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Hamas: "Back off or da hostages gets it!"
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-Land of the Free
Tens of thousands of people attended a memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Arizona.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Thousands of people gathered at State Farm Stadium in Arizona for the memorial service for slain political activist Charlie Kirk. NBC News is broadcasting the event on September 21.

People attended the ceremony wearing clothing in the colors of the American flag. Many wore MAGA hats (the slogan stands for "Make America Great Again" – Ed.). Speeches are scheduled from US President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, members of the US administration, and politicians. American businessman Elon Musk also decided to attend the ceremony.

According to state police, up to 200,000 people are expected to attend the funeral for the political activist, double the initial estimate. Local media reported that a line of thousands of people began forming overnight, with some Americans traveling with their families from out of state. Due to the influx of people wishing to pay their respects to Kirk, Desert Diamond Stadium was used as an additional venue. Currently, approximately 95,000 people have gathered at the stadium and the additional arena.

It was previously reported that US authorities would close the skies over State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where a memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed in an assassination attempt, will be held on September 21. Law enforcement officials suspect the event could become an "attractive target for extremists." It's possible that opponents of Kirk's rhetoric will attempt to stage protests near the stadium.

U.S. Secret Service agents detained an armed man at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, where a memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk will be held. Law enforcement officials said they found a pistol and a knife on the man, and he also displayed invalid law enforcement identification. The man is in custody.

A gunman shot Kirk in the neck on September 10 during a speech at the University of Utah. Coincidentally, the activist was speaking about gun violence in the United States at the time of the shooting. Kirk was hospitalized, but his life was lost.

On September 16, Utah State Attorney Jeff Gray indicted Tyler Robinson, suspected of murdering an activist. He stated that he would seek the death penalty, and the suspect will be held in the Utah State Prison without bail.

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Posted by: badanov || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1795 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I watched it all, a great, moving tribute to an outstanding individual!!
Posted by: Oregon Dave || 09/22/2025 0:17 Comments || Top||


Pentagon exploring counter-drone systems to prevent incursions over national security facilities
[FoxNews]
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1763 views] Top|| File under:


#2  How about removing 'gun free zone' designations? Get them shotguns back in the gun racks of the pickups.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/22/2025 6:33 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Taliban's Mullah Tajmir Jawad vowed renewed suicide
I guess the little trip to Bagram is right out.



Posted by: badanov || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1772 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab Militant Group Vows Deadly Response to Forced Evictions in Mogadishu


Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militant group has released a 29-minute propaganda video threatening action against businessmen and government officials allegedly involved in land grabbing and forced evictions in Mogadishu.

In the video, spokesperson Sheikh Ali Dheere declared that seized land in the capital “cannot be developed or constructed upon” and warned that the group would take “serious measures” against anyone engaged in selling or transferring public land.

The recording, posted on Al-Shabaab’s social media channels, was purportedly filmed during a graduation ceremony at the Sheikh Muhammad Mire training camp, where large numbers of fighters appeared to be present. The footage raises questions over how the group was able to stage such a gathering undetected, despite intensified U.S. and allied airstrikes in recent months targeting senior Al-Shabaab commanders.

Security analysts say the video is significant not only because it directly references ongoing forced evictions and land disputes in Mogadishu, but also because it underscores Al-Shabaab’s attempt to exploit widespread public anger for political and ideological gain.

The release comes amid heightened counterterrorism operations across Somalia, where Al-Shabaab remains the country’s deadliest insurgent group, carrying out frequent bombings, assassinations, and attacks against government and civilian targets.



Posted by: badanov || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1756 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says: Egypt is ready to defeat Israel again
[X]
… withdrawing its hostile statements against Israel.

ℹ️ As an Egyptian, I refuse to see my state projecting hostility at Israel only to please Qatar and Hamas sympathizers, rather than addressing a direct issue between the two countries.

👉 Should Israel continue to trust Egypt as an economic and security partner after this exchange?

👉 What needs to be done to avoid a military escalation between the two most important neighbors in the Middle East?

📺 I discussed this and more in my interview with Ellie Hochenberg on
@i24NEWS_EN
today, watch here:

مصر إسرائيل غزة سيناء رفح حماس الدولة الفلسطينية Gaza Sinai Hamas Rafah Palestinian state
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1800 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Egypt has 111 million people and no way to feed them - that makes war inevitable.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/22/2025 1:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Friends, consider a spherical sphinx
Rolling downhill that thirstily drinks
To wash down all it eats,
And then duly excretes.
Always adding more sand,
It forever expands...
Like a snowball in hell. [Nekhbet blinks]
Posted by: Whamp tse Tung5481 || 09/22/2025 2:17 Comments || Top||

#3  I am truly shocked. I didn’t realize President General al Sisi is an idiot.

If Bibi is feeling vindictive, all he need do is cancel the natural gas contracts until he has someone sensible with whom to renegotiate them — the entire country will have to close up shop. And send the IAF on a bombing run along the border to pulverize the armored vehicles lined up there. Al Sisi would be replaced within days, because despite Israel being Egypt’s natural enemy (according to Egypt’s senior officers talking big over their whiskey in the O Club), that’s not a war Egypt can win. Nor would President Trump push Israel to restore the status quo ante afterward.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2025 21:42 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Ansarullah responds to Zionist minister Katz's threats against Yemen
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Mohammad al-Farah, a bigwig in the Ansarullah political bureau, has responded to ''Israeli'' Security Minister Israel Katz's threat to ''fly the 'Israeli' flag'' in 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...
's capital, Sanaa.

In a post on X, al-Farah stated that before anyone could speak of raising their flag in Sanaa, they must first resume operations at the defunct port of ''Eilat'' and dare to fly their own flag on their ships, rather than hiding behind the flags of other nations for fear of attacks from Ansarullah's naval forces.

Directing his words at Katz, He added, ''You speak of occupying Sanaa, yet you cannot even reclaim your own 'Israeli' ship, the Galaxy Leader.''

Previously, ''Israeli'' Minister Israel Katz threatened to target Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi and fly the ''Israeli'' flag over Sanaa, a statement that underscores the significant losses and steady attrition the ''Israeli'' occupation is suffering from Yemeni military strikes.
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1775 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  "We seem to have an issue"
-- paraphrasing Pres. A. Lincoln

"We'll see what happens"
-- paraphrasing Pres. D.J. Trump
Posted by: GRE2025 || 09/22/2025 12:45 Comments || Top||


Yemen says possesses ability, means to deal painful blows to 'Zionist enemy'
The Zionist Enemy® has the ability to deal much painfulller blows to the Houthi Enemy.
[PRESSTV.IR] The Yemeni defense minister and the Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces have warned that the Arab nation possesses the ability and means to deliver crushing and painful blows to the ''Zionist enemy'' if it makes any mistake.

''Enemies, particularly the criminal Zionist entity, all arrogant advocates of the regime, and all traitors should know that we have built up an advanced, powerful, sophisticated and modern army, which is capable of defending the homeland and the sanctities of the Muslim world,'' Major General Mohammed Nasser al-Atifi and Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari said in a joint statement on Saturday night.

The statement added that the Yemeni Armed Forces, through reliance on their homegrown military hardware and defense capabilities, will give a painful response to any act of aggression against the country.

''The Zionist enemy should be aware that any desecration of the sanctities of Muslim nations will not go unanswered. Our response to aggressors will be crushing, and they will have to pay a heavy price,'' it further noted.
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1762 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  I hear a lot of wind, don't see much grit.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/22/2025 11:50 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
After the ban on marriages between relatives, the number of weddings in Azerbaijan fell by almost half.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Reports from the Novorossiya militia


09.17.25. Note from the channel "Multinational".

"Well, that's it. After the ban on marriages between relatives, the number of weddings in Azerbaijan fell by almost half."

Since July 1st of this year, restrictions on incest have been introduced in the organized crime state. Marriages between first cousins ​​are officially banned. As it turns out, this ancient and beautiful custom was the foundation of the family institution in Azerbaijan.

According to Yeniavaz and Turanpress, the number of marriages in the country has dropped significantly since the ban. According to their data, 2,694 marriages were registered in July 2025. This is almost half the number registered in June (when cousins ​​could still marry legally). By comparison, the number of marriages in the same period last year was also high. In July 2024, 4,587 marriages were registered in the country.

According to Hijran Huseynova, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Family, Women, and Children, this issue directly concerns the protection of the national gene pool, as marriages between close relatives often lead to mutations and physical and mental disabilities.

Incidentally, a subscriber and a subscriber told us they left Azerbaijan for Russia to escape this custom; their relatives wanted to marry them to close relatives. They were strangers to each other."

Posted by: badanov || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1787 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1  IIhan Omar could not be reached for comment.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/22/2025 11:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Weird Place; Marriage Traditions in the Caucasus:
- Consanguineous Marriages
- Non-Consensual Bride Kidnapping
- Consensual Bride Kidnapping
Posted by: mossomo || 09/22/2025 12:29 Comments || Top||

#3  Be interesting to see the stats in the next 10 years on cleft palates and microcephalia.
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/22/2025 18:57 Comments || Top||

#4  "Birth defects don't run in our culture. They gallop"
Posted by: Frank G || 09/22/2025 19:08 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Somalis are the real Americans. America was promised to us 3000 years ago
[X]
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1800 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  I smell logrolling.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 09/22/2025 0:07 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/22/2025 2:42 Comments || Top||

#3  There’s not enough room for the 2 of us.

He's certainly right about that.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/22/2025 4:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Matthew 6:24

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/22/2025 6:36 Comments || Top||

#5  There’s not enough room for the 2 of us.

Your terms are acceptable
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/22/2025 8:38 Comments || Top||

#6  There’s not enough room for the 2 of us.

Reminded me of an Israeli 2-State joke: "They can have the part under the ground".
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/22/2025 8:51 Comments || Top||

#7  And so they did, Grom. :-(
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2025 9:49 Comments || Top||

#8  ^😀
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/22/2025 11:27 Comments || Top||

#9  Nutbags, all of them.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 09/22/2025 14:00 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Netanyahu rejects the possibility of creating a Palestinian state
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Tel Aviv, Israel, September 21, 2025, 7:00 PM — Regnum News Agency. A Palestinian state will not be established west of the Jordan River. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this on September 21.

Netanyahu commented on statements by Great Britain, Canada, and Australia regarding international recognition of Palestine. He stated that Tel Aviv would respond to calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state at a conference of world leaders.

"We will have to fight both at the UN and in all other venues against the slanderous propaganda directed against us and against calls for the creation of a Palestinian state, which would threaten our existence and become an absurd reward for terrorism," The Times of Israel quotes the Israeli prime minister as saying.

On September 21, the governments of Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada announced their recognition of Palestinian statehood. At the same time, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that Hamas should not participate in the country's governance.

More from regnum.ru

Hamas welcomes the recognition of Palestine by a number of Western countries
Gaza, Palestine, September 21, 2025, 8:08 PM — Regnum News Agency. The recognition of Palestine by several Western countries is an important step affirming the Palestinian people's right to their land. This was announced by the Hamas movement on September 21.

The movement considers the recognition of Palestine a step towards the creation of an independent state with its capital in Jerusalem.

"This is a tribute to the struggle, resilience and sacrifices of our people on the road to liberation and the return to their lands," Hamas said in a statement.

According to the movement's representatives, recognition of Palestine must be accompanied by practical measures. These measures, they believe, should lead to an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip and oppose annexation plans in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Even more from regnum.ru

A political scientist has revealed the true purpose of Western countries recognizing Palestine.

Moscow, September 21, 2025, 6:56 PM — Regnum News Agency. Western countries' recognition of Palestinian statehood is a move against Israel in an attempt to persuade Israelis not to allow further deterioration in security in the Middle East. This was stated by political scientist and expert on interethnic conflicts Yevgeny Mikhailov in an interview with Regnum News Agency on Sunday, September 21.

On September 21, the governments of Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada announced their recognition of Palestinian statehood. At the same time, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that Hamas should not participate in the country's governance.

"This is a demarche to the Jewish state, which currently knows no boundaries. It's an attempt to bring the Israelis to their senses, to say that no one will allow further deterioration of security in the Middle East. Precisely because Israel's actions now could lead to a major war, including with Egypt and other Arab states. Trying to preserve certain opportunities in the Middle East and at least some stability, Western countries are declaring their recognition of a Palestinian state," the political scientist stated.

The expert also noted that Western countries could have decided to recognize Palestine after Israel struck Hamas representatives in Qatar. This strike, according to the agency's source, demonstrated that there are no safe places in the Middle East.

"Israel strikes wherever it pleases. It's no coincidence that, against this backdrop, we see mutual agreements between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which is vehemently opposed to Israel and its actions. And, accordingly, the situation is escalating. Of course, this doesn't sit well with international players, and they're already fearful of the consequences. Even though they largely support the Israeli state, the Israeli actions could have very dire consequences for everyone, including those who support them," the political scientist explained.

In July, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would formally declare Palestine's recognition at the UN General Assembly, as he sees ending the war in the Gaza Strip and providing aid to civilians in the region as his top priority. He argued that this decision was justified by the opportunity to exert pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The 80th session of the UN General Assembly began on September 9. Representatives from 140 states will participate. According to AFP, 10 countries plan to announce their recognition of Palestine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly pointed out that Israel was established as a state based on a UN resolution, which also envisages the creation of a Palestinian state. He believes that without this step, it will be impossible to achieve a settlement in the region.

Posted by: badanov || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1818 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority


Emily Damari reveals: 'I stayed with Hamas leader Izz al-Din Haddad in the tunnels and above ground. He told us he is ready to step down from power, accept safe passage, and leave.'
[X]

Telling the hostage doubling as your human shield doesn’t count. You have directly contact the IDF to formally surrender to them, especially when you are commander of the Gaza City brigade.

Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1765 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  ...Little late now, Izzy.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 09/22/2025 5:54 Comments || Top||

#2  There will be a day of reckoning and don't think there won't be.
Samson is getting restless and showing signs of waking up.

Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 09/22/2025 12:42 Comments || Top||


Palestinian state ‘will not happen,' Netanyahu vows after UK, Canada, Australia announce recognition
Perfidious Albion, and it's half-wit whelps, have to perfid.
[IsraelNationalNews] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Sunday to the declaration by the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada officially recognizing a Palestinian state.

"I have a clear message for those leaders who recognize a Palestinian state after the terrible October 7th Massacre: you are giving a huge reward for terror. I have another message for you: It won't happen. A Palestinian state will not be created west of the Jordan.

"For years, I have prevented the establishment of this terror state against tremendous pressure from home and abroad. We have done this with determination and with astute statesmanship. Moreover, we have doubled the Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria, and we will continue on this path. The answer to the recent attempt to force on us a terror state in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the US. Just wait," Netanyahu stated.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar commented on the move, noting, "Most countries have already recognized a 'Palestinian state' in the past. That was wrong even back then. But those same governments that have now decided to join in the recognition are also committing an especially immoral, outrageous, and ugly act. The governments that decided to do so after October 7, and while Israel is still engaged in a difficult military campaign against Hamas and its partners, will be remembered with eternal disgrace.

From Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
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Britain, Australia and Canada recognized Palestine

Canada and Australia officially recognized the Palestinian state today. Britain did it too.
What a dreadful error on the Euros' part.
In the near future, Palestine will be recognized by France + a number of other states. Actually, the recognition is due to the efforts of Hamas (Fatah could not achieve this by conventional methods) and Israel's war crimes against the Palestinians.

In the struggle you will find your rights. Britain naturally opposes the participation of Hamas in the management of the Gaza Strip. as well as Israel. But Hamas is still sitting in the tunnels near Gaza, and its numbers have only grown over the past hour. At the same time, the Houthis continued and continue to carry out regular missile and drone strikes on Israel, and some of the missiles and drones periodically break through Israeli air defense, especially in the southern regions of Israel.
And nearly all of them missing, big time...
And Hamas is leaving and KO is not going anywhere. Israel is not engaged in anything other than genocide there.

Hence the initial skepticism of the IDF command regarding the next iteration of street fighting in Gaza, which again led to an increase in casualties in people and armored vehicles.

And the longer it lasts, the more Israel's international positions are nullified, something that the Israeli opposition, which sees how the numerous efforts of the previous administrations to restore relations with the Arabs and legalize the apartheid regime in Palestine, is flushed down the toilet for the sake of Netanyahu's ambitions, for whom the end of the war is unacceptable - no one has canceled the accusations of corruption.

Therefore, the war continues, and Netanyahu has already started talking about the besieged fortress of Israel and self-reliant development (read Juche). It reminded a little of South Africa in the second half of the 80s.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1791 views] Top|| File under:



#3  It reminded a little of South Africa in the second half of the 80s.

Think of us as Metzada with WMD, Boris.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/22/2025 7:10 Comments || Top||

#4  French proposal envisions multinational Gaza force tasked with gradually disarming Hamas

For some reason, Lebanon comes to mind.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/22/2025 9:06 Comments || Top||

#5  I have made it very clear: If chancellor Merz (CDU) wants to recognize a Palestinian State (he currently doesn't) and my party (CSU) doesn't stop him, I'm out.
Posted by: European Conservative || 09/22/2025 16:15 Comments || Top||

#6  Oh good. Declare war on them and pound them until they surrender unconditionally. Then do crimes against humanity trials against Hamas and other groups, put it under international control.

Let more nations enjoy the demons that are still there after.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/22/2025 16:22 Comments || Top||


Hamas:
But really, they're not terrorists. They're... ummm... something else.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Islamic Resistance® Movement ''Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
'' published on Saturday a ''farewell image'' showing the remaining Israeli captives held 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...
as the missing navigator Ron Arad.

Hamas's al-Qassam Brigades published the ''farewell picture'', holding Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for their coming fate because of his decision to move ahead with the invasion of Gaza City, and his refusal to reach a ceasefire agreement.

''Because of [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu's refusal, and [Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal] Zamir's capitulation, a farewell image as the military operation in Gaza City begins,'' the image's text read.

In the image, all the hostages are named Ron Arad, with numbers, in reference to an Israeli Air Force navigator who has been classified as missing since 1988.

In the Zionist entity, his name has become synonymous with a ''missing soldier'' or unresolved prisoner case.

Hamas calling the Israeli captives Ron Arad is a clear message that Israel might never recover them or learn their fate.
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1853 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  The Grave of the Hundred Head

1
There's a widow in sleepy Chester
Who weeps for her only son;
There's a grave on the Pabeng River,
A grave that the Burmans shun;
And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri
Who tells how the work was done.
2
A Snider squibbed in the jungle–
Somebody laughed and fled,
And the men of the First Shikaris
Picked up their Subaltern dead,
With a big blue mark in his forehead
And the back blown out of his head.
3
Subadar Prag Tewarri,
Jemadar Hira Lal,
Took command of the party,
Twenty rifles in all,
Marched them down to the river
As the day was beginning to fall.
4
They buried the boy by the river,
A blanket over his face—
They wept for their dead Lieutenant,
The men of an alien race—
They made a samadh in his honor,
A mark for his resting-place.
5
For they swore by the Holy Water,
They swore by the salt they ate,
That the soul of Lieutenant Eshmitt Sahib
Should go to his God in state,
With fifty file of Burmans
To open him Heaven's Gate.
6
The men of the First Shikaris
Marched till the break of day,
Till they came to the rebel village,
The village of Pabengmay—
A jingal covered the clearing,
Calthrops hampered the way.
7
Subadar Prag Tewarri,
Bidding them load with ball,
Halted a dozen rifles
Under the village wall;
Sent out a flanking-party
With Jemadar Hira Lal.
8
The men of the First Shikaris
Shouted and smote and slew,
Turning the grinning jingal
On to the howling crew.
The Jemadar's flanking-party
Butchered the folk who flew.
9
Long was the morn of slaughter,
Long was the list of slain,
Five score heads were taken,
Five score heads and twain;
And the men of the First Shikaris
Went back to their grave again,
10
Each man bearing a basket
Red as his palms that day,
Red as the blazing village–
The village of Pabengmay.
And the "drip-drip-drip" from the baskets
Reddened the grass by the way.
11
They made a pile of their trophies
High as a tall man's chin,
Head upon head distorted,
Set in a sightless grin,
Anger and pain and terror
Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
12
Subadar Prag Tewarri
Put the head of the Boh
On the top of the mound of triumph,
The head of his son below—
With the sword and the peacock-banner
That the world might behold and know.
13
Thus the samadh was perfect,
Thus was the lesson plain
Of the wrath of the First Shikaris–
The price of a white man slain;
And the men of the First Shikaris
Went back into camp again.
14
Then a silence came to the river,
A hush fell over the shore,
And Bohs that were brave departed,
And Sniders squibbed no more;
For the Burmans said
That a white man's head
Must be paid for with heads five-score.

There's a widow in sleepy Chester
Who weeps for her only son;
There's a grave on the Pabeng River,
A grave that the Burmans shun;
And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri
Who tells how the work was done.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/22/2025 2:46 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Netanyahu to convene meeting with Syria on 'security deal' amid US pressure
[PRESSTV.IR] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene a meeting to discuss a potential ''security agreement'' with Syria under Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
a (HTS).

The meeting is set to take place at Netanyahu's office on Sunday, ahead of the UN General Assembly summit in New York, where both Netanyahu and %u0622HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani are expected to attend.

Diplomats are speculating that the two sides could announce a preliminary understanding during the upcoming gathering.

Earlier in the day, Netanyahu told ministers during a cabinet meeting that there had been progress in discussions with Syria that could lead to peace agreements with Damascus.

''We're conducting contacts and there has been certain progress with the Syrians, but that's still a vision for the future,'' Netanyahu said, according n to his office.

Last week, Jolani said the talks with Israel might yield results ''in the coming days,'' emphasizing the necessity of a security deal to safeguard Syrian airspace and territorial integrity under UN monitoring.

He went on to say that Syria and Israel came close to a deal in July, but the process was disrupted by festivities in Sweida province.

Jolani further emphasized his regime's desire for an arrangement similar to the 1974 treaty, as Damascus is seeking to secure a halt to Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s and the withdrawal of Israeli troops who have pushed into southern Syria.
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IRGC warns US, Israel of 'deadly' response to any new aggression
[PRESSTV.IR] The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned the enemies, particularly the United States and Israel, that any miscalculation or new act of aggression against Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
will be met with a ''deadly'' response.

"In the event of any new miscalculation or aggression by the enemy, the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran will take the initiative on the battlefield with a commanding position and deliver another deadly response,'' the IRGC said Sunday, marking the start of Sacred Defense Week that commemorates the anniversary of the Iraq-imposed war on Iran in the 1980s.

In a statement, the elite military force stressed that the 45th anniversary of the eight-year war comes shortly after the illegal Israeli-US aggression against Iran, an episode that has only reinforced national unity while exposing the aggressor regimes' failure to realize their sinister goals.

"The enemies' defeat in the two imposed wars..., and their failure in security, political, economic, psychological, and media battles aimed at creating chaos and destabilizing the country, showed that the Iranian nation, through vigilance, insight, and sacred unity, stood like a steel fortress against the enemies' hybrid warfare and foiled their plots," it added.

The IRGC also vowed that the elite military force, alongside other units of the Iranian Armed Forces, is enhancing its combat capabilities, offensive and defensive power, and strategic capacities.

"The Islamic Theocratic Republic's experience of sacred defense both during the Iraq-imposed war and the recent Israel-US aggression shows that 'effective deterrence' stems from constant readiness, strategic and tactical innovation, operational planning in battles, as well as the continuous advancement of defensive and military technologies and systems," the statement noted.
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1806 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


#2  If you attack us again, we will curse you twice as much as last time! No, three times as much!
Posted by: Muggsy and Company2746 || 09/22/2025 15:03 Comments || Top||

#3  He's talking about all the guys they've infiltrated up from Venezuela over the last few years. Speedboats from Isle de Margharita and all.
(Like the 'drug' runner that had 11 guys on it.)
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/22/2025 15:08 Comments || Top||


In news we all expected: today Iran suspended all cooperation with the IAEA
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1765 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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