2024-04-26: News Headlines

infobrics (2024-04-26). US trying to kill Russian troops with AI, but Moscow's electronic warfare is in the way. infobrics.org According to their own admission, Russian EW systems have effectively turned US drones into plastic junk. Worse yet for the Pentagon, the grossly overhyped HIMARS is often jammed, with its rockets and missiles rendered useless. The US and NATO are trying to figure out how Moscow is achieving this, so they could "one day use it against the Russian military directly", but what their planners have managed to gather so far is that Russia's EW edge is forcing the political West to revert to "the brutality of old-fashioned trench warfare, the results of which are rarely what Pentagon planners expect".

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-04-26). How and Why Is Israel Trying To Downplay Havoc Wreaked by Iranian Missiles. orinocotribune.com By Ivan Kesic — Apr 17, 2024 | In the early hours of April 14, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) carried out the retaliatory 'Operation True Promise', which targeted military sites in the occupied territories with drones and missiles, the success of which the Zionist regime has sought to downplay. | The multi-pronged and hugely successful operation was carried out in retaliation for an attack by Israel on Iran's diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital of Damascus on April 1. | The Israeli missile attack on Iran's diplomatic facilities in Syria resulted in the martyrdom of Brigadier General Mohamma…

Fran Shor (2024-04-26). The Fierce Urgency of Now. counterpunch.org As more campuses join the protests against Israel's continuing engagement in war crimes in Gaza, one common thread runs through the student demands — divest from supplying the Netanyahu government and the IDF with weapons of mass destruction. What compels many of these youthful demonstrators to occupy the public spaces and offices of their universities

Michael Carmichael (2024-04-26). Moredechai Vanunu and Israel's Plans to Wage Nuclear War on Iran: History of Israel's Nuclear Arsenal. globalresearch.ca This incisive article by Michael Carmichael first published on January 15, 2007 provides a historical focus on Israel's nuclear weapons program. | *** | In 1986, an Israeli civil servant who worked in the state-owned nuclear industry flew to London where he …

Kyle Anzalone (2024-04-26). US Won't Sanction Israeli Military Units That Committed 'Gross Human Rights Violations'. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a letter to House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson explaining that three Israeli military units found to have committed "gross human rights violations" will not be prevented from obtaining US weapons. Last week, Axios reported that the State Department had elected to blacklist a single Israeli military battalion that was …

Michael Carmichael (2024-04-26). Moredechai Vanunu and Israel's Plans to Wage Nuclear War on Iran: History of Israel's Nuclear Arsenal. globalresearch.ca This incisive article by Michael Carmichael first published on January 15, 2007 provides a historical focus on Israel's nuclear weapons program. | *** | In 1986, an Israeli civil servant who worked in the state-owned nuclear industry flew to London where he …

John Laforge (2024-04-26). US Nuclear Weapons in Europe Violate Treaty Law. counterpunch.org The US Air Force practice of deploying nuclear weapons on military bases in other countries — and training foreign pilots to attack third countries with H-bombs — is called 'nuclear sharing' or 'forward basing.' The system has been repeatedly condemned in recent years by lawyer's groups, international law experts, UN delegates, civil society, and foreign

Will Porter (2024-04-26). Pentagon Unveils $6 Billion Arms Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US military has announced a $6 billion weapons transfer to Ukraine, including additional ammunition for the Patriot air defense platform, artillery rounds, drones, and other gear. The aid marks Washington's largest arms package to Kiev since the conflict with Russia erupted in 2022. The Pentagon outlined the latest military transfer on Friday, hailing the …

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-04-26). Russia calls on the US to study a future proposal on weapons in space. plenglish.com Moscow, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov suggested that the United States impartially examine the alternative version of a resolution on weapons in space that Russia will soon present to the UN Security Council.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-04-26). Yemeni Armed Forces Target Israeli Ship in Gulf of Aden, Operations Continue in Umm Al-Rashrash. english.almanar.com.lb The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) have successfully targeted an Israeli ship, MSC DARWIN, in the Gulf of Aden with missiles and drones, according to Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the YAF spokesperson. Additionally, the YAF launched ballistic and cruise missiles at Israeli targets in Umm Al-Rashrash (Eilat), announcing that the operation has achieved its objectives. …

newarab (2024-04-26). Iran and Israel Step Out of the Shadow War. newarab.com Tensions across the Middle East, recently rose to worrying highs. | It started on 1 April, when Israel launched an attack on Iran's consulate building in the Syria capital of Damascus. Iran responded to this by firing hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel. In turn, Israel conducted strikes in Iran. | Voices from abroad, desperately called for calm, as fears grew that the region was about to be plunged into a regional conflict. | This week on The New Arab Voice, we look at the recent Iranian strike against Israel and Israel's response. | What did Iran hope to achieve, and were they successful? Why did Arab…

newarab (2024-04-26). US issues further sanctions on Iran, targets drones. newarab.com The The US Treasury…

presstv.ir (2024-04-26). Hezbollah hits Israeli military sites near border with rockets, drones. presstv.ir Hezbollah resistance fighters have targeted Israeli military sites in the northern part of the 1948 occupied territories with various munitions, including drones.

presstv.ir (2024-04-26). Leader: Iran's arms sector example of turning sanctions, hostilities into opportunity. presstv.ir Ayatollah Khamenei says the Islamic Republic's remarkable achievements in weapons production show a "lively nation" can turn sanctions into opportunities.

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2024-04-15: News Headlines

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2024-04-15). Iran Had Legal Right To Counter-Attack Israel In Self-Defense. popularresistance.org Iran launched a historic attack on April 13, hitting Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles. | Tehran invoked article 51 of the charter of the United Nations, which allowed it to act in self-defense in response to Israel's bombing of Iran's embassy in Syria on April 1. | The US, Canada, and European governments loudly condemned Iran's April 13 attack, portraying Tehran as the aggressor. However, Western officials failed to mention that Iran was acting in self-defense. | Before the Iranian counter-attack, the leading British think tank Chatham House published an article admitting that the "Israeli attack on I…

infobrics (2024-04-15). BRICS: China Trades Trillions of Yuan with 29 Countries. infobrics.org China is seeking to support local currency swaps with 29 developing countries worth a total of 4 trillion yuan, roughly equivalent to $553.49 billion…

Angela (2024-04-15). Tuesday 4/16: Virtual Event: No War With Iran: Codepink Congress Capitol Calling Party. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/cpc416

Angela (2024-04-15). Monday 4/22: Virtual Community Hour: The Missing Peace: Earth Day 2024. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/missingp422

Angela (2024-04-15). Wednesday 4/24: Virtual Meeting: Local Peace Economy. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/lpe424

Maria Calvo (2024-04-15). Tensión al Máximo. radiohc.cu Permítanme, queridos amigos, utilizar un recurso bastante manido en cierto tipo de literatura y decir que tras el ataque con cohetes y drones de Irán contra el régimen sionista de Israel, en el Oriente Medio la tensión escaló a niveles tan elevados que se puede cortar con un cuchillo.

newarab (2024-04-15). US to sanction Tehran, send aid to Israel after Iran attack. newarab.com Washington is set to impose more sanctions on Iran following The US House of Representatives will vote on more than a dozen draft laws seeking to slap new sanctions on Iran and Iranian-backed factions in the region in response to the hundreds of missiles and drones launc…

newarab (2024-04-15). Yale students hold hunger strike over Gaza war. newarab.com A group of around a dozen Yale students launched a hunger strike on Saturday in protest of Israel's war in Gaza and their university's weapons investments. | The hunger strike, which came about after months of pro-Palestinian student activists making multiple demands for the university to take steps to oppose

newarab (2024-04-15). Iranian notice of attack may have dampened escalation risks. newarab.com Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said on Sunday that Iran gave wide notice days before Most of the hundreds of drones and missiles launched by Iran in a

Larry Johnson (2024-04-15). Israel Suffers Major Blow As Iran Puts West on Notice. sonar21.com The United States and its pack of poodles in the rest of the G-7 spent the day down playing Iran's military strike on Israel as a nothing burger. That is not true. This attack was significant on both a tactical and strategic level and is a defiant warning to both Israel and the United States to keep their powder dry or run the risk of Iran launching a massive strike on Israel that it will not be able to defeat. | Iran made shrewd use of a limited swarm of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles — all timed to arrive at roughly the same time — which overwhelmed Israel and other air defense…

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