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Good Morning

Dr. Zeke Emanuel on MSNBC: Covid Vaccines Don't Work Against New Variants; Only Thing That Reliably Works Are
Tuesday January 3rd, 2023

yvonnecraig045
Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify
Ukraine: Operational Brief January 2nd (updated)
Shootouts, pursuits, break-ins
surge in Texas counties near border
Migrant-Fueled New Year Mayhem Turns Berlin Into Warzone
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics:
Invasion of Ukraine: January 2nd, 2023
The Jews must leave Russia while they still have a chance
United States prepares for the 'collapse of Russia'
His crime? Exposing criminals.

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#1  Smokin' hawt
Posted by: Frank G || 01/03/2023 8:21 Comments || Top||

#2  "chain, chain, chain..."
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/03/2023 8:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Hairdo looks pretty much bullet proof.
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-Land of the Free
300 migrants make landings at national park in Florida Keys
[AlAhram] A US national park comprising a cluster of uninhabited islands in the Florida Keys was closed Monday after 300 migrants colonists made 10 landings there over the weekend, officials said.

Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles west of Key West, was closed so law enforcement and medical personnel could evaluate the migrants colonists before moving them to Key West, the park tweeted.

"The closure, which is expected to last several days, is necessary for the safety of visitors and staff because of the resources and space needed to attend to the migrants colonists," park officials said in their statement.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a tweet that at least 88 migrants colonists were from Cuba.

The national park is at the southern tip of the continental U.S. and attracts scuba divers and snorkelers for its coral reefs, nesting sea turtles, tropical fish and shipwrecks.

Courtesy of Skidmark:
Wave of 500 migrants invade Florida Keys: Dry Tortugas National Park is CLOSED as boatloads arrive from Cuba due to soaring inflation and food shortages

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Hundreds of migrants from Cuba fled to Florida keys by boat over the weekend

  • Cuba is dealing with high inflation, economic turmoil and food shortages

  • Officials at Dry Tortugas National Park shut down the park to attend to migrants

  • South Florida has experienced an escalation of migrants in the past decade
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  500 foreign invader recon troops invade US.

Women and Orphans or men of military age?
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 01/03/2023 15:50 Comments || Top||

#2  The are political refugees from a communist dictatorship that is clamping down on dissent. The Biden Regime will prioritize deportation for these folks.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/03/2023 19:29 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack
Posted by: badanov || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab blamed for ‘abducting 30 people’ in central Somalia
[ShabelleMedia] The reports from the Hiran region, central Somalia indicate that al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
has kidnapped 30 civilians as the group is facing massive military pressure.

Military officials who asked to remain anonymous told Shabelle Media Network that the gunnies snatched the people from different locations near Beledweyne city.

Some were taken from passenger vehicles traveling on the roads near the city with the SNA officials describing the abduction as Dire Revenge for the community’s involvement in the ongoing offensive against al-Shabaab in Hiran.

They added that the troops launched an operation to rescue the unarmed people from al-Shabaab. The hard boy group is yet to comment on the military claims.

Last week, two vehicles ferrying at least 20 people have been kidnapped by al-Shabaab in a remote area located between Halgan and Bulo-Burde within the province.

Dozens of people were killed and many more injured in the current war against al-Shabaab, which the government said gained more territory previously held by the group.

Somali president Hassan Sheikh said on Saturday in his new year’s address to the nation that 2023 will be a re-liberation and reforming of the economy and security year.

Al-Shabaab which has been battling to oust the Somali government and expel AU troops is now in trouble after losing a major group and grip due to the army operations.
Garowe reports on one incident:
Al-Shabaab has reverted to the abduction of civilians as they continue to lose ground in the Horn of Africa nation, with the latest reports indicating that the team kidnapped about nine civilians, in what could trigger another operation by security forces in the country.

Multiple sources said the bully boyz ambushed and carjacked innocent civilians within the Halgan District of the Hiiraan region, where the government troops have been conducting operations with the help of US Africa Command and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS].

Within the same region as well, the local militia has been instrumental in flushing out the murderous Moslems, perhaps the reason behind the latest ambush by al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...
targeting civilians. Hundreds of civilians have taken arms against the group which is gradually losing dominance over the country.

Two mini caravans were targeted by the bully boyz who are determined to make a point over the ongoing crackdown, witnesses said. The bully boyz blocked the road near Dheenweyne and opened fire, forcing drivers to try to seek refuge at the banks of the Shabelle River.

"Last night, between Maghrib and Isha prayers, al-Shabaab ambushed civilians coming from Halgan District to do business. They traveled in two vehicles, a Noha and a Homey, with roughly 20 passengers on board," a resident told the media in confidence due to the sensitivity of the matter.

"Al-Shabaab opened fire, and some individuals managed to leap out of the truck and flee, but they kidnapped the people who couldn't escape, mainly the elderly," explained the Dheenweyne local, while noting that the whereabouts of those kidnapped are still unknown.

After the incident, the al-Shabaab bully boyz seized the vehicle and dozens of passengers before crossing over the Shabelle River in Western Hiiraan. The group is active in Western parts of the troubled region where the government troops have been camping.

Last year, the group kidnapped at least 21 civilians and ended up slaughtering them in what is linked to local mobilization against the bully boyz in Hiiraan, Galgaduud, and Bay regions.

The group has significantly lost strategic towns and has reverted to desperate measures which include abducting innocent people.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Libyan Army Intercepts 650 Migrants Off Benghazi Coast
[LibyaReview] The naval staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced the interception of about 650 migrants colonists who were trying to reach European shores.

In a statement, the LNA said announced, "as a continuation of the naval forces’ performance of their national duty to protect the Libyan coasts, the naval special forces boats arrested a bulldozer with about 650 immigrants colonists on board. They were taken to the headquarters of the naval Special Forces in the port of Benghazi to complete the legal procedures regarding it by the competent authorities.

Major Ramzi Najm said that after receiving a report from the Naval Special Forces Operations Room, the Special Forces patrols left to the northwest of the Benghazi region. The report included that it was carrying migrants colonists of different nationalities, including Egyptians, Syrians, Bengalis and others.

In August last year, Italian military vessels aided a boat crammed with 539 migrants colonists off the southern island of Lampedusa. The boat was launched from Libyan shores.

Libya has in recent years emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants colonists seeking a better quality of life in Europe. The oil-rich country plunged into chaos following a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants...
-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Muammar Qadaffy
...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland...
in 2011.

Human traffickers in recent years have benefited from the chaos in Libya, smuggling in migrants colonists across the country’s lengthy borders with six nations.

The migrants colonists are then packed into ill-equipped rubber boats and other vessels and set off on risky sea voyages. Officials did not say what kind of vessel was found over the weekend.

Those who have been returned are taken to detention centres rife with abuses, including forced labor, beatings, rape, and torture. The abuse often accompanies efforts to extort money from families before they are allowed to leave Libya on traffickers’ boats.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported 1,522 dead or missing migrants colonists in the Mediterranean this year.

Overall, the IOM says 24,871 migrants colonists have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean since 2014, with the real number believed to be even higher given the number of shipwrecks that are not reported.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/03/2023 01:34 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking

#1  It’s gotta be a bad day when your launch for Benidorm and you end up in Benghazi.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/03/2023 20:19 Comments || Top||


Four Pakistani Migrants Kidnapped in Libyan Capital
[LibyaReview] Four Pak migrants colonists have reportedly been kidnapped in Libya by human traffickers, their families told Pakistain’s Dawn newspaper.

The kidnappers asked for a ransom of 5.6 million Indian Rupees to be paid for their safe release. The kidnapped Moslem colonists Migrants are Aamir Hayat, Waleed Khan, Bilal Khan and Afzal Junaid, aged between 22 to 25 years.

Their family members claimed they had sold their land to finance their journey to Italia. They said they paid about 7.2 million Indian Rupees to an agent, who assured to take the youth to Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
via Libya.

The brother of Aamir Hayat, said, "we are not aware who was that agent, but we were lured and deceived with assurance that our relatives will reach Europe at any cost."

However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
he said when the youth reached the Libyan coast about three months ago they were held by the group and shifted to a jail on the outskirts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
The families said a few youths of the area had earlier succeeded to reach Europe, and the agent used that "success" to attract the parents to pay according to his demand.

Saeedullah Jan, father of Bilal Khan, appealed to the Pak High Commissioner in Libya to play his role in release of the four men as they did not have enough money to get them freed from their captors.

They recalled that another four Pak youth were burnt to death when their boat caught fire mid-sea in the first week of October when they set out on a journey to reach Italia.

Notably, the Libyan Red Islamic Thingy said in a statement that rescue workers have recovered 15 bodies found on the coast in Sabratha. These included a number of bodies that were burned inside a boat and others on the beach.

A security source in Sabratha told Rooters that the bodies were migrants colonists caught in a dispute between two rival human traffickers in the city, a major hub for migration across the Mediterranean. The Libyan Red Islamic Thingy added that all of the bodies were recovered and placed in the hospital fridges to complete the legal procedures.

The United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemned the "heinous killing of at least 15 migrants colonists and asylum-seekers in Sabratah." In a statement, the United Nations (UN) said that eleven charred bodies were found inside the docked boat, with a further four maimed bodies found outside.

Libyan security forces announced that they have arrested two suspect of the in the massacre.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/03/2023 01:33 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking


Bodies of 13 Moroccans who drowned trying to reach Spanish territory recovered
[AlAhram] The bodies of 13 Moroccans have been recovered after their boat sank off the country's southern coast while attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands, Moroccan media reported.

Spain is one of the main gateways for migrants colonists to reach Europe. Tens of thousands also try each year from the coastlines of other North African countries, including Libya where coastiess on Saturday rescued hundreds of migrants colonists.

The 45 passengers on board the ill-fated Moroccan boat were attempting to reach the Canary Islands' main city of Las Palmas when it hit a rock and sank Friday, "10 minutes after" embarking near the town of Mirleft, according to online news service Hespress.

About half of them, 24, were rescued from the water, the Arabic-language site reported.

One woman was among the dead, and eight of the passengers remained unaccounted for.

AFP contacted Moroccan authorities to confirm the deaths but received no immediate comment.

Morocco's 2M news service reported the passengers had used an inflatable boat which was quickly "damaged and the victims found themselves in the middle of the waves".

Passage on the vessel had cost between 20,000 and 25,000 Moroccan dirhams ($1,900 to $2,400), Hespress said.

Located at Africa's northwestern tip, Morocco is a transit country for many migrants colonists, particularly sub-Saharan Africans. Fleeing poverty and violence, they seek to reach Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
from Morocco's Atlantic or Mediterranean coasts.

Others attempt the crossing from Morocco's neighbours further east on the Mediterranean.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Arabia
Explosion hits weapons depots in Aden
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A violent mostly peaceful explosion was heard Sunday , followed by columns of smoke, in the al-Nasr neighborhood in al-Arish, in the city of Aden, which is under the control of occupation forces.

Media sources affiliated with the occupation stated that, according to preliminary information, the earth-shattering kaboom occurred in the weapons depots in the so called Security Belt camp, al-Nasr camp, Khor Maksar, while ambulances were seen rushing to the place.

There are two camps for the so-called Security Belt and the Coast Guard of the occupying forces located in the neighborhood.

Las Saturday, the city of Aden, in southern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, witnessed angry protests against the deteriorating living conditions. Protesters blocked a number of streets in al-Mansorah district and prevented cars from passing.

Posted by: Fred || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Four tons of drugs seized by French navy in the Arabian Sea
Posted by: badanov || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Sink the boat?
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/03/2023 0:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Gee, wonder where that all came from.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/03/2023 10:52 Comments || Top||

#3  Soon to be a Climate Meeting then Monkeypox Flare-up.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/03/2023 15:54 Comments || Top||


Europe
Last Generation: Blocking traffic and angering commuters spreads to Germany
A bunch of tweets of Black Bloc/Antifa idiots proudly stopping traffic across Germany, and even on a major airport runway. Wie unordentlich!
[HotAir] We’ve seen lots of this sort of thing in the UK and a bit here in the US. Basically the idea behind these stunts is to block traffic as a way to raise the profile of climate change as an issue. Various environmental groups have tried other stunts. We’ve seen people gluing themselves to famous paintings and even setting themselves on fire. In Germany a group of activist muppets glued themselves to the floor of a VW factory only to quickly realize this would make it difficult to use the bathroom. Aren’t these people supposed to be forward thinkers?

German prosecutors said on Wednesday police carried out searches across seven states on Tuesday in their investigation of climate activist muppets from the Last Generation group, suspecting possible criminal acts and the formation of a "criminal organization".
As Beege pointed out earlier this month, German activist muppets tried another stunt in which two of them glued themselves to a railing in the midst of a live concert. Unfortunately, the didn’t seem to know that the railing was removable and they were quickly led off stage. Perhaps they learned a lesson from that one because a German activist muppet group called Last Generation seems to be returning to the tried and true protest tactic of blocking traffic and making people angry.

It’s rush hour on a cold, snowy morning in Berlin. Commuter traffic has come to a standstill at a highway exit on the western edge of the city, as a dozen climate activist muppets sit down on a pedestrian crossing in front of four lanes of cars and trucks...
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Posted by: trailing wife || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM


Migrant-Fueled New Year Mayhem Turns Berlin Into Warzone
[ZeroHedge] German youth in migrant-heavy neighborhoods once again turned Berlin and other German cities into war zones on New Year’s Day, but this year, news reports indicate that attacks were especially brutal and targeted rescue services, including ambulance workers.

In Berlin, police and firefighters responded to 3,943 incidents, with 15 firefighters and 18 police officers injured. According to Bild newspaper, there were “particularly bad attacks in the hotspot neighborhoods of Kreuzberg and Neukölln with a high proportion of migrants.”

“There were dozens of attacks,” says Interior Senator Iris Spranger, of the Social Democrats (SPD).

In Kreuzberg, for example, after young men set fire to barricades, firefighters who arrived to extinguish the fire were attacked by 200 hooded men. In Neukölln, which is one of the most multicultural neighborhoods in Germany, 50 perpetrators fired rockets at emergency force services.

In one disturbing scene, a group of men were filmed attacking an ambulance, hurling objects inside the vehicle’s open rear doors.

Other videos show youths hurling rockets at ambulances as they attempt to drive down Berlin streets.

Many of the incidents were caught on film, with the clips featuring burning vehicles, fires in tall apartment blocks, and one police officer being struck by a rocket directly on his helmet, which then burst into flames. One officer and one firefighter suffered from severe injuries and remain hospitalized.

“Our vehicles were fired at with birdshot ammunition,” says Thomas Kirstein of the Berlin Fire Department. Police report that an “illegal bullet bomb” was thrown at a fully occupied police car. In another video, a man shoots out a police car window.

In the ensuing chaos, 103 people (98 men and five women) were arrested. The Berlin police wrote on Twitter, “The violence that our colleagues had to experience on New Year’s Eve is unbearable. It is a task for society as a whole to clearly counteract this. We thank you all for your commitment and wish the injured a speedy recovery.”

Another video showed migrant youth mocking a firefighter as he attempted to give an interview to news outlets.

The next morning, burned-out buses and automobiles could be seen across Berlin.

Georg Pazdersk, former AfD parliamentary group leader in the Berlin House of Representatives, wrote: “When are we finally going to admit that we have a huge problem with young male migrants from archaic societies who don’t want to integrate. Silencing the problem means continuing to promote it.”

Other cities, such as Duisburg, were hit with violence as well, including attacks on rescue services.

“One can only shake one’s head. The political leadership in Berlin takes no responsibility for this disaster. It has sympathy for people who break rules,” Neukölln’s former mayor, Social-Demcrat (SPD) Heinz Buschkowsky, told Bild.

“The lunatics are becoming are appearing more and more. Every festive event is a welcome occasion to attack the authorities…That’s the enemy, and they must be fought.”

“Even experienced emergency personnel are shocked by the extent of the brutality. This must finally come to an end. The state must no longer stand by while chaotic people repeatedly attack police officers and firefighters. These are not trivial offenses, they are crimes,” CDU Berlin chapter leader Kai Wegner told Bild.

Previous years also featured extreme violence, especially in Neukölln.

In a statement released by the AfD, the party wrote, “Anarchy reigned in Berlin on New Year’s Eve. It was a first foretaste of future everyday life in German cities because although the authorities and the press are adamantly silent when it comes to the specific naming of the perpetrators, the countless videos of that night speak volumes: They are young, violent men with a southern appearance who hardly speak German. And not only can they immigrate unhindered, they also get paid for a nice life by the traffic-light government with tax money.

The conclusion that is now being drawn from the riots is as typical as it is naïve: a ban on firecrackers and cameras on the rescue vehicles should fix it. As if the corresponding clientele would be impressed by these measures. There is only one effective remedy against such scenes: finally protect the borders and deport criminal migrants immediately,.”

In 2016, approximately 2,500 German women were raped and sexually assaulted by North African and Middle Eastern men in Cologne and other cities in an event that fueled the rise of the Alternative for Germany party and anti-immigration sentiment in Germany.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  I wish I had the study, I think it was Jiahad Watch. One of those groups had a study about islamic demographics, and what to expect from feral muslim populations in host countries in relation to community violence from muslims in relations to their percentage of the population.

Using real world statistics, the study went through various country histories showing as muslim populations increased in host countries, so did their contributing violence.
Posted by: mossomo || 01/03/2023 16:17 Comments || Top||

#2  We already have a problem with "whiggers" in America. I can see self declared white teenage muzzists being a problem too.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/03/2023 16:22 Comments || Top||

#3  mossomo, this might link to what you’re talking about.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/03/2023 17:56 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Shootouts, pursuits, break-ins surge in Texas counties near border
[JustTheNews] On Christmas Eve night, Kinney County residents were sent a text alert after a pursuit of illegal aliens turned into a shooting.

As single, young, military-age men continue to enter Texas illegally at the southern border, many commit crimes as they head north attempting to evade capture by law enforcement, impacting residents of rural Texas counties, authorities say.

On Christmas Eve night, Kinney County residents were sent a text alert after a pursuit by law enforcement turned into a shooting. It stated, “Texas DPS, Kinney County Sheriff’s deputies and Border Patrol will remain in the area searching for the suspects. A large perimeter has been set and several groups of officers are on the ground searching for the suspects.

“Law enforcement is considering the suspects to be armed and dangerous. Keep all doors locked and secure. Call 911 if you see any suspicious persons. Area of concern is Fort Clark Springs and the surrounding area to include the City of Brackettville. Total at large is 5.”

The suspects were never caught.

Residents receive text alerts every time a high-speed pursuit occurs, Kinney County Sheriff’s office spokesman Matt Benacci told The Center Square. They primarily occur on Highway 90 through the small town of Brackettville heading in either direction to Uvalde County in the east or to Val Verde in the west.

“The type of crimes being committed, the increased violence, the willingness to risk dangerous encounters with law enforcement shows a more sophisticated, hardened criminal who may be higher up on the cartel food chain and doesn’t want to get caught,” Benacci said. “It’s different than others who respond to a social media ad hoping to earn a few thousand dollars to transport people north who get caught and try to get away.”

In neighboring Edwards County to the north, resident Deborah Douglas shared a video with The Center Square of a group of men also believed to be in Texas illegally who tried to break into her home. When they couldn’t break in, they broke into her neighbor’s house, she said. They also were never caught.

The judges of Kinney and Edwards counties were among the first to declare an invasion at the Texas-Mexico border in July. Since then, the judges and commissioners of at least 40 counties have declared an invasion.

Douglas told The Center Square she can’t go out on the front porch and have a cup of coffee without having her gun with her at her home in Edwards County.

“I can’t have my granddaughter outside alone playing,” she added, “because I’m afraid someone may kidnap her. Out here we are constantly looking over our shoulder, looking under bushes, listening to every sound, because we don’t know who might come on our property.

“It’s not safe to be anywhere by yourself out here,” she added. But it’s also not safe in Houston where she also lives and carries a gun inside her home, she told The Center Square. Houston, a primary destination for cartels, has seen increased violence as the largest city closest to the southern border.

“I’m worried about my children and grandchildren,” Douglas said. “Texas is going to become the new Mexico and it will be run by the cartels if [President Joe] Biden doesn’t shut down the border. He took an oath to defend the constitution and our laws, but instead opened the border to murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and known terrorists.”

“Gov. [Greg] Abbott needs to shut down the border – and he can do it,” she said.

In Real County, neighboring Edwards to the east, the sheriff’s office also sends alerts to residents. One recent alert told those in the Camp Wood area to be on alert after a vehicle pursuit and bailout. One “coyote was in custody,” the alert said, but “12-13 illegals [were in] the bush.”

“Be alert – lock your vehicles – notify law enforcement if illegals are observed in your area,” the alert warned.

Abbott has called on Biden to secure the border. The president has claimed the border is secure and has expressed no interest in visiting it. Because of his “refusal to do his job,” Abbott said, he launched Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star, in March 2021. Since then, officers have apprehended more than 336,000 foreign nationals and made over 23,000 criminal arrests with over 20,000 felony charges reported as of Dec. 29.

Through OLS, more than 1,600 state troopers are working with hundreds of officers from local sheriff’s offices and police departments; at least 6,128 Texas National Guard members have been stationed at the border since last November, with another 3,700 Guardsmen and women deployed elsewhere.

Texas, which shares the longest border with Mexico of 1,254 miles, has had the lion’s share of illegal entries. In fiscal 2022, nearly 1.8 million people from over 150 countries were apprehended or evaded law enforcement, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by The Center Square from a Border Patrol agent.

This is over half of the more than 3.3 million illegal entries reported by Border Patrol for all nine southwest border sectors in the fiscal year.

Several hours to the east in rural Goliad County, law enforcement officers are finding stash houses used on private property and apprehending cartel and gang operatives.

OLS Task Force Commander John Davis says they are focused on catching individuals smuggling people, drugs and guns, illegal firearms, stolen vehicles and couriers of cash gained from illegal activities.

Cartels “will come and set up in your back yard if you’re not fighting them. If you show no resistance to their efforts they will move into your area,” he said.

“This may not be a declared war,” Davis said, “but it’s a war. I’ve spent my entire adult life doing this, but we get beat on a daily basis.

“We can’t stop everyone heading north to Houston. We can’t secure the border. We can’t stop the floodgates of illegal immigration. But we are holding the line doing our part.”

Posted by: Skidmark || 01/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


India-Pakistan
Pakistan intruder gunned down by BSF along International Border
[OneIndia] An intruder from Pakistain was shot daed by the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday, officials said.

The intruder from Pakistain was rubbed out by the BSF at the Gurdaspur Sector along the India-Pakistain International Border in Punjab. The BSF noticed the infiltration bid at around 8 am on January 3. The BSF said that it noticed the infiltration attempt being made by the armed intruder. Ads he approved the BSF fence from the Pakistain, the intruder was challenged and neutralised by troops of the BSF.

The BSF said that an extensive search operation is being carried out following the incident.

Inspector General of BSF's Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Frontier Asif Jalal said that the troops of the 73 Batalion of BSF spotted some suspicious movement in the areas of the BSF's Channa Border outpost on Tuesday morning. Following this, they swung into action and opened fire in which a Pakistain intruder was rubbed out. Reports said that a group of intruders were trying to infiltrate into Punjab. They were however spotted by the BSF.

The incident comes at a time when there has been a lot of activity along the International Border in Punjab. There have been multiple drone sightings which the BSF has been tackling. In many instances it was found that drones from Pakistain had entered India through the International Border and dropped off arms, ammunition and drugs.

Officials have said that the arms and ammunition along with the drugs have been dropped for two purposes. Some consignment are meant to be transported to Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
and handed over to the forces of Evil in the Valley. The others are circulated in Punjab where attempts are underway to revive the Khalistan movement in the state. The proceeds from the drugs are used to fund terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, the officials have also said.

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Gunmen attack Kashmir village, killing four, injuring five other civilians
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
2 Palestinian gunmen killed by IDF during demolition of attackers’ homes
Follow up to this story from yesterday.
[IsraelTimes] Military says troops came under ’massive gunfire’ in the West Bank village of Kafr Dan, while working to raze homes of button men who killed officer in September

Two Paleostinian button men were killed in a firefight with Israeli forces in a northern West Bank village early Monday morning, Paleostinian media reported, as the troops worked to demolish the homes of two button men who killed a military officer last year.

The Israel Defense Forces said that during the operation in Kafr Dan, north of Jenin, troops came under "massive gunfire" by Paleostinian button men.

Others hurled explosives, stones, and Molotov cocktails at the Israeli forces, and set fire to tires, the IDF said.

"Troops responded with riot dispersal means and fired at a number of gunnies who fired at them," the IDF said, adding that "suspects were hit."

The dear departed were named by the Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry as Muhammad Hushiya, 22, and Fuad Abed, 25.

Hushiya was claimed as a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. His body was seen wrapped in the flag of the terror group ahead of his funeral.

Earlier in the night festivities had been reported between IDF soldiers and button men in the village, the hometown of two Paleostinian button men who carried out a deadly attack along the West Bank security barrier on September 14, killing Maj. Bar Falah, 30, the deputy commander of the elite Nahal reconnaissance unit.

A local wing of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
and the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades terror groups issued statements saying members had shot up Israeli soldiers operating in the area.

In a statement, the IDF said troops had entered Kafr Dan to demolish the homes of Ahmed Abed and Abdul Rahman Abed, who were both killed in a shootout during the attack in September. Ahmed Abed was an officer in the Paleostinian Authority security services.

The IDF published footage (above) showing the home demolitions in Kafr Dan.

No soldiers were hurt during the incidents, the military said.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah posts hit in Israeli strike on Damascus airport, satellite image of damage tweeted
Follow up to this story from yesterday.
[AnNahar] Positions for "Hezbollah and pro-Iranian groups" inside Damascus’ airport and its surroundings were hit in the overnight Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.

The targets included "a weapons warehouse," the Observatory added.

The strike killed four fighters including two Syrian soldiers, the Observatory said.

This is the second time in less than seven months that the Damascus airport, where Iranian-backed gangs and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters are present, has been hit by Israel.

Satellite images show damage to Damascus airport runways by alleged Israeli strike

[IsraelTimes] Newly released satellite imagery shows damage to the runways at Syria’s Damascus International Airport following an airstrike attributed to Israel early this morning.

Syria’s state-run news agency
...and if you can't trust the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
SANA has said two Syrian soldiers were killed in the Arclight airstrike
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s targeting the airport.

According to an official notice sent by Syrian aviation authorities, one runway at Damascus airport remains unusable, while the second has been shortened by 500 meters as a result of the strike — preventing large planes from landing.

The new imagery shows that one runway appears to have been struck multiple times, while the other was targeted with a single missile.

Generally, relatively large weapons are thought to be smuggled via Syria on Iranian cargo airlines, which frequently land at the Damascus airport.

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