[NEWSMAX] A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an illegal abortion.
If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed a 2019 law banning most abortions.
The arrest warrant charging Moore with murder uses language that echoes the law, saying police determined Moore had been pregnant beyond six weeks "based on the medical staff's knowledge that the baby had a beating heart and was struggling to breathe."
Somali and foreign IS-Somalia leadership still remain entrenched in the Puntland mountains.
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Somali and foreign IS-Somalia leadership still remain entrenched in the Puntland mountains.
As shown in recently released ISIS media, the footage features Abu Ammar al-Maghribi, a senior figure within ISIS-Somalia, who was present in the Cal Miskaad mountain range in the Bari region. For some time, conflicting reports suggested that much of the group’s leadership had withdrawn from these mountains following clashes with Puntland security forces and U.S. airstrikes. However, credible intelligence indicates that the core leadership of ISIS-Somalia remains in place.
[PJ] A British teacher not only lost his job but received a ban from teaching altogether after reasonably arguing against mass illegal migration to his country. The UK is committing national suicide, criminalizing patriotism and common sense while continuing to reward and fund criminal illegal aliens, especially Muslims.
Reform UK candidate James Bennett shared Sam Everett’s story on X on March 18. The physical education teacher simply expressed his opinion that the British Navy should protect the island nation from the unending invasion of hostile, third-world migrant men. And that was an unforgivable crime.
Bennett wrote, "Sam Everett, a teacher from my constituency of Darlington has been banned from teaching for writing 'deploy the navy' under a post about small boats. Deploying the navy to stop the boats is Reform party policy, currently the most popular party nationwide on a consistent basis. He was banned for supporting Reform. He was fired from a public sector job for his political views. This is Keir Starmer's Britain."
In conclusion, Bennett argued that if Reform UK spokeswoman and Member of Parliament Stella Braverman were in charge of the British Department of Education (DofE), and Nigel Farage were prime minister, such an unjustifiable and preposterous ruling would never have come down.
[IsraelTimes] Iran has asked Berlin to clarify the role of the Ramstein airbase in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran’s ambassador to Germany Majid Nili tells AFP.
Hinting that it might become a target? Quelle surprise.
“We have asked them to clarify or explain regarding the role of Ramstein,” Nili says, charging that “the role of Ramstein is not officially clear for us.”
“Till now, we don’t have any answer.”
There are, as it turns out, stupid questions. Even if they’re only meant to be rhetorical.
Nili says Iran believes Washington’s use of the airbase in western Germany may violate UN resolution 3314.
According to Wikipedia, “ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314 was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 14, 1974 as a non-binding recommendation to the United Nations Security Council on the definition it should use for the crime of aggression.” Since it was non-binding, Germany is not bound by it, which is one of the distinct pleasures of UN General Assembly resolutions.
The resolution says that territory placed at the disposal of another state cannot be used by that state for perpetrating an “act of aggression” against a third state.
“We don’t know yet whether Ramstein is in that line or not,” he says.
Germany hosts thousands of US military personnel at the Ramstein airbase, which serves as a US Air Force headquarters for Europe and Africa.
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Monday said he saw “no reason at present to doubt the legality of the use of Ramstein” in the war against Iran.
German officials in recent weeks have responded to questions about Ramstein’s possible involvement in the war by saying that the US military’s use of the base is governed by treaties.
Nili urged Germany and Europe to call on the “aggressors to stop.”
An ongoing war “has certain consequences for Europe as well,” he says, citing “economic consequences, refugee crisis, terrorism, disintegration of the region”.
“We need a long-lasting ceasefire,” he says, adding that “compensation is another question” regarding alleged attacks on civilian targets.
Nili says the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping channel effectively blocked by Iran since the start of the war, is still “open right now” for states that were “not aggressors or supporting aggressors.”
[Federalist] Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators in Minnesota operate as a "front group" for a state teachers union in the leftist campaign against immigration law, according to activist documents and federal records brought to light by Defending Education.
Minneapolis Families for Public Schools (MFPS), reportedly an "initiative" of TakeAction Minnesota (TAM), helps organize "Rapid Response Networks & ICE Watch" centered around neighborhoods and schools, the documents show, while TAM has partnered with other radical-left groups in events that involve student walk-outs and backed other leftist activism at schools.
"The teachers unions continue to prove they are rotten apples that only care about far-left street activism, to the detriment of educating children," Rhyen Staley, research director at Defending Education, told The Federalist. "Teachers and community groups should be dedicating time to improving learning outcomes for students, not creating strategies and lists of people to attempt to thwart law enforcement."
Education Minnesota, the state teachers union, has financially supported TAM, and an archived version of TAM’s website shows MFPS stating that it is "standing with" the Minneapolis Federation of Educators (MFE), the local union, during its next contract negotiation, because "the MFE contract is a place to win strong language and enforcement on our priorities."
[IsraelTimes] Images show uneaten snacks laid out in early childhood education room, left untouched amid the scenes of destruction, scorched ceilings and walls across the rest of the synagogue
A Michigan synagogue on Thursday posted photos on social media of major fire damage that occurred when an attacker drove a pickup truck into the building last week before killing himself.
One image shows tables of fruits and snacks left uneaten when the midday strike occurred near an early childhood education room at Temple Israel in suburban bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... . Photos reveal loose wires in the hallway, an exposed ceiling and blackened walls, including an array of celebratory photos ruined by fire. Sprinklers ran for hours.
The synagogue decided to share photos after an earlier release of law enforcement images was "incredibly triggering" to members of Temple Israel, Rabbi Josh Bennett told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
"We share these images because our community deserves to see our building through eyes of love, not through the lens of spectacle. This is our sacred space, and we will be the ones to tell its story," Temple Israel said on Facebook, sharing the images along with a link to contribute to rebuilding efforts.
Ayman Ghazali,
…more fully Ayman Mohamad Ghazali…
41, rammed his pickup through a synagogue door on March 12, striking a security guard, after he sat in the parking lot for two hours. Security staff exchanged gunfire with him before he killed himself, the FBI said, noting that the truck had commercial-grade fireworks and several jugs of gasoline.
No one else among the 150 children and staff was injured, Bennett said.
At a news conference organized by law enforcement and area faith leaders, he said the congregation of 3,500 families will eventually return to its house of worship in West Bloomfield Township.
"We will not be defined by the violence done to us. Rather, we will be defined by the values we carry forward," Bennett said Thursday. "We are grateful for this community ... for every voice that has spoken out. We ask that those voices do not fall silent."
The FBI said it hasn’t determined a motive, though Ghazali’s ex-wife called police in Dearborn Heights around the time of the attack to warn that he seemed distraught and suicidal. Ghazali, who was a naturalized US citizen, had lost family members during an Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... in Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... on March 5.
"You don’t go into somebody’s house, or in this case a house of worship, and try to kill kids from zero to 5 because something happened in another part of the world," Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said.
Detroit area FBI special agent in charge Jennifer Runyan told a press conference that Ghazali had "no previous criminal history and no registered weapons."
The New York Times reported Friday that on March 5, an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon killed Ghazali's brother Ibrahim and his brother's two young children, along with another brother Qassem.
Ghazali drove his grey Ford F150 truck into the synagogue and got it stuck in a hallway, where security guards opened fire, causing the vehicle's engine compartment to catch fire, Runyan said.
"At some point during the gunfight, Ghazali suffers a self-inflicted gunshot to the head," she said.
Investigators later found "large quantities of commercial-grade fireworks, and several jugs of flammable liquid we believe to be gasoline," she added.
The Times reported Ghazali attended a memorial for his slain family members in nearby Dearborn, Michigan, along with other grieving family members and mourners, many from the Lebanese village of Machghara.
Ghazali was born in Lebanon, came to Detroit in 2011 on a visa granted to spouses of U.S. citizens, and became a U.S. citizen himself in 2016, according to federal records.
The father of two teenagers divorced his wife, a pharmacist, in 2024, and until recently worked as a waiter, the Times reported.
Dearborn is home to one of the largest Arab American communities in the country, and memorials for those who have lost family in Lebanon to Israeli strikes "have become frequent," Imam Hassan Qazwini told the newspaper.
[FOX] A Muslim philanthropy group at Indiana University reportedly organized fundraising training programs with a Turkish nonprofit that the U.S. government recently sanctioned as a "sham charity" accused of secretly funding Hamas as well as Islamic revivalist Muslim Brotherhood.
The Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, part of the School of Philanthropy, allegedly co-organized training programs alongside Hayat Yolu, according to a LinkedIn post and a local outlet report dating back as far as seven months ago.
The Department of the Treasury last Thursday designated Hayat Yolu as a key player in a covert global network that uses the guise of humanitarian aid to raise money overseas. Officials say the group funnels funds to Gaza that directly support Hamas and its military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and serves as a financial hub and headquarters for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Possibly true, possibly not. But did Charlie know Nick Fuentes was already then Mr. Kent’s BFF? Charlie had very strong opinions about the perfidious Mr. Fuentes and his deluded followers.
Kent also clearly hinted that US authorities are obstructing the investigation into Charlie Kirk's murder.
Charlie Kirk's intense conflict with the Israeli lobby in the United States was reported as early as the fall of 2025, when fragments of Kirk's correspondence surfaced, indicating that Kirk's criticism of Netanyahu and Israel's actions (despite Kirk's previous support for Israel) led to him being cut off from funding by various donors linked to the Israeli lobby. As long as he spoke his mind, he was given money. When he began criticizing Israel and Netanyahu, his funding was cut off. Then, "suddenly," he was shot.
Reported and debunked, though the Jew-hating true believers keep bringing it up.
Carlson said that Kirk's criticism of Netanyahu was linked to the Turning Point leader's belief that the United States was being used to wage wars on behalf of Israel. The former Fox News host added that "there was a small, very active group that tormented Charlie Kirk until the day he died."
The followers of Nick Fuentes, yes. Were there others?
The news that Kirk had begun criticizing Israel came as a shock, as the 31-year-old preacher was considered one of Israel's leading supporters in the conservative evangelical movement.
About Kirk's correspondence.
In short, the former top US counterterrorism official clearly hinted that another "conspiracy theory" was likely true and that Kirk had crossed the Israeli lobby.
Nonsense. They adore both Charlie Kirk and President Trump in Israel. The entire country mourned when Charlie was murdered.
If Kirk were alive today, he would likely be among the likes of Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and other Trumpists who have condemned the aggression against Iran in the interests of Israel.
That’s certainly one opinion. What did Charlie think about Israel’s response to 10/7 — both at first and then later?
Given Kirk's reach, this could have become an additional problem for both Trump and Israel, who are trying their best to legitimize the war within the US.
As it is, MAGA voters approve the war at about 90% in recent polls, especially if it does not drag on forever for us.
Related: Charlie Kirk speaks for himself on the subject. His YouTube show streamed live on June 21, 2025 as President Trump announced American bombing strikes on the facilities of Iran's nuclear program. Watch here.
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he would likely be among the likes of Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and other Trumpists
Those guys are Trumpists? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
[Townhall] Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that the U.S. Treasury is actively identifying and freezing bank accounts tied to Iran’s regime leadership, a move aimed at increasing internal pressure and encouraging defections from within the government.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just revealed MAJOR DEFECTIONS are happening to the Iranian regime, and he's watching their bank accounts
"We're starting to see defections at Treasury. We now know where the Iranian leadership bank accounts are, and those are being… pic.twitter.com/uwHPTK4oxZ
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"You know, for the regime, we’re back to the stuff of Baghdad Bob here. Yeah, the regime is in collapse, and the people are starting to turn against them. We’re starting to see defections at Treasury," Bessent revealed. "We now know where the Iranian leadership bank accounts are, and those are being frozen. And, you know, we will hold them and see who comes forward in terms of defections. But we’re starting to see defections throughout the regime, and that’s how this ends. So, you know, the idea of some tolling arrangement is ridiculous."
This comes as the Trump administration has signaled they don't expect Operation Epic Fury to continue for much longer.
Bessent went on to explain a near-term solution for surging oil prices, as Americans at home have become frustrated with the price of gasoline. He revealed that the Trump administration plans to lift sanctions on certain Iranian oil that is already on ships at sea, freeing about 140 million barrels in total to sell.
"In essence," he said, "we'd be using the Iranian barrels against the Iranians to keep the price down for the next 10 or 14 days, as we continue this campaign. So, we have lots of levers."
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[IsraelTimes] Footage shows the terror group’s civil force patrolling in the open and no longer hiding their faces, as they operate to control food prices amid shortages and allegedly stamp out critics
A few days ago, police working under Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... who were patrolling a market 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... City came upon a vendor who was selling tomatoes for the wildly inflated price of NIS 25 per kilogram, or about $3.60 a pound.
The officers seized the produce, citing a law against price gouging meant to protect Gazooks amid a reduction in goods entering the Strip since the outbreak of the war 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... on February 28, according to Anas Arafat, a Gaza City resident who witnessed the incident.
"I saw them confiscate tomatoes that were being sold for 25 shekels per kilo. They then sold them for 10 shekels per kilo — the price before the war — and even then they did not allow people to buy more than a kilo," he told The Times of Israel in a phone interview.
With attention in Israel and the region largely on the war in Iran and fighting in Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... , Hamas security forces in Gaza have stepped up their visibility in Gaza over the last two weeks, according to locals who spoke with The Times of Israel and corroborated by footage circulating in the enclave.
Alongside Hamas’s increased presence have also been reports of rising violence against Gazooks, as the terror group ostensibly holding the enclave seeks to reassert power.
Hamas itself has publicized some of this itself. On March 10, the group’s Interior Ministry released images of Hamas police, whom it said were "checking commodity prices in Gaza and taking strict measures against traders who violated the law."
In the photographs, the officers appear in uniform, and some have their faces uncovered. This is in contrast to footage from immediately after the October 2025 ceasefire, when armed coppers were often seen in civilian clothing and wearing face coverings.
Now, Hamas no longer appears to fear showing its face. Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Fat Tony demanded his rosco back. He didn't say please... residents who previously spoke to foreign media by name now demand anonymity. They did not explicitly explain why, though one said he "does not want problems," hinting at fears of repercussions from Hamas.
PRICE POLICE
Behind the stepped-up price enforcement lies a reduction in the amount of food entering the Strip since the start of Israel’s campaign against Iran.
At the outset of the war, Israel closed the crossings into Gaza. According to a statement from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the move was taken "in light of the missile threat and the declaration of a state of emergency and public restrictions in Israel — in order to prevent risk to human life." The crossings remained shut for several days.
In response to a query from The Times of Israel, COGAT said the terminals were gradually reopened. Both humanitarian and commercial goods have been entering the Strip, though it’s unclear how much.
On March 10, COGAT said on its X account that goods were entering Gaza daily. However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... COGAT officials acknowledged to The Times of Israel that in recent weeks only several hundred trucks per day have been entering — a lower figure than before the Iran war. They did not provide an exact number.
According to UN data on humanitarian goods entering Gaza through affiliated organizations, 879 truckloads were offloaded at border crossings between March 1 and March 17, 410 of which were moved to distribution points inside the Strip.
The numbers are a sharp drop from the over 1,500 trucks offloaded between February 1 and February 17, 1,413 of which reached distribution points.
COGAT asserts that there is "sufficient humanitarian aid in Gaza for residents."
However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... Gazooks who spoke with The Times of Israel described sharp increases in food prices, particularly for produce. One Gaza City resident said potatoes had gone from NIS 3 per kilogram (about $0.43/lb) to NIS 20-30 per kilogram ($2.90-4.35/lb).
But other items aren’t on shelves at all. The Gaza City man said he and his family had not eaten meat since the start of the Iran war due to a lack of availability.
"Only yesterday did red meat start entering Gaza, but even then it was expensive — 37 shekels per kilo, compared to 10 shekels per kilo before the war," he said on Tuesday.
He added that the shortages are especially difficult ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, which is set for this weekend.
He described Hamas police patrolling the streets as part of efforts to control prices.
Beyond enforcing price controls, Hamas is also managing the distribution of goods arriving from outside the Strip via Gaza’s economy ministry, which it controls.
On March 16, the ministry said that "in emergency and extreme situations, it adopts regulatory measures, including monitoring and limiting sales points, in order to protect consumers, ensure equitable distribution, and combat monopolies."
The levers of control potentially give Hamas the power to ensure that goods go to loyalists, while also enabling it to take a cut of sales and distribution, though there is no evidence that this is occurring.
In November, reports emerged that Hamas had resumed imposing taxes on Gaza residents. However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... a Gazook familiar with economic conditions in the Strip who asked to remain anonymous rejected claims that an organized tax collection system is currently in place.
According to him, the situation in the Strip remains too chaotic to allow for such structured taxation.
On March 12, footage published by Hamas also showed coppers deploying across the Strip’s streets at night during Ramadan, when there is increased movement and commercial activity after dark. In the video, a police vehicle could be seen that appeared to be new.
VIOLENT REPRESSION
Under the ceasefire, Hamas’s civil governance of Gaza is supposed to be replaced by a committee of Paleostinian technocrats operating under US President Donald Trump ...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down... ’s Board of Peace.
However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... most members of the committee live outside of Gaza and have been unable to enter the Strip. Media reports have claimed that Israel is preventing them from entering.
According to those reports, Israel has also blocked the recruitment of Gaza-based civil servants for the new administrative mechanism.
Testimonies from Gaza residents indicate that the committee has yet to assume any responsibility for day-to-day governance in the Strip.
Under the Trump plan, the technocratic government would be supported by a temporary International Stabilization Force that would work alongside a "newly trained and vetted Paleostinian police force."
The technocratic body announced last month that it was opening applications for "qualified candidates" seeking to serve in a "transitional police force" to be deployed in the Strip.
This came amid reports that Hamas members could continue to police Gaza as part of the newly installed civil security framework, though diplomats have told The Times of Israel that neither Egypt nor the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... — which have both been preparing to train Paleostinians for deployment in the force — would train any Hamas-affiliated officers.
Hamas is reportedly seeking to integrate its roughly 10,000 coppers into the force, and is also thought to have prepared to furtively hold power by moving senior members of its armed wing into civilian leadership roles expected to become part of the Strip’s future governance.
Gazooks who spoke with The Times of Israel said they understood the need for Hamas to have police out so the Strip does not descend into lawlessness.
"The war is already over, and Israel knows they are in control," said the Gaza City man.
But Gazooks say that police activities have included creating a climate of fear in the Strip.
In recent days, reports have circulated on social media of several incidents of violence by Hamas police against Gazooks, one of which reportedly ended in death.
On March 10, the family of Asaad Abu Mahdi from the Nuseirat refugee camp announced that he had been rubbed out by Hamas personnel at a police checkpoint.
"The ease with which Hamas and its members kill Gaza residents and cause their deaths cannot be described," Gazook Hamas critic Karim Joudeh wrote on social media in reaction. Several days later, reports emerged that Hamas shot and maimed a Deir al-Balah resident, Muhammad Abu Omara.
Because such incidents are not officially reported and rarely appear in local media outlets aligned with Hamas, it remains unclear why those individuals were targeted.
There are indications, however, that the group is using its police to crack down on dissent. In one instance, a man named Ashraf Nasser Saleh was reportedly beaten by Hamas members after expressing support for peace with Israel on social media and in public. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a Gazook critic of Hamas who lives in the United States, said on March 11 that Saleh, whom he had contacted through intermediaries, had been released from the hospital and was attempting to leave the Strip with his family for his own safety.
Hamas itself appeared to indirectly acknowledge the existence of such operations. After an Israeli strike on a police vehicle on March 15, Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry announced that nine coppers were killed, including the head of a police unit in central Gaza tasked with keeping the Strip’s population in line.
Israel said it targeted the group because it included coppers who had taken part in the October 7, 2023, attack.
’HAMAS IS THE ONE ON THE GROUND’
Israel has demanded that Hamas disarm before there is any movement on rebuilding Gaza, a demand some claim has delayed the technocratic committee from being able to take over. Such conditions would not align with the ceasefire agreement, which separates the committee’s civilian governing role from the issue of disarmament.
Reports indicate that Israel has identified efforts by Hamas to rebuild its military capabilities as it resists disarming. Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported that the group has shifted its focus to smuggling operations by sea from Egypt in order to resume rocket production.
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Fat Tony demanded his rosco back. He didn't say please... Haaretz reported that in recent weeks, the IDF has warned the government that the pace of Hamas’s military recovery in the Strip is faster than initially assessed.
The Gaza City man said he hopes the technocratic committee will eventually replace Hamas’s rule, but Gazooks indicated that as of now, Hamas appears to be managing the Strip unchallenged.
"It is not on the ground, and it has no ability to do anything," Arafat said of the committee. "Hamas is the one on the ground, but that is because of the committee’s absence."
He noted that Israel was also still controlling much of the Strip, including its crossings, and blamed Jerusalem for delaying the transition from Hamas to the committee.
"I am not defending Hamas, but honestly, the reason is not Hamas — the reason is Israel," he said.
.[TWZ] Spotters in Greece have caught an especially good look at what very much appears to be a stealthy, long-range, high-altitude (HALE) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance drone commonly referred to as the RQ-180, or an evolution of that design.
Pictures of the dark-colored, flying-wing type aircraft landing at Larissa National Airport, also known as Larissa Air Base, situated in the Greek city of the same name, were published earlier today by local news outlet onlarissa.gr.
“Those who were in the area near the 110th Fighter Wing [technically the 110th Combat Wing] in Larissa at the end of last week were left speechless when they saw an impressive plane in the sky, completely different in shape and appearance from everything we see daily in politics and the military air force,” according to a machine translation of onlarissa.gr’s piece, which misidentifies the aircraft as a B-2 bomber. “According to more recent information from military sources, this [aircraft] … reportedly parked at the Larissa military airport due to a breakdown and will remain there until it is repaired.”
TWZ cannot immediately confirm any of these latter details, but we have reached out to U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and the Pentagon for more information.
[IsraelTimes] Israel hits Iran’s navy; US defense chief again vows largest strikes yet, praises Israel as ‘incredible and capable partner’
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said the US would again launch "the largest strike package yet" in the ongoing US-Israeli campaign in Iran, and said Israel’s recent strike on an Iranian gas field was a "warning."
"To date, we’ve struck over 7,000 targets across 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 its military infrastructure," Hegseth said at a Pentagon briefing. "That is not incremental. That is overwhelming force applied with precision. And again, today will be the largest strike package yet, just like yesterday was."
Iran continued launching strikes at Israel on Thursday, without any injuries reported in nine salvos as of the afternoon. The Islamic Theocratic Republic also continued its missile fire at targets in the Gulf. Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... Israel said it destroyed several Iranian navy vessels in its first-ever strike on northern Iran.
US President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... said early on Thursday that Wednesday’s South Pars gas field strike was uncoordinated with the US, and that Israel would not hit Iran’s gas sites again, but that the US would if Iran kept up attacks on Gulf gas fields.
Later Thursday, Trump added that he has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike any more Iranian oil and gas fields. "I told him, ’Don’t do that,’ and he won’t do that. We didn’t discuss [it]. We do independent, but get along great. It’s coordinated. But on occasion he’ll do something, and if I don’t like it.. and so we’re not doing that anymore," Trump told news hounds in the Oval Office alongside Japans’s visiting prime minister.
However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese... US sources told The Times of Israel and other media outlets that Washington had approved the strike, that it was coordinated, and that the president knew about it ahead of time.
Neither Hegseth nor US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, who spoke alongside him at the Pentagon, repeated Trump’s claim of being in the dark.
Speaking at the Pentagon, Hegseth called the strike on South Pars "a warning" and urged Iran to stop its retaliatory strikes on energy sites across the Gulf, which have sent oil prices soaring.
"Iran has weaponized energy for decades. Israel clearly sent a warning, and [Trump] has made it clear, very clear. Iran knows when you hit Kharg Island and you hit military capabilities on Karg Island — which is the only thing we hit — we can hold anything at issue," Hegseth said, referring to the key Iranian oil hub that was struck by the US over the weekend.
Israel and the US launched their campaign against Iran on February 28 in a bid to destabilize the regime and destroy its nuclear and ballistic missile capacities. Iran has responded with missile and dronezaps across the region, and its proxies in Iraq and Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... have also carried out attacks, with Israel launching massive Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Lebanon in response to the Hezbollah terror group’s rocket barrages.
Despite the widening of the conflict, Hegseth projected confidence that the US would achieve its goals.
"We’re winning decisively and on our terms," Hesgseth said, responding to concerns in US media that the conflict could turn into a "forever war," saying that "nothing could be further from the truth," and calling the operation "laser-focused."
He warned that "the last job anyone in the world wants right now" would be "big shot for the IRGC, or Basij," calling them "temp jobs." The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and its repressive volunteer Basij militia, have been among the main targets of the US-Israeli campaign.
Hegseth said the war’s objectives remain to "destroy missiles, launchers, and Iran’s defense industrial base so they cannot rebuild. Destroy their navy, and [ensure] Iran never gets a nuclear weapon."
Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... he said, Washington was "taking countermeasures" amid ongoing internet blackouts in Iran in order to communicate with the Iranian people and "certain audiences" during the campaign against the country.
"As far as the internet, we’re watching the regime try to tighten its grip as much as possible," he said.
"We’re obviously taking countermeasures, many of which we can’t talk about here, to ensure that messaging is delivered, not just to the Iranian people on the lam, but to the right audiences, certain audiences that need to hear certain things about what their fate might look like or what their choices are," he said, without elaborating.
He also criticized "AI images" and "fake reports, fake images," he said were being put out by the regime in an effort to "make it look like something’s happening when the exact opposite is."
AI images and videos alleging fictitious developments such as Netanyahu’s liquidation, and heavy damage from strikes in Israel, have been widely circulated online since the conflict began.
Hegseth described Israel as "an incredible and capable partner" from the outset of the conflict, and adds that Gulf countries — including the UAE, 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... , Bahrain, Kuwait, 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... "and others" — have "stepped up incredibly."
"Iran’s sort of reckless attempt to strike civilian infrastructure and other things has brought countries who maybe would have not been as all-in as they are today squarely into our orbit," he said.
[IsraelTimes] As the new supreme leader remains out of sight, Qalibaf has positioned himself in the public eye, giving interviews and unleashing threats against Israel and the US
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and a veteran of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has emerged as the highest-profile political figure in the Islamic Theocratic Republic after the killing of its leaders.
A pillar of the Iranian establishment for some three decades and one of the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s most prominent non-holy manal figures, Qalibaf, 64, now appears to be playing a key role spearheading the war effort.
Whereas the son and successor of slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...> , Mojtaba Khamenei, has not appeared in public and has issued just three written statements, Qalibaf has been unleashing regular posts on X and giving multiple interviews.
"We are in an unequal war, with an asymmetrical set-up, we must do something and use equipment with our own culture, design and creativity," he told Iranian television on Wednesday.
In a post on X, he added that after attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure, "an eye-for-an-eye sum is in effect, and a new level of confrontation has begun."
However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... possibly aware of the threat to his own security, he did not, unlike the late Larijani, appear in public at pro-government rallies last week marking al-Quds Day.
Larijani was killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday, which followed the killing of Khamenei at the start of the war on February 28.
Qalibaf’s varied experience, which spans military and civilian life, has seen him work as commander of the IRGC’s aerospace corps, Tehran police chief, Tehran mayor and now speaker of parliament.
Known to be fiercely ambitious, he has stood for the Iranian presidency on multiple occasions but has never been successful, most notably in 2005 when the ultra-conservative Mahmoud Short Round Ahmadinejad
... former president of Iran..., little-known at the time, took the presidency.
A qualified pilot, Qalibaf is known for boasting that he is able to captain jumbo jets.
Farzan Sabet, a managing researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute, said that after Larijani’s killing, Qalibaf was the "person likely overseeing the war effort and strategy."
"He’s the speaker of parliament, a former senior IRGC commander and has strong cross-factional and institutional ties, positioning him well to move into this role," he told AFP.
’VERY FAVORABLE POSITION’
Qalibaf fought in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War and rose rapidly through the ranks. He reached the upper echelons of the military establishment in the late 1990s when he became commander of the Guards’ fledgling aerospace forces.
He was then named national police commander in 1999, against the backdrop of unprecedented student protests.
He has long coveted the presidency, running in 2005, 2013 and 2024, and briefly entering the 2017 race before withdrawing in favour of another conservative candidate. His strongest showing came in 2013, when he finished second.
After the 2005 presidential election loss, he was elected mayor of Tehran.
During his 12 years as mayor, supporters praised his technocratic approach and focus on urban management, while critics pointed to allegations of financial corruption.
Human rights groups have accused Qalibaf, in his various functions, of playing a key role in suppressing protests, from the 1999 student demonstrations through to the 2009 Green movement that erupted after a disputed election, right up to the nationwide protests that peaked in January 2026.
Qalibaf was elected speaker of parliament in 2020, at times advocating economic reforms and stronger parliamentary oversight while remaining aligned with the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s core institutions.
"Iran’s strongest man is now probably Qalibaf," said Arash Azizi, lecturer at Yale University, describing him as "a rare figure whose portfolio crosses between military, security and political functions of the regime."
"He is known to be running the war effort now," Azizi said, adding that Qalibaf appeared to be an ally of Mojtaba Khamenei.
"He seems to be in a very favorable position now."
Qalibaf has predicted the war would reshape the Middle East, but not on Washington’s terms.
"The order here will change, but it will not be an order in which the will of the United States prevails," he said in a recorded video interview carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency and other media.
The US and Israel have killed dozens of top political and military figures in Iran since launching a bombing campaign there on February 28 in a bid to destabilize its clerical regime and destroy its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Iran’s leadership has repeatedly called for Israel’s destruction and amassed an arsenal of thousands of ballistic missiles. Tehran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, has but enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and, according to Israel, has taken steps toward weaponization.
Below are some of the most prominent Iranian figures killed in the war:
ALI KHAMENEI
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who as supreme leader since 1989 had an iron grip over Iran while entrenching hostility toward the US and Israel, was killed aged 86 in a strike on his compound in Tehran during the opening salvo of the US-Israeli bombing campaign.
His decades of rule were marked by consolidation of power through the security apparatus and expansion of Iran’s regional influence, including by funding and supporting a network of terror proxies surrounding Israel. Tensions over Iran’s nuclear program repeatedly brought the Islamic Republic into confrontation with the West during his rule.
Iran’s top clerics have named Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as his successor. Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign, when he was reportedly wounded in a strike. Israel has vowed to hunt down the younger Khamenei, and US President Donald Trump declared him “unacceptable.”
ALI LARIJANI Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and a veteran powerbroker, was killed at 67 in an Israeli airstrike in the Pardis area on March 17, along with his son and one of his deputies, Iranian media reported. Israel also said it had killed Larijani, whom it described as Iran’s “de facto leader” following Ali Khamenei’s death.
A former Revolutionary Guards commander and nuclear negotiator, Larijani was a close adviser to the slain supreme leader and played an important role in shaping Iran’s security and foreign policy.
ESMAIL KHATIB
Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, was killed in an Israeli strike on March 18. A hardline cleric and politician, he worked in Ali Khamenei’s office and was mentored by him, before taking the helm of the civilian intelligence apparatus in August 2021.
ALI SHAMKHANI
A close adviser to Ali Khamenei and a key figure in Iran’s security and nuclear policymaking, Ali Shamkhani was killed in an Israeli strike on Tehran on February 28. He had earlier survived an attack on his home during the 12-day June war between Israel and Iran.
MOHAMMAD PAKPOUR
The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s most powerful military force, Mohammed Pakpour was killed in the February 28 strikes in Tehran, Iranian state media said.
He rose through the ranks to lead the IRGC after his predecessor Hossein Salami was killed in the 12-day war in June. The IRGC, a US- and EU-designated terrorist organization, facilitates Iran’s regional Axis of Resistance terror proxy network that includes Gaza’s Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis.
AZIZ NASIRZADEH
Iran’s Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, a career air force officer, was killed in the same wave of strikes targeting senior leadership in Tehran on February 28, according to sources. He played a key role in military planning and defense policy.
ABDOLRAHIM MOUSAVI
Chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces Abdolrahim Mousavi was killed in the February 28 strikes during what Iranian media said was a meeting of senior leadership in Tehran. He was responsible for coordinating Iran’s military branches and overseeing conventional forces.
GHOLAMREZA SOLEIMANI
The commander of the IRGC’s Basij paramilitary force, Gholamreza Soleimani, was killed in US-Israeli strikes on March 17, according to Iranian state media. Israel has claimed responsibility for killing him. A senior Revolutionary Guards officer, Soleimani led the volunteer internal security force that has played a key role in repressing dissent, including the killing of thousands of anti-regime protesters in January.
Ali Larijani’s daughter returns to Iran for her father’s funeral and goes on state media to praise her daddy.
[IsraelTimes] Just two members of the team remain in Australia after seven initially filed asylum claims, which were later withdrawn amid accusations that Iran had pressured their families.
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I talked to two Israeli sources on why Iranian launches continue to increase, despite US-Israeli claims that they have destroyed almost all of the launchers. Here is what they said:
1) The 90–95% drop in volume claimed by CENTCOM earlier in the month was probably a temporary…
Two Israeli sources on why Iranian launches continue to increase, despite US-Israeli claims that they have destroyed almost all of the launchers. Here is what they said:
1) The 90–95% drop in volume claimed by CENTCOM earlier in the month was probably a temporary lull as Iran repositioned its remaining launchers into hardened sites. Independent satellite analysis suggests that a significant portion of the "80% destruction" claimed by the IDF actually hit high-fidelity decoys.
2) Despite fewer launchers, the lethality per strike has increased. Iran's shift to cluster warheads has allowed a single missile to impact multiple locations simultaneously, compensating for the lower volume of launches
3) Iran has successfully set up mobile, underground units able to fire at steady rates. Iran used that quiet period to move their remaining ~100-120 heavy launchers into "Super-Hardened" facilities
4) Iran is utilizing its Zolfaqar and Dezful road-mobile launchers. These units move from hardened tunnels to pre-surveyed launch spots, fire, and return underground in under 10 minutes, often before coalition drones can re-task for a strike.
5) Because these launching units are decentralized, it is very hard for US and Israeli intelligence to get info on them.
Israel and the United States do not have an answer to this problem. That is why they are trying escalation on energy sources instead. But that is backfiring.
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Bessent: "The regime is in trouble. I said last week that they're in Hitler's bunker and Hitler is dead. Well I can tell you, as of this week, Himmer and Göring are dead too. All these rocket launches you see are the death throes of a dying regime." pic.twitter.com/hlBrPS3wos
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[Regnum] The terrorist group Islamic State (IS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia) is exploiting the military conflict around Iran to strengthen its position in the region. This was stated by Rasul Omar Latif, a commander of the Kurdish paramilitary forces (Peshmerga) in northern Iraq, to Die Welt on March 19.
According to Latif, who has been actively involved in the fight against ISIS, the extremist group is monitoring the situation in the region, rebuilding its strength, and preparing for "an opportune moment" to carry out further attacks.
"These are people with combat experience," Latif emphasized, explaining that the terrorists had been trained in Afghanistan and Syria, among other places.
He added that the extremist organization is currently divided into groups entrenched in cities and valleys. Furthermore, according to the Peshmerga commander, terrorists are active in areas around the Iraqi cities of Kirkuk, Mosul, and Tuz Khurmatu, as well as in Salah ad-Din province, located in northern Iraq.
Earlier, the Iraqi Armed Forces press service reported that the death toll among members of the Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi militia had risen to eight as a result of an airstrike near the Iraqi-Syrian border. The Hashd al-Shaabi militia is officially part of the Iraqi army and reports directly to the country's prime minister. However, from the US perspective, it is a pro-Iranian structure allegedly financed by the authorities in Tehran.
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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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[PJ] A British teacher not only lost his job but received a ban from teaching altogether after reasonably arguing against mass illegal migration to his country. The UK is committing national suicide, criminalizing patriotism and common sense while continuing to reward and fund criminal illegal aliens, especially Muslims.
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...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...
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
