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In memory of Lieutenant Colonel George Victor Alexander Williams, MBE, QGM
Intelligence Corps · 5 March 1945 – 2 June 1994
Some people call themselves heroes.
Colonel George Williams let his actions speak for him: a true hero — a silent hero.
He died at the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994, aged 49. I dedicate this song, George Williams, to his memory.
© 2024 Rosenfeld. All rights reserved.
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The Unknown Warrior at Victoria Station, guarded overnight.
10 November 1920.
The train arrived at platform 8 in Victoria Station at 8.32, the coffin being borne in the same carriage that had returned the bodies of Nurse Edith Cavell and Captain Fryatt to the UK.
Imagine walking past Finsbury Town Hall one October day in 1940 and finding, at street level, something Londoners had grown accustomed to hearing overhead — a German bomber.
There it lay, a wreck, close enough for anyone to stop and have a proper look. The photographs travelled rather farther than the wreck did. But for the people who saw it in the street, there must have been a peculiar satisfaction in taking a good, unhurried look at a machine they usually heard in the dark. The Luftwaffe could still send Londoners to the shelters. Here was a reminder that its bombers could be brought down.
Would you have stopped for a closer look?
— At Finsbury Town Hall, London.
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🇲🇦 « La communauté juive marocaine enrichit profondément le patrimoine et l'histoire du pays. »
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🇲🇦🇲🇷 À Nouakchott, en Mauritanie, le « marché des Marocains » s’impose comme l’un des plus grands marchés de fruits et légumes du pays.
🤌🏼Une illustration de la présence commerciale marocaine et du rôle du Royaume dans l’approvisionnement des marchés africains. 🇲🇦
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Abimael Guzman, leader of the Shining Path terror group, was captured by Peruvian authorities in September 1992.
Guzman was a professor of philosophy when he took a leave of absence from academia to commit to full-time activism in the mid-1960s. He made numerous trips to China and was there during the Cultural Revolution in 1968. He returned to form the Communist Party of Peru which escalated from activism through the 1970s to violent attacks beginning in 1980.
The next twelve years were marked by severe violence as an estimated 70,000 people were killed as a result of Shining Path’s attempts to destabilize the government and create the conditions for a complete overthrow. Their strict enforcement of curfew hours and prohibitions against alcohol and drugs, plus brutal punishments for anyone ignoring their restrictions, slowly led to a loss of popular support.
In April 1983, a Shining Path commander was captured and killed in the town of Lucanamarca, which led them to murder 69 villagers in reprisal. The Lucanamarca massacre was a major turning point for how Shining Path was viewed by Peru as a whole.
Guzman was finally captured in September 1992 after members of the counterterrorist unit DIRCOTE raided the apartment he was using. In the years leading up to his capture, DIRCOTE received support from CIA, including from my former podcast guest Ric Prado.
The apartment had been one of several under surveillance as possible hideouts and eventually tubes of ointment for treating psoriasis were found in the trash outside. Guzman was known to suffer from psoriasis. The apartment’s tenant, Maritza Garrido Lecca, was a ballet instructor who taught in a dance studio on the first floor, and a fervent follower of Guzman.
Guzman was sentenced to life in prison and passed away in 2021. Maritza Lecca served 25 years in prison and was released in 2017.
After Guzman’s capture, Shining Path, which had numbered around 3,000 members total at its height, splintered and fell apart, although some activity continued into the 2020s.
#peru #shiningpath #peruvian #lima #arrested
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For 230 years, British Army chaplains have stood beside soldiers through service, conflict, and loss.
More than 250 chaplains who gave their lives in service were remembered as the @ArmyChaplaincy marked its 230th anniversary.
Read more ⬇️
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ALT A person in a long robe bows on a pathway while another speaks at a podium with a microphone. Several individuals in clerical attire stand nearby, outdoors with trees and grass in the background.
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#Somaliland questions Somalia’s demands for unity amid warnings of growing militant advances.
The self-governing territory, which declared independence in 1991, claims Somali cities are falling to al-Shabaab and militia warlords.
Mogadishu insists #Somaliland must remain part of Somalia, even as its own security crisis raises questions about the government's ability to govern the territory it already controls.
Video shows Al-Shabaab seizing territory and leading clashes in Somalia 👇
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توقف تصدير الخضر المغربية عبر موريتانيا كشف جانباً من التحايل الذي قد تتعرض له التجارة المغربية.
فالمسألة لا تتعلق فقط بتصدير الخضر نحو الأسواق الإفريقية، بل بكيفية استغلال بعض الوسطاء لمسار هذه التجارة، حيث يشتري أشخاص الخضر من الباعة المغاربة، وتنقلها الشاحنات في اتجاه موريتانيا باعتبارها وجهة تجارية، قبل أن تجد طريقها إلى أسواق أخرى، بما فيها الجزائر ومخيمات تندوف.
وبعد توقف هذا المسار، بدأ الحديث عن أزمة في توفير بعض الخضر بالجزائر، وعن ندرة البطاطس والطماطم في تندوف.
وهذا يطرح سؤالاً مهماً حول حقيقة الوجهات النهائية لهذه الشحنات، ومدى تعرض الباعة المغاربة وأصحاب الشاحنات للتحايل من طرف وسطاء يستفيدون من هذه العملية.
الدرس هنا أن حماية التصدير المغربي لا تقتصر على بيع المنتجات وشحنها، بل تقتضي أيضاً تتبع مسارها وضمان احترام الوجهة التجارية المعلنة.
— مهدي بلدي
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The former special forces "A-Team" that was paid millions of dollars for targeted assassinations in Yemen.
Spear Operations Group was a Delaware based private military company founded by Hungarian-Israeli contractor Abraham Golan, staffed largely by former US special forces (including Navy SEALs and Green Berets).
They were hired by the United Arab Emirates in 2015 to run a targeted assassination program in Yemen amid the civil war, receiving roughly $1.5 million per month plus bonuses for successful killings.
The group’s first major operation was a December 2015 attempt on the life of Anssaf Ali Mayo, a Yemeni parliamentarian and Al-Islah party leader. The team planted explosives at Mayo’s office building, but he had been tipped off and fled minutes before the blast.
Members later claimed credit for other high-profile killings of political figures, clerics, and others the UAE viewed as opponents, while human rights groups have noted that many targets lacked clear terrorist ties.
Golan himself told BuzzFeed, “There was a targeted assassination program in Yemen. I was running it. We did it. It was sanctioned by the UAE."
In 2026, a US federal court lawsuit was filed by Mayo accusing Golan and former operators Isaac Gilmore and Dale Comstock of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and attempted extrajudicial killing.
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🇮🇱🇲🇦 Le fils d’immigrés marocains a gagné son pari. Le président israélien Isaac Herzog a décidé de charger Gadi Eizenkot de former le prochain gouvernement. Il l’a invité à la résidence présidentielle, où il lui remettra officiellement cette mission demain, à 17h00.
Né le 19 mai 1960, Gadi Eizenkot est issu d’une famille juive marocaine originaire de Safi. Sa mère, Esther, est née à Casablanca et son père, Meir, à Marrakech.
→ le360.info/0tgudF
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كاد طائر لقلاق مهاجر أن يفقد حياته بعد أن علق بلاقط هوائي على ارتفاع 30 مترا ببوسكورة، في حادث استدعى تدخلا عاجلا مكن من إنقاذه وتقديم الإسعافات الأولية له، قبل نقله إلى فضاء بيطري لمواصلة الرعاية والتعافي، في انتظار استعادة قدرته على التحليق والعودة إلى بيئته الطبيعية.
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The King, The Queen and Members of the Royal Family have attended the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.
The special commemorative concert, organised by @PoppyLegion, honours all those who have lost their lives in conflict.
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🇲🇦🇮🇱 Morocco is a customer of the Israeli drone manufacturer Aero Sentinel.
The company produces tactical ISR quadcopters, including the G1, G2 and G3. Multi-Mission/Payload, Designed to operate under jamming and GPS-denied/degraded environments.
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#التعاون_الأمني_الدولي
أولاد تايمة ..توقيف مواطن فرنسي من أصول مالية، يشكل موضوع أمر دولي بإلقاء القبض صادر عن السلطات الفرنسية في قضية تتعلق بالقتل العمدي باستخدام السلاح الناري.
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UK military satellite Titania has successfully launched into orbit.
Alongside Project Inaros, we can see threats sooner, making the UK safer.
Titania & Inaros are British-built and designed, meaning more highly skilled jobs, a stronger industrial base and a more secure UK.
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I will commentate the National Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph tomorrow (Sunday from 10.30am until Noon), on @SkyNews
Here is Edward VIII - his only time at the Cenotaph, as king, in 1936 youtu.be/XRqlr2Z3ZTc?si=taYr… via @YouTube
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נשיא המדינה יצחק הרצוג החליט להטיל על יו״ר מפלגת ׳ישר׳, גדי איזנקוט, את מלאכת הרכבת הממשלה.
החלטת הנשיא התקבלה בתום סבב ההתייעצויות עם סיעות הכנסת, ולאחר שקיים במהלך הימים האחרונים שיחות עומק ובירורים נוספים עם גורמים שונים במערכת הפוליטית. במסגרת זו נועד הנשיא, בין היתר, עם ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ועם יו״ר מפלגת ׳ישר׳, גדי איזנקוט, להם מסר את כוונתו.
בתום סבב ההתייעצויות המליצו בפני נשיא המדינה סיעות הכוללות 67 חברי כנסת על יו״ר מפלגת ׳ישר׳, גדי איזנקוט, להרכבת הממשלה. סיעות הכוללות 46 חברי כנסת המליצו על ראש הממשלה ויו״ר ׳הליכוד׳, ח״כ בנימין נתניהו, וסיעה הכוללת שבעה חברי כנסת בחרה שלא להמליץ על אף אחד.
נשיא המדינה הזמין את גדי איזנקוט לבית הנשיא למעמד הטלת המנדט, שיתקיים מחר, יום ראשון, כ״ח בחשוון, 8 בנובמבר, בשעה 17:00.
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Buried among the kings: Ahead of this weekend's #RemembranceSunday commemorations, read the remarkable story of the Unknown Warrior and how, in 1920, his body was brought from the battlefields of northern France to be buried in the Abbey:
westminster-abbey.org/histor…
#Remembrance #LestWeForget
ALT A high-angle shot shows the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. The black marble gravestone lies flat on a gray tiled floor, surrounded by a thick, rectangular border of vibrant red remembrance poppies with black centers. Gilded brass lettering inscribed on the stone reads: “BENEATH THIS STONE RESTS THE BODY OF A BRITISH WARRIOR UNKNOWN BY NAME OR RANK BROUGHT FROM FRANCE TO LIE AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS OF THE LAND AND BURIED HERE ON ARMISTICE DAY 11 NOV: 1920, IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V HIS MINISTERS OF STATE THE CHIEFS OF HIS FORCES AND A VAST CONCOURSE OF THE NATION THUS ARE COMMEMORATED THE MANY MULTITUDES WHO DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914–1918 GAVE THE MOST THAT MAN CAN GIVE LIFE ITSELF FOR GOD FOR KING AND COUNTRY FOR LOVED ONES HOME AND EMPIRE FOR THE SACRED CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD THEY BURIED HIM AMONG THE KINGS BECAUSE HE HAD DONE GOOD TOWARD GOD AND TOWARD HIS HOUSE”