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Good Afternoon

WTF? Tucker Carlson Reveals House Leader
Kevin McCarthy and Frank Luntz Live Together
Wednesday May 5th, 2021

DollySisters_02
UK dispatches a warship loaded with 18 jets to help eradicating ISIS remnants
Explosion at an assembly point of the Global Coalition near the Kuwaiti borders
Rocket attack targets Ain Al-Asad Airbase
Unidentified assailants assassinate an officer in the Ministry of Interior
Former BLM Movement Leader Arrested for Interfering in Homicide Probe: Police
Senior officer arrested by Abu Ragheef Committee
Ruse to get police to a house
ends up with cop being shot in Nashville

Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 15:22 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Seeing Double...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/05/2021 15:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Kevin McCarthy and Frank Luntz Live Together

Not surprising considering the nature of politicians today. Just don't tell me that Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell have a thing going on. Keep it to yourself, okay?
Posted by: jpal || 05/05/2021 17:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Makes one wonder who knows Nancy's safe word tho...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/05/2021 18:32 Comments || Top||

#4  "Palomino!"
Posted by: Frank G || 05/05/2021 18:36 Comments || Top||

#5  Pelouse!
Posted by: Slats Snomoling9728 || 05/05/2021 21:09 Comments || Top||

#6  Undaunted by sport's unofficial status, "New CIA" DFD team arrives in Tokyo in high spirits.
Posted by: Zorba Ulimble3833 || 05/05/2021 21:24 Comments || Top||

#7  ["Merkin!" limerick here]
Posted by: Zorba Ulimble3833 || 05/05/2021 21:30 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Hundreds of migrant children have been transported from Texas to San Diego Convention Center to deal with influx of illegal crossings - despite WH claim that numbers are dropping
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The San Diego Convention Center is already nearing capacity with 1,317 migrant children being housed at the facility as of May 1

  • Sources tell DailyMail.com that 12 buses containing 725 children arrived from Texas on just one night shortly after the center opened in April

  • The facility has been taking in minors as border officials in Texas struggle to cope with the influx in illegal crossings

  • On Monday the White House released figures showing the number of migrant minors in Customs and Border Protection custody has dropped by 88%

  • This comes after border officials nearly doubled the rate it processes children and transfers them to emergency shelters - but illegal crossings, however, have not slowed

  • Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show girls being walked through a loading dock at the back of the convention center to use the showers

  • Charity worker Nadine Toppozada says the shelter is keeping the girls safe until they can be returned to their families or united with sponsors in the US

  • DailyMail.com also witnessed the ICE chartered flights arriving, with migrants unloaded from the plane and loaded onto three buses on every occasion
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking



#3  These 'unaccompanied' child need DNA screening. When their relatives from back home show up to claim them, charge them with neglect and abandonment.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/05/2021 8:28 Comments || Top||

#4  Move them to where nobody is counting them.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 05/05/2021 10:11 Comments || Top||

#5  If using minor children is a loop hole for illegal immigration that the democrats use to keep families together claiming to protect the child.

Then shouldn't child neglect and endangerment still be applied for any request for USA access?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/05/2021 10:29 Comments || Top||

#6  /\ If using minor children is a loop hole for illegal immigration that the democrats use to keep families together claiming to protect the child.

I believe we may have seen this technique used previously.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/05/2021 12:14 Comments || Top||

#7  It's all going according to plan.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/05/2021 12:18 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Taliban launches major Afghan offensive after deadline for U.S. pullout
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Afghan cops fought back a major Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
offensive in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province in the last 24 hours, officials and residents said on Tuesday, as Lions of Islam launched assaults around the country after a missed U.S. deadline to withdraw troops.

"There was a thunderstorm of heavy weapons and blasts in the city and the sound of small arms was like someone was making popcorn," Mulah Jan, a resident of a suburb of the Helmand picturesque provincial capital Lashkar Gah, told Rooters.

Attaullah Afghan, the head of Helmand's provincial council, said the Taliban had launched their offensive on Monday from multiple directions, attacking checkpoints around the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, taking over some of them.

Afghan cops had carried out air strikes and deployed elite commando forces to the area. The holy warriors had been pushed back but fighting was continuing on Tuesday and hundreds of families had been displaced, he added.

A Taliban surge in Helmand would have particular resonance, as the opium-growing desert province was where U.S. and British forces suffered the bulk of their losses during the 20-year war.

As part of the pullout, U.S. forces handed over a base in Helmand to Afghan government troops two days ago.

In Washington, the U.S. military said that about two to six percent of the withdrawal process had been completed so far. United States Central Command said that the equivalent of about 60 C-17 aircraft worth of material had been moved out of Afghanistan and more than 1,300 pieces of equipment had been handed over to be destroyed.

The Afghan defence ministry said that in addition to Helmand, security forces have been responding to attacks by the Taliban in at least six other provinces, including southeastern Ghazni and southern Kandahar in the past 24 hours.

The defence ministry said just over 100 Taliban fighters had been killed in Helmand. It did not provide details on casualties among Afghan cops. The Taliban did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Khaama Press adds:
Afghan Ministry of Defense stated Monday, that 106 Taliban militants including 8 of their key commanders were killed in Nawa, Nahre Saraj, and Garamsir districts and outskirts of Lashkargah in Helmand province over the past 24 hours.

Ministry of Defense (MoD) said during the clearance and reciprocal operations, 37 other Taliban fighters were also wounded in the region.

MoD added ANDSF also destroyed a large amount of Taliban weapons and ammunition during the battle.

Security sources on the other hand in Helmand province claimed that at least 110 Taliban were killed in the embattled Helmand province.

The Ministry of Defense also announced that “Malawi Keramat”, a Taliban commander and the group’s military commission chief for Washir District was killed during an ANDSF operation in the outskirts of Lashkar Gah city, the capital of Helmand province.

MoD stated that heavy casualties have been inflicted on the Taliban militants in the region, who NSA Hamdullah Mohib described as “ISI PUPPETS”.

A large amount of the Taliban weapons and ammunition were also seized during the ANDSF operations.

Meanwhile, the Military’s Special Operations Corps says 15 Taliban fighters were killed in an operation conducted by the Afghan special forces in Zabul province.

According to the statement, the 2nd commando battalion of the 4th southern brigade targeted a group of Taliban militants in the Cheshmeh Kakran area of Zabul province on Monday night.

In another security incident Nine ANDSF members were killed in a Taliban offensive on Monday night. The clashes between the Taliban and the government forces took place in Jar Khoshk Area in Baghlan-E-Markazi of Baghlan province.

According to reports 16 other security force members were taken hostage by the Taliban fighters. The clashes in the region reportedly continued until early Tuesday morning.

Taliban took responsibility for the attack, but security officials have not yet commented on the incident. Taliban claimed that 25 security force members were killed during the skirmish.

Media outlets reported that within 24 hours 20 ANDSF members were killed in Farah, four in Farah, eight in Badakhshan, and five in Herat province.

At least 19 civilians including security force members were killed and 22 others were wounded in Kabul, Herat, Badakhshan, Logar, Nangarhar, Baghlan, and Helmand provinces.

A total of 164 small and large attacks were carried out by the Taliban in the past 24 hours.

Earlier, the ministry of Defense tweeted:

In another incident on Sunday afternoon, unidentified armed men gunned down two security personnel and a policeman in PD1 of Kabul city. The police man was killed while pursuing the gunmen, who fled the area. The incident is under investigation, no group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack.
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  who cares
Posted by: Chris || 05/05/2021 8:36 Comments || Top||

#2  This isn't some kind of extraordinary activity. It's a reversion to the mean.
Posted by: Knuckles Slererong5344 || 05/05/2021 11:56 Comments || Top||

#3  "They advance, we retreat. They retreat, we pursue."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/05/2021 12:00 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Mozambique: Terrorists Attack in Macomia District
[AllAfrica] Terrorists attacked on Friday the administrative post of Chai and Pangane locality, both in Macomia district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in Tuesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax".

Nobody was killed in the attack against Chai, but at least four people are known to have been kidnapped.

Sources in Macomia town and in the lovely provincial capital, Pemba, said the consequences of the attack would have been more serious had it not been for the prompt reaction of the local militia, who confronted the bandidos.

In Pangane, the raiders killed and beheaded five people, and kidnapped an unspecified number of others. Survivors who fled towards Macomia town said that the beheadings were carried out as public executions in full view of the other villagers.

On Sunday, two people suspected of belonging to the terrorist group were seized and taken to the police in Macomia, after their movements aroused suspicion.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (IS-Mozambique)


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Two Syrians sentenced to life by Armenia for fighting with Azerbaijan in Karabakh war
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Two Syrians captured by Armenia during last year's war over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh were on Tuesday sentenced to life for fighting alongside Azerbaijan's army in the conflict, Armenian prosecutors said.

Clashes broke out late September between the ex-Soviet rivals over the ethnic Armenian enclave that for decades was controlled by Armenia-backed separatists.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
supported its ally Azerbaijan in the fighting and was widely accused of dispatching mercenaries from Syria to bolster Baku's army. Turkey has repeatedly denied the charges.

The two Syrian nationals, who were accused of acting as mercenaries for Azerbaijan, were sentenced to life in jail by a court in Armenia's southern Syunik region, a spokeswoman of Armenia's prosecutor general's office, Arevik Khachatryan, told AFP.

She added that the two men admitted their guilt.
Important legal tip: Never, ever admit guilt. Caught standing over a bloody corpse with a knife in yer hand? Answer is "Wudn't me." Witnesses?? Your evil twin, Skippy.
The defendants were found guilty on several criminal charges, including terrorism and violations of international humanitarian law.

In an earlier statement, Armenia's judicial system said the two men received "financial compensation" in exchange for taking part in the "aggressive war" that according to Armenia was started by Azerbaijan.

"Their actions were directed at destroying civilians" who were not involved in military action and "inflicting grave bodily harm", the statement said.
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies

#1  LOL Fred
Posted by: Frank G || 05/05/2021 8:42 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
BLM Clash With Diners Near Kentucky Derby
[RedState] Over the weekend, BLM in Louisville, Kentucky went to protest around the 147th Kentucky Derby. They were apparently chanting things like, "No Justice, No Derby," according to BizPac Review. But they weren’t able to do anything to stop the Derby, which went off without a hitch.

According to BizPac Review, they were even involved in renting a plane, along with some other groups, to fly over Churchill Downs with the message, "Protect Black Women. Divest from Police." Do they even know how many black women have been helped or protected by the police? Guessing they don’t care because it doesn’t play to their narrative.

While BLM were out, they apparently were doing their "let’s go bother diners while they’re eating" thing. We’ve seen this tactic with BLM before, where they go up to diners who are eating outdoors and start lecturing and harassing them.

But this particular effort didn’t end well for them.

The group was outside La Chasse, a restaurant not far from the racetrack.

We’re not sure of what started the interaction with an older diner but what caused them to back off was him pulling a gun, in a very tense standoff.

Some of the BLM folks were armed, too. You see one woman trying to wave the BLM folks back from the man, yelling, "No, no, no." She was armed. There were also two men who were armed. The BLM folks were also getting in the face of another diner, as well. Fortunately, it appears the interaction ended with people getting the diners inside.

At some point, the police also chased and arrested three of them.

They screamed, "F**k 12!" which is code for saying "screw with the police." Others encouraged those being arrested to make it as difficult as possible for the police to take them in. Then they complained about how the police were treating them.

Merrick Garland’s DOJ is now going to be investigating the Louisville police and their practices, according to BizPac.

"The investigation will assess whether LMPD engages in discriminatory policing, and also whether it conducts unreasonable stops, searches, seizures, and arrests, both during patrol activities and in obtaining and executing search warrants for private homes," the DOJ said in a blurb.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1 
1st of all, reading the article I noted BLOM WAS CONCEAL CARRYING. Did they have KY conseal carry permit?

The BLOM will continue their B.S. until they get what they need for the media hype..." White Racist shoots BLOM Member peacefully defending Black Lives." and Harris orders the flags to 1/2 mass.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/05/2021 5:29 Comments || Top||

#2  ...Question regarding the DOJ investigation:

Has any investigated police department ever been found innocent of those charges?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 05/05/2021 6:00 Comments || Top||


Portland Antifa May Day rioters charged with felonies by district attorney
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office has announced it is moving forward with prosecuting three suspect rioters connected to the violent mostly peaceful Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
protests in Portland, Ore. on May Day.

On Saturday night, around 50 people in black bloc descended on the local Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in a pre-announced riot. The facility is among one of many government buildings targeted and set on fire dozens of times over the past 11 months by far-left rioters. Five of the seven arrested over the riots have been previously accused of or convicted for their role in other Black Lives Matter-Antifa riots.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  But, but, we have a "Get Out of Jail Free" card! We all voted Democrat!
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/05/2021 8:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Charges will be dropped.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 05/05/2021 8:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Yer honor, I need to get out of here quickly. I'm scheduled to go to the riot at police headquarters this afternoon.

OK. You're free to go.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 05/05/2021 10:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Michael Isaacs, the bat-wielding counter-protester who was threatened in the street, was also arrested. His case has been referred back to police for additional investigative follow-up...

Because the DA recognizes a domestic terrorist when he sees one.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 05/05/2021 14:25 Comments || Top||

#5 
Is it possible ANTI-FArt has outlived its usefulness and a modern day version of "Long Knives" is slowly being playing out?

Think About.
We are now seeing a lot of ANTI-FArt and BLOM negative media articles and even serious charges and upper level arrests in just the last few weeks.

Something we never read or saw on MSM despite hours of Blogger video and obtain documents on their subversive activities.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/05/2021 14:53 Comments || Top||


Former BLM Movement Leader Arrested for Interfering in Homicide Probe: Police
[THEEPOCHTIMES] A former leader of a movement in Iowa City that identifies with the ideals of Black Lives Matter has been arrested for allegedly interfering in a homicide investigation, police said.

Mazin M. Mohammedali, 20, was arrested Saturday, and faces one count of accessory after the fact, an aggravated misdemeanor, according to a criminal complaint filed in Johnson County District Court.

His arrest follows a fatal shooting during a suspected robbery at his Iowa residence in February.

Police say he failed to immediately call emergency services after the incident. He also later lied to Sherlocks about the shooting’s circumstances and provided false descriptions of people involved, according to an affidavit filed by an officer.

According to court documents, the 20-year-old also deleted his mobile phone’s call history and the mobile phone application Snapchat, and in doing so, hid information from police that would have led them more quickly to the suspect in the shooting death, Sammy Hamed.

Mohammedali has identified himself as a former leader of the Iowa Freedom Riders—which describes itself as a racial justice and liberation group that believes in the ideals of Black Lives Matter. Iowa Freedom Riders also says it collectively works to "envision and realize a world where we treat each other with care & compassion instead of subscribing to the white supremacist, punitive system that is the prison industrial complex."

He was previously arrested on charges stemming from the initial homicide probe. After conducting a search warrant at Mohammedali’s apartment on Feb. 24, police discovered 56.13 grams of marijuana and 42.5 ecstasy pills. He was arrested on two counts each of a controlled substance violation and Iowa drug tax stamp violation, and one count of keeping a drug house.

The 20-year-old is scheduled to go to trial for those charges on Aug. 24.

Mohammedali was also arrested last year during a Black Lives Matter riot, for which he faced six charges, including unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, and trespassing. He pleaded guilty to one simple misdemeanor—disorderly conduct—and the other charges were dismissed.
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM


Maricopa County Attorney's Office Sends Out Warning to Staff: Watch Out for Black Lives Matter Protests Downtown Phoenix This Week
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] Democrats failed to shut down the forensic audit at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in downtown Phoenix through the courts.

Next, panicked far-left lawfare groups petitioned the Biden Department of Justice to shut down the Arizona State Senate’s historic audit. The DOJ has not yet responded to this bogus request by the Brennan Center, Protect Democracy, and The Leadership Conference.

So Democrats are upping their war on this historic audit.

On Monday night the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office sent out a memo to all employees warning them of scheduled Black Lives Matter protests in the coming days.

Black Lives Matter has scheduled protests for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in downtown Phoenix in the afternoon.
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  If the State Senate is on the ball, they'll try to get the Guard or the AZ equivalent of the Texas Rangers on site.
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/05/2021 8:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Should have doubled the expected counting time so that you would be done before the counter-attack can disrupt the count.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 05/05/2021 10:54 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Senior officer arrested by Abu Ragheef Committee
[SHAFAQ] The Anti-Corruption Committee arrested today, Sunday, a senior security officer in Baghdad.

A source told Shafaq News Agency that a security force apprehended the head of the Intelligence Directorate of the Baghdad Emergency Regiment per the orders of the head of the Anti-Corruption Committee, Ahmed Abu Ragheef.

In August 2020, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, formed a Committee to investigate "Major corruption and crime cases". The Committee is headed by Lieutenant-General Ahmed Abu Ragheef and includes officers from various government departments and security organizations.

The Committee was granted a wide range of authority, with the Counter-Terrorism-Services in charge of executing the Judicial orders emerging from the committee.
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Explosion at an assembly point of the Global Coalition near the Kuwaiti borders
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

A security source revealed that an IED went off near the Jraischan area in Basra governorate at an assembly point to load the supply convoys of the US-led Coalition.

The source said that the attack resulted in no casualties.
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Rocket attack targets Ain Al-Asad Airbase
[TWITTER]

An Nahar adds:
The Iraqi army said two rockets were fired Tuesday at a base hosting Americans, in the third such attack in three days and as a U.S. government delegation is visiting the country.

The two rockets fell on an unoccupied segment of the Ain-al-Assad airbase, "without causing damage or casualties," the army said.

The latest rocket attack follows one against an airbase at Baghdad airport housing U.S.-led coalition troops on Sunday night, and another against Balad airbase, which hosts U.S. contractors, north of the capital on Monday night.

None of the attacks have so far been claimed, but Washington routinely blames Iran-linked Iraqi factions for such attacks on its troops and diplomats.

Pro-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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
Iraqi groups have vowed to ramp up attacks to force out the "occupying" U.S. forces in recent months, sometimes against Tehran's wishes, according to some experts.

Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, perceived by pro-Iran factions as too close to Washington, on Tuesday discussed the presence of 2,500 U.S. soldiers based in Iraq with U.S. envoy Brett McGurk.

Around 30 rocket or kabooms have targeted American interests in Iraq -- including troops, the embassy or Iraqi supply convoys to foreign forces -- since President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. SOld, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?...
took office in January.

Two foreign contractors, one Iraqi contractor and eight Iraqi civilians have been killed in the attacks.

Last month, an explosives-packed drone slammed into Iraq's Arbil airport in the first reported use of such a weapon against a base used by U.S.-led coalition troops in the country, according to officials.

Dozens of other attacks were carried out in Iraq from autumn 2019 during the administration of Biden's predecessor Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
The operations are sometimes claimed by obscure groups that experts say are smokescreens for Iran-backed organizations long present in Iraq.

The rocket attacks come at a sensitive time as Tehran is engaged in talks with world powers aimed at bringing the US back into a 2015 nuclear deal.

The agreement, which curbs Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, has been on life support since Trump withdrew in 2018.
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Unidentified assailants assassinate an officer in the Ministry of Interior
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Muhammad al-Deif, al-Qassam Brigades' chief of staff, issued a 'final warning' to Israel
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Sheikh Jarrah is a neighborhood in East Jerusalem

Al-Deif is saying that Hamas cares more than Fatah.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/05/2021 0:16 Comments || Top||

#2  And went into the bunker under the kindergarten?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/05/2021 11:51 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Unknown gunmen assassinate SDF leader in Deir ez-Zor
[Rudaw] Unknown button men rubbed out a leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, the North Press Agency (NPA) reported on Tuesday.

"Two button men on a cycle of violence shot an SDF leader dead in Sweidan town, east of Deir ez-Zor," a military source told NPA.

According to the media outlet, no party has grabbed credit for the attack yet, but 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) is suspected to be involved.

The SDF and Syrian regime forces control Deir ez-Zor province, but ISIS is still active in the area.

According to the Rojava Information Center, Deir ez-Zor is the focal point of ISIS attacks in north and east Syria, with 73 percent of March attacks taking place in the province.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


.@CJTFOIR conducted an air strike removing a Daesh terrorist from the battlefield near Dayr az Zawr, Syria
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


A large fire with secondary explosions near Latakia, Syria reported
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  Shia or Sunni mosque?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 05/05/2021 17:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Classic example of a Jewish guided space laser attack. The only hard part for them is getting the exact coordinates. They appear to be pretty good at it.
Posted by: jpal || 05/05/2021 18:31 Comments || Top||


Senior Swiss diplomat mysteriously dies in Tehran
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

A senior member of staff at the Swiss embassy in Tehran has died after falling from the high-rise building where she lived, Iranian media report.

An emergency services spokesman told Mehr news agency that the 51-year-old woman was first secretary at the embassy but did not give her name.

Police in the Kamraniyeh area alerted paramedics on Tuesday morning but she had been "dead for a while", he said.
Posted by: Fred || 05/05/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Not much mystery about terminal velocity, termination.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/05/2021 9:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Gravity does trump diplomatic immunity. Sadly one can only wonder what caused her descent. Jihadis do favor defenestration as a curative for objectionable conduct.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/05/2021 11:59 Comments || Top||



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