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-War on Police-
'Coward' facing charges, accused of targeting federal agents with fiery attack at Los Angeles hotel
[FoxNews] DHS official blames 'dangerous rhetoric by sanctuary politicians' for 500% increase in ICE officer assaults

A career criminal accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Los Angeles hotel where federal agents were staying last week during immigration enforcement operations has been charged.

Eric Anthony Rodriguez, 39, is charged with the charged with the federal equivalent of having a bomb or explosive device, according to court documents.

Rodriguez hurled the Molotov cocktail on June 21 at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport, where 15 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and 12 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were staying, the Justice Department said.

"This coward threw a Molotov cocktail at a hotel in Los Angeles where 27 DHS law enforcement officers were staying," said Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. "Thankfully, the attack was unsuccessful, and no one was injured."

The device fell into some bushes and was extinguished by a hotel employee. The Los Angeles Police Department was called to investigate the incident and quickly zeroed in on Rodriguez after obtaining surveillance footage from nearby businesses.

He was arrested hours later after he was found asleep near a gas station one block away from the hotel, authorities said.

McLaughlin blamed the incident, and others in which law enforcement personnel have been assaulted, on sanctuary city politicians who have blamed the Trump administration for targeting illegal immigrants, even those with criminal records, for deportation.

"Dangerous rhetoric by sanctuary politicians has fanned the flames of violence against federal law enforcement—and it has led to a 500% increase in assaults against ICE," she said. "Secretary Noem has been perfectly clear: Anyone who threatens the lives of federal officers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law—and that is exactly what will happen to Rodriguez."

The charges against Rodriguez mark the third case of a federal ‘bomb/ or explosive’ charge against a person for throwing a Molotov cocktail in relation to the Los Angeles riots that occurred earlier this month in opposition to immigration enforcement operations.

Rodriguez has a lengthy criminal history, with previous convictions for assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree robbery, falsifying checks, theft and vandalism. He also had an outstanding felony warrant for violating parole.

He was most recently convicted of first-degree robbery in March 2024 and was sentenced to two years in prison.
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Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Caribbean-Latin America
Sinaloa cartel hacker turned Mexico City cameras against FBI, leading to killings, DOJ says
[FoxNews] Hacker obtained federal agent's phone records and accessed Mexico City's surveillance system, a Justice Department report states.

A hacker working for the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico was able to obtain an FBI official's phone record information in 2018 and used Mexico City's surveillance camera system to track and kill informants and witnesses, the Justice Department said in a report.
For seven years? That’s not good, but at least they finally noticed, whether or not they caught the miscreant.
The 2018 incident was disclosed in the Justice Department Inspector General's audit of the FBI's efforts to "Mitigate the Effects of Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance."

The report said the FBI was working on the case of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the former leader of the infamous cartel who was extradited to the United States in 2017, when someone tipped the FBI that the drug-trafficking organization hired a hacker "who offered a menu of services related to exploiting mobile phones and other electronic devices."

The hacker was able to identify an FBI assistant legal attaché (ALAT) at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and was able to use the attaché's phone number "to obtain calls made and received, as well as geolocation data."

"According to the FBI, in addition to compromising the ALAT's phone, the hacker also accessed Mexico City's camera system, used the cameras to follow the ALAT through the city, and identified people the ALAT met with," the report states. "According to the case agent, the cartel used that information to intimidate and/or kill potential sources or cooperating witnesses."

The hacker and victims were not identified in the report. Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, the State Department, the FBI and Justice Department.

The report noted that advances in technology have "made it easier than ever for less-sophisticated nations and criminal enterprises to identify and exploit vulnerabilities" created by UTS, a term used to describe the widespread collection and storage od data and analysis often from everyday technologies like smartphones, computers and even vehicles.
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Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Kabardino-Balkaria resident arrested in militant financing case
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Transactions by a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2020 became the reason for initiating a criminal case on financing terrorism; the man is in pre-trial detention. 

A criminal case against a 44-year-old resident of Nalchik was opened based on materials from the republican FSB department. 

According to the investigation, in 2020, the man made several money transfers through a banking application, transferring money to the accounts of alleged “organizers of a channel for financing terrorist activities and members of an international terrorist organization.” 

Investigators believe that he made these transfers intentionally "with the aim of facilitating terrorist activity," according to a statement on the website of the republic's Investigative Committee.

The suspect was given a preventive measure in the form of detention, the department noted. The article on financing terrorist activity (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia) provides for eight to 15 years of imprisonment. 

The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have any comments from the suspect or his lawyer regarding the investigation's version.


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Posted by: badanov || 06/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems


FSB Detains Member of Terrorist Organization in Tatarstan
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia detained a woman in Tatarstan on suspicion of participating in an international terrorist organization banned in Russia. This was reported on June 27 by the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC).

“It was established that illegal propaganda meetings were held at the address where the detainee lived, the main purpose of which was to spread the ideas of radical Islam among the republic’s Muslims, as well as to promote the principles of a terrorist organization,” the Center for Public Opinion said in a statement.

FSB officers found out that at the meetings, participants studied banned extremist literature. In addition, members of the organization accepted reports on the work done to recruit new members, and also carried out the recruitment itself.

In Moscow in May, a man who had recently received Russian citizenship was arrested for attempting to join the ranks of the Islamic State (IS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia). The investigation petitioned for the arrest of the suspect, since while at large, the man could maintain and coordinate communications with other IS members. He was sent to a pretrial detention center.



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Posted by: badanov || 06/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Europe
Pro-Palestinian Activists Wreck Belgian Arms Factory Supplying Ukraine
Why Ukraine? That makes no sense. What does a Belgian company supplying Ukraine have to do with Palestine or Israel?
[United24Media] Around 150 pro-Palestinian activists stormed the premises of OIP Land Systems, a Belgian defense company that refurbishes military vehicles for Ukraine, causing over $1 million in damage, according to company CEO Freddy Versluys, a Belgian media outlet 7sur7 reported on June 24.

The incident, which occurred in the morning on June 23, is expected to delay upcoming armored vehicle deliveries to Ukraine by at least a month.

The activists, dressed in white suits with their faces covered, broke into the factory’s warehouses in Tournai as part of the “Stop Arming Israel” campaign, which calls for a military embargo on Israel and demands sanctions by the Belgian government.

“They ransacked our offices, destroyed computers, and then headed to the workshops, where they severely damaged several vehicles,” said Versluys. “They went on a rampage with spray paint and hammers.”

Versluys emphasized that the damaged vehicles were not intended for Israel but were part of a shipment to Ukraine.

“We no longer sell anything to Israel. …vandalized vehicles meant to defend Ukraine. Their action will delay our next delivery by at least a month.”

The activists targeted OIP Land Systems due to its ownership by Elbit Systems, a major Israeli defense contractor.
Ah. So the objection is that they are Israeli. The Ukraine thing is happenstance. Throw the book at them for forceful entry and destruction… or give the guys on the line axe handles and let them have a bit of fun on their unexpected break.
Protesters claim Elbit supplies 85% of drones and most ground-based weaponry to the Israeli military. However, Versluys insisted OIP has not delivered any defense systems to Israel for over 20 years and operates completely independently.

OIP has played a key role in supplying Ukraine’s military since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, delivering around 260 refurbished armored vehicles to date.

Police from the Tournai region were deployed to the scene, supported by anti-riot units from the Borinage area and a federal police helicopter. Some activists fled into neighboring villages but were pursued by law enforcement. According to the activist group Stop Arming Israel, at least 30 people were arrested.

Versluys announced that the company would be filing a formal complaint against unidentified perpetrators.
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Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 06/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Updates: Israel's war on Gaza continues
[GEO.TV] The armed wing of 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...
, al-Quds Brigades, has said that its fighters carried out two separate attacks on Israeli forces operating in southern 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 a rusty iron fist by Hamas with 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...
, Al Jazeera reported.

The first attack claimed to have targeted Israeli troops east of Hamad City, north of Khan Younis, with 60-calibre mortar shells.

Separately, a joint assault carried out alongside the armed wing of Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
, Qassam Brigades, saw a group of Israeli troops and military vehicles shelled heavily as they penetrated the vicinity of Halima Mosque in the Jorat al-Lut area, south of Khan Younis, the al-Quds Brigades' statement read on Telegram.

The group did not elaborate on the results of the attacks.
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Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Islamic Jihad


Israeli military issues new evacuation orders in central and northern Gaza
[GEO.TV] The Israeli military has issued fresh evacuation orders across several areas of 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 a rusty iron fist by Hamas with 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...
, including Nuseirat, Zahraa, and Mughraqa municipalities, as well as numerous northern neighbourhoods such as al-Nuzha, al-Bawadi, al-Basma, al-Zahraa, and al-Safa.

Residents were told to flee immediately to al-Mawasi, with the army warning against returning to areas of active combat. Military spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated the army was using "extreme force" to target what it claims are rocket-launching zones in the evacuated regions.
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Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Ships in the Strait of Hormuz are hiding under Russian and Chinese flags from attacks
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Commercial vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz have begun to disguise themselves as flags of other countries en masse, trying to avoid attacks. This was reported on June 26 by Reuters.

According to him, during the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran from June 12 to 24, 55 ships sent 101 unusual messages - “Russian oil” or “Chinese property”.

Windward CEO Ami Daniel told the publication that ship owners fear that ships with ties to the US, Britain or Israel will continue to be targets, and that identifying them as Russian or Chinese could be a defense for them.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, the Iranian parliament (Majlis) on June 22 approved a decision to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 15-20% of the world's oil flows. However, then, on June 24, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a complete ceasefire.

Moreover, if on June 23 the price of Brent oil for delivery in August exceeded $81 per barrel, then already in the afternoon of June 24 oil prices fell below $68 per barrel. At that time, this happened for the first time since June 11.


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Posted by: badanov || 06/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies



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