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Mohammedan goes on trial in Texas for shooting dead his two daughters in 2008 honor killings because they were ‘too American’

The trial of the father who authorities believe to have murdered his teenage daughters in a 2008 ‘honor killing’ began Tuesday after Monday’s jury selection.

The prosecution is not seeking death penalty against Yaser Abdel Said, 65, but he would automatically receive a life sentence if convicted.

The Egyptian-born cab driver who lived with his family just north of Dallas, Texas, allegedly shot to death his daughters, 17-year-old Sarah and 18-year-old Amina, in his taxi after telling them they were going out to eat on New Years Day 14 years ago.

‘Help, my dad shot me! I’m dying,’ Sarah could be heard in a 911 call she managed to make after she was shot. Investigators said Amina was killed instantly.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

China’s war games amount to ‘sea and air blockade’ of Taiwan

China’s unprecedented war games set to encircle Taiwan amount to a “sea and air blockade” of the island, Taipei said on Wednesday.

Some of Beijing’s planned military exercises will take place within Taiwan’s 12 nautical mile sea and air territory, according to the defence ministry.

China’s plans come after House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-level US visit to Taiwan in 25 years when she touched down on Tuesday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Taiwan, USA

Taliban under scrutiny as US kills al-Qaida leader in Kabul

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house intensified global scrutiny Tuesday of Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and further undermined their efforts to secure international recognition and desperately needed aid.

The Taliban had promised in the 2020 Doha Agreement on the terms of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan that they would not harbor al-Qaida members. Nearly a year after the U.S. military’s chaotic pullout from Afghanistan, al-Zawahri’s killing raises questions about the involvement of Taliban leaders in sheltering a mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks and one of America’s most-wanted fugitives.

Fearless prediction … Biden paid the Taliban for al-Zawahri

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Islam, Islam and violence, Taliban, USA

Ayman al-Zawahiri and the crisis of America Killing Zawahiri was right and just.

But what comes next?

Ayman al-Zawahiri deserved to die. It is difficult to overstate how much evil this man unleashed on the world. Osama bin Laden, his predecessor as leader of al-Qaeda, may have been the better-known and more showy of the two mass murderers. But it was Zawahiri who was the ideologue, the ideas man, the intellectual architect of al-Qaeda’s anti-Western, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic doctrine of hyper-violence. From New York City to Nairobi, Riyadh to Bali, thousands of souls perished at the hands of Zawahiri’s 21st-century breed of Islamist barbarism. That hellfire missile that killed him in Kabul on Sunday did humanity a favour. Rest in pieces.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Al Qaeda, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

The U.S.’s freshwater crisis could lead Washington to look northward. Is Canada ready to quench its thirst?

Our closest neighbour to the south has a serious problem – and I’m not talking about racial animus, gun violence or political polarization.

To put it bluntly, a large swath of the U.S. is running out of accessible water. And that is putting the lives of millions of Americans in danger.

Satellite images reveal shrinkage of Utah’s Great Salt Lake

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Ukraine war: Russia accuses US of direct role in Ukraine war

Russia has accused the US of direct involvement in the war in Ukraine for the first time.

A spokesperson for Moscow’s defence ministry alleged the US was approving targets for American-made Himars artillery used by Kyiv’s forces.

Lt Gen Igor Konashenkov said intercepted calls between Ukrainian officials revealed the link. The BBC could not independently verify this.

There was no immediate comment on the allegation from US officials.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", USA

How the CIA identified and killed Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri

… This year, officials identified that Zawahiri’s family – his wife, his daughter and her children – had relocated to a safe house in Kabul and subsequently identified Zawahiri at the same location.

* Over several months, intelligence officials grew more confident that they had correctly identified Zawahiri at the Kabul safe house and in early April started briefing senior administration officials. Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor, subsequently briefed President Joe Biden.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

States Take the Initiative – The already-high-stakes 2022 election season will also feature a host of state ballot measures on hot-button issues.

With control of Congress and 36 governorships up for grabs, the 2022 elections are shaping up to be transformational. In some states, voters will get their say on hugely consequential issues lower down the ballot, in direct-democracy initiatives on various hot-button issues, ranging from abortion to gun rights to labor and tax policy. And given recent news, we’re likely to see more such initiatives in coming elections.

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AP source: US operation killed al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. airstrike has killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Current and former officials began hearing Sunday afternoon that al-Zawahri had been killed in a drone strike, but the administration delayed releasing the information until it could his death could be confirmed, according to person who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter.

White House officials declined to confirm the al-Zawahri was killed but noted in a statement that “the United States conducted a counterterrorism operation against a significant Al Qaeda target in Afghanistan. The operation was successful and there were no civilian casualties.”

I bet Slow Joe paid the Taliban a pretty penny for this.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAl Qaeda, USA, WTF?

China military posts missile strike video as Taiwan preps for Pelosi arrival

China’s military posted ominous video of missile strikes, troops hurriedly grabbing their weapons and jet fighters taking off from airfields Monday, one day ahead of an expected visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Taiwanese media outlets reported that Pelosi (D-Calif.) would arrive on Tuesday night local time after visiting Malaysia on the second leg of her ongoing Asia trip, making the speaker the highest-ranking US elected official to visit the country since then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997.

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Nancy Pelosi Touches Down in Singapore to Begin Asia Tour

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Singapore early Monday to start her Asia tour with questions remaining as to whether Taiwan is included in the lightning trip.

AP reports “a person familiar with the matter” confirmed Pelosi and her diplomatic entourage landed in the city-state before dawn as tension with Beijing continues over exactly where she will be going next and when.

Nancy Pelosi To Meet Taiwan’s President On Wednesday

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, plans to meet Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday, in a controversial visit that has triggered concern about a possible military response from China.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Taiwan, USA

Iran says it will ‘build nuclear warheads’ and turn NY into ‘hellish ruins’

Iranian missile launches from its underground silo launch facility, 3D rendering

The video declared Iran’s regime can move its “peaceful nuclear program to a nuclear weapons program” at a fast pace.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, USA

Move Over, Monkeypox: ‘Islamophobia’ Breaks Out in Southern Indiana

We can’t have people committing thoughtcrime.

Inflation is skyrocketing, COVID Joe is more feeble and bumbling than ever, America is weak and rudderless on the world stage, Leftist authoritarianism is advancing, the next pandemic hysteria is breaking out (or trying to), and at the Southern Indiana Realtors Association (SIRA), they’ve got their priorities straight: they’re all upset about a display of “Islamophobia” by their president and CEO.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIslam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA