From the start, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has been a story of unintended consequences. Contrary to President Donald Trump’s hopes for a quick victory, the conflict has morphed into a sustained crisis, one that has driven up oil prices, driven down tourism in the Middle East, and reshaped the region’s geopolitical map.
Bandits off the Horn of Africa have taken advantage of the deteriorating security sitauation, attacking at least 15 ships this year
Now, a new unintended consequence has emerged: the return of piracy to Somalia’s coasts. This shift, which comes after a decade of quiet, threatens some of the world’s most important shipping lanes and the interests of the United States and its allies.
Pirates have attacked at least 15 vessels in the region this year, a sharp uptick from the five attacks that occurred last year, according to data from the International Maritime Organization. The renewed criminal activity has led to extended hostage situations, including one ongoing seizure of an oil tanker and its crew.
US Africa Command announced on Friday that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia as the Trump administration continues a record-breaking bombing campaign in the country, which receives virtually no coverage in US media.
AFRICOM said the strike was launched on September 8 and targeted al-Shabaab in the vicinity of Quumbi, a village about 50 miles northeast of the southern port city of Kismayo,
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Pirates: Danish Navy frees 16 Iranians from suspected Somali pirate ship
Any idea why we’re saving Iranians?
Since when does the Danish Navy provide ‘Islamic Burials’ for dead terrorists?
(CNN) — After a firefight with suspected Somali pirates, Danish sailors freed 16 Iranian hostages on board an alleged mother ship, according to the Danish Royal Navy.
Four suspected pirates were killed and 10 wounded during the firefight Thursday, the Royal Navy said on its website. No one on board the Danish ship Esbern Snare was hurt, and the hostages were also not injured. Continue reading Somali Pirates are Back
He is an Imam. He has memorised the entire Quran. He has studied it for years. He prays five times a day and performs all the Islamic rituals.
This is not a misinterpretation. He is stating facts. “Kill the Christians and Jews. If they surrender, force them to live as slaves.”… pic.twitter.com/M07pmXCjIC
China is now closing mosques and converting them into barns for raising chickens as a way to fight radicalism. China officially considers Islam a ‘mental illness.’ Do you like this idea? pic.twitter.com/YHmUZl7Aba
Muslims perform the Eid Al-Adha prayer at Eyup Sultan Mosque, Reza Zanganeh
Hey, this is a relief: the Muslim grooming gangs that raped and assaulted over 250,000 British girls actually have nothing to do with Islam. So all you “Islamophobes” need to sit down and shut up, because at last we have an Islamic voice speaking out loud and clear against these gangs, and not just any Muslim voice, either, but a leading Islamic scholar. There are still a few problems with this rosy scenario, but don’t worry: we’re really on our way now to our glorious multicultural future. Continue reading Islam: is this guy a radical or an extremist?
When an elementary-school teacher in France told one of her Muslim pupils not to “play the tough guy,” the boy reported her remark to his father, who threatened to “cut off her head.”
Arrested for such a threat — which terrified the teacher, who of course thought of the fate of Samuel Paty — the father insisted that he was “not a violent man.” More on the “non-violent” menacing Muslim can be found here: “Muslim father jailed for threatening to behead French teacher – but insists: ‘I’m not violent,’” by James Saunders, GB News, September 12, 2026:
A 47-year-old man in France has been sentenced to just six months in prison after threatening to decapitate his son’s primary school teacher.
Abdelkader B was sent directly to jail in Toulouse after the court determined his threats were too grave to warrant a suspended sentence.
In other news, migrants in Ceuta were forced to flee from their camps as a massive inferno tore through their tents.
🇫🇷 The French Mediterranean resort of Palavas-les-Flots is undergoing a dramatic transformation, with burkinis increasingly visible on its beaches, halal restaurants and kebab shops multiplying across the resort, and some establishments creating separate areas for customers… pic.twitter.com/JhMEX31t9U
French liberal women are posting photos and videos of themselves wearing headscarves in solidarity with Muslim women after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally renewed its push to ban the Islamic veil in public spaces.
Comes within hours of Trump reasserting Tehran is desperate for a deal…
IRGC says supertanker exploded after hitting mine in Hormuz, says strait remains closed.
‘Deal’ headlines return: US seeks “Step-by-Step” agreement with Iran, reports state media.
Houthis seized more Red Sea territory, including Perim Island near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Iran-Gulf diplomacy was postponed, delaying efforts to address the Strait of Hormuz crisis in what was to be a rare GCC-Iran meeting.
Saudi oil exports face ongoing disruption after a pipeline shutdown, pushing oil prices above $100/barrel.
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Fighting rages in Yemen as Saudi-backed forces strike advancing Houthis
Yemen’s Houthis say they launched a large-scale ballistic missile and drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait and claimed “direct hits”. There was no immediate response from Riyadh.
The Iran-backed rebels say they captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, strengthening their control of a crucial Bab al-Mandeb shipping route.
Iran says a planned meeting with Gulf states regarding control over the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed by Saudi Arabia over the recent events in Yemen.
Ground fighting intensifies on several fronts in Yemen as Saudi-backed government forces carry out air strikes on Houthi positions in an attempt to retake Mocha, days after the Houthis captured the strategic port city.
Here’s a look at the latest developments:
The Houthis have seized the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands in the southern Red Sea, tightening their grip on the Bab al-Mandeb shipping route.
Iran’s nuclear chief has been blocked from attending the IAEA’s annual conference in Vienna after US opposition.
The WHO reports nearly 3,000 casualties in Yemen following days of fighting.
Israeli forces shelled southern Lebanon despite a June ceasefire framework, striking Nabatieh al-Fawqa and firing on Beit Yahoun.
The IOM says more than 93,000 people have been newly displaced in Yemen by the ongoing conflict.
Dozens of Saudi air strikes pound Houthi positions in Yemen
Houthis say dozens of air attacks were launched by Saudi Arabia as the prime minister of Yemen’s internationally recognized government accuses the militia of killing and displacing civilians during its rapid advance.
Oil prices continue to rise as concerns over supply disruptions persist after attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure left its East-West pipeline offline and cast doubt on efforts to ease shipping risks in the Gulf.
President Donald Trump once again says Iran “wants to make a deal” to end the war but adds he will “determine whether or not” the United States chooses to engage.
Iran’s security chief says the reality surrounding global energy shipments and the Strait of Hormuz has changed and there will be no talks with Washington until Tehran’s demands – as outlined in the Islamabad memorandum of understanding – are met.
Saudi Arabia is being attacked with ballistic missiles, losing ground in Yemen, and still appears unwilling to fully confront the Houthis.
The Houthis have already crossed a major threshold, launching ballistic missiles and drones against Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, striking Saudi infrastructure and wounding at least 73 people. Yet they have continued attacking, while Saudi-backed forces have now lost the strategic port of Mocha, roughly 80 km from Bab al-Mandab.
🚨 The Islamic Republic tried to stop Trump from attacking it by offering $500 billion in potential business for American companies.
Hassan Qashqavi, spokesman for the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee, says the Islamic Republic sent its economic diplomacy team…
The Islamic Republic is now texting Iranians to come learn how to fight because its existing military and Basij structures are no longer enough to project strength. The new “Janfada” mobilization is moving from propaganda into training, with the Islamic Republic announcing plans for 1,000 so-called national resistance battalions and mass-texting people about military and relief training.
The Islamic Republic’s police chief just threatened Iranians with another massacre on state TV: “Our finger is on the trigger.”
Ahmadreza Radan called protesters “homeland-sellers” and “enemies,” warning they would be dealt with “firmly.” He then put the police alongside the IRGC, Army and Basij, declaring that all have their fingers on the trigger.
Iran’s top security official warned President Donald Trump on Monday that the strategic balance around the region’s critical waterways has changed, ruling out negotiations until Tehran’s sweeping conditions are met and declaring that American “damage control won’t stop what’s coming.”
“Don’t get distracted by the U.S. president’s mixed signals — from ‘no negotiations’ to ‘we’re ready to talk,’” Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s powerful Supreme National Security Council, wrote on X.
“The stakes around oil and the straits have changed. Damage control won’t stop what’s coming,” he continued.
“No talks until Iran’s conditions are met. Period!”
Civic Nationalism be like “These two black guys are Japanese because they have citizenship, eat sushi & believe in Japanese values” pic.twitter.com/Dj85Y5vlFj
— 🇯🇵 Colonel Otaku Gatekeeper 🇯🇵 (@politicalawake) September 3, 2026
🇮🇹 En Italia, un violento africano se puso a perseguir a varios ciudadanos con un cuchillo y gritando «Allahu Akbar», fue capturado y acusado de resistencia a la autoridad, lesiones a un agente y tenencia ilícita de armas. El juez condenó al africano a diez meses de prisión y… pic.twitter.com/RVAQtI1SgV
In Japan, a Ghanaian immigrant sought government livelihood assistance because he became ill and could no longer work.
First, he applied to the city administration for assistance, but his application was rejected because he was a foreign national.
He did not stop there and took the matter to court, but after the District Court and the Tokyo High Court, the Supreme Court also rejected his appeal in September 2026, stating that the legal right to this assistance belongs to Japanese citizens, not foreigners.
This case sends a clear message about Japan’s immigration policy: a foreigner living in Japan is not legally entitled to welfare programs intended for Japanese citizens. And this incident clearly shows Japan’s stance that Japanese taxpayers’ money is only for the people of Japan.
All right. Maybe Pir Muhammad Hassan Haseeb-ur-Rehman is right about this. But if he is, he should kindly explain why so many Muslims seem to have exactly the opposite idea. In France, a Muslim quoted Qur’an while raping his victim. A survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK has said that her rapists would quote the Qur’an to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. Thus it came as no surprise when Muslim migrants in France raped a girl and videoed the rape while praising Allah and invoking the Qur’an. In India, a Muslim gave a Qur’an and a prayer rug to the woman he was holding captive and repeatedly raping. And the victim of an Islamic State jihadi rapist recalled: “He told me that according to Islam he is allowed to rape an unbeliever. He said that by raping me, he is drawing closer to God…He said that raping me is his prayer to God.” In India, a Muslim kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old Hindu girl, and forced her to read the Qur’an and Islamic prayers. In Pakistan, another Christian woman recounted that her rapist was also religious: “He threw me on the bed and started to rape me. He demanded I marry him and convert to Islam. I refused. I am not willing to deny Jesus and he said that if I would not agree he would kill me.” Rapists demanded that another girl’s family turn her over to them, claiming that she had recited the Islamic profession of faith during the rape and thus could not live among infidels.
Ahead of Rosh Hashana, the widely unpopular Burnham government, replacing the widely unpopular Starmer government, decided to spend its time attacking the Jewish State. This seems like a strange preoccupation for a government where the public is concerned with affordability and the mass invasion of Muslim migrants, but perhaps that’s the point.
Thus far, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband gave an extensive speech denouncing Israel. Prime Minister Andrew Burnham, who as mayor of Greater Manchester had been complicit in the plague of Muslim rape gangs, claimed that ‘We will always stand with the underdog,” meaning the tiny minority of 400 million Muslim Arabs over the mighty majority of 6 million Jews.
The Labour Party issued a bulletin declaring that the “situation in Palestine is a moral emergency.” Unlike say the situations in Communist China, Pakistan or Bangladesh.
Apart from this lovely way of wishing happy new year to the Jewish community, this frenetic pandering reflects the political reality.
The UK government’s approval rating is at 21%. The disapproval rating is at 53%. And that’s the ‘honeymoon’ period for the new corrupt leader replacing the old corrupt leader. So time to change the subject to the Jews while pandering to Muslims who increasingly play the role of kingmakers in the Labour Party. (Americans are getting a taste of that lately with the Dems.) And make it seem like a heroic move to stand with the poor underdogs who have colonized the Middle East, parts of Asia, Africa and now the UK.
Spain’s Federal Police Union (UFP) on Sunday denounced the “absolute collapse” of Ceuta’s overworked police forces, pushed to their limit by the mass illegal migrant invasion of the embattled enclave.
The police union is demanding the Spanish socialist central government deploys reinforcements to help the exhausted policemen in Ceuta amid rising violence — with a group police officers working long shifts to process a massive amount of asylum requests presented by alleged asylum seekers that swarmed their way into the Spanish North African Exclave in late July.
The UFP denounced the dramatic situation to several Spanish outlets on Sunday, elevating the union’s protests and demands after one of the overworked police officers in Ceuta suffered a heart attack over the weekend and was urgently admitted to a local Intensive Care Unit (UCI).
The Federal Police Union is reportedly attributing the officer’s heart attack to the “brutal level of stress and pressure” that police officers are facing as a result of the invasion.
According to El Pueblo de Ceuta, the UFP insists that the invasion of Ceuta has left a crisis that goes beyond migration, with the arrival of thousands of illegal migrants overwhelming the operation capacity of the exclave’s police forces. The chaotic late July events plunged the Spanish North African exclave into a far-from-resolved crisis including, but not limited to, a surge in crime, sexual and other forms of violent assault, and the systematic collapse of Ceuta’s healthcare services.
“Being European is not something that comes with a passport. We are bound through history, culture, our faith in Christ, and ethnicity,” says Dutch political activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek.
Leftist ideologues frequently lie to foment fear, similar to what they do with regards to Israel. For instance, they do not address the critical human shields factor: Hamas, Hizballah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad routinely hide lethal weaponry and operatives in the most populated areas, leaving Israel with two choices: be annihilated; or strike those targets in populous areas after issuing warnings for populations to evacuate. Leftists conceal this vital information to paint Israel as “genocidal.” In the same manner, they viciously smear any group that calls for the deportation of illegal migrants.
The West has an increasing problem with the spread of Sharia. A massive population of illegals (mostly Muslims) from Africa and the Middle East has invaded the EU and UK. Also, crime has soared, as have threats of jihad. The left has shown its disdain for Western culture and traditions, particularly toward Christianity and Judaism, upon which the West is founded. Western legal codes promote human rights for all regardless of gender or orientation, as well as religious freedom, none of which are found in Islamic states.
Islamic supremacism is rooted in the Sharia, which in incompatible with Western principles of human rights. In fact, Islamic states (the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) do not ascribe to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but to the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights, which is based on Sharia.
An example of the staggering show of supremacy among some Muslims who have invaded Ceuta, Spain from Morocco:
This video is not the exception. Why else would these migrants be so shamelessly open about their sentiments toward Spain? One need only look at Islamic countries to see the status of non-Muslims. The stricter the application of Sharia, the more abusive to other religions and cultures.
Communist countries and Islamic countries protect their borders and identity, but thanks to the left, the West has become chaotic; the rule of law is now two-tier under leftist regimes.
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel rightly denounced Merz government’s immigration policy, “saying it had made Germany unsafe.”
AfD has repeatedly articulated its goals to restore Germany’s law and order, as well as its identity, and rejects any compatibility between Islam and its culture. For instance, it supports the banning of minarets, the Islamic call to prayer, and the burqa/niqab in public spaces, and has vowed to“exhaust all legal means to restrict the influence” of Islam.
Nationwide marches, corrosive attacks on soldiers, and an NGO in the frame…
The police union emphasized that ever since the invasion took place, officers have had to respond to a large number of incidents involving stabbings, home invasions, and serious injuries. Police officers have also found themselves facing violent individuals armed with sticks, knives, machetes, and even pellet guns.
“The UFP maintains that there have already been attacks against members of the State Security Forces and the military, and warns of the risk involved in intervening in large-scale brawls without, it claims, having sufficient personnel to ensure the officers’ safety,” El Faro de Ceuta wrote.
HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS SURRENDER TO IDF AS FOOD SHORTAGES LEAVE THEM WITH NO WAY OUT
A number of Hezbollah fighters have reportedly been taken into custody by the Israel Defense Forces after surrendering amid severe food shortages and deteriorating conditions.
According to reports, the fighters were left with few options as supplies dwindled, ultimately forcing them to lay down their weapons and surrender to Israeli forces.
How Hezbollah actually formed and grew
Hezbollah (“Party of God”) emerged in the early 1980s as a Lebanese organization, not a mass influx of foreign settlers:
It arose during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) amid the marginalization of many Shia, the presence of Palestinian armed groups, and Israel’s 1982 invasion/occupation of southern Lebanon (aimed at expelling the PLO).
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel provided training, ideology (inspired by the 1979 Iranian Revolution and velayat-e faqih), funding, and organization, often operating from the Bekaa Valley with Syrian acquiescence. Local Lebanese Shia clerics, activists, and breakaways from the more secular Amal Movement formed the core.
It formally announced itself around 1985. Early activities included attacks on Israeli forces, Western targets (e.g., the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings), and rivalry with other Lebanese factions.
Over decades it built a dual military-political structure, social services (schools, clinics, welfare), and political representation. Its military capability expanded significantly after the 2006 war with Israel, with ongoing Iranian arms and funding. Recruitment is overwhelmingly from Lebanese Shia communities, motivated by a mix of ideology, resistance narrative against Israel, patronage (salaries, benefits), and local conditions.
In short, Hezbollah is indigenous to Lebanon’s Shia population, enabled and sustained by Iranian support.
Bill Maher used the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks to say something that once required no courage at all: terrorists are terrorists.That the observation now counts as provocative says something about how far we’ve come since 2001.
On Real Time with Bill Maher, in a segment titled “Clash of Civilizations,” Maher walked through what has happened in the 25 years since 9/11.
“Since it’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and since, for 25 years, we’ve been kept relatively safe from anything close to another 9/11, how about a hand for the Americans who made that happen? Because it didn’t just happen; there was a war on terror, and we won,” he said. “And yet so much has changed since 9/11; for example, back then we were against the terrorists.”
The audience laughed, but he was being serious.
Around the 20th anniversary, for example, four American journalism associations issued guidance insisting that “terrorism should only be used in quotes because it’s emotionally and politically loaded.” Canadian state broadcasters instructed staff, “Do not refer to the September 11th attacks as terrorist attacks.” The BBC told its reporters that using the word “terrorist” can be a “barrier rather than an aid to understanding.”
The pattern shows that the media establishment many years ago concluded moral clarity amounted to a kind of bigotry and that to name an ideology responsible for mass murder was the same as harboring hatred towards all those who happen to share that ideology. Continue reading Bill Maher: “Back then we were against the terrorists…”
