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“Unlike Russia and China, which would need to independently find the technical means of downing the F-15, and unlike Turkey, which lacks such sophisticated capabilities, Qatar had all the secrets handed to them with the sale of F-15QA. All that was necessary was to give them to Iran. There is no known indication that the Russians or Chinese have overcome the technological problem of downing an American F-15E, whereas it is known that Qatar had the solution already in their hands. It would be advisable that the DOD experts who investigate the downing of the U.S. F-15E check the risk...

"He immediately opened the door and struck the clinician and an officer who was outside the door." Police "reforms" in Boston replaced cops with mental health clinicians and social workers, and on Saturday one of those clinicians was attacked by a delusional man wielding a sword. The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, attacked the clinician as well as police officers with the sword. Cops responded by shooting and killing the suspect. The incident took place near the Northeastern University campus on Saturday morning in Boston. Officers were responding to a 911 call about four people armed with guns...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North CarolinaMarine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point is a United States Marine Corps airfield located in Havelock, North Carolina, United States, in the eastern part of the state. It was built in 1941, and was commissioned in 1942 and is currently home to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.The air station and its associated support locations occupy approximately 29,000 acres. The heart of Cherry Point is its massive four-point runway system, which is designed to provide multiple approach and departure advantages to all aviators...

Chadwick Willacy, a convicted killer who has been on death row since December 1991, testified for Rafael Andres, convicted for the murder of La Carreta waitress Ivette Fariñas.Chadwick Willacy, a convicted killer who has been on death row since December 1991, testified for Rafael Andres, convicted for the murder of La Carreta waitress Ivette Fariñas. Two men on death row, including one who is set to be executed at the end of April, testified in defense of a Miami handyman who could also face the ultimate punishment for killing a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker power cord in...

Ebrahim Zolfaqari said ​Iran targeted satellite equipment and ⁠munitions ⁠on the ⁠island with ​drones, adding that U.S. forces ​had relocated ⁠there from Arifjan camp after that base was repeatedly struck ⁠by Iran.Bubiyan island is the largest of ⁠Kuwait's coastal islands chain, located in the northwest of the [Persian]Gulf.

Poll in Spain: Trump and Netanyahu are seen as two of the three most dangerous leaders in the world. Trump was ranked as the biggest threat to world peace, followed by Russian President Putin. Spaniards perceive Netanyahu as more dangerous to peace than Iran's new leader. 81% of survey respondents said Trump is endangering global peace - more than any other leader. The Spanish government is considered the most hawkish in Europe against Israel and President Trump's policies. Why it matters: The survey reflects the worsening criticism in Spain towards Israel and the US, also among citizens and not just...

Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the US on March 28. The scenes were loud, organized and unmistakable. Crowds filled major intersections, chanting in unison while holding signs emblazoned with slogans such as “No Kings,” “No Imperialism” and “No War.” This message was repeated across cities with striking consistency; the same script had been carried from one place to another. But the signs told only part of the story. Behind them were organized banners, printed and distributed by well-known activist groups. Names such as the Democratic Socialists of America, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and...

Three migrants accused of gang-raping a woman on Brighton beach had a barbecue at their asylum hotel hours after the alleged assault, a court has heard. Egyptian national Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, and Iranian national Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, are accused of repeatedly raping the 33-year-old woman on October 4 last year. Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, from Egypt, allegedly filmed the assault and egged them on. He is also accused of rape. The men are said to have filmed themselves getting ready for a night out before catching a bus into Brighton. A video of them in a room at the asylum hotel...

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Video at Link Very surprising report from Yingst, who said he spoke with Trump for about 15min. Trump told him that earlier on in the year, we sent lots of guns for the protesters through the Kurds. The Kurds kept the guns. This was part of Trump's "help is on the way". Trump also told him that he feels good about a deal being made tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, in an effort to save money.

John 20:1-10 (KJV) 1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 4So they ran both together: and the other disciple did out run Peter, and came first to...

Good news for once. F-15 WSO recovered alive. Was escaping and evading. Massive fire fight on tgt. Iranians were actively looking for him in the area.

Iran boasted Saturday that a new air defense system — credited with shooting down two US planes — will allow it to “definitely achieve full control” over its airspace as American and Israel forces continued to hammer the country. Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya joint military command made the bold claim on state media, Reuters reported. The besieged Islamic Republic could have used a Third Khordad missile system, a mobile medium-range surface-to-air defense system, to shoot down the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet, The New York Times reported. Other experts suspect that Iran used passive infrared detection systems to track and target...

President Donald Trump said Friday that VP J.D. Vance “is now in charge of ‘FRAUD’... In his Truth Social post, Trump claimed that fraud “is massive and pervasive” in the U.S. and said of Vance that “the job he will be doing, in conjunction with many great people within the Trump Administration....” “We will call him the ‘FRAUD CZAR,’” Trump continued, “ his focus will be ‘EVERYWHERE,’ ... in the unprecedented theft of Taxpayer Money. The numbers are so large that, if successful, we would literally be able to balance our American Budget.” The President did not offer evidence for...

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt said Friday on Newsmax that he expects positive news overnight on the recovery of the downed U.S. weapons systems officer from an F-15E Strike Eagle brought down by Iranian fire. Holt, appearing on "Rob Schmitt Tonight," called the officer's status "the most important issue." "Our downed weapon system officer, who I think, and I'm hearing it from a couple of directions now, but this is not confirmation by any stretch, but I think we're going to get some good news. I think we're going to find out overnight that we've got our weapons...

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BIG: Iranian state media released images of debris from a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet. Iran initially claimed it had shot down an F-35, but the wreckage shown clearly matches an F-15E.

A Pakistani boy is among three people arrested over an anti-Semitic firebomb attack in north London. Four ambulances owned by a Jewish charity were set on fire outside a synagogue in Golders Green in the early hours of March 23. A 17-year-old boy with dual British and Pakistani nationality was arrested in east London on Wednesday. Two more British nationals – a 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old man – were arrested in the same area. All three were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. They were taken to a London police station, where...

Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (March 29) attacked a Christian wedding reception in Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing 13 Christians and kidnapping dozens of others, a local leader said. In predominantly Christian Kahir village, Kagarko County, community leader Musa Adamu said Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked at about 11 p.m. during the reception following the wedding. “The attackers, who we know to be Fulani herdsmen, invaded our community in large numbers,” Adamu told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “They were armed with deadly weapons which they used in shooting indiscriminately at our people inside the hall where the wedding reception was held; 13...