Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
Dec 23
Whoopsie!
So, let’s not play with China who has suspended a US$6.5 billion currency swap agreement with Argentina, and the freeze remains in effect until President Javier Milei demonstrates a clear intention to engage with Beijing, Argentine media have reported
⚠️ News of the move comes just 10 days into the tenure of the new president, who campaigned on breaking ties with China (https://t.me/tupireport/15166), and underscores the challenge Milei will face in trying to follow through with those pledges. Asked to comment, Zhicheng Xie, the spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Argentina, declined to confirm the reports. (Is that guy a coke fiend like Zelesky?)
Dec 23
We can for one time enjoy the moment:
- “US Navy says they don’t have enough warships to start Operation Prosperity Guardian against the Houthis or better yet let’s start calling them by their name: AnsarAllah
- According to John Konrad (maritime journalist), the US has built 24 littoral combat ships to be used for combat in coastal areas, but the US has refused to deploy them
- The Houthis’ anti-ship ballistic missiles and drones are a concern for the US.”
A small primer on the Houthis
(One of the main strategies used by the main stream media to tarnish the image of the Islamic Resistance is to label the wars waged in Islamic countries, like Yemen as “racial” or “religious”. By specifically emphasizing “The Houthis,” they seek to confine and falsely attribute the prevailing sentiment of the majority of Yemeni people to a confined faction.)
Continuing with the spectacular fall of Operation Prosperity.
We hear that you cannot maintain your own operation, and we don’t care a fig!
OK, this is making the US military eat crow, and I can’t wait!, especially with the rest of the team that has already departed. Suddenly, the minions, France, Italy, and Spain, Australia, are saying no. Israel is going to make them eat another failure, so soon on top of the failure in the Ukraine. These two together make a story itself and we will see more and more of such incidents as the multipolar world grows. Indeed! We have made progress here in the dying embers of this year.
- Israel is showing the brutality and for the first time, the world is taking notice.
- France, Italy, and Spain, Australia show that one just has to say NO and be ready to take the consequences. The rules-based order is not powerful beyond all.
Dec 23
Truth is filtering out faster and faster and people who have never ever said things are now saying things. Israel will probably be using up all of their influence across this world for the rest of our or their natural livespan. There is a possibility that while Israel is withdrawing their land forces it may not get back into the air again. It is an outsider bet and the possibility floats in the air.
Dec 23
This is wonderful – Nury Vittachi:
This boots-on-the-ground war is not for soldiers – apparently – Israel thinks - because their opposition is beating them. The army that we think of as ragtag is taking too many Israeli heads. They will of course suggest that they missiled Hamas to death because this is their first stated objective – annihilate Hamas under which Israel wants to hide their genocide. In reality, this has nothing to do with Hamas but we recognize it as pure unadulterated genocide.
Israel to withdraw ground troops from Gaza in ‘new phase’ of war: Report
This ‘new phase’ will reportedly focus on continued air raids across the besieged enclave, where the proportional death toll has surpassed most modern conflicts in less than three months. https://new.thecradle.co/articles/israel-to-withdraw-ground-troops-from-gaza-in-new-phase-of-war-report
Dec 23
(Are we all not simply overwhelmed at the enthusiasm for Prosperity Guardian /end sarc). The Houthis look to be the victors so far.
France, Italy, and Spain are leaving the U.S.-led operation “Prosperity Guardian” aimed at ensuring the security of navigation in the Red Sea.
These countries have refused to place their military ships under the command of the American fleet.
Earlier, Australia withdrew from the operation, citing “more important” priorities.
Dec 22
The United Nations Security Council approved the proposal to increase humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, with the majority of 13 countries voting in favor and United States and Russia abstaining.
I have no further detail yet.
Further, this is a feel-good! The UAE sponsored and it ended up in days of negotiation to end up in this:
on the ongoing Israeli onslaught against Gaza, the resolution demanded increased aid deliveries to the besieged region but stopped short of calling for an immediate halt to the genocide.
The watered-down resolution, ratified on Friday, demanded all sides in the conflict allow the “safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale.”
It also called for the creation of “conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities” but it did not call for an immediate end to fighting.
The vote in the 15-member council was 13-0 with the United States and Russia abstaining.
The Russias call it toothless and it indeed is just that. I’m just catching up with Aron Mate and Max Blumethal and the thought is we’re in for a long war.
Dec 22
Shipping - The large shipping companies are not trusting the US assurances in the Red Sea and continue to decide on other routes.
“More shipping firms have decided to avoid the Red Sea although the US has created a naval coalition purportedly aimed to safeguard shipping after Yemen’s retaliatory attacks on Israel-linked vessels.“More shipping firms have decided to avoid the Red Sea although the US has created a naval coalition purportedly aimed to safeguard shipping after Yemen’s retaliatory attacks on Israel-linked vessels.
On Thursday, the Norwegian shipping company Gram Car Carriers, which specializes in pure car truck carriers, said its vessels were restricted from passing through the Red Sea.
Moreover, the German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd also said it would reroute 25 ships by the end of the year to avoid the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. The firm also vowed to take further decisions at the end of the year.
The latest developments show the shipping companies’ lack of trust in the US which launched a multinational operation to allegedly safeguard trade in the Red Sea.
The leader of the Yemeni Ansarullah resistance movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, said the US is trying to militarize the Red Sea, stressing that Yemeni forces will continue to target Israeli-owned and Israel-bound ships in support of Palestinians.”
Ansarullah and others consider that this is nothing more than a hamfisted US attempt to militarize the Red Sea and are adamant. The Yemeni forces say they would stop targeting the vessels only if the Israel regime ended its ongoing war on Gaza and siege of the Palestinians. The Yemeni attacks have reportedly inflicted three billion dollars in damage on the Israeli economy by increasing the price of the goods that are imported to the occupied territories.
Dec 22
https://twitter.com/i/lists/1314600314306207750
Brazil has surpassed Canada to become the 9th largest economy in the world in 2023. Under Bolsonaro, Brazil fell to 12th place.
Dec 21
See How They Run
Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade celebrate leaving the battlefield in Gaza.
A few days ago, Israel’s military announced massive losses during the unit’s existence in Shejaiya. Meanwhile, the resistance announced that it caused heavy death toll and vehicle damage among the Israelis. https://t.me/QudsNen/91363
Dec 21
The world is whittling away at a possible legal outcome.
“Yesterday, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. The vote was 172 in favor, 4 against, with 10 abstentions. The United States voted against.”
With all the anguish and heartbreak over the past two months, the name of the guilty is not yet spoken loudly enough. Hey US! You did it!
Kindly go and hear out Scott Ritter who had the words today. Scott Ritter with a strong message
Dec 21
Lots of rumors floated about a cease-fire. This is Netanyahu via the Israeli media.
Israeli media:
Prime Minister Netanyahu responds to Hamas: “We fight until victory. We will not stop the war until we complete all its goals – the completion of the elimination of Hamas, and the release of all our hostages.”
Netanyahu added: “The choice I offer to Hamas is very simple: surrender or die. They do not and will not have any other choice. And after we eliminate Hamas, I will work with all my might to ensure that Gaza no longer poses any threat to Israel. Neither Hamas nor Fatahistan.
Dec 21
Israeli media: Chinese warships deployed in the Red Sea refused to assist Israeli cargo ships in Bab al-Mandab.
(What did they expect? Do they really expect help while killing Gaza? )
Dec 21
We will be reporting on this as there is a clear heating up in the theater.
To start with, a piece by Nuri Vittachi:
Chief of Russian General Staff: We note build-up of NATO power potential in the Asia-Pacific region
💬 General of the Army Valery Gerasimov during briefing for foreign military attachés:
The Asia-Pacific region has seen a dramatic increase in conflict potential. Its main reason is the actions of Western countries aimed at undermining the ASEAN-centric multilateral security architecture that has been established here and has proved its effectiveness.
Thus, the creation of NATO-like military blocs in the Asia-Pacific region, such as AUKUS, the U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea trilateral alliance and other quasi-alliances military in nature bring challenges and threats to the region similar to those that Europe is faced with today.
Interaction within the framework of the AUKUS allows member-states not only to modernise their armed forces in terms of conventional weapons, but also to develop their nuclear component, which is detrimental to the global regime of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
We note the build-up of NATO power potential in the Asia-Pacific region.
Tensions are escalating around Myanmar, Taiwan, and the Korean Peninsula in accordance with Washington’s scenario, territorial disputes are worsening in the South China Sea, and the West is using conflict situations to pump strategic arms into the region.
Full text of briefing for foreign military attachés on results of Russian Defence Ministry’s activity in 2023 (https://telegra.ph/Briefing-by-Chief-of-General-Staff-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-the-Russian-Federation-First-Deputy-Defence-Minister-General-of-the-Ar-12-21)
note: It is quite a lengthy briefing. Kindly try to read the whole document
Dec 21
This is a surprise, but it really is not. It lets me think that the West does not consider itself in a position to fight an expanding middle-east-west Asia war and is dropping hints in the MSM as Netanyahu may be suffering from a cognitive deafness or the combination Netanyahu/US is too effective and is running too hot (too may weapons perhaps?): Pierce Morgan starts pushing back against Israel:
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/96254
Dec 20 – This is really good news
The Venezuelan government celebrated on Wednesday the release of diplomat Alex Saab from an illegal kidnapping to which he was subjected for more than 3 years in the U.S. in violation of international law.
Dec 20
Dec 20 Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW@Stella_Assange
Day X is here. The public hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice will be on 20-21 February. It may be the final chance for the UK to stop Julian’s extradition. Gather outside the court at 8:30am on both days. It’s now or never.
Dec 20
Diplomatic negotiations show region gradually moving toward ceasefire in Palestine: Iran FM – https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/12/20/716716/Iran-FM-Amirabdollahian-ceasefire-Gaza-regional-diplomacy
Yet:
Witnesses confirmed to QNN that Israel’s military started committing mass field executions against civilians in the north of Gaza today.
(Illustrative photo) https://t.me/QudsNen
UN Security Council vote on Gaza resolution further postponed until Wednesday
Ongoing effort to avoid US veto; current text would bypass Israeli inspection of aid into Gaza; White House
I picked up somewhere that Mr Putin proposed a field hospital.
Dec 19
Hamas chief in Cairo as momentum builds towards new ceasefire talks
The visit comes as Israel’s government signals it is open to another truce, but key sticking points remain.
Dec 19
Lavrov, Putin and Shoigu made some important speeches. The transcripts are going up now and I will post as soon as they are complete.
Lavrov at Channel One’s Great Game, Putin and Shoigu at the Defence Ministry board.
Dec 19
Dec 19
The story so far:
US-Led Red Sea Patrol To Respond To Houthi Attacks
“A joint international effort will run patrols of the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to protect commercial shipping that has been threatened by Yemeni Houthis, who say they are supporting Palestinians in Gaza.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin insisted the situation “demands collective action” as he announced on Tuesday a US-led group including Bahrain, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain.”
Comment Amarynth: They announced a coalition of 40 - From a declared 40, down to 10, with 8 being NATO and one tiny occupied inconsequential Arab fig leaf country – really
Dec 18 –
Saudi Arabia Implements “One ‘Israel’ Project” To Save Zionists On Land As Yemen Crushes Them At Sea ✡️🇸🇦🕎🇮🇱
Ready your barf bags, ladies and Gentlemen, because THIS one will make you projectile-vomit.
As Ansarullah smashes Organized Jewry’s economic interests in Bab al-Mandab, stopping the world’s biggest shipping firms dead in their tracks, Saudi Arabia, along with the UAE, Bahrain and Jordan, comes to Zion’s rescue with a land corridor to deliver vital cargo to “Tel Aviv”.
Using (https://www.jns.org/uae-israel-land-corridor-operating-despite-war/) logistical tech from Talpion Hanan Fridman’s Trucknet, this “Land Connectivity By Trucks” project reduces transports from 14 days by sea to 2-4 days by ground. An integral part of the surrenderist Abraham Accords, it is the bedrock of the full Saudi-‘Israeli’ normalization expected next year. 300 trucks a day travel this route to counter Yemen’s Mouqawameen.
The Jordanian ZOG laughably denies (https://m.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-778335) the project even exists… All as it participates and the first shipments arrive in the Tumor through Jordan itself by way of Riyadh and Dubai.
Known officially as the “One ‘Israel’ Project”, the aim, as stated by Benjamin Netanyahu, is to link (https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/07/30/israel-sees-saudi-connection-in-expanded-rail-network/) the Tumor to the Arabian Peninsula, specifically the tech metropolis of Neom, which is connected to Al-Saud’s Kabbalistic project to replace Islamic history in the Hijaz with Zionist-run AI surveillance cities.
This vileness is compounded by the US ZOG announcing its bolstering of an anti-Ansarullah maritime coalition, which, in a recent, previous incarnation, Al-Saud was a key part of. (https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3172513/saudi-arabia-expands-maritime-partnership-with-international-coalition/)
Those who championed the faux Tehran-Riyadh “rapprochement” look like fools. And Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who said (https://t.me/Cultures_of_Resistance/17245) just before Al-Aqsa Flood began that Saudi-Iranian ties would “benefit the Islamic world”, looks like the biggest fool of all.
Al-Saud is Al-Yahoud (https://t.me/Cultures_of_Resistance/21174), as we have noted again (https://t.me/Cultures_of_Resistance/17206) and again (https://t.me/Cultures_of_Resistance/16980) and again (https://t.me/Cultures_of_Resistance/17034). These Banu Anazah tyrants need to go, along with the Zio-Tumor they love so. This is but the latest and arguably most repulsive solidification.
Comment Amarynth : We can make some wagering here – how many dead trucks on that road? Free goodies for sure – all for holding up a truck!
Dec 18 –
BREAKING: The British BP petroleum (shipping) company, following the footsteps of shipping giants Maersk, Swiss-based MSC & French group CMA CGM, announced the cessation of sailing in the Red Sea, due to Yemen’s warnings.
Evergreen also confirmed that it had temporarily suspended import/export to israel.
More than half of the shipping lines in the Red Sea have been halted, thanks to israel’s genocide.
Dec 18 –
Maersk has announced that it is temporarily suspending flights to Israel due to the threat of attacks from Houthi drones and anti-ship missiles. The United States and Israel cannot do anything about the fact that the Houthis are actually increasing the naval blockade of Israel from the Red Sea and causing huge losses to the Israeli economy.
Iran’s investments in Ansar Allah are producing excellent results.
Even Taiwanese container shipping line Evergreen said on Monday that it has decided to temporarily stop accepting Israeli cargo
Regarding the Golani Brigade – I don’t have expertise in the military field, and must defer to the likes of Martyanov for this, but I keep seeing that the special forces of various countries and entities are getting their asses kicked by Hamas and others of the resistance. What does… Read more »
With the previous ‘haircuts’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operations_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict Israel never disclosed their kill or injury rate. So it was unprecedented for me to see it disclosed this time, but I think it was more grassroots action and the hospitals where the soldiers went for treatment, spilled the beans. https://new.thecradle.co/articles/israels-golani-brigade-turns-tail-from-gazanted It is not like… Read more »
Grieved, in order to get ordinary men to commit atrocities they first have to be taught to hate, to do that you first dehumanize the intended victims, “they take great joy in killing our babies”, that kind of thing. As a boy I loved cowboy and Indian movies, I had… Read more »
Joseph Borell (spelling?) the EU president said recently “we are the garden, they are the jungle, and if we do not get them first they are coming to get us”. I am paraphrasing but the message is they are savages. How else could Western nations be supplying the munitions for… Read more »
Exactly archeon. There’s a strong element of superiority complex in Western actions that have been exposed in recent years once the lies about liberty and democracy wore thin. It’s a weird mixture that has elements of racism, but is mainly cultural I think. Events will be unpredictable once they realise… Read more »
Steve from Oz, I agree, the balance of power has shifted decisively in favor of the Global South.
The Golden billion is perfectly represented by a mixture of Biden/Trump.
Tired, befuddled, corrupt yet vain and full of our own self importance.
Found a little more on the Golani brigade
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/israels-golani-brigade-turns-tail-from-gaza
Calling Garland Nixon (radio DC WZHF) and the Colorado Court and the “insurrection”. He perhaps out to know how the write in vote for Kansas Governor was won, and how they disqualified the ballots. I never use “X” and etc… but Garland does… and do you, dear reader? This is… Read more »
Sounds like a “NATO lite” coalition of useful idiots. 😴
Palestine’s courageous dove will deliver Peace & Goodwill to our heartbroken world.🕊️ i never imagined the massive stupidity of the canadian govt or our goofy bc provincial govt would ever bemuse—but i find myself managing a mona lisa smile. i was surprised to learn that a lot of container traffic… Read more »
Amarynth, the story about the land link and the 300 trucks sounds suspiciously like disinformation. At this stage if I had to choose between MBS and any Western politician, easy choice. No matter how bad the bad guys are, we Brits and Yanks have a very long history of worse,… Read more »
I also think not everything is right with the story. Let’s watch it …