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  • Trey Yingst reports on US forces' rescue of missing airman deep inside Iran

    04/05/2026 7:09:12 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 26 replies
    Fox ^ | 4-5-26
    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.
  • Trump proposes to begin privatizing TSA screening operations

    04/04/2026 6:59:36 PM PDT · by ProgressingAmerica · 31 replies
    Reuters ^ | April 3, 2026
    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.
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Easter ~ HE IS RISEN! ~ 05 April 2026

    04/04/2026 6:00:39 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 50 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    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.

    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 used new missile defense system to shoot down F-15 fighter jet: report

    04/04/2026 2:14:27 PM PDT · by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas · 80 replies
    new york post ^ | April 4, 2026 | Shane Galvin
    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...
  • Trump Calls Vance the ‘Fraud Czar.’ Here’s What We Know About the Role

    04/04/2026 10:02:17 AM PDT · by spintreebob · 34 replies
    Time.com ^ | 4-3-26 | Chantelle Lee
    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...
  • Holt to Newsmax: Recovery of US Officer From Downed F-15E Likely

    04/03/2026 6:19:18 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 56 replies
    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...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: Celebrate Women ~ 04 April 2026

    04/03/2026 6:00:40 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 94 replies
    Our Troops Rock !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend
    ***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: Celebrate Women: Favorite Singer *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For The Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time...
  • Iranian state media released images of debris from a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet.

    04/03/2026 1:19:36 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 49 replies
    X ^ | Mar. 3, 2026
    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.
  • Pakistani boy among three arrested over Golders Green firebomb attack

    04/02/2026 8:45:17 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 9 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | Will Bolton
    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...
  • Herdsmen Kill 13 Christians at Wedding Reception in Nigeria

    04/02/2026 8:35:56 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 12 replies
    Morning Star News ^ | 4/1/26 | Staff
    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...
  • HOLY WEEK TERROR: ISWAP killed 12 Christians in Chibok

    04/02/2026 8:26:16 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 3 replies
    Truth Nigeria ^ | 3/30/26 | Luka Binniyat and Mike Odeh James
    Terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) killed 12 Christians in an overnight assault on Kautikari, a community near Chibok in Southern Borno, multiple sources — including Dr. Pogu Bitrus, President of the Middle Belt Forum — confirmed to TruthNigeria on Tuesday. The attack, which struck during Holy Week, has plunged the Christian community into fresh grief. Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South in Nigeria’s Senate, also confirmed the killings in a statement reviewed by TruthNigeria. He lamented that Nigeria’s military remains poorly equipped to confront the insurgents who continue to terrorize rural communities. “I...
  • Brooklyn Man Indicted for Hate Crime Assault and Robbery Targeting Jewish Victim on Subway

    04/02/2026 7:59:31 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 7 replies
    Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a Brooklyn man has been arraigned on an indictment in which he is charged with robbery and assault as hate crimes and related offenses in connection with an unprovoked attack against a Jewish man in the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station in Brooklyn. The victim was targeted while wearing religious attire when the incident occurred. District Attorney Gonzalez said, “This defendant is accused of brutally assaulting a man in an unprovoked and senseless act of anti-Semitic hate. The impact of crimes like this radiates through entire communities and we will seek strong...
  • Favorite Days of the Week Songs,tell us your Favorites.Freeper Canteen 4~3~26

    04/02/2026 5:51:03 PM PDT · by fatima · 134 replies
    ~Favorite Days of the Week Songs~ The Bangles - Manic Monday (Official Video)*Video*
  • IMF, IEA and World Bank launch global ‘war room’ on Middle East crisis

    04/02/2026 7:51:05 AM PDT · by socialism_stinX · 10 replies
    The Nation (Thailand) ^ | April 2, 2026 | The Nation (Thailand)
    The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank said on Wednesday they would form a joint coordination group to strengthen their response to the severe economic and energy fallout from the war in the Middle East, according to Reuters. In a joint statement, the three institutions said the conflict had caused major disruption across the region and triggered one of the largest supply shortages in the history of global energy markets. “At these times of high uncertainty, it is paramount that our institutions join forces to monitor developments, align analysis, and...
  • Easter celebrations cancelled for Greek Catholics in Syria amid tensions

    04/01/2026 7:31:32 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 3 replies
    Greek City Times ^ | 3/27/26 | Bill Gianopolous
    The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate has announced the cancellation of all public Easter celebrations in Syria for 2026, citing ongoing security concerns and unstable conditions across the country. In an official directive addressed to clergy in the Patriarchal Archdiocese of Damascus, the Patriarchate confirmed that this year’s observances will be significantly scaled back, with services limited strictly to prayers held inside churches. “As we stand at the threshold of Holy Week, and in light of the current unfavorable circumstances, we have decided, in coordination and agreement with the other Churches, that this year’s Easter celebrations (2026) will be limited to...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Thursday, 2 April 2026

    04/01/2026 6:00:07 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 45 replies
    April 1, 2026 | For the best troops and veterans in the whole world! | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Your Guess Is As Good As Ours! PACIFIC OCEAN (June 7, 2023) Comedian and contortionist Jonathan Burns performs for U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a visit sponsored by Navy Entertainment. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hannah Kantner) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support...
  • Full text of the open letter from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to the American People [puke alert]

    04/01/2026 3:43:16 PM PDT · by MeanWestTexan · 62 replies
    Iran ^ | April 1, 2026 | Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
    In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful To the people of the United States of America, and to all those who, amid a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives, continue to seek the truth and aspire to a better life: Iran—by this very name, character, and identity—is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in human history. Despite its historical and geographical advantages at various times, Iran has never, in its modern history, chosen the path of aggression, expansion, colonialism, or domination. [Unless you count our colonization of Lebanon, Gaza, Syria, neighboring portions of Iraq, Kurdistan, and any other...
  • Iranian President Warns IRGC of Economic Collapse Within Weeks Without Ceasefire

    04/01/2026 2:17:32 PM PDT · by MeanWestTexan · 39 replies
    Defense News ^ | March 29, 2026 | Editor
    TEHRAN — March 29, 2026 : Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has cautioned senior leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that Iran’s economy could face total collapse within three to four weeks if a regional ceasefire is not achieved, according to informed sources cited by Iran International. The warning reflects growing internal divisions between Iran’s civilian administration and military leadership as the ongoing conflict enters its fifth week, intensifying both economic strain and governance disputes. Internal Tensions Over War Strategy The reported disagreement centers on the direction and management of military operations. President Pezeshkian is said to have directly...
  • Iran fears Israel’s 'new strategy' after major strikes on steel industry

    04/01/2026 12:12:27 PM PDT · by MeanWestTexan · 43 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | April 1, 2026 | MAARIV ONLINE
    Iran’s largest steel producer, Mobarakeh Steel Company, has reported heavy losses to its production units following joint US-Israeli strikes on its facilities during the war, with attacks hitting multiple sites in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Mobarakeh, the largest industrial company in Iran and the biggest steel complex in the Middle East, was considered a cornerstone of the country’s economy. Reactions on social media platforms reflected both anger at the regime and growing concern over the broader implications of the strikes. “Mobarakeh was the pride of Iran’s steel industry and a supplier of raw materials for thousands of factories. The most...