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🔴 A crucial early warning radar plane, used to provide commanders with a real-time picture of war, was destroyed in an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday Follow the latest updates below 🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/29/iran-war-latest-news-trump-pentagon-ground-operation/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_fb_photo_news-trump-pentagon-ground-operation/
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Tens of thousands of people have gathered in London to march against the far right in the biggest multicultural demonstration in UK history. Organisers claimed half a million people had travelled to the capital for the Together Alliance march. Police estimated the turnout was closer to 50,000, although they admitted it was difficult to judge the number due to the wide spread of the crowd. Beginning in Park Lane, more than 100 charities, campaign groups and trade unions marched to Trafalgar Square via Whitehall in a show of unity against far-right politics. The protest was in response to Tommy Robinson’s “unite the kingdom” rally in September, when 110,000 people marched through central London. The event was supported by a wide range of celebrities, including the actors Christopher Eccleston, David Harewood, Lenny Henry, Steve Coogan, Toby Jones, Lolly Adefope and Maxine Peake, the musicians Paloma Faith, Charlotte Church, Brian Eno and Beverley Knight, and the comedian James Acaster. Dozens of coaches had arrived from all over the country, including 10 from Manchester alone. Demonstrators saw performances from Self Esteem, Jessie Ware, Katy B, Joy Crookes, UB40 and Hot Chip. Speeches from the Labour MP Diane Abbott and the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, attracted roars from the crowd gathered on Whitehall. Polanski told the crowd: “Go back to your communities, to the community centres, to your trade unions, to your friends, to your neighbours. “We must organise in our communities. Local elections are coming in just a few weeks’ time,” he added. “We will defeat hate. It’s time to make hope normal again.” Later, he said the tide was turning against the far right, adding: “There have been dark times, I know people have been scared and we have been afraid, but days like this are here to send a message – a message to Tommy Robinson, to Nigel Farage, to those who appease them.” Attenders brought out some of their best costumes, including Jesus and the grim reaper. Woody, part of a group called Cut the Ties to Fossil Fuels and dressed in the grim reaper costume, told the Guardian he had come “dressed as Big Oil”. “Big Oil are one of the major funders of Reform UK,” he said. “We’re here to make that link that we need to cut the ties to fossil fuels. “Big Oil’s tentacles reach across through many industries, and it’s those enablers of the fossil fuel industry that, as a movement, Cut the Ties to Fossil Fuels, target.” He added: “I’m mid-50s now, and I hear people talking about left and right in a way that I haven’t heard since I was in school. He said it was important to unite on the left and work together, which is something the right tend to do well “despite having massive differences”. “It’s a numbers game in a way. This is really important to send a message. So I’m really excited about being here today and being part of a much bigger thing.” Plenty of other environmental groups were also present. The red rebels, from Extinction Rebellion, walked silently in the opposite direction to the march with white painted faces and red robes. They said they were drawing attention to the climate crisis. The Metropolitan police said two people were arrested for climbing up the National Gallery columns and there were five other arrests. Separately, police arrested 18 people it said had staged a demonstration in support of Palestine Action outside New Scotland Yard. It comes days after the Met announced it would resume arresting protesters for holding signs in support of the group. In February, the force paused doing so after the high court ruled that the government’s ban of the group was unlawful. However, the Met said this week that its officers would resume such arrests because the appeal against the ruling was likely to take several months. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/28/london-far-right-march-biggest-ever-multicultural-protest
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Too much American movies, Calculate total numbers of USA soldiers that died in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq War and tell me how each are welcomed with salute, lost brain washed soul QuinQQ: |
Trump says 'Cuba is next' in speech touting US military successes By Steve Holland and Gram Slattery March 27, 202611:52 PM GMT+1 Updated 11 hours ago MIAMI, March 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said "Cuba is next" during a speech at an investment forum in Miami during which he touted the successes of U.S. military action in Venezuela and Iran. While the president did not specify what precisely he plans to do with the island nation, he has frequently said he believes the government in Havana, facing a severe economic crisis, is on the verge of collapse. His administration has opened up negotiations with elements of Cuba's leadership in recent weeks, while Trump himself has hinted that kinetic action could be possible. "I built this great military. I said, 'You'll never have to use it.' But sometimes you have to use it. And Cuba is next by the way," Trump told the conference on Friday. "But pretend I didn't say that. Pretend I didn't." Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has acknowledged that the country is in talks with the U.S. in a bid to avert potential military confrontation. Cuba's economy has been battered by disruptions in oil imports, which it relies on to run power plants and transportation. Prior to the U.S. operation to capture now-deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in January, Venezuela had provided much of Cuba's oil needs, but Caracas' new government, under pressure from Washington, has ended those shipments. Earlier in March, Trump had said Cuba may be subject to a "friendly takeover," before adding: "It may not be a friendly takeover." Reporting by Steve Holland and Gram Slattery, Writing by Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Christian Martinez and Rosalba O'Brien Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhWEDy-JT7I?si=EsWzrkqmly0VOlVP Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-cuba-is-next-speech-touting-us-military-successes-2026-03-27/ |
The history of what is now called Al-Qaeda cannot be separated from the history of American covert operations, regardless of how uncomfortable that fact is for official narratives. The program that did the most damage was Operation Cyclone, which ran from 1979 to 1989, making it the largest and longest CIA covert operation ever conducted. The logic at the time was Cold War pragmatism. The Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan and the United States saw an opportunity to bleed the red army dry, replicating the quagmire of Vietnam but this time for the Soviets. The CIA, working through Pakistan’s ISI, funneled billions of dollars and advanced weaponry, including Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, to Afghan mujahideen factions. The problem was that the CIA did not care which factions received the weapons as long as they were effective at killing Soviets. The ISI, which had its own regional ambitions, directed the majority of American funding to the most hardline Islamist factions rather than secular or nationalist resistance groups. Into that ecosystem stepped a wealthy Saudi named Osama bin Laden, who used American-backed logistics networks, American-funded training camps, and the political legitimacy of the anti-Soviet jihad to build what would formally become Al-Qaeda in 1988. There is no evidence that CIA handlers ever met bin Laden directly or handed him a check, but the environment that allowed his organization to form, train, and arm itself was built and paid for by American taxpayers through the CIA. The pattern did not end with the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. After 9/11, the United States spent years hunting Al-Qaeda while simultaneously, through a program called Timber Sycamore, arming Al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria. This operation began in 2013 under the Obama administration and continued until 2017, involving the CIA running weapons shipments from Turkey, Jordan, and Qatar into Syria with the stated goal of supporting moderate rebels against Bashar al-Assad. The budget ran into the billions and the weapons included advanced anti-tank missiles, small arms, and communications equipment. The problem was structural from the start. The moderate factions the United States wanted to support were consistently weak, disorganized, and unable to hold territory against better-funded Islamist groups. To get weapons into Syria at scale, the CIA had to rely on intermediaries, primarily Saudi intelligence and Qatari intelligence, both of which had their own interests that did not align with American counterterrorism goals. The Saudis and Qataris routinely directed weapons to Jabhat al-Nusra, which was at that time the official franchise of Al-Qaeda in Syria, because they viewed Al-Qaeda as a useful tool against both Assad and Iranian influence. The CIA knew this was happening and continued the program anyway because the political imperative to be seen as doing something against Assad outweighed the operational reality that American weapons were ending up in the hands of the organization that had attacked New York and Washington a decade earlier. Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests later confirmed what reporters had been saying for years. A Defense Intelligence Agency assessment from 2012, declassified and published in 2017, explicitly stated that the Salafist factions, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al-Qaeda in Iraq were the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria and that the West, along with Gulf states, supported these groups as a means of isolating the Syrian regime. The document was not a conspiracy theory. It was the official analysis of the Pentagon’s intelligence arm written at the time the CIA was ramping up Timber Sycamore. In other words, the United States government had internal assessments saying that the opposition it was arming was dominated by Al-Qaeda and its allies, and the response was to send more weapons. The consequences of this approach played out in real time. The weapons that flowed into Syria through Timber Sycamore did not stay neatly in the hands of the approved groups. Anti-tank missiles supplied by the CIA appeared in Jabhat al-Nusra weapons depots within weeks of being delivered. Smaller arms and ammunition flooded the black market across the region. When ISIS began its rapid expansion across Syria and Iraq in 2014, many of the American-supplied weapons that had been given to supposedly moderate factions ended up in ISIS hands either through defections, battlefield captures, or direct sales. The Toyota Hilux trucks that became the visual signature of ISIS convoys were largely purchased with American money and funneled through the same supply chains. The program created a situation where the United States was simultaneously bombing Al-Qaeda and ISIS while running a covert operation that was resupplying their Syrian affiliates with American weapons. This contradiction was never resolved. It was simply allowed to continue until 2017 when the Trump administration quietly wound down Timber Sycamore, not because the strategic logic had been questioned but because the program had become too obviously a failure to justify continued expenditure. The reflexive defense of these operations usually goes something like this. The United States did not intend to arm Al-Qaeda. The CIA did not hand Stinger missiles to bin Laden in the 1980s, and the agency did not send TOW missiles to Jabhat al-Nusra with a handwritten note saying best wishes. But intent is not the relevant standard when discussing outcomes that were foreseeable and in fact foreseen. The relevant standard is whether American policymakers, having learned from the first experience of arming radical Islamists to fight a Soviet-aligned enemy, decided to repeat the same pattern with a different set of weapons in a different country two decades later. They did repeat it. They repeated it knowing the history, knowing the intelligence assessments, and knowing that the intermediaries they relied on were loyal to their own sectarian agendas rather than to American counterterrorism objectives. The result was that Al-Qaeda, which was supposed to have been destroyed after 9/11, found itself in 2015 with a growing affiliate in Syria that had access to American anti-tank weapons, American-funded training, and the kind of military capability that had taken the organization a decade to build in Afghanistan. There is a tendency in official circles to treat each of these operations as isolated events with their own justifications, the Soviet war being about Cold War containment and the Syrian war being about containing Iran. But to the people who received the weapons and the people who were killed by them, the distinction does not matter. The structural reality is that the United States developed a method of warfare based on funding and arming insurgencies through unreliable intermediaries with no long-term plan for what would happen after the immediate strategic objective was achieved. In Afghanistan, the immediate objective was Soviet withdrawal, and the long-term result was Al-Qaeda having a safe haven to plan 9/11. In Syria, the immediate objective was Assad’s removal, which did not happen, and the long-term result was Al-Qaeda and ISIS being entrenched in a failed state that continues to produce instability across the region. The arms that were supplied did not disappear when the programs ended. They remain in circulation, and the organizations that received them remain active, which means the legacy of Timber Sycamore is not a matter of history. It is a matter of current events that the United States continues to manage poorly. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore
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No sane human being, you don't have to be a Muslim to know shekau are horrible human being that should be wiped off this gracious earth. And can you explain the correlation between Israel, Muslim and shekau?? wealthgoddess: |
The Latin parish priest of the last entirely Christian village in the West Bank appealed for the solidarity of Christians worldwide in the face of new attacks by “fanatical Israeli settlers” seeking to displace the local population. Father Bashar Fawadleh issued an appeal on Saturday, March 21, telling ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News, that the lands seized this week by Israeli settlers “belonged to the people of Taybeh and were, moreover, our private property.” Source: https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/middle-east/new-attacks-by-israeli-settlers-on-last-entirely-christian-village-in-west-bank
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged global leaders to join the US-Israel war against Iran, speaking from the site of a recent attack in the southern city of Arad.
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An Iranian missile has struck the southern Israeli cities of Dimona, home to the country’s main nuclear facility, and nearby Arad, wounding dozens of people and causing significant damage, in one of the most dramatic escalations since the US-Israel war on Iran began. Iranian state television quickly reframed Saturday’s strikes as a “response” to what it said was a strike on Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment complex earlier in the day, marking a stark new phase of tit-for-tat targeting in the conflict, now in its fourth week. Nearly 100 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel’s emergency services, including a 10-year-old boy who paramedics said was in critical condition with multiple shrapnel wounds. Seven others are also in critical condition. An Israeli military spokesman said Israel’s air defence systems activated during the attacks, but failed to intercept some of the missiles, even though they were not “special or unfamiliar”. The country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing the attacks which wounded nearly 100 people, called it a “difficult” evening for Israel, and again vowed to continue attacking Iran. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had received no indication of damage to the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center at Dimona itself, and that no abnormal radiation levels had been detected in the area. The nuclear watchdog said it was closely monitoring the situation, with Director General Rafael Grossi urging that “maximum military restraint should be observed, in particular in the vicinity of nuclear facilities”. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, said that three separate impact sites had been identified across Dimona, with one three-storey building having completely collapsed and several fires breaking out. Witness footage verified by Al Jazeera, which is banned from operating inside Israel, showed a missile striking the city, followed by a large explosion. Arad, another town near the nuclear facility, was also directly attacked, Israel’s firefighting service said in a statement, with extensive damage reported in the city centre. “In both Dimona and Arad, interceptors were launched that failed to hit the threats, resulting in two direct hits by ballistic missiles with warheads weighing hundreds of kilograms”, firefighters said. School in the surrounding Ramat Negev Regional Council was cancelled for the following day. Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli military announced it had struck a research and development facility at Tehran’s Malek Ashtar University, which it said had been used to develop components for nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. The military said it “will not allow the Iranian regime to acquire nuclear weapons”. Iran said that the US and Israel had targeted its Natanz enrichment complex that morning, though it reported no radioactive leakage. An unnamed Israeli official, quoted by the Associated Press news agency, denied that Israel was responsible for the Natanz strike, but the Israeli army has not released a full statement on the matter. Dimona has been at the heart of Israel’s nuclear programme since its research centre, built in secret with French assistance, opened there in 1958. Eye-for-an-eye approach Israel is believed to have developed nuclear weapons by the late 1960s. Its policy of deliberate ambiguity, neither confirming nor denying their existence, was part of a deal quietly struck with Washington, which judged that an open declaration would risk triggering a regional arms race. Abas Aslani, a senior fellow at the Centre for Middle East Strategic Studies in Tehran, told Al Jazeera that Iran has been pursuing an eye-for-an-eye approach designed to re-establish deterrence. “Tehran wants to reduce the gap between words and actions,” he said, adding that Iran’s goal was to make its threats credible enough to underpin a new long-term security arrangement, not to simply force a ceasefire, but establish deterrence. The attacks came as the broader war grinds through its fourth week. More than 1,400 people have been killed in Iran since the US and Israeli strikes began on February 28, including more than 200 children. Iran has retaliated across the region, launching what it described as its 70th wave of attacks on Saturday, targeting Israeli and US military positions, as millions of Iranians marked the Persian New Year, Newroz, and Eid al-Fitr under the shadow of war. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce84073mr06t Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFpcPL5IV3Q?si=ZHMkv3ua4w7f_gwo
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US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil at sea as prices soar The U.S. Treasury Department has waived sanctions on Iranian oil at sea until April 19 Trump says he has no interest in a ceasefire in Iran The Trump administration is temporarily lifting longstanding sanctions banning the "sale, delivery, or offloading of crude oil or petroleum products of Iranian origin" for the next month in hopes of curbing the meteoric rise in oil prices. The increasing cost of oil has threatened economies across the globe since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran started last month. A "General License" issued by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control released late Friday permits the purchase of Iranian oil that has already been loaded onto "any vessel" — including ships that have already been sanctioned — by waiving 10 separate sets of sanctions that have targeted both Russian and Iranian oil. The sanctions that are being temporarily set aside have been in place for years, with many originating during Trump's first term. They were imposed to punish Russia for its unprovoked 2022 invasion of Ukraine and other "harmful foreign activities" and to penalize Iran for years of malign activities, human rights violations, support for terrorism and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. By waiving the sanctions, the U.S. will allow Iranian and Russian oil that is currently at sea to be purchased and unloaded without penalty until April 19, at which point the sanctions will resume unless the Treasury extends the waiver. In a post on X announcing the decision, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended it as a "narrowly tailored, short-term authorization" that applies only to Iranian petroleum that is "currently stranded at sea." He claimed the sanctions have permitted China to "hoard" Iranian oil "on the cheap" while also suggesting that temporarily relaxing sanctions would inject approximately 140 million barrels into global markets. He said this would help in "expanding the amount of worldwide energy" and relieving what he described as "temporary pressures on supply caused by Iran." "In essence, we will be using the Iranian barrels against Tehran to keep the price down as we continue Operation Epic Fury," Bessent said. The Treasury Secretary added that the "temporary, short-term authorization" permitted by his department was limited only to "oil that is already in transit" and would not apply to any new production. He also claimed that Tehran won't easily benefit from the sanctions relief because of separate longstanding sanctions cutting off Iranian banks from the global financial system as part of the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" campaign against the country's Islamic Republic regime. Bessent's announcement comes after days of turmoil in world markets caused by escalating attacks on energy facilities across the Middle East coming from both sides of the war. The price of Brent crude climbed as high as $119 per barrel and European gas prices briefly surged by 35 per cent on Friday after Iran pounded Qatar's Ras Laffan energy hub and other Middle Eastern oil and gas infrastructure with missiles. The Iranian attacks on Qatar came in response to an Israeli strike on the vital South Pars gas field, which drew condemnation from the Gulf states as well as Tehran. In response, Iranian forces fired missiles at multiple energy sites across the Gulf, including a Saudi oil refinery, Qatari gas facilities and two more oil refineries in Kuwait. The attacks on oil and gas facilities have led major producers across the Middle East to cut production and shut down facilities to render them less vulnerable to what could be catastrophic strikes that could take years to recover from. Those supply squeezes have been compounded by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key choke point through which one fifth of the global oil supply must pass each year. President Donald Trump has spent much of the last week grousing about the supposed unwillingness of NATO member states and other American allies to offer their own naval forces towards protecting tanker traffic from Iranian threats, even as he has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. has "obliterated" much of Tehran's capabilities. Earlier on Friday, he wrote on Truth Social that the 32-member defensive alliance was a "PAPER TIGER" and called many of America's closest allies "COWARDS" for purportedly refusing to heed his demand for assistance. "Now that fight is Militarily WON, with very little danger for them, they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don't want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver that is the single reason for the high oil prices. So easy for them to do, with so little risk," he said. Several hours later while en route to Florida aboard Air Force One, he posted again, writing that the U.S. was "getting very close to meeting our objectives" after three weeks of war and said he was considering "winding down" the bombing campaign. He also suggested that the U.S. does not need to commit any resources towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz because the U.S. is a net exporter of oil even though oil markets are global and a bottleneck in the Strait will cause high prices everywhere. "The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it — The United States does not! If asked, we will help these Countries in their Hormuz efforts, but it shouldn't be necessary once Iran's threat is eradicated," he said. Despite his suggestions that the U.S. may be "winding down" the war, Trump is currently weighing the deployment of thousands of additional troops to the Middle East. At the same time, the Pentagon is seeking an additional $200 billion in order to wage the offensive. The department recently sent the request to the White House, according to a senior administration official. The first six days of the war alone cost more than $11.3 billion, the Pentagon told Congress in a closed-door briefing on March 10. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6IjdnM4fVQ?si=i03IecwH6MX4PFy1 Source1: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-war-trump-oil-sanctions-hormuz-b2943076.html
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (March 19) delivered a press conference amid the war between the US-Israel and Iran. Even as he spoke about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, a comment he made about Jesus Christ and Genghis Khan sparked a row, with many accusing Netanyahu of being "anti-Christian." In his address, Netanyahu said: "Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan. If you are strong enough, ruthless enough, and powerful enough, evil will overcome good." His comments seemed to come in reference to a 2019 interview where he summarized historian Will Durant's book “The Lessons of History.” The clip of Netanyahu's remark went viral, with many interpreting the comments as anti-Christian. “This is one of the most disgusting anti-Christian comments I’ve heard from a world leader. Just another example of Netanyahu exposing his anti-Christian beliefs. And many Christians will again choose to ignore it,” one user said. “Netanyahu thinks Ghenghi Khan > Jesus Christ Why is it always OK to say anti-Christian things?” said another. “Is there any more proof this guy is pure evil and anti Christian?” wrote another. In a crucial update on the ongoing war, Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran now has "no capacity" to enrich its uranium reserve to prepare a potential nuclear arsenal. SOURCE: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/netanyahu-jesus-row-israel-pms-no-advantage-over-genghis-khan-remark-amid-iran-war-sparks-row-antichristian-101773952243689.html VIDEO 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR0omKwlUfQ |
The Israeli PM mentioned several times how brave Iranians are, The first mention as when he was addressing Iranians on the celebration of Nowrouz which is a Persian celebration He also mentioned that "Iranians are brave by the way" When addressing the press in a meeting, discussing how the government of Iran shows how sign of loosing control of the country. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77P_Zd1RIRw?si=kqRd3M2Wwjrzcauk Video2: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14RaiAE8gVW/ |
Maybe Centcom. Alknda CNN is lying. richeeyo: |
A US F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at US air base in the Middle East after it was struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, according to two sources familiar with the matter.Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/19/politics/f-35-damage-iran-war
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Smotrich, the Israeli minister who said he wanted to starve 2 million Palestinians to death, is visiting his gay son in the hospital. His son sustained injuries in the course of terror activities against innocent civilians. (Rivital is Smotrich's wife)
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Israeli tourists were beaten and kicked out of a beach in Brazil after assaulting a woman carrying a Palestinian flag. Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/Nj159_5zlXg?si=rilVnAkaxlmtfV10 |
US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy by proposing Venezuela's potential annexation as the 51st state of the United States. In a post on his social media platform, Trump first congratulated the Venezuelan baseball team for defeating Italy 4-2 in the World Baseball Classic semifinals. He then pivoted to a suggestive comment, writing, "Good things are happening in Venezuela lately. I wonder what this magic is all about. Is there anyone who wants to become the 51st state?" The unexpected remark has drawn sharp reactions from political circles in both Washington and Caracas. US-Venezuela relations under spotlight Trump's comment comes amid ongoing tensions between the two nations, though his administration has previously shown interest in Venezuela's oil reserves and political landscape. The "51st state" reference is often used jokingly by Americans regarding neighboring countries, but Trump's phrasing has reignited debate over US interventionist tendencies in Latin America. Critics argue such statements undermine Venezuela's sovereignty, while supporters may view it as a nod to closer cooperation. International reactions The Venezuelan government has yet to issue an official response, but the remark is likely to fuel further friction with the US-backed opposition in the country. Analysts suggest Trump's comment may also resonate with domestic audiences, tapping into nationalist sentiments ahead of upcoming elections. Meanwhile, international observers, including in Türkiye, are closely monitoring how such rhetoric could impact regional stability. Ankara has consistently emphasized respect for national sovereignty in its foreign policy, a principle that contrasts with Trump's casual annexation proposal.
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After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.
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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/world/americas/cuba-us-foreign-investment-businesses.html Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6gbUb2rRxc?si=37ikf3y7qWQqD72s
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Volunteers from three continents are set to converge in Havana this weekend, with more than 20 tonnes of food, medicine and solar equipment for Cuban communities hit by a brutal US blockade. Activists from more than a dozen countries have signed up to participate in the Nuestra America Convoy, which will see Irish rap trio Kneecap and American streamer Hasan Piker join journalists, politicians and high-profile participants of last year’s Gaza aid flotilla in Havana on 21 March. Alongside up to half a dozen boats that will sail across the Caribbean Sea from Mexico on Thursday, two charter flights are scheduled to arrive later this week, while hundreds of ordinary people carrying suitcases packed with medicines have booked tickets on commercial airlines from around the world. While the US has had some form of blockade on Cuba since the 1950s, Donald Trump has significantly escalated it by threatening to impose tariffs on any country that sells fuel to the island nation, leading to widespread blackouts and disruption to the delivery of food and the production and distribution of medicine. Even everyday essentials such as toothpaste, soap, shampoo and baby food are now difficult to obtain, plunging the country into humanitarian crisis. Organisers say the largest charter flight alone will carry more than £300,000 of aid, including food, medicines, surgical equipment and hygiene supplies, to be distributed by Cuban civil society organisations and directly to hospitals and clinics across the island. The convoy will also deliver nearly £400,000 worth of solar panels and generators. In a statement, Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn condemned the blockade. “For more than six decades, the US blockade has tried to suffocate the Cuban example - a country that, despite relentless economic pressure, built universal healthcare and life expectancy comparable to or higher than the United States,” he said. “Now the Trump administration is escalating that siege in an attempt to break Cuba altogether. “People across the world must stand with the Cuban people, oppose these punitive policies, and demand the right of every nation to live, develop, and determine its own future free from intimidation.”
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SYDNEY, March 15 (Reuters) - Three members of the Iranian women's soccer team who had sought asylum in Australia have decided to return to Iran, Australia's government said on Sunday. Australia granted humanitarian visas to seven Iranian footballers last week after they sought asylum, saying they feared persecution if they returned home after they failed to sing the national anthem at a Women's Asian Cup match. Four of the seven members have decided to leave Australia so far. Another member changed her mind last week. "While the Australian Government can ensure that opportunities are provided and communicated, we cannot remove the context in which the players are making these incredibly difficult decisions," he added. The Iranian Football Association (FFIRI) named the players as Mona Hamoudi, Zahra Sarbali and Zahra Meshkehkar. "After arriving in Malaysia and joining the rest of Iran's women's national football team, the three players will travel to Tehran in the coming days to once again be embraced by their families and homeland," FFIRI added in a statement. The Iranian team's campaign in the Asian Cup started just as the U.S. and Israel launched air strikes on Iran, killing the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. They were eliminated from the tournament last Sunday. Three Iranian women soccer players to return home after seeking asylum in Australia "After telling Australian officials they had made this decision, the players were given repeated chances to talk about their options," Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said in a statement. Source: https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/three-iranian-women-soccer-players-return-home-after-seeking-asylum-australia-2026-03-14/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=Iwb21leAQk8CJjbGNrBCTwGGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHuTmJRIaqmjdDZQapLA5kcUlrg-AnUULbBjVjL3cW8PjTEM0w25MZgJNzhP9_aem_vYK6Vi1yKWsYms9SxjXKtw
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Watch this video that shows that BBC News reported that WTC Building 7 which was called the Salomon Brothers Building collapsed before it actually did. The reporter is standing with the NYC skyline in the background with the Salomon Brothers Building, a.k.a. WTC Bld 7 clearly still in the background! This absolutely proves that there was foreknowledge that building 7 was going to be brought down by controlled demolition. Building 7 was located right next to WTC towers 1 and 2, it was not hit by an airplane, it contained one of the largest offices of the CIA, and it also contained the command center that NYC officials were to use in the event of an emergency. How did this building fall into its own footprint at approximately 5:00 pm the day of 9/11? It is clearly a controlled demolition. You have to ask yourself how a controlled demolition could be planned AFTER the "terrorist attacks" on the WTC towers occurred around 9:00 am and then carried out within a few hours when everyone knows it takes weeks to prepare for a controlled demolition. If the government story behind Building 7 is a lie then it definitely leads you to wonder about the rest of the story! 9/11 is an inside job. It's time for Americans to come to grips with this fact and then take action to make sure those that were responsible get what they deserve!!! This video clearly shows that there was foreknowledge that building 7 was going to be brought down. this video shows a bbc reporter, reporting the collapse of building 7 also known as the solomon brothers building, several minuites before the building eventually collapsed, the building itself collapsed without any impact on it. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3e5KFyadUw?si=I3bEglVo-I4QtKkb |
You're the one imagining the evil in your head, Iran didnt kill civilians. Israel Is the one that has the history to destroying all buildings in Gaza and killing 10% of the 2.2M Gaza's population fxexperts: |
What was the fate of his father? post=138722900: |
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Hezbollah is a shia militia, founded to protect their country against invasion that they succeeded in 80s. The pope of shia Muslims was killed by Israel and you excited expect them to be quiet?? I read about 2006 invasion of Lebanon and how Hezbollah forced Israel to retreat, first time in history. So Bahrain didn't kill their own Christians?? And Iran that has had Christians for over 2000years just went on hallucinations despite beeing muslim majority country for over 1000 years. And for a fact Saudi Arabia had even more Christian population than Israel who made it a culture to spit on Christians according to its national security minister. I ask you to read and find honest conclusion that finding incoherent excuses for yout ignorance and hatred(which I don't have a problem with) Unbiased1:
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In Yehud where an Iranian missile caused death and devastation, I asked the international media one simple question - can you see any military targets around you? The answer is of course not. While Israel and the US are targeting the Iranian regime, Iran is targeting civilians. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Z8knqHXa8?si=pPHTzNYl4tjvyLuJ
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A crowd gathered on Monday at Enghelab Square in Tehran to celebrate the announcement of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the recently killed supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as his father’s successor, even as opponents worried he would similarly rule with an iron fist.https://www.instagram.com/p/DVrJKeMlTDd/?igsh=c3I1M2hpdGMyZmNv
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