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Good Morning



AG Pam Bondi just ordered the Justice
Department to freeze all funding for sanctuary cities
Thursday 02/06/2025

Diana Rigg 627
Home Front: WoT
Top secret US spy plane is caught
making mysterious trip to cartel stronghold
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
A car bomb blast kills 18 people, including
women, and injures several others in the city of Manbij
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
A weapons depot explodes near a former
security branch in the city of Deir ez Zor
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Political, military and religious entities in Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria, establish a political council to represent the region%u2019s perspective in the new Syria
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Asayish capture 79 individuals during a security campaign against remnants of the former regime and ISIS cells in Deir ez Zor
Caribbean-Latin America
Panama will now allow United States
Navy ships free passage through the Panama Canal
India looks on nervously as Trump wields tariff threat

Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2025 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Be still my heart!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 02/06/2025 1:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Hotter than a $2 pistol.
Posted by: badanov || 02/06/2025 4:30 Comments || Top||

#3  As a young lad watching her in those zip-up leather catsuits on the Avengers, it is seared into...my mind. Yeah. That's the ticket
Posted by: Frank G || 02/06/2025 7:19 Comments || Top||

#4  ...with proper English pronunciation!!
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/06/2025 7:49 Comments || Top||

#5  as I scrolled down I was sure she'd be bathing...sigh...
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/06/2025 8:41 Comments || Top||

#6  ...Mrs Peel.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/06/2025 12:11 Comments || Top||

#7  Loved her and Leah from Dr Who.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/06/2025 16:59 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
FCC Opens Investigation into Soros-Backed Radio Stations for Broadcasting Live Locations of Undercover ICE Agents
[Breitbart] The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has launched an investigation into radio stations backed by leftist billionaire George Soros for broadcasting live locations of undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

As Breitbart News reported last year, a group backed by Hungarian-born Soros purchased over 200 Audacy radio stations and even took foreign investments to make his bid. The radio stations cover over 40 media markets in the United States, giving the leftist billionaire unprecedented control over communication.

According to Fox News, one of those stations, KCBS 740 AM in San Francisco has come under scrutiny from the FCC for “revealing live locations of undercover ICE vehicles and agents that were conducting deportation operations in the San Jose area.”

“The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has already sent a formal Letter of Inquiry to the radio station as part of the FCC investigation,” noted Fox News. “The Enforcement Bureau proceeding is inquiring whether the radio station – which is licensed to operate by the FCC – is violating the terms of their FCC license, which requires that they operate in the ‘public interest.'”

The ICE agents were reportedly operating in response to violent gang activity.

“On January 26, the host of KCBS Radio Weekend News, revealed over the public airwaves that undercover ICE agents were “carrying out an operation on the east side of town” and then “revealed the specific make, color and model of several unmarked vehicles used in the operation,” per Fox News.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Trump-appointee, said in a statement that broadcasting such locations could potentially put agents at risk, which would violate the public interest.

“I want to express my thanks and appreciation to DHS and ICE agents. These law enforcement professionals are honorably serving this country and carrying out vital missions. Their safety is paramount. The FCC will hold broadcasters accountable for complying with their public interest obligations,” Carr told Fox News.

Posted by: Skidmark || 02/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11142 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Two can play that game.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/06/2025 1:42 Comments || Top||

#2 
18 U.S. Code § 118 - Interference with certain Law Enforcement functions or 36 CFR § 2.32 - Interfering with a federal agency functions.

So yes, the FCC could & should yank their broadcasting licenses.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/06/2025 4:50 Comments || Top||



Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
FSB busts Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist cell in Crimea
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] FSB officers have stopped the activities of a cell of Hizbut Tahrir
...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate...
al-Islami (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) in Crimea. This was reported on February 5 by the press service of the agency.
Good job, FSB! You got rid of some of the bad guys.
“The activities of a covert cell of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, consisting of five citizens of the Russian Federation, have been stopped in the Republic of Crimea,” the department reported.

All members of the cell were detained.



The cell members spread the Hizb ut-Tahrir ideology among Crimean Muslims, based on the doctrine of creating a so-called global caliphate. They recruited citizens during underground meetings.

During the searches, the detainees were found to have propaganda materials banned in Russia, communication devices and electronic media that were used in terrorist activities. The FSB Investigative Department opened a number of criminal cases.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 14, 2003, the Supreme Court of Russia recognized Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami as a terrorist organization and banned its activities on the territory of the country.

In early March last year, FSB officers detained members of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Crimea who were spreading terrorist ideology in the region and recruiting local Muslims to their ranks. In addition to propaganda literature and electronic media used for terrorist activities, large sums of Russian and foreign currency were confiscated from the cell members.
Posted by: badanov || 02/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under: Hizb-ut-Tahrir

#1  There was a time when Russia could have been our ally in the WOT. They actually tried to be an ally when they alerted our FBI about the Tsarnaev brothers. But the globalists running our country are like the Palestinians, they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/06/2025 12:36 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Australian man arrested for hurling bacon while scrawling antisemitic graffiti
[IsraelTimes] 68-year-old allegedly spat on and threw ‘packet’ of cured pork at a passerby who confronted him over the vandalism

Police in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia have arrested a man who they say threw a "packet of bacon" at someone who interrupted his attempts at antisemitic graffiti.

The arrest, announced Tuesday, is the latest in a string as police crack down on antisemitic incidents in Melbourne and Sydney, home to Australia’s two largest Jewish communities.

The incident took place in a park on January 31, the Victoria Police said in a blurb. A 68-year-old man was seen allegedly scrawling "prejudice-motivated graffiti" on a fence when "a passerby approached the male offender and was spat on and had a packet of bacon thrown at him," the statement said.

He was charged with three crimes including "offensive graffiti."

"There is absolutely no place at all in our society for antisemitic or hate-based symbols and behavior," the police statement said. "Police will always treat reports of such crime seriously."

The mayor of the suburb where the incident took place said it was a "cowardly" attack meant to stir fear in local Jews who are already reeling from the arson of a prominent synagogue in December.

Officials in Sydney say they believe actors paid by foreign governments are behind many of the recent antisemitic incidents there.

Bacon and other pig products, which are not kosher to eat under Jewish law, have been used in antisemitic assaults before and have historically shown up in antisemitic imagery. In January 2020, an upstate New York woman was charged with a hate crime after allegedly throwing pork at a local synagogue in the middle of the night.

Australia has seen a surge in antisemitic actions since the Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which sparked the war 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 number of anti-Jewish incidents in Australia quadrupled in the year after the terror assault in southern Israel, according to data from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.

These have included several arson attacks on synagogues and community centers in Sydney and Melbourne and the repeated spraying of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel graffiti on properties or vehicles in areas with large Jewish populations. Last month also saw a neo-Nazi
...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both....
rally near the Melbourne parliament.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/06/2025 2025-02-06 02:17 || Comments || Link || [11138 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  First the Aussies ban dwarf-tossing, now bacon-tossing; will it end when they've banned all the tossers?
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/06/2025 9:58 Comments || Top||

#2  When they ban all tossers, Australia will become a nation of tossers.

Carrying bacon for self-defense makes sense in highly specific circumstances. That stuff is like kryptonite to the Juice. It makes the Mooslims a litte nutzo, but they are usually so far gone you can't tell.

Pro tip: When deploying bacon tactically, take it *out* of the package. It is much more effective that way. Fight like you train, train like you eat.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/06/2025 10:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Anyone from near the Mexico border can tell you what you're really looking for is Manateca. (Pork lard. For making tamales. They sell it in Walmart down here.)
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/06/2025 19:52 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Protester who demanded ‘Zionists’ exit NYC subway gets 4 hours of community service
[IsraelTimes] Anti-Israel activist who drew widespread condemnation last year receives light sentence, prompting rebuke from leading Jewish security group

An anti-Israel activist arrested last year for demanding that "Zionists" identify themselves and leave a New York City subway car received a light sentence of four hours of community service on Wednesday, drawing a rebuke from a leading Jewish security group.
This followed an anti-Israel protest organized by Within Our Lifetime
Anas Saleh was arrested in June and charged with coercion in the third degree for the incident. A widely-circulated video showed him leading chants of "Raise your hand if you’re a Zionist" on a packed subway car.

"This is your chance to get out," he shouted. The call was repeated by other protesters on the train. Saleh and many of the other activists were wearing masks.

The footage drew widespread condemnation from public officials, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams
...Hizonner da Mare of Noo Yawk. As a Manchurian candidate, Hizonner was all in favor of law and order and that kind of stuff. Once in office, a bunch of his friends found cushy jobs with the city, the windows kept getting broken, and Soros-funded DA Alvin Bragg remained right where he was. Most people comfort themselves with the thought that he's not Bill di Blasio but that's pretty small comfort with kids who actually go to school getting bumped off while standing in front of them. But he's a Dem, so the rubes will vote for him next election too, so he's what they deserve...
, who called the comments "reprehensible and vile."

Saleh was initially charged with attempted coercion, a misdemeanor, but a judge dismissed that charge.

In addition to the community service, Saleh will be required to take an anti-bias course, according to Jewish community members who attended Wednesday’s hearing.
Golly.


The Manhattan District Attorney’s office said the sentencing had taken into account Saleh’s lack of a criminal history, conversations with a complainant, and Saleh’s completion of mandatory programming. He will do his community service at a Jewish congregation.

The Community Security Initiative, a group that coordinates security for Jewish communities in the New York area, commended the NYPD and district attorney’s office for their work on the case but criticized the sentencing.

"We are deeply concerned that New York’s current hate crime laws do not classify Mr. Saleh’s actions as a hate crime," CSI director Mitch Silber said. "We call on the New York State Legislature to update existing laws to accurately reflect the hate involved in such cases and ensure that perpetrators face appropriate consequences."

"We view with concern the penalty of ’community service,’" the statement said. "Accountability must be meaningful, and the justice system must continue to take threats, harassment, and exclusionary rhetoric against Jewish and pro-Israel communities seriously."

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office backed state legislation last year that expanded the number of crimes that are eligible for hate crimes prosecution.

New York Rep. Ritchie Torres also criticized the sentencing.
If only there were more Democrats like him.
"If you attempt to purge Jews from public places like subways, then the worst you can fear in NY is community service," Torres wrote on X. "The State of New York is sending a dangerous message that emboldens antisemitism."

The incident on the subway took place on June 10 after a large group of anti-Israel protesters left a demonstration in Manhattan’s Union Square to head to a protest against an exhibit commemorating the Supernova music festival, where Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
killed 360 people during its October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel.

That protest, led by the hardline anti-Israel group Within Our Lifetime, was widely condemned as antisemitic by government leaders in New York and Washington, DC.

Another anti-Israel protester, Christopher Husary,
…a resident of San Francisco, he came all the way to Manhattan to protest, vandalize the subway with the Hamas upside down triangle symbol, and hassle Jews…
was indicted for attempted coercion as a hate crime and aggravated harassment for another incident on the subway that took place around the same time.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
...Soros-owned and operated Manhattan DA. Putting vicious and blood-thirsty criminals in jail only makes them unhappy, and they've led such hard lives after all...
’s office said Husary’s alleged victim, a 35-year-old Jewish man, boarded a subway at the Fulton St. station in lower Manhattan and saw Husary drawing an inverted red triangle, a Hamas symbol, on a subway door.

The Jewish man used his cell phone to photograph Husary, who then approached the man, who was wearing a kippah, and demanded he delete the photo.

According to Bragg’s office, Husary berated and threatened the Jewish man, calling him a "Zionist" and saying, "You’re not a real Jew." He then added, "We’ll find you and there will be consequences."

Husary is scheduled to appear in court again next week.

Antisemitic hate crimes have surged in New York City since the Hamas attack on Israel. In 2024, Jews were targeted in 345 hate crimes, more than all other minority groups combined, according to NYPD data.

The NYPD on Tuesday reported 18 antisemitic hate crimes in January.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/06/2025 2025-02-06 02:49 || Comments || Link || [11141 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1 
Question For:
Soros-funded Manhattan DA Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the unnamed judge that dismissed attempted coercion, a misdemeanor charge.

What if he used the "N" word and told them to leave the train? Would it still be 4 hours also?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/06/2025 3:48 Comments || Top||

#2  Two Tier Keir Alvin.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 02/06/2025 8:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Red Triangle, or, The Ding-a-Ling (an ululation)

A schizo from Frisco: "Not sorry!"
"For what?" asked his skeptical quarry.
Chris Husary: "Look!
I've compressed the whole Book
To just this!" [makes like namesake, the qari]
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 02/06/2025 23:16 Comments || Top||


ICE Protests are making their way through the streets of Denver Colorado
[X] How big is that crowd, dear Reader? It doesn’t appear to my untutored eye to be nearly as big as the first migrant protests…
… They’re also chanting, “Fight back. When immigrants rights are under attack, stand up fight back”

They’re also chanting declaring “These are our streets”

Illegal migrants are saying American streets our “Their streets”….. only in America would this ever be tolerated
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  That's like protesting the Sun in Texas.
Winter in Denver is gonna have ICE!
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/06/2025 3:31 Comments || Top||

#2 
What I see is, just a bunch of socially deprived Liberals needing something to meet, gripe and hook-up this week.

I'd bet not more than 5 or 10, in the Protest group, could actually be detained by ICE.

BTW: Persons who ILLEGALLY entered the USA, have 1 right, Humane treatment during deportation.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/06/2025 4:38 Comments || Top||

#3  LOL that one gal's flag still has its packaging crease.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/06/2025 16:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Flamethrowers will clean that right up.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 02/06/2025 17:20 Comments || Top||


ICE raid targets 100 Tren de Aragua members in Aurora, CO
[NYPOST] Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers hit multiple apartment complexes across Aurora, Colorado in raids targeting 100 Tren de Aragua gang members on Wednesday — just five months after the Democratic governor dismissed reporting by The Post that the violent mostly peaceful migrant gang had taken hold in the Denver suburb.

ICE's Denver branch said officers made arrests alongside federal agents from numerous other agencies including the DEA, FBI, US Marshals and Customs and Border Patrol.

The agency did not not say how many gang members were ultimately nabbed in the raid.

Agents raided four locations in the Denver metro area in a series of pre-dawn raids Wednesday, a federal law enforcement source told The Post.

DEA could be seen deploying flash-bangs outside one Denver apartment complex before sunrise.

The Rocky Mountain DEA division wrote on X that the the raid was part of Homeland Security ''operations taking place throughout the metro area this morning.''

Feds were seen loading handcuffed suspects onto a bus parked outside at least one complex, according to Denver7.

Some agents were also reportedly seen at the Edge of Lowry and Cedar Run apartment complexes, the outlet reported.

The Edge, which is located in Aurora, had become overrun by Tren de Aragua gangbangers from Venezuela

...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...

, who took over the building after it fell into disrepair.

One resident of The Edge told Denver7 that on Wednesday morning ICE agents ''pounded on our door hard'' and ''yelled for us to open the door.''

A judge recently ordered the shutdown of the infamous apartment complex for posing an ''imminent threat'' to the community following a spate of TdA terror.
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11142 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Home Front: WoT
Top secret US spy plane is caught making mysterious trip to cartel stronghold
Lots of photos, maps, etc.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The flight path of a US spy plane shows it conducted a mysterious mission over the Gulf of California in Mexico this week.

Tracking data captured the US Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft taking off from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Monday, flying southwest to California.

The Rivet Joint then headed south along the western coast of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico, moved north into the Gulf of California, and returned to base on Tuesday.

The aircraft appeared to stay in international airspace while operating near Mexico. It did not reach the end of the Gulf that is blocked by Mexico's territorial sea.

However, the area falls under the influence of the Sinaloa Cartel, a large and notorious drug trafficking organization.

US-Mexico relations have remained strained due to continued drug smuggling and illegal immigration into the US.

The flight has sparked speculations from the military collecting communications to US officials sending a message after Trump agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico, allowing time for the country to secure its borders.

An official told Air & Space Forces Magazine that the US was using the RC-135 to conduct 'ISR flights,' which gather information to support military operations off the coast of Mexico.

It's not yet clear exactly what the purpose of the flight was, but The War Zone speculated that the spy plane may be able to detect and intercept communications in the northwestern territory of Mexico.

The US Air Force describes the spy plane as supporting 'theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.'

The interior seats more than 30 people, including the cockpit crew, electronic warfare officers, intelligence operators and in-flight maintenance technicians.

It was designed to 'detect, identify and geolocate signals,' and provides on-the-spot intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination capabilities.

When the Pentagon first announced the deportation flights on January 22, a senior military official suggested that high-end intelligence-gathering aircraft (like the RC-135) could be involved.

'There could be some additional airborne intelligence surveillance support assets that would move down to the border to increase situational awareness,' the official said.

But the flight map captured the aircraft soaring over Sinaloa Cartel territory, adding more mystery to the mission.

The Sinaloa Cartel is considered one of the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the Western Hemisphere, primarily involved with trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and heroin into the US.

Courtesy of NoMoreBS, The War Zone points out that the plane flew two sorties, and has all sorts of what looks to be very technical information that should interest those of you who understand such things.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11168 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  The flight stayed in international airspace. "Caught"? really? More light we wanted everyone to know. Bet the cartels are re-thinking their comm plan right know. I recommend switching to pagers.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy || 02/06/2025 3:47 Comments || Top||

#2 
So it's basically a "Looking Glass" type aircraft on a data collection mission.

A mission for possible future corrective actions.
IF!!! The Mexican Gov fails to address the Cartel and the 8+ Million Mexican deportee return issues.

NEXT!!
Given, so many West Coast area Illegals need a new place to stay, that has places to house them ☺.

Trump should announce the USA will declare that the Baja peninsula Territory will be used to relocate deportees.☺


Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/06/2025 4:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Mapping 'ground truth'.
Refining orbital collection.

The Baja would be a good place to rehome the fire displaced LAians.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/06/2025 11:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Baja California
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/06/2025 11:47 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/06/2025 14:06 Comments || Top||

#6  "Tracking data captured the US Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft taking off from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Monday, flying southwest to California.

The Rivet Joint then headed south along the western coast of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico, moved north into the Gulf of California, and returned to base on Tuesday.

The aircraft appeared to stay in international airspace while operating near Mexico. It did not reach the end of the Gulf that is blocked by Mexico's territorial sea.

However, the area falls under the influence of the Sinaloa Cartel, a large and notorious drug trafficking organization.

US-Mexico relations have remained strained due to continued drug smuggling and illegal immigration into the US.

The flight has sparked speculations from the military collecting communications to US officials sending a message after Trump agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico, allowing time for the country to secure its borders.

An official told Air & Space Forces Magazine that the US was using the RC-135 to conduct 'ISR flights,' which gather information to support military operations off the coast of Mexico. "


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14365069/map-spy-plane-flight-path-mexico-border.html
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/06/2025 14:10 Comments || Top||

#7  Tracking data captured the ... aircraft taking off from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska...

Go Big Red!
Posted by: Skunky Threater7486 || 02/06/2025 16:37 Comments || Top||

#8  The cartels should ask Hamass about their pagers and who the good suppliers are. I mean, nothing worrisome about pagers right?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 02/06/2025 17:19 Comments || Top||

#9  I think somebody is finding DM to be useful.

These 'protests', Red Cross et al scoured the world for people to traffic, why are there always only Mexican flags? Its almost like the PR coordinator understands that a crowd made up of 50 different flags would be a bit on the nose and polled poorly.

That dude pistol gripping a box really wearing a Mexican flag themed Dodgers jersey? Ugh.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/06/2025 17:33 Comments || Top||

#10  Shopping trip.
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/06/2025 19:54 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraqi forces, with CENTCOM support, conduct a precise airstrike, killing five ISIS members near Kirkuk
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday that Iraqi forces, with CENTCOM support, conducted a precise airstrike, killing five members of the Islamic State (ISIS) near Kirkuk, Iraq.

Chicago
Week in Progress (2/2 – 2/8)
Shot & Killed: 5
Shot & Wounded: 9
Total Shot: 14
Total Homicides: 6

Posted by: Skidmark || 02/06/2025 11:42 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinians report 4 killed in Rafah; IDF says suspects were ‘imminent threat’ to troops
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says troops fired warning shots to disperse suspects approaching forces in several areas of the Gaza Strip today.

In one incident, the military says several suspects were just a few dozen meters from troops and were identified as an “imminent threat.” The soldiers opened fire on the suspects.

Palestinian media report that four were killed by Israeli fire in the Rafah area.

The IDF says it is “determined to fully maintain the terms of the agreement in order to return the hostages,” and is “prepared for any scenario and will continue to take any necessary actions to thwart any immediate threat to IDF soldiers.

“The IDF calls the residents of Gaza to follow its instructions and avoid approaching the troops deployed in the area,” the military adds.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/06/2025 2025-02-06 04:15 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Hamas



Syria-Lebanon-Iran
A car bomb blast kills 18 people, including women, and injures several others in the city of Manbij
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Eighteen people, including women, were killed on Monday and several others injured when a car bomb exploded in the city of Manbij, northern Syria.

According to local sources, the blast occurred at the southern entrance of Manbij, where a booby-trapped vehicle carrying agricultural workers detonated.

The explosion claimed the lives of 18 people, most of them women, and left more than 10 others injured, the sources added.

This follows a separate car bomb explosion two days earlier in central Manbij, which also resulted in multiple casualties.
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


A weapons depot explodes near a former security branch in the city of Deir ez Zor
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An weapons depot exploded on Monday evening near a former security branch in the city of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.

A local source told North Press that the blast occurred in the al-Vilat neighborhood, near the former General Intelligence Directorate building, though the cause remains unknown.

Security forces, firefighting teams, special forces, and the Syrian Civil Defense rushed to the scene to contain the situation and ensure residents’ safety, the source added.

He further noted that the depot belonged to a group known as “Ahrar al-Sharqiya” which operates under the Military Operations Command. As of now, no information has been reported regarding casualties.
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)


Asayish capture 79 individuals during a security campaign against remnants of the former regime and ISIS cells in Deir ez Zor
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

The Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) announced on Wednesday the results of their ongoing security campaign against remnants of the former regime and Islamic State (ISIS) cells in Deir ez-Zor’s countryside, eastern Syria.

The campaign, conducted in coordination with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the U.S.-led Global Coalition, resulted in the capture of 79 individuals accused of destabilizing security, and large quantities of various weapons and ammunition were seized.

The Asayish said that over the past 15 days they have been conducting a wide-ranging security operation in the Deir ez-Zor countryside.

The statement added that the campaign specifically targeted “remnants of the collapsed Syrian regime and its affiliates, as well as ISIS sleeper cells.”
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