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What a weird-ass photo. Along the back wall is a photo of Dolf with three soap dishes.
And some slippers! She's gonna step out onto a dirty mat (thanks to the "slippers") after a bath. But I would hate to think what she was really doing while looking at Dolf.
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^ Are you kidding? Eating BBQ, cheerfully spreading the news of emancipation, and not even getting shot? Kinda bummed about the library being closed, though.
[NYPOST] At least one person was killed and 20 were maimed after gunfire broke out Sunday morning during a massive Juneteenth celebration held in the reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... suburb of Willowbrook.
At least 200 teens and young adults were gathered in a parking lot for a Juneteenth celebration when dozens of gunshots rang around 12:30 a.m., according to WSL-TV.
When the gun smoke cleared, 20 people had been shot, one of them fatally, DuPage County Sheriff’s Office officials told the outlet.
Two others were at death's door, fire officials told WBBM-TV.
Most of those who were shot suffered from what authorities called "graze wounds," authorities reportedly said.
The shooting took place around 12:30 a.m. in a parking lot on Route 83 near Honey Suckle Lane, Battalion Chief Joe Ostrander with the Tri-State Fire Protection District told the local outlets.
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[An Nahar] A fresh ceasefire took effect in Sudan on Sunday after intense fighting that saw deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of maimed over the border into Chad.
The army, commanded by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has since April 15 been battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by his former deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, after the two fell out in a power struggle.
Multiple truces have been agreed and broken during the conflict, including after the United States slapped sanctions on both generals following the collapse of a previous ceasefire attempt at the end of May.
"The Kingdom of 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 United States of America announce the agreement of representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a ceasefire throughout Sudan for a period of 72 hours," a Saudi foreign ministry statement said late Saturday.
The ceasefire was to take effect at 6:00 am (0400 GMT) on Sunday, the mediators said, adding the two sides had agreed to refrain from attacks and allow freedom of movement and the delivery of humanitarian aid.
One hour into the truce, witnesses in Khartoum said the situation was "calm".
"We want a full ceasefire," Sami Omar, who lives in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, told AFP.
"A truce is not sufficient for us to return to our lives. They may stop fighting, but the RSF will not leave the homes (they occupy) and passing through checkpoints is just as difficult."
Both sides had pledged to respect the truce in separate statements on Saturday night.
The army said "despite our commitment to the ceasefire, we will respond decisively to any violations the rebels commit" during the ceasefire.
RSF vowed to "honour our commitment to a comprehensive cessation of hostilities... with the primary aim of facilitating the delivery of vital humanitarian assistance to civilians".
- Intensifying air strikes -
Before the latest truce, witnesses said air strikes had intensified in the capital in the past few days.
On Saturday, warplanes struck residential districts of Khartoum, killing "17 civilians, including five children", according to a citizens' support committee. AFP was unable to independently confirm the figures.
Residents had earlier reported air strikes around the city's southern Yarmouk district -- home to a weapons manufacturing and arms depot complex where the RSF claimed "full control" in early June.
Since battles began, the corpse count across the country has topped 2,000, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project said.
A record 25 million people -- more than half Sudan's population -- need aid, the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... says.
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Hundreds of supporters of #Tunisia’s main opposition coalition rally to demand freedom for about 20 detained personalities and opponents of President Kais Saied.https://t.co/v7yB32yOqW
[LIBYAREVIEW] In a perilous sea crossing from Libya over the Mediterranean, a total of 117 migrants colonists were rescued by the Spanish humanitarian organization Open Arms.
This most recent rescue underscores the ongoing crisis as thousands of people from conflict-ridden regions of Africa and the Middle East put their lives in jeopardy annually, fleeing from desperate situations.
Just a week ago, a devastating incident occurred where a shipwreck off Greece claimed at least 78 lives among the hundreds crammed into a fishing vessel. These tragedies draw attention back to the continuous plight of migrants colonists.
Open Arms, sharing details about the rescue operation, reported that the 117 rescued individuals, including 25 women and a toddler, are primarily from Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... , Sudan, and Libya. The high-risk rescue operation transpired 30 kilometers offshore of Libya in international waters, following the boat’s stealthy departure from the port of Sabratha at 01:00 GMT.
Upon their rescue, the migrants colonists underwent medical checks aboard the Open Arms ship. The charity has yet to release additional details regarding the migrants colonists’ final destination.
Open Arms is a non-governmental organization that operates in various areas of humanitarian aid, both nationally and internationally. Its main mission is to protect those people who try to reach Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... fleeing from war, persecution, or poverty. The organization was born to specialise in surveillance and rescue missions of boats carrying people who need help in the Aegean and Central Mediterranean seas.
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[LIBYAREVIEW] On Saturday, Benghazi’s Security Directorate managed to thwart an attempt to smuggle 29 migrants colonists on a boat from the Kweifiyah area to Italia.
A statement from the Security Directorate of Benghazi indicated that the Kweifiyah Police Station’s detective unit had received information about a suspicious boat located on the shore of the Kweifiyah Sea in the Ain Ziana region.
Upon receiving the information, a squad led by the station’s head and the commander of the detective unit was dispatched to the boat’s location. On arrival, they apprehended 29 migrants colonists of Bangladeshi nationality on board. Using heavy machinery, the boat was extracted from the site and the migrants colonists were transported to the station. They were then handed over to the appropriate authorities for further processing.
This incident underscores the ongoing struggle against illegal migration efforts across the Mediterranean. Libya, particularly its coastline, has been a frequent departure point for smugglers attempting to transport migrants colonists, chiefly to Italia, in hope of a better life.
In a perilous sea crossing from Libya over the Mediterranean, a total of 117 migrants colonists were rescued by the Spanish humanitarian organization Open Arms.
This most recent rescue underscores the ongoing crisis as thousands of people from conflict-ridden regions of Africa and the Middle East put their lives in jeopardy annually, fleeing from desperate situations.
Just a week ago, a devastating incident occurred where a shipwreck off Greece claimed at least 78 lives among the hundreds crammed into a fishing vessel. These tragedies draw attention back to the continuous plight of migrants colonists.
Open Arms, sharing details about the rescue operation, reported that the 117 rescued individuals, including 25 women and a toddler, are primarily from Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... , Sudan, and Libya. The high-risk rescue operation transpired 30 kilometers offshore of Libya in international waters, following the boat’s stealthy departure from the port of Sabratha at 01:00 GMT.
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[AFRICANEWS] Uganda is heightening security and has commenced a massive search after m Militants linked to 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.... group massacred at least 41 people, mostly students, in western parts of the country near the border with 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... The country’s first lady Janet Museveni while updating on the current situation on Saturday evening said the government was still investigating the whole incident.
"The government through the security agencies is trying to follow up on what actually happened. And it is on the top of the situation, we believe that justice will prevail," said Janet Museveni, Ugandan minister of Education and Sports and first lady.
Officials and witnesses said guns and knives were used in a grisly late-night assault and dormitories were set ablaze at Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe.
Some students recounted the incident terming it horrific.
"We hadn't yet fallen asleep when we heard people arriving and saying: open up, open up! We didn't reply. Then they started shooting at the windows and the door. We went to hide under our beds on the floor. As they continued to shoot at the windows, one of us was hit by a bullet and started shouting: "Help, come and help me! When they couldn't open the door, they continued to shoot at the windows, then set fire to our dormitory while we were inside. They then moved on to the girls' dormitory," said Mumbere Edgar Dido, a student who survived the attack.
The military said it was pursuing the attackers from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who also kidnapped six people during a raid on a school late Friday before fleeing back towards the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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[GEO.TV] Security forces bumped off a most wanted Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain (TTP) commander among three hard boyz during an intelligence-based operation in Dara Adam Khel area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, it emerged on Sunday.
According to security sources, TTP commander Zafar Khan alias Zafari accompanied by two of his group members were killed in the IBO.
On the night between June 16 and 17, security forces in a highly planned IBO killed TTP commander Zafar Khan alias Zafari son of Ghulam Siddique in Dara Adam Khel and two of his members identified as Hasan Khan son of Mohammad Imran resident of Bazi Khel and Anas alias Ali resident of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. Afghanistan.
The slain commander was a resident of village Malan in Dara Adam Khel and reached Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire... from Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on May 22, 2023, said the well-placed sources.
Zafri was also a former member of Tehrik-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA) and was involved in 26 grenade attacks in Pakistain, it added.
He was also involved in dozens of terrorist attacks against security forces, coal contractors, businessmen and influential people and had received more than Rs100 million in extortion and kidnapping for ransom.
The other slain terrorist, Hasan Khan, was an expert in sniping and grenade attacks and remained a part of TTA from 2019 to 2021. He had joined Tariq Gidar group in 2022.
Anas was an sniping expert and involved in terrorist attacks against security forces in North Wazoo and South Waziristan districts.
The coal miners, business community and common people of the area breathed a sigh of relief with the elimination of the wanted terrorists.
The security forces would continue their efforts to make the country safe and free from terrorism with the cooperation of the people.
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[NPASYRIA] The Iraqi Security Media Cell (SMC) announced on Sunday the arrest of a senior 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) leader.
The SMC said in a statement that the detachments of the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency (FIIA) in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior were successful in capturing the so-called Wali of Tal Afar in a security operation carried out in the Baghdad Governorate.
Tal Afar is a district in the Governorate of Nineveh, located east of the Syrian border and north of the Shengal (Sinjar) District.
The operation was conducted after collecting "accurate intelligence information and the cooperation of citizens," according to the statement.
According to documents noted by the SMC, the accused operated in "the most terrorist position" within Nineveh Governorate during battles to regain control over it from ISIS.
He also worked in the so-called "security of the Hodeidah area" and was still active in following up on sleeper cells in northern Baghdad.
The ISIS leader was referred to investigation according to provisions of Article IV of the Iraqi Anti-Terrorism Law.
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#ISIS claims responsibility for a machine-gun attack against two #SDF fighters at a town in northern Deir ez-Zor, eastern #Syria.https://t.co/2X2QCU8Q5A
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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
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka 
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
...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 
