Tag: statedept
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[Sharing] Israel is running critically low on interceptors, US officials say – Shelby Talcott, Semafor
The Scoop Israel informed the US this week that it is running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors as the conflict with Iran rages on, US officials told Semafor. Israel had reportedly entered the current war already low on interceptors that were fired during last summer’s conflict with Iran. Israel’s long-range defense system has strained…
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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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[Petition] STOP THE IRAN WAR! – Eisenhower Media Network
Preamble The U.S./Israeli-led war against Iran is illegal, unconstitutional, immoral, and dangerously escalatory. Protestations to the contrary, Iran posed no imminent threat to U.S. national security. The Trump administration’s policy (announced by Pete Hegseth) of “war without mercy” is both unjust and un-American. In America’s proud ideal of the citizen-soldier, this is not who we…
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[Sharing] Rubio gives green light to new era of US-European colonialism – Roger McKenzie, Morning Star
UNITED STATES Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the green light to European leaders for a new era of colonialism. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Mr Rubio offered partnership between the US and Europe to recolonise the global South. He said: “For five centuries, before the end of the second world war, the West…
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[Sharing] A Nobel for the Donald? – David Stockman, Antiwar.com
Donald Trump doesn’t really deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Not after his unprovoked bombing of a country (Iran) that is no military threat whatsoever to the American Homeland. Not after continuing to green-light and arm Israel’s genocidal madness on Gaza and elsewhere. And not, most especially, after fronting for an even bigger defense budget than…
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[Sharing] Declassified: CIA’s Covert Ukraine Invasion Plan – Kit Klarenberg
On August 7th, US polling giant Gallup published the remarkable results of a survey of Ukrainians. Public support for Kiev “fighting until victory” has plummeted to a record low “across all segments” of the population, “regardless of region or demographic group.” In a “nearly complete reversal from public opinion in 2022,” 69% of citizens “favor…
