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Israel Eliminates Terror Tunnel 163 Football Fields Long,
Kills Top PIJ Terror Commander
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-War on Police-
Andrew Brown Jr's shooting death is ruled as justified and cops will NOT face charges: DA comes under fire after showing bodycam claiming the drug dealer was shot five times as he drove towards them but it's argued he was driving away
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Andrew Brown Jr's family on Tuesday slammed the decision not to charge the cops who shot the black man

  • 'To say this shooting was justified, despite the known facts, is both an insult and a slap in the face,' they said

  • The family's attorneys said they plan to file a federal lawsuit against the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office

  • They will petition the Justice Department to file federal charges against the three deputies who shot Brown

  • Brown, 42, was shot five times outside his home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on April 21 by deputies attempting to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants

  • At a Tuesday press conference District Attorney Andrew Womble said a state investigation found that the deputies' use of force against Brown was reasonable

  • The DA also played previously unseen body-camera video of the shooting

  • It shows the deputies confronting Brown with their guns drawn as he sat behind the wheel of his car

  • Womble said Brown began to drive his car directly at one of the officers before he was shot - giving the cops reason to fear for their lives

  • However Brown's family argued: 'Not only was the car moving away from officers, but four of them did not fire their weapons - clearly they did not feel that their lives were endangered'
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/18/2021 12:46 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


#2  ^Not one of Soros DAs?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/18/2021 12:49 Comments || Top||

#3  it's argued he was driving away

And then white supremacist (WS?) bullets curved around to hit him from the front?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/18/2021 13:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Who are you going to believe? The narrative or your lying eyes?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 05/18/2021 14:15 Comments || Top||

#5  "You call that driving away?!"

"Alright... err, driving through!"
Posted by: Dron66046 || 05/18/2021 14:51 Comments || Top||

#6  Honor student
Loyal son
Milk of human kindness
Turning his life around
Posted by: Chuckles Slaque1253 || 05/18/2021 14:54 Comments || Top||

#7  ^You forgot gentle giant.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/18/2021 15:04 Comments || Top||

#8  if the dude used his car as a weapon by trying to run over the cops, who cares if he was driving away.

if the cops had a clean shot they were absolutely justified in taking out the trash, regardless of which direction he was driving. once he used that car as a deadly weapon, he forfeited everything
Posted by: Retard Strength || 05/18/2021 15:05 Comments || Top||

#9  And I bet he just missed being the valedictorian at his high school. What a shame.
Posted by: Clem || 05/18/2021 16:05 Comments || Top||

#10 
Too bad there is not a Go Ammo me site .
I would donate to such justifed clean ups.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/18/2021 17:44 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Head of Sudan’s civilian-military ruling council defends his country’s move to normalize ties with Israel
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


France to cancel $5 billion Sudan debt, says Macron
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan

#1  They weren't going to be repaid anyway...
Posted by: magpie || 05/18/2021 17:18 Comments || Top||

#2  5 billions what? Euros? No matter a billion here and a billion there and pretty soon it adds up.



Posted by: jpal || 05/18/2021 18:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Or the French realized they would never be paid back. It gets amortized as "goodwill" on the balance sheet.
Posted by: Whains Speatch8051 || 05/18/2021 18:23 Comments || Top||


Cyber
Facebook removes pro-Israel page with 77 million followers
[IsraelNationalNews] 'Jerusalem Prayer Team' Facebook page taken down without explanation or answers from Facebook following campaign by anti-Israel activists.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/18/2021 13:24 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I was expecting a surprise meter...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 05/18/2021 14:50 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm not surprised.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 05/18/2021 15:41 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Clem || 05/18/2021 16:06 Comments || Top||

#4  Per Sheger Thromotch7944, you too can join Israel’s social media activism army:

Posted by: trailing wife || 05/18/2021 18:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Re #4: They need to get Tal Alona to front for the group.
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/18/2021 19:44 Comments || Top||


Europe
Italy port workers said holding weapons shipment slated for Israel
[IsraelTimes] Worker unions at ports in Livorno and Naples in Italia are holding up weapons shipments slated for Israel in protest of the IDF’s counterattacks in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, Channel 12 reports.

Israel is currently working to get the shipments released as soon as possible, the network says, referring to the move by Italia as a form of "economic warfare."
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/18/2021 01:31 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Mossad must repay these favours later.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 05/18/2021 2:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Achille Lauro

That's all you need to know.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/18/2021 7:48 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ Yes, a wiki reminder of the betrayal:

Armed standoff
A standoff occurred when 20 Carabinieri and 30 VAM (Vigilanza Areonautica Militare) contested for control of the plane with the 80 armed operatives of the U.S. Delta Force and SEAL Team Six. These contesting groups were soon surrounded by 300 additional armed Carabinieri (the Italian military police) who had also blocked off the runway with their trucks.[18][19][15] The Italian Air Force (VAM) personnel and Carabinieri had already been lining up facing the US special forces soon after the American's main contingent had arrived by C-141s. Other Carabinieri had been sent from Catania and Syracuse as reinforcement. These events became known as the Sigonella Crisis.[20]
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/18/2021 7:54 Comments || Top||

#4  IDF continue to not get it and how to fight in media social landscape. It is amazing they have tech, but still fight like in 1990's.They learn nothing and blindly think that image of building destruction win them war. There are good relation between Israel and Italian. Are IDF under contract for media news channels because it certainly appear so...
Posted by: Unusing Platypus5935 || 05/18/2021 13:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Your message has been received and been denied credibility. But thanks for playing, Senior Platpus
Posted by: Frank G || 05/18/2021 15:15 Comments || Top||

#6  HamAss deliberately targets civilians. Firing indiscriminately into civilian populations without warning with the full intent of killing civilians.

Israel practices 'roof knocks', tries to avoid civilian casualties (but sometimes cannot be avoided) and targets terrorists.

Which is the monster???
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/18/2021 15:27 Comments || Top||

#7  IDF have excellent social media presence. Their operatives are all over the internet posting as we speak. They coordinate with an app, this video explains it:

Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944 || 05/18/2021 16:13 Comments || Top||

#8  I agree with Senior Platypus. Israel should employ friendly media companies to wage a hearts & mind campaign to win over the world at large. Admittedly, there may be issues with running this play.

Interior - Daytime. A modern office
"Ari, bring me the folder labeled Friendly Media Contacts."
"Sir, it's empty."
"Well, then bring me the one labeled Those Media Arseholes"
"Hang on, sir. I'm gonna need a cart..."
Posted by: SteveS || 05/18/2021 16:37 Comments || Top||

#9  Mister Platypus has shown me the light! Israel needs to awaken to the thunderous roar of 10 Billion Twitter 'Likes' and their power to crush everything under heaven! (/sarc, if you didn't catch it)
Posted by: magpie || 05/18/2021 17:29 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Erdogan says Biden has ''bloody hands'' for supporting Israel
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Did someone say: "Kurds, alleged-Gulenists, Libyans, Armenians..."?
Posted by: Frank G || 05/18/2021 15:39 Comments || Top||

#2  I just had a script idea! Working title is: Yippie vs The World.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/18/2021 15:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Biden should have a debate with Erdogan and ask him about the Armenian genocide. It would redeem Biden in the eyes of so many people.
Posted by: jpal || 05/18/2021 17:05 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Backlash prompts CNN to boot long-time contributor for tweets like 'The world today needs Hitler'
[BIZPACREVIEW] CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who knows what it might stand for...
has cut ties with long-time contributor Adeel Raja out of Pakistain who has tweeted numerous times that he believes the world needs another "Hitler" and has expressed deep hatred of Jews.

Raja has worked for the network since 2013, writing approximately 50 articles. Social media users found the anti-Semitic tweets and furiously demanded a response from CNN concerning the writer who has written for the media outlet.

It was not just one off-hand tweet from Raja who is a verified Twitter user. He apparently wrote a number of them. "The world today needs a Hitler," was the first to be noticed as he posted it at around 12:45 p.m. on Sunday. That tweet has since been deleted, as the Washington Examiner noted.

"The only reason I am supporting Germany in the finals — Hitler was a German and he did good with those Jews!" Raja also wrote during the airing of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The next day, he tweeted "Hail Hitler!"

In another now-deleted tweet, Raja also took issue with former Vice President Mike Pence’s tweet stating: "America stands with Israel." The Islamabad writer tweeted, "A history of creating Death Eaters and standing with them!"

Raja last touted a CNN byline on Sept. 16, 2020. Until the tweets came to light, he stated he was still working for CNN on LinkedIn.

Posted by: Fred || 05/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Exactly what kind of Hitler are we talking about here - Trump-Hitler, Bush-Hitler or Hitler-Hitler?
Posted by: SteveS || 05/18/2021 1:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Looks like the BBC gains a sterling journalist.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 05/18/2021 3:02 Comments || Top||

#3  #1, thanks for a good laugh to start the day!

Posted by: Tom || 05/18/2021 11:00 Comments || Top||

#4  The only good thing about Twitter: outing imbeciles like this, and telling celebrities that they are retards.
Posted by: Retard Strength || 05/18/2021 20:01 Comments || Top||

#5  Didn't get the memo. The offical CNN stance is that the world needs another Stalin. The Nazi's only killed what? 20M? Stalin and Communism has killed 5x that (and still counting).
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/18/2021 21:23 Comments || Top||


Iraq
50 Displaced Families Return To Their Area In Mosul
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] The Governor of Nineveh, Najm al-Jubouri, announced that 50 displaced families are coming from al-Jada fifth camp to their areas in the city of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, as part of the voluntary plan to return the displaced from the affected areas.In a press statement, al-Jubouri said, "50 displaced families have returned to their areas in the right of Mosul and the old Mosul against the background of restoring security, restoring services and rebuilding destroyed homes in their areas."

He added, "All the families who returned to their areas in Mosul were subject to a security check of their personal papers and entered the city of Mosul under strict protection."



Posted by: Fred || 05/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel reportedly will allow humanitarian goods into Strip ravaged by IDF strikes
[AIsraelTimes] Israel will reportedly allow 24 trucks of fuel, food, and medicine into 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 an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip tomorrow through the Kerem Shalom goods crossing, the Kan public broadcaster reports, citing Paleostinian sources.

The coastal enclave has been ravaged by IDF strikes that damaged the power-line,
...I understand that actually it was Gazan rockets that did that...
leaving Gaza with roughly six to eight hours of electricity a day, according to the UN.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/18/2021 01:31 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Asymmetric warfare.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/18/2021 3:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Gaza with roughly six to eight hours of electricity a day

Enough for moslems. Bastards are shagging half the day, the rest they're hunched over praying to Baal.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 05/18/2021 3:25 Comments || Top||


#4  With drones to watch who snags the incoming goods and where they go...
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/18/2021 16:18 Comments || Top||


IDF chief: Fighting in Gaza will continue for at least two more days
[IsraelTimes] IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi tells the heads of local governments around 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 an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip that the fighting in the enclave will continue for at least the next two days, but will continue "as long as it must."

"Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, made a mistake when it conducted that launch eight days ago toward Jerusalem. They didn’t think what happened would happen," Kohavi says.

"Hamas was surprised by our power and techniques and our achievements. They are being struck very hard. The operation will continue as long as it must," the army chief says.

An hour ago, a diplomatic source familiar with Egypt’s negotiations to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza told ToI that "we’re close" and that it should be reached in "two days maximum."
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/18/2021 01:30 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah has dug network of tunnels from Beirut to southern Lebanon
[Times of Israel] The Hezbollah terror group has dug a network of tunnels hundreds of kilometers long from Beirut to southern Lebanon, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

The network was dug in parallel to Hezbollah’s six attack tunnels into Israel, which the IDF exposed and destroyed in 2018, Kan says.

The purpose of the additional network was to enable the swift and covert movement of forces during a war against Israel, according to the report.

Command and control headquarters were built inside the tunnel network, it says. The tunnels reach a distance of about three kilometers from the Israeli border.
Posted by: 3dc || 05/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2021-05-18
  Israel Eliminates Terror Tunnel 163 Football Fields Long,
Kills Top PIJ Terror Commander
Mon 2021-05-17
  Palestinians report more than 100 strikes on Gaza City: houses collapse, Phase C attacks on underground ‘Metro’ tunnel network
Sun 2021-05-16
  IDF launches massive strike against Gaza,
bombs Hamas chief's home
Sat 2021-05-15
  Afghanistan: Ceasefire Violations Reported on 2nd Day of Truce
Fri 2021-05-14
  Israel Begins Ground Operations Against Hamas in Gaza
Thu 2021-05-13
  Israel rejects Hamas truce offer; ministers vote to intensify Gaza strikes
Wed 2021-05-12
  US fuel pipeline hackers 'didn't mean to create problems'
Tue 2021-05-11
  IDF confirms it attacked a tunnel in northern Gaza, multiple Hamas militants inside it dead
Mon 2021-05-10
  Scores More Wounded in New Jerusalem Clashes
Sun 2021-05-09
  Bomb kills at least 30 near girls' school in Afghan capital
Sat 2021-05-08
  Top U.S. pipeline operator shuts major fuel line after cyber attack
Fri 2021-05-07
  400 suspects to be arraigned for funding Boko Haram, bandits
Thu 2021-05-06
  Iran Diplomat's 20-year Sentence for France Bomb Plot Confirmed
Wed 2021-05-05
  Mozambique: Terrorists Attack in Macomia District
Tue 2021-05-04
  Over 60 Taliban, 30 Soldiers Killed in Past Day's Violent Surge


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