JR&MR: 🚨 A Russian aircraft has landed in Lebanon, and there is absolutely nothing Israel or the US can do about it.
The world woke up to a geopolitical earthquake as Vladimir Putin directly challenged the tacit Western blockade. An Il-76 carrying 27 tons of humanitarian aid including critical electrical generators touched down in Beirut, exposing the profound failure and double standards of current Western leadership.
It can not be overemphasized that Israel is the impetus behind US policies and actions vis-a-vis Iran. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to attack Iran for decades, using lies and deception. Under President Trump, he got his wish.
The American people have made clear that they do not want the US embroiled in a war with Iran, but Israel partisans and the Israel lobby use their massive political clout to bring about whatever is beneficial to Israel – including putting the US military in harm’s way. For more background on Israel’s role in American wars, watch IAK’s short film, “The Israeli Hit List.”
"She is in a state of total shock... A young girl who had been deflowered, anally and orally penetrated, and who had wounds all over her body." A 16-year-old girl led the younger victim to the apartment.
Via Remix News: Two young men, both adults, suspected of gang rape in an Airbnb in the France’s Décines-Charpieu (Rhône), have been released from custody, shocking the family of one of the victims.
The victim’s lawyer, David Metaxas, spoke on behalf of the victim’s relatives, who told LyonMag that the judge’s decision was “incomprehensible.” Not only have both men been released to roam freely in the streets, but the judge did not even issue a restriction on contact with the victim, which means the two men could approach her once again.
NBC finds Iran's counterattacks caused far more damage than US has publicly acknowledged.
Authored by Dave DeCamp: Iranian attacks on US bases across the Middle East have caused far more damage than the Trump administration has publicly acknowledged, and an Iranian fighter jet was able to bomb at least one US base, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing unnamed US officials.
The administration has attempted to cover up the damage to US bases in the war, and has gone as far as requesting that Planet Labs and other satellite imagery companies black out war images, making it difficult to ascertain the damage.
The NBC report said that the Pentagon has also kept the information on the damage from Congress. “No one knows anything. And it’s not for lack of asking,” a Republican congressional aide told the outlet. “We have been asking for weeks and not getting specifics, even as the Pentagon is asking for a record high budget.”
Katie Halper: Investigative journalist and filmmaker Yasha Levine traces how America’s regime-change policy and sanctions against Iran helped build a pistachio empire in Beverly Hills.