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The US MK-84 2000Ib bomb for use on residential neighbourhoods
The Mark 84 or BLU-117is a 2,000-pound (900 kg) American general purpose aircraft bomb. It is the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons. Entering service during the Vietnam War, it became a commonly used US heavy unguided bomb. At the time, it was the third largest bomb by weight in the US inventory Continue reading
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What’s THAAD Gonna Do?
The US military has just deployed its THAAD anti-missile system in Israel, alongside nearly 100 US troops to babysit the hardware. This is the equivalent of bringing a slingshot to a hailstorm – zero strategy, all show. Continue reading
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Leaked documents show US intelligence on Israel’s plans to attack Iran
Sunday, 20 October 2024 — New Eastern Outlook 💯CNN (https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/19/politics/us-israel-iran-intelligence-documents/index.html): The 🇺🇸US has confirmed the leak of classified Pentagon documents concerning 🇮🇱Israel’s plans to attack 🇮🇷Iran. 🖥According to CNN, the documents, classified “Top Secret,” were published online on October 18. An investigation into the incident is currently underway. ✏️The documents, dated October 15 and 16, Continue reading
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NATO: No expansion east?
Sunday, 13 October 2024 — The New Dark Age Continue reading
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The US is unprepared for the scale of war it is provoking around the globe
Saturday, 12 October 2024 — New Atlas Like many other US missile systems, production of THAAD missiles is low. Produced from 2008 to present, Lockheed Martin has produced 800 missiles, approximately 50 a year. It is likely not enough launchers exist to even launch the quantity of missiles required to defend against the type of Continue reading
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How Israel Functions as an Extension of US Interests
“It’s not just that the US is complicit in this genocide, the US itself is responsible for this genocide”. Continue reading
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USA: elections in the midst of a dictatorship
Imposing candidates, controlling public opinion and widespread repression of dissidents have been essential elements of the celebration of democracy in the United States. Continue reading
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Why Longer Range Missile Strikes into Russia? What the US does the Brits will follow Blindly, Simon Says!
Why the rush and why not before? As any close observer already understood, or at least one that is worth his or her salt, the outcome of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict is not going to be in favor of Ukraine. All you have to do is tally the numbers in terms of men and equipment and… Continue reading
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John F. Kennedy’s Rejection of UN Plan For Repatriating Arab Refugees Marked a Historical Turning Point in Deadly Israel-Palestine Conflict
President John F. Kennedy is heralded in some circles as a pacifist anti-imperialist whose assassination was triggered by neo-conservative hawks intent on escalating the war in Vietnam and supporting Israel to the hilt in its wars with neighboring Arab states and the Palestinians. Continue reading
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The red lines of no return
For a few days now, we have been hearing about the ‘permission’ given by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to use ATACAMS missiles on Russian territory, almost as if the issue was permission to strike Russian territory, which is actually a non-issue, since Russian territory has been struck regularly for more than a year,… Continue reading
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Cold War II: US Congress passes 25 anti-China laws in 1 week, funds propaganda campaign
In what it called “China Week”, the US House of Representatives approved 25 anti-Chinese laws over a few days, in bipartisan votes. Cold War Two fervor is reaching fever pitch in Washington. Continue reading
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Delete America, GPS, and BeiDou
China is aggressively removing foreign software and applications from its critical information technology systems. This program is informally known as “Delete-America”, or “Delete-A”, and involves all software applications and in almost all industries. Continue reading
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This ain’t no WWIII: this is a War OF Terror
First we had action: President Putin – cool, calm, collected – warns that any attack on Russia with long-range NATO missiles will be an act of war. Continue reading
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Lunacy in London, or Starmer’s Washington disaster
On Friday 13 September, I had a most peculiar experience. I was so astonished at what I was witnessing (and also what I was not witnessing) that I felt like uttering the celebrated words of Alice in Wonderland. Continue reading
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Ukraine war turns into Russian roulette
The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with the US President Joe Biden in the White House on Friday with the question of the use of long-range missiles by Ukraine to hit deep inside Russia on their agenda of conversation. But there were no announcements, nor was there any joint press conference. Continue reading
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BRICS, the Rise of China and How the Hegemon Buried the Concept of “Security”
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets. Continue reading
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US War on China is a War on the Entire World
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has recently claimed the US is not “looking for a crisis.” This is said, of course, with an important caveat – no crisis is sought as long as China subordinates itself to the United States. Continue reading
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Raising the Stakes in Ukraine
Friday, 13 September 2024 — Internationalist 360° John Wight U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken boarding Ukraine-bound train in Poland on Tuesday. (Ben Dance / FCDO, Flickr, CC BY 2.0) The legendary Athenian historian and general, Thucydides, was a man who believed in the supposed verities of war and conflict Continue reading
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From 11 September to 7 October: The Fake ‘War on Terror’ Collapses
The events of 11 September 2001 were intended to impose and enshrine a new Exceptionalist paradigm on the young 21st century. History, though, ruled otherwise. Continue reading
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Ukraine racing towards peace talks in a car with no driver, no breaks and a dead satnav
The admission was shocking. In an interview with an American journalist Victoria Nuland more or less admitted plainly that the reason why Boris Johnson was flown into Istanbul at the end of the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia was to scupper the deal, so that U.S. arms manufacturers could go ahead with their intended… Continue reading
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