Iraq

US fears Wagner mercenaries are preparing to bolster Hezbollah’s air defenses in Lebanon as Middle East tensions reach boiling point after America conducted airstrike on Iraq

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US fears Wagner mercenaries are preparing to bolster Hezbollah’s air defenses in Lebanon as Middle East tensions reach boiling point after America conducted airstrike on Iraq

White House raised Wagner-Hezbollah ties in security briefing Security spokesman John Kirby said Wagner was providing air defenses President Biden has warned about outside efforts to exploit Israel-Hamas war  By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.com Published: 22:50 GMT, 21 November 2023 | Updated: 22:56 GMT, 21 November 2023 The White House on … Read more

Gen-Z TikTokers send Bin Laden’s 2002 ‘Letter to America’ viral: Terror chief’s 9/11 justification wins support among pro-Palestine youngsters who claim their ‘eyes have been opened’ after finding it on Guardian website

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Gen-Z TikTokers send Bin Laden’s 2002 ‘Letter to America’ viral: Terror chief’s 9/11 justification wins support among pro-Palestine youngsters who claim their ‘eyes have been opened’ after finding it on Guardian website

An open letter to the US by Osama Bin Laden justifying his 9/11 terror attacks has gone viral after being discovered by pro-Palestine Gen-Z TikTokers on the Guardian website. The ‘Letter to America’ was circulated amongst British Islamic extremists in 2002, a year after the atrocities, and saw the al-Qaeda leader attempt to justify the murderous … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Codepink’s hard-left activists dismiss claims they’re secretly funded by Chinese Communist Party, but then refuse to condemn the mass detention of Uyghurs and talk up China’s ‘freedom’

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EXCLUSIVE: Codepink’s hard-left activists dismiss claims they’re secretly funded by Chinese Communist Party, but then refuse to condemn the mass detention of Uyghurs and talk up China’s ‘freedom’

Members of the anti-war feminist group Codepink have firmly rejected claims they secretly take money from Beijing — but then refused to condemn the detention of Uyghurs and other human rights abuses in China. House Republicans this week launched a probe into the anti-war progressive group, which calls for Pentagon spending cuts to tackle climate change, pointing to … Read more

Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov’s family are relieved she is alive after she is paraded in new hostage video where she is ‘coerced’ into claiming she worked for CIA and Mossad

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Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov’s family are relieved she is alive after she is paraded in new hostage video where she is ‘coerced’ into claiming she worked for CIA and Mossad

The family of a Princeton student who was kidnapped in Iraq eight months ago have said they’re relieved she is alive – after she appeared in a new hostage video. Elizabeth Tsurkov, 36, disappeared from Baghdad in late March – and is believed to be held by the Shiite group Kataeb Hezbollah or Hezbollah Brigades, … Read more

Tory MP: New law should be passed to make it harder to hold protests on Remembrance Sunday

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Tory MP: New law should be passed to make it harder to hold protests on Remembrance Sunday

Bob Seely says marches with a history of violent disruption should be moved By Anna Mikhailova Published: 23:41 GMT, 11 November 2023 | Updated: 00:37 GMT, 12 November 2023 A new law should be passed to make it harder to hold protests on Remembrance Sunday, a Conservative MP has said. Bob Seely, who served in … Read more

The saddest picture: Met officers begin round-the-clock guard of the Cenotaph as 1,850 officers are mobilised to police the 500,000 protesters pouring into London for pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day

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The saddest picture: Met officers begin round-the-clock guard of the Cenotaph as 1,850 officers are mobilised to police the 500,000 protesters pouring into London for pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day

Metropolitan Police officers have begun a 24-hour guard at the Cenotaph as 1,850 officers are mobilised to control hundreds of thousands of protesters pouring into London for a major pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day.  The unprecedented security around Britain’s most hallowed war memorial was put in place yesterday and will remain until the end of … Read more

Trump’s loyal ‘body guy’, 30, tried to write up order pulling troops out of Afghanistan and Somalia in the chaotic final days of the administration, new book claims

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Trump’s loyal ‘body guy’, 30, tried to write up order pulling troops out of Afghanistan and Somalia in the chaotic final days of the administration, new book claims

‘This doesn’t look right,’ said retired Lt. Gen Keith Kellogg, national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, as he looked at the military directive ordering U.S. troops out of Afghanistan and Somalia. Gen Mark Milley, the then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Donald Trump‘s top military adviser, could not hide his disbelief … Read more

Inside the Met’s huge Armistice Day operation: Force doubles officers and sets up exclusion zone around the Cenotaph as pro-Palestine activists across the UK organise buses to head to London for ‘Million March’ – and far-right groups vow ‘we’ll be waiting’

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Inside the Met’s huge Armistice Day operation: Force doubles officers and sets up exclusion zone around the Cenotaph as pro-Palestine activists across the UK organise buses to head to London for ‘Million March’ – and far-right groups vow ‘we’ll be waiting’

The Met Police has doubled the number of officers on the streets and set up an exclusion zone around the Cenotaph – as the force braces itself for pro-Palestine activists to descend on London for a ‘Million March’ on Armistice Day. Throughout the weekend, almost 2,000 officers from the Met and other UK forces will … Read more

Police brace for pro-Palestine ‘Day of Action’ as tens of thousands prepare to take to the streets tomorrow: Met will use facial recognition and social media ‘analytics’ to arrest hate protesters with more than 40 rallies organised across UK

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Police brace for pro-Palestine ‘Day of Action’ as tens of thousands prepare to take to the streets tomorrow: Met will use facial recognition and social media ‘analytics’ to arrest hate protesters with more than 40 rallies organised across UK

The Metropolitan Police will use facial recognition and social media ‘analytics’ as part of a ‘sharper’ approach to policing a pro-Palestine ‘Day of Action’ tomorrow.  More than 40 marches involving tens of thousands of people will take place in cities across the UK – raising fears of a repeat of the vile antisemitic incidents that … Read more

Hezbollah – the Iranian terror proxy that could now ignite chaos in the Middle East: Tehran-funded and trained militia is ten times more powerful than Hamas…and is now threatening Israel and the US

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Hezbollah – the Iranian terror proxy that could now ignite chaos in the Middle East: Tehran-funded and trained militia is ten times more powerful than Hamas…and is now threatening Israel and the US

It is known as Israel’s ‘monster to the north’ – a fearsome Iranian-backed military foe that claims to have 100,000 active fighters armed to the teeth with a terrifying array of weapons. Hezbollah, or the ‘Party of God’ in Arabic, has emerged as a potent force in the Middle East in recent years boasting a multifaceted arsenal … Read more