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So a truck with ISIS flag kills almost a dozen in New Orleans last night, lucky for all he was killed before detonating the IED inside. Someone blew up a Tesla outside Trump towers in Vegas today. This is going to be a very interesting new year. Buckle up, between the radicalized left and all the terrorists that came across Bidens border it will make for some good old third world actions...
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So.....NJ drone flights, was law enforcement forewarned of an attack ?
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Ongoing news conference and 'pats on the back' may be premature. Glad to see sports event postponed 24 hours. Reporter say final death toll could be 15. Chief of police and officials would not confirm. Senator Kennedy alludes to law enforcement busy "attempting to capture remaining bad guys." (paraphrasing slightly)
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They had video surveillance of the truck from a couple blocks away. All the traffic and the cameras stayed on the white truck, zooming in and out. Law enforcement had prior knowledge...
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/\ That's the piece Senator Kennedy is referring to but will not discuss.
How long has Fed LE had these SOB's under surveillance? Waiting for what, last week in Jan ?
[NYPOST] A Honduras gang member who was illegally in the US ''giggled'' as he admitted kidnapping a young Texas woman at gunpoint and threatening to pimp her out and sell her organs, according to cops.
Eduardo Javier Ordonez Godoy, 35, was busted after a 22-year-old woman was kidnapped by a masked man at 4:45 a.m. Christmas Eve and driven around for nearly an hour before being left tied to a tree, according to charging documents obtained by Fox 4 News.
Godoy had been arrested before for similar crimes — and deported back to Honduras, where he admits he is affiliated with a violent mostly peaceful gang, police told the outlet.
The undocumented Democrat then allegedly confessed to the abduction, showing no remorse for a crime that the unidentified victim said left her fearing for her life.
''He smirked a lot, he giggled, and, you know, was almost proud of what he did,'' Haltom City Police Sergeant Rick Alexander told FOX 4 News.
''He claims he's just a thief. He wants money,'' Alexander continued. ''But, you know, in this case, clearly he went beyond that and brought a firearm into it.''
Godoy allegedly kidnapped the woman at 4:45 a.m. on Christmas Eve, forcing her into the backseat of her car as she headed to work in Haltom City, just outside of Fort Worth, police said.
He then forced her to withdraw money — then drove her around for nearly an hour while threatening to ''sell her organs'' and ''hooker her,'' according to the charging documents.
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"Godoy had been arrested before for similar crimes — and deported back to Honduras..."
DEPORTED?
How about slamming this POS in prison general population.
I am pretty sure, it would be a short, but satisfying stay for the US taxpayers.
Then deduct the court, prison and body transport costs from any US foreign aid sent to Honduras.
[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Interior of the Taliban ...Arabic for students... -run government announced that around 300 people, including several women, have been arrested and punished for human trafficking.
Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, stated on Monday, December 30, that a four-year strategy has been developed to combat human trafficking.
He emphasized that most human traffickers are based outside Afghanistan, and their information has been shared with the governments of 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... and Pakistain.
Last week, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a decree instructing government agencies to fight human trafficking in Afghanistan.
According to the decree, human traffickers will be identified, arrested, and sentenced to one to three years in prison.
He also instructed other ministries, such as the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Information and Culture, to raise public awareness about the dangers and consequences of human trafficking.
However,
a woman is only as old as she admits... the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently reported that human trafficking globally has increased by 14% in 2024. The organization cited poverty, war, and climate change as primary factors driving the rise in human trafficking worldwide.
Afghanistan, along with Syria, remains one of the largest sources of refugees, with many fleeing the dire humanitarian conditions exacerbated by conflict and economic collapse. Additionally, the forced deportation of Afghan refugees by neighboring countries like Iran and Pakistain continues, further straining the already vulnerable population.
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You've got it JC, you've just got the subordination a bit reversed.
[ShabelleMedia] In a coordinated effort to enhance security, the Somali Armed Forces, including the 64th Brigade of the 7th Division, the 60th Division, and the Wanlawain Police Force, executed an operation against Al-Shabaab in the Lower Shabelle region.
The operation spanned multiple villages and areas including Aybuley, Isgad, Hoo Hook, Fulaley, Garfale, Dibati, Qabibiyow, Tuhur Qaboobey, Warahley, Ali Boonad, Lugud Jiliwayne, and Baladul Amin, successfully ensuring their safety from the militant group.
Commander Ali Abdullahi Halac of the 64th Brigade and Dhamme Abdulle Issac, Commander of the Wanlawain District Police Station, issued a joint statement encouraging local residents to collaborate with the military to achieve lasting peace in the region.
[Garowe] The Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... Defence Forces have managed to neutralize over 10 ISIS holy warriors, including 8 foreigners during a morning attack at a main military base in the eastern Bari region on Tuesday morning, in what marks a major milestone in the fight against terrorism within Somalia's northeastern Federal State.
According to videos accessed by Garowe Online, among those killed were imported muscle of Arab and African origins, following early morning festivities in Dharjaale, Isku Shuban district, Bari region which lies on the Gulf of Aden.
The holy warriors, using explosives-laden vehicles, were eliminated during the fierce fighting, officials said. The government of Puntland had last week issued a strong warning against the snuffies who have been causing mayhem within northern Somalia.
Images from the scene confirm the identities of the attackers, as Puntland intensifies its military campaign against Death Eater hideouts in Dharjaale and surrounding areas. The operation has received strong support from the local population aiming to end the Death Eater threat.
Today's foiled attack comes amid ongoing military actions against both ISIS and al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... , with Puntland forces preparing for significant offensives aimed at rooting out snuffies from mountainous regions, indicating a continuous and evolving struggle against these groups.
The efforts are part of a broader context where Puntland positions itself as one of Somalia's more stable regions, yet it remains vigilant and active in countering the persistent threat of terrorism within its borders.
For some time, Puntland has been facing terror threats from ISIS Lions of Islam whose capabilities have increased in recent months according to the report published by the US which documents such abilities. Puntland relies on its troops to fight al-Shabaab and ISIS without AU troops' support.
The US State Department warned that if the IS Somalia Lions of Islam are not cautioned, the group might expand territories leading to massive damage within the state. Puntland is considered the safest state of Somalia given the capacity of its forces.
Besides the ISIS holy warriors, the al-Shabaab has also been trying to influence and foothold into the state but their presence remains minimal. This comes at a time when Somalia is experiencing a myriad of challenges, including the much-anticipated transition of foreign troops.
The mandate of the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) is set to expire by the end of this year (today) and will be replaced by the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) with minimal forces in the country.
Shabelle Media names the nationalities of the dead ISIS turbans as including Moroccans, Syrians, and Ethiopians.
[ShabelleMedia] In a coordinated effort to enhance security, the Somali Armed Forces, including the 64th Brigade of the 7th Division, the 60th Division, and the Wanlawain Police Force, executed an operation against Al-Shabaab in the Lower Shabelle region.
The operation spanned multiple villages and areas including Aybuley, Isgad, Hoo Hook, Fulaley, Garfale, Dibati, Qabibiyow, Tuhur Qaboobey, Warahley, Ali Boonad, Lugud Jiliwayne, and Baladul Amin, successfully ensuring their safety from the militant group.
Commander Ali Abdullahi Halac of the 64th Brigade and Dhamme Abdulle Issac, Commander of the Wanlawain District Police Station, issued a joint statement encouraging local residents to collaborate with the military to achieve lasting peace in the region.
[NYPOST] The US military made multiple strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the latest escalation against the Iran-backed terror group plaguing the Red Sea.
American Navy ships and aircraft targeted Houthi command posts and weapons depots Monday and Tuesday, destroying the facilities that have been attacking military and merchant vessels in the region, according to US Central Command.
The strikes were focused on the capital city of Sana'a and coastal locations around the Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, including ''advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities.''
''These facilities were used in Houthi operations, such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,'' CENTCOM said in a statement.
US Navy and Air Force aircraft also destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site and seven cruise missiles, the statement added.
CENTCOM said the strikes were part of the US military's efforts to crack down on the Houthis' attacks in the region, which began last year in solidarity with Hamas following Israel's incursion in Gaza.
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CENTCOM Forces Strike Multiple Houthi Targets in Yemen
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted multiple precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Sana’a and coastal locations within Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, Dec. 30 and 31.
…On Dec. 30 and 31, U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV). These facilities were used in Houthi operations, such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. In addition, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force aircraft destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site and seven cruise missiles and one-way attack UAVs over the Red Sea.
There were no injuries or damage to U.S. personnel or equipment in either incident.
The strikes are a part of CENTCOM's effort to degrade Iran-backed Houthi efforts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region.
According to journalists, the attack was carried out on the Al-Arda complex, where the Ministry of Defense of the National Salvation Government is located. This government body was created by the Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis), which rules northern Yemen.
According to some reports, responsibility for the attack was placed on Israel. There was also information about strikes on a complex in northwest Sana'a where military equipment is being repaired.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, earlier on December 31, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said that the Ansar Allah movement had attacked the US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman using cruise missiles and drones. According to him, the group's fighters carried out the attack when the ship was preparing to strike Yemeni territory.
On December 26, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes during a speech by Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. According to the Shiite movement, six people were killed and 40 were wounded.
At the time of the Israeli bombing of Sana'a airport, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was in one of the airport's waiting rooms. After the incident, he reported that he was not injured.
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Big talk. As usual, the missile was shot down long before it reached Israel. No word about the aircraft carrier
[IsraelTimes] Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels say that they had fired two missiles at Israel, hours after the Israeli military said it had intercepted a projectile launched from the country.
“The first (attack) targeted Ben Gurion Airport” in Tel Aviv, and the second was fired at a power station south of Jerusalem, a Houthi military statement says.
The rebels also said they had attacked the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. There is no immediate comment from the US military.
Late last night, the Israeli military said it had shot down a missile launched from Yemen before it crossed into Israeli territory. There were no injuries.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, earlier on December 31, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said that the Ansar Allah movement had attacked the US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman using cruise missiles and drones. According to him, the group's fighters carried out the attack when the ship was preparing to strike Yemeni territory.
On December 26, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes during a speech by Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. According to the Shiite movement, six people were killed and 40 were wounded.
At the time of the Israeli bombing of Sana'a airport, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was in one of the airport's waiting rooms. After the incident, he reported that he was not injured.
[KhaamaPress] The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) reported on Monday the arrest of "three Afghan men" for trafficking refugees through The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... , Iran, and the Balkans to Western Europe. The men face charges related to sexual crimes, including the rape of young refugee boys and blackmailing them.
The three men are part of a human trafficking ring that has been bringing thousands of refugees, mainly to La Belle France and Belgium, before smuggling them across the English Channel to the UK in small boats.
After a two-year joint investigation by Belgian police and the UK NCA, the traffickers were finally arrested in South London.
Ziyarmal Khan, 24, also known as "Boxer Bai," was the first member of the gang to be detained on December 6th at Stansted Airport in London.
On December 18th, Zeeshan Bangash, 20, was arrested in Kentish New Road, London, and the third suspect, Saifur Rahman Ahmadzai, 23, also known as "President Hamza," was arrested on December 30th in Hampstead, UK.
The UK NCA stated that the gang filmed their sexual abuse of young refugee boys and extorted money from them.
Last month, a Belgian court sentenced the three Afghan traffickers, along with 20 other gang members, to a combined 170 years in prison. Ahmadzai received 10 years, while Khan and Bangash each received three years in prison and a €3,000 fine. The men were convicted in absentia.
The plight of Afghan refugees, fleeing violence and persecution, remains dire, with many becoming victims of human trafficking along their perilous journeys. Despite international efforts, these vulnerable individuals often face exploitation, with traffickers taking advantage of their desperation for safety.
As the UK continues to be a primary destination for Afghan refugees, there has been an alarming rise in deportations and the tightening of borders. This, coupled with the ongoing instability in Afghanistan, leaves many refugees caught in a cycle of displacement, struggling for a sense of security and justice. The international community must do more to protect refugees and dismantle the trafficking networks exploiting their vulnerability.
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[USA Today] At least 10 people were killed and as many as 30 injured after a vehicle drove into a large crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter early on Wednesday, according to the FBI and city leaders.
A truck crashed into the crowd at high speed and the driver then got out, firing a gun, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said at an early morning news conference. "It is unknown what his intentions were at this time"
"He was hell bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did . . . This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could. It was not a DUI situation," Kirkpatrick said. Two police officers were shot but are in stable condition, she said.
The incident happened around 3:15 a.m., according to the city's emergency responders.
BREAKING:
At least 10 killed & 30 wounded after a man drove a pick-up truck into people celebrating New Year’s Eve on Bourbon Street, French Quarter in New Orleans.
According to witness statements, the attacker also opened fire on survivors.
UPDATE at 6:00 p.m. ET, to capture for future searches:
Based on updated information in comments, below, moved to Page 1: War on Terror, Home Front:WoT. Made today’s headline.
Summary of what is now known from sources listed in comments (great job, guys! Rantburg teamwork for the win!)
Zero Hedge is liveblogging here.
The NY Post is liveblogging here.
NOLA.com is liveblogging here.
Fox News is liveblogging here.
Ace of Spades post here. Like us, their commenters are bringing in updates.
SUMMARY:
10 dead, at least 35 injured after truck plowed through Bourbon Street, New Orleans
Barriers intended to block terror attacks on Bourbon Street were removed for overhaul in November
FBI confirmed investigating as a 'terror' attack
The white Ford F-150 Lightning (EV) truck used was rented
ISIS Flag posted on the vehicle
The suspect is confirmed as Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42. Possible birth name, pre-possible conversion: Jacqueline Sweet. He is an American citizen who grew up and currently lived in Texas, 10 years US Army veteran, probable honourable discharge. Zero Hedge has a photo of what appears to be a dead Black man in fatigues labelled as the miscreant, the NY Post has a headshot photo here, as does Fox News.
The suspect drove two blocks through the crowd before crashing into a construction crane, then opened fire on police, injuring two, before they shot and killed him. A Glock handgun and .308 caliber rifle equipped with optics and a sensor were recovered from the crime scene.
Law enforcement is investigating at least two IEDs planted in French Quarter area, plus one in truck — remote-detonation pipe bombs filled with nails — looking for 3 men and a woman seen on video surveillance planting the things.
People also evacuated from an Airbnb in the St. Roch area as well. A fire broke out that law enforcement officials said was connected to the attack.
Sugar Bowl postponed until tomorrow
Louisiana Governor declares state of emergency
FBI examining an area in north Houston connected to the attack — Crescent Peak Drive and Hugh Road
According to NOLA.com, the miscreant is a former real estate agent (1019-2023) who worked for Deloitte. He lived in Fresno with his wife until divorced in 2022, then moved to Houston, where he rented a mobile home from Asia Maryam, paying promptly every month in cash, even though his ex-wife said he had money problems due to spending excessively on “paramours”. In a YouTube posted four years ago to promote his real estate business, he called himself a human resources and IT specialist for the US military.
When he lived in North Carolina, in 2012, he was registered as a Democrat.
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Bourbon Street would have been a pedestrian mall last night, with steel bollards blocking the intersections, but probably so crowded he could hit that many running through on a cross street, and THAT 'could' have been something other than terrorist (psychosis, substance abuse) though the IEDs would say terrorism.
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New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell called the incident a “terrorist attack” during a press conference on Wednesday. Found on another web site.
A more useful headline would simply read: New Orleans terrorist attacks crowd with vehicles and gunfire to start 2025
After the truck — which was trailing a piece of black fabric — crashed into a crane blocking Bourbon Street, the killer engaged police in a firefight and was shot dead. Two officers were wounded in the shootout, but are in stable condition, officials said.
With Biden's wide open border, the only surprise is this kind of thing doesn't happen more often.
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The suspect accused of plowing a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street early Wednesday morning has been identified by a law enforcement source as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.
Police fatally shot him after the attack, which killed 10 people and injured 35.
The source said Jabbar was carrying an ISIS flag in the truck, and authorities have said he was dressed in military gear.
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From Besoeker's Zerohedge link is this picture of the pickup truck. If you look at it on the Zerohedge link, you can open the image into a new tab and you should be able to blow it up. Then you can clearly see that the so-called "black fabric" is indeed a black flag on a flag pole that had been very deliberately mounted on the truck's rear fender. The terrorist left no doubt about his motivation.
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New Orleans Sugar Bowl Between Georgia And Notre Dame Will Go On As Planned Despite Early Morning French Quarter Attack;
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices First Series
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Seeing reports from Ace of Spades n Andy NGO that IDd terr is also US Army Reserve. IT n HR Specialist.
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'Andy Ngo'
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Ongoing news conference much less than professional. Excuses being made for wooden
barricades and access via sidewalks. City officials almost giddy about re-opening of Bourbon St.
Terrorist Attack in New Orleans
Fox News: 4-5 Conspirators?
US Army Reserves IT Specialist??!!
—Ace
Boy does this rubbish the last post.
I'm counting this as part of 2024.
One of Biden's last gifts to us is another bloody round of Cultural Enrichment.
Last night, a man drove his truck into a crowd of people -- just like jihadi terrorists do in France and Germany. Then he got out of his truck and began shooting people.
He also had IEDs in the truck.
Update: Commenters say that 4-5 people might have been involved in this attack, per Fox News, but that is unconfirmed.
Update: He worked for... the US ARMY?!?!
Jacqueline Sweet @JSweetLI Shamsud-Din Jabbar's LinkedIn profile was deleted but here are its ghost remnants:
Current Job: Information Technology Team Chief at US Army Reserve
Previous Jobs: Information Technology Team Leader at US Army Reserve
Information Managment Officer at US Army
Senior Information Systems Specialist at US Army
Human Resources Supervisor at US Army
Human Resources Specialist at US Army
Data Entry Operator at US Army Corps of Engineers
Data Entry Clerk at US Army Corps of Engineers
Data Entry Clerk at United States Postal Service
Education: Central Senior High School
Bachelor's of Business Administration from Georgia State University
Graduate from Fort Gordon NCO Academy
Bachelor's Degree (Transferred) from Campbell University
Graduate from 25B Information Technology MOS Training
Graduate from US Army Alaska NCO Academy
Associates from Central Texas CollegeAssociate's Degree from Central Texas CollegeHonor
Graduate from 42A Human Resources Specialist Advanced Individual Training
Graduate from US Army Basic Combat Training
University of Houston
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"An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle and the FBI is working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations. Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter," the FBI said.
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2 points - Isis flag as shown is displayed incorrectly - it's upside down. Hydraulic barricade on Bourbon Street conveniently down for maintenance. Call me cynical but it's glowing a little bit there.
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Starting to look like the police were on to them but acted too late. They found the bombs, not from info gained by the dead guy. The video footage of the white truck was specifically following the white truck. Now we hear the Trump bombing was a rental from the same rental company. Its really smelling of coordinated events...
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The rifle had been reported stolen in New Jersey.
Apparently it walked to Houston? No conspiracy here. Nothing to see
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I expect to see more of this. We invaded Afghanistan because part of the country was ruled by Islamic radicals who were allowing terrorists to setup training bases. After 20 years of fighting we left Afghanistan unified under Islamic radicals with more and better bases.
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The bollards were being repaired. It was going to take 70 days, 7 days a week, with OT, of course.
[IsraelTimes] An armed man is arrested for planning to attack an AIPAC office in Florida.
The American pro-Israel lobby thanks the FBI for thwarting the attack.
“We take these threats very seriously and we are working closely with law enforcement concerning this matter,” AIPAC tells The Times of Israel.
“We will not be deterred by extremists in pursuing our mission to strengthen the relationship with America’s valued ally, Israel. We are deeply appreciative of the FBI’s work to stop this individual,” AIPAC says.
[IsraelTimes] No injuries in attack on Netivot; New Year candle display in Tel Aviv urges hostage deal; Trump: Hamas ‘better let the hostages come back soon’
Israel and the world welcomed the new year early Wednesday with celebrations and well-wishes, though festivities in the southern city of Netivot and in surrounding communities were interrupted at midnight when the Hamas terror group fired rockets from the Gaza Strip.
Hamas took responsibility for the fire, and the Israel Defense Forces said two rockets were launched from the central Gaza Strip, with one intercepted and the second striking an open area.
There were no injuries in the attack.
It was the second year in a row in which the Palestinian terror group has fired rockets to coincide with the end of the year. Last year, it fired a large barrage at central Israel.
But this year, celebrations in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and much of the country went ahead as normally as could be, given the pains of almost 15 months of war prompted by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre.
Bars and pubs were packed, but at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, activists for the 100 hostages Hamas is still holding in Gaza lit a Hanukkah-themed candle display using the new year to call once again for a ceasefire and hostage deal.
At a New Year’s Eve gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump was asked by a CNN reporter whether he had spoken recently to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a potential ceasefire and hostage deal, talks for which appear to have hit a snag.
“We’re gonna see what happens,” Trump replied, before adding: “I’ll put it this way: they better let the hostages come back soon.”
[IsraelTimes] The IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, Avichai Adraee, tweets a warning for residents of central Gaza’s al-Bureij to evacuate ahead of expected airstrikes, after rockets were fired from the area at midnight, as 2025 began.
“Terrorist organizations are once again firing rockets from this area,” says Adraee. “For your own safety, move immediately to the humanitarian zone.”
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that scores of terror operatives were killed overnight in ambushes led by the military's 162nd Division in Jabalia, amid days of heavy operations in northern Gaza....The operation came after the IDF said Saturday that it had wrapped up an extensive raid that began early Friday at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, just outside Jabalia, in which it arrested hundreds of terror operatives. ,,)
The head of the World Health Organization called on Monday for the immediate release of Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan, who was being held by the IDF following its operation at the facility.
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[NY Post] An elite Hamas commander who led one of the most horrific attacks on Israeli kibbutzim Oct. 7, 2023, was killed in a targeted strike in southern Gaza, the Israel Defense Force announced Tuesday.
Abd al-Hadi Sabah, the head of the terror group’s Nukhba platoon in Hamas’s West Khan Younis Battalion, was wiped out during an intelligence-based attack in a Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, according to military officials.
Officials said measures were taken to minimize civilian harm during the operation, led by the IDF and the Israel Security Agency.
"The IDF and ISA will continue to operate against all of the terrorists who took part in the murderous October 7 massacre," The IDF posted on X on Tuesday, along with a photo of Sabah in Israel during the terrorist attack.
Sabah was responsible for leading the invasion of Kibbutz Nir Oz, a community located fewer than 2 miles from the Gaza border fence and where dozens of civilians were murdered and scores more taken hostage, according to the IDF.
Survivors were evacuated after the devastation and are now living in temporary housing about an hour away in Kiryat Gat.
The terrorist leader also led numerous attacks against Israeli troops in Gaza since the Jewish state was ambushed last year, the IDF stated.
Along with Sabah, the IDF also announced it killed Anas Muhammad Masri, commander of the northern sector of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s rocket unit, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Masri had been actively commanding rocket fire from northern Gaza into Israel, according to the IDF, which described him as a "significant figure responsible for executing numerous terrorist operations, managing and directing actions by the organization that targeted Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers."
Hamas murdered more than 1,200 people — mostly civilians, including women and children — and kidnapped another 251 in the 2023 terrorist attack.
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[IsraelTimes] A senior commander in the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror group was killed in a dronezap earlier this month in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with 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... Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet say.
The target of the strike, Anas Muhammad Saadi Masri, served as the commander of the northern Gaza sector in Islamic Jihad’s rocket division, according to the military.
Masri was considered by the military to be a prominent commander in Islamic Jihad, responsible for numerous attacks on Israel and IDF troops.
On the October 7, 2023, onslaught and during the war, Masri was responsible for Islamic Jihad’s rocket fire from the northern Gaza Strip at Israeli border communities and for commanding the operatives who carried out the attacks, the army says.
The IDF says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike at the beginning of December.
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces says it carried out an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... yesterday on a Hezbollah cell in south Leb ...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?... that was transferring weapons from a warehouse to a vehicle.
The military does not say how many operatives from the terror group were targeted, nor where the strike took place. It says both the vehicle and weapons depot were hit.
"The IDF continues to be committed to the understandings reached between Israel and Lebanon, is deployed in southern Lebanon and will work to eliminate any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens," the military says.
[IsraelTimes] La Belle France carried out missile strikes in Syria, targeting Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... sites in the country, French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu says.
"On Sunday, French air forces carried out targeted strikes against Islamic State sites based on Syrian territory," Lecornu writes on social media platform X.
The French Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... followed a similar military strike by the United States in Syria, which the US said had killed two Islamic State operatives.
The defense ministry told AFP that French fighter jets and US drones “dropped a total of seven bombs” on ISIS targets in central Syria.
The strike was the first carried out by French forces in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8 to a coalition of rebels spearheaded by the Islamist Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
“Our armies remain engaged in the fight against terrorism in the Levant,” Lecornu stressed.
France has been an integral part of the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve, which assists Iraqi, Kurdish, and local Syrian forces in the fight against ISIS.
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[IsraelTimes] IDF troops with the 769th “Hiram” Regional Brigade located a large cache of Hezbollah weapons in the Wadi Saluki area of southern Lebanon, the military says.
The IDF says the forces found rocket launchers, missiles, explosives, and other weapons at the depot hidden in the Wadi Saluki area.
During another raid on nearby buildings, the soldiers found numerous other weapons, including assault rifles, grenades, missiles, mines, explosive devices, and other military gear, the military says.
The weapons were confiscated and the sites were demolished, the IDF adds.
The IDF is still deployed to southern Lebanon under a ceasefire agreement, and it has until late January to withdraw, in accordance with the deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces to the area.
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.
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...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?...
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