tuesday said, "We cannot be lenient," signalling the group’s rejection of the timeline and the broader approach to the issue of its weapons.
The comment came after Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... said in a speech on Monday that "what the Lebanese government is doing by focusing on disarmament is a major mistake because this issue serves the goals of Israeli aggression."
Hezbollah has rejected the disarmament effort as a misstep while Israel continues to target Lebanon, and Shiite ministers walked out of the cabinet session that made the decision last year in protest.
Israel, which accuses Hezbollah of rearming, has criticized the army’s progress as insufficient, and has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon despite a November 2024 ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with the Iran-backed terror group, citing Hezbollah violations of the truce’s terms.
Israel has also kept troops in five south Lebanon areas it deems strategic, while Hezbollah has rejected calls to surrender its weapons north of the Litani.
Israeli officials say any disarmament plan must be fully and effectively implemented, especially in areas close to the border, and that continued Hezbollah terror activity constitutes a violation of relevant international resolutions.
While visiting Beirut on Monday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Lebanon to keep up the disarmament of Hezbollah, saying it would help ensure the withdrawal of the IDF from Lebanese territory, during a presser with his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun.
Aoun said Lebanon has asked Germany to "demand the Israeli side implement the ceasefire agreement and withdraw from the territories it occupies."
He also asked Germany to assist the Lebanese army and to play a "key role" after the departure of United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... observers, whose mandate expires this year.
IDF says Sunday strike killed 2 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... operatives crossing from Lebanon to Syria
Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, Cynthia backed into the galley, the barbecue fork held in front of her. Jack! she called. Where the hell are you?... on Tuesday, the military announced that two Paleostinian Islamic Jihad operatives who were en route to crossing the border from Lebanon into Syria on Sunday night were killed in an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... The strike took place near the village of Majdal Anjar, which is located in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa Valley, on a road leading from Beirut to Damascus, some 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) north of Israel’s border.
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, the strike killed four.
The IDF said it targeted the Islamic Jihad operatives while they were attempting to cross the Syrian border, "after in recent months they had been working to advance terror activities against the State of Israel from Lebanese territory."
"The terrorists’ actions posed an immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel and to IDF troops operating in the Syrian arena," the army added.
The military also issued footage of the strike.
While Israel regularly launches strikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, attacks on the allied 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-based Islamic Jihad are rarer.
Islamic Jihad — which has a significant presence in both Lebanon and Syria — carried out the October 7, 2023, terror onslaught alongside Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... from the Gaza Strip, and was involved in numerous attacks on Israel from Lebanon alongside Hezbollah.
[IsraelTimes] Regime holds memorial for thousands killed in protests it violently quashed, with IRGC chief vowing ‘consequences’ for supporters of the ‘rioters and terrorists’ it blames for unrest
Iranians shouted slogans against the leader of the Islamic Theocratic Republic on Tuesday as they gathered to commemorate protesters killed in a crackdown on nationwide demonstrations that rights groups said left thousands dead, according to videos verified by AFP.
The country’s holy manal authorities also staged a commemoration in the capital Tehran to mark the 40th day since the deaths at the peak of the protests on January 8 and 9, in line with Shiite mourning tradition.
Officials acknowledge more than 3,000 people died during the unrest, but attribute the violence to "terrorist acts," while rights groups say many more thousands of people were killed, rubbed out by security forces in a violent mostly peaceful crackdown.
The protests, sparked by anger over the rising cost of living before exploding in size and anti-government fervour, subsided after the crackdown, but in recent days, Iranians have rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud from the relative safety of homes and rooftops at night.
On Tuesday, videos verified by AFP showed crowds gathering at memorials for some of those killed again shouting slogans against the theocratic government in place since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
In videos geolocated by AFP shared on social media, a crowd in Abadan in western 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... holds up flowers and commemorative photos of a young man as they shout "death to Khamenei," referring to Iran’s supreme leader, and "long live the shah," in support of the ousted monarchy.
"DEATH TO KHAMENEI "
In Iran, in the city of Abdanan, during the 40th-day memorial for their murdered loved ones, as live bullets were fired, people bravely chanted: "Death to Khamenei."
Another video from the same city shows people running in panic from the sounds of shots, though it wasn’t immediately clear if they were from live fire.
In the northeastern city of Mashhad, a crowd in the street chanted, "One person killed, thousands have his back," another verified video showed.
Gatherings also took place in other parts of the country, according to videos shared by rights groups.
OFFICIAL COMMEMORATIONS
At the government-organized memorial in Tehran, crowds carried Iranian flags and portraits of those killed as nationalist songs played and chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" echoed through the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attended a similar event at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad.
Authorities have accused sworn enemies, the United States and Israel, of fuelling "foreign-instigated riots," saying they hijacked peaceful protests with killings and vandalism.
Senior officials, including First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref and Revolutionary Guards commander Esmail Qaani, attended the ceremony.
"Those who supported rioters and bully boyz are criminals and will face the consequences," Qaani said, according to Tasnim news agency.
International organizations have said evidence shows Iranian security forces targeted protesters with live fire under the cover of an internet blackout.
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has recorded more than 7,000 killings in the crackdown, the vast majority of protesters, though rights groups warn the toll is likely far higher.
More than 53,500 people have been arrested in the ongoing crackdown, HRANA added, with rights groups warning protesters could face execution.
On Friday, Iran said it had established a fact-finding committee to investigate the killings at the protests, while authorities pledged swift trials for those involved in the violence.
State television has in recent weeks aired what it described as confessions by people accused of armed attacks on public property and security personnel. Citing the testimony of former Iranian detainees, HRANA has said the confessions often come after psychological or physical torture, and can have serious consequences, including the death penalty The Iranian government ceremony on Tuesday coincided with the second round of indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the US in Geneva, amid heightened tensions after Washington beefed up its military presence in the Middle East, threatening last month to strike Iran if it did not stop killing protesters.
“Death to Khamenei “
In Iran, in the city of Abdanan, during the 40th-day memorial for their murdered loved ones, as live bullets were fired, people bravely chanted: “Death to Khamenei.” Abadan was one of the cities that suffered one of the highest numbers of deaths in the… pic.twitter.com/kJGMEydUnP
Security forces opened fire on mourners in Abdanan, Ilam province in western Iran, on Tuesday at the 40th-day memorial for slain protester Alireza Seidi. pic.twitter.com/UmFTVNRGAJ
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.
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...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 
