[ZeroHedge] After two months of U.S. military surveillance flights targeting Mexican drug cartels—with the initial phase focused on gathering signals intelligence (SIGINT) over cartel-controlled territory—a new NBC News report hints at the second phase...
The report cites six current and former U.S. military, law enforcement, and intelligence officials with knowledge of the Trump administration are considering targeted drone strikes against Mexican drug cartels - now designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).
Here's more from NBC News:
Discussions among White House, Defense Department and intelligence officials, which are still at an early stage, have included possible drone strikes against cartel figures and their logistical networks in Mexico with the cooperation of Mexico's government, the sources said.
Still, the administration has made no final decision and reached no definitive agreement about countering the cartels. And unilateral covert action, without Mexico's consent, has not been ruled out and could be an option of last resort, the sources said. It is unclear whether American officials have floated the possibility of drone strikes to the Mexican government.
All six sources said SIGINT operations over Mexico have dramatically risen in recent months. A development readers have understood from the start of February:
USAF Spy Plane Runs SIGINT Operation Near Cabo As U.S. Preps For Potential Cartel Fight
USAF Spy Jet Flies Second SIGINT Operation On US Border With Focus On Narco Hub
CIA Reportedly Flying MQ-9 Spy Drones Over Mexico As Cartel Fight Nears
Border Czar "Expects" Kinetic Warfare Between U.S. Troops & Mexican Drug Cartels
U.S. Designates Mexican Cartels As "Foreign Terrorists," Signaling Financial Warfare Looms
Sources noted that Trump officials had pivoted the military, intelligence, and law enforcement resources toward combating the cartels.
Two guided-missile destroyers have recently been positioned in the region for a "southern border mission"...
NORTHCOM Deploys Guided-Missile Destroyer For "Southern Border Mission" As Hemispheric Defense Takes Shape
NORTHCOM Deploys Second Guided-Missile Destroyer For US Southern Border Operations
Making sense of it all: Dismantling the command-and-control structures and networks of FTO-designated drug cartels in Mexico is part of a broader mission to secure hemispheric defense. We suspect Mexican banks could be targeted next—similar to the recent anti-money laundering penalty against TD Bank—as part of efforts to clean up the financial system across North America.
[HodhodYemenNews] Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Ansarullah Political Bureau, sharply criticized the leaders of the Islah Party in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , known for its ties to the Moslem Brüderbund, for their support for US military intervention and targeting of Yemen with the aim of halting military operations in support of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with 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 a post on his X account on Tuesday, al-Bukhaiti described the Islah Party leaders as among the most prominent mercenary tools in efforts to persuade the United States to escalate violence against Yemen, in an effort to halt Sanaa’s military support for Gaza.
He also ridiculed the visits of this party’s leaders to countries such as Russia, China, and some Arab countries, claiming that they are trying to gain these countries’ cooperation with Washington.
He noted the pride these leaders take in these efforts, saying, "They brag about it, and when they are criticized, they say to people, Where is the evidence? Prove and clarify, and do not repeat what our opponents say."
Al-Bukhaiti continued his criticism, stating that Islah leaders are not content with pushing the world to attack Yemen but are also mobilizing internal fighters to fuel internal conflicts, seeking to ensure the effectiveness of US Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s and exploit them to impose control over Sanaa.
He concluded his post by calling on the Islah party to take clear positions, challenging them to declare their support for military operations in support of Gaza, issue an explicit condemnation of the US aggression against Yemen, or pledge not to participate in any potential ground operation carried out by the pro-Saudi-led coalition government on behalf of the United States against the Sana’a government.
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[GEO.TV] Amnesty International warned Thursday that sweeping US aid cuts, compounded by air strikes on Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s, will have dire consequences for the people of Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , more than half of whom rely on assistance to survive. If more than half your population relies on someplace else's generosity, it takes an IQ on the order of a shoe to start a fight with them.
The cuts risk deepening one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, Amnesty said, with the United States having been Yemen's largest humanitarian donor for years. "Jimmy crack corn and I don't care...!"
Citing aid workers, the organization said slashing funding "has led to the shut-down of life-saving assistance and protection services". Shooting missiles at ships at sea has led to slashing funding.
This includes treatment for malnutrition in children, services for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and other healthcare services for children. Not of concern to the guys shooting the missiles, of much less concern to me. I think I'm into negative numbers now.
Dozens of safe spaces for battered women and girls have also been closed, Amnesty said, warning that multiple facilities providing reproductive health services or protection for women were also at risk. The safe spaces for battered wimmin closed? Perhaps the heroic Yemeni men should stop thumping them.
"The abrupt and irresponsible cuts in US aid will have catastrophic consequences on Yemen s most vulnerable and marginalised groups, including women and girls, children and internally displaced people," said Diala Haidar, Amnesty International s Yemen researcher.
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Amnesty International warned Thursday that sweeping US aid cuts, compounded by air strikes on Iran's Houthi sock puppets, will have dire consequences for the people of Yemen
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does Amnesty International *ever* speak out against the bad guys anymore?
Did they ever? Back in the previous century, I heard an interview on the Beeb with an Amnesia International spokesdroid. After some chit-chat and the usual softball questions, the interviewer suddenly brought the heat: "All we ever hear about is Western evil? How come you never bitch about the bad guys?". In a surprising burst of candor, the answer was "The bad guys don't listen to us."
[GEO.TV] During a visit to Egypt, France’s President Emmanuel Macron said the nation needs to “go down the path of recognition” when discussing the future of the Gaza Strip, reported Al Jazeera.
That’s nice. Not meaningful or important to the outside world, but nice.
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"You can pretend wanting peace the way we pretend being a democracy." sorta thing?
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Let us give our new pals a resort
By the Med with a port and a fort!
"In the 9th of Marseilles
May you study and pray--
Eh? Je suis désolé. C'est Aigues-Mortes."
[IsraelTimes] Tehran’s embassy slams Swedish Security Service accusation as ‘fake and propagandistic,’ as US treasury sanctions local gang allegedly contracted by Iran to stage another attack
Two Swedish teens tried to attack the Israeli embassy in Stockholm last year at the direction of Iran, Swedish police have determined.
A 15-year-old who was directed to travel to the embassy with a gun last May was arrested before he arrived, but the next day a 14-year-old fired shots near the embassy before being apprehended, according to a new investigation by CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... The incidents put Swedish Jews on edge. They came amid a broad uptick of gun violence in Sweden and a spike in antisemitism there since October 7, 2023, when Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... invaded southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... The Swedish Security Service soon tied the incidents to Iran, which has a long track record of sowing violence against Jewish and Israeli targets abroad. The service issued a warning 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... had been using organized crime networks in the country to carry out terror plots.
The Iranian embassy in Sweden called the accusations "fake and propagandistic."
Last month, following yet another attempted attack on the Israeli embassy in Sweden in January, the US Treasury sanctioned one of the Swedish gangs allegedly behind the plots, a crime ring called Foxtrot, as well as its leader Rawa Majid, over its collusion with Iran.
Majid collaborated with the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, according to the Treasury’s blurb, which also referenced the gang’s manipulation of teenagers to carry out its attacks on Israelis and Jews.
The threats to the Israeli Embassy follow a pattern of reports of Iranian-linked terror plots against Jewish populations and leaders in recent years, including a shooting at a German synagogue and planned attacks at Jewish sites in Cyprus.
Authorities in Australia recently announced that a wave of attacks on Jewish targets were the work of a criminal gang but did not implicate Iran.
The fire at the grossly overcrowded camp was in 2020, the lads were convicted and sentenced in 2021, when last we heard.
[KhaamaPress] Three Afghan refugees were acquitted of charges related to a fire at Greece’s Moria refugee camp, initially sentenced to prison.
Three Afghan refugees have been acquitted by a juvenile court in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, after being accused of starting a fire at a refugee camp. The fire occurred at the Moria camp, which was originally designed for 3,000 people but was housing 12,600 refugees at the time.
The three refugees had initially been tried as adults and sentenced to 10 years in prison for their involvement in the fire. However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... after presenting documents showing they were underage, the court decided to drop the charges and acquit them. The prosecution’s case was based solely on statements from another Afghan citizen who never testified in court.
Reports from the Greek media highlight that the refugees had provided evidence of their underage status during the trial, which led to their eventual acquittal. Their defense argued that they were unfairly targeted based on an anonymous accusation without concrete evidence.
With the acquittal, the refugees are now expected to pursue compensation for the time they spent unjustly imprisoned. The case has raised concerns over the treatment of minors and refugees in Greece, especially in overcrowded camps like Moria, where conditions are often harsh.
The Moria camp had been a focal point for protests and criticisms due to its overcrowded conditions. At the time of the fire, it had more than four times its capacity, leading some refugees to set fire to the camp in protest against the dire living conditions.
[KhaamaPress] Italia has announced plans to resettle 700 Afghan refugees, part of a larger effort to bring 8,200 individuals to Europe, amid global challenges in refugee resettlement.
Italian media recently reported that the government of Italia has decided to relocate 700 Afghan refugees to the country as part of a new humanitarian effort. The initiative is aimed at offering a safe haven to individuals who have been displaced by the ongoing political turmoil in Afghanistan, particularly after the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... ’s resurgence in 2021.
According to reports, the "Humanitarian Corridor" agreement was finalized on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The deal, struck between the Community of Sant’Egidio, various Italian ministries, and international organizations, outlines the logistics of safely transferring Afghan refugees to Italia. The arrangement is set to be implemented over the course of three months, ensuring a streamlined process for those in need of asylum. The program focuses on providing a dignified and secure resettlement for Afghan nationals.
The initial group of refugees, totaling 338 individuals, has already been granted entry into Italia. Following this, an additional 362 refugees are expected to arrive by July 2025, bringing the total number of Afghan refugees relocated to 700. This phased approach is part of Italia’s broader strategy to offer sanctuary to vulnerable individuals while managing the logistical and security aspects of their integration into society.
Vatican News reported that the agreement was signed at the Italian Ministry of the Interior, with key participation from organizations like the Community of Sant’Egidio. The program’s implementation is expected to bring a much-needed sense of stability to those fleeing Afghanistan, a country that has faced severe political upheaval since the Taliban’s return to power. The initiative provides critical support for individuals who have endured tremendous hardship and are seeking refuge.
Marco Impagliazzo, president of the Community of Sant’Egidio, expressed that the program represents hope for Afghan refugees, many of whom have been living in uncertain and precarious conditions since their initial displacement in August 2021. These individuals have waited for resettlement, often feeling forgotten by the international community.
Reports indicate that with the implementation of this agreement, a total of 8,200 refugees will be granted safe entry into Europe. The project is fully funded by internal resources and supported by Italian citizens, while thousands of Afghan refugees remain in unstable conditions after fleeing to neighboring countries.
The project also contributes to the broader goal of European countries working together to address global displacement issues. As thousands of Afghan refugees continue to reside in neighboring countries under difficult conditions, the relocation program is seen as a significant step towards providing a more stable future for those who have fled the conflict.
[IsraelTimes] The US Senate voted almost entirely along party lines on Wednesday to confirm the nomination of former Arkansas governorMike Huckabee to be Washington’s ambassador to Israel.
Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania — an ardent supporter of Israel and virtually the only Democratic ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — was the lone lawmaker to break with his party by joining Republicans in backing Huckabee’s nomination.
The final vote tally was 53 to 46 in favor of Huckabee, a passionate evangelical supporter of Israel and its West Bank settlement movement.
President Trump on the confirmation of Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel:
"He’s going to be fantastic. He’s going to bring home the bacon, even though bacon isn’t too big in Israel. I had to clear that up. Congratulations to Mike Huckabee." 😂 pic.twitter.com/1vS3b0QIDA
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The party-line stuff needs to be brought out...somehow.
A resolution could be offered declaring what day of the week *today* is, and here's the possible outcomes:
IF a Republican offered it, it would pass on party line vote. The Democrats would vote against it in mass.
IF a Democrat offered it, it would pass with a 90% approval rate, and the majority of those voting "no" would be those Republicans who vote against anything that doesn't include a balanced budget, and serve to annoy everyone of both parties.
It’s a good thing he clarified — that was upsetting.
[IsraelTimes] US president adds however that Washington will make the decisions; Netanyahu’s cabinet secretary says PM was surprised that direct US-Iran talks are slated for coming weekend
US President Donald Trump ...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election. Then he beat Kamala while dodging bullets... said Wednesday that Israel would take a leading role in a potential military strike on 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... along with the US if upcoming nuclear talks don’t succeed.
The remark came days after Trump appeared to blindside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by announcing alongside him at the White House that direct US-Iran talks on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program would take place this coming Saturday, a timing that Netanyahu’s cabinet secretary said Wednesday had taken Jerusalem by surprise.
Asked by news hounds in the Oval Office Wednesday whether he would use military means against Iran if the latter doesn’t agree to a nuclear deal, Trump responded: "If it requires military, we’re going to have military."
"Israel will obviously be very much involved in that — it’ll be the leader of that," he said, in what appeared to be the first time he’s explicitly threatened an Iranian strike by Israel, let alone one led by the Jewish state.
But he appeared to partially walk back the comment in his next breath. "Nobody leads us. We do what we want to do."
He said the US would "absolutely" use military force against Iran if necessary and that he has a timeline for how long they will take, though he didn’t specify. Reports have said Trump is giving the process two months.
The US president said that Saturday’s slated summit in Oman was the "start" of a process. His envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is slated to represent the US, while Iran will be represented by its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Trump has said the talks will be direct, while Iran has said they will be through a mediator.
"We have a little time, but we don’t have much time because we’re not going to let them have a nuclear weapon," Trump said. "We’re going to let them thrive. I want them to thrive. I want Iran to be great. The only thing they can’t have is a nuclear weapon. They understand that."
"I was a little bit surprised because when the election was rigged, I figured that they would get the weapon because with me, they were broke," he claimed, without elaborating.
Witkoff may end up holding off on traveling to Oman on Saturday if Iran refuses to hold direct talks with him in Muscat, The Washington Post reported.
US officials have been insisting that the negotiations will be direct, having argued that indirect talks aren’t as effective.
"We won’t be played for fools," a Trump administration official was quoted as saying, arguing that what is needed to break through the deep mistrust on both sides is a "full-fledged discussion" and a "meeting of minds."
Witkoff would even be willing to travel to Tehran if invited, two administration officials told the Post. One of the officials speculated that Trump’s decision to announce the talks alongside Netanyahu in the Oval Office on Monday was to keep the premier in check and preempt Israeli criticism.
Trump is more eager to engage in diplomacy than bombing, the officials told the Post.
Of course. Who wouldn’t be?Meanwhile,
...back at the saloon, Butch got the bill for the damage caused by the fist fight, the mirror broken in the shootout, and drinks for everyone...... Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs acknowledged that Netanyahu was caught off guard by Trump’s announcement of the direct talks this weekend. Speaking with the Kol Berama radio station, Fuchs insisted that Netanyahu had known in advance about the planned US negotiations with Iran, but "he did not know the talks will take place on Saturday."
"There is a close connection between the president and the prime minister. The president’s team competes over who loves Israel the most," said Fuchs.
In a cabinet meeting Wednesday night, Netanyahu reportedly told ministers that Israel had had advance knowledge of the US talks with Iran, with Washington having asked Jerusalem what it would consider to be a good deal.
The Kan public broadcaster cited an Israeli source as saying that Netanyahu answered that a good proposal would be similar to one that led to the dismantlement of Libya’s nuclear program, and added that time for diplomacy was limited.
Netanyahu convened the cabinet to discuss his recent trips to Hungary and the United States, with a focus on the US. The premier called on Monday for the forum to convene, immediately after he finished his meeting with Trump, The Times of Israel has learned.
The Trump meeting contained a series of unwelcome surprises for Netanyahu even beyond the Iran talks, namely on the lack of immediate tariff relief, and on tensions with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... with Trump praising its President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... , a staunch Israel critic who has close Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ties.
Only cabinet ministers were invited to the cabinet meeting. Security chiefs, including Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar as well as the heads of the IDF and the Mosssd ...... , were not invited according to Hebrew media outlets. The Kan public broadcaster cited an unnamed source as asserting this was due to the diplomatic, non-security nature of the meeting.
Netanyahu also met CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Jerusalem on Wednesday, his office said, adding that Mossad chief David Barnea was also present.
Efforts to settle a dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, which it says is purely for civilian use but which Western countries see as a precursor to an atomic bomb, have ebbed and flowed for more than 20 years without resolution.
Trump tore up a 2015 deal between Iran and six world powers — the US, Russia, China, La Belle France, Britannia and Germany — during his first term of office in 2017, and also imposed stiff sanctions. Iran responded by dropping some of its commitments to the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Iran, which is sworn to Israel’s destruction, denies seeking a nuclear weapon, but it has ramped up its enrichment of uranium to 60 percent purity, which has no application beyond nuclear weapons, and has obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities.
International talks to bring both countries back to the deal have stalled.
The US issued fresh sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, with the Treasury Department saying that the measures targeting five Iran-based entities and one person based in Iran were imposed due to their support of Iran’s nuclear program with the aim of denying Tehran a nuclear weapon.
A useful proxy for all sorts of antisocial interests and activities that we need not invite inside our borders, many of them held/done by those not even a little bit Moslem.
[GEO.TV] US immigration authorities said on Wednesday they will look at social media accounts and deny visas or residence permits to people who post content considered anti-Semitic by President Donald Trump ...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election. Then he beat Kamala while dodging bullets... 's administration.
Posts defined as anti-Semitic will include social media activity in support of groups classified by the United States as "terrorists", including Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... , Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... 's Hezbollah and Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... 's Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... turbans.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "has made it clear that anyone who thinks they can come to America and hide behind the First Amendment to advocate for anti-Semitic violence and terrorism — think again. You are not welcome here," department spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services "will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting or supporting anti-Semitic terrorism, anti-Semitic terrorist organizations or other anti-Semitic activity as a negative factor" in determining benefits, the statement said.
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[GEO.TV] While addressing the National Paleostine Conference on Thursday, prominent religious scholar, Mufti Taqi Usmani, remarked on the "courage and bravery" of Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... fighters "becoming a part of history".
"Israel, with the support of American weapons, has intimidated Moslem countries," he said.
The renowned scholar also repeated a message from a doctor 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... that the enclave was breathing its last.
"The doctor from Gaza said in his message: 'We waited for you a long time, you did not come. Now, goodbye.
"We must keep Gaza alive. It is essential to completely boycott the products of Israel and its supporters."
Taqi Usmani also called out for a boycott of companies and brands who fund Israel.
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So turn back the food convoys, stop using electricity, stop bathing and washing your clothes.
[GEO.TV] Pakistain is ranked among four countries — together with Nigeria, India and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... (DRC) — that accounted for nearly half of the estimated 260,000 maternal deaths worldwide in 2023, according to UN data released on Monday that has prompted stark warnings about the impact of cuts to aid funding by the US and the UK.
Maternal deaths include those related to complications during childbirth or pregnancy, three UN agencies said in a joint report.
The trends in maternal mortality report was published by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation ...Kind of like the Center for Disease Control only run by the UN, with about the results you'd expectt...> (WHO) and UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA, in observance of World Health Day on April 7.
The report showed that Nigeria had the highest number of maternal deaths and accounted for more than a quarter (28.7%) of all estimated global maternal deaths in 2023, with approximately 75,000 deaths.
Only three other countries had more than 10,000 maternal deaths in 2023 — India and DRC tied at 19,000, with Pakistain totaling 11,000. India and DRC accounted for 7.2% each, while Pakistain accounted for 4.1% of global maternal deaths.
Together, these four countries accounted for almost half (47%) of all maternal deaths globally in 2023, according to the report.
The report warned that unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk and called for greater investment in midwives and other health workers.
It shows that maternal deaths declined by 40% between 2000 and 2023, largely due to improved access to essential health services.
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[GEO.TV] Pakistain has decided to dispatch a high-level delegation to the United States for negotiations aimed at enhancing bilateral trade relations and addressing concerns related to newly imposed US tariffs on Pak imports.
The decision was taken on the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a review meeting held in Islamabad on Wednesday with the huddle focusing on increasing national exports and discussing the Washington's recent tariff measures.
The delegation will include prominent business figures and leading exporters, reflecting the government's intent to engage key stakeholders in shaping a mutually beneficial path forward.
The PM has tasked the delegation with negotiating the newly introduced tariffs and developing a long-term strategy to safeguard and expand Pakistain's trade interests.
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Oh good. I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to get any more cheap shirts with one sleeve longer than the other,
[IsraelTimes] UN refugee agency’s schools and most facilities still open in capital despite closure orders from police and city, while service disruptions in West Bank and Gaza are blamed on war, not laws
In late October, the Knesset passed a pair of laws effectively banning the UN’s agency for Paleostinian refugees from operating within Israeli territory. The legislation also prohibited state officials from cooperating with the organization, in a step deemed likely to radically constrain its activities in the West Bank and 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... Shrugging off international criticism of the measures, Israeli politicians celebrated the passage of the laws targeting the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... Relief and Works Agency for Paleostine Refugees. "UNRWA terrorists, your story ends here; enemies have no right to exist in the State of Israel," tweeted MK Boaz Bismuth, a Likud hawk who sponsored the legislation.
But five months later, UNRWA continues to operate in East Jerusalem almost entirely uninterrupted, according to Paleostinian sources and the agency itself, with police only taking action in recent days. And the legislation is seen as having had little effect on UNRWA operations in other areas where Israeli cooperation is required.
Shortly after the law went into effect at the end of January, Israel shut down UNRWA’s logistics center in East Jerusalem. But the agency’s service centers across East Jerusalem remain operational.
The main hub of UNRWA’s activity is located in the Shuafat refugee camp, the only Paleostinian refugee camp within Israel’s declared sovereign territory and thus subject to the law. Two UNRWA-run schools, several healthcare centers, and social service facilities in Shuafat continue to operate as usual.
"The staff who operate the facilities in the camp say that if the police or army come in with an order to shut the place down, they’ll comply," said a resident of the Shuafat refugee camp who is an UNRWA aid recipient and who asked not to be identified by name. "But for now, it’s business as usual."
The agency, which was established in 1948 to provide services to Paleostinian refugees and, later, to their descendants, operates primarily inside refugee camps, which have grown in the last 77 years from tent cities into densely packed urban slums.
It also operates outside the camps, providing services to refugees and their descendants living in regular East Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Silwan.
While police and city officials have issued closure orders, including this week, it’s unclear whether actual action is being taken to shutter the facilities.
Asked for comment on Tuesday, an Israel Police spokesperson told The Times of Israel that "the relevant authorities should be contacted," implying that enforcing the ban fell outside the police force’s purview.
Three weeks ago, representatives from the Israel Police served notice ordering UNRWA’s Kalandia Training Centre in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab to shut down within 30 days.
That came a month after the same center was ordered to shut down, along with East Jerusalem schools, to little apparent affect.
On Tuesday, UNRWA said that Jerusalem city officials and police served notices to six East Jerusalem schools, apparently also including small educational centers in Silwan and the Old City, ordering them to close within 30 days. The agency complained that the "illegal closure orders" would put the education of 800 students at risk.
As of Wednesday, the schools and the training center were still operating.
According to the city, preparations were made before the law began to be implemented to identify temporary learning locations for the few hundred students enrolled in UNRWA schools, out of 105,000 total students in East Jerusalem.
The municipality said it had contacted parents after the law passed and again once it came into effect, reminding them they could transfer their children to non-UNRWA schools. Communication with parents was facilitated through parent committees, community council activists, and digital announcements.
"Every resident of Jerusalem, including those living in the Shuafat refugee camp, has always had the option to enroll their children in municipal schools — even before the law was passed," the municipality told The Times of Israel, but denied being responsible for enforcing the ban.
Though the police action did not apparently extend to UNRWA healthcare services, the city also noted that Shuafat residents do not need to rely on UNRWA and have access to Israeli health maintenance organizations and well-child clinics across East Jerusalem.
PERPETUATING REFUGEEHOOD
Israel has long lobbied for UNRWA to be disbanded, accusing it perpetuating Paleostinian victimhood and dependency on aid by controversially bestowing refugee status even on descendants of those displaced in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence.
It has also accused the agency, which also operates in Jordan, Syria and Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , of adopting virulent anti-Israel ideology in its educational materials and employing members of Paleostinian terror groups as teachers, administrators and in other roles.
Paleostinian residents of refugee camps who spoke to The Times of Israel emphasized that UNRWA’s role is not only about providing essential services such as education and healthcare, which some refugees indeed receive elsewhere, but that it is also deeply tied to their identity as Paleostinians displaced in 1948.
"This is a political and moral issue," a resident of the Shuafat refugee camp explained. "Having a refugee card from UNRWA is a declaration: I am a refugee. My father had a house and property that were taken from him in the 1948 war, and one day, I will return to my home."
But despite opposing UNRWA’s existence, Israel also cooperated with the agency, allowing it to operate and provide services in areas under its control, which some officials regarded as a means of keeping Paleostinians from sinking into deeper poverty and being drawn into violent mostly peaceful activity.
That appeared to change following the October 7, 2023, Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... massacre, after Jerusalem provided evidence that a number of UNRWA employees participated in slaughtering and kidnapping Israelis and the Israel Defense Forces revealed that Hamas faceless myrmidons had maintained a data center directly beneath UNRWA’s Gaza Strip headquarters.
Though most donor countries resumed funding following a brief pause, arguing that the agency was an indispensable distributor of aid during the war in Gaza, the discoveries provided a tailwind for politicians in Jerusalem to take action against the group.
On October 28, Knesset MKs voted 92 to 10 to approve a law barring UNRWA from operating in Israeli territory, and 87-9 in favor of another measure banning state authorities from having any contact with the agency.
While some Israeli politicians recognized the humanitarian risk and the international backlash that would result, "the political cost of opposing the legislation became too significant to endure," an Israeli official told The Times of Israel at the time.
CURTAILED COOPERATION
Much of the concern around the laws’ passage revolved around the measure banning cooperation between Israeli officials and UNRWA, which was considered the most important provider of width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:gray;' title='humanitarian aid'>humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. Experts had warned the law would make it impossible for UNRWA to work in Gaza or the West Bank, since Jerusalem would no longer be issuing entrance permits to those territories or allowing coordination with the IDF, which controls all access into the Strip.
UNRWA confirmed to The Times of Israel that a few senior international staff left the West Bank when the law took effect and now work remotely from Jordan to avoid potential travel restrictions imposed under the new legislation.
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... while UNRWA’s operations in Gaza and the West Bank have been curtailed in recent months, the agency asserts that this reduction is due to Israeli military activity rather than legislative changes.
In the northern West Bank, for instance, UNRWA schools and clinics in refugee camps adjacent to Jenin and Tulkarem were closed due to a major ongoing IDF anti-terror campaign, which has led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents. In Gaza, UNRWA schools that had reopened during a ceasefire closed again when fighting resumed a month ago.
In October, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was eager to replace UNRWA as the main provider of humanitarian aid into the Strip with other international organizations. Even before the legislation, Israel had looked to the World Food Program, UNICEF and other agencies to replace UNRWA.
In March, though, Israel announced it would stop allowing humanitarian aid into the Strip anyway. In the meantime, UNRWA has continued distributing what remains of its humanitarian aid supplies inside the Strip.
The measure halting cooperation could also be linked to reports that the agency is running out of medications in the West Bank, though Salah Haj Yahya, a senior Physicians for Human Rights Israel official, attributed the scarcity to UNRWA’s worsening financial crisis rather than the legislation.
According to PHRI, which provides volunteer medical assistance to Paleostinians in the West Bank, the shortage of medication at UNRWA clinics has grown over the last few months.
Haj Yahya, who heads PHRI’s mobile clinic, told The Times of Israel that during the group’s most recent visit to the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, thousands of people turned up seeking medication after being unable to obtain what they needed from UNRWA.
"People came with prescriptions in hand after UNRWA simply couldn’t provide them with the medicines," he said.
A resident of the Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah, who requested anonymity, told The Times of Israel that UNRWA clinics in the camp have faced recurring medicine shortages in recent weeks.
"Medicines are available only in the first few days of the month, likely when new supplies arrive, but within five days they run out," he said.
In a formal response, UNRWA denied that there was a shortage of medicine.
Some aspects of the legislation remain unclear, including whether it forces Israeli banks to shutter accounts held by the agency, which would hamper UNRWA’s ability to pay its employees, who are largely Paleostinian residents of the West Bank and Gaza.
UNRWA said its sole Israeli bank account, at Bank Leumi, was frozen at the end of 2024 even before the law took effect. According to the agency, the account was used to pay Israeli vendors for services such as office and telephone expenses, not to pay salaries to Paleostinian employees.
The Bank of Israel told The Times of Israel that banks providing services to UNRWA inside the country were liable to be sanctioned.
"The banking system in Israel is required to comply with all relevant legal provisions governing its operations," a spokesperson said. "The Law for the Termination of UNRWA renders UNRWA’s activity within Israeli territory illegal. Consequently, any financial activity that enables UNRWA’s operations within Israel exposes banking corporations to various risks, including compliance and legal risks, which the banks are required to manage."
[KhaamaPress] Germany has suspended its refugee resettlement program through UNHCR due to political shifts, halting future voluntary refugee intakes.
Germany has temporarily suspended its refugee resettlement program through the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Interior Ministry of Germany announced the decision on Tuesday, April 8, stating that the program, which has been active since 2016, is currently on hold.
This suspension comes at a time when a new coalition government is expected to be formed between the conservative CDU/CSU party, led by Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democratic Party. According to documents obtained by Rooters, the coalition parties have agreed to halt voluntary refugee intake programs, including the UN resettlement program, and not to launch any new programs.
Since 2016, Germany has been part of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... ’s resettlement scheme, which transfers refugees identified by the UNHCR in countries like The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... , Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, and Libya to European countries. As of 2024, Germany has accepted 4,711 refugees through this program.
Despite this temporary halt, Germany had committed to accepting 13,000 refugees under the program in 2024 and 2025. The Ministry of the Interior stated that cases already in advanced stages, where specific commitments have been made, will continue to be processed.
The decision to suspend the program follows rising domestic pressure, particularly the increasing popularity of the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), and several violent mostly peaceful incidents attributed to refugees. These developments have pushed conservative German parties to adopt stricter immigration policies.
The suspension of the UNHCR refugee resettlement program in Germany reflects the growing challenges faced by European countries in balancing humanitarian commitments with rising political pressures. With the formation of a new government, the future of Germany’s refugee policy remains uncertain.
Many human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... groups have criticized the move, arguing that it will reduce the support available to refugees who have already been displaced by conflict. The halt in resettlement programs also raises questions about Germany’s role in the broader European refugee crisis.
[IsraelTimes] Delivery, days before nuclear talks with US, reportedly includes missiles that can reach Europe, in apparent bid to reassure what remains of ‘Axis of Resistance’
Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... has transferred new long-range missiles to proxy groups in Iraq over the past week, defying hopes that the anti-American militias would disarm amid concern of an escalation with US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... , according to a Tuesday report, amid preparations for high-level US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman Saturday.
The deliveries from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ air force include surface-to-surface missiles that could reach as far as Europe, as well as shorter-range Quds 351 cruise and Jamal 69 ballistic missiles, The Times of London reported, citing regional intelligence sources involved in monitoring the Iran-Iraq border.
A source cited by The Times said the new long-range models had never before been given to Iraq’s separatist pro-Iranian militias, which last year killed US and IDF troops in dronezaps on military bases in the region.
"It’s a desperate move by the Iranians, risking the stability of Iraq," said the source.
The report came after Rooters reported on Monday that several powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq had agreed to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the Trump administration.
Arab media later cited an Iraqi political source as saying that the gangs had refused to disarm. A regional diplomatic source quoted by The Times said "the efforts seen in the last 48 hours to create a picture that the militias are disarming is a ruse."
The diplomatic source said the militias were "concerned about internal Iraqi opposition" that was wary of playing host to an Iran-backed state-within-a-state in the mold of 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 Hezbollah.
"There are discussions in Iraq, among politicians but also in the public sphere on social media, against importing Iran’s problems to their home turf," said the source. "They look at Lebanon and are actively trying to avoid that."
Analysts cited by The Times said Iran’s missile deliveries to allied groups in Iraq were part of Tehran’s effort to reassure what remains of its crumbling network of regional proxies after Israel’s wars against Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... and Hezbollah and the ouster in December of Syria’s Iran-backed president, Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... Unprovoked, Hezbollah began launching near-daily attacks on northern Israel on October 8, 2023 — a day after fellow Iran-backed group Hamas stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking the war 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... More distant segments of Iran’s so-called Axis of Resistance®, including Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels and pro-Iranian militias in Syria and Iraq, have also attacked Israel with missiles and drones.
Amid the conflict, Iran itself has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel on two occasions last year, in the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s first-ever direct attacks on Israel. The attacks triggered Israeli responses that reportedly degraded Tehran’s air defenses and missile production capabilities, eliciting fear in Iran of a US-Israeli strike against its nuclear program.
While most of the attacks from Iraqi pro-Iranian groups have been largely ineffective, two soldiers were killed and 24 others maimed when an Iraqi drone hit their Golan Heights base in October.
The Iran-backed groups reportedly agreed to stop attacking Israel in December at the urging of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... i, as they waited to see how Trump would approach the region upon taking office in January.
The groups had also attacked US forces in the region, killing three US soldiers and wounding dozens of others at a base in Jordan in January 2024. The strike prompted then-US president Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier... to launch strikes on dozens of Iranian proxy sites in Iraq and Syria, including a strike that killed the leader of pro-Iranian Iraqi militia Kataeb Hezbollah that February.
In the same month, it was reported that Iraq’s pro-Iranian militias had agreed to scale back attacks on the US at the request of the commander of the IRGC’s elite Quds Force, who had warned of a harsh US reprisal.
Iran is set to enter high-level nuclear talks with the US in Oman this Saturday, Trump announced Monday during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
Since taking office in January, Trump has reinstated his "maximum pressure" policy, which in his first term saw the United States withdraw from a landmark 2015 agreement on Iran’s nuclear program and reimpose sanctions on Tehran. He said last month that "there will be bombing" if Iran fails to sign a nuclear deal.
The US State Department said Tuesday that Tehran was "going in" the direction of an agreement about its nuclear program, and reiterated Trump’s threat that Iran would have "hell to pay" if it fails to make a deal.
Netanyahu has argued that Iran’s nuclear facilities must be completely destroyed, either by force or through agreement. He was reportedly updated about Trump’s announcement just hours before it was made, and given no assurances that Israel’s criteria for a nuclear deal would be met or what would happen if the talks fell through.
The Islamic Theocratic Republic, whose leaders are sworn to destroy Israel, has said it opposes nuclear weapons, but has increased production of 60%-enriched uranium and already possesses enough to create a sizable nuclear arsenal, according to analysts and international watchdogs. The enrichment rate is far beyond what is necessary for a civilian nuclear program and a short step away from developing nuclear warheads.
[IsraelNationalNews] Liri Albag, who was freed from captivity in Gaza, responded on Wednesday to the attacks against her online after she blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the failure of October 7. Humans can learn from experience. Leftists can't.
Recent reports about the possibility that #Hezbollah will allegedly agree to discuss disarmament do not align with reality. In addition to the direct sea route from Iran to #Lebanon via the Suez Canal, the Iranians, through their smuggling transport units, will try to reconstruct… pic.twitter.com/bdO5DYngri
…try to reconstruct the weapons smuggling corridor through Sudan. From there, they will continue through Libya (and possibly also through Egypt) to the Mediterranean Sea and from there to Lebanon. The success of this corridor could also affect the Gaza Strip if Israel withdraws from the Philadelphi Corridor. Hezbollah is already preparing the entry points in Lebanon and may even be preparing to receive the contraband in open sea. At the same time, money continues to be smuggled along the aerial route from Iran to Lebanon, transiting through Iraq and Turkey, while the Iranians and Hezbollah have not ceased their activities and plans concerning the land route through Syria. https://israel-alma.org/recalculating-route-the-iran-and-hezbollah-corridor-to-lebanon/
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[IsraelTimes] Israeli source confirms talks after airstrikes on Turkish-scouted sites; Netanyahu says Israel seeks no confrontation but will defend itself; US and Azerbaijan offer to mediate
Israel and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... member, but not the most reliable... have been holding technical talks aimed at establishing a deconfliction mechanism for Syria, an Israeli source was cited Wednesday as confirming.
The source told Channel 12 news that "a mechanism will be established, similar to the one built between Israel and Russia."
The comment follows remarks on Wednesday by Ottoman Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in a live interview on CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... Turk that the two countries have been holding talks on the matter "when needed."
According to a report by the Ynet news site, a senior Israeli official said that during a Wednesday night security cabinet meeting, Netanyahu told ministers that Israel is not seeking a confrontation with Turkey in Syria, but will not hesitate to act if necessary to defend itself.
The prime minister added that he would request assistance from US President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... if needed, given Trump’s close relationship with Ottoman Turkish leader His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... ESCALATING STRIKES
Fidan’s remarks came a week after Israel stepped up Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on Syria, declaring the attacks a warning to the new government in Damascus as it accused Turkey of trying to turn the country into a Ottoman Turkish protectorate.
Israel has carried out a campaign to destroy Syrian military capabilities so that they cannot threaten Israel, and fears that if Turkey establishes a military presence in Syria, it could hamper the Israeli Air Force’s freedom of action in the region.
Turkey is a key backer of the Islamist-led coalition that toppled Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... in Syria after almost 14 years of civil war. Israel is wary of the Islamist presence on its border and has lobbied the United States to curb Turkey’s growing influence in the country.
On Saturday, Rooters reported that Turkey scoped out at least three airbases in Syria where it could deploy forces as part of a planned joint defense pact that could see new Ottoman Turkish bases in central Syria and use of Syria’s airspace, before Israel hit the sites with airstrikes.
The Israeli strikes on the three sites Turkey was assessing, including a heavy barrage last Wednesday night, came despite Ankara’s efforts to reassure Washington that a deeper military presence in Syria was not intended to threaten Israel, the report said, citing four people familiar with the matter.
"While we are conducting certain operations in Syria, there needs to be a deconfliction mechanism with Israel, which flies aircraft in that region, similar to mechanisms we have with the US and Russia," Fidan said on Wednesday.
"There are technical contacts to prevent combat elements from misunderstanding each other," Fidan continued, adding that technical teams are communicating "when needed."
The Ottoman Turkish foreign minister said these talks are solely for deconfliction in Syria and do not aim at normalizing relations.
Turkey’s foreign ministry last week called Israel "the greatest threat to regional security."
Fidan told Rooters last Friday that "We don’t want to see any confrontation with Israel in Syria because Syria belongs to Syrians," but that repeated Israeli strikes there are eroding the new government’s ability to deter threats from enemies, including the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... terror group.
AZERBAIJAN, US OFFER HANDS
At the annual ADA University Policy Forum in Baku earlier Wednesday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev referenced his country’s past role in facilitating Israeli-Ottoman Turkish ties, noting that "both countries are close friends of Azerbaijan."
"We hope that the process will lead to normalization," Aliyev said of the new development, adding: "I think, despite the legitimate concerns and despite the quite a high level of mistrust, there can still be found grounds for normalization and areas of mutual interest. So the process, to my mind, should not stop, and Azerbaijan is doing everything in its position to facilitate the process."
Netanyahu voiced Israeli concerns over Ottoman Turkish influence in Syria while touting the US president as a mediator.
"We’ve had neighborly relations with Turkey that have deteriorated, and we don’t want to see Syria being used by anyone, including Turkey, as a base for attack in Israel," he said.
"We discussed how we can avoid this conflict in a variety of ways, and I think we can’t have a better interlocutor than the president of the United States for this purpose," Netanyahu added.
HAMAS TIES AND HARSH RHETORIC
Erdogan is an avowed supporter of Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... and one of the leading critics of Israel on the world stage, and his country has frequently praised the Iran-backed Paleostinian terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack which started the ongoing war, when thousands of bandidosbully boyz invaded southern Israel from the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
Erdogan was quoted in a speech two weeks ago calling on Allah to "destroy Zionist Israel."
Less than a month after the October 7 attack, Erdogan, whose government had only recently restored full diplomatic ties with Israel, massively stepped up his criticism of the country. In late October 2023, he asserted that Hamas was not a terrorist organization but a liberation group of "mujahideen" fighting for its lands and people, and said in an address to a mass pro-Paleostinian rally in Istanbul that his country was making preparations to proclaim Israel a "war criminal" for its actions in Gaza.
Israel announced it would pull its diplomats out of Turkey in response to Erdogan’s inflammatory statements.
Turkey hosts several Hamas officials, and was also expected to absorb more of them when Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... expelled the terror group’s leadership in November 2024, reportedly under pressure from the US.
In May 2024, Turkey halted all bilateral trade with Israel, aiming to pressure Israel into allowing unhindered aid flow into Gaza.
PAST NORMALIZATION EFFORTS
In September 2023, less than a month before Hamas’s attack would set off the current conflict, Netanyahu and Erdogan discussed the effort to normalize relations with 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... during their first-ever known meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... General Assembly in New York.
The leaders agreed at the time to coordinate mutual visits "in the near future," according to Netanyahu’s office.
It came amid a warming of ties between Israel and Turkey after years of animosity between the two countries’ leaders. President Isaac Herzog was hosted by Erdogan in March 2022 in Ankara — the first high-level Israeli visit since 2008.
Israel was a long-time regional ally of Turkey before Erdogan came to power, but ties imploded after a 2010 Israeli commando raid on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara ship, part of a blockade-busting flotilla, that left dead 10 Ottoman Turkish activists who attacked IDF soldiers aboard the ship.
Netanyahu and Erdogan repeatedly aimed brickbats at each other in the ensuing years. In July 2014, Erdogan accused the Jewish state of "keeping Hitler ...late Fuehrer of Germany, founder of the Third Reich, currently communing with his pals Himmler and Heydrich. He is reincarnated every few days, sometimes every few hour if it's an election year, as a politician somebody doesn't like... ’s spirit alive" during a war with Gaza.
Facing hardening diplomatic isolation and economic woes, Erdogan began to publicly display an openness toward rapprochement in December 2020.
In August 2022, Israel and Turkey announced a full renewal of diplomatic ties, a move that Aliyev said on Wednesday Azerbaijan played a key role in facilitating.
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[Rudaw] Kurdish authorities in northern Syria have used nearly two weeks of no bombardment on the crucial Tishreen Dam to repair damages caused by months of attacks by militia groups, an official told Rudaw English on Monday.
The dam, located southeast of Manbij city on the Euphrates River, was constructed in 1999 and is one of Syria’s largest in terms of production and capacity. It generates electricity and once provided power to much of the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava).
But The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... member, but not the most reliable... and the Syrian militia groups it supports have launched attacks on the structure since November, seeking to control the dam for easier access into other areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Despite the surrounding area remaining a hotspot of conflict, the dam’s structure has not been attacked for nearly two weeks. Workers have used the brief window of opportunity to repair parts that have been severely damaged by the conflict, a senior dam official told Rudaw English on the condition of anonymity.
"The dam is not in good condition and needs much repair. There is no fear of collapse so far, but the structure has definitely been harmed. We planned to repair the part that transmits electricity [to other areas], but I am not sure if we will succeed," said the official, fearing renewed attacks on the dam.
He explained that six groups are working at the dam. One group is focused on repairing the electricity, while another is responsible for controlling the water. Some of their computers have stopped working due to bombing and water infiltration.
Syria’s state-owned SANA news agency reported on Saturday that maintenance teams arrived at the key dam to begin repairing the structure for operation.
The dam official said that some workers who live in areas outside Kurdish control have returned to the dam after abandoning it for months due to constant attacks on the structure. He noted that Damascus may have instructed these workers to return to the dam.
"We have not been informed that anyone would be sent [by the central government]," he said, adding that the personnel who returned to the dam had contacted him before making the decision to make sure that their stay would be safe.
Ali Demir, the manager of the dam, has repeatedly warned that a "disaster" could happen if attacks on the structure continue. He also said any huge damage to the dam would pose a threat to the people living downstream, which includes neighboring Iraq.
Convoys of civilians from SDF-held areas have arrived at the dam to form a human shield. Several have been killed while on the way to the dam or during protests. The SDF has blamed Turkey and the militia groups it supports, who call themselves the Syrian National Army (SNA).
The collapse of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Scourge of Qusayr... ’s regime has paved the way for efforts to announce a nationwide ceasefire in Syria.
The SDF said on Sunday that there are local and international efforts for "a ceasefire across all Syrian territories."
SDF chief Mazloum Abdi and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a landmark agreement last month that calls for a ceasefire across Syria.
Kurdish officials in northeast Syria have also hinted at talks between them and Ankara to end tensions despite ongoing festivities.
[GEO.TV] US President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his threat to use military force if Iran did not agree to end its nuclear program, saying Israel would play a key role.
Trump said Iran could not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.
[IsraelTimes] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Tehran’s ‘reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons’ is a ‘grave’ threat; among those targeted is company supplying Iranian centrifuge-maker
The United States issued fresh sanctions targeting 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... on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said, two days after US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th and 47th President of the United States... announced planned direct talks with Tehran over its nuclear program.
The US Treasury Department, in a statement, said it imposed sanctions on five Iran-based entities and one person based in Iran for their support of Iran’s nuclear program with the aim of denying Tehran a nuclear weapon.
"The Iranian regime’s reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons remains a grave threat to the United States and a menace to regional stability and global security," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the statement. "Treasury will continue to leverage our tools and authorities to disrupt any attempt by Iran to advance its nuclear program and its broader destabilizing agenda."
Iran’s mission to the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The action came after Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday alongside visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US and Iran were poised to begin direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, but Iran’s foreign minister said the discussions in Oman would be indirect.
In a further sign of the difficult path to any deal between the two geopolitical foes, Trump issued a stark warning that if the talks were unsuccessful, "Iran is going to be in great danger."
The Treasury said those targeted on Wednesday supported two previously sanctioned entities that manage and oversee the country’s nuclear program, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its subordinate, the Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA).
Among those targeted was a company that manufactures aluminum for TESA, an AEOI subordinate responsible for a number of nuclear reactor projects and a company tasked with developing thorium-fueled reactor technologies.
In practical terms, the move is symbolic as the US already enforces sweeping sanctions on Iran, particularly its nuclear program. But the sanctions are the latest show of pressure by the United States ahead of the talks, which are set to take place Saturday in Oman.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Tuesday that Iran can expect tighter sanctions if it does not come to an agreement with Trump on its nuclear program.
Efforts to settle a dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, which it says is purely for civilian use but which Western countries see as a precursor to an atomic bomb, have ebbed and flowed for more than 20 years without resolution.
Iranian officials told Rooters on Tuesday that Tehran is approaching weekend talks with the United States over its nuclear program warily, with little confidence in progress and deep suspicions over US intentions.
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