Pro-Hamas cafe in Oakland, Calif: The Jerusalem Coffee House is run by a pro-Hamas extremist named Abdulrahim Harara. The cafe unveiled an Oct. 7 celebration menu that features drinks honoring Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and the terrorist "intifada" attacks in Israel.
… The owner is a Muslim radical who hosts Islamic fundamentalist events at the cafe, including an Islamic prayer on the Oct. 7 anniversary to honor Muslim "martyrs." His parents, who are from Gaza, were given settlement in the U.S., and their son now openly supports terrorists that target Americans.
The business social media posts many flyers for Antifa events, despite the long history of Palestinian support for Nazism and the use of Nazi symbols in the Palestinian territories today.
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[REGNUM] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid an official visit to Serbia on October 11, where he held talks with President Aleksandar Vucic. The leaders of the two countries discussed regional issues, the situation in the Balkans, as well as the Middle East and Ukraine.
Erdogan stressed the importance of maintaining stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina and called for a constructive approach in relations between Serbia and Kosovo. The Turkish leader emphasized the need for a conscious approach to tensions between Serbia and Kosovo and the resolution of all contradictions (naturally, with the mediation of Ankara) and noted the importance of maintaining stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During the visit, 11 interstate agreements were signed and the 4th meeting of the Supreme Council was held, where bilateral relations, especially the economy and trade, were discussed.
At the final press conference, Erdogan noted that Serbian-Turkish relations are experiencing a "golden age." Trade turnover between the countries has exceeded $2 billion for the second year in a row. Ankara and Belgrade intend to increase it to $5 billion, and Turkish investments in Serbia have grown from $1 million to $405 million over the past 12 years.
Ankara continues to strengthen its economic presence in Serbia: there are already about 3,300 Turkish companies operating here, 21 of which are manufacturing companies.
The possibilities of mutual trips on internal passports were also discussed, which should increase the tourist flow. Serbian citizens can already travel to Turkey without foreign passports.
Particular attention was paid to the situation in Palestine. "It is necessary to put an end to the attacks of the Israeli leadership, which trample on human dignity," the Turkish leader said. He called on the international community to recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.
An important aspect of the talks was cooperation in the defense industry. Erdogan and Vucic noted the great prospects for cooperation in this area. "The Turkish military industry is much stronger than ours," Vucic said at a joint press conference." But, without false modesty, we cannot be ignored either. Within this framework, I see scope for great cooperation."
The military cooperation talks likely included the Bayraktar drones, which Belgrade abandoned last year after Ankara provided five to Kosovo's security forces. During his visit to Albania on Thursday, Erdogan said he would also give the Balkan country an unspecified number of Bayraktars "so that no one would dare attack it."
Asked whether joint military-industrial cooperation with Serbia would include the production of Bayraktar drones, Erdogan replied: “Serbia has certain capabilities, we have certain capabilities, and as friendly countries we can develop our capabilities together.”
KOSOVO IS NOT A HINDRANCE
Although Türkiye unconditionally supported Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008, Erdogan is a proponent of a constructive, balanced approach that also respects Serbian interests in the region.
Back in 2013, when he was prime minister, his statement that “Kosovo is Turkey and Turkey is Kosovo” drew sharp criticism in Belgrade. Ten years later, Aleksandar Vucic sees Erdogan as an actor who can “help maintain stability in northern Kosovo” and a “true friend” of Serbia.
Indeed, despite different views on the status of Kosovo, relations between Belgrade and Ankara have improved significantly over the past decade and are developing steadily.
At the meeting of the presidents in 2019, the head of Turkey already called Serbia a friendly country. During his visit to Belgrade in September 2022, special attention was paid to economic issues.
Turkey, despite the difficult situation in its own economy and the unstable exchange rate of the lira, was able to make efforts to increase trade turnover not only with Serbia, but also with the countries of the region as a whole. Thus, the relations between Turkey and Serbia are very dynamic, and the personal relations of their leaders can be described as friendly.
Ankara is traditionally seen as an ally of Balkan Muslims, including Albanians. However, this does not mean that Turkey will unconditionally support, say, Bosnian Muslims or Albanians against Serbs simply because of some “historical principles.”
On the contrary, Turkish policy in the Balkans is very pragmatic and balanced and far from the ideological labels such as “Great Turan” or “Neo-Ottomanism”. And Erdogan’s current Balkan tour also confirms this.
Let us recall that he arrived in Serbia from Albania, a traditional Turkish ally in the region. And, of course, the fact that the Turkish leader opened a new mosque there is an important ideological symbol of the continuity of the Ottoman presence in the Balkans.
However, the signed agreements and growing trade turnover with Serbia indicate that other aspects of Turkey's activities in the region, beyond ideological principles, are of no less, if not greater, importance.
Ankara aims to become one of the most influential foreign players in the Balkans and therefore has many factors to consider. It already plays a major role in conflicts ranging from Syria and Libya to Ukraine, often imposing solutions through force.
Since the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, organized by the European Union, has not led to a complete easing of tensions in northern Kosovo, Erdogan sees a window of opportunity for further mediation in this conflict as well.
The “Turkish party” deserved special attention against the backdrop of the next crisis in Kosovo in 2022–2023, where it would seem that Erdogan should traditionally side with the Albanians and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti against the ethnic Serb minority in northern Kosovo. However, Ankara extended a hand to Kurti primarily against the backdrop of his confrontation with the United States, and not because of contradictions with the Serbs.
At that time, Washington tried to tear Vucic away from Russia by making concessions to the Serbian side, while simultaneously putting pressure on the authorities of the partially recognized Kosovo. Erdogan intervened in the situation largely at the request of the Kosovo authorities, but did so to spite the Americans and in such a way that Serbia had no reason to be dissatisfied with the Turkish mediation.
From the very beginning of the crisis, the Turkish president held talks with both the Kosovo Prime Minister and President Vucic, calling for dialogue. And in the summer of 2023, in agreement with the authorities of both sides, a Turkish military contingent was deployed in northern Kosovo. About 500 soldiers and officers from the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Turkish Army formed the bulk of the NATO reinforcements in the north of the province.
Therefore, on the one hand, the Turkish military deployment in Kosovo underlines Ankara’s status as a mediator, and on the other hand, it is a way of Turkey’s military return to the Balkans and a clear example of NATO using its instrument of play on the Balkan field.
Strengthening the Turkish military presence in Kosovo will undoubtedly help Ankara strengthen its position in the region, especially now that the West is busy helping the Kyiv regime. At the same time, it will help Erdogan position himself as an impartial partner for both Belgrade and Pristina.
BOSNIAN QUESTION
In turn, Turkey's official position on the sore "Bosnian issue" boils down to the need for peaceful coexistence between Bosnian Muslims and the Republic of Srpska. The Turkish president is trying to prevent the situation from escalating or the republic from separating from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In September 2022, Erdogan rushed to the country to hold talks with the Presidency Council "triumvirate" as tensions between Bosniaks and Serbs rose in the country. This followed a statement by Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik opposing a law banning the denial of the Bosnian genocide. The Turkish president was trying to cement his status as a peacemaker in the country as well.
It is significant that a year earlier, Dodik himself also visited Istanbul, where he held talks with the Turkish leader.
Again, being an ally of (partially) Muslim Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania, Turkey has no less close allied relations with Montenegro and Northern Macedonia. And Ankara is ready to be a guarantor of the territorial integrity of these states and not allow Albanian separatism to raise its head there.
The same Montenegro, even against the backdrop of cooling relations with Russia, is historically turned to the East and is not inclined to fully trust its fate to Europe and the West. In this situation, Ankara, with its multi-vector approach and special view of international affairs, is becoming a desirable partner.
In particular, on June 25, 2023, the then Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović, during a visit to Istanbul, stated that Turkey has now become a “key country” in the Western Balkans and the region is in dire need of mediation from leaders like Erdogan, who are capable of bringing the necessary stability to it.
MACEDONIAN FRONT AGAINST ATHENS
And in August 2021, shortly after joining NATO, North Macedonia signed a separate military cooperation agreement with Turkey, providing for the active participation of the Turkish military in the modernization and enhancement of the defense capability of the North Macedonian army.
Of course, by strengthening its position in the Balkans, Ankara is also challenging Athens, with which Turkey has a whole tangle of unresolved problems. And it is precisely on this basis that Ankara is becoming one of the closest partners of Northern Macedonia and has already helped Skopje join NATO, when Greece was against it.
Therefore, the development of military cooperation with North Macedonia and Albania could be an alarming signal for Greece. In recent years, in the context of the Turkish-Greek escalation in the Eastern Mediterranean, France has provided significant military and diplomatic support to the Greeks. Therefore, the possibility of tensions to the north and west of the continental borders of Greece should not be underestimated.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] There have been rumors in Turkey that Erdogan should be left for another term.
One of Erdogan's main advisers, Mehmet Ucum, said on the air of Habertürk TV that Erdogan is the most experienced and influential leader in world politics and that he believes that the way should be opened for Erdogan's candidacy to be nominated for another 5-year term so that Turkey can benefit from his experience. Ucum emphasized that this is his personal opinion.
He also added that there will be no early elections until 2028.
The Overton window has been opened a little. Erdogan previously stated that this is his last term. But how can one refuse such a wonderful person?!
In general, I would not be very surprised by a situation where Erdogan extends his term until the early 30s, if, of course, his health allows it.
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[GEO.TV] India's notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang has grabbed credit for the liquidation of former minister and member of the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP, Baba Siddique, it emerged on Sunday.
Baba, 66, was bumped off outside his son Zeeshan Siddique's office in Mumbai's Bandra East last night.
Police believe three shooters were involved in the ex-minister's murder. According to Indian media, two of the suspects — Gurmail Baljit Singh, 23, from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap, 19, from Uttar Pradesh — have been arrested.
Hours after the horrific incident, Bishnoi gang grabbed credit for the murder through a social media post.
Police and other security agencies were investigating the post, reportedly linked to a Facebook account belonging to Shubuu Lonkar, who, sources suggest, may actually be Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar — an associate of the Bishnoi gang.
It is pertinent to mention here that Lonkar was taken into custody earlier this year from Maharashtra's Akola for possession of illegal weapons and is believed to have strong connections with the Bishnoi network.
During police interrogation, Lonkar admitted that he was in contact with Anmol Bishnoi, Lawrence's brother.
Journalist Catherine Herridge is reporting that newly leaked military memos reveal United States military members were exposed to several toxic agents, which include radioactive materials, after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on their base in January 2020. Along with this, Herridge is also reporting that a retired Army JAG is claiming that courts and the Justice Department have now “sided with Iran,” and that service members injured in the attack have been blocked from suing Iran.
The article, published by the U.K.’s Daily Mail, goes on to state that as of this writing, neither President Joe Biden’s administration nor anyone else has publicly acknowledged that U.S. soldiers were put at risk by exposure to radioactive fallout. The attack on the Al Asad base was in retaliation for former President Donald Trump issuing a strike on Jan. 3, 2020, that killed top-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard member General Qassem Soleimani. A total of 11 warheads, each one weighing close to 1,600 lbs, hit the air base.
“Iran’s attack on Al Asad was launched in retaliation for the US strike, ordered by former President Donald Trump on January 3, 2020, that killed top Islamic Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani. Alan Johnson, a retired flight surgeon, who was stationed at Al Asad at the time of the strike, told me, ‘None of us really should have survived and we weren’t expected to survive,'” Herridge wrote.
‘The amount of percussive force that travels through your body, you can’t really put words to that,’ Johnson went on to say before detailing how one of the missiles detonated just 60 feet from a bunker where he had taken shelter.
‘If you fell off [a] fourth-story roof onto your back and survived, that’s probably what it felt like… I was knocked unconscious twice from two different impacts,’ he further elaborated.
“I first reported on the Al Asad attack in 2021 while working at CBS News. Then, our investigation revealed that dozens of service members with traumatic brain injuries from the strike were not immediately recognized with the ‘Purple Heart’ – a military decoration awarded to those wounded or killed while serving,” Herridge continued in her report. “After our report, the Army quickly moved to retroactively approve the awards. Three years later, I have confirmed that some of the same injured service members, now in their 20s and early 30s, are sick – and that they attribute their illnesses to exposure to fallout from Iran’s strike.”
There is also evidence, which includes samples of soil, and Army reports that provide credence for their suspicions. Herridge stated that there is an official Army memorandum that is dated April 28, 2021, that was handed out to service members who were at Al Asad airbase during the Iranian missile attack. There were other memos put out into circulation with the title: “Exposure to Hazardous and Toxic Materials.”
Part of the document, two pages in length, reads, ‘Purpose: To identify and record exposure to hazardous and toxic material for all assigned or attached to [U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command] while forward deployed to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq (AAAB) from 15 JAN 2020 to 13 FEB 2020.’ Herridge says that members of military personnel who received the memo were then told they needed to keep the document in case they experienced an illness later down the road.
“These official Army memos provide service members with proof of exposure to toxic materials and can facilitate what’s known as a ‘service connection.’ Verification of ‘service connection’ enables a soldier to receive financial and medical benefits for illness or injury,” Herridge wrote in the article. “On the second page of the memo is a chart labeled ‘Soil Sample results from ’15 JAN 2020.’ The January 15 date confirms that the soil sample was taken by US Army investigators seven days after Iran’s attack.”
The chart reveals 19 materials, some of which are radioactive elements and heavy metals, all detected in the sample. Other records have revealed the soil sample was collected near the impact site of a missile that has been labeled “missile 6” by investigators. Drone footage captured of the attack by U.S. Central Command, says that “missile 6” is one of the warheads that had a very large heat signature, one of the largest, that was used in the strike on the base.
Herridge revealed, “At my request, four independent environmental specialists reviewed the records, most have experience analyzing military records and conducting toxic exposure evaluations of military sites. Two of the specialists, who spoke on background citing the sensitivity of the subject, raised concerns about radioactive elements, including Actinium-228, Bismuth-214 and Cesium-137, saying they seemed ‘out of place’ at the site of a conventional explosion.”
Later in the report, Herridge says that a spokesman for the Army stated the materials involved in the assault on Al Asad airbase were not of a high enough level to cause any threat to the soldiers’ health. ‘No hazards or chemicals were found to exceed Military Exposure Guidelines… [and] no elevated risk was identified. Therefore, no active personnel monitoring was deemed necessary,’ the spokesman’s statement read. For many members of the military, the assurance offered in the statement is lacking.
“Retired Army Judge Advocate General, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Broadbent is now representing 183 plaintiffs — who include the former soldiers and their families — in a sweeping court case. Broadbent recently retired after 23 years of military service representing the legal interests of the Army and its soldiers. He told me, ‘We’re going to have another Agent Orange situation,'” Herridge wrote in the report.
For those who may not know, Agent Orange was used during the Vietnam War by our military in order to clear away brush and other vegetation that served as shelter for the Viet Cong. It eventually was connected to various health conditions such cancer, heart disease, and even Parkinson’s.”Ten years down the road, these service members are going to be out [of the military] and they’re going to be dying and they’re not going to be cared for,” Broadbent stated. He then said that he wants to see Iran held accountable for the assault on the base, though it has been a struggle to make that happen.
I can imagine.
“Earlier this year, a federal court broke with long-standing precedent and dismissed his lawsuit, Hansen V. Islamic Republic of Iran. Broadbent believes that these soldiers are still due their day in court – and is calling on Congress to amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and allow their lawsuit to go forward. Broadbent said Congress can add one word to the legislation to make clear that nation-states are still liable for attacks, such as the strike on Al Asad. Iran’s intent was to kill service members, but miraculously all the soldiers survived,” Herridge said.
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[IsraelNationalNews] Roy Yifrah, who was accused of impersonating a soldier and police officer and stealing a firearm, ammunition, and police and military equipment from the combat zones in Gaza, was convicted as part of a plea bargain with only charges of illegal possession of a firearm and not with impersonation or theft.
The prosecution asked to sentence him to 18 months in prison. The indictment was changed and the only charge that remained was illegal possession of a firearm.
The prosecutor said that the punishment reported for Roy was disproportionate, but considering the fact that he assisted the security forces, they lowered the sentence.
After the hearing, Yifrah wept and stated: "They needed to treat this case gently, not only did they present me as a crook, thief, and liar the entire time, they arrested me like a terrorist as part of the Nukhba murder case. I'm embarrassed that I was there for the state and it wasn't there for me. I really can't regret something I didn't do, I do take full responsibility for the crime."
He added: "Until today I have been receiving abnormal treatment. My prison conditions are also especially bad because of the crime I was being accused of."
Yifrah is also suspected of unlawfully killing a Hamas terrorist on October 7th after a video surfaced of him hitting a tied-up terrorist who was later found dead.
According to a report by Kan News, the murder case against all those involved, including Yifrah, is expected to be closed due to evidential difficulties and an understanding of the extreme abnormality of the events of October 7th.
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So, october 7 this brave man got equipment and fought the terrorists and ended up in jail? Is that what happened here? Outrageous. Give that man a medal.
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.
