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  • DNA Analyses and Genetic Origins of the Ainu [9:05]

    12/18/2023 8:31:42 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 16 replies
    YouTube ^ | September 30, 2023 | Decimali
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw3j__MaTUQ [snip] In this video I talk about the Ainu, the indigenous people from the northern region of Japan, their culture, genetic profile, and ancestry. They are well known as the ethnic group that appears in manga series "Golden Kamuy."Data Source: Wang, CC., Yeh, HY., Popov, A.N. et al. Genomic insights into the formation of human populations in East Asia. Nature 591, 413–419 (2021). [/snip]DNA Analyses and Genetic Origins of the Ainu | 9:05Decimali | 5.93K subscribers | 475,461 views | September 30, 2023
  • The Arab honor/shame mentality and the Abraham Accords can help save lives

    10/15/2023 5:34:29 AM PDT · by Conservat1 · 4 replies
    EoZ ^ | 15 Oct 2023
    Pro-Hamas rally in Iraq, October 14In 2008, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri bizarrely castigated Hamas, saying that their "blessed Qassam rockets" do not differentiate between Israeli soldiers who are legitimate targets, and children and Arabs who are not.Hamas was embarrassed at being given a morality lesson from Al Qaeda, and it went on to deny that they targeted civilians, saying all of their rockets were only aimed at military sites.After that incident, Hamas press releases on their rocket fire changed the names of the targets from "settlements" to "military bases" that has the same names - like "military base Sderot"...
  • Iranian navy vessel fires on oil tanker in Gulf of Oman, prompting US to intervene (two tankers attacked)

    07/05/2023 11:43:15 AM PDT · by texas booster · 35 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | July 5 2023 | Mike Brest
    The U.S. Navy deterred Iranian forces from seizing two commercial tankers on Wednesday in separate incidents. First, at about 1 a.m. local time, an Iranian navy vessel approached the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker TRF Moss in international waters in the Gulf of Oman. It departed when the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul arrived at the scene, the U.S. 5th Fleet announced on Wednesday. Approximately three hours later, another Iranian vessel began harassing the Bahamian-flagged oil tanker Richmond Voyager in international waters roughly 20 miles off the coast of Muscat, Oman. It opened fire with both small arms and crew-served...
  • Periodic table, evolution cut from Indian textbooks

    06/02/2023 11:07:03 AM PDT · by jimwatx · 51 replies
    dw.com ^ | 6-2-23 | Sushmitha Ramakrishnan
    Crucial science topics will no longer be taught to a large swath of Indian students, according to new government guidance. Most young learners in India will no longer be exposed to key science topics in school textbooks — unless they voluntarily major in science in higher classes. On June 1, India cut a slew of foundational topics from tenth grade textbooks, including the periodic table of elements, Darwin's theory of evolution, the Pythagorean theorem, sources of energy, sustainable management of natural resources and contribution of agriculture to the national economy, among others. A small section explaining Michael Faraday’s contributions to...
  • The Two American Obsessions in the Middle East-It's all about the Palestinians and the Mullahs

    06/16/2023 6:58:19 AM PDT · by SJackson · 7 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | June 16, 2023 | Joseph Puder
    Both the Obama and Biden administrations have had two obsessions that have proven to be erroneous but continue to persist. One is the belief that the Palestinians are the key to Arab Israeli peace. Former President Barack Obama had spent eight years pursuing efforts to push Israel to make unilateral concessions to the Palestinians, including freezing settlement expansion for almost a full year. At the same time, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas climbed on a high tree and refused to come down and negotiate. President Joe Biden has been less preoccupied with the Palestinians since other priorities emerged that made...
  • Scoop: Bibi says U.S. and Iran held indirect talks on "mini agreement"

    06/13/2023 10:40:04 AM PDT · by EBH · 6 replies
    Axios ^ | 6/13/23
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset foreign relations and security committee that the Biden administration has held indirect talks with Iran on a “mini agreement” or “an understanding” related to Iran's nuclear program, according to five lawmakers who attended the meeting. Why it matters: The Biden administration has so far not publicly confirmed that it recently held indirect talks with Iran in Oman, as Axios previously reported. The administration has also denied that it is working on an interim agreement with Tehran. Netanyahu is opposed to a new deal with Iran. His remarks in a closed forum that...
  • The US [Biden admin.] authorized Iraq to pay about 3 billion dollars to Iran. [A step as part of the negotiations between the US and Iran]

    06/10/2023 9:53:42 PM PDT · by Conservat1 · 12 replies
    Walla! ^ | June 6, 2023 | B David
    Against the background of the indirect talks between the US and Iran in the Sultanate of Oman that were exposed in Walla! Iraqi senior officials announced today that the Biden administration gave the government in Baghdad a one-point exemption from the sanctions on Iran in order to pay debts to Tehran. Against the background of the indirect talks conducted by the United States and Iran in Oman and which were exposed in Walla!, senior Iraqi officials announced that the Biden administration gave the government in Baghdad a one-time exemption from the sanctions on Iran in order to pay Tehran about...
  • Bidens Used Web of Shell Companies to Conceal Foreign Cash, Bank Records Obtained by House GOP Reveal

    05/10/2023 9:09:29 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 52 replies
    NR ^ | 10 May 2023 | BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
    The Biden family and its business associates created a complicated web of more than 20 companies, according to bank records obtained by the House Oversight Committee — a system GOP lawmakers say was meant to conceal money received from foreign nationals. Sixteen of the companies were limited liability companies formed during Joe Biden’s tenure as vice president, the committee said in a press conference on Wednesday. The Biden family, their business associates, and their companies received more than $10 million from foreign nationals’ and their related companies, the records show. These payments occurred both while Biden was in office as...
  • Netanyahu: Israel is now main transit point between Asia and EU after Oman opens airspace

    02/23/2023 6:22:45 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 4 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 23/2/23
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Thursday) welcomed the authorization for Israeli planes to fly over Oman. "The Far East is not so far away and the skies are no longer the limit. This is a day of great news for Israeli aviation. Israel has, in effect, become the main transit point between Asia and Europe," Netanyahu said. "We have worked to open the airspace, first over Saudi Arabia, and from 2018 when I visited Oman, to add Oman as well so that we can fly directly to India and on to Australia. This was achieved today, after considerable effort, including...
  • Potentially Lethal Shipment of Uranium Seized at Heathrow Airport: Report

    01/10/2023 5:18:31 PM PST · by jerod · 24 replies
    The Sun (via The Daily Beast) ^ | Jan. 10, 2023 6:20PM ET | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
    Counter-terrorism authorities are investigating after a bulk shipment of unregistered—and potentially lethal—nuclear material was ferried off of an airplane at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 4 on Dec. 29. The cargo, which originated in Pakistan and was smuggled into London from Oman aboard the hold of a passenger flight, was intended for Iranian nationals in the U.K., according to The Sun. “The race is on to trace everyone involved,” said an unidentified Heathrow source who spoke with the newspaper. “Security bosses are treating this with the seriousness it deserves. Protocol was not followed and this is now an anti-terror operation. There are...
  • Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam found in UAE

    11/03/2022 8:27:06 AM PDT · by zeestephen · 11 replies
    Associated Press (via MSN.com) ^ | 03 November 2022 | Jon Gambrell
    Historians say early churches and monasteries spread along the Persian Gulf to the coasts of present-day Oman and all the way to India. Archaeologists have found other similar churches and monasteries in Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
  • REPORT: FBI ‘Point Man’ Timothy Thibault Suppressed Intel Provided by Hunter Biden

    09/05/2022 9:59:54 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 13 replies
    Republic Brief ^ | 09/05/2022 | Kari Donovan
    Tony Bobulinski, one of Hunter Biden’s former business associates, is worried that former elite FBI agent Timothy Thibault may have helped hide information he provided the bureau about his relationship with the Biden family, directly familiar sources told The Washington Free Beacon. Except that wasn’t supposed to happen: “Someone please remind Democrats that according to the precedent established during Alexander Vindman, nobody gets to question the veracity, the motives and the integrity of great Patriot and naval veteran Tony Bobulinski while giving testimony to the Senate tomorrow. Check and mate.” Bobulinski was brave enough to give his story to the...
  • What did the sultan of Oman think about Israel, Palestinians? (Trump Envoy Jared Kushner excerpt)

    08/07/2022 5:34:32 AM PDT · by bert · 11 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | August 5 2022 | Jared Kushner
    An excerpt from senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner’s new book, ‘Breaking History: A White House Memoir On February 23, I departed for the Middle East, along with Avi Berkowitz, Jason Greenblatt, and Brian Hook. The trip included our first visit to the Sultanate of Oman. Strategically located along the mouth of the Persian Gulf, Oman shares a border with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Yemen. Across the Strait of Hormuz is Iran, a mere twenty-one miles away. Upon arriving in the afternoon, we headed to the hotel and waited for a call from the palace with instructions on what time...
  • Droughts in the sixth century paved the way for Islam

    06/19/2022 9:18:11 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    Heritage Daily ^ | University of Basel
    Extreme dry conditions contributed to the decline of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Himyar... the droughts left behind a region in disarray, thereby creating the conditions on the Arabian peninsula that made possible the spread of the newly emerging religion of Islam.On the plateaus of Yemen, traces of the Himyarite Kingdom can still be found today: terraced fields and dams formed part of a particularly sophisticated irrigation system, transforming the semi-desert into fertile fields. Himyar was an established part of South Arabia for several centuries.However, despite its former strength, during the sixth century AD the kingdom entered into a...
  • Iran is beginning to understand the Abraham Accords - analysis (Trump planted tree is bearing fruit)

    04/03/2022 5:38:40 AM PDT · by bert · 11 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 0403/2022 | SETH J. FRANTZMAN
    Iran was surprised to see the recent Negev Summit where Israel hosted the foreign ministers of the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt. It is now examining how strong this new alliance might be. Iran was surprised to see the recent Negev Summit where Israel hosted the foreign ministers of the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt. While Tehran has been shouting about the Abraham Accords since the beginning, accusing Arab states of betraying the Palestinian cause and threatening them against working with Israel, it appears that the Islamic Republic now understands that this new era of peaceful diplomacy is actually happening...
  • Iran’s IRGC head warns Israel against role in Persian Gulf (Iranian fear)

    03/31/2022 6:12:00 AM PDT · by bert · 5 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 3/31/2022 | SETH J. FRANTZMAN
    ran’s Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned the governments of the region and the “Zionist movement” against any role in the Persian Gulf. This comes in the wake of the Negev Summit, where Bahrain and the UAE, which are in the Gulf, attended an unprecedented and important summit in Israel. The report of his comments took place in Iran’s Fars News and Tasnim News on Wednesday night. He was “referring to the security situation in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of ​​Oman and some movements of the presence of the Zionists...
  • INVESTIGATION: Hunter Biden Had Tentacles In Dark Corners Of the World Far Beyond China, Ukraine

    12/01/2021 11:43:36 PM PST · by Liz · 32 replies
    DailyWire.com ^ | May 18, 2021 | Luke Rosiak
    PART 2 OF 3. The Hunter Biden Files Hunter Biden and his business partners were involved in discussions about possible deals in dozens of foreign countries, often corrupt backwaters, at times invoking official channels like ambassadors, emails reviewed by The Daily Wire show. While most attention has focused on Ukraine, where a gas company paid the now-president’s son tens of thousands of dollars a month while he was in deep crack addiction, and China, Hunter and his partners at a consultancy called Rosemont Seneca were eager to do business in a vast array of other places. The map below highlights...
  • Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman rattles Muslim clergy, challenges sources of sharia

    06/24/2021 6:00:37 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 23 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 06/24/2021 | Thomas Lifson
    This is huge. Those of us who have had hopes that Saudi Arabia can be transformed from a sponsor of hardline jihad into a modernizing force in the Islamic world have cause for optimism.Remarks made by the real ruler of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), suggest that he is carefully laying the grounds for a fundamental reinterpretation of orthodox Islam.Tarek Fatah, a fellow at the Middle East Forum, writes in the Toronto Sun:When the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, challenged the fundamental precepts of Islamic Sharia in an interview on April...
  • Israel Prepared To Attack In Iran, Defense Minister Says

    08/05/2021 9:07:23 AM PDT · by blam · 9 replies
    LiveMint.com ^ | 8-5-2021
    . Israel is prepared to attack Iran, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said, as his country lobbied for a response to a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-operated oil tanker that it blamed on the Islamic Republic. Asked in an interview broadcast on a local media website whether Israel is prepared to assault Iran, Gantz gave a one-word answer: “‘Yes." US plans to require Covid-19 shots for foreign travelers Goods imports rose 1.8% to $239.1 billion, also a record high. Exports of goods gained 0.2% to $145.9 billion in June, an all-time high Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer of Serum...
  • Iraq, Egypt, Jordan agree to boost security and economic ties at Baghdad summit

    06/28/2021 8:53:26 AM PDT · by elpadre · 8 replies
    france24.com ^ | June 28, 2021
    Egypt, Jordan and Iraq agreed to bolster security and economic cooperation at a tripartite summit Sunday that saw an Egyptian head of state visit Iraq for the first time in three decades. The visits by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II came as Iraq seeks to move closer to Arab allies of the United States in the Middle East. Iraq is also seeking to establish itself as a mediator between Arab countries and Iran, after reportedly hosting talks in April between Tehran and Riyadh. Sisi and Abdullah met Iraqi President Barham Saleh and Prime Minister Mustafa...