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The Persian Gulf and its coasts are the single largest source of crude oil in the world, having 55-67% of global oil reserves, about 25-30% of oil production flowing through Hormuz. For Gas, about 35% of the world’s natural gas reserves, and about 20% of global share travels through Hormuz as LNG, mostly by Qatar. And note Qatar is foremost supporter of Hamas, the most aggrieved and among arabs considered to be closest friend of Palestinians alongside Syria, Hezbollah, Algeria and Yemen. Has it changed sides in Syria now after calamitous last two weeks?? There has been increased effective Syrian-Russian bombing and attriting of ISIS in Idlib in last days… The demented West is losing EVERYTHING in real-time.More:
Now all this undergirds the Petrodollar. Most fields are within short radius off the mouth of the Euphrates.. near Basra, Iraq. 2003 was the biggest oil grab of all, to which they’ve clung desperately since. and near this estuary of the Euphrates, the source of the world’s lifeblood, is where the Chinese Navy parked its destroyers, US bases are being wiped out, and to which steams the second US aircraft carrier.
As Helmer said, the priority suddenly changed for the Pentagram, from saving Israel to [saving the Petrodollar] and rushing to meet Chinese-Iranian (and Russian via Caspian) Destiny over the fate of the Persian Gulf! This coming showdown is for all the marbles, in order to retain the key GCC concubines.. story to be continued, soon..
There is a significant ongoing fight in the UNSC, led by Russia and China…. And US in panic about the hammering receiving in “Syraq” — reported casualties being airlifted to Germany. A fire’s been lit
💠@Slavyangrad:
⚡️ The White House: We are deeply concerned about American soldiers being attacked in the Middle East. The Pentagon: Since October 17, there have been more than 10 attacks on American bases in Syria and Iraq [you’ll have much more on your hands than mere “concern!”]
💠@DDGeopolitics:
⚡️Hollywood actor Jason Statham challenges the police and installs the Palestinian flag on his car. [video] [He needs to relocate to Russia presto! If in UK, the goons will come for him… I don’t feel so guilty now for enjoying his plotless movies…]
⚡️In a phone call, Putin and Erdogan expressed their concern about the increasing number of casualties in the Middle East, emphasizing the unacceptability of strikes on residential areas, as reported by the Kremlin. The leaders noted that Russia and Turkey’s positions on resolution are nearly identical and focused on implementing the two-state formula, which entails the creation of an independent Palestine.
⚡️Zionists are anti-semite. Jews who demonstrated against violence against Palestinians in front of a military registration and enlistment office in Israel were beaten by Israeli police [video]
⚡️Iraq: Al-Mayadeen correspondent in Baghdad: Explosions sounded in the vicinity of Ain al-Assad base, and initial information indicates that a missile bombardment targeted the US army there. Al-Mayadeen sources in Iraq: The missile launches took place from Al-Maamoura in Hit, and heavy coalition aircraft flew over the airspace of Hit and Al-Baghdadi. [this is escalation beyond droning to missiling now.. and USUK hitting back.. there were reports today that “a C-17 Globemaster was departing from Baghdad to Ramstein Air Base, possibly transporting injured or killed US troops from the attack that occured yesterday” — the attrition begun now in Syraq is unlikely to stop, come what may, beyond Gaza issue, in order to settle old scores and sores in those two states weary of the occupation..]
⚡️🇮🇶💥 🇺🇸 Iraq: The Islamic Resistance claims targeting the American “Ain al-Assad” base with a missile strike that directly hit its targets. A statement issued by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq:
In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful
“Permission has been given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed, God is Able to grant them victory.”This evening, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted the American occupation base in western Iraq, “Ain al-Assad,” with a missile salvo, directly hitting its targets.
Islamic resistance in Iraq
Tuesday 8 – Rabi’ Al-Akhir – 1445 AH [24.10.2023]❗❗❗ UNSC DEMARCHES ❗❗❗
⚡️ The Russian Federation has prepared an alternative to the American draft of a UN Security Council resolution on resolving the situation in the Middle East, Nebenzya said. The new project, in particular:
➡️calls for an immediate, stable ceasefire;
➡️condemns the Hamas attack on October 7, as well as indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Gaza;
➡️calls for the immediate lifting of the order for Gaza residents to move to the south of the strip;
➡️calls for organizing humanitarian pauses and humanitarian corridors;
➡️calls for the immediate and unconditional release of civilian hostages.
[video]
⚡️ The Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, stated:
➡️China has called on Israel to lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip and open channels for humanitarian assistance.
➡️The root cause of the conflict in the Middle East is the disregard for the rights of Palestinians to establish an independent state.
➡️The UN Security Council should use clear and unambiguous language to demand a ceasefire in the Middle East.
💠@Strategika51:
⚡️Lloyd Austin (right), US Secretary of Defense holding the mentally deranged Yoav Gallant, Israeli Minister of War, a very loud-mouthed Likudnik and always on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
⚡️The Israelis want soldiers from other countries to fight for them in the Gaza Strip. Take a good look at this photograph [above] of part of the Gaza Strip taken yesterday: who will be crazy enough to go in there to meet people being flayed alive by an invisible enemy and who will finally have the opportunity to see it in front of them?
Die for Israel and the global Zionist movement?
⚡️The Palestinian resistance proved today that it can target concentrations of Israeli forces despite the constant overflying of Gaza by reconnaissance drones (noise in the video)
⚡️Ain Al-Asad military base attacked by kamikaze drones. [this is Iraq, same base missiled by Iran right after Soleimani’s murder, during Trump’s watch]💠@Slavyangrad:
⚡️Israel’s blocking of GPS signals near the border with Lebanon could jeopardize aviation security, Politico writes, citing a University of Texas study. A team of scientists found that after the Hamas attack on Israel in early October, planes flying near the Mediterranean Sea briefly disappeared from view in many parts of the country.According to them, this is a sign of jamming and substitution of GPS signals. This practice, also known as spoofing, is a threat. Politico recalled that in September there was an incident with GPS distortion near Iran and Iraq. Then, due to a glitch, the plane almost entered Iranian airspace without permission. In addition, some aircraft experienced a complete failure of the navigation system. [they have particular expertise in engineering civilian airliner friendly-fires and incidents… a useful misdirection to take headlines off Gaza too. In 3,2,1….]
⚡️ Tel Aviv was subjected to the largest bombing since the beginning of the war (120 rockets)
⚡️The US presence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone continues to grow. Another squadron of F-16C fighters has arrived in the Middle East, the US Army Central Command reported. The purpose of the airlift is to “strengthen the military presence in the region and deter further aggression.”
💠@The Lookout Z:
⚡️On October 24, 2023, Russian airspace control systems over the Baltic Sea detected two air targets approaching the State border of the Russian Federation. The crew of the Russian fighter identified the air targets as two US Air Force B-1B strategic bombers. As the Russian fighter approached, foreign strategic bombers made a turn from the State border of the Russian Federation.💠@Sputnik Africa:
⚡️❗️704 civilians killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, Palestinian Health Ministry reports. The number of victims of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has risen to 5,791, including 2,360 children and 1,292 women, a spokesman for the ministry said, announcing the “total collapse of hospitals in the Gaza Strip”.
⚡️❗️ Palestinian foreign minister calls failure of UN Security Council to help resolve crisis between Israel and Hamas inexcusable. [the UNSC is losing legitimacy in real-time. Recall words of Iranian Prez yesterday — and see even words of Israelis below!]
⚡️Aid deliveries to Gaza ‘drop in the bucket,’ at 4% of previous daily average, UN agency says. The deliveries of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip are minuscule compared to actual needs, previously provided on the daily average, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Tuesday. 🗣 “They amount to no more than four percent of the daily average volume of commodities entering Gaza prior to these hostilities. Needs are now, of course, significantly greater,” Hastings said.
💠@Intel Slava Z:
⚡️Good chunk of US carrier groups have now moved into the Chinese DF-26 “carrier-killer” missile range from East Mediterranean to Guam. [game on..]
⚡️ The United States doesnotwant a war with Iran, but if Americans are attacked in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, they will respond – Blinken
⚡️The Israeli Foreign Minister said that he will not meet with the UN Secretary General, he believes that in the region after the Hamas attack there is “no room for a balanced approach”
⚡️Israel’s permanent representative to the UN called on the organization’s secretary general to resign immediately, calling him unsuitable to lead the UN
⚡️Israel’s desire for its citizens not to be hit by enemy missile attacks is understandable. Yet this aversion to losses — more pronounced than their adversaries’ — seems impossible to maintain in the face of the current threat. At some point Israel will run low on air defence, at which point it will be vulnerable to missile attacks in a well-stocked region.
The American announcement to deliver Patriots and THAADs signals that Western military leaders understand this reality. But it is not clear that those outside of military circles do. If a war kicks off in Israel, it won’t be a limited war. The whole of Israeli society will be pulled in, facing a constant threat of large, sophisticated missiles overhead. Too many Western commentators seem to think that Israel can simply send troops into the Gaza Strip and crush Hamas. But once one understands the military and logistical picture, this simplistic narrative begins to break down.
💠@Intel Republic:
⚡️Black smoke rises at HQ of IDF’s Galilee Division (responsible for front with Lebanon) across Lebanese southern border as Hezbollah pummels it with mortar shells and rockets. 🗣 Israeli army members are like ducks hunted by Hezbollah at the border – Israeli Media. UPDATE: IDF shells outskirts of southern Lebanese towns
⚡️ SNITCH AND BE SPARED: Amidst their genocide, Israeli Army drops leaflets offering Palestinians in Gaza a cruel ultimatum: for terrified Palestinians to become informants against Palestinian resistance and have their families be spared, or to die at hands of indiscriminate Israeli strikes which have killed 374 since this morning. And we are pretty sure Israel isn’t going to keep its promise…
💠 @Strategika51:
⚡Macron’s posture indicates that he is very uncomfortable, embarrassed, that he is scared and that he wants to finish a real chore very quickly. [there’s the additional factor of PTSD; this locale is where he was sold as a catamite… the entire fallen West is being exposed, like Meloni’s hubby who casually outed her by soliciting group sex on her behalf on live TV. A normal human being is no longer permitted to ascend to power in western democracies]➡️ Sudhi! Is that a painting of the Third Temple behind Netanyahoo??
➡️ note the fixed, tieless, open-collar, black outfit by Netanyahoo these days, the equivalent of the Cokehead’s green tshirt. A cheap imitation of Che and Commandante.. A demented script on steroids. War, war, war, war, war, war it shall be, til the last flicker of the flame goes out
💠 @Sputnik_Africa:
⚡❗️France proposes to create regional, international coalitions to fight Hamas, Macron says💠 @Intel Slava Z:
⚡ UN: “More than 1,400 people, including 800 children, are trapped under rubble in the Gaza Strip”
“I don’t remember one occupation where the occupier presented himself as the victim. Not only the victim, but the only victim. We are the victims. We are forced to kill their children. Poor us.” — Gideon Levy
The “ground invasion” last night appeared a limited reconnaissance by force or outright lie altogether. Will be more careful. I am starting to doubt they will conduct a ground op at all. They are cowards. And it would trigger a larger war with Hezbollah. So the US waits to build up and try to intimidate others of the Resistance more (NOT). Yet the continued siege, starvation, and aerial bombardment of Gaza will trigger larger war too, so something will give quite shortly, whether they invade or not.
💠 Russian MFA:
🇷🇺🇧🇷 📞 President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da SilvaThe rapidly deteriorating situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone was discussed in detail, with deep concern expressed for the growing number of civilian casualties and emphasis on the critical importance of rapidly achieving a ceasefire, evacuating foreign citizens from the Gaza Strip, and ensuring unhindered access of humanitarian aid to the enclave.
☝️ Given Brazil’s presidency of the UN Security Council this month, various aspects of joint work were considered, with a view to taking urgent and effective measures through the UN to de-escalate the crisis and meaningfully advance the peace process via the generally accepted international legal framework that provides for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state coexisting in peace and security with Israel.
🤝 Both sides expressed the desire to continue closely cooperating within BRICS and the G20, in which Russia and Brazil respectively preside next year, as well as to develop mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries in a multitude of areas. It was agreed to continue contacts.
💠 @Arab Africa:
⚡Rafah came under air attack. The city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, where the border crossing with Egypt of the same name is located, was bombed by the IDF. The media report a large number of civilian casualties. According to preliminary information, the border crossing itself was not directly affected by the air strike. [Yesterday, Egypt had proposed moving internally displaced Gazans to this city in South Gaza. This was the response of Zionism]💠 @MedManTG:
⚡Al-Qassam, the militant arm of Hamas, states that it has over 35,000 soldiers ready to confront Israel. The ratio is not favorable, Israel has at least 400,000 soldiers from various roles, while Hamas, at least going by their statements, have 35,000. But again, Hamas is the one defending their land, they got the tunnels, and Gaza will be just one massive Grozny or Bakhmut, we will see. [MedMan is tired, as are we all — he forgot 1/3 of Zionist stormtroopers are pinned in north by Hezbollah, some were moved to Jordanian border, some are on standby for Egypt and Syrian Golan, some are kept in reserve, many safari soldiers will opt out like Ukies, etc etc. The odds are much better for Hamas]
⚡The Palestinian Ministry of Health records 5300 people who have been killed by Israeli aggression in Gaza alone, with 18,000 wounded. Important to note that at least over half of the people killed are women and children, the same ratio applies to the injured. If you add the numbers from the West Bank, there are an additional 100-200 dead and almost a thousand wounded, to the recollection of my memory.
⚡️A 4th Aid Convoy is on the way to Gaza, which consists of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid, however, this time they are not going through Rafah, but will go through Al-Auja Crossing, where they will cross into Israel, not Gaza. The special thing about this convoy is that it is the only one that would have been examined by the Israeli border guards so far, after they have been verified that they do not carry any contraband (Israel has agreed to use UN/International standards and not its own border policies), the trucks will then go to Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing. [the Egyptian Junta condemns itself by tolerating this contemptuously inadequate arrangement — at this point, Gaza requires thousands of trucks to avert baked-in mass death; their inaction is complicity to Final Solutions]
⚡️🇷🇺🇵🇸 2 Russian women have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, according to the Russian Embassy in Egypt. “In the Gaza Sector, 2 Russian Women were Martyred due to Israeli shelling, exactly just like thousands of Palestinians” This is a literal translation, and yes, they used the word martyred.
This is really intolerable! The satanists are now blockading Kosovar Serbians like Gaza. See Nebenzya’s warning today at the UNSC! They will force a battle to come to a head here too. Another point of the ring of fire around Russia is being lit
💠@DDGeopolitics:
⚡️The northern regions of Kosovo are effectively under blockade. This was stated on October 23 at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Kosovo by Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya. The region faces a humanitarian catastrophe due to the ban on the import of goods from central Serbia, including a shortage of medicines and oxygen in the hospital of Kosovska Mitrovica, Nebenzya reported.
⚡️What is happening in Kosovo and Metohija? Situation on October 23, 2023
A month has passed since the tragic events in the town of Banska near Kosovska Mitrovica. The situation in the region remains tense, and the authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo continue to terrorize the Serbian population, with the approval of their Western partners.
Kosovo Albanians are attempting to establish a continuous “police” base in the northern part of the region. They have implemented a “blockade”, which has led to a severe humanitarian crisis in Serbian-populated municipalities.
The Western partners are supporting the actions of the Pristina authorities and exerting pressure on Belgrade. Furthermore, the NATO contingent in Kosovo and Metohija has significantly increased, and NATO aviation flights have become more frequent in the region in recent days.
“I have returned from Germany with peace for our time.”
💠@DDGeopolitics:
⚡The US State Department confirmed that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Washington will take place on October 26-28. [Wang Yi met Putin and Lavrov only 6-7 days ago in Beijing; today, Lavrov squared the circle with Amir-Abdollahian and Sayyid Raisi in Tehran — see two photos above]
💠@Strategika51:
⚡It seems that the situation is much more serious than we think. The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs will visit Washington (unannounced visit). This is very unusual and very exceptional since the probe balloon affair. Rather, Joe Biden left an international event urgently, heading to the Pentagon operations room and claiming there was an emergency.
⚡Intel: probable US Tomahawk cruise missile attack against targets in Syria and Iraq during the next 48 hours. [could this be why Resistance targeted 4 different sites in Syria? Those missiles would have to travel over the heads of Russians, who cannot remain bystanders given the habit of the nonagreement-capable to try to sucker punch them….. And remember Syria activated its air defense a few days ago. Perhaps Hal was right and it was prudent to give the sailors on the floating coffins a Last Meal. I’ve been partial to lobster too, since my New England days]
⚡US Defense Secretary Austin Lloyd had a telephone conversation yesterday with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Soudani. Lloyd reiterated the United States’ commitment to protecting US forces in Iraq by any means necessary. Translation: Iraq has approved US strikes against pro-Iranian groups in Iraq. [interpretation of the translation: a hostage vassal rubberstamped a fait accompli]
⚡For Washington the casus belli is the spectacular and simultaneous attack on three US military bases in Iraq and Syria (Al-Omar, Al-Shaddadi and Al-Tanaf) by kamikaze drones and given the US reaction, the casualties of these attacks must be important. [even if no significant casualties, they must respond, according to the iron law of the jungle they follow]PS — please bear with me. If the SHTF in next two days, I will not be able to keep up. Will we able to follow anything online?? And I am little good at following war updates on the run (nose not good enough) and there’s too much fog of war and disinfo in such times. Prudence dictates reticence. They’ll unleash all their Trolls from Hell to drown us in FUD. Eventually the truth will out…
CORRECTION — Turks deny earlier claim made about them💠@Slavyangrad:
⚡️Kan News Hebrew: The Turkish government has denied the news about Erdogan’s request for the withdrawal of Hamas leaders and members from the country.
Shahed sunsets over Syria…💠@Middle East Spectator:
⚡️Hamas will release 50 civilians with dual nationalities, and it is unclear what Hamas will get in return
⚡️Explosions at the Al-Omar oil field in Syria, where U.S. troops are stationed [this is the fourth different site in Syria, at least officially acknowledged]
⚡️Simultaneous explosions at the Al-Tanf base [Syria] housing U.S. troops [OK. I am going to post Shaheds over 404 to link the meme. These daily knock-knocks from the air should bring back dear nostalgia for those USUK mercs just redeployed from 404 to this theatre. Welcome lads!]
⚡️Al-Shaddadi base in Syria has also come under fire. Three separate U.S. bases being targeted right now [fifth separate site…]
⚡️At this moment, 3 separate U.S. bases are under attack in Syria. Heavy explosions reported [what is their appetite-tolerance for eating drones?]
⚡️BREAKING: President Biden interrupts speech, heads to situation room.
⚡️JUST IN: Images of the attack on Al-Omar oil field, housing U.S. troops💠@MedManTG:
⚡️The Iranian Foreign Minister states that Israel is attempting to establish a Palestinian state, not in the historical Palestinian lands, but in the lands of Egypt and Jordan. All regional countries have refused and stated they will not allow an attempt to evict the Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza. The Foreign Minister also states that the West, through several channels, have warned Hezbollah to not intervene in any big capacity against Israel
The Balkan Front being prepped….Thanks from Nat South (The Lookout Z):
⚡️🇷🇸🇺🇸 “The flights of North Atlantic bloc [NATO] planes near Serbia have looked extremely curious in recent days:
🔹In the past 24 hours, for the first time in our memory, an American reconnaissance aircraft CL-650 operated from the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase near the northeastern borders of Serbia.
🔹In addition, the French patrol aircraft Atlantique 2 conducted reconnaissance from the Bulgarian airbase in Varna directly above Kosovo and Metohija.
🔹At the same time, an American MQ-9A Reaper drone was in the air in the same area from the Greek base in Larisa . What is curious is that this is already the 18th flight of a UAV of this type since September 26 from Romania and Greece.
🔹Such NATO intelligence activity in a potentially conflicting region raises certain concerns. A month has passed since the last escalation, but there have been no serious positive changes since then.Taking into account the latest “trends” towards resolving long-standing contradictions, conducting reconnaissance not only in Kosovo and Metohija, but also in the territories of central Serbia, looks like preparation for something more.”
ZZzzzzzzzz……………
Keep in mind in setting of:
- West Asia and Chinese navy berthed in Kuwaiti port of Persian Gulf
- 404,
- Azerbaijan-Armenia,
- Finland-Baltics trying to close the Baltic to Russia, and Russia starting to fall back to Lake Ladoga in anticipation of blows to come…
- current Russian naval visit (two Zircon carriers) to southern Indonesia port of Tanjung Perak, not too far from Australia and its US bases
- Russian sub now transiting the English Channel, ostensibly for repairs to [Baltic shipyard?] and other platforms lurking in the north Atlantic
- what else did I leave out!!
