Henry Richard, 20, completed the race for the first time since his brother's death
Martin Richard was only eight-years-old when he was killed nine years ago - the youngest of three people killed in the Boston terror attack
Henry and Martin's sister Jane also lost her leg in the terror attack
Two other people and another 263 participants were injured from the incident
'I did it for both of us, and my sister, and the rest of my family…I love this city…This is Boston Strong.' Henry said after completing the race in four hours
Among 28,000 other participants, the Pace University student ran the marathon with his siblings' names written on each side of his arms
Martin would have been 18-years-old in June this year and has a park named after him in Boston
[FOX] A retired Army Ranger said the military was a melting pot that already stamped out racist tendencies even before the Pentagon started launching initiatives.
The Department of Defense under Secretary Lloyd Austin has taken several steps aimed at eliminating extremism from the service and expanding equity. But extremism and racism aren’t issues within the ranks, since such beliefs are incompatible with unit cohesion – a necessary element for combat victory, the former Ranger, Jariko Denman, told Fox News.
"You as an individual are not important," he said. "The mission is important, and your teammates are important."
"You always put your teammate before yourself," Denman, who served 20 years in the Army, added.
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I would think racism takes a back burner when you're on the battlefield and the guys shooting back with you is a different race.
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Regarding Skidmark's link.
"The charges faced by the seven soldiers are not directly related to the homicide. And nobody has been charged with Roman-Martinez's death."
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When I was in 30 years ago the only "racism" I saw was tongue in cheek jokes regarding the stereotypes regarding races. We all just joked and laughed at it and there wasn't any hate to it.
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In a military organization, you and your team mates protect each other from dying. On subs, if you were not respected by your mates you were made to leave the boat by non physical means, “You will find your girl friend just like you left her, Freshly F. You were not allowed to qualify. One mistake or failure to do your duty could sink your boat and kill the crew.
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Well I received the "Undetected Crime Ribbon",,,,
[Rudaw] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) released their conflicting number of fatalities on Monday afternoon, hours after Ankara announced a new military operation targeting the mountainous regions of northern Duhok, sparking renewed fear among locals.
The Ottoman Turkish defense ministry claimed that 19 PKK fighters were neutralized in the first phase of the newly-launched operation, dubbed Claw-Lock, adding that four Ottoman Turkish soldiers were also injured.
The People’s Defense Forces (HPG), the armed wing of the PKK, stated that 28 Ottoman Turkish soldiers were killed and nine others were maimed, reported media affiliated to the group, Roj News.
The new aerial and ground operation against suspected PKK positions in northern Duhok province was announced early on Monday, hours after Ottoman Turkish bombardment targeted Shiladze.
The fresh bombardment has sparked concern among locals that this could start a new wave of displacement.
"People are trying to abandon this region because they can see that bombs drop just one kilometer or two kilometers from their homes," Iqbal Omer, a resident of Shiladze, told Rudaw’s Ayub Nasri on Sunday.
According to data from the Shiladze administration authorities, only seven out of 92 villages are still inhabited. The rest have been abandoned due to the conflict between the PKK and Turkey over the past decades.
The constant state of conflict has caused fear among local civilians, particularly children. "I am a Peshmerga soldier, I can bear the noise and sound of bombs, but a 10-year-old child cannot bear the sound of these bombings," said Jaafar Ramazan, a Peshmerga soldier from Shiladze.
According to the International Crisis Group, 1,047 fatalities have been incurred in Iraq, including civilians, PKK fighters, and state security forces since 2015.
More than 500 villages have been emptied in the Kurdistan Region over three decades of the Turkey-PKK conflict.
[IsraelTimes] Semi-annual priestly blessing event draws only a few thousand Jewish worshipers to Old City, as police face ongoing threat of Palestinian violence in capital.
[BenarNews] The leader of a separatist group sidelined from Deep South peace talks said Monday it would not take part in negotiations with Bangkok if independence is off the table.
The comments came days after the Patani United Liberation Organization carried out twin bombings that killed a villager and injured three police, disrupting a Ramadan-time truce agreed between the Thai government and Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), the region’s main Death Eater group.
"PULO is ready to talk, but not under the framework of the Thai constitution," Kasturi Mahkota, the group’s leader, told BenarNews via text messages.
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[NYPOST] Iran’s president warned on Monday that the "slightest move" by Israel against the Islamic Theocratic Republic would prompt a strike against the "heart of the Zionist regime."President Ebrahim Raisi made the remarks at a National Army Day celebration, during which the Iranian military showed off its weapons and defensive systems in the capital, Tehran.
"Our message to the Zionist regime is that if you are after normalizing relations with some countries in the region, you must know that not even your smallest movements are hidden from our intelligence, security and armed forces," Raisi said in a televised speech.
"And you must know that if you make the smallest movement against the Iranian nation, the destination of our armed forces will be the heart of the Zionist regime," he added.
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[Jpost] The Kaman-22 is a long-range and strategic multi-functional combat drone with an operational range of over 3,000 kilometers.
Is it real or is it the usual Iranian vapourware?
The Kaman-22 is a long-range and strategic multi-functional combat drone with an operational range of over 3,000 kms., capable of flying at an altitude of 8,000 meters for more than 24 hours.
According to Iran’s Fars News, the drone is capable of carrying several types of cargo as well as four guided missiles, two unguided bombs and other munitions. It can be used for a range of missions, including patrol, reconnaissance, data gathering, imaging, and aerial combat with a payload of smart weapons.
The drone is similar to the American Predator MQ-1 and Reaper MQ-9 and was first unveiled last February. It’s an upgrade to Iran’s Kaman-12 drone that was first introduced in September 2020.
The upgraded drone has new combat, optical and electronic warfare systems.
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[Rudaw] 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) on Sunday vowed to seek "Dire Revenge" over the killing of its former leader and called on supporters to make the most of the war in Ukraine to resume attacks in Europe.
In an audio message believed to be by the group and circulated on Telegram channels affiliated to them, a new military campaign was announced to avenge the deaths of former leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quryishi and the group’s former spokesperson.
"We announce, relying on God, a blessed campaign to take Dire Revenge," AFP cited the group’s new front man, Abu Omar al-Muhajir as saying after offering supporters Ramadan greetings.
Muhajir then proceeded to talk about the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict, wishing for losses to be inflicted on both sides. He called on supporters to take advantage of "the opportunity available" of "crusaders fighting each other" and to stage attacks in Europe.
The audio message was the first communication by Muhajir since March 10 when he confirmed the death of al-Qurayshi, and named Abu Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi as the new leader, about whom little information is known. Muhajir himself is also a figure followers of the group are not familiar with.
Former ISIS leader Qurayshi went kaboom! during an overnight US special operations raid in the early hours of February 3 in Idlib, northwest Syria.
ISIS typically sends messages to followers during Ramadan to garner support.
The message came shortly after an Iraqi soldier was injured in a suspected ISIS attack in Salahaddin province.
Last week, Iraqi forces arrested an ISIS leader and several suspected members of the group. On Wednesday, Kurdish security forces announced the arrest of an ISIS leader believed to have executed two Peshmerga fighters.
Recent attacks have not been limited to Iraq and Syria. ISIS grabbed credit for a shooting attack in Hadera, north of Tel Aviv, killing two people and injuring six. The incident marked the group’s first claim of responsibility for an attack in Israel since 2017.
The group was declared territorially defeated in Iraq and Syria in 2017 and 2019 respectively, but it continues to carry out bombings, hit-and-run attacks, and abductions across several provinces. The terror group’s remnants are particularly active in parts of northern Iraq that are disputed between Erbil and Baghdad. In Syria, the terror group continues to launch deadly attacks from the Syrian desert, which extends from Damascus to the Iraqi border.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
[BenarNews] The leader of a separatist group sidelined from Deep South peace talks said Monday it would not take part in negotiations with Bangkok if independence is off the table. 
...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 
