[GatewayPundit] The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, announced a major seizure of drugs.
On Thursday morning, Noem announced that the U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 45,000 pounds of illegal drugs valued at over $500 million at Port Everglades in Florida.
According to Noem, the crews of U.S. Coast Guard cutters Stone and Mohawk seized the drugs in 14 interdictions in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Noem said during remarks to reporters, “In the first 100 days of President Trump’s administration, he has already delivered on his campaign promises of making America safe again and to help the American people to be more secure as well.”
“And today we’re here to recognize and witness another milestone in his mission to protect our borders, to protect our communities, and to stop the flow of illicit drugs and trafficking into the United States of America.”
“Today is a historic day. Here at Port Everglades, over 22.5 tons, or 45,000 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana, are valued at over a half a billion dollars, are going to be offloaded and taken out of circulation.”
“This is an unprecedented seizure of illicit drugs that is the result of 14 different interdictions of drug smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico, Central, and South America,
…that seems a bit far from guarding the American coast, but it touches the other side of the same ocean that touches our coast…
by the crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Stone and Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk. They’ve done incredible work here with their crews to remove these drugs out of the system so they can be destroyed.”
“These efforts were coordinated with the helicopter tactical squadron aircrews that you see with us today as well as Tactical Team Pacific, law enforcement detachments that were involved, and partner agencies that are operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.”
“The brave men and women of the Coast Guard do work every single day 24/7 and they do it with excellence. Their dedication, their resilience, and their patriotism is something that we all can admire, and does not go unnoticed.”
“Their core mission is simple, but it’s incredibly crucial. It’s to secure our territorial waters and to safeguard our nation from those who seek to do us harm. Their mission directly aligns with President Trump’s vision to make America safe and strong again. And thanks to the Coast Guard’s relentless maritime security and their interdiction efforts, $517M worth of illegal drugs will never reach American communities here by what you see here today as a result of these weeks of work.”
[Garowe] A few hours after narrowly missing the vehicle carrying President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... murderous Moslems targeted Halane Base Camp in the vicinity of the Aden Adde International Airport, raising concerns about the increasing terror incidents in the country.
The murderous Moslems took responsibility for the attack targeting President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, leaving a journalist and three others dead. At Halane Base Camp, the murderous Moslems used a mortar for the attack, targeting one of the most secured zones in Somalia that houses the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... , 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... officials, and multiple foreign embassies.
Local security sources confirmed that at least two projectiles landed inside the compound, including near the Movement Control (Movcon) area where UN personnel board aircraft. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... there have been no reports of casualties or significant damage.
Al-Shabaab has grabbed credit for the attack. Additional security measures have been taken after the murderous Moslems heightened their activities in the country, with security teams being deployed in areas of national interest in Somalia.
In Middle Shabelle, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who visited soldiers on the frontlines, was accompanied by the Somali National Army chief Maj. Gen. Yusuf Odawa, NISA Director Abdullahi Sanbalolshe, and Military Court Chief Hassan Ali Shute.
The four held an open meeting in Moqokori with local fighters, Hirshabelle officials, and elders. The President commended the community’s resilience in the fight against the al-Shabaab, state media reports.
On Wednesday, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack in Mogadishu, which targeted the convoy of the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
"We are dismayed by this heinous act that has claimed the lives of innocent civilians," read the statement. "The EU commends President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who has reached the frontlines to support the Somali National Army in its efforts to fight al-Shabaab."
"The EU and Somalia share a close partnership, notably under the EU—Somalia Joint Operational Roadmap. The EU remains a steadfast supporter of Somalia’s state-building process, including in the security sector," it further said while pledging support for the soldiers on the battlefield.
Al-Shabaab murderous Moslems usually take advantage of the Holy month of Ramadhan to initiate attacks across the country, mostly targeting senior government officials, government installations, military officials and innocent civilians.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i Armed Forces announced on Thursday morning the launching of a hypersonic ballistic missile at Ben Gurion Airport in occupied Jaffa. They also carried out a large-scale attack on the USS Harry Truman and its strike group for the fifth consecutive day.
The Yemeni armed forces issued the following statement:
''In support of the oppressed Paleostinian people and in response to the massacres committed by the criminal Zionist enemy against our brothers 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, the missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative military operation targeting ''Ben Gurion Airport'' in occupied Yafa using a hypersonic ballistic missile of the ''Paleostine-2'' type. By the grace of Allah, the operation successfully achieved its objective.
It all depends on the objective, I suppose. If it was to launch the thing, they did indeed succeed. But given that the Israelis shot it down before it reached Israeli airspace, clearly once again Allah prefers for some reason to protect the Jooooos rather than further the war aims of the Moslems who assume they are his best beloveds.
For the fifth consecutive day, our armed forces, with Allah's help, continue to effectively and responsibly confront the American aggression against Yemen, the land of faith and wisdom, which in the past hours has targeted civilian facilities and sites in the capital, Sana'a, and in several other provinces.
In response, the armed forces escalated operations targeting hostile warships in the Red Sea, including the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying naval units. This operation was executed by the missile force, naval forces, and the drone air force using a number of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones. By Allah's grace, the operation achieved its objectives successfully.
The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that the American enemy will fail in preventing Yemen from targeting the Zionist enemy in response to its massacres against our brothers in Gaza. Intensified air operations and additional Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s will not deter Yemen and its people from fulfilling their religious and moral duty toward the oppressed Paleostinian people.
The armed forces remain committed, with reliance on Allah, to preventing Zionist navigation and supporting our brothers in Gaza until the aggression ceases and the siege on the Paleostinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.''
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[Regnum] On March 20, US Air Force aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes on targets of the Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) in the province of Al-Hodeidah in western Yemen. This was reported by the Al Masirah TV channel controlled by the organization.
“The American enemy carried out four airstrikes on the Al-Katib area in the Al-Mina district,” the article says.
There is no information about the dead, injured or damaged.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the US launched a large-scale operation against the Houthis on March 15. American forces launched strikes on the western regions of Yemen. The next day, Ansar Allah responded by attacking the US Navy aircraft carrier Harry Truman in the Red Sea with drones and missiles.
On March 17, the Houthis attacked the Harry Truman a second time, using ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones. On March 18, the Shiite movement attacked the aircraft carrier a third time, launching missiles and drones at it.
On March 20, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said that Ansar Allah had once again struck the aircraft carrier Harry Truman. According to him, the Shiite rebels also launched a Palestine 2 hypersonic missile at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, which hit its target.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A university student and part time professor is facing deportation over his alleged links to Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... amid President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... 's immigration crackdown.
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral student at Georgetown University, was taken into custody by masked ICE agents outside of his home in Rosslyn, Virginia on Monday night.
Suri's attorney Hassan Ahmad has filed a petition in federal court in Virginia on Tuesday calling for his release, likening the case to that of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, Politico reports.
He claimed his client is only being targeted because his wife is a Paleostinian, noting they have 'long been doxxed and smeared' for their support of Paleostinian rights.
The Department of Homeland Security, however, alleges Suri been involved in 'actively spreading Hamas propaganda' and 'promoting antisemitism'.
His wife, Mapheze Ahmad Yusef Saleh, is the daughter of Ahmed Yusef who was an advisor to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continued as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintained a separate PM in the West Bank. Zapped during the 2023-24 war, to eveyone's satisfaction... 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... , according to Campus Watch.
'Suri was a foreign exchange student at Georgetown University actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media,' a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News.
'Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas.
'The Secretary of State issued a determination on March 15, 2025 that Suri’s activities and presence in the United States rendered him deportable under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(i).'
Suri endorsed Hamas online even though his Georgetown bio says he focuses his studies on the 'grinding of the peace processor in the Middle East.'
In one now-deleted post, he reportedly denied reports of the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
'Three lies by Israeli occupation, no proof whatsoever of babies beheaded, rapes or mass killing at carnival,' the postdoctoral student, who also teaches a class on majority and minority rights in South Asia, wrote at the time, according to Campus Watch.
In another post from years ago, Suri reportedly expressed support for Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yasin.
He is said to have posted a video saying, 'This is what Hamas argues. Sheikh Yaseen giving the reasons why his group is fighting for their land which was stolen.'
Suri even reportedly posted a video showing Hamas forces of Evil holding Israeli child hostages, writing: 'This is how Hamas men deal with kids on Oct. 7.'
His wife, a US citizen, has also spoken out on social media about her support for the terrorist group, and spoke about her role in Hamas' government.
She told Arabic-language media that she served with the terror group's Committee to Break the Siege in Gaza - which happened to be chaired by her father, the National Review reports.
At one point, she even reportedly expressed her hatred for her adopted country, declaring in Arabic on Instagram: 'America is the plague.'
On Monday, agents informed Suri they were with the Department of Homeland Security, and told him that his student visa has been revoked, a petition for his release claims.
It says Suri was put in deportation proceedings under the same provision of immigration law that the Trump administration invoked to try to deport Khalil.
The provision gives the Secretary of State the power to deport noncitizens if he or she determines that their continued presence in the United States would threaten foreign policy - though Suri has not been charged with a crime in the United States.
Following his arrest on Monday, Suri was taken to a facility in Virginia and is expected to be transferred soon to a detention center in Texas.
As of Wednesday night, an online locator for immigration detainees showed he was at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement staging center at an airport in Alexandria, Louisiana, Politico reports.
His lawyer Hassan Ahmad said he has not been able to contact his client since he was detained, and said he is now unsure whether he will have to refile Suri's petition for release in Louisiana.
Ahmad told Politico he is prepared 'to do whatever we can to release our client from detention and afford him due process.'
He then went on to hit out at the Trump administration for Suri's arrest.
'This is just another example of our government abducting people the same way they kidnapped Khalil,' Ahmad argued.
Khalil's case has become a flashpoint for Trump's pledge to deport activists who participated in the wave of protests on US college campuses against Israel's military assault on Gaza.
The Trump administration has argued pro-Paleostinian protests on college campuses have included support for Hamas and anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish students.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... , though, has fired back at critics of Khalil's arrest, saying that it is 'not about free speech.'
'When you come to the United States as a visitor, which is what a visa is, which is how this individual entered this country, on a visitor's visa, you are here as a visitor. We can deny you that visa,' the U.S. top diplomat argued.
If someone said they intended to come to the U.S. as a student 'and rile up all kinds of anti-Jewish student, anti-Semitic activities' and shut down universities, they would be denied the visa, Rubio said.
He added: 'If you actually end up doing that once you're in this country on such a visa, we will revoke it.'
'This is not about free speech. This is about people who don't have the right to be in the United States to begin with,' the secretary of state said.
'No one has a right to a student visa. No one has a right to a green card,' Rubio added.
He said the U.S. can deny one for 'virtually any reason.'
In a statement to DailyMail.com, Georgetown University said it was not aware of Suri engaging in illegal activity.
'Dr. Khan Suri is an Indian national who was duly granted a visa to enter the United States to continue his doctoral research on peacebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan.
'We are not aware of him engaging in any illegal activity, and we have not received a reason for his detention.
'We support our community members' rights to free and open inquiry, deliberation and debate, even if the underlying ideas may be difficult, controversial or objectionable. We expect the legal system to adjudicate this case fairly.'
Of course. It will be fun when something is done about these activist Progressive judges sticking their rulings where they don’t belong.
[IsraelTimes] A federal judge has ordered US President Donald Trump’s administration not to deport Badar Khan Suri, an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University whose lawyer says the United States is seeking to remove him after it accused him of harming American foreign policy.
According to the three-paragraph order by US District Judge Patricia Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, the order will remain in effect until lifted by the court.
The Department of Homeland Security has accused Badar Khan Suri of ties to the Palestinian terror group Hamas and said he had spread Hamas propaganda and antisemitism on social media. On March 15, Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined Suri could be deported for those activities, according to DHS.
Suri is living in the US on a student visa, married to an American citizen, and has been detained in Alexandria, Louisiana, according to his lawyer. He is awaiting a court date in immigration court, his lawyer says.
Federal agents arrested him outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, on Monday night. The lawyer welcomes Thursday’s ruling and calls it “the first bit of due process Dr. Khan Suri has received since he was snatched from his family Monday night.”
DHS doesn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday’s court order.
#1
About...30%...of this country no longer supports the United States of America.
We could continue to be "polite" to them. Or we could just stop with the charade.
White women litter a significant population within mainstream liberal "Christian" denominations. They speak...a lot...in support of abortion, open borders, trans topics, "Palestine", etc.
When are we going to stop letting this nonsense continue unchallenged?
Abortion is a sin and the murder of one of God's children.
Open borders is a "Caesar" issue. Christ instructed us to render unto Caesar that which is due unto Caesar.
The support of trans identity is a sin.
The support of "Palestine" is the support of terrorism and historical ignorance. Terrorism is a sin.
Clean out the pews. Seriously, who cares that they will support the bake sale if their presence is biblical *heresy*?
A *reformation* is needed within Christianity.
We properly ridicule the current state of the Catholic Church. But so many Protestant denominations need confrontation by those who understand scripture and support them with their tithes and offerings. So many Christians are giving their tithes to have that money used to fund *heresy*.
Since that pedophile @TheRickWilson has me blocked, I'll respond to his stupid ass question this way.
When you say "kill tesla" with a picture of a burning Tesla, the message is just as clear as when you called for the assassination of Donald Trump. https://t.co/t0ufFshOGQpic.twitter.com/VJ7qDoZDAd
OPEN QUESTION:
Given the Nationwide timing and launch to these violent Arsonist protests. It is clear these attacks fall under the RICO Act.
Will the New MAGA retuned DOJ / FBI be looking into the usual Political Organized Crime Syndicate that is responsible?
Or will the Liberals, Radicals and Perverts that seem to make up over 1/2 of the Democrat Party run loose, and be allowed to continue doing so again & again?
#6
might want to consider Foreign Actors. I seem to recall a certain Country flooding European markets with EV's. Might even want to manufacture them in central or south america. Since the EV crowd is lefty loonie, this is as much a negative marketing campaign as a DT event. Qui Bono?
Betcha they all turn out to be either Antifa/Black Bloc or mentally ill.
[NYPOST] Three people accused of destroying Tesla cars and charging stations are facing up to 20 years in prison for ''domestic terrorism,'' US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday.
''The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,'' Bondi said in a statement.
''Let this be a warning: If you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars,'' she added.
The defendants — whose cases are being brought in Colorado, Oregon and South Carolina — are accused of using high-powered weapons and explosives to destroy property belonging to the Elon Musk-owned car company, which has been targeted in recent weeks over his role in the Trump administration.
In Oregon, Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, allegedly carried a suppressed AR-15 rifle while lobbing eight Molotov cocktails at a Salem Tesla dealership Jan. 20. Almost exatly one month later, on Feb. 19, Sherlocks say Lansky returned to the dealership and shot out one of the windows and fired bullets into a car, according to Fox12. Lansky is charged with unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm.
In Colorado, Lucy Grace Nelson, 40, is charged with malicious destruction of property after allegedly trying to light Tesla cars on fire at a dealership in Loveland, 45 miles north of Denver. Investigators say Nelson spray-painted ''Nazi cars'' across the vehicles before tossing Molotov cocktails at them. She was released on $100,000 bond a day after her arrest in February.
Finally, Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, is accused of arson of property in interstate commerce after he allegedly vandalized Tesla charging stations in Charleston, SC earlier this month with profane anti-Trump rhetoric, then torched them.
According to authorities, Clarke-Pounder scrawled ''F— Trump'' and ''Long live the Ukraine'' across the charging stations before throwing five Molotov cocktails at them, with one of the homemade bombs lighting the suspect on fire before he put himself out.
Each faces a minimum of five years in prison if convicted, but the charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years.
Despite Bondi's rhetoric, none of the standing charges qualify as ''domestic terrorism,'' and it is unclear whether the AG will elevate them.
President Trump has been outspoken about hunting down the people targeting Teslas across the country — and has called them domestic Lions of Islam when speaking about them.
''I'm going to stop them,'' the president said March 11 after buying a Tesla himself to show support for Musk and the company. ''We're going to catch them, they're bad guys.''
''We're going to catch you, and you're going to go through hell,'' he added.
And today Indivisible hosted a conference call to plan their next attacks on Tesla — which an anonymous someone sat in on for the rest of us:
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1. One of the speakers is a federal employee who belongs to the American Federation of Government Employees Union.
For that that don’t remember, they are one of the six groups that teamed up on December 19, 2024, to take down Trump. Marc Elias launched Civil Service Strong. The…
I see that today all over their messaging it says nonviolent because of the charges that were brought by Pam Bondi so they seem a little spooked.
Anyway, I listened to their entire organizing call for the 500 protests they are trying to organize for 3/29.
Truly dystopian stuff.
Continuing the second tweet:
…Marc Elias launched Civil Service Strong. The press release calls the firm a coalition of civil society institutions and organizations, including 2.2 million federal government civil servants.
She spoke on the call to rally protesters all across the country to make their voices heard.
So I just connected Indivisible with Civil Service Strong because it’s all tied together.
This was my favorite speaker, the independent journalist and hacker who tells us the entire point of these organized protests are to tank Tesla stock.
#5
Maybe they can tank Tesla stock, but only by destroying innocent businesses and damaging insurance companies. Not that they care, but the media should.
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#6
Oh noes! Tesla stock has tanked, having crashed to $241 from its price of $173 a year ago (+39%).
May all your investments perform so dismally!
In other news, the chocolate ration has been increased from 5 grams to 3 grams.
#11
Gonna head to local Tesla dealership on the 39th, pick up some Tesla swag and flip the bird to the orcs that have put that dealership on the target list.
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[Rudaw] Two ISIS turbans, including a suicide-bomber who self-detonated, were killed during festivities with Iraqi security forces in northern Iraq on Wednesday, according to Baghdad’s Security Media Cell.
"After intensive monitoring and the use of technical and intelligence resources, a force from the second battalion of the 88th [Iraqi Army] Brigade and Military Intelligence Directorate detachments within the Eastern Salahaddin Operations Command set up an ambush in the Palkana area in Tuz district [north of Salahaddin province]," the cell stated, adding that "the operation successfully eliminated a cell consisting of four ISIS terrorists."
"The ambush resulted in casualties within the terrorist group, with two killed - one of whom was a jacket wallah wearing an boom belt - and others maimed," the cell added, noting that the Iraqi forces were also "supported by drones from the Military Intelligence Directorate."
Earlier on Wednesday, an advisor to the Salahaddin governor, Kawa Sheikhani, told Rudaw that the ambush "to root out four ISIS bully boyz was set in an area between the town of Kifri [in Sulaimani province] and the town of Tuz Khurmatu [in the district of Tuz in Salahaddin province, 175 km north of Baghdad]."
An informed security source in Tuz Khurmatu, who spoke to Rudaw on conditions of anonymity, corroborated Sheikhani’s remarks stating that "ISIS bully boyz clashed with Iraqi forces and the suicide bomber was the group’s commander in Salahaddin province. The other bully boyz managed to escape to [their hideout in] Palakan mountain [east of Salahaddin]."
"The Iraqi army had detected the turbans’ movement through thermal cameras," the source noted, adding that "no injuries were recorded among Iraqi forces."
Kifri is part of Sulaimani’s Garmiyan administration and borders areas held by the Iraqi federal government. Erbil and Baghdad have been working jointly to address security gaps between their territories, which have allowed ISIS bully boyz room to maneuver.
The head of Iraq’s Security Media Cell in late February confirmed to Rudaw that Iraqi security forces have largely eradicated ISIS from the country, with only a few hundred bully boyz remaining in remote areas.
Major General Saad Maan stated that some 400 to 600 ISIS bully boyz are still scattered across uninhabitable regions of Iraq, emphasizing that local communities "are rejecting their presence, and no one is harboring them."
He further explained that "for over a year, we have not faced direct attacks from ISIS and the number of explosions" caused by improvised bombs (IEDs) or suicide-bombers "has been minimal." He underscored that Iraqi forces "are taking the initiative to strike first."
[Rudaw] Iraqi security forces on Wednesday said they arrested five individuals following an overnight skirmish between the Iraqi army and armed individuals affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the predominantly Yazidi district of Shingal (Sinjar).
A statement from the Iraqi Security Media Cell said that a "group of outlaws in two vehicles kidnapped a citizen in Sinjar district [north of Iraq] and took him to another location." In response, Iraqi army forces, Shingal police, and other security units "pursued the vehicles, completely surrounding the area."
During the operation, the kidnappers "threw a hand grenade at one of the security forces’ vehicles," causing "minor injuries to four security personnel." Security forces "managed to wound two of the kidnappers - one critically - and arrested five suspects involved in the kidnapping." The kidnapped citizen was freed following intense festivities.
The Security Media Cell did not provide details on the motive behind the reported "kidnapping," but the Shingal Resistance® Units (YBS) - a group widely known as an all-Yazidi offshoot of the PKK - claimed in on Wednesday that the Iraqi army targeted one of their vehicles in Shingal, which led to the injury of three of their fighters.
The YBS claimed that the Iraqi forces "ambushed" their fighters, leaving one of them at death's door.
Pro-YBS media on Wednesday reported on the incident and published a video showing YBS supporters trying to protest at the venue of the incident, but were blocked by security forces.
Sherwan Dubardani, a Kurdish politician representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Nineveh province, told Rudaw on Wednesday that the YBS had kidnapped a citizen, who is an engineer, and stolen his vehicle.
Dubardani added that security forces pursued the "kidnappers" - who were in two YBS vehicles and attacked the soldiers in defense of one of their members who was accused of stealing the vehicle.
A myriad of gangs are active in Shingal, including those affiliated with the PKK, the Iraqi government, and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
This is not the first time festivities have erupted between the Iraqi army and the YBS, with deadly confrontations occurring in May 2022 over control of the district.
The YBS, formed in 2007, gained prominence after fighting 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 2014, following the latter’s blitz attack on the Yazidi heartland of Shingal, which resulted in mass atrocities against the ethno-religious minority group.
Backed by the PKK, the YBS gained control of large areas in Shingal and remains one of the most influential forces in the region despite opposition from Baghdad.
The YBS additionally comes under sporadic attacks from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... , which regards them as a PKK offshoot. Ankara designates the PKK as a terrorist organization.
Last year, Iraq banned the PKK, paving the way for stronger relations between Baghdad and Ankara.
Iraq also signed the Shingal Agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to normalize life in the war-torn district in 2020. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome... the KRG contends that the presence of PKK-linked forces and lack of cooperation from the Iraqi government have led to the failure of the agreement.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the space pirate fleet to attack Zemblonia... many Yazidis who fled Shingal during the 2014 ISIS attacks have been unable to return due to ongoing security issues and a lack of basic services in the district.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli security forces arrest nine suspects in the West Bank village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, after they threw stones at Israeli vehicles on civilian roads, the IDF says.
According to the IDF, the arrests take place as part of a broader counterterrorism effort across the West Bank, with security forces arresting 70 wanted individuals and seizing multiple weapons over the past week.
The IDF emphasizes that security forces will continue working to prevent attacks on Israeli civilians and security personnel.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Israeli occupation forces continued their bloody aggression on the Gaza Strip for the third consecutive day on Thursday, committing numerous massacres against peaceful families, killing and wounding dozens of them.
The Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have intensified, especially at dawn, when the Israeli forces flattened at least nine residential buildings over the past two hours.
According to medical sources, 37 civilians were killed and 40 others were reported missing under the rubble, including newborn babies, children, women, and the elderly who had been sleeping.
The sources confirmed that 21 martyrs were brought to the Gaza European Hospital following the Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis and Rafah. The Israeli bombing wiped out entire families.
Several people were killed, several others were injured, and others went missing under the rubble after the Israeli warplanes bombed the Al-Daour family home in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
Several civilians were also injured after an Israeli helicopter bombed a tent housing displaced persons in the Al-Zahour neighborhood, north of Rafah, early Thursday morning.
Israeli aircraft also bombed agricultural land northwest of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, amid heavy artillery shelling.
Several people were killed and others were injured when the Israeli forces bombed the Abu Nasr family home in the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
At least 10 citizens were killed in an Israeli attack on the Jabr family home in the Musbah area, north of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
Two other martyrs were pulled out from the rubble of the Al-Amour family home in Al-Fakhari, east of Khan Yunis.
Twelve citizens were also killed when the Israeli forces bombed the Abu Daqqa family home in the town of Al-Fakhari.
Meanwhile, another Israeli attack targeted the vicinity of a food aid distribution warehouse and a prayer hall in the Ma'an area, east of Khan Yunis.
Israeli occupation forces renewed their offensive on the Gaza Strip at dawn Tuesday, with air strikes targeting all areas of the Strip, leading to the martyrdom of about 500 citizens and the injury of hundreds of others, unilaterally ending the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip that came into effect on January 19.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli troops expanded a ground operation in the northern 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, alongside dozens of Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on terror targets, two days into the resumption of fighting in the enclave, after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire.
On Thursday evening the IDF said it had expanded its ground operations in the southern Gaza Strip. In the past few hours, troops had advanced into the Shaboura camp in Rafah, and destroyed "terror infrastructure," the military said.
Early on Thursday the IDF launched ground operations along the coast of the far north of the Gaza Strip, close to Beit Lahiya. It came as part of the IDF’s activity aimed at expanding its buffer zone along the Gaza border.
Following the rocket attack, the Israel Defense Forces issued an evacuation warning to Paleostinians in the Bani Suheila area of southern Gaza.
In a post on X, the IDF’s Arabic-language front man, Col. Avichay Adraee, published a map of the area that is to be evacuated, saying that it was a "final warning" before the IDF carries out strikes there.
"Terror organizations are once again launching their rockets from within civilian areas. We have warned this area many times," he said. Adraee called on Gazook civilians to head west to recognized humanitarian shelters.
GROUND OPERATION ALONG GAZA’S NORTHERN COAST
Troops of the 252nd Division pushed into north Gaza’s coastal road area on Thursday, and were deployed there as of Thursday afternoon, the army said. Two tank battalions of the 188th Armored Brigade have been leading the operation.
Ahead of the offensive, the IDF said it carried out airstrikes on some 40 targets in the Beit Lahiya area, including tunnels, anti-tank missile launch posts, Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... operatives, and other threats to troops.
Additionally, the IDF said it carried out strikes on dozens of 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... targets in Gaza overnight.
Fighter jets and other Israeli Air Force aircraft hit terror operatives, buildings used by terror groups, weapons, and other infrastructure that posed a threat to Israel, the military and Shin Bet said in a joint statement.
There have not been any reports of actual festivities on the ground since Israel resumed military action in Gaza on Tuesday.
GAZANS WARNED TO AVOID MAIN ROAD IN CENTRAL STRIP
Thursday also saw the IDF warn Paleostinians to avoid a main Gaza artery as troops advanced in the Netzarim Corridor area in the Strip’s center.
In a post on X, Adraee said that "over the past day, IDF troops began a targeted operation" in central Gaza, and were "deployed up to the center of the Netzarim Corridor.
"For your safety, do not travel on the Salah a-Din road between the north of the Gaza Strip and the south and vice versa," he said.
Traveling from the north of the Strip to its south is only permitted via the coastal road, known as al-Rashid, Adraee added.
The military has warned Paleostinians against approaching areas where troops are operating.
ISRAEL DENIES ITS STRIKE KILLED UN EMPLOYEES
Five staff members of the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Paleostinian relief agency UNRWA have been killed in the past few days, the agency’s Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said Thursday.
"In the past few days another five UNRWA staff have been confirmed killed, bringing the corpse count to 284. They were teachers, doctors and nurses: serving the most vulnerable," he said in a statement posted on X.
On Wednesday, United Nations 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... condemned attacks on the organization’s personnel after a United Nations Office for Project Services staff member died in an alleged strike on UN guesthouses.
Israel has denied carrying out an airstrike on the facility in Deir al-Balah, and photos from the scene show that those hurt were from the United Nations Mine Action Service, which deals with clearing leftover bombs.
Israel says Hamas and other Gazook terror groups use UN facilities to hide weapons, personnel or other infrastructure. It has also published evidence showing UNRWA staffers were among the thousands of Hamas-led Gazooks to take part in massacres across southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
PRO-HAMAS OUTLET CLAIMS 71 KILLED OVERNIGHT
Gaza’s pro-Hamas Quds News outlet also reported that 71 people were killed in Israeli strikes across the Strip overnight Wednesday-Thursday, which would raise the corpse count to over 540 since Israel resumed its military campaign in Gaza early Tuesday morning.
The news outlet reported that airstrikes took place around Khan Younis, Rafah and other parts of Gaza overnight.
The corpse count cannot be verified, and figures from Hamas-controlled health authorities have been questioned. In addition, they make no distinction between civilians and combatants.
Israel says it is only targeting forces of Evil and terror infrastructure and blames Hamas and allied groups for collateral damage, saying they use civilians as human shields.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance® Movement Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... , announced on Thursday afternoon that their fighters targeted ''Tel Aviv'' with missile barrages in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians.
''We bombard the city of ''Tel Aviv'' deep inside the occupied territories with a barrage of ''Maqadma'' M90 rockets in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians,'' Martyr Izz El-Din al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement.
This attack is the resistance's first response to the Zionist entity's violation of the ceasefire, which resulted over 710 deaders in the last three days.
It also comes after the occupation's renewed ground invasion into Beit Lahia this morning, and the failure of the mediators and the world to curb the occupation's aggression.
[IsraelTimes] Rocket sirens blared in Tel Aviv on Thursday afternoon after three long-range rockets were launched from the southern Gaza Strip at Israel, the first time rockets were launched from Gaza at central Israel in over five months.
One of the rockets was intercepted by air defenses, while the other two struck open areas, according to the military. No injuries were caused, though several pieces of shrapnel hit areas of Rishon Lezion. It was unclear whether they’d broken off of the Hamas rockets or the interceptors, but no major damage was caused.
The Hamas terror group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Air raid sirens sounded in occupied Paleostine after a ballistic missile was launched from 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... , according to an announcement by the Israeli occupation army.
Israeli media reported that dozens of settlers were maimed as they rushed to shelters in occupied Jerusalem and Tel Aviv after air raid sirens were activated across large areas of occupied Paleostine.
Enemy media also reported that flights were halted at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv following the missile launch from Yemen.
Earlier in the day, Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e, spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF), announced that the YAF's Rocket Force had fired a Paleostine-2 hypersonic missile at Ben Gurion Airport. This action was described as a response to the ongoing Israeli massacres against Paleostinians.
Sare'e also stated that various branches of the YAF had conducted coordinated attacks against the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and other vessels in the Red Sea.
This marked the second strike launched by the YAF since the renewal of Israeli aggression on the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip, coinciding with renewed US-led strikes on Yemen
A statement from the Israel Defense Forces says “the sirens were activated in accordance with protocol,” apparently due to concerns of falling debris.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service says it has received no direct reports of injuries from debris, though medics are treating several people suffering acute anxiety or who were hurt while rushing to shelters.
The request comes as the US has carried out widespread strikes against the Houthis in recent days.
According to the report, the US told Israel to “let them deal with it.”
The Israel Defense Forces said earlier that it downed a missile fired from Yemen before the projectile entered Israeli airspace overnight, with the Houthis claiming responsibility for its second attack on the country this week.
The attack triggered sirens across a wide swath of central Israel, including the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem areas, sending millions scrambling to reach bomb shelters at 4 a.m.
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[IsraelTimes] Military says targets include site for storing rocket launchers, underground infrastructure; no casualties reported
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday said it carried out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on Hezbollah facilities in Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ’s eastern Bekaa Valley, after identifying activity by the terror group there amid the ongoing ceasefire.
One site included underground infrastructure, and another was used to store rocket launchers, according to the military.
Lebanese state media on Thursday reported Israeli strikes on the country’s south and east.
The state-run National News Agency said "enemy aircraft" struck "the eastern slopes of the mountain range within the town of Janta in the Bekaa," as well as "the outskirts of the town of Taraya, west of Baalbek," also in the east.
Four missiles were fired in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon, NNA said.
No casualties were immediately reported.
A November 27, 2024, truce in Lebanon largely halted more than a year of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel.
Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Lebanese territory since the truce agreement took effect, saying it is acting against Hezbollah violations of the ceasefire.
Last month, Israel withdrew all its forces from southern Lebanon, except from five strategic points, saying it had received a green light from the US to remain at those posts and citing the need to prevent Hezbollah from returning to the area and threatening Israel.
The ceasefire also required Hezbollah to pull back north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border, and to dismantle any remaining military infrastructure in the south.
Syrian security forces arrest a former commander of the former Assad regime factions accused of war crimes and criminal activities. Authorities also intercepted an arms deal in Daraa. #Syria#Security#Military#NorthPresshttps://t.co/kMnu2M1DDv
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) March 20, 2025
Syria’s Interior Ministry announced on Thursday the arrest of a former commander of the "Tiger Forces," a notorious pro-Assad military unit, as part of an ongoing crackdown on criminal networks operating in the post-war period.
In a statement, the ministry confirmed the detention of Bashar Mahfouz, who previously led assault units and oversaw recruitment for the 25th Division, which was commanded by Suheil al-Hassan, known as "The Tiger."
According to the Interior Ministry, Mahfouz is accused of committing war crimes and forming a gang involved in kidnapping and looting following the collapse of the previous government structure. He is set to face trial before a specialized court.
The arrest marks a significant move by Syrian authorities, reflecting an effort to address lawlessness that has persisted in various regions since the end of major military operations.
In a related security development, an intelligence source told local media that Syrian security forces had intercepted an illicit weapons deal in eastern Daraa countryside. Two individuals, identified as Raoui Kiwan and Moataz Ghanem, were apprehended while receiving a shipment of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles from a supplier known as "Abu Zaater."
Daraa, which has remained a hotspot for holy warrior activity and arms smuggling, has witnessed frequent festivities between security forces and gangs, complicating stabilization efforts in the south.
The crackdown on former military figures and illicit arms trade signals a broader attempt by the Syrian government to consolidate control and address lawlessness that has plagued parts of the country. However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... security analysts suggest that such efforts face challenges due to lingering tensions and the presence of multiple factions operating within Syria’s fragmented landscape.
While these developments may indicate a shift in security policy, the long-term effectiveness of such measures remains uncertain amid the country’s complex political and military dynamics.
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