Mossad Attempts to Infiltrate China: Israeli Consulate in Chengdu Closed

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Laurent Michelon

The recent closure of the Israeli consulate in Chengdu is described in the mainstream media as simply a consequence of China’s positions on the Palestinian issue—particularly the ongoing genocide in Gaza—as well as on the Israeli-American aggression against Iran.

The Israeli consul issued an enthusiastic statement about friendship with China, as if the closure were merely temporary for renovations.

What the article is careful not to mention is the recent espionage case involving an Israeli company in Chengdu, which was thwarted at the last minute by Chinese authorities just as it was about to succeed.

Reported in Chinese media and on social media, this case was, of course, completely ignored by Western media.

In broad terms, in 2023, the Israeli embassy in China acted as an intermediary between a Tel Aviv-based data company and a technology firm in Chengdu, under the pretext of jointly building a “data processing center” intended to optimize urban traffic flow.

However, during the discussions, it became apparent that the company’s request for dedicated bandwidth far exceeded commercial needs, and that its encryption protocols closely resembled “SIGINT,” a proprietary system of the Mossad.

The MSS (Ministry of State Security) intervened, and a more thorough investigation revealed that the company’s capital was linked to a fund of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and that its “engineers” exhibited characteristics consistent with the training of Mossad agents.

This so-called “European R&D data synchronization project” was in reality a plan to intercept critical communications traffic in southwestern China.

When the Chengdu National Security Bureau and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly conducted a thorough investigation, they discovered that this surveillance center, concealed within a commercial building, had already set up, in its isolated underground level, a room shielded against electromagnetic waves, as well as equipment providing access to a global “honeycomb” surveillance network.

The full account of this case in English (and a few other equally serious cases of Israeli espionage on Chinese soil) can be found here.

Western media do not limit themselves to lies when shaping what they sell as news: exaggeration, omissions, and truncated information are often more effective at deceiving their audience.

Republished from China Beyond the Wall

Israel’s Mossad Chengdu Spy Case Should be Taken Seriously. The “Middle East Butcher Knife” is Reaching Out to Us.

When Iran’s nuclear facilities were reduced to ruins amid the roar of drones, when Hezbollah’s top brass died collectively due to an exploding pager, and when the Italian Prime Minister’s mobile phone became a “real-time eavesdropper” of Mossad – this intelligence agency known as the “Middle East butcher knife” is quietly extending its claws to China. The thrilling spy offensive and defensive battle in Chengdu in 2023 revealed the tip of the iceberg of modern intelligence warfare.

I. Chengdu Spy: Eavesdropping Conspiracy in Commercial Cloak

At the beginning of 2023, a group of “technology experts” in suits walked into a technology company in Chengdu, claiming that they wanted to jointly build a “data processing center” to optimize urban traffic.

This project, which was initiated by the Israeli Embassy in China and led by a Tel Aviv data security company, was actually a surveillance plan carefully planned by Mossad.

The independent international bandwidth they applied for far exceeded commercial needs, and the encryption protocol was exactly the same as Mossad’s special tool “SIGNIT”. What was even more fatal was that after the equity penetration, it directly pointed to the Israeli Ministry of Defense Fund.

The AI ​​counter-espionage system of China’s national security agency was the first to see through the disguise: the “engineers” who were frequently transferred across borders met the training characteristics of Mossad agents, and the so-called “European R&D data synchronization” was actually an excuse to hijack the backbone communication traffic in the southwest region.

When the Chengdu National Security Bureau and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly launched a penetrating review, it was discovered that this monitoring center, disguised as a commercial building, had already prepared an electromagnetic shielding room and “honeycomb” global monitoring network access equipment in its underground isolation layer.

II. Technical Strangulation: Mossad’s Three Deadly Tactics

Mossad’s global hunting chain is escalating:

Assassination scalpel: From exploding pagers of Hezbollah top brass to an “accidental car accident” of an Iranian nuclear scientist, implanted bombs and drone beheadings have become the norm.

In 2025, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Salami, was precisely eliminated on the streets of Tehran. Behind this was an intelligence network built by 700 insiders.

Intelligence Trojan Horse: In the Chengdu incident, the Tel Aviv company used “data compliance” as bait to try to implant monitoring equipment into China’s western communications hub.

Even more covert is dark web recruitment – in 2025, a technical backbone of an AI company in Shenzhen was deceived by foreign forces with “academic cooperation” and almost leaked key algorithms.

III. China’s countermeasures: from technical defense to national defense

Facing Mossad’s technical disguise, China has built a “triple firewall”:

Technological countermeasures: The “Skynet-Anti-surveillance” system deployed in Chengdu and Xi’an can identify abnormal cross-border data flows in real time. Starting in 2024, foreign-funded technology projects must pass “data sovereignty review”, and core algorithms and bandwidth are prohibited from being controlled overseas.

Legal Sword: Article 24 of the newly revised “Anti-Espionage Law” directly rejected the Chengdu project. The company involved was included in the “Unreliable Entity List”, and the asset freezing measures shocked the international business community.

The counterintelligence cooperation launched with the European Union in 2024 will share intelligence on Mossad’s operational patterns and form a transnational joint defense.

People’s War: 30% of espionage cases will be solved by public reports in 2024. Harbin students discovered modified drones operating around military bases, and nuclear power workers prevented foreign engineers from illegally photographing pressure vessel welds. These daily vigilances have woven the tightest line of defense.

IV. Bloody Warning: Iran’s Lessons and China’s Mirror

What is even more shocking is that the head of Iran’s anti-Mossad special forces was actually an Israeli agent, and the Revolutionary Guard generals still used ordinary mobile phones to make calls, which ultimately led to their beheading.

In contrast, in China, a certain overseas personnel who failed the civil service examination actually surrendered to the enemy and tried to “whitewash himself” and stay undercover for a long time.

This kind of “treason by venting anger” reveals a new risk: psychologically unbalanced people may become the most dangerous breakthrough point. However, the legalization of China’s counter-espionage system combined with the mass line makes it difficult for such conspiracies to succeed.

In 2025, Zhang Jiange, a senior engineer at a military institute, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling electromagnetic gun technology, and Huang from a provincial agency was forced to leak secrets due to an extramarital affair and was finally caught by the law.

V. Future Gaming: From Physical Bases to Digital Battlefields

Mossad has adjusted its strategy: The 2025 Shenzhen AI technology theft case shows that it is turning to “dark web recruitment + remote infiltration”, using virtual currency payments and encrypted communications to evade detection.

More covertly, they have turned their attention to the “technology supply chain” and attempted to infiltrate key areas through legal channels such as joint ventures and academic exchanges.

Facing this war without gunpowder, every citizen is a line of defense. Just as the fisherman Lao Chen reported the underwater stealing device immediately after fishing it out, and just as the citizens of Chengdu decisively called 12339 when they saw suspicious people photographing sensitive facilities – when the whole nation is on high alert against espionage, the shadow hunters of Mossad will eventually “have no room to maneuver in China, and will be captured and killed if they move”!

Conclusion

From the roar of drones on the streets of Tehran to the commercial buildings in Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone, the threat from Mossad has never been so close.

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Pedophile Paradise: How Israel and Its US Allies Protect Sex Offenders

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Before Donald Trump and Israel attacked Iran, Jeffrey Epstein was the biggest story in the world. It’s not hard to see why.

Epstein captured the public’s imagination not just because his case exposed the extent of elite depravity and lack of accountability, but also because the world’s most notorious pedophile was almost certainly an Israeli intelligence asset. That fact adds a whole new geopolitical dimension to the already twisted and complicated Epstein saga.

But Epstein is not an aberration. For decades, Israel has served as a sanctuary for sexual predators while the US government looked the other way. Israel’s allies on the American Christian Right have always remained conspicuously silent on the issue.

Fugitives, Fixers, and Years of Delay

The Law That Made Israel a Safe Haven for Criminals

In 1978, Israel banned the extradition of its own citizens. The law, pushed through under Prime Minister Menachem Begin, was intended to protect Jews from hostile courts, but it later created a loophole that allowed Israeli citizens accused of crimes abroad to avoid extradition.

In September 1997, Samuel Sheinbein killed 19-year-old Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr. in Maryland and fled to Israel, where he claimed Israeli citizenship through his Israeli-born father and became protected from extradition to the US. His father, Sol, an attorney with dual citizenship, brought him a passport and a ticket to Tel Aviv, and that case became a major precedent in Israel’s extradition law.

Israel’s Supreme Court blocked Sheinbein’s extradition in a 3–2 decision, despite demands from Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and congressional threats to suspend aid. Chief Justice Aharon Barak, who wrote the dissenting opinion, argued that Sheinbein should be extradited and warned that the ruling could turn Israel into a haven for criminals. Sheinbein received 24 years in an Israeli prison, far short of the sentence he could have faced in the US.

Israel amended the law after the scandal, allowing the extradition of Israeli citizens under specified conditions. The Sheinbein case exposed a conflict between Israel’s domestic extradition law and its extradition obligations to the US, and prompted a broader overhaul of the country’s extradition framework. During the debate over the reform, Hanan Porat, head of the Knesset’s Law Committee, warned against allowing Israel to become a “safe house for criminals abroad.”

By 2020, Jewish Community Watch had identified more than 60 accused child-sex offenders who had moved from the US to Israel since 2014, and believed the true number was higher. Activists blamed both Israel for failing to address the problem and the US for not pursuing extradition aggressively, according to CBS News.

Mordechai Yomtov

In December 2001, Mordechai Yomtov, a teacher at the Cheder Menachem Jewish school in Los Angeles, was arrested on 10 counts of committing lewd acts against three students aged 8 to 10. According to case files, he kept boys in the classroom during recess and committed lewd acts against them.

In February 2002, Yomtov pleaded guilty to two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a minor and one count of lewd acts. He was sentenced to one year in prison and five years of probation. He was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment and required to register as a sex offender for life.

After his release, he violated his probation, fled through Mexico with a forged passport, and lived in Jerusalem for nearly 23 years, hiding in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Tel Arza. Jewish Community Watch tracked him down and filmed him with a hidden camera. In the recording, he admitted to violating his probation and fleeing the US, but denied the specific charges.

One of the victims, Mendy Hauck, only came forward in 2016 and began a campaign for Yomtov’s extradition. However, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office never filed an extradition request, according to CBS News.

The fugitive was finally arrested in November 2025, 23 years after his escape, after Israeli authorities located and detained him as a person wanted for extradition to the US. He was detained during a Jerusalem police operation at his hideout in the Tel Arza neighborhood. If extradited to the US, he will face further proceedings there.

Malka Leifer

Malka Leifer, the former principal of the Adass Israel ultra-Orthodox school in Melbourne, fled to Israel in March 2008 after the community leadership learned of allegations of sexual abuse against students. Evidence presented in court showed that the wife of a school board member booked tickets for Leifer and four children that night, and the Supreme Court of Victoria found that those who organized her departure were determined to get her out of the country within hours.

Australia filed a formal extradition request in 2014. More than 70 court hearings followed, along with nearly 13 years of legal battles. Leifer and her lawyers repeatedly argued that she was mentally unfit to stand trial, contributing to the long delay in the extradition process.

Israel’s Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman used his official position to obstruct Leifer’s extradition. Prosecutors alleged that he pressured ministry staff and offered career benefits to psychiatrists in connection with opinions declaring Leifer mentally unfit to stand trial. In 2022, Litzman pleaded guilty to breach of trust and received an eight-month suspended sentence and a fine of 3,000 shekels.

In Australia, Leifer was found guilty on 18 counts of sexual assault, including the rape of a 17-year-old student, and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Taking into account time already served, Leifer will become eligible for parole in June 2029.

Epstein: The Intelligence Question That Won’t Go Away

Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor and was sentenced to 18 months in prison but served less than 13 months. After his death in 2019, thousands of documents revealed details of his extensive network of powerful contacts, including ties to Israeli political figures and allegations of links to Israeli intelligence.

These connections began surfacing long before his death, with a key episode unfolding in 2008. The secret non-prosecution agreement (NPA) was signed on September 24, 2007. In the months that followed, Epstein’s legal team tried to renegotiate or overturn the deal.

In April 2008, as federal charges once again loomed, Epstein flew to Israel — officially to meet with scientists and tour military sites. Rumors swirled that he was transferring himself and his assets there to avoid prosecution. Epstein later confirmed the trip but insisted he had returned to New York. He formally pleaded guilty to state charges on June 30, 2008.

A 2020 FBI memo recorded a confidential source claiming that Epstein had been “trained as a spy” under Ehud Barak’s direction and was a “co-opted Mossad agent.” The document records the source’s allegation; it does not establish that the claim was verified. That source was later identified as Charles Johnson.

Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak, a longtime Epstein associate, stayed at Epstein’s Manhattan apartment and later called their relationship a “mistake,” though he denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. Released documents indicate that Israeli government-linked personnel installed and maintained security systems at the apartment and that Barak requested security assistance.

Barak and his wife stayed there dozens of times, and his aide Yoni Koren, a former Israeli military intelligence officer, lived in Epstein’s apartment for weeks, with Epstein covering his cancer treatment. Epstein referred to it as “Ehud’s apartment” in correspondence with his staff, according to the released files.

Epstein also invested in the Israeli startup Carbyne, linked to Barak, which was later acquired by US company Axon in a deal valuing Carbyne at $625 million. Through his foundation, he donated $25,000 to Friends of the IDF and $15,000 to the Jewish National Fund, which supports settlement activity in the West Bank.

Arrested in America, Home in Israel

US law enforcement arrested a high-ranking Israeli official in Las Vegas for attempting to solicit a minor, but he was released after posting $10,000 bail without travel restrictions, the Israeli government publicly misrepresented the arrest as a questioning, and within 48 hours the official was back home.

This story, which unfolded in August 2025 and involved Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a senior official in Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, is just one of many episodes illustrating how Israel has become a safe haven for sex offenders while the US looks the other way.

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, the head of the Technological Defense Division at Israel’s National Cyber Directorate — an agency directly subordinate to the Prime Minister’s Office, was arrested in Las Vegas.

The accused had traveled to Las Vegas for the Black Hat USA 2025 cybersecurity conference, but instead became one of the targets of a two-week joint operation by the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, and Nevada’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

According to police documents, he had been exchanging messages on apps, including Pure, with an undercover agent posing as a 15-year-old girl. The plan they discussed included “sexual contact with a condom” and a visit to the Cirque du Soleil. Alexandrovich was arrested when he arrived at the meeting in a rideshare vehicle.

The day after his arrest, Alexandrovich posted $10,000 bail. His passport was not confiscated, no travel restrictions were imposed, and he had returned to Israel within 48 hours. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson called the procedure routine, Netanyahu’s office initially claimed the official had only been “questioned,” and the US State Department denied any interference.

In October 2025, a Clark County grand jury indicted Alexandrovich on a felony charge of luring a child with technology for sexual conduct. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Despite returning to Israel, the judge has allowed him to participate in court proceedings remotely via Zoom.

The American Pipeline

The pattern extends beyond individual cases. Jewish Community Watch has documented how some American religious communities respond to allegations with collective denial and active support for the accused. Suspects are moved to other communities, where new victims emerge, and institutions may have a financial incentive to prevent court proceedings due to civil liability concerns.

The problem, according to JCW founder Meyer Seewald, mirrors the Catholic Church’s cover-ups. “The same thing that is going on in the Catholic Church right now around the world, the exact same thing is happening in our community. The cover-ups are the same, the stigma, the shame,” he told CBS News.

JCW’s chief operating officer Shana Aaronson placed responsibility on both sides. She blamed Jewish communities in America and the US government for not aggressively seeking extraditions, while also criticizing Israeli law enforcement for failing to prioritize the hunt for suspects.

What Happens Inside the Sanctuary

Entering Israel protects the accused not just with an extradition barrier, but with the very structure of the system itself — a place where crimes go massively unrecorded, cases are quickly closed, and authorities refuse transparency. According to Matzof, an organization monitoring pedophilia in Israel, tens of thousands of child-sex offenders operate in the country each year, committing crimes against approximately 100,000 victims.

Matzof’s director Eliram Malki stated that offenders “are not deterred by police” and certainly not by “contemptuous court rulings,” citing a case where a court released a defendant despite thousands of child pornography files on his computer, arguing that imprisonment would “harm his career.”

The Data the State Would Not Release

The most damning evidence against this system comes from data the state tried to conceal. In 2024, the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (ARCCI) documented 51,118 cases handled by its centers, with more than 16,600 of these being new cases and more than half involving minors. Only about 10% of victims filed police complaints, and 81% of sexual-offense cases handled by the prosecution in 2024 were closed without an indictment.

The police, prosecution, prison service, military, and several ministries refused to provide data they had shared for previous annual reports — data the organization considers mandatory by law. ARCCI director Orit Sulitzeanu called this “an expression of contempt and an abdication of responsibility,” according to Israeli media.

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Iraq won’t change deadline for expulsion of foreign forces

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Iraq has reiterated that foreign forces present in the country as part of a so-called international coalition must definitely leave in less than two months, with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi saying the end-of-September deadline for ending the mission is “final and irreversible.”

Zaidi said in a Wednesday meeting with US Central Command Commander General Brad Cooper that foreign forces present in Iraq must complete the process to withdraw from the country on September 30.

Iraq “would be free of any foreign military presence… Oct. 1 would mark a new day in Iraq’s statehood,” he said, according to a post on the X account of the Iraqi prime minister’s office.

The post said Zaidi and Cooper had agreed that Iraq-US relations must change after the withdrawal, to cover only economic and security cooperation, and should be based on mutual respect for sovereignty and shared interests.

“Both sides affirmed their complete and final agreement to end the international coalition’s military mission, as agreed upon during the Prime Minister’s visit to Washington in mid-July,” it said.

The statement comes amid repeated calls from Iraqi people and political factions for the US and allies to immediately leave the Arab country after more than two decades of occupation.

The calls have increased in recent months after the US tried to further expand its foothold in the region through an unsuccessful war of aggression that it launched on Iran with the help of the Israeli regime.

The aggression angered many in Iraq, a country where the US has stationed military assets and personnel since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled former dictator Saddam Hussein.

In July, the United States launched joint airstrikes on positions held by Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units, known as Hashd al-Sha’abi in Arabic, further fueling public anger toward foreign forces present in the country.

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Strait of Hormuz closure exposes AI’s hidden helium dependence, putting global chipmaking at risk

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By Yousef Ramazani

The world’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, whose capabilities appear to exist beyond physical constraints, ultimately depend on a narrow maritime passage in the Persian Gulf – the Strait of Hormuz – through which much of the helium used to cool the lithography machines that etch the chips powering AI models is transported.

The continued closure of the strategic waterway in the wake of American maritime banditry has exposed how easily the digital revolution can be severed from its physical foundations and the largely invisible vulnerability at the heart of the global artificial intelligence industry.

While the world’s attention has focused on oil markets and energy prices, the disruption of shipping through the narrow waterway has exposed an intricate web of dependencies linking the seemingly ethereal world of algorithms and machine learning to the physical movement of critical industrial materials.

At the center of this vulnerability is helium, an irreplaceable element in semiconductor manufacturing that is produced predominantly as a byproduct of natural gas processing at Qatar’s Ras Laffan facility.

When the US-Israeli war machine carried out an unprovoked and illegal aggression against the Islamic Republic and the Strait of Hormuz became impassable, approximately one-third of global helium production was disrupted, while hundreds of specialized cryogenic containers became stranded, their valuable cargo gradually warming and evaporating.

The convergence of a major production disruption and a maritime blockade has threatened to constrain semiconductor fabrication in Taiwan and South Korea, where some of the world’s most advanced chips are manufactured.

The resulting supply shock could slow the expansion of AI infrastructure and expose the extent to which the digital revolution remains dependent on fragile physical supply chains.

Unlikely link between a narrow strait and advanced algorithms

The Strait of Hormuz, a maritime passage approximately thirty-three kilometers wide at its narrowest point, has long been recognized as one of the world’s most consequential energy chokepoints.

Before the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, roughly 20 million barrels of crude oil and refined products passed through it daily, representing approximately one-quarter of all seaborne oil trade.

Yet the strategic significance of this waterway extends far beyond energy markets, reaching into the sophisticated supply chains that underpin the global technology industry.

The disruption of shipping through the strait has exposed a dependency that few had anticipated: the reliance of advanced semiconductor manufacturing on helium. This gas cannot be manufactured when needed and cannot be stockpiled indefinitely.

Helium is extracted as a byproduct of liquefied natural gas production through cryogenic distillation, and Qatar sits atop the world’s largest single natural gas field, accounting for approximately one-third of global helium supply.

The Ras Laffan Industrial City in an Arab country, home to the world’s largest LNG plant, has been the cornerstone of global helium production for years.

When the US aggression and the Iranian retaliation forced the shutdown of this facility in early March 2026, and QatarEnergy subsequently declared force majeure on affected contracts, approximately 5.2 million cubic meters of annual helium production capacity was removed from global markets.

The damage to the facility was so extensive that Qatari officials estimated it would take three to five years for full repairs to be completed.

The simultaneous closure of the Strait of Hormuz meant that even helium that had already been produced and loaded into specialized containers could not reach its customers, creating a production-and-logistics disruption unprecedented in the history of the helium industry.

Qatar’s Ras Laffan helium

Helium crisis: Precarious supply chain

The vulnerability of the helium supply chain was immediately apparent to industry experts when the crisis unfolded. Helium industry consultants described the situation in stark terms.

Approximately two hundred specialized cryogenic containers used to transport liquid helium were stranded in West Asia, each worth roughly one million dollars.

These containers are not ordinary freight vessels but sophisticated pieces of equipment designed to maintain helium at temperatures near absolute zero.

Liquid helium has an extremely low boiling point, approximately 4.2 Kelvin at atmospheric pressure, and its storage containers inevitably experience boil-off. The longer a shipment remains in transit, the more difficult it becomes to preserve the original cargo volume.

The containers can store helium for approximately 35-40 days before warming becomes a critical problem, after which the helium transforms into gas and escapes through pressure release valves.

The timing of the disruption could hardly have been worse for the semiconductor industry, which was already operating at maximum capacity to meet surging demand for AI chips.

Semiconductor manufacturing and microchip fabrication are the largest consumers of helium globally, and the gas is irreplaceable for these uses.

Helium’s combination of properties, including its extreme thermal conductivity, chemical inertness, and low boiling point, makes it uniquely suitable for wafer temperature management, cooling during extreme ultraviolet lithography, and mass spectrometry leak detection.

No viable alternative exists for these applications. When helium runs short, semiconductor companies tend to outbid every other industry for available supply because the cost of idling a fabrication facility dwarfs any premium on the gas itself.

This has led to price increases that have rippled through the entire technology supply chain.

South Korea and Taiwan: Vulnerability of concentration

The strategic exposure to the helium crisis is particularly acute in East Asia, where the semiconductor industry is predominantly concentrated.

South Korea, home to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which together control nearly 80 percent of the high-bandwidth memory market essential for modern AI clusters, imported roughly 64 percent of its helium from Qatar in 2025.

The country’s dependence on Qatari helium made it one of the most vulnerable economies to the disruption, with government officials and industry analysts warning that prolonged shortages could constrain the country’s most important growth engine.

The Asia Group, a US-based advisory firm, highlighted this vulnerability in a report that noted continued disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz would affect South Korean chipmakers, which are the world’s largest helium consumers.

Taiwan, which accounts for over 60 percent of global foundry revenue and more than 90 percent of leading-edge chip manufacturing, also faced significant exposure to the helium crisis.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturer, consumes approximately 10 percent of Taiwan’s electricity demand and depends heavily on imported helium for its fabrication processes.

While Taiwanese companies have invested heavily in helium recycling systems that can recapture ninety to 95 percent of the helium used in certain processes, leak-detection helium is essentially unrecoverable, and even a 5 percent loss at high consumption volumes adds up rapidly.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reportedly held inventory of four to six months and had locked in multiyear helium supply contracts as part of its Arizona fab planning, but the prolonged nature of the disruption raised concerns about the sustainability of these buffers.

Crumbling foundation of the AI Infrastructure

The helium crisis is only one element of a broader vulnerability that runs through nearly every layer of the AI infrastructure buildout.

The International Energy Agency has documented that data centers consumed approximately 415 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, with projections suggesting this figure could roughly double by 2030.

The accelerated servers that drive AI workloads are set to grow far faster in electricity use than conventional servers, creating a massive industrial load that depends on stable electricity supplies.

The Strait of Hormuz matters to AI because AI is becoming a massive industrial electricity customer, and the Strait of Hormuz still shapes fuel availability and pricing for several of the Asian economies that power and manufacture the AI stack.

The relationship between the Strait of Hormuz and AI is not direct but operates through multiple layers of dependency. Taiwan and South Korea, the two economies most critical to AI hardware production, are heavily dependent on imported energy that transits through the Strait.

Taiwan, which imports over 95 percent of its energy needs, had relied on Qatar for approximately one-third of its LNG before the war. South Korea relies on the strait for 61 percent of its crude oil imports and 54 percent of its naphtha imports.

When energy supplies are threatened, the entire semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem faces disruption, including the production of the advanced logic chips and high-bandwidth memory that power AI systems.

The New York Federal Reserve has warned that mounting global supply chain strains tied to the recent American wars of aggression in West Asia could hamstring the AI investment boom.

Container bottleneck and the limits of diversification

Efforts to diversify helium supply have been complicated by the physical limitations of the industry. New helium projects under development in Canada, Tanzania, and Minnesota are years away from meaningful production.

The specialized cryogenic containers used to transport helium are in limited supply, and the stranded containers in West Asia represent a significant portion of the global fleet.

Even if production were to resume immediately, repositioning these containers would require a minimum of three months, creating a supply gap that outlasts the war itself.

This logistical bottleneck has been described by industry experts as potentially the worst part of the shortage, as the disruption affects not only the production of helium but also the ability to transport it to customers.

The crisis has accelerated efforts to develop alternatives and improve efficiency. ASML and Applied Materials are designing next-generation tools to use less helium in certain processes, substituting nitrogen for non-critical cooling.

These are incremental improvements measured in percentage points, not a structural fix. Helium recycling systems have become more widespread, with most advanced fabrication companies now operating on-site helium recovery systems capable of recapturing a high percentage of the helium used in certain processes.

However, the fundamental dependence on helium in EUV lithography and other critical processes means that no quick solution is available.

AI industry’s new geography

The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has forced a reconsideration of the physical geography of the AI industry.

Tech companies accounted for around 40 percent of corporate renewable power purchase agreements signed in 2025, and the AI momentum is helping push interest in nuclear, geothermal, batteries, and more flexible data-center designs.

The move toward domestic energy sources reduces dependence on imported fossil fuels and lowers vulnerability to maritime chokepoints.

However, the concentration of advanced semiconductor manufacturing in Taiwan and South Korea means that even US companies remain exposed to the helium supply chain through their dependence on fabrication facilities in these regions.

The economic implications of the disruption extend beyond the immediate cost of helium. Memory chip prices have already risen sharply amid booming AI demand, and any further supply constraint on helium could force chip makers to prioritize high-margin AI silicon over consumer products.

When helium runs short, semiconductor companies tend to outbid every other industry for available supply because the cost of idling a fab dwarfs any premium on the gas itself.

This leaves other helium-dependent sectors, including medical imaging and pharmaceuticals, short of supply, creating a cascade of economic effects that reach far beyond the technology industry.

The disruption has demonstrated that the world’s AI revolution ultimately depends not only on GPUs, advanced lithography, and enormous data centers, but also on obscure physical commodities whose supply chains can be disrupted thousands of kilometers away from Silicon Valley.

Long-term implications for global technology

The ongoing crisis triggered by US maritime banditry and military aggression against Iran has served as a stress test for the global technology ecosystem, revealing vulnerabilities that will shape investment and policy decisions for years to come.

The dependence on a single waterway for a third of global helium supply has been identified as a strategic weakness that requires immediate attention.

South Korea’s government has launched a review of more than a dozen semiconductor materials and equipment types with high dependence on West Asian sources.

The longer-term response to the crisis will likely involve a combination of diversification, recycling, and redesign, according to experts. New helium production facilities outside Qatar are under development, though they will take years to reach meaningful production.

Helium recycling systems are becoming more sophisticated and widespread, reducing the amount of fresh helium required for semiconductor manufacturing.

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Over 300 Israeli reservists petition army chief to stop settler attacks endangering soldiers

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AUG 12, 2026

Troops are deployed between settlers and Palestinians during escalating occupier aggression, preventing Palestinians from defending themselves

Over 300 Israeli reserve soldiers have signed a petition to army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir demanding a crackdown on “Jewish terrorism” by settlers in the occupied West Bank, arguing that unchecked settler violence is endangering Israeli troops deployed to contain it, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on 12 August.

Signatories of the petition say commanders have sent them into the field to stand between Israelis and Palestinians during what the military calls “friction incidents” while withholding both the powers and the means to stop an attack before it happens.

“We are reserve soldiers who have served hundreds of days since 7 October, 2023, including in the West Bank, where we risked our lives for Israel’s security, but we feel that the army leadership is abandoning us in the field and does not support us,” the petition stated.

“We are repeatedly asked to put out the fires, but no one ensures that the leaders of national terrorism are stopped and uprooted,” it added.

The soldiers link that vacuum – along with the political cover extended to some of the occupiers responsible – to troops being wounded and killed in the surrounding unrest.

They asked Zamir for what they called “decisive action to stop and eradicate Jewish terrorism,” and for orders spelling out what they are permitted to do when it unfolds in front of them.

One signatory told Yedioth Ahronoth that what is unfolding in Qusra, where illegal settlers seized Palestinian land, established an outpost, and besieged Palestinian homes, is “not an isolated case, but part of a broader pattern in the West Bank.”

He said Armed settlers “operate with little intervention, while the army often finds itself involved in protecting the actions of an extremist minority instead of enforcing the law.”

“Criminal violence against Palestinians does not enhance security. It puts soldiers at risk, fuels tensions in the region, and harms everyone’s security,” he said.

Israeli authorities logged 660 occupier attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank over the first six months of 2026, up 63 percent from the 405 recorded in the same stretch of 2025, Israel’s Public Broadcaster (KAN) reported on 10 August.

Israeli security bodies file these assaults under “nationalistic crime” and “terrorism.”

According to the KAN report, illegal settlers killed six Palestinians and wounded 140 in the first half of 2026, up from 82 wounded and no deaths during the same period in 2025.

A UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found in June that Israeli authorities “had enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, in a climate of impunity fostered by judicial and law-enforcement bodies,” British outlet Reuters wrote.

The inquiry described masked occupiers carrying out attacks alongside Israeli soldiers who acted as a shield for the violence.

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Via https://thecradle.co/articles/over-300-israeli-reservists-petition-army-chief-to-stop-settler-attacks-endangering-soldiers

Fauci Treated for Pulmonary Infarction Months After Getting COVID Vaccine

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by Henrick Karoliszyn, DSW
July 28, 2026

A newly released diary entry ahead of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Wednesday congressional hearing is fueling renewed debate surrounding COVID-19 vaccine safety. A June 19, 2021, journal note described what Fauci characterized as a “horrible roller coaster day” after he had experienced chest pain. According to his notes, multiple specialists ultimately diagnosed him with a pulmonary infarction, commonly triggered by a blood clot in the lung.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) shared Fauci’s personal diaries that span from December 2019 through Fauci’s retirement in late 2022. The documents are expected to be a focal point when Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to face additional questioning about the pandemic and his role in the government’s response.

Among the most-discussed entries is a June 19, 2021, journal note describing what Fauci characterized as a “horrible roller coaster day” after diagnostic imaging, performed because he had experienced chest pain, revealed what physicians initially feared could be lung cancer.

According to his notes, multiple specialists ultimately concluded the primary confirmed finding was a pulmonary infarction — an area of damaged lung tissue caused by loss of blood flow. Doctors recommended immediate treatment.

The diary states:

“The only definite thing on the film was the pulmonary infarct. He recommended a follow-up CT in three months and begin anticoagulation immediately with Eliquis.”

Eliquis is a blood thinner manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer.

Paul’s office released the records without asserting a definitive cause of the pulmonary infarction. However, some physicians and commentators have argued that the event deserves additional scrutiny.

Cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough wrote on Substack that the episode occurred months after Fauci received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and was a “direct result of a pulmonary embolism which is a known side effect of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.”

McCullough contends Fauci’s medical event may have been vaccine-related. He believes federal officials didn’t adequately inform the public about potential mRNA COVID-19 vaccination risks.

McCullough wrote:

“There is a profound, sick irony in a public health leader suffering a life-threatening blood clot following a novel mRNA inoculation, only to return to the podium to demand that millions of others accept the same risk profile.

“While he navigated his own recovery with the specialized care of top-tier pulmonologists and radiologists, he simultaneously championed policies that forced the populace into a state of medical compliance.”

No evidence contained in the diary itself attributes Fauci’s pulmonary infarction to vaccination, and no treating physician cited in the released records identified the Moderna vaccine as the cause.

Richard Ebright, Ph.D., a molecular biologist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, said he was not convinced — though he thought it was not impossible the vaccine and the pulmonary infarction were related.

“I highly doubt it,” he told The Defender. “But I would not rule it out.”

Federal health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have acknowledged that adverse events have been associated with COVID-19 vaccines while continuing to conclude that the benefits outweighed the risks for most populations during the pandemic.

Large studies have also found that COVID-19 infection itself substantially increases the risk of blood clots.

Kennedy revives criticism of Fauci, pandemic response

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighed in following the release of Fauci’s diaries, writing on X that the pandemic “exposed a profound failure of America’s public health institutions” before addressing Fauci directly.

“Fauci lied about masks,” Kennedy said. “ He lied about social distancing. He lied about transmission. He lied about natural immunity.”

In a recent Fox News appearance, Kennedy referenced a press conference featuring Fauci getting vaccinated in December 2020.

In June 2021 — as Fauci’s pulmonary infarction went under the radar — Fauci told Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

This helped create a rift between public health officials and American citizens, Kennedy stated on the segment.

“Anybody who did not give complete blind faith to these expert opinions, which we now know were lies, was marginalized, vilified, demonized, censored,” he said. “Americans no longer trust public health and they shouldn’t because they were lied to.”

COVID vaccines consistently linked to cardiac events

A September 2021 pooled analysis combining a Singapore hospital cohort with a systematic review found that cardiac events reported after COVID-19 vaccination were uncommon but showed distinct patterns for myocarditis and acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack.

Researchers identified 30 patients from a tertiary hospital in Singapore who developed cardiac symptoms within 14 days of vaccination, including 29 cases of acute myocardial infarction and one case of myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle.

The systematic review of 16 published studies added 41 myocarditis cases and six acute myocardial infarction cases, for a total of 77 patients.

The analysis found that myocarditis occurred primarily in younger men and typically developed about 72 hours after vaccination, most often following the second dose. In contrast, acute myocardial infarction cases generally involved older adults, occurred within about 24 hours of vaccination and were more commonly reported after the first dose.

Among the Singapore cohort, five patients developed heart failure, two experienced cardiogenic shock, three required mechanical ventilation and one died from cardiovascular complications.

Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) formally recognized the country’s first fatality associated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in February 2023. A statement from the MOH stated a 28-year-old Bangladeshi man identified only as Rajib died 21 days after receiving the vaccine, after succumbing to myocarditis, according to the state coroner.

A 2022 systematic review examining a potential link between COVID-19 vaccination and myocardial infarction found reports of heart attacks following multiple COVID-19 vaccines but concluded that existing evidence does not establish a causal relationship.

Researchers reviewed 29 studies published through May 2022, including case reports, case series, cohort studies and systematic reviews, involving vaccines from AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson/Janssen, Sinopharm, Sinovac and Bharat Biotech.

Across the studies, more than half of published case reports described symptom onset within hours of vaccination, while most of the remainder occurred within 10 days.

The reported mortality among published myocardial infarction cases was 29%. They concluded that although “many studies linked MI [myocardial infarction] to COVID-19 vaccinations, no definitive association could be found.”

A December 2025 Stanford Medicine study identified a potential biological mechanism underlying cases of myocarditis seen after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.

Researchers found that the vaccines can trigger a two-step immune response involving the cytokines CXCL10 and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ). Laboratory experiments in human cells, cardiac tissue models and mice suggested these signaling molecules promote inflammation that can injure heart muscle cells. Blocking the cytokines reduced markers of cardiac injury while largely preserving the immune response.

The study noted that vaccine-associated myocarditis is rare, occurring in approximately 1 in 140,000 people after a first mRNA vaccine dose and about 1 in 32,000 after a second dose.

The highest reported incidence was among males age 30 and younger, at roughly one case per 16,750 vaccine recipients. Symptoms, including chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations, typically develop within one to three days after vaccination.

Pandemic response led to decline in Americans’ trust in public institutions

The release of Fauci’s diaries comes as Americans remain sharply divided over whom they trust for reliable health information.

While confidence in federal health agencies stabilized after years of decline, trust in government officials continues to erode, according to a recent KFF poll.

The survey found that 51% of adults say they have at least “a fair amount” of trust in both the CDC and the FDA to provide reliable health information — unchanged from January 2026, after years of declining confidence during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trust in political leaders, however, slipped.

Confidence in state government officials fell to 38%, down from 43% six months earlier, while trust in President Donald Trump declined from 30% to 24%. Only 34% of respondents said they trusted Kennedy.

Despite growing skepticism toward government institutions, personal physicians remained the nation’s most trusted health resource. The poll found that 86% of adults said they trust their own doctor or health care provider to deliver reliable health information.

“Doctors continue to be the public’s most trusted source of reliable information on health issues,” KFF researchers wrote in the report.

Fauci hasn’t publicly responded to release of diaries

Fauci did not respond to several requests for comment from The Defender regarding the diary entries.

The former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director who retired in 2022 after 54 years last spoke with lawmakers publicly in June 2024.

Fauci has consistently defended his handling of the pandemic. He previously testified that his recommendations reflected the best available scientific evidence at the time, even as guidance evolved with new research.

During the previous two-day hearing in 2024, Fauci told lawmakers, “I don’t recall” more than 100 times when asked about decisions he made during the early months of the outbreak.

On Wednesday, Fauci’s diaries will likely loom large during his scheduled congressional hearing as lawmakers continue investigating federal pandemic decision-making, vaccine policy and the government’s early response to COVID-19.

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Via https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fauci-treated-pulmonary-infarction-months-after-getting-covid-vaccine-diaries-show/?utm_id=20260802

Bill Gates Foundation Funds First-Ever Creation of 16 Synthetic Viruses Using AI

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By Nicolas Hulscher
August 09, 2026

For the first time ever, scientists have used artificial intelligence to design complete viral genomes that were physically synthesized and turned into 16 new functional viruses capable of replicating.

The work was published in Science, one of the world’s most prominent scientific journals. Disturbingly, the study’s senior author, Brian L. Hie, who conceived, designed, and supervised the research disclosed funding from the Gates Foundation.

This was not a computer simulation. Researchers generated hundreds of AI-designed viral genomes, physically manufactured the DNA, assembled the genomes, introduced them into susceptible E. coli, and recovered 16 functional bacteriophages that successfully propagated. The viruses infected bacteria, suppressed bacterial growth, produced progeny, and were grown into working viral stocks. The study represents the first generative design of complete genomes that were synthesized and experimentally shown to function as viable viruses.

The scientists used Evo 1 and Evo 2, genomic large language models that operate essentially like LLMs for DNA. Instead of predicting the next word in a sentence, they predict the next nucleotide—A, C, G, or T. In other words, scientists are now using the same basic generative-AI paradigm behind systems such as ChatGPT to write entire viral genetic blueprints. Those digital sequences can then be converted into physical DNA and ultimately into functioning biological entities.

The resulting viruses were not simply carbon copies of a known phage. The successful AI-designed genomes contained 67 to 392 nucleotide changes relative to their closest known natural relatives, and 13 contained mutations that could not be identified in known natural sequences.

These particular viruses were bacteriophages that infect bacteria, not humans, and human-infecting viruses were excluded from the relevant training data. That fact does not make the underlying capability harmless. The dangerous precedent is the demonstration that an AI model can generate a complete viral genome, that genome can be commercially synthesized, and the resulting genetic material can produce a virus capable of replication. The barrier separating digital AI output from an operational biological agent has now been crossed.

The Gates Foundation funding attached to the senior scientist behind this project raises major concerns given that they also funded permanent quantum-dot microneedle patch “vaccines” that function as biological vaccine passports.

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Moreover, the Gates Foundation previously gave $9.5 million to UW-Madison and principal investigator Yoshihiro Kawaoka to modify H5N1 viruses to preferentially recognize human-type receptors and transmit efficiently in mammals.

Bioterrorists no longer need to imagine a future in which AI can design pathogens from genetic code — the foundational capability has now been revealed in a major scientific journal. AI viral genome design technology should be halted before it falls into the hands of bioterrorists or other criminal actors.

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Via https://www.globalresearch.ca/gates-foundation-funds-16-synthetic-viruses-using-ai/5936027

Why FBI working with China and Russia, despite everything

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By Ladislav Zemánek

In an era defined by fierce geopolitical competition, FBI Director Kash Patel has charted a course that prioritizes pragmatism and results.

By building selective yet substantive law-enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, the bureau is demonstrating that great powers can set aside deeper differences to confront transnational crime that endangers citizens everywhere. This development deserves recognition as a mature, interest-based approach, showing that effective governance in a multipolar world requires the capacity to cooperate wherever it delivers concrete gains.

Breaking the ice with Beijing

Patel’s engagement with his Chinese counterparts marks a clear departure from years of a near-total freeze in high-level law-enforcement contacts. In November 2025, he became the first FBI director to visit China since 2016, meeting Vice Minister of Public Security Xu Datong. He returned in July 2026 for discussions with State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong.

Chinese officials have called for deepening constructive dialogue grounded in mutual respect. According to Patel, the results were made possible by direct engagement under the Trump administration’s leadership. The relationship did not emerge overnight; it followed President Donald Trump’s May 2025 visit to China and subsequent high-level understandings on fentanyl precursors. What matters is that both sides chose to institutionalize the opening rather than allow it to remain a one-off diplomatic gesture.

Four dedicated working groups now operate on cyber fraud, violent crimes against children, counternarcotics, and a fugitive task force. Chinese Ministry of Public Security officers travel to FBI facilities in the US on a monthly rotating basis; FBI personnel make reciprocal trips to China. Officials on both sides report near-daily communication – an intensity of contact that had not existed for years.

This steady exchange has already produced operational results. One notable joint action, Operation Sand Dollar, brought together the FBI, China’s Ministry of Public Security, and Dubai police against a major cyber-scam center. The effort yielded roughly 300 arrests, the seizure of approximately $300 million, and the liberation of thousands of trafficked workers. Such outcomes illustrate the practical value of treating certain criminal networks as shared problems rather than exclusive domains of competition.

Patel has been explicit about the philosophy guiding this work. He has noted that the decision to pursue cooperation with China despite widespread advice against it proves what is possible with almost any counterpart: “The fact that we did it with China when everyone said, ‘Don’t do it,’ and, ‘You can’t do it,’ shows what we can do with almost anyone.” The partnerships are deliberately limited to specific categories of transnational crime; they do not pretend to resolve broader strategic disagreements. That clarity of scope makes them sustainable under the current circumstances.

Opening a channel to Moscow

The same pragmatic approach is being applied to Russia. Patel is preparing a visit to Moscow and St. Peterburg, tentatively scheduled for mid-October, with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) expected to serve as host. The last sitting FBI director known to have traveled to Russia was Robert Mueller in 2013. Patel’s planned trip builds on quieter collaboration already underway for more than a year against violent criminal networks.

This outreach occurs against the backdrop of Trump’s broader effort to reduce tensions with Moscow. Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have made repeated visits, including meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and further contacts are anticipated. Putin’s special envoy on foreign investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, has publicly welcomed the emerging China-Russia-US intelligence and law-enforcement cooperation, signaling that Moscow sees value in the channel.

Complementary signals across government

Patel’s initiative does not stand alone. Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby, long regarded as a China hardliner, has expressed clear interest in visiting China and revitalizing professional military-to-military ties. Colby’s willingness to explore direct engagement signals an important evolution: Even those most focused on strategic competition now recognize that sustained channels of communication and cooperation on discrete issues can reduce miscalculation risks and open space for practical problem-solving.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has likewise signaled openness to restoring reliable military communication channels with Beijing. Hegseth has publicly emphasized the need to reboot US-China military hotlines and crisis-management mechanisms that had atrophied in recent years. These steps are framed not as concessions but as tools for managing competition responsibly – ensuring that routine incidents at sea or in the air do not spiral into larger confrontations.

Together, Colby’s interest in revitalizing professional ties and Hegseth’s push to restore functional hotlines illustrate that selective engagement is gaining traction across key national-security institutions. These parallel moves suggest a wider recognition that treating every interaction as zero-sum is neither realistic nor in the interest of American, Chinese, or Russian security.

Other recent examples reinforce the point. The US and China have coordinated on precursor chemical controls and fugitive repatriations even without an extradition treaty. Quiet work with Russian counterparts against organized crime has continued despite the larger geopolitical climate. In each case, the governing principle is the same: Identify overlapping interests, establish disciplined mechanisms, and measure success by results rather than by empty moralism.

A model for multipolar security

Looking ahead, the Patel approach offers a template for how great powers can manage coexistence. It rejects both naive engagement and reflexive isolation. Instead, it practices disciplined pragmatism: Cooperate where interests align, and compete where they do not. In a world no longer organized around a single dominant power, the ability to work with ‘non-traditional’ partners on concrete problems is a strategic asset, not a liability.

The emerging US-China-Russia law-enforcement architecture will hardly dissolve deeper disagreements over Iran, Taiwan, Ukraine, or technological rivalry. It does not need to. Its value lies in demonstrating that even adversaries can still protect their interests from common threats. That demonstration strengthens, rather than weakens, national security. By proving that such cooperation is possible, Patel has expanded the toolkit available to American policymakers. In an unpredictable international environment, that expansion is both necessary and overdue.

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Deadly clash aboard US carrier Abraham Lincoln leaves seven dead, several injured

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Sailors stand watch on the USS Abraham Lincoln in the 5th Fleet area of operations on July 14, 2026. (US Navy photo)

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Seven US Navy personnel have reportedly been killed and several others wounded in a violent clash aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, as growing unrest among the carrier’s crew has exposed mounting pressure inside the US military amid a prolonged deployment.

The incident erupted after an adviser to US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Brad Cooper boarded the carrier to address mounting complaints from crew members following protests by their families over the ship’s prolonged deployment, according to Tasnim News Agency, citing an informed military source.

The adviser was reportedly met with boos and had water bottles thrown at him while addressing a gathering of personnel.

The confrontation subsequently escalated into a fight among crew members involving knives and other bladed weapons, leaving seven personnel dead and several others wounded, according to the source.

The atmosphere aboard the carrier remains tense and unsettled, Tasnim reported.

The Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for 263 days and is currently operating in the Indian Ocean, where its primary mission is to enforce an illegal naval blockade against Iran.

The carrier has spent 208 consecutive days at sea, the longest continuous deployment of any US aircraft carrier in the modern era, apart from a brief stop in Oman in July.

The reported violence comes amid growing concerns over the living and working conditions facing the roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard the carrier.

Personnel have reportedly protested inadequate food supplies, with meals reduced to as little as half a cup of rice and two pieces of meat. The carrier’s laundry facilities have also been out of service for two weeks, while mold in shower areas has caused fungal infections among crew members.

Military families have raised concerns about exhaustion, mental health and the impact of the prolonged operational tempo on the crew’s ability to safely perform their duties.

At a meeting in San Diego on Thursday, around 200 relatives confronted acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao over conditions aboard the carrier and the lack of a clear date for the crew’s return home.

The reported deaths aboard the Abraham Lincoln follow another serious incident involving the USS Gerald R. Ford. On March 12, 2026, a fire broke out in living quarters housing around 600 crew members, leaving 200 personnel injured.

The Gerald R. Ford subsequently took the injured to a naval facility on the Greek island of Crete before being forced to return to the United States.

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Mental Health Crisis on USS Lincoln

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Floating airbase USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in the Arabian Sea.

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VIDEO | “Six people have tried to jump off the [USS Lincoln]. The most recent was last Monday.”

Multimedia producer Andrew Brown has claimed there is a severe mental health crisis aboard the USS Lincoln, asserting that the Navy is actively quashing reports of the unfolding emergency. In a video published on Instagram, Brown highlighted extreme conditions facing the crew, stating, “They’ve been deployed a total of 271 days, 250 without a port of call. That’s unheard of … They have not been to port in 38 weeks.”

According to Brown, the crew is enduring severe supply shortages, moldy showers, and a lack of basic hygiene products like deodorant and toothpaste while eating poor-quality rations.

He emphasized the severe psychological toll of the deployment, revealing, “Six people have tried to jump off that ship. The most recent was last Monday. When you have not touched land in 38 weeks, in over 200 days, things start to happen to you mentally.”

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