[AFRICANEWS] For a second week, crowds of Tunisians took to Tunis' main avenue to denounce president Kais Saied, not long before the presidential election on October 6th. They're accusing him of reinforcing authoritarian rule and suppressing political competition.
The demonstration, which took place amid a heavy police protest, comes after politicians put forward a bill that would take away the administrative court's power to adjudicate electoral disputes. The opposition insists that this would discredit the upcoming election, and lay the groundwork for Saied to clinch another term in office.
Earlier this month, the country's electoral commission rejected a court ruling reinstating three presidential candidates, in what critics say is another example of Saied stamping out competition.
The president has denied accusations that he is using the electoral commission and judiciary to ensure a victory in October. Rather, he says he is waging a battle against traitors and the corrupt.
Political tensions in Tunisia have been on the rise since 2021, when Saied started to rule by decree. The opposition has called this move a 'coup'.
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[GEO.TV] Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed new chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligence agency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... (ISI), Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Monday.
Lt Gen Malik has replaced Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as the country's spymaster and will take charge of his new command on September 30.
Currently, he is serving as the adjutant general at the General Headquarters (GHQ).
The newly appointed ISI director general (DG) has served as the commander of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... infantry division and infantry brigade in Wazoo.
He has also received a Sword of Honor in his course and has served as the chief instructor NDU, as well as an instructor Command and Staff College.
Moreover, Lt Gen Malik had also served as the chief instructor at the National Defence University and as an instructor at the Command and Staff College Quetta.
The new ISI DG is a graduate of Fort Leavenworth in the United States and Royal College of Defence Studies in London.
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[Regnum News Agency] The Shiite "people's militia" of Iraq announced its full readiness and mobilization to provide humanitarian aid to the residents of Lebanon. This was stated in a statement by the militia leader Falih al-Fayya.
He is the titular Iraqi emir of the Popular Mobilisation Forces — Hashd al-Shaabi in Arabic — organized, paid, and officered by the IRGC as their military arm in Iraq.
“We declare our full readiness and mobilization to provide all possible types of assistance at the food, medical and humanitarian levels to our brothers in Lebanon in response to the call of the highest religious authority and out of human duty,” the statement, cited by RIA Novosti, reads.
Falih al-Fayyad also called on other countries to provide aid and humanitarian support to the Lebanese.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 23, the Israeli army announced the expansion of the strike zone on targets of the Shiite movement Hezbollah in Lebanon.
According to the Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant, the IDF will continue fighting until it restores security in northern Israel.
On September 23, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that at least 100 people were killed and more than 400 were injured as a result of strikes carried out by the Israeli Air Force on populated areas in southern Lebanon.
[IsraelTimes] Determinedly seeking a hostage-ceasefire deal, Biden Administration officials in the past few days sent the draft text of a new proposal to Israel and, via Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... i and Egyptian mediators, to Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... , Channel 12 news reported earlier tonight, citing an Israeli and an American source.
Israel expressed reservations, including over clauses relating to the Philadelphi Corridor along the 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... -Egypt border and the Netzarim Corridor that runs between northern and southern Gaza, the report says.
Hamas, however, flatly rejected the draft text, and said it would not accept any deal that differs from the proposal presented by US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created... by the — you know — you know, the thing... at the end of May.
Biden’s presentation was, in fact, based on an Israeli proposal, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed that, in its response to that proposal, Hamas sought to make 29 changes. For his part, Netanyahu has in recent months repeatedly invoked a series of nonnegotiable conditions for a deal that are not specified in the May proposal.
Channel 12’s report suggests that Hamas’s firmly negative response to the latest US ideas may have something to do with White House National Security front man John Kirby’s comments earlier Sunday blaming Hamas for the stalling of talks on a deal.
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Offer to execute 1,000 Hamass prisoners per day until all hostages are released, the world finds it fine for Hamass to play that game. Be sure to use porcine infused napalm in the flamethrowers for the executions.
[IsraelTimes] Biden says he’s trying to deescalate tensions; Pentagon official warns Mideast in ‘dangerous situation’ but widened conflict not a given, as USS Truman heads back to Mediterranean
The US is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Lebanese terror group Hezbollah that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday.
Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder would provide no details on how many additional forces or what they would be tasked to do. The US currently has about 40,000 troops in the region.
"In light of increased tension in the Middle East and out of an abundance of caution, we are sending a small number of additional US military personnel forward to augment our forces that are already in the region. But for operational security reasons, I’m not going to comment on or provide specifics," Pentagon front man Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder told news hounds.
On Monday, the aircraft carrier USS Truman, two destroyers, and a cruiser set sail from Norfolk, Virginia, headed to the Mediterranean on a regularly scheduled deployment, opening the possibility that the US could keep both the Truman and the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is in the Gulf of Oman, nearby in case further violence breaks out.
The announcement came after cross-border violence intensified Monday, with Israel carrying out strikes on some 1,300 targets across 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... according to Israel Defense Forces, and warning civilians to flee residential neighborhoods where Hezbollah is thought to have placed weapons and personnel.
Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Iranian proxy with a powerful armed wing, has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in recent days, including deep into the country, raising the specter of all-out war that could leave Lebanon in ruins and devastate parts of Israel.
At the White House, US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family... said Lebanon and 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... would feature prominently in his discussions with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Before their meeting, Biden said he had been briefed on latest developments between Israel and Lebanon, adding, "I continue to be in contact with our counterparts and we’re working to deescalate in a way that allows people to return home safely."
Sheikh Mohammed said his country had an "unwavering commitment" to working with the United States and deepening the strategic partnership between the allies.
Vice President Kamala Harris Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's' former mistress is also slated to discuss efforts to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in a separate meeting with the UAE leader, who is in the US for the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... General Assembly high-level summit this week.
"Given the tensions, given the escalation, as I highlighted, there is the potential for a wider regional conflict. I don’t think we’re there yet, but it’s a dangerous situation," Ryder said.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held back-to-back calls with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the weekend as he pressed for a ceasefire and a reduction of tensions in the region, Ryder said. The Biden administration has repeatedly called for the Israel-Hezbollah border crisis to be resolved through diplomacy.
The front man declined to say if the additional forces being deployed might support the evacuation of US citizens, after the State Department warned Americans Saturday to leave Lebanon due to the mounting conflict.
Israeli security and rescue forces work at the site hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, on September 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gil Nechushtan)
The US presence in the Middle East is designed both to help defend Israel and protect US and allied personnel and assets. Navy warships are scattered across the region, from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Oman, and both Air Force and Navy fighter jets are strategically based at several locations to be better prepared to respond to any attacks.
"We have more capability in the region today than we did on April 14th when 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... conducted its drone and missile attack against Israel," Ryder said, referring to an Iranian attack on Israel using hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones, most of which were shot down by Israel and allies, including the US.
"So all of those forces combined provide us with the options to be able to protect our forces should they be attacked," he said.
[GEO.TV] The Israeli military is preparing for the next stage of its operation in Lebanon after launching a wave of air strikes against Hezbollah targets on Monday morning, the military chief of the general staff Herzi Halevi said.
"Essentially, we are targeting combat infrastructure that Hezbollah has been building for the past 20 years. This is very significant. We are striking targets and preparing for the next phases," he said in a statement, giving no details but adding that he would "elaborate shortly".
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Conservative TreeHouse Poster David from Israel has extensive comments with noted Biden Admin:..."Israel is under intense pressure from Biden and his Administration to not invade."
Full comment from today: "David
September 24, 2024 1:43 am
Israel Update :
-For decades we were told on the media that Hezbollah has hundreds of thousands of missiles and a war with them will mean hundreds if not thousands casualties and all the infrastructure messed up, possibly no power etc…
Apparently at least for now it looks like the IDF worked it all out.
In 24 hours 1600 targets were destroyed. Apparently the IDF had the locations of the munitions and missiles and figured out how to destroy launchers before or right after they use them. The Intel is down to the level of individual houses. It is not discussed on media but it may be that the Mossad is going to win this war.
About 500 killed and over 1,500 injured with no casualties at all in Israel. A complete domination of the situation.
I am sure that the Liberal media will cover the “genocide of Lebanon” and the “innocents” but the IDF also gave them time to evacuate, I have videos of how they phones of the Lebanese magically received voice messages to evacuate and their radio was taken over with messages to evacuate and flier to evacuate. The operation focused on destroying their munition storages which they created in two decades. Nasrallah miscalculated and created a formula of daily back and forth with the hopes to exhaust Israel and its economy. The motion of civilians also takes important place. Israel had some 60,000 – 80,000 citizens dislocated. Now all of South Lebanon is dislocated hundreds of thousands.
This creates pressure in Lebanon because Hezbollah has many enemies in Lebanon. The name of this operation is “Northern Arrows”.
What was attacked are:
Heavy Cruise missiles DR-3 which can reach 1000 Kilometers and can escape interception.
Heavy rockets with a 1,000 Kg warhead. Similar to the one that killed 12 children in a soccer game and injured many.
Mid range rockets that can reach 200KM.
Rockets that can reach 50Km.
Drones that can reach 100 KM.
Israel had about 600 Hezbollah people killed since 10/8 and now the numbers are multiplying.
The IDF also attacked once in Beirut in an attempt to kill the number three of Hezbollah who is over South Lebanon (by Israel). At first there were reports that he was killed then Hezbollah denied it. We estimate that he is injured.
Hezbollah managed to fire over 200 rockets at Israel. All the way to Haifa area and and deeper up to about 100KM. Iron Dome intercepted most of it. Some landed in open areas and a few made it through and caused damage but with God’s help no one was seriously injured.
-Israel is under intense pressure from Biden and his Administration to not invade. This explains me the strategy of the IDF. I mentioned it before and will repeat. The IDF is intensifying the strikes and giving Hezbollah a chance to make a deal. The only deal Israel can have is a cease fire and Hezbollah withdraw a few miles past the Litani River.
In my opinion this is all a chess play to not burn bridges with the US.
Everyone with an understanding of the Middle East knows that honor means everything and they can’t just surrender.
But this is a bit biblical, like the story of Exodus, when God inflicted strike after strike and Moses kept saying “Let my people go”. Eventually it was so bad that the Pharaoh gave up.
-Nasrallah lost almost all the high Command. Radwan Force that was their elite force has lost its command too. The Hezbollah is overwhelmed at this moment of time. They are at the lowest point since their inception. This would be an ideal time to move in. But Bibi is still scheduled to appear in the UN and fly over this Wednesday. He delayed to Wednesday.
If there was a ground invasion he wouldn’t go. But this could also be a misdirector and he could cancel in the last moment.
If the IDF permits it to linger then we will be in trouble as the toll on the economy and the society is high. We must put an end to the wars rapidly. When we see in Gaza at the moment is more of raids than a full war at the moment.
-Some rumors that Sinwar (Hamas leader) is killed. Because he went off communications and the last few communication from him were not typical for him. I can’t tell what’s the truth but I doubt that it’s a true report. We shall see.
-Netanyahu said in a meeting today that “the goal of the operations is to disconnect Hezbollah from the war in Gaza. (In addition to securing the return of out citizens to their homes).
-I have to mention that the center of gravity of Hezbollah is in the Dachia neighborhood of Beirut. The destruction of this neighborhood is Hezbollah’s nightmare. The civilians there have already fled. This must be the next target.
I am also sure that we are looking for Nassrallah their leader. He has a good reason to seek a deal. But I doubt that he is there yet.
-I have to mention that even if we took out more than a half of their missiles and they still have 50,000 missiles, it’s only the beginning and we could be heading to a long war of attrition and a mess, so over-cheering is a mistake.
Israel must not repeat the Gaza error and linger with hopes of diplomacy and get into a year of back and forth while the international community is all over us. So we will see how it’s going. For sure it’s a good beginning but no war was ever won from the air alone. The high Command said that we are expecting some difficult days and challenges.
[GEO.TV] Israel wants to drag the Middle East into a full-blown war by provoking 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... to join the nearly year-old conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in 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... , Iran's president said on Monday, warning of its "irreversible" consequences.
Masoud Pezeshkian, speaking to a group of journalists after his arrival in New York to attend the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... General Assembly, said: "We do not wish to be the cause of instability in the Middle East as its consequences would be irreversible"
"We want to live in peace, we don't want war," he added. "It is Israel that seeks to create this all-out conflict."
Pezeshkian accused the international community of silence in the face of what he called "Israel's genocide" 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... .
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Israel wants to drag the Middle East into a full-blown war by provoking Iran to join the nearly year-old conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Leb
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Death To America
For 45 years almost every day
But many in the west will buy this 💩
(Tucker, others)
As ever, human nature prefers to believe nonsense over facts right in front of them. smh
[GEO.TV] 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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... is ready to start nuclear negotiations on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York if "other parties are willing", Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday in a video published on his Telegram channel.
The US, under then-President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , withdrew in 2018 from a nuclear accord signed in 2015 by Iran and six world powers under which Tehran curbed its disputed nuclear programme in return for a lifting of international sanctions.
Indirect talks between Washington and Tehran to revive the deal have stalled. Iran is still formally part of the deal but has scaled back commitments to honour it due to US sanctions reimposed on the Islamic Theocratic Republic.
"I will stay in New York for a few more days than the [Iranian] president and will have more meetings with various foreign ministers. We will focus our efforts on starting a new round of talks regarding the nuclear pact," Araqchi said.
He added that messages have been exchanged via Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... and a "general declaration of readiness" issued, but cautioned that "current international conditions make the resumption of talks more complicated and difficult than before".
Araqchi said he would not meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm... : "I do not believe it would be expedient to hold such a dialogue. There were such meetings before but there is currently no suitable ground for that. We are still a long way from holding direct talks."
Since the renewal of US sanctions during the Trump administration, Tehran has refused to directly negotiate with Washington and worked mainly through European or Arab intermediaries.
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..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...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...
...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...
...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm...
