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Suicide Bombing Kills 31 at Mosque in #Pakistan Capital

The bombing, during Friday Prayers, was the second major attack in recent months in #Islamabad, where large-scale violence had been relatively rare.

#Shiite #Muslims in Pakistan have frequently been targeted by #extremist groups over the past several decades, particularly in areas that border #Afghanistan, but large-scale sectarian attacks in the capital itself had been comparatively rare.

#geopolitics #terrorism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/asia/pakistan-mosque-attack-islamabad.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.nytimes.com

Suicide Bombing Kills 31 at Mosque in Pakistan’s Capital

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 10 hours ago

Suicide Bombing Kills 31 at Mosque in #Pakistan Capital

The bombing, during Friday Prayers, was the second major attack in recent months in #Islamabad, where large-scale violence had been relatively rare.

#geopolitics #terrorism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/asia/pakistan-mosque-attack-islamabad.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.nytimes.com

Suicide Bombing Kills 31 at Mosque in Pakistan’s Capital

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 10 hours ago

US Attorney #JeaninePirro said that an 8-count indictment charged Al-Bakoush with crimes including the murders of Ambassador Chris Stevens & State Dept employee Sean Smith.

The 2012 attack on the US compound immediately emerged as a divisive political issue as #Republicans challenged President Barack #Obama & Secy of State #HillaryClinton on security at the facility, the #military response to the violence & the admin’s changing narrative about who was responsible & why.

#geopolitics #terrorism

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 10 hours ago

A final report by a Republican-led congressional panel faulted the #Obama administration for security deficiencies at the Libyan outpost & a slow response to the attacs. The report, however, found no wrongdoing by #Clinton.

Clinton dismissed the report as an echo of previous probes with no new discoveries, saying it was “time to move on.” Other #Democrats denounced the #Republicans’ report as “a conspiracy theory on steroids.

#geopolitics #terrorism #Benghazi

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 10 hours ago

A key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the #US compound in #Benghazi, #Libya, that killed 4 Americans has been taken into custody & will be prosecuted in their deaths, #Trump Attorney General #PamBondi said Friday.

Bondi said in a news conference that Zubayr Al-Bakoush had landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland at 3 a.m. on Friday.

“We have never stopped seeking justice for that crime against our nation,” Bondi said.

#geopolitics #terrorism
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-benghazi-justice-department-a0eadc00e01e892e6dba827ccfadbae0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-06-Breaking+News

AP News

Key participant in 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attack that killed 4 Americans is in custody, Bondi says

Attorney General Pam Bondi says a key participant in the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans is in custody.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 10 hours ago

US Attorney #JeaninePirro said that an 8-count indictment charged Al-Bakoush with crimes including the murders of Ambassador Chris Stevens & State Dept employee Sean Smith.

#geopolitics #terrorism

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 10 hours ago

Bondi said in a news conference that Zubayr Al-Bakoush had landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland at 3 a.m. on Friday.

“We have never stopped seeking justice for that crime against our nation,” Bondi said.

#geopolitics #terrorism
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-benghazi-justice-department-a0eadc00e01e892e6dba827ccfadbae0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-06-Breaking+News

AP News

Key participant in 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attack that killed 4 Americans is in custody, Bondi says

Attorney General Pam Bondi says a key participant in the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans is in custody.

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Obscure_Rebel

@Obscure_Rebel@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

“The jury were right to acquit the Palestine Action defendants. Here's why”

by Jonathan Cook on Substack

@uk_politics
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml

“Jurors bravely set aside social conditioning, the natural instinct we all share to defer to authority, and expectations fomented by establishment media. Instead they considered the actual evidence”

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathancook/p/the-jury-were-right-to-acquit-the

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #PalAction #UKPolitics #Elbit #Filton6 #Proscription #Acquittal #Charges #Terrorism

The jury were right to acquit the Palestine Action defendants. Here's why

Jurors bravely set aside social conditioning, the natural instinct we all share to defer to authority, and expectations fomented by establishment media. Instead they considered the actual evidence

Obscure_Rebel

@Obscure_Rebel@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

“The jury were right to acquit the Palestine Action defendants. Here's why”

by Jonathan Cook on Substack

@uk_politics
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathancook/p/the-jury-were-right-to-acquit-the

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #PalAction #UKPolitics #Elbit #Filton6 #Proscription #Acquittal #Charges #Terrorism

The jury were right to acquit the Palestine Action defendants. Here's why

Jurors bravely set aside social conditioning, the natural instinct we all share to defer to authority, and expectations fomented by establishment media. Instead they considered the actual evidence

Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · yesterday

"Arrest records... provide the clearest picture yet of what led to the controversial & aggressive operation, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter, broke down doors and zip-tied #US citizens and #immigrants.

[It was *NOT* because Tren de Aragua had taken over the building, but]...“based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.”"
- @ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua

#ICE #CBP #DHS #Violence #Trump #Lies #News #Chicago #USA #UnitedStates

ProPublica

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.”

Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied · yesterday

"“It was a brutal lie against the #American public,” said Mark Fleming, an attorney... “This was really about immigrants purportedly occupying apartments unlawfully, which is *radically different* than the story they told.”

The US Dept of Homeland Security makes no mention in the records of Tren de Aragua, even though... Agents paraded #immigrants in front of cameras & called their arrests a victory against #terrorism."
- @ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua

#DHS #ICE #Trump #Lies #News #US

Text from article:
The records reveal that agents entered and searched the complex with the “owner/manager’s verbal and written consent.” Agents wrote that they launched the operation “based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.” They said they focused their search on units “that were not legally rented or leased at the time.” That narrative appears word for word in both arrest reports — for a Venezuelan man and a Mexican man.

“It was a brutal lie against the American public,” said Mark Fleming, an attorney with the National Immigrant Justice Center and co-counsel in a lawsuit against the government that led to the consent decree. “This was really about immigrants purportedly occupying apartments unlawfully, which is radically different than the story they told.”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security makes no mention in the records of Tren de Aragua, even though officials repeatedly cited the gang’s presence in the building as the motivation for the raid. Agents paraded immigrants in front of cameras and called their arrests a victory against terrorism. The government also claimed two of those arrested were gang members but never provided any proof. — Text from article: The records reveal that agents entered and searched the complex with the “owner/manager’s verbal and written consent.” Agents wrote that they launched the operation “based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.” They said they focused their search on units “that were not legally rented or leased at the time.” That narrative appears word for word in both arrest reports — for a Venezuelan man and a Mexican man. “It was a brutal lie against the American public,” said Mark Fleming, an attorney with the National Immigrant Justice Center and co-counsel in a lawsuit against the government that led to the consent decree. “This was really about immigrants purportedly occupying apartments unlawfully, which is radically different than the story they told.” The U.S. Department of Homeland Security makes no mention in the records of Tren de Aragua, even though officials repeatedly cited the gang’s presence in the building as the motivation for the raid. Agents paraded immigrants in front of cameras and called their arrests a victory against terrorism. The government also claimed two of those arrested were gang members but never provided any proof.

ProPublica

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

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Santa b-Aby

@aby@aus.social · 2 days ago

Oh wow, the guy who threw an actual bomb into the invasion day March is a terrorist after all??

Who'd ever have thunk it.

#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AustraliaDay #InvasionDay #NoPrideInGenocide #AbolishAustralia #DomesticTerrorism #Terrorism

Santa b-Aby

@aby@aus.social · 2 days ago

Oh wow, the guy who threw an actual bomb into the invasion day March is a terrorist after all??

Who'd ever have thunk it.

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Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5 days ago

The #Trump family’s business dealings with the Emiratis have blurred the line between government & private enterprise, alarming #ethics experts & congressional #Democrats.

Sheikh Tahnoon, a member of the #UAE royal family, has been a major #ForeignPolicy intermediary with the #US for over a decade on matters varying from combating #terrorism to sharing advanced computer #tech. He runs a sprawling investment empire that includes G42, a tech firm that has become a powerhouse in #AI.

#law

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5 days ago

That agreement gave the Emirati-backed firm a 49% stake in #WorldLibertyFinancial. 2 top lieutenants to the UAE’s government #NationalSecurity adviser, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, joined the board of World Liberty.

Asked about the terms of the deal, including the board seats, the timing & the size of the investment, Wachsman said, “We made the deal in question because we strongly believe that it was what was best for our company as we continue to grow.”

#Trump #compromised #law #UAE

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 days ago

The #Trump family’s business dealings with the Emiratis have blurred the line between government & private enterprise, alarming #ethics experts & congressional #Democrats.