#5
I believe that Anita, who ran around with mobsters including Johnny Roselli, and ran a joint out in Pacific Palisades, was murdered for her trouble.
#6
In a world where we women looked well
With no help from the likes of Lake Bell
Or Lena or Lizzo,
Or work on our phiz...
"Whoa!" the freakazoids shriek. "Is this Hell?"
The Classical (not safe; I'd go with "triggers" and "duckface", but why mess with MES?)
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IRAN/AFGHANISTAN BORDER ISSUES CONTINUE – Some early reports yesterday suggested the border crossing at Islam Qala had been closed. While those reports appear to be false, Taliban fighters did take action to halt the construction of a ‘wall’ by Iranian border guards. No shooting took place but the situation at the crossing is tense and there have been several cross-border firing incidents at Islam Qala through the years. Officials from both countries met in Kabul to discuss better border management cooperation on Saturday.
3 TAJIK AFGHANS MURDERED IN KABUL – Reports with photos of 3 dead men were circulated widely on the internet and were said to depict Taliban executions of ethnic Tajiks in Kabul’s 15th Police District on Saturday. The murders have not yet been confirmed and the only motives provided for the purported attacks were that the men were of Tajik descent and may have been speaking Persian.
IRAN ANNOUNCES IT WILL COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES OF 200 CONDEMNED AFGHANS – A spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced that a deal had been struck to commute death sentences for the 200 men after meetings with Iranian officials to resolve outstanding border and migrant issues on Saturday. It is thought that over 4,000 Afghan refugees are imprisoned in Iran for various offenses.
TALIBAN ENVOY USES STAGE AT RUSSIAN CONFERENCE TO PLEAD FOR EDUCATION COOPERATION – A representative from the Ministry of Higher Education used his time at the Kazan Forum in Russia to call for international assistance in rebuilding the secondary education system in Afghanistan. The representative refused to talk about the ban on women and girls. He did say that Russia had promised to provide support to the education system but did not specify what the support might be.
BREAKING: @HSNQ_NISA says it has seized the 2nd military shipment bound for Al Shabab group days after military hardware and explosive materials concealed within containers posing as authorized business imports were intercepted in Mogadishu. pic.twitter.com/R3D6CFXq9P
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SECURITY FORCES in Mogadishu seize a second consignment of weapons reportedly destined for Al-Shabaab. The first consignment was seized on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/3nJ3k0adOi
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Global Initiative: More than 60% of the illicit weapons found in Somalia had been manufactured in China. Almost 95% of the illicit weapons found in Somalia were assault or battle rifles. ... Chinese- and Russian-manufactured assault rifles were priced almost identically in illicit markets, despite Russian rifles being decades older.
KLS and KLF assault rifles likely to be of Iranian manufacture – possibly part of illicit arms transfers from Iran to Yemen – were also documented by our researchers. NATO-calibre G3 battle rifles and corresponding ammunition – some of which is of Saudi Arabian manufacture – are increasingly common in northern Somalia. ...
[GEO.TV] Amid ongoing violence and festivities in Khartoum, Sudan, the country's warring factions have reached a seven-day ceasefire agreement, even as the capital remains shaken by air strikes and artillery exchanges. The United States and Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... announced the deal after talks in Jeddah, stating that the ceasefire will commence on the evening of May 22 and can be extended with mutual consent.
This ceasefire marks a significant development, as previous truces have been repeatedly violated since the conflict erupted five weeks ago. In contrast, the agreement reached in Jeddah has been formally signed by both parties and will be supported by a US-Saudi and internationally-backed ceasefire monitoring mechanism, according to the Saudi foreign ministry.
The focus of subsequent talks will revolve around improving security and humanitarian conditions for civilians. This includes the removal of forces from urban areas, including civilian homes, facilitating the movement of civilians and humanitarian actors, and enabling public servants to resume their duties.
The power struggle between regular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy-turned-rival Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), erupted into armed conflict on April 15. The fighting has resulted in hundreds of casualties, mostly civilians, and displaced over a million people. The United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... has expressed deep concerns about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan, compounded by the fact that one in three Sudanese people relied on aid even before the outbreak of war.
The announcement of the ceasefire comes two weeks after the initial gathering of the warring generals in Jeddah, during which they signed a commitment to respect humanitarian principles and allow much-needed aid. However, a woman is only as old as she admits... UN aid chief Martin Griffiths highlighted significant violations of this agreement, describing them as "important and egregious" and falling short of a full ceasefire.
Efforts for peace and dialogue were further emphasized when regular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan sacked his former deputy Daglo and appointed three allies to top military positions. Malik Agar, a former rebel leader who signed a peace deal with the Sudanese authorities in 2020, expressed determination to end the war and push for negotiations, stressing the importance of a professional and unified army for Sudan's stability.
The violence has not been limited to Khartoum alone, as it has also spread to the war-torn region of Darfur, where the RSF has its origins. Recent attacks on diplomatic missions, including the 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... i embassy, have drawn condemnation, with calls for an immediate halt to the fighting. The situation has prompted international responses, including the allocation of emergency funds by the UN and financial support from the United States to assist displaced Sudanese and neighbouring countries affected by the crisis.
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[AlAhram] Air strikes and artillery exchanges shook the Sudanese capital Saturday and gunnies ransacked the 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... i embassy as the country's warring generals kept up their struggle for control.
Khartoum residents told AFP that heavy fighting raged despite repeated international calls for a humanitarian truce ..The purposes of a truce are twofold: 1.) bring up more arms, ammunition, and reinforcements; and 2.) get the enemy to relax his vigilance. A truce is not the same thing as a ceasefire, and a ceasefire doesn't mean you have to stop shooting... The area around the state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
building in Khartoum's sister city Omdurman was one of the sites bombarded, witnesses said.
The power struggle between regular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy turned rival Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, who heads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), erupted into fighting on April 15.
The conflict has killed hundreds of people, most of them civilians, and displaced more than one million.
The United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... has warned of a fast-deteriorating humanitarian situation in Africa's third-largest country, where one in three people already relied on aid before the war.
On Friday, Burhan sacked Daglo, giving his title of vice president of the ruling Sovereign Council to former rebel leader Malik Agar, and appointed three allies to top jobs in the military.
A former rebel leader who signed a peace deal with Khartoum authorities in 2020, Agar said in a statement Saturday he was determined to try to "end the war" and press for negotiations. He also addressed Daglo directly saying "Sudan's stability can only be re-established by a professional and unified army".
The integration of the RSF into the regular armed forces has been the main bone of contention between Daglo and Burhan. The force, which traces its origins to the notorious Janjaweed militia recruited in the early 2000s to crush a rebellion by ethnic minority groups in Darfur, is highly mobile but has a reputation for being ill-disciplined. Its fighters have been accused of carrying out widespread break-ins and looting, including at diplomatic missions and aid group offices.
'MAXIMUM RESTRAINT'
On Saturday, Qatar's embassy was the latest diplomatic mission to be attacked, drawing condemnation from Doha.
"The State of Qatar condemned in the strongest terms the irregular armed forces' storming and vandalising its embassy building in Khartoum," the foreign ministry said.
"The embassy staff had previously been evacuated and... none of the diplomats or embassy staff were subjected to any harm," the ministry said.
It renewed calls for "an immediate halt to the fighting in Sudan, exercising maximum restraint... and sparing civilians the consequences of the fighting".
The embassies of Jordan, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... have also come under attack in recent weeks.
Saturday's attack came a day after Arab leaders meeting at a summit in Saudi Arabia urged Sudan's feuding generals to halt the fighting. There have been multiple failed truce efforts since the fighting started, and representatives of both sides have been holding talks in Saudi Arabia. Asked about those talks, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Friday that the focus was "on reaching a truce that allows Sudanese civilians to take a breather".
Although the main fighting is being played out in Khartoum, the violence has also spread to the war-ravaged western region of Darfur, where the RSF has its roots. In South Darfur capital Nyala, fighting since Thursday has killed 22 people forcing civilians to flee for safer areas as shells crash on their homes, the bar association in Darfur has said.
On Friday, UN aid chief Martin Griffith said he was allocating $22 million in emergency funds to help Sudanese fleeing the violence. The funds will help relief efforts in Chad, the Central African Republic, Egypt and South Sudan where Sudanese have sought refuge, he said. The United States promised $103 million for Sudan and neighbouring countries to support displaced people.
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Reference the change in Govt: Agar is certainly no Arab. He was an important member of the southern Sudanese rebellion. He joined SPLA leader John Garang in 1983. He rose in the ranks to become commander of one element of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/SPLA. However, when South Sudan secession succeeded his leadership role in South Sudan was downgraded. Pissed. He joined forces with the Arab military of Khatroum/Sudan. He has since become their useful idiot.
AL-SHABAB HEAD of extortion in Galgudud region Mahad Agadub collapses and dies while being chased by government forces near Galaad area in Galgudud region. pic.twitter.com/vQCTsK0BHl
[SAHARAREPORTERS] No fewer than 125 dead bodies were recovered and given mass burial in the past three days, Mwaghavul Development Association (MDA), a socio-cultural organization in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, has said.
The organization consequently raised the alarm over the spate of killings in the state by button men suspected to be herdsmen.
This is as the Plateau State Police Command declared that a total of 117 bodies had been recovered.
Addressing newsmen in Jos, Plateau State, the National President of the Mwaghavul Development Association, Sir, Joseph Gwankat, said apart from the two communities- Fungzai and Kubwat that were initially attacked in the early hours of Tuesday, many other communities and villages also suffered the same fate with many inhabitants killed.
According to the Nation, he said those displaced as a result of the attack were going through a harrowing period as they were lacking food and other amenities. He noted that more than 20,000 people were displaced and are currently taking refuge at the local government secretariat, churches and traditional rulers’ palaces.
"It may interest you to know that since the attack on our communities started on Tuesday, the government has not visited those places attacked by button men. Those they have seen were people displaced and roaming around for succour. The local government and the Mwaghavul Development Association cannot handle the situation alone.
"By our estimation, more than 20,000 people have been displaced, though we have yet to take inventory but within three days we had buried 125 people and we are still counting. There are more corpses still floating in ponds that we cannot even access, many are dumped in wells."
Continuing, he said: "The attack was unprovoked like the one that happened in the early hours of Tuesday. I also want to correct the erroneous impression that it was a clash. It was not a clash but an attack on innocent people. The word unknown button men should be discarded because there is no way an attack will take place for one week and the coppers will tell us that they are unknown," he said.
He, therefore, called on the government to take immediate steps to facilitate the return of all persons displaced and now in different IDPs’ camps by reconstructing their homes and providing security for them as well.
Gwankat noted that the government should take full responsibility of educating the children below the age of 10 who have lost both their parents as a result of the attack while arrangements should be made for those in SS3 whose WAEC examinations were disrupted as result of the attacks.
Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, Buford bit the snake and Eloise began speaking in tongues... the Plateau State Police Command says it had recovered a total of 117 bodies and arrested seven suspects.
The Command in a statement signed by its front man, DSP Alfred Alabo, informed that in addition to the five suspects earlier announced, "Two more suspects had been arrested and exhibits recovered from them include two cutlasses, one dagger and some amount of money suspected to have been stolen from the houses they looted, as they were all arrested in the act of committing the crime by officers from one of our tactical team led by Supol Bamidele know Eagle Eye unit .
"The suspects are presently in our custody and will be charged to court for prosecution after our investigations are concluded.
At least twelve civilians were killed in an attack by suspected extremists in an area of western #Burkina#Faso bordering #Mali, a local official and residents told AFP on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/ywefr6jJpO
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The number of victims from the attacks of Saudi forces on the border areas in Saada, has risen to eight maimed in the past few hours.
According to al-Masirah network, four injured individuals were taken to al-Talh General Hospital, bringing the total number of casualties in the border areas to eight due to Saudi enemy fire.
Earlier in the day, a medical source in the province confirmed the arrival of four maimed at Razih Rural Hospital after being injured due to Saudi shelling on the Shada border district.
It is worth noting that the border areas in Saada governorate are repeatedly targeted with rocket and artillery shelling, as well as direct attacks on civilians. This violence is escalating in light of the international community and the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... ’ silence.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A violent mostly peaceful explosion shook the port city of Aden, southern 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... , on Saturday, media sources said.
The sources reported that the earth-shattering kaboom was caused by a mortar shell attack that targeted the presidency neighborhood in al-Tawahi district.
According to the southern "Crater Sky" website, the shell landed on the house of a citizen in the area.
The motives of the bombing are not known, but it coincided with the UAE-Backed Southern Transitional Council’s preparations for a parade in Mukalla city of Hadhramaut province, eastern Yemen, in which Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... recently strengthened the grip of its factions in its most important strongholds.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] al-Qaeda organization carried out on Saturday a military parade with drones in the sky of Shabwah province, eastern 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... , in a move that carried a message, in terms of timing, to the UAE-affiliated factions there.
The organization’s websites published videos and pictures of al-Qaeda members pursuing the UAE-backed "Shabwah Defense" patrols in al-Musaiyna’ district, the most prominent stronghold of the organization.
The pictures show that the organization carried out air strikes targeting Emirati armored vehicles while they were trying to flee.
This is the first time that the organization displays this type of weapon, and it is a step that reveals that the organization, as one of the Saudi-affiliated factions, has obtained drones.
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[Times of SD] At least 10 people were killed and nine injured in a Saturday shootout at a car rally in Baja California, the municipal government reported.
The attack occurred during an all-terrain car racing event in the San Vicente area of Ensenada, about two hours south of San Diego.
At around 2:18 p.m., authorities said people with long guns exited a gray van and began shooting at participants at a gas station, according to reports of 911 calls.
Municipal and state police, the Marines, the Fire Department and Mexican Red Cross, among other agencies, arrived at the scene.
Ensenada Mayor Armando Ayala Robles said state Attorney General Ricardo Ivan Carpio Sanchez commissioned a special group to investigate the shooting.
Videos posted to social media show people reacting in confusion and fleeing as shots are fired, along with bodies on the ground.
The director of the Agencia Fronteriza de Noticias (AFN Tijuana), citing unofficial sources, reported on Twitter that the massacre was "due to a ’fight’ between the CJNG (cartel) and the Sinaloa cartel."
Organizers of the two-day event, Cachanillazo, which was to conclude Saturday, posted a message to their Instagram account expressing sympathy to those affected by the tragedy, adding that "unfortunately, what happened during the tour was not in our hands."
"We are as baffled as all of you since we have nothing to do with what happened," they concluded.
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Mexico Today 2022:
Vanda Felbab-Brown explores these cartels “foreign policies” in the Americas. This piece was originally published by Mexico Today:
The competition between the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) is playing out not only across Mexico, but increasingly around the globe. Although the much older Sinaloa Cartel has had far more established external relations and been the innovator in expanding a global presence, CJNG is aggressively pushing into new territories abroad where it seeks to catch up to or displace the Sinaloa Cartel. In various parts of Latin America, the competition between them has amplified violence or triggered new conflicts....
[Dawn] A terrorist was killed and three soldiers were martyred when security forces retaliated to an attack on one of their posts in the Zarghoon area of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... on Saturday, the military’s media affairs wing said.
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the early-morning attack by a group of forces of Evil was launched at a post that was established recently to "help check extortion efforts targeting coal mines in the area".
Security forces "retaliated readily to the fire raid", pushing back terrorists, the ISPR said, adding that three soldiers embraced martyrdom and "one terrorist was sent to hell" in the heavy exchange of fire.
"Based on follow-up ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) effort, the likely hideout of fleeing forces of Evil has been identified in nearby mountains and a deliberate blocking and sanitisation operation has been launched," the ISPR statement read.
It added that the operation was progressing well and security forces were maintaining pressure to deny forces of Evil escape from the area.
Earlier this month, six Pakistain Army soldiers were martyred during an exchange of fire with bully boyz in the Dir Duni area of KP’s North Wazoo district.
In his maiden press briefing last month, ISPR Director General Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that at least 293 people were martyred and 521 were maimed in 436 terrorist incidents over the past year.
In KP, 192 people were martyred in 219 terror activities, while 80 people lost lives in 206 incidents in Balochistan, 14 people in five attacks in Punjab, and seven in six terrorism incidents across Sindh.
He had said that the army and law enforcement agencies carried out 8,269 intelligence-based operations during the previous year in which 1,378 suspected forces of Evil were apprehended and 157 were killed.
The DG ISPR had also said that overall 137 security personnel were martyred and 117 injured in anti-terror operations in the ongoing year.
For the third day in a row, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... 's warplanes continue to ratchet up their offensive against positions held by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the northern reaches of Duhok, a source said on Saturday.
The source who relayed this information to Shafaq News Agency noted that the Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s were primarily aimed at the PKK's stronghold in the Matin Mountain range, which overlooks the Amadiyah district in northern Duhok.
"Turkey's aircraft has executed four targeted raids against the positions of the PKK Death Eaters within the Matin Mountain range so far today," the source said, "the bombings took place in close proximity to the villages of Sekiri, Plava, and Kuherzi."
There has been a long-running Ottoman Turkish campaign in Iraq and Syria against Death Eaters of the PKK and the Syrian Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG) militia, which are both designated as terrorist groups by Ankara.
Turkey regularly carries out air strikes into northern Iraq and has sent commandos to support its offensives.
In April, the Ottoman Turkish foreign ministry summoned the Iraqi charge d'affaires after Baghdad accused Ankara of violating its illusory sovereignty and called on it to withdraw its forces from Iraqi territory.
[Rudaw] The Iraqi army on Saturday attempted to surround and enter Makhmour Camp in Erbil province, according to local sources. The camp houses thousands of refugees from Kurdish areas of southeast The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... and is controlled by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Footage shared by the camp's administration and PKK-affiliated media online shows a large force of the Iraqi army gathered near the camp with armored vehicles. The army's presence angered residents, who staged a sit-in near the perimeter of the camp to prevent the army from advancing.
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[IsraelTimes] Organizers of the main anti-judicial overhaul protest in Tel Aviv claim some 135,000 are gathered on Kaplan Street tonight.
The organizers cite drone footage by the Ein Hanetz company.
Previous weeks saw around 200,000 gather, according to official estimates.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been holding huge protests in Tel Aviv and nationwide against the government’s judicial overhaul plans every Saturday for the last 20 weeks, with demonstrations carrying on after the coalition paused the legislation to allow a period of dialogue on its highly divisive ...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled... efforts to weaken the justice system.
Last week’s protests were muted because some of the organizers called off their support due to the threat of rockets from Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith 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... during fighting between Israel and 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.
Some protesters showed up anyway, with several hundred gathering in Tel Aviv. Around 5,000 marched in Haifa, a northern city farther from the Gaza threat.
Those’ll be your core Antifa cadres on the US State Department payroll.
Netanyahu has seen a bump in public support since the Gaza operation, after his ratings plummeted during his first four months in office, apparently due to public opposition to the judicial overhaul and other policies.
[IsraelTimes] Thousands are protesting in the northern coastal city of Haifa this evening against the government’s judicial overhaul plans.
Organizers say the demonstrations across the country tonight are focusing on the "plunder of public coffers" in the state budget, set to be approved by the end of the month.
In Haifa, protesters unfurl a large banner that reads: "The plundering government."
Protest groups say this "refers to the government’s attempt to give 14 billion shekels of taxpayer money to the ultra-Orthodox and ultra-nationalist settler parties."
The government’s plans to allocate large sums of money to the ultra-Orthodox community have also drawn criticism from within the Finance Ministry for being unsustainable in the long term.
According to Channel 12 news, protesters are urging opposition chief MK Yair Lapid and MK Benny Gantz to leave ongoing talks for a compromise on the overhaul plans at the President’s Residence. There has been little reported progress during the talks over the past two months.
[Shafaq News] The Lebanese army said on Saturday it had arrested a prominent al-Qaeda leader in Deir Ammar town, northeast of the city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... It identified the arrested man only as "T.M." and said in a statement that the arrest took place on Friday.
"T.M. is one of the most prominent leaders of al-Qaeda and the founder of its cells in Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. 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. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ," it added.
"He has also played a key role in establishing the terrorist Fatah al-Islam A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred. Mostly eradicated by the Leb army... organization," the statement added, referring to an al-Qaeda-inspired hard boy group that used to be active in Lebanon over a decade ago.
The Lebanese army said T.M. withdrew from the spotlight in late 2007 following a fierce battle between the military and Fatah al-Islam at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
He then returned to prominence after the rise of 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.... and Syrian hard boy group the Nusra Front, the army added.
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday said a senior commander survived a suspected Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) attack on a patrol that injured three of their ranks in western Deir ez-Zor province.
"At 12:10 AM on Saturday, one of our SDF patrols was attacked on Abu Khashab road, west of Deir ez-Zor, resulting in injuring three of our fighters," read the SDF statement. "One of our senior commanders, who plays a crucial role in the ongoing battle against ISIS in the area, managed to survive."
"Initial investigations have confirmed the involvement of an ISIS terrorist cell," the SDF added.
Since its territorial defeat in 2019, ISIS has been involved in kidnapping, ambushes, hit-and-run attacks, and bombings in both Iraq and Syria, posing a serious threat to the security of the region.
The SDF has recently carried out several successful raids on ISIS cells, with the help of the United States-led global coalition against ISIS in northeast Syria (Rojava).
Earlier this month, SDF with the coalition aerial support, arrested two ISIS operatives accused of smuggling weapons into al-Hol camp, which houses thousands of ISIS supporters and family members of suspected ISIS fighters.
The Pentagon, in its latest quarterly report covering anti-ISIS operations from October through December 2022, estimated there are 6,000 to 10,000 ISIS fighters spread across Syria and Iraq.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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...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...
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
[SAHARAREPORTERS] No fewer than 125 dead bodies were recovered and given mass burial in the past three days, Mwaghavul Development Association (MDA), a socio-cultural organization in 
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...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. 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. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
...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 
