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[Diesel59]

It's going to be really interesting to see how this effects the war.

 

[Diesel59]

A terrorist attack using both a mass shooting and explosives took place in Turkey's capital city today:

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[Yano]

RIP Phil Lesh one of the most amazing jam musicians the world has ever known , a quiet wonderful genius.

https://www.wgal.com/article/phil-lesh-founding-member-bassist-grateful-dies/62720716

 

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The UNRWA has been banned by Israel:

Israeli Knesset votes to cut off UNRWA's aid to Palestinians – DW – 10/28/2024

For over 70 years, the UN relief agency UNRWA has assisted Palestinian refugees. Now, Knesset members have voted to ban the organization's relief work in Israel.

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From chronic underfunding to accusations by Israeli officials that it perpetuates Palestinian displacement, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has faced threats to its existence for decades.

Knesset lawmakers passed two bills on Monday to prevent UNRWA from operating within Israeli territory, following allegations that agency staff were involved in the October 7, 2023, terror attacks. That would also severely curtail UNRWA's ability to operate in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The bills, previously approved by the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on October 6, prohibit state authorities from having any contact with UNRWA and effectively ban the agency from operating within Israeli territory, including annexed East Jerusalem, by revoking the 1967 agreement between Israel and UNRWA that has facilitated the agency's operations and interactions with government authorities.
Knesset members from the right-wing Yisrael Beitenu and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party sponsored the bills.
The legislation is expected to lead to the closure of UNRWA's headquarters in annexed East Jerusalem, which serves as the management and administrative hub for all its activities in the Palestinian territories. According to Israeli media reports, the premises would be converted into housing.

 

[Diesel59]

A woman jumped off Niagra Falls with her child and baby, killing all three:

New York mom and two young kids — including 5-month old baby — dead after jumping off Niagara Falls

Chianti Means, 33, stepped over the guardrail Monday night at Luna Island — a popular overlook above the falls’ with a nearly 200-foot drop, according to New York State Police.

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A New York mother jumped off Niagara Falls with her two young kids, including a 5-month-old baby — and all three are dead, cops said.

Chianti Means, 33, stepped over the guardrail Monday night at Luna Island — a popular overlook above the falls’ with a nearly 200-foot drop, according to New York State Police.

Police responded around 9 p.m., with investigators determining that the plunge was “intentional.”

 

[Diesel59]

A college student in Iran walked around campus in her underwear, in protest of the country's strict dress codes. She was detained and her current situation is unknown:

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[Bro Bundy]

A college student in Iran walked around campus in her underwear, in protest of the country's strict dress codes. She was detained and her current situation is unknown:

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she will be stoned to death

 

[Diesel59]

she will be stoned to death

Hopefully not.

Right or wrong, nobody can say this woman doesn't have guts.

 

[Yano]

Hopefully not.

Right or wrong, nobody can say this woman doesn't have guts.

I'm going to guess that a public lashing at the very least if they don't just kill her ,, wow shes got guts.

 

[Bro Bundy]

Hopefully not.

Right or wrong, nobody can say this woman doesn't have guts.

huge balls....but shes a dead person

 

[Send0]

she will be stoned to death

Sadly you're probably right... Either that or she'll probably be raped and tortured before being released back to her family.

I'm half Persian (born here, pretty much a white boy culture wise), but I will never step foot in that country. That government is one of the most fucked up ones in the world.

 

[Bro Bundy]

Sadly you're probably right... Either that or she'll probably be raped and tortured before being released back to her family.

I'm half Persian (born here, pretty much a white boy culture wise), but I will never step foot in that country. That government is one of the most fucked up ones in the world.

my sister in law is persian...Iran used to be moderate and actually real liberal not the bs liberal we got but the freedom kind..their woman are pretty

 

[Send0]

my sister in law is persian...Iran used to be moderate and actually real liberal not the bs liberal we got but the freedom kind..their woman are pretty

The people are good people in general, but that government man. I feel bad for those people.

They had issues when the Shah was in power, but at least they had individual freedoms back then before the coup (shah kicked out of the country) and the hostage crisis took place.

I hear the country is beautiful, but I'll never go there because their government is insane.

 

[Diesel59]

I hear the country is beautiful, but I'll never go there because their government is insane.

Americans of Iranian descent (or those who immigrated to the US) are also at the highest risk of wrongful detention over there.

That said, my friend's dad still goes there from time to time.

 

[Yano]

The people are good people in general, but that government man. I feel bad for those people.

They had issues when the Shah was in power, but at least they had individual freedoms back then before the coup (shah kicked out of the country) and the hostage crisis took place.

I hear the country is beautiful, but I'll never go there because their government is insane.

In the 50s Iran wanted to privatize and keep their oil money and kick out foreign companies and investors.

British Petroleum had a freak out scared of losing millions in revenue. They petitioned the British govt to intercede and take over .. the Brits wouldnt do it , ,but brought the idea to the Americans and the CIA was like hmmm .. we get half the oil money ? ... Brits were like .. uhh ,, ok

And Whammo ,, we destroyed their govt installed the Shah and took over.

When all that became common knowledge and the jig was up ,, the Iranians flipped out , kicked us all out of the country , took over the embassy and the hostage crisis took place.

They hate us for good reason if you really look at what we did to them and stole from them as a nation.

 

[Yano]

 

[Send0]

Americans of Iranian descent (or those who immigrated to the US) are also at the highest risk of wrongful detention over there.

That said, my friend's dad still goes there from time to time.

Yep, Iran considers anyone with Iranian blood to be a citizen. So if I went there and they see my last name, I'd probably be detained and forced to serve in the military before they let me go.

Another reason I won't go.

 

[Send0]

They hate us for good reason if you really look at what we did to them and stole from them as a nation.

Iranians don't hate us. It was a small faction that did what you described, and installed the Ayatollah. That group later became the Iranian revolutionary guard (not too creative with their naming.. ).

For the most part, the ACTUAL Iranian people like America and in turn like Americans. The only ones that hate us are the extremists in power; which a majority of the Iranian population don't actually support.