The West wanted escalation, Russia answered with escalation dominance
Russia’s new FAB-3000 aerial bomb is 2x more powerful than the previously biggest aerial bomb, and has a glide and control kit. Twice the destructive power, at a time when Ukraine is losing.
Russian pilots stay safely behind of the danger zone as they release this monster. Meanwhile, Ukraine is losing close to 2000 fighters a day. The West can hardly send replacements for the dead and wounded and has no answer to Russia’s many superior arms.
Here’s your air strike update for June 20, 2024
Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
In the Kharkov region, Russian aerospace force used an FAB-3000 with UMPC for the first time – video
The moment of the FAB-300 strike with UMPC on the deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russian aerospace forces today for the first time used the FAB-3000 M-54 with the universal glide and correction module UMPC). This was reported by the Fighterbomber telegram channel.
It is noted that a three-story house was chosen as the first combat target, which the troops of the Kiev regime used as a temporary deployment point.
“A direct hit on the house... didn’t work out, but you need to understand that:
- firstly, this is the first combat use in the history of mankind of a bomb of this caliber with a UMPC;
- the bomb deflects only ten meters throughout the trajectory.
This is an excellent result even for a guided munition, because the reference radius of continuous damage for the FAB-3000 is 230 meters, and fragments retain their destructive power at a range of 1,240 meters,” writes TK.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://www.bnkomi.ru/data/news/172970/?ysclid=lxnlvfl7bi783389713/#google_vignette
20.06.2024
The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian energy facilities
Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation on June 20.
In response to the Kiev regime’s attempts to cause damage to Russian energy facilities, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a group strike with high-precision long-range air-launched weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, on Ukrainian energy facilities that ensure the production of weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The objectives of the strike have been achieved. All designated targets have been hit.
Units of the Sever [North] group of troops continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defense. The manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements Tikhoye, Volchansk, Glubokoe, and Liptsy in the Kharkov region.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 290 military personnel, three vehicles, an M142 HIMARS MLRS launcher, a Panzerhaubitze-2000 howitzer, two D-20 howitzers, a D-30 howitzer and an AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery counter station.
Units of the Zapad [West] group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, and also defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Lugansk People's Republic, Sinkovka, Kharkov region, and Grigorovka, Donetsk People's Republic. Two counterattacks were repelled.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 500 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, two M113 armored personnel carriers, five vehicles, an M777 howitzer, an M119 gun and an AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery station. Two Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery ammunition depots were also destroyed.
Units of the Yug [South] group of troops improved the situation along the front line and defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar and Kurakhovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. In addition, a counterattack was repelled.
The enemy lost more than 785 troops, five armored fighting vehicles, including two M113 armored personnel carriers, 17 vehicles, an FH-70 howitzer, three D-20 howitzers, two L-119 guns and a RAK SA-12 MLRS launcher. In addition, the electronic warfare station and five field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr [Center] group of troops improved the tactical situation and defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk, Novgorodskoe, Rozovka and Novoselovka of the First Donetsk People’s Republic. Five counterattacks were repelled.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 380 military personnel, a MaxxPro armored combat vehicle, six vehicles, a 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, a D-30 howitzer and an M119 howitzer.
Units of the Vostok [East] group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, and also defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Velikaya Novoselka, Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Gulyai Pole of the Zaporozhye oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 140 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, and an M198 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Zherebyanka, Nesteryanka, Zaporozhye region and Ivanovka, Kherson oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 70 military personnel, two vehicles, an M777 howitzer, an M198 howitzer, a D-20 howitzer and a D-30 howitzer.
During the day, air defense systems shot down 74 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and 21 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 613 aircraft, 276 helicopters, 26,008 unmanned aerial vehicles, 531 anti-aircraft missile systems, 16,385 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,346 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 10,665 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 22,726 units of special military vehicles.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2024/06/20/pod-harkovom-iskander-raznes-rszo-himars
Near Kharkov, an Iskander destroyed the HIMARS MLRS
June 20, 2024
In the area of the village of Khotomlya near Kharkov, the launch position of the M142 HIMARS MLRS of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was discovered and destroyed by an Iskander OTRK. This was reported by the telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russkaya
Vesna [Russian Spring] with reference to TC “Iznanka”.
[Of course, the Ukronazis would deploy the US-supplied HIMARS launcher in the Kharkov oblast because that oblast borders Russia proper and from here, they could easily fire this missile into Russia, as they were encouraged to do by the US government. But Russia has decided to make Kharkov oblast part of its sanitary zone]
It is noted that the starting position of the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), transferred to Kiev, was discovered by Russian intelligence officers. [And that is an easy task for intel because Kharkov is a Russian speaking oblast full of informants eager to see an end to the war]
“After the launcher (installation - EADaily) reached the temporary deployment area, it was immediately struck by the Iskander tactical missile system, which completely destroyed the Western equipment, along with security vehicles and personnel,” writes TK.
As EADaily reported, Russian aerospace forces today for the first time used the FAB-3000 M-54 with a universal planning and correction module (UMPC). This was reported by the Fighterbomber telegram channel.
It was noted that a three-story house was chosen as the first combat target, which the troops of the Kiev regime used as a temporary deployment point.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2024/06/20/eto-vam-ne-eto-zrk-s-500-prometey-zhdyot-svoih-f-16
“This is not this”: S-500 “Prometheus” air defense system is waiting for its F-16s
6-20, 2-24
S-500 air defense missile system launcher. Photo: press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense
[The F-16, which is not low-visibility (stealthy), is the perfect target for the S-500. Ukrainian pilots are risking their lives]
The newest S-500 Prometheus air defense system has been on combat duty for a long time. Tests took place back in 2019 in Syria. There were constantly examples of NATO's best military aircraft in the air, including 5th generation fighters from Israel and the United States, writes Pravda.Ru.
Tel Aviv uses the latest air-to-surface weapons (USA) for strikes in Syria. The West's most modern unmanned vehicles are circling over the region. All this information, according to foreigners, was then collected and processed by the Russians. And in the summer of 2019, Moscow announced the start of serial production of the S-500. In the fall of 2021, the first brigade of the 15th Army of the Russian Aerospace Forces took up missile defense.
"Prometheus" for the developers was more than a complex, and therefore could work wonders. For example, simultaneously target and fire up to 10 ballistic targets flying at speeds exceeding Mach 4, or shoot down hypersonic missiles. Moreover, only the Russian Armed Forces, which had hypersonic Kinzhals on combat duty, could test this possibility in practice. [I had been saying that no known air defense systems can shoot down hypersonics. Looks like I was wrong. If ths is true, Russia can, the West can’t]
In mid-2021, the S-500 complex successfully passed such a test in Kapustin Yar. And in the fall of the same year, Prometheus was tested as an anti-satellite weapon. A warhead from a mobile launcher shot down the retired Tselina-D spacecraft, causing hysteria in the United States about orbital contamination.
In February of this year, it was reported that the S-500 has been tested on all types of hypersonic weapons and has unique experience in combating these weapons. In April, official information came from the Ministry of Defense about the division of the complex into two options - air defense and missile defense - and about the speedy introduction of the Prometheus anti-missile system in one of the “hot” areas. All that remained was to wait until all the elements were included in the local air defense circuit.
If you believe the latest data from foreign intelligence services, focusing on electronic intelligence, which is still hanging around the borders of the Russian Federation with impunity, the complex has already begun to be deployed in the most dangerous strategic area. According to the Americans, we are talking about two (at least) divisions, interconnected by automated control systems with the S-300PMUV and S-400 complexes.
“For “Prometheus” the real “moment of truth” is coming. Will it be able to provide hot missile defense, especially against modern Western-made ballistic and cruise missiles? So far, neither the United States, nor Israel during the Iranian attack, nor the Russian S-400 complexes have been able to fully achieve this. The best results at the moment are from the Israeli Hetz-3 complex, which managed to destroy at least a dozen fast Iranian missiles,” writes The War Zone.
True, Israeli achievements raise serious doubts. The air defense of the Russian army shot down the same ATACMS missiles, and in considerable quantities. And regarding the introduction of S-500 elements in the defense of the south of the Russian Federation, this, in all likelihood, is not a fake. After all, we have to admit that Western reconnaissance drones and AWACS aircraft feel quite at ease in this region. And it’s time for our “Prometheus” to show everything it can do.
And the first may be a F-16...
S-500 "Prometheus" is the latest Russian long- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile system, created by the Almaz-Antey concern. It is designed to destroy ballistic and aerodynamic targets, including medium-range missiles and spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.
The system is capable of hitting targets at an altitude of up to 200 km and has a range of up to 2 thousand km. The S-500 can be used either independently or as part of a unified air defense system, interacting with other complexes such as the S-400 and S-300.
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https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-flour-massacres-back-damning-un-report-day-257/
Israel’s “Flour Massacres” are back; another damning UN report – Day 257
CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG JUNE 20, 2024 DISCRIMINATION, FLOUR MASSACRE, INDISCRIMINATE ATTACK, PRISON TORTURE, RAFAH, SAFE ZONE, UNHRC, US MILITARY, WEAPONS TO ISRAEL
Israel’s “Flour Massacres” are back; another damning UN report – Day 257
Devastation in Rafah, Gaza Strip June 20 (screenshot)
“Safe zones” are death zones, aid seekers are bombed; “brutal torture”; farmland destroyed; UN reports on indiscriminate attacks; growing dissent in US military against Gaza War; Alison Weir on Mawasi; Biden admin reportedly delaying weapons transfer; Tucker & Greenwald discuss suppression of free speech on behalf of Israel; more.
By IAK staff, from reports.
CIVILIANS KILLED, DOZENS INJURED IN “SAFE ZONE” IN SOUTHERN GAZA:
WAFA reports: Several civilians were killed and dozens of others were injured after midnight on Tuesday in violent Israeli shelling that targeted Gaza City and the tent city of al-Mawasi area northwest of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where thousands of internally displaced persons are seeking shelter.
According to local sources, the occupation warplanes bombed the tents of the displaced people in Mawasi, leading to the killing of at least 7 citizens and the injury of dozens more.
The shelling led to the outbreak of fires in the tents.
The Mawasi area was previously designated as a safe zone by the Israeli occupation.
Journalist Alison Weir described visiting Al Mawasi in February 2001, years before Hamas came to power, and before a single rocket had been fired from Gaza into Israel:
More here: https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-flour-massacres-back-damning-un-report-day-257/
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Thanks to JS for more clarification of my commentary
RE: Which skunk smells worse - Biden or Trump?
This is a problem for a growing number of American voters whom some in the media have called "double-haters":
RE: US-backed Israel is killing Gaza
This video can be viewed without having to register to prove one's age here:
Israeli strikes have wiped out ‘entire bloodlines’ in Gaza: AP investigation
A new investigation has found that at least 60 Palestinian families suffered the loss of 25 or more members in Israeli bombings.
SEE ALSO:
“UTTERLY DISMAYED”: AIR FORCE ENGINEER RESIGNS AS DISSENT AGAINST GAZA WAR SLOWLY SPREADS WITHIN MILITARY
“I don’t want to be working on something that can turn around and be used to slaughter innocent people.”
by Prem Thakker, The Intercept, June 18 2024
EXCERPTS:
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO, Riley Livermore enlisted in the Air Force. His path to the military was shaped by his evangelical Christian upbringing and growing up amid the war on terror. His ensuing career as a flight test engineer took him to Israel, where he spent two years doing missile guidance research. And shortly after October 7, he decided he couldn’t continue anymore.
Livermore is “utterly dismayed” by how President Joe Biden and the Department of Defense “has been complicit in the genocide in Gaza,” he told The Intercept. So much so that he is in the final steps of separating from the Air Force, a months-long process he initiated in late October. Once he officially exits the military, he said, he will never again work in what he describes as the military–industrial complex.
“I don’t want to be working on something that can turn around and be used to slaughter innocent people,” he said. “I think the dissonance just kind of continued to get louder and louder, it’s like ‘I can’t really do this anymore.’”
…
Livermore’s experience in Israel also challenged his faith. He grew up evangelical Christian and was active in his church, where he met his wife. In Israel, he joined what’s called a messianic congregation: a self-proclaimed Jewish sect that embraces evangelical Christianity.
Having grown up as a Christian nationalist, he began to see self-avowedly moral and pro-life people setting those values aside for the sake of their political interests, which intersected with Israeli policy aims, pointing to widespread support for President Donald Trump’s moving of the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as an example. He saw his faith being used as a “cudgel for capitalism and power and oppressing people.” While maintaining a strong connection to a Jesus who preached love today, he added, he “doesn’t believe in white Jesus anymore,” the Jesus “wrapped in an American flag with an M4.”
Livermore slowly grew disenchanted with the military, especially as he reflected more on how the U.S. waged war in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I’ve had friends who died,” he said. “It’s like, what’s this all for?”
Then came October 7. His exposure to Israeli military brass during his training, as well as the rhetoric he heard from Israeli friends in October, primed him for how ugly things could get.
“I knew just how bad it was going to be and how there would be wholesale acceptance from the Israeli population,” Livermore said, offering “demolish Gaza, wipe it off the face of the earth” as an example of the types of comments he heard.
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Israeli strikes have wiped out ‘entire bloodlines’ in Gaza: AP investigation
A new investigation has found that at least 60 Palestinian families suffered the loss of 25 or more members in Israeli bombings.
HERE IS THE AP INVESTIGATION REPORT:
The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more
An Associated Press investigation identified at least 60 Palestinian families where at least 25 people were killed — sometimes four generations from the same bloodline — in bombings between October and December, the deadliest and most destructive period of the war. Nearly a quarter of those families lost more than 50 family members in those weeks. Several families have almost no one left to document the toll, especially as documenting and sharing information became harder.
BY SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press, June 17, 2024
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Americans are still not sure why Putin launched the special military operation. Here’s why. Again.
Please forward these scenes of attacks on civilians
There was a concerted effort on the part of the US-led West to conceal the scenes in the below-linked videos. YouTube pulled a lot of videos that were working at the time I copied these links. The censorship is almost complete.
Alina Lipp, one of the journalists who made a video, was threatened with arrest if she should return to her native Germany. Her video was removed. The entire West is a quasi-dictatorship with Third Reich-style censorship.
I posted this in April 2023.
https://donhank.substack.com/p/so-the-russian-incursion-in-ukraine
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The History Of Baltic ‘Sovereignty’: Three Myths About Baltic Statehood
Written by Arina KORSHUNOVA on 20/06/2024
More in Europe:
Russia-North-Korea-agreement-US-China
Russia’s Mutual Defense Pact With North Korea Is A Geopolitical Game-Changer
20/06/2024
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France Facing The Change Of Era
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If Hitler came back, he’d support most US foreign policies
19/06/2024
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Before the vote on Latvia’s entry into the USSR.
Many times we have heard from Baltic politicians and popular NAFO accounts about the “evil and inhumane occupation” of the Baltic democratic republics, as well as “Stalin’s alliance with Hitler”, often dragging in the Dark Lord (crossed out) Putin. But we, dear readers, can’t just be fed this kind of junk food, so let’s go figure out what and how. The key themes of these influencers are independence, democracy, and occupation, so let’s analyze each point.
More here
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Boeing’s bottom line.
It’s not safety. It’s not the passenger…
Watch the video (it’s in English):
https://x.com/mfu46/status/1803414683900080543?s=43
Translation:
Republican Senator Josh Hawley questions Boeing's CEO in a congressional hearing Senator Hawley: What is your current salary? Boeing President Calhoun: “This is mentioned in our documents.” Senator Hawley: Well what is it? Boeing President Calhoun: “That's a big number, sir.” Senator Hawley: Let me help you, it's $32 million a year, is that correct? It has increased 45% compared to last year? Boeing President Calhoun: “Yes, right.” Senator Hawley: Why do they pay you this salary? What do you do exactly? Boeing CEO Calhoun: “They pay me my salary to run Boeing.” Senator Hawley: Help me understand this. Do you get paid for your work on transparency? Is this one of the criteria upon which your salary is determined? Boeing Chairman Calhoun: “Yes, I think the board depends on my transparency.” Senator Hawley: Really? Because you're currently under investigation for falsifying records, and Boeing is being investigated for the Alaska flight, and you're being investigated by the Department of Justice for criminal conspiracy to defraud the FAA, all under your watch, that doesn't sound like transparency to me. Well what about safety? Is this part of the criteria upon which your salary is determined? Boeing President Calhoun: “Yes, Senator.” Senator Hawley: Well, did you see the report that when the FAA went and toured the facility of the supplier that Boeing used to make the aircraft door, they found one door seal being lubricated with dish soap and cleaned with cheesecloth, and another with a hotel room key card? Does this sound like safety to you? Boeing President Calhoun: “Senator, I believe our relationship with this particular supplier has been well documented and has been reviewed by the FAA.” Senator Hawley: I think the truth is, Mr. Calhoun, you're not focusing on safety, you're not focusing on quality, you're not focusing on transparency, I actually think you're focusing on what you were hired to do, which is to save the company. You're eliminating safety procedures, you're cutting jobs because you're trying to extract every bit of profit you can from the company Boeing CEO Calhoun: “I don't know that on Boeing planes.” Senator Hawley: Really? You don't know that about Boeing, and about Boeing planes falling from the sky? And the crash of two MAX planes, in which pieces of their doors fell from the sky, and the Boeing company, in which informants from your company came here, and they sat in the same place as you now. These are your employees, and they are engineers, by the way. Are you an engineer? Boeing CEO Calhoun: “No.” Senator Hawley: They are engineers, and they said that no one at the company listened to them, and they were threatened. This is Boeing's reality today, this is the company in your era. This is not Boeing, one of the greatest American companies, and now you are being rewarded generously, why didn't you resign? Boeing Chairman Calhoun: “Senator, I stand by my position, I'm proud of the record, I'm proud of Boeing employees and everything we've done.” Senator Hawley: I think the American people are afraid to board your planes because of their understanding of your safety record. And frankly, sir, I think it's a travesty that you're still in your job
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Ursula von der Leyen is the unelected president of the European Commission. She’s gung-ho pro-Israel and pushes for more and more aid to the Ukronazis.
Aren’t they a cute couple?
Her husband’s firm receives grants from the European Commission, a clear conflict of interests. She supports the Israeli genocide and the Neonazi government in Kiev. She represents the Establishment but not the people. Polls show they’re not happy.
Meet Von der Leyen's husband
Heiko
JO WALLER
JUN 19, 2024
Heiko has a net worth of £2.6 million and is the Medical Director of Orgenesis, which receives grants from the EU.
The largest shareholders of Orgenesis include Vanguard Group Inc, VTSMX - Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares, VEXMX - Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund Investor Shares, Geode Capital Management, Llc, FSMAX - Fidelity Extended Market Index Fund, BlackRock Inc.,…
‘Orgenesis is a global biotech company that has been committed to unlocking the potential of cell and gene therapies (CGTs) since 2012 as well as a paradigm-shifting decentralized approach to processing since 2020. This new model allows Orgenesis to bring academia, hospitals, and industry together to make these essential therapies a reality sooner rather than later. Orgenesis is focusing on advancing its CGTs toward eventual commercialization, while partnering with key industry stakeholders to provide a rapid, globally harmonized pathway for these therapies to reach and treat a larger numbers of patients more cost effectively and with better outcomes through great science and decentralized production.’
Orgenesis has labs in Israel and it’s CEO ‘Ms. Caplan has a M.Sc. in biomedical engineering from Tel Aviv University specializing in signal processing; management for engineers from Tel Aviv University specializing in business development; and a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology specialized in software and cad systems.’ In 2023 she spoke at the Jewish Women’s Organisations of Maryland on Women in Israeli High-tech noting that Israelis have a more military style of leadership.
More here
Video
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Pepe Escobar
World’s reaction to Putin’s peace plan
https://www.youtube.com/live/e7BML3yoNnE
Israel is committing suicide and won’t survive
Scott Ritter
Israel is being wiped out on all fronts
https://yandex.ru/video/preview/1708301140870936961
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More on the imminent collapse of Israel
Al Khanadeq
Hyperlink to analysis of Israeli collapse
June 20, 2024
Mr. Nasrallah to Israel: Expect us by land, sea and air
Sayyed Nasrallah at the memorial ceremony for the martyr Commander Talib Sami Abdullah “Abu Talib”
The speech of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, at the memorial ceremony for the martyr, Commander Talib Sami Abdullah, “Abu Talib,” can be considered one of the pivotal speeches of Sayyed Nasrallah during the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle, as it was based on two aspects: emphasizing the stability of the position on the continued support of the Lebanese Front. For the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, which is effective in exhausting the temporary entity, no matter how many threats and intimidations, in addition to deterring Israel and America behind it from the consequences of escalation towards a widespread war with the party by warning of the consequences of this on the entity.
Sayyed Nasrallah confirmed that the Islamic resistance would fight without restrictions, rules or ceilings if a comprehensive war with Israel was imposed on it. Pointing out that the entity must "wait for confrontation on land, sea and air." Pointing out that what the Israelis fear about the possibility of the resistance entering the Galilee is a possibility that remains on the table if the confrontation develops. He stressed that the entity "knows very well what awaits it in the Mediterranean Sea, where all its coasts, ships and ships will be targeted."
In a remarkable warning in content that establishes a new deterrence equation that affects more than one country, Sayyed Nasrallah warned the Cypriot state against opening its bases to Israel during any war, stressing that if it did so, “it will be treated as part of the war.” Therefore, any country in the region or a country that has military bases in the region - such as the United States of America or Britain - will allow the Israeli occupation army to use its lands to attack Lebanon, and then the party will respond to that militarily.
The most prominent positions included in the speech as well
_ The resistance’s high readiness, both humanly and materially, to fight the most difficult confrontation scenarios.
_ The response to what the American envoy Amos Hockstein said, saying that if the American administration wants to stop the war on the southern Lebanon front or in Yemen or Iraq, the only solution is to stop the war on Gaza according to an exchange deal with the resistance in Gaza.
_ Explaining the importance of the support fronts in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq, and reviewing the results of the Lebanese front in particular.
_ Reviewing the importance of the Hoopoe reconnaissance aircraft operation that was carried out in the airspace of the Haifa area, and pointing out that there are many similar reconnaissance missions that were carried out in other cities and regions in occupied Palestine.
_ Emphasizing the legendary fighting, heroic operations and tremendous field achievements of the resistance factions in Gaza, in which the Israeli army failed despite its huge capabilities, which prompted the Israelis to pant after a false and forged victory.
_ Showing the state of great decline within the Israeli entity, from the army’s fatigue, the exhaustion of the army, the problems of conscription, the call-up of the reserve, the issue of the Haredim, the demand for the resignations of the chief of staff and senior officers, the dispute over appointments in the army, the discussion about the feasibility of fighting, the families of the dead, and the differences at the political level, which constitutes an essential factor if It was added to the elements of Lebanon's strength and its resistance, to exclude Israel from expanding the war.
Israelis acknowledge their deteriorating reality
The former ambassador of the occupying entity to the United States during the administration of US President Barack Obama, Michael Oren, said that "Hamas" poses a tactical threat to Israel, while "Hezbollah" poses a strategic threat to it. Oren noted that he read "horrific estimates of what (Hezbollah) could do within three days." Pointing out that the party can "destroy all of our basic infrastructure, oil refineries, air bases, and Dimona (the entity's nuclear research facility)."
In the same context, the CEO of the company responsible for managing the entity’s electricity network, Shaul Goldstein, commented on Sayyed Nasrallah’s speech to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, saying: “We are not in a good position, and we are not prepared for war, and Nasrallah could easily destroy the electricity network in Israel.” Stressing that "after 72 hours without electricity, it will be impossible to live in Israel."
Writer: Editorial room
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https://orientalreview.su/2024/06/20/intense-suffering-in-america/
Intense Suffering In America
Written by Eric ZUESSE on 20/06/2024
11/05/2024
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Number of suicides in the US in 2022 reaches record level.
Here are some of its signs:
On 21 May 2020, the Commonwealth Fund headlined “Mental Health Conditions and Substance Use: Comparing U.S. Needs and Treatment Capacity with Those in Other High-Income Countries”, reported the relevant figures for each of 11 high-income countries, and sub-headlined:
“Self-reported emotional distress rates are highest in Canada and the U.S.”
“The U.S. has the highest suicide rate among 11 high-income countries, and the rate has increased every year since 2000.”
Whereas in 1980, Switzerland had the highest suicide-rate, and it was far higher than any other advanced country except Sweden; those two countries’ rates had declined steeper than 50% by 2016, and America’s, which had been normal until 2005, has risen since then, so that it now is the highest in all of the 11 countries studied.
“The U.S. has one of highest death rates from substance use disorders.” Second only to Germany.
Furthermore: The U.N.’s “World Drug Report 2023” included this information:
p. 9: “PREVALENCE OF PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS BY SEX, 2021”
U.S. was the second-worst of the 18 countries: (in order from the worst) Haiti, U.S., Mexico, Mauritius, Romania, Malta, Montenegro, France, Portugal, Uruguay, Kazakhstan [big drop-off here], Kenya, Greece, Tajikistan, Togo, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Slovenia.
More here
The last item by Eric Zuesse "Intense Suffering in America" should make Americans think about where the nation is heading.
The standard ignoramus American Militarist/dumb jock has been known to brag to the effect:
"We're #1". Indeed, America is #1 in crime, drug addiction, suicide, homelessness, etc.etc.
This item by Eric Zuesse in your post today made me recall the Putin Tucker Carlson interview 6 months ago when Putin was asked about the Ukraine war. Putin responded by asking Carlson: Doesn't America have better things to do at home with all its multiple problems than meddling in the affairs of other countries in foreign lands?