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In reply to Rules Based Disorder. Things are going so well in Syria, Venezuela, Iran, Russia, etc. V - now poodles Syria - doing the dirty work against the She-ites Russia - 3wk SMO is 4yrs and counting Iran - time to crack down on dissent, and less time for overseas adventures. A question. Do you really believe the Iranian regime is popular ?

In reply to Rules Based Disorder. Iran will join the "alliance" if it ever forms and holds. I am basing my views on the fact there was a military alliance called CENTO (it was formed on 24 February 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom as a part of NATO). The UK was added by the US to make sure someone is watching the boys to ensure they behave in the Western interest. The New addition is S. Arabia and Iran will join soon because the others have realized they need to stick with each other or they'll be devoured by the US or permanently held as the US subordinates. None of them like that.

In reply to BetweenTheLines. Rescued by Erdogan? Take over the Kurdish areas of Syria, Iraq and Iran. With their higher birthrate (over Turks) they can rename the country Turdy. Sums up the entire Mid East

In reply to Rules Based Disorder. What are you smoking? This is just more instability. Al Gorani and his Sunny Boys don't like the She-yte Mad Mullahs. ErDOGan is past his sell by date. Nothing changes with the ROP

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Sunday morning church service in the Twin Cities interrupted by anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters is the latest flash point in escalating tensions between the Trump administration and demonstrators in Minnesota. “Attacks against law enforcement and the intimidation of Christians are being met with the full force of federal law,” Attorney General Pam Bondi posted to X last Sunday night. Dozens of people rushed into Cities Church in St. Paul Sunday morning, interrupting the church service and leading to tense confrontations, videos posted by activists and content creators show. “ICE out!” protesters shouted as they were confronted by the lead pastor and congregants. The demonstrators said they were there to protest David Easterwood, who is listed as a pastor at the church and appears to be the same David Easterwood who is a top ICE official in the Twin Cities. He was recently named as a defendant in a case brought by protesters who allege immigration agents had violated their First and Fourth Amendment rights. “David Easterwood, out now!” protesters yelled at one point. None of the videos show Easterwood in the church, and it’s unclear if he was in the building on Sunday. In response to CNN’s inquiry about his connection to ICE, a DHS spokesperson responded, “DHS will never confirm or deny attempts to dox our law enforcement officers.” Federal investigation promised Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced an investigation within hours, calling the protesters’ actions “desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers.” Dhillon cited the FACE Act, a federal law that “prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injures, intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to … exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.” A surge in immigration enforcement around Minneapolis, known as Operation Metro Surge, brought thousands of additional federal agents to the area and prompted widespread protests, especially after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, on January 7. The swift promise to investigate the demonstration stood in contrast to the administration’s response to Good’s death, as the Department of Justice quickly quashed an inquiry and refused to cooperate with local law enforcement agencies on their own investigation. Nekima Levy Armstrong, a former president of the local NAACP chapter, told The Associated Press she considered the threat of an official investigation a sham. “If people are more concerned about someone coming to a church on a Sunday and disrupting business as usual than they are about the atrocities that we are experiencing in our community, then they need to check their theology and they need to check their hearts,” she said. Cities Church has not responded to CNN’s requests for comment. A St. Paul police vehicle was briefly seen parked outside the building Monday morning, and no one answered when a CNN crew rang the doorbell. Who is David Easterwood? The man targeted by protesters Sunday is the acting field office director in St. Paul for Enforcement and Removal Operations at ICE. In a declaration filed in this month’s lawsuit by protesters, Easterwood said he has worked for ICE since 2015. Easterwood argued in his statement any order from the court would “further endanger the safety of law enforcement personnel and the public.” Judge Katherine Menendez found ICE agents had been overzealous in pulling over some demonstrators who were following agents in vehicles. “The Court has carefully considered and weighed Director Easterwood’s account of how vehicles have been used by observers to protest ICE activity in the Twin Cities,” Menendez wrote. “But, even crediting his statements about incidents of misconduct among other people following Operation Metro Surge, it simply does not establish reasonable, articulable suspicion to…