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[Regnum] In the US state of Louisiana, sheriff's officers seized one of the largest amounts of methamphetamine in the region's history—approximately 358 kg—from a Russian citizen during a highway search. The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported this on August 12 on its Facebook page (owned by Meta, a company designated as extremist and banned in Russia).
The incident occurred in Denham Springs. Officers from the canine unit stopped the truck for an inspection. Law enforcement identified the driver and discovered he was illegally in the United States and subject to deportation.
The man was taken into custody, and a search of the semi-trailer was then conducted, where 358 kg of methamphetamine was discovered. The man remains in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.
According to Izvestia, the detainee is 43-year-old Anton Rakov, a native of the Sverdlovsk region and a truck driver who previously registered as a sole proprietor in St. Petersburg. He worked in television and radio broadcasting and was also associated with a company manufacturing machinery and other equipment, which has also since been liquidated. In 2015, he arrived in the United States and remained there illegally.
[ShabelleMedia] Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), backed by international partners, said Wednesday that seven al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... members were killed and several senior commanders maimed in a planned operation in the Tawakal area of Lower Shabelle region.
NISA said in a statement that the operation targeted an al-Shabaab facility in Tawakal after intelligence confirmed the presence of senior members of the krazed killer group. The strike hit an internal meeting site where the commanders were gathered.
Among those targeted were Yoonis Macallim Abuukar, responsible for the Mushaani area; Abu Haaji Farey, the group’s local militia commander in Tawakal; Ayaatullaahi, identified as al-Shabaab’s commander for Lower Shabelle; and Abdifatah Rooble, described as the group’s commander for Baad in the Baladul-Amiin area.
NISA said preliminary information indicated that Yoonis Macallim Abuukar and Abdifatah Rooble sustained serious injuries in the operation.
Troops Repel Militia Attack, One killed, Rescue Gunshot Victim in Riyom
By Zagazola Makama
Troops of Sector 6, Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), have repelled an attack by unidentified militias on residents of Agwan Wereng Village in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.… pic.twitter.com/TiJwUOCpwu
Troops Repel Militia Attack, One killed, Rescue Gunshot Victim in Riyom
By Zagazola Makama
Troops of Sector 6, Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), have repelled an attack by unidentified militias on residents of Agwan Wereng Village in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.
A military source told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 9:30 p.m. on August 11, 2026, when troops responded to a report of an attack on locals by armed militias in the community.
The troops swiftly intervened, forcing the attackers to withdraw from the area.
The troops subsequently combed the community and surrounding areas, where they discovered the lifeless body of a resident identified as Mr Bulus Mwagwong.
[BB] The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen claimed responsibility for a murderous “double tap” strike on a ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, using three ballistic missiles to set the ship on fire — and then launching another missile in a deliberate attack on rescue teams, killing at least six people.
According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO), the incident began when the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at a stationary ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait — which, like the now-infamous Strait of Hormuz, is a chokepoint for a major trade route.
The missile attack caused significant damage to the ship and started a fire on board, so the legitimate government of Yemen, which is partnered with Saudi Arabia, dispatched coast guard and military rescue teams.
When the rescuers arrived, the Houthi insurgents launched another ballistic missile, using a “double tap strike” technique to inflict casualties by targeting the rescuers who responded to the first attack. Six deaths were reported, including three Pakistani nationals and an Indonesian who were crew aboard the targeted ship, plus two Yemeni rescuers.
The targeted ship was a Tanzanian-flagged, Egyptian-owned vessel called the Tihamah, variously described as a small cargo ship and a ferry boat. According to the Yemeni government, the ship was bound for the port of Mokha with “commercial goods and food supplies for the Yemeni people” when it was attacked.
אין הרבה קרבות פנים אל פנים, אבל יש הרבה דיווחים על פשיטות הדדיות בין "השלטון הלגיטימי" לחות'ים.
רוב ריכוז האש הוא של החות'ים שמנסים להרתיע את האויב שלהם שנתמך על-ידי הסעודים, מה שהוביל לעשרות הרוגים ופצועים לשני הצדדים. וזה קורה כמעט לאורך… pic.twitter.com/vijCL8cZlI
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the situation in Yemen is very tense.
There aren't many face-to-face battles, but there are plenty of reports of mutual raids between "the legitimate government" and the Houthis.
Most of the fire concentration is from the Houthis, who are trying to deter their enemy supported by the Saudis, which has led to dozens of dead and wounded on both sides. And this is happening almost along the entire front line.
There have been reports of firefight exchanges in Al-Hariib, Taiz, Al-Jawf, and more. Meanwhile, the Houthis are carrying out launches of ballistic missiles and drones at targets of the Yemeni army where it concentrates its forces and its weapons imports, such as at the Al-Makha port.
The Houthis are also mobilizing civilians who support Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in the major cities like Sana'a, Saada, and Al-Hudaydah.
Beyond the tension with the legitimate government, the Houthis are trying with all their might to break the Saudi sea and air blockade on them, by carrying out their threats to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. This is expressed in attacks on ships that were on their way to Saudi Arabia, or calls for ships to turn back, and it's succeeding to some degree.
All this is happening while negotiations are underway in Oman to reduce the tension. And even there, the situation doesn't look great.
What will be at the end of the day? Well, everything can change to either side within a few days, an explosion or a lull.
#Yemen War #SITREP | As Houthi-affiliated news networks begin reporting funerals for soldiers and officers killed in recent fighting, Yemen's internationally recognized armed forces and allied @NRFYemen have released footage showing recent clashes and strikes against Houthi… https://t.co/VRgu0WIePKpic.twitter.com/Am4dAHMPWf
#Yemen War #SITREP | As Houthi-affiliated news networks begin reporting funerals for soldiers and officers killed in recent fighting, Yemen's internationally recognized armed forces and allied
@NRFYemen have released footage showing recent clashes and strikes against Houthi forces on several fronts.
In Al-Dhale' governorate, the Yemeni Armed Forces said artillery fire and drone strikes targeted Houthi gatherings and reinforcements near Souq al-Fakher, west of Qa'atabah. The strikes took place Tuesday evening as Houthi forces were gathering ahead of an alleged attack on government positions. The military said a number of Houthi fighters were killed or wounded.
Separate footage from eastern Taiz showed government forces responding to an attempted Houthi infiltration on the Al-Karifat front. The Yemeni Armed Forces said the attempt was stopped and that several Houthi fighters were captured.
[Red State] Watch Europe. Watch the United Kingdom. What the European left does today, the American left will seek to do tomorrow, and in some cases, they have already done so.
Case in point: the small British town of Thetford, in Norfolk. Thetford is an ancient, traditional English community, a market town near Thetford Forest. It's been so since before the Tudor dynasty, and would remain so today, had the locals anything to say about it.
The locals don't have much to say about it, as it turns out. The British government is loading the town down with "asylum seekers" who are being housed and fed in Thetford at taxpayer expense. To their credit, the locals just aren't having it - and they are letting the authorities know about their displeasure.
With windows smashed, protesters cuffed and a female police officer “seriously bitten” as tensions boil over, the tinderbox town of Thetford has become a flashpoint in the row over Britain’s migrant crisis.
Last week, angry crowds began throwing stones and eggs at several houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) on residential streets, where asylum seekers had been housed – and locals say they won’t stop until they’re gone.
Over three days, starting last Tuesday, ugly clashes broke out in the Norfolk town.
Police say their brave officers were working “tirelessly” in challenging circumstances to counter anyone engaging in “violence, intimidation or criminality” – with three arrests made.
#1
During the British Mandate of Palestine, Brit government imported more than a million Arabs - Israel is still dealing with that problem. British people better learn that lesson.
#2
Northern Ireland and Rhodesia are also fine examples of British meddling and betrayal. The British let the Highland Brigade lead the disastrous march to the top of Magersfontain. Keep a close eye on the cunning Pom.
Through its governing body, the City of London Corporation, the financial district continuously lobbies the UK government to streamline immigration pathways. It actively campaigns for faster visa processing and the mutual recognition of professional qualifications to ensure international corporations can easily relocate top talent to London... By deeply integrating itself into global value chains, the City reduces its reliance on the domestic UK economy. Following the structural changes brought by Brexit, the City’s official strategy focused on expanding trade footprints outside Europe, particularly increasing financial exports to the United States and emerging global economies. This global orientation acts as a buffer, allowing the financial district to remain highly resilient even during domestic economic downturns.
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[AAWSAT] Iraqi sources revealed on Wednesday the outlines of a government plan after the deadline for restricting weapons on September 30, 2026, which includes "encircling leadership sites" of factions run by the "Revolutionary Guard" in preparation for dismantling them "gradually," while Iranian officials are trying to obstruct or postpone the plan, even though Baghdad "designed a course that does not lead to armed confrontation."
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi had previously stated that the end of next month would be the deadline for the withdrawal of US forces from the country, and would also mark the end of the deadline for the armed factions to confine their weapons to the state.
"THE ENCIRCLEMENT PLAN"
Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the government plan after September 30 calls for the deployment of regular army forces, the Counter-Terrorism Service, and elite units around the operations centers of armed factions, and on roads leading to them, with the aim of restricting the movement of transport and supplies to and from these sites.
The sources explained that government forces will gradually begin setting up checkpoints under the command of officers to monitor the movement of weapons and confiscate them, with a focus on drones and missiles.
According to the sources, these forces will begin imposing a tight security cordon around the armed factions’ centers without any friction, in an operation that ultimately aims to push the factions “either to make a mistake, such as moving drones, or engaging in armed friction, or to abandon their positions in favor of the official institution without firing a single shot.”
A source familiar with sensitive discussions regarding the weapons of the factions run by the Revolutionary Guard said that “government forces will systematically escalate restrictions around those sites, until they reach a stage that allows them to take control of them, which has been difficult to enter for years.”
Military and political leaders reached this formula after discussions about a path that would spare the two sides in the conflict over weapons outside the state a "military confrontation".
Field sources said that “forces from the army and the counter-terrorism service had already begun at the beginning of this week to deploy a number of officers in monitoring detachments in a number of areas and highways, as a trial phase of the plan.”
The sources confirmed that some of these detachments “succeeded during the past few weeks in seizing shipments of drones that were heading to various points in Iraqi regions.”
ROCK CLIFF AND FLINT
Asharq Al-Awsat has learned that the plan focuses primarily on the two locations of Jurf al-Sakhr, a stronghold of Kataib Hezbollah,
…even though they share a name with Lebanese Hezbollah and have long trained with them under IRGC supervision, nonetheless there is absolutely no connection between Kataib Hezbollah and Lebanese Hezbollah — none whatsoever!!!! (Whew! That’s exhausting!
and Jurf al-Nadaf, a stronghold of Harakat al-Nujaba, both of which are south of the capital, Baghdad.
The “Jurf al-Sakhr” area has been one of the most important strongholds of the factions since 2014, and it is believed to have turned into a strategic military base for the factions that includes camps, prisons, warehouses, and factories for missiles and drones, but many believe that it is an operations center for the Iranian “Revolutionary Guard”.
As for the Jurf al-Nadaf area, which is located on the southeastern outskirts of Baghdad, near the Baghdad-Madain road, it has emerged in recent years as a site that includes headquarters and facilities belonging to the “Popular Mobilization Forces” and armed factions associated with it.
Security interest in the area has increased due to its connection, according to Iraqi security sources, to facilities for storing weapons and ammunition, and to military activity by pro-Iranian factions.
In July 2026, security sources said that a joint security force raided a headquarters believed to belong to the “Al-Nujaba Movement” in Jurf al-Nadaf, and that the site contained a drone manufacturing facility, which had been used to launch drones targeting various locations.
Iraqi sources said that “the intelligence assessment indicated that the drone shipments that were seized – or those that were launched towards different targets – are connected to a control center at these sites.”
Although the forces that participated in the raid included the Baghdad Operations Command, the Federal Police, and the Popular Mobilization Forces Security Directorate, it ended with their withdrawal without searching the site.
A well-informed political source said that “the failure of the operation to storm the headquarters of Jurf al-Naddaf gave the military leaders sufficient insight to modify the plan from storming the headquarters to surrounding them and restricting access to them.”
WIDER DISTRIBUTION
The spread of armed factions is not limited to Jurf al-Sakhr and Jurf al-Nadaf, located southwest of Baghdad, but they receive special attention due to their strategic importance and their proximity to the capital.
Other faction sites are located in Tuz Khurmatu, in Salah al-Din province north of Baghdad, and Amerli, also in Salah al-Din province, as well as Camp Ashraf in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, and sites in the city of Kut, the center of Wasit province, southeast of the capital.
Two main tasks stand out for the factions run by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, according to a senior political official. The first is to be stationed in locations very close to the capital, Baghdad, to ensure the ability to intervene quickly if necessary, which justifies their intensive presence in multiple points and locations there.
The second task focuses on tightening the noose around Sunni areas by controlling their most important geographical strongholds, specifically those close to the Syrian border.
The sources confirmed that “imposing the siege and restricting movement around the facilities of the factions run by the (Revolutionary Guard) is part of a broader plan that includes removing all the brigades of the (Popular Mobilization Forces) from all cities and redistributing them according to a plan determined by the military leadership independently of the faction leaders.”
A senior political official told Asharq Al-Awsat that “the government plan is designed to avoid armed clashes with the factions, and at an advanced stage aims to bring the armed factions into serious negotiations within a national framework with the authorities regarding their status and the future of their members.”
"THE TIME IS NOT RIGHT" FOR IRAN
So far, Kataib Hezbollah, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, and Harakat al-Nujaba, all of which are allied with Iran, refuse to hand over weapons to the state. Activists close to these groups say that “the axis of resistance will not hand over its weapons even after the Americans withdraw,” and they have publicly called, in a defiant tone, for “the state’s weapons to be confined to the factions.”
The government plan has raised concerns among Iranian officials about the fate of strategic weapons in the possession of the factions, and command and control centers where Iranian advisors affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps operate.
According to two political sources, Iranian officials informed leaders in the “Coordination Framework” alliance that the timing of the campaign was very bad, because the regional situation requires allies to hold on to their weapons, especially in Iraq.
A political source close to the leader of an influential Shiite party said that “the latter tried to convince the Iranians not to put more pressure on the Prime Minister, because he is already under pressure from the Americans regarding the issue of weapons, and the failure of this government would mean the end of the (Coordination Framework) alliance and its fledgling government, which is facing a severe financial crisis.”
The source added that “the Iranians are pressuring the (coordination framework) to push the government to postpone the implementation of the plan,” adding that “the factions will ultimately try to buy time until the balance of power changes locally and regionally, and the locations of their military assets are changed."
[Rudaw] 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... is ready to help Iraq confine weapons outside state control, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said Wednesday citing Iranian officials as informing him, as a September deadline for gangs - including those aligned with Tehran - to disarm looms.
"'Iranian officials said, ’Convey this message to the [Iraqi] Prime Minister [Ali al-Zaidi]: We are ready to help Mr. Zaidi in this matter,’" the Kurdish President said in an interview with the private-owned Iraqi satellite channel, al-Sharqiya TV, adding that the Iranian figures had reiterated this "official stance" to him on behalf of Tehran on two separate occasions.
"They [Iranian officials] emphasized that I should pass this message on to Mr. al-Zaidi," President Barzani added, further quoting them as stating, "If he [Zaidi] wants help from a neighboring country, we [Iran] are ready to provide it."
In his inaugural address before the Iraqi parliament in mid-May, Prime Minister al-Zaidi vowed security reform, including "confining weapons under state control," and in early June he ordered the formation of a committee to oversee the disengagement of political parties and armed factions from the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).
The PMF was established in 2014 amid the emergence of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) in Iraq, which saw large parts of the country's north and west seized by the group.
Created in response to a religious edict issued by Iraq's highest Shiite authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the PMF was initially an umbrella organization of roughly 70 predominantly Shiite gangs, with some 250,000 members.
Though a state-funded institution, the PMF comprises factions aligned with the Iran-led ’Axis of Resistance®,’ with the core overlap including the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Kata'ib Hezbollah, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, and Kata'ib Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... al-Shuhada gangs.
While some factions have expressed willingness to comply with Zaidi's push, others have cited the continued presence of foreign forces - namely those of the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS - as justification for refusing to comply.
Moreover, the remarks by Iranian officials come at a time when the same groups included in the disarmament plan - operating under the Islamic Resistance® in Iraq (IRI) umbrella - said in early April that they had carried out more than 750 attacks on alleged US-linked assets in Iraq and the region since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, as part of Tehran's response.
Zaidi's spokesperson, Sabah al-Numan, told Rudaw in mid-July that a September 30 deadline set by the premier to bring Iraqi gangs' weapons under state control is "fixed and irreversible."
Most recently, the Iraqi premier on Tuesday directed the federal parliament's Security and Defense Committee to draft a law confining weapons to the hands of the state, aiming to consolidate control over armed factions amid heightened regional military tensions and an upcoming US-led coalition withdrawal.
The committee, in turn, vowed support for the al-Zaidi government's measures to strengthen state security and military institutions.
[Rudaw] At least four Iranian drones crashed in three locations across Erbil province early Wednesday, including near civilian homes, after Iran launched a series of strikes targeting positions of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in Alana Valley.
At around 6:00 am local time, one of the drones struck a civilian home in Soran, two drones crashed near a village in Khalifan, and another drone crashed in Harir, causing a fire to break out in the grasslands and hills of Bani Harir, according to Andam Jabar, Rudaw’s reporter in the area.
“Thank God there were no casualties, although the material damage is extensive,” one resident told Rudaw, after his home was hit. “I was on the mountain when I heard a loud noise. I thought to myself, this must be a TNT explosion; I didn't know a drone had fallen,” he said.
“My family was terrified, how could they not be?” He asked. “Anyone [would] have to be scared. What can we do?”
There were no casualties in any of the three locations, Jabar reported. Civil defense teams and other security forces arrived at the crash sites to assess the damage and respond to the fires, according to the reporter.
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[Rudaw] 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... fired several missiles and drones at locations in Alana Valley, about 90 kilometers northeast of Erbil, targeting positions of the Kurdish opposition groups Komala and the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), a senior Komala commander told Rudaw English on Wednesday.
A Kurdistan Region government security official told Rudaw that two drones struck the area, causing no casualties. The attacks targeted the headquarters and camps of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region, a day after Iranian missiles struck the same area, injuring at least two Komala Peshmerga fighters.
Andam Jabar, Rudaw’s news hound in the area, said four drones struck locations across Soran, Khalifan, and Harir districts at around 6:00 am local time. Two drones crashed in Khalifan, while another struck a civilian home in Soran and one crashed in Harir, where it caused a fire in the brushwood and grasslands of Mount Bani Harir. Jabar reported no casualties at any of the three locations.
The attack comes amid stalled diplomatic talks between the US and Iran following weeks of renewed fighting over the Strait of Hormuz, as a maritime blockade remains in effect.
On Tuesday, Iran launched three missiles at Komala’s headquarters in the same location at around 1:20 pm local time, according to Amjad Hussein Panahi, head of the group’s communications.
"Although the attack was carried out intensely, our forces were able to protect themselves safely because of their preparedness and implementation of security measures," Panahi said.
He later told Rudaw that two people were maimed in the attack, but that their injuries were "very slight."
"Just now, the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran carried out a third missile attack against the headquarters and camp of the Komala Toilers Party of Kurdistan in the Alana Valley," Panahi said shortly afterward.
Panahi said the latest strikes were part of an ongoing Iranian campaign against Kurdish opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region. According to him, more than 102 missiles and drones have targeted Komala positions since the start of the US-Iran war on February 28.
The latest attacks came about two weeks after an Iranian missile strike on a Komala base in the Alana Valley injured six members of the group. Panahi told Rudaw at the time that the missiles were Khaybar Karar missiles.
In mid-July, nine Komala members were killed when Iran struck the group’s headquarters in Zirgwez, near Sulaimani province. The group said six missiles were used in that attack.
Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region have repeatedly accused Tehran of targeting their bases. Iran has repeatedly demanded that Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) disarm or expel the groups, saying they threaten Iran’s security.
The attacks have not been limited to the bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups.
Rudaw has recorded more than 950 Iranian drone and missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region since the start of the US-Iran conflict, killing 32 people and wounding 154 others as of early August.
The KRG has repeatedly stated that the Kurdistan Region is not a party to the conflict and has called for an end to attacks on its territory.
[Rudaw] At least four Iranian drones crashed in three locations across Erbil province early Wednesday, including near civilian homes, after Iran launched a series of strikes targeting positions of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in Alana Valley.
At around 6:00 am local time, one of the drones struck a civilian home in Soran, two drones crashed near a village in Khalifan, and another drone crashed in Harir, causing a fire to break out in the grasslands and hills of Bani Harir, according to Andam Jabar, Rudaw’s reporter in the area.
“Thank God there were no casualties, although the material damage is extensive,” one resident told Rudaw, after his home was hit. “I was on the mountain when I heard a loud noise. I thought to myself, this must be a TNT explosion; I didn't know a drone had fallen,” he said.
“My family was terrified, how could they not be?” He asked. “Anyone [would] have to be scared. What can we do?”
There were no casualties in any of the three locations, Jabar reported. Civil defense teams and other security forces arrived at the crash sites to assess the damage and respond to the fires, according to the reporter.
The recent Iranian drone and missile strikes on the Kurdistan Region coincide with the renewed diplomatic talks between the US and Iran, following weeks of renewed tensions over the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Cenk Uygur: “Everybody knows it’s just Israel falsifying documents to make it look like Iran is trying to kill Trump.”
Amir Hajizadeh, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Forces: “We aim to kill Trump.” pic.twitter.com/ptmpslvSKu
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Possibly because the Kurds were American allies in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and the Iranian Kurds who are fighting against Iran (PJAK, et al) have sheltered their families in Iraq for decades. But it runs hot and cold — and perhaps I am misinterpreting, but it appears to me that the Kurds like to fight.
[IsraelTimes] An IDF infantry battalion is being dispatched to the West Bank to bolster troops that are attempting to deal with provocations and attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians.
The military says that IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir held an assessment today with senior officers regarding an ongoing incident in the village of Qusra, where settlers have set up an outpost outside Palestinian homes, besieging them for days.
“The chief of staff instructed the continuation of efforts to strengthen order and operational control in the area, as well as to prevent the continuation of the serious incidents,” the IDF says in a statement.
The IDF says Zamir ordered a standing army infantry battalion, currently on a break between operational activity, to be deployed to the Qusra area “to strengthen operational control.” Additional forces will be on standby “for deployment as required.”
The military says it is working alongside the police and Shin Bet to restore order in the area and “bring the rioters to justice.”
Zamir also instructed that all troops in the West Bank “be given clear guidance regarding the rules of conduct and the use of force in incidents of this type.”
#2
They're being sent TO HELP?
Long past time.
Vigilantes only appear when the law fails at its job.
These people have been hung out to dry by themselves for long enough.
#3
Usually, we have 2 - 3 terror attacks by Judea and Samaria Arabs a week. None since "settler attacks" started.
There was already a reduction before 10/7 because the IDF became much more aggressive in going after plotters and rock throwers. I’m convinced that’s why the West Bank did not explode on 10/8.
#4
Unauthorized Palestinian construction in Area C is a coordinated geopolitical effort to seize strategic high ground and control vital transportation arteries.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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