Anonymous ID: 3d1432 April 11, 2024, 4:39 p.m. No.20713744   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3954 >>4197 >>4363 >>4437

Israel's Foreign Ministry has rejected the Australian special adviser appointed to investigate the death of Australian Zomi Frankcom in drone strike

 

Israel has rejected Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese's special appointment of Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin to investigate the drone strike which killed Australian Zomi Frankcom and six aid workers, Sky News Australia's Sharri Markson has reported.

 

Israel's foreign ministry has rejected the Australian adviser appointed to investigate the deadly strikes which killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six of her colleagues in Gaza on April 1.

 

Following the international fallout from the Israeli drone strikes, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a move to appoint a special adviser to oversee their investigation into Ms Frankcom’s death.

 

However, Sky News Australia host Sharri Markson broke the news on Thursday night that he government's foreign office had opposed the request.

 

https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/israels-foreign-ministry-has-rejected-the-australian-special-adviser-appointed-to-investigate-the-death-of-australian-zomi-frankcom-in-drone-strike/news-story/c4206d31451dbc5ee1ad547914094e15

Anonymous ID: 3d1432 April 11, 2024, 4:52 p.m. No.20713807   🗄️.is 🔗kun

The design of culture: US Space Force emblems

 

Published Dec. 18, 2023

 

https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3621032/the-design-of-culture-us-space-force-emblems/

Anonymous ID: 3d1432 April 11, 2024, 5:09 p.m. No.20713897   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3954 >>4197 >>4363 >>4371 >>4437

French navy prepares for war – admiral

 

The Marine Nationale is training to face someone “who wants to destroy us,” a top naval officer has said

 

France has shifted its naval posture from intercepting drug traffickers and poachers to training for a conventional war, Rear Admiral Jacques Mallard has told Politico.

 

Mallard commands France’s only carrier battle group, built around the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle. He spoke about the changes in an exclusive interview with the EU edition of Politico, published Wednesday.

 

“We’re moving from a world where we were pretty free to do as we pleased to one where we feel threatened on a more regular basis,” Mallard said. “We now train for other missions, in particular what we call high-intensity warfare.”

 

“Naval combat is becoming increasingly likely,” he said, and the French sailors now practice fighting against “someone who wants to destroy us. Not someone who wants to do illegal trafficking, not someone who wants to steal fish.”

 

With the Russian navy engaged in the Black Sea and the Houthis of Yemen interdicting vessels linked to Israel, the US and the UK in the Red Sea, Western navies need to deal with “increasingly uninhibited competitors,” Mallard said.

 

“That’s where we become a little more aggressive, or at least, we prepare to be,” added the admiral.

 

According to Mallard, the French and Italian navies will engage in a joint exercise later this spring, based on the “Polaris” program that simulates a naval battle. Introduced in 2021, the combat simulation works to “disinhibit tactical thinking,” which Mallard described as “a bit more risky but very useful.”

 

While the admiral did not name the expected enemy, he made it clear it was not the People’s Liberation Army Navy.

 

“As long as the Chinese haven’t invaded the island of La Réunion or decided to kick us off the island of Mayotte,” he said, naming two French territories in the Indian Ocean, “there’s no reason to single out the Chinese as our main adversary.”

 

Mallard’s comments come after weeks of French President Emmanuel Macron floating the idea of potentially having NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine. The possibility was outright rejected by most – though not all – members of the US-led bloc.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/595776-france-navy-prepares-for-war/

Anonymous ID: 3d1432 April 11, 2024, 6:38 p.m. No.20714279   🗄️.is 🔗kun

US, Israel, and Cyprus Practicing Bombing Runs on Iran. Major Airlines Suspending Flights to Tehran

 

https://citizenwatchreport.com/us-israel-and-cyprus-practicing-bombing-runs-on-iran-major-airlines-suspending-flights-to-tehran/

Anonymous ID: 3d1432 April 11, 2024, 6:44 p.m. No.20714307   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4363 >>4437

China Sanctions Two Major American Defense Companies over U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan

 

China on Thursday announced sanctions on two major American defense companies over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.

 

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that the U.S. arms sales to Taiwan violated the various agreements between the U.S. and China that maintain a delicate situation whereby the U.S. does not officially recognize the Taiwanese government nor support its independence, but it allows for the U.S. to maintain informal ties to the democratic island nation and bolster its defense against a military takeover by China.

 

The ministry said in a statement:

 

The continued U.S. arms sales to China’s Taiwan region seriously violate the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiqués, interfere in China’s internal affairs, and undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

 

China sanctioned General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems, freezing their assets within China and denying entry to their senior management. “This decision shall come into force as of April 11, 2024,” the statement said.

 

According to the Associated Press (AP), General Dynamics operates a half-dozen Gulfstream and jet aviation services operations in China. The company also produces the Abrams tank, which is being purchased by Taiwan to resist an invasion by China.

 

Last year, China banned American defense companies Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Missiles & Defense after one of their planes and missiles shot down the suspected spy balloon that was discovered flying across the continental U.S. over sensitive military installations, the AP reported.

 

Taiwan is a major flashpoint between the U.S. and China.

 

While the U.S. switched official recognition of the government of China from Taiwan to Beijing in 1979, it has maintained a robust unofficial diplomatic relationship with the government of Taiwan, which was established after Chinese nationalist forces fled to Taiwan amid a civil war with Chinese communists. China has vowed to “unify” with Taiwan, including by force.

 

The U.S. has since worked to maintain a status quo where China does not move to seize the island, and Taiwan does not formally declare independence. However, the Chinese government, in recent years, has stepped up its aggression towards Taiwan, conducting larger and more frequent military drills around the island.

 

The latest sanctions were announced amid a high-profile visit by the Japanese prime minister to Washington, DC.

 

Asked on Thursday about the visit, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mao Ning said the U.S. and Japan have “attacked and smeared China on the Taiwan question and maritime issues, grossly interfered in China’s domestic affairs and violated the basic norms in international relations. China deplores and opposes it, and has made serious démarches to relevant parties.”

 

She said:

 

I want to stress that there is but one China. This is a historical fact and international consensus. The Taiwan question is purely China’s domestic affair and brooks no external interference. Both the US and Japanese governments have made serious commitments to China on the Taiwan question. In particular, Japan bears serious historical responsibilities for its aggression against Taiwan and colonial rule over the island, and should all the more honor its words and act prudently. We urge the US to translate President Biden’s commitment of not supporting “Taiwan independence” into concrete actions.

 

https://www.womensystems.com/2024/04/china-sanctions-two-major-american.html

Anonymous ID: 3d1432 April 11, 2024, 6:45 p.m. No.20714317   🗄️.is 🔗kun

This "Soviet Defector's" Predictions Have Never Been Wrong, AND THE WORST IS IN SIGHT

 

https://www.bitchute.com/video/Hu3v06QbMvN1/