#5
I like Diana Rigg better, although Honor Blackman comes in at a close third, almost too close to call! (Olivia Newton-John comes in second period! So close to Diana that they could almost be the same person!)
Nigerian military airstrikes targeted ISWAP positions near Cross Kauwa in Borno State, destroying multiple vehicles and neutralizing dozens of fighters. The coordinated ISR-led operation hit a key logistics hub used for regrouping and planning attacks, officials said. pic.twitter.com/95FLDUHK1q
Nigerian military airstrikes targeted ISWAP positions near Cross Kauwa in Borno State, destroying multiple vehicles and neutralizing dozens of fighters.
The coordinated ISR-led operation hit a key logistics hub used for regrouping and planning attacks, officials said.
[HumangleMedia] A terrorist leader claimed he was tired of the hostilities between him and a community in Zamfara, Nigeria, and initiated a meeting for a possible peace deal. However, he abducted 39 community leaders during the meeting, and has now demanded rifles and ₦50 million.
Ensuring submission. How traditional.
SUMMARY
Residents of Magamin Diddi, Zamfara State, Nigeria, have been thrust into turmoil after the abduction of 39 community leaders by terrorist Jammo Smally.
These leaders were negotiating a peace deal with Smally, who had been reaching out for over two months, desiring an end to hostilities.
However, during the meeting, Smally demanded the return of rifles taken by local security volunteers or payment in cash, along with an additional ₦50 million for peace.
This incident is emblematic of a broader crisis in northwestern Nigeria, where communities often pay terrorists under the guise of peace deals, yet attacks continue unabated. The Zamfara State government, adhering to a policy of non-negotiation with terrorists, has initiated a rescue operation for the abducted leaders, deploying operational assets based on available intelligence to ensure their safe return.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Armored vehicles and military machinery belonging to the Saudi-funded ''Emergency'' forces stormed residential neighborhoods in the city of Seiyun, the center of the oil-rich Hadhramaut governorate, to pursue and suppress protesters against the collapse of public services and the deterioration of living and economic conditions.
Local sources reported that the military campaign, which includes elements loyal to Islah Party, raided the neighborhoods to terrorize unarmed citizens and disperse angry protests demanding the provision of electricity, securing basic livelihoods, and the payment of salaries, with no disclosure on the number of detainees.
These measures coincide with growing popular resentment in Seiyun, Mukalla, and Aden cities due to prolonged power outages, amid accusations against the ''Saudi Special Committee'' of managing the crisis to serve American and Israeli interests in the region.
[FoxNews] Demonstrations broke out in several areas on Monday evening amid reports of a city bus being set alight in East Belfast
A man in his 40s was hospitalized with serious injuries after a brutal knife attack in Northern Ireland, as police arrested a Sudanese migrant on suspicion of attempted murder.
The attack happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday in north Belfast, according to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The victim suffered serious injuries to his face, neck, back and eyes, while police said they recovered what they believe was a kitchen knife at the scene.
Video circulating online appeared to show members of the public confronting the attacker, including one person wielding a hurling stick. PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson praised the bystanders as "heroic," saying their intervention helped save the victim’s life, according to the BBC.
Police initially said the suspect was Somali but later corrected that he is believed to be Sudanese, describing the change as part of a "fast-time investigation." Henderson said police understand the suspect came into Northern Ireland from Dublin, Ireland and had been granted leave to remain, though he said the Home Office would provide further clarity on his status.
On Monday evening, protesters burned down a bus as tensions rose in Belfast following the gruesome stabbing, despite earlier calls from authorities for calm.
"At this stage, we have no information to suggest that this was a terrorist-related incident," Henderson said, while stressing that the investigation remains in its early stages. "However, I must stress, we are still at the early stages of our investigation," he said, according to The Sun.
[NYPost] A heroic bystander filmed fighting off a Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese migrant as he tried to behead his victim on the streets of the United Kingdom has been praised, with a fundraiser set up to buy him a drink.Matt McKiernan, 32, has come forward as the man filmed swinging an Irish wooden hurling stick as he defends a stranger during Monday night’s shocking attacks on a street in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Graphic video showed the knifeman, an unidentified Sudanese migrant, pinning his victim to the ground before stabbing him several times.
"He’s trying to cut his head off," a witness screams, as he moves the knife in a sawing motion while holding his fist up.
The Sudanese migrant accused of trying to behead a man on the streets of the UK.
McKiernan was in the car with a friend on the way to a gas station when they came across the horrific sight.
He said his friend was trained in Brazilian jujitsu and approached the pair first to separate them.
"As he got closer, he saw the knife. It looked to be a serrated steak knife but with a broken handle," McKiernan told the Daily Mail.
"The attacker was by now shouting, and he said, ’I’m going to kill him, Wallahi [I swear by Allah], he’s dead.’ And then he stabbed him in the eye," McKiernan continued.
Dramatic video first shared on social media showed a man identified as McKiernan bashing the knifeman in the head with a long wooden stick used for hurling, a traditional Irish sport that has similar elements to lacrosse and field hockey.
"I’d taken my son to hurling practice earlier that evening and so I’d got out of the car, gone to the [trunk] and grabbed his hurling stick. Instinct took over and I ran over and I smashed this guy over the head with the hurling stick. Right on the flat side, about three times. As hard as I could," he said. Next time, use the edge.
With the help of his friend Andre, McKiernan was able to force the knifeman to drop his weapon and back away, before police and armed tactical support arrived on the scene.
A GoFundMe, set up to buy McKiernan "a pint," has already raised more than $9,000.
"I could only bear to watch two or three seconds of the video. I live just 30 minutes away. I just thought this guy deserves something for his bravery, so I just got on it as soon as possible," Niall Donnan, who set up the GoFundMe, told the Metro.
Monday night’s attacker is believed to have traveled from Sudan to Gay Paree and then Gay Paree to Dublin, before taking a bus to Belfast in February 2023, Chief Constable Jon Boutcher of the Police Service of Northern Ireland told a presser Tuesday.
One in the United Kingdom, he immediately claimed asylum and was granted leave to remain in the UK in September 2023, lasting for five years.
He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the horrific attack.
His victim, described as a man in his 40s, was rushed to a nearby hospital in a critical condition with "significan" eye injuries and wounds to his face, neck and back, according to police.
An 18-year-old man has been charged in connection with a Counter Terrorism Policing London investigation into an arson attack on volunteer-led ambulances run by the Jewish community in March. Not just run by them, but bought and paid for, staffed, and supplied and maintained by the Jewish community with their own funds, to benefit their own people and the surrounding community, asking nothing in return except that the surrounding community not destroy the things.
Charges were authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service against Subhan Ahmed [H], (02.03.2008). a British national, from Walthamstow, east London. He was charged on Monday, 8 June with assisting an offender, contrary to section 4 of the Criminal Law Act, 1967. Ahmed has been bailed with strict conditions and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ court on Tuesday, 16 June.
Ahmed is the fifth person to be charged in connection with this incident.
[C] Hamza Iqbal 20 (28.10.05) and [D] Rehan Khan 19 (11.02.07), both British nationals from Leyton, and [E] a 17-year-old boy, a dual British and Pakistani national from Walthamstow and [G] Judex Atshatshi 18 (24.11.07) a British national of Dagenham were all previously charged with committing arson destroying or damaging property being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
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[Regnum] Officers from the Federal Security Service (FSB), together with their colleagues from the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), prevented a terrorist attack at a penal colony in the Ulyanovsk region. The attack was planned by a supporter of an international terrorist organization banned in Russia ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday. This was reported on June 9 by the FSB Public Relations Center.
The agency established that a prisoner born in 1985 planned to kill prison staff during a Muslim holiday celebration. He was motivated by religious hatred and enmity. According to the FSB, he intended to undermine the foundations of traditional Islam through the terrorist attack.
The terrorist attack was thwarted at the planning stage. A criminal case has been opened against the prisoner under articles of the Criminal Code for preparing to commit a terrorist attack.
Earlier, on February 4, the FSB prevented a terrorist attack in a penal colony in Kuban.Timely intelligence revealed the identity of the man who plotted the crime, a Central Asian man born in 1980. Law enforcement officers seized the weapons used in the attack.
The man was arrested while attempting to commit a terrorist attack. The FSB Investigative Department opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 30, Subparagraph "b" of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Preparation to commit a terrorist act").
[NYPost] A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist held hostage by the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... for months in Afghanistan shot a death glare at his captor in Manhattan court Monday — before the terrorist was slapped with a 42-year sentence.
"Hostage taking is a cowardly and cruel crime," said David Rohde, as he stared down ex-Taliban commander Haji Najibullah, who pleaded guilty in April to kidnapping the veteran news hound at gunpoint in Kabul in November 2008 after luring the journalist with the promise of sitting down for an interview.
Manhattan federal prosecutors had pushed for Najibullah to get a life sentence for allegedly abducting Rohde, his interpreter Asadullah Mangal and local news hound Tahir Ludin and ordering them to hike across the border to Pakistain, where they were held hostage through the winter.
The trio’s captors pointed machine guns to their heads while filming chilling hostage videos and demanding a multimillion-dollar ransom from Rohde’s family — along with the release of Taliban prisoners — in exchange for their freedom, prosecutors said.
"If you don’t help me, I will die," Rohde — who had been employed by the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... when he was kidnapped — said in one harrowing 2009 video cited by the feds.
Prosecutors also accused Najibullah of playing a role in a slew of Taliban attacks, including the June 2008 ambush of a US convoy that killed three American soldiers and their Afghan interpreter.
"He reveled in the assassinations of American service members," prosecutor David Robles said Tuesday, calling Najibullah’s conduct "callous, brazen and depraved."
After seven months and 10 days in captivity, Rohde and Ludin daringly escaped after using a rope to lift themselves out of the Taliban compound as their tormentors slept, Rohde wrote in his 2010 book, "A Rope and a Prayer: The Story of a Kidnapping." Mangal escaped five weeks later.
Wearing a tan jail-issued jumpsuit, Najibullah gave a soft-spoken attempt at an apology to Rohde and his family Tuesday afternoon, as he read from a prepared statement.
"What happened to him was terrible, and I deeply regret my role in it," he told the court through an interpreter.
Najibullah, who has been held without bail since his arrest in October 2020, also claimed that the US war on Afghanistan had left him "no choice" but to become a Taliban member.
Other Taliban forces of Evil were furious that he had allowed Rohde to escape, and later killed Najibullah’s brother as punishment, he added.
His court-appointed federal defender, Andrew Dalack, had urged Judge Katherine Folk Failla for leniency, asking for an 18-year prison sentence for someone he denied was the "monster" portrayed by the feds.
"He’s a human being with a complicated story," Dalack told the court.
The government has also not provided direct evidence that Najibullah was behind the fatal 2008 attack cited by prosecutors, the attorney argued.
As he addressed the court, Rohde began to choke up as he ripped Najibullah for being a serial "liar."
First, the terrorist lied about the 2008 purported interview-turned-kidnapping, he said.
Rohde, who is now a national security news hound at MS NOW, then described the terrorist falsely claiming to fellow Taliban members that Rohde was a US "spy" rather than reveal the truth — that he was a journalist who had simply wanted to hear his story.
"I couldn’t be prouder of being part of this profession," Rohde told the court, holding back tears.
[SDUT] A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers.
Haji Najibullah’s sentencing capped a daylong proceeding in Manhattan federal court that featured a dramatic few moments when the reporter, David Rohde, faced Najibullah and described how Najibullah took part in the abduction of him and two other men in 2008 in Afghanistan but was now "refusing to take responsibility as I look at him today."
Rohde, who is MSNOW’s national security reporter and previously worked for The New York Times and other publications, told Judge Katherine Polk Failla that he was "surprised and disappointed" that Najibullah was trying to blame others and circumstances for his role in the kidnapping of Rohde, another journalist and a driver.
The men were held for more than seven months before making a dramatic escape from a Taliban-controlled compound in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
In April 2025, Najibullah pleaded guilty to providing material support for acts of terrorism and conspiring to take hostages.
The bearded Najibullah, 50, who wore a black skull cap in court Tuesday, admitted that he provided material support including weapons to the Taliban from 2007 to 2009, knowing it would be used to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
Speaking through an interpreter, Najibullah apologized to Rohde and his family, saying "what happened to him was terrible, and I deeply regret my role in it."
Standing at a lectern just feet from Najibullah, Rohde said it was Najibullah’s lies that led him to go to what he thought was an interview but what turned into an ambush.
"Hostage taking is a cruel and cowardly crime. Family members spend weeks and months thinking they have the power to save their loved one’s life," Rohde said, noting it’s "an illusion" because families lack the leverage and vast sums needed to meet ransom demands.
Still, Rohde said, the pain he and those who know him have suffered is dwarfed by the deaths of three U.S. soldiers who were killed by Najibullah’s cohorts in a separate operation.
Three times, he named the soldiers as he spoke, becoming emotional about their deaths, the pain his family endured and his love for journalism.
In a statement afterward, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the case proves that "those who harm Americans and engage in acts of terrorism will be hunted down and brought to justice, no matter how long it takes."
As she announced the sentence, the judge praised Rohde for the work that he and his wife have done on behalf of the families of others who were kidnapped.
She said she stopped short of giving Najibullah the life prison sentence that federal sentencing guidelines called for because he had pleaded guilty, sparing more trauma for his victims, and because he was subjected to harsh prison conditions for six years, including during the pandemic.
But she rejected most of the arguments for leniency made by his defense lawyer, who requested an 18-year prison term for his client as he portrayed him as doing what was necessary to protect his homeland during war.
She said fighters under his control attacked a convoy of soldiers, killing three of them.
"I don’t think he needed to pull the trigger, to decapitate a body, to be responsible for what happened," Failla said.
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[IsraelTimes] Police, Shin Bet say suspect in his 30s had been in contact with Iranian agent for five months before his arrest in May; indictment expected in coming days
Prosecutors are planning to charge a man from Bat Yam with serious security offenses after he allegedly carried out tasks for Iranian intelligence agents, the Shin Bet and police announced Monday.
A prosecutor’s declaration was filed against the suspect, the agencies said in a statement released amid renewed hostilities with Iran. An indictment is expected in the coming days.
Investigators believe the suspect, a man in his 30s, maintained online contact with an Iranian agent for five months, from the start of the year until his arrest in May. He allegedly agreed to carry out security-related tasks at the agent’s behest in exchange for money.
The agencies did not elaborate on the nature of the offenses.
The investigation into the alleged offenses was conducted jointly by the Shin Bet and police in the Ayalon Precinct crime-fighting unit.
"The Israel Police and the Shin Bet once again warn the citizens and residents of the State of Israel against maintaining contact with foreign actors or carrying out tasks on their behalf. Such actions constitute serious criminal offenses and pose a direct threat to national security," the agencies said.
The man is the latest Israeli to face security charges for allegedly maintaining contact with an Iran-linked agent, part of Tehran’s efforts to recruit ordinary citizens through social media as spies, promising them financial compensation.
The Israeli Air Force bombed the main headquarters of Hamas's naval police in the Gaza Strip earlier this week, the military announces.
According to the IDF, the airstrike on Sunday in the Khan Younis area killed several terror operatives, including Ismail al-Lahham, a cell… pic.twitter.com/mrMGSUh66n
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 9, 2026
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The Israeli Air Force bombed the main headquarters of Hamas's naval police in the Gaza Strip earlier this week, the military announces.
According to the IDF, the airstrike on Sunday in the Khan Younis area killed several terror operatives, including Ismail al-Lahham, a cell commander in Hamas's military wing.
The military says Hamas's naval police "operates under the authority of Hamas’s military wing, and works to advance, direct, and carry out terror attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel."
"At the headquarters that was struck, Hamas conducted rehabilitation and force-building efforts, in violation of the ceasefire agreement and while exploiting infrastructure presented as civilian," the IDF says.
#4
Good FINISH IT. Murdered 242 marines call for disproportionate justice
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#5
As long as both sides agree not to hit the desalinization plants the gloves are on. Hitting the two water reservoirs in Sirik yesterday was getting edgy.
#6
I hope that he's been using all this time to map all this under ground tunnels. They all come put somewhere (SAT), have radar (ELINT), and comms (SIGINT).
#7
Ref # 4 - never forget Marine Lt. Col W. R. Higgins, kidnapped in Beirut and hung after months of torture, and CIA Station Chief William F. Buckley, tortured for 15 months and then videotaped to display the tragic remnants before he then died in captivity.
#8
/\ Thankyou Nomo. I can tell you, contrary to what was said in the media, there was a substantial effort undertaken by the US intelligence community, albeit failed, to locate and rescue Lt. Col Higgins. I cannot speak to the effort put forth for the other fellow.
🌲 - ‼️🇮🇱🇱🇧✝️ Israeli army issues an urgent evacuation warning for Tyre, specifically including the city’s Christian quarter, nearby camps, and surrounding neighborhoods.
The Israeli army says Hezbollah activity inside the Christian quarter will be targeted in the near term,… pic.twitter.com/n5KR0BnEaY
[IsraelTimes] Attacker infiltrates Israeli territory, doesn’t cross into civilian area; none wounded, residents of border communities told to stay inside; IDF warns Tyre residents to flee ahead of deadly strikes
A gunman from Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?... opened fire on Israeli troops at the border on Tuesday afternoon before they shot him dead, according to the Israel Defense Forces. No soldiers were maimed.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his shoulder. Ow! he exclaimed, with feeling...... Israeli strikes killed eight people in Tyre after the military issued its first-ever call for residents to flee the entire coastal city and environs, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
Following the gunman’s rare infiltration in northern Israel, the IDF said troops were scanning near the Lebanon border area for additional possible attackers. The Israeli Air Force dispatched a drone to help with the searches, according to the military.
The IDF also sealed off a nearby highway and instructed residents of the Galilee Panhandle border communities of Misgav Am, Margaliot and Manara to stay home until further notice.
Later Tuesday, the IDF ruled out the presence of a second attacker and gave residents the all-clear to leave their homes.
A preliminary investigation by the military found that while the gunman was in Israeli territory, he never crossed into civilian areas. His body was found inside an abandoned army post in a military zone on the frontier, adjacent to the border fence, several meters inside Israeli territory.
According to the probe, at around 1:30 p.m., a soldier responsible for logistical transport arrived at the border near Margaliot after the military received a report of a fire.
The soldier identified a suspicious figure in military uniform and dispatched troops to the scene. They arrived within a few minutes and then heard gunfire in their direction.
The soldiers returned fire at the source, which killed the gunman, the investigation found.
According to the military’s probe, the incident took place in a military zone inside Israeli territory, around 1,200 meters from Margaliot.
The gunman was found to be wearing a military uniform, and he was armed with a knife and a handgun. So far, the IDF has not been able to determine whether the gunman was affiliated with Hezbollah or another terror group.
At 5:50 p.m., the IDF declared "all-clear" in the area, after ruling out any additional threats.
The preliminary investigation was conducted by IDF commanders at the scene shortly after the incident, and on Tuesday evening, the chief of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo completed a more complete debrief.
The incident is expected also to be investigated by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.
No terror operatives had infiltrated Israel from Lebanon since January 2024, when three operatives crossed the border in the Mount Dov area — where there is no border fence — and were killed in a shootout that left five Israeli soldiers maimed.
There had also been several incidents of button men infiltrating Israel from Lebanon at the start of the conflict that Hezbollah initiated one day after its ally Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... stormed Israel’s south on October 7, 2023, sparking the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... TYRE EVACUATION ORDER INCLUDES CHRISTIAN QUARTER FOR FIRST TIME
The IDF on Tuesday morning called on residents of Tyre and its outskirts to flee north of the Zahrani River.
Issuing the warning, army front man Col. Avichay Adraee stressed that it included Tyre’s Christian quarter, which had been spared such orders until now.
The IDF asserted last week that dozens of Hezbollah operatives were hiding in the Christian quarter, and threatened that it would "issue instructions to evacuate" and take "necessary actions" against the operatives if they remained.
Adraee followed up Tuesday with an "urgent warning to the residents of the city of Tyre, including the Christian quarter, and the camps and neighborhoods surrounding it."
"As we warned in recent days, following Hezbollah operatives’ activities within the city’s Christian quarter, the IDF will be compelled to act against their terror activities in the neighborhood in the near term," Adraee said.
"Your presence near Hezbollah operatives, facilities, or weapons puts your lives at risk. Any building used by Hezbollah for military purposes may be subject to targeting," he added.
IDF STRIKES IN TYRE AND NABATIEH SAID TO KILL AT LEAST 12
Israel’s subsequent strikes in Tyre killed at least eight people and maimed 32, the Lebanese health ministry said, noting the toll was provisional.
Lebanon’s state-run National News agency reported the first retrieval of a body in Tyre shortly past 10 a.m., roughly half an hour after Adraee posted the evacuation warning online.
Separately, NNA reported four people, including a 16-year-old, killed Tuesday morning in Israeli strikes on the area of Nabatieh, which lies farther inland from Tyre in south Lebanon, and was not included in the evacuation warning.
The strikes came a day after a spate of fighting between Israel and Iran, Hezbollah’s backer, which on Sunday night fired missiles at Israel for the first time in two months.
The bout of violence ended within about 12 hours, amid US pressure, 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... vowing to respond to further Israeli "aggression" in Lebanon, and Israel resolved to keep up operations against Hezbollah.
Iran renewed its attacks on Israel after the IDF struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut, despite a Lebanon ceasefire agreement that the US announced last week.
HEZBOLLAH URGES BEIRUT TO MEND TIES WITH TEHRAN
Hezbollah, which has assailed the Lebanese government for negotiating directly with Israel, rejected that agreement, triggering calls from Lebanon’s president and prime minister for Tehran to stop interfering in Beirut’s affairs.
On Tuesday, Hezbollah urged Beirut to mend its ties with Tehran and benefit from its support.
"We call on the Lebanese authorities to seize the opportunity available and correct their official relationship with the Islamic Theocratic Republic in a way that serves the interest of both states," a Hezbollah statement said.
Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the wider regional conflict on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...> at the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign on Iran on February 28, which aimed to put an end to the threat of the Iranian regime’s nuclear program.
While the Iran conflict entered a truce on April 8, Pak-backed negotiations have failed to secure a full end to hostilities, with Iran insisting any agreement must include a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal left on Saturday to meet his powerful Pak counterpart Asim Munir, with a Lebanon-based source telling AFP the visit was linked to the broader peace talks.
The two military commanders discussed "matters of mutual interest, (the) evolving regional security environment, defense cooperation and prospects for enhancing bilateral military relations," said a statement Tuesday from the media wing of the Pak military.
Munir "underscored (the) Pakistain Army’s commitment to expanding defense collaboration with the Lebanese Armed Forces," the statement said, after Haykal received an honor guard ahead of the meeting in the city of Rawalpindi.
#OSINT At 02:34 UTC on 8 June 2026, @BashaReport tracked PRIMAL25 a @centcom Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter (Hex AE5D7E, Registration 16-20884) departing from Zayed Military City in Abu Dhabi. The aircraft remained airborne until 04:45:50 UTC, conducting repeated circular… pic.twitter.com/xRVYWJlRE2
#OSINT At 02:34 UTC on 8 June 2026,
@BashaReport tracked PRIMAL25 a @centcom Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter (Hex AE5D7E, Registration 16-20884) departing from Zayed Military City in Abu Dhabi.
The aircraft remained airborne until 04:45:50 UTC, conducting repeated circular flight patterns around Khasab on Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, close to the Strait of Hormuz. Flight data from @flightradar24 and n@ADSBex showed the helicopter flying at low altitude and moderate speed while broadcasting ADS-B signals under squawk code 6020.
More at the link Trump: Iran shot down Apache helicopter over Strait of Hormuz, US must respond Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] An American Apache helicopter was shot down by Iranian forces over the Strait of Hormuz, and the United States will respond. US President Donald Trump announced this on June 9.
According to the White House chief, he received information about the incident from the military command. Trump noted that the helicopter was on a routine patrol when it was attacked last night.
"Both pilots are unharmed and safe. However, the United States will be forced to respond to this attack," the American leader wrote on the social network TruthSocial.
A U.S. Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on June 8. According to The New York Times, the Apaches were used by the U.S. military during a campaign to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz.
The US military early Wednesday carried out strikes in Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... following the downing of a US Apache helicopter, which President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... accused Iran of shooting down and vowed retaliation, casting doubt on his previous claims that Washington and Tehran were on the verge of reaching an agreement to permanently end the fighting.
US Central Command described the "self-defense strikes against Iran" as "a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression. CENTCOM later announced it had completed the strikes, saying they hit Iranian air defense, ground control stations and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz.
"US forces remain vigilant and postured to defend against unjustified Iranian aggression," said a CENTCOM statement.
In response, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it attacked the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain with drones, warning of "a more severe response" if what it describes as US "aggression" continues. It later announced additional attacks on US bases in Kuwait and Jordan, with the latter targeting F-35 fighter jet hangars and a command-and-control center. Jordanian armed forces said they intercepted and shot down five missiles, while Kuwait said its air defenses were engaging "hostile aerial targets."
"The warmongering US regime attacked several points in Jask, Sirik and Qeshm early this morning under false pretexts, damaging a telecommunications mast in Sirik and destroying two water tanks in the city," the IRGC said in a statement quoted by Iranian media.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also threatened the US: "Our powerful armed forces will leave no attack or threat unanswered."
"Leave our region if you want to be safe," he wrote on X. "History of the Persian Gulf has many chapters on dire fates of intruding outsiders."
Trump initially downplayed the incident during a phone interview with Wall Street Journal, saying the downing of the helicopter "wasn’t a big deal" and that "the pilot is fine." The newspaper said Trump was later convinced by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine to retaliate.
"I have just been informed by our great military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured.
"Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack," he continued, without elaborating on what the response could look like.
The development came just a day after the US restored a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, although both countries hinted on Tuesday at the possibility of further military action down the road, if deemed necessary.
The US response to the downing of the helicopter could harm efforts to achieve that deal, which Trump for weeks has claimed is on the verge of being signed despite little to no outward signs of progress having been made.
The fact that Trump telegraphed Washington’s plans to respond to Iran indicated, however, that he was still trying to prevent the talks from collapsing completely.
“CENTCOM forces struck Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz with precision munitions from U.S. Air Force and Navy fighter jets,” the office specified, emphasizing that the attack was a “proportional response” to both the helicopter attacks and Iran’s consistent disruption of global commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Reports indicated that the American strikes targeted Sirik, a town on the Strait of Hormuz, and military sites on Qeshm Island.
Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, published an equally infuriated and dismissive response to the strikes which targeted what remains of the devastated Iranian military. Araghchi cited American “defeats of the battlefield,” without specifying what events he was classifying as “events,” and suggested more American military deaths.
“Our Powerful Armed Forces will leave no attack or threat unanswered,” Araghchi wrote on social media. “Leave our region if you want to be safe.”
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