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^Right. Very probably the CO, maybe the XO, Navigator can kiss their careers goodbye.
The only thing that would save them is if it can be proven that the other ship deliberately rammed them or something.
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Captain Dave Snowden, linked in bio
Somebody smart in Navy culture, take a look at his past assignments, and the duration of them. Seems short and a touch out of place for a naval aviator?
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An aircraft Carrier has two chains of commands. One chain runs the ship while the other runs the air crews. The ship’s Captain can not command the aircrews captain. How did an airman become a ships captian?
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Not a sailor, but old Army insight into sequential brevity in senior command and staff career assignments, either a really fast burner/high performer being pulled up to specific job he fits perfectly, or the ring-knocker/rabbi protection program for a less than stellar officer.
[NEWARAB] 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.... gang attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern 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... state overnight with suicide car and cycle of violence bombs, but government forces repelled the assault, and Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s killed 70, a military official said on Tuesday.
Puntland announced a major offensive against Islamic State and a rival Islamist group, the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... , in December and claims to have since killed dozens of imported muscle, captured several IS bases, and forced a senior commander to surrender.
"Puntland's anti-terrorist forces knew the information and so foiled and rubbed out the jacket wallahs who were on foot, on bikes and cars," Mohamud Fadhigo, a Puntland military spokesperson, told Rooters.
The United Arab Emirates and other Gulf nations have been supporting the training of Somalia's armed forces in recent years.
"With the help of UAE air strikes, we also defeated the IS infantry. We killed about 70 Death Eaters," Fadhigo said.
He said Puntland forces had also suffered casualties in the overnight attack but declined to give a figure.
The Islamic State faction in Somalia has become an increasingly important part of its parent organization's worldwide network in recent years and was the target of US airstrikes earlier this month.
Somalia's state news agency reported on Tuesday that security forces had repelled attacks on military positions in the Hagaaro and Togo-Jecel areas of Puntland's Cal Miskaad mountains.
With an estimated 700 to 1,500 fighters, Islamic State's Somalia wing has grown in recent years thanks to an influx of imported muscle and increasing revenues.
But it is still much smaller than al-Shabaab, which controls large parts of southern and central Somalia.
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You did it right, dear Snowy Thing — it just wanted a moderator to open the article, then close it without changing anything whatsoever. So I did that, et voilá! :-)
Seems like he did his homework. Unless you mean an official source like CNN (bees pee upon them).
On a positive note, although a capital ship of the the US Navy has collided with a bulk carrier, at least the cargo ship was not filled with oil-soaked ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
[NEWARAB] The United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... World Food Programme said Tuesday that an aid worker has died in a 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 prison three weeks after his detention by Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels.
The announcement came a day after the UN suspended its operations in the rebel's stronghold in northern Yemen.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement that one of its staff members died while in detention in northern Yemen. He was one of seven WFP staffers detained by the Houthi rebels on 23 January. No cause of death was given.
''Heartbroken and outraged by the tragic loss of WFP team member, Ahmed, who lost his life while arbitrarily detained in Yemen,'' WFP executive director Cindy McCain wrote on the X social media platform.
She said the worker, who is survived by his wife and two children, ''played a crucial role in our mission to deliver lifesaving food assistance.''
A Houthi front man didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
The 40-year-old worker, who joined the UN food agency in 2017, died Monday in a prison in the northern province of Saada, and that the circumstances of his death weren't immediately known, said a WFP official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The court arrested a resident of Neftekumsk, accused of transferring money to an acquaintance who is fighting in Syria on the side of a terrorist organization.
A 27-year-old resident of Neftekumsk has been accused of aiding terrorist activity.
According to the FSB, in 2022, the man transferred money to an acquaintance, while the acquaintance was a member of a terrorist organization banned in Russia and took part in military operations in Syria, Interfax wrote on February 11.
A criminal case was opened against the man under Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assistance to terrorist activity). The man was arrested.
Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" wrote that in December 2024, a court sentenced a resident of Dagestan to 12 years in prison , finding him guilty of transferring money to terrorists located abroad.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A car drove into a group of people in Munich, leaving at least 20 people injured as police launch their investigations into the incident.
There is currently a major police operation in the Dachauer Straße area. Update from German sources to follow in comments. I put it in WoT as the action seems deliberate.
Absolutely correct first assumption, my dear. Had you been wrong, that could easily have been moved later.
Update at 9:15 a.m. ET from comments: Farhad N, 24, from Kabul is the jihadi. Bavarian state premier Markus Söder says sympathy is all very well, but things must change. National politicians say the new deportations law must be enforced, even those currently not enforcing it.
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Location not far away from the venue of the Munich Security Conference (I will attend) which starts tomorrow. Vance and Hegseth will participate.
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The driver is an Afghan.
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Currently 27 injured, many severely. 2 critically.
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24yo Afghan, known to police for theft and drug offenses. Police fired at least a shot at the driver and secured him.
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The crowd was guarded by police as they were demonstrators on their way to a demonstration (labor dispute). Driver tried to circumvent police, got fired at but still managed to mow down people before he was stopped.
No doubt this was a deliberate attack.
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Bavarian state premier Söder assumes this was a deliberate attack according to welt.de .
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Is said to have posted islamist content in social media shortly before attack. German media still refer to it as "mutmaßlich" (suspected), but that's of course nonsense. Of course we'll be told about "psychological" problems pretty soon.
It's time we repatriate all Afghans who have been refused asylum. Or... I think Marco Rubio has the number of a certain Mr. Bukele who seems to deal very well with these problems.
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Will his social media post(s) include a pledge to ISIS-K or Al Qaeda, do you think? Which, I mean, not if.
Deutsche Welle is liveblogging events in English here The Zeitgeist is such that they cannot airbrush this. Latest updates:
18 minutes ago18 minutes ago
'Maximum firmness' must be shown, Interior Minister Faeser says
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser vowed "maximum firmness" following Thursday's ramming incident.
Faeser, of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), noted that the suspect was "once again a young man from Afghanistan."
She noted that laws on violent criminals' deportation have been "massively tightened" and must now be enforced.
She said that Germany is the only country in Germany returning Afghans back to Afghanistan despite Taliban rule over the country.
1 hour ago1 hour ago
Scholz says attack suspect must be punished and deported
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described Thursday's car ramming incident as "awful," adding that the suspect must be punished and deported.
"What has happened is awful," Scholz told reporters. "From my point of view it is quite clear, this attacker cannot count on any mercy, he must be punished and he must leave the country."
Scholz is the chancellor candidate for his center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the coming parliamentary elections, where migration issues have been at the forefront of debates. The opposition conservativeChristian Democratic Party (CDU), which is leading in the polls, has accused the Scholz government of being too lenient on migration issues.
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I haven't seen the post so I can't say. It will have an influence on the elections. The mood is indeed changing.
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According to the German Press Agency (DPA), the suspect came to Germany as an unaccompanied minor at the end of 2016 and was taken into care by a youth welfare facility. He is said to have previously stayed in Italy. A few weeks later, the young person applied for asylum, which was rejected in September 2017. He appealed against this without success. He has been required to leave the country since fall 2020.
This must stop.
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[JPost] The Thai national who returned from captivity with broken teeth underwent rehabilitation at the Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Yaakov.
Hamas terrorists hit one of the Thai hostages released in the hostage-ceasefire deal in January with a weapon and broke his teeth, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, the Thai national who returned from captivity with broken teeth underwent rehabilitation at the Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Yaakov.
The Israeli news outlet further added that Israel would continue to finance the Thai national's dental treatment in Thailand.
The five Thai nationals who have since returned to their country would also receive a monthly stipend amounting to NIS 9,000, Channel 12 added.
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SNIDE REMARK ON
How could such a thing happen?
Given the Pro-Palestine Protests by: Liberals, Democrats, Colleges, students and their Media, all say it's Israel's fault? 🤔
[IsraelTimes] Palestinian media reports Israel carried out a strike on a vehicle in the West Bank city of Jenin.
There is no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces.
The reported strike comes amid an ongoing counter-terror offensive by the IDF, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, which was launched last month. The military expects it to last several more weeks.
The operation initially primarily focused on Jenin, before it was expanded to other cities and towns in the West Bank.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says troops of the Maglan commando unit killed a Palestinian gunman in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the West Bank earlier today.
The troops encountered a group of gunmen amid an ongoing counter-terrorism operation and exchanged fire with them. One of the gunmen was killed, and his weapon was seized, the military says.
One of the Maglan soldiers was moderately wounded in the incident, and he was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The major counter-terrorism offensive in the northern West Bank, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, was launched on January 21, and the military expects it to last several more weeks. Troops have been operating in the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas areas.
[IsraelTimes] Protesters calling for the completion of the full hostage release-ceasefire deal are currently blocking the southbound Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv.
Standing in the middle of the major traffic artery through the coastal city, the families and a women’s group hold up large images of the hostages who were taken captive by invading terrorists during the October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught, nearly 500 days ago.
They also hold before-and-after images of the most recently released hostages to show the urgency. The three hostages freed by Hamas on Saturday, Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami, returned to Israel severely malnourished and frail.
[IsraelTimes] The State Attorney’s Tel Aviv District Office files a declaration of intent to prosecute a 20-year old resident of East Jerusalem for having transported the terrorist who carried out a stabbing attack on January 18 in Tel Aviv in which he severely injured one man, the police state.
The East Jerusalem man picked up the assailant, a resident of the West Bank city of Tulkarem who was illegally residing in Israel, from the Atarot area of Jerusalem and drove him in his van to the center of Tel Aviv, “in the clear knowledge that this was an illegal resident who was likely to endanger the safety of Israeli citizens and even carry out a terrorist attack,” the police say.
The police point out that the driver had stuck the yellow ribbon symbol of solidarity with the Israeli hostages held in Gaza on his vehicle “to camouflage his illegal activities for the journey to Tel Aviv.”
The declaration of intent to prosecute was filed yesterday, and a full indictment on charges relating to the driver’s alleged involvement with terrorism will be filed in the coming days, as well as a request to keep the suspect in custody until the end of the criminal process, the police add.
The terrorist, Salah Yahye, 19, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, was shot dead on the scene.
[IsraelTimes] A Palestinian suspect was shot by IDF troops at the entrance to the Samaria Regional Brigade’s base near Nablus in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian arrived at the entrance to the base in a vehicle, reportedly crashed into a fence, and tried to flee before being shot by the soldiers.
The condition of the man is unclear. No soldiers are reported wounded in the incident.
[IsraelTimes] Moshe Arbel says the three East Jerusalem residents have all expressed backing for terrorism and have family members who carried out attacks
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel announced Wednesday that he intends to deport three East Jerusalem Paleostinians who are family members of gunnies and have allegedly expressed support for terrorism.
"I have decided to exercise my authority under the law and act to deport three terror supporters, who are family members of gunnies and chose to side with the enemy in time of war and support the harm to Israeli citizens," Arbel told the Israel Hayom daily.
"Anyone who incites, praises, and supports terror has no place among us. I will continue to act decisively against anyone who threatens Israeli citizens," he added.
In November 2024, the Knesset passed a law permitting the deportation of family members of gunnies and the incarceration of terror convicts under the age of 14.
The controversial law gives the interior minister the power to expel a first-degree relative of someone who carried out an attack if they had advance knowledge, and either failed to report the matter to the police or "expressed support or identification with an act of terrorism or published words of praise, sympathy or encouragement for an act of terrorism or a terrorist organization."
The three Paleostinians who Arbel intends to deport are East Jerusalem residents Muhammad Abu Halwa, Tansim Odeh, and Zina Barber, none of whom are Israeli citizens.
According to Arbel’s announcement, Abu Halwa is affiliated with Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... and was indicted last August for incitement and identifying with the terror organization. His brother carried out a stabbing attack in October 2023 against a Border Police officer in East Jerusalem.
Arbel said Odeh had expressed support for terrorism several different times the past three years, and that her father was behind a bombing in October 2022 that injured multiple soldiers.
The minister said Zina Barber was to be deported for having"directly called for terrorism, provided services to a terrorist organization, expressed identification with a terrorist organization, and incited terrorism."
"Her father is a convicted terrorist as a member of a terrorist cell who drove a boom-mobile in the early 2000s in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for this," he added.
[NEWARAB] At the western gate of Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Fatima Dar Saeed and Muhammad Farhana stand in silence, their eyes fixed on the ruins of what was once their home.
The familiar streets have been reduced to rubble, in the wake of the Israeli military's recent deadly invasion of multiple camps in the occupied West Bank.
"We had to leave on foot after the camp was invaded by the Israeli army and my heart medicine ran out," said Saeed, who suffers from a heart condition.
"There is nothing left in the camp," she said. "They destroyed everything—no one wants to return."
The Israeli invasions mark a dangerous escalation against Paleostinians in the occupied West Bank.
Two days after the initial phase of 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... ceasefire commenced, Israel launched "Operation Iron Wall"—destroying several buildings in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and causing its residents to flee. According to UN figures, at least 40,000 Paleostinians have been forcibly displaced.
The assault has since extended to Tulkarm camp, forcing 85 percent of its almost 13,000 residents to seek refuge in nearby neighbourhoods. Along with most residents, Saeed and her husband believe the ongoing military operation is part of an Israeli strategy to make the camp uninhabitable. By destroying homes and infrastructure, the military is making it impossible for the camp to recover or rebuild.
"We are living through a new Nakba," Farhana told The New Arab, referring to the 1948 expulsion of thousands of Paleostinians from their ancestral land with the creation of Israel, pushing Paleostinians into refugee camps, or outside the country. "The Zionist gangs expelled us from our country in 1948, and today the army is returning and repeating the same thing."
[IsraelTimes] Iranian authorities have placed in custody two British nationals accused of unspecified security offenses, state media reports.
Official news agency IRNA says the two were being held in the central Kerman province, without sharing details of their identities or the circumstances of their arrest.
There was no immediate comment from London, but IRNA says British Ambassador Hugo Shorter “met with the two security suspects” at the Kerman prosecutor’s office.
Several other Europeans are held in custody in Iran, which has conducted multiple prisoner exchanges with Western governments in recent years.
In January 2023, Iran announced the execution of British-Iranian dual citizen Alireza Akbari, prompting outrage among Western governments, including Britain, which called it “barbaric”.
[IsraelTimes] Iran’s IRGC Quds Force has been smuggling cash to the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon via the Beirut international airport in recent weeks, the Israeli military says.
In a post on X, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, Col. Avichay Adraee, says the cash has been smuggled to Hezbollah by the Quds Force using civilian flights. The money is being used by the terror group to rebuild itself, according to the IDF.
Adraee says the IDF is in contact with a US-led committee supervising the ceasefire and is regularly updating it with “relevant information in order to foil these transfers.”
“Despite the efforts made, we estimate that some of the money transfers were carried out successfully,” he says.
“The IDF will not allow the organization to strengthen and will use all the tools at its disposal to enforce the understandings in the ceasefire agreement, for the security of the citizens of the State of Israel,” Adraee adds.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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