Infinity wars

Just another weekend on earth with tensions building in just about every corner of the planet..

Maybe we ain’t seen nothin’ yet..

There are reports across world media that US intelligence is warning and aware of a plan for Russia to expand its military operations into NATO countries..

The UK TELEGRAPH reports US officials believe Russia might attempt to escalate tensions by mounting a small land incursion or launching cyber attacks across Eastern Europe any time from this autumn to 2029, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The report marks a significant shift in US intelligence assessments from their previous stance that Vladimir Putin would not attack while still caught up in his war in Ukraine…

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Putin could test Nato with a possible attack at any point between autumn this year and 2029, the report said.

Conspiracy host Alex Jones has a blazing headline that World War III is on *I think we heard this before? .. MORE..

Meanwhile .. not to be outdone.. Taiwan President William Lai took part in a major drill overnight as fears of a Chinese invasion of the territory remain. The island’s leader was transported from his offices in Taipei to a fortified command centre in an armoured personnel carrier as part of the annual Han Kuang military exercises, which simulate how the government would respond to an attempted “decapitation strike” targeting its leadership.

Meanwhile..

The UAE says Iran targeted an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company tanker with a missile while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz…

And to illustrate an ‘on the ground’ view of Russia vs Ukraine right now, this video demonstrates the drone technology and how it is being utilized to, in this situation, terrorize and kill individuals..

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Ukraine has accused Russia of a war crime after a video was released that showed a man attempting to escape a deadly drone. The video shows a street vendor running away from a drone that pursued him around a van before it exploded. He dove for cover behind a vehicle.

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Glad to know Mr Yuri survived the barbaric Russian FPV drone attack in Kherson! Miraculously escaping certain death… Russian forces pursue a man before targeting his car in Kherson, southern Ukraine. #Ukraine #blowthisup #fypppppppppppppp #viral #ukraine🇺🇦

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ISRAEL LAUNCHES ATTACH AGAIN IRAN; UNITED STATES ‘MAY JOIN’!?

Israel hit bases and nuclear sites in a stunning assault that went beyond past attacks on Iran. President Trump warned Tehran to agree to new limits on its nuclear program because further strikes could be “even more brutal.

ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN
FULL WAR RISK
OPERATION: RISING LION
REPORT: USA COULD JOIN
WORLD ON EDGE
RETALIATION FEAR

THE PRICE OF OIL IS SURGING AT THE MOMENT..

Israel’s attack on one of Iran’s primary nuclear enrichment facilities caused “superficial damage,” according to the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

Behrouz Kamalvandi said the agency does not have an estimate of the damage to Natanz, but most of it was on the surface. Natanz’s enrichment capabilities are underground.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed new commanders to head key military entities after Israel assassinated his top brass.

Brig. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour was appointed on Friday as the new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an entity parallel to the regular military that Iran established to crush dissent at home and project the Islamic Republic’s power abroad. He replaces Hossein Salami, who was killed by Israel on Friday.

DEVELOPING

Israel attacked at least 6 military bases around Tehran…
Multiple residential buildings, targeted assassinations…
Commander of Revolutionary Guard killed, and other senior officials, scientists…
Natanz Nuclear Facility Destroyed…
Strategic airport wiped out in fresh round of strikes…
Mossad leads series of secret operations…
IDF: ‘At the end there will be no nuclear threat’…
USA helped lull Iran into belief no action was imminent…
VIDEO: Netanyahu Explains… Prayed at western wall before launching…
Minister Warns Foes Seeking Its Destruction ‘Will Be Eliminated’…

Drink before the war

Interesting night. I guess we don’t have much longer until World War 3 begins. Some news stations have picked up the story of a new Indian astrologer, who’s being called a modern Nostradamus.

He apparently predicts that World War 3 will begin tomorrow.

Just when you get ready to laugh that off, you see a headline that Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting North Korea tomorrow.

This visit is causing quite a stir in the international community. North Korea, known for its secretive regime and nuclear ambitions, has long been a point of contention in global politics. Russia’s relationship with North Korea has always been complex, marked by strategic alliances and mutual interests. The timing of Putin’s visit, coinciding with the astrologer’s dire prediction, adds an eerie twist to the unfolding events. Many experts are speculating about the implications of this meeting, considering the already heightened tensions on the global stage.

Autumn rage: US issues worldwide caution alert to all Americans abroad

Very rare warning

The U.S. Department of State issued a rare ”Worldwide Caution” alert Thursday, urging any American who is overseas to “exercise increased caution” due to “increased tensions in various locations around the world.”

The U.S. said there is also an increased potential for “terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens.”

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut also urged American citizens Thursday to make plans to leave the country “as soon as possible while commercial options are still available,” as fighting intensifies near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon
— Read on www.semafor.com/article/10/19/2023/us-travel-alert-americans-leave-lebanon-israel-gaza-war

Russia warns West sending F-16s to Ukraine ‘carries enormous risks’..

High drama at the G7 as Zelensky arrives.. but with what cost with the arrival of more western weapons and aircraft be for the world?

The war drums just keep on banging louder and louder with each new addition of United States arsenal ..

The West’s effort to potentially send modern fighter jets to Ukraine “carries enormous risks,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko warned on Saturday, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

The minister’s comments in an interview with TASS come in the wake of the U.S. getting behind a joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots to use modern fighter aircraft including F-16s. This could also pave the way to eventually send advanced Western combat jets to Ukraine, according to a senior administration official. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the U.S. decision in a tweet on Friday, saying that it “will greatly enhance our army in the sky.”
— Read on www.politico.eu/article/russia-alexander-grushko-warns-west-f16-jets-ukraine-carries-enormous-risks-tass/amp/

Just another day in World War III.. Putin addresses his nation

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, announcing the move Tuesday in a bitter speech where he made clear he would not change his strategy in the war in Ukraine.

In his long-delayed state-of-the-nation address, Putin cast his country — and Ukraine — as victims of Western double-dealing and said it was Russia, not Ukraine, fighting for its very existence.

“We aren’t fighting the Ukrainian people,” Putin said ahead of the war’s first anniversary Friday. “The Ukrainian people have become hostages of the Kyiv regime and its Western masters, which have effectively occupied the country.”

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CNN: Where news goes to die

Journalism during breaking news events going cold

Well, network news goes wall-to-wall with coverage of the United States military preparing to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon, CNN gave that a cold shoulder.

Like for real..

While other networks showcased live video of military jets circling the balloon, CNN took a different approach and went to a a reporter on the street of New York City, covering “severe weather“..

The reporter interviewed a street vendor who indicated that it’s very difficult to sell bottled water when it freezes

Breaking news indeed..

Suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S.. Defense Dept officials have debated whether to shoot it down!

The U.S. military has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern U.S. for the past few days, and military and defense leaders have discussed shooting it out of the sky, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official.

“The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told NBC News. “We continue to track and monitor it closely.”
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-found-northern-us-rcna68879

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A Chinese surveillance balloon is collecting intelligence over the continental United States “right now,” senior U.S. officials disclosed Thursday, acknowledging that the Pentagon has been monitoring the craft for several days and briefly considered shooting it down before concluding that doing so posed a safety risk.

The balloon is traveling at an altitude “well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground,” Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters in a hastily arranged news conference where he addressed the ongoing situation. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) continues to track the balloon’s course, but officials would not specify its present whereabouts.

And this..

Montana’s Republican Senator Steve Daines sent a letter to the Department of Defense (DOD) demanding answers on the suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted above his state.

Daines sent a late letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday amid reports of the suspected surveillance balloon over U.S. airspace. 

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