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1800 Christians, Alawites slaughtered in Syria
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FBI Linked J6 Pipe Bomber to Metro Card and License Plate of Former Government Official, But Barred Interviews and Diverted Investigation
Sunday 03/09/2025

DorothyLamour(RoadtoZanzibar)_01
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hostage deal activists set up protest camp
outside IDF headquarters after weekly anti-govt protest
Fifth Column
Progressive Cincinnati rabbi disinvited
from anti-Nazi rally because he supports Israel
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
World Bank: Reconstruction of Lebanon
after Israel-Hezbollah war to cost $11 billion
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
90,000 Muslim worshipers flock
to Al-Aqsa for first Friday prayers of Ramadan
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza%u2019s largest field hospital operating with skeleton crew, forced to cut most services after USAID funding freeze
Britain
Trump%u2019s Scottish golf course
vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti
Lithuania Exits Cluster Bomb Treaty Amid Russian Provocations, Considers Withdrawal From APM Ottawa Convention

Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Baskets of goodies
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/09/2025 10:41 Comments || Top||


#3  Anti time
Posted by: badanov || 03/09/2025 14:19 Comments || Top||

#4  It's Trump's fault
Posted by: Greasing Grundy2815 || 03/09/2025 19:55 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Illegal arrested for distribution of child porn in Mississippi
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
WOW. Who's the She-Hulk?
Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Which one am I supposed to use here, "They were just turning their lives around"? Or a different one?
Posted by: Crusader || 03/09/2025 0:31 Comments || Top||

#2 
This and every such crime an Illegal commits should be pinned on the Democrat Party.

Because of its openly promoted Open Borders agenda, which allowed in and supported such perverts.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/09/2025 7:42 Comments || Top||

#3  His mistake was choosing Mississippi rather than the Swamp. Bigger customer base.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/09/2025 14:24 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian Police Arrest 26 Foreigners For Alleged Kidnapping Of Ghanaian Woman In Lagos
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 26 foreign nationals over their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a 30-year-old Ghanaian woman, Rigana Asuma, in the Isheri Osun area of Lagos.

According to intelligence sources, the police received a distress call at about 9pm on March 7, 2025, reporting that the victim had been kidnapped and confined in a building at No. 21 Yemi Ogunleye Street, Isheri Osun.

The sources said that the swift operation by a joint team of conventional coppers and tactical squads led to the successful rescue of the victim and the arrest of 26 suspects, including 18 males and 8 females.

"The arrested suspects include individuals from Ghana, Benin
...Benin, a French-speaking West African nation, that they put where Dahomey used to be. It is a birthplace of voodoo and zombies. In Abomey, Dahomey's former capital, the Historical Museum occupies two royal palaces with bas-reliefs recounting the kingdom’s past and a throne mounted on human skulls. To the north, Pendjari National Park offers safaris with elephants, hippos and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!...
Republic, and Togo, raising concerns over the growing involvement of foreign syndicates in criminal activities within Nigeria," a counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama said.
Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11149 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking


Nigerian Agency NAFDAC Arrests Over 40 Suspects, Destroys N100billion Worth Of Banned Drugs In Recent Raids
[SAHARAREPORTERS] The National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested at least 40 suspects and destroyed banned pharmaceutical and other products worth N100 billion in a major crackdown on illicit drug activities.

The operation targeted markets in Idumota, Onitsha, Ariara, and Ezeuku, where counterfeit, unregistered, and banned products were seized.

The Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Christiana Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this during a destruction exercise held at the Dumpsite in Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.

Represented by Mrs. Yedunni Adenuga, Director of Narcotics and Control Services, Prof. Adeyeye described the discovery of counterfeit and banned products in major markets across the country as "mind-boggling."

Among the seized items were banned pharmaceutical products such as Analgin and controlled substances like Tramadol 225mg.

Prof. Adeyeye emphasized that these illicit products contribute to insecurity in the country, stating, ''The discoveries made of the presence of unregistered products, banned products such as Analgin, controlled substances such as Tramadol 225mg amongst others, are part of the things making our country unsafe in terms of security.''

The operation was carried out with the support of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, who approved the deployment of over 1000 security personnel, including the military, police, and the Department of State Services (DSS).

During the destruction exercise, Prof. Adeyeye revealed that the seized products included expired, falsified, controlled, unregistered, and banned medicines removed from Idumota Open Drugs outlets.

She added, ''The estimated street value of these products being destroyed stands at one hundred billion naira.''
Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11124 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


Britain
Trump’s Scottish golf course vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti
[IsraelTimes] US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been daubed with pro-Palestinian graffiti, with a protest group claiming responsibility.

Local media shows images of red paint scrawled across walls at the course with the slogans “Free Gaza” and “Free Palestine” as well as insults against Trump.

“Gaza is not for sale” is also painted on one of the greens and holes dug up on the course.

Palestine Action says it caused the damage, posting on the social media platform X: “Whilst Trump attempts to treat Gaza as his property, he should know his own property is within reach.”

Last month, Trump enraged the Arab world by declaring unexpectedly that the United States would take over Gaza, resettle its over 2-million Palestinian population, and develop it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”

Police Scotland says it is investigating.

Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2025 2025-03-09 04:01 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  Now think a little deeper.
The fact any Pro-Terrorist group was even able to gain entry to the golf course and tag and vandalize it, speaks volumes about the security.

I predict a new security team in place by Monday.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/09/2025 15:35 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
US P-3B Orion Spy Plane Spotted Over Mexico As SIGINT Ops Target Cartels
[Zero] President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night made it very clear that Mexican drug cartels have been put on notice—the fight may soon be coming to them.

"The cartels are waging war on America, and it's time for America to wage war on the cartels," Trump told lawmakers, referring to the drug death catastrophe claiming 100,000 American lives per year—fueled by Mexican cartels. This is the clearest indication that the president's 'America First' has shifted focus on dismantling cartel command and control networks.

Ahead of the fight against cartels, the US government conducted several signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations near the US-Mexico border using spy planes.

  • Some of these operations include:

  • USAF Spy Plane Runs SIGINT Operation Near Cabo As US Preps For Potential Cartel Fight

  • USAF Spy Jet Flies Second SIGINT Operation On US Border With Focus On Narco Hub

  • Border Czar "Expects" Kinetic Warfare Between US Troops & Mexican Drug Cartels

  • US Designates Mexican Cartels As "Foreign Terrorists," Signaling Financial Warfare Looms

    According to local media outlet Diario CAMBIO22, the latest SIGINT operation involving a US spy plane occurred last week in the southeastern state of Campeche.

  • Posted by: Besoeker || 03/09/2025 00:17 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

    #1  The P-3 is not a spy plane.
    Posted by: Super Hose || 03/09/2025 0:52 Comments || Top||

    #2  The USN still uses the Orion?

    Thought they switched over to the P-8
    Posted by: badanov || 03/09/2025 4:41 Comments || Top||

    #3  Super Hose,

    There's a P-3 variant, the EP-3, that's outfitted for electronic intel work. The bird that force-landed in China some years back was one of those.

    Mike
    Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 03/09/2025 8:09 Comments || Top||

    #4  Better get rid of those cell phones, hermanos; I know where you can get some pagers cheap; only used once.
    Posted by: Mercutio || 03/09/2025 8:54 Comments || Top||

    #5  The P-3 is not a spy plane.

    Searching for Mexican narco-submarines.
    Posted by: SteveS || 03/09/2025 9:37 Comments || Top||

    #6  Mapping Mexican and cartel radar/surveillance coverage to establish air corridor/voids for insertion routes to targeted cartel sites?
    Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/09/2025 14:52 Comments || Top||

    #7  /\ :-)
    Posted by: Besoeker || 03/09/2025 14:56 Comments || Top||


    Fifth Column
    Trantifa and Antifa militants held a direct action and harassed media in the Canadian capital in Ottawa
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]

    Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

    #1  Canada huh?

    No longer a free country. They deserve what they voted for (and disarmed for).
    Posted by: Crusader || 03/09/2025 0:29 Comments || Top||

    #2 
    Generally speaking.
    Given the years that various media outlets have supported the Far Left, its lies, its perversions and its aggressive tactics. The media should have seen this coming.

    Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/09/2025 7:10 Comments || Top||



    Protesters are now being dragged out of the TESLA Showroom in Meatpacking District
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]So derivative.


    Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM


    #2  And who is paying them?
    Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 03/09/2025 7:04 Comments || Top||

    #3 
    While I am no fan of Musk's or any EV's.

    When protesters disrupt, aggressively attack, a person's property or business.

    They usually damage items, conduct looting, or threatens the safety of others.

    Such Protesters that have entered the personal, or Business property should get their asses handed to them quickly.

    Doing so sends a clear message and likely will deter many future Lemmings playing follow the leader.
    Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/09/2025 7:23 Comments || Top||

    #4  Over broken glass, I hope.
    Posted by: Old Patriot || 03/09/2025 11:00 Comments || Top||

    #5  I find it ironic that EVs are supposed to save the planet, yet these protesters are attacking and destroying them just because the Teslas are associated with Elon Musk.
    Posted by: Rambler || 03/09/2025 19:15 Comments || Top||

    #6  Are there sausage grinders in the Meatpacking District?
    Posted by: Skidmark || 03/09/2025 19:20 Comments || Top||

    #7  ^ pig farm. Just send in some Belgian Malinois to flush them out.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/09/2025 22:18 Comments || Top||


    India-Pakistan
    At least three terrorists killed in Tank IBO: ISPR
    [GEO.TV] At least three bad boyz were potted by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Tank district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.

    A statement from the military's media wing said security forces conducted an operation based on the reported presence of terrorists.

    "During the conduct of the operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location, as a result of which, three khwarij were sent to hell," the ISPR said.
    "Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200"
    It added that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces as well as innocent civilians.

    "Sanitisation operation is being conducted to eliminate any other Kharji found in the area," it said, adding that the security forces were determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.

    The country has been reeling under increased terrorist attacks targeting especially the law enforcers and security forces since the Taliban
    ...mindless ferocity in a turban...
    returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, particularly in the bordering provinces of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
    ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
    The country witnessed a sharp increase in terror attacks in January 2025, surging by 42% compared to the previous month, according to data released by the Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), a think tank.

    The data revealed that at least 74 murderous Moslem attacks were recorded nationwide, resulting in 91 fatalities, including 35 security personnel, 20 civilians, and 36 murderous Moslems. Another 117 individuals sustained injuries, including 53 security forces personnel, 54 civilians, and 10 murderous Moslems.
    Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


    Israel-Palestine-Jordan
    Hostage deal activists set up protest camp outside IDF headquarters after weekly anti-govt protest
    [IsraelTimes] Anti-government, pro-hostage deal protesters set up camp to spend the night outside the IDF’s Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, as part of what some hostages’ families call “Operation Kirya Cordon.”
    ONE night?
    The largest encampment is outside the base’s main eastern entrance, on Begin Road. Smaller encampments are set up outside two entrances on Kaplan Street, on the base’s south side, and outside an entrance on Shaul Hamelech Street, on the north side, just across from Hostages Square.

    The weekly Begin Road protest, which usually disperses at about 10 p.m., is still going strong, with protesters gathered around a bonfire on the road chanting: “The cabinet’s responsible for the life of the hostages.”

    Earlier, the protesters were addressed by Jimmy Miller, cousin of slain hostage Shiri Silberman Bibas, and Jon Polin, father of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

    Silberman Bibas’s body was returned to Israel last month along with those of her young sons Ariel, 4, and Kfir, nine months, as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. Her husband, and the boys’ father, Yarden Bibas, was returned to Israel alive on February 1.

    Speaking through a megaphone to dozens… of supporters, Miller says Yarden’s wish and only comfort is that “hostages will keep coming back alive.”
    Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2025 2025-03-09 05:35 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

    #1  I'd really like to read about some broken skulls - am I a bad person?
    Posted by: Grom the Affective || 03/09/2025 11:50 Comments || Top||


    Israel says struck suspects retrieving drone in Gaza
    [GEO.TV] The Israeli military said it conducted an air strike on Saturday 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 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...
    Strip targeting several people attempting to retrieve a drone that had crossed into the Paleostinian territory.

    According to the military, the drone had flown from Israeli territory before being targeted by an Israeli aircraft in south Gaza.

    "An IAF aircraft struck the drone and several suspects who collected it in the southern Gaza Strip," the military said in a statement.

    The military has previously stated that drones have been used to smuggle weapons into the territory.

    IDF says it struck terror targets in Gaza amid ceasefire

    [IsraelTimes] Military says it hit suspects planting bombs and engaging in other malign activities in the Strip

    The Israel Defense Forces struck several suspects in 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...
    that it said were acting against Israeli forces.

    In northern Gaza on Friday night, the IDF said it carried out a dronezap targeting a group of suspects planting a bomb near Israeli troops.

    Paleostinian media report two dead in the strike in Gaza City’s eastern Shejaiya neighborhood.

    Israeli forces are still deployed to a buffer zone along the Gaza border amid the ceasefire, and the IDF has repeatedly warned Paleostinians against approaching the area.

    On Saturday, the IDF said it detected and tracked a drone flying from Israel into the southern Gaza Strip overnight. In the morning, after the device was picked up by suspects in southern Gaza, an Israeli Air Force drone carried out an Arclight airstrike
    ...KABOOM!...
    against them, the army said.

    According to Paleostinian media, two people were killed in the strike.

    Also on Saturday, the IDF announced that a tree-planting event planned for Monday morning near the Gaza border had been called off following a fresh assessment of the security situation.

    The event by the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) near Be’eri was to dedicate a new forest commemorating those killed during the October 7 onslaught and in the war. Hundreds of bereaved families were set to participate. The event had already been postponed by the IDF once last month.

    The military said that there were no other changes to the civilian guidelines.

    In recent weeks, there have been several attempts to smuggle contraband into the Gaza Strip, with the IDF saying suspects on the Israeli side load up drones with weapons or drugs and fly them over the border.

    The strikes in Gaza come amid ceasefires on both war fronts, but Israel has said it will continue to act against terror operatives who are in breach of the truces and who pose a threat to its forces.
    Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11126 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


    Syria-Lebanon-Iran
    American and NATO Turkey backed terrorists now slaughtering whole families in Syria
    [Whatfinger] Biden admin hid 2,000 US troops in Syria—DOUBLE what they claimed. Pentagon’s excuse? Called 1,100 soldiers "temporary" to cook the books. Now troops face ISIS surge & strikes while D.C. bureaucrats play shell games with their lives.

  • Time to expose the swamp’s military deception. — DOgeai
    Having 2k soldiers over there is a powder keg. I’m not so sure someone doesn’t want something to happen to them knowing how our President would respond and try to bog him down. The amount of things thing man has faced as impediments even right before taking office and now that he is in office is absurd. — Johnny St Pete

  • When can we start holding these officials accountable? Remember for decades pentagon officials lied about Afghanistan. We must deter this for the next 5 decades, doing nothing isn’t the answer. Name names, and arrest them. @SecDef please sir. We must stop allowing the lies.

  • Christians are being slaughtered in Syria right now. The Biden regime is to blame. If you recall, Joe Biden told the American people that this new government was going to serve ALL Syrians. He even sent them ’ humanitarian aid.’ People need to go to prison. — Breanna Morello

    Why did the Biden Admin lie about US troop numbers in Syria? We have 2,000 American soldiers in harm’s way as human shields as Syria descends into blood chaos
  • Posted by: Besoeker || 03/09/2025 09:11 || Comments || Link || [11128 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  The treatment of German collaborators by those people liberated by the Allies in France and elsewhere usually stopped with the specific accused person rather than the whole family.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/09/2025 9:39 Comments || Top||

    #2  The Dems and Lindsey Graham are some ISIS loving folks. Whenever you put an Obama puppet into the White House the outcome is Christian’s getting slaughtered.
    Posted by: Super Hose || 03/09/2025 10:49 Comments || Top||

    #3  Why did the Biden Admin lie

    Posted by: Skidmark || 03/09/2025 11:03 Comments || Top||

    #4  Not that I have any use for slaughtering civilians, but this story is misleading:

    The American troops are in the northwest of Syria, in or near the Kurdish territory, nowhere near where the Alawite massacre is happening on the coast.

    The primary supporter of what became the new Syrian regime was Turkey, which gave them shelter. Turkey is 'NATO' by title, but not it's Turkish backed militias that are attacking the Kurdish SDF near the actual US bases.
    Posted by: Nero || 03/09/2025 18:23 Comments || Top||

    #5  Oops, northwest ^ should be northeast...
    Posted by: Nero || 03/09/2025 23:19 Comments || Top||


    IDF says it seized, destroyed weapons in ‘targeted raids’ in southern Syria
    [IsraelTimes] Army confirms reports of action beyond buffer zone, issues footage from operations

    The Israeli military said Saturday it had carried out several "targeted raids" in southern Syria over the past week while issuing footage from its operations.

    The Israel Defense Forces said troops captured and destroyed numerous weapons during the missions.

    The weapons included rifles, ammunition, rockets, and other military gear.

    Earlier this week, Syrian media reported that Israeli forces were operating near the Tel al-Mal peak in the Daraa Governorate, where a military post belonging to the former Syrian regime once stood. The hill is located some 13 kilometers (over 8 miles) from Israel’s border, well outside a buffer zone between the countries that Israel captured following the fall of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
    Supressor of the Damascenes...
    ’s regime.

    The IDF has described its presence in southern Syria’s buffer zone as a temporary and defensive measure, though Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that troops will remain deployed to nine army posts in the area "indefinitely."

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that southern Syria must be completely demilitarized, warning that Israel would not accept the presence of the forces of the new Syrian Islamist-led government near its territory.

    Earlier this week, the IDF carried out an Arclight airstrike
    ...KABOOM!...
    in northwestern Syria, saying that the attack targeted a military facility belonging to the former Syrian regime in the town of Qardaha, east of Latakia, where weapons were being stored.

    Late last month, the IDF said it carried out airstrikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria.

    Even before Assad’s fall, during Syria’s civil war, Israel carried out hundreds of strikes in the neighboring country, mainly on government forces and Iranian-linked targets.

    The same day Assad was ousted, Israel announced that its troops were entering a UN-patrolled buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the strategic Golan Heights.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2025 2025-03-09 03:17 || Comments || Link || [11126 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


    Over 160 civilians from the same religious minority community as deposed Syrian dictator Assad Alawites have been executed by Sunni extremist HTS gunnies, 1000+ toes up overall
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    …by these terrorist govt forces. These pictures are of just some of the Christian and Alawite victims from the last few days. This is what we warned would happen if the secular Syrian Government was removed. Pray for the Christians & other minorities in Syria.


    Syria leader issues plea for national unity, peace after more than 1,000 killed in clashes
    [IsraelTimes] Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa call for peace and national unity after days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of the former government that have killed more than 1,000 people, most of them Alawite civilians, amid reports of executions.

    “We must preserve national unity (and) civil peace as much as possible and, God willing, we will be able to live together in this country,” Sharaa says in a speech delivered from a mosque in Damascus.
    Translation: “Surrender or die, surrounded by the tortured bodies of those you love.”
    Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11140 views] Top|| File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)

    #1  Islam.
    Posted by: Crusader || 03/09/2025 0:54 Comments || Top||


    #3  Not comfortingly smooth and sophisticated now. They’re just as evil as their Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Moslem Brotherhood jihadis elsewhere.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2025 1:37 Comments || Top||

    #4  ...there seem to be a common thread among them.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/09/2025 9:33 Comments || Top||

    #5  common thread

    Seems a lot like the 10/7 Gaza overrun by zombie mutants thing.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 03/09/2025 10:51 Comments || Top||

    #6  You really expected something different?
    Posted by: Grom the Affective || 03/09/2025 11:13 Comments || Top||

    #7  We’d been waiting for it, Grom, but hoping this time to be proved wrong.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2025 12:44 Comments || Top||

    #8  UN urges Syria to act fast to protect people as hundreds of civilians killed

    Well, get to it, UN.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 03/09/2025 13:04 Comments || Top||

    #9  Hopes and expectations are two very different things.

    This is not the time for semantics, it's time to kill or be killed.
    Posted by: alanc || 03/09/2025 17:30 Comments || Top||

    #10  Is it wrong to point out that the Alawites/Assad regimes have far more blood on their hands and are perhaps deserving of some pay back? I’m not rooting for either side here. It’s tough to ride that cycle of violence.
    Posted by: Remoteman || 03/09/2025 19:40 Comments || Top||

    #11  You really expected something different?

    No.

    This is a brutal turf war between Mafia like entities.
    Bugs Moran and Al Capone were mortal enemies but they also were the enemies of normal, law abiding people.

    The exact ideological flavor of an Islamic totalitarian regime doesn't make a difference for the dhimmis and sub-dhimmis under its power.

    Control of Syria switched from the Iranian to the Qatari sub-branch of the Iran-Qatar-Russia alliance.

    What matters is that Israel weakened Syria and that certain military options Assad had were destroyed.
    Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 03/09/2025 21:39 Comments || Top||

    #12  Beautifully summarized, Elmerert Hupens2660.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2025 23:36 Comments || Top||


    Israel launches most airstrikes on Lebanon tonight
    [GEO.TV] The Israeli army conducted 15 air strikes within 30 minutes on southern Lebanon around 10pm local time (20:00GMT), reports Al Jazeera, citing local Lebanese outlet L'Orient-Le Jour.

    This constituted the highest concentration of strikes by Israel on Lebanon since the November ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

    Around 20 to 25 missiles were fired at across different districts of the south, the outlet said.

    IDF says it struck terror targets in Lebanon amid ceasefire

    [IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces carried out Arclight airstrike
    ...KABOOM!...
    s on Friday night in southern Leb
    ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
    , saying it targeted Hezbollah military sites.
    The army said it hit a Hezbollah operative and sites used to store weapons and rocket launchers, adding that the strikes were carried out due to the threat they posed to Israel.

    The operative was "involved in the rehabilitation of terror infrastructure and directing Hezbollah terror operations in southern Lebanon," the military said.

    "The weapons and the rocket launchers in the military sites posed a threat to the State of Israel and constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," the IDF said.

    Lebanese media showed the results of an Israeli strike on a car between the southern Lebanon towns of Khirbet Selm and al-Jumayjimah. One person was reported killed and another seriously injured.

    Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

    #1  IDF drone fires at Hezbollah terrorists attending Lebanese funeral kills one, wounds several

    These people really miss their pagers.
    Posted by: Grom the Affective || 03/09/2025 11:04 Comments || Top||



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