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The nurse insignia without back disc indicates officer rank and the glint at the end of the shoulder boards would indicate a lieutenant, but the insignia on the hat would be a eagle for the American uniform.
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@#3: Cutout "US" (no circle around it) was and is worn by the Officer Corps.
Single "bar" on shoulder loops = Lieutenant.
Gold = Second "Louie"
Silver = First.
"N" on the Caduceus = Nurse
First I've seen wearing the Caduceus on headgear where the Eagle typically is, but as Procopius2k cites, the Eagle insignia is worn by American personnel. A circle around a smaller Eagle = enlisted, a larger Eagle without the enclosing circle = officer.
Gold Eagle = Army
Silver = USAF
Gold and Silver = Navy Officer
Gold Anchor = USN Petty Officer
Black = USMC.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn back into office, Texas ramped up its border security efforts, deploying additional floating barriers along the Rio Grande.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott shared footage of the massive buoys being installed at the Texas-Mexico border, in a move aimed at deterring illegal crossings.
'I look forward to continuing to work closely with President Trump to secure the border,' Abbott declared on X/Twitter, adding, 'AMERICA IS BACK!'
The floating barriers, part of Texas's controversial border enforcement program, have been at the center of legal and political battles. In 2023, the Biden Administration sued Texas, arguing that the barriers violated federal law.
While a district court initially ruled in favor of the federal government, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that decision, allowing Texas to expand the use of the buoys.
In November, Abbott announced plans to extend the barriers near Eagle Pass, a hotspot for migrant crossings, and now with Trump back in the White House, the governor is doubling down on his border security measures.
It comes after White House border czar Tom Homan said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's mass deportation has begun as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers can now arrest illegal immigrants in churches and schools.
[FoxNews] The announcement came a day after President Trump dismissed Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Lee Fagan
The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday announced the deployment of personnel and equipment to various maritime borders in the United States, a day after President Donald Trump dismissed the military branch's leader.
In a statement, Coast Guard Acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday said coast guardsmen would work to detect and deter illegal migration in support of Trump's executive orders issued this week.
"The U.S. Coast Guard is the world’s premiere maritime law enforcement agency, vital to protecting America’s maritime borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty," Lunday said. "Per the President’s Executive Orders, I have directed my operational commanders to immediately surge assets—cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces—to increase Coast Guard presence and focus…"
[ShabelleMedia] Æthiopian forces have withdrawn from several military bases in the Dinsoor district of the Bay region, raising concerns among local residents about the potential return of al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... holy warriors, officials confirmed Tuesday.
The reasons for the withdrawal from this isolated town in South West State, located 266 kilometers from Mogadishu, remain unclear. Dinsoor has been inaccessible by land for over a decade.
No immediate comment was available from South West State administration officials regarding the troop movement. Æthiopian forces have managed security in Dinsoor since 2015. This withdrawal coincides with the start of the new African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) this month, which has replaced the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Notably, Æthiopia is not participating in the new mission.
The Darawish forces of South West State, with known limited capabilities, might struggle to fill the security vacuum left by the departing Æthiopian troops in the Bay and Bakool regions, areas often described as some of the most perilous in Somalia due to al-Shabaab’s activities.
The Federal Government of Somalia, which is transitioning to assume security duties from foreign troops under the AUSSOM framework, has yet to comment on the Æthiopian troops’ withdrawal. This development adds complexity to Somalia’s ongoing security challenges.
[Garowe] A senior member of the ISIS holy warriors surrendered to the Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... Defence Forces on Tuesday, bigwigs said, while lauding the ongoing operations against the group which had started expanding territory in the northern state of Somalia.
For the last three weeks, Puntland security forces have been pursuing the holy warriors in Bari region in the first major operation by the state targeting the group whose presence in the country hinders growth and development.
According to local officials, the senior murderous Moslem whose name was not immediately disclosed, surrendered to forces in Puntland in the Bari mountains, where local authorities had previously announced amnesty for those who surrendered voluntarily.
Under the offer, any murderous Moslem who surrenders without being captured in combat will be spared. The operation is still ongoing as the Federal state focuses on the total elimination of the murderous Moslems, who the United States said posed a serious threat to security in the Horn of Africa.
Last week, several ISIS holy warriors were killed among them imported muscle, who are said to have crossed over secretly to the country. At least 10 holy warriors were killed with the forces managing to intercept 12 drones used by the group.
There are some reports that a landmine explosion Monday killed at least 13 Puntland soldiers and injured more than seven others in the Habley area, Bari region. The current operation saw the capture of key bases belonging to ISIS and the troops continued their offensive in al-Miskaad.
Military sources say the soldiers who were engaged in counter-terrorism operations against ISIS holy warriors in the region were killed after their military vehicle ran over an bomb. The ISIS is said to have carried out the attack but it is yet to take responsibility.
Puntland is considered the most secure state in Somalia but it has been handling violent mostly peaceful holy warrior groups, key among them ISIS. There are traces of al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... in the south towards Galkayo, but the local troops have managed to contain the situation.
Somalia: Puntland forces capture 9 drones, kill 26 ISIS militants
14-01-2025,
[Garowe] Operation Lightning continued for the second week in succession, with Puntland Defence Forces making tremendous progress towards the eastern parts of the state, with the ultimate goal being dethroning the IS-Somalia militants.
According to military sources, the Puntland forces managed to capture nine drones — including both surveillance and explosive-laden types intended for attacks on military bases. Officials termed to operation "a huge success".
The seizure came after a clash with Islamic State militants in which the forces also recaptured key strategic areas in the Al-Miskaad mountains previously used as launch sites for attacks.
During the clashes, at least 26 militants were killed, including five foreigners while capturing two major ISIS bases and downing nine drones in an operation in the Cal Miskaad mountain range in the Bari region, an operations spokesperson said on Monday.
The offensive marks a significant blow to ISIS operations in the area, with the seizure of the bases and the downing of surveillance or attack drones indicating a tactical success for Puntland's security forces.
ISIS militants have suffered immense losses in recent weeks after President Said Abdullahi Deni unveiled operations against the militants. The IS Somalia militants have been expanding their bases beyond the Bari region, miles from Bosaso town.
A report published by the State Department of the United States termed the group "dangerous" and warned about the possible expansion of their territories. The group is also said to be recruiting foreign fighters who benefit from weapons tendered from abroad.
However, the operation by the Puntland forces has managed to neutralize quite a number of the fighters besides liberating several strategic towns. Puntland is considered the safest state within Somalia, with the rest battling with the high presence of the Al-Shabaab militants
Among the items seized was a Saudi passport belonging to a fighter who reportedly entered Somalia through the Ethiopian border, passed through Somaliland, and eventually reached Bari’s mountainous regions. Other captured items included bank cards used by the militants for ATM cash withdrawals.
The operation also led to the capture of ISIS fighters, including foreign nationals, though their countries of origin remain officially undisclosed. Reports suggest they hail from Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco, and Tanzania.
The Puntland military confirmed the destruction of ISIS supply depots and command centers while recovering stockpiles of weapons and food supplies. This marks a significant blow to ISIS, which established a foothold in the Cal-Miskaad mountains in 2015 under the leadership of Abdulqadir Mumin.
Puntland has intensified its military campaign to eradicate ISIS from the Cal-Madow and Cal-Miskaad ranges. The offensive also aims to halt the group’s taxation of businesses in Bosaso, a major economic hub critical to the funding of militant operations in the region.
The current military operation follows recent clashes in Dharjaalle, where eight foreign ISIS fighters were reportedly killed, further weakening the group’s presence in Puntland.
13/01/2025
[ShabelleMedia] A Chinese-owned fishing vessel hijacked off the Somali coast in November has been set free with its 18-member crew, the Chinese Embassy in Somalia said Monday.
The embassy said in a statement posted on X that the crew was rescued Monday following "the unremitting efforts of the Chinese government."
"The Chinese side strongly condemns this vicious action which threatened the safety of the crew and international navigation security, and will continue to firmly safeguard the lawful rights of Chinese citizens and enterprises overseas," the statement said.
The ship and its crew were hijacked in late November and taken to Xaafuun district in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... , a territory in Somalia’s northeast. The pirates who took the ship later demanded a ransom of $10 million.
It was not immediately clear if the money was paid.
The embassy statement said "the Chinese side maintained close consultation and coordination" with federal authorities in Somalia as well as the regional government of Puntland in efforts to rescue the ship and its crew.
The hijacking underscored the persistent challenges of maritime security in Somalia’s waters. Somalia has for years been blighted by piracy, which peaked in 2011 when the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... says more than 160 attacks were recorded off the Somali coast.
Incidents have declined drastically since then, however, largely due to the presence of American and allied navies in international waters.
[IsraelTimes] Jewish community leader say officials finally taking issue seriously after months of mounting attacks, but many skeptical, with special operation netting only single arrest so far
Police in Australia believe a string of antisemitic attacks, including the torching of a daycare center in Sydney early Tuesday morning, may be coordinated by foreign actors, as authorities struggle to contain the scourge.
Sounds like Iranian sock-puppets.
Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw said Tuesday that a special anti-terror operation set up to combat serious antisemitic crimes was actively investigating 15 serious allegations, though only a single person has been arrested thus far. There have also been dozens of arrests by local police in Victoria and New South Wales, the Australian government said.
On Thursday, police announced that they had charged a suspect under Avalite for the first time, accusing a 44-year-old man from the Sydney suburb of Blacktown of making death threats against a Jewish organization online.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a snap meeting of the national cabinet Tuesday to discuss the issue following the daycare center attack, a move opposition parties and Jewish community leaders have been demanding for weeks. Officials there agreed to establish a national database to track antisemitic incidents and behaviors in order to better coordinate responses across different departments and states.
Jeremy Leibler, president of the Zionist Federation of Australia, said Australia’s politicianship was finally starting to understand the severity of the problem after failing to properly address mounting anti-Jewish incidents for over a year, much of it thought tied to Israel’s war against the Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... terror group in 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.
Attacks have included anti-Jewish and anti-Israel graffiti smeared on properties or vehicles in areas with large Jewish populations, and arson attacks on synagogues in Sydney and Melbourne.
The latest attack occurred just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning when a childcare center adjacent to a synagogue in the Sydney neighborhood of Maroubra was Molotov cocktailed and graffitied with the message "Fuck the Jews." The building was unoccupied at the time and there were no reports of injuries.
Two other synagogues in and around Sydney were vandalized with hate messages earlier this month and police say the assailants attempted to Molotov cocktail one of the buildings.
And last week, a Sydney home previously owned by senior Jewish community leader Alex Ryvchin was vandalized, with two cars set on fire.
Ryvchin said authorities believed he had been deliberately targeted. "Thank God they didn’t have my current address," he said. "This is what’s happening in Australia now."
The attacks have persisted despite officials, including Albanese, promising tough action following an arson attack that gutted the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in December.
"This is now a pattern, and police are pretty confident now that this is coordinated, Leibler said. "The country’s politicianship is beginning to realize that this is serious."
In a statement Tuesday, Kershaw said Australian Federal Police were investigating the possibility that overseas actors were paying small-time Mister Bigs to carry out attacks against the Jewish community and whether young people who had been radicalized online were behind the incidents.
Kershaw noted that payments may have been made in cryptocurrency, making it harder to track.
The pattern of foreign actors paying locals — usually via cryptocurrency — to carry out acts of petty vandalism and setting cars on fire could dovetail with a similar phenomenon in Israel. According to the Shin Bet security agency, dozens of Israelis have been arrested in recent months for accepting money from figures in 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... to graffiti cars and walls with anti-Israel or pro-Iran messages, and to torch cars.
A similar phenomenon has also been reported in Europe, with Russia accused of recruiting locals to commit arson attacks and other acts of sabotage in a bid to undermine support for Ukraine.
Australian officials did not elaborate on the avenue of investigation, but Kershaw said the antisemitic attacks had been brought up with the Five Eyes, a high profile intelligence sharing network between Australia, the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand.
"Regardless, it all points to the same motivation: demonising and intimidating the Jewish community," he said in the statement, promising that more suspects would be charged as more evidence is gathered.
Many in Australia’s Jewish community of some 120,000 are angry at the government over its inability to stem the attacks until now and skeptical that much will change.
"The government seems to be well-intentioned and genuinely wants to address antisemitism, but they are playing catch-up from its failure to speak out strongly and take these actions more than a year ago," Leibler said, adding that upcoming federal elections in May had helped put pressure on the government to take stronger steps.
Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, lamented that the attacks had "become the new normal for Australia."
"It has become part of who we are as a country, and I can’t comprehend how we have gotten to this point," he said.
Though the attacks have generally not caused serious bodily harm, he noted that the vandals were literally playing with fire, as with the torching of cars outside his old home in Sydney, which had threatened the non-Jewish family that now lives in there.
"Two cars were set alight, and the flames were sky-high and could have easily spread to the house itself," he said. "This was at 4 a.m., when families were sleeping, and our old next-door neighbor, a man in his 80s, went out and starting battling the flames with his garden hose. He could have been killed."
He noted that a car belonging to a Jewish couple next door had been daubed with paint reading "Fuck the Jews" on one side and "Fuck Israel" on the other.
"I think that’s quite poetic, like two sides of the same coin," Ryvchin quipped.
To tackle the incidents, Australia’s Federal Police in December launched Special Operation Avalite, tasking 21 counter-terrorism police and experts to investigate threats against the Australian Jewish community.
Kershaw said the operation had received 166 reports, but many were duplicates, were under investigation by local authorities, or were not criminal, leaving 15 allegations for the taskforce to probe.
Ryvchin said the operation had yet to prove itself effective.
"You can only judge a program like that by its outcomes, such as preventing or disrupting attacks or arresting those who commit them," he said. "None of these are being achieved. We aren’t seeing any thwarted attacks, and there are still no arrests on any of the major attacks."
On Thursday, police announced that they had charged a suspect under Avalite for the first time, accusing a 44-year-old man from the Sydney suburb of Blacktown of making death threats against a Jewish organization online.
Golly. That’s it, then — they’ve fixed the problem.
[Breitbart] At least two people have been killed, including a child, in a mass stabbing at a historic but now crime-plagued park in a Bavarian town.
UPDATE 1600 — Suspect known to police, ’mentally ill’
The 28-year-old Afghan suspect was already known to police and "mentally disturbed", local German language newspaper Main-Echo carries in its latest updates on the Aschaffenburg attack. They state security service sources who say the man was a registered refugee and that a local refugee accommodation had been searched by police after the attack, but emphasise no officially confirmation of these assertions has yet been forthcoming.
Apparently, police are still not discussing any motives.
Understandably, the stress of responding to a crime scene with dead and gravely injured children has been so traumatic first responders are receiving psychological counselling.
The newspaper states they spoke to a local politician in Aschaffenburg who told them the killings reminds him of the Wurzburg attack. To remind readers, in Wurzburg in 2021 a Somali asylum seeker living in the city went on a knife rampage, stabbing ten people — all women — three of whom died. One of the deceased was an 82-year-old woman who threw herself between the knifeman and a child he was attacking, while another was a 49-year-old woman while defending another child the Somali was trying to stab.
The killings sparked some heated debate which were angrily dismissed by the then-mayor of Wurzburg Christian Schuchardt, a party colleague of Angela Merkel, who criticised the public for stereotyping migrants by linking the knifeman’s refugee status to the stabbings. As reported then, he claimed: "the crimes of individuals can never be traced back to population groups, religions or nationalities. We Germans were not condemned in general after the Second World War either. Nor does this now apply to Somalis or refugees in general. This pigeonholing must come to an end".
"How would you feel as a foreigner in our city today?", the mayor asked rhetorically in 2021.
UPDATE 1400 — Slain child two years old, suspect an Afghan national
The latest on the Aschaffenburg park attack is that the two people who were killed were a two-year-old boy suffering "multiple stab wounds" and a 41-year-old man. The arrested suspect is a 28-year-old Afghan male, so says local police in a statement.
The number of "seriously injured" people has been revised up from two to four, including another child and three adults, Germany’s Die Welt relates.
Distressingly, the newspaper states the attack may have been on a group of day-care children who had been taken out to the park for a walk by their teachers. It reports the attacker followed the group, and when they tried to leave the area he attacked, allegedly "specifically targeting the children".
The deceased adult male is reported to have put himself between the knifeman and the children.
It is further asserted that "The police are said to have ruled out a terrorist background."
A 41-year-old man and a two-year-old boy died in the attack. Two others were seriously injured.
A 28-year-old suspect, who police say is from Afghanistan, has been taken into custody after the killing. Another person who witnessed the attack is also being held for questioning, but was not suspected of wrongdoing.
GERMAN CHANCELLOR MEETS SECURITY CHIEFS
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the attack was "an unbelievable act of terror" and offered his sympathies to the victims' families and two more people injured.
"I am sick of seeing such acts of violence occurring in our country every few weeks, by perpetrators who have actually come here to find protection here," he said.
A complete reverse from what I recall of his previous attitude — he is to be congratulated.
Scholz met with the heads of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Federal Criminal Police Office, and the Federal Police at the Chancellery late in the evening. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser also participated in the meeting.
"The authorities must work as hard as possible to find out why the attacker was still in Germany," Scholz said ahead of the meeting.
"Things cannot go on like this," the Christian Democratic Union's Friedrich Merz wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after the attack. "We must and will restore law and order!"
The Alternative for Germany party's Alice Weidel also posted a message on X urging "remigration now!" -- using a term that the far right has adopted to call for the mass deportation of migrants.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE ATTACK?
The stabbing occurred shortly before noon at the Schöntal park near the city center. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the suspect deliberately attacked a kindergarten group in the park with a kitchen knife.
A 41-year old German man, a passerby, and a two-year old boy of Moroccan descent were both killed, Herrmann added.
Bavarian Health Minister Judith Gerlach confirmed that three other people were wounded, including a 61-year-old man, a child and a teacher.
The perpetrator had attempted to run away from the crime scene across nearby railroad tracks, with German rail company Deutsche Bahn temporarily halting trains in the area.
Herrmann said the suspect had entered Germany in 2022. His asylum claim was unsuccessful and he was supposed to have left the country late last year.
"The authorities must explain as quickly as possible why the attacker was even still in Germany," Scholz said.
The suspect had a history of violent behavior and was undergoing psychiatric treatment by the time his asylum case was denied.
The suspect's accommodation at an asylum center was searched. Investigators found psychiatric medication but no "evidence of a radical Islamist attitude."
According to Spiegel, the Afghan's name is Enamullah O., and said he was born in 1997 and lives in an asylum accommodation in the region.
Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said: 'On December 4, the suspect himself announced his voluntary departure.
'As a result, on December 11, the BAMF finally closed the asylum procedure and asked the person concerned to leave the country.'
The suspect had allegedly been following a day care group of five young children before launching the attack, according to Main-Echo.
An eyewitness told the Main-Echo newspaper that the arrested man was taken away 'in a headlock.'
Cops confirmed that two people had died while two others were seriously injured in the attack, and are now being treated in hospital.
According to Bild, one of the seriously injured is also a child.
'Two people were fatally injured,' police said, while 'two seriously injured people are receiving treatment in hospital.
In November, police classified parts of the city centre park as a 'dangerous place' due to an increase in 'drug-related crimes', which reportedly included robbery and assault.
There were reported to be regular patrols of the area, which is potentially why the suspect was apprehended so quickly.
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"the crimes of individuals can never be traced back to population groups, religions or nationalities."
'Crime' and 'normal, law abiding person' carry different definitions in different "population groups, religions or nationalities."
The vast majority of Afghans are normal law abiding persons, but from the perspective of Western civilization Afghan law and Afghan ethical consensus are monstrously intolerant abominations for e.g. mandating the death penalty for ideological deviation.
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Note updates added to the article: his name is Enamullah O.
In early December he announced that he was leaving, so the authorities closed his file. Hence their shock that today he is not only still there, but running amok with a knife in a disorderly manner.
[IsraelTimes] Ottoman Turkish authorities have ramped up investigations and detentions of opposition figures, with three such actions today alone, raising concerns about a widening crackdown on dissent against the government. Apparently the J6 committee started a trend.
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) youth branch head was briefly detained for a social media post about the Istanbul prosecutor, the party says, and a judicial probe was launched against CHP Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu — a probable future presidential challenger — for criticizing the detention.
Also today, the leader of the far right opposition Victory Party, Umit Ozdag, was detained for allegedly insulting Ottoman Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
The CHP has long criticized the Istanbul prosecutor and the judiciary as a tool that Erdogan’s ruling AK Party (AKP) uses to silence opposition. It has called for early national elections to "settle scores," though analysts say a vote is unlikely to be held so far ahead of schedule.
Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc dismissed the accusation that the judiciary is politicized. He says the judiciary is independent and the Istanbul prosecutor is acting in line with the constitution.
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There must be another crisis going on (economic or other) that needs a 'deflection' for the masses.
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[FoxNews] The immigrant from Jordan was stopped by police for not having a license plate and then allegedly made a bomb threat
As deportation efforts ramp up under President Donald Trump, local Republican Party members say it’s a much-needed mission after an immigrant truck driver caused traffic mayhem in South Carolina earlier this month, shutting down a highway after claiming to have a bomb in his 18-wheeler.
The GOP leaders say it’s another case of former President Joe Biden’s lax immigration system affecting hardworking citizens, adding new Trump administration deportations can't get started fast enough.
Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi, 28, was stopped by state transport police Jan. 2 around 2:45 p.m. for having a missing license plate on his tractor-trailer, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS).
He then told a law enforcement officer there was an explosive device inside the commercial vehicle, police said. The threat prompted police to shut down all six lanes of I-85 so the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and the FBI could investigate the threat.
The 18-wheeler was eventually cleared, and all lanes of I-85 were reopened nearly five hours later.
Alhendi was arrested and jailed, and he was issued an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer. ICE detainers are hold notices of non-citizens who could be removed from the country after being arrested for criminal activity and taken into custody.
ICE told Fox News Digital Alhendi is a Jordanian national who legally entered the United States in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sept. 20, 2018. His address is listed as Oak Lawn, Illinois.
Alhendi has since failed to comply with the terms of his legal admittance, meaning he is now in the country illegally.
Yup. Easy to do, too. An awful lot of them left America after 9/11, when tPresident Bush required all adult Moslem male non-citizens to register with the government. It turns out a great many tourists and students from the Moslem world had stayed on, enjoying the opportunity to work hard and earn more than back home. Some went to Canada, some went back home — all had deeply unhappy kids unaccustomed to unAmerican ways. No doubt the same will happen again over the next few months..
The highway shutdown, which took place near mile marker 44, led to long delays and bumper-to-bumper traffic.
The incident also put many residents on edge because it happened the day after terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowed his truck into a crowd full of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 14 and injuring dozens of others.
It also followed a case in May in which two Jordanian nationals were charged with unlawfully entering Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. A spokesperson for the base said at the time that two people in a box truck were stopped at a gate, with the driver allegedly telling military police officers they were making a delivery to the post office and worked for a company subcontracted by Amazon.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sources told Fox News in May that one of the Jordanian men crossed into the U.S. illegally in April before being released. ICE told Fox News the other man was a foreign student whose status was terminated in January. That case was later dismissed.
On Jan. 2, the day of the bomb hoax, Alhendi was a contractor for Globe Transportation, an Illinois-based truck company.
A spokesperson for Globe Transportation told Fox News Alhendi had legal work authorization when it hired him and a clean, valid commercial license. He also owned the 18-wheeler he was driving.
The spokesperson said the company never had any issues with him during his time contracted with the company. She said it was her understanding his license plate had fallen off, and that’s why he was stopped by SCDPS.
However, it’s still unclear why he allegedly claimed to have a bomb in his truck.
Alhendi appeared in court the day after the interstate mayhem and was charged with conveying false information about a bomb threat, breach of peace of a high and aggravated nature and having no vehicle license.
He was issued a total surety bond of $20,238 for all three charges and sent to the Greenville County Detention Center, Fox Carolina reported. He was then denied bond days later after the South Carolina Solicitor’s Office filed a motion to reconsider the bond once it learned of his immigration status and pending ICE detainer.
Alhendi is still listed as being in custody. He has a hearing scheduled for Aug. 6. 2026, before an immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, according to ICE.
Another one who confesses all to his BFF, the undercover FBI agent. Photo of the idiot at the link.
[FoxNews] A North Carolina man is charged with providing material support to ISIS after he allegedly made plans to travel to Morocco in December 2024 to join the foreign terrorist organization (FTO), according to federal court documents.
Alexander Justin White, 29, of Durham, allegedly used social media — primarily Facebook and encrypted messaging apps (EMAs) — to "make posts about supporting ISIS and jihad" and communicate with other ISIS supporters about wanting to join the FTO.
In those communications, White, using the pseudonym "Sulaiman al-Amriki," unknowingly had online conversations with an undercover FBI agent, authorities said.
"WHITE openly discussed his desire and intention to travel overseas to join ISIS with various individuals on Facebook and over EMAs," a federal complaint states.
The suspect's "many online conversations with various persons, as well as his communications with the [FBI confidential human source] and the [FBI Online Covert Employee] display a longstanding intent and desire to join ISIS which he prepared for and attempted on December 4, 2024," the complaint says. "He expressly acknowledged awareness of ISIS as a designated FTO and repeatedly expressed concern over being caught by law enforcement and the efforts he was taking to avoid capture."
In September 2024, the undercover agent asked White if he was "ok with killing members of the U.S. Military or other U.S. citizens," to which White allegedly replied, "...If it was a family member I would still fight back with them ... There is no us troops [sic] love for homeland or any of this thing [sic]," according to the complaint.
The suspect allegedly said he had multiple firearms and knew how to use them. A photo included in the report shows White firing a gun at a range in July 2024.
The suspect communicated with the undercover agent online for months about making plans to travel to Morocco to provide support to ISIS. He followed through on those plans late last year, when he booked a flight from Raleigh to Rabat, Morocco, on Dec. 4, authorities said.
Federal agents arrested him that day after he checked into his flight, proceeded through a security checkpoint at Raleigh-Durham International Airport and attempted "to make his way to board the plane," court documents state.
Authorities said they seized nearly $7,000 from White on the day of his arrest and confiscated multiple firearms from his apartment in Durham.
White's arrest comes after exiting FBI Director Christopher Wray told "60 Minutes" in a Sunday interview that ISIS supporters inspired "from afar" are "the most challenging type of terrorist threat we face" when asked about the Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans that left 15 people dead, including the Texas-born terrorist attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
"You're talking about guys like this, who radicalize not in years but in weeks, and whose method of attack is still very deadly but fairly crude," Wray said. "And if you think about that old saying about connecting the dots, there are not a lot of dots out there to connect. And there's very little time in which to connect them."
White, who went by Sulaiman Al-Amriki — which means Sulaiman the American — on social media for part of last year, posted pro-IS content several times on Facebook between June and October 2024, prosecutors said. Some of the content included IS and other Islamic extremist propaganda videos.
During this period, federal prosecutors said White spoke to several social media users who claimed to be from the Middle East and North Africa about his support for IS. He told several users that he wished to travel to Africa to join IS as well, according to court documents. White also lamented missed opportunities to join the militant group in previous trips — such as in a 2018 visit to Egypt — in conversations online, authorities said.
White also conversed frequently with a covert FBI agent over several months, which included several mentions of wanting to join IS and a staged video call that White believed was with an IS commander's spokesperson, prosecutors said.
In addition, the complaint alleges that White was engaged in financial transactions to refugee camps which are well known for acting as a front to funnel money to ISIS members and their supporters. White allegedly made online comments noting that he regretted not having traveled to join ISIS earlier, when it may have been easier through certain overseas routes which were now viewed suspiciously. Believing that his opportunity had come to fruition, White allegedly took steps to make his intended travel appear as nothing more than a vacation when he in fact claimed that he would rather die than return to the United States. After allegedly making various preparations, to include purchasing a personal combat medical kit, on December 4, White made efforts to board a flight bound for Morocco which he intended to use as a jumping point from which to join ISIS members in Africa.
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[IsraelTimes] Two moderately wounded, two others lightly hurt; Shin Bet confirms it’s probing why the assailant was let into Israel after being interrogated at airport
Four people were maimed Tuesday evening by a terrorist who went on a stabbing spree in a trendy Tel Aviv neighborhood, emergency services and Israel Police said, before he was rubbed out.
The assailant who carried out the stabbing was Moroccan national Abdelaziz Kaddi, a US green card holder, according to an ID found on his body. He was rubbed out at the scene.
Just as well. Otherwise the new protocols would have required him to lose his green card, and then where would he be?
Kaddi was flagged by security when he arrived in the country a few days ago but was nonetheless granted entry, a decision the Shin Bet said late Tuesday it was investigating.
It was the second terror stabbing in three days in the Israeli metropolis.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said four people were maimed in the attack in Nahalat Binyamin. The victims include two men aged 24 and 28 in moderate condition, and two others aged 24 and 59 in good condition, MDA said.
Kaddi entered Israel on January 18 with a tourist visa.
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel said that immigration officials had identified Kaddi as a threat when he arrived in the country at Ben Gurion Airport and sought to bar him from entry. He was handed over to security officials for questioning.
"To my regret, they decided to allow his entry into Israel," Arbel said in a statement. He called on the Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar to investigate the incident, which the security agency shortly later confirmed it was doing.
"Upon the subject’s entry into Israel, he underwent a security assessment that included his interrogation as well as additional checks, at the end of which it was decided that there was no information that established grounds to prevent his entry into Israel for security reasons," the Shin Bet said in response to a query.
The attacker apparently stabbed three people before running to an adjacent street, where he maimed a fourth person.
Victims were taken to the city’s Ichilov Hospital.
Amid varying reports on who shot the assailant, the Ynet outlet cited members of an unspecified special forces unit, apparently off-duty, who said they noticed the attack in progress.
"We came down from an apartment and saw a stabber dropping someone to the ground. We shouted to him to stop and fired when he didn’t comply," one of them told the outlet, without being identified.
Eyewitnesses told Hebrew media the terrorist arrived on a cycle of violence ridden by another person who then left the scene.
Police combed the surrounding area looking for possible accomplices.
[IsraelTimes] Operation Iron Wall begins with drone strikes on terror infrastructure; large numbers of troops enter city; 10 Palestinians said killed, 40 wounded
The Israel Defense Forces launched a major counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday afternoon, which military sources said was expected to last several days.
The operation began with a series of dronezaps on infrastructure used by terror groups in Jenin, a military source said.
Paleostinian media outlets reported several Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s and local health officials said at least 10 people were killed and 40 were maimed.
Footage published by Paleostinian media showed Israeli Air Force helicopters flying over Jenin.
In a brief joint statement, the IDF and Shin Bet security agency confirmed the operation, dubbed "Iron Wall," and said further details would be provided later.
IDF sources said large numbers of troops, including special forces, Shin Bet agents and Border Police officers, were operating in the city.
The goals of the operation were to "preserve the IDF’s freedom of action" in the West Bank, neutralize terror infrastructure and eliminate imminent threats, according to military sources.
The sources said the operation would last at least several days.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation was "another step in achieving the goal we set, strengthening security in Judea and Samaria."
Judea and Samaria is the biblical name for the West Bank.
"We are operating in a systematic and decisive way against the Iranian axis wherever it sends its arms, 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... , 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.... , Syria, 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... and Judea and Samaria," Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office.
On Monday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said the military was preparing for "significant operations" in the West Bank, amid a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
"Along with the intense defense preparations in the Gaza Strip, we must be prepared for significant operations in Judea and Samaria in the coming days in order to preempt and catch the snuffies before they reach our citizens," he said during an assessment, in remarks released by the IDF.
On Sunday, military officials said the Central Command was readying to carry out offensive actions in the West Bank, to prevent Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... from establishing a foothold in the West Bank in light of the release of members of the terror group in the ceasefire deal.
The offensive plans were being coordinated with the Paleostinian Authority, which also fears its rival Hamas gaining power in the West Bank, the officials said.
Hundreds of Paleostinian security prisoners are due to be released to the West Bank in the hostage deal and ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, including many convicted of deadly terror attacks.
The Tuesday raid came a day after an Israeli reservist soldier was killed and four others were maimed, including a senior officer at death's door, when they were hit by a roadside kaboom in the northern West Bank.
It also followed a shaky truce agreement between the Paleostinian Authority and terror groups operating in Jenin that ended a six-week standoff in the northern West Bank city and adjacent refugee camp.
The PA had been targeting the so-called Jenin Battalion, made up of operatives affiliated with terror groups such as Hamas 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... , in a bid to show incoming US President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... that Ramallah can maintain order in the West Bank, amid its push to take the reins of Gaza from Hamas after the war there.
The IDF, which also staged counterterrorism operations in the northern West Bank in recent months, has said that it supported bolstering the PA forces to help them in the fight against the Jenin Battalion. The military paused its airstrikes on Jenin as PA forces operated there, but ended that policy last week with a pair of airstrikes on terror operatives that killed a dozen people, including civilians.
Paleostinian media reported Tuesday that as Israeli troops entered Jenin, PA forces withdrew from the area.
The West Bank has seen a sharp rise in violence since the Gaza war was sparked on October 7, 2023.
Since then, IDF troops have arrested some 6,000 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,350 affiliated with Hamas.
According to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry, more than 858 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or snuffies carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 46 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another seven members of the security forces were killed in festivities with terror operatives in the West Bank.
[IsraelTimes] Lebanese media identifies official as terror group’s local commander in Western Bekaa District; motive for attack not immediately certain
A senior Hezbollah official in eastern 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 Bekaa Valley region was rubbed out Tuesday in what Lebanese media reported was an apparent liquidation.
The official, named by Lebanon’s National News Agency as local Hezbollah commander Sheikh Muhammad Hamadi, was shot six times in a drive-by shooting outside of his home in Machghara in the Western Bekaa District.
The button men, who were driving two separate cars, then expeditiously departed at a goodly pace of the attack, Lebanese news outlets reported, citing the Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar television.
Hamadi was transported to a hospital in the area, where he died shortly later.
Inshallah.
Lebanese authorities have opened an investigation into the shooting, and al-Manar reported said the motive was not immediately clear. According to An-Nahar news outlet, however, the liquidation stemmed from a years-long interfamilial feud and was not politically motivated. "Yes, he was Hezbollah. But he was also generally an asshole"
The deadly shooting occurred days before the end of the initial 60-day ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah.
Under the terms of the agreement signed in late November, Israel has until January 26 to withdraw from southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah must retreat north of the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the border with Israel.
After the 60 days are up, the Lebanese Armed Forces and UNIFIL will be the only armed forces permitted to maintain a presence between Israel and the Litani. Reports in Israel have suggested that the deadline could be extended, ostensibly due to the Lebanese military’s failure to deploy throughout the region quickly enough.
The US- and La Belle France-brokered ceasefire in late November came two months after Israel massively escalated operations in Lebanon in a bid to stem Hezbollah’s persistent rocket fire, which forced the displacement of some 60,000 residents of northern Israel.
Israel’s offensive in Lebanon all but decimated Hezbollah’s top brass, drastically weakening the terror group.
Unprovoked, Hezbollah began its near-daily attacks on October 8, 2023 — a day after fellow Iran-backed group Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking the war 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... .
[Rudaw] The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carried out nearly 100 operations against 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.... (ISIS) in 2024, capturing more than 270 suspects and eliminating several of its high-ranking leaders, said the Kurdish-led force on Tuesday.
"These operations resulted in the capture of hundreds of terrorists, including high-ranking officials such as ’emirs’ and leaders," read a statement from the SDF, adding that these individuals were responsible for intelligence gathering, weapons distribution, and financial support to ISIS cells.
After the fall of the regime of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Horror of Homs... last month, the US-led global coalition against ISIS and its main ally in Syria, the SDF, which controls northeast Syria (Rojava), have worked to prevent the murderous Moslems from reestablishing their presence in the evolving security landscape.
The SDF also said it dismantled numerous improvised bombs (IEDs), conducted sweeps targeting ISIS hideouts, and increased security measures in sensitive areas, including along the Syrian-Iraqi border and near the al-Hol camp, which houses tens of thousands of ISIS-linked individuals.
"The vigilance of our forces also led to the detection and neutralization of numerous improvised bombs (IEDs), effectively preventing explosions and acts of sabotage," the statement added.
The SDF reported a total of 98 operations in 2024, in which 17 ISIS bully boys, including six leaders, were killed. A further 278 were captured. The group also thwarted 43 planned ISIS attacks, though it acknowledged that 113 terrorist operations took place.
Despite these efforts, the SDF warned that ongoing threats from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... were undermining its ability to combat ISIS.
The SDF reaffirmed an "unwavering commitment to combating this terrorist organization and remain steadfast in their resolve to cooperate with the International Coalition forces in the fight against ISIS," accusing Turkey of actions that facilitate the resurgence of ISIS cells and other holy warrior groups.
Turkey and the Syrian murderous Moslems it supports have recently intensified attacks on the SDF near Manbij city, Kurdish officials have warned that the nearby Tishreen Dam could collapse if the attacks continue.
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[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria (Rojava) warned on Monday of the growing possibility of the crucial Tishreen Dam collapsing, bringing about an "environmental disaster" that would affect hundreds of thousands and cut electricity access amid murderous Moslem attacks.
"Our appeal is directed to environmental movements, organizations, and human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. institutions. The danger threatening the dam is increasing day by day, and this danger could lead to various disasters. These attacks not only harm the nature of the region, but also expose its inhabitants to the risk of genocide," the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) said in a statement.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... and the Syrian militia groups it supports, who call themselves the Syrian National Army (SNA), have recently intensified their attacks on SDF-held areas near Manbij, including Tishreen Dam and Qere Qozaq bridge.
"We, as the Environment Authority in North and East Syria, condemn the attacks of the occupying Ottoman Turkish state, which is attacking Tishreen Dam with drones and warplanes," the DAANES statement added.
It said that they have sent convoys of civilians to the dam to protest Ottoman Turkish and Ottoman Turkish-backed militia attacks in an effort to protect the dam as a "human shield," but their attempts have been futile.
"The Ottoman Turkish occupation has not stopped, and has attacked civilians and led to the martyrdom of dozens of them," the statement lamented.
"Hundreds of villages and hundreds of thousands of people live around the dam, and the collapse of the dam will lead to the drowning of large numbers of people and the destruction of many villages," it warned.
The Rojava administration also stressed that attacks against the dam are causing an ecological disaster, with various species of animals, including birds and squirrels, leaving their nests in the area.
It appealed to the international community to deploy an international force to the dam and stop Ottoman Turkish attacks.
On Thursday, an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... targeted a convoy at the Tishreen Dam protesting in support of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against attacks in the area and caused many injuries.
It was the second strike on civilian convoys near the Tishreen Dam in two days.
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.
Last week Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... warned that the YPG would experience a "bitter fate" if they choose to remain operational and not disband.
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..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...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 
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