Tag: saudiarabia
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[Sharing] Yemen’s ‘uninhibited’ attacks push French warship to exit Red Sea – The Cradle
NATO forces have been unable to deter the pro-Palestine operations of the Yemeni armed forces despite heavily militarizing the Red Sea France’s Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate Alsace has turned tail from the Red Sea after running out of missiles and munitions repelling attacks from the Yemeni armed forces, according to its commander, Jerome Henry. We didn’t…
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[Sharing] “Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East – Nick Turse, The Intercept
Almost 750 U.S. troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found. But the Pentagon won’t acknowledge it U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, appears to be engaged in what a defense official called a “casualty cover-up,”…
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[Sharing] Blinded giant: How Iran crippled America’s multi-billion dollar THAAD network in days – Ivan Kesic, Press TV
In the first week of the US-Israeli aggression on Iran, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) conducted a series of precision strikes that systematically degraded the much-hyped US integrated air and missile defense architecture across the region The strikes destroyed or severely damaged at least two AN/TPY-2 THAAD radars, a billion-dollar early-warning radar installation in…
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[Sharing] Imperial Hypocrisy About “Terrorism” Hits Its Most Absurd Point Yet – Caitlin Johnstone
The US has removed Syria’s Al Qaeda franchise from its list of designated terrorist organizations just days after the UK added nonviolent activist group Palestine Action to its own list of banned terrorist groups. The western empire will surely find ways to be even more hypocritical and ridiculous about its “terrorism” designations in the future,…
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[Sharing] Even if the war ended tomorrow, Ukraine could end up broke by 2026 – Ian Proud, Responsible Statecraft
There’s a gaping hole in Kyiv’s finances that no amount of tax increases or Western donations will be able to fill There is no plan in place to fund the Ukrainian budget after 2025. Even if the war ends by the summer of 2025, it will take some time to reduce military expenditures, leaving European…
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[Sharing] Zelensky’s friend list dwindling in the Trump White House as peace talk tensions escalate: ‘Best case is that he leaves to France immediately’ – Diana Glebova & Steven Nelson, New York Post
WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has few — if any — advocates in President Trump’s inner circle as the pair’s souring relationship threatens to tank Kyiv’s standing in peace talks with Russia. The ever-tenuous relationship between the two leaders descended into open hostility this week after Ukraine’s president rejected an initial US proposal to…
