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as the war on iran is already won by the donald....

The facility where detained Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been taken is a notorious New York jail that has held a string of high-profile and celebrity criminals, from drug cartel leaders to hip-hop stars.

From the outside, the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) looks like a series of beige multi-storey office buildings.

For those on the inside, it's been described as "hell on earth".

Venezuela blog: Look back on our coverage of the US's seizure of Nicolás Maduro

Located next to a shopping mall in a Brooklyn waterfront industrial area within sight of the Statue of Liberty, it fulfils a function similar to a remand centre in Australia.

People accused of federal crimes are held there while they wait to face charges in court, though it also holds some convicted federal prisoners serving short sentences. 

After being plucked from Venezuela's capital Caracas by US special forces in the early hours of Saturday morning local time, Mr Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were flown to the US.

They are facing charges including narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States.

Upon arriving stateside, a video released by the US government showed Mr Maduro at the US Drug Enforcement Agency's New York offices flanked by agents.

 

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MEANWHILE, TAKING A REALITY CHECK:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJtFbqWF7nE&t=329s

Iran Just Used $500 Drone Boats Against $40 Billion US Warships — And Won

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

leave....

Australia has ordered all non-essential officials to leave Israel and the United Arab Emirates two weeks after the US and Israel’s war on Iran engulfed the Middle East.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said staff were directed to leave “due to the deteriorating security situation”.

“Essential Australian officials will remain in-country to support Australians who need it,” she said in a statement posted on social media on Thursday night.

“We continue to advise Australians not to travel to Israel and the UAE. 

The Australian Government has directed the departure of non-essential Australian officials posted to Israel and the UAE, due to the deteriorating security situation. Essential Australian officials will remain in-country to support Australians who need it.

— Senator Penny Wong (@SenatorWong) March 12, 2026

“We urge you to leave the Middle East if you can and if it’s safe to do so.”

Senator Wong’s statement comes after the government told families of Australian officials in Israel and Lebanon to leave in the days before the war began on February 28.

Voluntary departures were also offered to diplomats’ dependents in the UAE, Jordan and Qatar.

The war has so far killed about 2000 people and caused the biggest disruption to global oil supplies in decades.

Oil prices that had ‌come down earlier this week after US President Donald Trump said the war ⁠would soon be over soared back above $US100 a barrel after an apparent escalation in Iranian attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf.

The two-week-old conflict has prompted thousands of Australians to flee the region, with the government saying on Tuesday that more than 2600 Australians were returning home on commercial flights.

Senator Wong said the overwhelming majority of Australian citizens who were travelling through the Middle East and became stuck when the war broke out had returned home.

https://michaelwest.com.au/australia-orders-staff-to-leave-israel-and-uae/

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.