Karis Nemik might’ve realised this, had he survived. During the construction of the Yavin base would’ve been the ideal time to really push it among the rebellion forces. Had he been there I think he might’ve realised it, especially as he was really really into teaching theory to others.
It’s masturbation in quantities that people know full well is unhealthy but has been renamed to make it an identity and a point of pride.
This can be anything between those that spend 2-3 hours masturbating per day to those that masturbate for 48 hours straight non stop.
My personal belief is that it was intentionally amplified by marketers in the porn industry to bring it to mainstream in order to have this group of people grow as they’re the vanguard of porn culture. Now rather than identify negatively with what they do they identify as gooners proudly.
The mainstreaming of the word has flattened its meaning into any act of masturbation being a goon session.
Even if they don’t escalate it’s still over for any hope of a Kurdistan without an armed organisation that will form the base of it as a state.
PKK are reportedly disarming and disbanding
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-kurdish-militants-disarm-9f4347a04cba48ceb509d2e82023a19e
I don’t think this is accurate or the “control” of territory JNIM have in this mapping is tenuous at best. To my knowledge Burkina Faso gov still controls all of their mines, and those are scattered around a lot of the zones that this map labels as JNIM controlled territory.
I don’t think it’s JNIM controlled territory. I think it’s just territory that JNIM is known to be operating in but they don’t have control.
Here’s a map of Burkina Faso gold mines for example:
This picture of taking over a government office in Djibo is the first evidence I’ve seen of actually taking over control of territory.
Reports that JNIM terrorists have taken over Djibo a town of 60k population in Burkina Faso. Image is inside government building with Traore’s portrait on the wall.
Quite a few videos of fighting with french shouting on Telegram coming out
A drone is not defeated by digging a ditch around your perimeter.
If ground robots were viable, they’d already be ubiquitous in warfare. They’re not because they require human support for basic terrain problems. This is an issue that drones do not suffer from. Drones are significantly harder to defend against and that’s what makes them good.
If you make robots part of your strategy your enemy will just start digging ditches that the robot can’t deal with.
Walpole had described Mr Loader as being antagonistic towards her throughout the night, trying to wrestle her and wake her sleeping boyfriend.
“I was feeling overwhelmed by [Mr Loader’s] presence and I didn’t know what to do,” she told the court.
Her anger then flared when Mr Loader told her she should stay in the kitchen making scones where she belonged, and not to go drinking with boys.
She left the table where they were drinking to collect a five-litre container of petrol from her garage, and poured it on Mr Loader before waving around her lighter.
Mr Loader said, “Go on, do it,” before Walpole set him on fire.
Fuck around and find out tbh
HRW used to be called Helsinki Watch and was specifically created by the US to do anticommunist propaganda along “Human Rights” lines. After the fall of the Soviet Union it renamed and expanded to all fronts the US propagandises against. They aren’t shy and openly admit to this because the US learned that being cagey about your operations inspires more suspicion and opposition than being open about it:
Now, whether something is true or not is harder to say. Sometimes they can be correct, and sometimes not. But the very source itself is the problem, when it’s HRW there’s a clear connection to the US state as an organisation created specifically to do state propaganda efforts and dissident support.
I can not confirm or deny whether they are correct about this one. I can only say that they’ve latched onto it as an interest and the fact that they’re performing propaganda and getting headlines suggests the US has some interest in the matter.
There is a new propaganda campaign stirring up against Burkina Faso and Traore, they’re accusing them of a civilian massacre through Human Rights Watch.
https://apnews.com/article/burkina-faso-violence-fulani-massacre-7ccdd4b30d4f77ea2a86ebd9a68bb0b6
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said, calling on authorities to investigate and prosecute all those responsible.
According to testimonies collected by the watchdog, security forces and allied militias carried out large-scale operations in the Solenzo countryside on Monday and Tuesday, and targeted displaced Fulani in apparent retaliatory attacks against the community, which the government has long accused of supporting Muslim militants.
“The gruesome videos of an apparent massacre by pro-government militias in Burkina Faso underscore the pervasive lack of accountability of these forces,” Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at Human Rights Watch, said, adding that the authorities “should take immediate action to end militia group attacks on civilians by punishing those responsible for atrocities like in Solenzo.”
The Burkina Faso government denied the accusations, saying in a statement it “condemned the propagation, on social media, of images inducing hate and community violence, and fake information aimed at undermining social cohesion” in the country.
What’s ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group? FILE -Members stand for the arrival of dignitaries at a joint press conference by African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) electoral observers in Abuja, Nigeria, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation of 23 million people in Sahel, an arid strip of land south of the Sahara, in recent years has become the symbol of the security crisis in the region. It has been shaken by violence from extremist groups and the government forces fighting them, much of it spilling over the border with Mali, and by two ensuing military coups.
The military junta, which took power in 2022, failed to provide the stability it promised. According to conservative estimates, more than 60% of the country is now outside of government control, more than 2.1 million people have lost their homes and almost 6.5 million need humanitarian aid to survive.
Based on video analysis, media reports, and local sources, most victims of the massacre in Solenzo appear to be ethnic Fulani, Human Rights Watch said Friday. At least 58 people appear to be dead or dying in the videos, including at least two children, it said.
According to analysts, the junta’s strategy of military escalation, including mass recruitment of civilians for poorly trained militia units, has exacerbated tensions between ethnic groups. Data gathered by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project show that militia attacks on civilians significantly increased since Capt. Ibrahim Traore took power.
Human Rights Watch says the country’s armed forces and militias have committed widespread abuses during counterinsurgency operations, including unlawful killings of Fulani civilians accused of supporting Islamist fighters.
It it impossible to get an accurate picture of the situation in the country since the military leadership has installed a system of de facto censorship, rights groups said, and those daring to speak up can be openly abducted, imprisoned or forcefully drafted into the army.
Trying his hand at influencing Ukraine/Russia by the looks of it. He’s got no chance.