[SUDANTRIBUNE] The U.S. Department of the Treasury Wednesday imposed sanctions on two commanders of Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for their role in a recent military campaign in North Darfur that has caused civilian casualties and threatened a fragile grinding of the peace processor.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Ali Yagoub Gibril, the RSF Central Darfur commander, and Osman Mohammed Hamid Mohammed, the group’s head of operations. The sanctions freeze any assets they hold within U.S. jurisdiction and prohibit American citizens and companies from doing business with them.
"The RSF’s attacks in North Darfur have endangered nearly one million civilians and impeded access to humanitarian aid," said Under Secretary of the Treasury Brian Nelson. "These sanctions target individuals who are undermining peace efforts and further perpetuating the conflict in Sudan."
The U.S. administration had previously sanctioned the RSF itself and its deputy commander in 2023 for human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... abuses. Today’s action highlights the ongoing concerns about the paramilitary group’s activities in Darfur.
Escalating violence and humanitarian concerns
The RSF’s offensive in North Darfur began last month and included the encirclement of the region’s capital, El Fasher. This escalation in violence has displaced thousands of civilians and increased fears of mass atrocities.
The Treasury Department emphasizes Gibril and Mohammed’s critical roles in the RSF’s operations. Gibril commands troops surrounding El Fasher, the last major government-held city in Darfur, and Mohammed, as head of operations, plays a key role in planning RSF actions.
The United States is committed to supporting a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Sudan. These sanctions aim to pressure the RSF leadership to stop their offensive in Darfur and encourage a return to dialogue.
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"The United States is committed to supporting a peaceful resolution,,," How? In what way? Is it providing arms to the Islamists? It never gave much of a shat when more than a million southerners died in a genocidal civil war. Why now?
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Sanctions, eh? So Ali and Osman can no longer buy mil surplus weapons on eBay and their Paypal accounts have been cancelled. That'll teach em! Three cheers for Mean Girls diplomacy. At least it *looks* like we are doing something.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] A deadly battle for control of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has entered its fourth day, raising fears of a full-blown war. The festivities between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and a combined force of the Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army and allied armed movements have resulted in a growing number of civilian casualties.
The RSF launched a large-scale offensive, deploying thousands of fighters from across Darfur in an attempt to capture El Fasher. The Sudanese army and its allies responded by reinforcing their presence within the city.
Eyewitnesses reported to "Sudan Tribune" that the RSF bombarded densely populated areas in the south and west of the city with artillery fire, causing significant civilian casualties and widespread destruction of homes.
Conflicting Narratives:
A military official from the joint forces claimed they repelled a "treacherous attack" by the RSF, inflicting heavy losses on them and capturing several military vehicles. He further alleged that the RSF used foreign mercenaries in the assault.
In contrast, an RSF spokesperson countered that their forces successfully defended their positions from an attack by "mercenary movements and coup forces." They claimed capturing military vehicles and inflicting significant casualties on their attackers. They also accused the army of war crimes for shelling civilian areas.
General mobilization announced:
Minni Minawi, head of the Sudan Liberation Movement and Governor of Darfur, reacted by announcing a general mobilization to defend El Fasher and its citizens. He accused the RSF of mobilizing fighters and mercenaries to plunder the city and urged residents to protect their lives and property.
Minawi further condemned the RSF’s actions, including shelling civilian areas and blocking aid deliveries, calling them "criminal" acts.
The situation in El Fasher remains highly volatile, with both sides offering conflicting narratives. The heavy fighting and disregard for civilian life raise serious concerns about a potential escalation into a wider conflict.
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Yobe Government Goes Spiritual Over Incessant Destruction Of Electricity Towers By Boko Haram, Engages Imams To Offer Prayers, Sacrifice | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/hnLE2nHpU6pic.twitter.com/T5JKsDe7DI
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[AFRICANEWS] At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were maimed in northern Nigeria's Kano state after a man attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday morning, resulting in a kaboom, the police said.
The suspect, a 38-year-old resident of the area, confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano's remote Gadan village "purely in hostility following prolonged (a) family disagreement," police front man Abdullahi Haruna said in a statement.
If there are no appropriate targets, the Sudden Jihadist will take it out on the nearest possible target, no matter how inappropriate.
The incident caused panic in Kano, northern Nigeria's largest state, where periodic religious-related unrest has occurred over the years, sometimes resulting in violence.
Haruna said preliminary forensic analysis suggested a gasoline explosion, but a full investigation was still ongoing.
The police have also cordoned off the scene while the injured were rushed to a hospital in the state capital.
The Daily Trust newspaper reported that the worshippers were locked inside the mosque, making it difficult to escape the earth-shattering kaboom. It said the suspect had attacked people in the area in the past over the same family dispute.
"The disagreement (was) over sharing of inheritance of which those that he alleged to have cheated on him were in the mosque at that moment and he did that for his voice to be heard," the police statement said.
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[Regnum] The military representative of the Yemeni Houthis, Yahya Saria, said that the rebel movement launched a missile attack on a US destroyer in the Red Sea, on the Al Masirah TV channel.
“The Yemeni navy conducted a combat operation during which it fired several anti-ship missiles at the US destroyer Mason in the Red Sea,” Saria said.
Note that he says nothing about actually hitting the target.
He added that the Houthis also launched a missile attack on the commercial ship Destiny in the Red Sea. It was heading to the port of Eilat in Israel.
As Regnum reported, on May 8, the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, said at a military parade that the United States was sending “tempting offers” so that the movement would stop attacking merchant ships in the Red Sea. He called these steps by the American leadership humiliating. Al-Mashat said the Houthis will continue their attacks in support of the Gaza Strip, whose residents are suffering from attacks by the Israeli army.
Saria on May 9 announced missile strikes on three Israeli ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels on Wednesday claimed they targeted a US Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea, but there was no immediate confirmation that any attacks took place.
Houthi military front man Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the rebels targeted the USS Mason with missiles and launched an attack on a ship he identified as the Destiny. Multiple vessels have that name in shipping registries.
The US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Mason, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, has been in the Red Sea and the wider region as part of a US-led coalition trying to prevent Houthi attacks on shipping.
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The problem of attacking Yemen is that the only thing you'll hit is an outhouse.
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Houthis claim missile attack on US destroyer in Red Sea
...Well, Houthis claim a lot of things. If we just had the stones to lay down an airstrike when one of the little bastards pops their heads up to scream (and we can do it) it might stop and PDQ at that.
However, Biden's stupid rhetoric about civilian casualties re the IDF makes it very difficult for him to order the kind of devastating strike that is needed to convince the Houthis to desist.
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The Iranian spy ship is doing all the targeting.
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^Seems like there ought to be some sort of Electronic Countermeasures.
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#4 - Damn shame if an "indigenously designed and constructed" Hooothi anti-ship took it out
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"And when they were done, not a outhouse was left standing anywhere in the country."
From the viewpoint of violent desert tribesmen, which is to say an Islamic perspective, talking about something is the same as doing it. In The Arab Mind, the author goes into detail but basically that fact they they confronted the Great Satan, no matter how ineffectively, is just as good as striking a fatal blow. Aloha Snackbar!
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Sal Mercogliano says that the Iranian spy ship left the area a couple of weeks ago. Maybe it was warned off or we agreed to move the carrier out in a negotiation.
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[IsraelTimes] Palestinian report says 20-year-old university student shot by soldiers at checkpoint near Ramallah; military yet to comment on incident
Paleostinian officials said Israeli troops killed a man on Wednesday as festivities broke out after a West Bank march commemorating the Paleostinian "Nakba," or catastrophe, of Israel’s creation in 1948.
"A young man was killed by occupation bullets at the northern entrance of the city of al-Bireh," an Israeli checkpoint at the outskirts of Ramallah, the Paleostinian Authority health ministry said.
The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The PA’s official news agency Wafa said the man killed was 20-year-old Ayser Muhammad Safi, a student at Birzeit University, reporting that he was shot in the neck during a confrontation between a group of young men and Israeli forces.
Witnesses on site told AFP they had seen a group of male students from Birzeit University gather a short distance from the al-Bireh entrance, where they were preparing to begin protesting when Israeli troops moved in.
During the confrontation, Israeli forces fired some kind of gas and sound grenades at the protesters, Wafa reported.
THOUSANDS MARCH
Wednesday’s clash happened shortly after the annual march in Ramallah commemorating the 76th anniversary of what Paleostinians consider the "Nakba," or catastrophe, when around 760,000 Paleostinians fled or were driven from their homes during the War of Independence in 1948, after the UN-proposed division of mandatory Paleostine was rejected by Arabs in Paleostine and Arab states.
Thousands marched across the West Bank, keffiyeh scarves draped across their shoulders.
Israel has also carried out near-daily raids in the West Bank in a bid to thwart terror groups.
Since October 7, troops have arrested some 4,000 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,700 affiliated with Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... . According to the PA’s health ministry, more than 490 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed in that time.
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Since they know they aren't getting the Dane, they don't need to pay the Danegeld.
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Alma Avraham, the 84-year-old who Palestinians took hostage, who was returned from Gaza in serious condition and had to spend months hospitalized due to the effects of the tunnel captivity, hugs her new baby granddaughter.pic.twitter.com/aUb6YVXRYl
[Jpost] On Wednesday, a friendly fire incident occurred in Jabalya, involving two IDF tanks firing on a forward IDF battalion headquarters, resulting in casualties.
Two IDF tanks killed five IDF soldiers and injured seven more in a friendly fire incident on Wednesday when they fired on a forward IDF battalion headquarters in Jabalya in northern Gaza. The IDF cleared for publication on Thursday.
The tanks were said to be under extreme pressure from dozens of rocket-propelled grenade attacks in the area.
All openings to the tanks, including the canopy on the top, were ordered to be kept closed to avoid any hole or vulnerability to the RPG attacks.
This, in turn, limited the tank's visibility.
IDF TANK INCIDENT
Tank Unit 202 is a Haredi-integrated unit, and the soldiers said that they saw a potential threat emerge from the battalion headquarters, which was only 10-20 meters away from them.
It was unclear why they did not recognize the battalion headquarters. However, the IDF said that the tanks had taken over the junction in Jabalya around 9:00 am and that the Battalion headquarters deputy commander had only arrived many hours later.
The incident itself took place in the early evening on Wednesday.
NAMES OF THE FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED
The IDF released on Thursday the names of the five soldiers who were killed in the friendly fire attack in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday:
Sergeant Roy Beit Yaakov, 22, from Eli, was a combat officer in Battalion 202, Paratroopers Brigade.
Sergeant Daniel Chemu, 20, from Tiberias, was a soldier in Battalion 202, Paratroopers Brigade.
Sergeant Ilan Cohen, 20, from Karmiel, was a soldier in Battalion 202, Paratroopers Brigade.
Staff Sergeant Gilad Arye Boim, 22, from Karnei Shomron, was a soldier in Battalion 202, Paratroopers Brigade.
Staff Sergeant Betzlel David Shashuah, 21, from Tel Aviv, was a soldier in Battalion 202, Paratroopers Brigade.
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[GEO.TV] Fierce battle rages 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... ’s north with Paleostinian fighter groups countering invading Israeli troops with small-arms ambush attacks, with rockets and improvised bombs (IEDs).
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Black Bart's other gun out of his other hand...... the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said the "scale of the crisis defies imagination" in southern Gaza as Israeli artillery invades Rafah and mass displacement leaves people in need of food and water, while sanitation is also lacking.
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[GEO.TV] Gun battles between Israel and Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... intensified overnight into some of the fiercest in months in both northern and southern 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... , both sides said on Wednesday.
Israeli tanks reached densely populated neighborhoods and narrow alleyways of the bad boy stronghold of Jabalia in the northeast, facing heavy resistance. Residents said the army destroyed clusters of homes there in areas where they had not invaded before.
Gaza's Civil Emergency Service and health ministry said rescue teams have been unable to reach areas where the army was operating to respond to calls for help.
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[GEO.TV] Hundreds of tons of aid are ready to flow into 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... once the United States opens a temporary pier, US officials said Wednesday, as they also pushed for the reopening of a key land crossing.
In a briefing with news hounds, US officials involved in the pier project, in which humanitarian aid will be screened and loaded in Cyprus before being offloaded into Gaza, repeated that it would become operational "in the coming days."
"Today we have hundreds of tons of aid ready for delivery and thousands of tons of aid in the pipeline," said Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, deputy commander of US Central Command which operates in the Middle East.
Cooper also warned that the United States would not tolerate attacks on the pier, saying it took the security of service members and humanitarian workers "very seriously".
"This is a 100 per cent humanitarian mission and any attack on those working on it — on this mission — is an attack on aid for the people of Gaza," he said. Yeah! That'll stop Hamas from killing our servicemen!
Yes, yes — but were they effective strikes? I think not.
[GEO.TV] Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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 Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched dozens of rockets at north Israel military positions Wednesday in retaliation for the killing of a member Israel said was a field commander.
Hezbollah fighters on Wednesday attacked "the Meron base with dozens of Katyusha rockets, heavy rockets and artillery shells" as well as targeting a barrack with "heavy rockets," the group said.
The attacks were "part of the response to the liquidation carried out by the Israeli enemy in the south" the previous day, it said.
Israel’s army said sirens sounded in Meron on Wednesday without providing further details.
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At least 2 dead in IDF targeted strike in S. Lebanon, report At least 2 dead in IDF targeted strike in S. Lebanon, report
Hezbollah affiliated outlet says an IDF drone fired missiles at a car near the gathering of people ahead of the funeral procession of a senior commander of the terror group, killed in a strike earlier in the week
Finally, we're hitting their funerals!
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.
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
..always the voice of sweet reason...
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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...
