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Build up of forces in Diego Garcia. B-2 stealth bombers and refueling aircraft.
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/diego-garcia-smells-like-war/Is it all for a strike on Iran or just intimidating muscle before negotiation?
Plus ca change…
Trump doing USA like it’s been done since 9/11. New lies, same policy.Today, I am ashamed to be Irish.
Irish police use force, arrest 8 mothers for protesting against Gaza genocide.
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/03/31/video-irish-police-use-force-arrest-8-mothers-for-protesting-against-gaza-genocide/The Irish Times has a report. It doesn’t read so badly as a number of Irish politicians gave them support. Bad optics for the Gardai (Irish police force).
‘Build up of forces in Diego Garcia. B-2 stealth bombers and refueling aircraft.
Is it all for a strike on Iran or just intimidating muscle before negotiation?’
Remember North Korea during a previous administration? – “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.”
This is classic Trump, all bluff and bluster but then nothing comes of his loudmouth threats.
Jon. Moving assets costs resources. Even the USA isn’t stupid enough to do that just for bluster. War is logistics. Logistics uses resources.
Two Irish citizens, a polish citizen, all 3 EU citizens and a US national to be deported from Germany for pro Palestinian activities.
https://archive.is/XxXO1So much for freedom of movement within the EU.
Meantime we await Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs and each EU country tries to protect their own economy fron the commission’s prepared response.
Here’s my idea. Halt ALL trade with USA including financial services. If the BRICS countries joined in that,…
Fat Jon
Just 5 months into his second term and Trump flagrantly take orders from the Israel lobby regarding Iran, it is so pathetic to see.Republican Thomas Massie (which is very critical of Israel) recently proposed a bill that would expose which political candidates that have dual-citizenship:
Massie and several GOP colleagues push proposal to require dual citizenship disclosure by political candidates
https://www.aol.com/massie-several-gop-colleagues-push-171847283.html
Speaking on nuclear weapons and North Korea there are sure some truth in this argument:
Iranian MP calls for nuclear bombs
The US’ relationship with North Korea shows that having such an arsenal has bought Pyongyang security, according to Ahmad Naderihttps://swentr.site/news/615058-iran-nuclear-weapons-us/
As soon as North Korea got their nuclear capability, the threats by the US declined accordingly.Received an email from Declassified UK about the British aid workers who were killed last year and, as such, assumed there was an article about it on their website, but after looking and looking and then doing a search, it turns out that there isn’t actually an article about it on their website. Yes, my assumption, but annoying never-the-less. So I’m copying and pasting what it said in the email:
Still no justice for British aid workers killed in Gaza
A year ago this week, the Israeli air force launched three drone strikes at a World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy in Gaza, killing seven international aid workers including three Britons.
As UK army veterans, the three Britons – John Chapman, James Kirby, and James Henderson – had been assisting WCK on security measures in Gaza.
The attack drew outrage from Britain’s most senior politicians, with then UK prime minister Rishi Sunak demanding a “thorough and transparent investigation” and leader of the opposition Keir Starmer describing the incident as “horrible”.
But one year on, the families of the aid workers have still not seen justice.
In an interview published this week in The Times, the Kirby family slammed the Israeli military’s investigation into the incident as a “whitewash”.
“We’d consider suing Israel if you look at it as being maybe a deterrent for them not to hit aid workers and be held accountable”, the family said, adding that they had not even been contacted by Israeli officials to apologise for the attack.
Jacqui Kirby, James’ mother, also criticised UK foreign secretary David Lammy for approaching her during a meeting at the Foreign Office and asking her who she was.
“I thought, ‘You’re coming here to meet all these families and you haven’t even done your homework to find out who each individual is’”, she said. “After that, I could barely bring myself to speak to him”.
The UK government is also coming under serious pressure to release spy plane footage that it collected on the day of the attack.
Declassified revealed last year that the Royal Air Force had sent a Shadow R1 surveillance plane over Gaza on 1 April 2024, and may have collected footage of events leading up to the tragedy.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence subsequently confirmed to Declassified that “video footage of Gaza from the Shadow R1 [surveillance] flight on 1 April is held”, but said the tape was exempt from disclosure on security grounds.
Kirby’s family is now calling for the footage to be published. “I want to know who’s made that decision not to make it public and why they haven’t”, Jacqui said.
This comes after James Henderson’s father Neil told Declassified that the “footage should not be kept hidden from our family”. He added that “the UK government must urgently disclose any evidence it holds” which might “shed light on why James was wrongly targeted by Israel”.
This puts Lammy’s strained effort to mark the anniversary of the killings in a sinister light.
Lammy declared earlier this week: “A year since an Israeli strike killed British aid workers… Gaza remains the deadliest place for humanitarians – with over 400 killed. Recent aid workers’ deaths are a stark reminder. Those responsible must be held accountable”.
If Lammy was at all serious about holding those responsible to account, he would listen to the aid workers’ families, publish the spy footage, and cease Britain’s support for Israel.
I don’t know where David – Hamas raped babies – Lammy said what he said – ie in the HoC, or in a tweet, or whatever, but it appears that he said nothing about the fact that Israel has whitewashed the investigation into the IDF murdering them – which is of course what really happened – or contacted the families. And I think we can safely assume that the MSM in general isn’t following up the episode.
The Times interview is behind a paywall of course, but when I did a search I came across this BBC News article posted on April 2nd (I’ve no idea if it was covered in their news programmes/bulletins) and this Middle East Eye article, posted on April 1st:
Aid worker’s family criticise ’empty apologies’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj68kkeyyz1oUK won’t release spy plane footage related to killing of UK aid worker in Gaza
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-wont-release-spy-plane-footage-related-killing-uk-aid-worker-gazaI just did a search on the Guardian’s website, and the only thing I found was in/on a ‘live’ page from three days ago, in which it says the following:
One year after Israel’s killing of three British aid workers employed by World Central Kitchen, the family of James Kirby, one of those killed, said they had still not received answers from the British government. The three British citizens were killed in an Israeli airstrike despite their vehicle being clearly marked. Seven aid workers were killed in the strikes to which the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) admitted took place. Two IDF members were dismissed.
And that was it, and no article specifically about it.
Just did a search re the Independent, and they DID do an aricle about it on April 1st:
Family of British aid worker killed in Gaza make fresh calls for investigation
The family of James Kirby, an aid worker killed in an Israeli drone strike, say they feel ignored by the Government on the anniversary of his death.
Oh, and would you believe it, the DM covered it as well:
Family of British aid worker killed in Gaza make fresh calls for investigation
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-14559737/Family-British-aid-worker-killed-Gaza-make-fresh-calls-investigation.htmlconversation: Hedges with Finkelstein
important
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/emptying-gaza-w-norman-finkelstein
or
https://www.youtube.com/live/Q4oMHfTaGHEI never understood the praise for Bernie Sanders, sure some times he say some good things on Gaza but he is very passive on the issue generally speaking:
Anti-genocide protesters silenced at Bernie Sanders “Fighting Oligarchy” rally
An episode in Nampa, Idaho helps answer this question. Two anti-genocide protesters were ejected from the event by police for unfurling a banner depicting the Palestinian flag with the phrase “Free Palestine.” As the protesters were dragged away by police, thousands in the arena erupted into cheers of “Free Palestine,” drowning out Sanders’ attempts to quell their anger.
Under conditions in which Israel is systematically exterminating, starving and ethnically cleansing the entire population of Gaza, Sanders declared at the rally that Israel “has the right to defend itself.”
An order was quickly given by Sanders’ campaign to have the banner removed. Local police ripped down the banner and detained those who unfurled it. Sanders did not tell the cops to leave the anti-genocide protesters alone, doing nothing to protect them even as the crowd continued to protest the police assault.
Amid growing boos and chants from the crowd, Sanders raised his hands and said, “Shhhhhh!” This had the opposite effect; thousands began chanting, “Free Palestine! Free Palestine! Free Palestine!” with many raising their fists in solidarity.
