Hi there, !
Today Thu 01/29/2026 Wed 01/28/2026 Tue 01/27/2026 Mon 01/26/2026 Sun 01/25/2026 Sat 01/24/2026 Fri 01/23/2026 Archives
Rantburg
582860 articles and 1985037 comments are archived on Rantburg.

Today: 55 articles and 175 comments as of 17:01.
Post a news link    Post your own article   
Area: WoT Background    Non-WoT    Opinion    Local News    Politix   
'Barely made it out alive': James O'Keefe attacked in Minneapolis and gets threatened, 'You have 1 hour to leave or you're dead'
Today's Headlines
Headline Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
4 14:03 Muggsy Bonaparte6930 [1786] 
24 20:55 Gerthudion Bucket9415 [1835] 
2 15:32 Glenmore [1770] 
0 [1767] 
11 09:52 Mercutio [1776] 
0 [1769] 
1 03:50 Grom the Affective [1835] 
3 14:44 Skidmark [1793] 
0 [1829] 
1 14:50 Skidmark [1790] 
0 [1787] 
0 [1777] 
1 01:01 Frank G [1773] 
0 [1776] 
0 [1771] 
0 [1769] 
3 15:44 Knuckles Grundy1702 [1782] 
0 [1777] 
0 [1773] 
Page 2: WoT Background
5 15:03 Skidmark [1772]
2 05:24 Skidmark [1794]
7 15:44 trailing wife [1760]
0 [1771]
4 10:43 trailing wife [1774]
6 10:06 Mercutio [1757]
0 [1760]
1 05:51 Super Hose [1808]
4 13:04 Skidmark [1818]
2 12:13 Skidmark [1801]
0 [1835]
8 16:01 Skidmark [1795]
Page 3: Non-WoT
3 19:14 Lord Garth [1831]
2 16:07 Skidmark [1792]
0 [1765]
6 23:46 trailing wife [1793]
4 16:28 Skidmark [1795]
1 16:43 Skidmark [1793]
0 [1754]
2 05:32 Super Hose [1776]
12 11:04 NN2N1 [1813]
3 05:47 Skidmark [1811]
Page 4: Opinion
4 17:00 Skidmark [1794]
5 15:50 trailing wife [1771]
0 [1770]
3 10:25 DooDahMan [1755]
3 16:34 Skidmark [1807]
5 11:19 NN2N1 [1759]
1 16:39 Skidmark [1801]
10 18:35 Frank G [1803]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
0 [1767]
0 [1786]
5 09:57 Super Hose [1778]
3 17:07 Skidmark [1809]
Page 6: Politix
3 16:55 Skidmark [1793]
11 18:08 Rex Mundi [1781]
Good Morning



Monday 01/26/2026

gloria_dickson_1502
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
RUMINT: Iran said to be falsely labeling
slain protesters as Basij members attacked by opposition
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IDF: Wave of strikes target Hezbollah
operatives, infrastructure across Lebanon
Home Front: WoT
Daughter of top Iranian official who
led regime crackdown fired from US medical school
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel says Rafah Crossing to reopen
when IDF finishes search for last hostage body
Africa Horn
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and SPLM
launched an offensive in Blue Nile State
Africa Horn
Sudan's Arman calls for ceasefire
in Kordofan 'triangle of death'
Three people were injured in a shooting
at a religious club in the United States.

Posted by: Fred || 01/26/2026 09:13 || Comments || Link || [1776 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/26/2026 1:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Depending on how tall she is, I'd recommend she stay away from ceiling fans
Posted by: Frank G || 01/26/2026 2:00 Comments || Top||

#3  I the movie was The Mystery of the Lost Calzone.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/26/2026 5:19 Comments || Top||

#4  GLORIA; Van Morrison; the band THEM - 1964? 1965? The song comes to mind instantly. I'd call this pretty early rock. Our high school garage band, The Morlocks, used to play this. Looking back, we were enthusiastic, but sucked. Pretty primitive, but everyone starts somewhere. We all ended up in RVN. I made it back. Good times.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 01/26/2026 5:46 Comments || Top||

#5  /\ Sorry, her name triggered the memories.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 01/26/2026 5:46 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 7:52 Comments || Top||

#7  Nice hat, Gloria.
Posted by: technochitlin || 01/26/2026 8:33 Comments || Top||

#8  A Roman history fan? Roman Centurions had side to side (transverse) crests...
Posted by: magpie || 01/26/2026 8:46 Comments || Top||

#9  I like the hat. Going to make myself one out of tinfoil.
Posted by: Megabyses || 01/26/2026 8:51 Comments || Top||

#10  ^Style and security!
Posted by: Bobby || 01/26/2026 9:23 Comments || Top||

#11  Great diddle fact, Magpie. I see where you got your Nic.
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/26/2026 9:52 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and SPLM–N launched an offensive in Blue Nile State
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1829 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


Al-Shabaab Fighters Surrender After Defeat in Kudhaa

Text:

Al-Shabaab Fighters Surrender After Defeat in Kudhaa

KISMAYO, Jubbaland – Mohamed Ahmed Ismail, also known as “Nageeye”, surrendered today to Jubbaland forces, alongside several other fighters, carrying a PKM machine gun.

The surrender follows a major operation in Kudhaa that left hundreds of militants dead. Alshabaab captive said his fighters became disoriented and separated, with dozens reportedly dying from exhaustion, thirst, and hunger while fleeing through rugged terrain, forcing many others to surrender.

Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1782 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

#1  Looks as though weapons maintenance is becoming a thing with the natives.
Posted by: RJ45ACP || 01/26/2026 10:54 Comments || Top||

#2  If he really is surrendering I'd ask him to step away from the weapon.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/26/2026 13:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Did their pay arrive?
Posted by: Knuckles Grundy1702 || 01/26/2026 15:44 Comments || Top||


Africa North
JNIM targeted a vehicle of the Nigerien army with an IED near the capital of Niamey
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1769 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda


ISWAP conducted an 'amphibious assault' on two positions of the Cameroonian army in the town of Darak, northern Cameroon

Text:

ISWAP conducted an “amphibious assault” on two positions of the Cameroonian army in the town of Darak, northern Cameroon on Thursday, the terrorists burned the main camp along with a military site near it after the soldiers fled following a short battle, leaving ISWAP to capture large amounts of weapons and ammunition.

Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1773 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa Subsaharan
Oyo police inspector killed in bandit ambush at Budo Masalasi border post

Text:

Oyo police inspector killed in bandit ambush at Budo Masalasi border post

By Zagazola Makama

A police inspector has been killed in an ambush by suspected armed bandits at Budo Masalasi Border Post in Oyo State, authorities confirmed.

Sources disclosed that on Jan. 24 at about 1:30 p.m., ASP Entonu Shaibu and his patrol team encountered a group of 10 to 15 suspected bandits.

More details at the link

More:


Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1773 views] Top|| File under: Banditti

#1  "40 bags of concealed explosives"

"Hey man! It's for personal use!"
Posted by: Frank G || 01/26/2026 1:01 Comments || Top||


Vigilante killed, another injured as bandits attack Wamba village in Niger State

Text:

Vigilante killed, another injured as bandits attack Wamba village in Niger State

By Zagazola Makama

An exchange of gunfire between armed bandits and local vigilantes in Wamba Village, Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State, left one vigilante dead and another injured, police confirmed.

Sources reliably informed that on Jan. 24 at about 2:30 p.m., a group of armed bandits invaded the village but were confronted by local vigilantes.

More details at the link
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1776 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Police repel bandits, rescue six kidnapped victims on Yankara-Funtua highway in Katsina

Text:

Police repel bandits, rescue six kidnapped victims on Yankara-Funtua highway in Katsina

By Zagazola Makama

Police in Katsina State have successfully rescued six kidnapped victims after intercepting an armed bandit attack on Yankara-Funtua highway in Faskari Local Government Area.

Sources said on Jan. 24 at about 1:25 a.m., unidentified armed bandits blocked the highway and abducted six occupants of a green Honda Civic, registration number AAA 518 BC, en route from Funtua to Faskari.
More details at the link


Text:

Bandits raid Kitibawa community in Katsina despite peace deal

Residents of Kitibawa community in Makera Ward, Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area of Katsina State, were thrown into panic on Saturday afternoon after armed bandits stormed the area and carried out a daylight raid.

Eyewitnesses said four bandits riding on a motorcycle entered the community and first targeted phone-charging points, where they forcefully collected mobile phones from residents.

The attackers later moved to a fuel seller, where they reportedly took fuel without any resistance before leaving the town.

Residents said that as the bandits were exiting the community, they fired two gunshots into the air, causing fear and confusion among villagers.
Read more at the link
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1771 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Bandits raid Kitibawa community in Katsina despite peace deal

Text:

Bandits raid Kitibawa community in Katsina despite peace deal

Residents of Kitibawa community in Makera Ward, Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area of Katsina State, were thrown into panic on Saturday afternoon after armed bandits stormed the area and carried out a daylight raid.

Eyewitnesses said four bandits riding on a motorcycle entered the community and first targeted phone-charging points, where they forcefully collected mobile phones from residents.

The attackers later moved to a fuel seller, where they reportedly took fuel without any resistance before leaving the town.

Residents said that as the bandits were exiting the community, they fired two gunshots into the air, causing fear and confusion among villagers.

Read more at the link
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1777 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Arabia
Riots broke out at the Central Prison in the city of Mukalla inside a ward known as Block 1

Text:

Yemen: Foiled Attempt To Escape Al Qaeda Prisons

Security sources reported to MohamedBinFisal that riots broke out at the Central Prison in the city of Mukalla inside a ward known as “Block 1,” which houses inmates accused of terrorism-related offenses and of belonging to the Al-Qaeda #AQAP and ISIS organizations, including senior figures. The sources indicated that the prisoners attempted to break the ward doors and create chaos in an effort to escape, following days of refusing food and staging a hunger strike.

Hadramawt Security denied the accuracy of reports circulating about an armed attack or a storming of the Central Prison in Mukalla, affirming that such reports are unfounded.

More details at the link
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1790 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda

#1  Kinda like Wormwood Scrubs.

They can't imprison a mob.
But the movement won't end because of martyrs.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 14:50 Comments || Top||


Britain
86 arrested after breaching London prison grounds in support of Palestine Action
[IsraelTimes] Police say activists blocked staff from moving at Wormwood Scrubs while demonstrating for hunger striker held over alleged crimes linked to banned anti-Israel group

Eighty-six people were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass after protesters breached the grounds of a London prison in support of an anti-Israel, pro-Paleostinian hunger striker, UK police said Sunday.

The group was "protesting in support of a Paleostine Action prisoner on a hunger strike" late Saturday and then refused to leave the prison grounds when ordered to do so, London’s Metropolitan Police said on X.

"They allegedly blocked prison staff from entering and leaving, threatened coppers, and a number managed to get inside a staff entrance area of a prison building," police said, adding "all those involved" were detained.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson described the incident as "deeply concerning."

The incident took place outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs in West London, where a man named Muhammad Umer Khalid is being held and has been on hunger strike for over two weeks, according to the campaign group Prisoners for Paleostine.
Two weeks?!? Those are rookie numbers!
He is one of several people who have been on hunger strike at various points in recent months as they await trial for an alleged break-in and criminal damage on behalf of the Paleostine Action campaign group before it was banned under anti-terrorism laws.

Paleostine Action supporters are at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. They are supporting hunger striker Mohammed Umer Khalid, who is accused of conspiracy to commit criminal damage.

Khalid and the others deny those charges and have called for them to be dropped.

Paleostine Action was founded in 2020 and gained prominence with protests targeting Israeli defense companies and British firms linked to them. It stepped up its actions during the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
war, sparked by the Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023. It accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, an allegation rejected by Israel.

The group was proscribed as a terrorist organization in July 2025, making it a crime to be a member, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. More than 2,700 people have since been arrested for holding signs in support of Paleostine Action, according to protest organizers Defend Our Juries.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/26/2026 2026-01-26 00:51 || Comments || Link || [1793 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Criminals breaking in to prison cuts a lot of waste from the intake process.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/26/2026 5:57 Comments || Top||

#2 
So they sneaked a peek, of where they should be staying for breeching a Prison in the future?

On serious note:
This group just conducted a test of what and how quick a physical response by security is for this prison.

So could they or others now use the gained and collected info for a selective prisoner(s) Jailbreak operation in the near future?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/26/2026 6:47 Comments || Top||

#3  How do they keep the bad guys in when they can't keep the bad guys out?

a number managed to get inside a staff entrance

Some staffer opened a door for them.

Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 14:44 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Gunmen storm Mexico football pitch and kill at least 11 people
[BBC] At least 11 people were killed and another dozen injured when gunmen opened fire on locals who had gathered at a football pitch in the city of Salamanca in central Mexico on Sunday.

Witnesses said armed men arrived at the grounds in several vehicles and shot at those gathered there seemingly indiscriminately.

Many families had stayed behind to socialise after a match between local clubs. At least one woman and one child were among those killed.

The motive behind the shooting is not yet clear. Guanajuato, the state in which Salamanca is located, registered the highest number of murders in the whole of Mexico last year.

Neighbours reported hearing at least 100 shots ring out as the gunmen opened fire at the Cabañas pitch in the Loma de Flores neighbourhood.

Local and federal security forces are now investigating the deadly shooting.

It came just a day after several violent incidents in the city, in which a total of five men were killed and another was abducted.

Guanajuato has seen a spike in violence committed by a number of gangs that engage in the theft of oil and fuel, as well as other criminal activities such as drug trafficking and extortion.

Gang members frequently hold up tanker trucks carrying oil and tap oil pipelines belonging to state-run oil company Pemex.

Salamanca, which is home to a major Pemex refinery, has been particularly subject to violent gang-related attacks.

Analysts say that the rivalry between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL) is behind many of the most brutal incidents.

Their criminal activities are not confined to Mexico, with both the smuggling of stolen fuel and illicit drugs spreading violence into the United States.

Last year, the US State Department designated the CJNG as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and, more recently, placed sanctions on the CSRL.

US President Donald Trump has made the fight against criminal gangs sending illicit drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamines and cocaine one of his priorities.

He has in the past alleged that "cartels are running Mexico" and has threatened to hit "narco-terrorists" with land strikes.

The US has already carried out at least 36 strikes against vessels allegedly transporting drugs by sea, both in the Caribbean and the Pacific, killing at least 125 people.

Legal experts and Trump's critics have questioned the legality of these strikes.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum last week handed over 37 "high-impact" suspects to the US in what local media described as an attempt by her government to co-operate with US counternarcotic efforts and thereby ward off the possibility of Trump ordering unilateral strikes against the cartels in Mexican territory.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 07:30 || Comments || Link || [1786 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


#2  And I thought this account out of Germany yesterday was crazy:

64 police officers injured around German second tier match
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/26/2026 10:44 Comments || Top||

#3  That sounds like a red card penalty.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/26/2026 12:49 Comments || Top||

#4  [Mail] Blood on the pitch: sticky wicket!
"Cops" flee from fans' fury. "Not cricket!"
Sicario cries,
"Stop! Maintain your disguise!
Take a second to write yourselves tickets."
Posted by: Muggsy Bonaparte6930 || 01/26/2026 14:03 Comments || Top||


Europe
Germany nabs Lebanese man suspected of plotting terror attacks in Europe for Hamas
[IsraelTimes] German police arrested a Lebanese national on Friday evening on suspicion of being a Hamas member who planned terror attacks in Europe, according to an official press release.

The man, identified by German authorities as Mohammad S, was arrested at Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport after arriving from Beirut.

Federal prosecutors said he is suspected of having helped procure 300 rounds of ammunition in August last year, in coordination with one of three men arrested in Germany in October on suspicion of being foreign operatives for Hamas, preparing to attack Jewish or Israeli targets inside the country.

He is due to be brought before a federal judge, who will decide whether he will be held in pretrial detention.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/26/2026 2026-01-26 01:16 || Comments || Link || [1769 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Fifth Column
'Barely made it out alive': James O'Keefe attacked in Minneapolis and gets threatened, 'You have 1 hour to leave or you're dead'
[WIND] Undercover journalist James O'Keefe and his team were attacked and had their lives threatened Saturday while covering the fatal shooting of armed anti-ICE activist Alex Pretti by a federal agent.

"My team and I are in downtown Minneapolis right now. We still have undercover reporters inside the mob. I was at the scene of the shooting this morning and barely made it out alive," O'Keefe said on X.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/26/2026 01:43 || Comments || Link || [1835 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  I didn’t know O’Keefe did this type of journalism.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/26/2026 5:38 Comments || Top||

#2  This is the Link to the news that the Lt Gov was coordinating the protests.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/26/2026 6:21 Comments || Top||

#3  https://x.com/wellsjorda89710/status/2015636528597287346?s=46
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/26/2026 6:22 Comments || Top||


#5  Anti-ICE Signal Chats: Walz Administration Implicated, Foreign Funding Revealed
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/26/2026 6:46 Comments || Top||

#6 
The peaceful Liberal Left.
Once again protecting Violent Illegal Criminal Gang members, addictive drug dealers, Human sex trafficking of kids and adults for forced prostitution, murderers, rapist and Pedophiles from arrest.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/26/2026 7:21 Comments || Top||

#7  Like a vampire dragged into the light. The depth of 'resistance' is in direct proportion to the fraud they want undisclosed. That would seem to be the length and breadth of it all.

Ergo, it must be unimaginably worse and go way farther than the most jaded of our fellow citizens cab begin to imagine.
Posted by: Cesare || 01/26/2026 9:14 Comments || Top||

#8  Some more from O'Keefe, if true (and I have no reason to disbelieve it) the "rioters" in Minneapolis are well organized.

https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2015260124932448533
Posted by: Chantry || 01/26/2026 9:43 Comments || Top||

#9  So what's Kyle Rittenhouse doing these days?
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/26/2026 9:46 Comments || Top||

#10  Nice to know what kind of people you're up against. But they should know that when the problem gets to be too much for the justice system, the military is the only option left.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/26/2026 11:42 Comments || Top||

#11  **This isn’t protest. This is TREASON.**

It isn't treason. It's war.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/26/2026 11:45 Comments || Top||

#12  the military is the only option left

Fortuitously, many states have declared a 'state-of-emergency' seeking Federal aid with the storm, and many have already deployed troops. Kinda sneaky.

Map reveals 23 US states under hypothermia warnings as historic deep freeze grips millions

Federalize them in place.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 11:53 Comments || Top||

#13  Kyle Rittenhouse walks into a bar with a pedohpile, a felon and a wife-beater. He says, "shots are on me!"
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 01/26/2026 11:53 Comments || Top||

#14  #11 Is it really a war when I only one side is fighting it? I'm sure there's another term for our situation - not that it's any better.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 01/26/2026 11:57 Comments || Top||

#15  Technically its sedition unless you can link foreign money to the operation.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/26/2026 12:44 Comments || Top||

#16  With the way these protests are being organized, I wouldn't be surprised by foreign money as well as foreign expertise, foreign agents, being involved. Crowds of protestors appearing suddenly and rapidly in response to ICE activities indicates a high degree of organization, communication and coordination. Somehow I doubt if Tim Walz could manage that on his own.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/26/2026 13:26 Comments || Top||

#17  It's becoming a war zone. Walz will refuse to deploy. Again.
Posted by: Frank G || 01/26/2026 13:38 Comments || Top||

#18  MN Guard serving coffee and doughnuts to protesters!
YJCMTSU...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/national-guard-minnesota-hands-out-coffee-donuts-anti-ice-protesters
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 01/26/2026 14:28 Comments || Top||

#19  ^^^ lock their asses up to.
Posted by: chris || 01/26/2026 15:34 Comments || Top||

#20  Trump for political reasons may not want to call this an insurrection, but: This is an insurrection.
Posted by: Matt || 01/26/2026 16:21 Comments || Top||

#21  Shameful display of leftist theater.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/26/2026 17:35 Comments || Top||

#22  Evidently, the foriegn NGO finders were in the chat. The transcript was saved and available via X.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/26/2026 20:20 Comments || Top||

#23  Whatsisname Singh is one of them (on behalf of the CCP), the husband of that Code Pink female.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/26/2026 20:30 Comments || Top||

#24  It’s an insurrection and an insurgency. If it can be proven that the CCP has played a significant role in this, that’s an act of war.
Posted by: Gerthudion Bucket9415 || 01/26/2026 20:55 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
TTP Fitna al-Khawarij commander, Umar Dawar, was eliminated in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan

Text:

Counter Terrorism Operations – Mir Ali, North waziristan district

Security forces carried out a significant intelligence-based operation in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, during which a TTP Fitna al-Khawarij commander, Umar Dawar, was eliminated while two other associates were critically Injured.

The operation was conducted on the basis of actionable intelligence and marks another important success against terrorist elements operating in the region.

More details at the link
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1787 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


A wanted terrorist linked to the deadly Bajaur attack on the Assistant Commissioner has been arrested in Karachi

Text:

A wanted terrorist linked to the deadly Bajaur attack on the Assistant Commissioner has been arrested in Karachi during a targeted intelligence-based operation.

The suspect, originally from District Bajaur, was also involved in burning government machinery of the KP Minerals Department. To evade arrest, he had gone underground in Karachi, disguised as a peanut vendor, while secretly staying in touch with extremist networks.

More details at the link
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1777 views] Top|| File under:


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian driver critically injured near Ramallah; police say he sped at officers
[IsraelTimes] Police claim officer fired at vehicle after it accelerated toward him, causing man to crash into roadblock

A Paleostinian man was critically injured Sunday morning near the village of Ayoun al-Haramiya, north of Ramallah in the West Bank, according to the Paleostinian Authority’s General Authority for Civilian Affairs, after Israeli police said he accelerated toward an officer.

The Israel Police said traffic officers were alerted to a vehicle speeding down Route 60.

According to police, officers who arrived at the scene ordered the driver to stop. When one of the officers approached the car, the driver accelerated toward him, prompting the officer to fire at the vehicle, police said.

Police said the driver then attempted to flee but crashed into a nearby concrete roadblock.

The PA said the man, identified as 34-year-old Amar Hijazi of Nablus, was in "very critical" condition at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

The agency originally reported that Hijazi was killed by Israeli forces, claiming that his body had been taken by Israel. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
they later retracted that statement, saying Israel withdrew information previously conveyed to them that Hijazi had been killed.

Videos circulating online appeared to show the moments after the incident, with coppers approaching a small black vehicle that seemed to have sustained damage from a crash near a bus stop.

The incident came amid heightened tensions in the West Bank following a series of violent mostly peaceful settler attacks across the territory over the weekend, including near the area where Sunday’s incident took place.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/26/2026 2026-01-26 01:25 || Comments || Link || [1770 views] Top|| File under:

#1  When one of the officers approached the car, the driver accelerated toward him

Been watching too much US news?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/26/2026 3:42 Comments || Top||

#2  ICE seems to be more accurate...
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/26/2026 15:32 Comments || Top||


Hamas says two killed in Israeli drone strike on Gaza City; no comment from IDF
[IsraelTimes] Hamas’s civil defense agency tells Arabic media that two people were killed and several wounded in an Israeli drone strike on Gaza City’s eastern Tuffah neighborhood. According to Palestinian media, the strike hit the Hamas-controlled side of the Gaza ceasefire line in Tuffah this morning.

The IDF does not immediately comment on the reports. It has said such strikes are in response to ceasefire violations.

Palestinian media reports that the wounded and the body of one of the people killed were taken to Gaza City’s al-Ahli Baptists’ Hospital. Footage published by Palestinian outlets shows mourners surrounding the body of the person killed, who is identified as Mahmoud Qassem. His age is not specified, but he is described as a young man.
Who won't be getting older
The body of the second person killed was reportedly retrieved a short while later and sent to Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital. The person is not immediately identified in Palestinian media.

The Hamas civil defense agency accuses Israeli artillery and snipers of having prevented first responders from immediately tending to the bodies and wounded in Tuffah.

Meanwhile, the Hamas-run health ministry says Gaza hospitals received eight people wounded and the bodies of three people killed by the IDF over the past 24 hours.

The statement does not identify the people, say where they were killed or wounded, or specify the severity of the wounds.

Palestinian media reported last night that 26-year-old Nur Farid Abu Sitta was shot dead on the Israeli-controlled side of the Gaza ceasefire line south of Khan Younis, in the Strip’s south. The military has not commented on the reports.

Abu Sitta’s body was reportedly brought to Khan Younis’s Nasser Hospital, where a funeral service was held for him today, according to footage published by Palestinian media.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/26/2026 2026-01-26 01:24 || Comments || Link || [1767 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IDF: Wave of strikes target Hezbollah operatives, infrastructure across Lebanon
[IsraelTimes] Military says one attack in south hit members of terror group at arms manufacturing site; Lebanese authorities say at least 1 dead

A wave of Israeli airstrikes hit Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure throughout Lebanon on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces said, with Lebanese officials reporting at least one dead.

According to the IDF, one of the strikes targeted a group of Hezbollah operatives at a weapon manufacturing site in southern Lebanon.

The military said that it had recently detected activity by Hezbollah operatives at the building, in the southern Lebanese village of Bir el-Sanasel, next to Kherbet Selem, which it said was used by the terror group to manufacture arms.
An Nahar spells it Khirbet Selm
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, the strike near Kherbet Selem resulted in the death of one person and the injury of another.

In a separate strike in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa Valley,the IDF said it struck other Hezbollah military infrastructure.

Lebanese media reported that the strike hit the outskirts of the village of Nabi Chit, just south of Baalbek. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
An Nahar: Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the strike on the south targeted a hangar, while the attacks on the east hit mountains near the town of Nabi Sheet.
“The activity of Hezbollah terrorists at these sites constitutes a violation of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon and pose a threat to the State of Israel,” the IDF added, referring to a November 2024 ceasefire.

In another strike, the military said it targeted a Hezbollah operative in the southern Lebanon town of Bazouriye, close to Tyre.

Lebanese media said the strike near Tyre hit a car. No further details were immediately given by the IDF.

Since the ceasefire, the IDF said it has killed over 400 Hezbollah operatives and members of allied terror groups in strikes, hit hundreds of Hezbollah sites, and conducted over 1,200 raids and other small operations in southern Lebanon.
An Nahar: More than 350 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon since the ceasefire, according to an AFP tally of health ministry reports.


IDF says Hezbollah artillery commander killed in earlier airstrike in south Lebanon

[IsraelTimes] A Hezbollah artillery commander who moonlighted as a school teacher was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon earlier today, the military says.

The strike in the town of Bazouriye, close to Tyre, killed Muhammad al-Husseini, who the IDF identifies as the chief of Hezbollah’s artillery forces in the village of Arzoun.

“At the same time as his activity in the Hezbollah terror organization, the terrorist worked as a teacher at a Lebanese school in the village,” the army says.

According to the IDF, Husseini was involved in advancing numerous attacks on Israel during the war, and recently attempted to restore Hezbollah’s rocket capabilities in southern Lebanon.

Additionally, the IDF confirms that its strike earlier today against a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing site in the southern Lebanese village of Bir el-Sanasel killed one operative, named Jawad Basma.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/26/2026 2026-01-26 00:52 || Comments || Link || [1835 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  And people criticize Bibi for not getting anything from Trump in return for accepting "The Piss Commission".
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/26/2026 3:50 Comments || Top||



Who's in the News
19[untagged]
8Antifa/BLM
5Hamas
4Banditti
2Islamic State
2Govt of Iran
2Govt of Sudan
2Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
2al-Qaeda
1Commies
1Lawfare
1Malevolent NGO
1al-Shabaab (AQ)
1Narcos
1Pak Taliban (TTP)
1[untagged]
1Govt of Iran Proxies
1Hezbollah

Bookmark
E-Mail Me

The Classics
The O Club
Rantburg Store
The Bloids
The Never-ending Story
Thugburg
Gulf War I
The Way We Were
Bio

Merry-Go-Blog











On Sale now!


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.
Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...
Steve White
Seafarious
tu3031
badanov
sherry
ryuge
GolfBravoUSMC
Bright Pebbles
trailing wife
Gloria
Fred
Besoeker
Glenmore
Frank G
3dc
Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2026-01-26
  'Barely made it out alive': James O'Keefe attacked in Minneapolis and gets threatened, 'You have 1 hour to leave or you're dead'
Sun 2026-01-25
   Khamenei has gone into hiding ahead of possible US attack, opposition-affiliated news site reports
Sat 2026-01-24
  JNIM claims to have taken control of an IS-Sahel headquarters in Tin-Akoff, northeast Burkina Faso
Fri 2026-01-23
  Belgian police say 6 injured, 2 critical, in knife attack at Kurdish rally in Antwerp
Thu 2026-01-22
  Over 150 Nigerian Christians Kidnapped by Islamic Militants During Sunday Services
Wed 2026-01-21
  Armed militias fire heavy machine guns through Tehran streets in deadly night attacks
Tue 2026-01-20
  Clashes erupted today on the border between North Kordofan and Khartoum
Mon 2026-01-19
  Border guards nab couriers carrying NIS 12 million in cash at Jordan border crossing
Sun 2026-01-18
  Rojava declares 'general mobilization' in light of 'existential war' launched by Damascus
Sat 2026-01-17
  Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says
Fri 2026-01-16
  Hamas says senior officer killed in Gaza strike, accuses Israel of breaching ceasefire
Thu 2026-01-15
  Stephen Miller: Feds Have Begun Work of ‘Identifying, Disrupting and Dismantling the Insurgent networks' in Minnesota
Wed 2026-01-14
  In Lebanon 33 IDF aerial strikes and seven ground operations were carried out
Tue 2026-01-13
  3K troops taking part in a counter-terrorism operation in the north neutralizing over 20 JNIM terrorists
Mon 2026-01-12
   JB Pritzer chases McDonnalds out of Chicago Land


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.
216.73.217.127
Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:
WoT Background (12)    Non-WoT (10)    Opinion (8)    Local News (4)    Politix (2)