A “Special Night Squads” unit in the late 1930s. These particularly brutal British empire auxiliaries, recruited from the Zionist militias, carried out a “dirty war” against Palestinian civilians. Some were even armed with Nazi guns. (Public domain) Did you know that Britain’s infamous “Black and Tans” death squad, which oppressed the Irish during their war […]
Posts Tagged ‘militias’
Erdogan demands Putin clear Kurdish militias from Syria border region
Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has demanded that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, clear Kurdish militias from the Syrian border region, three years after Moscow guaranteed Ankara it would do so. In a phone call yesterday, Erdogan told Putin that it is "important to clear the [Kurdish fighters] from the border to a depth of […]
Russia demands Iran remove its militias from Western Syria, amid increasing Israel airstrikes
Russia has demanded that Iran remove its forces and militias from areas in western Syria in order to avoid further airstrikes from neighbouring Israel, according to a report by Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. Citing a source reportedly close to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, the outlet reported that in a meeting on Wednesday between three […]
US forces in Syria, Iraq on ‘high alert’ after striking Iran-backed militias
US forces in Syria and Iraq are on “high alert” for potential attacks by Iran-backed militias, amid renewed strikes against them by Washington. Speaking to Sky News Arabia, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander, General Michael Kurilla, stated that American forces in Iraq and Syria are “closely monitoring” the situation in the two countries. “We have […]
US forces in Syria, Iraq on ‘high alert’ after striking Iran-backed militias
US forces in Syria and Iraq are on “high alert” for potential attacks by Iran-backed militias, amid renewed strikes against them by Washington. Speaking to Sky News Arabia, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander, General Michael Kurilla, stated that American forces in Iraq and Syria are “closely monitoring” the situation in the two countries. “We have […]
US forces in Syria, Iraq on ‘high alert’ after striking Iran-backed militias
US forces in Syria and Iraq are on “high alert” for potential attacks by Iran-backed militias, amid renewed strikes against them by Washington. Speaking to Sky News Arabia, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander, General Michael Kurilla, stated that American forces in Iraq and Syria are “closely monitoring” the situation in the two countries. “We have […]
US forces in Syria, Iraq on ‘high alert’ after striking Iran-backed militias
US forces in Syria and Iraq are on “high alert” for potential attacks by Iran-backed militias, amid renewed strikes against them by Washington. Speaking to Sky News Arabia, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander, General Michael Kurilla, stated that American forces in Iraq and Syria are “closely monitoring” the situation in the two countries. “We have […]
Recent Events Only Reinforce Our Need For Gun Rights And Community Militias
Gun rights are integral to a free society because they act as a deterrent to potential government over-reach and authoritarianism. Tyrants might infiltrate politics and take over governments, and they might even THINK they have the ability to oppress the public, but they will never be quite sure they can get away with it as […]
Daesh attacks Iran-backed militias in Syria
Daesh militants launched two attacks earlier this week against a training camp for Iran-backed militias east of Homs Governorate in central Syria, local sources have revealed. Heavy weapons were used by the militants. According to the sources, the group’s fighters carried out an attack on Tuesday using short-range Katyusha rockets and 120mm mortar shells. They […]
Does the Biden Administration Believe Iran Is Behind Most Shia Militias?
Iraqi Shiite Muslim men from the Iran-backed group Kataib Hezbollah march in a Quds Day parade, in Baghdad, July 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters / Thaier al-Sudani. JNS.org – A controversy that occurred during a recent question-and-answer session for reporters by Pentagon press secretary John Kirby may have revealed a troubling insight into the Biden administration’s […]
Gab Hacked; Group Promises ‘Gold Mine’ Of Info On ‘Militias, Neo-Nazis, QAnon’
An Australian Senator has slammed the government there for agreeing to weaken a new law that would see Facebook have to pay for news content, after the social media site blocked all news, as well as government and emergency service updates in a blatant effort to cause chaos ahead of the vote on the new […]
US airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Syria kill at least one fighter
US airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria killed at least one fighter and wounded several others in what US officials said was a calibrated response to rocket attacks against American personnel in Iraq. The attacks, which took place early on Friday Middle Eastern time, were deliberately limited in scope and designed to show that […]
U.S. strikes Iranian-backed militias in Syria; sources say at least 17 killed
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Iran-backed militias offer truce for US troop withdrawal
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi militias backed by Iran have agreed to temporarily halt attacks targeting the American presence in Iraq on the condition that US-led coalition troops withdraw from the country in line with a parliamentary resolution, three of the militia officials said Sunday. The militia officials spoke to The Associated Press just hours […]
Here’s how they always neutralize militias with infiltrators who either commit crimes with immunity or bear false witness so that false charges can be contrived.
Paul Egan & Tresa BaldasDetroit Free Press LANSING — The federal government has charged six people with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to newly unsealed court records. The FBI became aware early in 2020, through social media, that a militia group was “discussing the violent overthrow of certain government and law enforcement […]
Pro-Trump Militias Are Recruiting Thousands of Veterans, Police and Soldiers
An Atlantic investigation reveals who they are and what they might do on Election Day. Stewart RhodesStory by Mike Giglio Editor’s Note: After this story was sent to press for the November issue of The Atlantic, President Donald Trump was asked in the September 29 debate whether he would “condemn white supremacists and militia groups and say […]
Report: White Supremacists And Militias Have Infiltrated Police Across The US
Above photo: Militarized police. Egan Jimenez, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. NOTE: Below are excerpts from the Brennan Center report on right-wing militants in US law enforcement. The excerpts do not include footnotes. See the full report here. The author of the report is Michael German. The Guardian writes “a former FBI special agent […]
‘Wild and timely’ report details infiltration of far-right militias and white supremacist groups in US police departments
Image Credit: AP As law enforcement agencies and lawmakers respond to nationwide outrage over countless police shootings of Black Americans with pledges to address racial profiling and “implicit bias,” the Brennan Center for Justice released a report Thursday on what it called “an especially harmful form of bias, which remains entrenched within law enforcement: explicit racism.” […]
New Federal Bill Targets Patriot Groups and Citizen Militias as Domestic Terrorists
An ominous new bill is targeting millions of peaceful Americans who identify with being a patriot by lumping them in with extremely rare violent hate groups. Washington, DC — The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018, introduced this month in the House, is making ‘patriot groups’ and citizen militias uneasy and for good […]
Kurdish Militias in Conflict-Ridden Northeastern Syria Turn to Kidnapping, Conscription, ISIS-like Tactics
Sarah Abed is an independent journalist and political commentator. She covers a broad range of issues relating to the Syrian war, Kurdish issues in Iraq and Syria, as well as U.S policy in the Middle East. The following is an account of Sarah’s conversations with Aramean Christians living under Kurdish rule in occupied northern Syria, as […]