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John Helmer: "If Israel escalates by attacking Iran and striking at the country’s infrastructure, then Iran’s counter will be [...] Electric War."

Naked Capitalism commentary:
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/04/middle-east-escalation-financial-times-revealing-account-of-israel-risk-of-ukraine-style-air-defense-attrition-helmer-on-possible-electrical-grid-campaign.html

full article source:
https://johnhelmer.net/loose-lips-dont-sink-ships-or-israel/
LOOSE LIPS DON’T SINK SHIPS, OR ISRAEL

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If Israel escalates by attacking Iran and striking at the country’s infrastructure, then Iran’s counter will be to take a page out of Russia’s book and commence the one line of attack which Israel, the US and their allies cannot withstand any better than Ukraine – that’s Electric War.
For the seven months which have elapsed since Hamas began its operation against Israel on October 7, and Israel commenced its genocide against the Palestinians, there has been no targeting by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the Syrian and Iraqi groups of Israel’s highly vulnerable maritime gas platforms, gas pipelines, coal and oil-fired electricity generating plants, the coal and oil storages nearby, solar and wind power units, or the electricity grids keeping the country alight.
The Arab inhibitions and calculations are understandable. Iran’s will disappear if Israel triggers a new round of attacks.
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"Iran received messages from mediators to let the regime do a symbolic strike to save face, asked Iran not to retaliate,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed to The Cradle

https://orinocotribune.com/us-makes-failed-bid-for-iran-to-allow-symbolic-strike-by-israel/

"Iran has received messages from mediators to let the regime do a symbolic strike to save face and asked Iran not to retaliate,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed to The Cradle.
He added that Tehran “outright rejected” the proposal, delivered by mediators, and reiterated warnings that any Israeli attack on Iranian soil would be met with a decisive and immediate response.
The reply was delivered directly to the Swiss envoy in Tehran by officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and not the foreign ministry. According to The Cradle’s source, the decision for the IRGC to reply directly was meant “to send a strong warning to the US.”
“Iran successfully embarrassed all of the integrated radar network and anti-missile systems of the US and the [Israeli] regime. The US even activated its parked satellites over the region to do maximum protection and failed miserably,” the Iranian military official added.
The revelations come as US defense officials have told western media that they expect a “limited response” from Israel against Iran, which will reportedly focus on targets outside of Iranian territory.
Nevertheless, US officials stressed that Tel Aviv had not briefed the Pentagon on a “final decision” as discussions within Israel’s fractured war cabinet continued.
“The US does not intend to take part in the military response,” they confirmed. However, they expect Israel to inform Washington about response plans in advance.
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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani told state TV on Monday night that Tehran’s response to any Israeli retaliation would come in “a matter of seconds, as Iran will not wait for another 12 days to respond.”

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EXCUSE ME SIR! THESE GENTLEMEN SEEM UPSET

[VIDEO] In a recent televised speech, Nasrallah unequivocally debunked the myth that Israel controls America. An opinion he has held for years.

He stands out as one of the most astute political figure in the region. His analyses are consistently logical and deeply material.

https://nitter.poast.org/Aldanmarki/status/1780360238169792528

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🇧🇫 Counterterrorism "When I heard the word “Militias”, I automatically knew who is behind these people: the imperialists, especially 🇫🇷."

https://nitter.poast.org/marcus_herve/status/1780349462247776652

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"Our goal is to establish sharia law in the whole world, specifically in Burkina Faso 🇧🇫”, he added.
He said that they have noticed that Captain has recruited some militias called the VDP ( Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland). Now, let me pause right here and make a comment. When I heard the word “Militias”, I automatically knew who is behind these people: the imperialists, especially France 🇫🇷.
Why? Because, it was the same imperialists, especially France 🇫🇷 that were accusing us on the MSM and on their media that we recruited militias without training and sent them to the frontline. They even used this as an alibi to refuse to sell us weapons, and even used their diplomatic ties to block the delivery of weapons we bought from others like Russia 🇷🇺. Of course, that’s not true because, our VDPs undergo training for months before being deployed. So, for me, when he used the same rhetoric, I knew who are their sponsors. [...]

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This account occasionally shares some spicy opinions but it's a relatively accurate OSINT guy who isn't pure evil. How often does that happen on X (formerly known as Twitter)? Very interesting points about France above.
Rest of the posts on recent clashss are interesting. If you're curious why people in the comments are so happy to see these dudes die I'm happy to explain.

(SCMP) Chinese spy agency says foreign agents targeting rare earth and food technology sectors

https://archive.today/www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3258961/chinese-spy-agency-says-foreign-agents-targeting-rare-earth-and-food-technology-sectors

Report on state broadcaster CCTV says last year two people working in the rare earths sector were jailed for 11 years or more for stealing state secrets.

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I cannot receive almost any replies from Lemmygrad for some reason FYI.

(Tasnim) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cautioned the Zionist regime to avoid further adventurism, lest it receive a blow much harder than the lawful retaliatory strike

that Iran launched against the Israeli military targets early Sunday.

🔗 https://tn.ai/3068219

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[NOT A JOKE] Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said that Hamas fighters "are eliminated or in hiding" declares Hamas defeated, but sees years of fighting ahead

https://tass.com/world/1773319

TEL AVIV, April 10. /TASS/. While Hamas has been defeated on the battleground, Israel will need to send soldiers to fight Palestinian radicals in the Gaza Strip for years to come, Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said.

"From a military point of view Hamas is defeated. Its fighters are eliminated or in hiding," he said following a meeting of his National Unity party in the city of Sderot.

Still, it’s not the end of the battle for Israel, the minister said.

"Fighting against Hamas will take time. Boys who are now in middle school will still fight in the Gaza Strip, like in Judea and Samaria and against Lebanon," he went on to say.

The situation in the Middle East sharply escalated following an incursion of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, accompanied by killings of residents of Israeli settlements near the border and taking more than 200 hostages, including children, women and elderly people. Hamas cast the attack as a response to Israeli actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israel declared a complete siege of the Gaza Strip and started striking the enclave and parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.

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‘Left pan-Africanist’ Bassirou Diomaye Faye confirmed as Senegal’s new president-elect: What’s next? (Liberation News)

https://mronline.org/2024/04/10/left-pan-africanist-bassirou-diomaye-faye-confirmed-as-senegals-new-president-elect-whats-next/

The 44-year-old Faye will be the youngest president of Senegal. His victory is considered an upset–Faye is a self-described “left pan-Africanist” and his pledge to pursue significant systemic reforms in the country has been well received, in particular by Senegalese youth. Faye won as an independent after his party, the African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics, and Fraternity (PASTEF) was unilaterally dissolved in July 2023 in a crackdown on opposition protests by the incumbent government of President Macky Sall, as covered last year in Liberation News.

The leader of the party, Ousmane Sonko was arrested along with Faye and barred from running in the 2024 presidential election. Sonko and Faye, who had been arrested earlier in 2023, were released along with hundreds of other political prisoners on March 14–just ten days before the election. Their release was triggered by the Constitutional Court barring an attempt by incumbent President Macky Sall to postpone the elections over concerns about which candidates were legally eligible to run.

The court overturned this move, affirming that Sall must leave office on April 2. Sonko ran for president on the PASTEF ticket in 2019, receiving just over 15% of the vote. This year, Faye stepped in as the party’s candidate as Sonko’s legal eligibility remained in question and decisively won with 54.3% of the vote in the first round over incumbent Prime Minister Amadou Ba’s 35.8%.

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U.S. ramps up regime change efforts in Solomon Islands in advance of upcoming election (Covert Action Magazine)

https://mronline.org/2024/04/09/u-s-ramps-up-regime-change-efforts-in-solomon-islands-in-advance-of-upcoming-election/

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Viewing the South Pacific as part of an “American lake,” as declared by Dwight Eisenhower in 1954, the Biden administration has recently signed security pacts with the Marshall Islands, Palau and Micronesia and is rebuilding old airfields in the Pacific islands used for bombing attacks on Japan in World War II, including the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Washington would like to bring Solomon Islands into the fold; however, Sogavare signed a security deal in April 2022 giving Chinese security personnel access to the Solomon Islands and allowing China to make “ship visits” and deploy forces there.

So Sogavare is being targeted for regime change.