A senior Yemeni military officer told @BashaReport that Ansar Allah (Houthis) have mobilized several brigades to the Red Sea governorate of Hudaydah, including newly recruited fighters who recently graduated from boot camp.
A senior Yemeni military officer told @BashaReport that Ansar Allah (Houthis) have mobilized several brigades to the Red Sea governorate of Hudaydah, including newly recruited fighters who recently graduated from boot camp.
The group is also digging a water trench said to stretch about 30 kilometers. It is around 9 meters deep and 12 meters wide, surrounding the coastal city from three sides.
That’ll keep them busy for a while, though it won’t do any good against American or Israeli drones or air-to-ground missiles.
[ALPHANEWS.ORG] A St. Paul woman has filed a federal civil lawsuit against eight anti-ICE activists, alleging they conspired to storm Cities Church during a Sunday service, frighten congregants, block access points, and intentionally disrupt religious worship.
Ann Doucette, who filed the complaint on her own behalf in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Feb. 23, claims the defendants carried out a coordinated operation on Jan. 18 at Cities Church because they believed one of the pastors works for ICE.
According to the filing, the defendants ''planned and executed a coordinated disruption'' of the service, entering the sanctuary without consent and exceeding any implied invitation.
The complaint says that the group held operational meetings prior to the incident, organized a briefing in a Cub Foods parking lot, and executed what they called ''Operation Pullup.''
Screenshots included in an exhibit show the social media promotional material for the Jan. 18 event featuring messaging urging participants to ''pull up'' and oppose ICE.
In the lawsuit, Doucette says that the anti-ICE agitators entered the church as a coordinated group, shouted, chanted, disrupted prayers, and directed accusations at the pastor. She is suing Don Lemon along with Nekima Levy Armstrong, Georgia Fort, William Kelly, and others involved in storming the church.
Lemon, along with the rest of the listed defendants, are also being charged criminally by the Department of Justice with violations of the FACE Act and conspiracy against the right of religious freedom at a place of worship.
The lawsuit states that Doucette experienced ''severe emotional distress, fear, anxiety, and trauma'' because of the group's actions, which she says terrified children and other vulnerable congregants.
She claims that her right to freely exercise her religion was interfered with through threats, obstruction, and disorder inside a private place of worship, and said that the defendants appeared to take satisfaction in the chaos.
Doucette is filing suit for five counts against the defendants, including civil conspiracy and interference with religious exercise.
''Defendants' conduct was extreme and outrageous, intended or recklessly disregarding the likelihood of causing severe emotional distress,'' the complaint reads.
Doucette is seeking damages, attorneys' fees, and an injunction preventing the defendants and anyone acting with them from entering Cities Church or disrupting future worship services.
Today, @thejusticedept unsealed an indictment charging 30 more people who took part in the attack on Cities Church in Minnesota.
At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day.
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As a general rule, if you are barging into churches and disrupting services, you are *not* the Good Guys.
I do like the strategy of framing this as a civil rights violation. That makes it a federal crime and takes it out of reach of the local Soros-influenced DA.
[FOX] In the wake of a US-Israeli-led operation labeled Epic Fury against Iran, Republican backers and some Democrats advocate a strong, decisive stance as a path to regional peace and security. Senator John Fetterman publicly praised Trump for taking necessary action, framing it as a move toward real peace, while allies like Lindsey Graham hailed the president as a "man of peace" despite the use of force.
Supporters argue the plan targets an imminent threat and aims to degrade Iran’s nuclear and ballistic capabilities, with officials stressing a comprehensive, well-planned military strategy. Critics note questions about congressional authorization and the broader implications for U.S. leadership. The story outlines a tense, high-stakes moment in Middle East policy with potential shifts in regional dynamics and alliances as events unfold.
U.S. officials said the strikes targeted military sites and ballistic missile facilities deemed an imminent threat, with Israel focusing on leadership-associated targets while Washington emphasized a broader objective to deter aggression.
[Jpost] World leaders responded slowly on Saturday as the US and Israel carried out a joint strike on Iran – and Iran’s response - with only a handful of countries reacting to the dramatic events.
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The latest chatter is that US Ambassador Mike Huckabee royally pissed off all of our MNNA allies like Saudi, Qatar, Jordan, UAE, Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain, etc. with his "Israel can take the whole Middle East" comment and they won't allow us to use their bases which is going to make this whole operation a lot more difficult. It's still doable but he should have kept his big mouth shut.
Posturing. We have use of Israel’s bases couple of aircraft carriers, and no doubt other sites around the world. For all our MENA (Middle East/North Africa) allies want all the bennies of being a Friend of Israel, they don’t want to be seen supporting Israel because big, bad Master Religionists are supposed to hate the Jewish nation. And they certainly don’t want to be in Iran’s crosshairs, in case Iran actually makes a couple of nukes. So something Ambassador Huckabee said in passing as a personal opinion in the two hour Tucker Carlson interview is deliberately being blown out of proportion — it’s as good an excuse as any to appear to take a step back.
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m definitely hoping Israel and the US Navy destroy everything dangerous in Iran in one swift bombing run. Purim would be a fun day for it, commemorating the saving of the Jewish people in ancient Persia as recorded in the possibly-fictional Book of Esther, which this year starts the evening of March 3rd, that is to say next Tuesday. Or after the next meeting for negotiations on Thursday — that would be fine, too, or whenever all the pieces are in place.
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Mordecai’s revenge.
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[Regnum] Iran agreed to give up all enriched uranium stockpiles during talks with the United States in Geneva. Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi announced this on February 27. How very exciting. As I recall, they have mines for the raw ore, but that’s a separate issue.
"Regarding Iran's current stockpiles (of enriched uranium – Ed.), I believe that an agreement has now been reached that they will be processed to the minimum possible level – a neutral, natural level," the Omani Foreign Minister announced in an interview with CBS News.
According to Al-Busaidi, Iran's existing enriched uranium stockpiles will be converted into fuel, a process that is irreversible. Furthermore, Iran is prepared to grant UN International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors full access to its nuclear facilities to verify the terms of the deal, the minister, who is mediating the negotiations between Tehran and Washington, assured.
In late January, US President Donald Trump announced that he expected Iran to begin negotiations on its nuclear program. He demanded that Tehran completely abandon uranium enrichment, lest it develop nuclear weapons.
On February 12, the White House threatened that Iran would face hardship if a deal failed. On February 14, Trump announced he was sending a second US Navy carrier battle group to the Middle East due to the escalating situation around Iran.
On February 17, the second round of US-Iran nuclear talks concluded in Geneva. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and the US president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, participated in the meeting.
On February 18, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia is ready to accept surplus enriched uranium from Iran.
On February 26, the third round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States took place in Geneva. Before the meeting in Geneva, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced the possibility of reaching a diplomatic agreement with the United States. He confirmed that the parties could agree on key issues during the talks, including the Iranian nuclear program.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[ALPHANEWS.ORG] A St. Paul woman has filed a federal civil lawsuit against eight anti-ICE activists, alleging they conspired to storm Cities Church during a Sunday service, frighten congregants, block access points, and intentionally disrupt religious worship.
