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UK Military Planes Making Secretive Flights To Lebanon From Cyprus

by Tyler Durden via The Cradle Saturday, Jun 29, 2024 - 09:20 AM

The UK has sent over 80 military transport planes to the Lebanese capital of Beirut since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza nine months ago, Declassified UK reported on Friday.

All the flights have gone from the UK’s massive Akrotiri airbase on the nearby island of Cyprus, long a staging post for UK bombing missions in West Asia. Declassified UK notes that the number of UK military flights to Beirut has risen dramatically in recent months. The group tracked 25 flights in April and May and 14 so far in June.

Flights from the UK base take around 45 minutes to reach Beirut, which Israel has increasingly threatened to bomb in a possible full-scale war with the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.

The Ministry of Defense declined to disclose the number of UK military flights to Lebanon since the start of the war on October 7 or their purpose. A defense source told Declassified UK that the flights “have been primarily for the purpose of facilitating senior military engagement” with the Lebanese army.

But it is widely assumed the planes are carrying weapons to Beirut to arm anti-Hezbollah militias. The US, UK, and Israel would presumably use these militias to attack Hezbollah from within the country in the case of an Israeli invasion from the south.

Declassified UK notes that nearly every Royal Air Force flight to Lebanon has been the Voyager KC mark 2, which can carry a payload of 45 tons and 291 personnel or provide air-to-air refueling. Another flight involved a vast C-17 cargo plane.

Israeli threats to invade Lebanon have accelerated in tandem with the increase in flights. Israeli military leaders have increasingly warned of a Lebanon campaign to push Hezbollah away from the border and past the Litani River.

Last week, the Israeli army approved “operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon,” and the US pledged to support Israel with weapons if a full-scale war breaks out.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned of using its massive rocket and missile arsenal to hit targets across Israel in a “total war” if Tel Aviv decides to launch an invasion.

Nasrallah also threatened Cyprus, noting its role as a US, UK, and Israeli staging ground. “The Cypriot government must be warned that opening Cypriot airports and bases for the Israeli enemy to target Lebanon means that the Cypriot government has become part of the war and the resistance [Hezbollah] will deal with it as part of the war,” he said.

Nasrallah’s threat appeared to include the Akrotiri base, which lies in territory retained by the UK when Cyprus gained independence in 1960. The territory now hosts vast military and intelligence hubs for Britain and the US, Declassified UK notes.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-military-planes-have-been-making-secretive-flights-lebanon-cyprus

>>21110969

U.S. Sanctions UAE Companies and Vessels in Response to Iran Nuclear Activities

Mike Schuler June 28, 2024

The U.S. Department of State has announced sanctions on three United Arab Emirates (UAE) companies and eleven tankers over their involvement in the transportation of Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the sanctions are in response to Iran’s recent steps to expand its nuclear program, namely increasing its enrichment capacity, in a manner that has “no credible peaceful purpose.” According to Blinken, Iran’s actions are even more worrying given its lack of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the possibility of changes to its nuclear doctrine as suggested by Iranian officials.

The sanctioned entities include Sea Route Ship Management FZE, Almanac Ship Management LLC, and Al Anchor Ship Management FZE. Each of these companies has been involved in significant transactions for the transport of petroleum or petrochemical products from Iran.

Sea Route Ship Management FZE, which acted as the commercial manager for the vessel ASTRA, was implicated for transporting petrochemical products from Iran in late November 2021. Almanac Ship Management LLC and Al Anchor Ship Management FZE, managing the vessels BERENICE PRIDE and PARINE respectively, were implicated for transporting petroleum products from Iran in late October 2022.

In addition to these companies, the Department of State is also identifying 11 associated vessels as blocked property, including ASTRA, BALTIC HORIZON, NILE, YAMUNA, BERENICE PRIDE, HARMONY, EURO VIKING, EURO FORTUNE, ARABIAN ENERGY, PARINE, and ROAD.

As a result of the sanctions, all property and interests in property of these entities within the United States, or within U.S. citizens’ possession, including any foreign branches, are blocked and must be reported to the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Assets Control (OFAC). The regulations also prohibit all dealings by U.S. persons or within the U.S. that involve any property or interests in property of blocked or designated persons.

“We remain committed to never letting Iran obtain a nuclear weapon, and we are prepared to use all elements of national power to ensure that outcome. As President Biden and the other leaders of the G7 stated earlier this month, Iran must cease its escalations with regard to its nuclear program as well as its other destabilizing actions,” Blinken said.

https://gcaptain.com/u-s-sanctions-uae-companies-and-vessels-in-response-to-iran-nuclear-activities/

First, pissing off an OPEC+ country is a bad idea

Second, Iranian crude will continue to be shipped in to thin out the heavy Venezuelan crude, which will still go out, including to Cuba

>>21111109

Do you ever look at your scripted assignment and ask "what am I doing here?"

Serious question

>>21111153

>Kamala will refuse to be President

That I doubt, she wants to be the first "black'' president way too badly

Faction struggle has begun. Clinton Machine vs Obama Machine vs Pelosi Machine with Soros and Schwab in the background

>>21111350

Exactly

California's Kamala Harris becomes first Indian-American US senator

Associated Press Nov 9, 2016, 12:20 AM EST

Attorney General Kamala Harris wins the open Senate seat to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer in race that featured two Democrats in California.

Thanks to California's unusual primary system, in which the two top finishers from the June primary advance to the general election, voters were deciding between Harris and Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez.

The victory for 51-year-old Harris makes her the first Indian-American senator. Harris was backed by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and other top Democrats.

Sanchez, a 10-term congresswoman, tried to consolidate support from Republicans and Latinos, but with little success.

https://www.businessinsider.com/californias-kamala-harris-becomes-first-indian-american-us-senator-2016-11

>>21111404

Not going away Bill

>>21111376

You are not an "operator"

Your attempted usurpation will fail