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Serb said:

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Don't know if it is 100% true yet, as this just came out and there were many fake news unintentionally being spread around geopolitics on this platform.

But, if true, it isn't surprising at all knowing that those 2500 soldiers are there officially to train Iraq troops, on their call nowadays.

Iraq kept getting more and more pro-Iran, China, and Russia. They all have already taken the entire oil industry there, and it even sells oil in RMB nowadays.

Anyway this is a good article on Iraq's inner politics that I found a few months ago that highlights Iran's major political victories there one by one in recent years:

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As to why would Iraq do this now, well the US bases are currently being pummeled by Shia militias every day right now, and that much firepower being thrown left and right is bad for investors and business for a country. So they probably really want to end that situation.


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Anyways, a similar thing happened to the French soldiers 7 days ago when their last man finally left Niger (Better said evicted lol).

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Qatar drops death sentence to 8 Indians – New Delhi​

The appellate court in Qatar has commuted the death sentence earlier awarded to eight Indian nationals, New Delhi said in a statement on Thursday.

The sentence, initially pronounced by a Qatari court on October 26, has been “reduced,” the Indian foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that a “detailed judgment” on the matter is still awaited.

The Court of First Instance in Qatar had issued a death sentence to eight former Indian naval officers more than a year after they were detained in Doha by Qatar’s intelligence service, the State Security Bureau. They were employed by Oman-based Dahra Engineering & Security Services, which provided training and other services to Qatari defense personnel.

Although the details of the charges are considered “confidential,” media outlets have speculated they were charged with “espionage.” Mint newspaper reported that Qatar had evidence suggesting that the former officers had passed on intelligence to Israel.

Reacting to the verdict at the time, New Delhi said it was “deeply shocked” by the decision and vowed to explore “all legal options.” The government ensured it would continue to provide legal and consular support to the eight detainees and their families, cautioning the public not to “engage in speculation” due to the sensitive nature of the case.

Immediately after the sentencing, Indian Foreign Minister Subhramanyam Jaishankar met the family members of the detained individuals in New Delhi and assured the government would “continue to make all efforts to secure their release.” On Thursday, the Indian Ambassador to Qatar, and other officials were present in the Court of Appeal along with the family members, when the verdict was announced.

Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai. However, Modi did not explicitly state whether he addressed the matter with the Qatari ruler.

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The appellate court in Qatar has commuted the death sentence earlier awarded to eight Indian nationals

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Bellum_Romanum said:

Niki Haley is an expert on pivoting a question she's not sure how to answer: What caused the American Civil War? Her answer: What do you think caused the Civil War? Answer: You're the next U.S. President, congratulations!!

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_killuminati_ said:

Prominent Zionists suggesting ethnic cleansing, before the apartheid was established. This one is really eye-opening!! Showing the "unholy marriage" of antisemitic European colonialist with Jewish Zionists, and how both benefit from the idea despite hating each other.

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The name Eilat was given to the abandoned frontier post of Umm al-Rashrāsh (أم الرشراش) in 1949 by the Committee for the Designation of Place-Names in the Negev, referring to Elath, a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible that is thought to be located nearby in modern Jordan. One committee member, Yeshayahu Press, stated "when the real Eilat finally is in our hands, our settlement will expand and reach over to there."[3]

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Eretz Magazine (3 June 2018), Editorial, The Names Committee Archived 2020-09-22 at the Wayback Machine: "The issue of Eilat took up another chunk of the committee’s time. In 1949, Eilat did not exist. The city was founded only in 1952. But a place by the name of Eilat appears time and again in the biblical record. It was one of the stations in the wanderings of the people of Israel during the exodus from Egypt. King Solomon built ships on the shore of the Sea of Sof, in the land of Edom at Etzion Gever, which is Eilat. King Azariya of Judah built the city of Eilat, and so on and so forth. However, the location of this place called Eilat or Etzion Gaver remained unclear. On the shore of the gulf, where the big shopping mall of Eilat is today, a small adobe hut stood. The hut served as a British police station called Umm Rashrash. “On the map,” Yeivin explained, “we see a place called Umm Rashrash and next to it the name Eilat. But Eilat was not here. Biblical and Roman Eilat were across the border in Jordan. The name Eilat should be erased from the map.”; “We cannot give up Eilat,” Press retorted, “when the real Eilat finally is in our hands, our settlement will expand and reach over to there.” David Amiran, the geographer, suggested that Eilat should be the name of the settlement that would be built on the shore of the gulf, which should be called the Gulf of Eilat. Ben-Zvi was for eliminating Umm Rashrash from the map together with Etzion Gaver. Eilat is Eilat, he said, musing that maybe the committee should call Umm Rashrash Etzion Gaver and establish Eilat elsewhere. The committee ultimately decided to replace the name Umm Rashrash with Eilat. Etzion Gaver was commemorated on the map by dubbing a well along the coast Be’er Etzion Gever. Today the well is buried under the artificial lagoon in Eilat."

^^ This was said in 1952.

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Serb said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1740405619566289022

Don't know if it is 100% true yet, as this just came out and there were many fake news unintentionally being spread around geopolitics on this platform.

But, if true, it isn't surprising at all knowing that those 2500 soldiers are there officially to train Iraq troops, on their call nowadays.

Iraq kept getting more and more pro-Iran, China, and Russia. They all have already taken the entire oil industry there, and it even sells oil in RMB nowadays.

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Trump banned from Maine presidential ballot in 2024​

Maine's top election official has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause.

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Mr Trump was not eligible because of his actions leading up to the US Capitol riot in 2021.

Maine now joins Colorado as the two states to ban Mr Trump from the ballot.

The decisions increase pressure on the Supreme Court to weigh in.

Colorado votes reliably Democratic, however, Maine is more politically competitive and would be more significant for Mr Trump - the Republican frontrunner - to lose.

The 34-page ruling says that Mr Trump must be removed from the Maine ballot because of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution - which bans anyone from holding office that has "engaged in insurrection or rebellion".

In her order, Mrs Bellows says that Mr Trump "over the course of several months and culminating on January 6, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the Capitol".

She added that his "occasional requests that rioters be peaceful and support law enforcement do not immunize his actions".

"I do not reach this conclusion lightly," Mrs Bellows wrote in her decision.

"I am mindful that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment," she said, but added she was also mindful "that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection."

Mr Trump's campaign had previously called for Mrs Bellows to recuse herself from the process, and on Thursday swiftly criticised her decision.

Campaign spokesman Steven Cheung called Mrs Bellows "a hyper-partisan Biden-supporting Democrat" and claimed she was engaging in "election interference".

He added that the campaign will "quickly file a legal objection in state court to prevent this atrocious decision in Maine from taking effect".

Mr Trump's 2024 presidential candidacy has been challenged in multiple states, on the grounds that the 14th Amendment bans him from holding office.

The 14th amendment was ratified after the American Civil War in order to block Confederate secessionists from returning to power after southern states re-joined the Union.

Colorado's ban was the first instance of the Constitution being used to disqualify a presidential candidate.

Watch: Trump says indictments are "badge of honour" at campaign event following his removal from Colorado ballot
But legal experts say the Colorado ruling will have a tough time standing up when it

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And state courts in Michigan and Minnesota have also recently dismissed efforts to block Mr Trump from the ballot.

It all leads to a Supreme Court showdown - which will decide the issue of Trump's 2024 eligibility for every US state.

The case to remove him in the New England state was brought by a handful of former Maine lawmakers who argued that the former president had violated his oath of office.

Thursday's ruling is the latest in a growing list of legal woes Mr Trump faces.

He also has trials in federal court and in the state of Georgia for his alleged efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

But he had not been charged with inciting insurrection in either case.

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supercat said:

So the two "Michaels" are indeed Canadian spies.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1739800479465611582

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