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Israel demolishes home of Lebanese journalist whose viral film exposed pager attack

The occupying Israeli army targeted a prominent Lebanese journalist when they pillaged and demolished his painstakingly-constructed family home located outside Israel’s so-called “buffer zone” in southern Lebanon. Was it retaliation for his widely-viewed documentary on Israel’s notorious pager attacks?

Israeli soldiers have looted and demolished the family home of Radwan Mortada, a prominent Lebanese investigative journalist who directed the recent viral Al Jazeera 360 documentary “The Trap.” The film exposes the surreptitious network and planning behind Israel’s notorious pager attack, which left hundreds of Lebanese citizens wounded and maimed, and has become one of the channel’s most-watched in recent history.

Israel’s destruction of Mortada family home on October 17 has drawn condemnation from at least one international press freedom group, the Committee to Protect Journalists. On October 21, the organization issued a statement declaring that it “strongly condemns the Israeli military’s demolition of journalist Radwan Mortada’s family home in southern Lebanon. Just three weeks earlier, Mortada released an Al Jazeera documentary on the Israeli 2024 pager attack. In the days leading up to the demolition, Israeli soldiers launched a sound bomb, a tank tore down the entrance, and soldiers looted personal belongings. CPJ fears this destruction is in retaliation for Mortada’s work, marking another dangerous violation of international law and disregard for the press.”

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Beware the U.S. False Flag Conspiracy Against Iran: ‘Trumped-up’ Threats

I saw this headline recently across several mainstream ‘news’ sites: “Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks on Americans,” ‘officials’ say. My very first thought was what type of attack on Americans will be perpetrated by the U.S. to blame on Iran? The U.S. and Zionist Israel are the two most prolific false flag operators in the world, and seemingly use these tactics on a constant basis in order to fool gullible American imbeciles into supporting more U.S. war and terror against an innocent ‘enemy’ nation and Americans alike. Consider Fort Sumpter, Pearl Harbor, the USS Liberty, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, the ‘covid’ hoax; just to name a minuscule handful of the multitude of U.S. planned false flag events throughout history.

Forget for a moment the U.S. and Israel launched unprovoked, purely aggressive attacks and war against Iran this year, killing their political heads, bombing their infrastructure, and purposely murdering 120 plus elementary school children and at least 35 innocent adults at the Shaiare Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab. Forget if you can that the U.S. has been aggressively warring against Iran in one form or another for at least 73 years, and using unholy sanctions, tariffs, and other brutal means, including great financial harm, against Iranians, who by the way, have not aggressively attacked another country in hundreds of years. The evil U.S. empire however, has been aggressively warring against much of the world, murdering, or responsible for killing, tens (if not more) of millions of civilians, since its very inception.

The complicit U.S. media and the political class have been warning that Iran is going to attack the U.S. for decades, and yet, that has never happened. They have warned that Iran has and would use nuclear weapons. The same is true of the evil genocidal Netanyahu in Zionist Israel. In fact, the exact opposite is the case, as the U.S. has threatened and attacked Iran, either alone or by proxy, for seeming eons. The U.S. has violently interfered in Iranian affairs, elections, and was responsible for overthrowing its government, putting into power a brutal U.S. puppet regime, thereby effectively ruling over Iran and its people for 26 years, after the overthrow of Mosaddegh, the elected prime minister of Iran, by the U.S. and Britian in 1953.

Before any headline ‘readers’ (dolts) accuse me of being a supporter of Iranian politics, let me remind you that I feel the very same hatred and contempt for every government on earth. Politicians and governments, no matter where they happen to exist, are the worst, most evil and perverted of all mankind, including those rulers in Iran, but they have not once aggressively attacked the U.S. This is not an attempt to excuse rulers in Iran or anywhere else, it is simply to put the truth out there so those nationalist ignoramuses in the West who are too ignorant to figure this out on their own, will at least have been warned

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The Energy Crisis Escalates: The Dual Threat Of More War In The Middle East And Hurricane Isaias Damaging U.S. Refineries In The Gulf Is Pushing Oil Prices Even Higher

Just when it seemed like we had hit a period of relative calm, global events are starting to accelerate again. Within the past 24 hours, there have been a couple of absolutely enormous developments. First of all, Tropical Storm Isaias has become Hurricane Isaias and we are being told that it will make landfall along the Gulf Coast. That is potentially a major problem because the Gulf Coast accounts for over 50 percent of the crude oil refining capacity in the United States. If any of that capacity is taken offline for an extended period of time, that will drive fuel prices substantially higher. Meanwhile, Iran has been attacking tankers at a very alarming pace this week, and President Trump is reportedly considering a new wave of airstrikes on Iran…

This is a major bombshell.

If the U.S. starts extensively bombing Iran again, the war in the Middle East could spiral completely out of control.

The good news is that President Trump is now pledging that the U.S. will not be bombing Iran until after the midterms…

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Benjamin Netanyahu Signals Massive West Bank Operation After Hebron Attack — Days Before Election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that Israel is preparing a massive military operation in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank, on a scale not seen since the 1967 Six-Day War, after Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli soldiers near Hebron, just four days before Israel’s national election.

Speaking after a security assessment, Netanyahu said the planned operation would be unprecedented in scope.

“The defense minister and I have overseen the planning of a very extensive IDF operation in Judea and Samaria — on a scale not seen since the Six-Day War,” he said.

“The IDF is ready to carry it out, and we will determine the timing, but it is coming.”

The announcement followed a deadly shooting at a temporary military checkpoint near Yehuda Junction outside Hebron, where two Palestinian terrorists opened fire on Israeli soldiers Friday morning.

The attack killed Staff Sgt. Ron Yonatan Roytman, 23, of Ashkelon, and Sgt. Yuval Shai Svilem, 20, of Hod Hasharon, both members of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) 775th Ari Battalion. Three additional soldiers were wounded.

Israeli forces killed both attackers following a firefight lasting more than 20 minutes.

The IDF’s preliminary investigation found that the terrorists apparently intended to attack Israeli civilians along a nearby highway but instead opened fire on soldiers after encountering the checkpoint.

The military said the attackers were carrying substantial quantities of ammunition, suggesting they had planned a larger assault.

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Trump’s War Department Declares Chinese Communist Party-Backed Confucius Institutes a NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT — Hegseth Says 80 Chinese Propaganda Operations at 30 US Universities Have Been Dismantled

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Department of War has formally designated Confucius Institutes as a threat to U.S. national security.

In a video posted to his official X account, Hegseth detailed how Chinese Communist Party-backed operations that Congress restricted years ago had simply rebranded and continued operating on American campuses.

Hegseth drew a direct parallel to the DEI bureaucracy the War Department has been dismantling.

“When I took office, one thing we knew was that the cancer of DEI, it was going to be difficult to kill here in the Department of War. You see, instead of complying, promoters of this ideology just tried to rebrand it and thought they would be safe,” he said. “Now, today, in a similar example, I want to tell you about Confucius Institutes.”

He continued: “These Chinese government-backed propaganda cultural programs had infiltrated our nation’s universities in almost every state. Now, thankfully, Congress banned them a few years ago, these Confucius Institutes but they came back disguised in new forms just like DEI does. Just call it a different name. Well, the Department of War has taken action to stop this as well. We added these sleeper organizations to our list of institutions that threaten our national security.”

Hegseth stated that investigators uncovered “80 new propaganda cells across 30 universities” operating under different names and charters but with the same mission “to steal intellectual property and to infiltrate the minds of American students.”

Over the past two months, the War Department “systematically dismantled every single one of these organizations” using its funding and contracting leverage.

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Major Oil Spill From Attacked Tanker Forces Closure Of UAE Beaches

Amid the record pace in Iranian attacks on crude tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, many have been wondering: where does all that oil end up when it comes to severely damaged or sunken tankers?

On Friday the UAE has confirmed a deeply alarming event: some of its beaches are being shuttered as a major spill is washing up after a tanker was struck by a projectile off the UAE coast, resulting in a fire aboard the vessel and apparent major spillage. The attack incident happened earlier in October.

Authorities have “detected a tanker oil spill affecting Umm Al Quwain’s beaches,” the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment announced in a statement.

It confirmed that the emirate in question was forced to close its beaches, and that “teams immediately began containment, cordoning, clean-up and remediation… to limit environmental impacts.”

International reports have identified that the leak resulted from the Oct.9 incident involving the GEM NO.2 tanker, which had been detailed by the UKMTO

“Gem No. 2, was hit by a projectile Friday off the coast of the UAE resulting in a fire onboard. The ship departed Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, in March and has remained in the Persian Gulf since the war began,” as reported at the time.

The last week saw increasing complaints by beach area residents of unusual smells – reports that were initially brushed off by local authorities. One regional Gulf outlet documents the following timeline:

October 19: Unusual smells reported

Reports of unusual odours emerged on Monday, October 19, in Sharjah and other parts of the UAE.

The reports prompted authorities to begin monitoring the situation in coordination with federal and local government agencies.

Authorities conducted inspections and assessments to identify the source of the smells and determine whether they posed any risk to residents.

October 20: Sharjah Police reassure residents

Lieutenant General Abdullah Mubarak bin Amer, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, addressed public concerns during the Direct Line programme broadcast on Sharjah TV and Radio.

He said the situation was safe and stable, with no indication of a threat to public health or safety.

October 21: Environment ministry provides initial findings

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment confirmed that it was coordinating with local authorities to investigate unusual odours detected in several areas.

The ministry said its assessments found no cause for concern.

Field monitoring and response efforts were continuing to reduce the odours and help them dissipate.

But then by Friday the oil spill impacting beaches was belatedly confirmed. This came long after oil-like smells began to inundate local social media, and government office call centers.

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The UK Russia Scare Tactics Continue

The new way of fighting Russia is with a tin opener. The UK government has launched a new campaign for householders to store up three days of water, food and medication. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has kick-started the “Be Ready” campaign, which will run over three years, with social media and radio messages and more than 500 organizations signed up to share it.

The typical shopping list includes about 3 liters of drinking water per person per day, enough food that needs no refrigeration or cooking to sustain the household for 3 days, essential medication and a first aid kit. In addition, there should be a torch with batteries, a battery or wind-up powered radio, a charged power bank and some cash. Yahoo News UK reported that the list includes blankets.

The campaign was unveiled at the launch of a new tank gun barrel, being produced by the German defense firm Rheinmetall at a factory in Telford, Yahoo News UK reported. And here Streeting was talking about stockpiling of provisions in front of a massive gun barrel. He warned of “increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks” on businesses and supply chain disruption caused by “hostile state actors or terrorists,” the BBC reported, and gave the example of a local shop hit by a cyber-attack so that “your card isn’t working at the till.” The threat, said Streeting, was the worst of his lifetime – he told BBC One’s Question Time it was greater than at any time “certainly for most, if not all, of my lifetime.”

He then segued to the obvious threat of Russia. Yahoo News UK reported that Streeting said “state-sponsored terrorism by Russia or another hostile state” was a threat to businesses and households, targeting infrastructure. As he put it, “terms like ‘hybrid warfare’ and ‘grey zone threats’ do not accurately capture or convey to the general public what I prefer to describe as ‘state-sponsored terrorism’.” Even the scare needed a rebrand.

Mr Streeting was also asked by the TV program whether or not he was engaging in ‘scaremongering’. The Defence Secretary admitted that he had nothing specific in mind, but that the government’s desire was to get people “alert but not alarmed,” the BBC reported. So the threat is the worst of his lifetime, it has a name, and there is nothing specific in mind. What is most striking is that the government’s own announcement of the new campaign leads with the threat of severe weather (such as last winter’s storms or this summer’s wildfires) and reiterates the vast majority of the advice already published on the government’s existing household guidance (first published in May 2024). ‘Be Ready’ is essentially the government’s existing ‘Prepare’ website rebranded with some new messaging, the government said.

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Ukraine Field Report: Russian Ballistic Missiles Hit Kyiv as Germany Arrests Suspected Russian Spy

Russian forces struck Kyiv with three waves of ballistic missiles overnight into October 22, killing one person and injuring 24, including four children, according to city authorities.

The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched Iskander-M, S-400, Zircon, and Onyx missiles, along with 210 drones, 110 of them jet-powered. Air defenses shot down 181 drones. Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired 21 missiles at the capital and struck targets across 12 regions.

The State Emergency Service reported damage in six Kyiv districts. In Dniprovskyi, one person was killed and six were injured, including a child, as fires engulfed homes and cars. In Pechersk, strikes damaged buildings, ambulances, and a monastery, injuring eight people, including three children.

A missile hit a non-residential building in Holosiivskyi, injuring six people, while two others were injured in Obolonskyi. A restaurant complex burned in Sviatoshynskyi, and transport infrastructure was damaged in Darnytskyi.

In the Bucha district, a drone struck near a store, damaging homes as well as cars on the highway and wounding a 59-year-old. Kyiv was also hit last month.

In the north, Russia struck an enterprise in Chernihiv twice with Banderol munitions, killing a 61-year-old man and injuring a 54-year-old man, regional head Viacheslav Chaus said. A Shahed-type drone also set fire to a warehouse at an agricultural enterprise in Semenivka.

In Sumy Oblast, nearly 60 Russian attacks hit 26 settlements across 14 communities, killing a 74-year-old man and injuring five people.

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Space War Fears Rise As Russian Satellite Makes Dangerous Maneuver

US officials publicly accused Russia of threatening a Finnish-operated commercial satellite that provides imagery and intelligence to Ukraine and other nations, calling the move “deliberately reckless.”

In response to the accusations, made during a United Nations debate on October 21, Russia broadly described US claims as “absurd” and accused Washington of its own “aggressive military space ambitions.”

The back-and-forth came days after a Russian military satellite known as Kosmos-2612 moved “dangerously” near to ICEYE-X36, a satellite registered in the United States and operated by a Finnish company called ICEYE.

The Russian satellite came “exceptionally close” – within 200 meters, by some estimates – something that space officials and amateur satellite watchers said was extremely unusual.

“This was not a routine conjunction or ‘fly by,'” LeoLabs, an aerospace intelligence company, told RFE/RL. “The behavior is consistent with sophisticated rendezvous and proximity operations.”

ICEYE-X36 carries a radar technology that can gather detailed terrestrial images, even through cloud cover. The Finnish company in January signed a contract with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry to provide intelligence.

Kosmos-2612 “exhibited threatening behavior by intentionally maneuvering dangerously close to a commercial satellite,” Brian Hardesty, an adviser to the US Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament, said during a meeting in New York of the UN First Committee, a body that debates arms control and disarmament issues. “These behaviors appear consistent with an on-orbit weapons operation.”

“The decision to conduct these activities was deliberately reckless,” he said.

Russia’s representative who could not be immediately identified, did not directly address the assertion.

“We call on member states to give the proper response to the aggressive military space ambitions of the United States,” he said.

He also referenced comments made last month by the secretary of the US Air Force, the top civilian official for that military branch.

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