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I don't know if anybody watched ABC News Live this afternoon, but if you did I hope you saw what I saw.
P.Trump was reading and signing Executive orders, listening to a reporter's question, context switching to conversationally answer another question and directing the stage staff, "... give me another one". Simultaneously. In realtime. Establishing eye contact with everyone.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] ''In support of the oppressed Paleostinian people and their fighters, and in response to the recent massacres committed against our brothers 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 as part of the fifth phase of support in the battle of the Promised Conquest and Holy Jihad:
The Air Force, Missile Force, and Naval Forces of 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, with the help of Allah, conducted a joint military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier ''USS Harry S. Truman'' and several accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea. This operation utilized several drones and cruise missiles and marks the eighth attack on the carrier since its arrival in the Red Sea. I wonder if the carrier crew noticed?
The operation successfully achieved its objectives, thanks to Allah. The American aircraft carrier was forced to leave the theater of operations.
The Yemeni Armed Forces warn all hostile forces in the Red Sea against committing any aggression against our country during the Gaza ceasefire period. Any such aggression will be met with decisive and unprecedented military operations against these forces without limits or red lines.''
[GEO.TV] In efforts to secure the roads and establish lasting peace in the restive Kurram district, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to take "indiscriminate and stringent action" against miscreants involved in attacks on relief convoys and deputy commissioner.
The decision was taken in a high-level meeting, which was attended by provincial chief secretary, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Akhtar Hayat Khan and civil and coppers, KP government spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif said in a statement.
"Action against such miscreants in affected areas is indispensable," he said, vowing to ensure the implementation of a peace agreement within the two warring tribes as per the law.
Kurram has been wracked by violence for decades, but around 150 people have been killed in a fresh round of fighting which started in November last year when two separate convoys travelling under police escort were ambushed, leaving 40 people dead.
Despite the peace agreement reached on January 1, there have been repeated attacks on convoys and vehicles in the Bagan area and its surroundings, including a assassination on Deputy Commissioner Javedullah Mehsud.
Last week, bandidosLions of Islam ambushed a convoy of 35 vehicles set to resupply local traders in the restive territory with rice, flour, cooking oil and essential medicine, which claimed the lives of at least 8 people, including security personnel, drivers and civilians. Retaliatory action by security forces resulted in the killing of six assailants.
In the statement issued today, Barrister Saif regretted that some miscreants have "infiltrated" among the peace-loving people of Kurram.
[GEO.TV] Five bad boyz were potted as security forces thwarted an infiltration attempt along the Pakistain-Afghanistan border ...also known as Pashtunistan, home of ignorance, poverty, and automatic weapons... 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... 's Zhob district, the military's media wing said on Sunday.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that they noticed the movement of a group of bad boys, who were trying to infiltrate through the Pak-Afghanistan border in the general area of Sambaza, Zhob district on the night between January 18-19.
''Own troops effectively engaged and thwarted their attempt to infiltrate. Resultantly, five Khwarij were sent to hell.''
Pakistain has consistently been asking the interim Afghan government to ensure effective border management on their side of the border, according to the ISPR.
It further said: ''Interim Afghan government is expected to fulfil its obligations and deny the use of Afghan soil by Khwarij for perpetuating acts of terrorism against Pakistain.''
Security forces of Pakistain remain committed to securing its borders and eliminating the menace of terrorism from the country, said ISPR.
Situation normal, then, because Turkish President Erdogan is determined to finish off the Kurds before he leaves office — feet first, if he has his way.
[Rudaw] Nearly daily festivities in northern Duhok province have left local populations afraid to leave their villages, even to tend their livestock, a local chieftain said on Saturday.
"Forty-something people in our area have been martyred for no reason and people are afraid to go out in their villages, even in Deraluk. In spring and winter, people tend to go out more often around the Deraluk subdistrict for some tea with their families... even this is dangerous now," Tahir Rashaveyi, chieftain (mukhtar) of Rashava village told Rudaw on Saturday.
His village is located in the Amedi district of northern Duhok province where Ottoman Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) frequently clash.
Rashaveyi said the situation started deteriorating four or five months earlier and now there are Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s, shelling, and machine gun fire almost daily.
"There is heavy fighting in our area. Our people are very afraid, especially women and kiddies," he said.
Most of the villagers work as farmers, but are too afraid to tend to their herds or lands. Up to 50 villages along the road from Shiladize to Deraluk have been affected, according to the chieftain.
More than 500 villages in the Kurdistan Region have been emptied due to the conflict between The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... and the PKK, a Kurdish gang that has bases in the mountains of the Kurdistan Region.
Founded in 1978, the PKK initially called for the establishment of an independent Kurdistan but now calls for autonomy. The group is designated a terrorist organization by Turkey.
Turkey began intensifying its decades-long war against the PKK in Duhok province last summer, looking to secure the border region.
In November, Ottoman Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said that the army had "secured" the key Zap area, which was one of the last remaining routes for the PKK to move from the Kurdistan Region into Turkey.
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They tried that in Lebanon, too. Inshallah means you don’t have to worry that the soldiers will shoot you for breaking the agreed-upon rules, I guess.
[IsraelTimes] Carrying their personal belongings, displaced residents of the Strip celebrate deal; hundreds of aid trucks enter enclave from Egypt
Thousands of displaced, war-weary Gazooks set off across the devastated Paleostinian territory to return to their homes on Sunday, after a long-awaited truce between Israel and Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... went into effect following an initial delay.
The ceasefire began nearly three hours later than scheduled, during which time Israel’s military said it was continuing to operate 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... , with the territory’s Hamas-run civil defense agency reporting 19 people killed and 25 maimed in bombardments.
Thousands of Gazooks carrying tents, clothes and their personal belongings were seen heading back to their homes, after more than 15 months of war — started by the terror group Hamas — that displaced the vast majority of the territory’s population, in many cases more than once.
In the northern area of Jabalia, hundreds of Gazooks streamed down a sandy path, returning to an apocalyptic landscape dotted with piles of rubble and destroyed buildings.
In the main southern city of Khan Younis, people celebrated their pending homecoming.
"I’m very, very happy," said Wafa al-Habeel. "I want to go back and kiss the ground and the soil of Gaza. I am longing for Gaza (City) and longing for our loved ones."
Although the terms of the deal place no restrictions in general on when Gazooks can return to their homes, it does stipulate that movement from the south to the north will only be permitted on day seven of the truce. The IDF established a humanitarian zone for nearly two million displaced Gazooks in the south of the enclave.
The truce had been scheduled to begin at 0630 GMT (8:30 a.m.) but was held up for hours after Hamas failed to provide on time a list of the three hostages who were to be freed on the first day.
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... , a mediator of the truce, later confirmed it had gone into effect.
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...IMO: Muslims are vermin. Arabs are vermin squared. "Palestinians" and the rest of Muslims outside Dar, are vermin cubed. Globalists are vermin^4.
[IsraelTimes] The Yesh Din rights group says four settler attacks on Palestinians have taken place this evening.
Yesh Din is like the Human Rights Watch of Israel. Nonetheless, this seems out of line to me.
In one previously reported attack in Sinjil, two houses were torched along with four vehicles.
In Ein Sinya, settlers set a house on fire.
In Turmusaya, dozens of settlers hurled stones at civilians and damaged property.
On the West Bank’s main north-south highway Route 60, settlers are hurling stones at passing Palestinian vehicles, the group says.
“This is the message the Israeli government and Defense Minister Katz send when they seek to ‘strengthen and encourage’ the settlements: Settler violence against innocent Palestinians without a response from the security forces,” Yesh Din says in a statement.
Last week, Defense Minister Israel Katz released all 16 Israeli Jews who were under administration detention due to their alleged involvement in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. Katz argued that it was better for settlers to be able to rejoice amid the hostage deal, rather than only the families of Palestinian terrorists slated for release.
The Shin Bet was not consulted in the move and warned that it could further destabilize the West Bank.
Thousands of Palestinians and dozens of Israeli Arabs remain under administration detention.
[IsraelTimes] While the hostage deal was being implemented in Gaza, a group of Israeli settlers raided the Palestinian village of Sinjil, torching a home and two vehicles, including one that was holding gas containers, which caused a major blast, Palestinian media reports.
Palestinian media reports that an 86-year-old man had been in the home that was torched but was rescued in time and is being rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the #Gaza Strip after a long-awaited truce between #Israel and Hamas came into effect, the UN says.https://t.co/vJpVKERigw
United Nations humanitarian officials say that more than 630 trucks of humanitarian aid have entered the Gaza Strip, in implementation of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
In a post on social media platform X, Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, says that over 630 trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, with at least 300 of them bringing humanitarian assistance into the north.
And no doubt all involved feel terribly noble for doing so. But the Hamas warehouses were already stuffed to bursting with supplies Hamas was selling at a huge mark-up to the populace they’ve deliberately kept cold and starving for propaganda purposes — where on earth are they going to put what’s coming in now? More from the Times of Israel:
The UN did not give details on where the shipments entered Gaza, but an Egyptian source speaking on condition of anonymity said that “197 trucks of aid and five of fuel entered through the crossing of Kerem Shalom between Israel and Gaza and that of al-Oga” and Nitzana between Egypt and Israel.
Some of the trucks were carrying prefabricated housing units.
That’s actually a good idea. Kudos to whoever thought of it, and also to whoever funded it.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said 600 trucks a day would enter Gaza after the ceasefire took effect, including 50 carrying fuel.
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[Rudaw] Four civilians have been killed and more were injured in drone strikes on Tishreen Dam in northern Syria on Saturday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stated. This is the third attack on civilians at the site this month amid fears the dam could collapse.
“For the third day in a row, Turkish warplanes and UCAVs [unmanned combat aerial vehicles] have continued to target the civilian demonstrators at the Tishreen Dam, southeast of Manbij. Today, the strikes targeted the dam's structure, resulting in the martyrdom of four civilians and injuries to 15 others,” SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami wrote on X.
An ambulance transporting the wounded was also targeted, killing everyone inside, said Shami.
He shared videos of injured people lying on the ground and receiving first aid.
The conflict monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the strikes also caused material damage.
“A Turkish drone bombed, with two strikes, a gathering of residents present on the Tishreen Dam, east of Aleppo, which resulted in the injury of three people and caused significant material damage to the area, amid calls to stop bombing the dam for fear of its collapse,” it reported.
Tishreen Dam has been the focus of attacks by Turkey and Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) militants for the past month.
There are fears the structure could collapse and the administration of north and east Syria last week appealed to the international community to halt the attacks.
The dam on the Euphrates River provides electricity to much of northeast Syria (Rojava). The SDF took control of the facility from the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015 with the help of American troops.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has also expressed concern over the humanitarian implications of attacks on the dam.
Two separate convoys of civilians going to the dam to protest the attacks have come under attack earlier this month, with several people killed and injured.
Turkey claims that there are Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members within the ranks of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), the backbone of the SDF. Ankara has designated both as terrorist groups.
Speaking at a political event in Mersin on Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened the YPG.
"We have zero tolerance for the YPG terrorist organization, which occupies one-third of the country (Syria). We will soon take steps to resolve this issue once and for all," he said, according to Anadolu Agency.
Also on Saturday, SOHR said that airstrikes targeted a school and a car repair shop in the countryside surrounding the border town of Kobane.
Turkish forces and their Syrian allies also bombed villages around Hasaka with heavy artillery, according to the war monitor.
[NAHARNET] Lebanese authorities are holding two U.S. citizens on suspicion of gathering information in Beirut's southern suburbs, considered a Hezbollah stronghold, officials said.
Even odds they were just tourists with really low emotional intelligence, going where angels fear to tread. Odd odds they really are spies who went through DEI training instead of spy craft classes. Let them be grateful that scary President Trump will be sworn in today, so they won’t have to rely on the Biden administration State Department to advocate for them, whichever is true.
The U.S. citizens were carrying cameras and smartphones, and drew the suspicion of Hezbollah members who detained them before handing them over to Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... 's military intelligence for questioning. That's according to two Lebanese judicial officials and a security official.
They’re very fortunate they didn’t accidentally fall down a highrise staircase on their way to the handover…
A U.S. Embassy official, when asked whether two Americans have been detained in Beirut, responded by saying: ''We are aware of the case but have nothing further to add.''
All four officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the security matter with the media.
Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar, which is close to Hezbollah, first reported about the detention, saying two Americans in their early 30s were detained Tuesday at a shawarma restaurant close to a compound run by Hezbollah.
Al-Akhbar said the two men entered Lebanon on Monday, rented a car and were staying at a hotel in central Beirut.
The Lebanese judicial and security officials said the men went for two days to eat at restaurants in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Iran-backed Hezbollah has deep support in Beirut's southern suburbs and in the country's south — areas that Israel repeatedly bombed last fall during the war with Hezbollah. A shaky ceasefire has been in effect since late November.
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[NAHARNET] The U.N. peacekeeping chief says Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... 's armed forces have significantly increased their deployment in the south near the border with Israel over the past two months.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix spoke to the U.N. Security Council in a video briefing from Beirut.
He said Lebanese troops have moved into 93 locations in the south since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah began on Nov. 27. That's up from an estimated 10 locations south of the Litani River at the time of the truce, he said.
As part of the government's plan to deploy an additional 6,000 troops to the south, he said, 262 new recruits have arrived, another 673 are undergoing training and an additional 600 are undergoing pre-recruitment screening.
Lacroix echoed U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... , who is also visiting Lebanon, in urging Israeli forces to withdraw without delay.
The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire gave Israeli forces and Hezbollah two months to leave southern Lebanon and hand over control to the Lebanese Army and U.N. peacekeepers.
''With 10 days until the end of the stated 60-day period for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, however, Israeli demolitions of tunnels, buildings, and agricultural land continue,'' he said. ''Some Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s have also been reported, as have ongoing violations of Lebanese airspace.''
Israel has said its actions are targeting Hezbollah assets and personnel, Lacroix said, but the presence of Israeli forces in Lebanon is a violation of the Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
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A court in #Iran has sentenced popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death on appeal after he was convicted of blasphemy, local media report.https://t.co/pP4rG3HPpX
🚨 Breaking: Following the assassination of two of Iran's 🇮🇷 Supreme Court judges by a court guard, today for the first time Supreme Leader Khamenei prayed while wearing a bulletproof vest 👇
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[GEO.TV] Five 
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..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....
