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Good Morning

Less Than A Quarter Of Americans Have
Confidence In 'The Presidency,' New Poll Finds
Friday July 8th, 2022

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15 Mexican soldiers resist the attack of 60 sicarios in Sonora
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders troopers, National Guard to deport migrants
Biden's DHS closing gap in California border wall Trump wanted filled in
Al-Shabaab financing A-Qaeda groups in Mozambique and Nigeria - president
Al-Shabaab terrorists detained near Somalia's capital
British Royal Navy vessel has seized a sophisticated shipment of Iranian missiles in the Gulf of Oman
Cops shoot kidnap suspect in
head after he held his therapist hostage

Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2022 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Definitely ladies in white.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 1:16 Comments || Top||

#2  I had a lady friend who everyone called Angel that was on Sabrina's level beauty wise. She had a young child and she informed her ex she was coming by to pick the child up. Her ex had a new girl friend who made all of these remarks about how she better not come over and start any thing. When Angel walked into the room her ex's girl friend was suddenly so intimidated she literally could not say a word.

When Angel and I walked into a bar once almost all the men AND WOMEN lit up cigarettes at once like when you are enjoying a view so much you need a smoke...
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/08/2022 2:03 Comments || Top||

#3  ^^^ Angel
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/08/2022 2:55 Comments || Top||

#4  You’re right - Angel is beautiful.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 3:50 Comments || Top||

#5  Any old Orleanian would know that facade anywhere. Or at least the mysterious igneous material thereof.

One night outside Popeye's...
[TOOT! TOOT!]
"Whoa! Low hanging fruit!"
"You're too cute."
"Two breastses, two thighs...
Too-wise, world-weary eyes--"
"And two mighty tired livers, to boot."
Posted by: Glealing Hupaimp6165 || 07/08/2022 15:31 Comments || Top||

#6  Picture above is a stock photo from a web site company.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/08/2022 15:34 Comments || Top||

#7  See...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/08/2022 15:35 Comments || Top||

#8  BC Slairt1430 has come across as more believable than most of the recent commenters, but...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/08/2022 15:38 Comments || Top||

#9  A balcony worthy of Shakespeare
Posted by: Jay-Dubya || 07/08/2022 18:29 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
NRF claiming Taliban casualties in fighting in Baghlan


Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 03:26 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Looks like Afghanistan Liberation Movement is owning Sher Agha


From VOA News:
AFGHANISTAN ISLAMIC NATIONAL & LIBERATION MOVEMENT
This is believed to be the only major Pashtun anti-Taliban group. Led by Abdul Mateen Sulaimankhail, a former Afghan Army special forces commander, the group launched on February 16. Sulaimankhail has said he set up the group in response to the Taliban’s alleged killings of former military personnel, calling their amnesty a "lie."

In an April 13 interview with the Afghanistan International TV network, Sulaimankhail claimed his group was engaged in “military and political activities” in 26 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, a claim questioned by researchers. Citing security reasons, he declined to say how many members his group has.

The group has claimed responsibility for attacks in its home base of Nangarhar and several other provinces, but it has offered little proof of the attacks, with videos posted on the group’s Facebook page showing armed masked men indoors vowing to fight the Taliban.

While the group’s recent claim of killing a Taliban commander in Helmand appears credible, Mills said its “actual capability seems to be limited.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 03:26 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  While the group’s recent claim of killing a Taliban commander ... credible, Mills said its “actual capability seems to be limited.”

"Hmmpf! Their capability seems to be limited to killing their enemy. Not like our guys."
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/08/2022 5:19 Comments || Top||

#2  But I'm sure they used correct pronouns too.
Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2022 11:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Why wasn't he executed sooner for not having a beard?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/08/2022 11:24 Comments || Top||


ISKP Tajik militant Yusuf Tajiki killed in Afghanistan.


Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 03:26 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Taliban’s Operation in Northwestern Kabul Kills Two “Kharijites”
[KhaamaPress] According to the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
officials, the event in 315 of Khair Khana neighborhood in northwestern Kabul, on Wednesday night, July 6, was an operation by the group’s forces against a group of "criminals".

Although, local sources in Kabul reported that there had been a kaboom and armed skirmishes in Khair Khana area of Kabul, which was sparked by the launch of three rockets by gunnies to a Taliban post.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban, however, wrote on his Twitter handle that "the operation against the Kharijites
...a Third Caliph insult that basically means Moslems we don’t like...
hideout ended with the death of two people and the capture of four others."

Earlier, several media outlets said, citing unnamed sources, that the Taliban were confronting ISIS radical Islamists in Khair Khana neighborhood and that they were surrounding the entire 315 area.
To be fair, we call ISIS nasty names, too.
Nonetheless, the spokesperson for the Taliban mentions nothing close to that, saying "weapons and other means of destruction were destroyed and obtained," calling those in battle "Kharijites" and "professional criminals".

Previously, media outlets also reported on the arrest of 60 people by Taliban forces in Khair Khana neighborhood in Kabul.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 02:18 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab terrorists detained near Somalia's capital
[Garowe] Somali National Army (SNA) said its forces arrested five al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
murderous Moslems during security operations conducted in the outskirts of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Wednesday.

The SNA commanders who led the operations told the SNA Radio that the turbans were involved in staging liquidations and bombings in Deynile, Kahda, Elasha Biya, and Garasbaaley.

"The security operations to pursue al-Shabaab murderous Moslems will continue in Banadir region to ensure Mogadishu city can be safe," the military radio reported.

The arrests come a day after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud ruled out negotiating with the terrorist group and vowed instead to pursue the military strategy to flush out the turbans in Somalia.

The government forces which have intensified security operations across the country since early this year have pledged to sustain the onslaught against the bad boy group until their fighters are subdued.

The al-Shabaab terrorist group which still controls some parts of rural southern and central Somalia, however, continues to carry out high-profile attacks in Mogadishu and elsewhere across the country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 00:06 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa Subsaharan
Nigeria: ISWAP Attack Kuje Prison
Yesterday the outbreak, today the details.


Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2022 01:01 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: ISWAP


How Buhari’s Convoy Failed To Engage Bandits, Allowed Them Escape
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2022 00:57 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Gunmen Shoot Pastor, Kill Two Sons, Kidnap Daughter In Adamawa
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2022 00:57 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Terrorists Kidnap Another Catholic Church Priest In Benue During Mass


Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2022 00:45 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


ISWAP Terrorists Threaten To Attack More Prisons In Nigeria, Other Countries
Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2022 00:35 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: ISWAP


Caribbean-Latin America
15 Mexican soldiers resist the attack of 60 sicarios in Sonora
Direct Translation via Facebook Translate. Edited.
A total of 15 soldiers of the Mexican Army managed to curb 60 Sicarians, Saturday afternoon in the municipality of Altar, Sonora, achieving the detention of 4 members of the group 'Gente Nueva Cazadores', armed arm of the Sinaloa Cartel, including Francisco Torres Carranza alias 'The Duranguillo', one of the capos more wanted from Mexico.

It was described as a "heroic act" and members of the Mexican armed force will receive a 'cross of malta' medal commemorating their bravery and courage when deciding to continue with their operative despite being outnumbered and in air caliber but even tried to bribe them with 10 MILLION weights, but the 'pixeled' refused.

They will also be recognized by the Prosecutor General of the Republic, as members of the 'Campaign Against Drug Trafficking' that is being deployed throughout the country, the medal to be given to them is second class, which is given when Do the military stand out for their honesty.
Posted by: badanov || 07/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  clint eastwood movie western one of the best!
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#2 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/08/2022 13:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Cross of Malta. Sounds appropriate.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/08/2022 18:29 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
26 killed in suicide attack near Nadra office in Mardan
[Dawn] At least 26 people were killed and 50 others injured when a powerful blast occurred near the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) office on Nisatta Road in Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, on Tuesday.

The attack was claimed by Tehrik-e-Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Pakistain (TTP) splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar
...A Pak Taliban splinter group that split off from the Mullah Fazlullah faction because it wasn't violent enough...
, which was also behind last year's deadly blast at Wagah Border.

However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
TTP central front man Mohammad Khorasani in a statement distanced his group from the Mardan attack, saying "we have nothing to do with blasts at public places," reported BBC Urdu.

The explosion destroyed the front entrance of a regional branch of Nadra.

"At least 26 people have been killed and more than 50 injured," said provincial information minister Mushtaq Ghani. "[The] condition of 11 of them is still critical," Ghani added.

The blast took place at a time when the office was crowded with people lining up to make applications for National Identity Cards (NIC).

'SUICIDE ATTACK'
Deputy Inspector General Mardan Division Saeed Wazir told DawnNews the blast was a "suicide kaboom carried out by a bomber".

The DIG added that a security guard posted at the office stopped the bomber at the gate, after which he detonated his boom jacket. The suicide attacker was on a cycle of violence and rammed it into the gate after being denied entry, he said.

Conflicting reports suggest that explosives may have been planted on a cycle of violence parked near the Nadra office.

District police chief Faisal Shahzad said the jacket wallah was riding a motorbike. "Apparently the target was the queue as there were around 400 people standing there," Faisal said.

Some of those critically maimed were taken to the main Lady Reading Hospital in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
city.

POWERFUL EXPLOSION
Officials of the Bomb Disposal Unit that reached the scene of the earth-shattering kaboom said around 8 to 10 kg of kaboom was used in the attack.

According to initial reports, the powerful blast took place near the gate of the office and damaged doors and windows in the building. At least 40 people are said to be injured, with some at death's door.

Human body remains were strewn across the blast site.

The area was cordoned off as rescue and security sources rushed to the site. The injured were shifted to Mardan Medical Complex, while an emergency was declared at all medical facilities in the area.

The office is located on the link road that connects Charsadda to Mardan. Mardan is situated in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, which has seen several terrorist attacks over the past several years — many of them targeting security officials.

SEARCH AND STRIKE OPERATION
Earlier in December, a search and strike operation was launched in Mardan, resulting in the arrest of about 327 suspected persons, including 16 illegally staying Afghan nationals, and persons involved in various crimes.

Mardan District Police Officer Faisal Shehzad, talking to media persons, had disclosed that the search and strike operation was carried out in Par Hoti, Bashkhali, Gujraat, Iranabad, Chora, Bhaijan, Surakh Dheray, Katakhet, Barikab, Galyara and localities adjoining the city.

He said they had also established checkposts jointly manned by police and army personnel at different points of the district and around 500 vehicles were searched with the purpose to take suspected passengers into custody if there were any inside those vehicles.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 02:51 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Shin Bet arrests Bedouin man who allegedly joined IDF to spy for Gaza terror group
[IsraelTimes] Shehadeh Abu Alqian, 25, charged with joining Mujahideen Brigades after authorities issued demolition order for his father’s illegal home, providing terror group with intel

A Bedouin man from southern Israel joined the military in order to spy for a terror group in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, the Shin Bet security service charged Thursday.

The agency said Shehadeh Abu Alqian, 25, from a Bedouin village near Hura in the northern Negev region, was instructed by the Gaza-based Mujahideen Brigades to join the Israel Defense Forces "for the purpose of promoting terrorist activity and gathering intelligence in Israeli territory."

Abu Alqian was detained on May 30, more than a week after he enlisted in the IDF.

The Shin Bet said his investigation revealed Abu Alqian performed various tasks for the terror group, including gathering internal intelligence from the army, photographing sites in Israel, and stealing weapons in order to transfer them to "terrorist elements."

The agency said Abu Alqian conducted "most" of his actions before he enlisted in the IDF.

According to the indictment, filed Thursday, Abu Alqian sought to "act against the State of Israel and against its security" after his father’s illegally built home was given a demolition order by authorities in 2019. The indictment didn’t specify whether the house had since been demolished.

On September 9, 2019, Abu Alqian stole an M4 rifle from a soldier waiting at a bus station in the Yatir Forest area of southern Israel, according to the charges, and in 2021 he joined Mujahideen Brigades.

"The defendant contacted an operative in a terrorist organization, a resident of Gaza, [and] expressed his desire to support the Gaza Strip’s fight against Israel and enlist in a terrorist organization," the indictment read.

The indictment said Abu Alqian provided the terror group with information on military helicopter activity, IDF training in the area of his town, and photos of a military base and of Beersheba’s train station.

On May 22, Abu Alqian enlisted in the IDF and during the recruitment process, provided the Mujahideen Brigades operative with names, telephone numbers and photos of Bedouin soldiers serving in the military, the indictment read.

The Mujahideen Brigades is a relatively small armed faction in the Gaza Strip, and is somewhat allied with the coastal enclave’s rulers, Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,. The terror group fought alongside Hamas during last year’s 11-day war with Israel.

The charges against Abu Alqian carry a potential life sentence.

The Shin Bet said it and the Israel Police "take any involvement of Israeli citizens in terrorist activities very seriously, and will work to thwart any such activity in order to bring to justice those who seek to harm the security of the country’s citizens."

Father of Bedouin charged with espionage: ‘If he did it, he should be punished’

[IsraelTimes] The father of Shehadeh Abu Alqian, a 25-year-old Bedouin who was charged Thursday with joining the Israel Defense Forces in May as a spy on behalf of a Gazoo-based terror group, has said that if the allegations are true, his son should be punished.

Speaking to Channel 12 news, Abu Alqian’s father, Shahadeh, said he would "sign off" on his son’s punishment if the charges are proven true.

"I didn’t know about this but if my son did do it, he should be punished. I really hope they look into this and find out whether it’s true or not," he said in an interview with the TV network which aired Thursday evening.

"If let’s say, my son made a mistake, and did something stupid, he will receive the punishment, and I will even sign off on the punishment," he said.

"Anyone who acts against the State of Israel, and against the security [of Israel], doesn’t matter if it’s my son, my brother, anyone who does such difficult, dangerous [things], should receive a punishment," Shahadeh Abu Alqian said.

He continued: "I have nothing bad to say about Israel, it’s my country and it’s where I will die. My son enlisted [to the IDF] on his own accord. He wanted to live in dignity and to follow his heart."
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2022 05:33 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
British Royal Navy vessel has seized a sophisticated shipment of Iranian missiles in the Gulf of Oman


A British Royal Navy vessel seized a sophisticated shipment of Iranian missiles in the Gulf of Oman earlier this year, officials said Thursday, pointing to the interdiction as proof of Tehran’s support for 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...
’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s in the country.

The British government statement was striking in that it provided some of the strongest findings to date that Tehran is arming the Houthis against the Arab Coalition with advanced weapons smuggled through the Arabian Gulf.

The UK Embassy in the United Arab Emirates described the seizure of surface-to-air-missiles and engines for land attack cruise missiles as "the first time a British naval warship has interdicted a vessel carrying such sophisticated weapons from Iran."

"The UK will continue to work in support of an enduring peace in Yemen and is committed to international maritime security so that commercial shipping can transit safely without threat of disruption," said James Heappey, Minister for the Armed Forces.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
did not respond to a request for comment.

The announcement signals an escalation as Western officials have in the past shied away from public statements that definitively blame Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
for arming Yemen’s Houthis with military contraband. The route of the smuggled shipments through the Arabian Sea or Gulf of Aden, however, has strongly suggested their destination.

Despite a United Nations Security Council arms embargo on Yemen, Iran has long been suspected of transferring rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, missiles and other weaponry to the Houthis since the disastrous war began in 2015.

Iran denies arming the Houthis, but independent experts, Western nations and UN experts have traced components back to Iran.

Citing a forensic analysis last month, the British navy linked the batch of rocket engines seized earlier this year to an Iranian-made cruise missile with a 1,000-kilometer range that it said the Houthis have used against Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
The Houthis also used the cruise missile to attack an oil facility in Abu Dhabi in January of this year, the British navy said, an assault that killed three people. The US military launched interceptor missiles during the attack, signaling a widening of Yemen’s war.

The HMS Montrose’s helicopter had been scanning for illicit goods in the Gulf of Oman on January 28 and February 25 when it spotted small vessels speeding away from the Iranian coast with "suspicious cargo on deck."

A team of Royal Marines then halted and searched the boats, confiscating the weapons in international waters south of Iran.

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer supported the British warship’s February operation. Fifth Fleet Vice Adm. Brad Cooper said the seizure reflected the Navy’s "strong commitment to regional security and stability."

The Houthis seized Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in September 2014 and forced the internationally recognized government into exile. The Arab Coalition has since strived to bring peace in Yemen and restore the internationally recognized government.

Years of fighting have ground into a bloody stalemate and pushed the Arab world’s poorest nation to the brink of famine. A tenuous truce that began around the holy Moslem month of Ramadan appears to be holding, although both sides have accused each other of violations.
Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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2Banditti
2Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
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2Pak Taliban (TTP)
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1Islamic State
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1Narcos
1PLO
1Sublime Porte
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1Commies
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1Hamas
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  Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe shot
Thu 2022-07-07
  Mass Shooting By Two Illegal Immigrants In Richmond Foiled by Tipster
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  Antifa 4th of July attacks in Portland, FBI finally called in
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  Day 2: At least 6 dead, dozens hurt in Highland Park July Fourth parade shooting
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  Happy 4th of July everyone!
Sun 2022-07-03
  Grenade Explosion at an Islamic Seminary in East Afghanistan Wounds Eight People
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  21 Terrorists Killed As Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Clash Again In Borno
Fri 2022-07-01
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  It’s over: Court finds 19 men guilty of terrorism-related charges in 2015 Paris attacks trial
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