[IsraelTimes] Moses Edwards, 45, appears in court over firebombing of former East London Central Synagogue, no indication of plea; 52-year-old woman was also arrested, released on bail
A British man charged over an arson attack at a former synagogue in east London last week was in contact with someone using an Iraqi phone number shortly before the fire, prosecutors told a London court on Tuesday.
Moses Edwards, 45, from Wanstead, appeared in the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and was remanded in jug until a further hearing next month. He gave no indication of any plea.
No further information about Edwards or his alleged contact was immediately available.
A 52-year-old woman who was also arrested in connection to the incident has been released on bail until August.
The fire at the former East London Central Synagogue was caused by wine bottles filled with an accelerant, which went kaboom!, damaging the outside of the building, prosecutors said.
The building is in the process of being turned into a mosque and community center, after it was purchased by a Moslem organization earlier this year.
The incident followed a series of arson attacks on Jewish targets in previous weeks, with other targets including ambulances belonging to the Hatzola charity and two other synagogues.
Arsonists have also targeted a Persian-language news outlet hostile to the Iranian regime, and a memorial wall bearing photos of Iranians killed by the Islamic Theocratic Republic and Israelis killed by Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... Authorities have suggested Tehran may be behind some of the attacks, and a newly formed terror group — Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI) — has grabbed credit for some of them. The group is believed to have links to Iran.
Police said last week that a total of 30 people had been arrested so far in connection with recent arson attacks, eight of whom have been charged with various offenses, and one of whom — a 17-year-old male — has pleaded guilty to arson, in connection with an attack on Kenton Synagogue.
[IsraelTimes] Critics say ruling risks reinforcing antisemitic tropes and opens door for future defendants to ‘weaponize a prosecutor’s identity against them’
Jewish groups in the Bay Area of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, are protesting a judge’s removal of a local Jewish district attorney from a case involving pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel protester accused of vandalizing the office of Stanford University’s president.
The district attorney, Jeff Rosen, was disqualified from retrying a felony case against five protesters after the judge ruled that Rosen had crossed a legal line when suggesting in a campaign message that the protest was antisemitic.
"Rosen is allowed to take a strong stance against crime in the community, against antisemitism. But caution and care need to be taken when utilizing active litigation in campaign communication," Judge Kelley Paul said from the bench.
The judge said Rosen had erred when publicly labeling the incident antisemitic when it was not charged as a hate crime.
"This case is not a hate crime," Paul said. "The characterization of the prosecution as a fight against antisemitism runs afoul of case law."
In an email to J. The Jewish News of Northern California, Rosen’s office wrote that while it "disagrees with the judge’s ruling, we respect it."
In a joint statement, the Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area and Jewish Silicon Valley wrote that they are "deeply troubled" by Paul’s decision and that the case "must proceed."
"This decision uniquely targets minority prosecutors, suggesting they are incapable of pursuing justice in cases perceived to be impacting their own communities," the statement says, adding that it "risks reinforcing longstanding antisemitic prejudices and invites future defendants to weaponize a prosecutor’s identity against them."
The five protesters face felony vandalism and conspiracy counts stemming from a June 2024 protest in which 13 people broke into Stanford’s executive offices and caused an estimated $300,000 in damages. A jury deadlocked in February, splitting 9-3 on the vandalism count and 8-4 on conspiracy. Rosen quickly announced his plan to retry them.
The disqualification motion was filed by deputy public defender Avi Singh, who argued that Rosen had compromised his office’s neutrality by featuring the prosecution on a campaign fundraising page titled "DA Rosen Fighting Anti-Semitism," alongside a donation button. Singh argued that the fundraising campaign falsely implied that the defendants were antisemitic. None was charged with a hate crime.
Rosen, who has spoken publicly about his commitment to fighting antisemitism and supporting Israel, has denied any conflict of interest.
In her decision, Paul pointed to Rosen’s remarks in a March 2025 speech he gave for the San Jose Hillel, about a month before his office filed charges against the protesters. A video of the speech is linked on the "Fighting Anti-Semitism" page on his campaign website.
In the speech, Rosen equated antisemitism and "anti-Americanism," a phrase that Deputy District Attorney Robert Baker also used to describe the conduct of the protesters during the trial’s closing arguments. Paul ruled that the similarities in the language disqualified the entire DA’s office from the case, not just Rosen.
In their own statement, the local Jewish groups suggested Rosen was being disqualified because he is Jewish.
"Generations of American Jews in positions of public trust have all too often been treated as suspect or inherently conflicted," JCRC Bay Area and Jewish Silicon Valley said. "This decision risks reinforcing longstanding antisemitic prejudices and invites future defendants to weaponize a prosecutor’s identity against them, casting any public opposition to hate as grounds for disqualification."
Rosen’s challenger in his June primary election, former prosecutor Daniel Chung, has turned the ruling into a campaign video. Chung called Rosen’s pursuit of the Stanford case "overzealous" and "a waste of time and money."
"This is a humiliating loss for DA Rosen and his entire office," Chung said in an Instagram video. "For years, millions of dollars have been spent trying to prosecute Stanford student protesters with felony charges." Rosen’s actions, Chung said, "jeopardized the due process of the defendants" and "exemplifies the undermining of integrity, competence and compassion under DA Rosen for the last 16 years."
The ruling hands the case to California’s attorney general, which will decide whether to retry the defendants — German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Hunter Taylor-Black and Amy Zhai — or drop the charges.
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While I "generally" agree with the judge about 1 often seen issue.
No DA or Judge, should be making Media comments & Political comments about any case, BEFORE jury selection, and during the trial. Until it is concluded.
Opinions and guess work, are best done by the Media and THE VIEW.
BUT !
I have to wonder if the judge would use the same logic.
Since Satan, the Radical Islamic's and their Ayatollah are close friends. Would an Atheist-DA be acceptable to the Judge?
…the man is brilliant and very funny. I love the reels that show up in my Facebook feed — I’m sure they can be found on YouTube and elsewhere as well, for those who don’t do FB…
said he spent his youth supporting liberal causes, describing himself as the kid in college "spreading woke stuff on campus," but that his awakening came during the 2020 George Floyd riots. He joined "The Riley Gaines Show" podcast to discuss the turning point that changed his mind.
"Socialism has literally never worked. BLM has always been a scam and the Democratic Party has always been the party of racism and violence," DuRousseau said.
"I have just been drinking the Kool-Aid because this was the indoctrination that was put upon me from the age of a little child," he added.
DuRousseau, who is now a conservative content creator and a personality for PragerU, explained his shift began while being cast for Netflix’s reality show "The Circle." He started researching conservative arguments, initially wanting to debunk them, but realized he’d been blinded by his own confirmation bias.
He said when he tried to question things like the riots or whether the millions raised were actually going to the victims’ families, he was met with hostility.
"Whenever I called it out, I was told that I needed to stay in line or that I was losing the plot. And I just got sick of it," DuRousseau said, adding that he realized how "performative" the activism was.
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[REGNUM] Türkiye continues to expand its influence along its borders. In addition to Syria, the South Caucasus, Cyprus, Iraq, and Qatar, Libya remains an important area.
By 2021, the Turks had established a stronghold in the west of this North African country. They sent their weapons and private military companies to defend the Government of National Accord led by Fayez al-Sarraj.
Largely with the support of Ankara, Tripoli managed to hold off and repel attacks by Khalifa Haftar ...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly... 's Libyan National Army (LNA), based in Tobruk.
After Haftar realized that further attempts to unite the country by force were doomed to failure, the warring east and west embraced dialogue. With UN mediation, a national unity government (GNU) was formed in 2021, led by Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah.
Despite the political developments, Ankara's influence did not wane and it remained an important security factor. In 2025, the GNA and Türkiye signed agreements on the joint development of the Libyan army.
The Turks intend to become one of the strongholds of a still-divided Libya. The creation of the GNA has not eliminated fragmentation. The east remains under the control of Haftar's men.
One convenient tool for maintaining a presence remains support for the modernization of the Libyan armed forces. In 2026, Ankara held two military exercises, inviting the GNA army in Tripoli and LNA fighters.
The first took place from April 13 to 30 in Libya and Côte d'Ivoire. In addition to the Libyan army and Turkey, troops from the United States, Germany, Great Britain, Chad, France, Italy, Hungary, Egypt, and Tunisia participated. In Libya, the Flintlock 2026 maneuvers took place in Sirte, the birthplace of Muammar Gaddafi. They were held under the auspices of the Special Operations Forces of the US Africa Command.
The second exercise, EFES-2026, took place in Izmir, Turkey. Local media portrayed the participation of forces from Tobruk and Tripoli as a rapprochement between the warring sides. As host of the event, the Turkish General Staff played a more dominant role. Haftar's army represented 331 troops, while Tripoli sent 177.
As evidenced by the two military maneuvers, Turkey is acting in tandem with the United States in Libya. Although during Donald Trump's previous presidency, which coincided with Haftar's offensive on Tripoli, Washington's sympathies were more on the side of the LNA leader.
Washington and Ankara are jointly promoting a political dialogue between the "two Libyas." As The Middle East Eye notes, the American side is "trying to pave the way for a major agreement between the families" of Dbeibah and Haftar.
Türkiye is an active participant in the diplomatic process. Specifically, it emphasizes that it is exerting pressure on forces in Tripoli.
According to an Arab source familiar with the situation and an unnamed former senior Western official, US Special Presidential Envoy for Africa Massad Boulos insisted on implementing changes jointly with Turkey during the Antalya Forum, attended by a Libyan delegation. The Trump administration wants Ibrahim Dbeibah to replace his cousin as prime minister. The current prime minister is experiencing health problems.
Saddam Haftar, the 35-year-old son of General Khalifa Haftar, is slated to become president of a united Libya. Ibrahim and Saddam held meetings at the Elysée Palace this year, facilitated by Boulos.
The Libyan unification plan is purely "family-run." Not only are the new leaders expected to be relatives of the current leaders of both East and West, but the US mediator is also being handled by a member of the Trump family. Boulos, a Christian of Lebanese descent, is the White House in-law and the father of Tiffany Trump's husband.
Even before Trump's return to power, Turkey had already begun building bridges with Haftar. His son traveled to Istanbul and Ankara back in 2021. Saddam Haftar arrived as part of a parliamentary delegation, most of which consisted of supporters of the LNA leader. The delegation was led by Fawzi al-Nouir, Speaker of the House of Representatives in Tobruk.
The meeting took place ahead of Libya's upcoming parliamentary elections. The delegation was personally received by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the presidential complex, making it clear that Turkey maintains official contacts with the LNA.
"Haftar's son maintains contact with our intelligence and also communicates periodically with the Foreign Ministry. In other words, they are not isolated from us. We believe that constructive dialogue between East and West is essential in Libya. We want to protect Libya's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political unity," Erdoğan noted.
The American-Turkish tandem supports Egypt, a country that supported Haftar during the most intense years of East-West conflict. His offensive nearly brought Egypt into direct war with Turkey. However, relations between Cairo and Ankara have normalized over the past five years.
Erdoğan has forgotten the arrests of his allied Muslim Brotherhood* and the death of its leader, Mohamed Morsi. He no longer calls his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, illegitimate. The two leaders have already exchanged not only handshakes at the World Cup in Qatar but also state visits. The tragedy in Gaza, where Erdoğan and el-Sisi condemned Israel's killing of Palestinians, became a unifying force for Turkey and Egypt.
Saudi Arabia and Turkey are attempting to integrate Egypt into the emerging security system. The two countries' leaders discussed the creation of a quadripartite alliance involving Egyptians, Turks, Saudis, and Pakistanis at the Antalya Forum. Turkey and Saudi Arabia's interests are rapidly diverging from those of the UAE, which supports opposing sides in conflicts in Somalia, Yemen, and Sudan.
According to media reports, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are pressuring Haftar to prevent the supply of weapons (UAVs, SAMs) from Libya to Sudan's local Rapid Intervention Forces, which are also supported by Abu Dhabi. Turkey and Saudi Arabia are supporting their opponents, led by the Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. "Saddam Haftar was literally summoned to Egypt, not politely invited," said a high-ranking Egyptian military source.
If this is achieved, it will be even closer to realizing its "Blue Homeland" concept of expanding influence across three seas—the Mediterranean, the Aegean, and the Black Sea.
Each side supporting Libya's unification has its own incentives and benefits. Turkey does not want to lose the fruits of its gains achieved during the hot phase of the civil war. As unification moves forward, Ankara wants to retain its leverage. If this is achieved, it will be even closer to realizing its "Blue Homeland" concept of expanding influence across three seas—the Mediterranean, the Aegean, and the Black Sea.
Moreover, coordination with Egypt and the United States is crucial given that Israel is forming new anti-Turkish alliances, drawing in France, Greece, and Cyprus. Egypt has previously participated in these alliances as well.
Who plays the leading role in the Libyan process is a matter for research. It's not a given that it's Trump.
The renowned think tank CFR acknowledges Ankara's strength, which could be both a support and a hindrance to US efforts. "Any meaningful US effort to stabilize Libya will require comprehensive coordination with Turkey and, in the event of irreconcilable differences, a willingness to exert pressure on Ankara. Washington must move beyond seeking occasional support from Turkey and instead embrace detailed and sustained engagement, using both diplomatic coordination and coercive pressure to curb Ankara's unilateral actions," the analysts write.
The UN also highly values Turkey's stabilizing role in Libya. "Turkey has played a significant stabilizing role.
Is that what we’re to call it?
Without its support, particularly in western Libya, we would likely not have achieved the current level of stability," said Hannah Serwaa Tetteh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
At the same time, the very idea of uniting Libya through the Haftar and Dbeibah families is by no means destined for success. Firstly, these families themselves are far from monolithic. Secondly, Dbeibah does not have complete control over the country's west, where Misrata's business clans also hold strong positions.
CFR notes that the unified budget agreement brokered by Trump adviser Boulos is a step in the right direction. "However, Washington should not assume that what is essentially a financial deal between two dynasties represents a significant step toward political unification. The April 11 agreement fails to address the underlying causes of the Libyan crisis and increases the risk of renewed destabilization," the publication states.
In any case, Libya will remain a pressing issue in the near future, especially in light of the situation in the Persian Gulf. The US wants to exploit the North African republic's oil potential to reduce its dependence on Hormuz. But before that can happen, the country must be unified.
[IsraelTimes] US Defense Department tells Congress $4 billion jump from previous estimate is due to equipment upkeep, as Democrats accuse White House of futile and opaque spending on conflict
The Pentagon said Tuesday that the cost for Washington of 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... had climbed to nearly $29 billion, as US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... faced mounting scrutiny over the conflict and its impact on military readiness.
The new figure, revealed by the US Defense Department during a budget hearing on Capitol Hill, is about $4 billion higher than the estimate offered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth two weeks ago.
Hegseth and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were testifying on a $1.5 trillion budget request for 2027 alongside Pentagon finance chief Jules Hurst III on Tuesday when they were asked for an update on the war’s price tag.
"At the time of testimony... it was $25 billion," Hurst told politicians, referring to Hegseth’s April 29 estimate.
"But the joint staff team and the comptroller team are constantly looking at that estimate, and so now we think it’s closer to 29," he said — citing updated "repair and replacement of equipment costs" and broader operational expenses.
Pressed on when the US Congress would receive a fuller accounting of the war’s costs, Hegseth said the Trump administration would request "whatever we think we need" separately from the main Pentagon budget, but did not say when that supplemental request would arrive.
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Gosh, that sounds expensive! But the real question is what are we purchasing with that money? Peace and security ain't free.
Asked another way, what would be the cleanup costs for any or all of the following?
1) A nuke-tipped ballistic missile attack on Tehran
2) A nuclear dirty bomb explosion in a major US city
3) an EMP air-burst over the Eastern Seaboard
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Money well-spent. The Fed just magics more out of thin air anyway. The border wall would have been $25 billion but this is for our ally and strengthens the world, letting them know how far we'll go to fight along side Taiwan, Ukraine, Qatar,Germany and all the rest we are bound by treaty to defend.
Pennies on the dollar compared to what the Liberal Democrats, the DC Swamp, Michigan, Minnesota, California, Washington State, the Somalis & NGO's all stole during Biden Admin.
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Congress's 'estimate'? I'd like to see a third. non-partisan estimate.
Could maybe even take the Ticonderoga class cruiser being retired, upgrade the Aegis to current standards, fill them up with ABM's and park them at various points in the country to provide a missle shield for the time being while we either build Aegis ashore systems or a purpose built 'barge'with the Aegis radar and ABM's that can be towed if needed.
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unless it ends in regime change, it's wasted money
A common misconception. Possibly better for the Iranian people, possibly not given the quality of the starting materials.
The US concerns are nukes and the Strait. As long as what happens in Iran stays in Iran, it's nobody's business. It is when things leak over the border or drift out into international waterways, then it becomes the world's concern.
Maybe that is a fallacy. Watching Australia get invaded. Watching the UK get invaded. Watching France. Canada. Seeing all the demographic changes in all the countries all over the world. 36% to 8%.
To me, what started with the great wars continued on in Iran. That word Iran is defined in the article, Land of the Aryans. Is that a coincidence? I dont think so. I think it is a trophy. Like Paris. Like London. Like Minnesota.
We would be best to destroy all strongholds of the globalist commies and their islamic allies.
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Just an observation. Other than ordnance expended, I think there is not a greatly increased cost of this 'war' to normal daily costs. Discounting the casualties (which I as a DD-214 holder know can never truly be discounted), the fixed costs of the 'equipment' 'wages' and normal housing, meal,fuel and normal operational expenses are never considered as an offset to the total expenses of this 'war'. How much have we truly expended over and above normal operational costs? Anyone have a clue?
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considering all the other crap the current regime has perpetrated, I have to disagree.
I can understand the sentiment. We are talking about some evil sons of bitches who deserve getting whacked. They have certainly earned it. Regime change is a happy thought but it leads to questions:
- How much are you willing to pay in lives and treasure?
- Who or what is going to replace the current top dogs?
- How committed are you to maintaining their position vs the other factions?
Getting the nuke issue sorted will leave whoever is running Iran either compliant or intimidated. We can work to engineer a better outcome, but a ground invasion simply is not worth it. The Iranians will need to figure out how to run Iran.
[WashingtonFreeBeacon] Adam Hamawy told reporters the sheikh only discussed 'innocuous things,' blatantly contradicting what he said under oath at the sheikh's 1995 terror trial
A Democrat now making a strong run for a New Jersey congressional seat pointedly refused to condemn his late mentor—the notorious, terror-plotting "Blind Sheikh"—and claimed the sheikh was just a gentle old man when local media confronted the candidate on Thursday.
Adam Hamawy, now a plastic surgeon in Princeton, dismissed questions about Omar Abdel-Rahman, the so-called Blind Sheikh who played a key role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, calling Abdel-Rahman "a blind old man" and a "well-known person in the community" who only talked about "innocuous things."
"He was a leader of the community that talks about how to pray, how to wash, how to practice as a normal Moslem. ... He wasn't preaching death and destruction all the time," Hamawy said.
When a news hound pressed about how "charismatic" the sheikh must have been to get Hamawy to follow him, the surgeon added, "Not just me, the entire community. He was an old man that was disabled and ... people volunteered. It was the entire community."
The sheikh was 54 in 1993.
When another news hound asked about whether Hamawy would condemn the sheikh—or the concept of "jihad"—Hamawy laughed.
"Any extremism [of] any kind is bad," he said, referring to his service as a military doctor. "I'm against all war and all violence."
He refused to specifically condemn the sheikh or Islamic jihad, instead saying, "I condemn all extremism and all violence of any kind."
At one point a Hamawy handler tried to shut down the terrorism talk—but the surgeon was in a chatty mood.
"As a Moslem they're always going to find something to attack," Hamawy said. "I'm used to this all my life."
Video of the encounter was posted to YouTube by Insider NJ.
Hamawy's comments about Abdel-Rahman today fly in the face of his own testimony that he offered on the sheikh's behalf during a sensational 1995 trial, when Abdel-Rahman was accused of plotting the World Trade Center bombing.
Under questioning from prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald (who is now representing James The spine of the FBI is the rule of law Comey The disgraced, except in his own mind, former head of the FBI... ), Hamawy testified that Abdel-Rahman "always talked about" jihad.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump handed his acting Attorney General a stack of Iran war news articles with a single word scrawled on a sticky note: 'Treason.'
The President privately raged to Todd Blanche last month about the leaks, prompting the Justice Department to launch an aggressive pursuit of reporters' sources behind sensitive national security stories, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Subpoenaing reporters has for decades been treated as a nuclear option, deployed only after every other investigative avenue is exhausted, but former AG Pam Bondi shredded Biden-era protections last year, clearing a path for the crackdown.
Among the stories that sparked Trump's fury was an April 7 New York Times bombshell, which revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally lobbied the President to launch the war during a secret Situation Room presentation.
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April 7 New York Times bombshell, which revealed claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally lobbied the President to launch the war
[FoxNews] Pakistan rejected reports Tuesday that it allowed Iranian aircraft to use its airfields amid tensions with the United States—
“Please don’t hurt us, O Donald!”
claims suggesting the move could have shielded the planes from potential airstrikes—even as Islamabad positioned itself as a high-profile mediator between the two sides.
According to the report May 11, Tehran was also said to have possibly sent a civilian aircraft to Afghanistan during the conflict.
Pakistan said Tuesday the CBS report was "misleading and sensationalized. Such speculative narratives appear aimed at undermining ongoing efforts for regional stability and peace," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
"Following the ceasefire and during the initial round of the Islamabad Talks, a number of aircraft from Iran and the United States arrived in Pakistan to facilitate the movement of diplomatic personnel, security teams, and administrative staff associated with the talks process," the ministry said before clarifying that "some aircraft and support personnel remained temporarily in Pakistan in anticipation of subsequent rounds of engagement."
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Reports from Shah supporters say half the people shooting at poor Iranians are from Pakistan. Inquiring minds find this interesting. The other half shooting at them are Taliban from Afghanistan.
[IsraelTimes] Hebrew-language notifications urge recipients to ‘build your future’ by contacting Iranian embassies; Israel’s Cyber Directorate urges against clicking on any included links.
[X] The @nytimes [Nicholas Kristof] just published one of the most serious sets of allegations imaginable against Israel ; claims of systematic sexual violence, including a bizarre story about carrots and trained rape dogs. We checked the sources.
What we found is journalistic malpractice.
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The story of trained rape dogs does not hold up. Let’s start with what is known about the biology of male dogs. Their penises are small and thin. They become erect only when they smell the pheromones of a female dog in heat. Brandon McMillan, the three-time Emmy-winning host of CBS’s Lucky Dog, who has spent 25 years training animals, told me he had never heard of a dog who was trained to rape a human being and doubted this was possible.
"When a female is in heat, the pheromones released carry it to the male canine," McMillan said. "That’s how they reproduce and the miracle happens. I don’t see how you would train a dog to do that. The dog has to get turned on, for lack of a better word."
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Blood libel is the false accusation that Jews drained the blood of white babies to make their matzo bread. A similar accusation was made about St. James island, that Epstein and friends ate the partially digested feces out of slaughtered babies. Blood libel has nothing to do with dog rape, which was used by Pinochet and other US-backed far right regimes. It was one of the techniques taught by the CIA in the School of the Americas.
No idea what this lunatic is on about.
Canine breeders have a musk they dab on bitches to get male dogs to mount them. You can buy it online.
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You are correct about the narrow literal definition, Uninens Thromonter9996. But try opening your mind to broader categories and rhetorical flourishes like metaphors.
Speaking of rhetorical flourishes, mockery works best, according to Alinsky:
EXCLUSIVE: Chilling accounts out of Israel of the IDF training sharks to come onto land to devour Palestinians in their homes, often gaining access by posing as innocuous candygram or pizza deliverers
The commission on Hamas sexual violence against Israelis “has examined over 10,000 photographs and videos of the attack totalling more than 1,800 hours of visual analysis.”
Conversely, someone told Nick Kristof that Zionist dogs are trained to rape Arabs, so he wrote that. https://t.co/d2sVSwz7cZ
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From: The Theory and Practice of Islamic Terrorism
Jews Use Teenagers’ Blood for Purim Pastries “Of all the accusations which fanaticism and ignorance have used as a weapon against Judaism, there is none which can be compared in terms of improbability and absurdity to that of ritual murder,” wrote a Jewish scholar more than a hundred years ago. During the Middle Ages, Jews were accused of murdering Christian children in order to use their blood for making matzo, the unleavened bread, for the Passover holiday. To Christians it seemed totally consistent with Jewish behavior that the people who had spilled Christ’s blood would seek to reenact the crucifixion by torturing and draining the blood of an innocent child and that they would use that blood for some magical rite. The charge of ritual murder, which led to the torture and burning alive of thousands of Jews, demonstrated the power and appeal of myths that disparaged and demonized the Jewish people. It showed the willingness, even eagerness, of many Christians to believe any absurdity about Jews and to expect the worst of them.
Guess you gotta pick your myth.
Isaac and Abraham on the Altar
In **Genesis 22:9**, upon arriving at the location designated by God, **Abraham built an altar** and arranged the wood for a burnt offering. He then **bound his son Isaac** and laid him on the altar **atop the wood**, demonstrating his absolute obedience and faith in God's command to sacrifice his only son.
**Key details of the event include:**
* **Preparation:** Abraham intentionally built the altar and laid the wood in order, signifying his readiness to worship and obey despite the difficult nature of the command.
* **Submission:** Isaac, who had carried the wood to the site, was bound and placed on the altar. The narrative suggests Isaac was a willing participant, trusting his father and God's plan.
* **Divine Intervention:** Just as Abraham was about to slay his son, an angel of the Lord stopped him, acknowledging Abraham's fear of God. A **ram caught in a thicket** was then provided by God as a substitute sacrifice, leading Abraham to name the place **Jehovah-jireh** ("The Lord will provide").
This event, known as the **Binding of Isaac** (or *Akedah*), is central to Judeo-Christian theology, often interpreted as a profound test of faith that foreshadows the later sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.
- subsequent to being challenged on the 'dogs rape people' issue, Kristof cited three published medical reports where anal damage had occurred in people/dog intercourse -- however, in those cases, it was the dog's anus that was damaged by human sexual assault --------- The NYTimes is assessing how to 'retract without admitting slander'
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I need to not read it — we’ve been getting bits and pieces since 10/7/2023, so I already know more than is good for me. But if you want to know, my dears, it is now in our records.
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[Regnum] Iran will not resume negotiations with the United States until Washington meets five fundamental demands, the Fars news agency reported.
According to the source, the list of conditions includes a cessation of hostilities on all fronts (especially in Lebanon), the lifting of all anti-Iranian sanctions, the unblocking of frozen Iranian assets, full compensation for damage from the conflict, and official recognition of Tehran's sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
"The preconditions stated by Iran are the minimum guarantees of trust for the start of any negotiations with the United States," the agency noted, citing a source.
It also clarified that the Iranian side, through a Pakistani intermediary, conveyed its position to the United States: the ongoing naval blockade in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman, which remains in place even after the establishment of a ceasefire, only increases Tehran's distrust of the very idea of dialogue with Washington.
Whatevs. The hudna will formally be over soon.
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And a pony?
Posted by: Oregon Dave ||
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#2
A lovely if somewhat fanciful list! But let's not loose the plot. Trump's goal is not dialog. It is to compel compliance with US policy that Iran will not have nukes.
#4
I would certainly prefer something that doesn't result in the deaths of American or allied deaths and the deaths of any innocent people. However the longer this goes on, the weaker the US looks to our enemies and our chances in the mid terms gets worse.
#Iran / #USA / #Israel 🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱: Iranian Forces (#IRGC) held Anti-Heliborne drills to counter potential US / Israeli Heliborne operations.
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It seems pretty clear that the US/Israeli planners are working up a physical insertion of some scale to physically seize the Iranian enriched nuke materials. It also seems likely this article is about preparing to stop the initial inserts and SEAD ops.
Consider the MacArthur Solution from the Korean War. MacArthus was considering creating a dirty-border between China and Nkor to solve the problem of Chinese intervention. Why not use our own nuke waste materials to entomb the Iranian site in a Chernobyl style umbrella of lethal radioactivity for the next 10,000 years? Easier than trying to dig it out with land forces, just air-delivery and leave it as a permanent monument to our No-Nukes-for-Iran policy?
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