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“What is a chonk? Also referred to as chonky, a chonk cat is an internet slang word used to refer to an overweight or obese cat and is a play on the word chunk or chunky”
I didn’t know what the word ment.
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How did they convince women back then to wear their hair like that?
Ladies: Please, if your name's not Joan Jett, just let your hair grow out.
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[Regnum] Afrika Korps forces have freed two Russian and Ukrainian citizens captured by terrorists in Mali in 2024. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on April 21.
The suspects involved employees of a Russian geological exploration company. Russian citizen Oleg Gret, born in 1962, and Ukrainian citizen Yuri Yurov, born in 1970, were released. They were kidnapped in July 2024 in Niger by a terrorist group, the Ministry of Defense stated in a statement.
During an initial examination at the Afrika Korps hospital, the released men were found to be severely malnourished and suffered from a number of illnesses. However, the men expressed their intention to return to work after completing rehabilitation.
"We'll come to Russia now, rehabilitate ourselves, get our health back, and then get back into the fight. So, what are our plans, geologists? To go back and continue working," said one of the released prisoners.
The Russian company's employees will be flown to Moscow by military transport aircraft for treatment and rehabilitation. The Russian company's management expressed gratitude to the Africa Corps and the Ministry of Defense for the operation.
The Afrika Korps is a paramilitary structure under the Russian Ministry of Defense, created in 2023 to carry out missions in Africa.
IS-Somalia Targets Ambulance in Qurac Village Amid Rising Activity in Bari.
According to local sources, IS-Somalia established a roadblock in the Qurac village (10°59’38.18”N 50°01’06.36”E), intercepting a Puntland-operated ambulance that had evacuated casualties from recent… pic.twitter.com/kvCGtJ0fEq
IS-Somalia Targets Ambulance in Qurac Village Amid Rising Activity in Bari.
According to local sources, IS-Somalia established a roadblock in the Qurac village (10°59’38.18”N 50°01’06.36”E), intercepting a Puntland-operated ambulance that had evacuated casualties from recent clashes in Dhaadaar to Balidhidin. On its return route, the vehicle was attacked, resulting in both fatalities and injuries.
The incident aligns with a broader pattern observed in recent weeks, with IS-Somalia increasing the tempo of low-to-mid level operations across parts of Bari. The deliberate targeting of an ambulance indicates an effort to project control, intimidate local populations, and likely reassert extortion networks in areas where influence had previously declined.
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Troops recover anti-aircraft gun, ammunition after encounter with terrorists in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Hadin Kai have recovered a heavy weapon and ammunition following a clearance operation and engagement with terrorists in Borno… pic.twitter.com/zH1HJZmne8
Troops recover anti-aircraft gun, ammunition after encounter with terrorists in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Hadin Kai have recovered a heavy weapon and ammunition following a clearance operation and engagement with terrorists in Borno State.
Security sources said the development occurred on April 21, 2026, during follow-up exploitation operations at Nanewa village, where troops had earlier engaged and neutralised several terrorists in a firefight.
According to the sources, troops conducting a mop-up operation along the withdrawal route of the fleeing insurgents discovered an anti-aircraft machine gun, alongside several rounds of 7.62×54mm ammunition believed to have been abandoned during the encounter.
Footage of a Nigerian Air Force air strike that neutralized multiple terrorists and destroyed several militant structures at their enclave in Yuwe, within the Sambisa Forest area, on April 19, 2026. https://t.co/j4B9BK7VDQpic.twitter.com/qzj32PhQiI
More cheap cannon fodder hired for Iran by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), no doubt.
[IsraelTimes] British counterterrorism police arrested a further eight people as part of an investigation into suspected arson attacks in London, including an alleged plot targeting a venue linked to the Jewish community, the force said on Tuesday.
Seven of the arrests were made in the past 48 hours and relate to a suspected conspiracy to commit arson, it says, adding that while it was believed the intended target was a venue associated with the Jewish community, the specific target or venue has not yet been identified.
[IsraelTimes] German police launch mass raids targeting a trafficking ring accused of fraudulently using Syrian refugees’ residency documents to enable compatriots to come to Germany.
Around 1,000 officers are deployed to search more than 50 residential and business premises in and around the eastern city of Leipzig, according to the federal police office in Halle an der Saale.
Police believe the ring operated by using genuine residency documents issued to Syrian refugees in Germany, which were sent to people in Syria with a similar appearance.
Most of those targeted in the raids were suspected of allowing their documents to be used in the scheme, with a smaller number suspected of allowing “unauthorized entry” to Germany.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Canadian terrorist who burst into a military recruitment service and stabbed soldiers has been given permission to fly to Saudi Arabia and Somalia - even though officials say he 'continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.'
Ayanle Hassan Ali, 38, entered the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre in Toronto in March 2016, and immediately attacked the corporal who was seated at the entrance, repeatedly punching him in the head and using a kitchen knife to slash and stab at the soldier. He then fought off other soldiers who tried to take him down.
'Allah told me to do this,' he reportedly told officers at the scene. 'Allah told me to come here and kill people.'
But in May 2018, Ali was found not criminally responsible on three counts of attempted murder, as well as two counts of assault causing bodily harm, two counts of assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose due to his schizophrenia diagnosis.
Now, he is planning to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca with his father and meet a potential bride his dad found for him in Somalia on a three-week long trip, the National Post reports.
The Ontario Review Board heard earlier this month how Ali, who is Muslim, wants to travel abroad 'to facilitate a meeting with a woman as his father has been working on arranging a possible marriage with a woman who resides in Somalia.
'Mr. Ali has advised that this is not uncommon in his culture and the marriage would only proceed if both parties were agreeable,' the Review Board said in its April 15 decision allowing Ali to make the trip.
'He is hopeful he will be able to travel to Somalia over the upcoming reporting year for an introductory meeting with the woman.'
Prior to making the decision allowing Ali to travel abroad, the Review Board heard from Ali's doctors.
They testified that his 'faith and religious beliefs continue to be very important to him, and he attends his mosque weekly and he prays five times a day.
'He and his father have planned for a religious ritual of Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia,' the doctors told the independent tribunal that reviews the status of individuals found not criminally responsible to crimes due to a mental disorder.
'Mr. Ali is studying to memorize the Quran and attends the mosque by his father's house daily to meet with his teacher,' they continued. 'He is hopeful that his tutor may assist him in securing a volunteer position at a local school to tutor in math or French.'
But the tribunal also heard about Ali's criminal past.
On March 14, 2016, Ali 'entered the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre in Toronto and immediately attacked the corporal who was seated at the entrance,' the board wrote in its decision.
'Mr. Ali repeatedly punched the corporal in the head and took a large kitchen knife from a folder he was carrying and lunged at the corporal, slashing and stabbing him with the knife, causing a three-inch gash to the corporal's arm,' it said.
At that point, a petty officer picked up a chair to try to shield himself from Ali's attacks and force him away from the corporal.
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They testified that his 'faith and religious beliefs continue to be very important to him, and he attends his mosque weekly and he prays five times a day.
vs
'Allah told me to do this,' he reportedly told officers at the scene. 'Allah told me to come here and kill people.'
He sounds like a very devout practitioner of his faith.
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I think it’s a wonderful idea to send a violent schizophrenic jihadi to Mecca and Somalia. With luck his switch will flip again while he’s over there, getting him killed at their hands… or he’ll decode he’s happier over there. Either way, Canada is well rid of him.
[IsraelTimes] Armed members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were targeted and killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, the military says.
According to the IDF, the Islamic Jihad terror operatives posed a threat to Israeli forces stationed in southern Gaza.
“Immediately after the identification, the terrorists were struck and eliminated from the air to remove the threat to our forces,” the military says.
More tit for tat in the West Bank. The Israeli authorities say there are about 70-100 Haredi troublemakers causing all the problems.
[IsraelTimes] IDF suspends reservist said to open fire outside a school in al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah, says villagers were throwing stones at an Israeli vehicle
Two Paleostinians were killed and four were maimed by gunfire by Israeli settlers near the village of al-Mughayyir, in the Ramallah area of the West Bank, on Tuesday.
The shooting was alleged to have been carried out by a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces — video footage showed a uniformed man repeatedly firing a weapon — prompting the military to announce an investigation.
The reservist was later suspended from duty amid a Military Police investigation into the incident.
The shooting took place outside the village school. The Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry identified the two victims as Aws Hamdi al-Naasan, a 14-year-old student, and Marzouq Abu Naim, 32.
Imran Abu Awliya, a resident of al-Mughayyir, told The Times of Israel that the incident began when five settlers, some in civilian clothing and others in uniform, were spotted herding livestock near the village school, on the outskirts of the community.
According to Abu Awliya, students went outside to see who they were, at which point the settlers shot up the windows of the building. al-Naasan had left his classroom to use the bathroom and was killed by the gunfire.
Parents and relatives were then promptly called to evacuate the students from the area and take them home for the rest of the day, Abu Awliya said. But when Abu Naim arrived to collect his relatives from the school, he too was rubbed out, and four other people were maimed.
Footage circulating of the shooting showed a man who appeared to be in uniform firing a rifle several times over the course of around 30 seconds. It was not clear from the video whether that was the burst of gunfire that killed al-Naasan or the later one in which Abu Naim was rubbed out.
According to Paleostinian sources, the reservist who opened fire was identified by residents of the village as a known settler.
IDF troops and police forces were dispatched to the scene, and according to the Paleostinian Authority’s official Wafa news agency, they arrived at the same time as the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy came to evacuate the maimed.
Abu Awliya said that the security forces used tear gas to disperse the crowds around the school.
The IDF confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that it had opened an investigation into the incident.
It said troops were dispatched to al-Mughayyir following reports of stones being hurled at a car with Israelis, one of whom was the reservist.
According to the military, the reservist got out of the vehicle and "opened fire on suspects in the village."
It said that the troops who were dispatched to the scene were then required to "disperse the violent mostly peaceful riot" that it claimed had erupted there.
The IDF said it was aware of the reports that two Paleostinians were killed and others were maimed, and that the incident was under investigation, whose "findings will be forwarded to the authorities."
The reservist involved was suspended from duty, and his weapon was confiscated.
One of the victims of the attack, 14-year-old al-Naasan, was identified by Wafa as the son of Hamdi Taleb al-Naasan, who was killed in a settler attack on al-Mughayyir in January 2019.
Tuesday’s shooting came amid a spate of violent mostly peaceful attacks against Paleostinians in the West Bank.
During the recent war with Iran, which began on February 28 and entered a truce on April 8, 378 incidents of settler violence against Paleostinians and their property were recorded by Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... organization.
Eight Paleostinians were shot and killed, and 200 were maimed during that time, the organization said.
[Breitbart] At least three container ships have been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran this morning, with a Royal Navy office reporting “heavy damage” to at least one, and Tehran claiming ships had been seized and taken into Iranian waters “in order to examine the cargo and documents”.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has opened fire on three container ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime chokepoint at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, as a strained ceasefire is challenged by two mutual blockades imposed by Iran and the United States attempt to deny each other access to the critical-to-trade waterway.
Britain’s Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) reports that in the early hours of Wednesday morning the Greek-owned, Liberia-flagged container ship Epaminondas was approached by an “IRGC gun boat” and fired on without warning.
The attack “caused heavy damage to the bridge”, although no injuries, fires aboard, environmental concerns were reported. “All Crew reported safe”, it was stated. London state media says it understands that the ship’s master believed he had permission to transit the Strait of Hormuz, and was ‘running dark’ — the ship’s AIS transponder being turned off to avoid attention — but was nevertheless attacked.
The UKMTO reported a second such incident involving another container ship taking place three hours later, the UAE-owned Panama-flagged Euphoria which was “fired upon” and brought to a stop. No serious damage was reported and the “crew are safe and accounted for”.
A third ship was said to have been attacked, with the BBC stating the mega-shipping-corp MSC-owned, Panama-flagged Francesca suffered “damage to the hull and accommodation” after being hailed by the IRGC and “instructed to drop anchor”.
The Times of London states these attacks were launched from small boats using infantry weapons, the ships having been hit with “gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades”, suggesting a little maritime policing could go a long way in preventing repeats of such incidents.
While Western reports note two of the ships attacked today were fired on without warning, Iranian state media claims they opened fire after ships attempting to transit the Strait ignored their orders to stop.
A Tehran state media outlet has claimed the operations against the Epaminondas and Francesca, stating the ships were attacked because they belong “to the Zionist regime”. In the case of the Epaminondas the Iranian mouthpiece asserted it was: “attempting to secretly exit the Strait of Hormuz without a license, by committing repeated violations and tampering with navigation aid systems, and jeopardizing maritime security”.
It was claimed after being seized, the vessels were brought into Iranian waters “in order to examine the cargo and documents”.
The strikes follow a warning by a Greek maritime risk management agency to ship owners to be aware of scammers posing as the Iranian government selling ‘safe passage’ through the Strait of Hormuz, with prices in cryptocurrency. It appears that at least one ship owner had fallen for such a scame in recent weeks, with Indian-owned oil tanker Sanmar Herald paying scammers for passage and then being attacked by IRGC boats.
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New reports from today indicate that this Indian tanker fell for a fake IRGC crypto scam. They paid USDT to the scammers, thinking they could now pass through freely, and got shot at by the real IRGC forces.
[IsraelTimes] Prosecutors say suspect bought knife, materials to build explosives, and watched content about ‘martyrdom’ and ‘jihad’ on social media
German prosecutors have charged a 23-year-old Syrian man with allegedly plotting a knife attack on "infidels" and Jews in Berlin, authorities said in a statement Tuesday.
The unidentified man allegedly bought a knife and materials to build explosives off the internet, and looked up content about "martyrdom" and "jihad" on social media platforms like Telegram and TikTok, prosecutors said.
He faces charges of preparing a terrorist offense and financing terrorism, as well as disseminating propaganda materials of terrorist organizations.
The man was arrested on November 1, and has been in detention since. Authorities did not identify him by name, but said that he arrived in Germany in December 2023 as an asylum seeker.
The man allegedly began plotting the attack in March 2025, and had hoped to build an explosive vest for a suicide kaboom.
Prosecutors said he discussed his plans with at least one other person.
The propaganda charges are related to a number of videos the man allegedly posted online that were set to jihadist battle songs associated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... and other jihadist groups.
Last month, a German court convicted a Syrian man of stabbing and seriously wounding a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial in February 2025, and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.
In that instance, the defendant said during his trial that he had regretted the attack immediately, and asserted that he had traveled to Berlin under pressure from an online acquaintance he had gotten to know as he watched ISIS videos.
Antisemitism has been on the rise in Germany since the October 7, 2023, Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... attack on Israel that sparked the two-year war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... In 2025, police in Berlin recorded a record 2,267 antisemitic crimes in 2025, a sharp increase from 1,825 cases in 2024 and 900 in 2023, according to German daily Tagesspiegel.
[IsraelTimes] Terror group takes responsibility, claims attacks come in response to Israeli violations of ceasefire; military says it struck launcher
The Hezbollah terror group violated a ceasefire in Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade.... on Tuesday by firing several rockets at Israeli troops stationed in the south of the country, as well as launching a drone at Israel, the military said.
Hezbollah took responsibility for the attacks, which it claimed were in response to Israeli violations of the ceasefire.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, Hezbollah fired several rockets toward troops stationed in the Rab al-Thalathine area, within an Israeli-held security zone.
The IDF said that it struck the launcher used in the attack within a few minutes.
Separately, the IDF said that sirens that sounded in the communities of Kfar Yuval and Ma’ayan Baruch on the Lebanon border were not false alarms as it had initially reported.
Following an examination, the IDF said the alerts were triggered in the border communities due to the interception of a drone that was launched from Lebanon. The drone was shot down before crossing the border, according to the military.
The IDF said the attacks were "blatant violations of the ceasefire agreement."
No injuries were reported.
In a statement, Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli artillery position in the northern border community of Kfar Giladi with a rocket barrage and attack drones.
Hezbollah claimed to have documented over 200 Israeli violations of the ceasefire since it took effect on Friday. The terror group said the attacks on the IDF were carried out in response to those violations and its "right to resist occupation and repel it."
A 10-day ceasefire, announced by US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... , took effect at midnight between Thursday and Friday, largely stopping six weeks of war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that spiraled out of the conflict between the United States and Iran.
Still, the IDF has continued to respond to what it says are violations of the ceasefire.
The truce remains fragile, with Israeli troops holding on to territory deep in the south of Lebanon, aiming to create a buffer zone to shield northern Israel from Hezbollah attacks, while the terror group says it maintains the "right to resist" the Israeli military presence.
In several incidents throughout Tuesday and Monday, the Israeli Air Force struck and killed Hezbollah operatives who "violated the ceasefire understandings" and posed a threat to troops in southern Lebanon, the military said.
In one incident on Tuesday, troops of the Golani Brigade spotted several operatives near the village of Qoussair who "crossed the forward defense line, and approached the forces in a manner that posed an immediate threat," the military said.
In two incidents on Monday in the same area, the IDF said it identified "armed terrorists" who also crossed the ceasefire line.
Also on Monday, in two separate incidents, soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade spotted several Hezbollah operatives in the Bint Jbeil area, which is located in the IDF-held security zone. Separately, on Monday, Golani soldiers spotted several Hezbollah operatives near a Litani River crossing in the town of Qaaqaait al-Jisr.
In all of the incidents, the Israeli Air Force "struck the Lions of Islam to remove the threat," the military said.
During the ceasefire, the military has said that it would continue to clear the area currently under its control of Hezbollah infrastructure, operatives, and any other threats.
Stretching east to west, Israel’s new south Lebanon security zone runs 5-10 km (3-5 miles) deep from the border into Lebanese territory, covering an area where the IDF has been razing entire villages, as instructed by Defense Minister Israel Katz, to prevent Hezbollah from using the area to stage attacks.
On Tuesday, the IDF reiterated its warning to Lebanese civilians against returning to villages in southern Lebanon amid the fragile truce.
"We reiterate that during the ceasefire agreement, the IDF continues to remain deployed in its positions in southern Lebanon in the face of the ongoing terror activity of Hezbollah," army front man Col. Avichay Adraee said in a post on X.
"We again warn that, for your safety and the safety of your family members, until further notice, you are required not to move south of the line of the displayed villages and their surroundings," he said, attaching a map showing the IDF’s new security zone.
"It is also prohibited to approach the Litani River area, Wadi al-Salhani, and Saluki," he added.
There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah on Tuesday’s attacks.
The terror group, in a statement on Monday, said bombs previously planted by its operatives had detonated as a convoy of eight armored military vehicles was moving between the southern Lebanon towns of Taybeh and Deir Siryan, in the Israeli security zone.
The military, in response to a query, confirmed that one armored vehicle was "likely hit by an bomb," and that no injuries were caused. The IDF said the incident was under further investigation.
Two reservist soldiers were killed over the weekend as a result of Hezbollah-placed explosives, and over a dozen more were maimed, according to the military.
Lebanon was dragged into the regional war on March 2, when Hezbollah opened fire on Israel in support of Iran.
Lebanese authorities say the subsequent Israeli offensive has killed more than 2,300 people, including 177 children, and forced more than 1.2 million to flee. The figure does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
Hezbollah has not disclosed its casualty figures, but the IDF says at least 1,800 terror operatives have been killed since March 2.
Hezbollah fired some 5,500 rockets at IDF troops operating in the south of the country, as well as around 2,500 at Israel amid the fighting, according to the military.
The terror group’s attacks killed two civilians in Israel, while 15 Israeli soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon — including two amid the ceasefire. Additionally, an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.
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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