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Two Supreme Court judges shot dead in Tehran, Iranian judiciary says ...The judiciary identified the judges who were killed as ayatollahs Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini. Opposition websites have in the past said Moghiseh was involved in trials of people they described as political prisoners.
Throw the book at him. The little pipsqueak dared arrogate to himself decisions about America’s foreign policy and Israel’s survival!
Update: I’m told he got 6.5 years, which is absurd if true. This seems exactly the thing the new Trump guy should take an interest in.
[IsraelTimes] Asif William Rahman admits he illegally downloaded, printed and distributed classified information on several occasions; sentencing is scheduled for May
A CIA employee accused of leaking classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he willfully retained and transmitted national defense information, the US Department of Justice said.
In pleading guilty, Asif William Rahman, who worked at the US intelligence agency since 2016, acknowledged that he illegally downloaded, printed and distributed classified information on multiple occasions, including several in 2024.
In the spring of 2024, he printed five documents that were labeled as secret and top secret from his work computer and took them home, court records in the case said. He then reproduced and altered them and shared them with people who were not legally entitled to receive them. To hide his conduct, Rahman deleted his activity from his electronic devices, brought the records back to work and had them shredded.
A second time, in the autumn of 2024, the court filings said he printed another 10 documents with a top-secret classification, took them home, and shared them with others.
Then on Oct. 17, 2024, he printed two more documents related to plans by a US ally to strike a foreign adversary, the court records said.
Those documents, which entailed plans by Israel to strike Iran, later appeared online after a pro-Iranian Telegram account called "Middle East Spectator" published them. The strikes on Iranian military sites came in response to the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s ballistic missile barrage on Israel on October 1.
The documents, attributed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, noted that Israel was moving military assets in place to conduct its military strike, based on satellite imagery from October 15-16.
They were shareable within the "Five Eyes," an intelligence alliance comprised of the US, Great Britannia, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
The case was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Rahman, 34, is from Vienna, Virginia, and was arrested in Cambodia, according to court records. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 15.
Update the second from X at 9:40 a.m. ET:
CIA Analyst Admits to Leaking Israeli Strike Plans on Iran
Asif Rahman, a CIA analyst stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia, admitted in court today to leaking classified documents detailing Israel’s preparations for an attack on Iran in October. Charged with two counts of… pic.twitter.com/dvcLmT6AnK
…with two counts of sharing sensitive national security information, Rahman faces up to 20 years in prison.
Despite the maximum sentence, both sides have reportedly agreed to a plea deal of 6.5 years, which could be reduced further due to his admission of guilt. Prosecutors allege Rahman acted out of ideological motives and warned of the risk that he could leak additional classified documents.
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...I'm inclined to think that somebody may have explained to the lad that if you plead guilty now, we can lock you into a short sentence that likely can't be changed.
[IsraelTimes] The Paleostinian Authority has reached an agreement with the Jenin Battalion that will end over a month-long standoff in the northern West Bank city and adjacent refugee camp, a Paleostinian official confirms to The Times of Israel.
The PA has been conducting a counterterrorism operation in Jenin since last month, targeting the so-called Jenin Battalion, which is made up of operatives affiliated with terror groups such as Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... and 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... Ramallah has blamed Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... for funding and arming the Jenin Battalion and other armed factions throughout the West Bank. Fifteen Paleostinians were reportedly killed throughout the operation, including six members of the PA security forces, eight civilians, and one terror suspect. A handful of Jenin Battalion members have also been arrested by PA forces.
The gangs have gained significant prominence in the northern West Bank over the past several years, with the PA seen to have largely lost control over the area.
The PA launched its counterterrorism operation ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... ’s return to the White House, as it seeks to demonstrate its ability to maintain stability in the West Bank.
Early on in the operation, the Jenin Battalion managed to steal a pair of vehicles belonging to the PA security forces, who subsequently intensified the raid of the refugee camp.
While the operation has continued, the sides have held negotiations aimed at reaching a truce under which the gangs would hand over their weapons in exchange for immunity.
A deal was on the verge of being reached early this week, but talks blew up following a pair of Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in the camp on Tuesday and Wednesday that killed 12 people including civilians, two Paleostinian officials told The Times of Israel on Thursday.
The IDF had held off on conducting any strikes or raids in Jenin when the PA began its raid but ended that policy this week.
One of the Paleostinian officials speculated that the decision was pushed by far-right elements in the Israeli military and government who don’t want the PA to succeed in its effort.
The official said the strikes may have also been designed to scuttle the brewing truce — something that Ramallah believes would significantly calm tensions in the northern West Bank.
The talks resumed later Thursday, and the sides managed to reach an agreement Friday evening, the official says.
The deal requires specific members of the Jenin Battalion to hand over their weapons and allows the PA to operate freely in the refugee camp, the Paleostinian official says.
PA vehicles have already been filmed entering the refugee camp this evening with bomb-squad units to detonate explosives that the Jenin Battalion placed throughout the area to harm Israeli and PA forces.
UPDATE at 10:50 a.m. ET: For interception details, see Old Salty and Grom ‘s comments below.
[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 announced a series of coordinated military operations targeting Israeli and US assets. According to the statement, these actions were in response to ongoing aggression in the region.
The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces, with the help of Allah Almighty, carried out a military operation, striking vital targets for the Israeli enemy in Eilat area, south of occupied Paleostine, with four winged missiles and hitting achieving direct hits, according to a statement read on Friday by the military front man Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e in a direct address to the Yemenis holding their weekly rallies in Sana'a.
Moreover, the UAVs Force carried out two military operations against vital targets in Tel Aviv with three drones and Ashkelon with one drone, achieving direct hits as well, General Sare'e added.
''These three operations coincided with a fourth military operation carried out by the Yemeni Armed Forces' naval forces, targeting the American aircraft carrier 'USS Harry S. Truman' in the northern Red Sea with a number of drones. This targeting of the carrier is the seventh since its arrival in the Red Sea. The operation achieved its goals successfully, thanks to Allah.''
''The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm their readiness for any developments or American-Israeli escalation against our country and that they will continue to monitor the developments of the situation 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 will take appropriate escalation options in the event that the enemy breaks the agreement or escalates its operations against the oppressed Paleostinian people in Gaza,'' the statement added.
''The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm to the Paleostinian people and their dear Mujahideen that the Yemeni people, their leadership, army and people, are with you and by your side, whatever the repercussions and results are, and will not abandon Paleostine and its just cause until every inch of it is land is liberated and the Israeli enemy is expelled from all of Paleostine.''
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I haven’t seen any reports today or yesterday about that, Grom, have you? I realize that the news media are obsessing about the hudna, but you’d think they’d notice a huge explosion if it actually happened.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said on Friday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Strip has risen to 46,876, with 110,642 wounded.
''The Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres in Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours killing 88 Palestinian citizens and injuring 189 others,'' the ministry said in its daily report.
There are still a number of missing people under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them, according to the report.
Sadly, nobody cares. Especially not the Hamas government and all the vicious idiots protesting around the world.
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[NYPOST] Israel's full Cabinet on Saturday approved the long-awaited cease-fire deal with Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... that will halt the fighting 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 allow for the release of dozens of hostages held captive by the terrorist group for 15 months.
Prime Minister's Benjamin Netanyahu's 33-member cabinet signed off on the deal hours after the smaller security cabinet voted to move forward with the agreement that could open the door to permanent peace in the Paleostinian territory.
The cabinet debated for hours into early Saturday and well past the start of the Jewish Sabbath — an emphasis on the importance of the situation — before the high-stakes deal was accepted.
Macron’s announcement comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that the release of hostages held in Gaza since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel is expected to begin on Sunday as planned.
“Our fellow citizens Ofer Calderon and Ohad Yahalomi are on the list of 33 hostages to be freed in the first phase of the Gaza accord,” Macron says in a social media post.
“We remain mobilized without pause to ensure their return to their families,” he writes.
Notorious Fatah terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi to be freed in first phase of hostage-ceasefire deal
[IsraelTimes] Notorious Fatah terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, who was part of a prison break from a high-security detention facility in northern Israel in 2021 before he and the other escapees were again apprehended, is included on the Justice Ministry’s list of Palestinian security prisoners that Israel is slated to release in the first stage of the hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas.
The list in Hebrew published online states that Zubeidi will not be sent abroad, allowing him to return home to the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where he was the commander of Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
The IDF last year killed his son Mohammed alongside several other gunmen in a drone strike, describing the younger Zubeidi as “prominent terrorist from the Jenin area,” which has been a hotbed of terror activity over the past year.
Nobody cares, guys — nobody wants you, not even your own people in the West Bank.
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The IDF will do a better job killing these bastards upon release this time. What are bookies saying. It will only be minutes before one or more are sent to paradise (Hell) after being set loose. Head shots please and no world class surgeons need be present to keep them from the cold embrace of death they yearn.
I think there should have been a provision in the agreement to keep them from doing that. It should be grounds for burning the agreement and a fresh wave of bombings...not to mention continuing missiles from Yemen and Iran.
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[IsraelTimes] Syria’s public security directorate announces that it foiled an attempt to smuggle arms into Lebanon via an illegal border crossing in the Tartous area.
Images released by Syrian media show a shipment of rifles, grenade launchers, Iranian Shahed drones, and other weapons that were captured and seized by authorities.
Israel has been concerned that weapons from the former Assad regime in Syria could be sent to the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon. The IDF has also struck several border crossings between Syria and Lebanon to prevent arms from reaching the Lebanese terror group.
[IsraelTimes] Only peacekeepers, Lebanese military should be in the area, says Guterres, calling for end to Israeli ‘occupation’; Macron, Aoun also demand IDF withdraw, as Jan. 26 deadline looms
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that UN peacekeepers have discovered more than “100 weapons caches” belonging to Hezbollah and its allies in south Lebanon since the November 27 ceasefire between Israel and the terror group.
Well done, O UNIFIL peacekeepers! So did you destroy the caches in place, give the nasty things back to their original owners, give them to the Lebanese army (many of whose soldiers double dip on the Hezbollah payroll), or did you back away quickly and forget exactly where on the map this latest find is located?
Guterres, speaking near the Israeli border, and French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking in Beirut, also called on Israel to withdraw from south Lebanon.
Have Hezbollah and the Lebanese army both fulfilled the conditions of the hudna? Israel’s withdrawal is contingent on both of them doing what was promised. Nobody expects UNIFIL to do more than look pretty, since they have refused to do more than that since the last time Israel withdrew.
Guterres reiterated that under the November 27 agreement, Lebanese government forces and UNIFIL peacekeepers are the only parties entitled to bear arms in Lebanon south of the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the border with Israel.
In an apparent reference to Israel and Hezbollah, Guterres said that the “presence of armed personnel, assets and weapons” in south Lebanon — other than those of the Lebanese army and the UNIFIL peacekeeping force — would “undermine Lebanon’s stability” and also violate UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
Never mind Hezbollah and the Lebanese army violating 1701 every day until the IDF had to go back over the border.
Guterres, who spoke on a visit to the UNIFIL headquarters in southern Lebanon’s Naqura, near the Israeli border, said Israel’s operations inside Lebanon “must stop.”
“The continued occupation by the Israel [military] inside the UNIFIL area operations and the conduct of military operations in Lebanese territory are violations of Resolution 1701,” said Guterres, who also met with Macron in Beirut on Friday.
Resolution 1701 requires Hezbollah to withdraw permanently north of the Litani River. Have they done so?
Israel has said its operations in south Lebanon were in response to Hezbollah’s violations of the ceasefire, and accused UNIFIL and the Lebanese military of failing to enforce both Resolution 1701 and the November 27 agreement.
Under the agreement, the IDF is required to cede all of its positions in southern Lebanon to Lebanese and UNIFIL forces within 60 days, by January 26. At the same time, Hezbollah is required to retreat north of the Litani.
The agreement, which ended almost 14 months of war, allows Israel to act against imminent threats by Hezbollah, while less imminent threats are to be referred to a five-member committee comprising representatives of the United States, France, Lebanon, Israel and UNIFIL.
Macron, whose government helped broker the deal, called on Israel on Friday to accelerate its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
“We need a total withdrawal of the Israeli army,” Macron said, speaking in Beirut alongside Lebanon’s new president, Joseph Aoun, who also stressed the “importance of consolidating the [Israel-Hezbollah] ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal,” according to an X post by the Lebanese presidency.
Macron said France supports “the increased power of the Lebanese armed forces and their deployment in the south.”
“The Lebanese Armed Forces constitute a pillar of the sovereignty of Lebanon,” added Macron.
Prove it.
He also hailed Aoun’s election, saying it represented the possibility of a new path for Lebanon and that “the true, authentic Lebanon has returned.”
That would be really nice.
Macron is the first foreign head of state to visit Lebanon since Aoun’s election, which was supported by France, the United States and Saudi Arabia. As a former French protectorate, Beirut has strong historical ties with Paris.
Aoun had led the LAF until the Lebanese parliament elected him head of state on January 9, ending a two-year vacancy.
Aoun’s appointment signaled a shift in Lebanon’s power balance after Iran-backed Hezbollah was left deeply weakened by its war with Israel.
The new president has vowed to uphold the Lebanese government’s monopoly on the right to bear arms — a thinly veiled threat against Hezbollah, the only group in Lebanon that refused to surrender its weapons to the state following the 1975-1990 civil war.
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“We need a total withdrawal of the Israeli army,” Macron said..." So says the leader of a nation that cut and ran out of Lebanon after serving nearly 1,000 years as its protector.
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