His Eminence Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah on November 11, 2023

Full speech English transcript link

"Brothers and sisters, the battlefield in Lebanon determines the next steps. This battle is not like other battles – I do not announce the steps and the brothers executing them. Our policy in the current battle is based on the field developments. Based on the developments of the field, we act accordingly. That is why eyes must always be on the field and not the words the come from us.

If we bring together all the scene that we started from Gaza to the West Bank, to Yemen, to Iraq, to Iran, to Syria, to Lebanon, we say that we are in a battle of resistance, steadfastness, patience, accumulation of achievements, collection of points, and a battle of time. Time is always a need for resistance movements and peoples. Time is what helps defeat invaders and tyrants.

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Patience and steadfastness must continue. We must all bear, and the people of Gaza and the resistance are the ones bearing most."

If Iran and Pakistan could target western military bases instead of each other, that would be great.

Edit: yes I meant Pakistan I am terminally online and very fucking tired. Iran did just hit Iraq but it was Pakistan that hit Iran.

Alexander Mercouris is reporting a huge breakthrough for Russian troops and collapse of Ukrainian defense in Southern Avdiivka/Avdeyevka. Really big if true. The next few weeks could be weeks where decades happen. Russian territorial gains happening all over the front now. 'Stalemate' may well be over soon. https://youtu.be/LN3r9uJwEmM

⚡️| 🇾🇪Statement issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces’ Spox Yahya Sarae:

In response to the US-British aggression on our country, the Yemeni Naval Forces carried out an operation against the American ship "Jenko Picardi" in the Gulf of Aden with appropriate anti-ship missiles, resulting in accurate and direct hits.

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the ship's canonical name appears to be Genco Picardy

https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9301720

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:712212/mmsi:538002841/imo:9301720/vessel:GENCO_PICARDY

The Intercept: The Ukrainian Military Is Experimenting With Psychedelic Drug Ibogaine to Treat Traumatic Brain Injuries

The Ukrainian military is experimenting with ibogaine, a psychedelic drug banned in the U.S. but often used to treat opioid use disorder elsewhere, to treat traumatic brain injury and promote battle readiness.

Skyrtach agreed. “We really need as much Ibogaine as possible,” he said. “Even if the war ends now we’ll have too many ‘rambos’ to come back home from the frontline. It’ll be much more serious problem [than the] USA faced when thousands of veterans came home from the Vietnam war.”

Skyrtach, in the letter he provided Beal, said that both battlefield burnout and TBI were areas the military hoped could be addressed by ibogaine.

Drugging "burned-out" soldiers so they can continue to fight doesn't sound like a very good long term strategy to me.

Russian soldiers in the current war are known to rely on Captagon, a dirt-grade speed produced primarily in Syria.

I tried to look this up and found literally nothing. Like, maybe some volunteers from Syria are using it, but come on.

In light of the Royal Navy fuckup, for your reading pleasure:

Has any dipshit davos journalist asked zelenskiy about icj proceedings?

https://redd.it/19a799l
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240118-sweden-s-call-for-population-to-prepare-for-war-sparks-panic-and-criticism
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/nato-largest-drills-since-cold-war-90000-troops

Pakistan is a nuclear power, so for Iran to strike the base in Pakistan means either:

1. Pakistan was notified and approved of the bombing ahead of time.

2. Iran de facto has nukes as well.

3. Pakistan's nukes and rocketry in general are really shitty and pose little threat to Iran.

Willingly doing their American masters' bidding, Denmark's succdem-led right-wing government is planning to send a frigate as well as up to 175 staff to take part in the aggression against Yemen.

The frigate will have a mandate to do what is referred to as "expanded self-defence", meaning that while it is not authorized to be complicit in direct attacks on Yemeni soil, it will be authorised to intervene and attempt to disrupt Yemeni enforcement of their sanctions against the illegal zionist entity.

In addition Danish authorities has created a cross-ministerial task force to find out what to do in the hypothetical situation any Yemenis are captured by the frigate.

The Danish government expects the frigate's mission to last two months.

Developed Countries Give Alms to Face the Climate Crisis: Petro

The Colombian President pointed out that it is necessary to turn off "CO2 chimneys" in the North so that forests do not burn in the South.

On Wednesday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticized "the alms" given by rich countries to the Global South to confront the climate crisis.

"It is thought that the climate crisis will be overcome if the North gives alms to the South. The major discussions at the COP have revolved around this issue, as happened with the US$100 billion promised in Paris in 2015. However, such paradigm of cooperation no longer works," he said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Davos, Switzerland.

"International cooperation crashes against the reality of the global civilizational crisis. This happens because the amounts required to solve a global problem are vastly superior to US$100 billion per year," Petro said at the panel "Addressing the North-South Schism."

Next, the Colombian president explained that the possibility of truly solving the global climate crisis goes far beyond international cooperation.

To confront the global climate crisis, Petro said it is necessary to turn off "the CO2 chimneys" in the North so that the forests do not burn in the South.

"When appreciating the problem from an economic and technological perspective, the North has to transform itself to be able to sustain the life of the planet as a whole," he said and emphasized the need for a climate pact among equals.

"A year ago, this forum coined the term 'Policrisis.' Today, this has worsened because, through the bombing of children, the war has turned into a genocide," the Colombian president said in reference to the Israeli offensive against Gaza.

"Votes in the United Nations on this issue have physically and politically separated the North from the South," Petro said, recalling that Europe and the United States have voted against solutions to the Palestinian problem.

absolutely hilarious (in a sort of way) followup to my previous post about American ICBMs, holy shit (archived)

Sentinel ICBM incurs ‘critical’ cost breach, at risk of cancellation without SECDEF certification

The Minuteman III replacement’s costs ballooned by 37 percent and will take about two years longer than expected as officials reportedly discover hidden complications of silo construction.

WASHINGTON — The Air Force’s replacement for its nuclear-tipped Minuteman III ballistic missile fleet has suffered a “critical” cost breach and could be delayed by as much as two years, a service spokesperson confirmed to Breaking Defense, a setback for the program that officials have long warned could run into trouble.

The service notified Congress Thursday that LGM-35A Sentinel “has exceeded its initial cost projections,” the spokesperson said, prompting what’s known as a Nunn-McCurdy breach. According to the spokesperson, the Sentinel program’s 2020 baseline program acquisition unit cost of $118 million per missile — the sum of development, construction and procurement — increased by “at least 37 percent” to approximately $162 million in 2020 dollars, prompting a “critical” breach that requires Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to certify the program to stave off its cancellation.

The $96 billion Sentinel program is now estimated at about $131.5 billion in current dollars, Bloomberg reported, a hefty sum driven by unforeseen complications with silo and launch center construction. The program’s current objective for initial operational capability (IOC) is June 2029, which the Air Force spokesperson said could be delayed by as much as two years as a result of the issues.

A top modernization effort for the Defense Department, the Sentinel program’s issues have already drawn congressional scrutiny. And with strong backing from lawmakers, it seems unlikely the program will be terminated. “Sentinel is absolutely necessary for the future of our nuclear deterrent. I’m committed to conducting vigorous oversight of the program and ensuring the Air Force follows through on making the necessary changes to address the cost overruns while continuing to advance the program,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said in a statement today. “The Department must ensure that Sentinel is ready in time to replace the current ICBMs before they reach the end of their lives. Failure is not an option,” he added.

Northrop Grumman, which won the Sentinel contract in 2020, has struggled with supply chain woes, workforce shortages and clearance issues, the Government Accountability Office warned in June 2023. Officials recently have also been vexed by the program’s challenges, with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall lamenting its “unknown unknowns.”

also to reiterate this bit from the previous post:

On 14 December 2019, it was announced that Northrop Grumman had won the competition to build the future ICBM. Northrop won by default, as their bid was at the time the only bid left to be considered for the GBSD program (Boeing had dropped out of the bidding contest earlier in 2019).

So there isn't a backup plan here - the only company that can do this is struggling to do it. There was a discussion earlier in the thread about whether the US could restart its war machine, and, uh... maybe they straight up can't? Like, we're not talking about tanks or artillery shells here, these are ICBMs, a key element of nuclear deterrence, something considered necessary even in peacetime (at least by the ghouls in charge). I guess the Americans better hope the 14 nuclear ballistic subs they have still work... or adopt Jim Hacker thought

Lots of reports that the shelling on Khan Younis tonight is among the most intense of the war so far. Israeli tanks are closing in on Nasser Hospital, where thousands of people have been sheltering for weeks.

Phone & internet services have been cut off for 5 days.

https://nitter.net/malsaafin/status/1747376504068092363#m

Read to much israeli news, the hate in me is eating me. From the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, Palestine will be free. No Zionist will walk safe on palestinian land. No perpetrator of western imperialism will be forgiven.

God I wish someone would initiate legal proceedings against the SAZF and the SAJBD

At least whatever the outcome of the ICJ suit, South Africa has single-handedly managed to the entire "international rules-based order", lmao. Also Namibia took a hard Scheiße right into 's mouth with a stern rebuke of a genocide that they perpetrated at the start of the 20th century.

Also I see claims cropping up online about South Africa again going to deliver some dick to the US at the Hague (though I've found nothing to verify those claims). There's certainly enough new material for another court hearing. I do wonder why the South African representatives in the court had not brought up known targeted killings of South Africans.

I unfortunately had work and no time to fill out the "South Africa is Hamas" BINGO sheet. I did at least go to work like a gangsta, all decked out in with the Palestinian and South African desk flags stuck between my keffiyeh

sounds of nervous shuffling of papers by the Isisraeli representatives. also Death to America

A Chinese company got caught trying to sell a knockoff of the Iranian suicide drones to the Ukrainian military via Alibaba lol https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akeqk/knockoff-iranian-drone-sold-on-alibaba-was-meant-for-war-documents-show

Reminds me of how NORINCO tried to sell machine guns to street gangs in California and Bill Clinton banned all Chinese weapons imports soon after

Father of teen killed by Israeli fire in West Bank slams US support for Israel

The father of 17-year-old Tawfiq Ajaq, a Palestinian-American killed by Israeli fire in the town of Al-Mazra’a ash-sharqiya in the occupied West Bank yesterday, has slammed US support for Israel’s ongoing illegal occupation. The slain teen was buried on Saturday.

“They are killer machines,” Hafez Ajaq said of Israeli forces. “They are using our tax dollars in the US to support the weapons to kill our own children.”

“The American society does not know the true story,” he said. “Come here on the ground and see what’s going on… How many fathers and mothers have to say goodbye to their children? How many more?”

Al Jazeera

Burkina Faso continues to rid their society of traitors: https://nitter.cz/marcus_herve/status/1748001288929853654

Ancap Update:

Flights to Argentina scheduled for January 24 have been canceled.

According to the airlines, the cancellation is due to the general strike taking place in the country on the 24th.

Several sectors in Argentina, led by the country's largest union, will stop work on the 24th in protest at measures taken by Argentine President Javier Milei.

Short double-tap yassin 105 attack video showing ten IOF dog tags at the end

This interview with Michael Hudson is very good

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/01/michael-hudson-on-russia-iran-and-the-red-sea-natos-war-economy-collapses.html

The first two thirds or so are particularly worth reading because he covers a lot of geopolitical ground about how the US is trying to divide the garden from the jungle. The latter part is less focused, but nevertheless instructive because it shows Hudson's blind spots with respect to domestic US politics. He refers to trump taking on the deep state, which seems extremely boomer brained.