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[ColonelCassad] Successful Houthi attacks since the beginning of the naval campaign in the Red Sea and off the southern coast of Yemen.
The American transport Cole, which was hit yesterday, was not included in the list.
The US and Britain have failed to stop the ongoing attacks.
In the Red Sea, a British commercial ship en route to Israel was attacked by the Houthis, confirmed the military representative of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Yahya Saria.
Houthis in Yemen claim attack on British ship in the Red Sea
“The Yemeni navy fired anti-ship missiles at a British merchant ship heading to one of the ports of the occupied Palestinian territories through the Red Sea,” he wrote on the social network X.
Saria added that the Houthis will continue operations in the Arabian and Red Seas against Israeli ships or ships heading to Palestinian ports. The attacks will continue until Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip stops, a spokesman for the rebel movement said.
As Regnum reported, on the evening of January 31, Brigadier General Saria announced a Houthi attack on the Koi container ship flying the Liberian flag in the Red Sea. Ballistic missiles were fired at the ship west of the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. The crew and ship were not injured.
On the same day, the Yemeni Houthis announced shelling of the American destroyer USS Gravely in the Red Sea. The military representative of the movement, Yahya Saria, emphasized that all US and British warships that participated in the aggression against Yemen have been identified as targets of the armed forces.
"No toothpaste without peace!"
[GEO.TV] Some staff at a Procter & Gamble factory in northwestern The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... have been taken hostage by an armed man apparently protesting against Israel's attacks on 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... , Demiroren News Agency reported on Thursday.
An unidentified man carrying a gun entered the factory in Gebze industrial zone in Kocaeli province around 3pm (1200 GMT), Demiroren said, adding that police rushed to the scene and were trying to persuade him to stand down.
The Kocaeli governor is on his way to the scene, according to private NTV. Ottoman Turkish authorities have not issued any statement on the incident.
A local official says Ottoman Turkish police freed a group of hostages taken by a pro-Paleostinian gunman at a plant near Istanbul owned by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble.
"When he went out for a bathroom break, our security forces carried out an operation without harming the hostages," local governor Seddar Yavuz tells news hounds, adding that the assailant were tossed into the calaboose.
[JustTheNews] Guadalupe County, has declared an invasion at the southern border.
The county joins 51 others that declared an invasion, have expressed support for border counties, for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and his border security mission, Operation Lone Star.
The judge and commissioners of Guadalupe County, part of the San Antonio metropolitan statistical area, signed a resolution Tuesday (Jan. 30) “supporting measures to secure the border and repel the invasion at the border in order to protect our communities.”
The resolution cites the guarantee and self-defense clauses of the U.S. Constitution (Article 4, Section 4, and Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3), as do all of the invasion resolutions. The resolution states Texas has a right to self-defense when “the federal government has been derelict in its duties to secure our southern border with Mexico.”
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Hundreds of pro-Palestine protestors have blocked five major roadways in and around Washington DC during rush hour over America's support for Israel.
Videos have emerged on social media showing members of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights protesting around the Capital.
Protestors can be heard chanting: 'Free Palestine, long live Palestine', as angered commuters can be heard continuously beeping their horns at them.
In a post to social media the campaign said: 'Hundreds of protesters are blocking 5 major roadways in DC & rallying at Union Station to end the genocide.
'They're stopping US gov't war criminals from getting to work. NO BUSINESS AS USUAL! SHUT IT DOWN!'
Other organizations mentioned are: anti-Zionism Jewish group Neturei Karta, Feds United for Peace, and Staffers for Ceasefire
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Blocking traffic to empty buildings?!?! If they really want to show the world they are serious they should OPEN Black Lives Matter Boulevard to traffic.
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[GEO.TV] In view of the recent spike in terrorism in Pakistain, the Foreign Office (FO) Thursday urged Afghan authorities to take immediate and effective action against the terror entities and hand over their leadership to Islamabad.Earlier today, at least one person was killed and four others were maimed as multiple blasts were reported in different parts of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... including the lovely provincial capitalQuetta.
At her weekly briefing in Islamabad, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said: "Pakistain has been raising concerns over the terror threat emanating from Afghanistan."
Responding to a question, she said the Indian external affairs ministry had not denied the veracity of our credible evidence regarding New Delhi's involvement in extraterritorial and extra-judicial killings in Pakistain.
"India is involved in terrorist incidents inside Pakistain," she added.
The spokesperson also said Pakistain had also shared the evidence of India's involvement in terror acts with friendly countries and other relevant countries, especially the ones with which we need further cooperation in holding to account the individuals behind the terror acts.
She said that India's charges of terrorism against Pakistain are neither new nor credible, describing them as ridiculous.
The spokesperson pointed out that India has been involved in terror incidents and extraterritorial and extra-judicial killings in countries around the world.
Baloch also voiced serious concerns over the attacks on Moslem places of worship in India. She said there is a concerted campaign to demolish mosques in India and replace them with temples.
These acts, she said, would remain a blot on the face of Indian democracy for the times to come.
The spokesperson said Pakistain would observe Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... Solidarity Day on Monday next (February 5). She said an elaborate program has been outlined to mark the day.
She said Pakistain will continue to extend moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people for the just and peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.
[GEO.TV] At least one person was killed and four others were maimed on Thursday as multiple blasts were reported in different parts of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... including the thriving provincial capital Quetta, according to police. 'Tis the season
In Quetta, the earth-shattering kaboom took place in the Spinny Road area. Police have cordoned off the area and are ascertaining the nature of the blast, Geo News reported.
Explosions also took place in Naseerabad and Turbat ...The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is highly prized as a food fish. It is a valuable commercial species, acquired through aquaculture and trawling. Turbot are farmed in Bulgaria, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Chile, Norway, and China. Turbot has a bright white flesh that retains this appearance when cooked. Like all flatfish, turbot yields four fillets with meatier topside portions that may be baked, poached, steamed, or pan-fried. It has been called The King of the Sea because of its exquisite flavor.
Turbat is a city in Pakistain located in southern Balochistan. It has nothing to do with the fish. Its primary industry appears to be murder. Don't go there, not even to visit
To recap, if it tastes good it's turbot. If you're being shot at, stabbed, choked, strangled, flung off a tall building, or piked it's Turbat, so get the hell out of there if you're not already dead. ... districts of the province.
According to police, at least three people were maimed when a hand grenade went kaboom! at the Dera Allah Yar Bhatti gate area in Naseerabad and one person was injured in a grenade blast in Turbat's main market.
Bomb disposal squad and rescue teams have arrived at the site of a blast in Quetta where, according to police, at least one person has died in the earth-shattering kaboom.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Quetta Tariq Jawad told the media that 8 to 10 kg of explosives were used in the blast in the thriving provincial capital.
He said the dear departed of the blast has not been identified yet, adding the preliminary investigation showed the victim was a passer-by.
The SSP further said that no election-related was underway near the site of the earth-shattering kaboom.
The latest incidents come as the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) is scheduled to meet today (Thursday) to discuss the law and order situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan amid an uptick in violence.
In a statement today (Thursday), a spokesperson of the ECP said the electoral body has sought an immediate report from the chief secretary and Balochistan police chief on multiple explosions in the province.
The situation was further aggravated Wednesday as violence marred electioneering activities as multiple terrorist attacks in a row rocked various cities of Balochistan and KP resulting in several injuries.
A day earlier, Rehan Zeb Khan, an independent candidate for NA-8 and a member of the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... was rubbed out while canvassing in KP’s Bajaur district.
On Tuesday, a kaboom on the PTI's election rally in Sibbi killed four people.
The uptick in violence sounded alarm over the country's security situation ahead of the general elections — scheduled to be held on February 8.
The deadly explosion came just a few days before the national-level polls, with political parties leading their electoral campaigns in full swing amid heightened security and deployment of law enforcers to ensure the law and order situation across the country.
With more than 128 million voters, various circles have raised concerns over the deteriorating security situation in the country, especially in the aforementioned provinces, with some politicians even moving the Senate seeking poll delay in light of security threats.
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[GEO.TV] Security forces Thursday killed at least two terrorists, including a “high-value-target”, during an intelligence-based (IBO) in Dera Ismail Khan District.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the security forces conducted the IBO in DI Khan on the "reported presence of terrorists".
“During the conduct of operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists as a result of which HVT terrorist ring leader Ashraf Sheikh and terrorist Burhan Ullah were sent to hell.”
According to the military’s media wing, weapons, ammunition, and explosives were also recovered from the killed terrorists. It further said that the militants remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities including target killing of innocent civilians.
The ISPR said that a sanitisation operation is being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area.
“Locals of the area appreciated the operation and expressed their full support to eliminate the menace of terrorism,” read the statement.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan witnessed a spike in terror incidents as the nation is going to enter the much-awaited general elections on February 8.
Earlier today, at least one person was killed and four others were injured as multiple blasts were reported in different parts of Balochistan including the provincial capital Quetta.
💢Today, Israeli occupation forces released the PRCS's colleague, Muhammed Abu Rukbeh, who was detained with other members of our team from inside the Red Crescent ambulance centre in Jabalia 42 days ago.📍The IOF continues to detain 3 members of our teams in #Gaza until now.… pic.twitter.com/OI5nnbPKo0
Translation: we're not exchanging the bodies of our people (who where starved & tortured to death) for live terrorists or chance to live for uncaught terrorists.
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CENTCOM says its forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups.
U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States.
The airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions.
The facilities that were struck included command and control operations, centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aired vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces.
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WSJ reports Jordanian aircraft are also slated to join in U.S. operation and have been assigned targets.
Jordan’s role is unusual and is intended to demonstrate solidarity with the U.S. following the drone strike on Tower 22, an outpost in Jordan near the Syrian border.
[Jpost] As hardliners in Tehran demand retaliation, Iran's decision to pull out senior officers is driven partly by its aversion to being sucked directly into a conflict bubbling across the Mideast.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have scaled back deployment of their senior officers in Syria due to a spate of deadly Israeli strikes and will rely more on allied Shi'ite militia to preserve their sway there, five sources familiar with the matter said.
The Guards have suffered one of their most bruising spells in Syria since arriving a decade ago to aid President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian war. Since December, Israeli strikes have killed more than half a dozen of their members, among them one of the Guards' top intelligence generals.
While the sources said Iran has no intention of quitting Syria - a key part of Tehran's sphere of influence - the rethink underscores how the consequences of the war ignited by Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel are unfolding in the region.
Iran, a backer of Hamas, has sought to stay out of the conflict itself even as it supports groups that have entered the fray from Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria - the so-called "Axis of Resistance" that is hostile to Israeli and US interests.
One of the sources - a senior regional security official briefed by Tehran - said senior Iranian commanders had left Syria along with dozens of mid-ranking officers, describing it as a downsizing of the presence.
The source did not say how many Iranians had left and Reuters was unable independently to determine that.
The news agency could not reach the Guards for comment and the Syrian information ministry did not respond to emailed questions for this story.
Iran has sent thousands of fighters to Syria during the Syrian war. While these have included members of the Guards, officially serving in the role of advisors, the bulk have been Shi'ite militiamen from all over the region.
Three of the sources said the Guards would manage Syrian operations remotely, with help from ally Hezbollah. The Lebanese group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Another source, a regional official close to Iran, said those still in Syria had left their offices and were staying out of sight. "The Iranians won't abandon Syria but they reduced their presence and movements to the greatest extent."
The sources said the changes so far had not had an impact on operations. The downsizing would "help Tehran to avoid being pulled into the Israel-Gaza war," one of the sources, an Iranian, said.
Since the Gaza war erupted, Israel has stepped up a years-long campaign of air strikes aimed at rolling back Iran's presence in Syria, attacking both the Guards and Hezbollah - which in turn has been exchanging fire with Israel across the Lebanese-Israeli border since Oct. 8.
Israel rarely comments on its attacks in Syria and has not declared responsibility for the recent strikes there. In response to Reuters' questions, the Israeli military said it did not comment on foreign media reports.
INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
In one of the attacks, on Jan. 20, five members of the Guards were killed, Iranian state media reported, including a general who ran intelligence for the Quds Force, which is responsible for the Guards' overseas operations. The strike flattened a Damascus building.
Another, on Dec. 25 outside Damascus, killed a senior Guards adviser responsible for coordinating between Syria and Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at his funeral.
Reuters spoke to six sources familiar with Iranian deployments in Syria for this story. They declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the subject.
Three of the sources said the Guards had raised concerns with Syrian authorities that information leaks from within the Syrian security forces played a part in the recent lethal strikes.
Another source familiar with Iranian operations in Syria said the precise Israeli strikes had prompted the Guards to relocate operational sites and officers' residences, amidst concerns of an "intelligence breach."
Iranian forces came to Syria at Assad's invitation, helping him to beat back rebels who had seized control of swathes of the country in the conflict that began in 2011.
Years after Assad and his allies won back most of Syria, Iran-backed groups still operate across large areas.
Their presence has cemented a zone of Iranian influence stretching through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to the Mediterranean, helping to counterbalance Tehran's regional adversaries including Israel.
Three of the sources said the Guards were once again recruiting Shi'ite fighters from Afghanistan and Pakistan to deploy to Syria, echoing earlier phases of the war when Shi'ite militias played a part in turning the tide of the conflict.
The regional official close to Iran said the Guards were drawing more on Syrian Shi'ite militias.
Gregory Brew, an analyst with Eurasia group, a political risk consultancy, said the failure to protect Iranian commanders had "clearly undermined Iran's position" but Tehran was unlikely to end its commitment to Syria to preserving its role in Syria.
Russia has also supported Assad, deploying its air force to Syria in 2015, and any weakening of Iran's role there could play to its advantage. "Moscow and Tehran are working more closely together but their relationship may be strained if they compete openly in Syria," Brew said.
Russia said this month it expected President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi to sign a new treaty soon, amid strengthening political, trade and military ties between the two nations.
Guess it's working.
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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
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...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
[JustTheNews] 
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it 
[GEO.TV] At least one person was killed and four others 
...The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is highly prized as a food fish. It is a valuable commercial species, acquired through aquaculture and trawling. Turbot are farmed in Bulgaria, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Chile, Norway, and China. Turbot has a bright white flesh that retains this appearance when cooked. Like all flatfish, turbot yields four fillets with meatier topside portions that may be baked, poached, steamed, or pan-fried. It has been called 
[GEO.TV] Security forces Thursday killed at least two terrorists, including a “high-value-target”, during an intelligence-based (IBO) in 
