#3
"I'm the wrappin' paper spaniel and I'm here to declare
That I get more Clara Bow than any critter with hair...
Though it's true that I beg,
When she's humping my leg,
'Ruff, ruff, ruff! Girl, go buy you some Nair!'"
NEW: In precise strikes carried out hours ago, Sudanese Army aircraft bombed an Emirati supply convoy in the village of Yabous in Blue Nile State, near the Ethiopian border, while it was en route to the Rapid Support Forces militia.
NEW: In precise strikes carried out hours ago, Sudanese Army aircraft bombed an Emirati supply convoy in the village of Yabous in Blue Nile State, near the Ethiopian border, while it was en route to the Rapid Support Forces militia.
The attack resulted in the destruction of six tractors carrying hundreds of mercenaries from neighboring countries, more than 25 fully armed combat vehicles, one tank, and an Emirati armored vehicle along with their crews.
MALI 🇲🇱 – Le 11 janvier matin, plusieurs sites industriels ont été attaqués à Bafoulabé : Diamond Cement Mali (à Gankontéry), CCM-Carrières et chaux du Mali (à Karaga) et Stones (à Groundapé), causant d’importants dégâts matériels.
MALI 🇲🇱 – On the morning of January 11, several industrial sites were attacked in Bafoulabé: Diamond Cement Mali (in Gankontéry), CCM-Carrières et chaux du Mali (in Karaga), and Stones (in Groundapé), causing significant material damage.
🔶 According to local sources, nearly 160 terrorists traveling by motorcycle took part in the attacks.
3 people were reportedly kidnapped and vehicles set on fire. Thick smoke was visible from several kilometers away.
⚠️ No claim of responsibility has yet been recorded. However, these attacks are in line with the threats from Abou Yahya, spokesperson for JNIM, targeting economic operators with the aim of "strangling" the country.
ℹ️ For reminder, the Stones factory in Bafoulabé had already been attacked by JNIM in July 2025.
Le JNIM revendique une attaque à l’aide de deux engins explosifs improvisés contre une patrouille des milices burkinabè, entre Mouskanto et Kalan, dans la région de Goua, le samedi 10 janvier 2026. pic.twitter.com/epXX86fybN
JNIM claims an attack using two improvised explosive devices against a patrol of Burkinabè militias, between Mouskanto and Kalan, in the Goua region, on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
ALERT: Last night, armed men believed to be bandits abducted several travelers around 1 a.m. near Dawajah community in Gundale Ward, Shomgom LGA of Gombe State. Among those abducted were members of wedding convoys traveling from Bauchi to Gombe and another set from Filiya to… pic.twitter.com/GvhPtEobtN
ALERT: Last night, armed men believed to be bandits abducted several travelers around 1 a.m. near Dawajah community in Gundale Ward, Shomgom LGA of Gombe State. Among those abducted were members of wedding convoys traveling from Bauchi to Gombe and another set from Filiya to Taraba, as well as local residents returning to their homes. Residents are now calling for urgent security intervention.
[FoxNews] Bloody display in Manabi province linked to conflict between criminal groups competing for trafficking routes
Five severed human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador Sunday in a gruesome display linked to ongoing gang violence sweeping across the country, according to reports.
The killings came amid a wave of bloody violence tied to drug trafficking and organized crime, which has surged across Ecuador in recent years.
The Associated Press reported that the grim discovery underscores the tactics used by criminal groups competing for control of territory and trafficking routes, especially along the country’s coastline.
Police said the heads were found on a tourist beach in the small fishing port of Puerto Lopez, in Manabi province.
The images shared by Ecuadorian media and on social media showed the severed heads tied with ropes to wooden poles planted in the sand, with blood visible at the scene.
A wooden sign left beside the heads carried a threatening message aimed at alleged extortionists targeting local fishermen.
The message warned those demanding so-called "vaccine cards" protection payments commonly extorted by gangs that they had been identified, the report said.
Authorities said the display was likely the result of a conflict between criminal groups operating in the area.
Drug-trafficking networks with links to transnational cartels are active along Ecuador’s coast and have used fishermen and their small boats to transport illicit shipments, according to local police.
President Daniel Noboa launched an armed campaign against gangs and declared states of emergency in several provinces, including Manabi, deploying the military to support police operations.
Despite his efforts, violence has continued to escalate with police increasing patrols and surveillance in Puerto Lopez following recent massacres in the province, The Associated Press said.
In 2025, at least nine people, including a baby, were killed there in an attack that authorities blamed on clashes between local gangs also.
As previously reported by Fox News Digital, in 2025, infighting between factions of a gang vying for control over territory in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, left nearly two dozen people dead.
Ecuador ended the year with a record homicide rate of 52 per 100,000 people, according to the Organized Crime Observatory, making it the deadliest year on record.
[Times Of Israel] NEW YORK — Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City chanted in support of Hamas at a rally near a synagogue and Jewish school on Thursday.
The demonstration was the first significant protest under New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, and had raised safety concerns in the neighborhood, but police kept the protesters apart from neighborhood residents and away from the synagogue entrance.
The protest, organized by the Pal-Awda activist group, targeted an event marketing real estate in Israel that was held at the Young Israel synagogue in the Kew Gardens Hills neighborhood in Queens.
Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, January 8, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
NEW YORK — Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City chanted in support of Hamas at a rally near a synagogue and Jewish school on Thursday.
The demonstration was the first significant protest under New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, and had raised safety concerns in the neighborhood, but police kept the protesters apart from neighborhood residents and away from the synagogue entrance.
The protest, organized by the Pal-Awda activist group, targeted an event marketing real estate in Israel that was held at the Young Israel synagogue in the Kew Gardens Hills neighborhood in Queens.
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The protesters chanted, "Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here," "Shut the fuck up Zionists, Israel does not exist," "Zionism will fall," "Death to the IDF," "Intifada people’s war," and "Settlers go back home."
The protesters were confined to a police "pen," inside a metal barricade, about half a block away from the synagogue entrance. A group of Jewish counter-protesters from the neighborhood was in a separate pen across the street. There were around 200 anti-Zionist demonstrators and slightly fewer Jewish counter-protesters.
[YouTube:TousiTV] He says that based on the signs on the signs of the truck, the driver is from the Communist MEK (People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, Mojahedin-e-Khalq)
For those who prefer to read for information, Frank G has you covered:
[CBS] At least two people were injured when the driver of a U-Haul truck allegedly drove into a large crowd of demonstrators during an anti-Iranian regime protest in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon.
The rally was scheduled for 2 p.m. outside of the Wilshire Federal Building, where thousands of people gathered to show solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, which have resulted in more than 580 deaths in violence surrounding the demonstrations, according to U.S.-based activists.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics said that two people were treated at the scene but denied transport to the hospital.
Thank goodness.
Firefighters also said that they were working to find a third person who was also possibly injured, but they were never located.
Authorities have not yet reported any arrests in connection with the incident.
Perhaps the driver had a heart attack or stroke. Or perhaps they want to identify and collect background and connections on the driver before revealing him/her/it to the world.
By 4:30 p.m., a large amount of the demonstrators involved in the rally had already begun to leave the area. It was scheduled to end at 4 p.m., according to event organizers.
SkyCal flew over the spot where the U-Haul came to a stop, which was surrounded by a large perimeter of crime scene tape. The trailer of the truck appeared to be empty as the door was open, with Los Angeles police investigators surveying the area. The windshield of the truck appeared to be shattered, and shards of glass were seen on the street below the vehicle.
No shots fired, no knifing, no VBIED — it could have been very much worse, indeed.
The rental truck, which had the words “NO SHAH. NO REGIME. USA: DON’T REPEAT 1953. NO MULLAH” emblazoned on one side, was swarmed by protesters as tensions quickly escalated, according to harrowing footage obtained by KABC.
The truck had both pro-Iranian regime and anti-Iranian regime phrases written on both its sides, police said.
Officers at the scene were spotted taking a man into custody after pulling him out of the truck, as angered protesters reportedly tried to punch and hit him with flag poles, the outlet reported.
Another view of the truck:
Reports that a U-Haul truck rammed its way through an anti-Iranian regime protest in Los Angeles this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/QrOjCIJyXO
#4
Cant believe some of the people on the Right who are supporting MEK... Rudy, for shame!
Poor Persians. Every whitepaper I ever read had them still colonized by arab shia islam. Their only Color Revolution created the radical madrassas (via MI6 and CIA) where the Mullahs were trained. The entirety of the globalist infrastructure is working against their freedom. G-d bless.
#FreePersia
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says the air force struck and killed a suspect in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today after he crossed the Yellow Line and approached Israeli troops in a manner that posed an “immediate threat.”
According to the military, the suspect was identified by troops from the 188th Armored Brigade combat team, who directed the strike.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says the air force struck two suspects in the area of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza earlier today after they crossed the Yellow Line and moved toward Israeli forces in a manner that “posed an immediate threat.”
According to the military, the suspects were identified by troops from the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, prompting the airstrike to “remove the threat.”
The incident follows reports in Arab media that Israeli forces were destroying residential buildings in Jabalia.
Medics cited by Palestinian media report one wounded person was rescued in Jabalia and two in Beit Lahiya, also in the Strip’s north.
🚨JUST IN BREAKING NEWS: Special U.S. Aircraft Arrive in Pakistan for Potential Strike on Iran
Unusual and irregular flight activity today involving U.S. aerial refueling & surveillance aircraft has drawn attention in the region between Pakistan & Iran.
Interestingly, these aircraft are repeatedly entering Iranian airspace & then returning directly to Pakistan. The KC-135R Stratotanker is an aerial refueling aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force, which typically operates alongside fighter jets. This suggests the presence of stealth aircraft, possibly 5th-generation F-35 or F-22 jets, which are not detectable on radar.
Has Pakistan once again provided its military bases to the U.S.?
Is the U.S. now preparing to strike Iran from Pakistani soil?
It appears so. Following a recent meeting between Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir & a joint Israeli-American delegation regarding a possible strike on Iran, the situation is becoming clearer.
But has the operation already begun? If not, why are these tankers flying continuously?
And if it has, what targets have been hit?
These & other questions will likely become clearer soon.
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[IsraelTimes] After evacuation warnings, Lebanese media says targets hit in several towns, most north of the Litani; separately, IDF says it hit Hezbollah operative in apparent strike on vehicle
Israel on Sunday carried out major Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s against seven Hezbollah targets in southern Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , using more than 30 munitions in two waves of strikes, the military said.
The strikes came after the IDF issued several evacuation warnings in the south Lebanon towns, saying the strikes were "in response to Hezbollah’s continuous violations of the ceasefire understandings."
Under the current ceasefire, which was reached in November 2024 after over a year of daily Hezbollah rocket attacks and after a month of full-scale conflict, the Iran-backed group was to withdraw its forces north of the Litani River and have its military infrastructure dismantled in the evacuated areas.
The group has refused to surrender its weapons, however, and Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Hezbollah targets over the past year.
The first wave of strikes on Sunday took place in the early afternoon, targeting facilities that the army said were being used to store weapons.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported "a series of violent mostly peaceful Israeli strikes" on Jezzine, Mahmudiyeh and al-Dimasqiyeh, as well as "more than 10 strikes" on al-Bureij, all in southern Lebanon.
Later in the evening, the IDF struck an underground weapons storage facility in the Kfar Beit area, near Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon — shortly after issuing an evacuation warning for the town.
Lebanese state media reported that "enemy warplanes launched more than 10 raids on the threatened location" in the town of Kafr Hatta, which lies north of the Litani, noting "significant damage" to buildings there.
After the strikes, the IDF said that one of the sites it targeted was also hit last week, and that it had warned the Lebanese army about Hezbollah activity at the location.
According to the IDF, Lebanese soldiers visited the site but did not completely dismantle the infrastructure, leading Israel to strike the site again Sunday. The IDF said it issued an advance warning of the strike in order to reduce any harm to civilians.
Just after those strikes, the military said it struck a Hezbollah operative in the area of Bint Jbeil. It did not immediately provide further details on the target or the outcome of the strike.
Photos circulating on social media showed what appears to be a vehicle that was hit in the attack, with the car seen engulfed in flames.
The Lebanese government claimed last week to have disarmed Hezbollah south of the Litani River — around 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Israeli border — in line with the deadline it had set for itself, saying it had "achieved the objectives of the first phase" of its plan in an "effective and tangible way."
It said it has extended operational control over the south, except for the handful of areas still controlled by Israeli troops. Hezbollah, which has rejected efforts to disarm, did not immediately comment.
Israel sounded a cautious note on the announcement, saying the efforts from Beirut to disarm the terror group were "encouraging" but insufficient, and adding in a second statement that "Hezbollah is rearming faster than it is being disarmed."
Since the ceasefire, the IDF has killed around 400 operatives and struck hundreds of additional Hezbollah-linked targets. The IDF has repeatedly asserted that the activity at the targeted sites constitutes a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.
Israel has withdrawn from all but five strategic posts along the border as the disarmament efforts have proceeded, and conducts frequent strikes on Hezbollah forces and posts that it accuses of violating the ceasefire.
#Breaking: The Islamic Regime of #Iran has decided to begin mass executions of arrested protesters. Executions are set to start on Wednesday. The names of some protesters scheduled for execution have already been announced. One of them is Erfan Soltani, who is to be executed in… pic.twitter.com/xqUuLtcKY9
— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) January 11, 2026
…Erfan Soltani, who is to be executed in Karaj. He was arrested on January 9 and is scheduled to be executed on January 14. He was allowed to meet his family today for the final time, for just 10 minutes.
There are hundreds of other protesters reportedly planned for mass execution. If this regime is not overthrown, this number could rise to thousands. The regime has officially admitted to arresting more than 10,000 protesters, though the real number may be three to four times higher.
#IranProtests
US President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... will be briefed by bigwigs in his administration later this week on possible responses to the deadly violence in Iran, where hundreds of protesters have reportedly been killed and thousands more detained over the past two weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing US officials.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to retaliate against Iran’s leaders if protesters are killed, and on Saturday said that the US was "ready to help" Iranians achieve freedom.
The protests in Iran, now in their 15th day, began as economic demonstrations but escalated rapidly into calls for the collapse of the Islamic Theocratic Republic and regime change. Tehran has responded forcefully to the demonstrations, and activists said on Sunday that at least 538 people had been killed since December 28.
The US president’s meeting, planned for Tuesday, will be a discussion about possible next steps, including military strikes, deploying secretive cyber weapons against Iranian military and civilian sites, placing more sanctions on Iran’s government and boosting anti-government sources online, the Journal reported.
The New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... and the Journal reported Saturday that Trump had been presented with military options for a strike, but hadn’t made a final decision.
Even if the US does choose to proceed with military action, the UK’s Sunday Times suggested that this would not happen in the immediate future.
According to the newspaper, the US military has informed Trump that it is not yet ready to launch strikes and needs more time to prepare. Officials in the Middle East have communicated that they need additional time to bolster both personnel and defenses in the region before they can proceed with strikes, the report said.
The 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... i Al Araby Television Network reported, however, that Israel believes the US will strike 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... sooner rather than later.
As Washington weighs its options, Tehran has continued to pin blame on Israel and the US for the unrelenting protests, with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accusing the two countries of trying to "sow chaos and disorder" in the Islamic Theocratic Republic.
"Protesting is the people’s right," he said in an interview with state TV on Sunday, while warning that protesters "should not be allowed to disrupt society."
"The people should believe that we (the government) want to establish justice," he told state broadcaster IRIB. "If people have a concern we will hear them, it is our duty to hear them and solve their problems. However,
ars longa, vita brevis... our highest duty is not to allow rioters to come and disrupt society."
He accused Israel and the US of "trying to escalate this unrest with regard to the economic discussion and solutions we are working on."
"They have taken some people here inside and abroad and trained them. They brought bandidosbandidos bad boys in from abroad into the country," he claimed.
Against the backdrop of Pezeshkian’s warnings about "rioters," the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said that more than 10,600 people across Iran were tossed into the calaboose.
It said that 490 protesters had been killed, in addition to 48 members of Iran’s security forces, and warned that the corpse count was likely to continue to rise.
With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more difficult.
The activist group, which relies on activists in Iran crosschecking information, has offered accurate tolls in previous rounds of unrest in the Islamic Theocratic RepublicThe Iranian government has not offered any overall casualty figures for the demonstrations, but has praised security forces for their actions against protesters.
Iran’s parliament speaker warned Sunday that the US military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if the US were to strike Iran. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the comments during an address in parliament, which was broadcast live on state television.
Qalibaf, a hard-liner who has run for the presidency in the past, focused his speech on applauding police and Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, particularly its all-volunteer Basij, for having “stood firm” during the protests.
He went on to directly threaten Israel, “the occupied territory” as he referred to it, and the US military, possibly with a preemptive strike.
“In the event of an attack on Iran, both the occupied territory and all American military centers, bases and ships in the region will be our legitimate targets,” Qalibaf said. “We do not consider ourselves limited to reacting after the action and will act based on any objective signs of a threat.”
Lawmakers rushed the dais in the Iranian parliament, shouting: “Death to America!”
In the wake of his comments and similar sentiments expressed by other Iranian officials, Israel was preparing for the possibility that it may be on the receiving end of Tehran’s wrath.
To that end, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir held situational assessments over the weekend focused on the Iranian protests, The Times of Israel has learned.
Separately, Netanyahu called top advisers and ministers together for a security consultation on Sunday afternoon, the offices of two of the attendees told The Times of Israel. The full security cabinet is scheduled to meet on Tuesday.
The premier addressed the situation during the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, expressing hope that Israel and Iran could become “faithful partners” again when the regime falls.
“We are sending strength to the heroic and courageous citizens of Iran — and once the regime falls, we will do good things together for the benefit of both peoples,” he said.
“We all hope that the Persian nation will soon be freed from the yoke of tyranny,” Netanyahu continued. “And when that day arrives, Israel and Iran will once again become faithful partners in building a future of prosperity and peace.”
Israel and Iran enjoyed warm ties from the time of Israel’s founding in 1948 up until the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the ousting of the Iranian shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Pahlavi’s son, the exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, has successfully spurred on the protests in Iran from his home in the US, issuing calls for Iranians to take to the streets each night. On Sunday, he said he was prepared to return to his homeland and lead a transition to a democratic government.
“I’m prepared to return to Iran at the first possible opportunity. I’m already planning on that,” Pahlavi said on Fox News show “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo.
Demonstrators have shouted in support of the shah in some protests, but it isn’t clear if that is in support for Pahlavi himself, or a desire to return to a time before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Pahlavi’s apparent commitment to bringing democracy to his homeland, from which he has been in exile for more than 50 years, would suggest he is not interested in returning to the pre-revolution status quo, when his father ruled with an iron fist following a US-backed coup in 1953.
“My job is to lead this transition to make sure that no stone is left unturned, that in full transparency, people have an opportunity to elect their leaders freely and to decide,” he said.
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#2
I saw a video of protestors tagging regime houses with identifiers. There are sufficient numbers of protestors where they can make the IRGC pay a heavy price for further killing and arrests. Military and police defections will equalize the small arms access and the rate of regime folks fleeing will reach a flood.
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#3
Some reports have protester casualties up over 2,000.
#6
Iranian mass executions have already been going on for days and will continue as long as the mullahs can procure the services of their executioners.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
...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 
