[Garowe] The al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... Lions of Islam have lost a strategic town to resilient members of the Somali National Army [SNA], sources told Garowe Online, in one of the major milestones as the country pushes the Lions of Islam in several frontlines ahead of the anticipated exit of African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... forces.
According to sources, the military seized Miinkeey town which is at least 40 kilometers West of Hudur, the capital of Bakool, another al-Shabaab-prone region within the Federal Republic of Somalia. The national army is currently conducting an operation against al-Shabaab.
During the raid, officials said, several al-Shabaab Lions of Islam were killed while others were captured alive, pending prosecution in the military court. This comes just moments after the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... Security Council approved an extension of the presence of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] by six months.
The council said the extension was in compliance with the request by the government of Somalia, which called for a technical pause of the withdrawal of ATMIS troops from the country. ATMIS along with the US Africa Command have been working closely with the Somali National Army.
[IsraelTimes] PM’s office accuses Tehran-backed rebels of committing ‘another act of Iranian terrorism’ with seizure of Galaxy Leader vessel, partially owned by company owned by Israeli Abraham Ungar. No Israelis among 22 crew members.
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's Houthi sock puppets
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[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Reps. Katie Bat Girl Porter ...Dem law professor, attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,'s 45th congressional district (Orange County) since 2019. Katie takes her job and her personal dignity so seriously she once showed up for a committee hearing dressed as Batman.... and Adam Schiff ...Showboating U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has served in Congress since 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a manner reminiscent of Joe McCarthy, on March 22, 2017, in a interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia." Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation"... (D-CA) were interrupted by pro-Paleostinian protesters during their pitches to California Democrats at the state party's endorsing convention.
"Ceasefire now!" the demonstrators repeatedly shouted Saturday in Sacramento, California, during Porter and Schiff's closing statements for the convention's candidate forum.
"I respect your opinions, and I have heard you," Porter said, whose protest was more protracted than that of Schiff. "I'm going to ask you to allow me to please finish my remarks."
After the demonstrators dismissed her and the two forum moderators' appeals to be respectful, California Democratic Party ...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... Chairman Rusty Hicks joined Porter onstage, telling the protesters, "every candidate in this race deserves to be heard."
"Every candidate in this race deserves to be heard, so let's allow the congresswoman to finish her remarks," he said.
Hicks returned to the stage during Schiff's demonstration, saying "here" he was "again."
"Give every candidate the opportunity to be heard before we go and make our voice heard at the ballot box," he said.
Outside the convention hall, protesters held a sit-in near one of the doors. At some points, their chants made it hard to hear the candidates speak, except for Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), who has called for a ceasefire amid Israel's war against Hamas ...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... . Porter and Lee are considered to be more liberal Democrats than Schiff, with Porter's share of the vote at risk over the conflict.
[IsraelTimes] Demonstrators demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war prompt California Democratic Party officials to cancel evening events during their state convention “for the safety and security of our delegates.”
California Democrats have been meeting in Sacramento this weekend to consider candidate endorsements ahead of the March primary. That includes the state’s competitive US Senate race featuring four Democrats, including three sitting US House members.
The convention was disrupted multiple times Saturday afternoon by pro-Palestinian demonstrators demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. Party officials had increased security for the weekend convention, requiring participants to be scanned and have their bags searched before entering the convention hall.
Following the afternoon session, a large crowd of demonstrators gathered at the hall. Sacramento police closed some roads near the convention center but soon reopened them.
Shortly after voting ended party endorsements, Democratic Party spokesperson Shery Yang said the evening’s events had been canceled.
“Due to circumstances beyond our control, and for the safety and security of our delegates and convention participants, we are cancelling tonight’s caucus meetings, hospitality suites and VoteFest taking place at the convention center,” Yang says.
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Are we about to see what happens when you can't ride the tiger anymore? I wonder if they have enough history to remember that Hitler let the SS deal with the party's SA?
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Q: How to get the commie Barbara Lee elected to the Senate? A: Run her against the 2 craziest shysters CA can scrape up. Sen Barbara Lee, let that sit in your mouth a while.
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[Rudaw] Security forces (Asayish) in Sulaimani on Friday announced the arrest of 55 Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) suspects, including three emirs, in a five-month-long operation.
The Asayish carried out tens of raids against several ISIS groups it claimed were planning terrorist attacks in multiple cities, the force announced in a statement late on Friday.
The raids were carried out in Sulaimani and Halabja provinces and disputed areas of Kirkuk.
The operation was launched following "an intensive investigation" and after obtaining "detailed evidence and intelligence," said the Asayish.
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Very dangerous situation. Sulaimaniya not only has a very long border with Iran but a long border with Arab Iraq heartland.
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces carried out what it says are two "brigade-level" raids in the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp and Balata refugee camp, detaining suspects and seizing weapons.
In all, 38 wanted Paleostinians were arrested in overnight raids, including some 20 in Jenin and Balata, the IDF says.
The IDF says troops clashed with Paleostinian button men in both camps.
It says that in Balata, troops seized several firearms and bombs. In Jenin, troops found and destroyed a cache of bombs near a mosque, and three command rooms, and seized several firearms.
Troops also clashed with Paleostinian rioters in the West Bank village of Tamun, near Tubas, and in the Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem.
According to Paleostinian media, one Paleostinian was killed in Jenin, and a second in Dheisheh.
Since Oct. 7, the IDF says troops have arrested some 1,800 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,100 affiliated with Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... According to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry, some 200 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed by Israeli forces, and in some cases settlers, since October 7.
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Calling Balata a refugee camp is absurd. A camp was established in 1950. Situated adjacent to Nablus, it has grown into a small town of some 15,000 residents, or more. The term 'refugee camp' is used to tug on the heart of sappy Westerners and to ensure continued funding by the UN.
And it took them over a month to find all the bodies among the wreckage.
[IsraelTimes] Toll makes up nearly one-third of all approximately 1,200 people killed during Hamas ...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... -led terrorist massacres in southern Israel last month
An ongoing police investigation into the Hamas massacre at the Supernova music festival in Kibbutz Re’im on October 7 has updated the death count to over 360, from about 260, according to a new report.
The toll would make up nearly one-third of all approximately 1,200 people killed during the onslaught in Israel last month.
The toll includes some 17 coppers and also makes up half of all civilians killed during the invasion, Channel 12 reported Friday. Nearly 400 military and police members were killed in southern Israel that day,
Some 4,000 people were reportedly at the Supernova event.
According to the report, murderous Moslems who overran the festival also took at least 40 hostages.
The hostages were taken when thousands of Hamas-led murderous Moslems launched a devastating assault on October 7, in which they rampaged through southern communities, killing over 1,200 people, mostly civilians butchered in their homes and at the music festival, and abducting some 240 people of all ages in total.
The Channel 12 report Friday said that the security establishment’s current assessment was that Hamas was unaware of the music festival in the lead-up to the massacre.
Separate video released Friday showed piles of shoes that were gathered from where Supernova was held, which were apparently left behind as festival-goers fled from the terrorists.
The network published what it said were fuller details of the initial investigation by the Police Southern District into the Hamas killings on the morning of October 7.
The investigation concluded that the murderous Moslems did not know in advance about the party, contrary to previous reports and widespread belief, Channel 12 said. The police reached this conclusion partly on the basis of questioning of captured terrorists, and also because they did not find maps on the bodies of dead murderous Moslems directing them to the outdoor event; in the cases of other massacres that day, the murderous Moslems carried maps specifying their targets.
The TV report said the murderous Moslems only realized a major event was happening in the Re’im area after the police began dispersing partygoers because of the wider Hamas invasion, and only then did they head toward it.
Channel 12 showed what it said was a timeline of the unfolding catastrophe, according to the police probe, and broadcast a recording of a woman at the party desperately phoning the police to come at once, screaming, "They’re shooting at us."
The report concluded that, as far as the investigation can establish, including on the basis of the questioning of captured terrorists, "had there not been a [substantial] police deployment at Yad Mordechai," some 30 kilometers further north, "the murderous Moslems would have been on their way to Rishon Lezion in 30 minutes, and in Tel Aviv in 40 minutes. And we would have been in a completely different story."
It did not give further details to explain this assessment.
[IsraelTimes] Defense minister says Iran ramping up attacks, as terrorists launched more rockets, drones, anti-tank missiles from Lebanon on Sunday; IDF responded with strikes killing nearly 100: 74 Hezbollah members, eight Paleostinian terrorists, a number of civilians and a Rooters journalist.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told news hounds Sunday that Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ’s Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group had fired 1,000 munitions at Israel since October 7, warning that Tehran was intensifying its attacks against the Jewish state.
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[IsraelTimes] Army says terror group took Noa Marciano to Gaza hospital after she was hurt in an IDF strike, murdered her there; unveils long-awaited footage of Hamas tunnels under compound, announces arrest of 100+ jihadis including from Hamas’ Nukhba forces who participated in the October 7 blitzkrieg.
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday released surveillance camera footage from Shifa Hospital showing Hamas ...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... bandidosforces of Evil bringing a Nepali and Thai citizen who were kidnapped from Israel on October 7 to the medical center 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 an 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... City, and accused the Paleostinian terror organization of murdering a kidnapped Israeli soldier there.
It also shared new footage of the underground network of tunnels and bunkers it says is buried under the hospital, as Israeli forces continue to operate in and around the facility. The army says Hamas uses Shifa and other hospitals as protection for its terror activity, and has specifically singled out Shifa as a key underground operations center for the group.
Israeli officials have been intent on producing evidence of Hamas’s misuse of Shifa to the world, to back up their assertions that the terror organization uses civilians and civilian infrastructure to shield itself, and thus shore up support for Israel’s ongoing offensive.
The three hostages featured in the IDF’s Sunday briefing were among over 240 people seized in the Paleostinian terror group’s onslaught six weeks ago, when Hamas-led bandidosforces of Evil breached the Gaza border under the cover of heavy rocket fire and killed some 1,200 people — most of them civilians — as they rampaged through southern communities and a music festival.
Israel declared war on Hamas in response, launching an aerial campaign and a subsequent ground offensive that is aimed at toppling the Gaza-ruling terror group and securing the release of the hostages. The ground operation, in which 63 soldiers have been killed, has concentrated on northern Gaza but is expected to expand to the Strip’s south in the future stages of the war.
Over the past week, the military has been operating in and around Shifa, uncovering what it has said is evidence of Hamas’s use of the site for terrorist activities. The IDF has said it was working to evacuate as many patients as possible from the compound.
In the footage published Sunday by the military, one of the hostages is visibly maimed in his arm and is brought in on a hospital bed, while the second is forcefully dragged into the hospital on his feet.
"These findings prove that the Hamas terror organization used Shifa Hospital on the day of the massacre itself as terror infrastructure," the IDF said.
The IDF said it had notified "relevant authorities" about the footage.
Further images released by the IDF from the surveillance cameras at Shifa showed Hamas bandidosforces of Evil inside the hospital and outside the rooms of the hostages, as well as stolen IDF vehicles brought to the medical center.
The army also released an infographic showing the locations near the Shifa complex where the bodies of hostages Yehudit Weiss and Cpl. Noa Marciano were found several days ago.
According to IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, Marciano was maimed by an IDF strike on November 9, while held in Gaza, and later taken to Shifa, where she was murdered.
"Noa was kidnapped to an apartment next to Shifa Hospital. During the IDF strikes in Gaza, a Hamas terrorist who was holding her was killed," Hagari said Sunday during a daily press briefing.
"The pathology report states that Noa was injured by the strike, but not in a life-threatening manner, and this is contrary to the lies published by Hamas according to which Noa was killed by IDF strikes," he said.
"According to intelligence information, Noa was taken inside the walls of Shifa Hospital, where she was murdered by a Hamas terrorist," he added.
Additionally, the IDF together with the Shin Bet security agency released new footage showing part of Hamas’s tunnel network underneath Shifa. The clips were taken from two separate devices that were lowered into a tunnel entrance discovered by the IDF on Thursday in the Shifa complex.
The IDF has said for weeks that a major network of tunnels and bunkers exists under Shifa, but Sunday’s footage was the first clear underground footage revealing a part of that infrastructure.
The tunnel shaft had been located on the hospital grounds under a canopy, where IDF troops had also found a Hamas pickup truck with weapons in it, similar to those used by the terror group in the October 7 attacks.
The new videos showed the tunnel shaft has a winding staircase from around three meters deep, continuing down for another seven meters until it reaches part of the tunnel network. The tunnel continues for five meters, before turning to the right and continuing for another 50 meters.
At the end of the tunnel, the footage reveals a blast door with what the IDF said was a gunhole for Hamas to shoot through.
"This type of door is used by the Hamas terror organization to block the ability of our forces to enter the organization’s headquarters and underground assets," the IDF said.
"The findings prove beyond all doubt that buildings in the hospital complex are used as infrastructure for the Hamas terror organization, for terror activity. This is further proof of the cynical use that the Hamas terror organization makes of the residents of the Gaza Strip as a human shield for its murderous terror activities," the IDF added.
The IDF and Shin Bet said they were continuing to operate at Shifa to expose Hamas’s tunnel network in the area.
Along with Shifa, Israel accuses Hamas of using other hospitals in the Strip for terror purposes, including Gaza City’s Rantisi, where a video published Sunday by Hamas showed three armed terror operatives running into after apparently spotting Israeli forces there.
Hamas described the trio as "martyrdom fighters," possibly indicating they had boom jackets.
The video showed two blasts, the first apparently following an RPG fired by Hamas at the hospital building, while the origin of the second was unclear.
The IDF has previously shown evidence of Hamas boom jackets found in the Gaza Strip.
Also Sunday, the Shin Bet and IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 — which specializes in HUMINT (human intelligence) — said they arrested more than 100 terror operatives in the Gaza Strip in recent days, including members of Hamas’s Nukhba forces who participated in the October 7 onslaught.
A joint Shin Bet and IDF statement said forces have been carrying out interrogations of suspects in Gaza, and have taken more than 100 operatives for questioning in Israel.
It said members of Hamas’s Nukhba forces, rocket array, sniper array, explosive experts and logistics officers were arrested, and in their interrogation, they provided information on the locations of the terror group’s tunnels and weapons caches.
The Shin Bet and IDF said the detainees also provided information on Hamas’s operating methods.
"The information from the interrogations of the terror operatives serves the forces operating on the ground and from the air in the Gaza Strip and is used to [provide them with] high-quality and up-to-date intelligence, which helps the continuation of the ground maneuver and fighting efforts," it said.
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...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
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