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by Joel B. Pollak

General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed Thursday that the U.S. is not providing Israel with all of the weapons it has requested for its war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

Earlier this month, reports emerged that Israeli military leaders believed that the U.S. was “slow-walking” deliveries of arms and ammunition as a way to create more leverage over Israeli policy and appease critics of Israel in the U.S.

General Brown appeared to confirm those reports — at least partially.

Reuters (via the Times of Israel) reported:

The United States’ top general says Israel had not received every weapon that it has asked for, in part because US President Joe Biden’s administration was not willing to provide at least some of them. “Although we’ve been supporting them with capability, they’ve not received everything they’ve asked for,” says General Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. “Some of that is because they’ve asked for stuff that we either don’t have the capacity to provide or not willing to provide, not right now,” Brown adds, while speaking at an event hosted by the Defense Writers Group.

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant spent two days in Washington, DC, this week, meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, partly to request more arms and ammunition for the continued fight against Hamas and Hezbollah.

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Why is Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Victoria Nuland (I thought she retired) and on Secure Unified Communications/Video, General Charles Q. Brown Jr., USAF, having an emergency meeting to discuss Ukraine and Russia at Michelle’s War Room, down the street from the Alzheimer’s Retirement Home aka the White House?

And is secretary of defense Austin MIA again?

Michelle Obama’s War Room: 2446 Belmont Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008.

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PHOTOS: USAF F-15E jets return home from the Middle East with "kill marks" and "nose arts"

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 05/11/2024 - 12:26 in Military, War Zones

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A few weeks after shooting down a swarm of Iranian drones during the defense of Israel, the 494º U.S. Air Force Fighter Squadron is back at the RAF Base of Lakenheath, in the United Kingdom, sporting a new and intriguing painting.

Photos publicly released by the U.S. Air Force show the F-15E Strike Eagles returning to their home in the 48ª Fighter Wing with vivid art on their nose, as well as missile markings and bombs alluding to their exploits in the region.

Photos of an F-15E nicknamed "Hellcat" show the aircraft painted with more than two dozen bomb marks, suggesting that he launched a large amount of ammunition. The plane was also decorated with nine red missiles, indicating numerous air-to-air combat. An F-15 called "RAWR" boasts more than a dozen missile and bomb marks. Another jet, "El Jefe", carries multiple bomb marks and a missile mark. The "Mullet" carries nine missile markings and numerous bomb markings. Yet another F-15 has nine missile markings and five bomb markings. These are just some of the F-15s that have recently returned to their base.

Photos released by the Air Force show that the first jets arrived on May 8, and a spokesman for the Air Forces Central (AFCENT) confirmed on May 10 that the 494º Fighter Squadron had returned to the RAF Base of Lakenheath.

Violence in the Middle East increased after Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7 and Israel's subsequent military operation against the group in Gaza, causing unrest throughout the region.

In February, the U.S. conducted airstrikes against targets in Iraq and Syria in response to more than 170 attacks on U.S. troops and recently helped Israel defend itself from a massive drone and missile attack from Iran.

In April, U.S. Air Force aircraft shot down more than 70 drones that Iran launched against Israel on the night of April 13 and in the early morning hours of April 14. These planes included F-15Es of the 494º Fighter Squadron and the 335º Seymour-Johnson Air Base Fighter Squadron, North Carolina, as well as American F-16s.

"I am very confident and proud of our joint strength and what they were able to do with our allies and partners," said Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Q. Brown Jr., to reporters on April 26.

The 494º Fighter Squadron first arrived at CENTCOM in October, a few days after the Hamas attack. More F-15E were rushed to the region on April 12, just one day before Iran's attack.

"One of the fighter squadrons appeared, like, the day before, and was right in the middle of the flight, and that says something about our level of training, our level of capacity," Brown said.

The 335º Seymour-Johnson Fighter Squadron is now the only F-15E squadron in the region, deployed in the Middle East along with the F-16 and A-10. The A-10s of the 104º Maryland National Guard Fighter Squadron and Seymour-Johnson's F-15E recently completed a three-week Desert Flag exercise.

"Maintaining multi-capable and ready teams is essential to fulfill the mission," said AFCENT commander, Lieutenant General Derek C. France, in a statement of May 9 reflecting on his first month in charge. "I was impressed by the level of dedication of AFCENT's aviators. They have been operating beyond my expectations and I am extremely proud to be part of this team."

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Mark Milley Former U. S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Gen. Milley speaking at the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in his honor.

Now that he's retired, maybe I could get pics of him out of uniform so I can figure out what dat ass really looks like.

I'm betting it's wide, thick and firm. And maybe a bit of a bubble to it.

What?

On A Side Note: This is the guy replacing Ge. Milley. General Charles Q. Brown Jr.. Err... I could work with him.

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

SEP 22, 2023

The Senate has confirmed three top defense leaders. Last night it confirmed Air Force General Charles Q. Brown Jr. to replace Army General Mark A. Milley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when he retires at the end of the month. Today, it confirmed General Randy A. George as Army chief of staff and General Eric M. Smith as Marine Corps commandant.

The Senate filled the positions at the top of our military by working around the hold extremist senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has put on more than 300 military promotions, allegedly because he objects to the government’s policy of providing leave and travel allowance for service members who have to travel to obtain abortions. 

Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post focused on the House Republicans today, though, when she wrote: “The GOP completely gone off its rocker—incapable of passing House spending, ranting and raving at AG, cooking up ludicrous and baseless impeachment, unable to greet Zelensky with joint session. This is not normal. This is egregious. You'd think the reporting would reflect it.”

Indeed, the House Republicans remain unable even to agree to talk about funding the government, let alone actually passing the appropriations bills Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) agreed to four months ago. Today, right-wing extremists in the House blocked a procedural vote over a Pentagon funding bill, keeping what is normally an easily passed bipartisan bill from even reaching the floor for debate. McCarthy acknowledged to reporters that he is frustrated. “This is a whole new concept of individuals who just want to burn the whole place down. It doesn’t work.”

The extremists do indeed appear unconcerned about the effects of their refusal to fund the government, and since they have the five or six votes they need to sink the measures McCarthy wants to pass with only Republican votes, this handful of representatives are the ones deciding whether the government will shut down. 

McCarthy could pass clean funding bills through the House whenever he wishes, but he refuses. To do so would mean working with Democrats, and that would spark a vote to throw him out of the speakership. And so, rather than keep the members in Washington, D.C., to work on the appropriations bills over the weekend, McCarthy recognized he did not have the votes he needs and sent them home.

The extremists are bolstered by former president Donald Trump, who posted on his social media platform today that the Republicans in Congress “can and must defund all aspects of Crooked Joe Biden’s weaponized Government…. This is also the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me and other Patriots. They failed on the debt limit, but they must not fail now. Use the power of the purse and defend the Country!” 

Experts say shutting down the government would not, in fact, end the former president’s legal troubles, but he is actually doing more than that here: he is trying to assert dominance over the country. As Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said: “Let’s be clear about what the former president is saying here. House Republicans should shut down the government unless the prosecutions against him are shut down. He would deny paychecks to millions of working families & devastate the US economy, all in the service of himself.”

Extremist leader Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) responded to Trump’s statement with his own: “Trump Opposes the Continuing Resolution” to fund the government,” he wrote. “Hold the line.” Ron Filipkowski of MeidasTouch noted: “House Republicans refuse to fund the government to protect Donald Trump.” 

Trump’s accusation that President Biden is weaponizing the Justice Department against him and others who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election is the opposite of what has really happened. Not only has Biden stayed scrupulously out of the Justice Department’s business—leaving in place the Trump-appointed leader of the investigation into Biden’s son Hunter, for example—but also we received more proof yesterday that it was Trump, not Biden, who weaponized the Justice Department against his enemies. 

Nora Dennehy, who abruptly resigned from former special counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, explained in her confirmation hearing to Connecticut’s state supreme court yesterday that she quit because Trump’s Department of Justice was tainted by politics. Before joining the probe, she said, “I had been taught and spent my entire career at [the] Department of Justice conducting any investigation in an objective and apolitical manner.” 

But Trump and his loyalists expected Durham’s investigation to prove that there was a “deep state” conspiracy against him, and then–attorney general William Barr seemed to be working to support that fantasy, even though there was no evidence of it (as shown by the fact the investigation ultimately fizzled). Barr was, she thought, violating DOJ guidelines in his public comments about the investigation and in his consideration of releasing an interim report before the 2020 election.

“I simply couldn’t be part of it,” Dannehy said. “So I resigned.”

The resistance of the extremists to McCarthy’s leadership is spilling over into foreign affairs as well. Today, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky was in Washington, D.C., where he met with President Biden at the White House and with leaders at the Pentagon, and spoke to a closed-door session for the Senate. But he did not speak to the House of Representatives. While McCarthy met with him privately, the speaker maintained that “we just didn’t have time” for him to address the House. 

As part of their demands, House extremists want to cut funding for Ukraine’s defense. This would, of course, work to strengthen Russian president Vladimir Putin’s hand in his war against Ukraine. Earlier this month, former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan told MSNBC that it is “absolutely essential” to Putin that Trump win back the White House in 2024. “I think it is Putin's main lifeline in order to find some way to salvage what has been a debacle in Ukraine for him," Brennan said. "If Trump is able to return to the White House...Putin could have a like-minded individual that he can work with, detrimental to U.S. interests certainly and detrimental to Western interests overall.” The intelligence community assesses that Putin worked to help Trump in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and is pushing pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine propaganda now.

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III assured Zelensky that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine and work with allies and partners to make sure it has the weapons it needs. Lara Seligman of Politico reported today that the Pentagon will continue to fund Ukraine operations even if there is a government shutdown. Military activities deemed crucial to national security can be exempted from being shuttered during a government shutdown.

And finally, 92-year-old Rupert Murdoch announced today that he will be stepping down as chair of his media empire, including both Fox Corporation, which includes the Fox News Channel (FNC), and News Corporation, which owns the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, among other newspapers. In 1996 the Australian-born mogul launched the Fox News Channel with media specialist Roger Ailes, who had packaged Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon in 1968 by presenting him to audiences in highly scripted television appearances. 

The Fox News Channel initially presented news from a conservative viewpoint, but over time its opinion shows, delivered as if they were news, came to dominate the channel. Those shows presented a simple narrative in which Americans—overwhelmingly white and rural—wanted the government to leave them alone but “socialists” who wanted social welfare programs demanded their tax dollars. Isolated in the fantasy world of FNC, its viewers became such fanatic adherents to right-wing politics that FNC wholeheartedly trumpeted Trump’s Big Lie after he lost the 2020 presidential election because viewers turned away from FNC when some of its personalities acknowledged that Biden had won..

Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters for America, said today that “Murdoch created a uniquely destructive force in American democracy and public life, one that ushered in an era of division where racist and post-truth politics thrive.”  Margaret Sullivan, formerly the Washington Post’s media critic, wrote in The Guardian that FNC was “a shameless propaganda outfit, reaping massive profits even as it attacked core democratic values such as tolerance, truth and fair elections.” Murdoch, she wrote, wreaked “untold havoc on American democracy.”

Murdoch sees it differently. In his resignation letter, he attacked “bureaucracies” who wanted to “silence those who would question their provenance and purpose” and “elites” who “have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class.” “Most of the media is in cahoots with those elites, peddling political narratives rather than pursuing the truth,” he wrote. 

Forbes estimates that their media empire has enabled Murdoch and his family to amass a fortune of more than $17 billion.

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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Pentagon prepares for a reshuffle after President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House, as he stated to get rid of "wokeness" in the ranks of US Department of Defense officials.

The US Department of Defense is bracing itself for a scenario of its ranks being purged when President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House, unnamed current and former officials told Reuters.

They claimed that Trump’s second term will see him prioritize loyalty and fire the Pentagon’s high-ranking military officers and career civil servants he regards as disloyal. In particular, the President-elect could target the current and former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Q. Brown and Mark Milley, respectively, perceived by Trump as “woke” generals.

One US military official, however, played down concerns over high-level firings among the armed forces, arguing in an interview with Reuters that the firing-induced chaos within the US military's chain of command would create political backlash and be unnecessary for Trump to achieve his goals.

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Biden did not actually call the strike.

Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Victoria Nuland (I bet you thought she retired) Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, General Charles Q. Brown Jr., USAF, and also present were C-suite executives from BlackRock, Blackstone, State Street, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, BAE, United Technologies, L-3 Communications, all having an emergency post-election meeting at the Obama’s War Room, down the street from the White House.

2446 Belmont Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008

Lockheed Martin and BlackRock were definitely the alphas in the room. Two unidentified gentleman calling in from Switzerland were keeping the meeting on task.

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Good grief

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Letting Go.

Flyover participants during the Relinquishment of Responsibility Ceremony for the 29th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, General Daniel R. Hokanson. Hosted by the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, and held at Summerall Field on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia. 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), The US Army Band "Pershing's Own", and personnel of the Air National Guard assisted during the ceremony.

Hokanson's efforts since 2020 have led to over 50 legislative initiatives focused on his four principal priorities of people, readiness, modernization and reform.

He initiated units in responding to historic wildfires and hurricanes in 2020, as well as flooding, typhoons and tornados in 2022. He was also involved in administering almost 60 million vaccine doses, conducting 35 million tests, disinfecting 71,000 facilities and supporting over 1,000 food banks during the COVID-19 pandemic; and delivering over 1 million meals to the American public. 

Hokanson oversaw multiple National Guard overseas mobilizations, including efforts to evacuate Afghan civilians in 2021 during what would become the largest non-combatant evacuation operation in U.S. history.

U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Ethan Scofield, 2 AUG 2024

Aircraft Identification, L to R: F-16 Falcon, KC-130 refueler, A-10 Thunderbolt II.

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Fuente: benjaminfulford.net

Por si te lo perdiste, Estados Unidos ahora tiene un gobierno militar.

En primer lugar, esta semana quiero empezar con un mensaje para las personas que entraron en mi ordenador y borraron mis notas de la semana: cualquier gobierno que tenga miedo de la verdad está condenado. Cuando todo esto termine, o seréis ejecutados por traición o pasaréis el resto de vuestra vida en la cárcel.

Ahora, las noticias: el mayor acontecimiento para Occidente en la última semana fue el anuncio de un gobierno militar en los EE.UU. el 9 de julio. Este anuncio se hizo durante la cumbre del 75º aniversario de la OTAN en Washington DC. En caso de que te lo hayas perdido, aquí está en el sitio web oficial de la Casa Blanca:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/07/09/memorandum-on-delegation-of-functions-and-authorities-under-sections-1333-1342-1352-and-1353-of-the-national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2024/

Para subrayar esto, el actor que interpreta el papel del presidente Joe Biden se paró frente a todas las delegaciones de la OTAN reunidas para presentar al presidente ucraniano Vladimir Zelensky como "Presidente Putin" y a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris como "Vicepresidente Trump".

En el video a continuación se puede ver en los rostros del llamado Asesor de Seguridad Nacional Jake Sullivan, el falso Secretario de Defensa Lloyd Austin y el satánico Secretario de Estado Anthony Blinken que no participaron en el cambio de régimen.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Blinken-Austin-Sullivan-listening-to-Biden-call-Trump-his-running-mate.mp4

Para hacerlo más explícito, a Biden también se le dijo que dijera que recibe órdenes de su “comandante en jefe, el jefe del estado mayor del ejército”.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Biden-says-hes-following-the-advice-of-the-Commander-in-Chief.mp4

Aunque el comunicado de prensa de la Casa Blanca no dice a quién le entregó el poder Biden, es una apuesta segura decir que fue el general Charles Q. Brown.

https://www.jcs.mil/Leadership/Article-View/Article/1974872/gen-charles-q-brown-jr/

El Presidente del Estado Mayor Conjunto está ahora dirigiendo un gobierno militar de emergencia.

La instalación de un gobierno militar se produce en medio de enormes acontecimientos geopolíticos durante la semana pasada, que incluyen el surgimiento de una alianza militar euroasiática que eclipsa a la OTAN y está a punto de absorberla. Analizaremos esto más adelante.

Por ahora, sin embargo, tomamos nota del intento de asesinato con falsa bandera contra Donald Trump durante el fin de semana. Lo primero que hay que decir es que todos estamos hartos de que la política se maneje a través de un teatro callejero escenificado por masones. Una sociedad sana debería tener un debate público basado en hechos para decidir el mejor camino a seguir hacia el futuro. Si los resultados no son satisfactorios, entonces cambiamos de rumbo en consecuencia. Que las sociedades secretas decidan sin la participación del público conduce inevitablemente a la decadencia social y la desigualdad.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-15-20.51.11.mp4

Dicho esto, está claro que el intento de asesinato de Trump fue planeado para lograr que la opinión pública apoyara el arresto de los opositores de Trump. Estas son las señales:

En primer lugar, antes del evento, Biden dijo: “Es hora de poner a Trump en el blanco”.

https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/biden-tells-nato-that-ukraine-can-and-will-stop-russia-vladimir-putin-announces-historic-aid-for-kyiv-latest-updates-2024-07-10-941100

Entonces recuerden este tuit publicado por Alex Soros, ampliamente interpretado como una oferta de dinero para el asesinato de Trump.

Además de esto, muchos comentaristas políticos como Rick Wilson en MSNBC pidieron que alguien “le metiera una bala a Donald Trump”.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/video_2024-07-15_16-50-09.mp4

Dado que el posible asesino era un miembro de ANTIFA que apareció en comerciales de Black Rock controlados por Rockefeller, es probable que hubiera un complot genuino de la mafia jázara para matar a Trump.

Thomas Mathew Crooks:

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-15-21.17.52-1.mp4

Entonces, el escenario probable es que los sombreros blancos permitieron que el grupo Rockefeller continuara con este intento para darles suficiente cuerda para ahorcarse.

El hecho de que se les ordenara a los francotiradores del Servicio Secreto que se retiraran incluso después de que muchas personas detectaran al posible asesino también indica que el evento fue orquestado:

Mi nombre es Jonathan Willis, soy el oficial que aparece en la famosa foto de los dos francotiradores en el tejado durante el mitin de Trump. Vine aquí para informar al público que tenía al asesino en la mira durante al menos 3 minutos, pero el jefe del servicio secreto se negó a dar la orden de eliminar al culpable. Los altos mandos me impidieron al 100% matar al asesino antes de que disparara al presidente Trump.

Mi impresión general es que este evento fue típico de la mafia jazara. Siempre que salen malas noticias, como un déficit comercial récord, organizan una distracción, como hacer que Britney Spears muestre una teta en público y luego hacer que los medios se concentren en eso.

El intento de asesinato ritual masónico se produjo en medio de enormes acontecimientos geopolíticos y combates extremadamente graves en la actual guerra secreta por el planeta Tierra.

Durante la semana pasada, el servicio de seguridad ruso, los norcoreanos, las sociedades secretas asiáticas, el sindicato Yamaguchi Gumi, el MI6, la CIA y otros contactaron a la Sociedad del Dragón Blanco acerca de las intensas batallas que ahora están en curso.

Como dijo el jefe del MI6: “El movimiento esencial que vemos en el panorama geopolítico es el de unos Estados Unidos fracasados ​​que luchan duro pero fracasan, mientras que el resto sigue adelante. Las luchas internas internacionales son el declive de la vieja clase dirigente y un cambio de régimen”.

Un indicio de lo intensa que se ha vuelto la situación son los ejercicios militares de tropas chinas en la frontera con Polonia y la presencia de 120.000 soldados del Ejército Popular de Liberación en Estados Unidos.

JJ Carrell, ex agente adjunto de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU., habla sobre los inmigrantes ilegales chinos que YA HAN INGRESADO a Estados Unidos “Los analistas militares ya han determinado que al menos 120.000 son soldados del Ejército Popular de Liberación en Estados Unidos”.

Estados Unidos está en GRAVES PROBLEMAS como ya sabemos.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/120000-Chinese-Peoples-Liberation-Army-Ground-Force-are-in-America-RIGHT-NOW.mp4

El servicio de seguridad ruso por su parte dice que Estados Unidos e Israel pronto…

“Dejará de existir”. La razón es la decisión tomada en la reciente cumbre de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái, el 4 de julio, de reemplazar el dólar estadounidense por una moneda de los BRICS este otoño.

Este fue el resultado de negociaciones extremadamente intensas entre el presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, y el presidente indio, Narendra Modi, en su cumbre en Moscú la semana pasada.

Los dólares estadounidenses en poder de no estadounidenses ya son la moneda de facto de los BRICS, pero India ha estado bloqueando los intentos de cambiar el nombre de esos dólares a moneda de los BRICS porque eso entregaría el control de facto a China, el mayor tenedor de esos dólares.

Para apaciguar a Modi, Rusia ha suministrado a la India más de 60.000 millones de dólares en petróleo y armas y ha aceptado pagos en rupias que Rusia no puede gastar. Rusia está subiendo la apuesta al ofrecer construir una serie de plantas de energía nuclear en la India y suministrarles uranio.

Rusia también ha convencido a la India para que acepte la nueva moneda creando una alianza militar entre ella, la India, Mongolia y Corea del Norte. Todos estos países comparten frontera con China, por lo que claramente esta es la manera de Rusia de prometer que no se permitirá que China intimide a sus vecinos.

Por eso, India anunció que construiría 12 represas hidroeléctricas en Arunachal Pradesh, una región reclamada por China. Pueden hacerlo ahora porque saben que Rusia los respalda.

Por supuesto, este abrazo de oso ruso no le salió gratis a la India. Resulta que, como parte de su alianza militar con Rusia, la India ha enviado tropas a Ucrania para luchar contra el régimen títere del KIM.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/pm-modi-back-frontline-punjab-manrussian-army-9449039/

En esta fotografía de Modi al salir de Rusia se puede ver que tiene mucho en qué pensar como resultado de su viaje a Rusia.

Sin embargo, en una señal de que la alianza militar ruso-euroasiática no está dirigida contra China, las tropas chinas realizaron la semana pasada ejercicios militares en Bielorrusia, cerca de la frontera con Polonia, miembro de la OTAN.

https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-joint-maneuvers-with-belarus-is-the-sco-behind-it/a-69649357

Según los servicios de inteligencia polacos, los ejercicios comenzaron justo cuando comenzaba la cumbre de la OTAN y, como resultado, las tropas polacas y ucranianas se retiraron de la frontera con Bielorrusia. Después, los bielorrusos y los chinos también se retiraron de la frontera. La OTAN emitió entonces un comunicado en el que afirmaba que “la OTAN es una alianza defensiva”.

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_227678.htm?selectedLocale=en

Las tropas polacas han sido ahora reubicadas en la frontera con Ucrania, donde se las ha visto ejecutando a soldados ucranianos que huían.

https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/breaking-news-poland-border-troops-execute-fleeing-ukraine-troops

En un último intento desesperado por parecer relevante, la OTAN publicó un nuevo video a favor de Ucrania. “A pesar de la propaganda, saben que la OTAN será desmantelada muy pronto”, dice una fuente del Pentágono.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-latest-NATO-ad-for-more-cannon-fodder-Ukraine-.mp4

Entre bastidores, el presidente húngaro, Víctor Orban, que actualmente es el jefe de la Unión Europea, inició una intensa diplomacia. Visitó Ucrania, Rusia y China antes de volar a Mar a Largo para reunirse con Donald Trump, tras lo cual tuiteó:

“Fue un honor visitar al presidente [Donald Trump] en Mar-a-Lago hoy. Hablamos sobre maneras de lograr la paz. La buena noticia del día: ¡lo va a resolver!”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/12/hungarys-viktor-orban-meets-trump-at-mar-a-lago-for-peace-mission-5-0

Obsérvese que no se molestó en reunirse con Biden ni con sus asesores y llamó a Trump “presidente”.

Nuestras fuentes en las distintas agencias y sociedades secretas dicen que se está trabajando en un acuerdo por el cual la OTAN se unirá a la alianza militar euroasiática de Rusia. Esta alianza se ocupará entonces de la seguridad de la masa continental euroasiática.

Al mismo tiempo, los Cinco Ojos anglosajones se harán cargo de los océanos para garantizar el libre flujo del comercio, luchar contra los piratas, etc. Los Cinco Ojos también están tratando de convencer a Japón para que se una a ellos para formar una alianza de “seis ojos” para vigilar los océanos.

Sin embargo, esto tendrá que esperar hasta que se resuelva una lucha de poder muy grave en Japón. La semana pasada hubo un intento de golpe de estado militar allí y la situación aún no se ha resuelto.

Según informa la emisora ​​nacional NHK:

“El Ministerio de Defensa japonés ha reprendido a 218 miembros del ministerio y de las Fuerzas de Autodefensa de Japón, incluido personal de alto rango, por mala conducta”.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240712_16/

Los cargos eran obviamente falsos e incluían cosas como “comer comida de cafetería gratis”. Además, el informe dice que el Ministro de Defensa Kihara Minoru reemplazará al jefe de la Armada, el almirante Sakai Ryo, el 19 de julio. El hecho de que no pudiera despedirlo inmediatamente muestra que la batalla está lejos de terminar.

Nuestras propias fuentes cercanas al Emperador dicen que el régimen actual no podrá despedir a la mayoría del mando militar porque es de conocimiento común entre los militares que fueron responsables del asesinato de más de 500.000 japoneses con vacunas.

Como ejemplo de ello, el ex ministro del Interior Kazuhiro Haraguchi –quien estaba a cargo de todas las fuerzas policiales de Japón- se ha disculpado públicamente por las muertes masivas causadas por las vacunas.

https://www.thaimbc.com/2024/06/01/top-japanese-government-official-issues-apology-for-mass-vaccine-deaths/

El sindicato japonés Yamaguchi Gumi y otros miembros del hampa, así como varias sociedades secretas, prometen que eliminarán al falso embajador estadounidense Rahm Emmanuel y a otros controladores japoneses en un futuro cercano.

No lo han hecho todavía porque se les ha pedido que esperen a que los jefes de Emmanuel en Estados Unidos sean destituidos del poder. Esto está sucediendo ahora, como hemos señalado anteriormente. Mensaje a Emmanuel: “Haz las maletas y vete mientras aún tengas tiempo”.

Esta semana se están celebrando importantes reuniones relacionadas con este tema en las sociedades secretas de Taiwán y también en el seno del Partido Comunista Chino. No conocemos los detalles de estas conversaciones, pero varias fuentes dejan claro que algún tipo de cambio de régimen es inevitable.

Por su parte, los norcoreanos han iniciado negociaciones con la alianza de los sombreros blancos. La semana pasada ofrecieron acceso a la vasta riqueza mineral de Corea del Norte a cambio de la unificación de la península coreana, según una fuente directamente involucrada en las negociaciones.

Corea del Norte posee dos tercios del suministro mundial de tierras raras, así como 20 millones de toneladas de oro, entre otros recursos. La tabla que nos facilitaron los norcoreanos (que traduciremos más adelante) muestra exactamente cuánta riqueza poseen.

La alianza de sombreros blancos aceptó la propuesta norcoreana y el jefe del MI6 emitió la siguiente declaración en respuesta:

“Deseamos al pueblo coreano paz y unidad y siempre apoyaremos esta decisión. Su decisión es suya y toda la comunidad internacional la respaldará”.

Por supuesto, todas estas medidas tendrán que esperar hasta que se complete la destrucción de los regímenes actuales en Estados Unidos e Israel.

Como hemos señalado anteriormente, este proceso está en marcha en Estados Unidos. El primer ministro húngaro, Orban, llama a Trump presidente porque eso es lo que es. Si todavía no entiende que las elecciones de 2020 fueron un robo, compare el mapa inferior que muestra qué estados exigen identificación con fotografía para votar y los estados que no la exigen con el mapa superior.

Los antiguos asesores del falso Biden ahora están organizando una desesperada acción de retaguardia para mantenerse en el poder. Aquí, por ejemplo, se puede ver al ex estratega jefe de Obama, David Axelrod, en CNN, tratando de echar por tierra a Biden diciendo:

“Biden no va a ganar esta carrera… es más probable que pierda por una mayoría aplastante que que gane por un estrecho margen”.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/David-Axelrod-on-CNN-.mp4

Ahora el senador Tommy Tuberville afirma que Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi y Barack Obama han estado dirigiendo secretamente Estados Unidos durante la presidencia de Biden

“Ellos han tenido el control total. No el presidente”, dijo a Fox News.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Senator-Tommy-Tuberville-claims-that-Chuck-Schumer-Nancy-Pelosi-and-Barack-Obama-run-the-White-House-.mp4

Los militares actuaron porque la mafia jazara planeaba utilizar aún más votantes ilegales para detener un robo electoral mayor este año.

Para frenar esta situación, Estados Unidos firmó este mes un acuerdo con Panamá para “cerrar el paso de migrantes ilegales” por el Tapón del Darién. El presidente panameño, José Raúl Mulino, también se ha comprometido a impedir que el país centroamericano sea una ruta de tránsito para los migrantes. Para ello, se están colocando alambres de púas y se están intensificando las patrullas navales.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/11/americas/panama-darien-gap-barbed-wire-migrants-intl-latam/index.html

También existe una reacción violenta contra los inmigrantes en el Reino Unido.

Vea a la presentadora de televisión británica Alex Phillips hablar sobre los delitos cometidos por inmigrantes en Londres. Phillips dijo que tuvo que esconderse en la casa de un vecino después de que un migrante la siguiera hasta su casa y le robaran el teléfono. También afirma que las hijas adolescentes de su amiga han sido seguidas, manoseadas y agredidas sexualmente.

“No me importa si la gente se da vuelta y dice ‘eres racista’, porque mi seguridad y la seguridad de las mujeres en este país es primordial”.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Watch-British-TV-anchor-Alex-Phillips-go-off-about-migrant-crime-in-London.mp4

Nuestras fuentes en el Reino Unido afirman que se ha iniciado una ofensiva allí, pero por razones de seguridad operativa no pueden proporcionar detalles en este momento. Sin embargo, el MI6 confirma que no han recibido ni un solo documento en papel firmado por el “rey Carlos” y que el rey que aparece en los medios es IA.

También confirman que esta nueva “aparición pública” de Kate Middleton es solo otra doble de cuerpo.

(Hay 2 fotos del doble de cuerpo de Kate en el enlace de abajo)

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/kate-princess-of-wales-at-wimbledon-in-a-rare-public-appearance-since-revealing-she-has-cancer-1.6963404

Volviendo a los EE.UU., una gran razón por la que los militares están tomando medidas es porque saben que la frontera se está utilizando para el tráfico de personas del peor tipo, como lo muestra este titular:

“Los denunciantes de la administración Biden afirman que 'miles de millones de dólares de los contribuyentes' fueron utilizados por un contratista del gobierno para traficar con niños en la frontera”

“Los niños fueron enviados a direcciones que eran casas abandonadas o inexistentes en algunos casos”, dijo a los republicanos Deborah White, empleada federal asignada a la Oficina de Reubicación de Refugiados (ORR) del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos. White dijo: “En Michigan, un niño fue enviado a un campo abierto, incluso después de que informamos que habíamos hecho una llamada al 911 después de escuchar a alguien gritar pidiendo ayuda, pero aun así el niño fue enviado”.

https://nypost.com/2024/07/09/us-news/biden-admin-whistleblowers-claim-billions-of-taxpayer-dollars-used-by-contractor-to-traffic-children-on-border/

Los sombreros blancos de la agencia también están publicando más información sobre la red pedófila de la mafia jazara:

“¿Podría ser esta una de las principales razones por las que no se ha publicado la lista de Epstein?”

“Más sobre Epstein que parece un poco sospechoso…”

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Want-to-see-something-fishy_-Epstein-.mp4

Más esto:

Antony Blinken vinculado a Jeffrey Epstein: fue a la escuela donde enseñaba, su familia está vinculada a la amante de Epstein

El padrastro del secretario de Estado Antony Blinken fue un confidente cercano y abogado del padre de Ghislaine Maxwell, Robert Maxwell.

Samuel Pisar, el padrastro del secretario de Estado del régimen de Biden, Antony Blinken, era un confidente cercano y abogado del padre de Ghislaine Maxwell, Robert Maxwell. Se dice que el padrastro de Blinken fue la última persona que habló con Maxwell antes de que cayera misteriosamente y muriera en el Lady Ghislaine mientras navegaba cerca de las Islas Canarias, España, en 1991.

La mayoría de los estadounidenses probablemente conozcan al Secretario de Estado Antony Blinken por su importante papel en el devastador desastre de Afganistán de la administración Biden, o quizás por su belicismo mientras trabajaba para las administraciones de Bush y Obama.

Sin embargo, muchos pueden no saber que tiene conexiones con el pedófilo convicto, depredador sexual ritualista y traficante de personas de élite internacional Jeffrey Epstein, quien fue identificado como un agente del Mossad que chantajeó a líderes mundiales con trampas sexuales para menores de edad por ex funcionarios de inteligencia israelíes de alto rango.

https://nationalfile.com/antony-blinken-tied-to-jeffrey-epstein-went-to-school-where-he-taught-family-connected-to-epsteins-mistress/

Los sombreros blancos también han seguido atacando a la mafia farmacéutica para contrarrestar su planeada ofensiva contra la “gripe aviar”.

Resulta que se puede encontrar el virus H5N2 “nunca antes visto” EN VENTA en un catálogo. Sí, leyó bien. BEI Resources, financiada por el NIAID, lo está vendiendo. Pero eso es sólo el principio. El ex director de los CDC, Dr. Robert Redfield, advierte: “La receta para hacer que la gripe aviar sea altamente infecciosa para los humanos ya está ahí”.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dr.-David-Martin-talks-on-London-Real-about-bird-flu-.mp4

Las agencias también publicaron este video de dibujos animados al estilo de Los Simpson sobre la mafia jazara y sus malvados planes para la pandemia:

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Time-to-put-AMERICANS-where-they-belong.mp4

Ahora también escuchamos que la Organización Mundial de la Salud, en su documento fundador (1946), se EXIMIÓ a sí misma de persecución penal.

¿Por qué la OMS necesitaría eximirse del procesamiento penal?

La respuesta es obvia: “La razón por la que escribieron eso en su carta fundacional es porque sabían que YA ESTABAN VIOLANDO la ley”.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/the-World-Health-Organization-in-its-founding-document-1946-EXEMPTED-itself-from-criminal-prosecution.mp4

En una señal de que ha comenzado la esperada ofensiva contra la mafia farmacéutica, observamos que el director de Pfizer, Albert Bourla, se ha "contagiado de Covid" y se está "aislando".

También estamos escuchando que Bill Gates, el director de la OMS, Tedros y otros altos ejecutivos de la industria farmacéutica están siendo derrocados. Pero créanlo cuando lo vean, porque hemos escuchado esta canción demasiadas veces.

De lo que no se puede dudar es de la cabeza de la serpiente que Israel está siendo derribada:

Cuarenta y seis mil empresas israelíes se han visto obligadas a cerrar como resultado de la guerra en curso y su efecto devastador sobre la economía, informó el periódico hebreo Maariv el 10 de julio, refiriéndose a Israel como un “país en colapso”.

El informe vinculado a continuación dice que la construcción, la agricultura, el turismo, el comercio y otras industrias de Israel están cerrando.

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/25882

Mientras tanto, en el vídeo a continuación, el analista militar Scott Ritter explica cómo las fuerzas armadas israelíes también están en un estado de colapso y se están quedando sin soldados y municiones.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Scott_Ritter_Gaza_war_has_worn_out_Israels_manpower_and_logistics.mp4

Fuentes del Mossad dicen que de los 6,5 millones de habitantes de Israel, 2 millones de judíos han abandonado el país o están planeando hacerlo.

Al final, las fuentes dicen que Israel dejará de existir y será reemplazado por la nación de Judea.

Una vez que Israel caiga, su colonia estadounidense también dejará de existir y será reemplazada por los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, dicen fuentes de sombrero blanco.

Finalmente esta semana concluiremos con un llamado a las armas para Europa enviado por la inteligencia polaca;

Ustedes, los verdaderos habitantes de todos los países europeos, seguid pidiendo a vuestros artesanos y agricultores de todas las regiones que desactiven sus transmisores de radio y aseguren que las estelas químicas de los aviones no contaminen más el aire. Si es necesario, cerrad los aeropuertos con tractores, camiones y vehículos grandes que no puedan ser remolcados. ¡No toleramos espectáculos aéreos, cine militar americano al aire libre o proyectos aéreos del Vaticano…!! Podéis salvaros de toda la telenovela de operaciones psicológicas… ¡Somos los habitantes de la verdadera Europa, no estúpidos descendientes de Hollywood o del plástico chino! Estamos muy enfadados por las estelas químicas y ya hemos tenido problemas de cosecha en algunas regiones… los pastores este año han tenido ovejas que han muerto de repente, así como más mortinatos y abortos que nunca antes… y esto sólo puede ser causado por la contaminación química del aire y de los prados… y por la carga eléctrica en el aire, cuando los animales están en una zona (en gran parte vallada) con vallas eléctricas. Es absolutamente indignante lo que el Vaticano (torres de transmisión), las políticas de la UE y las nuevas políticas militares han hecho a las personas, la flora y la fauna en Europa, así como las nuevas políticas militares… y estos son ataques a la salud y al suministro de productos agrícolas en Europa. ¡Esto es clima artificial, es decir, manipulación del clima y, por lo tanto, una guerra contra las poblaciones y los seres vivos de la naturaleza! Una víctima de esta estúpida política militar es cualquier persona que haya tenido un accidente o haya tenido malas notas en la escuela debido a las condiciones climáticas artificiales. Muchas personas y empresas ya han sufrido este año debido a inundaciones regionales y daños a edificios y vehículos. Tal vez no fueron tan espectaculares como las tormentas y la destrucción en América o Asia… pero ocurrieron y fueron infligidas a ciudadanos europeos pacíficos. En los últimos días, el cielo a menudo estaba tan lechoso que no se podían ver los aviones y, por lo tanto, era imposible saber qué aviones estaban liberando más estelas químicas. Aunque el cielo estaba azul en algunos lugares, pronto se acumularon montañas de nubes y fue demasiado frío para julio. En algunos campos de cereales, los cultivos se encuentran en posición horizontal debido a los daños causados ​​por el agua… Esto dificulta la trilla y produce menores rendimientos, y la paja en la oscuridad es menos popular que el mantillo. Si está mohosa, ya no es adecuada para la paja. En algunos lugares, las patatas se pudrieron hace unas semanas porque el clima era demasiado húmedo. Los militares, que son tan estúpidos y ni siquiera conocen los conceptos básicos de la vida real, no saben cómo cultivar sus propios cultivos o cocinar su propia comida… No queremos gente estúpida con sombrero como el gobierno. Tampoco queremos que nos distraigan o nos exploten actores clonados o duplicados. Qué estúpidos sois… Podéis guardaros vuestros dibujos animados y otras películas, maravillas kitsch y películas de acción. Esto no es la vida real y no toleraremos esas tonterías. Por eso, todos los días les decimos a los electricistas e ingenieros eléctricos que miren a su alrededor y luego retiren los transmisores que se usan para manipular los cielos… y los agricultores y los conductores de camiones deben proteger a los técnicos para que puedan hacer su trabajo con tranquilidad. ¡Caballeros!

Un pasajero de un avión grabó un espectacular video que muestra un Boeing 787 Dreamliner dejando atrás una enorme estela química.

https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-Boeing-787-Dreamliner-leaving-behind-a-huge-chemtrail.mp4

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 817

Fighting

Russia claimed to have taken full control of the settlement of Bilohorivka in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region. Ukraine’s General Staff said fighting was continuing in the area and it was “holding back the onslaught of the enemy”.

Roman Semenukha, the deputy governor of the northeastern Kharkiv region, told national television that Ukrainian troops remained in control of about 60 percent of Vovchansk and were fighting house-to-house to defend the border town from Russian attacks. Also speaking on national television, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the Vovcha river, which cuts through the town, marked the front line.

Ukraine’s Air Force said it shot down all 29 Russian drones that targeted various parts of the country on Monday. Two people in the southern Kherson and Zaporizhia regions were killed, while 16 of the drones were shot down over the southern region of Mykolaiv where the debris damaged a private home and caused a fire.

Politics and diplomacy

A court in the Russian city of Novosibirsk has jailed 24-year-old Ilya Baburin for 25 years after finding him guilty of plotting an arson attack on a military recruitment office in Siberia in 2022. Prosecutors claimed he was working on instructions from Kyiv and accused him of treason.

Russian playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and theatre director Yevgeniya Berkovich went on trial in Moscow accused of “justifying terrorism” in an award-winning play about Russian women lured to marry ISIL (ISIS) fighters in Syria and jailed on their return. The two were arrested in May last year. Berkovich has also written poems criticising Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Stanislav Netesov, a 25-year-old Russian man who dyed his hair blue, green and yellow was fined 50,000 roubles ($553) by a court for “discrediting” the Russian army. In court, Netesov denied his hair colour was meant as a statement of protest, saying that he does not support either Ukraine, whose flag is blue and yellow, or the Russian army.

Karolina Lindholm Billing, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR)’s representative in Geneva, told the AFP news agency that humanitarian aid to Ukraine was falling back even as the country’s needs were rising. The UN’s 2024 humanitarian plan for Ukraine amounts to $3.1bn this year, including $599m for the UNHCR. Lindholm Billing said the appeals were only about 15 percent funded in the first quarter of the year.

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the US was continuing to provide evidence to the International Criminal Court about war crimes committed in Ukraine.

Weapons

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Reuters news agency in an interview that Western allies were taking too long to make key decisions on military support for Ukraine, and that he was pushing partners to get more directly involved in the war by helping to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine and allowing Kyiv to use Western weapons against enemy military equipment amassing near the border.

General Charles Q Brown, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and the country’s top general, said the US had no plans to send military trainers into Ukraine.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Air Force General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hold A News Conference Following Virtual Meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Air Force General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hold A News Conference Following Virtual Meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group April 26, 2024 STAFF: All right. Well, good morning, and thank you, everyone, for being here today. It’s my pleasure to introduce Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III and Chairman of…

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US and allies warn Houthis of "consequences" if attacks on ships continue

Fernando Valduga

The U.S. and its allies issued a firm warning to the Houthi rebels in Yemen on January 3, telling the group to stop attacks on ships in the Red Sea or face "consequences".

“The Houthis will bear responsibility for the consequences if they continue to threaten lives, the global economy and the free flow of trade on the region's critical waterways,” said a joint statement from the U.S. and 12 other countries.

As of January 2, the Iranian-backed Houthis have carried out 24 attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea since November 19, according to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The crew of 25 people on a ship has been held captive since November.

The U.S. wanted to "send a very clear warning to the Houthis," a senior administration official told reporters on January 3.

The Houthis began attacking Red Sea ships following the war between Israel and Hamas. The Houthis said they defend "our brothers in the Gaza Strip".

The Houthis attacked commercial ships with drones, small attacks on boats and missiles, including the "first time that anti-ship ballistic missiles were used anywhere, much less against commercial ships," according to the senior administration official.

The U.S. defended itself against Houthi attacks with Navy fighters and missile defense systems. British and French ships also shot down drones launched by the Houthis.

The U.S. military has prepared attack options against the Houthis if the Biden administration decides to use force against targets in Yemen, according to U.S. officials.

British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said the United Kingdom is “willing to take direct action” if the attacks continue.

“I would not expect another warning” before the U.S. could take more energetic measures, added the senior U.S. administration official.

The U.S. military recently used force against the Houthis in self-defense. On December 31, four small boats fired at U.S. Navy helicopters that came to the aid of a commercial ship under attack. The helicopters responded, killing members of the group and sinking three of the boats, according to the senior administration official and CENTCOM. The Houthis said that 10 of their members were killed in this incident. The senior government official said that the Houthis could be trying to kidnap the ship or damage it in a suicide bombing.

"The ongoing Houthi attacks on the Red Sea are illegal, unacceptable and deeply destabilizing," says the statement by the governments of the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, New Zealand and the United Kingdom warning about the case. "May our message now be clear: we call for an immediate end to these illegal attacks and the release of ships and crews detained illegally."

An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council was held on January 3 to discuss the Houthi threat. The president of the Joint General Staff of the Air Force, General Charles Q. Brown Jr., spoke with his UK counterpart, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, on January 3 and "discussed the illegal Houthi attacks underway," according to a reading of the Call of the Employees Set.

"I think this demonstrates that the U.S. and its partners are trying to operate responsibly, but that there is a limit to the behavior they are willing to accept," said retired Army General Joseph L. Votel, who led the 2016-2019 CENTCOM.

The Houthis have missile and drone launchers, coastal radars and weapons storage facilities that could be targeted if the U.S. or other nations decide to use force.

The U.S. launched a limited salvo of cruise missiles at three coastal radar sites in Yemen in 2016, in response to attacks on Houthis ships during Votel's time as commander of CENTCOM.

“The message is considered, as would be expected, but it clearly highlights that there are consequences associated with continuous attacks and that these nations will hold evil actors accountable,” said Votel, an illustrious senior member of the Middle East Institute. He added that the declaration “emphasises the importance of taking advantage of all forms of national power, in this diplomatic and informative case, to put pressure on the Houthis and their Iranian supporters”.

Iran and the so-called Axis of Resistance of groups aligned with it launched attacks in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. But some U.S. officials and regional security experts say that the Houthis are more unpredictable and hard-lined than other groups supported by Iran.

Ships run a particular risk near Yemen because they have to use the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to cross between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, a critical bottleneck.

“Almost 15% of global maritime trade passes through the Red Sea, including 8% of global grain trade, 12% of oil traded by sea and 8% of world trade in liquefied natural gas,” the joint statement noted.

The U.S. launched the multinational Operation Prosperity Guardian in December to help defend against the Houthi attacks. American F/A-18 fighters from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower slaughtered Houthi drones. Sometimes, U.S. Air Force fighters have been active in the Red Sea, said a senior U.S. defense official. The U.S. is also known to operate MQ-9 drones off the coast of Yemen, and the U.S. and the UK have operated P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft in the region in the past.

"Especially when it comes to awareness of the maritime domain, air power is always a significant contributor to this," said Pentagon press secretary, Major General of the Air Force, Patrick S. Ryder, on December 21.

The Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are connected by the Suez Canal, but commercial cargo ships have been forced to redirect their ships around the Cape of Good Hope, off the southern coast of Africa, causing significant delays and costs for the global economy.

“These attacks threaten innocent lives around the world and constitute a significant international problem that requires collective action,” the joint statement states. "We remain committed to the rules-based international order and are determined to hold evil actors responsible for illegal seizures and attacks."

Source: Air & Space Forces Magazine

Tags: Military AviationNATO - North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationWar Zones - Middle East

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Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

October 1, 2023

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

On Friday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley spoke in Arlington, Virginia, at a farewell ceremony before his retirement after four years in the position to which former president Trump appointed him. Milley’s position as the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces and the nation’s top military advisor during a stretch of U.S. history in which a president tried to overturn the results of a presidential election and undermine our democracy made his tenure perhaps more difficult than any of his predecessors’.

Milley had been at Trump’s side at the start of the former president’s march across Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, to threaten Black Lives Matter protesters, although Milley peeled off when he recognized what was happening and later said he thought they were going to review National Guard troops. Since then, Milley has spoken out against strongman rule and vocally defended the U.S. Constitution.

The day after the debacle, Milley wrote a message to the joint force reminding every member that they swore an oath to the Constitution. “This document is founded on the essential principle that all men and women are born free and equal, and should be treated with respect and dignity. It also gives Americans the right to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly…. As members of the Joint Force—comprised of all races, colors, and creeds—you embody the ideals of our Constitution,” he wrote. “We all committed our lives to the idea that is America,” he wrote by hand on the memo. “We will stay true to that oath and the American people.” 

Trump and his loyalists turned on Milley, and that fury has only increased. On September 22, 2023, former president Trump suggested that Milley, who has served in the military for more than 40 years, had committed what some would call treason when he reassured his Chinese counterpart that the U.S. would not attack in the last days of the Trump administration—an assurance administration officials signed off on—in the face of Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior. Milley has told associates that if Trump is reelected, he expects to be thrown into prison. 

Milley responded to Trump’s attempted intimidation in his farewell address. He began by thanking President Biden for his “unwavering leadership.” “I’ve seen you in the breach, I’ve seen you on the watch,” Milley told the president, “and I know firsthand that you’re a man of incredible integrity and character.” 

After thanks to the president and vice president and to his colleagues, friends, wife, and children, and after good wishes for the incoming chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States Air Force general Charles Q. “CQ” Brown, Milley went on to explain his principles for the nation. His speech did not mention any names, but it was nonetheless a sharp rebuke to former president Trump and those who would abandon our democracy in favor of a dictator:

“Today is not about anyone up here on this stage…. It’s about something much larger than all of us,” Milley said.

“It’s about our democracy. It’s about our republic…. It’s about the ideas and values that make up this great experiment in liberty. Those values and ideas are contained within the Constitution of the United States of America, which is the moral North Star for all of us who have the privilege of wearing the cloth of our nation. 

“It is that document…that gives purpose to our service. It is that document that gives purpose to our lives. It is that document that all of us in uniform swear to protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

“That has been true across generations, and we in uniform are willing to die to pass that document off to the next generation. So it is that document that gives ultimate purpose to our death. The motto of our country is “E Pluribus Unum,” from the many, come one. We are one nation under God. We are indivisible, with liberty for all. And the motto of our army, for over 200 years…has been “This We’ll Defend,” and the “this” refers to the Constitution….

“You see, we in uniform are unique…among the world's armies. We are unique among the world’s militaries. We don’t take an oath to a country. We don’t take an oath to a tribe. We don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen or to a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We don’t take an oath to an individual. 

“We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is America, and we’re willing to die to protect it.…

“Those who sacrificed themselves on the altar of freedom in the last two and a half centuries of this country must not have done so in vain. The millions wounded in our nation’s wars did not sacrifice their limbs and shed their blood to see this great experiment in democracy perish from this earth. No. We the United States military will always be true to those that came before us. We will never, under any circumstances, turn our back on our duty….

“From the earliest days, before we were even a nation, our military stood…in the breach, has suffered the crucible of combat, and has stood the watch and defended liberty for all Americans. Each of us signs a blank check to this country to protect our freedom. The blood we spill pays for our freedom of speech. Our blood pays for the right to assemble, our due process, our freedom of the press, our right to vote, and all the other rights and privileges that come with being an American…. 

“We the American people, we the American military, must never turn our back on those that came before us. And we will never turn our back on the Constitution. That is our North Star, that is who we are, and that is why we fight.”

It was a pointed statement, coming as it did from the highest-ranking military officer of the U.S. as he voluntarily stepped down from his position.  

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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If President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his campaign promises in his victory speech, the Pentagon could see personnel fired, especially “woke” generals who have embraced progressive movements associated with racial and social issues.

In his last term, Trump faced numerous forms of resistance, especially from the Pentagon, largely due to his position on security issues such as NATO or his willingness to put troops on the streets to suppress protests in the US. Former generals and defence secretaries have been some of the former president’s fiercest critics, labelling him a fascist and saying he was unfit to be president, a Reuters investigation found.

Having gained experience in his first term, Trump is expected to prioritise loyalty in key elements of his administration, which could lead to the removal of military officers and career civil servants he deems disloyal.

In June, when questioned by Fox News, Trump said he would fire generals described as “woke.”

“I would fire them. You can’t have (a) woke military,” Trump said.

According to the Reuters investigation, sources believe that the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr, a former fighter pilot and widely respected black military commander, is in Trump’s crosshairs after he spoke out on racial discrimination in the US following the May 2020 killing of George Floyd.

During the election campaign, Vice President-elect JD Vance expressed his opinion during an interview by stating that political leaders have to “get rid of them and replace” the people who are not aligned with the political vision that the head of state is trying to implement.

This speech corroborates the fear of some of the American elite who understand that this anti-woke movement by Trump could become broad.