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Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), also known as PENT,
pentyl, PENTA (ПЕНТА, primarily in Russian), TEN
(tetraeritrit nitrate), corpent, or penthrite (or, rarely and
primarily in German, as nitropenta), is an explosive material.
It is the nitrate ester of pentaerythritol, and is structurally
very similar to nitroglycerin. Penta refers to the five carbon
atoms of the neopentane skeleton. PETN is a very powerful
explosive material with a relative effectiveness factor of
1.66. When mixed with a plasticizer, PETN forms a plastic
explosive. Along with RDX it is the main ingredient of Semtex.
Pentaerythritol tetranitrate
PETN is also used as a vasodilator drug to treat certain heart
conditions, such as for management of angina.
History
Pentaerythritol tetranitrate was first prepared and patented in
1894 by the explosives manufacturer Rheinisch-Westfälische
Sprengstoff A.G. of Cologne, Germany. The production of PETN started in 1912, when the improved method of production was patented by the German government. PETN was used by the German Military in World War I. It was also used in the MG FF/M
autocannons and many other weapon systems of the Luftwaffe in World War II.
Properties
PETN is practically insoluble in water (0.01 g/100 mL at
50 °C), weakly soluble in common nonpolar solvents such as
aliphatic hydrocarbons (like gasoline) or tetrachloromethane,
but soluble in some other organic solvents, particularly in
acetone (about 15 g/100 g of the solution at 20 °C, 55 g/100 g
at 60 °C) and dimethylformamide (40 g/100 g of the solution
at 40 °C, 70 g/100 g at 70 °C). PETN forms eutectic mixtures
with some liquid or molten aromatic nitro compounds, e.g.
trinitrotoluene (TNT) or tetryl. Due to steric hindrance of the
adjacent neopentyl-like moiety, PETN is resistant to attack by
many chemical reagents; it does not hydrolyze in water at
room temperature or in weaker alkaline aqueous solutions.
Water at 100 °C or above causes hydrolysis to dinitrate;
presence of 0.1% nitric acid accelerates the reaction.
The chemical stability of PETN is of interest, because of the
presence of PETN in aging weapons. Neutron radiation
degrades PETN, producing carbon dioxide and some
pentaerythritol dinitrate and trinitrate. Gamma radiation
increases the thermal decomposition sensitivity of PETN,
lowers melting point by few degrees Celsius, and causes
swelling of the samples. Like other nitrate esters, the primary
degradation mechanism is the loss of nitrogen dioxide; this
reaction is autocatalytic. Studies were performed on thermal
decomposition of PETN.
In the environment, PETN undergoes biodegradation. Some
bacteria denitrate PETN to trinitrate and then dinitrate, which
is then further degraded. PETN has low volatility and low
solubility in water, and therefore has low bioavailability for
most organisms. Its toxicity is relatively low, and its
transdermal absorption also seems to be low. It poses a threat
for aquatic organisms. It can be degraded to pentaerythritol
by iron.
Production is by the reaction of pentaerythritol with
concentrated nitric acid to form a precipitate which can be
recrystallized from acetone to give processable crystals.
Variations of a method first published in US Patent 2,370,437
by Acken and Vyverberg (1945 to Du Pont) form the basis of
all current commercial production.
PETN is manufactured by numerous manufacturers as a
powder, or together with nitrocellulose and plasticizer as thin
plasticized sheets (e.g. Primasheet 1000 or Detasheet). PETN
residues are easily detectable in hair of people handling it.
The highest residue retention is on black hair; some residues
remain even after washing.
The most common use of PETN is as an explosive with high
brisance. It is a secondary explosive, meaning it is more
difficult to detonate than primary explosives, so dropping or
igniting it will typically not cause an explosion (at standard
atmospheric pressure it is difficult to ignite and burns
vigorously), but is more sensitive to shock and friction than
other secondary explosives such as TNT or tetryl.
Under certain conditions a deflagration to detonation
transition can occur, just like that of ammonium nitrate.
It is rarely used alone in military operations due to its lower
stability, but primarily used in main charges of plastic
explosives such as C4 along with other explosives (especially
RDX), booster and bursting charges of small caliber
ammunition, in upper charges of detonators in some land
mines and shells, as the explosive core of detonation
cord. PETN is the least stable of the common military
explosives, but can be stored without significant deterioration
for longer than nitroglycerin or nitrocellulose. Detonation velocity 8400 m/s (density 1.7 g/cm3)
During World War II, PETN was most importantly used in
exploding-bridgewire detonators for the atomic bombs. These
exploding-bridgewire detonators gave more precise
detonation, compared with primacord. PETN was used for
these detonators because it was safer than primary explosives
like lead azide: while it was sensitive, it would not detonate
below a threshold amount of energy. Exploding bridgewires containing PETN remain used in current nuclear weapons. In spark detonators, PETN is used to avoid the need for primary explosives; the energy needed for a successful direct initiation of PETN by an electric spark ranges between
10—60 mJ.
Explosive data
Autoignition temperature
190 °C (374 °F; 463 K)
Its basic explosion characteristics are:
Explosion energy: 5810 kJ/kg (1390 kcal/kg), so 1 kg of PETN has the energy of 1.24 kg TNT.
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Detonation velocity: 8350 m/s (1.73 g/cm3), 7910 m/s (1.62 g/cm3), 7420 m/s (1.5 g/cm3), 8500 m/s (pressed in a steel tube)
Volume of gases produced: 790 dm3/kg (other value: 768 dm3/kg)
Explosion temperature: 4230 °C
Oxygen balance: −6.31 atom -g/kg
Melting point: 141.3 °C (pure), 140—141 °C (technical)
Trauzl lead block test: 523 cm3 (other values: 500 cm3 when sealed with sand, or 560 cm3 when sealed with water)
In mixtures
PETN is used in a number of compositions. It is a major ingredient of the Semtex plastic explosive. It is also used as a component of pentolite, a Pentaerythritol tetranitrate before
50/50 blend with TNT. The XTX8003 extrudable explosive, used in the crystallization from acetone W68 and W76 nuclear warheads, is a mixture of 80% PETN and 20% of Sylgard 182, a silicone rubber. It is often phlegmatized by addition of 5—40% of wax, or by polymers (producing polymer-bonded explosives); in this form it is used in some cannon shells up to 30 mm caliber, though it is unsuitable for higher calibers. It is also used as a component of some gun propellants and solid rocket propellants.
Nonphlegmatized PETN is stored and handled with approximately
10% water content. PETN alone cannot be cast as it explosively decomposes slightly above its melting point, but it can be mixed with other explosives to form castable mixtures.
PETN can be initiated by a laser. A pulse with duration of 25 nanoseconds and 0.5—4.2 joules of energy from a Q-switched ruby laser can initiate detonation of a PETN surface coated with a 100 nm thick aluminium layer in less than half of a microsecond.
PETN has been replaced in many applications by RDX, which is thermally more stable and has a longer shelf life.
PETN can be used in some ram accelerator types.
Replacement of the central carbon atom with
silicon produces Si-PETN, which is extremely sensitive.
Terrorist use
Ten kilograms of PETN was used in the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing.
In 1983, 307 people were killed after a truck bomb filled with PETN was detonated at the Beirut barracks.
In 1983, the "Maison de France" house in Berlin was brought to a near-total collapse by the detonation of 24 kilograms (53 lb) of PETN by terrorist Johannes Weinrich.
In 1999, Alfred Heinz Reumayr used PETN as the main charge for his fourteen improvised explosive devices that he constructed in a thwarted attempt to damage the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
In 2001, al-Qaeda member Richard Reid, the "Shoe Bomber", used PETN in the sole of his shoe in his unsuccessful attempt to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. He had intended to use the solid triacetone triperoxide (TATP) as a detonator.
In 2009, PETN was used in an attempt by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to murder the Saudi Arabian Deputy Minister of Interior Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, by Saudi suicide bomber Abdullah Hassan al Asiri. The target survived and the bomber died in the blast. The PETN was hidden in the bomber's rectum, which security experts described as a novel technique.
On 25 December 2009, PETN was found in the underwear of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "Underwear bomber", a Nigerian with links to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. According to US law enforcement officials, he had attempted to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 while approaching Detroit from Amsterdam. Abdulmutallab had tried, unsuccessfully, to detonate approximately 80 grams (2.8 oz) of PETN sewn into his underwear by adding liquid from a syringe; however, only a small fire resulted.
In the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula October 2010 cargo plane bomb plot, two PETN-filled printer cartridges were found at East Midlands Airport and in Dubai on flights bound for the US on an intelligence tip. Both packages contained sophisticated bombs concealed in computer printer cartridges filled with PETN.
The bomb found in England contained 400 grams (14 oz) of PETN, and the one found in Dubai contained 300 grams (11 oz) of PETN. Hans Michels, professor of safety engineering at University College London, told a newspaper that 6 grams (0.21 oz) of PETN—"around 50 times less than was used—would be enough to blast a
hole in a metal plate twice the thickness of an aircraft's skin".
In contrast, according to an experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team designed to simulate Abdulmutallab's Christmas Day bombing, using a Boeing 747 plane, even 80 grams of PETN was not sufficient to materially damage the fuselage.
On 12 July 2017, 150 grams of PETN was found in the Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.
Detection
In the wake of terrorist PETN bomb plots, an article in Scientific American noted PETN is difficult to detect
because it does not readily vaporize into the surrounding air.
The Los Angeles Times noted in November 2010 that PETN's low vapor pressure makes it difficult for bomb-sniffing dogs to detect.
Many technologies can be used to detect PETN, including chemical sensors, X-rays, infrared, microwaves and terahertz, some of which have been implemented in public screening applications, primarily for air travel. PETN is one of the explosive chemicals typically of interest in that area, and it belongs to a family of
common nitrate-based explosive chemicals which can often be detected by the same tests.
One detection system in use at airports involves analysis of swab samples obtained from passengers and their baggage. Whole-body imaging scanners that use radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, low-intensity X-rays, or T-rays of terahertz frequency that can detect objects hidden under clothing are not widely used because of cost, concerns about the resulting traveler delays, and privacy concerns.
Both parcels in the 2010 cargo plane bomb plot were x-rayed without the bombs being spotted. Qatar Airways said the PETN bomb "could not be detected by x-ray screening or trained sniffer dogs". The Bundeskriminalamt received copies of the Dubai x-rays, and an investigator said German staff would not have identified the bomb either. New airport security procedures followed in the U.S., largely to protect against PETN.
Medical use
Like nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) and other nitrates, PETN is also used medically as a vasodilator in the treatment of heart conditions. These drugs work by releasing the signaling gas nitric oxide in the body. The heart medicine Lentonitrat is nearly pure PETN.
Monitoring of oral usage of the drug by patients has been performed by determination of plasma levels of several of its hydrolysis products, pentaerythritol dinitrate, pentaerythritol mononitrate and pentaerythritol, in plasma using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
[Breitbart] Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang as a foreign terrorist organization on Monday. The move gives Texas law enforcement officials additional tools and resources to attack the gang and “disrupt their criminal operations and deny their foothold in the state,” the governor stated.
During a press conference on Monday, Governor Abbott said he was “designating Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization. Our goal is to defend Texas from the growing threat of the gang.”
“The recent entry and expansion of the vicious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, is a dangerous and deadly problem facing our state and nation,” Abbott explained. “Our top focus is the safety and security of all Texans.”
The governor also designated the TdA gang as a Tier 1 gang and ordered the creation of a TdA Strike Team to identify and arrest TdA gang members.
The move by Governor Abbott follows news of violent activity by alleged TdA gang members that forced a Texas district court judge to order the closing of a hotel in El Paso, Breitbart Texas reported. City officials complained in a lawsuit against the owners of the Gateway Hotel after responding to nearly 700 calls for service to the address.
During Fiscal Year 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full year in office, Border Patrol agents apprehended only 465 Venezuelan migrants who crossed from Mexico into the five Texas-based sectors. During the first year of the Biden-Harris administration, a dramatic increase in crossings led to the apprehension of nearly 68,000 Venezuelan migrants.
From FY21-FY24 year-to-date, Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 499,000 Venezuelan migrants who illegally entered the United States in the five Texas-based Border Patrol Sectors, Texas DPS officials reported.
In September 2022, Governor Abbott also designated certain Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Breitbart Texas reported. “Cartels are terrorists, and it’s time we treated them that way,” Abbott said at the time.
The executive order identified the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartels (CJNG) as terrorist organizations. He requested President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris create federal terrorist designations for these cartels and others producing and distributing fentanyl.
The governor later codified the executive order into law with the signing in June 2023 of Senate Bill 1900.
Governor Abbott called the TdA gang an “extreme version of the heinous MS-13 gang.” He said the gang began as a Venezuelan prison gang and then transformed into a transnational criminal organization “that is dominating the international flow of migrants from South America through Mexico and into the United States.”
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Articles on this talk about civil forfeiture and seizing "their" property. I would have hoped that Texas at least would be more interested in punching these "Train" peoples' tickets.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Leonid Tsukanov
[REGNUM] Recently, Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal, an experienced diplomat and intelligence officer, one of the “grey cardinals” of the royal court, attacked the United States with criticism of its policy towards Israel.
He stated that there would be no normalization of relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, which Washington had been so insistent on, without the creation of a Palestinian state, and that Western partners should stop financing Israel’s “military adventures.”
At first glance, Ibn Faisal was merely repeating the “political mantra” about the inevitability of a Palestinian state that Riyadh has been using for more than 20 years.
However, there is an important detail in his words: for the first time in years of partnership, the Saudis demanded that the United States stop all support for Israel, although before this Saudi Arabia had never criticized its main ally for “ambiguous contacts” and even used them for its own purposes.
Given the previous statements by Saudi courtiers, it is clear that Riyadh is not inclined to normalize relations with Israel, at least not according to the formula that Washington is now imposing.
Does he still think all that after yesterday’s little excitement? The effect on Hezbollah, tool of the House of Saud’s great rival, Iran: 5,000 rigged pagers, thousands injured — hundreds severely and permanently — and a rising number of deaths among those important enough to the Hezbollah hierarchy to be issued pagers so they could be communicated with safely. There should be lots of reassessing across the variety of those who wish to destroy Israel…
BEHIND THE SCENES FRIENDSHIP
Although relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel have been tense throughout the history of the two states' coexistence, Riyadh and Tel Aviv have long ceased to see themselves as enemies.
Thus, the “political-economic boycott” against Israel since 2005 has existed only formally.
Trade between the countries was conducted through small "shell" firms, and the intelligence services regularly exchanged information on the activities of terrorist and criminal groups, as well as on Iran's activities in the Middle East. Interaction in this format continued until 2020.
Everything changed with the launch of the US-led Arab-Israeli reconciliation program known as the Abraham Accords.
Several Arab countries joined it, including the UAE, with which Saudi Arabia is competing for leadership in the Middle East.
The Kingdom also took some symbolic steps (for example, opening an air corridor for planes flying to Israel), but did not move towards rapid rapprochement.
Riyadh was almost persuaded to reconcile with Tel Aviv in 2023 - in exchange for Washington's assistance in developing Saudi "peaceful atom", lifting restrictions on the purchase of weapons and equipment, large-scale investments in industry, and also raising Saudi-American relations to the level of a special strategic partnership.
The Saudis were not demanding anything like that when Donald Trump was in the White House, but President Biden does not understand the art of the deal like they do.
However, the conflict in Gaza has put the Deal of the Century on hold.
MOOD SWINGS
Despite the fact that the Saudis were among the first to condemn Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, Riyadh has long tried to balance between “protecting the historical rights” of the Palestinian people and its own political and economic interests, continuing to interact with Israel behind the scenes.
In the first months, the kingdom probably even hoped to finalize the normalization deal with minimal damage to its image.
In addition, Riyadh tried for some time to act as a peacemaker, proposing the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for a settlement.
The Saudi "peace plan" proposed an end to the Arab-Israeli confrontation in exchange for the liberation of territories occupied by Israel following the Six-Day War of 1967 and the official recognition of Palestine with its capital in East Jerusalem.
However, due to “irreconcilable differences” between Israel and Hamas, this could not be achieved, although the US took into account certain recommendations from its Arabian allies when developing the “Biden Plan”.
Finally, Saudi Arabia “lent a shoulder” to Israel during Iran’s Operation True Promise (April 2024), covering part of its airspace. This was also supposed to contribute to further rapprochement between the two countries.
However, over time, Saudi goodwill towards Israel has increasingly given way to irritation.
The main reason is the fickle policy of the Israelis. Despite Washington's generous promises, it cannot guarantee that Saudi Arabia will get what it expects from the deal.
Riyadh has repeatedly observed how easily Israel changes the rules of the game and goes against already agreed agreements, disregarding not only the interests of its regional counterparts, but also the position of the White House.
The Saudis are right to fear that the "gentlemen's agreements" reached under the auspices of the United States will be violated by the Israelis. Especially if the party affiliation of the White House administration changes and no one will particularly monitor the fulfillment of the promises of their predecessors.
Pessimism about the implementation of the "peace plan" for Gaza is also contributing to the change in mood. The recent meeting of mediators with Hamas representatives in Doha ended in nothing.
The movement continues to demand that Israeli troops leave Gaza completely before it is ready to begin a hostage exchange. Israel, meanwhile, continues to entrench itself on the southern border of the enclave and is hostile to any suggestions to leave its positions.
The flywheel of the conflict continues to spin: for the first time since the start of Operation Iron Swords in Gaza, the Israeli Cabinet updated its goals, including in the list “the safe return of northern residents to their homes.”
This formulation very transparently hints at Israel's intention to make a dash to the border in the near future in order to engage Lebanese Hezbollah in battle. For Riyadh, this is fraught with the activation of the entire network of Iranian proxy forces and new outbreaks of tension on its borders.
In addition to all this, Saudi Arabia is irritated by the fact that the US is trying to resolve selfish issues under the plausible pretext of normalizing and renewing allied ties – to squeeze Chinese companies out of the Saudi market and limit the military-political dialogue between Beijing and Riyadh.
The kingdom, which claims the status of a regional pole of power, does not intend to tolerate such an open encroachment on national sovereignty.
IN YOUR FAVOR
The timing of this demonstration of determination is very opportune: there are less than two months left before the US elections, and the “Saudi revolt” (as well as the likely failure of the Gaza deal) will “count” for Joe Biden , whose political career is approaching its end anyway.
While the leading presidential candidates, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump , are hardly feeling the effects of the temporary cooling in US-Saudi relations.
Riyadh understands perfectly well that the new White House administration cannot do without an “anchor” ally in the Persian Gulf, which was able to maintain a balance between Palestine and Israel, without allowing a critical tilt to either side.
So, after the failure of the “Biden Plan” for Gaza, Washington will have no choice but to accept the Saudi concept of a settlement, making Riyadh the key mediator in the negotiations.
At the same time, Saudi Arabia does not plan to finally remove the issue of normalizing relations with Israel. Given its flexibility in the issue of supporting Palestinian statehood, the Israelis' "demonstration of readiness" to work on the project will be quite sufficient for it.
True, the conditions for rapprochement will differ significantly from those put forward a year ago - this time in favor of Riyadh. In this sense, it will remain in the black regardless of who occupies the White House.
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[Regnum] Islamic scholar Roman Silantyev asked the Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin to initiate a ban on the Council of Muftis of Russia (CMR) and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Russian Federation. This was reported on September 17 by the Telegram channel "Tsennosti.RF".
It is noted that in his address, Silantyev called these structures controlled by Mufti Ravil Gainutdin and the most criminalized religious organizations in the country.
According to him, the RMC and the DUM appear in scandals and crime reports more often than other Muslim organizations, although they control no more than 9% of registered and no more than 7% of actually operating Muslim communities in Russia.
Silantyev added that Gainutdin had repeatedly spoken out in support of Wahhabism and protested against the ban on this movement, and then lobbied for the activities of the leaders of the Turkish extremist movement Nurcular (an extremist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation).
...a movement with millions of followers around the globe, especially in Turkey, banned in Russia since 2008. It was founded by Turkish Sufi theologian-politician Said Nursi (d. 1960), with the goal of forming a Turkic caliphate comprising those regions of the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia's North Caucasus and Volga regions, so of course the Russian authorities object.
The Islamologist stated that Gainutdin's people are now trying to register communities in Dagestan in order to create an alternative muftiate on their basis and gather into it all opponents of the historically existing Dagestan muftiate.
“Considering the religious beliefs of these opponents – and they are predominantly Wahhabis – such an initiative could radically destabilize the already difficult situation in this republic,” Silantyev noted.
According to his calculations, at present 41 spiritual leaders of the RMC and the DUM have joined the ranks of extremists and terrorists, which is an absolute record among Muslim organizations.
"As a forensic expert, working including on requests from the Investigative Committee of Russia, I can note that the most common approach to recognizing organizations or movements as extremist is an analysis of the activities of their adherents. If adherents are regularly convicted of inciting hatred, justifying and financing terrorism, as well as for more serious crimes, then this is the main argument for banning the entire organization," Silantyev wrote.
According to him, the mass participation of ordinary members and spiritual leaders of the RMC and the DUM in crimes of an extremist and terrorist nature is sufficient grounds for recognizing these organizations as extremist.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 3, the Muftiate of Dagestan temporarily banned the wearing of niqabs in the region. The decision was made taking into account the conclusion issued by the fatwa department. According to the organization, the ban will remain in effect until the identified threats are eliminated and a new theological conclusion is issued.
The Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus concluded that in Russia, under current conditions, wearing the niqab, burqa and other head coverings that conceal the face is harmful to Muslims and also threatens discord in interreligious and interethnic relations.
At the same time, political scientist Ilya Ukhov noted on July 10 that the only ones who have not yet spoken openly and unequivocally about wearing niqabs are the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Tatarstan and the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Russian Federation, headed by Ravil Gainutdin.
[BREITBART] The Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ... the Moslem Brüderbund's American arm... (CAIR) is objecting to a proposal by the L.A. City Council to bar anti-Israel protesters from the entrances to synagogues.
The proposal is a response to a rise in antisemitism in the city associated with anti-Israel protests, especially several incidents in June in which pro-Paleostinian activists targeted local synagogues, obstructing entrances in one case.
City Council members Katy Yaroslavsky and Bob Blumenfield demanded action in June, calling for more resources for safety. They are the authors of the new proposal, which would require an eight-foot ''bubble zone'' around synagogues and other religious institutions.
The Los Angeles Times described the proposal in August, reporting that it ''would make it a misdemeanor for protesters to intentionally block the entrances of healthcare facilities, schools or religious institutions — or demonstrate within 8 feet of anyone trying to get inside. The protective 8-foot ''bubble'' would be required within 100 feet of a facility's entrance.'' It would apply to mosques as well as to synagogues.
CAIR has objected to the proposal, alleging that it intentionally targets pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel activists:
The letter from CAIR California, which appears undated, urges the Los Angeles city attorney to examine the ''underlying context'' of the proposal, saying it is ''targeting pro-Paleostinian demonstrators' First Amendment rights.''
The letter claims that ''peaceful pro-Paleostinian protesters have courageously stood up against the ongoing violations of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. 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... '' at local universities and other sites. (There have been several acts of violence by the ''peaceful'' protesters; this news hound was assaulted by ''peaceful'' protests at a campus ''encampment'' in April.)
CAIR's national executive director, Nihad Awad, said that he was happy at the terror attack of October 7, 2023.
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“Fucking Jews…fuck Israelis.” The Senate Judiciary Committee has refused to hold a hearing on antisemitism for the last year. They held one today on “all forms of hate.” It was interrupted by horrific antisemites. Maybe now the Senate will take antisemitism seriously?! pic.twitter.com/Yh6Wi2cJlc
[GEO.TV] Pakistain lodged a strong protest with Afghan authorities on Tuesday over the "disrespectful action" of Afghanistan's acting consul general in 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... towards the national anthem.
"The disrespect of host country's national anthem is against diplomatic norms," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement.
Afghan Acting Consul General Muhib Ullah Shakil and his aide were attending the National Rehmat-ul-Lil-Aalamin (PTUI!) Conference when all attendees, including KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, stood for the national anthem.
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... the Afghan diplomat and his aide remained seated, prompting a strong reaction from Islamabad.
In a clarification regarding the incident, Afghan Consulate Peshawar spokesperson Shahid Ullah stated that the consul general's actions were not intended to "disrespect" or "disgrace" the Pak national anthem.
"Consul General did not stand due to the music in the anthem. We have even banned our own national anthem for the same reason," the spokesperson told Geo News.
The Afghan consulate spokesperson added that the diplomat would definitely have stood and placed a hand on his chest if the anthem had been performed by children or without music. "Preferably young attractive boys...in skimpy outfits"
"This act by the Acting Consul General of Afghanistan is reprehensible. We are conveying our strong protest to the Afghan authorities in both Islamabad and Kabul," Foerign Office spokesperson said responding to media queries about the acting Afghan consul general's actions at an event in Peshawar.
According to sources, the Foreign Office has also summoned the Afghan Charge d'Affaires to register a protest over the consul general's actions.
The relationship between the two South Asian nations has been unsteady since the Afghan Taliban ...Arabic for students... took power, further deteriorating recently due to border festivities and the Kabul administration's inaction against terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil to disrupt peace in Pakistain.
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Did they play the Afghan anthem and the ambassador stood up?
No? Pffft.
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[JP] Taiwan's Gold Apollo denied responsibility for explosive pagers used in Lebanon, stating they were made by BAC, which licensed its brand.
Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday that Budapest-based BAC Consulting made the pagers used in Lebanon's detonations. The firm added that it had only licensed its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices.
At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday. According to a senior Lebanese security source and another source, explosives inside the devices were planted by Israel's Mossad spy agency.
Reuters analyzed images of destroyed pagers, which showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with pagers made by Gold Apollo.
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So he spoke in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him. Down from the peaks of Olympus he strode, angered at heart, bearing on his shoulders his bow and covered quiver. [45] The arrows rattled on the shoulders of the angry god as he moved, and his coming was like the night. Then he sat down apart from the ships and let fly an arrow: terrible was the twang of the silver bow.
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
dominated Mexico for six years.
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.
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