[GEO.TV] Paralysed banks, grounded planes and chaotic hospitals: for two days, life ground to a halt in Afghanistan after the Taliban ...the once and current oppressors of Afghanistan... unexpectedly cut off the internet and phone networks.
The key point being that the Taliban government shut it down intentionally.
Authorities had for weeks been restricting broadband access in several provinces to prevent "vice" on the orders of the Taliban's supreme leader.
But no one in Kabul was prepared for a nationwide shutdown.
Young Kabulis first travelled to high points in the mountainous capital, phones raised skyward, hoping to catch a signal. Then they tried buying SIM cards from different operators — before giving up.
For Afghanistan's 48 million people, it became impossible to send news to their relatives or receive precious remittances from abroad to pay their bills.
Some residents of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... and Kandahar travelled to border towns to pick up signal from neighbouring Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... and Pakistain.
But for the rest of the country, with no news from the outside world, rumours swelled to the rhythm of helicopters.
"The Americans are going to retake Bagram Air Base!" whispered the streets, after US president Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... 's recent calls to have the US-built facility returned.
Others wondered, incorrectly, that the reclusive Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and loyalists had replaced Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani ...son of Pashtun warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, still titular head of the Haqqani Network.... , who advocates a pragmatic approach to running the country.
As of Thursday, the Taliban authorities had still yet to comment on the shutdown.
'A RETURN TO CANDLELIGHT?'
Across the country, one of the poorest in the world, banking systems stopped functioning and the informal money exchange system used by much of the nation also broke down.
"Cash withdrawals, card payments, fund transfers — everything relies on the internet. We can't do anything without it," a private bank manager told AFP.
The Prophet Mohammed did not have internet-assisted banking, so why should you?
For Afghans, there was no choice but to survive on whatever cash they had on hand.
In the half-deserted streets, Taliban security personnel communicated via walkie-talkies.
"I've worked in security for 14 years and I've never seen anything like this," he said on condition of anonymity.
"What next? Are we going to cut off the electricity and go back to candlelight?" added another civil servant, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered... Did the Prophet Mohammed have electricity? No he did not. It is blasphemous to want things the prophet did not, and you know how we treat blasphemers here.
Domestic and international flights were also grounded, but with no way to be warned, passengers continued to flock to airports.
Hospital emergency rooms lacked both staff and patients — as many Afghans were too frightened to travel.
Doctor Sultan Aamad Atef, Afghanistan's only neurologist, saw a 30% drop in visits.
"Without online appointments, patients have to show up spontaneously and hope I can take them, or wait, sometimes for nothing," he told AFP.
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"What next? Are we going to cut off the electricity and go back to candlelight?"
...Bub, if I were you, I wouldn't give 'em any ideas. Give 'em an hour or two, and some holy dude could probably find a Quran passage making electricity un-Islamic.
"It sadly doesn't surprise me," Hamadeh explained. "At the time, if you remember, I mean banks were shutting down accounts if they promoted conservative viewpoints, if they were selling ammo or guns and the banks were being pressured by the Biden administration. You had social media companies censoring political voices that they didn't agree with. So it shows you the depths that the federal government, how much sway they have, not just within the bureaucracy of the government, but also with private organizations and private actors as well."
Following military operations against IS-Somalia in northeastern Somalia there has been a noticeable decline in financial ties between jihadist groups particularly IS-Sahel whose activities and movements have weakened. This suggests IS-Somalia was a key hub for IS global… pic.twitter.com/mY3IUZWWTP
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Following military operations against IS-Somalia in northeastern Somalia there has been a noticeable decline in financial ties between jihadist groups particularly IS-Sahel whose activities and movements have weakened. This suggests IS-Somalia was a key hub for IS global operations.
The capture of IS-Somalia finance chief accelerated the group's financial collapse as he was a vital figure in the Al-Karrar financial office. Over the past ten months, targeted killings of technical fighters arrests of financial operatives and disruption of global funding have severely impacted the group.
IS-Somalia failed to develop a long-term strategy to recover especially after the Puntland government launched a comprehensive offensive. The decline in effective operations by IS-Somalia and IS-Sahel reflects a broader financial and tactical breakdown among jihadist fighters.
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Sudan 🇸🇩 MAP UPDATE: the situation in Sudan as of 01/10/2025.
-This past month the SAF achieved some critical victories in northern Kordofan, seizing control of Bara and pushing the RSF further away from the city of El Obeid. But the RSF assault on El Fasher has only intensified pic.twitter.com/DP8t9BQTMH
[GEO.TV] Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that Cairo was working with Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... to convince Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... to accept US President Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... 's plan to end a nearly two-year-old war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... "We are meeting with them. We are coordinating with our brothers in Qatar and also our colleagues in Turkey, in order to, you know, convince Hamas to respond positively with this plan," said Abdelatty, speaking at the French Institute of International Relations.
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[IsraelTimes] Organizers of a protest against the UK’s ban on the Palestine Action group have rejected London police’s plea to shelve their rally in the wake of a deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue over Yom Kippur, The Guardian reports.
Postponing the planned Saturday rally would allow law enforcement to focus on protecting Jewish and Muslim communities in wake of the attack, police said in their letter to the organizers.
But organizers nevertheless reject the police’s request and say they will go ahead with the weekend demonstration, which is expected to draw a massive crowd.
In a letter to the Metropolitan police, the organizing group Defend Our Juries reportedly urges officers to “prioritize protecting the community rather than arresting those peacefully holding signs in opposition to the absurd and draconian ban of a domestic direct action group.”
While condemning the Manchester synagogue attack that left two dead and four seriously injured, the activist group insists that it is up to law enforcement whether it wants to dispatch police to secure the protest.
“It appears the political oversight in proscribing Palestine Action, which aimed to save lives in Palestine, is taking away from the police protecting the community from those who seek to take lives,” their letter continues, as quoted by UK outlets.
This morning as I sat in a London synagogue for Yom Kippur services, a friend sitting next to me said “I reckon Jews have about 10 years left in this country.”
I said I disagreed, and that it’s not as bad as it seems.
… suddenly interrupted. A synagogue security official went up to the bimah and said there had been a “major incident” in the north and they were locking down the synagogue. There was a buzz of fear. Children’s services were canceled. We were not to leave.
My friend looked at me, and said, “You see what I mean. 10 years.”
In 2025, two Jews were murdered for the crime of praying in a synagogue in Britain.
Truth is, I don’t know a single Jewish family in London who doesn’t speak openly and often about leaving. These are dyed in the wool Brits, who love this country. But they are watching the England they know disintegrate around them.
British Jews have lost the right to security and safety. The response by authorities to this attack is to pledge more security at Jewish schools and synagogues. They’re just restating the problem.
Why should Jewish kids go to school in London or Manchester under a phalanx of security guards? Why do synagogues need a rotation of specially trained guards at every event? (For what it’s worth not a single police officer showed up at our synagogue after the attack in Manchester. Guess they were busy.)
Jewish parents who pass by secular and non-Jewish parochial schools might gaze in wonder - perhaps envy - at the sight of children entering their schools without six or seven men in stab vests standing guard. And Keir Starmer comes out with his valiant statement “We will defeat antisemitism.” No. They will tolerate it, ally with it, reward its most virulent proponents.
And the most insane part is that I write this with full knowledge that it’s me who might get the knock on my door from the police to ask me about this very tweet, which they find “concerning.”
Tell me how to make sense of it.
Manchester Emergency Pro Palestine Flotilla protest, comes to a end at St Peters Square after marching from Piccadilly Train Station - England pic.twitter.com/ShDdJ9Zre9
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[Regnum] The terrorist attack in Manchester, which killed two people, was committed by a British citizen of Syrian origin. This was reported on October 2 by the press service of the British police counter-terrorism unit.
The statement clarified that the identity of the man who attacked people near a synagogue in Manchester has been established.
"We can now confirm that, although formal identification has not yet been made, we believe the person responsible for today's attacks is 35-year-old Jihad al-Shami.
…a prophetic name...
He is a British citizen of Syrian origin," the police statement said.
Two people have been detained in connection with the incident; their identities have not been disclosed.
It was previously reported that Greater Manchester Police had classified the attack on the synagogue as an act of terrorism. Police stated that there was no risk to the public. However, they anticipated further incidents following the attack, and the investigation is ongoing.
The police department also confirmed that three people were killed in the synagogue attack, including the perpetrator, who was shot and killed by police officers. Three more people were wounded.
According to the BBC, additional forces, including an SAS helicopter, have been deployed to the area. Local residents told the publication that police cordoned off one of the houses adjacent to the synagogue and arrested two residents.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer canceled his participation in the European Political Community summit in Denmark due to concerns about a possible terrorist attack in Manchester. The Prime Minister stated that he was shocked by the attack,
…not sure why, when he had worked so hard to set up the conditions for it by encouraging ever more migrants from the Muslim world, where hating Jews and killing unbelievers is a keystone part of the culture…
which occurred on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.
From yesterday’s BBC liveblog:
What do we know so far?
published at 17:30 2 October
It's just gone 22:30 and the country is grappling with the aftermath of the deadly attack at a synagogue in Manchester earlier today.
What do we know?
A car was driven towards members of the public outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue a little after 09:30 this morning. The driver then stepped out and began stabbing people - here's a timeline of how the attack unfolded
Two men have died and three others remain in hospital "with serious injuries"
Manchester police have named 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie - a British citizen of Syrian descent - as the attacker
The suspect was shot dead by firearms officers within seven minutes of 999 being called
A bomb disposal unit was deployed after "suspicious items" were spotted around the suspect's waist - it was later confirmed the device was 'non-viable'
Two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s have been arrested on suspicion of preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism
What we're still yet to find out:
The motive of the attack
The identity of the two men who have died
The identity of the two men and the one woman being held in custody
More details emerge about man believed to be Manchester attacker
published at 16:59 2 October
It is understood that Al-Shamie was a British national of Syrian descent, who entered the UK as a very young child, and was granted British citizenship in 2006 as a minor.
Later Thursday, authorities reportedly allowed an anti-Israel protest to go ahead in the same city of Manchester, with footage showing hundreds of far-left activists walking through the streets, chanting slogans against the Jewish state and in solidarity with the Gaza aid flotilla after it was intercepted by the navy before reaching the Strip earlier that day.
In the attack, al-Shamie is suspected of ramming his car into a crowd of people outside the synagogue and then embarking on a stabbing spree. He appeared to be wearing an explosive device, but police later said it was “not viable.”
An initial check of records showed he was not part of a UK counter-terror program that tries to identify people at risk for being radicalized. The police added that three suspects — two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s — are currently in custody and “have been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.”
A worshipper at the synagogue recounted being inside for Yom Kippur services when the attack occurred, noting that the synagogue had already taken security precautions.
“We’d already made sure that the doors and windows were shut,” Rob Kanter told the Guardian, adding that after they heard gunshots, police entered the synagogue to escort the congregation to safety.
According to Kanter, his first reaction upon hearing the shots was “How are we going to keep ourselves and everyone else safe?” Despite initially feeling “bewildered” when they heard the attack outside, he said the atmosphere inside the synagogue was “actually relatively calm.”
“I would say the mood amongst our fellow congregants was very calm, and everyone deals with these things in their own way,” Kanter added. “Some people get through this in a very quiet way, others like to talk, some people even try and use an element of humor just to keep themselves going.”
He also said the rabbi tried to continue the service after worshippers were led away from the synagogue by police, “because at the end of the day, because it’s awkward, and it’s difficult, people have got a multitude of emotions going on, but we carried on, and did not [perform] the whole service, but we did what we could in the circumstances.”
Israeli leaders also condemned the attack, while taking implicit and explicit swipes at the UK government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement referenced his recent speech at the United Nations, where he castigated a string of countries, including the UK, that have recognized a Palestinian state.
“Our hearts are with the families of the murdered, and we pray for the swift recovery of the wounded,” he posted on X. “As I warned at the UN: weakness in the face of terrorism only brings more terrorism. Only strength and unity can defeat it.”
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Israel “expects more than words from the Starmer government.”
“The truth must be told: blatant and rampant antisemitic and anti-Israeli incitement, as well as calls of support for terror, have recently become a widespread phenomenon in the streets of London, in cities across Britain, and on its campuses,” Sa’ar wrote in a post on X. “The authorities in Britain have failed to take the necessary action to curb this toxic wave of antisemitism and have effectively allowed it to persist.”
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, considered a chief rival to Netanyahu in elections slated for next year, also took aim at Starmer’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state.
“When antisemitism is surging to levels not seen since the Holocaust, for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer it was instead urgent to recognize ‘a Palestinian state’ instead of focusing on his basic duty to defend Jewish citizens of Britain,” Bennett said in a statement.
Also on Thursday, the Manchester Council of Mosques released a statement mourning the shooting. It also called on people to “avoid speculation.”
“The Manchester Council of Mosques is shocked and saddened to hear of today’s stabbing outside a synagogue in Manchester,” the statement said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and the Jewish community at this distressing time.”
It added, “Manchester has always been a city where people of all faiths and backgrounds live side by side. Any attempt to divide us through violence or hatred will fail — we remain united in our commitment to peace and mutual respect.”
Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot also condemned the “heinous” attack, tweeting, “No one should ever feel unsafe in their home or at their place of worship.”
“My deepest condolences go to the victims and families of today’s heinous attack in Manchester,” Zomlot wrote.
“Violence against civilians must be condemned without hesitation or exception. We stand firm in upholding the rule of law everywhere, rejecting dehumanization, and affirming the equal humanity of all,” the Palestinian envoy adds.
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Thanks for posting Bad. Flew into Manchester on the 29th. Avoided the city traffic, took the 60 ring road North to the Dales. Albion has changed since our last visit. Rural Albion much the same as earlier however.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump has declared war on drug cartels and notified Congress that the United States is now engaged in a 'non-international armed conflict'.
The extraordinary escalation by the president follows a series of recent strikes on drug-smuggling vessels operated by 'terrorist organizations' in the Caribbean.
Trump's declaration is intended to place an iron-clad legal framework around the military action. According to international law, a country may kill enemy fighters even when they pose no threat and detain them indefinitely without trial.
In a confidential memo sent to lawmakers on Thursday, the president calls the cartel gangsters 'unlawful combatants' whose actions 'constitute an armed attack against the United States'.
It follows a closed-door Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on Wednesday during which Pentagon officials addressed lawmakers' concerns over the legality of the strikes.
The president's notice uses language from international law - 'non-international armed conflict' - which refers to war with a non-state actor.
'The cartels involved have grown more armed, well-organized, and violent,' the memo added. 'They have the financial means, sophistication, and paramilitary capabilities needed to operate with impunity.'
It follows complaints from Democratic lawmakers that the strikes - including three deadly attacks on drug traffickers last month - are unlawful under the War Powers Act which requires the consent of the chamber for military action.
The War Powers Act, passed in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, has been challenged or sidestepped by almost every president since its enactment, including by Barrack Obama in Libya in 2011 and Bill Clinton in Kosovo in 1999.
What the Trump administration laid out at the closed-door briefing was perceived by several senators as pursuing a new legal framework that raised questions particularly regarding the role of Congress in authorizing any such action, a source said.
Pentagon officials could not provide a list of the designated terrorist organizations at the center of the conflict, which was a major source of frustration for some of the lawmakers who were briefed, a source revealed.
The administration has called the strikes 'self defense' and claimed that the laws of war allow the US to kill, rather than arrest, the smugglers who are working for cartels that the administration has deemed terrorists.
The concept of 'non-international armed conflict' was developed during the 20th century to define civil wars, as opposed to those between distinct nation states.
The precedent was broadened following the 9/11 attacks when George Bush declared war on Al-Qaeda. Some legal scholars objected to the use of wartime powers, claiming that the terrorist organization was a band of criminals, not soldiers.
This was rejected by the Supreme Court which found the conflict against Al-Qaeda was indeed a war, permitting the government to hold captured terrorists indefinitely without trial.
Its decision rested on the fact that Congress had authorized the use of armed force against Al-Qaeda.
It is not clear in the memo how trafficking in drugs constitutes use of force but it states that the cartels 'illegally and directly cause the deaths of tens of thousands of American citizens each year.'
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in an email: 'As we have said many times, the President acted in line with the law of armed conflict to protect our country from those trying to bring deadly poison to our shores, and he is delivering on his promise to take on the cartels and eliminate these national security threats from murdering more Americans.'
As the Republican administration takes aim at vessels in the Caribbean, Democratic senators and lawmakers have raised stark objections.
Some had previously called on Congress to exert its authority under the War Powers Act that would prohibit any action unless it was authorized by Congress.
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As the Republican administration takes aim at vessels in the Caribbean, Democratic senators and lawmakers have raised stark objections.
Some had previously called on Congress to exert its authority under the War Powers Act that would prohibit any action unless it was authorized by Congress.
...Oh, please, please PLEASE stand up on Capitol Hill and speak in favor of not whacking the drug runners.
Garrett Smith, an active-duty Marine Corps reservist and CEO of defense tech firm Reveal, said the spectacle was unusual but not without precedent.
"At a first level, at any big multinational corporation or big organization, when there’s a new boss, it’s totally reasonable to call in all your regional managers and VPs for a setting of tone, to reconfirm the agenda, to ensure alignment. So, all of that makes sense," Smith said.
[GEO.TV] Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday expelled all remaining Israeli diplomats in the country over Israel's interception of a 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... -bound aid flotilla and reported detention of two Colombian activists.
Petro said two Colombian women, "who were engaged in human solidarity activities with Paleostine," were detained by Israeli forces in international waters.
In a statement, his office said Manuela Bedoya and Luna Barreto were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla and called for their immediate release.
The Israeli foreign ministry confirmed that "several vessels" in the flotilla had been "safely stopped" and that the passengers were being brought to an Israeli port.
The leftist Petro severed relations with Israel last year but four diplomats remained posted in the country, a source at the Israeli consulate in Bogota told AFP.
Writing on X, Petro announced the expulsion of "the entire diplomatic delegation of Israel" over what he called "a new international crime" by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He also terminated a free-trade deal in force with Israel since 2020.
Colombia's leader is one of Netanyahu's most vocal critics, calling him "genocidal," while also slamming US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th and 47th President of the United States... as an "accomplice" to "genocide."
Last week, Petro attended a pro-Paleostinian protest in New York, where he called on the US military to "disobey" Trump.
Washington revoked Petro's visa over his remarks.
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[GEO.TV] France's top diplomat said Thursday that Hamas had lost its fight in Gaza and must accept "surrender" under a plan put forward by US President Donald Trump.
"Hamas bears a very heavy responsibility for the catastrophe experienced by the Palestinians. It has lost. It must accept its own surrender," Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told AFP in Saudi Arabia, pointing to a recent UN resolution calling for Hamas to be excluded from the leadership of a future Palestinian state.
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Not a good look, Trump getting cozy with the terror regime of Qatar. All the terror orgs have their offices in Doha. I would first strike that capital in a heart beat and flatten it. War on Terror, I feel betrayed.
Nobody cares, because Pakistan has neither power nor influence. But y’all go ahead and preen yourselves on the statement as if you were France.
[GEO.TV] Acting President and Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's former prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics could be awe-inspiring... on Thursday said Pakistain's decision to support US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... 's 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... peace plan was made after consultations with Moslem nations and through collective consensus.
Speaking to the media in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire... , Gilani stressed that Pakistain had not made any unilateral decisions and would not do so in the future.
''We are consensus builders,'' he remarked. He added that the agreement with President Trump was not the decision of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif or Field Marshal Asim Munir alone, but the result of collective thinking.
The acting president explained that all coalition partners — including Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... , Indonesia, T rkiye, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates — jointly prepared the agreed document. ''The deputy prime minister has already given a detailed clarification on the matter,'' he added.
Gilani assured that when the parliamentary session begins, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar would brief the Parliament to address any concerns. He reiterated that Pakistain's position was based on broad consultation and consensus within the Moslem world.
Trump's 20-point plan calls for a ceasefire, a swap of hostages held by Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... for Paleostinian prisoners held by Israel, a staged Israeli withdrawal from the Paleostinian enclave, Hamas disarmament, and a transitional government led by an international body.
While Trump had announced that Pakistain's leadership fully backs the 20-point plan, Deputy Prime Minister Dar earlier stated that the US president's document did not contain all of Pakistain's suggestions.
Dar also said Pakistain's leadership would decide on the possible deployment of personnel to a proposed peace force for Paleostine, reaffirming that the country's policy on the issue remains clear with no change in its stance.
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[NY Post] Hamas’ top military leader in Gaza wants the terror group to reject President Trump’s cease-fire proposal, urging negotiators to walk away from the deal, according to a new report.
Ezz al-Din al-Hadad, who helped plan the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, slammed Trump’s 20-point peace deal as a way to eliminate Hamas without achieving any of its goals, the BBC reported.
Look for the IDF to announce his death in the near future. On the other hand, it isn’t his call…
The terror chief, who holds the fate of the 48 hostages in his hands, called on negotiators in Qatar to reject the deal, reportedly telling the team that he plans to continue the war with Israel.
[GEO.TV] Hamas, as reported by British news outlet The Telegraph, is expected to reject the 20-point peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump with a senior figure saying that it served Israel's interest and ignored those of the Palestinians.
The publication said that a source had told the BBC that Hamas will probably not agree to the disarmament clause and will object to the deployment of an international stabilisation force int he war-torn Strip.
The possibility has also been reported by Saudi newspaper Al-Aswat, which cited a close source of Hamas that the group might ask for changes in the timeline for hostages' release.
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A turn of events so surprising you could knock me over with a 2x4. I wonder what happens next.
[Jpost] Israeli authorities prevented what they described as a deliberate attempt by the Paleostinian Authority to damage a major archaeological site in the Binyamin region. The operation, carried out on Monday, targeted PA engineering crews who were preparing large-scale infrastructure work at the Biblical city of Gibeon, a site of great historical and biblical significance.
According to the IDF and the Binyamin Regional Council, excavators and concrete materials intended for use at the site were seized in a coordinated effort with the "Guardians of Eternity" organization, which first identified the activity. Officials said the attempted work included pouring concrete, clearing ancient terraces, and preparing asphalt surfaces - actions they said would have caused irreversible harm.
"This is infrastructure work using heavy mechanical tools in the heart of the site, near the most important elements of the mound," explained Adi Shargai, director of activities for Guardians of Eternity, an Israeli organization at the forefront of efforts to protect Jewish historical sites.
"Concrete pouring and clearing of terraces from the ancient stones of the site were identified. Piles of bedding ready for spreading and paving asphalt were scattered throughout the area, as well as mechanical tools such as a roller," she said.
Shargai stressed the site’s vulnerability due to its location north of Jerusalem. Although it is in Area C, where Israel has both administrative and security jurisdiction, it lies adjacent to the Paleostinian village of Al Jib.
"During the construction of the seam barrier around Jerusalem, the site was left outside the fence, which exacerbated the problem of accessibility and supervision," Shargai said. "Today, access requires complex security coordination and escort. Seizing the tools is an important step, but ongoing activity and improving accessibility to the site are required to prevent future damage."
The Biblical city of Gibeon is considered one of the region’s most significant archaeological treasures. Mentioned repeatedly in the Book of Joshua, it is where Joshua made a covenant with the Gibeonites and the site of the famed battle in which "the sun stood still at Gibeon, and the moon in the valley of Ayalon."
Discoveries include a massive pool described in the Book of Samuel, elaborate winery cisterns known as the "Gibeon cisterns," and an underground water system still connected to a functioning spring. Excavations conducted by James Pritchard in 1956 uncovered pottery handles inscribed with the name "Given," confirming the site’s biblical identity. Scholars believe the city has been continuously inhabited since the Early Bronze Age.
Historically, Gibeon was described as "the great city of Gibeon, one of the cities of the kingdom," serving as one of the 13 priestly cities in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It was home to King Saul’s family and played a central role in his kingdom’s fate.
’REALITY HITS US IN THE FACE’
The head of the Binyamin Regional Council, Yisrael Gantz, accused the PA of deliberately targeting Jewish history. "While the plan in question to end the war states that the Paleostinian Authority must undergo ’reforms’ so that it can accept responsibility for 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... , reality comes and hits us in the face," Gantz said.
"The same authority proves once again that nothing will really change, and is in fact responsible for another nationalist heritage attack aimed at erasing a biblical site. We will continue to fight with all our might to dismantle the Paleostinian Authority and to impose Israeli illusory sovereignty over all of the West Bank, including these important heritage sites that prove above all our exclusive right to the land of our ancestors."
Officials said they intend to continue monitoring the site and to expand protective measures, warning that its remote location makes it an ongoing target for damage.
Responsibility for securing the West Bank's archaeological sites lies with the Civil Administration’s Archaeology Staff Officer. However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... politician Amit Halevy has proposed extending the Israeli Antiquities Authority’s jurisdiction to the West Bank. Proponents argue that the Civil Administration is not equipped to deal with the challenges of preserving and excavating sites. Critics warn that such a move may get all Israeli archaeology banned from international cooperation.
The Press Service of Israel reported in April that Israeli researchers find themselves blacklisted by the international academic community, unable to publish findings from some of history’s most significant sites in the West Bank.
In 2023, TPS-IL reported that the Paleostinian Authority was illegally constructing a new neighborhood on Mount Ebal that would erase the Jewish heritage site.
An inspector from the Samaria Regional Council’s Lands Department discovered earlier this month that the P.A. had begun paving roads for 32 housing units on the ruins of the historic site, which is mentioned in the Biblical books of Deuteronomy and Joshua.
"This is an important reminder of why the State of Israel must ensure that it assumes responsibility for all heritage sites scattered throughout the West Bank, no matter where they are located, in Areas A, B, and of course in Areas C," Guardians of Eternity said. "We must not abandon our heritage to those who wish to erase history using engineering tools."
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[REGNUM] The Sumud humanitarian flotilla, headed to the Gaza Strip under the leadership of Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, was detained by Israeli security forces near the enclave's shores.
Despite the assurances of skeptics, the flotilla nevertheless decided to continue to the end and, on Yom Kippur (October 1–2), entered the "risk zone" (up to 100 nautical miles from the shores of Gaza). There, as expected, they encountered Israeli patrol boats.
However, despite the mission's failure, Sumud accomplished a secondary goal: it stirred up discontent toward Israel in Europe.
CONDITIONAL PROTECTION
Despite the fact that Italy and Spain had contracted to protect the flotilla along the way (and Turkey joined them a little later), the activists traveled the last leg of the journey without a military escort—the frigates and patrol ships accompanying them remained beyond the conventional mark of 150 nautical miles from the shores of Gaza.
For some time afterward, the flotilla was accompanied by friendly UAVs, launched by Turkey to “scare off” Israeli air forces and monitor the surrounding areas, but they too returned to their base when they were less than 120 miles from the coast.
British fighter jets based in Cyprus also conducted a routine overflight, but it was purely formal. London later explained that the pilots were conducting routine maneuvers, and the assessment of the flotilla's condition was added to their flight missions at the last minute. They were not tasked with protecting the activists, much less escorting them.
In any case, the military activity of the "Palestine Solidarity Coalition" had petered out by midday on October 1. And at dusk, the first Israeli patrol boats appeared on the horizon.
INTERCEPTION PLAN
Less than an hour after the Israeli ships appeared on the horizon, an operation to intercept the flotilla began. Several dozen patrol boats formed a semi-circle around the Sumud, firing water cannons at the yachts ahead and performing "dangerous maneuvers" on its flanks.
At the same time, several UAVs and communications jamming devices were deployed, which disrupted coordination between Sumud vessels.
Less than an hour after the interception began, Israeli commandos boarded the "flagships"—the yachts Alma and Sirius—and symbolically arrested the Sumud command staff. This effectively stopped approximately 12 vessels from the convoy. Another three dozen were blocked and stopped over the next couple of hours.
The activists were approximately 11 nautical miles (about 21 km) short of their destination.
Of course, some vessels managed to break through the ring of patrol ships and continue their journey even after the flagships were captured. Among these, for example, was the light vessel Mikeno, which carried the flotilla's lawyers.
According to a tracker on the official website of the Global Sumud initiative, Mikeno managed to get within 8 nautical miles (approximately 15 km) of Gaza before contact was lost.
Currently, only a few vessels are still maneuvering: the yacht Summertime—Jong, which abruptly changed course after the raid began and is heading toward the port city of Limassol, Cyprus, and the light cargo vessel Shireen, which is heading toward the Israeli port of Haifa. Another member of the flotilla, the yacht Marinette, has fallen significantly behind the main convoy and has now changed course for Port Said, Egypt.
However, even taking into account that not all ships have been arrested by Israel, it can be safely said that the Sumud flotilla has been defeated.
THE FATE OF THOSE DETAINED
The flotilla's "captains"—Greta Thunberg, Thiago Avila, and several other media-promoted activists—were detained and taken to the port of Ashdod in southern Israel, where they were given a pre-trial interview. They are expected to be deported to their home countries within the next few days.
At first glance, Tel Aviv decided to carry out the same scheme as in the summer of 2025, during the flotilla’s previous voyage – to lightly scold the violators and then let them go.
However, such a flexible approach is only applied to the movement's leaders who have influential advocates in the UN and high offices of European countries.
The fate of the flotilla's rank-and-file crew members—citizens of 37 countries—is unclear. Israel lacks formal diplomatic relations with some of them, and negotiating expedited deportation will be difficult.
This means that Tel Aviv will either hand over problematic activists to intermediaries or will treat them as border violators with all the ensuing consequences.
And given that among those detained are also representatives of "problematic" (from the point of view of official Tel Aviv) countries—for example, two dozen citizens of Turkey, which constantly threatens the Israeli side with military conflict—even ordinary prisoners could well become an instrument of political pressure, and one that works in both directions.
WORLD REACTION
Sumud's detention left its mark: just hours after news broke of the Israeli military's interception of the humanitarian convoy, mass demonstrations demanding "punishment for Tel Aviv" took place in major European cities.
Italians were the most vocal in their protests, with anti-Israel demonstrations spreading across at least a dozen cities, including the capital. Solidarity rallies, though smaller in scale than those in Italy, were also held in Spain, Belgium, Germany, the UK, Australia, and Turkey.
There was also a reaction from officials.
For example, Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the "immediate expulsion" of all Israeli diplomats from the country, in part in response to the illegal detention of two Colombian citizens who were part of the Sumud crew.
Spanish Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz went even further, demanding that ties with Tel Aviv be severed at the EU-wide level and that Israeli authorities be held internationally accountable for "maritime robbery." However, this call failed to gain support from official Brussels.
Overall, although Thunberg's flotilla never reached the shores of Gaza, it accomplished one of its goals: it gave new impetus to the fading movement of solidarity with Palestine in the West. And, in the process, it secured even greater support in case a third humanitarian convoy was needed.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...the once and current oppressors of Afghanistan...
...son of Pashtun warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, still titular head of the Haqqani Network....
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
[GEO.TV] Hamas, as reported by British news outlet The Telegraph, is expected to reject the 20-point peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump with a senior figure saying that it served Israel's interest and ignored those of the Palestinians.
