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Oh, The Irony

These contractors had a keen sense of irony.

Construction companies hired to help erect President Donald Trump’s southern border wall secretly helped armed Mexican nationals illegally cross into the U.S. and paid them to provide security at construction sites, according to a whistleblower complaint unsealed Friday.

Sullivan Land Services (SLS) and subcontractor Ultimate Concrete are accused in the complaint of having facilitated the illegal crossings, with Ultimate Concrete allegedly creating a dirt road to allow entry from Mexico into the U.S. and covering security cameras with construction trucks.
Both companies are alleged to have also intentionally overcharged the federal government for work on the wall, which has so far cost the U.S. more than $11 billion and is meant to prevent illegal crossings.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mexican-guards-hired-patrol-border-wall_n_5fcf8112c5b63a153454d803
 
Gene Hunt 73 posted this on the jokes thread, i thought it was apt for this one too
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A former Brexit Party MEP has died in a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.
Robert Rowland, 54, represented the south east of England at the European Parliament from July 2019 until January 2020.

Safe BBC News link -

Robert Rowland: Former Brexit MEP dies in Bahamas diving accident

The very savage irony here is that in mid-2019 Rowland made public remarks about sending warships to sink foreign fishing boats in British waters.

Safe Guardian link -

Brexit party MEP called for EU fishing vessels to be 'sunk like Belgrano'

I won't labour the point with a quote.
 
30 Taliban Fighters Die in Explosion During Bomb-Making Class

Thirty Taliban militants were killed when a bomb exploded during a bomb-making class at a mosque in Afghanistan’s Balkh province.

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Six of the dead were foreigners who were “expert mine makers,” The Khaama Press News Agency reported, citing military officials.

The mosque is situated in a village in Dowlatabad district, where the group had gathered to be trained in making bombs and improvised explosive devices (IED).

A representative of the Afghan Army’s 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement Saturday that only 24 bodies of the deceased, who were from Afghanistan, have been identified.

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/02/16/30-taliban-die-explosion-bomb-making-class/

maximus otter
 
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