Three questions:
1. Why does the New York Times have this information?
2. Is it true or is someone making things up again?
2.a. If false, is the New York Times lying or were they fed false information?
3. Only if it is true, what the heck, Secretary Hegseth!
The claim:
[IsraelTimes] Hegseth sent detailed info on upcoming military strikes on Yemen’s Houthis in a private group that included his wife, brother and lawyer, The New York Times says
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-aligned 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 before it took place in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported on Sunday, raising more questions about his use of an unclassified messaging system to share highly sensitive security details.
Hegseth allegedly shared the same details of the attack that were revealed last month by The Atlantic magazine after its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was included in a separate chat on the Signal app by mistake, in an embarrassing incident involving all of President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... ’s most senior national security officials.
That Signal chat saw officials including Hegseth and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz discuss the coming strikes, which took place on March 15. Goldberg was exposed to discussions between the brass hats about the strikes, which he then reported on after the bombings went ahead.
The revelation sparked an uproar, with Trump’s administration facing a scandal over the accidental leak. A Pentagon Inspector-General’s probe into that leak is ongoing.
Trump largely pinned the blame for the earlier leak on Waltz, but dismissed calls to fire brass hats and insisted instead on what he called the success of the raids on the Yemeni rebels.
The Times, citing four sources familiar with the message group, said that the second chat included details of the schedule of the air strikes, similarly to the first chat reported on by The Atlantic.
The paper said the chat was created by Hegseth himself before he was confirmed as defense secretary, and included around a dozen people in his inner circle. He used his private phone to access it.
Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, has also reportedly attended sensitive meetings with foreign military counterparts, the Wall Street Journal has separately reported.
A source with knowledge of the matter told The Times that Hegseth was cautioned by aides in the days before the Yemen strikes to refrain from sharing delicate operational information in his Signal group chat.
Revelations of another use of Signal for classified information come as one of Hegseth’s leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon last week after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a US official told Rooters.
Following Caldwell’s departure, less bigwigs Darin Selnick, who recently became Hegseth’s deputy chief of staff, and Colin Carroll, who was chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, were put on administrative leave, officials said.
The Senate’s top Democrat demanded that the defense secretary be dismissed over the blunders.
"We keep learning how Pete Hegseth put lives at risk," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 49.37455 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... said in a post to X. "But Trump is still too weak to fire him. Pete Hegseth must be fired."
The Trump administration has aggressively pursued leaks, an effort that has been enthusiastically embraced by Hegseth at the Pentagon.
The Pentagon was not immediately available for comment.
"I can say no more!" The White House did not immediately return a message.
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A security/secrecy system is as strong as its weakest link and video communication of this nature, using generic consumer hardware consists of a myriad of links.
What protects the general public is the high cost of breaching individual communication links not infeasibility.
For really sensitive communications, mechanical teletypes in an electromagnetically shielded room using strong encryption could be considered reasonably secure (excluding the human factor).
Everything beyond is a matter of money and there are lots of players who would invest millions to get access to the US SecDef's data.
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Hegseth sent detailed info on upcoming military strikes on Yemen’s Houthis in a private group that included his wife, brother and lawyer, The New York Times says
It was probably: "I'll be really busy the next couple days, this thing in Yemen is hopping up. Tell the kids I love em and buy pizzas or something for dinner"
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Says it all ...
Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer, a former Fox News producer
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The rot is deep in the Pentagon. They are desperate to get rid of Hegseth. So he must be disrupting them. Don't let them force you out with lies. Keep fighting Pete!
[GEO.TV] World-famous actress Angelina Jolie reaffirmed her support to Gaza by sharing a Doctors Without Frontiers report on Gaza in an Instagram story. In the post, the UN refugee agency — the humanitarian aid group described the situation in Gaza as ''mass grave for Palestinians and those helping them.'' Daddy issues with Jon Voight.
He worked hard for those daddy issues. But this is probably self-protection — her staying right with her peeps after Daddy was seen being conservative again.
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Like an unwritten rule. 50+ Yr/old Aging Hollywood Actresses.
When your career is fading, seek out a protest issue that pisses off 1/2 your fans, but gets you lots of Media exposure and Camera Face time.
[AnNahar] Egypt's revenue from the Suez Canal plunged by almost two thirds last year, officials said Wednesday, attributing the sharp drop to regional tensions and wars in the Middle East that have impacted traffic through the key waterway.
The canal is a major source of foreign currency for the Egyptian government, with about 10% of world trade flowing through the waterway in recent years.
The Suez Canal Authority, which runs the waterway, said the canal generated an annual revenue of $3.991 billion in 2024, down from a historic high of $10.25 billion in 2023, according to a statement posted on its Facebook page.
Canal traffic has been significantly disrupted after Yemen's Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets rebels started to threaten maritime trade and targeting vessels heading to Israel through the Suez Canal to pressure Israel to stop the war in Gazoo, which started on Oct. 7, 2023.
Between November 2023 and January 2024, the Houthis targeted over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two ships and killing four sailors. The rebels insisted the attacks would continue as long as the wars go on and have devastated shipping through the region.
According to the Egyptian canal authority, only 13,213 ships passed through the canal in 2024, marking a 50% decline compared to the number of ships in 2023, when over 26,000 ships passed through.
Still, canal authority chief Osama Rabie said that the attacks challenge the region but have not prevented Egypt from continuing to provide its navigational and maritime services in the Suez.
The International Monetary Fund reported in March 2024 that the Suez Canal trade dropped by 50% in the first two months of that year, compared to the previous year, citing attacks on vessels in the Red Sea.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's government in 2015 completed a significant expansion of the Suez Canal, adding a second shipping lane and allowing it to handle some of the world's largest vessels.
The canal, which connects the Mediterranean and the Red seas, was opened in 1869. It serves as a vital artery for global trade — a crucial link for oil, natural gas and cargo. The canal authority operates a system of convoys, consisting of one northbound and one southbound per day.
[GUARDIAN.NG] The Borno Government has received 230 repentant bandidos bully boys from the Operation Safe Corridor.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the repentant bandidos bully boys graduated from the Federal Government's Operation Safe Corridor Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) Camp in Malam Sidi, Gombe State.
The bandidos bully boys who are all indigenes of Borno, were among 390 individuals formerly associated with Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... who voluntarily surrendered to the Nigerian Army and completed the DRR programme.
Speaking at the joint graduation ceremony for Batches six and seven, the Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, Brig.-Gen. Yusuf Ali, commended the multi-agency collaboration that made the programme successful, and urged communities to support the reintegration efforts.
He said that they underwent six months of structured rehabilitation, including psychological counselling, religious reorientation, civic education, and vocational training, aimed at transforming them into responsible citizens.
The commandant of the DRR Camp, Col. A.A. Johnson, said the programme was designed to address both ideological and behavioural issues, adding that the oath of allegiance taken by the graduates signified their readiness to embrace peace and national unity.
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[PMNEWSNIGERIA] Contrary to recent reports circulating on social and traditional media suggesting the emergence of a new terrorist organization in Kwara State, Mahmouda, security sources have clarified that it is not a name of a new terrorist group but rather a known Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... commander.
Mahmouda is said to be a veteran Boko Haram fighter who initially operated in Borno State before relocating to Kaduna, where he briefly collaborated with the notorious terror kingpin, Sadiku.
He later moved into the Shiroro and Rafi axis of Niger State, where he aligned with the remnants of Darul Salam, recruiting dozens of youths and enforcing Death Eater laws particularly on Fulani ... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity... herdsmen.
Security intelligence confirms that Mahmouda has since moved some of his fighters further southwest into the forests bordering Kwara State, where he has established ties with local bandit groups.
These elements are not a new organization but are extensions of Boko Haram collaborating with bandidos already operating in the North West.
This clarification comes in the wake of past denials from security agencies. When intelligence analyst Zagazola Makama previously raised the alarm about the movement of gunnies toward Kwara, the Police issued a rebuttal, describing the report as fear-mongering.
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Yemen relly has only two important ports, Hodeida and Aden. Aden has generally managed to escape the warfare, and Hodeida has been bombed back to the stone age. There was one major and only three rather minor ports under Houthi control and they are being blasted to smithereens. Very soon, trade will only be carried out through the southernmost ports in the Hadhramaut, and once again the Yemeni population will be rushing pellmell to return to where it belongs -- the 13th Century.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sana'a forces, Major General Ali Hamoud al-Moshki, said that the American attack on 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... i ports increases its bloody history.
During his meeting today, Sunday, the acting head of the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), al-Mushki, expressed his dissatisfaction with her statement, which failed to differentiate between the aggressor and the victim. He called for a clear condemnation of the American crimes to enhance the mission's credibility.
Al-Mushki addressed America, saying that ''the situation in Yemen would be costly for it,'' emphasizing that they would not abandon their Dire Revenge or forget the blood of the deaders. He added that America's losses in Yemen would be catastrophic, affirming that Yemen knows how to defend itself.
He pointed out that the American aggression was not limited to Hodeida but included piracy of ships heading there. He considered the American attacks a failure and revealed clear confusion, such as targeting Sana'a cemeteries.
Al-Mushki described the escalation by the ''aggression mercenaries,'' including ''Tariq Afash,'' as a defense of the Zionist entity and a failed attempt ...Curses! Foiled again!... to stop Yemen's support for 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... . He warned that any irresponsible actions would have dire consequences.
At least five humanitarian workers were reported to be among those injured, and significant damage was reported to port infrastructure. There are also fears of oil leaks into the Red Sea, raising environmental concerns.
I am not an expert in warship management but it seems like the USS Truman was about to leave CENTCOM to be substituted in the area by USS Carl Vinson at about this time? (her stay with CENTCOM was prolonged for a month a month ago, so). https://t.co/5r7Fg9ouRa
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... 's President Mahdi al-Mashat chaired a high-level meeting of the National Defense Council to address the latest developments concerning the ongoing US military aggression against Yemen and to reaffirm Yemen's commitment to supporting the Paleostinian people in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... 'The aggression has failed from its first day. We previously obtained information to thwart the aggression before it occurred, preventing much potential damage,'' President al-Mashat said during the meeting.
''If the Americans mobilize more, it means their weapons have failed. The confirmed information we have is that the ''Truman'' lost its command and control and became out of service from the early days of the aggression.''
He added, ''We obtained intelligence that allowed us to thwart the aggression before it occurred, sparing us from many potential damages. Confirmed information indicates the Truman lost command and control, becoming non-operational in the aggression's early days.''
He further stated that Yemen's armed forces have overcome the US electromagnetic interception system—a technology that Washington had previously touted as a major strategic deterrent against Russia and China.
''Within ten days,'' he said, ''our missile forces overcame the system, and strikes have now successfully reached Israeli territory.''
Al-Mashat called this achievement as a significant military and symbolic victory for Yemen.
He said that the aggression against Yemen originated once or twice from the USS Truman, while the remainder of the attacks came from other locations, which Yemeni forces continue to monitor closely.
He underlined that former US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... has ''burned all of America's strategic cards''—citing the aircraft carrier, the strategic bomber, and the highly touted electromagnetic defense system. These assets, he said, have proven ineffective in Yemen, where they were quickly neutralized or rendered irrelevant by Yemeni resistance.
President al-Mashat asserted that ''neither you nor your father, Trump, can stop us from fulfilling our humanitarian, moral, and religious duty toward the people of Gaza.'' Regardless of threats or consequences, Yemen will not waver in its support, he emphasized.
He contrasted the resilience of the Yemeni people with Trump's behavior under fire. ''A Yemeni woman stood firm against five bombs dropped by your strategic bomber,'' he said, ''while Trump panicked and the world was shaken when a single bullet grazed his ear.''
President al-Mashat stated that the three strategic options the US had long used to intimidate the world—the aircraft carrier, the strategic bomber, and the electromagnetic defense system—have all been thrown into the Yemeni quagmire.
He stressed that despite the scale of US aggression, Yemen's military infrastructure suffered minimal damage.
''On the military level, we were not harmed even 1% by everything the American has done,'' he said. ''All the massacres targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure.''
He added that the B-2 bomber, another symbol of US military might, would soon face its own reckoning. ''By God's permission, news of it will come soon,'' he said confidently.
President al-Mashat pointed out that the Truman achieved no tangible results for the enemy, which ultimately forced the US to deploy other vessels and weapons. ''Every replacement brought in is simply further evidence of their initial failure,'' he noted.
Reflecting on the nature of struggle, he remarked that ''before every victory comes an earthquake—so that God may distinguish the wicked from the good. And once purified, the righteous will be granted victory.''
President al-Mashat reiterated Yemen's unwavering support for Gaza. ''Our stance in supporting our brothers there is firm and will never be abandoned,'' he said. The current American aggression, he explained, is a direct result of Yemen's refusal to remain silent about the genocide in Gaza.
He affirmed that the US role in the region is one of complicity with Zionist crimes. ''We cannot allow the Americans and Israelis to isolate the Paleostinian people in Gaza,'' he declared. ''We will not stand by as they are slaughtered.''
Turning his criticism directly at Trump, he said that the ''Trump drowned in the quagmire of Yemen and planted resentment toward America in the hearts of the world—and he must be left in his quagmire.''
President al-Mashat warned that Trump will eventually be held accountable for the crimes committed against civilians and civilian sites in Yemen, regardless of whether he remains in office or not.
''Trump may have thought he was coming for a picnic,'' he added, but he fell into a strategic quagmire.
Uh huh. Suuuurrre.
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They're really very good at scowling fearsomely and grimacing most terrifyingly. They're also very good at complaining.
They are much better at jogging in step than Afghan troops used to be when we ran their basic training, and they can do a TaeKwanDo white belt form almost as well as I, so this lot clearly is special forces material — at the Houthi level, at least. Hey, did they ever find anyone to make their manhood daggers after they drove out their Jews?
UK: Prime Minister Keir Starmer proudly proclaimed that over 400 British citizens have been arrested for making social media posts critical of Islamic migrants. pic.twitter.com/yvnoRThzoN
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badanov says the above-10,000 view count is probably a coding error on the remote client, for those of you who understand what that combination of words means. ;-)
He added
As soon as the article posted, it reached that number and hasn't changed since 00:00 hrs
[BBC] El Salvador's president has offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported by the US and imprisoned in his country - if Venezuela releases the same number of political prisoners.
Nayib Bukele appealed directly to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a post on social media.
He said many of the Venezuelan deportees had committed "rape and murder", while Venezuelan political prisoners were jailed only because they opposed Maduro, whose re-election last year is widely disputed.
Later Venezuela's chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab criticised Bukele's proposal. He demanded to know what crimes the deportees were accused of, whether they had appeared before a judge or had access to legal counsel.
The Venezuelan government argues that it has no political prisoners - a claim rejected by rights groups.
In a post on X, Bukele wrote: "I want to propose you [Maduro] a humanitarian agreement calling for the repatriation of 100% of the 252 Venezuelans who were deported, in exchange for the release... of the identical number from among the thousands of political prisoners that you hold".
He also mentioned nearly 50 prisoners of other nationalities, including US citizens, as part of the proposed swap.
In recent weeks, more than 200 Venezuelans were sent from the US to El Salvador.
President Donald Trump's administration accuses them of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang.
Washington pays El Salvador to keep those deported in its notorious high-security Terrorism Confinement Center.
Bukele calls himself "the world's coolest dictator" and won re-election last year riding a wave of popularity for a sweeping anti-gang crackdown.
Maduro has condemned the US deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador, describing it as "kidnapping" and a "massive abuse" of human rights.
Since taking office in January, Trump's hard-line immigration policies have encountered a number of legal hurdles.
In the latest development, the US Supreme Court on Saturday ordered Washington to pause the deportation of another group of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
The White House has called challenges to using the law for mass deportations "meritless litigation".
Trump has sent accused Venezuelan gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, which gives the president power to detain and deport natives or citizens of "enemy" nations without usual processes.
The act was previously used only three times, all during war.
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Putin has signed the 20-year Strategic Partnership Agreement with Iran, making the 2 countries officially allies. Assuming both countries will NOT be flying "Under New Ownership" balloon guys on the street frontage before then
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these are two countries on their way down the food chain, at least economically
Russia $10-15k about 60th highest in the world
Iran $4k-5k about 120th highest in the world
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[IsraelTimes] US President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... is threatening to cut another $1 billion in funding for Harvard University, this time targeting health research, the Wall Street Journal reports, as the administration’s row with elite schools escalates.
The Trump administration has withheld government funding from Harvard, Columbia and other universities in response to their tolerance of pro-Paleostinian demonstrations in what the administration has labeled a failure to control antisemitism on campus.
Harvard pushed back last week, rejecting demands for control of its student body, faculty and curriculum, saying that would cede control of the university to the government.
Within hours of Harvard taking its stand, the administration announced it was freezing $2.3 billion in federal funding to the school and the next day threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status.
The Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reports the plans to pull an additional $1 billion in research funds arose after administration officials thought a long list of demands they sent Harvard on April 11 was a confidential starting point for negotiations, and officials were surprised when Harvard released the letter to the public.
Trump officials had been planning to treat Harvard more leniently than Columbia but now want to increase the pressure on Harvard, the Journal reports.
[FoxNews] ’Anyone who is here on a visitor visa who carries out lawbreaking will be deported from this country,' Pierre Poilievre warned non-citizen agitators
Antisemitism in Canada has exploded in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, reaching record numbers last year and becoming a central issue for the country’s Jewish community ahead of an April 28 federal election.
So it should be, as it should be here.
Last week, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, the main challenger to Prime Minister Mark Carney accused pro-Hamas protesters of staging "hate marches" and vowing to deport antisemitic foreigners from Canada.
"The rampaging chaos that we see in our streets, the targeting of synagogues and Jewish schools with hate, vandalism, violence, fire bombings ... these things were unheard of 10 years ago," Poilievre said.
He also had a warning for foreign agitators. "Anyone who is here on a visitor visa who carries out lawbreaking will be deported from this country," Poilievre said.
"To Canada's Jewish community," Poilievre added, "you are not alone, you have friends. Canadians stand with you. You have the right to wear your Star of David, your kippah, and have your mezuzah on your door. You should feel proud to be Jewish and should never have to hide your Jewishness in order to stay safe."
On Friday, Poilievre shared on X the Montreal Jewish Community Council’s call for Jewish voters to endorse him. In the video, the group's executive director, Rabbi Saul Emanuel, referencing Poilievre's support for the community, stated, "We remember who stood with us when it mattered most, and now we can all make a difference."
Emanuel noted that Jewish voters could play a decisive role in as many as 14 districts in Canada. "Our vote matters, our voice matters. That’s why I am proud to support Pierre Poilievre and I urge you to do the same," he said.
Carney has also used social media to condemn antisemitism. In a tweet wishing Jewish Canadians a happy Passover, he condemned the growing incidents, stating in part, "Together, we must confront and denounce the rising tide of antisemitism, and the threat it poses to Jewish life and safety in communities across Canada."
Yet despite his strong words against antisemitism, Carney recently faced criticism following a campaign rally in Calgary, where someone yelled at the Liberal Party leader, "There’s a genocide happening in Palestine."
"I’m aware," Carney replied. "That’s why we have an arms embargo [on Israel]."
Typical Jew-hating, labour socialist type.
The next day, Carney, who in March replaced longtime Premier Justin Trudeau, claimed he had not heard the anti-Israel demonstrator correctly.
His backtracking did not stop Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from entering the fray. He posted on X that "Canada has always sided with civilization. So should Mr. Carney.
"But instead of supporting Israel, a democracy that is fighting a just war with just means against the barbarians of Hamas, he attacks the one and only Jewish state," Netanyahu posted.
According to an annual audit released this month by B’nai Brith Canada, the total number of reported cases of Jew hatred in the country hit 6,219 in 2024, a 7.4% increase over 2023 and the highest number since the survey’s inception in 1982.
Antisemitic incidents in Canada have skyrocketed by 124.6% since 2022.
According to an annual audit released this month by B’nai Brith Canada, the total number of reported cases of Jew hatred in the country hit 6,219 in 2024, a 7.4% increase over 2023 and the highest number since the survey’s inception in 1982.
Antisemitic incidents in Canada have skyrocketed by 124.6% since 2022.
"Over the last 18 months, a new baseline has been established for antisemitism in Canada, and it's having a detrimental effect on the lives of Jewish people," Richard Robertson, director of research and advocacy at B'nai Brith Canada, told Fox News Digital. "We are seeing an increase in certain forms of antisemitism, specifically anti-Zionism."
Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister and attorney general of Canada for the Liberal Party, told Fox News Digital "antisemitism has become mainstream, normalized and legitimized in the political, popular, academic, media, entertainment and sport cultures. All this happened in the absence of outrage," he said.
"I hope that whichever party gets elected, we will see deliverables in combating specific hate crime, hate speech, harassment, assault, vandalism and all the things you find reported in the [B’nai Brith] annual report. From my experience, even those statistics are not telling the true story. They are underreported."
The antisemitism survey highlighted numerous incidents, ranging from Quebec daily La Presse publishing a cartoon depicting Netanyahu as Nosferatu, a vampire associated with Jews in Nazi-era propaganda and a pro-Hamas protester at the University of Toronto shouting at a Jewish student that Hitler should have "murdered all of you."
In May, an arsonist ignited a fire at the entrance to the Schara Tzedeck Synagogue in Vancouver as prayers concluded. The same month, shots were fired at the Bais Chaya Mushka girls’ school in Toronto, and the school has since been targeted twice more by gunfire. In August, a bomb threat affected Jewish institutions across the country. In December, a firebomb struck Congregation Beth Tikvah in Montreal, the second such attack since Oct. 7, 2023.
Thereafter, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on the Canadian government to take action to "stamp out" antisemitism.
Trudeau, who was widely panned for failing to adequately address the groundswell of antisemitism, had announced the summit within hours of Herzog’s condemnation.
[Breitbart] A pro-mass migration group, funded in part by Alex and George Soros ...either Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Auric Goldfinger come true. Maybe both.... ’s left-wing nonprofit network, is behind a lawsuit trying to preserve the nation’s anchor baby policy, where the United States-born children of illegal aliens are rewarded birthright American citizenship. The case will be heard next month before the Supreme Court.
Immediately after taking office, Trump signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens — a policy once also opposed by Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... . Annually, about 250,000 anchor babies are born in the U.S. every year, anchoring their illegal alien parents in the country.
In response, CASA Inc. and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project — both representing pregnant illegal aliens planning to deliver anchor babies in the U.S. — sued to block the executive order. Four district court judges have halted the executive order while it makes its way to the Supreme Court.
CASA, previously known as CASA de Maryland, has taken more than $2.23 million from the Soros network’s Open Society Foundations from 2016 to 2023, a search of grant records reveals.
The lawsuit to preserve birthright citizenship for illegal aliens’ U.S.-born children is only the latest to involve groups funded by and linked to the Soros network.
As Breitbart News reported, a lawsuit filed by two organizations funded in part by Soros’s Open Society Foundations has thus far blocked Trump from ending former President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier... ’s parole pipeline for more than half a million migrants colonists.
Similarly, a legal firm that works closely with Soros-linked groups is behind a lawsuit seeking to prevent Trump from deporting illegal alien gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.
No criminal may profit or benefit from their crime.
So since a person who illegally entered the USA is engaged in a criminal act. Such person(s) should not be allowed to claim the benefit of Anchor Baby Birth Rights.
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Should babies born of wives of Brazilian, Paraguayan and Argentine gangsters (who usually choose Houston hospitals and clinics to birth their kids) continue to be given American citizenship?
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It will likely be challenging to stop the babies from being citizens but I see no reason why that makes them anchors… deport the parents and let them take their baby with them; it would still let the child return on his own later but at least it is not a never ending chain.
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@glenmore: The problem, I think, is that the child as an American citizen will petition for their parents. The parents then become citizens after 5 years and petition for their other minor children..etc, etc.
[GatewayPundit] Democrat Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed the ICE Act, which would have mandated state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal officials to facilitate deportations. "Abortion Mouse squeaks..."
The legislation, Senate Bill 1164, aimed to have local authorities assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement with identification, detainment, and deportation of illegal aliens.
Additionally, the bill barred any town or city from declaring “Sanctuary” policies that would restrict or hinder ICE actions.
In her veto letter, Hobbs wrote, “Today I vetoed Senate Bill 1164. Arizonans, not Washington, DC politicians, must decide what’s best for Arizona.”
“I will continue to work with the federal government on true border security, but we should not force state and local officials to take marching orders from Washington D.C.,” Hobbs concluded.
Arizona House Democrats publicly celebrated Hobbs overruling the vote of the Republican-controlled legislature.
In a post on X, the House Democrats wrote, “Thank you @GovernorHobbs for the veto on SB1164! Racial profiling, sowing division, fear and trampling on due process rights should have no place in Arizona.”
An estimated 275,000 illegal aliens are living in the state.
[GEO.TV] Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has announced a countrywide strike on April 26 to protest against Israeli atrocities in Gaza and express solidarity with the Palestinian people.
"We must unite to stop this barbarism— Israel enjoys the backing of the United States,'' he said while addressing the Gaza Million March in Islamabad.
He urged the nation to rise and ''fight the case of Palestine'' and condemn Israeli brutality.
Calling the United States ''a killer of Muslims and humanity,'' Naeem said no power can stop their movement. ''If we announce our march, no container can block our way,'' he warned.
He stressed that today's march sends a powerful message of solidarity with Palestinians. ''We did not want a confrontation with the police,'' he added.
[IsraelTimes] Saudi report says most recruits lack real training beyond rocket launching, guerilla tactics; at least 25 reported killed in IDF strikes across Strip on Sunday
Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, has recruited around 30,000 young people from Gaza to join their ranks, according to a Sunday report.
The Saudi Al Arabiya channel, citing Palestinian sources, said in its report that most of the recruits had previously undergone training in secret military camps run by the wing.
The report did not clarify if the training camps were still being held during the war, or if they only took place beforehand.
However, the new recruits reportedly lack military skills beyond “guerrilla warfare,” rocket fire, and planting explosives.
The report did not mention an exact timeframe for when they were recruited, but is likely referring to a recent period in the ongoing war, which resumed last month following the collapse of the ceasefire-hostage release agreement that was signed in January.
According to the report, Hamas is short on weapons, particularly drones and long-range missiles, and has begun recycling waste from missiles, likely unexploded IDF munitions, and using it to manufacture ground-based explosive devices and other improvised weapons.
Gaza’s civil defense agency reported that Israeli airstrikes on Sunday killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip.
“Since dawn today, the occupation’s airstrikes have killed 20 people and injured dozens more, including children and women across the Gaza Strip,” Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defense agency, told AFP.
In a separate statement later, the agency reported that five people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a group of civilians in eastern Rafah.
The figures could not be independently verified and do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.
Since March 18, when Israel resumed its offensive against Hamas, the IDF says it has struck over 1,400 targets in Gaza. Hamas’s health ministry has said that over 1,500 people have been killed in that timeframe, in figures that are not verified, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in the war to over 51,000.
;Go on, Besoeker — you know you want to do, and nobody does it better.[IsraelTimes] The Robdozer, the robotic version of the D9 bulldozer, has begun limited deployment in the IDF’s operations against Hamas; ‘This is the future,’ says one military expert
At first glance, there is nothing unusual about the bulky bulldozer turning up soil at a testing site in central Israel, but as it pulled closer it became clear: the driver’s cabin is eerily empty.
This is the Robdozer, a fortified engineering vehicle manned remotely, and in this case operated from a military expo halfway across the globe in Alabama.
Army engineers and military experts say that the Robdozer — the robotic version of Caterpillar’s D9 bulldozer — is the future of automated combat.
The Israeli military has used D9 for years to carry out frontline tasks like troweling roads for advancing troops, removing rubble and flattening terrain, but since war in Gaza broke out in October 2023, and later in Lebanon, the Israeli military has increasingly deployed this robotic version in a bid to enhance its field operations and reduce the risks to its troops.
“The idea is to eliminate the person from the cockpit of the dozer,” said Rani, whose team at the state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries developed the Robdozer.
During the Gaza war, the military has increasingly opted for the unmanned version, which can carry out a full range of tasks “even better than a human,” said Rani, using his first name only for security reasons.
While such vehicles and other systems are currently operated by humans, future versions could be autonomous, raising ethical and legal concerns over the unchartered future of warfare being shaped by the Israeli military in the Gaza war.
‘CHANGING THE PARADIGM’
Israel’s increasing use of advanced technology on the battlefield, from air defense systems to a broad range of AI-driven intelligence tools, has been well-documented but also criticized for inaccuracies, lack of human oversight and potential violations of international law.
Analysts say the growing Israeli deployment of the Robdozer reflects broader global trends toward automation in heavy combat vehicles, like remote-controlled personnel carriers that operate much like drones.
An Israeli military official, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, told AFP that the army has been using “robotic tools for over a decade, but in very small numbers. Now it is being used in large-scale warfare.”
Troops can now operate machinery without having to enter enemy territory, said the official.
Andrew Fox, a retired British army major and a research fellow at the London-based Henry Jackson Society, said the Israeli military was likely the first force to use remote-controlled combat machinery in an active war zone.
“It’s a really big development” that is “changing the paradigm” of warfare, carrying out tasks as effectively but at a far reduced risk to personnel, he said.
A NEW ERA OF WAR
“This is the future,” said John Spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at the US military’s Modern War Institute at West Point.
Many “have been experimenting with it, but nobody has seen direct deployment into active modern combat,” he added. “It is very unique.”
But beyond ethical and legal drawbacks to such advanced technology, there is also the need for an overriding human presence to make decisions particularly in unusual situations.
The October 7, 2023, attack — when some Hamas terrorists breached the high-security border to invade southern Israel, where it killed some 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, starting the Gaza war — was a disastrous example for that, said Tal Mimran of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
“I think that October 7 showed us that you can build a wall that may cost $1 billion, but if you do not patrol the border, then someone will infiltrate your country,” said Mimran, a lecturer and researcher of international law who has been closely following the Israeli military’s technological developments.
“We must take note of the opportunities and of the risks of technology,” he said. “This is the era in which artificial intelligence is exploding into our lives, and it is only natural that it will also have a manifestation in the security field.”
[IsraelTimes] In nonstarter for Israel, terror group is seeking comprehensive deal under which it would cede control of Gaza’s governance but would stop short of full disarmament
Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... told Arab mediators last week that it is willing to enter a long-term truce with Israel during which it would halt all military operations, including the development of weapons and the digging of tunnels, two officials familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel on Sunday.
The truce would be part of a comprehensive deal that the terror group is seeking in order to end 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... war sparked by its October 7, 2023, onslaught, a senior Paleostinian official and a diplomat from an Arab mediating country said.
Hamas is also willing to cede governing control of Gaza to an independent body of Paleostinian technocrats, as envisioned by an Egyptian proposal for the postwar administration of the Strip, the officials said.
To enforce the halt on military activities against Israel, some Hamas officials have indicated willingness to have all of the group’s weapons placed in a guarded warehouse, according to the Arab diplomat.
As for the length of the truce, Hamas is willing for it to last five, 10 or even 15 years, the Paleostinian official said.
The idea goes further than Hamas has been willing to to go in the past, but still falls well short of the full disarmament that Israel is demanding, and is accordingly a nonstarter.
The comprehensive deal that Hamas negotiators have proposed to Arab mediators would see the return of all remaining Israeli hostages in one batch in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Paleostinian prisoners, the officials said.
The deal would also see a permanent ceasefire, the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the reopening of crossings to allow for the entry of humanitarian aid and the commencement of reconstruction.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his opposition to such a deal on Saturday night, asserting that Israel would not agree to end the war and withdraw from Gaza, even if that meant securing the release of all remaining 59 hostages, as doing so would leave Hamas in power in Gaza — an outcome he would not allow.
Some of his opponents have argued that Israel should prioritize freeing the hostages and deal with Hamas’s dismantlement afterward, but Netanyahu asserted Saturday that this wouldn’t be possible as the terror group is seeking "binding" international commitments that would block Israel from attacking after a comprehensive deal is reached.
In January, Netanyahu agreed to a phased ceasefire deal with Hamas that effectively blocked Israel from resuming the war. The framework secured the release of 33 hostages during a six-week first phase. Toward the beginning of that phase, the sides were supposed to begin negotiations regarding the terms of the second phase, which envisioned a permanent ceasefire and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
Not wanting to implement those latter two conditions,
….more truly, not at all even slightly trusting Hamas to hold up their end of the bargain, which they quickly commenced not doing…
Israel largely refused to hold negotiations on the second phase, instead seeking to rework the terms of the deal in order to secure another interim ceasefire during which additional hostages would be released without ruling out an IDF return to fighting afterward.
While the Trump administration has backed this effort, Hamas has rebuffed all such proposals, leading Israel to resume intensive military operations throughout Gaza on March 18.
Over 1,500 Paleostinians have been killed since, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, whose figures haven’t been verified and don’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.
Hamas has since shifted away from utter rejection of the idea of another interim ceasefire but is still seeking guarantees from the mediators that Israel will hold negotiations on the terms of a permanent ceasefire, which Jerusalem has yet to agree to, the Paleostinian official and the Arab diplomat said.
[IsraelTimes] Israel canceled visas for 27 French left-wing politicians and local officials two days before they were to start a visit to Israel and the Paleostinian territories, the group says.
The action came only days after Israel stopped two British members of parliament from the governing Labour party from entering the country.
Israel’s interior ministry says visas for the 27 were canceled under a law that allows authorities to ban people who could act against the State of Israel.
Seventeen members of the group, from La Belle France’s Ecologist and Communist parties, say they have been victims of "collective punishment" by Israel and call on French President Emmanuel Macron to intervene.
They say in a statement that they had been invited on a five-day trip by the French consulate in Jerusalem. They had intended to visit Israel and the Paleostinian territories, as part of their mission to "strengthen international cooperation and the culture of peace," they add.
"For the first time, two days before our departure, the Israeli authorities canceled our entry visas that had been approved one month ago," they say. "We want to understand what led to this sudden decision, which resembles collective punishment."
The delegation included National Assembly deputies Francois Ruffin, Alexis Corbiere and Julie Ozenne from the Ecologist party, Communist deputy Soumya Bourouaha, and Communist senator Marianne Margate. The other members were left-wing town mayors and local politicians.
[IsraelTimes] Police attempted to forbid protesters from displaying "hostages signs" or "pictures of children or babies from 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... " as a condition for their approval of an anti-war demonstration this Thursday in Tel Aviv.
In a letter sent to organizers first obtained by Haaretz, police further prohibited anti-war demonstrators from displaying signs with the word "genocide" on them.
After Haaretz reportedly reached out to law enforcement about the letter, police stated they had sent organizers updated instructions.
Protest organizer Alon-Lee Green, co-director of the joint Jewish-Arab "Standing Together" movement, tells The Times of Israel that it seems as if police have since backtracked from their initial demands.
"We’ll take them to the High Court if they persist, and win," he adds.
Protest organizers tell Haaretz that the initial letter is an attempt to censor messages in protest of the war and government, and that the "police’s actions show that it is a political organization."
The letter marks the first time in recent months that law enforcement has formally hinged approval for a demonstration on the condition protesters refrain from displaying what police describe as "incendiary" slogans, according to the Hebrew daily. But police who are on the ground at anti-war protests regularly seize what they deem provocative signs, often carrying out widespread arrests.
Police earlier this month arrested 23 protesters at a small anti-war demonstration in Haifa, tearing away protesters signs that read "Stop bombing aid convoys" and "Stop the genocide."
Officers sought to extend the detention of three protesters the next day, however their request was rejected by the Haifa Magistrate’s Court.
[GEO.TV] Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to bring home remaining hostages from 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... without yielding to Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... ' demands, insisting the military campaign in the Paleostinian territory had reached a "critical stage".
"I believe we can bring our hostages home without surrendering to Hamas's dictates," Netanyahu said, in his first comments since Hamas, seeking a permanent end to the Gaza war, rejected a new truce proposal.
"We are at a critical stage of the campaign, and at this point, we need patience and determination to win."
Netanyahu insisted that ending the war now would embolden the country's enemies.
"Ending the war under these surrender conditions would send a message to all of Israel's enemies: that abducting Israelis can bring Israel to its knees. It would prove that terrorism pays -- and that message would endanger the entire free world," he said.
Hamas, Netanyahu said, was "demanding the end of the war and the continuation of its rule", as well as a full Israeli withdrawal, "which would enable Hamas to rearm and plan more attacks against us".
"If we commit to ending the war, we will not be able to resume fighting in Gaza," he said.
"So I ask you -- did our soldiers fight in vain? Did our heroes fall and suffer for nothing?"
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[GEO.TV] Israel's military has acknowledged it mistakenly killed 15 Palestinian rescue workers in Gaza and will dismiss a field commander, AFP reported
''We're saying it was a mistake. We don't think it's a daily mistake,'' said investigator Major General Yoav Har-Even.
The probe cited ''professional failures'' and rejected allegations of indiscriminate fire or executions. ''The troops did not engage in indiscriminate fire,'' the military stated, saying six of the dead were later identified as Hamas members, though no weapons were found.
The Palestine Red Crescent denounced the findings as ''full of lies''. ''All the martyrs were shot in the upper part of their bodies,'' said its president. UN agencies confirmed those killed included Red Crescent, civil defence, and UNRWA staff.
Footage from a victim's phone showed ambulances with lights on, challenging Israel's claim that vehicles approached suspiciously. Israel denied concealment but confirmed the site was not reported accurately and bodies were buried to ''prevent further harm''.
[IsraelTimes] Probe finds troops did not violate code of ethics but made ‘professional errors’ and breached protocol when they opened fire on ambulances, fire truck and UN vehicle on March 23
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[IsraelTimes] Conservative Kayhan newspaper says ‘Iran’s military might has forced America to negotiate’; regime still refusing to dismantle nuclear program as part of any deal
The Iranian media is portraying Tehran as holding a strong position after Saturday’s nuclear talks with the United States, ahead of further discussions in Oman in the coming days.
The headline of the Kayhan newspaper, whose editorial line has long opposed any compromise or negotiations with the US, read: “Iran’s military might has forced America to negotiate.”
The conservative daily has expressed complacency in recent days as the two countries — foes since shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution — reported progress during talks in Rome.
“Americans need us and the credibility that negotiations with Iran give them,” wrote the newspaper, while still describing US President Donald Trump as an “untrustworthy psychopath” and “unpredictable.”
Iran maintains that there has been no direct interaction with the United States during the two rounds of talks on April 12 and 19, insisting that all communication has gone through Omani intermediaries. However, US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff met briefly with Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shortly after the first round of talks on April 12.
The talks have raised hopes in Iran of an improvement in the country’s dire economic situation.
State news agency IRNA said the Iranian stock market saw a “historic” boost on Saturday, while the rial strengthened on the black market, trading at around 830,000 to the dollar on Sunday, an improvement from over one million to the dollar before the talks began.
Technical discussions between Iranian and US experts are scheduled for Wednesday in Oman, before further talks on Saturday between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
Iran considers any discussion involving the complete dismantling of its nuclear program, its missiles, or its support for armed groups hostile to Israel, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, to be a “red line.”
[IsraelTimes] Islamic Republic said to build 54-square-mile complex with spaceport at Chabahar; experts say space technology could enhance Tehran’s long-range missile capabilities
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... is reportedly building a major spaceport as part of an effort to maintain its regional prowess following major blows to its proxies across the Middle East.
Bloomberg detailed the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s plans to build the facility, likened to Florida’s Cape Canaveral, in Chabahar, a launch site close to the equator, making it more efficient for launches.
The site, which was supposed to open last year, will contain a 54-square-mile complex, allowing Iran to launch powerful spacecraft into orbit, the Friday report said.
The program has reportedly raised concerns among Western nations — particularly the US and Israel — that Iranian space technology could be used to advance the country’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capabilities.
"Iran’s work on space-launch vehicles — including its two-stage, liquid-fueled Simorgh satellite carrier rocket — likely shortens the timeline to produce an ICBM due to the similarities in technology," General Anthony Cotton, commander of US Strategic Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee last month.
One of the program’s reported aims is to send to space 20 internet satellites named after Qassem Soleimani , the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force commander killed by a US drone in 2020.
With more satellites, Iran could better guide its long-range weapons, according to the report. John Sheldon, an Abu Dhabi-based founding partner at AstroAnalytica, a space consulting firm, was quoted as saying the Iranians "could become much more precise in their targeting and have quicker reaction times to launch their own ballistic missile forces to hit targets much more precisely."
The report did not provide precise figures regarding the costs of the program, though a senior Iranian official reportedly said last November that approximately $11 million would be provided to Iran’s space agency, despite the sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy.
According to the report, the program is also being supported by Iran’s strategic relationship with Russia, as both countries face sanctions from the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a 20-year strategic pact in January.
"What Russia definitely has is the expertise," Juliana Suess, a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, was quoted as saying. "That’s something that Iran is after."
In October, two Iranian-made satellites were sent into orbit from Russia. Iranian drones have also been used throughout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The advancement of the program has led the UK and the EU to sanction Brigadier General Ali Jafarabadi, who leads the IRGC’s space division. The UK has also sanctioned the Iranian Space Agency.
"Our enemies constantly try to prevent us from standing on our own feet, but this has driven us to achieve scientific and technological advancements," Pezeshkian said of the program in February.
Matthew Schmidt, an associate professor of national security and political science at the University of New Haven, told Bloomberg that the Iranian space program’s advancements are motivated by the blows the country’s proxies were recently dealt in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel... and Syria.
"Iran has a need now, especially after the losses of its proxy power to Israel, to reestablish some kind of pathway to do power projection," he said. "They see space technology and aeronautical technology as a place to do it."
Iran has not explicitly said whether the program is intended for military purposes, claiming that its goal is to achieve the same technological capabilities as Western countries.
However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... Iran has called for the destruction of Israel for decades and launched barrages of long-range missiles at its adversary twice in the past year.
The Islamic Theocratic Republic recently began negotiations with the US on its nuclear program, aiming to reach a deal that will ease sanctions. It is unclear whether the Omani-mediated talks are making headway.
Iran claims that its nuclear program is intended only for civilian purposes, but it nevertheless has enriched uranium to levels that are only necessary for developing an atomic bomb.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
[GEO.TV] World-famous actress Angelina Jolie reaffirmed her support to Gaza by sharing a Doctors Without Frontiers report on Gaza in an Instagram story. In the post, the UN refugee agency — the humanitarian aid group described the situation in Gaza as ''mass grave for Palestinians and those helping them.''
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
...every time you hear the phrase 
;Go on, Besoeker — you know you want to do, and nobody does it better.[IsraelTimes] The Robdozer, the robotic version of the D9 bulldozer, has begun limited deployment in the IDF’s operations against Hamas; ‘This is the future,’ says one military expert
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
