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There's a place in Texas on US285 between Amarillo and Wichita Falls called Acme. All that's visible from the highway is a HUGE fertilizer plant. I always wondered, every time I passed it, if it was actually the clandestine center of production of ACME products for Wilie. 8^)
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Getting back to today's pic, the sad thing is that the photo IS from the swimsuit contest.
[BB] Amidst the turmoil surrounding the shooting of a Mexican national in Houston earlier this month, officers of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) branch continue to arrest and remove criminal aliens from the streets of the Bayou City. From July 1-15, ERO officers arrested nearly 260 criminal aliens. The arrests include illegal aliens with convictions for sex offenses, child sex offenses, aggravated assaults, burglary, robbery, theft, drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex trafficking, and other crimes that put the public in danger.
ICE officials revealed to Breitbart Texas that Houston ERO officers arrested 259 criminal aliens in the Houston Metropolitan Area during the first two weeks of July. Those arrested included dangerous gang members, including members of MS-13, Surenos-13, Tango Blast, Paisas, Southwest Cholos, Brown Pride Locos, Mara-18, and the Tiny Boys. Officials noted the 259 criminal aliens entered the U.S. illegally a total of 535 times (as a group). They had a combined total of 642 arrests. These included more than 400 offenses that “either harmed Americans/residents or endangered public safety.”
ICE officials revealed to Breitbart Texas that Houston ERO officers arrested 259 criminal aliens in the Houston Metropolitan Area during the first two weeks of July. Those arrested included dangerous gang members, including members of MS-13, Surenos-13, Tango Blast, Paisas, Southwest Cholos, Brown Pride Locos, Mara-18, and the Tiny Boys.
ICE officials told Breitbart that the 642 criminal convictions included charges of:
11 total sex offenses
4 child sex offenses
70 aggravated assault, assault, or battery convictions
77 burglary, robbery, or theft convictions
11 drug trafficking convictions
1 kidnapping conviction
3 sex trafficking convictions
10 hit-and-run convictions
20 convictions for weapons-related offenses
56 convictions for resisting arrest, fleeing from law enforcement, escape, or obstructing law enforcement
5 making terroristic threats convictions
130 DWI convictions including
6 hit-and-run DWIs
3 aliens convicted of 4 DWIs
7 aliens convicted of 3 DWIs
12 aliens convicted of 2 DWIs
10 trespassing convictions
11 alien smuggling convictions
13 domestic violence convictions
19 forgery, fraud convictions
41 possession of a controlled substance convictions
ICE officials said a sample of the significant public safety threats arrested by ICE Houston during the first half of July were:
Cesar Arain Villalobos Villagomez, a 37-year-old criminal illegal alien and foreign fugitive, who is wanted in his home country of Mexico for aggravated kidnapping.
Neri Farid Calix Ardon, a 31-year-old previously deported criminal illegal alien from Honduras, who has been convicted of sexual assault of a child and illegal reentry.
Kevin Salvador Madrid Ochoa, a 27-year-old criminal illegal alien from Honduras, who has been convicted of online solicitation of a minor.
Denis Roberto Hernandez Castaneda, a 37-year-old previously deported criminal illegal alien from Honduras, who has been convicted of statutory rape, inflicting corporal injury to his wife, possession of a controlled substance, minor in possession of alcohol, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, and was recently arrested for providing false ID to law enforcement and criminal trespass.
Raymundo Toledo Flores, a 47-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, who has illegally entered the U.S. 9 times and been convicted five times for theft, at least four times for DWI, three times for illegal entry, and once each for assault causing bodily injury, hit-and-run, possession of a controlled substance, felony bail jumping/failure to appear, illegal reentry, criminal mischief, and evading arrest.
Kiet Anh Nguyen, a 53-year-old criminal illegal alien from Vietnam, who has been convicted three times for burglary of a vehicle, twice each for burglary of a building and providing false ID to law enforcement, eight times for theft related offenses, six times for driving without a license, and once each for evading arrest, receiving a stolen check, possession of a prohibited weapon, drug possession and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
Miguel Galicia, a 46-year-old twice-deported criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, who has been convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14, assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting corporal injury to a spouse, and illegal reentry.
Despite the sharp public scrutiny following recent high-profile events in Houston, these operations underscore ERO’s stated mission: removing violent, repeat offenders from local communities. By taking hundreds of high-risk individuals and gang members off the streets in just two weeks, federal agents emphasize that targeted enforcement remains a critical front line in safeguarding public safety across the Houston metro area.
[TWZ] Allied rotorcraft employed at least four different missile types against retired warships during the massive Pacific exercise.
Helicopters played a major role in this year’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) sinking exercise (SINKEX), with at least three allied rotorcraft types employing weapons against retired U.S. Navy vessels. U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters fired Spike NLOS (Spike Non-Line of Sight) missiles at the guided missile cruiser ex-USS Mobile Bay, a Royal New Zealand Navy SH-2G(I) Seasprite struck the amphibious assault ship ex-USS Peleliu with an AGM-119 Penguin missile, a Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk launched an AGM-114N Hellfire missile against a target ship, and an Italian Navy SH-101 helicopter launched a Marte anti-ship missile.
Collectively, the engagements underscored how helicopters are emerging as key contributors to distributed maritime strike, complementing fighters, warships, submarines, and land-based missile batteries with precision-guided anti-ship weapons.
The Apache strike, conducted July 11, saw AH-64s assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, Multi-Domain Command–Pacific engage the former Ticonderoga-class cruiser ex-USS Mobile Bay during the live-fire SINKEX. The Army’s previous demonstration of an Apache destroying a much smaller boat with a Spike NLOS was something TWZ was first to report, but employing the weapon against a full-sized cruiser during the world’s premier maritime exercise marks another significant milestone in the service’s expanding maritime mission.
The SAF's Alliance With Brotherhood Networks Has Turned Sudan Into a Sanctions Target
The Sudanese Armed Forces present themselves as the last institutional defense of the state. In practice, their continued partnership with Muslim Brotherhood-linked networks has produced a… pic.twitter.com/jBRsuJ2geK
The SAF's Alliance With Brotherhood Networks Has Turned Sudan Into a Sanctions Target
The Sudanese Armed Forces present themselves as the last institutional defense of the state. In practice, their continued partnership with Muslim Brotherhood-linked networks has produced a measurable record of international isolation.
The last thirty days simply added new layers to an existing pattern.
In late June the United States sanctioned procurement and recruitment networks that sustained SAF military operations. Weeks later, Washington imposed a second round of measures under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act.
These included opposition to multilateral development bank assistance, broad export restrictions, and a ban on Sudanese state-owned airlines using American airspace. The determination rests on a formal US finding that the Sudanese government used chemical weapons in 2024.
The practical effect is restricted access to financing and aviation for the authorities in Port Sudan.
These penalties didn't appear in isolation. They sit on top of the March 2026 designation of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood, operating through the Sudanese Islamic Movement and its armed wing, the al-Baraa bin Malik Brigade, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity and Foreign Terrorist Organization.
US statements cited the contribution of more than twenty thousand fighters to the war effort, many with reported training and support from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They also documented patterns of mass executions of civilians.
The designation remains operational. Through June and July it continued to shape Quad discussions, which have repeatedly conditioned any political process on the exclusion of these networks. Islamist leaders responded by convening coordination meetings in Turkey to manage the fallout and their relationship with the military command. Like Somalia, it seems it might be a global benefit to scrub Sudan clean and start over More at the link
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#UPDATE: Heavy Fighting Erupts Today Between Somali Government Forces and Al-Shabaab Near Hudur
Heavy fighting broke out today around midday on the outskirts of Hudur district in Somalia’s Bakool region, as troops from the Somali National Army (SNA) exchanged gunfire with… pic.twitter.com/Qj7Sm8vlhE
#UPDATE: Heavy Fighting Erupts Today Between Somali Government Forces and Al-Shabaab Near Hudur
Heavy fighting broke out today around midday on the outskirts of Hudur district in Somalia’s Bakool region, as troops from the Somali National Army (SNA) exchanged gunfire with Al-Shabaab militants, according to local residents.
Witnesses told local media that intense clashes were underway in areas surrounding Hudur, with heavy gunfire heard from several directions.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Mandera, Kenya: Al-Shabaab Launches Second Attack in a Week on Kenyan Military Base
Al-Shabaab militants launched a heavy overnight assault on a Kenyan military camp in the Dhamase area of Lafey sub-county, Mandera County, marking the second attack on Kenyan security forces in…
Mandera, Kenya: Al-Shabaab Launches Second Attack in a Week on Kenyan Military Base
Al-Shabaab militants launched a heavy overnight assault on a Kenyan military camp in the Dhamase area of Lafey sub-county, Mandera County, marking the second attack on Kenyan security forces in the area within a week.
According to local reports, the militants attacked the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) position late Saturday night, triggering an intense exchange of gunfire involving various types of weapons. The fighting lasted for some time, although the full extent of casualties or damage has not yet been confirmed by Kenyan authorities.
Le JNIM affirme avoir visé ce matin, 26 juillet 2026, un convoi de l'armée malienne et de l'Africa Corps par une salve de mortiers entre Hombori et Wami, dans la région de Mopti.
JNIM claims to have targeted this morning, July 26, 2026, a convoy of the Malian army and the Africa Corps with a barrage of mortars between Hombori and Wami, in the Mopti region.
This is the third assault claimed by the group on this axis. Meanwhile, local sources report a fourth attack carried out by a kamikaze drone.
OPFY Troops Target Dogo Gide, Najaja, Two Other Terrorist Kingpins in Major Zamfara Offensive
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Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have launched a major offensive targeting four notorious terrorist kingpins Dogo Gide, Najaja,… pic.twitter.com/KqV6hKtyDE
OPFY Troops Target Dogo Gide, Najaja, Two Other Terrorist Kingpins in Major Zamfara Offensive
By Zagazola Makama
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have launched a major offensive targeting four notorious terrorist kingpins Dogo Gide, Najaja, Nasanda and Buba Oris disrupting a planned mass movement of armed fighters and neutralising scores of terrorists during coordinated air and ground operations in Zamfara State.
Military sources told Zagazola Makama that the operation was triggered by credible intelligence received on July 25, indicating that hundreds of armed terrorists had assembled along the Bayarzaki Riverline in Anka Local Government Area under the command of the four terrorist leaders.
According to the sources, the terrorists were believed to be preparing for coordinated operations across parts of Zamfara and neighbouring areas when the intelligence was received.
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[Regnum] US military personnel boarded a tanker in the Arabian Sea for an inspection. The country's Central Command reported this on July 26.
"US forces have completed a test boarding of the Comoros-flagged tanker M/T Charminar in the Arabian Sea, and the tanker is now continuing its journey," the department noted on social media.
Since the start of the naval blockade of Iran, US forces have redirected 12 commercial vessels, disabled two ships that refused to comply, and boarded two more.
Earlier, the US attacked a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the Gulf of Oman, killing two crew members. US forces fired two missiles at the tanker, which was heading toward Iranian territorial waters from the Gulf of Oman. A source told the channel that the US military struck the vessel after mistakenly assuming it was carrying Iranian gas.
Tensions in the Middle East escalated three weeks after the US and Iran signed a memorandum ending the conflict. In early July, the US announced the end of the ceasefire and resumed attacks on Iran. Washington also announced the resumption of a naval blockade of Iranian ports. The IRGC began launching retaliatory strikes against US targets in the Middle East.
Houthi military media via @TvAlmasirah has released footage that it claims shows the shootdown of a suspected @modgovksa Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle over Yemen’s Al Jawf Governorate. The video appears to show the aircraft spinning… pic.twitter.com/RYaQpzQgk2
Houthi military media via @TvAlmasirah has released footage that it claims shows the shootdown of a suspected @modgovksa Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle over Yemen’s Al Jawf Governorate. The video appears to show the aircraft spinning out of control after being hit, reportedly by anti aircraft fire or a surface to air missile, before descending from the sky.
The Bayraktar @BaykarTech Akıncı is a Turkish built multirole high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) developed by Baykar. It entered service with the Turkish Armed Forces in 2021 and is designed for long range reconnaissance and strike missions. The drone has a maximum takeoff weight of 6 tons, can carry more than 1,500 kg of payload, and is equipped with advanced sensors, electronic warfare systems, satellite communications, and radar.
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[Regnum] Police killed a man suspected of running over people in central Berlin during a special operation.
Abdul Ballut, 21, a German citizen of Lebanese immigrant parents who desperately wanted to do jihad for ISIS.
Law enforcement officials reported this on Sunday, July 26.
The suspect was discovered in the Spandau district on the property of a gardening community around 6:00 PM local time (7:00 PM Moscow time). According to preliminary reports, he approached police officers holding a bladed weapon. In response, security forces opened fire.
"Despite immediate resuscitation efforts by the Berlin Fire Department, the man died at the scene," law enforcement officials said in a statement on social media.
Police representatives added that the criminal investigation is ongoing. The agency plans to regularly update the Prosecutor General's Office on the investigation's progress.
The incident occurred on July 25 near the Tiergarten park. The driver of a white van struck several people, crashed into a tree, and then fled. According to the latest reports, a woman died in the incident, and 16 others were injured.
Speaking to Germany's public broadcaster ARD, Dobrindt said "additional measures" were underway but added, "we do not believe there is any further danger."
Earlier, a police spokesman at the scene where the suspect was shot dead said authorities were "not currently looking for others."
However, Dobrindt said investigators continue to examine whether others may have been involved.
Dobrindt said authorities have identified another person, but evidence has not substantiated any connection so far. The investigation remains ongoing.
He noted that typically such attacks are carried out by lone perpetrators.
The department functions as the Interior Ministry for the city-state of Berlin.
Berlin police also confirmed the operation, saying that they had localized the suspect at a garden allotment in Spandau on the western outskirts of the city around 6 p.m. local time (1600 UTC).
Berlin police shot at the suspect after he charged at officers while armed with a stabbing weapon, according to the statement.
He was then subject to resuscitation efforts by firefighters but died of his wounds at the scene.
Van ramming suspect tried to join 'Islamic State' group — prosecutors
Judicial authorities confirmed earlier media reports that the suspect in the Saturday van ramming in Berlin had made multiple failed attempts to leave Germany and join the "Islamic State" (IS) militant group.
The suspect had initially attempted to travel to Mauritania through Turkey, but ultimately traveled from Turkey to Lebanon in an attempt to make his way to Syria to join IS, the public prosecutor general's office of the city-state of Berlin said.
According to the statement, he then made contact with multiple individuals in Lebanon that he believed were members of IS.
The suspect was sentenced to three months in prison by a Lebanese military court for "inciting religious and confessional conflict," among other things. He returned to Germany in November 2025 after the end of his prison term and was again arrested at Berlin International Airport.
The suspect then spent months in pre-trial detention in Germany.
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The State Department also issued travel advisories for France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. All four have been given a “Level 2-Exercise increased caution” designation since May 2025, warning about various risks including terrorism and unrest.
"But I would also like to address a very personal message to the queer community.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is not just an attack like the one last night that threatens our freedom. Intolerance, exclusion, discrimination, thoughtless remarks, and bad jokes are already part of this kind of violence—not just what we experienced last night, and what you were forced to endure."
IOW Charlie Hebdo was just as violent as the totalitarian Muslims because of bad jokes.
[IsraelTimes] Toronto police said Sunday that they were investigating a weekend shooting at a Jewish-owned bakery in the city as a potential hate crime.
A branch of Kiva’s Bagel Bar was targeted by gunfire overnight between Saturday and Sunday, and another branch elsewhere in Toronto had its windows smashed.
There were no injuries in either incident.
In a statement, the Toronto Police confirmed that the hate crime unit and gun and gang task force were investigating the incidents, and examining whether they were connected to one another.
In a presser covered, a police representative acknowledged that the incidents were "concerning" for "members of the Jewish community" in the area, and said that there would be increased police presence in the area as the investigation proceeds.
Police in Toronto last month said that hired button men appeared to be targeting Jewish sites in the city.
Gunfire and arson attacks have repeatedly hit synagogues and other Jewish sites in Toronto and other Canadian cities, without causing any fatalities.
By May 2026, Canada’s Jewish community had experienced more violent mostly peaceful antisemitic attacks than all of last year, putting it on track to be the most violent mostly peaceful year for the Jewish community in recent memory.
The 400,000-strong Canadian Jewish community has been among the hardest hit by antisemitism since the Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... terror group launched its war against Israel on October 7, 2023.
Since the Hamas rampage in Israel, a Toronto Jewish girls’ school was hit with gunfire in overnight shootings three times, two Jewish institutions in Montreal were hit by Molotov cocktailings, three men attempted to kidnap Jewish women, antisemitic graffiti was daubed on three synagogues in Nova Scotia, and a Jewish man in Montreal was beaten in front of his children.
[IsraelTimes] A Hamas unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) unit commander was killed in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza Strip yesterday, the military announces.
The strike killed Hamam Eid, who headed a UAV cell in Hamas’s military wing. The IDF says he was tasked with the production of UAVs intended to be used in attacks on troops and Israeli civilians.
Previously, Eid headed a drone cell in central Gaza, and participated in attacks on Israeli forces, the military says.
“Recently, Eid attempted to restore the aerial capabilities of the Hamas terror organization, in violation of the ceasefire agreement,” the IDF adds.
The IDF publishes a photo of Eid, which it says was found by troops during operations in the Strip.
IDF says Hamas UAV commander killed in Gaza strike on Saturday
צה"ל חיסל את מפקד חוליית הכטב"מים של ארגון הטרור חמאס במחנות המרכז
צה"ל תקף במרכז רצועת עזה אתמול, וחיסל את המחבל המאם עיד, מפקד חוליית הכטב"מים בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס במחנות המרכז.
במסגרת תפקידו, עיד היה אחראי על ייצור הכטב״מים שנועדו לפגיעה באזרחי מדינת ישראל וכוחות… pic.twitter.com/voEECOSCcV
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IDF Eliminates Commander of Hamas Terror Organization's Drone Unit in Central Camps
The IDF struck in the center of the Gaza Strip yesterday, eliminating the terrorist Eid, commander of the drone unit in the military wing of the Hamas terror organization in the central camps.
As part of his role, Eid was responsible for producing drones intended to strike Israeli civilians and IDF forces.
Eid previously served as commander of the drone unit in the central camps and took part in terror attacks carried out against IDF forces in the aerial arena.
In recent times, Eid attempted to operate to rebuild the air array of the Hamas terror organization, in violation of the ceasefire agreement.
IDF forces under Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any threat.
[DM] Tehran has condemned Ukraine for carrying out the strike on what it claims was a commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, adding that the explosion killed one sailor and injured another.
After Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the attack, adding that the Iranian vessel was being used to transport Russian 'military cargo', Iran's foreign minister weighed in.
In a post to X, Abbas Araghchi tonight said: 'Zelensky has attacked an Iranian commercial vessel, killing a sailor.
'A blatant UN Charter violation done at Israel's behest to drag Europe into its war. In calls with EU High Rep [sic] [Kaja] Kallas and [Russian] FM [Sergei] Lavrov, made clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED.'
Tehran decried the attack on its vessel as an act of aggression and said it would defend its national interests and security, while accusing Kyiv of seeking to expand the war in Ukraine.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine's chargé d'affaires in Tehran to convey its protest over what it described as a 'hostile and criminal' attack.
But shortly after Tehran's statement last night, Zelensky said that Kyiv had noted Russia was passing on its satellite observations in the Middle East to Iran to enable it to direct strikes in the region amid its war with the US and its Gulf allies.
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[Rudaw] An oil tanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday after striking a sea mine amid warnings regarding deviation from Iran-designated routes, according to Iran state media, in the latest escalation in the strategic waterway with the United States.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported that "a violating oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, which had deviated from the route designated by Iran, exploded after striking a sea mine."
The agency added that "the Islamic Republic of Iran had previously warned multiple times that if ships deviate from Iran's announced routes, they will be responsible for the consequences."
The report did not identify the tanker or provide details on casualties or damage.
The incident comes hours after US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had redirected 12 commercial vessels, disabled two ships and boarded two others as part of what it described as efforts to "ensure total compliance" with its renewed maritime blockade on Iran.
In a statement, CENTCOM said US forces had completed "a verification boarding" of the Comoros-flagged tanker M/T Charminar in the Arabian Sea before allowing it to continue its voyage.
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#1
no reliable confirmation of this
was it serving an Iran port
what was name of ship and what was flagging
was it carrying oil or on the way to get some
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
