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IDF: Hezbollah hiding $500 million in gold, cash in bunker under Beirut hospital


“In recent years, the state of Lebanon has experienced a deep financial crisis, which was exploited by Hezbollah,” the IDF spokesperson said on Monday, charging that the terror group’s two main sources of income are the Lebanese people and the Iranian regime.

He said that as well as transferring money to Hezbollah via Syria, including “suitcases of cash and gold in planes to the Iranian embassy in Beirut,” the terror group has “built factories in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Turkey that provide income for its terrorist operations.”
 

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A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on the United States not to obstruct peace efforts in the Ukraine crisis, as U.S.-led arms transfers to Kyiv continue.

Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, made the remarks at a UN Security Council meeting, where UN Undersecretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu noted that the Ukrainian armed forces continue to receive arms transfers and other forms of military support, including heavy conventional weapons. Nakamitsu expressed concern over the use and transfer of cluster munitions, highlighting their indiscriminate nature and potential for widespread pollution.
 

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I wonder what form of double-speak Zelenski is engaging in talks with the President-elect and our "allies"...


President-Elect Donald Trump had made peace in Europe a key campaign pledge, but several NATO member states are dedicated to total Ukrainian victory and will discuss how to “thwart” him and keep Kyiv in the war even if Washington withdraws support.


London, Paris, and Warsaw are to form the nucleus of a European effort to keep Ukraine’s defensive war against Russia going even if the Trump Presidency from January 2025 tries to bring an end to the Ukraine war. Exactly how he will achieve this campaign pledge has not been publicly articulated to date. However, a ‘land swap’ between Kyiv and Moscow or a Korean-style demilitarised zone has been discussed as options open to Trump, neither of which aligns with Ukraine’s official ambition of total victory.
 

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Biden's window to work in WWIII is closing...




WWIII is unimaginable. I don't think Russia will resort to using nukes as Putin has threatened. But the risk is so high why take it? We need to get Russia and Ukraine to peace talks and while Ukraine is claiming there can be no peace as long as Russia occupies their territory, we do have the leverage of pulling support from them if they do not at least show a willingness to talk peace.

I believe the US should stop giving Ukraine weapons altogether. If Europe wants to continue to support this war, that's on them. But if we allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russia, then what stops Russia from giving missiles to Iran, or Venezuela that can strike deep into the US? We need to stop the escalation before we lose control of the conflict.
 

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WWIII is unimaginable. I don't think Russia will resort to using nukes as Putin has threatened. But the risk is so high why take it? We need to get Russia and Ukraine to peace talks and while Ukraine is claiming there can be no peace as long as Russia occupies their territory, we do have the leverage of pulling support from them if they do not at least show a willingness to talk peace.

I believe the US should stop giving Ukraine weapons altogether. If Europe wants to continue to support this war, that's on them. But if we allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russia, then what stops Russia from giving missiles to Iran, or Venezuela that can strike deep into the US? We need to stop the escalation before we lose control of the conflict.
The war will end as soon as (or not long after) Trump takes office.

It never would have started had he been re-elected in 2020 and Ukraine knows their ATM Card is about to be permanently declined. Funny how that happens when they cant blackmail the POTUS any longer.
 

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Russia might bomb USA before Christmas.

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Russia threatens US with 'nuclear war by Christmas' in chilling WW3 warning​



The US has been given a chilling 'WW3 by Christmas' warning by pro-Putin spokesperson Sergey Markov.

Western allies, also including Britain and France, have taken a "big jump" towards a nuclear conflict by giving Ukraine permission to fire Western long-range missiles into Kremlin territory, Markov claims.

A regular Putin "mouthpiece", Markov warned that the shock move by President Joe Biden could mean that Britons could be facing a Christmas in shelters.

The threat, in an interview on the BBC Radio 4's The World At One, was also echoed by President-Elect Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jnr, who suggested that those behind the move to approve Ukraine's use of the missiles wanted to "make sure they got World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives".

President Biden's move, however, has been welcomed by Ukraine, by senior UK defence sources and by many European leaders.

The move will allow Ukraine to fire US ATACM missiles, UK Storm Shadow missiles and French Scalp missiles into Kremlin territory.

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Those in favour of the move have noted that the Kremlin and its mouthpieces in the state-controlled media and academia had threatened nuclear war every time the West had stepped up its support for Ukraine, including when it provided tanks, fighter jets and other sophisticated weapon systems.

However, Markov, currently the Director General of Russia's Institute for Political Studies, was convinced the move was different as it would mean that Western militaries would be directly involved in the conflict for the first time - Ukraine would require their assistance to use the precision guided missile systems.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4, he said: "My reaction [to the White House's decision] was awful, I couldn't sleep well because I am just afraid nuclear war is coming.

"This decision of United States, Great Britain and France is not a step towards nuclear war it is a big jump to nuclear war, nuclear catastrophe.

"It is a very dangerous decision. The point is these rocket-missiles cannot be fired by the Ukrainian army, technically.

"Because, these rocket-missiles need to have very good map of the Russian territory and only the US has this map, even Great Britain and France does not have this map."

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Markov added that the targeting of the rocket-missiles cannot be done by the Ukrainian army as it requires satellite-intelligence that the country does not have - instead they will be targeted to Russian cities by American, British and French militaries, he argued.

"So, we regard this as the start of a direct war by Britain, America and France against Russia, another nuclear power.

"American rocket missiles against our territory. This is a clear escalation of the war."

Asked if Putin would use nuclear missiles in response, Mr Markov said 'not now' and said it was more likely that bases in eastern Europe could be hit by smaller, tactical nuclear missiles.

But he added: "I think Biden, Macron and Starmer want escalation which could lead to, from my understanding, in the worst scenario, the nuclear war happens before Christmas of this year.

"Probably you will not be able to say 'Merry Christmas' because you will stay in the hole trying to hide away [your] family from the nuclear catastrophe. It can develop very, very quickly."
 
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