Re: Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War
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On Friday, in the skies of the northern occupied Palestine, a Shahid-136 drone was also spotted making a flight quietly without being intercepted..
Am I understanding this properly? ‘The dome’ is becoming ineffective now...
As of 3.10 in the morning:
The statement further noted that several squadrons of Shahed-136 drones continuously carried out missions over the skies of the occupied territories on Friday night and the most advanced air defense systems failed to intercept them.
The main idea is like the two red boxes here, where one of them is the vertical tubes of an Arrow 3:
https://english.almanar.com.lb/frame...7501462218.jpg
The drone itself is bulky and runs a piston engine, and would probably get shredded by Russian defenses. In exchange, it's going to get rid of whatever you drive into.
I'm not saying they got 199/200 hits and there are no Arrow 3s any more, just that the fire pattern has shifted to small bursts of missiles inside drone swarms that cover the entire country. And there is a strong chance there will be more later the same day.
Re: Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War
'Israel doing the dirty work' by Friedrich Merz is not going down well with a lot of people in my country. Some well-known artists, politicians, activists, etc. filed a criminal complaint now.
https://www-nachdenkseiten-de.transl..._x_tr_pto=wapp
Criminal complaint against Chancellor Friedrich Merz
An article by: Editorial staff
We, the undersigned, hereby file a criminal complaint against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He has, among other things, violated the German Basic Law—in particular Articles 9, 25, and 26.
Mr. Merz, who before becoming Chancellor was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the world's largest arms investor, BlackRock, "glossed over" Israel's illegal war of aggression against Iran on June 17, 2025, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada, with the words:
“This is the dirty work Israel does for all of us.”
Even if his statement was made abroad, which would have no direct criminal effect, it is primarily intended to have an impact in Germany. If a German head of government, in his role as a role model, believes he can violate Article 26 so openly and publicly, even more people in Germany might feel emboldened to advocate wars of aggression in the future. This is another reason why he must be stopped legally and through the media.
We therefore call on the Federal Prosecutor General and the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s Office to initiate criminal proceedings against the Federal Chancellor.
Among other things, Section 80A of the Criminal Code justifies "incitement to a war of aggression" with "heightened propaganda incentives aimed at the target's emotions." This is likely to be seen as particularly effective—both with regard to the German public and the suffering populations in Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza—particularly in the case of a German Chancellor. The addition of "for all of us" to the so-called "dirty work" also constitutes the violation in a narrow legal interpretation.
Especially since Chancellor Merz has violated “the idea of international understanding” (Article 9 of the Basic Law) and the “commandment of peace” (Article 20, paragraph 3 of the Basic Law), for which he is simultaneously bound by international law in his oath of office under Article 25 of the Basic Law.
The Chancellor is now citing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who claims to have hindered the development of an Iranian nuclear bomb. US intelligence denies this. It should be noted that Netanyahu has been publicly ranting about an Iranian nuclear bomb being near completion since 2002, i.e., for 23 years.
The praise of the Israeli war of aggression as “dirty work for all of us” is in blatant contradiction to this and to the UN Charter.
Article 2.3 states: “All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means.”
Article 2.4 of the UN Charter states even more clearly:
“All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
The Chancellor's praise of the Israeli Air Force's atrocities not only contradicts national and international law, but also uses Nazi vocabulary. In early 1942, SS Obersturmführer August Häfner justified the mass shooting of 34,000 Jews within 48 hours at Babi Yar with the same cynical phrase "as dirty work."
First signatories:
Dieter Hallervorden (actor)
Albrecht Müller (editor of NachDenkSeiten and former coordinator in the Chancellery)
Jens Berger (editor-in-chief of NachDenkSeiten)
Uwe Steimle (cabaret artist)
Dr. Diether Dehm (musician, journalist weltnetz.tv)
Anette Sorg (NachDenkSeiten)
Klaus Dieter Böhm (entrepreneur)
Dr. Matthias Oehme (publisher; Eulenspiegel group)
Alexa Rodrian (singer)
Sebastian Bahlo (chairman of the Freethinkers Association)
Lukas Zeise (journalist)
Dr. Jenny Farrell (literary scholar)
Jens Fischer Rodrian (musician)
Prof. Dr. Uli Barnickel (sculptor)
Prof. Dr. Sönke Hundt (Weltnetz.tv)
Dr. Sabine Kebir (journalist)
Marion Schneider (entrepreneur)
Patrik Baab (journalist and author)
Andrej Hunko (former Member of the German Bundestag, BSW)
Michael von der Schulenburg (MEP for BSW)
Wolfgang Gehrcke (former Member of the German Bundestag, DIE LINKE)
Christiane Reymann (journalist)
Zaklin Nastic (former Member of the German Bundestag, BSW)
Re: Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War
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So the only question left without discussing right or wrong and assessing blame is should Iran have a nuclear weapon?
They publicly stated they have enough radioactive material to do it.
If they want to, the fissile trigger and weaponizing mechanism is a small matter that can be achieved in a short time, and, if that's what they want to do, they will do it.
If not, they won't.
In terms of the strategy of the Iranian nation -- to remove Zionism -- it's unnecessary. So, I don't have a lot of questions. If that was what he was going to do, he
already could have. Something that
might happen does not constitute a trespass or sin. That makes it a non-issue compared to actual violations that have happened. Death doesn't care. Would I necromantically summon a victim from Gaza, and say, aren't you glad that wasn't a
nuclear weapon?
I guess my reaction isn't one -- having seen the whole thing as smoke and mirrors for political pressure all along, viz., Mr. Grossi in an apparent conflict of interest.
It seems a shame that the West is once again playing the Iranian, and they appear (once again) happy to oblige. One of these days, Iranian and Israeli leaders will do the bidding of their people instead of the bidding of Europe.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that if you could necromantically summon a victim from Gaza, they would tell people to stop assessing blame, stop choosing sides, stop the generational hate on both sides and start living. Enough of the death and dying.
From this morning's wire
As of June 21, 2025, U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers have departed from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and are en route to the Middle East, likely bound for Diego Garcia, a strategic U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean.
The deployment comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and Iran, with speculation that the U.S. may directly support Israeli military actions against Iran’s nuclear program. The aircraft departed with only partially full fuel tanks, which is a strong indication that they were carrying MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) is a 30,000-pound (13,600 kg)-class precision-guided "bunker buster" bomb.
It appears that the decision is being taken out of the Iranians' hands at least for now.
Re: Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War
It just gets easier and easier to spot fake war mongering news stories. This ridiculous headline as an example of war mongering mainstream media garbage from The New York Post, the newspaper whose crowning example of journalistic excellence was an article titled "Headless Body in Topless Bar" :
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exclusive: Rogue states Russia and Iran attempting to destroy MAGA movement with disinformation bot army
By Isabel Vincent
Published June 19, 2025, 2:14 p.m. ET
https://nypost.com/2025/06/19/us-new...y-maga-report/
Russia and Iran are targeting the Make America Great Again movement and trying to “destabilize the right from within,” according to a new report.
Both rogue states are using tens of thousands of social media bots to amplify untrue voices and opinions “masquerading as MAGA loyalists,” to cause chaos and confusion and question US leadership, The Post has learned.
The bots are automated software applications that mimic human activity on social media.
They are used to amplify real-life influencers who post untrue “false flag” narratives designed to discredit President Donald Trump and his conservative stalwarts, according to a bombshell new report from the Network Contagion Research Institute, a politically neutral nonprofit who study extremism on the web.
The Network Contagion Research Institute is supposedly a 7 years old organization, yet they only appeared as an entity on Wikipedia in November 2024. Their website features many University Professors as being on their board but I have to wonder if any of them are active in this organization. The Post Article does not mention who the actual author of the "research" behind this latest "bot" story. Their budget is just under $1.5 million and it isn't too clear as to where this money comes from but I wouldn't be surprised if it was the Open Society Foundations of George Soros.
So, where have we seen this pattern before:
- The media begins to tell Americans (and Europeans ) that we need to counter oligarchs, dictators, even popular elected leaders such as Putin and that they are "a threat to our Democracy."
- A group of Americans emerges that doesn't buy the mainstream Kool-Aid. They often come from one end of the political spectrum and they don't agree with what their designated media outlets (e.g. MSNBC for liberals, FOX for conservatives) are telling them. Often this group is motivated more by wanting a peaceful, non violent world, more than by any political ideology.
- Some shady organization suddenly has "information" that there are "bots" that are creating this more peaceful type of consciousness.
Golly gee whiz. When have we seen this thing happen before! How about:
And, quite sad to say, look who has bought into this stupidity.
