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^i think that xi has already bought him.
and the people who elected him.
joe is a shabby human who introduced us to anita hill and was voted for by the 'stupids'
[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 spokesperson denied reports claiming the liberation of Wad Madani, the capital of al-Jazirah State. This follows widespread speculation fuelled by online sources and activist videos.
In a statement on Thursday, army front man Brigadier General Nabil Abdallah declared, "There is no truth to the reports circulating about Madani’s liberation."
Since Wednesday, reports emerged from various sources about the army seizing control of Wad Madani and entering al-Jazira State from multiple axes. Online activists even shared videos purporting to show army troops celebrating an RSF defeat near the city.
Also, allegations surfaced about army drones destroying key RSF outposts in villages north of al-Jazirah State bordering Khartoum. Notably, the RSF took control of Wad Madani last December, extending their influence southward to Sinnar State’s borders.
Meanwhile, ...back at the railroad tracks, Little Nell tried to kick her bound feet and scream post the snotty handkerchief Scarface Al had stuff into her mouth... General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sovereign Council chairman and army commander-in-chief, met with al-Jazira State Governor al-Khair Ibrahim on Thursday to discuss security, services, and healthcare in the region.
Governor Ibrahim, according to Sovereign Council media, stated the meeting addressed the state’s situation and its fight against rebel forces. He highlighted al-Burhan’s pledge of support for achieving victory.
Since January, the army has reportedly prepared for a ground offensive towards Wad Madani from multiple directions. While the army mobilised troops from the Blue Nile State including former SPLA-N Agar, armed Darfur groups opened training camps in Gedaref State to prepare for this offensive against the RSF.
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"...armed Darfur groups opened training camps in Gedaref State to prepare for this offensive against the RSF." A rare but oblique admission that the Civil War pits Arab tribals versus predominant African-Muslim ethnicities.
For varying definitions of "success"
[GEO.TV] 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-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s, led by Abdulmalik al-Houthi, assert their commitment to Red Sea shipping attacks, expressing solidarity with Paleostinians in response to perceived Israeli "crimes," Al Jazeera reported.
Al-Houthi, in a televised speech, emphasises the significant impact of their operations on the enemy, labelling it a "great success" and a "real triumph."
Despite retaliatory strikes by the US and Britannia on Houthi targets in Yemen following Red Sea attacks, the group remains resolute in supporting Paleostinians, signalling a continued escalation in the region's geopolitical tensions.
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Iran’s Navy commander announced in a televised broadcast last fall that the regime owns Antarctica and will build a military operation in the South Pole.
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[Regnum] Off the coast of Yemen, 85 nautical miles from the city of Aden, a new attack occurred on a ship. This was announced on February 15 by the Center for the Coordination of Maritime Trade Transport (UKMTO) at the British Navy.
“UKMTO was notified of an incident 85 nautical miles south of Aden, Yemen. Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the incident,” the document says.
It is noted that vessels are advised to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity. Details of the incident are not provided.
As reported by Regnum news agency, on February 13, the United States launched another strike on the territory of Yemen. The target of the attack was an anti-ship cruise missile of the Houthis' Ansar Allah movement.
A day earlier, the Yemeni Houthis attacked the American ship Star Iris
...again, O Regnum writer, it’s a Greek ship...
in the Red Sea, and on February 6, they fired six anti-ship missiles at two commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
On the night of January 11-12, the United States and Britain, as part of an international coalition, began a military operation in Yemen. They used cruise missiles for attacks. Washington and London said the attack was in response to Houthi attacks on ships off the Yemeni coast.
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-aligned Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s fired naval missiles at the British ship ’LYCAVITOS’ in the Gulf of Aden, the group’s military front man Yahya Sarea says in a televised speech.
The US military carried out four strikes on February 14 against anti-ship cruise missiles and drones of Houthi rebels from Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, US Central Command reported on February 15.
“U.S. Central Command forces successfully carried out four self-defense strikes against seven anti-ship cruise missiles, three unmanned aerial vehicles and one unmanned surface vehicle with explosives in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” the statement said, as quoted by TASS.
According to the US military, the rebels were preparing missiles and drones to be launched towards ships in the Red Sea.
As Regnum reported, earlier the US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that the United States launched another strike on Yemen on February 13. The target of the American attack was an anti-ship cruise missile of the Houthi Ansar Allah movement.
A day earlier, the Yemeni Houthis attacked the American ship Star Iris in the Red Sea, and on February 6, they fired six anti-ship missiles at two commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
On the night of January 11-12, the United States and Britain, as part of an international coalition, began a military operation in Yemen. They used cruise missiles for attacks. Washington and London said the attack was in response to Houthi attacks on ships off the Yemeni coast. On February 3, the United States, with the support of Britain, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand, attacked 36 targets in 13 locations in Yemen.
[IsraelTimes] Kibbutz Nir Oz announces the death of resident Yair (Yaya) Yaakov, 59, whose body is held by Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... 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... Yaakov was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7. Yair’s family was told that he was injured in the Hamas attack in his house on October 7 and that the faceless myrmidons used brutal force against him. It is now apparent that he died of injuries sustained during the attack.
The kibbutz says Yaakov was killed on October 7 and his body is being held in Gaza.
His partner Meirav Tal, 54, was also taken, but was released in late November as part of a temporary truce deal brokered by Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... and the United States.
Yaakov’s sons, Or and Yagil, 16 and 12, were also taken captive from their mother’s nearby Nir Oz home and were freed on November 27 as part of the deal.
The kibbutz statement describes Yaakov as "a humble, simple man who loved family, land and music."
"Yair was a family man with a huge heart, always willing to help everyone. He was energetic and loved enjoying life," a statement by the hostages forum says.
Tal spoke to Channel 12 following her return and recalled the attack on their home. The two were in their safe room when they heard "a crazy explosion, my ear drum burst," she said.
"I couldn’t see anything but smoke. We were both laying on the floor... I felt like my body was on fire," she said.
Tal said they held hands, and she told Yaakov to "play dead," adding "I love you."
She said the faceless myrmidons broke into the safe room and were immediately onto the ruse, grabbing both of them and setting them on their feet.
Tal said they grabbed her and she started begging them, telling them she was a mother, in Arabic. "They told me ’don’t be afraid.'"
Yaakov, she said, showed them his injury and yelled toward her that he was "about to die."
Yaakov and Tal were then separated.
A video of their capture was taken by faceless myrmidons and aired on Channel 12. It shows a smoke-filled room and Tal and Yaakov, dazed, as faceless myrmidons pull at them and drag them. In one part of the clip, Yaakov is seen sitting on the floor, appearing to say he’s unable to get up to an armed terrorist beside him.
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The reason kidnapping for ransom is a federal death penalty crime in the US is due to the historical understanding that kidnap victims often wind up murdered.
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[GEO.TV] The Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, 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... , is grappling with dire and alarming conditions following an Israeli raid on Thursday, according to the health ministry in Hamas ...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... -run Gaza.
The situation at the Khan Yunis medical facility is described as catastrophic due to a lack of medical resources, leaving patients and medics in a precarious state.
The Israeli military conducted what they termed a "precise and limited operation" at the hospital, a major health facility in the region. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... the impact has been severe, with the health ministry reporting a chaotic scene and the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) highlighting the challenges faced by their staff.
MSF, in a statement on social media, revealed the grim reality: "Our medical staff have had to flee the hospital, leaving patients behind." This abandonment of patients, coupled with the shelling, resulted in numerous casualties.
The Israeli military initially claimed "credible intelligence" suggesting the presence of hostages in the hospital. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... later statements indicated a lack of evidence supporting their assertion. Military front man Daniel Hagari clarified that no evidence of hostages was found but acknowledged the discovery of weapons within the hospital complex.
Footage circulating on social media showed the aftermath of the shelling, with rescuers navigating through debris to evacuate patients. The health ministry shared a video showing a crowded corridor with patients on beds, highlighting the strain on the healthcare system.
Amid the chaos, over 460 individuals were relocated to an old hospital building, where they faced a severe shortage of essential resources. The health ministry reported that those displaced were "without food, without milk for children, and a severe shortage of water," painting a grim picture of the humanitarian crisis unfolding.
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The Israeli military initially claimed "credible intelligence" suggesting the presence of hostages in the hospital. However, later statements indicated a lack of evidence supporting their assertion. Military front man Daniel Hagari clarified that no evidence of hostages was found but acknowledged the discovery of weapons within the hospital complex.
Weapons in hospitals are part of Geneva conventions in authors world?
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari announced that troops detained dozens of terror suspects at Nasser Hospital. He said among those detained at the hospital were a Hamas ambulance driver who participated in the October 7 onslaught, another suspect who admitted to having taken part in the attacks, and a PFLP operative.
During an evening presser, Hagari said troops also found weapons, including explosives and mortars, within the premises of Nasser Hospital. Last month, a rocket was fired from the hospital at troops in Gaza.
The IDF said Hamas maintained a command room, an intelligence and interrogation complex, and a cop shoppe at Nasser Hospital.
The IDF also released footage from the interrogation of a captured Hamas operative, who said that at least 10 hostages were held at Nasser Hospital.
While displaced Gazooks sheltering on hospital grounds were ordered to leave, Hagari said that over the previous few days the army had made it clear to hospital staff that "there is no obligation for patients or staff to evacuate the hospital."
"We have doctors and Arabic-speaking IDF officers on the ground to communicate to the staff and patients inside the Nasser hospital. Our message to them is clear: We seek no harm to innocent civilians. We seek to find our hostages and bring them home. We seek to hunt down Hamas bully boyz wherever they may be hiding," he added.
In addition, the IDF has facilitated the transfer of medical supplies, oxygen tanks, and fuel for electricity to the hospital in recent days, "to ensure its essential functions continue uninterrupted," he said.
[IsraelTimes] Ali Muhammad al-Debes of elite Radwan Force oversaw March 2023 attack at Megiddo Junction; defense minister says Israel has stepped up attacks by ’one level out of 10’.
The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday it had eliminated a senior Hezbollah commander in the terror group’s elite Radwan Force responsible for a March 2023 bombing in northern Israel, along with his lover deputy, in a strike in southern 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... the previous night. The IDF said its fighter jets struck a building used by Hezbollah in Nabatieh, killing Ali Muhammad al-Debes and his deputy Hassan Ibrahim Issa.
According to the IDF, al-Debes, a commander in the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, was one of the criminal masterminds behind a bombing attack at Israel’s Megiddo Junction that seriously injured a man, and planned and carried out other attacks against Israel, including amid the ongoing border conflict.
Does that mean the Hezbollah attacks will stop, now that he’s dead?
Lebanese officials have said 10 people were killed in the strike, including three Hezbollah men and seven civilians in one family.
Members of the Hezbollah men’s families?
A Lebanese security official said the Hezbollah members were on the ground floor of the building hit, while the family was on the floor above.
Al-Debes had previously been targeted and maimed in an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatieh a week earlier, a Lebanese security source told AFP, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media. Lebanese media reports said he was responsible for Paleostinian affairs in the terror group.
Hussein Ahmad Aqeel, 36, from Jebbayn was listed by Hezbollah as another operative killed.
The wave of strikes on Wednesday came in response to a Hezbollah rocket attack on an army installation and city in northern Israel that killed an IDF soldier and injured eight others.
Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support 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... amid the war there.
Fighting persisted on Thursday, with a barrage of 14 projectiles fired at Kiryat Shmona in the evening, including two anti-tank missiles and 12 rockets, Channel 12 news reported. Police said a rocket fell within the city, causing property damage but no injuries. The rocket fire set off sirens in the city and led to electricity outages in some parts of the city, the Ynet news site reported.
Earlier in the day, projectiles were fired along other northern communities, including three anti-tank missiles fired at the Shtula and a rocket at Mount Dov. No injuries were reported in the incidents.
The IDF said it struck dozens of Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon due to the ongoing fire. Targets hit by fighter jets included rocket launching positions, buildings, and other infrastructure used by the terror group in the Wadi Saluki area, according to the IDF. Earlier Thursday, the IDF said it also struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Labbouneh, and overnight hit a building used by the terror group in Taybeh.
Earlier, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he’d updated US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin about the situation on the northern border.
"The State of Israel will not tolerate attacks on its citizens. We will ensure security and the safe return of our communities to the north, and are prepared to do so via diplomatic or military means," he said.
Hezbollah has named 201 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 29 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and at least 30 civilians, three of whom were journalists, have been killed.
The fighting has also displaced tens of thousands of people in the border areas of each country.
[An Nahar] Senior Hezbollah official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq said Thursday at an event in south 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... that his group is "prepared for the possibility of expanding the war" with Israel, a day after the fiercest escalation since the beginning of festivities.
Hezbollah will meet "escalation with escalation, displacement with displacement, and destruction with destruction," Qaouq warned.
At least 10 non-combatants were killed and several others were maimed in Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s Wednesday across south Lebanon. The airstrikes followed the death of an Israeli soldier and the wounding of seven others in a rocket attack on the Israeli army’s northern headquarters in Safad, some 12 kilometers away from the Lebanese border.
Hezbollah has not grabbed credit for the attack but many of its officials have vowed a response to the killing of civilians.
The cross-border violence has killed at least 254 people on the Lebanese side, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also including 38 civilians.
[An Nahar] A Hezbollah commander, two other fighters and seven non-combatants were killed in an Israeli strike in south 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 Nabatiyeh, a security source said Thursday, raising the toll from a raid a day earlier.
The deaths brought to 10 the total number of civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday, the highest such toll since cross-border hostilities began in October, further raising fears of a broader conflict between Israel and turban group Hezbollah.
The Hezbollah commander, Ali al-Debs, had already been targeted and maimed in an Israeli dronezap in the southern Lebanon city of Nabatiyeh on February 8, the security source said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Two other Hezbollah fighters who were on the ground floor with Debs and "seven civilians from the same family" on the building's first floor were also killed in Wednesday's strike on the building in the city, the source added.
Hezbollah announced Thursday that three of its fighters including Debs had been killed, without specifying where they had died. It had said two members were killed on Wednesday.
The Israeli army said Wednesday a soldier was killed in unclaimed rocket fire from Lebanon and that its jets carried out strikes on Lebanon.
The official National News Agency had previously identified five of the dead civilians in Nabatiyeh as Hussein Barjawi, his two daughters, his sister and his grandson. His wife and niece were also killed.
Emergency responders pulled a boy alive from the rubble, it added, while another relative and at least six other people were taken to hospital.
The agency said the Israeli strike was carried out by "a drone with a guided missile".
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The Israeli military on Thursday confirmed it had killed a Hezbollah commander, his deputy and another fighter in an air strike in Lebanese territory.
Ali al-Debs and the other two fighters were killed Wednesday night "in a precise air strike" carried out by an Israeli army aircraft on, the military said in a statement, describing the residential building in Nabatiyeh as "a Hezbollah military structure".
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An AFP photographer said the ground and first floors of the three-storey residential building were hit, with pieces of furniture strewn among the rubble.
Also Wednesday, the NNA said Israeli warplanes targeted a house in south Lebanon's Sawwaneh, killing three members of the same family -- a Syrian woman and her child, aged two, and stepchild, 13.
The Israeli military and Hezbollah have been trading near daily cross-border fire since the Israel-Hamas ...a regional Iranian catspaw,... war began in October.
Fears have been growing of another full-blown conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which last went to war in 2006.
The Shiite Moslem group on Thursday claimed attacks on Israeli "spy equipment" and a barracks, while the Israeli military said fighter jets struck "dozens" of Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon.
Hezbollah chief Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... is due to speak on Friday, his second such address this week.
The cross-border violence has killed at least 259 people on the Lebanese side, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also including 40 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
40 / 299 = 93% bad guys, if I got the math right. Pretty good shooting, IDF!
On the Israeli side, 10 soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to the Israeli army.
So about 18 to 1? For God so loved the Jews that he put them where their enemies are... (go for it, dear Reader — fill in the blank.)
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
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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...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...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
...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...
...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...
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
