Hi there, !
Today Thu 03/19/2026 Wed 03/18/2026 Tue 03/17/2026 Mon 03/16/2026 Sun 03/15/2026 Sat 03/14/2026 Fri 03/13/2026 Archives
Rantburg
582797 articles and 1984932 comments are archived on Rantburg.

Today: 59 articles and 191 comments as of 7:32.
Post a news link    Post your own article   
Area: WoT Background    Non-WoT    Opinion    Local News    Politix   
Sa’ar denies reports of talks with Lebanon as Hezbollah keeps up fire on Israel
Today's Headlines
Headline Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
0 [1789] 
0 [1763] 
4 21:23 NN2N1 [1815] 
3 08:36 Skidmark [1783] 
2 05:28 Besoeker [1834] 
0 [1802] 
1 18:10 Clem+Elmish4239 [1861] 
0 [1807] 
0 [1773] 
2 14:07 SteveS [1801] 
0 [1769] 
0 [1761] 
3 08:08 Skidmark [1774] 
0 [1800] 
0 [1769] 
16 20:20 Woodrow [1799] 
0 [1769] 
0 [1764] 
Page 2: WoT Background
6 16:45 Grom the Affective [1764]
0 [1766]
8 14:40 Skidmark [1768]
4 14:12 trailing wife [1767]
18 21:45 Omans Slath8956 [1793]
1 07:29 Super Hose [1764]
4 13:36 trailing wife [1767]
9 23:11 trailing wife [1844]
3 09:02 Skidmark [1811]
0 [1767]
5 13:09 trailing wife [1771]
2 17:33 SteveS [1811]
1 00:59 Frank G [1758]
2 13:49 trailing wife [1775]
5 07:10 Skidmark [1779]
1 08:24 Skidmark [1765]
0 [1760]
0 [1769]
0 [1765]
2 07:12 Skidmark [1771]
Page 3: Non-WoT
0 [1765]
0 [1768]
4 13:16 Besoeker [1758]
5 13:45 Besoeker [1771]
7 16:50 Abu Uluque [1795]
3 17:04 Besoeker [1797]
22 17:31 Frank G [1839]
1 15:16 DooDahMan [1805]
Page 4: Opinion
4 16:02 Besoeker [1762]
4 20:35 trailing wife [1814]
7 15:36 NN2N1 [1777]
3 12:36 Super Hose [1766]
15 21:52 Omans Slath8956 [1800]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
0 [1756]
0 [1765]
0 [1760]
0 [1762]
1 14:14 SteveS [1759]
0 [1750]
Page 6: Politix
8 15:35 Lord Garth [1767]
5 13:02 Abu Uluque [1827]
Good Morning



%u2018Round River' FBI Op Was A Deep State Conspiracy To Thwart Investigation Into Biden Family Corruption
Monday 03/16/2026

Dames in their scanties 4352973_orig
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Trump said briefed on US intel showing
Ali Khamenei thought his son unfit to lead
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Sa%u2019ar denies reports of talks with
Lebanon as Hezbollah keeps up fire on Israel
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israeli strike reportedly kills four
in central Gaza; no immediate comment from IDF
Arabia
Saudi Arabia says 10 Iranian drones destroyed over Riyadh
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF planning 3 more weeks of operations to systematically degrade Iran%u2019s defense industry as Irans fires 7 missile salvos incl cluster bombs
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Trump says trip to China might be delayed,
calls on Beijing to help unblock Hormuz Strait: report
Arizona man who admitted to crucifying pastor asks for death penalty so 'we can move on with our lives'

Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2026 || Comments || Link || [1783 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Looks like Joan. Sassy.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/16/2026 7:08 Comments || Top||

#2  So normal gym attire circa 2026.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/16/2026 8:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Ice bathing in Latvia: A chilly tradition
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2026 8:36 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Pakistani Air Force strikes targets in Kandahar, Afghanistan
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] Pakistan's Air Force and artillery again struck targets in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar last night. This was reported on March 15 by Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Afghan Supreme Leader.
It’s still going on, to their mutual destruction. This is why they don’t have nice things.
"The attack targeted a hospital where drug addicts are treated, as well as an empty container that had previously been used for military purposes," the Afghan television channel TOLO News quoted Mujahid as saying on its Telegram channel.

On February 26, armed clashes occurred on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The conflict erupted between border units of the two countries in the Nazian district of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, near the Durand Line. On the night of February 27, Pakistani forces launched an airstrike on Kabul. No casualties or damage were reported.

In turn, the Afghan Air Force shot down a Pakistani plane that entered the country's airspace.

Later, the Pakistani Air Force attacked military installations in Afghanistan. Specifically, airstrikes targeted targets in Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia. As a result, two headquarters, command posts, and ammunition depots were destroyed.

In response to Pakistani attacks, Afghan forces struck military bases and camps within the Islamic Republic. The country's Ministry of Defense noted that the Afghan army struck key military installations, centers, and facilities in Pakistan, and that the operations were successful.

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif stated that the country is ready for "open war" against the Taliban government (the Taliban movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) in Afghanistan. Asif accused the Taliban of "turning Afghanistan into an Indian colony," gathering terrorists from all over the world on their territory, and exporting terrorism.

Posted by: badanov || 03/16/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1761 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Arabia
Dubai ‘arrests foreign survivors of Iranian drone strike after they sent images of explosion aftermath to loved ones to prove they were safe'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Three foreign survivors of a drone strike on a building in Dubai have been arrested after they sent photographs of the explosion to their loved ones, it has been claimed.

The individuals were inside their Creek Harbour apartments when a drone struck on Wednesday evening, causing a big explosion.

In the aftermath, they took photos which they then sent privately to family members to reassure them of their safety.

They were later arrested by police after officers requested to see their phones, according to campaign group Detained in Dubai.

It comes as an Iranian drone hit a fuel tank near Dubai Airport on Monday, sparking a massive fire.

Flights were diverted and roads to the airport were closed as a pall of black smoke could be seen from several miles away.

Commenting on the arrest of the three foreign nationals, the CEO of Detained in Dubai said: 'Three traumatised survivors of an Iran drone strike were arrested after privately sharing a photo with loved ones confirming they were alive following an explosion on their apartment floor. Instead of receiving victim support, they were locked up by Dubai police.'

CEO Rada Stirling said that authorities should take a compassionate approach towards people who reacted instinctively during the terrifying moment, and warned this risked punishing victims rather than those acting maliciously.

In another chaotic day in the Middle East:

  • Dubai airport halted flights after a drone struck a fuel tank nearby in the latest incident to disrupt travel at one of the world's busiest hubs

  • Oil loading operations have been suspended at the United Arab Emirates port of Fujairah after a drone attack

  • The Israeli military said it has begun what it described as 'limited ground' against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

  • Oil prices rose further, with Brent North Sea Crude up 3 per cent to $106.50 per barrel in Monday trading

  • Saudi Arabia intercepted more than 60 drones since midnight

  • Donald Trump said the United States was in discussions with Iran but that Tehran was not ready for a deal to end the war

  • The US President said Nato faces a 'very bad' future if US allies fail to help open the Strait of Hormuz

  • Keir Starmer knocked back Trump's call for British ships in the Strait of Hormuz

And officials are going to great lengths to clamp down on certain videos of the conflict being published online.

The latest perpetrators have been divided into three groups, with the first said to have 'published and circulated authentic video clips' of missile interceptions.

The footage aimed to 'incite public anxiety and panic', according to a statement from Attorney-General Dr Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, and risked 'exposing defensive capabilities' and allowing accounts to 'promote misleading narratives'.

The second group was arrested for publishing footage of attacks that were either AI-generated or occurred outside the UAE.

And a third group of defendants is made up of people who published material 'glorifying a hostile state' - an act which the Attorney-General said 'serves hostile media discourse and harms national interests'.

The 25 suspects are currently detained amid an ongoing Public Prosecution investigation in the UAE.

The publishing of such content was described by the Attorney-General as a 'grave violation of the law', promising 'firm legal action' against the group.

The UAE said it had been thoroughly monitoring social media platforms in recent days in a bid to prevent the dissemination of 'fabricated information and artificial content intended to incite public disorder and undermine general stability'.

It emerged on Saturday that up to 100 people had been arrested by police in the UAE for filming drone or missile strikes.

Abu Dhabi Police alone have arrested 45 people of multiple nationalities for filming various locations amid current ongoing events and posting clips on social media.

In neighbouring Dubai, at least 21 people, including a 60-year-old British tourist, have been detained.

The detainees are accused of sharing inaccurate and misleading information.

Authorities warned that such actions could 'provoke public opinion and spread rumours'.

In a statement posted on social media on Saturday, Dubai Police said: 'Sharing rumours, false information, or any content that contradicts official announcements or that may cause public panic or threaten public safety, order, or health is prohibited.

'Violators may face criminal penalties, including imprisonment and fines of no less than Dh200,000, [£41,000].'

The police also warned against taking photos of critical sites.

'It may seem like just a photo... But to some, it's information. Do not photograph or share security or critical sites. Protecting them is a national responsibility that helps keep our community safe and secure,' the force said.

The British tourist, who was detained on Monday, had travelled to the UAE for a holiday and was allegedly spotted filming missiles during the dramatic attacks.

He stopped filming when challenged by police, but was still arrested and charged and is reportedly being held at Bur Dubai Police station. He faces up to two years in prison.

He is accused of 'broadcasting, publishing, republishing or circulating rumours or provocative propaganda that could disturb public security', campaign group Detained in Dubai said.

Stirling, the group's chief executive, said the man had said that he deleted the video from his phone when asked and had no intention of doing anything wrong.

She said: 'The charges sound extremely vague but serious on paper. In reality, the alleged conduct could be something as simple as sharing or commenting on a video that is already circulating online.'

Stirling added: 'Under UAE cybercrime laws, the person who originally posts content can be charged, but so can anyone who reshapes, reposts or comments on it. One video can quickly lead to dozens of people facing criminal charges.'

The British Embassy in the UAE on Friday posted on X: 'UAE authorities warn against photographing, posting, or sharing images of incident sites or projectile damage as well as government buildings and diplomatic missions.

'British nationals are subject to UAE laws, violations may lead to fines, imprisonment, or deportation.'

The Foreign Office confirmed it is in contact with local authorities after a British man was detained in the UAE.

In a post on Instagram, the embassy added that the UAE authorities have issued 'several warnings' regarding the photographing, publishing or sharing of images and videos 'documenting incident sites or damage resulting from the fall of projectiles or shrapnel'.

The post continued: 'Under UAE law, "sharing" can include posting on social media platforms as well as sending or forwarding content via messaging applications.

'UAE law also restricts the photographing of certain sites, including government buildings and diplomatic missions.'

Meanwhile, Dubai's influencer army has released a barrage of posts praising its government - amid claims some are being paid to pump out 'propaganda'.

Content creators with hundreds of thousands of followers between them have responded to Iranian attacks by sharing images of Dubai leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum alongside the words, 'I know who protects us'.

The posts begin by asking 'are you scared?' before flashing up images of Al Maktoum waving to adoring crowds.

Sceptical social media users have responded by claiming the influencers are being paid by the UAE government, although several have spoken out to deny this.

Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2026 07:31 || Comments || Link || [1763 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Saudi Arabia says 10 Iranian drones destroyed over Riyadh
[IsraelTimes] US orders evacuations from Oman, Iraq

The fighting continued to envelop the Gulf nations neighboring Iran. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates reported fresh Iranian missile attacks on Sunday, while 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...
’s Defense Ministry said its systems intercepted and destroyed 10 drones over the capital, Riyadh, and the kingdom’s eastern region.

Bahrain said that since the beginning of the war, its air defenses have intercepted 125 missiles and 211 drones. The small island nation — home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet — has been among the most affected by Iranian strikes, which have hit ports, a hotel, a refinery and a water desalination plant. At least person has been killed in the strikes.

In the wake of the strikes across the region, the US State Department said it ordered non-emergency babus government employees and the family members of babus government employees to leave Oman, citing safety risks. And following an overnight missile attack on the US embassy in Baghdad, the embassy said US citizens should leave Iraq immediately.

"US citizens choosing to remain in Iraq are strongly encouraged to reconsider in light of the significant threat posed by Iran-aligned terrorist militia groups," the embassy said.

Although its missiles have hit civilian areas, Iran’s foreign minister denied on Sunday that 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has targeted civilian or residential areas in the Middle East. He said Tehran is ready to form a committee with its neighbors to investigate the responsibility for such strikes.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2026 2026-03-16 01:00 || Comments || Link || [1861 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Yeah - these allegedly originated in the UAE area - per the Iranians. Note that the Iranians freely admitted hitting the US air base in Saudi yesterday. Depending how you count the most recent missile / drone attack was wave 54 of "Operation True Promise". This particular altercation is very difficult to decipher with all sides making verifiably false claims about one another, their allies and neutral (!) parties
Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239 || 03/16/2026 18:10 Comments || Top||


Britain
12 arrested at banned annual al-Quds Day protest in central London
[IsraelTimes] Protesters chant ‘Death to the IDF’ in crowd dotted with posters of new Iranian supreme leader; across the river, counterprotesters wave flags of Israel, US, pre-revolution Iran

Hundreds of people turned out in London Sunday for an annual al-Quds Day march banned by the government after police said it was organized by a group "supportive of the Iranian regime."

British police said in a statement they had arrested 12 people and were investigating anti-Israeli chants allegedly made at the rally.

Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said earlier this week she had agreed to the ban to "prevent serious public disorder" in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, where, since February 28, 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has been launching missile and drone attacks across the region in retaliation against a US-Israeli offensive.

It was the first time a protest march in the British capital was banned since 2012, but a static demonstration was permitted, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.

Around 1,000 coppers were stationed in the area, The Guardian newspaper reported, tasked with keeping apart demonstrators and counterprotesters by allowing them to gather on opposite sides of the River Thames, not far from Parliament.

Anti-Israel, pro-Paleostinian protesters who were directed to the south side of the river waved flags and held up placards with slogans such as "Stop Israeli war crimes," in a reference to Israel’s 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...
in response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
-led onslaught.

"What has happened to the Paleostinians is so unjust," pensioner Jean Apps, 81, from Purley in south London, told AFP. "And now I am here also because of the illegal attacks on Iran. I know Iran is not perfect, but the Iranian people should be left to sort out their own problems."

ARRESTS AND CHANTS
Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said police had made 12 arrests, "including for showing support for a proscribed organization, affray and for threatening or abusive behavior."

"We are also investigating chants made by a speaker" at the protest, which marked al-Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, an annual pro-Paleostinian and anti-Israel event on the last Friday of Ramadan, he added in the police statement.

Videos online showed protesters chanting, "Death to the IDF," while others were carrying posters of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, as well as Iranian and Paleostinian flags.

The "Death to the IDF" chants were led by Bobby Vylan, a member of the punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, who was investigated by police after he led the same chant at the Glastonbury music festival last year. The investigation was ultimately dropped.

"We recognize the concern footage and chanting like this causes, particularly with London’s Jewish communities," the Metropolitan Police said on X.

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), a nonprofit that organizes the annual al-Quds Day march, condemned the decision to ban the event, calling the move "politically charged."

The march was an "international demonstration... in support of Paleostinians and all the oppressed around the world," the group added after the ban was announced.

On the other side of the river, counter-demonstrators waved US and Israeli flags along with the old Lion and Sun Iranian flag favored by exiles. They chanted, "Long live the king," referring to Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, who was ousted by the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

"We are supporting the king of Iran, we are asking America and Israel to help us eliminate the IRGC" — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — said Shiva, 37, an Iranian chef living in London.

"They don’t care about the people, they are just killing us. It’s a cruel regime."

Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1769 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Europe
Explosion near Amsterdam WTC linked to emerging group Ashab al-Yamin
Another day, another Iran-ordered attack on Jews. Yesterday’s on a Jewish school in Amsterdam can be seen here.
[Jpost] "We are investigating this explosion," the spokesperson said. "The fire was immediately extinguished by security. We are reviewing footage and are calling on witnesses to contact the police."

The newly formed terror group Ashab Al Yamin carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) attack outside an American bank near the World Trade Center in Amsterdam on Sunday.

A spokesperson for Amsterdam Police confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Monday that an explosion occurred at the entrance of an office on Strawinskylaan street, the location of the WTC and one of the Atrium's entrances. They did not confirm the exact target.

"We are investigating this explosion," the spokesperson told the Post. "The fire was immediately extinguished by security. We are reviewing footage and are calling on witnesses to contact the police."

The spokesperson also acknowledged the terror video and confirmed it is also under investigation.

In the new video, the group claimed to have hit the Bank of New York Mellon in the Atrium office building, which is next to the WTC.

The clip shows an unidentified individual lighting an IED and then fleeing the scene, followed by footage of an explosion. The logo at the end of the video differs from previous materials; it still features an upstretched arm with an SVD rifle pointing right, but instead of a globe behind, there is a red flag and olive branches. The phrase 'jihad, steadfastness, victory' also appears at the top.

It then features the text: "In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is the Final Warning. To all the people of the world, especially in the European Union, immediately distance yourselves from all American and Zionist interests, facilities, and what is affiliated with them," the group said.

TERROR GROUP TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIEGE SYNAGOGUE EXPLOSION
Ashab Al Yamin appeared on the scene in the last week, and has since claimed responsibility for several attacks, including an explosion at Liege synagogue, Belgium, an Amsterdam Jewish school and a Rotterdam synagogue.

The terror group is believed to be linked to the Iraqi resistance. Its videos have been widely disseminated on Shi’ite axis Telegram channels, such as those associated with Hezbollah or the IRGC.

In the early hours of Monday morning, pro-Islamic Resistance channels (especially on Telegram) started sharing the video and claiming an attack on the WTC itself. The Post found the video on several Houthi-linked channels, as well as IRGC ones (such as the prominent X account IranIn Arabic).



The Times of Israel adds:
A new terror organization known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia is responsible for a series of attacks against Jewish institutions in Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
over the past week, the Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry said Sunday.

The group, whose name translates to "The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right," emerged publicly this month and is believed to be linked with Iranian terror networks.

The organization grabbed credit for a series of explosions and arson attacks targeting Jewish sites in Belgium, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam between March 9 and March 14 last week, the ministry’s report said. The group also claimed that it had attacked a Jewish site in Greece last Wednesday, although it is not clear what that referred to.

"The recent events in Europe are not isolated incidents but part of a disturbing pattern of action: Terrorist networks affiliated with the Iranian axis are trying to expand their arena of operation into the cities and Jewish communities of Europe," said Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli.

The goal of these attacks was to primarily intimidate Jewish communities and create an environment of fear, the ministry said. Those incidents only damaged property and did not cause any casualties, the report noted.

The group carries out operations through local cells or individual operatives directed from abroad, the report said. Its operational model includes establishing new organizations before each attack, communicating through existing networks used by the terror organization, and hiding behind local operations to protect the culpability of the operation’s leaders. This model, which allows terrorist networks to operate in Europe while maintaining operational ambiguity, may reflect an evolving pattern of attacks through front organizations and proxies, the report noted.

The organization’s ability to coordinate attacks in multiple countries in a short period of time indicates that the risk of further attacks remains significant, it said.

Intelligence analyses indicate that the footage of the attacks was quickly distributed on Telegram channels affiliated with pro-Iranian Shiite bully boy networks, including channels linked to Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

The organization’s name is similar to a title previously used by the Iraqi militia Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, an organization designated as a terrorist organization by the US State Department. As the leader of that group was reportedly assassinated in late February, it is possible that the attacks on European synagogues are also intended as a message of Dire Revenge, the report said.

The name "Ashab al-Yamin" originates from Koranic terminology describing the righteous who receive their record in their right hand on Judgment Day.

Its logo depicts a raised arm holding a rifle pointed to the right with a globe behind it, a design that closely resembles the symbols used by Iranian-aligned bully boy groups. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
the emblem features a Dragunov sniper rifle, rather than the AK-47 commonly used in other logos, a difference that may be intended to obscure direct attribution, analysts said.

Last Monday, a synagogue in Liege, eastern Belgium, was damaged in an early morning blast denounced by the mayor as an "extremely violent mostly peaceful act of antisemitism." No injuries were reported, with "only material damage," a front man for the police in the city said.

On Friday, an overnight blast damaged the only Orthodox school in the Netherlands, but did not cause any injuries, in what Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema called a "deliberate attack against the Jewish community."

Earlier in the day, four young men were arrested on suspicion of setting off a kaboom outside a synagogue in Rotterdam that caused a brief blaze and damage to the building.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2026 07:53 || Comments || Link || [1789 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Two brothers investigated in France on suspicion of planning antisemitic attack for ISIS
[IsraelTimes] Counterterrorism prosecutor’s office says police found a firearm, a bottle of acid, and an ISIS flag in their car last week
Sounds like an Islamic blind double date
Two young men have been placed under formal investigation in La Belle France for planning a "deadly and antisemitic" attack, the counterterrorism prosecutor’s office (PNAT) said in a statement on Sunday.

The suspects, a 22-year-old engineering student and an unemployed 20-year-old who are brothers, were arrested last Tuesday after police found a semi-automatic firearm, a bottle of acid, and an ISIS flag in their car during a roadside police stop near a prison in northern La Belle France, PNAT said. It gave no details about the nature of the planned attack or its target.

The two are being investigated on charges of criminal terrorist conspiracy and possessing a weapon in connection with a terrorist undertaking, and have been placed in pre-trial detention. The PNAT did not release the suspects’ full identities.

The French interior ministry reinforced security around Jewish places of worship in early March.

The French authorities said jihadist propaganda was found on the suspects’ digital devices, and one of the brothers had filmed a video pledging allegiance to ISIS.

Antisemitism in La Belle France has soared since Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
’s attack sparked the war in Gazoo. The country saw 1,570 antisemitic incidents in 2024, nearly four times the average level before the October 7 assault, according to the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions.

Governments and human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state...
advocates have noted a similar rise in antisemitism, Islamophobia
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
, and anti-Arab bias around the world in the same period.

La Belle France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, has said antisemitic acts in La Belle France tend to increase after Israeli military operations in Gaza or the West Bank.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2026 2026-03-16 00:13 || Comments || Link || [1773 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Home Front: WoT
Campus shooter Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was a current student at Old Dominion University, man who sold him the gun arrested
Both articles from a few days ago provide information I’ve not seen elsewhere.
[WTVR] The gunman in the Old Dominion University shooting, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh,
…36, naturalized citizen of Sierra Leone, killed one in his second try for the glory of ISIS in a ROTC classroom in Old Dominion before the students killed him with their bare hands (and a knife)…
had also been enrolled at ODU at the time of the shooting.

Jalloh was admitted to ODU in fall 2006 as a freshman and had been enrolled through Spring 2013, an ODU official told Scripps News Group in Norfolk.

Jalloh pleaded guilty in October 2016 of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, known at the time as ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, according to CBS. Jalloh admitted to trying to donate money to ISIL and commit a domestic attack in its name. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison, but was released early in December 2024, according to CBS News.
…about 2 1/2 years early.
The ODU official said Jalloh reenrolled at ODU in summer 2025. It was directly confirmed that he was a current student at the time of Thursday's shooting.
I saw it claimed yesterday that the ROTC class he invaded was being trained that day on bayonets, which would explain the report he was stabbed 22 times.

Person Arrested for Supplying Gun to Old Dominion Shooter

[Breitbart] On Friday, the Justice Department charged Kenya Chapman for allegedly selling 36-year-old Mohamed Bailor Jalloh a gun, even though Jalloh had a felony that barred him from gun ownership.

Breitbart News noted that Jalloh was arrested on July 3, 2016, “for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.” In 2017, he was convicted and sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Jalloh entered a classroom Thursday and asked if the students in it were members of ROTC. When they answered in the affirmative he began shooting and said “Allah Akbar” and he commenced the attack.

The Associated Press noted that the Justice Department alleges that Jalloh got his gun from Chapman, who is now “charged with making a false statement during a firearm purchase and engaging in the business of firearms dealing without a license.”

Chapman allegedly told agents he stole the gun about a year ago and “recently sold it to Jalloh.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2026 2026-03-16 02:55 || Comments || Link || [1815 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1 
Criminal punishment was never supposed be treated like a Daycare facility.
Prison Sentences should be punishment, with actual rehabilitation applied.

How many of these peaceful religion types and Repeated Hardcore Violent types, are liberal judges going to turn loose, before we demand independent mandatory Judicial Review Board/Panels be used?

Then what about the Political Agenda DA's and their ridiculous Plea Deals for MURDER?

Maybe mandatory lobotomy's for repeat Physically Violent offenders?
Since it is cheater put them on Welfare as vegetables, than the cost of prison housing.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/16/2026 6:17 Comments || Top||

#2  WHOTF readmitted the asshole?
Posted by: Frank G || 03/16/2026 8:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Chapman allegedly told agents he stole the gun

Every step of this shows the futility of gun grabbing laws. There are over 500M guns in the hands of Americans.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/16/2026 10:55 Comments || Top||

#4 
There are 3x's more Knifes attacks than guns.
Guns do kill more, but the USA was #5 in the world for knife attacks and killings with 1683+ Stabbing Deaths
last year.

I can already see some left loony, wanting to register knife owners also? :-)
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/16/2026 21:23 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Saraya Awliya al-Dam (Guardians of Blood Brigades) attacked US Bases in Erbil and Victory Base in Baghdad.


Posted by: badanov || 03/16/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1800 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


IRGC targets Kurds

Text:

IRGC TARGETS KURDS
An explosive drone attack has been reported targeting bases belonging to PAK and the Kurdistan National Army Peshmerga in the Darashakran district.

Initial reports indicate:
• No casualties
• The drones targeted military positions linked to Kurdish anti-Iran groups

The area has been a frequent target of Iranian-backed attacks, as Tehran views Kurdish opposition forces in northern Iraq as a major threat.

Situation developing.

Posted by: badanov || 03/16/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1769 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israeli strike reportedly kills four in central Gaza; no immediate comment from IDF
[IsraelTimes] Strike in Nuseirat comes following reports of Palestinians killed Friday and Saturday in the Strip; IDF says it killed 20 Gaza terror operatives over past week

At least four Paleostinians, including two boys and a woman who was pregnant with twins, were killed Sunday in an Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in the war-torn Gazoo Strip, authorities in the enclave’s hospitals said.

The strike hit a house in Nuseirat, an urban refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a couple in their 30s and their 10-year son, according to the nearby al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

The fourth fatality, a 15-year-old neighbor, was taken to Awda hospital in Nuseirat. The boy’s younger brother was maimed in the strike, the hospital said.

"We were sleeping and got up to the strike of a missile. The strike was strong," said Mahmoud al-Muhtaseb, a neighbor. "There was no prior warning."

The toll could not be immediately independently verified, and there was no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces. The IDF frequently says its strikes in Gaza come in response to Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
’s violations of the ceasefire in the Strip, which took effect in October.

The ceasefire largely halted fighting between Israel and Hamas following the two-year war sparked by the terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught.

Six other people were killed by Israeli strikes between Friday night and Saturday morning, according to Paleostinian reports. The IDF said it had killed three Paleostinian button men since Friday.

Over the past week, Israeli troops have killed some 20 Paleostinian terror operatives who allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to the military.

On Sunday, the military said that over the previous week, Israeli troops killed some 20 Paleostinian terror operatives who violated the terms of the ceasefire. They included those who allegedly crossed the ceasefire line or planned attacks on soldiers.

Earlier on Sunday, the IDF said troops killed a Paleostinian gunman who opened fire on them in the southern Gaza Strip. Soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade were conducting clearing operations of Hamas infrastructure in the Rafah area when they identified the armed terror operative, the military said.

According to the military, the operative opened fire on the paratroopers, who then returned fire and killed him. No soldiers were hurt.

Another of those killed by troops of the 98th Division over the past week was identified by the IDF as a deputy company commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force, from the Beit Lahiya Battalion, who the military said invaded Israel during the October 7 attack and had been planning a sniper attack on troops.

And in the Khan Younis area, the IDF said, troops of the Gaza Division located a rocket manufacturing site belonging to the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
terror group. In another incident on Friday in the Khan Younis area, the IDF says it carried out a strike against two armed Hamas operatives, both of whom were killed.

In Rafah, a Hamas attack tunnel was demolished, the military said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2026 2026-03-16 02:13 || Comments || Link || [1802 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


IDF planning 3 more weeks of operations to systematically degrade Iran’s defense industry as Irans fires 7 missile salvos incl cluster bombs
[IsraelTimes] Officials say military operating ahead of schedule, but still has thousands more targets to hit; IDF claims to see declining morale among Iranian soldiers

“We have thousands of targets ahead," IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin told CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
on Sunday. "We are ready, in coordination with our US allies, with plans through at least the Jewish holiday of Passover, about three weeks from now. And we have deeper plans for even three weeks beyond that."

Following Israel’s decapitation strikes that opened the war on February 28, killing Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
and more than 40 top Iranian officials, and subsequent strikes on ballistic missile launchers and air defense systems, the IDF is now focusing its efforts on destroying Iran’s military industry, according to the officials.

The officials said that the current campaign against Iran is different from the 12-day war in June 2025, and far more extensive.

During the previous war, Israel sought to counter the "existential threat" of Iran imminently developing a nuclear weapon, as well as its ramped-up production of ballistic missiles. The current war has given the IDF an opportunity to not only remove the "existential Iranian threat" to Israel, but also Iran’s "strategic threat" on the Jewish state "for the foreseeable future," the officials said.

Therefore, the IDF is seeking to systematically degrade Iran’s entire defense industry, including its ballistic missile capabilities, in addition to its nuclear program.

The defense industry of Iran is extensive, with numerous military bodies and private companies manufacturing weapon systems — or components — including ballistic missiles, air defenses, naval weapons, cyber capabilities, and even spy satellites.

Israel has targeted Iran’s military industry in the past, including in October 2024 when the Israeli Air Force bombed planetary mixers used to make solid fuel used in long-range ballistic missiles. During the 12-day war in June 2025, Israel again struck various sites used by Iran to build ballistic missiles, air defense systems, and other weapons.

Now, the officials said, the IDF would not spare a single facility used by Iran to develop weapons, along the entire production chain. So far, during the ongoing war, Israel has hit over 1,700 assets of Iran’s military industry, and it has many hundreds more on its list.

This includes the larger firms that are part of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — which manufacture Iran’s ballistic missiles and other weapons — as well as smaller companies that develop various components.

The officials said that these strikes have caused significant damage to Iran’s ballistic missile production industry, and as a result, it currently does not have the ability to manufacture any new missiles.

Israel has also been targeting Iran’s nuclear program, striking numerous targets related to the development of atomic weapons, including research and development sites and companies building various components.

Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes...
the officials said, strikes in Iran continue to also focus on "centers of power," including headquarters and command centers of the regime’s protest repression forces — the internal security forces and Basij paramilitary force.

The IDF has estimated that between 4,000 and 5,000 Iranian soldiers have been killed in Israeli strikes, along with tens of thousands more maimed, many of them members of the internal security forces and Basij.

The military has also identified declining morale among Iranian soldiers, refusal to serve in some cases, and desertion, according to the officials.

This phenomenon has mainly taken place in Iran’s ballistic missile array, according to the officials, who said that strikes against manned command centers and replacement headquarters have led to a drastic reduction in missile fire toward Israel in recent days.

The IAF has also continued to "hunt down" Iran’s missile launchers, reporting that it destroyed dozens in recent days, including some armed for attacks on Israel.

So far, the military has claimed to have destroyed or disabled around 70 percent of Iran’s estimated 500 ballistic missile launchers, though it is believed to be relatively simple for Iran to build new launchers, as it did following the June 2025 war.

Strikes also continue against Iran’s air defense systems. Within 24 hours of the war, the IDF reported achieving aerial superiority in parts of Iran, which enabled large-scale strikes in Tehran and other areas with a lower risk to Israeli fighter jet pilots.

The military officials said that the IAF now has air supremacy in most of Iran’s airspace, after taking out more than 100 air defense systems and around 120 detection systems.

The officials also said the IDF would continue to operate against the Quds Force, the extraterritorial arm of the IRGC, both in Iran and in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
Israel launched its campaign against Iran, alongside the US, to degrade the Iranian regime’s military capabilities, distance threats posed by Iran, and "create the conditions" for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders have said.

Iran fires 7 more missile salvos at Israel, attacks Gulf; IDF launches ‘extensive’ strikes
[IsraelTimes] At least eight injured in missile attacks as cluster munitions cause widespread damage; IRGC threatens to ‘pursue and kill’ Netanyahu; US orders evacuations from Oman, Iraq

Iran fired seven missile salvos at Israel overnight Saturday and into Sunday wounding at least eight people and kept up its attacks on countries across the Gulf as the Israel Defense Forces launched a new wave of “extensive” strikes targeting Iranian regime infrastructure in the country’s west.

An Iranian missile rained cluster bomb munitions across a swath of central Israel wounding four people.

In Bnei Brak, a man in his 60s was moderately hurt after a suspected cluster bomb munition struck an apartment building. In Ramat Gan, a man in his 70s was lightly hurt by a blast following another impact, and two women, aged 46 and 18, were lightly hurt in Petah Tikvah, the Magen David Adom rescue service said.

Two people were lightly injured in an earlier attack shortly before noon. The pair, two men in their 50s, were hurt in central Israel, MDA said, after a missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead spread submunitions across the area. Damage and fires were caused at multiple sites in central Israel by the cluster munitions, according to rescue services.

And in the early morning, two people were lightly injured in Holon, in central Israel. MDA said a man in his 80s received medical treatment at the scene for light injuries caused by glass shards, and a woman, also in her 80s, was being treated for symptoms of smoke inhalation.

Sunday’s Iranian missile launches targeted central and southern Israel sending millions repeatedly running for shelters. Northern Israel, meanwhile, has been under continual rocket and drone fire from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, which joined the fighting on March 2 to support its sponsor, Iran.

Footage published by the police showed one of the cluster bomb munitions from an Iranian ballistic missile striking central Israel. Iran has launched multiple ballistic missiles at Israel carrying cluster bomb warheads during the ongoing conflict, indiscriminately spreading small bombs in wide areas of the country.

On Sunday morning, the Health Ministry reported that over the past 24 hours, 108 injured people had been taken to hospitals as a result of the conflict with Iran. Of those, two were in moderate condition and 96 were in good condition. Nine people have been treated for anxiety. Some were injured running to shelters and the number includes soldiers.

Meanwhile, Iran’s army said on Sunday it had targeted a police unit and a satellite communications center in Israel with drone strikes. In a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency, the army said “it has targeted the security centers and police headquarters of the Zionist terrorist regime, including the regime’s special police unit called ‘Lahav 433’ and the ‘Gilat Defense’ satellite communications center with powerful drone attacks.”

There were no reports of any drone impacts in Israel.

The Israeli Air Force, meanwhile, said it had launched a new wave of “extensive” airstrikes in western Iran. The military said the strikes targeted Iranian regime infrastructure sites.

IDF says no shortage of interceptors, after report claimed stockpile ‘critically low’
[IsraelTimes] In late-night vote, government approves extra funds for defense procurement, hours after US site reports that Israel informed Washington it was running out of ballistic interceptors
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2026 2026-03-16 01:00 || Comments || Link || [1807 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Israeli forces kill West Bank Palestinian couple, 2 children; police say car sped at troops
[IsraelTimes] Two other children injured; police say forces entered Tammun to arrest terror suspects; Palestine Red Crescent: Responders were initially prevented from treating victims

A Paleostinian couple and two of their young children were killed when Israeli security forces opened fire on their car in the northern West Bank town of Tammun on Saturday night, Paleostinian officials said. The Israel Police confirmed the incident and claimed the car had sped toward troops.
Really good advice: Don’t do that.
The Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry identified the dead as Ali Khaled Bani Awda, 37; his wife Wa’ad, 35; and their sons Muhammad and Othman, ages 5 and 7, respectively.

The father was shot in the head, chest, and left arm, while the others were shot in the head, the PA ministry said. Their bodies were taken to the Ottoman Turkish Public Hospital in nearby Tubas, according to the ministry.

Wafa, the PA’s official news agency, reported that another two of the couple’s sons, Mustafa and Khaled, aged 8 and 11 respectively, suffered light shrapnel wounds to the head.

Israel is investigating the incident, which police said occurred as military and Border Police forces entered the village to arrest terror suspects.

During the arrest operation, according to a police statement issued Sunday morning, "a vehicle accelerated toward the forces, which felt endangered and opened fire."

"As a result, four Paleostinians in the vehicle were killed," the statement added. According to a military official, the gunfire was carried out by Border Police officers.

The Haaretz daily cited villagers in Tammun who said a unit of IDF special forces entered the town in a vehicle with a Paleostinian license plate, and was later joined by reinforcements.

Following the shooting, the Paleostine Red Islamic Thingy Society said Israeli forces prevented its crews from reaching the injured inside the vehicle and forced them to leave the area, only later allowing them to retrieve the four bodies along with the two injured children, according to Wafa as well as a Hebrew media report.

After the shooting, IDF forces impounded the family’s vehicle, Haaretz reported. Footage published by Paleostinian media showed the forces towing the gunshot-riddled vehicle away.

The villagers who spoke to Haaretz said the family had gone shopping for the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which will begin this weekend.

They said the mother, Wa’ad, was hit first, screamed, and was killed while trying to protect her children, while the father, Ali, was hit by multiple bullets and died of his wounds. Khaled, 11, was said to be injured by shrapnel while trying to protect his 7 year-old brother Othman, who was killed along with their 5 year-old brother Muhammad.

According to the report, 8-year-old Mustafa was also injured by shrapnel in his eye.

Ynet said that during the operation, Israeli forces arrested three people, and quoted a security source as saying that the troops were seeking two Paleostinian suspects who had thrown an explosive at IDF troops.

Wafa named those arrested as Mahmoud Hassan Bani Odeh and his son Hassan, 19. Troops who raided that family’s home also detained 15-year-old Yaman Hossam Bani Odeh, the outlet said.

Violence in the West Bank has soared since the Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
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 PA health ministry. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or holy warriors 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 murderous Moslems 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.

On Saturday, according to Paleostinian officials, Israeli settlers rubbed out a Paleostinian man in an attack on a village in the West Bank.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2026 2026-03-16 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1801 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nits make lice.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 03/16/2026 14:00 Comments || Top||

#2  What a poignant story! Mom, Dad, and the kids all dying together doing something they loved - hating the Juice.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: SteveS || 03/16/2026 14:07 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Sa’ar denies reports of talks with Lebanon as Hezbollah keeps up fire on Israel
[IsraelTimes] Energy minister says Israel could cancel the ‘horrible and illegitimate’ 2022 maritime border deal with Lebanon, as government criticizes Beirut for failing to rein in terror group

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar denied reports on Sunday that Israel and Leb
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
are set to hold direct talks in the coming days amid the fighting with Hezbollah, and demanded that Beirut first act against the terror group on its soil.

Sa’ar’s comments, made as he visited the site of an Iranian missile impact in the northern Bedouin town of Zarzir, came as Hezbollah continued to fire rockets and drones at Israel, setting off warning sirens as far south as Tel Aviv and sending large swaths of the country running for shelter.

Israel, meanwhile, continued to strike at Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, with reports saying it was eyeing a wider offensive in the country’s south.

Sa’ar’s appearance followed reports that Beirut and Jerusalem are expected to discuss an agreement on confronting Hezbollah and possibly on broader cooperation. Asked by a Rooters news hound if he could confirm those reports, the foreign minister said, "No."

"If the Lebanese government and the Lebanese army want to change something, they should do something in order to stop the attacks being done by Hezbollah from Lebanese territory," Sa’ar said. "Until now, they hadn’t done anything significant in order to stop" Hezbollah’s attacks.

Lebanon has urged Hezbollah to disarm and drew up a plan to get the terror group to lay down its weapons. But Sa’ar claimed that ever since the November 2024 US-brokered ceasefire with the Iran-backed terror group, "Lebanon hadn’t really done what it should have done in order to dismantle Hezbollah, and we see now the results. And we also expect to take some serious steps from their side to stop the shootings on Israel. This is the practical thing to do right now."

"We are all for peace and normalization in the future, including with Lebanon. I think the problem in Lebanon is Hezbollah. We don’t have real disputes with the state of Lebanon. We have some minor border disputes that can be solved quite easily. But the problem is Hezbollah," he added.

Sa’ar’s comments appeared to conflict with a report Sunday from Army Radio that former strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer, a close aide of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recently visited 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...
to discuss with senior Saudi officials an initiative for a possible agreement with the Lebanese government.

Dermer has reportedly been enlisted to head the Lebanon file for the prime minister. According to Army Radio, Lebanon, the US, and La Belle France are involved in the efforts to agree on what the Lebanon-Israel relationship could look like after the conflict with Hezbollah ends.

The anti-Hezbollah government in Lebanon wants to hold direct talks with Israel in a third country, said the report.

Energy Minister Eli Cohen also downplayed the chances of a Lebanon-Israel agreement, telling Army Radio on Sunday that he was "skeptical" one could be reached. He also called on the Lebanese government to do more to combat Hezbollah.

"We know there’s an almost wall-to-wall coalition... against Hezbollah," he said. "We know that the president of Lebanon and the army of Lebanon want to disarm Hezbollah, but they can’t, so if you make an agreement with the government of Lebanon, but the military power stays in the hands of Hezbollah, which is controlled from Tehran, it’s hard to see this happening practically."

Cohen added that the cabinet is considering rescinding the 2022 agreement between Israel and Lebanon that set a maritime border between the two countries. The agreement was inked under the leadership of former prime minister Yair Lapid, and since returning to office, Netanyahu has criticized it as a "surrender" that yielded too much to Lebanon.

Cohen, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party, echoed that criticism in his interview, calling the agreement a "surrender document" and claiming that it was "born in sin on the eve of elections."

"It’s a horrible and illegitimate agreement, and so from my standpoint, we must act and cancel this gas agreement," he said. "This has come up in the cabinet and certainly this matter is being considered, and we must act on it. It never should have been signed."

HEZBOLLAH FIRES 10 ROCKETS AT HAIFA AREA, ONE AT TEL AVIV
Early Sunday morning, a long-range rocket launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon at central Israel was intercepted by air defenses, according to initial IDF assessments. There were no reports of injuries.

In a barrage later in the morning, Hezbollah fired approximately 10 rockets at the Haifa area on the northern coast. There were no reports of injuries. Shortly afterward, sirens sounded in Acre and the surrounding towns amid more Hezbollah rocket fire.

The terror group continued to fire rockets and drones at Israel throughout the morning and into the afternoon.

Hezbollah began to fire missiles and drones across the border on March 2, two days after the US and Israel began strikes on the terror group’s sponsor, Iran. Since then, it has launched some 100 rockets a day, according to the IDF.

The IDF says two-thirds of those rockets have been aimed at Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon and along the border, while a third have been aimed at Israel.

In addition, Hezbollah has launched more than 100 drones at Israel since the hostilities escalated, the vast majority of which were shot down by the Israeli Air Force, according to the military.

IDF KILLS HAMAS OFFICIAL, TERROR GROUP SAYS
An Israeli strike in south Lebanon’s Sidon area Sunday killed a Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
official, a source from the Paleostinian terror group said.

The source, requesting anonymity, said the strike killed Hamas official Wissam Taha. State media had reported a strike on an apartment in a residential building in a northern district of Sidon.

In addition, the IDF said that during a wave of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in Lebanon Saturday, it struck Hezbollah rocket launchers and other infrastructure.

In the al-Qatrani area of south Lebanon, the military said, it struck several Hezbollah rocket-launching sites where operatives had planned "imminent" fire on Israel.

In Beirut, the IDF said it struck and destroyed command centers of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, where operatives had been "advancing terror attacks against Israel and its citizens."

Separately, the military announced that a Paleostinian terror operative who was working on behalf of 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
had been killed in an airstrike in Lebanon on Friday.

According to the military, Muhammad Majed Abd al-Salam Tawfiq Zidan was a "key Paleostinian terrorist who operated under the intelligence of the Iranian terror regime and attempted to advance terror attacks" against Israel.

Lebanon’s health ministry said in an updated toll on Sunday that 850 people had been killed in the country since fighting between Israel and Hezbollah renewed some two weeks ago.

The ministry statement said the toll included 66 women, 107 children, and 32 health workers, with 2,105 other people maimed. The statement did not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2026 2026-03-16 02:20 || Comments || Link || [1834 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  Because Lebanese word isn't worth zilch?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 03/16/2026 3:12 Comments || Top||

#2  /\ They've been part of the problem in the ME for decades. They need to be spanked real good.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/16/2026 5:28 Comments || Top||


Iran announced the arrest of 500 people who spied for the enemy
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] Iranian law enforcement officials reported the arrest of 500 spies working for the "enemy" and "anti-Iranian media." This was announced on March 15 by the head of the Iranian security forces, Ahmad Reza Radan.

"500 spies who were sending information to the enemy and anti-Iranian media were detained," Fars news agency quoted Radan as saying on its Telegram channel.

According to the security official, 250 important people among those detained transmitted information for strikes on targets and had connections to the groups.

On February 28, Israel and the United States launched military operations " Lion's Roar " and "Epic Fury" against Iran. The Islamic Republic launched a large-scale retaliatory operation using missiles and drones. US President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of a ground operation following the airstrikes in Iran.

Iran said to arrest 20 people for allegedly cooperating with Israel

[IsraelTimes] The Islamic Republic, which frequently accuses people of spying without evidence, has reportedly arrested hundreds of alleged collaborators in recent days

Iranian authorities have arrested at least 20 people in the country’s northwest on suspicion of cooperating with Israel, local media reported on Sunday, more than two weeks into the US-Israeli war with Iran.

The arrests took place during raids on networks linked to Israel in the West Azerbaijan province, the semi-official Fars news agency said, quoting provincial prosecutor Hossein Majidi.

"Twenty people were arrested and detained" after they were found to be "sending details of military, law enforcement and security locations to the Zionist enemy," it added.

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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
frequently arrests people and accuses them of spying without providing evidence.

In addition, on Sunday, the official IRNA news agency reported the arrest of a person it said was sending information to the London-based opposition-linked TV channel Iran International.

The report, which quoted the police commander of the northern Qazvin province, said the individual was using a Starlink terminal, a technology that is banned in Iran.

Iran has been digitally sealed off from the rest of the world by a complete internet blackout since the start of the war.

To get around those restrictions, some Iranians have turned to Starlink terminals from the US company SpaceX, which connect to the internet via satellites.

In January, Iran banned cooperation with Iran International, saying it was "affiliated with the Zionist regime."

Iranian authorities have carried out sweeping raids across the country in recent days, arresting hundreds of people suspected of cooperating with Israel and the United States, local media reported. Last week, its intelligence ministry claimed it had arrested 30 spies, internal mercenaries, and operational agents of Israel and the US in the span of a few days.
Posted by: badanov || 03/16/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1774 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


#2  Like a dog with chicken feathers in his mouth. Nothing you can do but put him down. The Mullah crowd is not likely to change much.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/16/2026 7:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Have you tied a dead chicken around a dog's neck to stop it from killing chickens? How does it work?

Sometimes the solution is worse than the crime.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2026 8:08 Comments || Top||


A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air-support aircraft are actively involved in Iran

Text:

As part of Operation “Epic Fury,” the U.S. Air Force’s legendary A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air-support aircraft are actively involved in the campaign.

They are currently targeting positions of the Iran-backed Shiite militia “Popular Mobilization Forces” in Iraq.

🔹 Analysts suggest that in the coming weeks, as a potential ground phase of operations approaches near Iran’s western coastline, the A-10s could see even heavier involvement, using their famous GAU-8 30 mm cannon to finish off ground targets belonging to the Iranian regime’s forces.

Posted by: badanov || 03/16/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1799 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  "Did you request the Brrrrrt? Why yes, you did!"
Posted by: Frank G || 03/16/2026 0:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Warms my heart ;)
Posted by: Warthog || 03/16/2026 9:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Eeeehhhh.... I would verify this one. A-10s would need active SEAD assets with them, top cover and refueling assets along with search and rescue if a MANPAD gets lucky.

They usually only operate in airspace that has a very low anti-air risk and one thing the Iranians have in bulk is MANPADS.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/16/2026 10:20 Comments || Top||

#4  They probably deadly against the Iranian mini boats
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 03/16/2026 10:42 Comments || Top||

#5  @3 I doubt the Iranians have any aircraft, service to air missiles or AAA left.

As to the MANPADS they just need to stay up around 20,000 feet where MANPADS can't reach. Essentially the same approach they took in Desert Storm
Posted by: Chantry || 03/16/2026 11:02 Comments || Top||

#6  Heard that
Posted by: mossomo || 03/16/2026 12:23 Comments || Top||

#7  Sorry not buying this based on lack of airspace control. The US is being extremely careful not to lose aircraft to enemy action (although they have admitted to losing them to friendly fire, technical issues, etc). I love me some A10's but this isn't the place for them to shine. Not right now.
Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239 || 03/16/2026 13:30 Comments || Top||

#8  Curious what real benefit an A-10 would provide given a 20,000 hard deck to avoid MANPADS? Legendary CAS aircraft has great loiter time and ordnance load-out so maybe over-water interdiction fits?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/16/2026 14:16 Comments || Top||

#9  Dated
Iranian Kamikaze Drone Boat Makes First Successful Strike Of War
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2026 14:32 Comments || Top||

#10  Chantry they were on the deck and got shot. A lot during Desert Storm. Please check your sources. A Lt. Col lost an engine and part of a tail to AAA on an attack run and instead of punching out, nursed it back to base and landed. A-10 was toast but she made it.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/16/2026 16:24 Comments || Top||

#11  And the only way the A-10 would be worth two spurts of piss at 20,000ft is if it had preprogramed GPS bombs on it. Yes it can't program them in flight due to VERY old electronics and it still barely has night attack capabilities.

In essence, it does it's best work at 5,000-50 ft and hand delivers its hate.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/16/2026 16:26 Comments || Top||

#12  Interesting facts DV. Thanks :-)
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/16/2026 16:28 Comments || Top||

#13  @10 My source: Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War By William Smallwood who interviewed the pilots of an A-10 squadron in England that deployed for Desert Storm. In the paper back version it is Chapter 4, page 41. Chapter 5 goes
into the A-10's use at night. I was bit off on the altitude, they generally flew at 15,000 feet. It's been a while since I read the book. In addition to the gun and either dumb or laser guided bombs, they also used AGM-65 Mavericks Infrared (IR) missiles as sort of a half assed FLIR at night. They have upgraded the A-10's quite a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt under the Upgrades section.
Posted by: Chantry || 03/16/2026 17:38 Comments || Top||

#14  In essence, it does it's best work at 5,000-50 ft and hand delivers its hate.

I admit some tumescence. Not apologizing. Just saying
Posted by: Frank G || 03/16/2026 17:58 Comments || Top||

#15  Yeah... and that IR system they used from the Maverick was like being blindfolded and only using a straw to see while going down the highway at 80mph. <--another A-10 pilot quote.

They still are running what is 1999-2003 electronics and are being retired this year.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/16/2026 18:02 Comments || Top||

#16  Looks more like stock footage.
Posted by: Woodrow || 03/16/2026 20:20 Comments || Top||


Israeli Air Force is conducting one of its largest airstrikes against the security forces of the Islamic regime of Iran

Text:

BREAKING: Tonight, the Israeli Air Force is conducting one of its largest airstrikes against the security forces of the Islamic regime of Iran, including Basij paramilitary forces and the IRGC terrorist organization.

A large number of Hermes-900 and Heron TP armed drones of the Israeli Air Force are patrolling over Tehran, being used to hunt down these terrorists across the city.

The anti-aircraft cannons of the IRGC can be heard hopelessly firing into the sky in an attempt to shoot these drones down, but they appear totally incapable of doing so.


Text:

🚨 IAF F-35I JETS HEADING TO IRAN

The Israeli Air Force has released footage showing F-35I “Adir” fighter jets taking off and heading toward strike missions in Iran.

The stealth aircraft are part of Israel’s campaign targeting military and regime infrastructure across Iranian territory.

The F-35I, Israel’s customized version of the F-35 stealth fighter, has been central to operations deep inside Iran.

Posted by: badanov || 03/16/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1769 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Hezbollah releases footage of attack on IDF position

Text:

🚨 HEZBOLLAH RELEASES FOOTAGE OF ATTACK ON IDF POSITION

Hezbollah has published what it claims is footage of a strike on an Israeli Defense Forces position near Jabal Blat in southern Lebanon, along the Israel–Lebanon border.

The release comes amid growing reports that Israel may be preparing a larger offensive in southern Lebanon to push Hezbollah forces away from the frontier.

As with many such videos, the footage cannot yet be independently verified.

Posted by: badanov || 03/16/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1764 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



Who's in the News
20[untagged]
17Govt of Iran
6Govt of Iran Proxies
2Houthis
2Hamas
2Hezbollah
2Islamic State
2Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
1Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1[untagged]
1Govt of Pakistan
1Mob Rule
1Nut Jobs
1Commies

Bookmark
E-Mail Me

The Classics
The O Club
Rantburg Store
The Bloids
The Never-ending Story
Thugburg
Gulf War I
The Way We Were
Bio

Merry-Go-Blog











On Sale now!


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.
Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...
Steve White
Seafarious
tu3031
badanov
sherry
ryuge
GolfBravoUSMC
Bright Pebbles
trailing wife
Gloria
Fred
Besoeker
Glenmore
Frank G
3dc
Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2026-03-16
  Sa’ar denies reports of talks with Lebanon as Hezbollah keeps up fire on Israel
Sun 2026-03-15
  
Sun 2026-03-15
  An explosion rocked a Jewish school in Amsterdam, IRGC claims it
Sat 2026-03-14
  Trump says US ‘obliterated' military targets in strike on key Iranian oil hub: 'Powerful bombing raids'; IDF reports 7,600 strikes, 10,000+ Iranian security casualties
Fri 2026-03-13
  At least 17 LNG Carriers (almost half the world's fleet) Currently Stuck In the Persian Gulf
Thu 2026-03-12
  IDF hitting IRGC troop concentrations in Tehran
Wed 2026-03-11
  Iran issues assassination threat to Trump
Tue 2026-03-10
  Israeli army announced strikes on the headquarters of the IRGC's unmanned aerial systems in Iran
Mon 2026-03-09
  Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran''s next supreme leader
Sun 2026-03-08
  Iran's favored next supreme leader wounded in Israeli air attack: reports
Sat 2026-03-07
  President Trump: ''No Deal with Iran Except Unconditional Surrender''
Fri 2026-03-06
  Suspect Killed After Shooting at Officers, Civilians During Chase from West Texas Border Patrol Checkpoint
Thu 2026-03-05
  'Hundreds' of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes
Wed 2026-03-04
  South Yemen: Southern Soldier Killed and 5 Injured in Houthi Attack in Shabwa
Tue 2026-03-03
  US military blasts Iranian warship in new video, says regime has ''ZERO'' left in Gulf of Oman
Mon 2026-03-02
  'Friendly Fire'.... takes down 3 jets in Kuwait
Sun 2026-03-01
  Emergency Security Council Meeting Called as U.N. Chief Guterres ‘Condemns' U.S.-Israel Strikes on Iran


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.
216.73.216.168
Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:
WoT Background (20)    Non-WoT (8)    Opinion (5)    Local News (6)    Politix (2)