Iwpost3d ago
The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairs. #Assassination #AyatollahAliKhamenei #Cartels #ClaudiaSheinbaum #Conflict #Diplomacy #Iran #IranWar #IslamicRepublic #Israel #IsraelIranwar #Mexico #Mossad #Nonstatearmedgroups #Russia #Sinaloacartel #Terrorism #Ukraine #USIran #War #warstrategy
https://iwpost.com/the-war-in-iran-again-points-to-the-strategic-shortcomings-of-assassination-as-policy-of-foreign-affairs/?fsp_sid=9082
The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairs

Targeted killings can disrupt an adversary, but they rarely lead to collapse — especially when the target is a nation-state like Iran.

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JackMexMay 21

https://youtube.com/v/GoLB3bdNmOs

#drugtrafficking #Nigeria #Mexico #cartels

Massive meth lab bust in Nigeria | DW News

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Wez G MusicMay 18

Chatham House: How can Sheinbaum’s Mexico coexist peacefully with Trump’s America

This Chatham House meeting is chaired by Dr. Christopher Sabatini from the Latin America programme. Also on the panel are: Vanessa Rubio-Márquez, Dr Pamela Starr and Graham Stock. Mexico has changed a number of his norms over time. Mexico was never supposed to do anything to upset US national Security. Mexico has the oportunity to have a revolutionary foreign policy during the COld War... Mexico was made to feel better in 1994. Economic reasons it has to embrace the United States. There […]

https://wezg.co.uk/2026/05/18/chatham-house-how-can-sheinbaums-mexico-coexist-peacefully-with-trumps-america/

Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇨🇱 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱☮🕊️May 14

RFI: La #CIA soupçonnée d'être impliquée dans des #opérations «#létales» contre des #cartels au #Mexique

https://www.rfi.fr/fr/am%C3%A9riques/20260514-la-cia-soup%C3%A7onn%C3%A9e-d-%C3%AAtre-impliqu%C3%A9e-dans-des-op%C3%A9rations-l%C3%A9tales-contre-des-cartels-au-mexique

La CIA soupçonnée d'être impliquée dans des opérations «létales» contre des cartels au Mexique

Une enquête du média américain CNN affirme que la CIA aurait participé à un assassinat ciblé contre un membre présumé du cartel de Sinaloa au Mexique en mars dernier. L'affaire embarasse les deux pays. Les États-Unis et le Mexique démentent toute implication de l'agence américaine dans des opérations létales survenues sur le sol mexicain.

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Spy StuffMay 14
CIA danger isn’t always in distant war zones. Cartel labs near our border are national-security threats, and the officers tracking them can pay a real price. That fight protects Americans at home. #CIA #Cartels #NationalSecurity
https://apnews.com/article/cia-mexico-crash-trump-sheinbaum-9a237fbbb7dca4f286727c65974396da?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)May 7
Trump counterterrorism strategy targets ‘violent left-wing extremists’ with ‘transgender ideology’ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/06/trump-counterterrorism-strategy-vows-to-counter-violent-left-wing-extremists-with-transgender-ideology-00909284?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Counter-terrorism #Genderequality #U.S.politics #Extremism #Terrorism #Americas #Farright #Politics #Cartels #Farleft #Rights
Trump counterterrorism strategy targets ‘violent left-wing extremists’ with ‘transgender ideology’

The strategy focusing on left-wing groups reverses the Biden-era concentration on right-wing extremism.

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NPR Topics: NewsMay 7

Trump's counterterrorism strategy makes targeting drug cartels the top priority

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/g-s1-120655/trump-counterterrorism-western-hemisphere

#Politics #NationalSecurity #Cartels

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseApr 30

Reuters: Switzerland probes alleged pacts to avoid keyword bidding on Google and Bing . “Switzerland’s competition commission has opened an investigation into suspected anti-competitive pacts in which travel companies and online casinos agreed not to bid against each other for search engine keywords.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/30/reuters-switzerland-probes-alleged-pacts-to-avoid-keyword-bidding-on-google-and-bing/
Reuters: Switzerland probes alleged pacts to avoid keyword bidding on Google and Bing

Reuters: Switzerland probes alleged pacts to avoid keyword bidding on Google and Bing . “Switzerland’s competition commission has opened an investigation into suspected anti-competitive…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
BongolianApr 28

Euan Wallace: Logging, murder and money: can Mexico’s ancient #forests be saved from the #cartels? In the Sierra Tarahumara, gangs ‘disappear’ those who resist their lucrative illegal tree-felling operations

#Mexico #crime #environment
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/28/mexico-environment-logging-cartels-sierra-tarahumara-forests

Logging, murder and money: can Mexico’s ancient forests be saved from the cartels?

In the Sierra Tarahumara, gangs ‘disappear’ those who resist their lucrative illegal tree-felling operations

The Guardian
David Scott MoyerApr 26
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000010806725/how-drug-cartel-gold-ends-up-at-the-us-mint.html?smid=url-share #Gold #Cartels #USMint
Video: How Drug Cartel Gold Ends Up at the U.S. Mint

The U.S. Mint is legally required to sell only legal, domestic gold. Instead, it is the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold for an insatiable market. Our reporter Justin Scheck traced one such supply chain: from an illegal mine in Colombia all the way to the Mint’s facilities in West Point, N.Y.