[WSB Atlanta] Two dozen people are facing charges in Gwinnett County after an investigation into drug trafficking.
Last month, the Gwinnett Metro Task Force and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office served five search warrants in the Buford area.
They say this was the first phase of an investigation into a fentanyl drug trafficking organization they believe is being led by Adrian Bernard Butler.
Adrian Butler and 23 others were arrested and charged.
Investigators say the organization spread fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine throughout Buford, Flowery Branch, Gainesville, Forsyth County, Habersham County, Jackson County and Lumpkin County.
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There have been attempts in years past to extend the MARTA line to outlying communities like Gwinnett, Peachtree City, and others. For obvious reasons, the attempts at route expansion of MARTA have failed.
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MARTA had bus stops at the Duluth Mall when we lived 1/2 mile closer to downtown, and when we later lived off Sugarloaf Pkwy. I known because on 2 ocassions 1 leaving movie house and 1 at Golden C. Buffet I had display a means self protection to have us left alone.
MARTA was rejected again last year. Don't get me wrong, I believe it’s needed. I can’t stand going to see my aunts in Lawrenceville due to the traffic even with the Peach Pass.
I’m in DeKalb now (don’t pronounce the “L”) Brookhaven, I can walk downtown and have beer and with food I devour weekly on Buford Hwy, I’ll never again be OTP.
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Whether it was a interconnection or MARTA direct connect.
The same $%^&* ended up at the Mall and brought the Atlanta Virus problems with it.
To transfer from MARTA to there on Ride Gwinnett, is unbelievably difficult. As I said, I grew up in Gwinnett, I can no longer read the signs in that county, but MARTA ain’t the problem
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Sorry for a double post. My grandfather had the jail. was B.C.(Benjamin Clay) he had a brother, Cuthbert, that had twins, he always told me if I hadn’t lost my toe hold I’d had triplets
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Intensifying attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have forced around 90% of the residents of El Fasher's Abu Shouk camp to flee in the past two days, a spokesperson for the camp said on Monday.
The exodus from the Abu Shouk camp, located in the northern part of the North Darfur capital, is the latest development in a weeks-long RSF offensive to seize control of the city. The army-held town has been under siege since April 2024, choking off supplies of food and medicine and creating a severe hunger crisis.
''During Sunday and Monday, most of the camp's residents fled,'' the spokesperson told Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... Tribune, adding that a small number who remained sheltering near the Nyvasha market ''have been subjected to intense attacks by RSF artillery and drones.''
He said the RSF made rapid advances inside the camp, forcing residents to flee deeper into El Fasher, while others undertook perilous journeys to the towns of Tawila and Korma under dire humanitarian conditions.
The spokesperson accused RSF fighters of widespread violations, including killings, looting, and arbitrary arrests. He added that dozens of young men had gone missing during the displacement.
The Abu Shouk camp, which once provided shelter to over 190,000 people, has been repeatedly hit by shelling and dronezaps, causing numerous casualties.
In late August, activists reported that RSF fighters stormed the camp in an attack that killed more than 40 people and destroyed 98% of its water sources.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] Heavy festivities shook Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... 's North Kordofan state on Monday as the army pressed an offensive and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deployed major reinforcements to the region, with both sides claiming battlefield gains.
The escalation threatens to intensify the conflict in the strategic Kordofan region, which links the capital Khartoum to the war-torn Darfur region. The RSF has brought in unprecedented reinforcements from Darfur and parts of West Kordofan, led by prominent commanders Ali Rizqallah ''Savana'' and al-Nur al-Qubba, according to military sources.
Fighting has raged for four days in areas south of El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan. The RSF stated in a blurb that it had seized the areas of Kazgeil and al-Riash, forcing the army to retreat.
An army field commander, however, denied the claim in comments to Sudan Tribune, insisting his forces remained in control and were determined to advance. The two areas, which sit on a key border between North and South Kordofan, have changed hands repeatedly since June.
The army's operations aim to open the national highway to South Kordofan to break a months-long siege on the army-held cities of Kadugli and Dilling, which are encircled by the RSF and its ally, the SPLM-N faction led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... 's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Monday forcibly displaced residents from the village of Tura, north of El Fasher, to convert it into a military post, a military source said.
The source told Sudan Tribune the base is intended to secure the movements of the paramilitary group's commanders. This development occurs amid escalating military operations in El Fasher and a sharp deterioration in humanitarian conditions, including severe shortages of food and shelter.
Witnesses who fled to the nearby town of Mellit told Sudan Tribune that a large RSF force stormed Tura and ordered residents to leave immediately, triggering a mass displacement of thousands.
Some of the displaced have opted to flee towards Libya to escape the worsening security and humanitarian crisis, witnesses said.
Tura had been a key commercial hub since the war began in April 2023. Its market was a vital economic lifeline for nearby villages and El Fasher, providing essential goods as supply chains collapsed.
The RSF has previously killed civilians it accused of smuggling food, medicine, and fuel into the besieged city.
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[AFRICANEWS] More on this Tweet from yesterday.
According to the French press agency AFP, residents in the Tillabéri region in western Niger said that gunmen shot dead 22 people, most of which were attending a baptism. Niger's authorities have confirmed that an attack happened, but did not release casualty numbers.
22 civilians were killed in an armed attack by a group of gunmen on motorbikes in western Niger on Wednesday, according to various reports from media and witnesses.
The attackers opened fire on villagers attending a baptism ceremony, and killed 15 people there. They then left the vicinity and killed another seven civilians close by.
The region of Tillabéri in western Niger, bordering on Mali and Burkina Faso, is familiar with armed violence. Jihadist groups in particular are very active in the area, and the armed forces of Niger have been struggling to contain attacks from diverse jihadist movements. In the words of the Talking Heads: "Same as it ever was"
Last week, several soldiers from the Nigerien army were killed in attacks, which also took place in the Tillabéri region. It is estimated that around twenty soldiers died in at least two separate attacks on 10 September.
A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report drew attention to the violence in Tillabéri and called upon authorities to do more to protect civilians in the region.
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Humbly and sincerely: Why aren't these recurrent massacres against Christians even a topic of discussion in the media? Can't they at least allocate a few square centimetres for a running weekly tab? (like they do for murders in Chicago?)
Perhaps via a vatican newsletter?
Perhaps via a UN website?
Do Christians really want to keep quiet, just waiting around until it becomes their turn to get slaughtered? at a baptism? a wedding? a funeral? a midnight mass?
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Why?
Choices.
Believe you will be saved.
Believe you should be strapped.
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Good point #1. Somebody should make a webpage recording Christian murders overseas like someone has done for Chicago.
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Why aren't these recurrent massacres against Christians even a topic of discussion in the media?
Because it is far away in the wilds of sub-Saharan Africa, Gordon — not even in a city that people might have heard of — where they have been killing each other, mostly ineffectually, for millennia.
Even here at Rantburg, where the war of jihadi Islam to conquer the world for Allah is our focus, we do not pay as close attention as we might, being distracted by events in other regions. Fred handles Nigeria — where Boko Haram and ISIS in the West Africa Province run amok — and whichever Congo M23 rampages through, but we would dearly love a dedicated volunteer to cover the rest of the region for us.
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[REGNUM] For a week now, the UK has been rocked by large-scale protests, the likes of which the country hasn't seen since the early 2010s. Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people are demanding change and stricter immigration laws from the government.
However, London, apparently, prefers to act in the opposite direction.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Contradictions over interethnic issues in British domestic politics have been evident for at least twenty years. London has been constantly torn between liberalization and a tightening of the screws on immigration, between globalism and a "true British identity."
London's policy became particularly drastic after 2015, when the country, frightened by the mass exodus of refugees from the Middle East and Africa, as well as the rise of the terrorist threat in the Greater East, effectively "closed itself" to illegal immigrants and refused to accept European quotas for the resettlement of refugees.
And after leaving the EU in 2016, Britain declared its territory a “free zone for illegal immigrants.”
However, these tough measures largely remained just on paper. Over time, the United Kingdom has become an "island of foreigners": researchers estimate that by 2025, there will be over 700,000 illegal immigrants in the country.
By comparison, this is three times more than in France, which accepted refugees without resistance. And the number of legal "new Britons" and expats (for example, Qataris) is even higher. In some cities, the proportion of native Britons already makes up less than half of the total population.
It is not surprising that, over time, ordinary citizens of the country began to react extremely sensitively to the expansion of “national enclaves” in large cities.
At the same time, any appointments of “new Britons” to high positions – whether it was the Mayor of London, the ethnic Pakistani Sadiq Khan (in office since 2016) or the Chancellor of the Exchequer (and later the Conservative Prime Minister), the Indian-born Rishi Sunak – caused discontent at the grassroots level, albeit short-lived.
Every few years, the country would be rocked by powerful protests, usually a reaction to crimes with a pronounced interethnic component, but after a brief "blow-off," the country would return to its previous equilibrium.
At least, that was the case until recently.
SHABANA WEEK
A sudden reshuffle at the Home Office has sparked further ethnic tensions in Britain. In early September, Pakistani-born Shabana Mahmood took over, replacing another Labour colleague, Yvette Cooper.
The latter was promoted to the Foreign Ministry, taking up the post of head of the Foreign Office with the task of "further expanding" diplomatic support for Kyiv.
Despite Cooper's tenure being just over a year, she managed to balance between the interests of the "new Britons" and the indigenous population, blaming the existing migration problems on the negative legacy of the Conservative era.
Mahmood, however, focused on winning popularity among the diaspora. One of her first decrees was a "Pakistani amnesty"—the release from British prisons of more than a thousand ethnic Pakistanis convicted of rape and murder.
Penalties for migrants committing crimes were also relaxed in order to increase “social protection for disadvantaged groups.”
The new Home Secretary's decisions compounded years of simmering discontent, triggering a new social upheaval and mass protests among the British people. Even those who had long remained above the fray found themselves drawn into the fray.
Protests in major UK cities have been ongoing for over a week and have already surpassed similar crises of previous years, including the Southport riots (July 2024) and the Tottenham demonstrations (2011). According to the Home Office, at least one in 30 Britons took part in the protests.
VOICE OF THE STREETS
The largest protest to date took place in London on September 13 under the slogan "Unite the Kingdom," attracting three million people, although authorities tend to understate the figure several times.
More than three million??? That does not bode well for the government…
It was organised by supporters of the right-wing organisation English Defence League, led by activist Tommy Robinson, who are known for their categorical opposition to London's immigration policy.
However, despite the fact that right-wing forces are the "ringleaders" of the current protests, their "core" is by no means comprised of marginalized individuals. British elites, albeit reluctantly, acknowledge that many public sector workers—doctors, teachers, and cultural workers—have been spotted among the protesters.
The military has so far maintained a largely neutral stance, although several representatives of British veterans' organizations, private military company employees, and retired soldiers were spotted at the "Unite the Kingdom" rally.
They are gradually being joined by business representatives (primarily small entrepreneurs for now), whose interests have been harmed by the flooding of the labor market with migrants. Technocrats are also joining them, including Elon Musk, who addressed the rally via video link.
It's also noteworthy that entire families attended the protest, representing the positions of several generations of Britain. This is also a worrying sign for the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer. Although Starmer promises "not to hand over the country to the right," he is already seeking ways to return to the status quo before the point of no return is passed.
THROUGH REFORMS
Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have yet been able to curb the protest agenda, nor are they able to counter it with anything of their own. But they're also hesitant to quell the wave of discontent in London with force, fearing an even greater social upheaval.
However, against the backdrop of political discord, a “third force” is asserting itself with increasing confidence: the Reform UK party, led by right-wing politician Nigel Farage, a former ideologist of Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Farage's party advocates for stricter immigration laws, the immediate deportation of illegal immigrants, and an end to the imposition of an "alien culture" on the British people.
Despite its populist slogans, Reform UK is currently the only party in Britain that resonates with the core Conservative population, and its electoral base is growing by leaps and bounds. Former opponents are defecting to the "reformers" camp—for example, Conservative heavyweight Maria Caulfield, the former British Health Secretary.
Farage is convinced that his party's rise is only just beginning, and is already eyeing the prime minister's seat in 2027. Unless, of course, Starmer's cabinet collapses even sooner, as has happened more than once in recent years.
The UK's example risks becoming a revealing example of what the country could end up with if its conservative and strict policies towards illegal immigrants remain only on paper, while new appointees try to court ethnic forces.
[DM] At least 50 migrants were tortured and thrown overboard after being accused of witchcraft on a boat crossing to Europe, police have said.
The first allegations of mass high seas executions on board the overcrowded vessel emerged at the start of the month after 248 survivors were rescued off the African coast and taken to Gran Canaria.
Detectives began investigating after witnesses brought ashore claimed to have seen fellow migrants beaten up and shot after people smugglers in charge of the boat accused them of being witches when they suffered engine problems and started running out of food.
Subsequent reports said 17 men – 16 Senegalese nationals and one Gambian – had been arrested and remanded in custody by a Spanish judge investigating the allegations.
On Wednesday police said 19 suspects had been detained as they released the first images of the arrests and detailed for the first time in an official statement the results of their inquiries into the nightmare Atlantic crossing so far.
The migrants were brought ashore at Arguineguin on Gran Canaria's southern coast on August 25, a day after the overcrowded vessel known as a cayuco was rescued off the African city of Dakhla 265 miles from the Canaries by Spanish coastguards after Moroccan officials said they were unable to help.
A spokesman for Spain's National Police in Gran Canaria said: 'National Police officers have arrested 19 people on suspicion of murders and torture on board a cayuco rescued on August 24.'
The force also released footage of the suspects being hauled handcuffed onto a bus from refugee reception centres they had initially been taken to.
The vessel was adrift in waters off Gran Canaria and 248 migrants were in it, although one subsequently died in hospital.
'Several migrants who were travelling in it spoke of murders, wounding and torture committed during the crossing.
'The disappearance of at least 50 people thrown into the sea by the alleged people smugglers is also being investigated.
'All of those held, who were travelling in the same boat, have been remanded in custody after appearing in court.'
The police force added: 'The investigation points to the vessel having left Senegal initially with around 300 people on board, with the estimated disappearance of at least 50 migrants during the 11 days the journey apparently lasted.
'The boat, made of wood and around 65ft long, was located adrift by Spanish Coastguard vessel Guardamar Urania, which took the 248 occupants to Argenenguin.
'According to statements taken from witnesses, several of the migrants arrested not only piloted the cayuco, but also assaulted dozens of people, hitting them and mistreating them in several ways.
'In some cases they threw migrants while they were still alive overboard into the ocean as well as refusing to help those who accidentally fell into the water.
'The witnesses point to the disappearance of around 30 people thrown overboard, although investigators calculate more than 50 people died or disappeared on the basis that the cayuco left Senegal with around 300 people on board.
'The causes of these deaths, according to the witness testimony gathered, is that they are allegedly related to superstitions that identified as 'witches' certain people on the boat when incidents occurred during the crossing, such as engine failures, lack of food or bad weather.
'Likewise homicides have been documented for the simple reason that some people protested or showed their inconformity with the travel conditions.
'The 19 suspects identified are being investigated on suspicion of people trafficking, homicide, wounding and torture.'
The jail remand decision was taken by a duty judge at a court in San Bartolome de Tirajana in Gran Canaria who questioned the suspects as well as the four survivors described locally as 'protected witnesses'.
It is not known if the men held answered questions or retained their right to silence.
In June Spanish police confirmed they had launched an investigation after the bodies of five migrants were found in the sea off the Balearic Islands with their hands and feet bound.
Initial speculation centred on the possibility they could have been murdered and thrown overboard.
The families of the men who died, all Somalians, later revealed they were shackled in a death ritual after they perished from starvation as they tried to reach Europe.
They had been on a boat that was rescued on May 8 by Spanish coastguards 62 miles from Alicante, with 16 male survivors suffering dehydration and other health problems and a dead man on board.
The vessel had left Algeria a fortnight earlier before it was left adrift following engine problems.
During their trip they ended up having to eat just one date a day and drink their own urine, with the men whose bodies were recovered from the Mediterranean said to have fatally opted to drink sea water to try to survive.
Red Cross chiefs said after their rescue: 'One of the people rescued had eaten toothpaste because it was the only thing he had.
'He didn't want to let go of the tube when he reached dry land.'
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I would not presume to criticize another culture.
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We shouldn't be too critical. This is after all a perfect metaphor for how socialists treat capitalists in our society... and for the same reason... (economic) black magic.
Our Black Bloc/ Antifa only wish they could inspire riots like the French do as a matter of course.
[DM] Nearly a million rioters have descended on to the streets of Paris in a 'day of rage' with anti-Macron fury gripping France once again.
As the country endures outbursts of carnage and violence, images from the streets of the capital this morning have already shown major clashes breaking out between cops and rioters.
Protesters have been seen setting fire to wooden pallets outside the city's main train station, the Gare du Nord, while officers battle crowds of demonstrators in billowing clouds of tear gas smoke.
Sud-Rail union member and activist Anasse Kazib spoke in front of several hundred people in front of the station. 'The police are afraid of an invasion of the Gare du Nord, so they are invading it themselves,' he declared, referring to the large police presence on site. During his speech, the doors of the station's main entrance were closed as the crown chanted: 'Macron, resign!', in unison.
Masked students carrying banners and placards calling to 'tax the rich' also waved red flares in front of armoured police as they blocked the entrance of the Lycee Maurice Ravel high school as part of the nationwide protests against the government.
In Lyon, fiery clashes erupted outside the city's Gare de Lyon station, with orange blazes turning the usually peaceful area into a chaotic warzone. The Eiffel Tower has also been closed due to the intense rioting sweeping the city.
The Interior Ministry reported 94 arrests as of midday, including 15 in Paris, after the 'Black Thursday' of strikes and street protests was announced, following last week's 'Block Everything' campaign. Between 600,000 and 900,000 people are now expected to take to the streets nationwide, according to an Interior Ministry estimate.
Across France 20 fires on public roads have been recorded since Wednesday morning, as attempts were made to disrupt key transport links, including the Metro and Paris ring road.
Police fear that around 1000 members of the notorious group aim to riot in Paris alone, and with more than 250 rallies are planned across the country, authorities believe the turnout could reach up to a million.
'Many of the arrests are preventative – people are turning up ready for trouble, including carrying weapons,' said a police spokesman in the French capital, who confirmed 'around 40 arrests nationwide'.
All major French unions have called for action against the government's budget measures, which include cutting some £40billion in spending.
Major disruptions to transport, schools, hospitals and public services started across the country at dawn. In Paris, many metro lines were set to be suspended for most of the day except for morning and afternoon rush hour. Pupils gathered to block the entrances to some schools.
'Block your high school against austerity,' read a placard raised by a student in front of the Lycee Maurice Ravel high school in the French capital, where the gathering included teachers and workers' representatives.
'Workers are currently so despised by this government and by (President Emmanuel) Macron that, in fact, it can't continue like this,' bus driver and CGT union representative Fred said at a rally in front of the high school.
'I am here to defend public services,' 33-year-old teacher Gaetan Legay said at the same rally, 'in particular, to demand that public money goes back into public services... rather than to large companies or in tax gifts to the ultra-rich.'
It is expected to be the most widely followed day of union-led protests and strikes since the months-long mobilisation in early 2023 against Macron's controversial pension reform, which the government eventually rammed through parliament without a vote.
Officials have said they fear violence on the sidelines of union marches, announcing a massive police presence on the streets.
The enormous security force includes 80,000 police officers and gendarmes nationwide, backed by 24 armoured vehicles. There were also 10 water cannons in operation, along with surveillance drones.
The outgoing Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau warned of a 'very, very strong' mobilisation, describing the day as a 'hybrid' event mixing sanctioned demonstrations with potential sabotage from ultra-left groups.
Retailleau also told law enforcement officials that 'the risks of public disorder are significant due to the presence of small groups of ultra-leftists who will try to infiltrate the official marches'.
'We will respond with massive resources and clear orders,' he told BFM-TV.
He said that no damage to public buildings would be tolerated, warning of the risk of sabotage and blockades from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
It comes after a hundred union members entered the Ministry of Economy and Finance at around 11:15am (local time). Local reports claim they managed to break through security barriers and light a smoke bomb.
'Bercy, you're done for, the workers are in the streets,' the protesters chanted, as per LeParisien. 'All together, all together, general strike,' they added.
'And we will continue until withdrawal,' they said, alluding to pension reform and budgetary austerity. 'We are here, we are here, even if Macron doesn't want it, we are here!' was also heard.
The strikes will see one-third of teachers walk out, nine in 10 pharmacies closed, and severe disruption across the Paris Metro. Only three driverless lines are expected to run normally.
While most high-speed trains are likely to run, Metro and suburban rail services face major delays. Air traffic disruption should be limited after controllers postponed a planned strike until October.
Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez told AFP on Wednesday that he was 'very concerned' about the risk that rioters intent on provoking fights and damage would infiltrate the union march in Paris, urging shops in the centre to close for the day and protect their storefronts.
Despite the chaos predicted, more than half of French people support the protests.
According to an Elabe poll conducted for BFMTV, 56 per cent of citizens 'support' or have 'sympathy' for today's strike.
However, this approval rate is slightly lower compared to the mobilisations against pension reform in 2023, when support was between 60 per cent and 63 per cent.
The strike is specifically directed against next year's budget measures proposed by former Prime Minister François Bayrou, whose government was brought down by a confidence vote on September 8.
Newly appointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has scrapped one of the most unpopular proposals – getting rid of two public holidays – but he has not ruled out the rest.
These include an overhaul of unemployment benefits and medical insurance costs, all designed to bring down France's massive debt, which is currently almost £3trillion – or 114 per cent of GDP.
The Fitch rating agency downgraded France's credit rating last week, amid concerns over political instability.
Sophie Binet, head of the CGT union, said Mr Macron's policies amounted to 'unprecedented brutality' and unfairly target 'workers, the unemployed, pensioners and the sick.'
She said the U-turn on scrapping public holidays was 'a first victory' and proof that'we are in a position of strength'.
[IsraelTimes] Rino Casella, who opposes University of Pisa severing ties with Israeli schools, suffers head injuries; Israeli lecturer Pini Zorea booted from Turin polytechnic for defending IDF
An Italian professor who opposes cutting ties with Israeli schools was beaten in his classroom by pro-Paleostinian protesters who interrupted the lesson he was giving on Tuesday at the University of Pisa.
In a second incident the same day, protesters interrupted a lecture from a guest Israeli speaker at a Turin polytechnic, with the school later severing ties with him as he had defended the Israel Defense Forces during dialogue with the activists.
Both incidents were caught on video and posted to social media.
In August, Prof. Luca Nivarraa at the University of Palermo called on his followers to “unfriend your Jewish ‘friends’ on Facebook, even the ‘good’ ones,” arguing that even Jews who criticize Israel were complicit in “covering up the horror” of what he described as a “Palestinian Holocaust.”
Dozens of anti-Israel, pro-Paleostinian activists burst into a class at the University of Pisa given by Prof. Rino Casella, who is not Jewish. Protesters waved Paleostinian flags and hurled abuse at Casella, apparently over his objection to the university’s recent announcement that it would cut ties with two Israeli universities. Casella said that one of the students in the class tried to intervene, but he was beaten, and that when Casella tried to shield the student, he too was attacked. Casella went to the hospital for treatment of injuries to his head and arms.
Casella told the Courier Dellasera daily he was in "emotional shock."
"I can’t accept the interruption of a university class, which is a sacred place, a place of dialogue — not a place of violence," he said.
Casella described how "fascist ...anybody you disagree with, damn them... s" had burst into the class and demanded he stop the lesson. When one student tried to take a flag from a protester, he was kicked and punched. The professor tried to shield the student, but was himself punched in the face.
Casella explained that a leaflet against him has been circulated a few days earlier after he spoke out against the university suspending collaboration with two Israeli universities.
"They called me a Zionist, I don’t consider it an insult. That said, I’m not Jewish, I’m an atheist. If they call me complicit in a genocide, well, I’m not, especially since I don’t believe a genocide is underway [in the Gaza Strip]. But that’s not the point," he said.
"I represent the institutions, and the attack against me is an attack on the university," Casella said, and warned that if such violence continues in universities, "someone could die."
He vowed not to be deterred and said he would go back to teaching after taking a hospital-recommended rest of seven days.
A second incident occurred as Prof. Pini Zorea, of Braude College of Engineering Karmiel, delivered a guest lecture on "Principles of Digital Image Processing and Technologies" at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Courier Dellasera reported. Anti-Israel activists interrupted the event with criticism of Israel over its use of facial recognition technology, accusing the IDF of trying to impose an "apartheid regime" on Paleostinians. Zorea spoke with the protesters, noting that in his opinion, the IDF is the most "clean" army in the world. Responding to chants of "Free Paleostine," Zorea said he agreed — but that Paleostine also needs to be free of Hamas, according to the report.
When the university administration heard of the incident, collaboration with Zorea was suspended.
"As soon as I learned of this unacceptable statement, I ordered, effective immediately, the halting of the module and the suspension of all activities with the professor," Rector Stefano Corgnati said in the Courier Dellasera report.
"He will be called in for clarification on what happened," he continued.
"The Polytechnic, including through its governing bodies, has always clearly condemned all forms of violence, repudiating war and expressing outrage over the ongoing massacre of civilians in Gaza," Corgnati added.
In August, Prof. Luca Nivarraa at the University of Palermo called on his followers to "unfriend your Jewish ’friends’ on Facebook, even the ’good’ ones," arguing that even Jews who criticize Israel were complicit in "covering up the horror" of what he described as a "Paleostinian Holocaust."
The university swiftly distanced itself from the remarks.
[IsraelTimes] Greek media says Israeli man and woman clashed with Palestinians carrying plastic sticks and flagpoles; all five involved were taken to police station Greek media reported that the incident took place Saturday afternoon in Syntagma Square, near the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, in the center of the city. According to CNN Greece, the incident involved two Israelis — a 30-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man — and three Palestinian men aged 27, 26 and 25. The report did not detail what led to the incident or who initiated the confrontation.
There has been a spate of anti-Israel incidents in Greece, which is one of the most popular destinations for Israeli tourists during summer months. Israeli cruise ships have been met with crowds of protesters, who in one case prevented a ship from docking in an incident that the Greek government condemned. Multiple Israelis have said they were attacked after speaking Hebrew in public places.
Last month, activists in the country staged a mass “Day of Action,” organized by a coalition of Greek pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel groups that called for protests “on islands and tourist destinations.”
[IsraelTimes] Army says Hamas was using warehouse that contained artifacts from over 25 years of excavations, including some of the oldest known evidence of Christianity in Gaza
Nine hours of frantic negotiation with the Israeli military. A last-minute scramble to find trucks in a devastated 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, where fuel is in short supply. Six hours of frantic packing, carefully stacking cardboard boxes on open flatbed trucks.
With an Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... looming, aid workers carried out a last-minute rescue mission to salvage thousands of priceless artifacts from a Gaza warehouse before the building was flattened.
The warehouse contained artifacts from over 25 years of excavations, including items from a 4th-century Byzantine monastery designated as a World Heritage Site by the UN cultural organization UNESCO, and some of the oldest known evidence of Christianity in Gaza. The Israeli military said the building housed Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... intelligence installations and planned to demolish it as part of their expanded military operation in Gaza City.
"It’s not just about Paleostinian heritage or Christian heritage, it’s something important to the world heritage here, protected by UNESCO," explained Kevin Charbel, the emergency field coordinator for Première Urgence Internationale, a humanitarian organization that has worked in Gaza since 2009. PUI is a health organization that also works toward the protection of Gaza’s cultural heritage.
NEGOTIATING AGAINST THE CLOCK
COGAT, Israel’s defense body in charge of humanitarian aid, notified PUI of the demolition plan last Wednesday morning. The warning was triggered by a notification system managed by the international NGOS to let the Israeli military know that a specific area is a sensitive site, such as a school, hospital, or warehouses holding humanitarian aid.
Charbel, who is based in Gaza City on a temporary humanitarian rotation, spent nine hours furiously negotiating with the military for a delay to allow workers to move the artifacts to a safer location. But the challenge was larger than just holding off the strike. As Israel expanded its operation in Gaza City, other organizations were in disarray, and no one could locate trucks to transport the artifacts at such short notice.
"Five minutes before I had to accept this was going to be evaporated in front of us, another actor offered us transport," said Charbel. PUI worked with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem to move the artifacts to a safer location in Gaza City that is not being disclosed for security reasons.
The French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem, a venerated archaeological institution in the region that oversaw the Dead Sea Scrolls excavation in Israel, was responsible for the storage of about 80 square meters (860 sq ft) of archaeological artifacts in the al-Kawthar high-rise building in Gaza City. PUI was providing security for the site.
Dozens of ancient archaeological sites have been found in Gaza, including temples, monasteries, palaces, churches, mosques and mosaics. Many of them have been lost to urban sprawl and looting. UNESCO is struggling to preserve some of those that remain. Some of the sites date back 6,000 years, when Gaza was a central stop on trade routes between Egypt and the Levant, and the emergence of urban societies began to transform farming villages.
The artifacts rescued this week include ceramic jugs, mosaics, coins, painted plasterwork, human and animal remains, and items excavated from the Saint Hilarion Monastery, one of the oldest known examples of Christian monastic communities in the Middle East, according to UNESCO.
NO TIME FOR NORMAL PREPARATION
Starting just after sunrise on Thursday, workers rushed to pack five flatbed trucks with as many delicate artifacts as they possibly could in the space of six hours. Artifacts, which had been carefully stored and documented in the warehouse, were hurriedly packed in cardboard boxes, with nearly 2,000-year-old pottery resting on the sandy ground.
Charbel noted that transporting such old artifacts usually requires intense preparation and special provisions to protect delicate objects, something that wasn’t possible in this instance. The Israeli military does not allow the use of closed container trucks, exposing the artifacts to additional dangers. Several items were broken en route and others had to be left behind. Israel destroyed the building on Sunday, claiming Hamas had positioned observation posts and intelligence-gathering infrastructure within it.
Over the past week, Israel has demolished multiple high-rise buildings in Gaza City, part of its dramatic warnings to civilians to evacuate ahead of the ground offensive, which began on Tuesday morning.
As Israel’s ground operation expands, the artifacts are being held in a different location in Gaza City. However,
women are made to be loved, not understood... they are outside, exposed to the elements, and remain in grave danger as strikes intensify.
UNESCO said Israel has damaged at least 110 cultural sites across the Gaza Strip, including 13 religious sites, 77 buildings of historical or artistic interest, one museum, and seven archaeological sites, since the beginning of the war in October 2023.
Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.
During the archaeological rescue, Charbel said, he and other aid workers also wrestled with deeper questions. Did it make sense to direct so many resources, including desperately needed fuel and trucks, risking the lives of multiple people who worked under constant threat of bombardment, for inanimate historical objects, when the humanitarian situation is so dire? Charbel said he was worried about spending so much time arguing over the archaeological artifacts when they also needed to negotiate with COGAT about life-saving water, food, and medicine.
"But we accepted to do this, because it’s so valuable, this stuff, it’s of such importance to world history and also Paleostinian history," said Charbel. "Destroying early examples of Christian history in Paleostine would erase it forever."
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Hamas shall have no shelter. Every structure capable of habitation in Gaza shall be destroyed, leaving the enemy nowhere to live and forcing him to accept evacuation to a Muslim country like Egypt or Minnesota. They want to live under Sharia law, let them live under Sharia!
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Will Herbie "Der Übermensch, bubbe!"
Become Islam's cursed van der Lubbe?
This regular Joshua
Cries, "First we nosh...
On some nice smoked Leviathan blubba!"
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And speaking of stuff that's totally not haram, I just learned that I missed the fabulous grand opening of a Halal Guys location in the very, um, omphalos of gay San Diego. Dammit. Would've been fun.
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[IsraelTimes] On IDF ground offensive’s second day, many Gazans say nowhere is safe; aid groups call for more pressure to stop operation; strikes said to cut internet, phone service "DoorDash service sucks!"
Dozens of Paleostinians were said to have been killed in Israel Defense Force strikes across 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... on Wednesday, as the military said Paleostinians continued to flee Gaza City amid a major offensive in the Strip’s largest urban area.
At least 30 people were killed across the Strip in Israeli strikes, including 19 in Gaza City, local Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... -run health authorities said. Israeli forces continued to bombard the city and other parts of the Strip overnight and into Wednesday, the second day of the IDF’s ground offensive in the area.
The casualty figures could not be independently verified and did not differentiate between fighters and civilians. Gazook health officials said they included several women and kiddies.
The IDF said the air force struck some 50 targets in the Strip overnight, most of them in Gaza City, with some 140 targets hit over a 24-hour period. The military said the targets included tunnels, buildings used by terror groups, cells of operatives, and other infrastructure, but provided few additional details about the intensified operation.
According to reports, Israeli troops blew up remote-controlled explosive-laden unmanned vehicles in the northwest Tel al-Hawa neighborhood and in Gaza City’s south. During the war, the IDF has repurposed decommissioned APCs by packing them with explosives and attaching remote-control capabilities, in order to drive them into areas with Hamas infrastructure without risking the lives of troops.
Airstrikes and artillery fire were reported in several areas around the edges of the city.
On Wednesday, the military estimated that some 400,000 Paleostinians had so far evacuated Gaza City. But it remains heavily populated despite a general evacuation order from the IDF, which has instructed civilians to move south to a humanitarian zone.
Around 1 million Paleostinians were estimated to be residing in the city before the IDF began preparations for its offensive there against Hamas. In recent days, the pace of evacuations has accelerated to tens of thousands of people a day, according to the army.
That increasing rate has led to overcrowding as people make their way out of the city. Until now, Gazooks have only been able to leave via the Rashid coastal road, which has been inundated with foot and vehicle traffic as thousands move south to avoid the onslaught.
But on Wednesday, the military announced that it would facilitate a second evacuation route on Salah a-Din, the main north-south highway in Gaza, which will remain open until noon on Friday. Salah a-Din, a main inland artery running to central Gaza, was used as a principal evacuation route during an offensive in Gaza City in the first months of the war.
The military has estimated that, in addition to the approximately 600,000 civilians who have not yet evacuated, there are thousands of Hamas fighters in Gaza City. Additionally, a number of Israeli hostages are believed to be held in the city.
Terror groups in Gaza are holding 48 hostages, including 47 of the 251 kidnapped by Hamas-led Lions of Islam during the October 7, 2023, attack that launched the war. Twenty hostages are believed to still be alive, while there are grave concerns for two others. The remainder are thought to be dead. Hamas is also holding the body of an IDF soldier killed in 2014.
As the ground and air operations in the city intensified, the Paleostinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, based in the West Bank, said Israeli strikes on the main network lines in northern Gaza had collapsed internet and telephone services, cutting Gazooks off from the outside world.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Senate, the partisans of Honorius went for their knives and the partisans of Stilicho went for the doors... a coalition of leading aid groups on Wednesday urged the international community to take stronger measures to stop Israel’s offensive in the city.
"What we are witnessing in Gaza is not only an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, but what the UN Commission of Inquiry has now concluded is a genocide," read the statement signed by leaders of over 20 aid organizations operating in Gaza, including the Norwegian Refugee Council, Anera, and Save the Children.
Israel has also strenuously contested accusations that there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying that it makes efforts to deliver aid to Gaza’s civilians. It has accused the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... of delays in distributing aid and charged Hamas with stealing the supplies.
Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, known as COGAT, said that nearly 230 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Strip on Tuesday through the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings.
According to COGAT, some 250 trucks’ worth of aid were collected by the United Nations and other international organizations from the Gaza side of the crossings Tuesday to be distributed. Similar amounts of aid deliveries have been reported daily in the past few weeks.
"The contents of hundreds of trucks are still awaiting collection on the Gaza side of the crossings," COGAT said.
The UN has said 600 trucks of aid need to be distributed each day in order to properly feed the Strip’s roughly two million people amid the war.
OGAT also said that "tankers of UN fuel entered for the operation of essential humanitarian systems" yesterday, and that it coordinated the entry and exit of humanitarian aid workers rotating in and out of Gaza.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 64,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed over 22,000 combatants in battle as of August and another 1,600 Lions of Islam inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught, in which Hamas-led invaders killed some 1,200 people.
Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas fights from civilian areas, including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.
Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 465.
Displaced Palestinians headed southward a day after Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on Gaza City, declaring ‘Gaza is burning’ as Palestinians there described the most intense bombardment they had faced in two years of war https://t.co/MQrEsYzN14pic.twitter.com/GtiSlYkYTb
The Basij commander apparently ambushed by the militants while in his car. Militants were possibly armed with AK-47 or M16 / M4 assault rifles. pic.twitter.com/i3s954Wpmq
Jaish al-Adl ("Army of Justice" in Arabic, sometimes transliterated as Jaysh al-Adl) appeared in 2012 as a successor to the Salafist Balochi independence group Jundullah (Soldiers of God), which operates on both sides of the Pak-Iranian border but was based in Pakistan. The Pak branch has close relations with al-Qaeda and the Pak Talibs and is probably a false nose and mustache for Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, while the Iranian branch hangs out with Ansar Al-Furqan (Sistan-Balochistan) and Al Nusra (Syria), concentrates on attacking Iranian soldiers and police, and for some reason went after the Taliban in Afghanistan in early 2019.
[IsraelTimes] Prosecutors say Babak Shahbazi collected information on centers linked to military and security apparatus; rights group says trial ‘unfair,’ he was tortured, forced to confess
Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, according to a report from state media on Wednesday that identified him as Babak Shahbazi.Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has put to death many individuals it accuses of having links with Israel’s Mosssd ...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end... intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.
Executions of Iranians convicted of spying for Israel have significantly increased this year, with at least nine death sentence ...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead... s carried out in recent months.
State media said Shahbazi had worked alongside Esmaeil Fekri, another convict executed in June for spying for Israel since early 2022.
Shahbazi was accused of using his position as a contractor installing cooling devices to collect information from sensitive locations such as server rooms as well as centers linked to the military and security apparatus.
The defendant’s lawyer had requested an appeal to the Supreme Court, which rejected the request.
The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran posted to X that Shahbazi’s mother had arrived at the prison where he was being held and appealed to the public and the international community to save her son.
The CHRI reported that Shahbazi was convicted in an "unfair trial" after "torture, prolonged solitary confinement, and forced confessions."
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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
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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.
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
..always the voice of sweet reason...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
