[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army intensified its aerial bombardments against Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions in Khartoum, simultaneously reclaiming control over several neighbourhoods in Khartoum’s twin city, Omdurman.
The intensity of festivities in Khartoum had recently subsided following nine months of conflict that claimed the lives of an estimated 12,000 civilians, according to local and international sources.
However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... warplanes and drones launched fierce Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on RSF sites along the strategic 60th Street, a crucial artery connecting key areas of the capital, on Tuesday and Wednesday. These strikes resulted in casualties and injuries.
On Tuesday night, both sides exchanged intense artillery fire near the Sports City and Jabra neighbourhoods in southern Khartoum.
This escalation comes as the RSF strengthens its presence in al-Jazirah State (central Sudan) and expands its influence in West and South Kordofan.
The Sudanese army, in response, has embarked on a recruitment drive across the states it controls in the north, centre, and east of the country. This mobilization is being overseen by governors who have prioritized military recruitment within their respective administrative regions.
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Since independence, the Sudan army, which is officered by Arabs, has utilized grunt personnel from the nation's various ethnicities. For the most part the Nile Arabs have avoided involvement. Thus, for the Sudan Army to now attempt to enlist the Arab ethnicity of "north, center and east" is a bad joke.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Early on Thursday morning, Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army warplanes unleashed a series of Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, causing casualties among civilians.
This marks the third time military aircraft have targeted the city since October 26, when the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) assumed full control.
The Sudanese army justifies these airstrikes as part of its efforts to destroy military equipment, including ammunition, rocket launchers, drones, and sophisticated communication systems, the RSF received via Emirati aircraft.
However, women are made to be loved, not understood... the RSF leadership vehemently denies these claims, stating that the army is deliberately targeting civilians in a bid to force them to flee.
In a statement, an RSF spokesperson expressed outrage at the airstrikes, stating, "The Burhan militia and the terrorist remnants of the former regime have bombed a number of residential neighbourhoods in Nyala, leading to the death and injury of dozens of innocent civilians and the destruction of homes and private property."
Eyewitnesses on the ground report that military aircraft dropped eight explosive barrels each in the neighbourhoods of the Airport, Riyadh, the vicinity of the 16th Infantry Division Command, as well as the museum south of the al-Wadi neighbourhood and the headquarters of the Sudanese Telecommunications Company "Sudatel." They also indicate that the ancient Nyala Mosque was damaged when a shell landed inside.
Video footage shared on social media by RSF loyalists highlights the widespread destruction caused by the aerial bombardment.
In December, many Nyala residents erupted into the streets to protest against the repeated airstrikes, calling on the international community to pressure the Sudanese army to cease its military operations in South Darfur.
Nigerian Army Confirms Killing Three Kidnappers In Fulani Community In Kaduna As Miyetti Allah Association Kicks, Demands Probe | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/l6yuYW6grppic.twitter.com/eZZiuxlsWH
[AFRICANEWS] Nigeria's forces are still very much engaged in the fight against bully boyz and are counting on citizens.
The Director of Defence Media Operations announced Thursday (Jan. 11) that the Nigerian army had recently killed 86 bully boyz and arrested another 101.
Citing Major General Edward Buba, local media reported that troops also arrested 30 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 21 kidnapped hostages.
The major general addressed journalists in Abuja. He said the goals of the military in 2024 remained unchanged namely locate and destroy the bully boyz wherever they hide.
Edward Buba urged citizens to provide information to assist military efforts promising that the Nigerian forces would act on such tip-offs.
Nigeria's insecurity crisis is multi-faceted. Militant groups as well as militia gangs, known locally as bandidos, terrorize residents.
The jihadist insurgency in the country's northeast has lasted for 14 years.
The fighters have caused the death of some 40,000 and forced more than two million to displace.
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US and UK strikes targeted more than a dozen Houthi targets, including radar systems, drone storage and launch sites, ballistic missile storage and launch sites, and cruise missile storage and launch sites, CNN reports.
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First thing this morning "protesters" in New York City blocked streets chanting "Stop the Bombing in Yemen" complete with professionally printed signs and banners. Useless idiots.
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[MAIL] US and UK military forces have 'successfully' completed targeted strikes in Yemen used by Houthi to attack ships in waters near the Arabian Peninsula.
Joe Biden announced the airstrikes on Thursday night against the Middle Eastern nation as missiles came from planes, destroyers and submarines.
The US used more than 100 precision missiles striking at around 2.30am local time on over 60 targets at 16 locations, according during the strikes, according to the air force.
The attacks come in response to months of Houthi-led bombings on ships in the Red Sea - amid the conflict between Israel and Gaza.
US officials had warned there would be 'consequences' for the Houthi's attack on non-military ships in the Red Sea.
Explosions were reported in Sana'a, Hodeidah governorate, Saada, and Dhamar, Houthi officials confirmed. It's unclear the extent of the damage or any injuries.
Fighter jets, Navy destroyers, submarines and Tomahawk cruise missiles were all used in the blitz. Sites and airfield used to launch drones against ships were hit, according to officials.
At least one submarine was deployed, the US would not confirm exactly which one but Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN-728) entered the Red Sea in November, USNI News reports. The vessel has capacity for 154 missiles.
Super Hornets from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) were also deployed, along with Air Force strike fighters originating from a base in the Middle East and according to the outlet.
The US and UK, along with Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, joined together for the attack.
'These targeted strikes are a clear message that the United States and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most critical commercial routes,' Biden said.
'I will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international commerce as necessary.'
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also released a statement in the wake of the attacks. It was his first public comment since his health scandal saw him in the ICU of the hospital for prostate cancer treatment, without the White House knowing about his condition.
'This action is intended to disrupt and degrade the Houthis' capabilities to endanger mariners and threaten global trade in one of the world's most critical waterways. Today's coalition action sends a clear message to the Houthis that they will bear further costs if they do not end their illegal attacks,' Austin said.
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#5 Exactly, How long till resupply with production as poor as it is (they can't get the help like everyone else; think in years). National oil reserve used up also(20 days I understand). Biden operating on the ragged edge. Even drafting again will take time to train but as with Ukraine just grab warm bodies. Spare parts an issue as well. 100 precision missiles at millions each cost. Next salvo will not likely occur for some time. Spray and pray.
[FoxNews] A senior defense official said the Biden administration is anticipating retaliation after the U.S. and U.K. carried out joint airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the militant group’s ongoing attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
The official said late Thursday, following the strikes, that the administration has so far "not seen any direct retaliatory action directed towards our U.S. or other coalition members."
"While we fully expect [the joint] airstrikes to diminish the Houthis’ capability and degrade it, and certainly over time to reduce their capacity and propensity to conduct these attacks, we would not be surprised to see some sort of response," the senior administration official said.
He said President Biden directed Secretary Austin to carry out the response on Tuesday, following one of the Houthi’s most complex attacks to date targeting international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
So retaliation had to wait until the Defence Secretary was able to sit up in his hospital bed?
On that day, Iranian-backed Houthi militants launched one-way attack UAVs, anti-ship cruise missiles, and an anti-ship ballistic missile from the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen towards international shipping lanes in the Southern Red Sea.
The attack took place as dozens of merchant vessels were transiting and was one of the largest drone and missile attacks from the terrorist group since they began attacking commercial shipping in November.
The senior Biden administration official said Friday’s joint strikes was "aimed specifically to disrupt and degrade Houthis' capabilities to threaten global trade and freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most critical waterways."
The targets selected, he said, "focused specifically on Houthi missile radar and UAV capabilities … essential to the Houthis' campaign against commercial shipping in international waters."
The Houthi attacks, he said, have directly affected the citizens and cargo and commercial interests of more than 50 countries, as more than a dozen shipping companies have been forced to reroute vessels around the Cape of Good Hope.
The official said Defense Secretary Austin monitored Friday morning's strike in real-time from Walter Reed Hospital and was on multiple calls with the Joint Staff, National Security Council, and Centcom Commander Kurilla.
Houthi militants have said their actions are tied to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 attack in which Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took another 240 people hostage. The senior Biden administration called the claim "completely baseless and illegitimate."
"That is simply not true," he said. "They are firing indiscriminately on vessels with global ties."
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US and UK coalition of two. Bombing sites Saudis have bombed 3-4 times. To what useful end. Houthi hardened so then send in troops. This will not deter them. So boxed in and escalation inevitable. 20 years of threats. So bring it on.
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Lloyd with pancreatic cancer is bad news for him. I have known several who have died shortly after diagnosis. I suppose things have improved in the last 20 years but not for those I have known. Two to three weeks for my known area people.
Last I heard, it was prostate cancer. Updates welcome.
Speaking of the Secretary, have there been any recent sightings? The cheerful wave from a hospital bed or bravely signing some important document? All I see are stock media images.
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#5 - Reportedly he has/had Prostate Cancer, unless you've seen some new development.
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Dale talks to people. Some of them might be oncologists.
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Turkey with base in northern Cyprus. US with base operations in Southern Cyprus. Turkey holds this territory as theirs for hundreds of years. Efforts to unite Muslim interests to counter USA efforts. UK efforts limited having bad history with Yemen.
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#9 Well yes. Oncologist joke; Fellow in bad neighborhood is approached by a young woman. She says I'm selling. Man says I'm buying. Gets terrible problems and gets admitted to hospital. Treated he leaves and decides to visit a nice neighborhood. Sitting he is again approached by the same woman. She says I'm selling and man says, what are you selling this time cancer!.
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If the cancer is found while still in the organ, the DaVinci procedure has a very good record for survival. If outside of the organ, may have 6 months & the treatment is brutal radiation.
[Regnum] On January 11, the Iranian Navy detained the American tanker St. Nikolas in the Gulf of Oman, the Tabnak website reported on January 11.
The incident occurred in the early morning of January 11 in the waters between Oman and Iran in the area where ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Citing the British maritime security agency, Iranian media reported that the oil tanker had changed course towards Iranian waters after being hijacked by men in military uniform in the Gulf of Oman.
The vessel was chartered by the Turkish company Tupras. It was loaded at the Iraqi port of Basra and was heading to the port of Ali Agha in western Turkey.
Carrying Iraqi oil bound for Turkey? How brotherly of Iran.
It is noted that St. Nikolas, detained by the Iranians, was once called Suez Rajan and was associated with the Greek shipping company Empire Navigation. The US claimed that he was transporting Iranian oil in circumvention of US sanctions.
In 2023, the United States detained a tanker and shipped a million barrels of oil from it, transporting the raw material to another tanker off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico, thus confiscating the energy carrier.
In response, Iran's military detained Suez Rajan while he was carrying oil from Kuwait for Chevron to the United States.
In May, the United States accused the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of seizing a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. He was traveling from Dubai to the UAE.
[Regnum] American authorities are calling on the Iranian government to immediately release the tanker seized in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, as well as the crew of the vessel. This was stated by Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department Vedant Patel on January 11 at a press conference.
On the morning of January 11, in the Gulf of Oman, armed men seized the oil tanker St Nicholas, sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands. The vessel belongs to a Greek shipping company.
Not American-owned, then.
There are 19 people on board the hijacked tanker. 18 members of the ship are citizens of the Philippines, and another one, the captain of the ship, is a Greek citizen.
None of them American. Nor Israeli.
At the same time, the Iranian media disseminated information that the Iranian naval forces, by order of the court, seized a US oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. The vessel was chartered by the Turkish company Tupras.
Previously, the tanker St Nicholas had a different name - Suez Rajan. Then it was used by the Greek shipping company Empire Navigation. In 2023, the United States detained a tanker and shipped 1 million barrels of oil from it, destined for China.
After this, the Suez Rajan, which the United States used to transport oil from Kuwait, was intercepted by the Iranian military.
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[REGNUM] For several days now, the small South American country has been making waves all over the world: criminal gangs have actually entered into a war with the government of Ecuador, staging terrorist attacks and riots throughout the country. Local security forces are also no strangers - they received an order to eliminate the bandits, as well as a full pardon for their actions in detaining those who are potentially considered members of an organized crime group. By January 11, the number of possible victims of the Ecuadorian events, according to official data, barely exceeded 20 people. As for the number of liquidated criminals, local authorities prefer not to throw around numbers for now.
Hopefully it is a nice round number that translates as lots.
Some experts are seriously betting on whether the new President Daniel Noboa will pass such a test. True, some nuances make us think that what is happening in the capital of Quito and other Ecuadorian cities is not at all a test for the team of the new president. On the contrary, it is an opportunity.
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[FoxNews] The Texas National Guard has seized control of a park at the U.S. southern border and is now blocking Border Patrol from entering the area – part of an effort to stop the surge of illegal immigration into Texas and a move likely to significantly increase tensions between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the federal government.
The state government has taken control of Shelby Park in the city of Eagle Pass, Texas, which has been at the center of the migrant crisis that has engulfed the U.S. border. Authorities have now set up razor wire and fences to block off the area.
Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas said he was informed that the decision was made as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's emergency declaration. Salinas told reporters it was not something the city had requested, and he said his understanding is that Border Patrol was now not in the area as a result.
In a statement, the Texas Military Dept. said it has maintained a presence in the park since 2021, including with security points and temporary barriers.
"The current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant surges and to restrict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the park and greater Eagle Pass area," it said.
The Border Patrol union confirmed to Fox News that agents were being blocked from entering by Texas soldiers, and praised Abbott for taking matters into his own hands.
"Governor Abbott is not harming Border Patrol operations, he is enhancing them," National Border Patrol Council Brandon Judd said in a statement. "His seizing control of Shelby Park allows our agents to deploy to troubled spots that experience high numbers of gotaways. Governor Abbott’s actions should be seen as a force multiplier." I hope the Governor's security detail is taking the appropriate measures.
The dramatic move marks the latest escalation in a feud between the state of Texas and the federal government over how to handle the record-setting crisis, which has left both Texas and cities throughout the country overwhelmed.
Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in 2021 to surge resources and law enforcement to the border. As part of that operation, he set up a buoy border barrier in the Rio Grande River, which sparked a lawsuit from the federal government that could soon be before the Supreme Court.
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This is headed to a showdown between Texas and the Feds. Seems I remember from history that South Carolina similarly seized some Federal property , um, back in 1861...trying to remember how that turned out.
Possible turbulence ahead. Please return to your seats and ensure your seatbelts are securely fastened.
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/\ Unanimous Consent - In parliamentary procedure, unanimous consent, also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house, is a situation in which no member present objects to a proposal.
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"Michael Perry, a spokesperson for the Texas Military Department, which oversees the state National Guard, said the actions taken by the state were designed to prevent illegal crossings by migrants.
"The Texas National Guard has maintained a presence with security points and temporary barrier in Shelby Park since 2021," Perry said in a statement. "The current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant surges and to restrict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the park and greater Eagle Pass area."
In a statement Friday regarding the events in Eagle Pass, White House spokesperson Angelo Fernández Hernández said Texas was seeking to "politicize the border."
"Governor Abbott continues his extreme political stunts that not only seek to demonize and dehumanize people, but that also make it harder and more dangerous for Border Patrol to do their jobs (import millions of Illegal Aliens-FIFY)," Fernández Hernández said."
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OK, here goes:
(1) Shely Park is a city park, not federal.
(2)ICE was running a 'pass thru' point there for entrants. The guard just plugged the hole. I guess you guys will have to shift the line to somewhere else while everyone's watching.
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extreme political stunts
Condemning your three hour tour
Of the Capitol, Congress makes war
For Democracy, saving
The village by slaving,
Importing more millions of poor.
[TheIntercept] Four FBI agents posing as ISIS members began chatting online with Humzah Mashkoor when he was 16 years old. He was arrested on terrorism charges weeks after his 18th birthday.
Many of the post-9/11 "domestic terror attacks" the FBI congratulated itself for breaking up were, in fact, created and directed by FBI, which targeted vulnerable Muslims to join.
That's why disbelief that FBI does the same for right-wing groups requires historical ignorance:
We missed this one when it happened just before Christmas, as far as I can tell. But we’ve read similar stories before.
Humzah Mashkoor had just cleared security at Denver International Airport when the FBI showed up. The agents had come to arrest the 18-year-old, who is diagnosed with a developmental disability, and charge him with terror-related crimes. At the time of the arrest, a relative later said in court, Mashkoor was reading “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” a book written for elementary school children.
Mashkoor had gone to the airport on December 18 to fly to Dubai, and from there to either Syria or Afghanistan, as part of his alleged plot to join the Islamic State. The trip had been spurred by over a year of online exchanges starting when Mashkoor was 16 years old with four people he believed were members of ISIS. According to the Justice Department’s criminal complaint, the four were actually undercover FBI agents. As a result of his conversations with the FBI, Mashkoor could face a lengthy sentence for attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization.
At an initial court hearing, family members said that Mashkoor, who had turned 18 just a few weeks prior to the arrest, had intellectual difficulties and been diagnosed with autism. Despite acknowledging Mashkoor’s family support and his young age, the judge ordered that he be detained while awaiting trial.
“It’s not lost on this court that Mr. Mashkoor is a young man with possible mental illness and the diagnosis of high-functioning autism. It is clear he has a sea of familial support,” the judge said. “But based on this evidence, there’s no reasonable assurance here that the court can simply chalk all this up to the defendant simply being a young man.”
Law enforcement agents first became aware of Mashkoor’s online activities in support of ISIS in November 2021. But instead of alerting his family, Mashkoor’s lawyers told The Intercept, FBI agents posing as ISIS members befriended him a year later and strung him along until he became a legal adult.
“It is appalling that the government never once reached out to his parents, even while they were sending undercover agents to befriend him online starting when he was 16 years old,” said Joshua Herman, a defense attorney representing Mashkoor. “Almost all of the conduct he is alleged to have committed took place when he was a juvenile.”
More details may emerge on the circumstances of Mashkoor’s ill-fated attempt to join ISIS, but the facts as laid out in the complaint are hallmarks of terrorism prosecutions based on FBI stings: a young man with developmental disabilities, already on the police’s radar due to mental health episodes and conflicts with family, groomed as a minor over a long period by a group of undercover FBI agents. Mashkoor’s case also follows a pattern of FBI sting operations in which a teenager is arrested shortly after their 18th birthday. As in similar cases, the court documents suggest that Mashkoor was limited in his ability to execute a terrorist plot on his own.
Except that he wouldn’t have needed to. The various jihadi groups are happy to use the handicapped as suicide bomb carriers. All he had to do was get there, or get close enough to be picked up.
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Mashkoor first came onto the authorities’ radar for social media posts around the time of his 16th birthday. According to the complaint, Mashkoor began posting in support of terrorism in November 2021, and a platform he used alerted the FBI of suspicious activity.
Good to know.
In July 2022, local police were called to Mashkoor’s home after he allegedly assaulted a family member during a dispute. At the time, according to court filings, a relative told police about Mashkoor’s mental illness and autism diagnosis. Two months later, Mashkoor began communicating with an undercover FBI agent posing as a member of ISIS.
That agent eventually introduced Mashkoor to three other FBI agents impersonating ISIS members. With their encouragement, Mashkoor developed a plan to support the terror group. Along with extensive discussions of what types of services he might provide ISIS, Mashkoor regularly confided in the agents about his boredom, family problems, hopes of getting married, and struggles with his mental health. He constantly referred to being a minor, complaining that being under 18 and subject to the monitoring of family members made it hard for him to travel or send funds, including cryptocurrency transactions that he could not figure out how to conduct.
Mashkoor’s anxieties come through in the chats included in the indictment — most of which are limited to his sides of the conversations. At one point, he told an agent that he was considering finding a wife who might be willing to join him in Afghanistan, but he worried about the possibility of abandoning her if he was killed.
Mashkoor also went back and forth about whether he even wanted to join ISIS. Throughout the chats with the undercover agents, Mashkoor expressed support for ISIS and fantasized about fighting with militants abroad. But he also shared doubts about joining the group as well as concerns that he lacked connections of his own in Afghanistan and Syria. In one message, he worried that “the brothers there might not support me in getting married and may just strap something on me and throw me out into the field.” He may, he suggested at one point, instead get a job and finish high school.
Throughout the period that he was under investigation, it’s unclear how much meaningful contact Mashkoor had with actual members of ISIS. When he originally came onto law enforcement’s radar, he was alleged to have been in communication with other supporters of the group, some of whom were later arrested in foreign countries.
At one point during the investigation, he gave an undercover FBI agent contact information for someone he said he had found in an online ISIS publication. That individual, unnamed in court documents, solicited cryptocurrency from the undercover agents and appeared to offer them assurances that it was possible to travel to ISIS territories. In conversations with an agent, Mashkoor also alluded to an ISIS contact who had suggested he conduct an attack in the U.S., but Mashkoor said he preferred to travel abroad.
In other words, had the FBI not swept him up, he would have gone through the process with real ISIS agents, with a much more malign result. That is the problem with balancing the needs of the individual against the needs of society.
[CourthouseNews] Law enforcement apprehended 18-year-old Humzah Mashkoor at Denver International Airport, on Dec. 19, 2023, believing he was emigrating to fight for an international terrorist group.
Mashkoor faces a single charge of "attempting to provide material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations," which has a maximum sentence of 20 years.
According to the arrest affidavit, Mashkoor used different email addresses and usernames, to post content online praising IS. To evade detection from algorithms, investigators say he used coded phrases, referring to emigration as a “vacation,” to IS supporters as “brothers,” and even spelling the organization's name with dollar signs as “I$I$.”
Mashkoor told an informant that his family had immigrated to the U.S. from Afghanistan, according to the arrest affidavit. In making plans to join IS, Mashkoor obtained travel vaccines and studied how to use cryptocurrency.
Investigators say Mashkoor told the informant he hoped to find a wife and to fight for IS, but that he would be willing to die as a martyr or carry out an attack in the U.S.
Mashkoor has been diagnosed with functional autism and not graduate from high school.
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Traditional Muslims were fuming
That good ol' Mohammedan booming
Had gone to the feebs:
"Who'd have thunk our young theebs
Would depend upon government grooming?"
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Fun little film, btw... which most of you probably saw when it came out. New to me, natch. Part of the Lawrence of Arabia comic universe, I believe.
[IsraelTimes] The head of Human Rights Watch is praising South Africa for bringing Israel’s military campaign against Hamas ...a regional Iranian catspaw,... to the ICJ, saying the international community should be responsible for ensuring that Israel complies with any judicial decision.
"South Africa is providing important leadership here. It’s really using this important opportunity," Tirana Hassan, executive director of Human Rights Watch, tells Rooters.
"If Israel does not comply with the measures or orders of the court, then it is up to the international community to ensure that they are leveraging whatever pressure that they can to encourage Israel to actually implement the measures," she says.
Human Rights Watch, which released its World Report today outlining abuses around the globe, accused Israel last night of using the starvation of civilians as a means of warfare 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 Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip, which constitutes a war crime. Israel has vigorously denied the charge, with truckloads of aid allowed into the Strip daily.
"In the throes of this war, what we have seen is consistent, flagrant violations of international humanitarian law," Hassan says. "We were able to document elements of this one crime — the crime of starvation."
She calls for "unfettered humanitarian access" to Gaza.
Israel says aid deliveries must be inspected for fear they will be used to smuggle arms or defensive aid to Hamas or other terror groups in the Strip.
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
--James D. Nicoll
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The US Naval base at Djibouti is well within range of Yemen based missiles and drones. They would need to exercise caution not to hit the Chinese navy vessels also in port
[IsraelTimes] Police and the Shin Bet say they foiled a plot for attacks by two East Jerusalem supporters of the 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.... terror group (ISIS).
According to the statement, the two suspects wanted to use bombs in attacks on security forces, but were arrested before they could carry out their plans.
Police say the 21-year-old and 23-year-old are residents of Jabel Mukaber in East Jerusalem.
The two were said to have watched online content from the terror group, including videos of killings by the organization around the world.
Pedophilic material was also found on the phone of one of the suspects, police said. A separate investigation has been opened into the matter.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Paleostinian "Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... " movement, and al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Paleostinian "Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... ," announced on Thursday the targeting of a command room belonging to the Israeli enemy’s army, east of Khan Yunis.
Fighters from the "Al-Qassam Brigades and al-Quds Brigades were able to target an enemy command room east of the city of Khan Yunis with heavy-calibre mortar shells," al-Qassam said in a statement.
In another statement, the al-Qassam Brigades announced the targeting of a Zionist bulldozer with a "Shawaz" device east of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern 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... Strip.
The Israeli occupation army announced earlier that "five officers and soldiers were killed in battles in the central Gaza Strip," bringing the announced number of those killed to nine within 24 hours.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
[MAIL] US and UK military forces have 'successfully' completed targeted strikes in Yemen used by Houthi to attack ships in waters near the Arabian Peninsula. 
[FoxNews] The 
/\ Yes, that appears to be the case. 
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
...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 
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
