[IsraelTimes] Shari Redstone expresses support for Tony Dokoupil, while top officials at network back news chief who criticized him over pointed questioning of author of new anti-Israel book.
Instapundit was all over the previous stages of this story yesterday. See here and here. M. Dokoupil’s CBS colleagues and managers were appalled that he committed reporting while interviewing Ta-Nehisis Coates’s for CBS.
An internal debate over CBS News host Tony Dokoupil’s pointed interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel has spread to the boardroom, with the chief of the network’s parent company saying Wednesday that it was a mistake to reprimand him.
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Shari Redstone, outgoing head of Paramount Global, expressed support for Dokoupil while speaking at a conference sponsored by Advertising Age on Wednesday. CBS News leaders on Monday had reprimanded Dokoupil, a "CBS Mornings" host for an interview they said didn’t meet their standards.
"I think we made a mistake," Redstone said, according to published reports.
Later Wednesday, CBS network President and CEO George Cheeks issued a supportive statement for Wendy McMahon, the boss of CBS News, who was involved in criticizing the interview.
"There has been strong and growing discord within CBS News that needed to be addressed in an editorial meeting," Cheeks said. "This must lead to further substantive dialogue about perceptions of inconsistent treatment, implicit bias and the important standards our News division has in place to establish guardrails for fairness and objectivity."
The seven-minute morning show interview on September 30 was about Coates’ new book of essays, and Dokoupil zeroed in right away on a section about Israel and Paleostinians in the West Bank, saying the essay "would not be out of place in the backpack of an hard boy." He wondered why Coates’ writing did not include references to Israel being surrounded by enemies that want to eliminate the country.
"Is it because you just don’t believe that Israel in any condition has a right to exist?" he asked.
Coates said there was no shortage of places where Israel’s viewpoint is represented, and that he wanted to speak for those who don’t have a voice.
"I wrote a 260-page book," Coates said. "It is not a treatise on the entirety of the conflict between the Israelis and the Paleostinians."
Dokoupil later asked Coates about what offended him about the existence of a Jewish state, and he said that Paleostinians "exist in your narrative merely as victims of Israel," as if they had not been offered peace in any juncture.
Coates said that he was offended when anyone — including the Paleostinians who talked to him for his book — are treated as second-class citizens in the country where they live, comparing it to the Jim Crow-era United States where his ancestors grew up.
In the staff call on Monday, CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and her deputy, Adrienne Roark, said several journalists in the company had reached out to them about the interview.
"There are times we have not met our editorial standards," Roark said, citing Dokoupil’s interviews and other comments made by CBS personnel that she did not identify.
CBS News is built on a "foundation of neutrality," she said. "Our job is to serve our audience without bias or perceived bias."
She said that the problems had been addressed, but neither she nor CBS explained what this meant.
McMahon told staff members on the call that she expected its contents would remain confidential. But a tape of it was posted within hours on The Free Press news site.
Dokoupil did not immediately return messages seeking comment. A front man for Coates did not return a message.
Dokoupil is one of three "CBS Mornings" hosts, along with Gayle King and Nate Burleson. All three participated in the interview with Coates, but with the exception of an opening question by Burleson and a brief one at the end by King, it was dominated by Dokoupil.
Dokoupil is married to NBC News journalist Katy Tur. He has two children from a previous marriage who both live with their mother in Israel. In the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... attack, Dokoupil said on the show that, "as a father, I think people can understand if somebody, anybody, is firing rockets in the direction of your children without regard to whether they are struck or not, you’re going to feel a thing or two."
The rebuke by CBS management Monday came on the first anniversary of the Hamas attack.
Management received immediate pushback on the call from Jan Crawford, CBS News’ chief legal correspondent, who said that it’s a journalist’s obligation to ask tough questions when somebody comes on the air to present a one-sided view.
"I don’t see how we can say that failed to meet our editorial standards," Crawford said. She said she worried that it would make her think twice when conducting interviews.
Because we were discussing the Somalia National Army’s DANAB Commandos the other day.
[ShabelleMedia] President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, alongside Somalia’s Minister of Defense, Abdulkadir Mohammed Nur, presided over a significant military ceremony at the Colonel Hassan Tuurre Academy in Balidogle.
The event marked the graduation of a new cohort of DANAB Commandos, a pivotal elite force in Somalia’s ongoing efforts against insurgency.
During the ceremony, President Mohamud commended the graduates for their dedication and unwavering commitment. "Your training and resolve are not just steps towards personal achievement, but they are strides towards the liberation of our nation from the grip of our enemies," the President stated, emphasizing the strategic importance of the DANAB Commandos in combating threats to national security.
Minister Nur echoed the President’s sentiments, highlighting the vital role these commandos play. "These men and women are not just soldiers; they are the vanguard of our country’s future, securing peace and enabling development," Nur said, addressing the graduates.
The graduation comes at a critical time as Somalia continues to battle against al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... , with these elite forces being at the forefront of many successful operations. The ceremony not only celebrated the achievements of the new commandos but also reinforced the government’s commitment to enhancing military capabilities and ensuring national stability.
The ceremony was attended by military officials, government dignitaries, and foreign military advisors, underscoring the international support for Somalia’s efforts in stabilizing the region. The event concluded with a military parade, showcasing the prowess of the newly graduated commandos.
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[Regnum] The bodies of Russians killed in a battle with Islamists in Mali in the summer have been returned to their homeland as a result of a military operation. This was reported on October 9 by the head of the Commonwealth of Officers for International Security (COIS) Alexander Ivanov.
He said that the operation was launched on the night of September 30 by representatives of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) and Russian allies. The fighters did their duty and returned the bodies of their comrades who died in July in an unequal battle with the Tuaregs.
“This was an important and responsible mission that absolutely had to be completed, and I am proud of my colleagues that they did [it],” Ivanov told TASS.
The dead soldiers will be buried with honors, he added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, from July 22 to 27, Wagner PMC fighters and Malian military personnel fought fierce battles with militants in the area of the settlement of Tin-Zoutine in the north of the country. The Russians and their Malian allies suffered losses after falling into an ambush set up by Tuareg separatists from the Coordination Movement of Azawad (CMA) and the jihadist group Al-Qaeda in the Sahel (JNIM, a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation).
[X] It’s been a few weeks since we’ve talked about @CCFortWorth and the nearly billion dollars they’ve received from Biden-Harris to give money to illegal aliens. It took them a while, but after their emergency PR meeting to discuss our report, they responded - you can read that here, which was sent out to Catholics in Fort Worth (you can also read the Q&A letter they sent here. We do have another bombshell for you today, but first, we want to address a few points from their response.
In the letter by their CEO Michael Iglio (@Michael_Iglio), they assure readers that money only goes to "legal immigrants." On its face, that’s true. But, as JD Vance said, if migrants are made "legal" by an illegal wave of the wand from the Biden-Harris administration, that doesn’t mean very much. For example: in the last few weeks many people, including President Trump, have pointed out that "legal" Haitian migrants are eating people’s dogs and cats. You should know that the grant program CCFW is receiving much of this money from, HHS Assistance Listing Number 93.56, specifically includes these Haitians as a group that can receive the money.
Iglio also says that their program, the Texas Office for Refugees, "administers federal funds from the Office of Refugee Resettlement and partners with more than two dozen nonprofits across Texas." They do indeed provide grant money to other organizations, but that statement is somewhat misleading. To be clear, $71 million of the federal grant money, according to CCFW’s 2023 audit, was spent directly by the organization last year. Proof of that can be found here.
Islamic Circle of North America has partnered with Catholic Charities of Fort Worth for years. In a Fort Worth Report Article from 2021, an officer for their Dallas branch named Hala Halabi said about Catholic Charities of Fort Worth that the organization had "been there, I mean, step by step, with us." In 2022, Islamic Circle's Relief organization posted about an event on their Facebook, saying "It is always nice meeting with our great partner Texas Office for Refugees" (the department of CCFW).
The relationship between CCFW and Islamic Circle didn’t stop there. Just this April, Biden’s Assistant Secretary of the Population, Refugees, and Migration Bureau held an event with both CCFW and Islamic Circle thanking them for their help in bringing migrants into the country; she said that, with the help of these organizations, they had brought in 50,000 people by April 11th of this year.
CCFW is still working with and promoting the Islamic Circle - even this very minute. On the website for the Texas Office of Refugees - which Michael Iglio said is a department of CCFW - they have a list of "service providers." There are 22 organizations on the list and two of them are Islamic Circle Dallas and Islamic Circle Fort Worth. In summary, 10% of the providers promoted on their website are chapters of Islamic Circle.
As an aside: you can see on the provider map of the Texas Office for Refugees (CCFW), that Islamic Circle's Fort Worth office is right down the street from CCFW.
As previously mentioned, Islamic Circle holds protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and even refers to Israel as an "apartheid state." They even have a program that advocates for polygamy! Islamic Center has a program under its umbrella called "WhyIslam." WhyIslam has a webpage committed to the defense of polygamy, found here, that suggests polygamy is a better solution than monogamy. Quote: "Do they really enjoy sincere and faithful ’monogamy’ as the norm?"
The anti-Jewish sentiment, leftist protests, and defense of polygamy are bad enough (none of which are very Catholic, by the way). To make matters worse, Islamic Circle has deep ties to overseas Muslim terrorism.
Islamic Circle is a "leading domestic affiliate" of the Pakistani terrorist group Jamaat-e-Islami and in a brochure, their stated goal is to "achieve the pleasure of Allah through the establishment of the Islamic system in this land." Islamic Circle even works with Al Khidmat, the "charity" wing of Jammat-e-Islami, which funds and supports Hamas terrorists.
For decades, the Islamic Circle has been linked to the Pakistani terrorist organization Jamaat-e-Islami. In a 1997 printing of Islamic Circle’s bimonthly publication The Message International, for example, armed struggle - jihad - is described as an Islamic duty. The publication even has interviews (https://investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/1058.pdf#page=8)with Jammat-e-Islami leaders "support[ing] the Islamist movement’s goal to establish a global caliphate and commend[ing Islamic Circle’s] role in the ’advancement of Islamic ideology.’"
A member of the terrorist group was a featured speaker at Islamic Circle’s 2019 convention in Washington, DC. In that interview, he blamed Jews for 9/11, which he described as "a fitting response to American arrogance."
We could go on and on about the connection between Islamic Circle’s partner Jammat-e-Islami with terrorism. If you want more proof, you can click here for a brief summary, and here for a 100-page report by the Investigative Project.
Clearly Islamic Circle does not represent Catholic or American values in any way. It is deeply concerning that Catholic Charities of Fort Worth is working alongside such a group, especially given their track record of working with the Biden-Harris administration to bring in and pay illegal aliens from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti.
🚨BREAKING🚨 Channel 14 releases details from the Biden-Bibi conversation today: Biden demanded that Bibi not attack the nuclear or oil facilities in Iran and claimed that the operation in Lebanon should be ended "as soon as possible" and to strive for an agreement.
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Here we have been told that the America Ruling Class wants to prevent a nuclear iran.
I asked photographer Michael Yon after all his fearmongering if he has ever read a white people that did have Iran as a future regional nuclear hegemon.
White Papers like that do not exist. White Papers are good metrics for how the globalists see the future. Globalists are okay with a future nuclear Iran.
If Israel does not take care of the problem, the problem will not be dealt with.
[IsraelTimes] WSJ says some Hamas officials have reservations about tactic but haven’t spoken up, as terror chief said to talk about the war and his role in ‘increasingly grandiose terms’
Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... leader Yahya Sinwar, increasingly viewed as a "megalomaniac" by bigwigs in the terror group, ordered commanders in the West Bank to renew suicide kabooms in Israel shortly after he replaced the slain Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... as head of the organization’s politburo, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The order was given shortly before a failed suicide kaboom in Tel Aviv in August, the report said, citing unnamed Arab intelligence officials.
Some senior Hamas members reportedly had reservations about the decision, but have not been speaking up on the matter since Sinwar took power.
Paleostinian suicide kabooms targeting Israeli civilians were commonplace during the bloody Second Intifada in the early 2000s, killing hundreds of Israelis, as well as in the 1990s, but have become rare since Israel built a security barrier around the West Bank and boosted its intelligence-gathering methods to thwart the bombers.
The Journal report also confirmed previous reports that Sinwar has recently renewed contact with ceasefire-and-hostage deal mediators, citing unnamed Arab officials involved in the negotiations.
The outlet said it viewed a handwritten letter by Sinwar from last month in which the terror chief said Hamas is ready for a prolonged war of attrition to "break Israel’s will" and pave the way for the nation’s demise.
The report said the letter quoted the Koran: "And they ask, ’When will that be?’ Say, ’Perhaps it will be soon.’"
The Journal painted a picture in which Sinwar is an bad boy figure even among the ranks of a Paleostinian terror group avowedly dedicated to destroying Israel, having refused last year to travel out 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 a rusty 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... for reconciliation talks with rival Paleostinian factions due to fears Haniyeh would unseat him during this time.
The report cited unnamed current and former Arab and Israeli officials who said Sinwar surprised even other Hamas members overseas with the timing of the October 7, 2023, onslaught.
This prompted Hamas officials in 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... to privately call Sinwar a "megalomaniac," the report said, adding that Sinwar has recently been talking about the current war and his own role in it in "increasingly grandiose terms."
After Haniyeh’s liquidation in July — blamed on Israel, though Jerusalem has not confirmed or denied its involvement — Hamas political officials had reportedly suggested former leader Khaled Mashaal as his successor, before the Sinwar-led military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, sent a message that Sinwar must be picked.
Sinwar spent decades in an Israeli prison after being convicted in 1989 of conducting the kidnapping and execution of two Israeli soldiers.
Known as the "Butcher from Khan Younis" due to his enthusiastic execution of Paleostinians alleged to have collaborated with Israel, Sinwar was released from jail as part of the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.
Always considered a hardliner within Hamas, he is infamous for his key role in founding Hamas’s military wing and security services, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam brigades and Majd, which committed numerous terror attacks against Israelis prior to October 7.
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UNIFIL has been protecting Hezbollah from the IDF, of course.
My question is how Akai Custom Guns knew thqt Nasrallah’s bunker was under the UN office building. The map revealed nothing informative to my untutored eye.
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Original Sources were in Arabic. This link does not link the original source. Linky
Make a surprised face! Nasrallah's bunker was under UN building!
Syrian and Lebanese sources report that the tunnel in which was the headquarters where Hassan Nasrallah was killed - was under the UN building in the Kharat Kharich neighborhood in Dahiya in Beirut
In related news: UN force accuses Israel of firing on Lebanon HQ Link
[IsraelTimes] State Department says Washington is not involved in negotiations and is unsure they exist at all, calling Channel 12 claims ‘different than actual diplomatic conversations’
The United States denied an Israeli report Wednesday that it and Arab nations were conducting secret backchannel negotiations with 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... aimed at reaching a comprehensive regional ceasefire with Israel.
The Channel 12 report, which cited second-hand information from unnamed Israeli sources, claimed covert talks were taking place aimed at reaching an agreement to halt attacks on Israel from Tehran-led proxies, including Hezbollah, that have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel in solidarity with Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... 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 a rusty 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... Asked about the report Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller flatly denied that Washington had any part in or knew of any such initiative.
"No one has reached out to the United States about such a proposal, and we’re not in talks with not in talks with any countries about such a proposal," Miller said during a press briefing on Wednesday.
"I cannot speak to a hypothetical proposal that I’m not even sure actually exists in reality," Miller added. "Obviously, we would welcome the end of conflict across the region."
He stressed the Channel 12 story "was different than actual diplomatic conversations."
The comments came shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier... , marking the first time the leaders had spoken in months, and as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held meetings with key US ally Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat Frational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... Miller declined to detail if the US was seeking to send any messages to Aracgchi, who is also set to travel to 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... , a main mediator in efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. Doha is also the political base for the Hamas terror group, which plunged the region into war when it launched an unprecedented attack on Israel one year ago.
Talks between Biden and Netanyahu were expected to revolve around Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran for its October 1 ballistic missile attack, amid reports of growing frustration in Washington over Jerusalem’s unwillingness to share details of its intentions.
The US, which has sought to temper Israel’s retaliation, has consistently said it wants to keep the war in Gaza from spilling over into other arenas, but those hopes have withered in recent weeks as Israel and Iranian proxy groups around the Middle East, dubbed the "Axis of Resistance®" by Tehran, have shot it out with increasing intensity.
Aside from its offensive against Hezbollah in southern Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently 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... launched last month, Israel has also carried out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s against 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-backed 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 in retaliation for missile and drone attacks, and has been accused of attacking Iran-backed groups in Syria and Iraq as part of what it has described as a seven-front military engagement.
The Channel 12 report claimed that Israel was not involved in the talks and that it was unclear how they would affect elusive efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli official quoted by the channel indicated that Jerusalem was keen to press its military advantage against Hezbollah rather than make concessions in a potential ceasefire deal.
"We are currently in a position of power, a ceasefire will be on our terms, including a [Hezbollah] withdrawal beyond the Litani [River] and the dismantling of all military Hezbollah sites in areas near the border," a senior Israeli official was quoted as saying.
On Wednesday, Channel 12 and the Walla news site reported that Mossad chief David Barnea told his US counterpart that any ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon must also include the release of the hostages being held in Hamas.
The reports said the Mossad chief told CIA head Bill Burns that the deals must be linked together. The strategy is reportedly aimed at getting Iran and Hezbollah — who have indicated they are open to a ceasefire in the north — to exert additional pressure on Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar to agree to a deal in Gaza that has proved elusive for many months.
A day earlier, Hezbollah appeared to drop its demand for a truce in Gaza as a condition for reaching a ceasefire in Lebanon, rowing back from an oft-repeated promise to keep up its rocket and drone barrages until Israel halts its offensive against the Lebanese terror group’s Iran-backed ally Hamas.
Hezbollah officials have consistently said they would not stop until Israel ended the conflict in the Strip, but the group has suffered major losses in recent weeks, including airstrikes that have wiped out much of its top leadership.
Naim Qassem ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... , the deputy leader of Hezbollah and its top living official, said he backed efforts by Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... , a Hezbollah ally, to secure a truce — without setting a precondition.
"We support the political activity being led by Berri under the title of a ceasefire," Qassem said. "If the enemy continues its war, then the battlefield will decide."
In a follow-up to Qassem’s speech, Hezbollah issued a statement saying it will "not abandon our support and backing for our steadfast Paleostinian people in the Gaza Strip."
Miller said Tuesday that Hezbollah’s call for a ceasefire showed it was "getting battered."
"For a year, you had the world calling for this ceasefire, you had Hezbollah refusing to agree to one, and now that Hezbollah is on the back foot and is getting battered, suddenly they’ve changed their tune and want a ceasefire," he said. "We continue to ultimately want a diplomatic solution to this conflict."
Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC: “We are ready for a long-term, large-scale war with the United States, and if war breaks out, we will set the entire region ablaze.”@MohamadAhwaze
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Long career for this guy. Recognized as a terrorist administrator by early 2000s. When he took over command of the IRGC in 2019 he wasn't given a promotion in military rank. He was in charge of the unit that shot down a civilian plane in early 2020 which did a number on his reputation but now he has recovered and has received the rank of Major General.
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Y’all sit over there in the corner and work on it until you figure out, ok? We’ll keep the pastries and coffee coming.
[IsraelTimes] A call by the US and France for a 21-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah “is still on the table,” says the top UN official in Lebanon, as she pushes for a way to enforce a much-violated UN Security Council resolution.
“We need a realistic roadmap for the implementation, by both sides, of resolution 1701. And this must include clear implementation and enforcement mechanisms,” says UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
“At the end of the day, it is the lack or non-implementation of resolution 1701 over the past 18 years that led to today’s harsh reality,” she tells reporters.
“The joint call for a 21-day ceasefire, as launched by the US or led by the US and France, I think is still on the table and very relevant, so we should not dismiss it. I don’t think that new initiatives will add to it,” Hennis-Plasschaert adds. “The many appeals and calls for a ceasefire are crystal clear. We need a window for diplomatic efforts to succeed.”
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon says Israel believes in the language of resolution 1701, but that “we should think about how to enforce it.”
“We have no desire to stay in Lebanon, and I think the only troops that can do that will be the Lebanese military and UNIFIL, but they need to have the strength, the power and the ability to ensure that Hezbollah is not coming back to the same places,” Danon tells reporters, referring to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon peacekeeping mission.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat Frational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
