[X] Lindsey Graham said that he prefers to help Israel instead of the hurricane victims in South Carolina:
"I've been going all over South Carolina, like most people I haven't slept much. But look what's going on in Israel. We have to help our friends to keep the war over there from coming here."
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[Regnum] Russia is finalizing the issue of excluding the Taliban movement (the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) from the terrorist list, FSB head Alexander Bortnikov said on October 4.
“We see the Taliban’s readiness to fight the most dangerous wing of ISIS (a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation), Vilayat Khorasan (a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation), which continues to receive resource support from the West, which uses the terrorist group’s capabilities in subversive actions under a false flag on our territory,” Bortnikov said at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS Member States.
In this regard, the head of the FSB called on his CIS colleagues to cooperate in order to identify communication channels in terrorist structures supervised by the West. The Russian side considers it expedient, on the one hand, to establish contacts with the Taliban, and on the other, to identify potential supporters of terrorists in the CIS countries, Bortnikov said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on April 1 that the issue of removing the Taliban’s status as a terrorist organization is being worked on, and the final decision will be made by the country’s top leadership.
In December 2023, the Kazakh government decided to remove the Taliban from its list of terrorists. Kyrgyzstan also removed the Taliban from its list of banned organizations on September 6.
Since March 2022, Moscow has established diplomatic relations with Afghanistan and accredited diplomats of the Taliban-formed government. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in January of this year that representatives of the Taliban movement control power in Afghanistan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 28 that the status of the Taliban movement is constantly being discussed. The head of state added that Russia takes into account the opinion of each country in the region on the issue of recognizing the Taliban.
The decision to exclude the Taliban movement from the list of terrorist organizations was made at the highest level, but legal procedures must be followed. This was stated on October 4 by Zamir Kabulov, a member of the Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation and former Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan.
"The Foreign Ministry, together with the FSB (Federal Security Service) and a number of other Russian agencies, is completing legal work on the process of excluding the Taliban movement from the Russian Federation's terrorist list. It is not a matter of desire; the decision in principle on this issue has been made by the top leadership of Russia. But all processes must be carried out within the framework of the Russian legal field," Kabulov said during a meeting of the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan.
President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... said in July that Russia considered Afghanistan's Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... movement an ally in the fight against terrorism.
Russia has been slowly building ties with the Taliban since it seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as US-led forces withdrew after 20 years of war but the movement is still officially outlawed in Russia.
No country has formally recognised the Taliban-led government as the country's legitimate leadership, although China and the UAE have accepted its ambassadors.
Russia added the Afghan Taliban to its list of terrorist organizations in 2003. Removing it would be an important step by Moscow towards normalising relations with Afghanistan.
The Taliban's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said in a speech in Moscow that recent decisions by Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to remove the former gunnies from a list of banned groups was a welcome step.
[IsraelTimes] Source close to Trump’s son-in-law doesn’t specify when the discussions took place and declines to give further details, saying ‘it wouldn’t be appropriate to share that’.
Both Mr. Kushner and MBS are the accomplished sons of strong leaders — they are comfortable with one another. And clearly Donald Trump intends to be ready to hit the ground running as soon as he is sworn into office next January. But should that not come to pass, at least the Saudis will be steeled against the Harris administration’s bright ideas.
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#1
well I hate to point this out, but Javanka was the problem with the last Trump presidency
so is this evidence that we will immediately have Jared Kushner back if Trump wins?
#6
RFK Jr was the only anti-corruption candidate you had. It was sad to see him give up. He won't get any say in the new Trump administration should Trump win.
It is a shame Americans get so tribal they cannot see clearly.
Yes RFK came from the democrats - with his family how could he not
It is also true he spent a lifetime fighting corruption from big corporate lobbyists who run your country
Did you like a badly tested mRNA jab that didnt work mandated on you with lockdowns thanks to warp speed?
Do you like the endless funding of foreign wars (raytheon) with not a cent to soend on hurricane helene victims?
This is because of corporate corruption of government
Exactly what RFK would have removed.
Trump we already know that story when Javanka gets in.
No wall - where is it? Corporate lobby disnt want it because they are globalists
So tell me again how RFK was bad because reasons.
You love Trump only for the reason that he is not democrat and because he says what you want to hear.
You already know he won't do what he says. You already ran that experiment.
Rantburgers very fairly want a government to represent the interests of American citizens, not other countries
That is why you want nationalists not globalists
Democrats openly are the party of the war machine corporatists and globalists.
Republicans are just the same with a different sales pitch.
This is the reality
You are so focused on the game of capture the flag in election times that you are failing to see that it doesn’t make a difference if it is the red flag or the blue flag.
Trump might win on November 2 but you won’t. You won’t win if Trump wins any more than you would if kamala wins. Trump won’t shut the border, if he had built the wall as promised it wouldn’t be open now. Globalists do not want it shut.
It makes zero real difference because their policies on everything that counts will be the same. The only thing that differs is the wrapping. You get to argue about identity politics, gays and abortion and border child trafficking because none of that will interrupt the plans and policies of the WEF, raytheon, pfizer, the state department - all the people that run you
Moderna, the CIA and General Dynamics do not care about your pronouns. They get you arguing and voting about that because then you can’t stop them robbing and controlling you.
corporate globalist control hurts Australia too as our captured elites follow blindly just as US elites do.
Your only chance this election was RFK but he gave up.
I would recommend focusing on your local and state institutions and simply ignoring the federal election circus as you don’t actually have any meaningful say.
The only remedy is to either break up the large global corporations or stop using them and shut them out of state and local government procurement. Take over your institutions and make new rules preferring small business local suppliers over global corporates. Shut them out.
Rantburg.com maintains a Discord server, ostensibly to be used in the event Rantburg.com is down.
It should be noted that Discord's primary attraction amongst gamers is its voice applications and its screen sharing applications, both of which I use frequently.
Discord also is used by gaming companies to receive feedback on their products and for suggestions for improvements and for debugging.
I have yet to see any terrorists on any of the Discord channels I follow. by Pavel Kiselev
[REGNUM] Roskomnadzor demanded that the administration of the online platform Discord remove 947 illegal materials, including calls for extremism, propaganda of Nazism, drugs, LGBT and even child pornography.
Since March of this year, the platform has been included in the register of social networks, whose administrators themselves are obliged to search for and remove illegal content published by network users.
Discord is a free American online platform that provides the ability to communicate by creating user servers. It was created in 2015 as a platform for gamers, but subsequently gained popularity among a wider audience. This turned Discord into one of the largest social networks for exchanging messages and calls. According to various estimates, the platform's Russian audience ranges from 2.62 million to 4.83 million users.
RECRUITMENT - FROM "DEPOSITORS" TO TERRORIST ATTACK PERPETRATORS
The social network is most popular among children and teenagers, which is used by criminals, “recruiting minors to ‘stash’ drugs, convincing them that their use is normal,” Roskomnadzor notes.
The criminals here are not only running networks selling illegal substances. In the summer of 2022, it became known that a group of hackers was using popular teenage channels on Discord and YouTube and offering them the opportunity to distribute malware through these online platforms.
Here, young people are also drawn into extremist cells and into committing terrorist attacks in the country’s regions, department representatives indicated.
Thus, in August 2022, the Safe Internet League revealed that messages with false information about the mining of schools and kindergartens in Russia, the purpose of which was to disrupt the start of the school year, were being distributed through Discord and Telegram chats. And this distribution of fakes can still be considered relatively “harmless”.
Most recently, on October 1, the FSB reported that its employees, together with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee, detained 39 people aged 14 to 35 during a special operation. Being supporters of Ukrainian terrorist organizations banned in Russia, they incited children and teenagers to attack people. Including nine teenagers preparing attacks on schoolchildren and teachers. One of the detainees prepared a detailed plan for an attack on classmates, selected a possible weapon, and also outlined the sequence of actions. The teenagers received these instructions from Kiev via Discord.
THEY CONSIDER LGBT TO BE THE NORM
“This network also frequently encounters cases of harassment and the inducement of minors to engage in sexual, including non-traditional, relationships,” Roskomnadzor also states.
Discord employees refuse to moderate content with LGBT propaganda and pedophilia because they do not consider LGBT a threat, Andrey Masalovich, president of the Inforus consortium and developer of the Avalanche internet intelligence platform, explained to Regnum.
"As for pedophilia, they believe that it is not an 'international concept', since the age of majority is different in different countries. These are such clever tricks," the expert explained.
The “free” attitude of the social network’s administration towards the content that circulates there leads to the fact that neo-Nazi symbols, LGBT* pornography, and propaganda of the Ukrainian “Legion of Freedom of Russia”**, which is banned in the Russian Federation, are freely available on Discord.
The fact that a platform created with a harmless purpose - as a resource for communication between players - has turned into an extremely toxic and dangerous environment is due to the very “architecture” of Discord.
MAGNET FOR CYBERCRIMINALS
"Discord is especially convenient due to its mechanics of servers that are accessible only by invitation. This prevents proper content moderation and introduces an element of anonymity, the inappropriateness of which on the Internet has long been obvious," explained State Duma deputy, member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, IT and Communications Anton Nemkin.
Even if the user is not from a risk group, not one of those who might fall into the networks of drug dealers, pedophiles or Ukrainian recruiters, he is still in danger.
Spy Pet, a service that has been operating since April 2024, collects huge amounts of data from Discord, including user messages and their activity. This data is sold to anyone who wants it, including crypto payments, for a small amount. Spy Pet monitors information from more than 14,000 servers and provides access to billions of messages.
The discovery revealed that Discord messages may be more vulnerable to surveillance than previously thought.
In 2022, Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Lab reported that scammers were deceiving people on the American platform. The extortionists sent out messages about winning free bitcoins and used a network of fake news sites for this scheme.
Some hacker groups also use the service to distribute malware and sell stolen information.
It should be noted that this is pointed out not only by Russian, but also by Western experts in protection against network threats.
In February this year, the American company Intel 471, one of the leading providers of cyber threat analysis solutions, published a report that showed that hackers use the Discord platform to coordinate their actions, share stolen data, and teach each other new hacking methods. Discord’s anonymity and convenience, including the ability to easily restore communities, make it attractive to criminals, which poses a serious threat to users and organizations.
"The Discord platform has long since become a real magnet for cybercriminals. It is easy to find malware, phishing attacks and other threats here. Users regularly become victims of fraud, and the platform does not take active measures to protect them," says Ilya Gogua, an expert at the Regional Public Center for Internet Technologies (ROCIT).
There is no protection from either attackers or destructive content, the distribution of which is difficult to control due to the very principle of the platform. In other words, security in Discord is an illusion, the expert concluded.
FINES DON'T HELP
At the same time, the owners and management of Discord either completely ignore the requirements of Russian legislation, or comply with them extremely selectively, reminds journalist Alexander Malkevich, head of the department of social communications at the Azov State Pedagogical University (Zaporizhia region).
In November 2021, Roskomnadzor included Discord Inc. in the List of Foreign Persons Operating in the Russian Segment of the Internet. The company was required to create a branch, register a personal account on the Roskomnadzor website, and post an electronic form for sending requests from Russian citizens and legal entities. None of the requirements were met.
Therefore, since August 2021, search engines operating in Russia, on the instructions of Roskomnadzor, have been informing: Discord is a violator of our legislation.
Discord continues to ignore demands to stop distributing illegal content. In July 2023, a Moscow court fined the company 6 million rubles for failing to remove pornographic content featuring minors. The platform has been subject to sanctions for failing to remove prohibited content, including extremist content and drug-making instructions.
Yes, sometimes the company meets the authorities' demands halfway - for example, the year before last, 55 million users were blocked for sending spam or engaging in pedophilia. According to Roskomnadzor's demands, 933 links with prohibited materials were removed. But this is rather an exception to the rule.
Discord continues to spread a large amount of prohibited information, which for some reason the management is in no hurry to block.
Thus, just recently, on September 30, the Tagansky Court of Moscow fined the platform 3.5 million rubles for failure to comply with requirements to remove prohibited content.
“When a company refuses to comply with laws and remove fakes and destructive content, this is always an alarming signal,” emphasizes Rifat Sabitov, head of the commission for the development of the information community, media and mass communications of the Public Chamber of Russia.
In such cases, the authorities still strive to move the dialogue into a constructive direction and do not try to solve the problem with multi-million dollar fines, following the example of their European colleagues, noted a member of the Public Chamber.
But when the law is violated systematically, and administrative cases continue to accumulate, then the only logical action is a thorough inspection of the platform’s activities – and then appropriate decisions are made, Sabitov added.
"Please note that no one asked Discord for anything supernatural - the discussion included materials related to pedophilia and 18+ content. It is difficult to understand the principled refusal to remove even such content," the public figure emphasized.
It should be noted that it is not only the Russian authorities who have accumulated claims against Discord. This year, the French National Commission on Information Technology and Human Rights fined the platform 800 thousand euros for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Secret documents from the Pentagon and US intelligence in 2023 also leaked through Discord - the company is currently cooperating with the US authorities in investigating this incident. But "the deed is already done."
We could say that the problems of our Western "non-partners" do not concern us, if the freedom in Discord did not threaten Russians as well. Discord has become a toxic and, moreover, unnecessary platform for Russian users.
This is also pointed out by "specialized" legislators. "How can Discord continue to operate if the messenger constantly violates Russian laws and does not protect its users? Destructive content remains, fraud flourishes, and the company does not even try to comply with the requirements for removing prohibited information," notes State Duma deputy Anton Nemkin.
Naturally, after all the warnings and attempts to establish a dialogue, a thorough inspection of the messenger by Roskomnadzor is a logical decision, the parliamentarian emphasized.
“Roskomnadzor is doing everything right by stretching sanctions against Discord over several stages: first a warning, then a fine, and soon a possible slowdown and blocking,” notes Andrey Masalovich, president of the Inforus consortium and developer of the Avalanche internet intelligence platform.
NO GREAT LOSS
Calls to block Discord, as has already been done with other Western Internet resources, are already spreading in RuNet. This opinion is shared, for example, by popular blogger Dmitry "Goblin" Puchkov.
"There is such a simple concept in the Russian language - "has played itself out". It is fully applicable to Discord, which took the warnings of the authorities and the desire to speak like humans for weakness," Puchkov believes. He is sure that in its current form, this platform is a real breeding ground for fakes and destructiveness. "I don't know what censored word can be used to describe moderation that turns a blind eye to materials related to pornography and pedophilia," the blogger noted.
And everything positive that is in Discord is easily replaced by Russian analogues, Puchkov explained.
"Want to play with friends? Call them in any domestic messenger. Want to conduct an online lesson? Try the same calls or specialized services. I definitely do not see a problem in the absence of Discord in Russia, if the messenger is suddenly blocked," the blogger emphasized.
Rifat Sabitov, head of the OP commission for the development of the information community, media and mass communications, shares a similar opinion. He is confident that the possible blocking of Discord in Russia will not be a loss for users.
It is quite easy to replace the functionality of Discord. Voice communication and group calls can be arranged in many domestic messengers, so choosing a suitable alternative will not be difficult, the head of the relevant commission of the OP noted.
Deputy Nemkin also points to this. "Even if the only way out of the situation is to block the service, Russians have nothing to worry about. Among domestic platforms, it is easy to find a solution for communicating with friends during the game, as well as a program for group calls and distance learning," the parliamentarian said.
So many public figures are either neutral or positive about the closure of Discord. Perhaps this will be the only way out if the company continues to ignore the urgent requests and demands of Roskomnadzor and "not notice" how the resource has turned into a comfortable environment for extremists, perverts and cyber fraudsters.
"Discord is an example of a major threat to Russian society. Firstly, because it is popular among young people, and this is the most pliable audience that the enemy can influence. Secondly, it is dangerous because it spreads hacker infection and through it you can easily hack users' computers," summarizes Andrey Masalovich, developer of the Avalanche Internet intelligence platform. Finally, - adds the interlocutor of IA Regnum, - Discord moderators are not friends with the Russian authorities, which is why they have ignored calls to remove illegal content for so long.
[ZeroHedge] President Joe Biden and "border czar" Vice President Kamala Harris' disastrous open-border policies have rolled out the red carpet to at least 1.7 million illegal aliens deemed 'potential national security threats' into the country. This comes as Venezuelan prison gangs wreak havoc across the nation. Just two weeks ago, a former senior Border Patrol official testified before Congress, exposing the Biden-Harris administration for covering up a surge in suspected terrorists crossing the southern border.
The report, "The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: At Least 1.7 Million Potential National Security Threats," was published by the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Thursday. It highlights the national security risks posed by open borders.
Here are the most critical points in the report:
Since January 2021, approximately 7.6 million illegal aliens have entered the US, including 1.9 million "gotaways."
Under the Biden-Harris Administration, US Customs and Border Protection has encountered more than 1.7 million special interest aliens—meaning aliens from 26 countries that DHS has determined pose the greatest national security and counterintelligence threats to the United States. The special interest countries include Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Syria, and Turkey
At least 382 individuals encountered at the border are on the US terrorist watchlist, with 100 of these encounters happening in fiscal year 2024 alone. Among these individuals, at least 99 were released into US communities by DHS.
The report stresses the growing threat from "special interest aliens" (from countries considered national security risks) and the lack of adequate vetting.
The case of Mohammad Kharwin, an Afghan national on the terrorist watchlist, is presented as an example of the administration's failure to secure the border. Despite being identified as a potential threat, Kharwin was released into the US multiple times.
"In a similar effort to hide the dangerous consequences of its open-borders policies, for months the Biden-Harris Administration delayed briefing the Committee and Subcommittee about Mohammad Kharwin, an illegal alien from Afghanistan on the terrorist watchlist," the report noted.
[GEO.TV] While leadership and activists of the Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree... -founded party heading towards the federal capital despite roadblocks, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said everyone has the right to hold protest demonstration but the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) supporters are going to "attack Islamabad with weapons".
"This is not the right way and we will not allow this to happen," the security czar said while talking to journalists in Islamabad on Friday.
with hoards of the PTI workers are travelling towards the federal capital amid visits of foreign dignitaries.
Naqvi said he had requested the PTI a day ago as well "not to hold rally for now". The minister added that he would not let anyone damage properties.
On Thursday, he also warned the PTI against holding the public gathering as visits of foreign dignitaries, including the Malaysian prime minister, were planned in Islamabad.
Amid its anti-government campaign, the former ruling party is holding protests for the ''independence'' of the judiciary and the release of the former prime minister from jail.
The protest coincides with the final day of the Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim's visit to Pakistain and ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. The authorities have already enforced Section 144 and ''the Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act, 2024'', regulating holding of public assemblies at certain places in Islamabad.
''The PTI's top leadership should review its protest call [—] No one will be allowed for an onrush on Islamabad,'' the security czar had said while addressing a presser along with officials of the federal police.
In today's news conference, he said the security force deployed by the government did not wield guns, whereas "you could see in videos and pictures that those coming towards Islamabad are carrying arms".
''The KP chief minister [Ali Amin Gandapur] is a Pak. He should think what he's doing. He has an entire province under his command; he should hold protest wherever he wants,'' Naqvi said, adding that they had the right to hold protest, but it was not the right way to do it.
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[IsraelTimes] Hamas’s armed wing al-Qassam Brigades has confirmed the death of one of its commanders Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi in an Israeli strike on the West Bank city of Tulkarm along with seven other fighters, the group says in a statement.
The Israeli military said that it killed Oufi, head of the Hamas network in Tulkarm, in an attack on Thursday.
The strike had targeted a senior Hamas commander, Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, who was planning an imminent attack, according to the military.
The Palestinian Authority health ministry reported 18 dead in the strike.
According to the IDF, at least seven are confirmed to be members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups.
Among them is Ghaith Radwan, who the IDF says is a top commander in Islamic Jihad. Some Palestinian reports identified Radwan as a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.
The IDF and Shin Bet said earlier that Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi was planning an imminent terror attack.
Military sources described Oufi as a “ticking time bomb,” who was planning a major attack on October 7.
At least 18 Palestinians were reported killed in the strike.
The IDF also says it is on heightened alert for other attempts by Hamas to carry out attacks ahead of and on the anniversary of the massacre, both from the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Oufi planned and led an attempted car bombing attack near the settlement of Ateret last month, the IDF says.
He was also involved in providing weapons to other terror operatives who carried out numerous attacks in the West Bank and in Israel recently, including those that led to the injury of Israeli civilians, according to the military.
The IDF and Shin Bet add that he “worked to establish terrorist networks on behalf of Hamas and assisted terror operatives in the area to carry out significant shooting and explosive attacks.”
[IsraelTimes] The Washington Post reports that at least two dozen of the roughly 200 ballistic missiles fired by Iran at Israel on Tuesday managed to break through air defenses and hit or land near at least three military and intelligence sites.
The Post says it verified videos that showed 20 missiles striking the Nevatim air base in southern Israel and three striking the Tel Nof base in central Israel. Other videos showed that at least two missiles landed near Israel’s Mossad spy agency headquarters in Glilot.
The Israeli military on Wednesday acknowledged that some of its airbases were hit in Iran’s massive ballistic missile attack on the country a night earlier, but stressed that no harm was caused to the functioning of the Israeli Air Force.
The IDF said that it measures the effectiveness of an attack based on how much damage was caused to critical infrastructure and assets, how many casualties were caused, and not how many missiles ultimately impacted. Air defenses successfully prevented such damage and major casualties, it said.
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[IsraelTimes] An Israeli is filmed being kicked out of the Temple Mount compound after reportedly praying and blowing a shofar, violating the fragile status quo that governs the flashpoint site.
Meanwhile, footage from today also shows police clashing with Palestinians near the entrance of the Temple Mount. It is unclear what sparked the police’s reaction.
[IsraelTimes] The Wall Street Journal reports on the state of Israeli-American relations amid the regional conflict.
The paper says the Biden administration’s
C’mon guys — you know you mean Harris-Biden administration. This is really all her work, after all…
influence over Jerusalem appears to be waning, with Israel increasingly taking actions against its adversaries against the wishes and positions of US officials.
It says US leadership is partly hamstrung by the coming election, reluctant to take a more assertive stance against Israeli steps that it fears could lead to regional escalation, as these could harm Democrats politically.
“Biden and his team frequently find themselves looking like bystanders, unwilling or unable to rein in an ally they continue to back politically and provide with critical
military support,” it says.
At the same time, the report notes that the administration is conflicted, and officials “aren’t unhappy” with Israel’s significant gains against Hezbollah.
[ArqbNews] MANILA: In a move to strengthen Islamic educationpropaganda abroad, Spreading wahhabism into southeast asia
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs has launched its second scientific course for qualifying imams and preachers in the Philippines.
The program, running on its second day, has drawn more than 160 participants (FANATICS) from across the archipelago.
It is conducted by the Religious Attache at the Saudi Embassy in Manila and features prominent scholars such as Fahd Al-Fuhaid. Islam is a colonising ideology. This is why islamic migration must be stopped
#3
No....Saudi's (considered as a "culture".... not a geo or religious grouping) are NOT smarter than Iraninan cultural peoples. Iranianians have a actual measurably higher IQ and far less consanguinity related problems (inbreading for those who dislike looking up its meaning). What makes Saudi culture far more dangerous is that it allows for group supported lies. A Saudi can out right lie and knows that his fellow Saudi's will publicly support his lie as being valid, even when they all internally know its invalid. Secondly they more likely to be amoral (no morals) rather than knowingly be immoral in the decisions they make and the conduct they undertake. One word covers all this. It's called being "devious". Saudi's are more devious than other cultures. Armed with copious amounts of petrodollars for the foreseeable future (well over 60 years from now) this makes their ability to do cultural damage to other cultures incredibly dangerous, very real and a long term problem.
#4
^That makes Saudis more dangerous is that, unlike the Iranians, they understand that using military power will get them squashed. So, they work by spreading Wahhabism and buying Western politicians.
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[Regnum] The Kiev regime is training militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in Syria in coordination with US representatives. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an article published on the Russian Foreign Ministry website.
“On the territory of Syria, the regime of Volodymyr Zelensky, in coordination with the Americans, is training terrorists from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in new technologies for producing UAVs for the purpose of combat operations against the Russian armed forces in the SAR (Syrian Arab Republic),” the minister noted.
He also stressed that the coalition of Western countries continues to strike territory in Syria, effectively “inspiring” the regime in Kyiv to carry out similar terrorist activities in Russian regions.
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As long as he's permanently dead...
[IsraelTimes] Source close to Lebanese group says remains of slain terror leader being kept at secret site ‘until circumstances allow’ for public burial.
What will they do if all who know the grave’s location happen to be killed by Israel?
[NYPOST] Iran's supreme leader on Friday called the deadly Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel a ''legitimate'' act — as he warned the Jewish state ''won't last long'' under Iranian bombardment.
In a rare Friday address, with his rifle by his side, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said Iran's recent missile attack on Israel was ''legal and legitimate'' and the minimum punishment for Israel's ''crimes,'' according to the Telegraph.
He claimed the attacks were justified because they were ''logical and legal'' and done in self-defense against an oppressor, touting its legality under international law.
Khamenei's sermon — his first in almost five years — took place just before the first anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, triggered by the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack.
He eulogized Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader who was killed in a Sept. 27 Israeli strike in Beirut.
''Our resistant people in Lebanon and Palestine, all these testimonies and spilled blood will not shake your will, but rather strengthen your steadfastness,'' Khamenei said.
Iran launched a barrage of missiles against Israel Tuesday in retaliation of Nasrallah's death and the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.
Despite this attack having more impact than the earlier strike in April — a Jewish school was among the places badly damaged — there were few casualties.
Two Israelis were injured and the only death was a Palestinian man in the West Bank who was crushed by an intercepted missile fuselage.
Nasrallah, 64, was at the center of what Israeli officials described to The Post as Iran's ''Axis of Resistance'' and was responsible for what President Biden called a ''four-decade reign of terror.''
Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah's death Saturday, hours after Israel slammed Beirut with powerful airstrikes — but the group did not acknowledge how its leader was killed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Nasrallah's death a necessary decision in a televised statement Saturday.
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I didn't watch, but from the looks of it the old boy's heart wasn't in it, he didn't throw his hat on the ground this time. I guess the whoopee is just out of that cushion.
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.
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
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[IsraelTimes] The Washington Post reports that at least two dozen of the roughly 200 ballistic missiles fired by Iran at Israel on Tuesday managed to break through air defenses and hit or land near at least three military and intelligence sites.
[NYPOST] Iran's supreme leader on Friday called the deadly Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel a ''legitimate'' act — as he warned the Jewish state ''won't last long'' under Iranian bombardment.
