This is similar how ISIS recruited and radicalized young men online. This is how trucks ended up driving into German Christmas markets.
[Decoherence] “HowlingMutant,” who jokes about rape and the Holocaust, is Alexander Norden of New York City.
In a February 9, 2026 post, he wrote: "You should not be mad at the Jews for crucifying Jesus...there are so many other things to be mad at them for..."
He has also posted about the Holocaust, writing that it’s "been used as a cudgel against any right wing movements for years," joked about being sexually attracted to a pile of shoes at the Holocaust Museum, and has made jokes that reference Holocaust denial tropes such as "wooden doors" and the "roller coaster of death."
An investigation by Decoherence Media found that the HowlingMutant account is run by Alexander Norden of New York City. Decoherence Media reviewed posts from the pseudonymous account, comparing biographical details and a picture shared by his X account to publicly-available information about Norden.
THE MAN BEHIND THE MUTANT
The identification came as a result of HowlingMutant’s 2020 post claiming that he had recently read the J.G. Ballard novel “Concrete Island.” A search of the Goodreads page for the Ballard novel revealed a user named “Alex Norden” who completed the book on June 20, 2020, six days before the HowlingMutant post.
According to his LinkedIn, Norden, 43, started working as a deckhand for NYC Ferry in 2017. The job is described as requiring “maintaining passenger count for DOT reporting” and “providing a high level of customer service to all passengers.” This is consistent with multiple references to “working in the maritime industry” from the HowlingMutant account. Decoherence Media was unable to confirm Norden’s current employment.
Other biographical details that HowlingMutant has posted are consistent with Alexander Norden’s LinkedIn page. He’s mentioned employment as a janitor, experience as a telemarketer, and referenced an EMT license. Norden’s LinkedIn page lists employment as a janitor between 2010 and 2012, experience as a telemarketer between 2012 and 2013, and an EMT Basic Certification valid from 2014 to 2015.
There is no true privacy on the internet, ‘tis said.
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David Frum is one of the most aggressive neocon warmongers out there. He also writes for the New York Times. If he's on your side, you really have to gatekeep better who gets to be on your side.
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David Jeffrey Frum (/frʌm/; born 30 June 1960)is a Canadian-American conservative political commentator and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush. He is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
Not even comparable. What a trash comment. Jews dont even celebrate Christmas, what would they even be at a Christmas market for. Buying baby jesus stuff for their jewish Christmas tree? WTH. I dont if this is a joke comment and I bit, or I am misunderstanding the comment. But I'll stand by and own my correction:
I'll tell what is radicalizing to heritage cultures the world over. This lady presents herself as Japanese (on the right). But the nose knows, my eye spies, you can tell she is a jew, but she presents herself as Japanese while pushing and advocating for diversity. In all white adjacent countries, we have them cosplaying as heritage while pushing their divisive diversity on us.
Works for jews. But for Heritage Populations, it is rather offensive. I hear more about Diwali in American than I hear about the Easter my parents celebrated. That is what 'diversity' does, it replaces us. The Great Replacement is not a lie and eyes do not lie. What do you think the replacement of heritage cultures does to the heritage culture? And how do you think the perception lands on those being replaced? Rainbows!
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European Christmas markets have really good stuff— winter tea, mulled wine mix, and traditional crafts, not to mention gingerbread cookies, mulled wine, and local specialties, merry-go-rounds and similar rides for the children. I made a point of taking the trailing daughters and that year’s au pair girl every year we lived there. Also, since I am in a mixed marriage, we celebrate both Jewish and Christian holidays to ensure our children are in touch with both sides of their heritage — they’re grown now, but even as small children they could talk intelligently about the reason and history of the holidays and the customs. And if they’d chosen to be baptized Christian, I would have accepted it, just as Mr. Wife accepted their choice to follow my religion. My mother’s German family has for generations contained both Christians and Jews, all loved equally.
I would like to know more about the woman who raises your ire, mossomo. What is her name and her background? How on earth can she pass as Japanese if she is not, given the level of anti-white racism endemic in Japanese culture? Are hou quite certain she is not the esult of a mixed marriage? Trailing daughter #2 did a nine-month internship with a mid-size Japanese company in Tokyo, and though she was valued by the owner enough to be offered a permanent job, and was taken on as a training project by the Tokyo Police Kendo school’s senior instructors, where she worked out four evenings a week, the level of casual racism and sexism expressed by her colleagues and instructors shocked her to the depths of her American soul.
There is a small number of Jewish Japanese, converts from among those who admired the foreign Jews they encountered over the centuries, just as there are Christian Japanese who did the same. My sister, the perfesser, had an instructor years ago who was a native Japanese Jew — we are found in the most unexpected places, you know. A fascinating lady, by all accounts.
[FoxNews] According to a source, Lyons has overseen roughly 584,000 ICE deportations since Trump was inaugurated in 2025
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons submitted his resignation letter to Homeland Secretary Markwayne Mullin Thursday, writing that he will stay on through May 31 to assist the transition process, Fox News has confirmed.
According to a source, Lyons said in his letter he wants to spend more time with his family, including his sons, who are "reaching a pivotal point in their lives," and that it's been a privilege to serve under President Donald Trump.
"Director Lyons has been a great leader of ICE and key player in helping the Trump administration remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists and gang members from American communities," Mullin said in a statement.
"He jumpstarted an agency that had not been allowed to do its job for four years. Thanks to his leadership, American communities are safer."
Lyons has overseen roughly 584,000 ICE deportations since President Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term last year.
He has served with ICE for 20 years and was previously in special forces in the U.S. Air Force.
"We wish him luck on his next opportunity in the private sector. His last day is May 31, 2026," Mullin concluded.
In a statement to Fox News, Trump border czar Tom Homan praised Lyons' selflessness in serving as director.
"Todd has served selflessly as a highly respected and effective acting Director of U.S. ICE," Homan said. "Under his leadership, ICE achieved a record number of removals in the first year of this Administration, despite unprecedented challenges, delivering on the President’s promise to deport illegal aliens who have no right to be in the U.S., especially those that are public safety risks or pose a threat to our national security.
"I commend him for a distinguished law enforcement career and the countless contributions he has made to protect our country and advance its interests."
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High pressure environment, for sure. He got the thing properly started up, and like Moses can let someone else lead the organization to into the Promised Land.
[IsraelTimes] Democratic rep. warns of conflict with ‘no exit ramps,’ while GOP member accuses rivals of hypocrisy for not giving Congressional approval to Biden’s bombardment of Houthis in 2024
The House rejected a resolution Thursday requiring President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... to withdraw US forces from the war with 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... unless Congress authorizes military action. It was the latest such vote that fell short of passage as Republicans largely continue to support Trump’s operation.
Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... voiced concern that the United States is becoming further entrenched in another lengthy conflict in the Middle East. They promised to keep raising the issue through more war powers votes in the coming weeks.
The 213-214 vote came one day after a similar effort failed in the Senate. The US and Israel struck Iran on February 28, and a fragile ceasefire is now in its second week.
The aim of the operations were to degrade the Iranian regime’s military capabilities, distance threats posed by Iran — including its nuclear and ballistic missile programs — and "create the conditions" for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders have said.
Democrats overwhelmingly supported the attempt to rein in Trump’s use of military force.
"We’re standing at the edge of a cliff and Congress must act before the president pushes off," said New York Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. "Every day we delay, we inch closer to a conflict with no exit ramp."
Republicans tried to cast the effort as hypocritical.
Florida Rep. Brian Mast, the committee chairman, said Congress never voted on a war powers resolution when the US attacked Iranian-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... in 2024 while Democrat Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body.... was president.
"When Joe Biden was responding to merchant marine vessels being attacked, it was OK. No war power needed. It went on for about a year," Mast said. "President Trump responds — war power, war power, war power. ... That’s the hypocrisy."
Under the War Powers Act of 1973, Congress must declare war or authorize use of force within 60 days — a deadline in the Iran war that will arrive at the end of April. The law provides for a potential 30-day extension, but politicians have made clear that they want the Republican administration to soon lay out a plan for the war’s end.
While the House vote failed, it gave Democrats an opportunity to highlight some of the most negative effects of the war: the billions of dollars spent, the death of at least 13 service members, the soaring gas prices, and fissures with long-standing allies who do not support Trump’s actions.
"Gas prices at home are up to $7 in my home state, and families are hurting," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat. "Another 10,000 US troops are being sent in to join 50,000 already stationed in the Middle East with absolutely no strategy, no plan and no exit."
Republicans defended Trump as taking decisive action against an Iranian government that has long terrorized the Middle East and its own people.
"President Donald Trump has sent a message that those who threaten the United States and our partners will be ultimately held accountable," said Rep. Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republican.
In Thursday’s vote, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the only Republican to cross party lines and vote for removing US forces from the war. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to vote against the measure.
The first House vote to curb Trump’s military action with Iran failed in early March, 212-219.
[IsraelTimes] Sanders’ resolutions to stop bulldozer, bomb deliveries gain unprecedented Democratic support, demonstrating major shift in party’s approach toward Israel over wars in Gaza, Lebanon.
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Kinda makes me wonder,
How much $$$$$ radical Islamic has funneled into the DNC & Globalist Elites over the years? For them to defend the global threat that Radical Islam poses to the world.
We have short supply lines from Israel. Why are our sailors eating this crap?
[USAtoday] Dan F.'s daughter told him in sporadic messages — when the USS Tripoli reached a pocket of internet service — that members were rationing their food supplies on the ship. Fresh produce was nowhere to be found, she told him.
"We have the strongest military in the world. You shouldn’t be running out of food, and you shouldn’t not be able to get mail on the ship," said Dan, 63, who also served in the Marines.
Supply shortages have been a part of war since the Greek city-states, moron.
Quit crying.
MILITARY SAYS WAR CONDITIONS PROMPTED SUSPENSION
The U.S. Postal Service temporarily suspended mail delivery to 27 military ZIP codes after the United States and Israel attacked Iran. The Army said there is no end date in sight for the suspension, despite a ceasefire in the war.
The Postal Service and the Military Postal Service Agency have suspended deliveries as of the beginning of April "due to airspace closures and other logistical impacts from the ongoing conflict," Maj. Travis Shaw, an Army spokesperson, told USA TODAY. Mail already in transit when the suspension took effect is being held in secure Postal Service or military facilities "for future delivery once service resumes," he said.
The suspension is "in effect until further notice," Shaw added. "Resumption of mail service is contingent upon the reopening of airspace by civil authorities, and the area commander’s evaluation of regional transportation and distribution stability."
No mail is being "returned to sender" for those ZIP codes, Shaw said.
David Coleman, a USPS spokesperson, noted in an emailed statement that temporary suspensions to military zip codes can be monitored through the postal service's website.
"No military mailings are being returned to the sender during a suspension. They are held until they can be delivered," he added.
The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment on the mail stoppage or reports that some U.S. vessels were short on food.
Dan F.'s daughter told him in sporadic messages – when the USS Tripoli reached a pocket of internet service – that members were rationing their food supplies on the ship. Fresh produce was nowhere to be found, she told him.
A question for our military Rantburgers: is this normal for an active battlefront, or should we be concerned?
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Our "newest" troll (same troll, new nym and VPN) has an agenda
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Mail is a hard issue for the military. The branch responsible was the Army. That was because of a 'postal strike' the Army was to assume the delivery of mail, though it was to be limited to servicing post offices whence people would go to pick up their mail. In the 80s the army decided to give priority to teeth rather than tail. Other than overseas APOs, all related stateside units were moved to the reserves, but without equipment to move and process mail. Then Desert Storm happened revealing they had nothing really to make it work. They've been in a 'punt' condition since without a valid solution workable solution. The senior command has basically said use email for personal communications cause they're not going to fix it till the CinC tells them to.
Back in the old Army, the commanders were told not to f* with the troops food, pay, or mail. It was fundamental to morale. Then the bean counters got in charge and started treating the line personnel as interchangeable 'widgets'. Its not as bad as the Russian attitude, but its low on the priority list of things to pay attention to.
[IsraelTimes] Hicham Harb, suspected of leading gunmen in attack on Jo Goldenberg restaurant in which six were killed, was reportedly arrested by PA forces in September
The Paleostinian Authority has extradited to La Belle France a key suspect in a deadly 1982 terror attack on a Jewish restaurant in Gay Paree, Arabic news reports said Thursday.
The terror shooting, in which six people were killed and 22 injured, was at the time the deadliest antisemitic atrocity in La Belle France since World War II.
Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, known as "Hicham Harb," is suspected of leading the attackers in the gun assault on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in Gay Paree’s Marais district, a historically Jewish quarter. He has been the subject of an international arrest warrant for 10 years.
Last September, reports said Harb, now 70, had been arrested by PA security forces, though this was never officially confirmed by the authority.
According to the Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... i newspaper al-Araby al-Jadeed, a hearing had been scheduled for Thursday at a Paleostinian court in Ramallah regarding La Belle France’s extradition request.
However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... Harb’s family instead received a call from the Ramallah police chief informing them that he was en route to Jordan, from where he would be extradited to La Belle France, the report said.
The attack began around midday when a grenade was tossed into the dining room of the Gay Pareeian eatery.
The attackers then entered the restaurant, which had around 50 customers inside, and opened fire with Wz-63 Polish-made machine guns. They also shot at passers-by as they escaped.
French authorities announced in 2015 — nearly 33 years after the attack — that international arrest warrants had been issued for Harb and five other suspects. In July, a French judge ordered a trial for them.
One of the defendants, Hazza Taha, was detained last year in Gay Paree. Another defendant, Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed, 66, had emigrated with his family to Norway and was extradited to La Belle France in 2020.
The six suspects in the terror attack are thought to have been members of Abu Nidal, a terror group named for its late leader, whose real name was Sabri al-Banna.
Three other suspects in the 1982 attack are still thought to be on the lam.
Two of them are believed to be in either the Paleostinian territories or Jordan: Nabil Hassan Mahmoud Othmane, also known as Ibrahim Hamza, and Nizar Tawfiq Moussa Hamada, also known as Hani. Another suspect, Mohammed Souhair al-Abassi, also known as Amjad Atta, is in Jordan, where authorities have refused to extradite him.
The group has been blamed for nearly two dozen attacks that left at least 275 people dead, including assaults on El Al Israel Airlines ticket counters at the Rome and Vienna airports in 1985, in which 18 people were killed.
Abu Nidal himself was found dead in his Baghdad apartment in August 2002. Iraqi authorities said he died by suicide.
[IsraelTimes] Senior Trump official Lightstone meets with Hayya, as Hamas bucks ceasefire’s 2nd phase requirement that it give up weapons, arguing that Israel violating truce’s first phase
US and Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... officials reportedly held a rare meeting on Tuesday, as the Washington-led Board of Peace responsible for overseeing the postwar management of 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... sought to break the logjam in implementing the next phase of a ceasefire in the Strip.
Top Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya met with senior US adviser Aryeh Lightstone as well as Board of Peace Gaza High Representative Nickolay Mladenov in Cairo on Tuesday night, according to CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... report. The trio is also reported to have met last month.
The Board of Peace has been seeking to coax Hamas to accept to a disarmament plan, conditioning the reconstruction of Gaza on the terror group giving up its weapons. Earlier this month, Mladenov gave Hamas an April 11 deadline to approve the proposal, which envisioned a phased handover of weapons. While Hamas balked at the offer, the Board of Peace refrained from blowing up the talks, instead scheduling Tuesday’s meeting in Cairo to continue trying to convince the group to take the deal.
Hamas argues that Israel is violating the terms of the ceasefire’s first phase and that the group should therefore not be expected to make concessions regarding the second phase. Hamas points to repeated Israeli strikes deep inside Gaza, humanitarian aid well below the levels required by the truce and Jerusalem’s pushing of the Yellow Line ceasefire demarcator deeper into the Strip, thereby expanding the eastern portion of the territory controlled by Israel.
Hayya again raised these issues during his meeting with Lightstone and Mladenov, CNN said.
Board of Peace officials have in recent weeks have leaned on Israel to address some of these violations, and the number of aid trucks entering Gaza has since risen.
But Hamas still appears hesitant to accept the disarmament proposal, with a senior source in the group telling CNN that it "reduces the whole process to a single clause — disarmament — while other first phase obligations are postponed or marginalized," and "reflects a major imbalance in the ordering of priorities: Israel’s security first, while Paleostinians’ humanitarian, political and administrative rights are postponed."
In October 2025, the US brokered a ceasefire deal thon the lamly ended two years of fighting triggered by Hamas’s 2023 attack on Israel. The first phase secured the release of all remaining hostages taken by the Paleostinian terror group, in exchange for Israel’s release of thousands of Paleostinian security prisoners and detainees.
The second phase, according to a 20-point plan proposed by Trump, is set to see a multinational force take control of Gaza, alongside a technocratic Paleostinian committee, as the IDF withdraws and Hamas disarms.
Mladenov, a former UN envoy to the Middle East now charged with implementing Trump’s plan for postwar Gaza, has reportedly been passing on to Hamas an Israeli warning that if it does not agree to disarm, Israel will go back to war, a threat that Israeli officials have also made publicly.
Israel, which is insisting on full disarmament of Hamas, has continued to carry out near-daily strikes on Hamas assets and other Gaza targets it says were involved in breaches or planned violations of the ceasefire.
On Thursday, the IDF said it killed the commander of Hamas’s communications unit in a recent strike in Gaza City, identifying him as Ahmad Abu Khadra.
According to the military, Abu Khadra was involved in advancing imminent attack plans against IDF troops and was targeted in a precision strike.
In a separate strike earlier this week, the IDF said it killed two operatives from Hamas’s production unit — Islam Hisham Riyad Kanita and Mahmoud Hamed Youssef Hamduna — who were allegedly working to rebuild the group’s military capabilities, including during the ongoing ceasefire.
In the latter half of March, Hamas was presented with a proposal for the gradual disarmament of all groups in Gaza in the coming months, two Arab diplomats familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel at the time.
The proposal requires Hamas in the first stage to — within 90 days — hand over its heavy weaponry, such as missiles and rocket launchers, in addition to maps of its tunnel network.
While Hamas negotiators have expressed willingness in talks with Arab mediators to hand over the terror group’s heavy weapons, they have insisted on maintaining lighter weapons, arguing that they are necessary for self-defense, one Arab diplomat said.
We knew Israel had units acting in Iran for years, but other than Mossad we had no idea who, until now. Well done, gentlemen!
🚨 ISRAELI NAVY REVEALS UNPRECEDENTED LONG-RANGE OPERATIONS DURING IRAN WAR
The Israeli Navy disclosed that its Shayetet 13 commando unit carried out an unprecedented operation thousands of kilometers from Israel, in a region where the unit had never operated before. No further… pic.twitter.com/6uG7dqp1u9
🚨 ISRAELI NAVY REVEALS UNPRECEDENTED LONG-RANGE OPERATIONS DURING IRAN WAR
The Israeli Navy disclosed that its Shayetet 13 commando unit
…comparable to the US Navy SEALS and the British Special Boat Commandos…
carried out an unprecedented operation thousands of kilometers from Israel, in a region where the unit had never operated before. No further details on the location or timing were provided.
The Navy also revealed that one of its submarines reached the farthest distance in the fleet’s history, with submarines deployed simultaneously across three separate arenas during the conflict.
During the war:
• The Navy responded to around 40 aerial threat incidents, intercepting dozens of drones
• Naval warships conducted 53 strikes in Lebanon and 6 in Gaza
• Naval Intelligence supported planning for approximately 95 airstrikes inside Iran
The disclosures came as Eyal Harel took over as commander of the Navy from David Saar Salama, who is retiring after 39 years of service.
[IsraelTimes] Military also says submarines operated at farthest-ever distance from Israel during recent conflict with Iran; Vice Adm. Eyal Harel takes over from Vice Adm. David Saar Salama
The Israeli Navy on Thursday disclosed that its Shayetet 13 commando unit conducted an unprecedented operation during the multifront war of recent years, at a location "thousands of kilometers" from Israel, in an area where it has never operated before.
The naval commandos carried out the operation without any backup or ability to extract them if it went awry, a military official said, because of the distance from Israel.
No further details were given on the nature of the commando operation, including exactly when or where it was conducted, though the official said it was successful.
Additionally, the Navy disclosed that as part of the recent war with Iran, a submarine operated at the farthest-ever distance from Israel in the history of the submarine fleet.
Submarines were deployed at three arenas simultaneously during the war, with thousands of kilometers between them, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Additionally, during the war, the Navy was involved in some 40 "aerial threat incidents," shooting down several dozen drones, from both 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 Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... , the IDF said.
The Navy, with its warships, conducted 53 strikes in Lebanon and six in 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... Strip amid the war with Iran. And the Naval Intelligence Division provided information and planning for some 95 Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Iran, according to the military.
The information was published by the IDF as Vice Adm. Eyal Harel took over the Navy from Vice Adm. David Saar Salama, who was retiring from the military after four and a half years in the role and 39 years of service.
A handover ceremony was held on Thursday evening at the Atlit naval base near Haifa.
Speaking at the ceremony, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said that the military’s new multi-year plan includes a decision, "out of an operational necessity, to expand the Israeli Navy and enhance its ability to operate with greater lethality, at greater depths and longer ranges, recognizing its long-range, lethal, and decisive capabilities, both overt and covert."
Harel, upon entering the role, said that "the Navy’s vessels and our fighters will strike our enemies wherever they are, or from wherever they threaten the citizens of Israel, freedom of navigation, and our strategic assets at sea."
"We will strengthen and employ our power in offense together with the branches of the IDF. We will fulfill our designation as a strategic arm of the IDF, operating in nearby, deep, and distant arenas around the world, all stemming from a fundamental fact: No place is too far for the Navy," he said.
NEW SUBMARINES, CORVETTES EXPECTED IN COMING YEARS
The Navy’s sixth submarine, INS "Drakon" — or Dragon — is expected to be delivered to Israel this summer, according to the military.
The military said that the INS Drakon, a Dolphin 2-class submarine, recently completed critical tests at the Kiel shipyard in Germany.
Additionally, starting in the early 2030s, the Navy will begin receiving the first of three new Dakar-class submarines to replace the three aging first-generation Dolphin-class vessels, which have been in service since around 2000.
Also in the next three to four years, the Navy is set to receive the first of five Reshef-class corvettes, which are due to replace the aging Sa’ar 4.5-class missile boats, set to be retired after four decades.
The U.S. Senate has approved the sale of Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers and heavy munitions to Israel — despite record opposition from Democrats.
The Caterpillar D9, known in Israel as “Doobi” (“teddy bear”), is not a standard construction vehicle.
• Heavily armored for combat zones
• Modified by the IDF with Israeli defense industries
• Can operate under fire and withstand explosives
• Used for clearing explosives, fortifications, and combat engineering missions
• Some variants are remotely operated
Since the 1980s, the IDF has turned the D9 into one of its most critical battlefield tools.
The approval signals continued U.S. military backing — even as political divisions in Washington grow.
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The "Rome Plow" D9's were lifesavers for us in RVN. It was a hoot to accompany them as they rooted out or buried the VC/NVA positions. They denuded the hills around our base cap, LZ Uplift, severely reducing incoming missiles. Why the hell are we limiting these to Israel? God damn the Demoncrats.
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Thinking about it, there were D7's too. My memory is not perfect, sadly.
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[IsraelTimes] US president repeats claim that Tehran has agreed to surrender its ‘nuclear dust,’ says blockade of Hormuz has been effective; Iran’s UN envoy ‘cautiously optimistic’ about talks
US President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... said on Thursday that a second round of talks with 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... could take place this weekend, a week after negotiations in Islamabad failed to result in an agreement to permanently end the war.
Speaking to news hounds outside the White House, Trump expressed his hope that a temporary extension of the two-week truce set to expire on April 21 won’t be necessary and that the sides would reach a deal for a permanent ceasefire.
"Iran wants to make a deal, and we’re dealing very nicely with them," Trump said.
Trump said he may even travel to Pakistain for a signing ceremony if a deal is reached. "If a deal is signed in Islamabad, I may go," Trump said. "They want me."
He also claimed the US blockade of Iranian-linked ships trying to cross through the Strait of Hormuz has been an effective tool in bringing Iran to the table.
Trump insisted his red line is that Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. He then claimed that Tehran has already agreed to this demand and to give up its stockpile of highly-enriched uranium — which the Islamic Theocratic Republic has not shown any indication that it is prepared to do.
"They’ve agreed to give us back the nuclear dust," he said.
"We have a very good relationship with Iran right now... and I think it’s a combination of about four weeks of bombing and a very powerful blockade," Trump added.
The United States earlier threatened to resume Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on the Islamic Theocratic Republic and maintain a naval blockade of its ports if Tehran refused to accept a deal to solve the conflict.
Israel launched its campaign against Iran, alongside the US, to degrade the Iranian regime’s military capabilities, distance threats posed by Iran — including its nuclear and ballistic missile programs — and "create the conditions" for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders have said.
Iranian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
on Thursday showed Pakistain’s powerful army chief Asim Munir meeting Iran’s speaker of parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led the Iranian delegation at the first round of talks last week, which ended without a deal.
The Iranian ambassador to the UN later said Tehran was "cautiously optimistic" about its negotiations on ending hostilities with the US and expressed hope for a "meaningful outcome."
US Defense Secretary Hegseth said on Thursday, "If Iran chooses poorly, then they will have a blockade and bombs dropping on infrastructure, power, and energy."
Two Iranian sources said there were signs of a compromise emerging on the highly-enriched uranium stockpile, with Tehran considering shipping part, but not all, of it out of the country, something it had previously ruled out.
Washington has reportedly sought a 20-year suspension of Iran’s uranium enrichment program, while Tehran has proposed suspending nuclear activity for five years — an offer US officials rejected.
While Iran, whose leaders are sworn to Israel’s destruction, denies seeking nuclear weapons, it has obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities and enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, calling it a sovereign right.
Its foreign ministry said Wednesday that Iran’s right to enrich uranium was "indisputable," although the level of enrichment was "negotiable."
While White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told news hounds on Wednesday that further talks between the US and Iran "would very likely" be in the Pak capital, Iranian foreign ministry front man Tahir Andrabi said no date had been set for the next round of talks.
US Vice President JD Vance, who led the first round, has said Iran is being offered a "grand bargain" to end the war and address the decades-old dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said: "Iran is standing at a historic crossroads: one path is renouncing the ways of terror and nuclear armament... in line with the US proposal, the other leads to an abyss.
"If the Iranian regime chooses the second path, it will quickly discover there are even more painful targets than those we have already struck."
Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the SWAT team had finally arrived... shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s crude oil normally flows, has remained disrupted by Iranian forces since the US-Israeli offensive began and is now the focus of the US blockade.
Washington has sought to turn the screws on Tehran with a blockade of its ports, with US Central Command claiming to have "completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea."
CENTCOM said it had already turned back 13 vessels that tried to sail out of Iranian ports.
Keeping up the pressure, the United States slapped fresh sanctions on Iran’s oil industry on Wednesday, which US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said targeted "regime elites."
Unless Washington relents, Iran’s armed forces "will not allow any exports or imports to continue in the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman and the Red Sea," said the head of the Iranian military’s central command center, Ali Abdollahi.
The military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, also warned that Iran would sink American ships in the strait if the United States decides to "police" the key shipping channel.
While Iran’s conventional navy has been heavily damaged since the start of the war on February 28, the fleet of small boats and attack craft used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to patrol the strait remains largely intact, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
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[Regnum] Iranian military launchers have targeted US warships approaching the Strait of Hormuz and are prepared to sink them. This was stated on April 16 by Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
That would definitely be an interesting exchange.
"The pressure must be increased. Our missile launchers are now aimed at warships, and we will sink them all," Press.TV quoted him as saying.
Rezaei emphasized that the US attempt to impose a naval blockade on Iran would be futile. He added that the Iranian Armed Forces still have "significant untapped leverage" to counter the US military.
Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz in response to attacks by the US and Israel. On April 12, US President Donald Trump announced that the American Navy had begun blockading the strait, stopping all vessels and detaining those that had paid Iranian authorities for passage.
On April 14, a Chinese tanker carrying methanol passed through the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel bypassed the blockade despite being under US sanctions since 2023. Soon after, an Iranian supertanker, designed to carry 2 million barrels of oil, passed through the strait.
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Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader
i.e.: The guy with a Ouija board?
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As promised, now that Al Nusra/Hayat Tarhrir al Sham is running Syria and keeping ISIS from running amok, mostly by absorbing them into their own adjunct paramilitary forces. So we aren’t needed there for that, and can concentrate on other concerns.
U.S. forces withdrawing from the Kasrak base in Hasakah, Syria, to Jordan. Much of the material inside the base was destroyed prior to departure.
The base will be handed over to the 60th Division under the command of Çiya Kobani. pic.twitter.com/ljqNAGY6hi
The US-led international coalition has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Syria. The Syrian Foreign Ministry press service reported this on April 16.
"The Republic welcomes the final handover to the Syrian government of military facilities that previously housed United States Forces Syria," the department said in a statement published on the social media site X (formerly Twitter).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs viewed this US move as a sign of achieving all goals in the fight against ISIS terrorists (ISIS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia). The ministry also emphasized the constructive nature of the relationship that has developed between Damascus and Washington.
In April 2025, the Pentagon announced plans to reduce its military contingent in Syria. According to the defense department, the coalition has achieved success in the fight against ISIS over the past 10 years. The following month, the US withdrew its troops from two bases in Deir ez-Zor province in Syria.
The US began a full withdrawal of troops from Syria in February 2026, and at the end of the month, evacuation began from the coalition's largest base, Kasrak. Troops and weapons were redeployed to Iraqi Kurdistan.
[ISDglobal] SUMMARY
Over the first month of the Iran war, posts from two coordinated pro-Iranian networks on X generated more than a billion views. This staggering figure resulted from sustained engagement with false, misleading and AI-generated content the networks shared about the war. ISD identified the networks, naming them BRICS4CLICKS and Verified4War, by studying account metadata, reposting patterns and similarities in the content they shared.
Accounts in both networks purchased X’s Premium subscription to gain blue check verification, and had their posts amplified by X’s algorithmically curated “For You” feed. Thousands of accounts with more than 50,000 followers shared or replied to posts from these networks, including accounts belonging to Iranian and Russian diplomats. However, ISD has no further evidence that either network is state-backed, and it also remains unclear if the underlying motivations are financial or ideological.
During the time between the data collection period and the writing of this analysis, X has taken down many, but not all, accounts from both networks. However, it is unclear whether the platform was aware that the accounts it deactivated were linked to coordinated networks. Moreover, while this study only looked at X, it is likely that similar inauthentic networks have surfaced on other social media platforms. As debate about the responsibilities of social media platforms in conflicts and crises deepens, these networks demonstrate how a small number of accounts can potentially shape public opinion through coordination and algorithmic amplification.
KEY FINDINGS
ISD identified two similar but distinct networks of pro-Iranian X accounts whose posts received a total of more than 1 billion views in the first month of the war, as well as approximately 16 million likes and 3.5 million reposts. Both networks, which we dubbed BRICS4CLICKS and Verified4War, had roughly 20 accounts. However, that number frequently changed as X removed accounts and new accounts were created.
Multiple Iranian embassies, a Russian diplomat, and commentators for both Iranian and Russian state media shared BRICS4CLICKS content. However, there were no other indications that either network was linked to state-affiliated actors.
The networks shared false and AI-generated content that exaggerated the success of Iran’s war effort and denigrated the United States and Israel. They circulated AI-generated videos of war scenes along with videos and images intended to undermine US and Israeli leaders, including variations of widely circulated claims that US President Donald Trump was attempting to distract attention from the Epstein files and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was killed in Iranian strikes.
Using engagement patterns and metadata, ISD identified links between accounts that revealed clear in-network coordination. Both networks engaged in a high degree of in-network reposting, with at least 80 percent of reposts originating from other accounts within the same network. Accounts across each network also showed consistent patterns in naming conventions, reported location data, and the timing of when they obtained verified status.
The two networks offer insight into the broader proliferation of misleading content on X related to the Iran war. While conducting this research, analysts observed many influential, out-of-network accounts that regularly posted false and AI-generated war content. This highlights how such tactics are not confined to coordinated networks but are used by a broader, more diffuse ecosystem on X.
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