Rich Outzen
@RichOutzen
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Here is one example of the many crimes committed by the YPG/PKK. Some of the children rescued from Aqtan yesterday said they were accused of being ISIS simply because they were Arab. One of arrested 4 yrs ago and he is 11. Definitely a war crime.
“They tortured us with electricity,” a #child speaks about the forms of torture he was subjected to during his detention in Al-Aqtan #Prison in #Raqqa by the #SDF.
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The firearm matters—and the media is hiding it. At the Minneapolis Border Patrol shooting, the suspect was armed with a SIG Sauer P320 AXG Combat, a high-capacity 9mm pistol with a threaded barrel, extended 20–21 round magazine, and a SIG Romeo optic—a setup costing
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This is 100% more insurrection than J6
It’s every bit as paramilitary-organized as you suspected it was
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You are making too much sense
The narratives on Syria right now are full of logical inconsistencies. We are told the SDF is the only "battle-hardened" force capable of holding the line. Yet, in a matter of days, Damascus has effectively reasserted control over roughly 80% of SDF-held territory. Moreover,
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And with the SigSauer P320 it is possible apparently that the jostling caused the shot. But clearly a case of Insurrection FAFO
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Seen different views. What is clear: man targeted and obstructed LEOs. Man was armed. Man resisted arrest - may or may not have been disarmed during struggle. One shot went off prior to man getting shot - but he got shot. Who shot first? Was he disarmed? He chose his fate.
In Minneapolis, an armed libtard drew his firearm during a violent confrontation with federal agents so they gave him a dirt nap. Whether his life had value is debatable, but now people are very upset.
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Maine is a 90% white state, and only about 2% black. Yet somehow, from 2021 through 2024, at least 90% of new Medicaid agencies in Maine were created by people with African or Arabic names. They collected more than $190 million. What are the odds that even half of this is
We wanted to understand why Medicaid agencies were proliferating in Maine, so we obtained spending data by provider for 2019-2024. When we eliminated firms that billed some amount in 2019 or 2020, these were the start-ups we were left with.
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SDF as a construct was majority Arab. AFAIK all the Arabs have rejoined new, internationally recognized Syrian government. This is a YPG/PKK issue. HFAC and SFRC staff take note, DoW and CENTCOM have already figured it out.
YPG should also stop making statements under the SDF name. SDF no longer exists. It would be more accurate for them to make statements as the YPG, the Syrian branch of the PKK.
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There is an insurrection in the U.S. at present. Very fringe insurrection, a few dozen neighborhoods & a few hundred (maybe a few thousand?) but well-funded & super convinced of their righteousness. Sorta like parts of the South in say 1859. Also Dems, who won''t see the irony.
Far-left extremists in Portland, Ore. have announced an emergency direct action to target @ICEgov in Portland again.
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NE #Syria’s ceasefire has been extended by 15 days. In this video recorded 2hrs ago, I said US pressure would likely result in an extension — both to give time for moving #ISIS detainees to #Iraq & to provide space for calming tensions & early confidence-building measures.
A 4-day ceasefire between #Syria’s gov’t & the #SDF has just expired & tensions are sky-high. With strong US pressure in play, where do things go from here? Watch #SyriaWeekly’s latest 30min briefing, here: https://t.co/KMilt5kiLA
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Important precedent for what happens after reintegration of areas near Euphrates - return/reconstruction not massacres.
#Syria: the Governor of #Aleppo announced the end of the emergency phase in Ashrafiyah & Sheikh Maqsoud, 2 weeks after these districts came under Government control. - over 90% of displaced residents returned so far - all roads were reopened - 3 new transportation lines were
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Dangerous times to be a PLA general apparently
BIG: Strange news from Beijing After reports that Zhang Youxia and 17 other PLA generals were detained, rumors say Liu Zhenli ordered a PLA 82nd Group Army special forces unit to intercept a convoy linked to China’s Ministry of Public Security (9th Bureau).
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The headline is a bit misleading but the story pretty balanced - WSJ tracks the events of the past two weeks that restored Damascus' control over Arab areas east of Euphrates. https://t.co/JpJbhY7DWm via @WSJ
wsj.com
His unexpected offensive in northeast Syria claimed huge territory for Damascus and fractured a U.S.-backed militia.
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A perfect example of disinformation vis-a-vis #Syria: - Viral account (based in part in "N. #Israel") with 900,000+ followers creates fictional quote. - US Senator @LindseyGrahamSC with 2.3+ million followers buys it & shares. = 1 million+ views & false narrative shaped in hrs
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Senate Dems concede that they have violated Va law by failing to give proper public notice of their gerrymandering constitutional amendment. This pm (ironically with no notice to the public) they moved to repeal the problematic law - retroactive to 1971!
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Important insight here about the "legitimacy transfer" led by Obama in 2014/2015 that extended the Syrian civil war, strengthened Assad, and cost the anti-Assad opposition a decade and thousands of lives. Declaring all the Sunni Arabs "ISIS adjacent" was never good policy.
"For a decade, under the cover of intense US air power, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came to control Syria’s most strategic cities. During this period, IS - never a deeply rooted force in Syria - was largely eliminated. Yet even after its raison d’etre disappeared, the SDF
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Jen we may need you as Governor. I'll donate
As a proud Mom of a 2025 VMI graduate, I stand with @VMI1839 and reject this pathetic attempt to subject an outstanding academic institution to woke oversight and punitive partisanship. The amazing young men and women who challenge themselves at VMI become great military and
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It appears that Mazloum Abdi supports @realDonaldTrump foreign policy more than @LindseyGrahamSC does
SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi thanks the U.S. after holding “a productive and constructive meeting” in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region with U.S. Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack and CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper. “The support of the United States and President Trump’s policy for
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Nothing like making bad foreign policy decisions based on poor translations
@LindseyGrahamSC You and the page who posted the video are spreading misinformation. He didn’t say anything like what the other page quoted him on, and you blindly saying yessir I feel bad for @SCGOP
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