[SHABELLEMEDIA] The Ministry of Information of Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... Regional State has issued a statement denying the federal government’s claim that Somali army forces and their international partners killed 20 al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... holy warriors in an operation within Puntland State.
The statement was released on Monday in response to the federal government’s report.
According to the statement, the Ministry of Information in Puntland asserts that the federal government’s report is false and misleading. The Ministry emphasized that Puntland is fully capable of managing its own security and has a strong commitment to eliminating terrorist groups, including al-Shabaab, from its territory.
The statement also highlighted Puntland’s dedication to maintaining peace and stability within its borders and the broader region. All that keeps Portland from becoming Puntland is "U"
The Ministry of Information urged the federal government to collaborate more closely with Puntland authorities in the fight against terrorism and to ensure that accurate information is disseminated to the public.
The denial from the Puntland Ministry of Information comes as a surprise, as the federal government’s report was widely circulated and believed to be accurate.
This incident raises questions about the coordination and communication between the federal government and regional authorities in the fight against terrorism in Somalia.
As the situation develops, it remains to be seen how the federal government and Puntland authorities will address the discrepancies in their reports and work together to combat the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other terrorist groups in the region.
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[Jpost] US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) over the Red Sea, launched from an Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. "It was determined the UAS presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels in the region," CENTCOM explained.
Earlier, the Houthis said on Monday they launched attacks on three ships in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, and two US destroyers in the Red Sea.
The group, which describes its attacks as acts of solidarity with Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza, said the ships were the Larego Desert and the MSC Mechela in the Indian Ocean, and the Minerva Lisa in the Red Sea. It did not name the destroyers.
There was no immediate confirmation from shipping companies or the US military of any attacks in those areas.
The Houthis' military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, did not specify when the attacks took place, but said in a televised speech the group had used missiles against the ships and drones against the US destroyers.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] A state Democratic politician allegedly warned members of the University of Pennsylvania’s anti-Israel encampment of a "credible threat" for a police sweep.
According to group chat communications exclusively obtained by the Washington Examiner, Pennsylvania House Rep. Rick Krajewski "relayed" the warning with a time frame of within the "next 24 hours." The warning allowed the group to jettison equipment before the encampment was torn down by law enforcement, according to the students.
"CALLING ALL REDS," one protester wrote. "Credible threat of sweep relayed by Rick Krajewski. Timeline is next 24 hrs. If you can come please come. We need numbers to defend camp and also to build structures to make camp more defensible."
The term "Reds" apparently refers to the subgroup of UPenn anti-Israel protesters who do not care if they get arrested, one of the students explained to the Washington Examiner. There are also "Greens" and "Yellows." These distinctions have reportedly been used by various groups in the past.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Krajewski for comment.
The messages reviewed by the Washington Examiner show after the warning was relayed, encampment members discussed what kind of "materials" to bring in order to "reinforce" the camp. This included chains, bike locks, wood planks, boards, and pallets.
Then, as the protesters awaited the May 10 "sweep," the messages revealed they discussed removing collection of "sharps and power tools," among other items. They spoke about how one protester was pulling his car around to the east side entrance, how they’ll "be ready to grab and receive" the items, and eventually that they were "loading" the items. Sharps include weapons or sharp objects that could be used as a weapon.
In the middle of the night, one organizer called on the "Greens" and "Yellows" to head to the east lawn, and another "Red" protester later shared that they had received a "two-minute warning."
Krajewski, a socialist, has been a vocal supporter of what he called "Penn’s anti-war encampment." He previously visited the encampment and has shown his solidarity with the protesters, alleging "apartheid and genocide" against Israel.
[GEO.TV] Security forces have conducted a series of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province from May 26 to 27 and neutralised 23 terrorists, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Monday.
On May 26, an IBO was conducted in the general area of Hassan Khel, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire... district, where six holy warriors were bumped off by the security forces and multiple hideouts were busted.
Captain Hussain Jehangir and Havildar Shafiq Ullah also embraced martyrdom in the IBO, while fighting gallantly.
On May 27, in another operation conducted in the Tank district, 10 bad boyz were potted after troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location.
The third engagement occurred in the general area of Bagh, Khyber district, wherein, the security forces killed seven holy warriors and injured two terrorists.
During the intense exchange of fire, five brave soldiers, including Naik Muhammad Ashfaq Butt (age 32 years; resident of district Kahuta), Lance Naik Syed Danish Afkar (age 30 years; resident of district Poonch), Sepoy Taimoor Malik (age 32 years; resident of district Layyah), Sepoy Nadir Sageer (age 22 years; resident of district Bagh) and Sepoy Muhammad Yasin (age 23 years; resident of district Khushab), having fought gallantly, embraced martyrdom, the military’s media wing said.
A large quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives was also recovered from the killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces as well as the innocent civilians.
Sanitisation operations are being carried out to eliminate any other holy warriors found in the area.
"Security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve," the statement concluded.
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Is the surgeon also Hamas, or merely carefully knowing nothing as a human shield?
[Al Jazeera] We’ve been covering the closure of Rafah’s main medical facility, the Kuwait Specialist Hospital, following an Israeli attack that killed two of its staff members.
Dr Mohammed Tahir, an orthopaedic surgeon, who just returned to the United Kingdom after volunteering in Rafah, described the situation at the hospital.
"I’ve [just] got off the phone to some of my colleagues who I worked with [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 an 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... ] and they are experiencing artillery fire and quadcopters attacking very nearby. They are in fear for their lives," Tahir told Al Jazeera.
"It’s a dire situation. This is in Tal as-Sultan, which is in the west of Rafah. This is an area which has not been evacuated and yet there is very fierce, very fierce attacks happening as we speak," Tahir said.
"The Kuwaiti hospital was evacuated, that is the main hospital and they are moving to al-Mawasi, where they have a field hospital, which is not quite ready. And in the meantime, FIERCE quadcopters [...] are restricting the movements of ambulances. So those that are injured cannot even receive help," he said.
"The international community needs to do more. We need to allow for medical personnel to enter Gaza. We need to allow medical provisions to enter Gaza. All these hospitals are experiencing diminishing supplies of very critical medicines and also fuel to run [...] so the situation is terrible there and I urge the international community to please act."
[GEO.TV] Following a "devastating" strike on Rafah, the United States has urged Israel to take every precaution to protect civilians, according to the US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby.
"Israel has a right to go after Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... , and we understand this strike killed two senior Hamas ... [activists] who are responsible for attacks against Israeli civilians," Kirby was quoted by the Rooters as saying. "But as we’ve been clear, Israel must take every precaution possible to protect civilians."
"We are actively engaging the [Israeli army] and partners on the ground to assess what happened, and understand that [it] is conducting an investigation," he said.
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#1
Bibi should, but won't, reply: "Well, we don't have precision bombs - what you've withheld. But we'll try."
#4
Another piece of the floating pier is adrift today with several vehicles on board. Unlike Guam, it may tip over.
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Incidentally: Airstrike on Hamas terror leaders was kilometer from Rafah refugee camps from the initial findings that the IDF is now also presenting to the foreign media, it appears that the point of the attack was defined as an area from which Hamas carried out terrorist operations; Some 47 meters from the point of attack there was a Hamas rocket launcher, and a kilometer separated the safe zone that the IDF had set up for the displaced and the point of attack.
Make your own scenario.
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imo israel should absorb both gaza and west-bank quickly before world pressure gets to them. forgiveness is easier to obtain than permission.
which reminds me of something gen swartzkopf said. when asked if he could forgive enemies he replied...forgiveness is g-ds job. mine is to make the meeting.
[IsraelTimes] None hurt in barrages on Kiryat Shmona, Meron that terror group says are retaliation for Aynata strike that killed operative; recent IDF drill simulates ground offensive in Lebanon
Hezbollah launched a series of rocket barrages at northern Israel on Monday, according to the Israel Defense Forces, in response to an Israeli strike that killed a terror operative outside a south Lebanon hospital earlier in the day.
A barrage of some 25 rockets was launched from Lebanon at the northern city of Kiryat Shmona on Monday evening, the IDF said. According to the military, some of the rockets were intercepted.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service was scanning impact sites for possible injuries.
A short while earlier, Hezbollah launched a barrage of some 35 rockets at the Mount Meron area in northern Israel. The IDF said the rockets struck open areas and there were no reports of injuries, though the impacts sparked at least one fire near the northern community of Safsufa.
The rocket launchers used in the attack on Mount Meron were later hit in Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s, the military said.
The strikes came days after the mountainside gravesite of second-century rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on Mount Meron was ordered largely shut and declared a closed military zone, in an attempt to stop thousands of religious Jews from attending the annual Lag B’Omer pilgrimage there in close range of Hezbollah missiles from southern Lebanon.
An emergency law passed by the Knesset last week shuttered the site for all but a handful of approved attendees over the holiday, an event that normally attracts more than 100,000 revelers and is considered the world’s largest Jewish pilgrimage.
Claiming responsibility for the first barrage, Hezbollah said it fired "dozens of Katyusha rockets" at northern Israel in response to the deadly Israeli strike in southern Lebanon earlier in the day.
The IDF confirmed that a terror operative who was identified at a rocket launching site in southern Lebanon’s Aynata, adjacent to Bint Jbeil, was killed in the airstrike. The site had recently been used to fire rockets at the Malkia area in northern Israel.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that "an enemy drone" targeted "a cycle of violence near the Salah Ghandour hospital in the town of Bint Jbeil," killing one person and wounding others, without specifying whether they were civilians.
The Islamic Health Committee, affiliated with Hezbollah, runs the hospital in the southern town. The facility’s administration said one person was killed and 10 were maimed, four of them seriously.
Lebanon’s health ministry condemned the "brutal Israeli strike" on the hospital, calling it a "war crime" in a statement.
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... the personification of Somali state failure...
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] A state Democratic 
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
