[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] New York University (NYU) has imposed a hiring freeze and directed its subsidiary schools to prepare contingency plans in case it loses federal funding. According to NYU's student newspaper, the Washington Square News, on Wednesday the Trump administration announced it would investigate NYU over its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
On Monday, NYU President Linda Mills wrote in an email to faculty and staff, ''We don't yet know whether, when or to what extent these or other measures may be enacted,'' concerning changes to policy or programs in response to the cuts. She added, ''In the meantime, we continue to vigorously advocate for robust federal support of higher education. Given the scale of potential outcomes, however, we need to address risks sooner than later.''
Mills also warned faculty to expect lower salary increases than in recent years, and that the university is considering other methods of generating revenue to ''help offset likely losses.'' She concluded the letter by writing, ''Despite the fiscal challenges ahead, we are committed to preserving our core mission of teaching, learning, and research, and to supporting our community.''
Last week, the Department of Education announced that NYU and dozens of other universities across the US were being investigated for their diversity, equity, and inclusion programming and that any school that continued its DEI content was at risk of losing federal funding.
That sounds like NYU has chosen DEI as its hill to die on, ignoring Trump’s objection to coddling protesters and persecuting Jews.
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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So University's getting $$$Million$ from the USA Taxpayers, to educate turn out the best future leaders of America. Openly supported DEI applicants based primarily on Color, Race and etc. over other students?
Isn't that still called Discrimination?
So, if a DEI student has less than the needed education needed to pass the entrance requirements. Then the University knew it was just taking $$$$$ from the Taxpayers, for students pre-deposed to fail and/or quit?
OR did the UNIV plan on graduating some DEI students, unable to meet the requirements of the degree, and tarnish the reputation of the other UNIV students?
[KhaamaPress] Sirajuddin Haqqani ...son of Pashtun warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, still titular head of the Haqqani Network.... , the acting Interior Minister under the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... -led administration in Afghanistan, continues to draw international attention as signs of evolving U.S. policy emerge. Sources close to the Haqqani network ...a branch of the Afghan Taliban that was based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the late Jalaluddin Haqqani... have told Afghan outlet Tolo News that the reward designations on key figures of the group have been lifted by the U.S. government. According to these sources, Sirajuddin Haqqani, along with Abdul Aziz Haqqani and Yahya Haqqani, are no longer included on the U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice list.
This development follows a period of growing engagement between the United States and the de facto Afghan authorities. Earlier this month, a U.S. delegation visited Kabul for the first time since 2021, reportedly focusing on the release of American detainees. One of those detainees, George Glezmann, was subsequently freed after over two years in jug and returned to the United States.
Tammy Bruce, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, told Afghan media that while the return of detained Americans was the top priority of the visit, broader and longer-term issues were also discussed with Taliban officials. She did not elaborate on those discussions, citing political sensitivity.
While Sirajuddin Haqqani’s profile has indeed been removed from the State Department’s Rewards for Justice website, his name remains listed on the FBI’s Most Wanted database with no visible changes to his profile or the reward amount. This contrast has raised questions about the exact nature of the changes, and whether they reflect a shift in designation or are part of a phased diplomatic strategy.
Symbolically, anti-U.S. slogans once painted on the walls of the former U.S. Embassy in Kabul have reportedly been removed. This act, though subtle, aligns with a growing trend of more moderate and engagement-focused messaging from the current leadership.
At the regional level, India has also confirmed its ongoing engagement with the Taliban government. On March 20, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar stated that New Delhi had chosen to engage with those in control in Afghanistan, driven by humanitarian imperatives. India has provided large-scale food aid, COVID-19 vaccines, and development assistance since August 2021, and Indian envoys have met with top Taliban officials in recent months.
India’s approach mirrors a broader recalibration of regional strategy. As the U.S. looks to stabilize its influence in South Asia, some analysts suggest that India may become a more active partner in shaping regional outcomes, while traditional players such as Pakistain—closely aligned with China—may find their roles shifting in the evolving landscape.
Although there is no official confirmation from U.S. authorities regarding a change in Haqqani’s legal designation, the combination of recent diplomatic activity, removals from key sanctions lists, and a shift in regional posture point to a growing willingness by international actors to engage in measured, pragmatic dialogue with the Afghan leadership.
[ToloNews] The Torkham crossing, which was reopened to cargo trucks last Wednesday, was fully reopened to passengers as well this morning (Saturday).
The deputy governor of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. told TOLOnews that Pakistain had closed the crossing in response to construction work on the Afghan side of the hypothetical Durand Line. Now that the construction has been completed, the crossing has been reopened for all forms of movement.
Azizullah Mustafah, the deputy governor of Nangarhar, told TOLOnews: "The road has been officially reopened to passengers today, and transit operations are ongoing. The Islamic Emirate is working to prevent the closure of this route because people and traders on both sides are affected, and this crossing should not be politicized."
Meanwhile,
...back at the saloon, Butch got the bill for the damage caused by the fist fight, the mirror broken in the shootout, and drinks for everyone...... a number of passengers and traders are calling for better facilities at the crossing. Their main demand is for the crossing to remain permanently open.
Hundreds of cargo trucks pass through the Torkham crossing daily. Traders operating through this route are urging officials in both Afghanistan and Pakistain to resolve the challenges and boost trade between the two countries.
According to the Chamber of Commerce and Investment, traders on both sides suffered an estimated $70 million in losses during the one-month closure of the Torkham crossing.
[IsraelTimes] Amid operations against Houthis and in apparent message of deterrence to Iran, USS Harry S. Truman will remain in Red Sea and USS Carl Vinson will head to region
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a rare move, is beefing up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East, ordering two aircraft carriers to be there next month as the US increases strikes on the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... -based Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s, according to a US official.
It will be the second time in six months that the US has kept two carrier strike groups in that region, with generally only one there. Prior to that it had been years since the US had committed that much warship power to the Middle East.
According to the official, Hegseth signed orders on Thursday to keep the USS Harry S. Truman in the Middle East for at least an additional month. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing military operations.
The ship has been conducting operations in the Red Sea against the Houthis and was scheduled to begin heading home to Norfolk, Virginia, at the end of March.
And Hegseth has ordered the USS Carl Vinson, which has been operating in the Pacific, to begin steaming toward the Middle East, which will extend its scheduled deployment by three months.
The Vinson is expected to arrive in the region early next month. It had been conducting exercises with Japanese and South Korean forces near the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan and was slated to head home to port in San Diego in three weeks.
The presence of so much US naval power in the region not only gives commanders additional ships to patrol and launch strikes, but it also serves as a clear message of deterrence to Iran, the Houthis’ main benefactor.
Hegseth’s move shifts the Vinson and its warships away from the Indo-Pacific region, which the Trump administration has touted as its main focus.
Instead, this bolsters the latest US campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis. US ships and aircraft launched a new intensive assault against the group, including a barrage of attacks over the weekend that continued into this week.
US President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , in a marked departure from the previous administration, lowered the authorities needed for launching offensive strikes against the Yemen-based Houthis.
He recently gave US Central Command the ability to take action when it deems appropriate.
US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Too old and senile to be prosecuted, not too old and senile to set national policy... ’s administration had required White House approval to conduct offensive strikes such as the ones over the weekend. It did allow US forces to launch defensive attacks whenever necessary, including the authority to take out weapons that appeared to be ready to fire.
Biden went to two carriers in the region for several weeks last fall. Then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had ordered the Roosevelt to extend its deployment for a short time and remain in the region as the USS Abraham Lincoln was pushed to get to the area more quickly.
The Biden administration beefed up the US military presence there to help defend Israel from attacks by 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 its proxies and to safeguard US troops.
[BREITBART] Mexico's Senate voted to approve a series of joint military exercises. In the coming days, 155 U.S. Marines will head south to train Mexican Navy infantrymen.
Training by day, running around the landscape like silent ghosts by night, sleeping some months from now? Make sure to get biometric data and connections for all the Mexican participants — which of the drug cartels started out as a group taking a special forces training course?
This week, Mexico's Senate voted unanimously for the joint exercise, which calls for 53 Mexican troops to travel to Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, for training sessions. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, who is from the country's ruling party, MORENA, pushed the move.
Oh. Our guys aren’t heading south for this. I misunderstood — never mind! Except for the biometrics and connections tracing stuff — we still want to do that as a matter of principle.
Information by Mexico's Naval Secretariat (SEMAR) revealed that the joint exercise is called Amphibian Phoenix 2025. In preparation for the exercises, Semar released a series of short videos showing their naval personnel boarding a ship and preparing to sail towards Baja California, where they are expected to meet with U.S. Marines for training.
Isn’t Baja in Mexico, or have I got the geography totally confused again?
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Amphibian Phoenix
Portents.
Now that the comms have been mapped, camps ISARed and a Arleigh Burke-class warship is positioned I anticipate the training by the Marines will be 'hands-on'.
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I recall that the Mexican Marines are considered the most reliable, lease corrupted part of the Mexican military. So joint ops against the cartels would have the best OPSEC and success with Marine/Marine task forces, and reliable, on-call US ISAR support?
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Longyan City Court has approved the execution of a death sentence against a Chinese citizen who manufactured 200 kg of methamphetamine. This was announced on March 22 by the National Narcotics Control Commission of the People's Republic of China.
The objection, presumably, is to manufacture for domestic use of the modern substitute for opium, since there is no Chinese government objection to manufacturing precursors for sale abroad.
A man surnamed Lu, born in 1964, lived in a city in the eastern province of Fujian. In 2020, he agreed with a group of criminals to sell illegal substances and produced a large batch of methamphetamine. Of this, 3 kg were sold.
The Supreme People's Court sentenced Lu to death for drug trafficking and production and confiscated all his property.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 20, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly condemned China for executing four Canadians, who also held Chinese citizenship, in a drug case. The head of the Foreign Ministry did not provide any other details.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning called on Ottawa to respect China's legal sovereignty, stressing that China treats defendants of different nationalities equally and fairly handles cases according to the law.
China has a tough policy towards any drug-related crimes. The death penalty can be imposed for the production, transportation and sale of large quantities of illegal substances.
[IsraelTimes] Images emerge of Dilshad Barzani, the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq’s representative in Germany, at a Nowruz event hosted last Thursday by Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor at his Berlin residence.
Barzani is the son of legendary Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani, who enjoyed close ties with Israel during his revolts against the central Iraqi government. Dilshad’s brother Masoud — president of Iraqi Kurdistan until 2017 — leads the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq’s Kurdish autonomous region. His nephew Nechirvan is Kurdistan’s current president.
Since 2022, Iraq has had a law on the books criminalizing normalization of ties and any relations, including business ties, with Israel. The legislation says that violation of the law is punishable with a death sentence or life imprisonment.
Last week’s event was also attended by Reiner Haseloff, minister president of the German state Saxony-Anhalt, senior Kurdish leader in Germany Ali Ertan Toprak, and other senior German politicians.
[IsraelTimes] Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appeared briefly Friday in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention center as his lawyers fight in multiple venues to try to free him.
Khalil, 30, a legal US resident with no criminal record, sat alone beside an empty chair through a brief court session that dealt only with scheduling. His lawyer participated via video.
Khalil swayed back and forth in his chair while waiting for the proceeding to begin in a windowless courtroom inside an isolated, low-slung Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention complex. Ringed by two rows of tall barbed-wire fences and surrounded by pine forests, the facility is near the small town of Jena, roughly 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Louisiana’s capital, Baton Rouge.
Khalil smiled at two observers as they entered the room, where just 13 people ultimately gathered, including the judge, attorneys and court staff. Two journalists and a total of four other observers attended.
By video, lawyer Marc Van Der Hout said he had just started representing Khalil and needed more time to speak to him, get records, and delve into the case. An immigration judge set a fuller hearing for April 8.
Khalil’s lawyers also have gone to federal court to challenge his detention and potential deportation, which looms as his wife, a US citizen, is expecting their first child. A federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that Khalil can contest the legality of his detention but that the case should be moved to a New Jersey federal court.
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Israel are shooting themselves in the foot so badly. They want to force us into violating the Constitution and free speech to serve their interests. This case really is making people you wouldn't expect to, sit up and notice what's going on. It's all part of the Great Noticing.
Israel is badly overplaying its hand, but has such dominance over the US that it doesn't care.
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How interesting, he was sent to a detention center in Louisiana, and the trial will be there, not NYC. Almost as if someone figured out the inherent bias of that venue.
Because riots and harassing Jews just isn’t nearly enough.
[IsraelTimes] 35 students, faculty members, legal observers, journalists say school failed to protect activists at campus encampment amid clashes with counter-protesters
A group of 35 pro-Paleostinian students, faculty members, legal observers, journalists and activists filed a lawsuit Thursday against the University of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, Los Angeles, over its handling of last year’s anti-Israel, pro-Paleostinian demonstrations.
The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles came days after the Trump administration joined a separate lawsuit filed in June against the university by Jewish students and a Jewish professor, accusing it of failing to protect them.
The demonstrations at UCLA became part of a movement last spring at campuses nationwide against the Israel-Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... war, sparked by the terror group’s onslaught on October 7, 2023.
Many Jewish students at the university said they were made to feel unsafe due to antisemitic statements and banners at the demonstrations.
Last month, the Trump administration opened new investigations into allegations of antisemitism at Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University and Portland State University.
UCLA was repeatedly roiled by protests and the way administrators were handling the situation.
The student encampments attracted particular scrutiny last April after campus police failed to promptly intervene when protesters erected physical barricades on campus, preventing pro-Israel students from crossing. School security instead instructed Jewish students to avoid the encampments.
The tensions culminated the night of April 20 when a group of counterprotesters began dismantling an anti-Israel, pro-Paleostinian encampment.
The lawsuit said UCLA failed to protect the demonstrators when dozens of people, some in white masks and some draped in Israeli flags and armed with fireworks, hammers, baseball bats and other weapons, attacked the encampment while the loud sound of crying babies played on the jumbotron.
Several protesters were maimed during the incident, which happened after private security had left and police had not yet arrived, the lawsuit said.
"Encampment members witnessed the mob’s extreme violence, threats of violence, and UCLA’s failure to intervene," it said. "They saw people get their heads split open, suffer from open wounds and concussions, scream in pain and fear, with fireworks and mayhem all around them."
The university did not immediately respond Friday to an email from The News Agency that Dare Not be Named seeking comment.
Los Angeles Police and California Highway Patrol officers arrested dozens of protesters on May 1 and 2 as the camp was cleared.
The episode led to the reassignment of the campus police chief and the creation of a new campus safety office. A subsequent attempt to set up a new camp was also blocked.
The lawsuit also named the Los Angeles Police Department, the California Highway Patrol and 20 people it describes as members of a "mob." It sought monetary damages for physical and psychological injuries suffered by the protesters.
Last June, three Jewish students and a Jewish professor sued the university saying it allowed pro-Paleostinian protesters to block them from accessing classes and other parts of campus. The students alleged they experienced discrimination on campus during the protests because of their faith and that UCLA failed to ensure access to campus for all Jewish students.
A federal judge ruled in a preliminary injunction last year that the university cannot allow pro-Paleostinian protesters to block Jewish students from accessing classes and other parts of campus.
On Monday, the Trump administration filed a brief supporting the Jewish students and professor in their case against UCLA.
"DOJ has thrown down the gauntlet: if university administrators aid and abet mistreatment of Jews, they will pay the price," said Mark Rienzi, president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and an attorney for the students and professor.
"This is a wake-up call for every university that allows antisemitic hatred to fester unchecked. No Jewish student or professor should ever again face this kind of terror on their own campus."
[FOXNEWS] A Democratic lawmaker's town hall was cut short after being disrupted by hotheaded protesters on Wednesday night, one of several disturbances at congressional events this week.
"You are the most soulless piece of crap I have ever seen," a pro-Palestinian protester yelled at Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., during his town hall in Downers Grove, Illinois, according to video captured at the event reported by CNN.
The event saw interruptions from several other individuals, most of whom were protesting issues related to Israel and Gaza.
"What you're saying is I'm not going to get my way when my people are being slaughtered, and I want you to stop funding that," the pro-Palestinian individual screamed before storming the stage where the congressman was standing.
A pro-Israel supporter, left, confronts Rep. Sean Casten while disrupting a town hall at American Legion Post 80 on March 19, 2025, in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Sure, but the Fox reporter can’t be bothered to share his/her words or the Congressman’s response with us, because who cares what a Zionist says?
After this protester and several pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted Casten, the town hall was shut down by the Downers Grove police.
"If you would like to run for office, run for office," Casten told the attendee.
Another individual approached the stage with a video camera as she yelled at the congressman. "People did not come here to hear you," Casten told the attendee. "Show some respect for the people in this district."
During the event, Casten was also confronted by a pro-Israel attendee who approached the stage. Police were eventually called to the scene, and the event was cut short.
An event hosted by Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., on Tuesday saw several interruptions from constituents, who told the congressman to "fight" and "show some of the backbone and strategic brilliance that Mitch McConnell would have in the minority."
Meanwhile, also this week, Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., hosted an event that was disrupted by hecklers who booed any mention of cost-cutting efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
#3
Teaching people that their feelings are the criterion by which the world should be judged has several drawbacks. One of which is that, eventually, some of these mad dogs have to be put down!
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] The visa of Cornell University graduate student Momodou Taal has been revoked by the Trump administration. Taal, a British and Gambian dual national who began studying in at the school in 2022 on an F-1 student visa, has repeatedly called for the destruction of the US and for terrorism against Israel.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, a State Department official said that Taal no longer holds an F-1 visa. In a court filing, his lawyers said that the administration has asked Taal to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in upstate New York for deportation proceedings. They wrote that the Department of Justice sent an email at 12:52 am on Friday, which stated, "ICE invites Mr. Taal and his counsel to appear in-person at the HSI Office in Syracuse at a mutually agreeable time for personal service of the NTA and for Mr. Taal to surrender to ICE custody."
Taal's attorneys have requested an emergency temporary restraining order, claiming that Taal was being targeted over a federal lawsuit he filed on Saturday against an executive order from Trump that calls for the visas of foreign students who support terrorism to be revoked.
Per the Free Beacon, in a 2024 anti-Israel campus demonstration, Taal called for fellow protestors to take their "cue from the armed resistance in Palestine," adding, "We are in solidarity with the armed resistance in Palestine from the river to the sea."
In the wake of Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,200 and hundreds being taken hostage, he wrote, "The dialect demands: That wherever you have oppression, you will find those who [are] fighting against it. Glory to the resistance!"
In 2022, before he got his student visa, Taal wrote online, "The end of the US empire in our lifetime in sha Allah." He wrote in another post issued shortly after receiving his visa, Taal wrote, "Student Visa issued. We going to America baby! Alhamdulillah," posting shortly after, "My hatred of the US empire knows no bound. Wallahi."
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So Cornell U. (NY-D) HAD a student calling for Open Aggression against the USA and our citizens. He appears to have come here with that Anti-USA agenda, prior to Oct. 7th.
As we have seen, when a Pro-Islamic radicals start calling for attacks of a country, that includes every non-Islamic person in it.
So, I wonder how the other Cornell students feel about him calling for their deaths? I also wonder why any Cornell student, or US Lawyer would seriously protest his deportation?
The Bigger Question:
I wonder how many Sleeper Cells of these Islamic Terrorist agents are already here thanks to the Democrats coup clearly stealing 2020 and their Open Borders that allowed 10.5 Million to flow in over 4 years?
BTW: Who funded his $68,380 a year tuition plus expenses?
“There is no war that Israel has ever waged against the Palestinians that can ever be deemed lawful. Israel has no right to wage a war to invoke self defense against the people it maintains under occupation. Everything is… pic.twitter.com/MHxHQjFm6B
… Everything is brutally under scrutiny, So it's not international law right now that it's problematic. It's the capacity of international law to be enforced.”
[Rudaw] Iraqi security forces on Thursday denied reports claiming that Yemeni Houthis are being trained inside Iraq as the United States intensifies its attacks on the Iran-backed group.
“Some media outlets have circulated news regarding the Houthis' use of a training camp in the al-Khalis area in Diyala, Iraq. While we completely deny these reports in their entirety, we call for accuracy in transmitting information,” the Iraqi military’s Security Media Cell said in a statement late on Thursday.
The Houthis, also known as Ansarullah, are an armed group part of what is known as the Iran-led Axis of Resistance. They have carried out attacks on vessels affiliated with Israel and its allies in the Red Sea since October 2023, during the Israel-Hamas War, saying their goal is to alleviate pressure on their Palestinian allies in Gaza.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has authorized attacks on the Houthis, continuing a policy begun by his predecessor Joe Biden.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Sunday received a call from US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The American attacks in Yemen were part of their conversation.
Hegseth noted that while Washington “does not seek escalation,” US operations would end only when the Houthis cease their attacks that are impacting navigation in the Red Sea.
[IsraelTime] Senior Hamas official Hussam Badran tells the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian news agency Shabakat Quds that US envoy Steve Witkoff’s remarks about the terror group needing to demilitarize if it wants to remain politically involved in Gaza is “a meaningless proposal as long as the occupation [Israel] exists.”
“When we talk about the weapons of the resistance, they are the weapons of the Palestinian people. Therefore, these weapons are carried by Palestinians to resist the occupation, as guaranteed by international laws and conventions,” adds Badran.
IMO Witkoff's position is indistinguishable from EU mainstream diplomatic consensus or from that of a hypothetical 4th Obama term Harris administration.
“You have to know what Hamas wants… and then you’ve got to figure out what you can give them that allows them to walk out because that’s what’s needed here”
We generally know what 'they' want because generally 'they' are telling the world public what they want.
"It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet."
Hassan al-Banna
'God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse be upon the Jews, Victory to Islam,'
Houthis
#4
^ Russia had long been concerned with the decline in its self-regarded sphere of influence in the former Soviet republics which were aligning themselves with the West economically and politically, although they were obstinately dissatisfied with the existing security architecture and NATO expansion.
[KhaamaPress] Satellite images show two key Iranian military sites—Parchin and Khojir—as potential targets for future Israeli or U.S. strikes.
The Alma Research Institute in Israel has reported an enhancement of Iran’s air defense systems around its key military facilities, including the Parchin and Khojir complexes. These installations are seen as potential targets for future strikes by Israel or the United States.
The institute highlighted the presence of numerous missile defense systems and radar installations in southeastern Tehran, safeguarding crucial sites like the Khojir missile production facility and the Parchin nuclear site. The Khojir complex is pivotal to Iran’s ballistic missile development, while Parchin is known for its role in advancing the country’s nuclear weapons program.
Alma further noted that both Parchin and Khojir were damaged in a previous Israeli attack, known as "Scorpion," though the facilities resumed operations after repairs. Some air defense systems at these locations survived the attack, according to satellite images released by the institute.
Israeli fighter jets conducted multiple strikes on Iranian military targets, including missile production sites and nuclear-related facilities, in early October. The strikes reportedly destroyed nearly all of Iran’s air defense systems, including its S-300 missile batteries.
Satellite imagery from Planet Labs and other sources revealed that Israel targeted critical sites, such as the Talqan nuclear facility, missile motor production buildings, and military complexes near Tehran. These facilities are linked to missile production and Iran’s nuclear weapons development.
Additionally, Axios reported that an ultra-secret research center related to Iran’s nuclear weapons program was destroyed in the attacks on Parchin. The destruction of this facility raises concerns about the security of Iran’s sensitive military and nuclear sites.
How secret can it have been, if the IAF went straight for it last year? Oh wait — remember when Mossad emptied out the warehouse archive of Iran’s nuclear program a decade ago?
According to Israel’s Channel 14, the Khojir and Parchin facilities are now considered high-value targets for potential future attacks. The institute’s satellite images indicate that these sites remain vulnerable and may become the focus of further operations by Israel or the U.S.
The ongoing situation has prompted discussions about U.S. involvement in responding to Iranian actions. Former President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... recently warned 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... about supporting the Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , signaling possible future actions if Tehran continues its support of the militia.
The evolving air defense and military infrastructure around Iran’s key sites signify rising tensions in the region. These developments reflect the ongoing standoff between Israel, the U.S., and Iran, as both sides prepare for potential escalation. The situation remains volatile, with the Houthis’ continued provocations adding another layer of complexity to the geopolitical crisis.
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.
...son of Pashtun warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, still titular head of the Haqqani Network....
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
...46th president of the U.S. Too old and senile to be prosecuted, not too old and senile to set national policy...
[BREITBART] Mexico's Senate voted to approve a series of joint military exercises. In the coming days, 155 U.S. Marines will head south to train Mexican Navy infantrymen.
[Regnum] The Longyan City Court has approved the execution of a death sentence against a Chinese citizen who manufactured 200 kg of methamphetamine. This was announced on March 22 by the National Narcotics Control Commission of the People's Republic of China.
[IsraelTimes] Images emerge of Dilshad Barzani, the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq’s representative in Germany, at a Nowruz event hosted last Thursday by Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor at his Berlin residence.
..always the voice of sweet reason...
[FOXNEWS] A Democratic lawmaker's town hall was cut short after being disrupted by hotheaded protesters on Wednesday night, one of several disturbances at congressional events this week.
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
