Donald Trump: ‘Israel Has Every Right to Defend Itself with Overwhelming Force’ from Hamas Terrorist Assaults

Former President Donald Trump called the Islamic Hamas terrorists’ ongoing assault on Israel a “disgrace” and criticized President Joe Biden’s administration in a statement Saturday.

“These Hamas attacks are a disgrace, and Israel has every right to defend itself with overwhelming force,” Trump said, according to the Times of Israel and an emailed statement from the former president.

“Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden Administration,” he added, as the Times said he was apparently blaming the U.S. government’s policy on Iran for the assault.

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2023/10/07/donald-trump-israel-has-every-right-to-defend-itself-with-overwhelming-force-from-hamas-terrorist-assaults/

61K ‘Special Interest Aliens’ Entered U.S. through Biden’s Open Border in 2023, Says DHS

According to a Department of Homeland Security report reviewed by Breitbart Texas, 61,471 migrants from “Special Interest Countries” entered the United States in Fiscal Year 2023. According to a source within CBP, most of the migrants, mainly single adult males from countries subject to travel warnings by the U.S. State Department due to terrorism, were released into the United States to pursue asylum claims.

The number of migrants from special interest countries climbed by more than 140% from fiscal year 2022 when Border Patrol agents encountered more than 25,500 Special Interest migrants across the southwest border. In all, more than 112,600 “Special Interest Aliens” made the crossing in two years.

According to a 2019 DHS fact sheet, the term “Significant Interest Alien” (SIA) is defined as follows:

Generally, an SIA is a non-U.S. person who, based on an analysis of travel patterns, potentially poses a national security risk to the United States or its interests. Often such individuals or groups are employing travel patterns known or evaluated to possibly have a nexus to terrorism. DHS analysis includes an examination of travel patterns, points of origin, and/or travel segments that are tied to current assessments of national and international threat environments.

This does not mean that all SIAs are “terrorists,” but rather that the travel and behavior of such individuals indicate a possible nexus to nefarious activity (including terrorism) and, at a minimum, provide indicators that necessitate heightened screening and further investigation. The term SIA does not indicate any specific derogatory information about the individual – and DHS has never indicated that the SIA designation means more than that.

More than 15,000 Special Interest Migrants from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania were apprehended entering the United States from Mexico during the latest fiscal year, which ended on September 30. According to the CIA World Factbook, the Northwestern African country is still working to address a continuing practice of slavery and its vestiges. Although officially abolished in 1981, slavery was not criminalized until 2007. As of 2022, the practice of slavery still exists among most ethnic groups inside the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, according to a United Nations report.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/10/07/exclusive-61k-special-interest-aliens-entered-u-s-through-bidens-open-border-in-2023-says-dhs/

Afghanistan earthquake death toll hits 320 as Papua New Guinea and Mexico also suffer huge tremors

The Afghanistan earthquake death toll has now reached at least 320, according to the United Nations.

It comes on a day in which three strong earthquakes shook the world, with tremors also felt in Papua New Guinea and Mexico.

A pair of 6.3 magnitude earthquakes struck western Afghanistan on Saturday, said a spokesperson for the country's national disaster authority.

The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead, but later said the figure was still being verified. Local authorities gave an estimate of 100 people killed and 500 injured, according to the same update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Mohammad Abdullah Jan said four villages in the Zenda Jan district in Herat province bore the brunt of the quakes and aftershocks. Dozens of houses have been damaged.

The epicentre was about 25 miles northwest of Herat. The most powerful earthquakes (6.3) struck Afghanistan at 7.41am and 8.12am. This was followed by a 5.5-magnitude aftershock, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

A map on the USGS website indicates seven earthquakes in the area. At least five powerful earthquakes struck the city around noon, Herat city resident Abdul Shakor Samadi said.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12604729/world-hit-triple-earthquake-afghanistan-mexico-papua-new-guinea.html

Chinese companies, nationals indicted for shipping fentanyl chemicals to US: DOJ

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday charges against eight China-based companies and 12 Chinese nationals.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco explained during a speech this week that the firms and individuals are being accused of “trying to ship into the United States gallon after gallon of chemicals used to make fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other deadly drugs.”

A DOJ press release revealed the charges related to “fentanyl and methamphetamine production, distribution of synthetic opioids, and sales resulting from precursor chemicals.” It added that the indictments “build on prosecutions announced in June” against Chinese chemical companies and nationals. The department announced charges and sanctions against the Sinaloa Cartel’s trafficking network in April.

Monaco noted that the cartel used a “range of trafficking tactics to ply their deadly trade and cover their tracks,” including “blatant online advertising and encrypted messaging apps to fake shipping schemes and bitcoin payments.”

“This was a whole-of-government effort,” Monaco added.

According to Monaco, as part of the investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency agents posed as drug traffickers to identify the criminals. While the Department of Homeland Security worked to trace and stop the shipments, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service uncovered the blockchain transactions.

Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that the DOJ knows that much of the global fentanyl supply chain starts with chemical companies in China.

“The United States government is focused on breaking apart every link in that chain, getting fentanyl out of our communities, and bringing those who put it there to justice,” Garland stated.

The DOJ reported that many companies creating fentanyl precursor chemicals are “openly” advertising on the internet. The chemicals are then ordered by drug cartels and traffickers and shipped worldwide.

“These China-based chemical companies often attempt to evade law enforcement by using re-shippers in the United States, false return labels, false invoices, fraudulent postage, and packaging that conceals the true contents of the parcels and the identity of the distributors. In addition, these companies tend to use cryptocurrency transactions to conceal their identities and the location and movement of their funds,” the department explained.

Fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more than morphine, according to the DOJ. Two milligrams of fentanyl can be deadly to an adult, it added. The synthetic narcotic is currently the leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 49 years old.

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram called fentanyl the “deadliest drug threat our nation has ever faced.” She explained that the precursor chemicals used to create the fentanyl “make it especially deadly.”

“These eight cases are the result of DEA’s efforts to attack the fentanyl supply chain where it starts — in China,” Milgram said.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2023/10/chinese-companies-nationals-indicted.html

The propagandists are pushing "Iran-backed", but we know that Biden abandoned large numbers of weapons in Afghanistan, and sent billions in weapons to Ukraine without oversight. It's known that some of those weapons are being sold on the black market. So, the obvious question here is how many of those weapons are in the hands of HAMAS!

Why the Palestinian group Hamas launched an attack on Israel? All to know

Hundreds killed as Israel bombards Gaza after Hamas launched surprise attack by land, air and sea.

Why did Hamas attack Israel?

Hamas spokesperson Khaled Qadomi has told Al Jazeera that the group’s military operation is in response to all the atrocities the Palestinians have faced over the decades.

“We want the international community to stop atrocities in Gaza, against Palestinian people, our holy sites like Al-Aqsa. All these things are the reason behind starting this battle,” he said.

“This is the day of the greatest battle to end the last occupation on Earth,” Mohammed Deif, the Hamas military commander said, adding that 5,000 rockets were launched.

“Everyone who has a gun should take it out. The time has come,” Deif said, according to reports.

Hamas called on “the resistance fighters in the West Bank” as well as “our Arab and Islamic nations” to join the battle, in a statement posted on Telegram.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/7/palestinian-group-hamas-launches-surprise-attack-on-israel-what-to-know

Palestine Is Striking Back

October 5 2023:

Over 800 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound during Jewish Sukkot holiday

October 7 2023:

Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

This is likely to escalate. It is impossible to predict when or how this will end.