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Good Morning



Whistleblower Reveals FEMA Official Directed
Relief Workers to Skip Homes Displaying Trump Signs
Saturday 11/09/2024

Susan Oliver-5
Iraq
Yazidi woman reunites with
family ten years after ISIS captivity
Europe
French court charges smuggling network including Kurds
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Kurdish forces launch new anti-ISIS operation at al-Hol camp
India-Pakistan
At least 21 killed, 30 injured
in blast near Quetta railway station
Afghanistan
UN: Opium cultivation in Afghanistan rises by 19%
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Yemeni hypersonic missile hits Zionist airbase in Negev
Sneak preview of three Chinese things
to be on display at the 2024 Zhuhai Airshow

Posted by: Fred || 11/09/2024 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under:


#2  good morning, how do we make a tweet visible? I don't know how other than to post a link

but this sensational Trump speech on censorship needs posting

https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1855106874690986423

ps: the censorship industrial complex is getting a giant stake through the heart from President Trump - excellent

BUT they have metastasized. They came to Australia and they are going to force global Big Tech Platforms to "industry standards" censor here, then they will beam this censorship back into the US across their global operations.

Using "misinformation" as the excuse

passing similar laws in ireland, uk, eu, canada - so that's how they are going to do it

they will use AI and censor across the platform including in the USA bypassing the 1st amendment

This is the censorship bill "misinformation and disinformation" talked about here https://lettersfromaustralia.substack.com/p/free-speech-shock-you-have-one-week

1 week to defeat it in the Senate, the vote is coming before christmas

This is NOT the same as "banning under 16s" which people like (except that it ushers in digital ID to implement)

this is how the globalist scum and criminals are going to control us - digital ID + internet censorship beamed back into the US
Posted by: Anon1 || 11/09/2024 5:32 Comments || Top||

#3  The other countries are going to double down as they saw what happens in the US with 'free speech'. The problem they'll have is that people are creative in getting around such technology - where there is a will there is a way. With Trump at the top, they'd better be more concerned about making stupid threats against Americans exercising their (literally) God given rights (check our Declaration of Independence for that).
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/09/2024 7:22 Comments || Top||

#4  Anon1’s tweet:
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/09/2024 7:27 Comments || Top||

#5  The free speech is already showing green shoots

I saw a dr mike yeadon video on You Tube last week - that is amazibpng

And rumble suddenly influcted ad cancer on every video then demanding payment to go ad-free

Made me think they were desperate to get revenue from the you tube refugees before you tube stops censoring and we can go back
Posted by: anon1 || 11/09/2024 7:41 Comments || Top||

#6  How do i do that TW?

Looks like i need also to post the original tweet so you can watch the trump video here, not the mike benz retweet
Sensational trump

But they are bypassing him by doing it here
Posted by: anon1 || 11/09/2024 7:43 Comments || Top||

#7  Hillary’s worst nightmare: the loss of total control. I don’t think the bureaucracy can’t prevent this action. It shreds them in a way that cannot be countered. It wets the paper bag that they have trapped us in.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/09/2024 11:32 Comments || Top||

#8  Posting from Twitter/X:


(Assume starting from Home)



Choose Embed Post



Click on Copy Code



Paste your text, add headline, and you're done.
Posted by: Fred || 11/09/2024 15:10 Comments || Top||

#9  Oliver as Vina transformed into an Orion slave girl in the Star Trek episodes "The Cage" and "The Menagerie"
Posted by: Hupaigum Chatle7861 || 11/09/2024 18:02 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Mexico Smuggling Ammo INTO the US? WTF?
[CBP.gov] CBP seizes more than 11,000 rounds of ammunition at El Paso port of entry

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry seized 11,100 rounds of 7.62 ammunition November 5, 2024. The ammunition was concealed in the quarter panels of a vehicle crossing the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) international crossing.

“The volume of this seizure is substantial,” said CBP El Paso Director of Field Operations Hector Mancha. “To put it in perspective CBP officers working at El Paso area ports seized 15,678 rounds of ammunition in all of fiscal year 2021, 7,224 rounds in fiscal year 2022 and 11,205 rounds in fiscal year 2023.

The seizure occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. when a 2011 Honda Ridgeline being driven by a 32-year-old Mexican man arrived from Mexico. The CBP officer at the primary inspection booth selected the vehicle for a secondary exam after a Low Energy Portal scan revealed possible anomalies in the appearance of the vehicle.

A CBP currency and firearms detection canine searched the vehicle and alerted to the car. A secondary Z-portal x-ray scanned also confirmed anomalies in the quarter panels. CBP officers searched the vehicle and located multiple bags of loose 7.62 ammunition hidden within.

The driver was arrested for violation of 18 USC 545, smuggling goods into the U.S. He was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations and federal prosecution was secured.

It was the second large ammunition seizure at BOTA in recent months. CBP officers seized more than 93,000 rounds of ammunition in the southbound lanes of BOTA on August 17, 2024.

Posted by: Mercutio || 11/09/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  The ammo was probably stolen from the Mexican army, bought from he US. They smuggle it back to the US and sell it, making almost pure profit.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 11/09/2024 1:37 Comments || Top||

#2 

Looks like the Cartel is resupplying it members to combat TRUMPS DEA, DOJ, ATF, and ICE. The Cartel will need 100x's that and then some. Because the Cartel/Gangs no longer have DC-Swamp or Border State Liberal Democrat protections.


BTW: Don't forget a few months back Shoulder fired (RPG type) weapons were found coming across the OPEN BORDER.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/09/2024 3:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Sieze a miliary installation and hold military and civilian hostages ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/09/2024 6:27 Comments || Top||

#4  The caliber is interesting... no poodle-shooter food (AKA 5.56), so probably not being sent to cut-rate commandos. Seems like the resale theory is more likely.
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/09/2024 9:27 Comments || Top||

#5  There is so much ammo available in the US I doubt the cartels are doing anything other than stealing and reselling. 11,000 rounds is nothing. FWIW 7.62 is a little harder to get with the Russian embargo.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 11/09/2024 10:22 Comments || Top||

#6  I wonder what's in the cartridge.

Exploding ammunition
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/09/2024 10:48 Comments || Top||

#7  7.62 is a little harder to get with the Russian embargo

Other producers have stepped up now so it isn't as bad. I agree this seems more like a resale move.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/09/2024 12:20 Comments || Top||

#8  Agreed on Fell Off The Truck.

Quick math says 1000 7.62 is approximately 42lbs.
11,000 = 462 lbs.

Vehicle would weigh in heavy, as a start. Dumbasses probably had magnetic as well, nevermind getting pinged magnetically for casings.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/09/2024 14:47 Comments || Top||

#9 
Posted by: Francesco d’ Assisi || 11/09/2024 15:24 Comments || Top||

#10  It would depend on what type of 7.62 ammo it is.
If it's 7.62 x 51 (.308), it's for sale.
If it's 7.62 x 39, they're reloads for AK's.
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/09/2024 17:05 Comments || Top||

#11  ^ good point
Posted by: Phack Hupater5638 || 11/09/2024 18:29 Comments || Top||

#12  Unless the smuggler is a serious idiot it doesn't make much sense to smuggle 11,100 rounds of .308 ammo.

Using Ammoseek.com as the source, the cheapest .308 is Igman at 0.57 cents a round. A lot of work and risk to make less than $6k.

And 7.62x39 is even cheaper at 41.9 cents a round.

Posted by: Chantry || 11/09/2024 18:44 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Two Dagestani residents convicted of aiding terrorism
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Magomed-Vali Bulatov and Nariman Nurmagomedov were found guilty of transferring money to a terrorist organization and sentenced to long prison terms.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Dagestan residents Magomed-Vali Bulatov and Nariman Nurmagomedov guilty of aiding terrorist activity; Bulatov was also convicted under the article on participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, the court's press service reported today. 

According to the investigation and the court, in 2021, Bulatov, while in Dagestan, decided to take part in the activities of the international organization Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham and from January 2021 to April 2022 "held conversations with his acquaintances, including Nurmagomedov", talking about the activities of the organization and offering to transfer funds to support it. 

At the same time, on October 23, 2021, Bulatov made a money transfer to a wallet provided by a member of the organization. Nurmagomedov also gave him funds for the transfer to the organization. 

Magomed-Vali Bulatov was sentenced (in conjunction with the sentence of the Izberbash City Court of the Republic of Dagestan) to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony, with the first three years to be served in prison, and a fine of 50,000 rubles; and Nariman Nurmagomedov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony, with the first two years to be served in prison, with a fine of 20,000 rubles.

Posted by: badanov || 11/09/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)


FSB publishes video of arrest of foreigners with a ton of cocaine in Leningrad Oblast
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Federal Security Service (FSB) has released a video of the arrest of drug couriers who were attempting to smuggle a ton of cocaine through Russia to the EU.

The agency's employees carried out the seizure operation at night. The footage shows security forces running into an empty hangar in the Leningrad Region, where a truck specially equipped for transporting drugs is parked.

"FSB! Down! On the floor," the FSB officers commanded the two men in the back of the car.

Then the security officer repeated his command in English.
Why in English? Surely that’s not the international language of crime as well as air traffic controllers and diplomacy…



The drug couriers got out of the truck with their hands raised and were handcuffed.

The video also shows hundreds of briquettes of the drug, packaged in 1 kg quantities and packed in branded wrappers with stickers from the Latin American manufacturer.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on November 8, the FSB reported the arrest of members of a criminal group who were attempting to transport more than a ton of Latin American cocaine through Russian territory to the EU countries. The cost of the batch of prohibited substances on the black market exceeds 3.5 billion rubles.

The department reported that in October, a truck en route to the Russian Federation was found on the Russian-Latvian section of the state border, in which an empty high-tech cache was found. It was placed under surveillance. This allowed the criminals to be caught red-handed. They turned out to be two citizens of one of the Balkan countries. They were transferring 984 briquettes of cocaine to the cache of the car, intending to export them to one of the EU countries.

It is also known that foreigners tried to sell 20 kg of cocaine in Russia. When attempting to take the goods from a hiding place in a forest belt of the Gatchina district of the Leningrad region, security forces also detained an Estonian citizen and two Russians. A criminal case on illegal drug trafficking has been opened.

Posted by: badanov || 11/09/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Surely that’s not the international language of crime

Perhaps the international language of videos.

packed in branded wrappers with stickers from the Latin American manufacturer.

Why Latin cocaine to Europe thru Russia?
Because as you say Mali is in chaos with the French retreat?
Or is it from Mexico's newest trading partner, China?

Posted by: Skidmark || 11/09/2024 13:39 Comments || Top||


Europe
French court charges smuggling network including Kurds
[Rudaw] A French court on Tuesday sentenced 18 people, mostly Iraqi Kurds, to prison terms of up to 15 years for operating a smuggling network that transported migrants colonists across the English Channel to the United Kingdom.

The trial, held in the northern city of Lille near La Belle France’s border with Belgium, nearly 100 kilometers from the English Channel, concluded with a 15-year prison term for Mirkhan Rasoul, a 26-year-old Iraqi national accused of leading the network, French newspaper Le Monde reported.

Prison sentences for the other 17 defendants, which included one woman, ranged from 1-12 years, according to the report, adding that authorities described the defendants as "a vast network of people smuggling in the Channel, mainly Iraqi-Kurdish."

The investigation "had established that this network had largely controlled migrant crossings to England from the north of La Belle France between 2020 and 2022," according to Le Monde, with the court following the prosecutor’s recommendation in issuing the heaviest sentence to Rasoul.

Public Prosecutor Carole Etienne announced, "Major operation against migrant smuggling in the English Channel: 39 arrests," in a post on X. She added that in addition to the prison terms, fines totaled 1,445,000 Euros.

Tens of thousands of people from Iraq and the Kurdistan Region take on perilous routes towards Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
on a yearly basis in hopes of escaping endless crises, including the lack of employment, political instability, and corruption.

Diyari Kamaran, 25, from Darbandikhan in Sulaimani province was one of eight people who died after a migrant boat carrying nearly 60 people capsized on September 15 while trying to cross the English Channel. His father, Kamarn Mohammed, told Rudaw that 90 migrants colonists were crowded on a boat that was smaller than they had been told and it began taking on water after 20 minutes into the journey.

In June, twin shipwrecks off the coasts of Italia’s Roccella Ionica and Lampedusa left more than 70 migrants colonists dead and missing. Most of the passengers were Kurds from the Kurdistan Region and Iran’s western Kurdish areas, as well as people from Bangladesh, Pakistain, Egypt, and Syria.

Around 20,000 people from Iraq and the Kurdistan Region migrated out of the country in 2023, with at least nine of them losing their lives on the dangerous and illegal smuggling routes, according to the Summit (Lutka) Foundation for Refugees and Displaced Affairs.

In 2021, the Kurdistan Region witnessed an exodus of its youth, with tens of thousands leaving, bound for Europe in the quest for a better life. A number of these migrants colonists met their unfortunate end on the freezing Belarus-Poland border and others drowned at sea.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/09/2024 2024-11-09 01:05 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking

#1  A clever determined people in large part. Where there are Kurds, there's a way.
Posted by: Cured Romantic || 11/09/2024 17:09 Comments || Top||


Gaza in the middle of Europe. Amsterdam riots turn into Jewish pogrom
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
The view from Russia: Another perspective on this story from yesterday. See also here for reflections on the bigger picture from a Dutch Jew, a native of The Hague, who emigrated to America.
by Leonid Tsukanov

[REGNUM] The night of November 8 was unsettled in Amsterdam: fans of the Israeli football club Maccabi, as well as some random passers-by, were subjected to an organized attack. At first glance, the attack seemed well planned.

The rioters acted in a coordinated manner and waited for victims in different parts of the city; they were aware of the addresses of the hotels where the Israelis were staying.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the clashes were a continuation of an earlier conflict between two ultra groups, and the Palestinian issue played a more background role. Nevertheless, the incident in Amsterdam creates a dangerous precedent that blurs the boundaries of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – and the likelihood of it recurring is quite high.

FROM FAN CLASHES TO POGROM
The clashes in Amsterdam initially did not go beyond the usual "fan riots".

After the ill-fated Ajax-Maccabi match, which ended in a crushing victory for the Dutch team, several hundred Israeli fans gathered at Dam Square in Amsterdam. At the same time, pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Ajax fans gathered at the Amsterdam Arena stadium – according to various sources, between 70 and 150 people.

To this day, there is no consensus on who exactly provoked the conflict: both sides chanted provocative slogans directed at their opponents.

At the same time, as a number of European publications note, it was precisely the “overly offensive attacks” by Israelis against the Arab and Palestinian population of Amsterdam that provoked the first clashes.

In addition, shortly before the match, the Israelis distinguished themselves with another stunt, tearing down Palestinian flags hung from nearby houses, which also did not add to the patience of the local residents.

The police tried to push back the protesters, but they responded by throwing firecrackers and smoke bombs at the guards. About 30 fans were detained.

The incident could have been considered over at this point, but a few hours later the riots flared up again with renewed vigor (engulfing the whole of Amsterdam), and the number of participants in the brawls increased tenfold. Not only fists and firecrackers were used, but also cold arms.

At least ten people were wounded in the clashes, and two are still missing, bringing the total number of casualties to 60, according to the Israeli government.

ISRAEL'S REACTION
Benjamin Netanyahu's government took the incident in Amsterdam very seriously.

Already in the first hours after the attack, the Prime Minister ordered the urgent dispatch of two transport planes to the rescue for the rapid evacuation of Israelis.

The Israeli army tried to have its say by hastily dispatching a military mission to help the victims, but the operation was cancelled at the last minute by the Prime Minister's decision. The government considered the transfer of such significant forces to Europe unnecessary. In addition, a temporary ban was imposed on the departure of active IDF servicemen to European countries (primarily to the Netherlands) - to avoid new provocations from Palestinian activists.

However, the army leadership continues to insist that it is ready to quickly deploy the mission again if the situation worsens.

What happened in Amsterdam became the first serious test for the newly appointed head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Gideon Saar .

In a conversation with his Dutch colleagues, he called the incident "horrific and provocative" and immediately flew to the Netherlands to work "in the field." Israel's permanent representative to the UN, Danny Danon, went even further and called what happened in Amsterdam a "Jewish pogrom," while calling on the Dutch authorities to "act as harshly as possible."

It should be noted that Israeli politicians have so far limited themselves to the most vague formulations and have not placed responsibility for the attacks on specific organizations or individuals, which is partly due to a lack of operational data.

Not a word was said about the “Iranian connection,” which has been a part of every scandal involving Israelis in the past.

"GAZA OF EUROPE"
The Dutch authorities, for their part, also tried to hush up the incident as much as possible, reporting the arrest of several dozen "ringleaders" of the conflict. However, Amsterdam law enforcement officers were stingy with comments and did not specify whether there were Palestinians among those detained.

However, despite this, the incident caused mixed feelings among other Dutch politicians and public figures.

For example, the leader of the right-wing "Party for Freedom of the Netherlands" Geert Wilders demanded the arrest and deportation of the people who attacked the Israeli fans. Wilders did not forget to take a swipe at the Dutch authorities, stating that the country "has turned into the Gaza of Europe." A number of opinion leaders even considered the incident to be a "planned operation by Hamas supporters."

Others, however, took the side of the Palestinians, calling the actions of the Israeli fans a “low and unworthy act.”

It should be further noted that the version about the pogrom being orchestrated by Hamas does not stand up to criticism: the movement did not comment on the incident in Amsterdam, and cases of using Palestinian symbols to “intimidate” Israeli fans, judging by law enforcement data, were episodic.

Moreover, in a number of cases, pro-Palestinian demonstrators found themselves drawn into the brawl “out of inertia.”

However, this does not mean that such conflicts should not be expected in the future.

Quite the opposite: if both sides of the conflict do not react harshly enough, new clashes will only be a matter of time. And each side – whether pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian figures – will try to squeeze the maximum media effect out of the situation in order to discredit their opponents.
The Times of Israel adds:
Eyewitnesses and victims say organized gangs targeted all Israelis, had clubs, knives; describe local police not responding and taxi drivers taking part in widespread assault.

Two Israelis who left Amsterdam on Friday morning and flew to London said to a Channel 12 reporter on arrival in the UK that they were attacked on Wednesday evening — a full day before the soccer game — by Arab gangs in the city.

The two, who gave their names as Oren And Or, said they were targeted as Israelis and beaten. They also said that they reported the attack to local police, who took no action.
More from the Times of Israel:
Israeli authorities recognized ahead of the widespread attacks overnight Thrsday-Friday by local Arab and Muslim gangs on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam that organized violence was likely, with the Diaspora Affairs Ministry drawing up a warning document on Wednesday that highlighted the “very high risk” of such attacks, Channel 12 news reported Friday.

It said the warning was based on “indications” in social media monitored by the ministry, including overt online coordination of plans for violent demonstrations.

The ministry document shown by Channel 12 included a screenshot from an online post by a Dutch Palestinian group headed “No Zionists in UEFA/FIFA.”

The ministry’s warning noted that protesters were being told not to carry Palestinian flags or other signs of Palestinian affiliation, and said the organizers were presenting the planned violent protests as constituting “a direct clash” with Israeli security forces and the Mossad.

The report said the ministry drew up its warning document in the light of what it saw as “the open encouragement of violence by the organizers of the demonstrations,” and the fact that there would be many children and identifiable Israelis in Amsterdam for the Maccabi Tel Aviv-Ajax soccer match.

The TV report said the Diaspora Affairs Ministry’s warning was shared with the Foreign Ministry and “a discussion was held.” But neither of the ministries, nor the National Security Council, issued warnings or guidelines to Maccabi or to the fans, some 3,000 of whom were said to have traveled to the Dutch capital for the game.

Furthermore, said Channel 12, Mossad told its Dutch counterparts and Dutch police of concerns about violence and urged them to reinforce security at the stadium, hotels and the train station, but this “did not really happen.”
Posted by: badanov || 11/09/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Of 62 arrested, only ten Amsterdam attackers remain in custody
Any further questions?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/09/2024 10:14 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
At least 21 killed, 30 injured in blast near Quetta railway station
[GEO.TV] At least 21 people were killed and 30 others were maimed in a bomb explosion near Quetta's railway station marking the latest incident of unrest in 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...
Preliminary reports indicate that the earth-shattering kaboom took place at the railway station's booking office, which usually witnesses a significant number of people, resulting in the high corpse count so far.

While police and rescue personnel reached the site of the blast, emergency was imposed in Quetta's Civil Hospital, with additional doctors and support staff called in.

The Jaffer Express was scheduled to depart for 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...
at 9am, according to railway officials.

Officials informed Geo News that with several of the injured at death's door, the corpse count from the blast may rise.

Talking to the media, Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Operations Quetta Muhammad Baloch said that the earth-shattering kaboom seemed to be a suicide kaboom. However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened...
he noted that further investigation was underway.

Providing details on the corpse count SSP Operations Baloch said that the corpse count stood at 21 with 30 others maimed in the blast.

"The blast took place inside the railway station when the Peshawar-bound express was about to leave for its destination," said the police officer.
Update from the BBC at 1:30 p.m. ET, courtesy of Skidmark:
A separatist militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, said it carried out what police are deeming a suicide attack.

There has been a recent surge in deadly attacks in the province, driven by demands for independence and control over local resources.

The city’s commissioner said that the suicide bomber was among the dead, while about 50 others were injured in the blast.

Senior police official Muhammad Baloch said the explosion was thought to have been caused by a suicide bomber carrying 6-8kg of explosives. The dead and injured included both civilians and military personnel, he told the BBC.

The Baloch Liberation Army, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said in a statement released on social media that it had targeted a Pakistan military unit that was returning from Quetta after completing a training course.
Police later confirmed 14 soldiers were among the dead.

The region shares a volatile border with Iran and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and also boasts a vast coastline along the Arabian Sea.

In August, at least 73 people were killed in a series of attacks - which the Baloch Liberation Army also claimed responsibility for - targeting police stations, railway lines and highways, according to Reuters.

The militant separatist group has been waging a decades-long insurgency to gain independence for the region from Pakistan.
Posted by: Fred || 11/09/2024 2024-11-09 01:01 || Comments || Link || [11134 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


Iraq
Iraqi resistance strikes Israeli targets in occupied Palestine
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] In a statement, the resistance emphasized that these attacks were a continuation of their efforts to resist the Israeli occupation, and were done in support of the people of Paleostine and Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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...
, as well as in response to the massacres committed by the ''usurping entity'' against innocent civilians, including women and kiddies.

The resistance stressed that ''its operations will continue to pound the enemies' strongholds at an increasing pace.''

Yesterday, the resistance announced that its fighters had attacked an Israeli military target in occupied Paleostine using drones, documenting this in scenes as well.
Posted by: Fred || 11/09/2024 00:48 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Yemeni hypersonic missile hits Zionist airbase in Negev
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The 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...
i Armed Forces have carried out a special military operation targeting the ''Nevatim'' airbase in the Negev region of southern occupied Paleostine. They also downed a US MQ-9 drone in the skies over al-Jawf province early this morning.
"And we took out a Joooo aircraft carrier, and a ..."
''The operation was carried out using a hypersonic ballistic missile, 'Paleostine 2,' which successfully reached its target, thanks to God,'' said Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e, Yemen's military front man, in a statement delivered during a mass rally in the capital, Sanaa.

In the same context, Yemen's air defenses succeeded in shooting down an American MQ-9 drone while it was carrying out hostile missions over al-Jawf Governorate at dawn today, he added.

''With this downing, the number of American drones that have been shot down by the Yemeni air defenses since the beginning of the 'battle of the promised conquest' and Holy Jihad reached 12,'' Sarie explained.

These operations, he noted, are in support of the Paleostinian people and their mujahideen, and are a direct response to the ongoing American, British, and Israeli aggression against Yemen.

The Armed Forces reiterated their unwavering support for the Paleostinian and Lebanese peoples, maintaining the naval blockade on the Israeli enemy, as well as conducting military operations and countering all hostile threats.

They emphasized that these operations will continue until the aggression stops, the blockade on 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 is lifted, and the aggression against Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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...
comes to an end.
Posted by: Fred || 11/09/2024 00:50 || Comments || Link || [11139 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  They’re getting their licks in while they can. I see MOAB in Yemen’s future!
Posted by: Unong Clunk8649 || 11/09/2024 4:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Just level Sana'a and the Yemenis will return to the thirteenth century where they belong.
Posted by: Albert Pelosi3459 || 11/09/2024 14:03 Comments || Top||


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Kurdish forces launch new anti-ISIS operation at al-Hol camp
[Rudaw] Security forces in northeast Syria (Rojava) on Wednesday launched a new security operation targeting 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) members in and around al-Hol camp amid an uptick in the bad boys’ activity.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), internal security forces (Asayish), and Women's Protection Units (YPJ) said in a joint statement from al-Hol that they launched "Operation Enduring Security" in response to "intensified" ISIS attacks in and near the camp.

Al-Hol camp holds around 40,000 people, including internally-displaced persons (IDPs) and foreigners, including many families of alleged ISIS members who have been detained by Rojava authorities.

The operation was prompted by a noted increase in ISIS activity in the region.

"These cells have carried out numerous terrorist attacks against the camp IDPs and security forces and planned other attacks that were thwarted and their operatives were captured," read the statement.

In the operation, 16 suspected ISIS members have been detained, reported Hawar News Agency, a local outlet close to Rojava officials.

"The operation aims to pursue ISIS remnants and collaborators within the camp and secure the rural areas near the camp," the joint statement added.

Siyamend Ali, head of the press office of the People’s Protection Units’s (YPG), announced in a post on X that the operation aims to prevent ISIS from using al-Hol as a base.

"This campaign aims to curb ISIS’s influence, prevent recruitment efforts, and secure the area for residents, reducing the risk of further violence and instability stemming from ISIS operatives who use the camp as a covert operational base," he said.

The operation is being carried out with the support of the US-led global coalition against ISIS, the joint statement said. The SDF, composed predominantly of the YPG, YPJ, and other local forces, is the partnered ground force of the coalition.

On Tuesday, the US military announced that in the last two months - in cooperation with local partners in Iraq and Syria - operations have resulted in "163 gunnies killed and 33 captured, including over 30 senior and mid-level ISIS leaders."

On Friday, the SDF announced that their forces conducted a security operation in al-Hol camp, "targeting an ISIS terrorist cell."
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/09/2024 2024-11-09 01:01 || Comments || Link || [11126 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Hezbollah launches strategic operations against Israeli military in northern occupied Palestine
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Islamic Resistance® in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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...
— Hezbollah continued to carry out strategic operations against Israeli military positions in northern occupied Paleostine and within the Israeli depth, achieving precise hits.

The Islamic Resistance® commenced its Friday operations early at 12:00 am, targeting a grouping of Israeli soldiers in Jal al-Hammar, south of the southern Lebanese town of Odeisseh, with artillery shells, resulting in confirmed hits, according to a statement.

Later at 1:20 am, Hezbollah said its Resistance® fighters launched a guided missile at an Israeli military bulldozer accompanied by infantry attempting to advance toward the Sari Heights in the northwest of the southern town of Kfar Kila.

The Lebanese group confirmed that the strike destroyed the bulldozer, resulting in casualties and injuries among its crew, and caused confirmed casualties within the accompanying forces.

As part of its ongoing Khaybar operations, under the call of ''Labbayka ya Nasrallah'' [Here we respond to your call, O' Nasrallah], the Islamic Resistance® targeted at 8:00 am the Stella Maris naval base located in northwest Haifa with a high-end barrage of rockets.

According to a statement by Hezbollah, Stella Maris acts as a strategic base for maritime monitoring and surveillance along the northern coast.

Also within the scope of Khaybar operations, Hezbollah simultaneously targeted the Ramat David base and airport, southeast of Haifa, with a high-end rocket barrage.

At 9:00 am, and as part of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance® to several settlements in the north, Hezbollah said its fighters targeted the settlement of Kiryat Shmona with a rocket barrage.

At 12:50 pm, the Islamic Resistance® said its fighters targeted a grouping of Israeli occupation forces in the Misgav Am settlement with a rocket barrage.

At 1:25 pm, Hezbollah fighters targeted another grouping in the Margaliot settlement with a rocket barrage.

The Islamic Resistance® reiterated that its operations come ''in support of our steadfast Paleostinian people 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...
and in solidarity with their honorable and courageous resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people.''
Posted by: Fred || 11/09/2024 00:47 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  "Strategic" in this case means "maybe you don't see any results, but we promise you we done good."
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/09/2024 9:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Someone post this?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/09/2024 12:54 Comments || Top||


US-UK aircraft launch airstrikes on Hodeidah
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The American-British aggression aircraft launched on Friday an aerial aggression on Hodeidah province in western of Yemen.

According to the Yemeni News Agency, Saba, the aggression aircraft conducted two airstrikes targeting the at-Tuhayat district.

There were no immediate reports of possible casualties or damage.

This aggression is part of the ongoing US-UK assaults on Yemen, aimed at deterring it from supporting the Resistance movements in Gaza and Lebanon.
Posted by: Fred || 11/09/2024 00:46 || Comments || Link || [11140 views] Top|| File under: Houthis



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