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One Mistake Before Armageddon​ , Paul Craig Roberts

What this means is that the slightest mistake, the slightest false warning can now ignite nuclear Armageddon.
Meanwhile the media focuses on political gossip, Americans scroll their cell phones and complain about inflation, and the threat to the existence of life on earth goes unremarked.
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2023/10/27/one-mistake-before-armageddon/

​  5,000 US Troops Involved in Israeli Land War on Gaza: Exclusive   Security sources told Tasnim that the Zionist regime’s ground onslaught against the Gaza Strip on Friday night involved three divisions and several brigades.
The sources have also pointed to the participation of some 5,000 US military forces in the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
​  Tasnim had reported earlier that the American military commanders have practically taken charge of the situation in the Israeli army as the Zionist forces suffered a crushing defeat in the Al-Aqsa Storm operation and the Israeli leaders have lost trust in the management abilities and loyalty of a number of army personnel. https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2023/10/28/2979369/5-000-us-troops-involved-in-israeli-land-war-on-gaza-exclusive

​RT echoes that report:  5,000 US troops involved in Gaza offensive – Iranian media https://www.rt.com/news/586049-us-israel-gaza-offensive/

Pentagon Rejects Iranian Report Claiming That U.S. Troops Were Fighting in Gaza

Pentagon Rejects Iranian Report Claiming That U.S. Troops Were Fighting in Gaza

  ​Is this what Colonel Macgregor referred to recently, or something else? He said the "US and Israelis basically got their asses handed to them and took heavy losses".

​  Hamas repels Israeli attack in eastern Gaza – agency​  10/27/23 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters have repelled Israel’s attempted attack from the are near the Bureij camp in the east of the Gaza Strip, the SANA news agency reported on Friday, citing Palestinian sources.
​  According to the news agency, Israeli forces were driven out of Gaza after bring ambushed by Palestinian resistance fighters who hit several Israeli armored vehicles with anti-tank missiles.
​  It also said that Israeli helicopters are evacuating those killed and wounded east of the Bureij camp.
Medical sources told the agency that ambulance cars of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society cannot reach bombed areas due to problems with the access to the internet. "Israel’s massive airstrikes continue and have caused dozens of deaths among civilians; hundreds are wounded," the sources said. https://tass.com/world/1698233

​  Gilbert Doctorow updates geopolitics of Armageddon:   Israel pounds Gaza with U.S. “heavy” bunker-busting bombs. Erdogan speaks of a Cross vs Crescent war.   Let us remember the well known rules of drama established by Anton Chekhov:  if a rifle is mentioned in Act One, it will go off with deadly effect in Act Three. It seems that Netanyahu and his war cabinet have forgotten, or more likely never read Chekhov.
​  A number of the issues set out in the above constituted the material of a five-minute interview that I gave to WION. Note the very balanced presentation by WION in the introductory section to this interview.​ [Text at link summarizes interview content] https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2023/10/29/israel-pounds-gaza-with-u-s-heavy-bunker-busting-bombs-erdogan-speaks-of-a-cross-vs-crescent-war/

Hamas has offered to free hostages – Iranian FM
Civilian captives could be transferred to Iran with Turkish and Qatari help, according to media reports https://www.rt.com/news/585895-hamas-hostages-iran-release/

​  Hamas Vows To Release 8 Russian-Israeli Hostages After Talks In Mosco   Concerning Russia's request to see its nationals go free, Hamas said, "From the Russian side, via the Foreign Ministry, we received a list of citizens that have dual citizenship," according to senior Hamas representative Moussa Abu Marzook.
​  "We are looking for those people... It is hard but we are looking. And when we find them, we will let them go," he vowed. "We are very attentive to this list and will process it carefully because we consider Russia to be a closest friend."
​  "About the peaceful citizens that were taken and that are now in Gaza, we treat them as guests," Abu Marzook claimed further. He said of the Russian-Israelis, "We will free them as soon as there will be the conditions." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hamas-vows-release-8-russian-israeli-hostages-after-talks-moscow

“Justified Vengeance” and The History of Israeli “False Flags”(2001-2023): Palestine Portrayed as “The Aggressor”
The Invasion of Gaza: Part of a Broader Israeli Military-Intelligence Agenda https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-invasion-of-gaza-operation-cast-lead-part-of-a-broader-israeli-military-intelligence-agenda/11606

Wiped off the map: Before-and-after satellite images show how Israeli airstrikes have laid waste to entire Gaza neighbourhoods after two weeks of bombardments https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12674523/satellite-images-Israeli-airstrikes-laid-waste-Gaza-bombardments.html

​  Israel bombing ‘everything but Hamas in Gaza’ – Jackson Hinkle ​  Israel’s claims that it is only bombing Gaza to eliminate Hamas are “insane,” political analyst Jackson Hinkle said in an interview with RT on Thursday. He argued that Israeli forces appear to be focusing on targeting the civilian population of Gaza in their ongoing campaign.
​  “They’ve bombed everything but Hamas inside of Gaza,” the host of ‘The Dive with Jackson Hinkle’ said, accusing Israel of targeting various civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, UN and Red Crescent facilities, mosques, churches, homes, and even evacuee convoys.
​  The analyst suggested that this is because Israel does not want a Palestinian state, and that the true purpose of its operation in Gaza is not to defeat Hamas, but rather to force Palestinians out and take over the enclave “once and for all.” https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/israel-bombing-everything-but-hamas-in-gaza-jackson-hinkle/

​  Israel-Palestine: Names released of 7,028 Palestinians killed after Biden questions death toll​   [New meme: "Biden is America's Yeltsin"]
Health ministry says US administration 'devoid of human standards, morals' for 'shamelessly' questioning validity of figures

Between 7 October and 3pm local time on 26 October, 7,028 Palestinians were killed, including 2,913 children, the report stated.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-death-toll-names-killed-released-biden-questions

​  The Israeli military intensified airstrikes in Gaza including near its largest hospital while thousands of people desperate for food and basic items broke into aid warehouses in the besieged enclave.
​  Internet and phone connectivity were restored for many people on Sunday after Israeli strikes had knocked out most communications in the territory late Friday.
​  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called the 3-week-old Israel-Hamas war a fight for Israel’s existence and said “‘Never again’ is now.” ...
..The Palestinian death toll passed 8,000, most of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 110 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-10-29-2023-0898aba5101bffdce24f21801b440a51

  UNRWA death toll in Gaza rises to 57   At least 57 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have been killed since the latest escalation in the Middle East, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in an interview with Qatar’s Al Jazeera television.
​  "Some 57 of our staff have been killed in the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. Since it is impossible to separate Palestinians form Hamas, all civilians and hospital buildings should be protected," Lazzarini emphasized. On Thursday, 38 UNRWA employees were reported killed. https://tass.com/world/1697779

​  Musk to provide Starlink access to Gaza​  (Explicitly no military applications​... nobody can direct ambulances or rescue teams now)   Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that he will ​"provide satellite internet access to “internationally recognized aid organizations” in Gaza via his Starlink network. Phone and internet lines went down in the enclave after a heavy Israeli bombardment on Friday. https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/musk-to-provide-starlink-access-to-gaza/

​  Israel threatens to destroy Musk’s Starlink

​  Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Kahri has vowed that “Israel will use all means at its disposal to fight” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s planned provision of Starlink internet access to Gaza.
“Hamas will use it for terrorist activities,” Kahri claimed in a post on X (formerly Twitter), adding that “there is no doubt about it, we know it, and Musk knows it.” https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/israel-threatens-to-destroy-musk-s-starlink/

Israel is now a full-scale dictatorship
In the weeks since October 7, there has been no room for dissent in Israeli society. Detention centers are filling up fast with people who show even the slightest opposition. Here are some scenes from the Israeli Dictatorship. https://mondoweiss.net/2023/10/israel-is-now-a-full-scale-dictatorship/

​  Public support for ground offensive shrinks in Israel over past week, poll shows

​  Support for a potential ground offensive in the Gaza Strip among Israelis has more than halved from 65% to 29% over the past week, a recent public opinion poll published by the Israeli daily showed.
​  This week, only 29% of respondents said that Israel should launch a large-scale ground operation in Gaza, while their share was 65% a week ago. In addition, 49% of Israelis support postponing the move against the Palestinian enclave. The change was likely prompted by the emergence of the issue of people abducted by Hamas in public discussions, the newspaper said.
​  As many as 522 adults aged over 18 years were polled on October 25-26, with a margin error of 4.3%. https://tass.com/world/1697869

Israeli residents criticize government's handling of Hamas attack's aftermath
According to the report, the criticism is primarily aimed at the failure of the authorities to provide support to people who fled the war zone https://tass.com/world/1698085

Israeli soldiers killed, US base in Syria under fire as region heats​  (Bases on Syria's oil wells to steal oil) The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has been conducting operations against US occupation bases in Iraq and Syria for 9 consecutive days. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-soldiers-killed-us-base-in-syria-under-fire-as-regio

​  Andrew Korybko explains: Here’s Why Russia Didn’t Deter Or Respond To The US’ Latest Bombing Of Syria

​  Russia prefers that America and Israel don’t bomb Syria, but it also understands that they’re threatened by Iran’s military presence there, which arms proxy groups to fight against their occupations. Russia agrees with Iran that the US is occupying Syria and Israel is occupying Palestine, but it disagrees with the unconventional methods employed to oust them.

Here’s Why Russia Didn’t Deter Or Respond To The US’ Latest Bombing Of Syria

Iran kicks off major war games amid Israel tensions​    (We also know that war-games can go-live quite rapidly, a running-start to conflict)
The exercises seek to “improve deterrence power in the face of new threats,” the country’s military has said https://www.rt.com/news/585962-iran-military-exercises-tensions/

  ​I am certainly listening...     “I say frankly to the American statesmen, who are now managing the genocide in Palestine that we do not welcome [an] expansion of the war in the region,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in New York during an emergency United Nations General Assembly session. America “will not be spared from this fire” if the crisis endures, Amir-Abdollahian emphasized. “It is our home, and West Asia is our region. We do not compromise with any party and any side, and we have no reservation when it comes to our home’s security.”
https://sputnikglobe.com/20231027/biden-inches-towards-military-disaster-in-middle-east-1114528464.html

​(Is this dude tryin' to bring on the "rapture"? He's supposed to be smart.) 

New House Speaker: Russia, China, and Iran Are New Axis of Evil
In an interview with Sean Hannity, Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson said Putin cannot win in Ukraine https://news.antiwar.com/2023/10/27/new-house-speaker-russia-china-and-iran-are-new-axis-of-evil/

​  ‘Let Gaza Live’: Calls for Cease-Fire Fill Grand Central Terminal
​  A large demonstration, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, came as Israel ramped up its military operations in Gaza.  “I don’t believe in this war,” said Rosalind Petchesky, 81, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace who was later taken into custody by police.
​Sumaya Awad said she wanted the U.S. government to “follow the guidance and the wants of the majority of Americans.”
“We’re here engaging in civil disobedience to make it clear that we want the bombs to stop falling,” she said.
​  The protest disrupted the evening commute for thousands of people on Friday evening. Commuters walked by, some pausing, others looking confused. No train delays were reported because of the protest. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/world/middleeast/grand-central-protest-nyc-israel-hamas-gaza.html

​Looking presidential, like Joe Biden...

 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has sent a shipment of drones, body armor, and helmets to Israel, and has organized the transport of weapons and ammunition to the Jewish state from a private supplier, his office said on Thursday...
..While these moves have garnered media attention, they have not succeeded in boosting DeSantis’ poll numbers. According to a USA Today survey published on Monday, just 12% of Republican voters want the Florida governor to be their party’s nominee for president next year, compared to 58% who back former President Donald Trump for the position. https://www.rt.com/news/585903-ron-desantis-israel-weapons/

But still air-freighting death to Israel/Palestine and Ukraine?

White House Freezes Gun Exports In New Attack On US Gun Manufacturers https://www.zerohedge.com/political/white-house-freezes-gun-exports-new-attack-us-gun-manufacturers

Wider War Will Bring Inevitable Attempts At Martial Law In America​  (Remember how Bush ​-II rode the 9/11 pale-horse around the world?) https://alt-market.us/wider-war-will-bring-inevitable-attempts-at-martial-law-in-america/

​  British-US NGO involved in training teenage saboteurs in Ukraine — Russian agent
 ​  The British-US organization HALO Trust, which is officially engaged in humanitarian demining around the world, was running crash courses for teenage and female saboteurs in Ukraine.
​  Its trainees later committed terrorist bomb attacks in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, a former Ukrainian border guard official who worked for Russian special services has told TASS.
​  The man, Ruslan Syrovoy, the former chief of the cybersecurity unit of the Mukachevo border guard detachment, said that HALO Trust officially operated in Ukraine under the guise of a humanitarian NGO, but in reality, it was instructing civilians in making, planting and exploding bombs. Most of its trainees were women and teenagers, he said, because they were unlikely to arouse suspicion. After the crash courses the newly-trained saboteurs were sent to the DPR and LPR.
https://tass.com/world/1698113

​  A Ukrainian UAV rammed into a nuclear waste storage facility during an attack in Kursk Region in western Russia earlier this week, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed. Local authorities reported on Thursday that several drones had been downed in the vicinity of the Kursk nuclear power plant.
​  On Saturday, Zakharova accused the Ukrainian military of deliberately targeting the nuclear facility with three UAVs. “One of the UAVs, loaded with explosives, crashed into a nuclear waste warehouse and damaged its walls,” she stated, adding that two more drones fell on an administrative building complex on the plant’s grounds. https://www.rt.com/russia/586100-zakharova-ukrainian-drone-nuclear-power-plant/

Two NATO states blocked $52.8 billion Ukraine aid – Politico
Slovakia’s and Hungary’s PMs have pointed to corruption in Kiev and argued that the bloc’s support wasn’t working, the outlet reports https://www.rt.com/news/585951-nato-states-blocked-ukraine-aid/

West African bloc ‘quietly’ withdraws forces deployed against Niger – media
The decision by ECOWAS came as member states opted against military intervention, RFI reported, citing a diplomatic source https://www.rt.com/africa/585955-ecowas-niger-military-intervention/

​  Senator Demands Answers From FDA On Safety Signal For COVID Vaccines And Children

​  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to disclose the information after both agencies refused to do so to The Epoch Times.
​  In a preprint paper published on Oct. 15, FDA researchers said they detected a safety signal for seizures/convulsions in children aged 2 to 5 following COVID-19 vaccination.​ The paper covered data from no later than April.
​  About a month before the paper was released, the FDA authorized new shots from Moderna and Pfizer for children as young as 6 months of age. The CDC then announced it was recommending the shots for virtually all Americans, despite little data supporting such a recommendation. Neither agency mentioned the signal of seizures and convulsions.
​  "When was FDA and CDC first made aware of the findings of the FDA-funded study eventually published as a preprint on October 15, 2023? Provide the names and titles of the individuals who were initially made aware of the study’s findings," Mr. Johnson asked the heads of the FDA and CDC on Oct. 25.
​  In their paper, the FDA researchers said that the signal should be investigated further "in a robust epidemiological study." https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/senator-demands-answers-fda-safety-signal-covid-vaccines-and-children

​  DOJ Corroborated Information From FBI Source Who Provided Biden Bribery Allegations: Official

​  U.S. Department of Justice officials corroborated some of the information an FBI source provided to the bureau on allegations that then-presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, were bribed, a former official who worked on the case said in newly reviewed testimony.
​  "We did corroborate certain things" from the source, Scott Brady, the former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, told a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Oct. 23...
..Among them was the claim that it cost $5 million to pay one Biden and $5 million to pay another Biden. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-corroborated-information-fbi-source-who-provided-biden-bribery-allegations-official

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