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Elon Musk Reveals COVID Vaccine Injury After Former Pfizer Official Admits Shots Likely Killed Tens of Thousands in Germany

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Elon Musk Reveals COVID Vaccine Injury After Former Pfizer Official Admits Shots Likely Killed Tens of Thousands in Germany

In an X post that went viral Sunday, Elon Musk said he “felt like I was dying” and almost went to the hospital after taking his second COVID-19 vaccine. Musk was responding to an X post about how Dr. Helmut Sterz, Pfizer’s former chief toxicologist, admitted during a German COVID-19 inquiry that an estimated 60,000 Germans died from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

In an X post that went viral Sunday, Elon Musk said he “felt like I was dying” and almost went to the hospital after taking his second COVID-19 vaccine.

Musk was responding to an X post about how Dr. Helmut Sterz, Pfizer’s former chief toxicologist, admitted last month during a German COVID-19 Inquiry that an estimated 60,000 people have died in Germany from Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty.

According to Sterz, the Paul Ehrlich Institute, Germany’s regulatory and research institute for vaccines and biomedicines, has received 2,133 reports of death following Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

He said, “These spontaneous reports likely have a high number of unreported cases due to underreporting. The true number is therefore much higher.”

“In the U.S., it is assumed that there is an underreporting factor of 30 by which the registered cases would have to be multiplied. For Germany, this would correspond to 60,000 deaths from the vaccination,” Sterz said.

Sterz told the German commissioners that Pfizer’s post-marketing report mentioned 1,200 suspected deaths within just two months of the shot’s approval.

“At that point, Comirnaty should have been withdrawn from the market,” Sterz said.

Pfizer skipped key safety studies due to ‘time constraints’

Sterz also testified that “due to time constraints,” Pfizer didn’t conduct vital safety checks on its COVID-19 vaccine before rolling it out to the public. For instance, the vaccine maker skipped carcinogenicity studies that would have examined whether the shots had cancer-causing properties.

Pfizer also failed to study the vaccine’s impact on pregnancy.

Sterz called for a new and independent scientific review of the COVID-19 vaccines’ long-term effects. “We need proper independent safety studies to understand what really happened. Without full transparency, people will not trust the conclusions,” he said, according to GB News.

He said the high number of negative side effects associated with the vaccines warrants pausing them, and other vaccines that use similar technology, until independent studies show they are safe.

‘Deeply disturbing is an understatement’

Many Germans who were injured by the COVID-19 shot have difficulty getting compensation in court for pain and suffering because the courts maintain that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has a positive risk-benefit ratio, according to one commissioner who asked questions during the inquiry.

The commissioner asked Sterz if the benefits of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine seem to outweigh the risks.

Sterz said no.

According to Sterz, the mathematician Robert Rockenfeller, Ph.D., from the University of Koblenz, estimates there are 25 severe side effects from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for one severe course of COVID-19 infection that the shot allegedly prevented.

Commenting on Sterz’s testimony, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a prominent British cardiologist and public health campaigner, wrote on X, “Deeply disturbing is an understatement.”

Dr. Ryan Cole, head of medical and scientific affairs for the Independent Medical Alliance, a national coalition representing more than 12,000 independent physicians and clinicians, asked why the COVID-19 vaccines are still on the market.

Peter Imanuelsen, a Swedish journalist and political commentator, posted on X that Sterz’s remarks should be headline news everywhere.

Musk’s comments that went viral included a repost of Imanuelsen’s post.

Over 39,000 deaths following COVID vaccination reported to VAERS

As of Feb. 27, there were 39,050 deaths following COVID-19 vaccination reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), according to OpenVAERS. Of those, 24,586 deaths were following Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The true number of deaths following COVID-19 vaccination is likely much higher, given that a 2011 Harvard report found that less than 1% of all adverse events were reported to VAERS.

Federal health officials knew that the statistical tool they relied on to look for COVID-19 vaccination safety signals in VAERS was “mostly useless,” according to internal documents obtained last month by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and analyzed by scientists at Children’s Health Defense.

On March 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a new vaccine injury tracking system that the agency said will increase efficiency and transparency.

The Adverse Event Monitoring System, which merges the FDA’s previously separate adverse event reporting systems for drugs, vaccines and other products, aims to provide the public with real-time data for the first time. However, some critics told The Defender the new database does little to solve long-standing problems with the federal government’s follow-up and verification of adverse event reports.

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Via https://www.activistpost.com/elon-musk-reveals-covid-vaccine-injury-after-former-pfizer-official-admits-shots-likely-killed-tens-of-thousands-in-germany/

Who Is General Dan Caine? The Man Who Allegedly Said ‘No’ to Trump’s Nuclear Codes

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General Dan Caine, the 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been thrust into the spotlight amid an unverified claim that he blocked President Trump from invoking nuclear codes during an emergency Iran meeting. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/WikiMedia Commons

 

By Bernadette B Tixon

Now, General Dan Caine — America’s highest-ranking military officer — is at the centre of one of the most explosive and widely-circulated claims of the US-Iran conflict: that he stood up in a White House meeting and told President Donald Trump ‘no’ when the president allegedly moved to invoke nuclear codes.

The allegation, which originated from retired CIA analyst Larry C Johnson on the ‘Judging Freedom‘ podcast on 20 April, has not been confirmed by any official source. A White House spokesperson told Newsweek the claim was false. Yet it has already accumulated nearly two million views on X — and placed Caine squarely in the public eye in a way his relatively quiet rise to the top of the US military never had.

A Fighter Pilot Nobody Saw Coming

John Daniel ‘Raizin‘ Caine was born on 10 August 1968 in Elmira, New York. His father, Steve Caine, is a retired United States Air Force fighter pilot. He followed that path, earning a bachelor’s degree in economics from Virginia Military Institute in 1990 before completing the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Programme and going on to fly F-16s.

A command pilot with more than 2,800 flight hours in the F-16, including over 150 combat hours, his career spans combat aviation, special operations, and senior interagency leadership across the Department of Defense, the White House, and the Intelligence Community. His last government post before becoming Chairman was as Associate Director for Military Affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency, a role he held from 2021 until his retirement in December 2024.

Trump’s Pick Over the Pentagon’s Own

Caine was not well known before his nomination in February 2025. Several officials on Capitol Hill and the Pentagon, granted anonymity as they were not authorised to speak publicly on the matter, said at the time that they had to Google his name.

He is the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who never served at the rank of four-star general or admiral before being nominated, the first to be nominated while in retirement, and the first to have been nominated as a member of a reserve component. Despite the unusual path, Trump backed him publicly. ‘He only knows one thing, how to WIN,’ Trump wrote of Caine in February.

Caine was confirmed on 11 April in a 60-25 vote and was promoted to a four-star general prior to the vote. He was sworn in just days before the Iran ceasefire deadline came into force.

The Claim That Went Viral

It was against this backdrop that Johnson made his allegation on the ‘Judging Freedom’ podcast. Johnson claimed that an emergency White House meeting took place on Saturday night amid escalating tensions with Iran, during which Trump allegedly moved to invoke nuclear codes, and Caine refused, with Johnson describing the exchange as ‘apparently quite a blowup.’

Johnson cited no named sources. Lead Stories searched Google News and Yahoo News for matching reports and found none, concluding that had such a confrontation actually happened and been verified by insiders, major outlets would have covered it heavily. North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis said, ‘I’d have to see a couple of source confirmations before I even dignify that question with an answer. I just can’t imagine that that was ever a serious consideration.’

Caine, for his part, has consistently urged caution over a major military escalation against Iran. Joint staff spokesperson Joe Holstead told CNN that Caine ‘never pulls punches when discussing military options which could send our troops into harm’s way.’ Trump himself previously pushed back on reports of Caine’s caution, posting on Truth Social that such stories were ‘100 percent incorrect.’

The viral spread of the nuclear codes claim reflects the acute anxiety surrounding the US-Iran conflict, now past its ceasefire deadline. Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf posted on X that ‘We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats,’ with the Islamic Republic signalling it was preparing to ‘reveal new cards on the battlefield.’ With a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz already in place and talks stalled, the question of who holds influence over presidential decision-making has taken on a significance that goes well beyond a single podcast clip.

Caine’s role as the nation’s principal military adviser — and his documented willingness to raise concerns about the human cost of military action — makes him a figure worth understanding, regardless of whether Johnson’s allegation is ever substantiated.

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Via https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/general-dan-caine-us-iran-tensions-1792927

When It Comes to Using Proxies, The US Far Surpasses Iran as a Sponsor of Terrorism

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By Larry C Johnson

I have previously addressed the lie that Iran is the number one sponsor of terrorism. Now I want to look specifically at the question of how many Americans, both civilian and military, have been killed by proxies who have received assistance from Iran. The I will flip the script… How many Iranians, civilian and military, have been killed by US proxies? The numbers are staggering. US proxies have killed almost 28,000 times the number of Iranians than Iranian proxies have killed Americans. These numbers come primarily from US Department of Justice indictments, State Department reports, American Jewish Committee (AJC), and compiled victim databases.

The principal Iranian proxies routinely identified in US government reports on terrorism are Hamas, Hezbollah, and a variety of Iraqi-Shia groups. If I used the strict definition of terrorism — i.e., the use of violence against civilians for political purposes — the number of actual terrorist deaths from Iranian proxies would be less than 300 since 1979. If I relied only on the strict definition, I would exclude all attacks on military targets. However, since the US statistics on terrorism include the 1983 bombing of the US Marines barracks in Lebanon and the roadside bombs targeting US forces in Iraq from 2003 -2011, I am including the military fatalities for both sides.

HAMAS

At least 60–70 Americans (including dual US-Israeli citizens) have been killed in attacks attributed to or carried out by Hamas since its founding in 1987. This is an approximate total based on US government, DOJ, and research compilations. The vast majority occurred on or after October 7, 2023.

October 7, 2023 Attack (the single deadliest incident)

43–46 Americans killed (US Department of Justice indictment of Hamas leaders in 2024 confirmed at least 43; some sources, including the State Department, cite 46). These numbers include dual US-Israeli citizens murdered at kibbutzim, the Nova music festival, and other sites near Gaza.

Several additional Americans were taken hostage, with some (e.g., Hersh Goldberg-Polin) died in captivity as a result of Israel’s unconstrained bombing of Gaza.

 

Pre-October 7 Attacks (1987–2023)

Hamas carried out or claimed responsibility for numerous suicide bombings, shootings, and other attacks during the First and Second Intifadas and subsequent periods that resulted in the deaths of roughly 15–25 Americans, based on cross-referenced State Department chronologies and victim lists (exact counts vary slightly due to dual citizenship and attribution debates). Documented American deaths include:

2002 Hebrew University bombing (Jerusalem): 5 Americans killed.

2003 Jerusalem bus bombing: 5 Americans killed. Other notable incidents (Second Intifada era, 2000–2005): Americans killed in attacks such as the Sbarro pizzeria bombing, Park Hotel Passover bombing, and various bus bombings (e.g., Alan Beer, Malka Roth, and others).

Earlier attacks (1990s): Smaller numbers, including incidents like the 1996 Jerusalem bus bombing (3 Americans) and others. Scattered additional deaths in the 1990s–2010s from stabbings, shootings, and bombings.

HEZBOLLAH

At least 270–300+ Americans (including service members and civilians, plus some dual U.S.-Israeli citizens) have been killed in attacks attributed to or carried out by Hezbollah (or its direct precursors like Islamic Jihad Organization) since its formation in 1982.

Major Incidents and Breakdown

1983 Beirut Attacks (the deadliest period):

April 18, 1983: U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut — 17 Americans killed (including 8 CIA personnel).

October 23, 1983: U.S. Marine barracks bombing in Beirut — 241 Americans killed (220 Marines, 18 Navy sailors, 3 Army soldiers). This remains the single deadliest attack on U.S. Marines since Iwo Jima and the largest loss of American life to Hezbollah.

September 20, 1984: U.S. Embassy annex bombing in Beirut — 2 Americans killed.

Other Notable Attacks:

1980s hostage crisis and related violence: Several Americans were kidnapped and murdered, including CIA station chief William Buckley (1984–1985) and U.S. Marine Colonel William Higgins (kidnapped 1988, murdered 1989).

Scattered attacks in the 1980s–2000s: Additional deaths from hijackings (e.g., TWA Flight 847 in 1985, where U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was murdered), bombings, and operations in Iraq (Hezbollah-trained Shiite militias targeting U.S. forces post-2003).

The key take away from this data is that Hezbollah stopped attacking US targets in the 1990s and was not the face of Islamic extremism. Hezbollah focused its energy on attacking Israeli military targets.

OTHER IRANIAN PROXIES

At least 620–650+ Americans (mostly U.S. service members, plus some contractors and civilians) have been killed in attacks by Iranian proxies excluding Hamas and Hezbollah since 1979. The vast majority of these deaths occurred in Iraq during the 2003–2011 period.

Primary Figure: Iraqi Shiite Militias (2003–2011)

At least 603 U.S. troops were killed by Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq between 2003 and 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Defense/Pentagon assessment. These militias include groups such as Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH), Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), the Badr Organization, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, and others.

Iran provided advanced weaponry (especially explosively formed penetrators or EFPs), training, and direction via the IRGC Quds Force. This accounted for roughly 17% of all U.S. combat deaths in Iraq during that period.

US PROXY TERRORISM AGAINST IRAN

Now I want to address the antagonism of the US towards Iran, where multiple US presidents used proxies to attack Iran. Let’s start with the case of Iraq… In 1980, the CIA, acting under a finding signed by President Jimmy Carter, began providing support to Saddam Hussein with the goal of Iraq launching an attack on Iran. Saddam attacked Iran in September 1980. When the Reagan administration took power in January 1981, the support for Iraq increased dramatically with the US supplying precursor chemicals that were used to make chemical weapons, financial aid, and classified intelligence that was routinely shared with the Iraqi General Staff. The CIA handled the task of sharing intelligence until 1986 when, as a result of the Iran/Contra revelations, Saddam refused to deal anymore with the CIA and would only accept assistance from the US military. The task of carrying US intelligence to Iraq, starting in 1987, was given to Colonel Walter Patrick Lang aka Pat. Pat, who is now deceased, was a close friend of mine for more than 20 years.

Using the same standard of blaming Iran for the actions of Hezbollah, the US merits blame for its prolific support for Saddam Hussein during the war on Iran. Estimates of Iranian deaths in the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988, also known as the First Gulf War) vary widely due to the fog of war, propaganda from both sides, and limited transparent records. Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, launched the war with a surprise invasion of Iran on September 22, 1980. The US provided direct, covert support to Iraq (intelligence, economic aid, and allowing allies to supply weapons) during much of the conflict.

Iranian military deaths, based on a 2013 systematic review in the Iranian Journal of Public Health (based on Iranian records), put the figure at 188,015 to 217,489 killed (roughly 70 people per day over 2,887 days of war). Iranian civilian deaths, according to Western/CIA estimates, are estimated to be 50,000–60,000 dead.

MEK

Besides using Iraq as a weapon against Iran, the US also took a page out of Saddam Hussein’s playbook. Saddam provided sanctuary and financiing, along with weapons, to the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). They not only fought alongside Saddam’s forces in the war with Iran but, after the war, continued to carry out terrorist attacks inside Iran.

Following the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Coalition forces bombed MEK bases (the group had been allied with Saddam Hussein). The MEK surrendered its heavy weapons and concentrated at Camp Ashraf. n 2004, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld designated MEK members as “protected persons” under the Fourth Geneva Convention. US forces provided security at the camp, shielding them from Iraqi forces and preventing repatriation to Iran.

Starting around 2004–2005, the US provided clandestine support to the MEK as part of broader efforts to pressure Iran’s nuclear program and regime. This included intelligence cooperation, funding channels to dissident groups, and operational assistance. According to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh (reporting in The New Yorker in 2012), the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) conducted secret training of MEK operatives at a facility in Nevada (Department of Energy’s Nevada National Security Site) beginning in 2005. Training covered communications, cryptography, small-unit tactics, weaponry, and other special operations skills. This reportedly continued into 2007 (or possibly later).

Funds were covertly passed to the MEK and other Iranian dissident groups for intelligence collection inside Iran and anti-regime activities. The MEK supplied intelligence on Iran’s nuclear sites (e.g., Natanz) and carried out CIA sponsored operations, such as the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists. This support occurred even while the MEK remained on the US FTO list, reflecting internal US government tensions (e.g., Pentagon vs. State Department).

In September 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton removed the MEK from the FTO list, citing its renunciation of violence and cooperation on relocation. This enabled greater political and logistical support for resettling members… many eventually went to Albania where they continued to receive support and training from the CIA.

The Iranian government claims that the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) has killed more than 12,000 to 17,000 Iranians through terrorist attacks, assassinations, bombings, and armed operations since the early 1980s. This is the most frequently cited figure in Iranian official statements, state media, and court proceedings.

Hell, MEK alone has killed 12 to 17 times more Iranians than Iranian proxies have killed Americans. The numbers are not even close.

I want you to keep these numbers in mind the next time you hear some nitwit US politician or pundit ranting about Iranian sponsorship of terrorism. Hands down, the US is a bigger sponsor of terrorism than Iran by a fact of at least 12.

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Via https://sonar21.com/when-it-comes-to-using-proxies-the-us-far-surpasses-iran-as-a-sponsor-of-terrorism/

Trump threatens to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian mine-laying boats in Strait of Hormuz

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 24 Apr, 2026 17:02

The US president claims to have “total control” of the waterway amid stalled talks

US President Donald Trump has threatened lethal force against any Iranian boats suspected of laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, claiming that Washington now has “total control” over the key waterway until Tehran agrees to a deal.

The warning comes amid a maritime standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial transit route that accounts for approximately 20% of global oil and gas flows. Traffic has largely come to a standstill following the US-Israeli campaign against Iran and Tehran’s subsequent retaliation.

Despite the fragile ceasefire that Trump extended indefinitely earlier this week, the US has maintained its blockade of Iranian ports.

“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat … that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a social media post late on Thursday, adding that US mine-sweeping operations are ongoing.

According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon has suggested that clearing suspected mines in the strait could take months.

Trump claimed the US has “total control” over the strait. “No ship can enter or leave without the approval of the United States Navy. It is ‘Sealed up Tight,’ until such time as Iran is able to make a DEAL!!!” he wrote.

Tehran has pushed back, saying it has “the right” to act in the waterway if its national security is threatened and making the lifting of US restrictions a condition for resuming talks.

Tensions in the strait have escalated following recent maritime incidents. This week, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released footage showing the interception of two container ships in the waterway, while US forces have reported stopping and redirecting multiple vessels they described as suspected of violating sanctions.

Trump has made clear there is no firm timeline for ending the war, telling Fox News on Wednesday that there was “no time frame.”  He claimed that US strikes hit “75% of targets” inside Iran and that any Iranian military buildup during the ceasefire could be neutralized “in about one day.”

The Hormuz disruption has rattled global markets, pushing Brent crude above $100 per barrel. International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol warned of “the biggest energy security threat in history,” while aid groups flagged risks to global food security as fertilizer and agricultural supply chains are hit.

Tehran’s ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, told RT that Iran is not seeking war but is ready to respond, insisting the country remains open to diplomacy despite the escalation.

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Via https://www.rt.com/news/639021-trump-hormuz-iranian-boats-warning/

China Urges Citizens to Leave Iran “As Soon As Possible” Citing ‘Complex and Volatile’ Situation

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China Urges Citizens to Leave Iran “As Soon As Possible” Citing ‘Complex and Volatile’ Situation

No western media from what I can see has covered this. The last time China issued a similar warning, it was a day before bombing started.

https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/china-urges-citizens-to-leave-iran-as-soon-as-possible-citing-complex-and-volatile-situation/

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US-pirated ship carried vital kidney dialysis supplies

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A screenshot of a video posted by US Central Command on Sunday purportedly shows a US Navy destroyer near an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea.

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The Iranian Red Crescent Society says a commercial vessel pirated by US forces near Iran’s coastline in the Sea of Oman was carrying vital raw materials needed to produce medical supplies for kidney dialysis patients, warning that disruption of the shipment could threaten lives.

The US forces targeted the vessel on Sunday in a blatant act of piracy, boarding the ship and disabling its navigation systems.

The supplies belong to Saha Medical Equipment Company, a subsidiary of the Iranian Red Crescent, the organization said in a statement on Thursday.

Part of the ship’s cargo, it said, consisted of raw materials required to produce consumable medical supplies for dialysis patients.

“Any disruption in the supply of these critical items could directly threaten the health and lives of patients in need of dialysis services,” the Red Crescent warned.

The Red Crescent added that the US action, which it said created threats and intimidation and endangered the lives of civilian crew members, contradicted fundamental principles of humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction and precaution in military operations.

It said the act could violate international obligations regarding the maintenance of peace and stability and could be examined as an instance of unlawful use of force under UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (1974).

Iranian forces struck back immediately following the US piracy, targeting several American military vessels in the area with drone attacks, according to Iran’s military.

The armed forces of the Islamic Republic were ready to deal decisively with the American aggressor forces, but the presence of sailors’ families aboard the targeted Iranian cargo ship prevented immediate action, as ensuring the safety of civilians took precedence over retaliation, Tehran stated.

The military added that as soon as the safety of the families and crew was assured, Iran’s armed forces would take necessary action against what it called the terrorist US Army.

On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy said it had intercepted and transferred to Iranian territorial waters a ship linked to Israel and another vessel for committing violations in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Via https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/23/767415/Iran-s-Red-Crescent–US-pirated-ship-carried-vital-kidney-dialysis-supplies

Russia threatens to bomb UK with list of potential targets across Europe

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The Kremlin has published a list of ‘potential targets’ in London, Leicester, Reading and Suffolk it claims are making drones for Ukraine.

Also on the list were a number of factories in Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and the Czech Republic, allegedly producing Ukrainian drones, as well as facilities Russia claims is manufacturing components in Germany, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Israel and Turkey.

Dmitry Medvedev, the hawkish deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, followed up with a threat on X, writing: ‘Sleep well, European partners!’

‘Russian Defence Ministry’s statement must be taken literally: the list of European facilities which make drones & other equipment is a list of potential targets for the Russian armed forces.

‘When strikes become a reality depends on what comes next.’

One of the sites listed as a potential UK target is in Mildenhall, Suffolk, which is also the location of an RAF base.

It comes after the Russian military launched hundreds of drones at Ukraine in an overnight raid.

At least 15 people were killed and 90 injured in the attacks, which followed a short ceasefire over Orthodox Easter celebrations at the weekend.

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Via https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-threatens-to-bomb-uk-with-list-of-potential-targets-across-europe/ar-AA211dWW

Shifting to Guerilla Warfare, Hezbollah Delivers Massive Blows to Israel

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Hezbollah releases footage of strikes deep inside Israel as operations intensify. (Photo: video grab)

By Robert Inlakesh

All along, this was precisely the scenario that Hezbollah had hoped for, to rope the Israelis in on the ground, in order to eventually inflict enormous losses on them.

Hezbollah has shifted to waging a guerrilla war against the Israeli occupiers in southern Lebanon, reminding Tel Aviv why it decided to withdraw from the country in the year 2000. Instead of allowing Israel to violate the ceasefire unchecked, the responses have been immediate and painful.

On April 16, the White House declared that a 10-Day temporary ceasefire had been reached between Lebanon and Israel. Only the day prior, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Israel Katz had delivered speeches claiming that their operations in the south of Lebanon would continue to expand.

This caused immense frustration amongst the Israeli public and sparked backlash in the Hebrew-language media.

Sure enough, when the ceasefire went into effect, the Israelis decided to violate the agreement at least 10 times within an hour, mainly through artillery fire on Lebanese villages in the south. This was followed by two drone strikes targeting vehicles in southern Lebanon, in addition to an attack on an ambulance.

Israeli Arabic spokesperson Avrechay Adraee, who was supposed to have retired, yet has made a recent return, openly released a video message ordering displaced Lebanese civilians not to return south of the Litani River area. The occupation forces even bombed the area where efforts were being made to reconstruct a temporary bridge that had been deliberately destroyed during the war to prevent civilian passage into the south.

For a period of time, it had been feared that a return to the pre-March “ceasefire” in Lebanon had just been secured in favor of Tel Aviv once again, where the Israelis carried out frequent operations without any response. All of this as Israel was now occupying more territory illegally, as the Lebanese government negotiated for a normalisation agreement.

Hezbollah Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, then delivered an address, during which he made it clear that the Lebanese leadership was behaving unacceptably and betraying their duties through their normalizing efforts. He also insisted that the previous status quo would not return and that instead his organization would respond to the Israeli violations, fighting until the occupation of South Lebanon was totally abandoned.

Little more than a day into the ceasefire agreement, despite no announcements of retaliatory actions from Hezbollah, a series of “security incidents” were announced by the Israeli Army. The first few were said to have been tanks running over previously planted explosives, making it appear as if the incidents had occurred by accident.

However, three major “security events” occurred, inflicting at least 37 Israeli casualties, 2 of whom the Israelis admitted were deaths. At this point, it had become clear that something else was going on.

Then came an official Hezbollah statement, claiming responsibility for a single incident, where 4 Israeli Merkava tanks were said to have been completely destroyed by pre-planted IEDs, detonating them on an enemy convoy, after Lebanese fighters had been monitoring their movements. After this, the Israeli military decided not to publish any details on the IED attacks.

Yet, Israeli media commentary explained that soldiers, stationed in what is being called a “buffer zone” in southern Lebanon, have reported their frustrations over Hezbollah drones monitoring their movements.

In other words, Hezbollah has cells throughout the territory that Israel claims to be in control of, who do reconnaissance, then calculate the movements of Israeli forces, anticipating their common routes, before planting IEDs that they then detonate on convoys.

Not only is this a transition to asymmetric warfare, which the Iraqi resistance became well known for when fighting an insurgency against US occupying forces, but it is also beginning to usher in flashbacks to the days of the occupation in South Lebanon.

As an example, in 1997, Hezbollah had managed to pull off what was known as the Ansariyeh Ambush, killing 12 Israeli special forces soldiers from its elite Shayetet 13 Unit. This had been carried out through reconnaissance and intelligence work, to anticipate the arrival of the Israeli unit, a total disaster for the Israeli military at the time.

Today, Hezbollah has advanced from what it was in the 1990s and possesses much more sophisticated and powerful weapons. What it means for Israeli forces on the ground is that they must constantly keep moving, as they remain under surveillance and could be subjected to an ambush at any time.

When Israeli tanks travel down roads they have taken a number of times previously, they could suddenly face a series of EIDs. The more these attacks happen, the more terrified the Israeli conscript army’s soldiers become, fearing the possibility that they could at any moment lose an arm, leg, or their life.

Hezbollah, having shifted to such tactics, could also seek to capture Israeli soldiers at one point, something that would represent a catastrophe for the Israeli political leadership.

If such a capture operation succeeds, then Netanyahu’s campaign of triumph will be suddenly transformed into yet another costly operation that will inevitably accelerate on the ground, while eventually forcing him to commit to a prisoner exchange.

All along, this was precisely the scenario that Hezbollah had hoped for, to rope the Israelis in on the ground, in order to eventually inflict enormous losses on them and fulfill the pledge of its former leader, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah that the south will become a graveyard for the invading army and that they will eventually have no tanks left.

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Via https://www.palestinechronicle.com/shifting-to-guerilla-warfare-hezbollah-delivers-massive-blows-to-israel/

Trump: ‘No time frame’ for ending Iran war

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The US president reject claims he’s  rushing to end the conflict ahead of midterm elections

According to Donald Trump, the US has set no deadlines for concluding the war against Iran.

The remarks contrast with Trump’s earlier claim, made shortly after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28, that the fighting would last “four to five weeks.” He also repeatedly said over the past month that the war would be over “very soon.”

The US president told Fox News on Wednesday that there is “no time frame” and no rush to end the conflict.

“People say I want to get it over because of the midterms, not true,” Trump said.

Trump’s approval rating on the economy has fallen to a new low of 30% as energy shortages caused by the Iran war continue to drive prices higher, according to an AP-NORC poll published earlier this week.

On Tuesday, the president prolonged the ceasefire with Tehran indefinitely, while keeping the US blockade of Iranian ports in place.

The announcement came just hours before the expiration of the two-week truce between the sides. Earlier the same day, Iran opted out of talks with an American delegation in Pakistan, arguing that any discussions are pointless as long as Washington’s “bullying” continues.

Trump told Fox News that there is “no time pressure” when it comes to the ceasefire or setting a new date for talks with Tehran. His goal is to “get a good deal for the American people,” he added.

”The blockade scares [Iran] even more than the bombing,” Trump claimed. “They’ve been bombed for years but the blockade they hate.”

The president also called Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghachi “a smart man,” who will “be there when talks get underway again.”

Iran has said it is prepared to fight the US “until complete victory.” Tehran’s envoy to Beijing, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, told RT India earlier this week that there will be no talks until the American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which accounts for some 25% of global crude oil trade, continues. What the Americans expect from Iran “is not dialogue, but surrender,” and that is not going to happen, he insisted.

Tehran has further tightened its control of the strait since Trump’s announcement of an indefinite truce, seizing at least two ships and escorting them to Iranian ports, according to a Reuters report on Thursday.

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Via https://www.rt.com/news/638952-trump-us-iran-ceasefire/

Leading US Magazine Highlights Final Defeat in Trump’s War on Iran

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Protesters stand on an image depicting US President Donald Trump during a gathering to protest the US and Israeli war against Iran, seen in Ankara, Turkey, on March 1, 2026. (Phot by AFP)

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The strategic aftershocks and long-term consequences of the war of aggression launched by US President Donald Trump and his closest ally, Israel, against Iran will be felt long after the fighting ends, the Foreign Policy magazine says. 

“The immediate costs of the war against Iran are already apparent,” the magazine, a leading publication for serious discussion of global affairs and American foreign policy, said.

Even with a fragile ceasefire largely holding and talks between the parties scheduled to resume, oil and gas prices have risen sharply. The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now warning of a possible global recession.

“These near-term effects are significant. But in the long run, they may pale in comparison to the deeper strategic aftershocks that will result from this conflict,” the magazine wrote.

According to the Foreign Policy, wars can act as geopolitical earthquakes, accelerating global shifts, creating new realities, and reverberating for years after the guns fall silent.

“The war against Iran is precisely such an earthquake and the United States and the world will be living with its strategic consequences for years to come,” it said.

US President Donald Trump’s popularity has plummeted since he launched this unprovoked aggression against Iran. The magazine said the war on Iran “delivered a potentially fatal blow to a US-led international order that was already on life support.”

“The United States is now the main threat to the system that it once led,” it added.

By launching a preventive war with no plausible legal basis — neither under domestic nor international law — Washington has helped normalize aggression as a tool for settling disputes between nations, it said.

The writers of the article, Philip H. Gordon, the Sydney Stein Jr. Scholar at the Brookings Institution, and Rebecca Lissner, a senior fellow for US foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, said Trump has normalized the threat of war crimes as both a military tactic and a diplomatic bargaining chip.

He openly threatened to destroy power plants, civilian infrastructure, and even an entire civilization — rhetoric that shocked global opinion, they wrote.

The article also condemned the US blockade of Iranian ports and the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “Trump has helped normalize the weaponization of geographic choke points upon which the global economy depends.”

Irreparable damage to US credibility

The magazine touched on the fallout from the unprovoked terrorist war to Washington’s credibility, saying a future American president may attempt to revive the principles Trump has abandoned, but the “damage is already done.”

“Even after the conflict with Iran subsides, it will be far more difficult for the United States to credibly claim leadership of the international order it once presided over,” it said.

The war has also driven a deep wedge between the United States and its European allies.

“Nor will the United States be able to count on its friends as before following a war that has dealt a body blow to the crumbling foundations of Washington’s global alliances,” the Foreign Policy said.

According to the magazine, NATO is already strained by earlier crises, including Trump’s threats over Greenland, adding the Iran war may now be remembered as the final rupture.

It noted that European leaders were not consulted before the war, and several countries refused to provide naval forces to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz or placed limits on the use of their bases for bombing Iran.

In response, Trump called them “cowards” and threatened to withdraw the United States from NATO.

Whether or not Trump follows through on these threats, the conflict is accelerating Europe’s push toward greater defense autonomy — and possibly even nuclear autonomy, the magazine said.

Broader global repercussions

The war will also have serious implications for US alliances in the Indo-Pacific, it postulated. To sustain its aggression against Iran, Trump was forced to divert a massive share of America’s finite military assets away from the Indo-Pacific theater to West Asia, it said.

“Trump’s reckless war on Iran has not only failed to achieve lasting strategic gains but has actively weakened America’s global position, damaged its alliances, undermined international law, and accelerated the emergence of a more multipolar world.

“The aftershocks will continue to reshape global politics for years to come,” it added.

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