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-Land of the Free
Trump Orders Installation of 17 Miles of Texas Border Buoys in Rio Grande
[Breitbart] In addition to the border infrastructure funded by President Trump’s One Big Beautify Bill, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to quickly install 17 miles of floating border barrier in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem signed a waiver on Thursday to ensure the construction of the barrier is not impeded by environmental regulations.

According to DHS, the waterborne barrier will be constructed in the Rio Grande in Cameron County, Texas within the U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector. Bids for the RGV Waterborne Barrier Project have been solicited and the project is planned for funding award before the end of Fiscal Year 2025 in September.

Funding for the project will come from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations. Secretary Noem signed five other regulatory waivers since President Trump’s inauguration that allow infrastructure projects, including border wall projects to proceed swiftly and avoid lengthy environmental surveys.

The San Antonio Express-News called the order from Secretary Kristi Noem the continued “militarization of the southern border.”

The water-borne buoy barrier is not a new concept along the Texas/Mexico border. As reported by Breitbart Texas, in July 2023, Texas Governor Abbott began installation of the buoy barriers in Eagle Pass, Texas. At the time, the small border city was the epicenter of the Biden border crisis and remained one of the busiest areas for illegal border crossings for more than a year.

Abbott’s project was opposed by a small group of open border activists who staged a protest along the Rio Grande in the small border city. As reported by Breitbart Texas, about two dozen protesters chanted and unfurled signs critical of Abbott’s border buoy project on the day materials for the barrier project.

In addition to the small outcry of a few protesters, the Texas buoy project was met with legal action filed by the Biden administration. At one point in the legal wrangling between Abbott and then President Biden, a federal appeals court ordered the barrier removed from the Rio Grande.

The court ruling was quickly overturned when the full court issued a stay in a 10-7 vote that allowed the floating border barrier to remain delivering a victory for the Texas governor.

The border buoy project announced by DHS will be the first water-borne barrier project undertaken by the Trump administration. According to DHS, the project will eliminate a capability gap that has been identified in the waterways along the Southwest border where drug smuggling, human trafficking and other dangerous and illegal activity occurs.

The department asserts the project will create a safer border environment for patrolling agents as well as serving to deter illegal border crossings within the dangerous waterways.
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Posted by: Skidmark || 07/06/2025 09:17 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Afghanistan
1.4 million Afghans returned last year
[KhaamaPress] Over 1.4 million migrants colonists have returned to Afghanistan in 2024, many forcibly deported. UNHCR urges urgent financial aid to support returnees. Of course they do.

The United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that more than 1.4 million migrants colonists have returned to Afghanistan since the beginning of 2024. The agency expressed urgent concern over the growing humanitarian burden, emphasizing that immediate financial support is needed to assist the returnees, many of whom were forcibly deported.

In a statement posted on Friday, July 4, UNHCR revealed that over one million of these returnees came from Iran, while others were sent back from neighboring countries under strained conditions. The agency noted that many of the returnees were women and kiddies facing significant vulnerabilities, and not all of them returned voluntarily.

"Urgent financial resources are needed to support over 1.4 million people who have returned—or been forced to return—to Afghanistan this year," UNHCR stated via its official account on X. The agency warned that Afghanistan’s fragile infrastructure and limited aid capacity are unable to cope with the rising influx.

According to previous UN reports, an estimated 70 percent of Afghan returnees are forcibly deported without prior notice or adequate preparation time. Upon return, many face unemployment, lack of shelter, and insecurity in regions still recovering from decades of conflict and economic instability.

In light of these developments, UNHCR has reiterated its appeal to Iran, Pakistain, and other host countries to ensure that returns are carried out voluntarily, safely, and in accordance with international human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
obligations. The agency also called on international donors to scale up assistance for returnees and host communities in Afghanistan.

Recent reports suggest that deportations from 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...
have surged in recent weeks, with up to 30,000 Afghan migrants colonists being returned daily. This has placed extraordinary pressure on border provinces and overwhelmed humanitarian operations trying to provide food, shelter, and basic medical care.

UNHCR, along with several humanitarian agencies, is urging the global community to respond swiftly and generously. Without immediate and coordinated support, Afghanistan risks plunging deeper into crisis, with millions of vulnerable people left without the resources they need to survive and rebuild their lives.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/06/2025 2025-07-06 04:06 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Africa Horn
Somalia: African Union extends Burundian troop presence for 6 months
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Posted by: Fred || 07/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [25 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Britain
UK to pay £1.6 million compensation to Afghans over risky data leak
That’s nice. How many of the Afghans are still living in-country, where the Taliban will see the money coming in? How many are living somewhere safe, where they will not be robbed and worse for suddenly acquiring a large sum? In other words, is Britain about to victimize them a second time to make themselves feel better?
[KhaamaPress] The UK government will pay £1.6 million to 277 Afghans after a 2021 data leak exposed their identities and endangered their lives.

British media have reported that the UK government will pay compensation of up to £4,000 each to 277 Afghan citizens whose personal information was exposed in a 2021 data breach by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). 1,600,000/277=>5776...some handling fees retained

According to the BBC World Service, the breach occurred in September 2021, during the chaotic and rapid evacuation of Western forces from Afghanistan. Personal details of individuals who had cooperated with the UK government were mistakenly revealed, placing them at serious risk.

The emails, sent by the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) team, exposed personal data of nearly 300 Afghan nationals. Among the disclosed details were email addresses of 265 individuals, and in some cases, profile photos and geographic locations were also visible.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) labeled the breach as "serious" and warned that the error could have posed a threat to lives. As a result, the MoD was fined £350,000 in December 2023—an amount reduced from an initial penalty of £1 million following a detailed review.

UK Defence Minister Luke Pollard has issued a formal apology and assured that compensation payments would be processed swiftly. He also pledged reforms in data management procedures and improved staff training within the ministry.

The total compensation payout is expected to reach around £1.6 million, according to estimates by officials. The payments aim to recognize the potential dangers and distress caused by the breach.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/06/2025 2025-07-06 04:11 || Comments || Link || [32 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  5776-4000=>1776. Curious.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/06/2025 8:29 Comments || Top||


Europe
Macron's Secret Fear: Why He's Asking Russia to Influence Iran
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Leonid Tsukanov

[REGNUM] A few days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had telephone conversations. The first substantive conversation since autumn 2022 was initiated by Paris and largely concerned the Iranian issue.

A little later, Le Parisien came out with a sensation: Macron’s sudden outburst was provoked by fears that Iranian missiles would reach Paris.
Bibi has been warning about that for ages, and been repudiated by France for it, among others, precisely as long. What odds, dear Reader, that his Excellency le président will apologize to Bibi or thank Israel for reducing France’s risk of being hit by an Iranian nuclear missile?
However, the French leader had other, less obvious reasons for asking Moscow to influence Tehran.

WITHIN REACH
Macron's main secret fear, which French journalists have emphasized, is retaliatory strikes from the Iranians.

In the early days of Israel's Operation Lion Force, Tehran threatened Tel Aviv's Western allies (including France) that any assistance to the latter in repelling Iranian attacks would be regarded as entering the war. This would give Iran the moral right to strike European targets in the Middle East.

And a little later rumors began to spread that Iran had expanded the boundaries of a possible retaliatory operation, preparing (if the situation deteriorated sharply) to strike directly at Europe. And to use “the newest missiles” for these purposes.

Most likely, they were talking about the Kheibar Shekan series of missiles, first introduced in 2022.

The declared range of their upgraded version (Kheibar Shekan 2), which entered service shortly before the conflict, exceeds 2,000 kilometers, which is enough to reach the territory of France. The Ghadr-110 and Sajil-2 missiles have similar characteristics.

And the heavy Khorramshahr-4 missile is capable of traveling more than 4,000 kilometers, which leaves Tehran with the hypothetical opportunity to strike any part of France, including the capital.

WORKING FOR THE AUDIENCE
However, Le Parisien journalists seriously exaggerated. Tehran did not plan to strike French territory and thereby provoke all NATO countries to enter the conflict at the same time.

However, he was still able to seriously frighten the Elysee Palace by threatening the country with a possible withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) – following the example of the DPRK.

Such statements should not be considered empty bravado, especially since Tehran is only a few symbolic steps away from withdrawing from the Treaty. In particular, contacts with the IAEA have already been reduced to a minimum, surveillance cameras at the country's key nuclear facilities have been dismantled, and a draft law on withdrawal has been developed, which the Iranian parliament, if necessary, can pass in a few days.

All of this has created serious concerns in Paris that Tehran could embark on the path to developing nuclear weapons, although Iranian officials have strongly denied these plans.

It is no coincidence that in his conversation with Putin, Macron at least several times emphasized the immutability and inviolability of the NPT. Apparently counting on Moscow using its authority to keep the Iranians from taking ill-considered steps and finally ending the negotiations on the “nuclear deal.”

PRISONER EXCHANGE
The Elysee Palace also has other pressing issues related to Tehran on its agenda. In particular, the need to repatriate two French citizens, Cecile Coler and Jacques Paris, who were accused of organizing unrest in Iran in 2022 and are still being held in the “political” prison of Evin.

Efforts by the Elysee Palace to pressure reformist Iranian officials – including President Masoud Pezeshkian – to release their fellow citizens have been unsuccessful. Instead, Tehran has hardened its position over time, accusing the Evin prisoners of working for Israeli intelligence.

Given the general tightening of the Iranian law enforcement authorities' attitude towards "Israeli agents" after "Lion Force," the fate of the French is unenviable: with a high degree of probability, they, like other arrested pro-Israeli figures, will soon be sentenced to death.

Macron, who built his political image, among other things, around his readiness to defend the interests of French citizens at any cost, absolutely cannot allow this to happen. And since neither generous promises nor threats have ultimately worked, the only remaining way out is to seek the organization of an exchange process, in which Russia could act as a mediator.

Unlike Tehran’s other foreign policy partners, Moscow enjoys a significant “credit of trust” in the eyes of the Iranian authorities, reinforced by the conclusion of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty in early 2025. This makes it a suitable guarantor of the transparency of the hypothetical exchange procedures.

Tehran has something to demand from France. For example, it could include in the exchange list a group of ethnic Azerbaijanis who were collecting data on military logistics in Cyprus and were arrested by European security forces in late June.

It is also possible to request the return to their homeland of Iranian activists detained in the United States several days ago, or to demand the extradition of several army defectors who previously moved first to Israel and from there to Europe.

In all cases, this will require France to urgently work with its allies to persuade them to comply with Tehran's demands, which, unlike Macron, has nothing to lose regardless of the outcome of the deal.

That is why the Elysee Palace is trying to buy time and is waiting for Moscow to help it in a gentlemanly manner in this matter.


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Posted by: badanov || 07/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [67 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Iraq
Baghdad says ‘unacceptable’ for KRG to blame drone attacks on PMF
[Rudaw] The Iraqi government on Saturday said it was "unacceptable" for Erbil to accuse the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi) of being complicit in a string of drone attacks in the Kurdistan Region.

"The accusation issued by the Ministry of Interior in the Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG] against an official Iraqi security institution is unacceptable, condemned, and impermissible under any pretext, especially since it was issued in the absence of evidence," the prime minister’s spokesperson Sabah al-Numan said in a statement.

On Friday, the KRG’s Interior Ministry blamed the PMF for recent drone attacks that it said were carried out "with the intention of creating chaos." It called on Baghdad to bring the perpetrators to account.

Baghdad said that such accusations risk undermining the country’s stability and instead urged "cooperation and coordination through official channels."

Multiple explosive-laden drones have crashed or been downed in the Kurdistan Region since a US-brokered ceasefire between 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...
and Israel went into effect on June 24.

Most recently, a drone was intercepted near Erbil International Airport on Thursday, but "did not cause any casualties or material damage," said the Directorate General of Counter Terrorism (CTD), which is part of the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC).

Iraqi militia groups have denied involvement and blamed 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).

During the 12-day Iran-Israel war, numerous drones and rockets flew through the airspace of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. Several of them fell or were intercepted.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/06/2025 2025-07-06 01:23 || Comments || Link || [24 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Five Hebron sheikhs pen letter asking to join Abraham Accords as emirate, dismiss two-state solution — report
[IsraelTimes] A group of five leading sheikhs in the Paleostinian Authority’s Hebron district sent a letter to the government expressing a desire to join the Abraham Accords and to have peace with Israel, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The letter, addressed to Economy Minister Nir Barkat, expresses the sheikhs’ desire to break off from the Paleostinian Authority and establish Hebron as an emirate that "recognize[s] the State of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people."

Then, "the State of Israel shall recognize the Emirate of Hebron as the Representative of the Arab residents in the Hebron District."
Oh my goodness — the unexpected things that happen in real life!
The letter describes the proposed arrangement as "fair and decent," and says it can replace the Oslo Accords, "which only brought damage, death, economic disaster and destruction."

Barkat tells the WSJ that the old two-state paradigm has failed, and that the Paleostinian Authority is not trusted among its people and in Israel. The minister has hosted Sheikh Wadee’ al-Jaabari — one of the most influential Hebron clan leaders and the spearhead of the initiative — and other sheikhs at his home in Jerusalem for dozens of meetings since February.

"Sheikh Jaabari wants peace with Israel and to join the Abraham Accords, with the support of his fellow sheikhs. Who in Israel is going to say no?" Barkat says.

"There will be no Paleostinian state — not even in 1,000 years," Jaabari tells the newspaper. "After October 7, Israel will not give it."

Another sheikh who joined the initiative concurred: "To think only about making a Paleostinian state will bring us all to disaster."

The WSJ says other sheikhs who agree with the initiative spoke anonymously to ensure their safety.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/06/2025 2025-07-06 03:02 || Comments || Link || [68 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Happy, happy! Joy, joy!
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 07/06/2025 4:47 Comments || Top||

#2  actually this is a good idea

but leftists will say it is apartheid
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/06/2025 10:26 Comments || Top||


Leader of militia in Gaza fighting Hamas admits cooperating with IDF
[IsraelTimes] The head of a militia operating in an area of Gaza under Israeli military control, Yasser Abu Shabab, gives an interview to the Israeli public broadcaster’s Arabic-language radio station Makan, in which he says his fighters are young men of Palestinian origin living in the heart of the Strip, with no affiliation to any political ideology or organization.

“We’ve tasted the bitterness and injustice inflicted on us by Hamas, and we’ve taken it upon ourselves to confront this aggression. We don’t rule out confrontation with Hamas and we don’t rule out civil war, no matter the cost,” he says.

In the interview, Abu Shabab admits for the first time that his forces are cooperating at some level with the IDF.

“We didn’t have any security like we do in zones under Israeli control. We entered these areas and carried out operations beyond expectations. As long as the goal is support and assistance (from the IDF), and nothing more, when we go on a mission, we inform them — nothing beyond that — and we carry out the military operation,” he says.

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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/06/2025 2025-07-06 02:23 || Comments || Link || [51 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  If Israel wasn't involved they would've been "freedom fighters" to MSM.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 07/06/2025 3:25 Comments || Top||

#2  "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/06/2025 7:23 Comments || Top||


Hamas says it is ready to ''immediately engage'' in negotiations, Bibi says Hamas changes not ok
[X]
What's this? The 78th time?
They like negotiations when Israel is forced to stop attacking them for the duration, so they can come out into the sunlight. And there is always the hope that Israel will be forced to give up the fight.



…Qatari proposal that Israel agreed to.

The negotiating team will depart tomorrow for talks in Qatar.



PM’s office says Hamas seeking unacceptable changes to hostage deal proposal
[IsraelTimes] According to a source involved in the mediation efforts, Hamas wants three core changes. It wants the agreement to say that talks on a permanent ceasefire will continue until an agreement is reached; that aid will fully resume through mechanisms backed by the United Nations and other international aid organizations; and that the IDF withdraw to positions it maintained before the collapse of the previous ceasefire in March.

Courtesy of badanov:
Netanyahu to Discuss Hostage Release Deal with Part of Cabinet
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a narrow session of the Israeli government. This was announced on July 5 by Dmitry Gendelman, an adviser to the office of the head of the Israeli Cabinet.

“This evening, the prime minister will convene a meeting of the narrow cabinet, at which the issue of the speedy release of all our hostages will be discussed, including sending a negotiating team to Doha,” he told TASS.

According to the Ynet portal, mediators are negotiating a new round of indirect talks between the parties in Doha, the Qatari capital, on July 6 following the response of the Palestinian Hamas movement to the ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip. It is claimed that Israel has received a response from Hamas to the latest ceasefire proposal in Gaza. Now its details are being studied.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, on May 29, Al Arabiya TV channel announced that Hamas and Israel had agreed to a temporary truce in the Gaza Strip for 60 days. Later, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt confirmed that Israel had signed the proposal of US Presidential Special Envoy Steven Witkoff and US President Donald Trump for a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The proposal was then sent to Hamas.

In early June, the Israeli military found and returned the bodies of two hostages during an operation in the Gaza Strip. They were found in the Khan Yunis area. It is noted that the captives were killed on October 7, 2023, after which their bodies were taken to the Gaza Strip. The deceased were a married couple.

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Posted by: Fred || 07/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [53 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Wildfires rage in Syria for 3rd day, with conditions made worse by unexploded munitions
[IsraelTimes] As flames blaze through western Latakia province, Damascus says unexploded bombs and mines make firefighters’ work even more dangerous; Turkey sends help,
May I suggest hiring unemployed Afghan mine clearing techs trained by the West — many can be found waiting outside Afghanistan for visas promised to them when the Taliban fell, so they will be particularly grateful if they can bring their families.

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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/06/2025 2025-07-06 01:04 || Comments || Link || [51 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria/HTS

#1  Well, it does remove unexploded munitions.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 07/06/2025 3:26 Comments || Top||


Khamenei entered Imam Khomeini Hosseiniyeh for Ashura night mourning ceremony
[X]
Very impressive. Who was the choreographer?
Once they’ve been trained, they need no signal to throw their version of the Nazi salute and shout the traditional slogans.
Iran’s supreme leader makes first public appearance since start of war with Israel

[IsraelTimes] Footage showed 86-year-old leader waving to chanting crowd gathered at a mosque in Tehran, but he did not deliver any public address

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and 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...
began last month, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura.

Khamenei’s absence during the war suggested that there was heavy security for the Iranian leader, who has the final say on all state matters.

State TV in Iran showed the 86-year-old leader waving and nodding to the chanting crowd, which rose to its feet as he entered and sat at a mosque next to his office and residence in the capital, Tehran.

There was no immediate report on any public statement made. Iranian officials such as the Parliament speaker were present. Such events are always held under heavy security.

Khamenei had reportedly sheltered in a bunker for the duration of the war, and after, for fear of being assassinated. He had instead issued pre-taped messages, and state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
had aired his pre-recorded remarks.

His last public appearance before the outbreak of war on June 13 was two days before that, when he met with members of parliament.
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Posted by: Fred || 07/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [77 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Choreographer did not work for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

Ashura frequently has self inflicted cuttings in deep Shia territory. I was hoping for that.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/06/2025 0:24 Comments || Top||

#2  With so many of the leadership dead anyone who is still alive is suspicious.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 07/06/2025 0:32 Comments || Top||



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