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Egyptian M1 Abrams tank column heading to the border with Libya
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Arabia
SaudiArabia exempts Western arms purchases from austerity plan
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


International-UN-NGOs
ICC Prosecutor: Israel war crimes probe can go on despite Oslo Accords
[JPost] - International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has told the ICC's Pretrial Chamber that a war crimes probe against Israelis can proceed despite the continued application of the Oslo Accords.

Israel and its allies have claimed that the Oslo Accords prevent the PA from seeking ICC involvement in a potential criminal issue and from seeking statehood absent a deal between the parties. Bensouda's decision on Monday was a rejection of Israel's legal argument.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/08/2020 12:55 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  Tell the ICC that any attempt at trying an Israeli citizen is an act of war and a war crime.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 06/08/2020 22:20 Comments || Top||


Olde Tyme Religion
Warning, this may cause a reader gag reflex.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] White police officers and community members wash the feet of black faith leaders in North Carolina to 'express humility and love'
  • White police officers and community members washed the feet of black church leaders during a Unity March in Cary, North Carolina on Saturday

  • Members of the Legacy Church Center, led by co-pastors Faith Wokoma and her husband Soboma, participated in a Unity Prayer Walk in honor of George Floyd

  • At the gathering a feet washing ceremony took place, practicing the Biblical rite of washing other peoples feet as a sign of humility and love
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Happened in the U.K also.
Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756 || 06/08/2020 0:14 Comments || Top||

#2  I wonder what the names of those officers are.

Be interesting to know the next time someone tries to enforce a stay in place/mask mandate in that town.
Posted by: charger || 06/08/2020 0:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Here it comes: the abomination that causes desolation...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/08/2020 4:20 Comments || Top||

#4  First request kneeling, second request foot washing...
Posted by: Airandee || 06/08/2020 8:23 Comments || Top||

#5  Police officers in uniform and presumably on duty are performing in political propaganda theatrics.

They are ritually submitting themselves, in their official capacity, to authorities outside of the legal and constitutional framework of a free and open constitutional republic.

Will these police officers now, nominally in their official capacity, impose the will of these new authorities on the general public?

Can the general public expect protection from these officers if there's illegal abuse by these new authorities?

Or is this the beginning of officially sanctioned anarcho-tyranny?
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 06/08/2020 8:44 Comments || Top||

#6  I should have heeded the gag reflex warning. Good grief...
Posted by: Dave D. || 06/08/2020 8:47 Comments || Top||

#7  Think of it as Saturnalia.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/08/2020 8:52 Comments || Top||

#8  led by co-pastors Faith Wokoma and her husband Soboma

Interesting that the Po-Po and "community members" chose to lick the feet of the real Africans who probably never met white people until immigrating to America, with the possible exception of white missionaries bringing them goodies. Excellent preparation for life in welfare state America.
Posted by: Beldar Peacock1400 || 06/08/2020 9:24 Comments || Top||

#9  Are you sure they are washing feet and not sucking...
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 06/08/2020 10:55 Comments || Top||

#10  I live in South Carolina. It is really not 1950 anymore.
Posted by: Tom || 06/08/2020 14:10 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
US Special Op forces testing Israeli-made smart rifle system in Syria
[PRESSTV] US special operations forces are currently testing and evaluating an Israeli-developed computerized fire control and rifle sight system downrange in Syria, according to the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM).

"We are evaluating the Smart Shooter system as a potential individual-level solution to enhancing Special Operations Forces capabilities for countering unmanned aerial systems," SOCOM front man Lt. Cmdr. Tim Hawkins confirmed as quoted in a Friday report by US-based military news outlet Task & Purpose.

According to the report, the SMASH 2000, developed by Israeli military contractor Smart Shooter in cooperation with Sig Sauer, uses a weapon-mounted optic and special pistol grip that "allows you to acquire, lock on and engage targets ... [and] the weapon to fire only when it's a guaranteed hit," as stated by company CEO Devin Schweiss.

Photos published to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) on May 30, first reported by The War Zone, show several US soldiers at the Syria-based At-Tanf military garrison engaging targets with M4 carbines outfitted with a SMASH 2000 system.

Hawkins further added that the command purchased the SMASH 2000 systems from Smart Shooter in March 2019 to evaluate the capability in an operational environment.

Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Use it in good health!
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/08/2020 0:56 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Huge fire breaks out at Iranian prison: video
[ALMASDARNEWS] A huge fire broke out on Saturday evening in an area adjacent to the Evin Prison in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

A video clip circulating showed that the fire came over large areas of the prison, as firefighters arrive on the scene to put out the blaze.

No information has been released about casualties or what caused the massive fire.
Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  They have Antifa in Iran?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/08/2020 8:53 Comments || Top||


Former Iranian Diplomat Amir Mousavi: U.S. Must Extradite Soleimani's Killers or Leave Iraq
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  or what?
Posted by: Chris || 06/08/2020 11:06 Comments || Top||



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Mon 2020-06-08
  Egyptian M1 Abrams tank column heading to the border with Libya
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  Former Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shallah
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Sat 2020-06-06
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Thu 2020-06-04
  LA mayor cuts $150m from cops' budget and gives it to communities of color instead
Wed 2020-06-03
  Turkish ship delivers tanks to Libya amid mass build up: LNA
Tue 2020-06-02
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