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Boko Haram Kills Six Persons, Injures Others After Shooting Mortar Bomb Into Borno Community
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Africa Horn
PRESIDENT HASSAN Sheikh Mohamud says Al-Shabaab is a colonialist
One of those aboriginal colonialist..... thingies. In short, they’re EEEEEVIL and all good people properly hate them. (That part actually is true.)
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Posted by: Fred || 07/02/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Arabia
Saudi Arabia seeks creation of new proxy in Aden
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
seeks to form a new Adeni component aimed at the self-administration of the city, away from the factions of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), similar to the "Hadhramaut National Council" during the coming period.

Saudi Arabia pushed a number of forums and local coalitions demanding the administration of the people of Aden for their city, "the Aden Board of Directors", and the removal of the camps of the armed factions in order to preserve the security, stability and the general tranquility of citizens away from armed manifestations.

The so-called " Sons of Aden Coalition " appeared, in a statement, calling for granting the sons of the city self-management, taking advantage of the killing of the child Haneen al-Bakri by one of the STC button men on the night of Eid al-Adha
...a major Moslem holiday, marked by animal sacrifice and ritual rioting...
while she was in her father’s car in the Mansoura area.

The coalition called for granting the people of Aden their right to manage the city, maintain its security and evacuate it of camps and armed factions, referring to the regional factions coming from the mountains of Dhalea and Yafa districts.

The statement stressed the need to get Aden out of the quagmire of chaos, bullying, lawlessness and the militarization of civilian life.

The statement blamed the Saudi-led coalition countries for deterioration of security, stability and public tranquility in Aden.

It also held the pro- coalition government, responsible for assassinating innocent people and for not providing them with protection and reducing acts of thuggery in Aden on a daily basis.

The call for an autonomous administration of Aden by its sons came after the demand of the Adani Cultural Forum last weekend to remove the camps belonging to the coalition factions from the city after the terrible incidents.

The STC factions carried out a campaign to confiscate weapons from non-loyalists in Aden, especially those belonging to the Dera al-Wattan Forces, which were recruited by Saudi Arabia from the people of Aden and krazed killer Salafist elements, which has controlled the Sha’ab city, the largest district of Aden, since the beginning of this year.

Posted by: Fred || 07/02/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


Europe
Hundreds of mosque going Military Aged Males (MAMS) say goodbye to French teen killed by police
NANTERRE, France (AP) — A sea of young men walked from the mosque up the hill and into the hush of the cemetery. By the hundreds, they had come to say goodbye to the teenager whose killing by a police officer has set much of France on edge.

It was a warm Saturday afternoon, far from the nights of violence in the streets that have left windows smashed and vehicles charred. Many of the men were Arab or Black and had come to mourn a boy who could have been them.

France and the rest of the world know 17-year-old Nahel by his first name only, along with the barest details about his life, including that his family has roots in Algeria. But on Saturday, many in the crowd either knew him, or identified with him.
AP subject line modified slightly to reflect reality
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/02/2023 04:41 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Lessee_ this would be the gangbanger with 17 arrests?
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/02/2023 10:25 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Convicted violent Portland Antifa member now being accused by female comrades of being a sex pest
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A technique with a lineage that predates Homo sapiens, unfortunately.


Posted by: Fred || 07/02/2023 00:09 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  No, he was just a generic pest.
You just happened to encounter the sexual aspect of it.
A$$holes gonna a$$hole.
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/02/2023 9:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Wow, have you seen pictures of those women?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/02/2023 11:32 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Mexican government issues strong rebuke of DeSantis's new immigration law
[The Hill] The Mexican Foreign Ministry harshly criticized a new Florida immigration law that will require more frequent mandatory ID checks at places like hospitals and by employers, as well as increase criminal penalties to being undocumented.

"SB1718 will affect the human rights of thousands of Mexicans, including children, and will exacerbate hostile environments, which may lead to hate crimes and acts against the migrant community," the ministry said in a statement Saturday.

"Criminalization is not the way to solve the issue of undocumented immigration."

The sweeping law went into effect on Saturday.

Other sections of the legislation make it more difficult for undocumented immigrants to receive a driver’s license — and will invalidate licenses from other states legally given to undocumented immigrants.

Mexico’s rebuke is a continuation of the nation’s ongoing feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). In June, the government said it was looking into legal recourse against Florida for its migrant relocation policy which saw migrants, including Mexican nationals, sent on buses and planes around the U.S.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/02/2023 05:09 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Iraq
Iraq calls for extradition of man who desecrated Qur'an
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, called on the Swedish government to extradite the man who burned the Holy Qu’ran in Stockholm to the Iraqi government for trial according to the Iraqi law.

According to the Foreign Ministry’s statement, "Fuad Hussein received a phone call, on Friday, from his Swedish counterpart, Tobias Billstrom, and during the call they discussed the repercussions of burning the Holy Qur’an by an turban in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on Wednesday, 6/28/2023".

During the call, the Foreign Minister expressed "the Republic of Iraq’s strong condemnation and denunciation of this heinous act, which represents a grave insult to religious sanctities, inflames the feelings of Moslems around the world and constitutes a dangerous provocation for them."

He pointed out that "Burning a copy of the Holy Qur’an does not come within the context of freedom of expression, but rather to incite violence, sow hatred and support the phenomenon of Islamophobia
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
," calling on the Swedish government to "take the necessary measures against this person."

FM Hussein called on the Swedish government to "hand him over to the Iraqi government for trail according to Iraqi law."

Posted by: Fred || 07/02/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  So, committing a crime, in a place were it's not a crime, will get you sent to a place where it is a crime, but has no jurisdiction over the place where the crime occurred.
(I think they need to have another war; they don't seem to have learned anything from the last one. Like mind your own business.)
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/02/2023 9:34 Comments || Top||

#2  That Fuad guy is a perfect fit for the Garland Department of Justice!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/02/2023 11:36 Comments || Top||

#3  ummm, NO.
Posted by: AlanC || 07/02/2023 11:55 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israeli National Security Adviser Says Country Not Close to Attacking Iran's Nuclear Sites
“But we can get our planes loaded and ready to fly in mimnutes or hours once the decision is made,” he added.
[Shafaq News] Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi
...who got this job as a consolation prize after not bring reelected to the Knesset in the 2022 election, so while he is knowledgeable and influential, he doesn’t actually have any power at the moment...
asserted that Israel is not currently on the verge of launching an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, as talks between Tehran and Washington continue in an attempt to ease tensions.

In an interview with Channel 13, Hanegbi highlighted the "uncertainty" surrounding the outcome of the talks initiated by the United States, Israel's primary ally that aims to identify measures to curb Iran's nuclear program and reduce hostilities.

Hanegbi clarified that any agreement resulting from the talks would not be considered binding on Israel.

Tel Aviv views a nuclear-armed Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
as an existential threat and remains vigilant in its security measures.

Regarding the possibility of a preemptive strike against Iran, Hanegbi stated, "We are not getting close (to this) because the Iranians have stopped, for a while now, and they are not enriching uranium to the level we see as the red line."

Israel's "red line" is defined as Iranian uranium enrichment reaching 90 percent fissile purity. Iran has increased its uranium enrichment to 60 percent in recent years.

Following the United States' withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, which had capped Iran's uranium enrichment at 3.67 percent, Iranian and Western officials have been working to curtail Tehran's advancing nuclear activities.

The 2015 deal effectively curbed Iran's uranium enrichment and restricted its potential to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies harboring any ambitions for nuclear armament.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/02/2023 01:27 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  who got this job as a consolation prize

Kinda like Pete?
Put him where you think he'll do no harm?

we can get our planes loaded and ready to fly ...
Good luck with those flights.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/02/2023 4:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Noon tomorrow possibly, not today.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/02/2023 4:56 Comments || Top||

#3  "Although our undetected subs are itching to respond in your ports. Susceptible to only extensive mining"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/02/2023 16:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Kind of like the dreaded vote of confidence for a GM. I’m sure the Iranian military is bunkered down in their versions of full MOP gear - a peepee napkin over the face.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/02/2023 17:04 Comments || Top||


In first, Gaza rulers Hamas open weapons exhibit for Palestinian public
Photos at the link.
[IsraelTimes] Children and families pose with guns and rocket launchers for souvenir photos in terrorist-run enclave: ’We are here because we’re proud of the resistance’

The armed wing 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 an iron fist by Hamaswith 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...
’s Islamist rulers Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, has put its weapons on public display for the first time, drawing hundreds of Paleostinians including children brandishing rocket launchers for selfies.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/02/2023 00:16 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Lebanese Hezbollah MP tells Israel to ‘shut up’ about outpost on its territory
[IsraelTimes] As Jerusalem continues to demand removal of tents set up beyond border fence but within its formal territory, Muhammad Raad says it can no longer dictate to anyone.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/02/2023 00:16 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Islamic Jihad chief says his Iran-backed group forming fighting units across W. Bank
[IsraelTimes] Back from Tehran, Ziad Nakhaleh says Khamenei has supported his terror organization’s efforts ’to move from a state of calm to one of resistance’ in the region

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...
chief Ziad Nakhaleh said in an interview released Saturday that his Iran-backed terror group was working to establish cells of fighters throughout the West Bank.
We know. They keep getting caught.
Speaking with Iranian Arabic-language newspaper al-Vefagh, Nakhaleh said Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
— with whom he met two weeks ago in Tehran — was supportive of "moving from a state of calm to one of resistance" in the West Bank, while reiterating his support for arming Paleostinians there.

"The most important thing is that we strengthen the resistance," the Damascus-based Nakhaleh said.
“Gotta spend all the oil money the Mullahs shower on us like a rain of gold.”
"During our visit to Iran, during the meeting with His Eminence, the Leader, His Eminence reaffirmed [his desire] to advance arming the West Bank and resistance action in the West Bank."

According to Nakhaleh, Islamic Jihad has set up "fighting battalions" in Paleostinian cities across the West Bank
...where battalion is defined as a group of three or more enthusiasts, full of bright ideas and mostly empty of the ability to execute them before getting caught...
and was working on manufacturing explosives and distributing arms, including to button men linked to Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....
’s ruling Fatah party.
Oh? How very interesting.
Nakhaleh’s comment on explosives came after his terror organization grabbed credit for a massive roadside kaboom that maimed eight Israeli soldiers during intense festivities in Jenin last month.

While thanking the Islamic Theocratic Republic for its support, Nakhaleh sought to play down the scale of Iranian backing that Paleostinian Islamic Jihad receives, saying it should not be "exaggerated."

"There is security-military assistance, and this is the most important thing," he said.
Then there are the salaries, the donations to the personal bank accounts of the leadership, pensions to those jailed, wounded, or killed for the Cause, tram building parties, military parade uniforms...
He also predicted Israel’s eventual demise, the timing of which depended "on our willingness and our ability to resist."
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/02/2023 00:16 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Islamic Jihad


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
France charges Marianne Hoayek in Salameh graft probe
[An Nahar] La Belle France has charged a former assistant of Riad Salameh, the governor of Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
's central bank and a subject of judicial probes at home and abroad, with money laundering.

In March 2022, La Belle France, Germany and Luxembourg seized assets worth 120 million euros ($130 million) in a move linked to a probe into Salameh's wealth.

Salameh is accused of having amassed a fortune during some three decades in the job. Once hailed as the guardian of Lebanon's financial stability, he is being increasingly blamed for the country’s financial meltdown.

Many say he helped precipitate the crisis.

Salameh's term ends in July.

A judicial source said Marianne Hoayek, 43, was questioned on Friday in Gay Paree and placed under investigation for criminal conspiracy and money laundering.

"Marianne Hoayek contests these accusations and will provide proof that these funds came mainly from donations from her father," a rich businessman now deceased, her lawyer Mario Stasi told AFP.

Salameh, 72, denies any wrongdoing and says he built his fortune when he worked in U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch before becoming the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank in 1993.

Judicial authorities in La Belle France and Munich in Germany had issued arrest warrants for Salameh over accusations including money laundering and fraud, and Interpol subsequently issued Red Notices targeting him.

An Interpol Red Notice is not an international arrest warrant but asks authorities worldwide to provisionally detain people pending possible extradition or other legal action.

European Sherlocks had questioned Salameh in Beirut, also hearing from others including Hoayek and Salameh's brother Raja and central bank audit firms.

Lebanon does not extradite its nationals, but Salameh could go on trial in Lebanon if local judicial authorities decide the accusations against him are founded, an official previously told AFP.

Following the Red Notices, a local judge questioned Salameh, confiscated his French and Lebanese passports, banned him from traveling and released him pending investigation.

Posted by: Fred || 07/02/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



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