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An explosion rocked a Jewish school in Amsterdam, IRGC claims it
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Good Morning



Billionaire Uber co-founder reveals
he's joined exodus from California
Sunday 03/15/2026

Annie Oakley 64cd846a7e6c07a62
Fifth Column
Tucker Carlson claims CIA read his
texts with Iran, is %u2018framing' him as foreign agent
Home Front: WoT
Trump admin invokes Defense Production
Act, directs oil company to restart California operations
-Lurid Crime Tales-
Teen hitmen for Sinaloa cartel
sentenced to 25 years in prison
Great White North
Rats Are Jumping Ship: Is the
Iranian Regime Relocating to Canada?
Fifth Column
Texas Antifa Cell Convicted On
Terror Charges As Trump Targets Far-Left
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
In 1975, Kissinger signed the Haifa project: a Memorandum of Understanding whereby the US guarantees Israel's oil reserves and energy supply in times of crisis
Something To Think About - WOMEN AND WEALTH: Older women set to inherit most of $54 trillion in %u2018great wealth transfer' to widowed spouses

Posted by: Fred || 03/15/2026 || Comments || Link || [1805 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm going "Bustle" over "Kardashian"
Posted by: Frank G || 03/15/2026 18:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Does this dress make me look fat?
I can see you, you know
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/15/2026 18:28 Comments || Top||

#3  A modern tank stores ammo in the bustle. Annie appears well stocked.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/15/2026 18:36 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Teen hitmen for Sinaloa cartel sentenced to 25 years in prison
[KRQE] According to admissions in their plea agreements, the defendants knew, if apprehended for this conduct, that they were ineligible to be tried as adults under the California law because they were under the age of 16 at the time of the offense.

“California Senate Bill 1391 made state prosecutions of 14- and 15-year-olds a practical impossibility regardless of the seriousness of the crime,” U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon said. “No to the Sinaloa Cartel recruiting juveniles, no to the Mexican Mafia directing gangland hits in San Diego, no to a lack of consequences for juveniles who would do their bidding.”

Two teenage gang members were sentenced in federal court Friday to 25 years in prison for attempting to murder a target of the Sinaloa cartel, and for the collateral death of a fellow gang member who was fatally shot during the failed murder attempt.

Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero – who were both 15 at the time of the crimes on March 26 and 27, 2024 – pleaded guilty in December 2025 to murder and attempted murder charges, admitting they were acting as hired hitmen for the Sinaloa cartel when they made two attempts in five hours to kill the cartel’s target.

Both were members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area.

Court documents showed Nunez and Quintero expected to be paid approximately $50,000 for the murder.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/15/2026 07:44 || Comments || Link || [1821 views] Top|| File under: Narcos



#3  ^^^ Horrible case, but an 11-year-old is friggen NOT an adult despite the murder.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 03/15/2026 14:44 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Algerian army conducted operations against unidentified terrorists in the Tébessa area northeast of the country

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Algerian army conducted operations against unidentified terrorists in the Tébessa area northeast of the country, three soldiers were killed during ensuing clashes while seven gunmen were neutralized over the two days of operations on March 12 and 13.
That used to be Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), but now it could equally be Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS).
Posted by: badanov || 03/15/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1779 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Nigeria: Troops kill ISWAP Top Shura Council Member Bako Gorgore in Borno

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EXCLUSIVE: Troops kill ISWAP Top Shura Council Member Bako Gorgore in Borno

By Zagazola Makama

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have reportedly killed a senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Malam Bako Gorgore, also known as Abou Mustapha, during an encounter in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.

Security sources said Gorgore, believed to be about 60 years old, was killed during an encounter with troops in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno, a region bordering the Lake Chad basin that has long served as a strategic hub for insurgent operations.

The development was reportedly confirmed through multiple intelligence channels after security operatives intercepted internal communications among ISWAP fighters acknowledging his death.

Gorgore was regarded as one of the longest-serving figures within the insurgency that began under the late Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf, in the early 2000s. Originally from Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State, he rose steadily through the ranks to become one of the most influential commanders within the ISWAP hierarchy.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 03/15/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1795 views] Top|| File under: ISWAP


Europe
An explosion rocked a Jewish school in Amsterdam, IRGC claims it
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] An explosion rocked a Jewish school in Amsterdam on the night of March 14, AD News reported.

The incident occurred at an educational institution on Zeelandstraat in the Buitenveldert district. Police and firefighters quickly arrived at the scene.

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema
…GroenLinks party, so while she says reassuring things every time Jews or Jewish institutions are attacked in her city, and despite claiming she probably has some assimilated converted Jews in her ancestry, she is very keen on expanding immigration and ignoring the danger it poses to both Jewish and native residents of her city…
called the incident a targeted attack on the Jewish community. She stated that the damage was minor so far, and there were no reports of casualties.

"This is a cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community <…> School should be a place where children can learn safely," Halsema said.
The Times of Israel expands on the story:
No one wounded in explosion at the Netherlands’ only Orthodox school, the latest in a spate of attacks targeting synagogues and other Jewish institutions amid Iran war

An overnight blast damaged an Amsterdam Jewish school but did not cause any injuries, Mayor Femke Halsema said Saturday, denouncing the "deliberate attack against the Jewish community."

The explosion damaged a rain pipe and charred an outer wall at the school, which is the only one specifically for Orthodox Jews in the Netherlands, and is largely fenced off by a pointed, metal outer wall due to earlier threats.

A previously unknown group, possibly linked to Iran, grabbed credit and posted a video appearing to show the attack.

The blast followed similar explosions at synagogues in the Belgian city of Liege on Monday and in the Dutch city of Rotterdam early on Friday. At least seven other Diaspora synagogues have been targeted since the US and Israel launched a bombing campaign in Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
on February 28 in a bid to dismantle its holy manal regime and destroy its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Haslema, the Amsterdam mayor, condemned the attack in her city, noting in a statement that Amsterdam’s Jewish community has been "increasingly often confronted with antisemitism and this is unacceptable."

The police and fire departments quickly arrived at the scene of the blast in Buitenveldert district in the south of Amsterdam, the statement said.

"The material damage is limited," the mayor said.

The police have CCTV footage of a person placing the bomb, Halsema said.

Jewish communities around the world, including in the Netherlands, have reported record levels of antisemitic attacks since the 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...
was sparked by the Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
-led onslaught of October 7, 2023. In Amsterdam, Israeli soccer fans also fell victim to a coordinated attack in November 2024.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten
…Democraten66, a center-left party…
called this week’s attacks in the Netherlands “horrible” and said he understands “the anger and fear” of the Jewish community in the country.

Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands Zvi Vapni vowed that despite the latest “vile attack” in the Netherlands, “Jewish life will continue to grow stronger.”

“The same people who attacked the synagogue in Rotterdam yesterday are trying once again to instill fear and hatred. But we will not be intimidated,” said Vapni. “Antisemitism must be stopped, and those who perpetrated this attack must pay the full price for their crimes.”

Social media accounts linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard published a purported video of the attack in Amsterdam, attributed to a group calling itself the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right (IMCR), which claimed to have carried out the attack.



The group, which was unknown before this week, has also claimed responsibility for the attacks in Rotterdam and Liege. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a hawkish US-based think tank, noted that IMCR uses a logo similar to those of known Iranian proxy groups, but said it was still “unclear if IMCR is a genuine organization linked to Iran.”

Iran, which backs a regional network of anti-Israel terrorist proxies, has also carried out or plotted dozens of attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets abroad.


Posted by: badanov || 03/15/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1854 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Great White North
Likely IRGC thugs in Canada arrested for killing anti IRGC man
[Iranintl] Two people have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Masood Masjoody, a former instructor at Simon Fraser University and an outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said.

The charges were laid Friday against Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi, 48, of Maple Ridge, and Arezou Soltani, 45, of North Vancouver. Both are accused in the killing of Masjoody, 45, who was reported missing last month.

Masjoody was first reported missing on February 2. According to the Canadian police, Burnaby Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) began investigating after neighbors raised concerns about his sudden disappearance. Officers soon determined that the circumstances were unusual and suggested possible criminal activity.
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Unfortunately a lot of IRGC thugs reside in Canada, UK, France, USA, Argentina
Posted by: Lord Garth || 03/15/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1778 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  ... an outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic

How does this make him an IRGC man?
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/15/2026 8:36 Comments || Top||

#2  anti IRGC man
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/15/2026 9:28 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Giraffe 1X radar was likely destroyed during the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad today

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NEW photos suggest a Giraffe 1X radar was likely destroyed during the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad today.

Photos show the radome shattered, exposing a flat-panel antenna consistent with the Saab system.

The radar is designed for counter-drone, C-RAM, and short-range air defense, providing 360° surveillance and detecting small UAVs up to ~4 km away.

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Saraya Awliya al-Dam (Guardians of Blood Brigades) attacked US Base in Erbil, capital of Kurdistan Region
Posted by: badanov || 03/15/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1776 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iranian Forces (IRGC) carried out a new wave of drone strikes targeting US Bases in the region
Posted by: badanov || 03/15/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1771 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies



Iranian Forces (IRGC) shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper MALE UAV over Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan Province
Posted by: badanov || 03/15/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1779 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



IDF reports major strike in Iran overnight

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🇮🇱 IDF REPORTS MAJOR STRIKE IN IRAN OVERNIGHT

The IDF carried out a broad overnight strike across Tehran, targeting key infrastructure of the Iranian regime.

Among the targets destroyed:

• The Iranian Space Agency’s main space research center, used to develop military satellites for surveillance, disruption, and targeting across the Middle East.

• Multiple facilities producing Iranian air defense systems, including a central factory critical to the regime’s air defense network.

The IDF reports that the strikes were guided by Military Intelligence and are part of an ongoing campaign to deepen damage to the core systems and capabilities of the Iranian terror regime.

Posted by: badanov || 03/15/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1775 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1 
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/15/2026 9:57 Comments || Top||

#2  IDF refutes claim: No shortage of interceptors
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 03/15/2026 11:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Reports in Gaza: 8 killed in strike on Hamas police jeep
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 03/15/2026 11:10 Comments || Top||


#5  new supreme leader ISN'T dead

He's undead?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 03/15/2026 12:19 Comments || Top||

#6  Only mostly dead.
Posted by: Bobby || 03/15/2026 14:10 Comments || Top||



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  An explosion rocked a Jewish school in Amsterdam, IRGC claims it
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Sat 2026-03-14
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  IDF hitting IRGC troop concentrations in Tehran
Wed 2026-03-11
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Tue 2026-03-10
  Israeli army announced strikes on the headquarters of the IRGC's unmanned aerial systems in Iran
Mon 2026-03-09
  Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran''s next supreme leader
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  Iran's favored next supreme leader wounded in Israeli air attack: reports
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  President Trump: ''No Deal with Iran Except Unconditional Surrender''
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  'Hundreds' of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes
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Tue 2026-03-03
  US military blasts Iranian warship in new video, says regime has ''ZERO'' left in Gulf of Oman
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  'Friendly Fire'.... takes down 3 jets in Kuwait
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  Emergency Security Council Meeting Called as U.N. Chief Guterres ‘Condemns' U.S.-Israel Strikes on Iran
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