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Technology

Vehicle I-D: Canada’s British Empire M113, not your Uncle Sam’s M113

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Canada began using the original M113A1 (Diesel powered version) in the late 1960s, it is not to be confused with the earlier M113 Command & Recon Lynx, which was a shortened, lightweight version of the gasoline powered M113.

A derelict M113C&R Lynx is used for vehicle recovery training, in Valcartier, Québec, 20OCT2021. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Hugo Montpetit.

The original M113 was developed by the United States based FMC, then continued under United Defense, then taken over by the British empire’s BAE Systems.  The BAE upgraded M113s are known as Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL), or also as Tracked Light Armoured Vehicle (TLAV).  And to confuse you even more, each ‘fit-out’ (version) of the MTVL/TLAV has its own special acronym.

An MTVL during NATO wargame Trident Juncture, in Portugal, 02NOV2015. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Jordan Legree.

Very quick Canadian Forces video of MTVL ‘Medic Track’ off-load from cargo ship in Setubal, Portugal, for NATO wargame, 07OCT2015:

MTVL on Garrison Wainwright, Alberta, 30APR2015. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Nédia Coutinho.

MTVL in Wainwright, Alberta, 03JUN2016. Canadian Forces photo by Master Corporal Jonathan Barrette.

A major visual difference between a new NATO-Canadian M113 and the old NATO-U.S. M113 can be seen in the types of tracks and drive sprockets used, and the fact that they have six roadwheels as opposed to the U.S. M113s with five roadwheels!

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Fitter (MTVF):

Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, 06JUN2007. Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Craig Fiander.

This M113 MTV-Fitter helped move a World War Two Flakpanzer on Canadian Forces Base Borden, 24OCT2016. Canadian Forces photo by Ordinary Seaman Justin Spinello.

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Engineer (MTVE):

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

NATO-Denmark uses Canadian/BAE style drive sprockets and Band-Tracks on their five road-wheeled M113s:

BAE ‘Band-Tracks’ on a Danish M113 during a NATO wargame on Hohenfels, Germany, 03NOV2014. U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Shardesia Washington.

A Danish M113 crewman shows-off the Canadian style track system to a U.S. recovery vehicle crewman, 27MAY2015. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Carol A. Lehman.

Denmark M113 during NATO wargame in Latvia, 27SEP2015. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Brooks Fletcher.

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Recovery (MTVR):

20APR2018.

MTVR on Wainwright Training Area, Alberta, 23SEP2020. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Djalma Vuong-De Ramos.

Tank Recovery, in a city park:

Canadian Forces photo by Justin Spinello.

HOW TO MOVE YOUR 1:1 SCALE WHIRLWIND FLAKPANZER, IN CANADA!

Vehicle I-D: Canadian C2 MEXAS ARMOR (I mean, ARMOUR?) AFGHANISTAN

LAST DAYS OF THE DIGGER’S (Australian) M113

IDAHO SHOWS YOU HOW TO ENGINE SWAP A 1:1 SCALE M113

British Empire Take Over, October 2022: THE NEW U.S. ELECTRIC WARRIOR, FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE, WITH LOVE!

Technology

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: M1117, Guardian of Security or a Frankenstein?

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Even though the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle (ASV), also known as the Guardian, was developed in the late 1990s, it is actually an evolutionary step in the development of the Cold War era V100/V150/V200 Cadillac Gage Commando armored car.

U.S. Army V100 Commando during Tet Offensive in Viet Nam, 31JAN1967.

The V100 series was first developed in the early 1960s, and saw use in the occupation of Viet Nam.  It was also sold, and even given away, to many small countries which could not afford to buy full-blown battle tanks.  Several state and city level law enforcement agencies, in the United States (U.S.), use the V150.

Vietnam War era V-100/M706 armored car, displayed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Eventually, the U.S. military designated it as M706.  Six wheeled versions are known as LAV (Light Armored Vehicle)-300 and LAV-600.

Production of the M1117 began in 1999.  The occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq resulted in the U.S. military realizing that its even older HMMWV vehicles were vulnerable to land-mines, and thus production of the M1117 was increased.  In the early years, the U.S. military referred to the M1117 as the ASV.

Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Jeremy D. Crisp, 04APR2005.

The U.S. Army (USA) M1117 is armed with a M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, and a Mark 19 40mm grenade machine gun (referred to as a grenade launcher).  It is used mainly by Military Police. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) version adds a M240 light machine gun (based on the European  FN MAG) on top of the turret.

USA-Reserve video of M1117s conducting gunnery in Iraq, 25OCT2005:

M1117 bore sight target board, Balad, Iraq, October 2006. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Karonda Fleming.

Tikrit, Iraq. U.S. Army photo, 02NOV2006.

Poor quality video report, by Staff Sergeant John Anderson, showing maintenance on the M1117 in Afghanistan, in September 2006.  It would not be until 2018 that the USA would develop a specific maintenance training course for what would be unofficially called The Frankenstein:

Taji, Iraq, 17MAY2008. USA photo by Sergeant Andrea Merritt.

USA video report about the use of the M1117 as a convoy security vehicle in Iraq, 05FEB2009.  Notice in the report they say that ASV stands for Armored Scout Vehicle:

Brand new M1117 Armored Security Vehicles arrive on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, 04APR2011. USA photo by Specialist Kimberly Hackbarth.

M1117 drives into a hole on the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. USA photo by Michael Beaton, 04OCT2012.

There are many other versions, such as recovery vehicles, ambulances, personnel carriers, and artillery gun carriers and artillery FiST-V.

M1200 Armored Knight FiST-V. Georgia Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Tracy J. Smith, 24JUL2014.

Washington DC National Guard M1117 Armored Security Vehicle. DC National Guard photo by Jesse Searls, 21JAN2014.

U.S. Army video by Martin Greeson, from May 2014, U.S. soldiers learn how to unstick an M1117 stuck in a ditch in NATO Germany:

Alabama Army National Guard video, by Sergeant Brenda Smith, showing M1117 gunnery on Eglin Air Force Base, in Florida, April 2015:

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Helen Miller, 23JUN2017.

Pulling the motor from a M1117, 14MAR2018. USA-Reserve photo by Master Sergeant Michel Sauret.

By 2018, the U.S. Army finally create a maintenance training course specifically for the M1117.  That is because technicians began to refer to the M1117 as ‘Frankenstein’, because most of its internal components were made by many different companies, which complicated things: “The ASV is a melting pot of parts. Attention to detail with the ASV is needed due to its Frankenstein appearance.”-Herbert Green, M1117 maintenance instructor with the 99th Readiness Division

By 2019, the Illinois Army National Guard began displaying their Guardians alongside vehicles in the State Military Museum. Illinois National Guard photo by Lieutenant Colonel Bradford Leighton, 18MAY2019.

In NATO Canada, it is known as the Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV).  In Afghanistan it is known as the Mobile Strike Force Vehicle (MSFV).  The taxpayers of the U.S. have not-knowingly paid for more than one thousand M1117s, donated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to various countries like NATO Greece, Kosovo, Colombia, and now Ukraine. 

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Angela Simpson, 04AUG2017.

In 2017, the cost of a new M1117 was put at $809-thousand-5-hundred each!

On 04NOV2022, the U.S. DoD announced that 250 M1117s would be rebuilt for use by the Ukrainian military, in its war against Russia.

May 2022: It has been revealed that the U.S. M113 Armored Personnel Carriers for Ukraine are coming from the Army National Guard inventories of at least five states!

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: USAF SENDS 27 BLOCK-25 FALCONS TO THE BONEYARD!

ANTONOV 2 BIPLANE, THE MOST PRACTICAL AIRCRAFT EVER?

M-T-L-B, USED BY U.S., NATO, UKRAINE AND STILL USED BY RUSSIA!

Technology

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: DANA and the new Zuzana

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Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak ShKH vz. 77. Photo via Czech Ministry of Defense.

The ShKH vz. 77 DANA began service with Warsaw Pact Czechoslovakia in 1981. New versions are continually being created, and currently is in use by at least six countries.

Polish DANA lets one rip while deployed to Afghanistan, November 2010. Photo by Polish Warrant Officer-2 Adam Roik.

Gunner’s position inside the DANA. Photo by Polish Warrant Officer-2 Adam Roik.

Forward Operating Base Arian, Afghanistan, 11JAN2012. In the background a Polish DANA. California Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Adam Carrington.

Cold War era Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak designed/built Soviet 152mm gunned Samo-hybná Kanónová Húfnica vzor 77 (ShKH vz. 77, or self-propelled cannon howitzer model 77), also known as DANA (Dělo Automobilní Nabíjené Automaticky, in English means gun vehicle loaded automatically).  In today’s NATO Czech Republic it is called the SPGH-M77 or Type 77.

NATO Czech DANA on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 25OCT2012. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

25OCT2012, USA photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

25OCT2012, USA photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

Near Peer Threats and Russo-Ukraine War, 2014 to present. 

NATO Czech DANAs on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 02SEP2014. USA photo by Sergeant Christina M. Dion.

NATO Czech DANAs on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 04SEP2014. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

04SEP2014, USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

04SEP2014. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

NATO Czech ShKH-77 Danas in a garage on the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 08AUG2015. USA photo by Specialist Tyler Kingsbury.

North Carolina Army National Guard examine a Polish 152mm DANA, 05JUN2016. North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Robert Jordan.

Polish 152mm DANA launches rounds during Exercise Anakonda, 13JUN2016. Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Micah D. Campbell.

Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, NATO Poland, 13JUN2016. Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Micah D. Campbell.

NATO’s Battle Group Poland roll towards the border with NATO Lithuania during Saber Strike wargame, 18JUN2017. USA photo by Specialist Stefan English.

Quick U.S. Army video by Sergeant Austin Majors, wet gap (river) crossing showing Polish DANAs crossing pontoon bridge during NATO’s Saber Strike wargame in June 2017:

NATO’s Battle Group Poland roll towards the border with NATO Lithuania during Saber Strike wargame, 18JUN2017. USA photo by Specialist Stefan English.

Polish DANA, 26SEP2018. USA photo by Sergeant Christopher Case.

What do you call a DANA that has been upgraded with a NATO compatible 155mm gun? The Zuzana.

U.S. paratroopers take photos of Slovakia’s Zuzana, 08MAR2019. USA photo by Specialist Rolyn Kropf.

In 2021, NATO Slovakia began using a new version of the Zuzana, called Zuzana-2.

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Zuzana-2 uses the latest in automation and has a human crew of only three.

Slovak Zuzana-2 launching a projectile on Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, 30NOV2021. USA photo by Private First Class Jacob Bradford.

U.S. Army video by Specialist Jameson Harris, NATO Slovakia tries out their new Zuzana-2 in NATO Poland, 30NOV2021:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06MAY2022.

In NATO Latvia, Forward Operating Site Adazi, NATO Slovak personnel showed-off their new Zuzana-2 to artillery men from Fort Riley, Kansas, on 06MAY2022.

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06MAY2022.

On 09OCT2022, NATO-Slovakia revealed that it had sent a total of ten of the new Zuzana-2 gun systems to Ukraine.

Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Poland’s new Krab, updated for Ukraine Crisis: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

Soviet era Armor used by NATO: POLAND

Soviet era Aircraft used by NATO: POLAND SUKHOI 22

NATO Vehicle I-D: FRENCH CAESAR INVADES GERMANY!

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Mil 26 Halo, Cold War helicopter with no plans to retire!

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Mil (мил) 26, NATO reporting name Halo.

The Mil 26 Halo was developed in the 1970s, to replace the older Mil 6 Hook. Mil is now part of the larger Russian Helicopters (JCS Russian Helicopters) ‘holding company’.

Video report, Mi-26 lifts its predecessor the Mi-6:

On 22NOV2021, Russian Helicopters-Rostec announced a deal for mass production of the new Mi-26T2V, for the Russian Ministry of Defense.

United Kingdom based Air Charter Service explains why their favorite helicopter is the Mil 26:

In 2020, Peru sold off its aged Mi-26Ts to a Cyprus-based aviation junk yard company for the price of scrap.  Peru bought the Halos as used from the airline Aeroflot. They only operated in Peru for a few years before sitting abandoned for more than a decade.

Poor quality video of an Abakan Avia operated Mi-26 (Ми-26) crashing in April 2020, Novy Urengoy – Vankor field, Yamal Peninsula, Russia. Three crew wounded. It looks like the pilot came in too fast with the nose too high causing the tail to hit the ground:

At the end of 2019, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/Russian Helicopters announced a year of testing for its new Mi-26T2V.

2019 video, lifting a An-74:

In 2019, reportedly India finally made a deal with Russia to rebuild their surviving three Mi-26 Halos. The hope is that the aged beyond their life span Mi-26s will get another 10 to 15 years of life. India was one of the first foreign buyers of the Mi-26, during the Cold War.

In January 2019, a Mi-26 transported many materials to the Bureysky reservoir, which had been blocked by a landslide in December 2018 creating a flood threat, Russian Defense Ministry video:

TASS video of UTair Mi-26 moving an old Tu-134 ‘gate guard’ in Tyumen, Russia, 2019:

Russian Defense Ministry video of load-up of Mi-26 during Vostock 2018 war games, September 2018:

TASS video of Russian military Mi-26 practicing to fight fires, May 2018:

Photo via Russian Helicopters.

In October 2017, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the Mi-26 would be modernized to ‘T2V’ standard, allowing it to operate in bad weather, at night, and will have a self defense system against guided anti-aircraft missiles.

Photo via Russian Helicopters.

Photo via Russian Helicopters.

Also in October 2017, Russian Helicopters-Rostec announced their plans to begin helicopter maintenance operations in Mexico, to service the growing number of Russian helicopters in Mexico, including at least two Mi-26T.

Photo via Russian Defense Ministry.

VGTRK-T24 detailed video report about the Mi-26, 28APR2017:

By 2015, the Indian Air Force was down to just one operable Mi-26, with only 1-hundred hours of life left in it. India first bought the Mi-26 Halo in the 1980s, during the undeclared/unofficial global Cold War, acquiring a total of four. Apparently the Indian government thinks it is too costly to rebuild/replace the Mi-26.

2013(?) video report, checking out a new build Mi-26:

Australian Department of Defence photo, March 2011.

In early 2011, the Australian Department of Defence hired Russian contractor Vertical T to fly Mi-26 Halo transport missions in Afghanistan, specifically in Uruzgan Province.

Australian and U.S. military personnel check out the huge ass of the Mi-26. Australian Department of Defence photo, March 2011.

Mi-26 Halo helicopter delivers a battle damaged Mi-17 Hip to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, 13JUL2011. Photo via U.S. Army’s 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

13JUL2011, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo via U.S. Army’s 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

13JUL2011, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo via U.S. Army’s 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

13JUL2011, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo via U.S. Army’s 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

Associated Press photo.

In December 2010, an Indian Air Force Mi-26 crashed at Jammu Airport/Air Force Station. The crew of seven were wounded, technical problems are suspected as the cause.

A Russian Mi-26 Halo lands at Belet Weyne (Beledweyne), Somalia, December 1993. U.S. Department of Defense photo by Sergeant G. D. Robinson.

In 1993, the Mi-26 Halo was used to shuttle supplies and personnel to areas outside Mogadishu, Somalia, during the United States led United Nation’s Operation Continue Hope.

Mi-26 Halo on the shores of Kismayo, Somalia, November 1993. U.S. Department of Defense photo by Sergeant G. D. Robinson.

November 1993, U.S. Department of Defense photo by Sergeant G. D. Robinson.

Image taken from 1986 video, showing a Soviet Mi-26 attempting to reduce radiation levels around the exploded Chernobyl nuclear reactor.

Soviet era video report, one of the first production Mi-26 arrives at Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnovo Khozyaystva (VDNKh, ВДНХ), Moscow, 1985:

Soviet silly-vilian (civilian) airliner version of the Mi-26 in 1983.

Early 1980s Soviet AviaExport promotional film about the then new Mi-26:

Cold War ‘Fake News’ Helicopter:

UH-1H ‘HUEY-HIND’

Cold War Helicopters: KAMOV 25 ‘HORMONE’

Business/Economics, Idaho

My Immigrant Idaho: Chobani to hire Afghan refugees, par for the course for Biden, and a Turkish owned company!

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A company with the world’s largest yogurt operation (located in Idaho), accused in the past of favoring immigrant and refugees over U.S. citizens, as employees, and of course denying those accusations, has announced (on 21SEP2021) that it wants Afghan refugees to fill their vacant positions, and is creating a coalition of more than 30 companies that will do the same!

The owner of Chobani is also not a U.S. citizen (just like Elon Musk is not), even though he has been living in the United States since 1994!  Hamdi Ulukaya is described by Wikipedia as “a Turkish businessman, activist, and philanthropist of Kurdish descent based in the United States.”

In 2005, using a U.S. Small Business Administration loan, Ulukaya bought a defunct Kraft yogurt factory in New York.  He called his new business Agro Farma.  By 2007 he had changed the name to Chobani.

Chobani yogurt facility, Twin Falls, Idaho, December 2012.

In 2012, Chobani opened what was then called the largest yogurt factory in the world, in Twin Falls, Idaho.

In 2014, Ulukaya began funding refugee operations around the world, starting with a $2-million donation to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

It should also be known that Ulukaya has made huge donations within the United States, helping local communities struggling with the never recovering bad economy.  He has also expressed concern and support for the U.S. dairy farmers.

2015, CNN report saying Ulukaya wants all U.S. corporations to hire refugees:

In 2016, a New York Times article stated that Chobani was “employing more than 300 refugees”.

2016, Fox News reports that people want to boycott Chobani for hiring refugees over citizens:

Gov’na Brad Little attends a Chobani grand opening ceremony.

2017, Idaho’s current gov’na, Brad Little, praised Chobani saying “Chobani has worked hard to make itself an integral part of the Magic Valley community. Chobani’s latest investment in its state-of-the-art Innovation & Community Center underscores its commitment to Idaho. We are grateful to the leadership and employees at Chobani for their continued dedication to excellence, which only serves to help us in our goal to make Idaho a place where our children and grandchildren choose to stay.” Really? Then why are so many of Idaho’s youth leaving The Gem State?

In 2018, pro-British empire CNN called Ulukaya a “US billionaire” (note CNN doesn’t punctuate US, which is typical British grammar, not U.S. grammar) even though his official citizenship is still with Turkey, and claims the number of refugees and immigrants employed by Chobani is only 30% of Chobani’s total number of workers. 

2019, Ulukaya explains why he hires refugees:

February 2021, WKTVNEWSChannel2 report on Chobani and Utica’s refugee population:

May 2021, KTVB report on why Idaho refugee organizations are expecting a flood of refugees:

Read on indeed.com what employees at Chobani’s Twin Falls, Idaho, operation think.

Read on glassdoor.com what Chobani employees around the world think.

A new documentary claims Chobani puts employees before profit.  Do an internet search for all the food donations Chobani makes around the world every year and you will wonder how does Chobani have anything left over to sell, and, how can it afford to pay its employees?

Chobani Australia to sell yogurt for dogs.

Chobani makes vegan yogurt.

Chobani goes public, makes 2021 debut on stockmarket.

In 2012, Ulukaya’s ex-wife sued him, saying she was owned money from previous investments.

In 2013, a Californian sued Chobani after an outbreak of mold.  The U.S. FDA confirmed 220 people reported they were sickened after eating Chobani products. 

In 2014, Chobani was sued for copyright infringement.

Also in 2014, Chobani sued over its claim of being Greek yogurt.

The only time I’ve had Chobani yogurt was about five years ago when I was totally reliant upon food from charities.  It was slimy and tasted bad, but then again it could have been sitting on a shelf for a long time, which in the case of donated foods is typical, I was routinely given food products that were several months past their ‘use by’ dates.  If I can’t find a job soon (and I’ve been told by several HR managers that it is because of my age) I’ll be forced to return to relying on food pantries/banks.  Oh by the way, in 2017, lawsuits filed by former employees at the Twin Falls, Idaho, Chobani factory claimed the company discriminated based on sex and age.

Also in 2017, Chobani lawyers stated that claims against Chobani of employment of violent refugees “…have caused and continue to cause harm to Idaho residents…”

In 2018, a former employee of the Twin Falls factory sued Chobani, saying the company discriminated against her because of her disability.

Also in 2018, Chobani itself filed a lawsuit against the Twin Falls School District, saying the school district overcharged Chobani for property tax/fees.

In October 2019, New York’s Unadilla Valley Central School District was given additional time, by a judge, to justify the property tax/fees for the Chenango County Chobani factory. In 2017, Chobani itself filed a lawsuit against the Unadilla Valley Central District, saying the school district overcharged Chobani for property tax/fees.

In October 2020, Chobani was sued for false advertising regarding its vanilla yogurt.

Also in 2020, Chobani was sued regarding its claim of 45% less sugar.

In May 2021, Chobani was sued for false advertising regarding its low-fat Greek yogurt.

In July 2021, Chobani was accused of misrepresenting certification by Fair Trade USA (a non-profit organization).

My Immigrant Idaho:

Idaho Office of Resettlement reveals that Afghans are the second largest refugee group in Idaho, and that’s before Biden’s Afghanistan SNAFU!

MORMON FARMERS SUFFER UNDER TRUMP’S ILLEGALS POLICY!

 UNEMPLOYMENT SERVICES NOW IN SPANISH!

 FEDERALES (say it in Spanish, it means federal government officials) SAY IDAHO DOMINATED BY POOR IMMIGRANTS!

IDAHO BURDENED BY $187-MILLION WORTH OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! 

Photo by Jack Dempsey-Invision for Chobani.

Right to Work (you over) Idaho governor Butch Otter gives praise at the Chobani immigrant employment alter!

Biden’s War, July 2021: SECRET NEW AFGHAN-AFRICAN REFUGEE OPERATION REVEALED!

International

Afghan Pandemic Blowback: The world has finally had enough of migrants?

The never ending flood of global migrants and refugees, combined with pandemic and comedy-of-errors Afghanistan, has pushed many countries to the edge. Incomplete list of links to news reports as of 10 September 2021:

Data from Gallup proves most migrant workers don’t plan on returning to their country of origin!

“2020 was un unparalleled year, marked by overlapping crises. The outbreak of COVID-19 disrupted most migration movements, as border closures and containment restrictions reduced mobility worldwide.”-Elizabeth Collett, United Nations International Organization for Migration-Asia-Pacific Regional Data Hub

Should we blame the increase in global migration on the increase in global construction projects?

As some countries welcome Afghanistan’s refugees, others want to keep them out.

African Union members create agreement to ensure their migrant workers get social services/welfare in the countries they are working in!

Belarus wants to cancel European Union (EU) deal regarding migrants!

EU accused of using migrants to test new people surveillance/tracking system!

EU building concentration camps in Central Asian countries, specifically for Afghan refugees!

EU promises to help fund the United Nations International Organization for Migration program to help migrants return to their home countries!

NATO France and NATO United Kingdom in legal spat over migrants caught in the Channel.

Supposedly left-wing liberal NATO Denmark says from now on migrants must work for the taxpayer funded social services they’ve been getting!

NATO Denmark to help Lithuania build a border wall to stop migrants!

NATO Denmark agrees to fund anti-migrant operation in Pakistan!

Haitians hoping to get to the North American country of NATO United States flood towns in the South American country of Colombia!

Scandals involving vaccine data leaks and fake vaccine passports has Indonesian migrant workers in China’s Hong Kong fearing they could be deported!

Iran and Pakistan join NATO Turkey in closing borders to Afghan refugees!

U.S. ally Israel continues its ‘holocaust’-like treatment of African migrants!

Population-death-spiral Japan is so desperate for migrant workers they are now trying out a phone application that will let migrant workers report mistreatment!

Migrant organizations try to use court of law to stop Mexico’s mass-deportations!

Mexico says it is moving migrant camps in order to protect migrants from gangs!

News outlet traces boats used by migrants to shipyard in NATO Netherlands!

Singapore to relax pandemic restrictions for migrants!

Politician in NATO Spain says 40% of sex crimes are done by migrants!

NATO Turkey using Afghan crisis as excuse to close its borders to migrants!

U.S. ally United Arab Emirates accused of kidnapping, abusing and then deporting 7-hundred migrant workers!

A new study estimates that 70% of migrant workers, in the U.S. ally of Qatar, died mysteriously!

FALSE FLAG: ‘WAR REFUGEES’, THE GREATEST & MOST PROFITABLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATION EVER!

Biden’s Borderland:  TEXAS HOT SPOT! MEXICO BEGS FOR HELP! MIGRANT CARAVAN IS ACTUALLY GLOBAL MIGRANT ARMY!

September 2020: COVID-19 CAN’T STOP GROWING GLOBAL TSUNAMI OF MIGRANTS! WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY COMING FROM?

Immigrant Invasion U.S.A., December 2019: POPULATION DEATH SPIRAL, RATS LEAVING A SINKING SHIP!

Global Migrant Wars, April 2019: It can be blamed on never ending War on Terror, War on Drugs, Regime Change, War for Resources, what I call Operation Jupiter disease operations, climate change, and (believe it or not) the population Death Spiral of the ‘developed’ Western World.  But most of all it’s about the money.

March 2019: JAPAN ADMITS TO SLAVE LABOR TREATMENT OF FOREIGN WORKERS, HUNDREDS DIE OR DISAPPEAR EVERY YEAR!

Immigrant Invasion U.S.A., March 2019: IT’S NOT JUST A WAR, IT’S NOW A GLOBAL CIVIL WAR!

November 2017: STOP YOUR COUNTRY’S POPULATION DEATH SPIRAL, LEGALIZE MARIJUANA!

God is Evil: ISRAEL SNEAKS IN ‘WHITE’ INDIAN JEWS WHILE KICKING OUT ‘BLACK’ ETHIOPIAN JEWS!

February 2016: CONFIRMED; POPULATION DEATH SPIRAL FOR JAPAN!

God is Evil: Video shows Israelis shoot & then beat to death ‘black’ man, then beat him even more! 

July 2015: Tsunami of Mexican drug war refugees caused by the true Drug Lord in Mexico; the United States!

Control Through Chaos:  USING THE BIBLE AS YOUR GUIDE TO DESTROY GLOBAL SOCIETY!

Idaho, U.S.

Biden’s Borderland: Operation Allies Welcome, don’t call them ‘refugees’, and pass the vaccine!

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Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, this includes links to local news reports:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched Operation Allies Welcome, which is actually being carried out by U.S. Northern Command.  Locations across the United States (mainly military bases) will be prepped to ‘welcome’ refugees being brought into the country as part of Operation Allies Refuge which I revealed back in July, which also includes refugees from unnamed African countries. The taxpayer funded ‘welcome’ is supposed to include transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for as many as 50-thousand Afghan refugees at each location!  By the way, the Department of Defense doesn’t call them refugees, it calls them “evacuees”.

03SEP2021 DHS press conference announcing Operation Allies Welcome:

ARIZONA: ABC15 video report, evacuees arrive, but for some reason the arrival is being played down:

ARKANSAS: Charity group gives vague notice of hundreds of evacuees coming to the Northwestern part of the state.

CALIFORNIA: Governor demands federal taxpayers give him $16.7-million to resettle Afghans!

IDAHO: 

The Idaho Office of Resettlement reports that for fiscal year 2021 (which ends on 30SEP2021) Afghans are the second most ‘resettled’ group into The Gem State.  But that might change for fiscal year 2022, with Operations Allies Refuge and Allies Welcome.

KBOI video report saying that Operation Allies Refuge is actually making it more difficult to resettle Afghans to Idaho:

INDIANA: 

Indiana National Guard photo by Sergeant Tackora Farrington.

02SEP2021, evacuees arrive on Indianan National Guard base Camp Atterbury.

WKLB video report, Indianans who leave near Camp Atterbury say they haven’t been told anything about the evacuee operation:

MASSACHUSETTS: Mayor of Worchester claims the city can take 350 evacuees!

MICHIGAN:  WXYZ video report, non-profit organization makes major announcement:

NEW JERSEY: 

U.S. Army photo by Specialist James Liker.

Contractors with Joint Task Force Liberty construct a temporary housing facility for Afghans at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, 30AUG2021.

NEW MEXICO: 

First Afghans arrive on Holloman AFB, 31AUG2021. U.S. Army Private First Class Anthony X. Sanchez.

31AUG2021, U.S. Air Force (USAF) video (by Senior Airman Skyler Combs) of C-130J full of the first ‘evacuees’ to arrive on Holloman Air Force Base:

The massive Fort Bliss Doña Ana Complex in New Mexico. U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Luis Santiago, 30AUG2021.

31AUG2021, U.S. Army (USA) personnel on Fort Bliss’ (which straddles the Texas/New Mexico border) Doña Ana Complex had to create a special ‘welcome’ in-processing area just for women, as well as a special Female Engagement Team!

USA photo by Sergeant Brahim Douglas.

TENNESSEE: Refugee charity feels confident that evacuees will be sent to Chattanooga.

TEXAS: 

USAF photo by John Ingle.

On 30AUG2021, Airman from Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB) were deployed to Holloman AFB in New Mexico, for Operation Allies Welcome.

KTSM 9 video report, evacuee complains about Fort Bliss (remember, Fort Bliss actually stretches across Texas and New Mexico) and says it is obvious the U.S. government wasn’t prepared for evacuating Afghans:

KTSM 9 (which broadcasts to TV viewers in both Texas and New Mexico) video report, filthy conditions for evacuees on Fort Bliss:

VIRGINIA: 

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Brian Bolin Junior.

Marine Corps Base Quantico, new buildings are being constructed to in-process thousands of refugees from Afghanistan.

29AUG2021, USA video (by Specialist Froyland Grimaldo) of Op Allies Welcome preparations on Fort Picket:

USA photo by Keith Pannell.

Fort Picket contractors begin work on facilities for evacuees, 30AUG2021.

WASHINGTON: Christian resettlement group warns city of Spokane to get ready for a lot of Afghans!

King 5 video report, King County to use their vacant hotel as evacuee center:

WISCONSIN:

As of 04SEP2021, the U.S. Department of Defense says as many as 5-hundred evacuees have passed through the Fort McCoy welcome center since the last days of August.

Representative Tom Tiffany claims evacuees arriving on Fort McCoy are not being fully vetted!

USA photo by Specialist Eric Cerami.

Wisconsin National Guard medics are administering CoViD pandemic vaccinations to evacuees who haven’t already been vaccinated.

USA photo by Specialist Rhianna Ballenger.

03SEP2021, evacuees are given Operation Welcome ‘comfort kits’ upon arrival on Fort McCoy.

USA-Reserve photo by Zach Mott.

01SEP2021, USA-Reserve personnel build a temporary fence on Fort McCoy, in preparation for Afghan refugees, oh, I mean ‘evacuees’.

USA photo by Specialist Eric Cerami.

29AUG2021, supposedly this plane is full of ‘evacuees’ yet Fort McCoy officials did not release any photos showing refugees getting off the plane.

Biden’s Borderland: AFGHANISTAN IS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING OP? GLOBAL RECORD NUMBER OF CHILDREN, AGAIN!

Sumerian Lament: HISTORY SHOWS IMMIGRANTS ARE GREATEST SELF-INFLICTED THREAT TO EMPIRES!

U.S.

Biden’s Borderland: Afghanistan is a Human Trafficking Op? Global Record Number of Children, again!

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Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, incomplete list of links to news/government agency reports as of 28 August 2021:

Video report, Biden continues Trump policy:

United Nations (UN) report says in the past week Iran sent 22-thousand Afghan refugees back into Afghanistan, (probably to take advantage of flights to United States)!

Does this video report sound familiar? Children arrive in U.S. by themselves, this time from Afghanistan:

UN says record number of children now living as illegals outside their place of birth, Afghanistan being the number one place of origin!

Organization helps illegals get jobs in the U.S. healthcare system.

Mexico deports migrants bound for U.S.

Video report on how a Clinton era law that was supposed to reduce illegal immigration, actually increased it:

ARIZONA: U.S. citizen caught using fake Border Patrol vehicle to smuggle 10 illegals!

CALIFORNIA: Business owners plead guilty to forcing illegals to work as slaves, from 2016 to 2018!

Man accused of enticing illegals using Craigslist, three people died!

CONNECTICUT: U.S. citizen sentenced for arraigning illegal marriages involving illegals!

FLORIDA: Governor demands U.S. President stop sending illegals to The Sunshine State!

New law fines businesses for not using e-verify.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection-Air and Marine Operations photo.

On 21AUG2021, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spotted a boat with 24 Cubans onboard, near Elbow Cay, Bahamas. The U.S. Coast Guard then captured the boat and the illegals were sent back to Cuba.

LOUISIANA: Louisiana State University using federal pandemic funding to pay off student loans, including loans to non-citizen students!

MISSOURI: Popular Mexican restaurant chain accused of trafficking illegals, at least 14 arrested!

NEW YORK: New York Magazine says illegals being able to vote will cause a political earthquake!

NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. Marine Corps contractors caught smuggling illegals onto Camp Lejeune!

PUERTO RICO:

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad.

On 11AUG2021, a U.S. Coast Guard aircrew spotted 48 Hatians who somehow got stranded on Monito Cay.  On 12 AUG2021, Puerto Rico police helped capture them and turned them over to Border Patrol.

TENNESSEE: State officials discussing new laws to stop businesses from hiring illegals!

TEXAS: Visibly sick illegals are allowed to freely travel, and cops are treating illegals better than locals!

Federal court blocks law against transporting illegals!

Border Patrol captures 68 illegals, who were covered in a white powder!

Video report, record number of illegals in July:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Greg L. Davis, 18AUG2021.

U.S. Border Patrol operates inside Big Bend National Park.

Washington DC: The U.S. military is relying on more and more non-citizens, Congress wants to create special protections for them!

Social Security 5 year residency rule for non-citizen spouses is more complicated than you think!

Supposedly, Biden asked Mexico to break-up illegal camps along border.

Video report, Supreme Court blocks Biden’s attempt to halt Trump policy:

Biden’s War, 26AUG2021: AFGHANISTAN SNAFU, U.S. MILITARY KILLED IN “BLOODBATH”!

Biden’s Borderland, 09AUG2021: REFUGEE POLICY PISSES-OFF NATO MEMBERS! RECORD # OF CHILDREN & DRUGS!

International

Biden’s War: Afghanistan SNAFU, U.S. military killed in “bloodbath”!

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“There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the — of the United States from Afghanistan.”-Joe Biden, President of the United States, 08JUL2021

SNAFU=Situation Normal, All Fucked-Up

Links to reports about the cluster-fuck called Afghanistan:

26AUG2021, Reuters says Dozens of civilians, 12 U.S. troops killed in bloodbath suicide attack at Kabul airport!

Italians report their aircraft have been fired upon:

https://youtu.be/SZY–l2mN5E

26AUG2021, Taliban block evacuations due to shots fired at airport:

U.S. claims there is a threat of attack against the airport in Kabul.

Smuggling people from Afghanistan to Turkey.

India’s visas for Afghans based on religion?

Refugees on U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, 24AUG2021. U.S. Navy photo by Captain Kevin Pickard, Jr.

German plane evacuates only 7 people from Afghanistan!

Germany flies 220 Afghans to Uzbekistan:

Germany halts its evacuation efforts!

German military claim gun-fight between airport guards and unknown attacker resulted in one person killed, 23AUG2021:

Ramstein Air Base refugee tents, 24AUG2021. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jan K. Valle.

U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Caleb S. Kimmell, refugee ops on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 22AUG2021:

Even pets are being evacuated, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, 23AUG2021, USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman.

Mexico saves Afghan journalists, including those working for U.S. news media!

Afghan robotics team defects to Mexico!

No more commercial flights:

European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs warns against refugees piling-up at the EU’s border: “We should not wait until we have Afghani refugees at our external borders. We have to intervene much earlier. And that also, of course, includes money.”-Ylva Johansson

Jewish organizations to help resettle Afghans

Russia is pissed-off about U.S. plans to redeploy U.S. troops from Afghanistan into other Central Asian countries!

Russia evacuates citizens of Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine, from Afghanistan.

Russia and China say they will rebuild Afghanistan.

“There’s no alternative to the Taliban, it is a reality in all sense of the word, this is a reality that does not just control the capital but the whole country already….  … The Taliban are open to us taking part in the economy, including deposit exploitation.”-Dmitry Zhirnov, Russian Ambassador to Kabul

China offers Taliban economic support.

Japan sends C-130 (called a C-2 by the Japan Self Defense Forces) to evacuate Afghans, Afghans reject the offer, plane leaves empty!

U.S. abandons plan to use Japan and South Korea as refugee staging areas!

United Kingdom offers 140 Afghans homes in Northhamptonshire!

23AUG2021, scramble for U.K. evacuation flight:

G7 countries want evacuation extension, 24AUG2021:

Taliban reject evacuation extension!

Secretive, military influenced, Atlantic Council warns that long term re-settlement of refugees will become major problem for United States!

9-thousand-5-hundred refugees begin arriving in New Jersey.

Planeloads of refugees arrive in Virginia.

Wisconsin politicians say refugees aren’t being properly vetted!

New wave of refugees hit Sacramento.

Bay Area getting refugees to replace its fleeing residents!

New Mexico awaits refugees.

New York wants some refugees.

Chicago, a metro-area that’s been losing population, is excited about getting some refugees!

Florida gettin’ some of those refugees.

LDS-Mormon capital Utah gettin’ some refugees.

United States claims more than 82-thousand Afghans flown out, Airbnb claims it can house 20-thousand of them!

Leaked U.S. Central Command email describes U.S. air base in Qatar as a “living hell” for refugees!

U.S. Central Command video of refugee ops on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, 24AUG2021:

Biden’s War: IDAHO GETS ‘SMART’ ARTILLERY ROUNDS, REVEALS “UPCOMING MOBILIZATIONS”

SECRET NEW AFGHAN-AFRICAN REFUGEE OPERATION REVEALED!

Biden’s Borderland: REFUGEE POLICY PISSES-OFF NATO MEMBERS! RECORD # OF CHILDREN & DRUGS!

Control through Chaos: USING THE BIBLE AS YOUR GUIDE TO DESTROY SOCIETY!

International, U.S.

Biden’s War: Secret new Afghan-African Refugee operation revealed!

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Qatar Airways is already flying the Afghan refugees to Dulles International Airport, arriving under cover of darkness. Fort Lee, in Virginia, is serving as the main port of entry for Operation Allies Refuge.

On 29JUL2021, U.S. Northern Command revealed that between the 14th and 19th of July, President Joe Biden ordered Operation Allies Refuge.

Operation Allies Refuge is a Department of State lead mission to give people in Afghanistan, as well as in various African countries, Special Immigrant Visas.  I can understand Afghanistan, because the U.S. obviously lost that 20 year undeclared war and Afghans that supported the U.S. military are now targets, but why Africa?  Has the U.S. lost its covert war in the various African countries as well?

One of the first busses for the refugees arrives at the Dulles International Airport in Virginia. USA photo by Specialist Cody Nelson, 30JUL2021.

In Afghanistan the program is administered by the Afghanistan Coordination Task Force (ACTF), and already the Department of Defense is tasked with coordinating the transport of 3-thousand-5-hundred Afghan refugees!

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Christopher Rodrigo, 28JUL2021.

Civilian contractors began constructing the temporary in-processing buildings on 26JUL2021.

USA photo by First Lieutenant Tom Burcham the Fourth, 30JUL2021.

Some Afghan refugees will be staying at the Fort Lee, Virginia, Holiday Inn Express.

AAFEES photo.

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is tasked with providing a temporary Mobile Field Exchange, so incoming refugees can go shopping.

USA photo by T. Anthony Bell, 28JUL2021.

Biden’s War: VERMONT MILITIA’S MEDICAL & ECONOMIC MISSIONS IN FOREIGN LANDS

Biden’s Borderland: INDEPENDENCE?

2016: OBAMA REGIME SECRET REFUGEE DEAL WITH AUSTRALIA!

2nd U.S. Civil War, 2016:  NEW YORK & OBAMA’S HOMIE TOWN TOP CREATORS OF U.S. REFUGEES! WHERE ARE THEY GOING?