Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 11:32 a.m. No.21684663   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4723 >>4811 >>4888 >>5226 >>5240 >>5359

All major U.S. cell carriers experience widespread outages, impacting millions of customers nationwide.

 

It appears that all major cell carriers in the U.S., including Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint, have been experiencing service issues recently. Reports indicate that these outages have been affecting users across various regions, particularly on the East Coast.

 

bgr.com/tech/verizon-down-outages-at-att-sprint-t-mobile/

gizmodo.com/all-major-cell-carriers-report-outages-nationwide-1851277854

 

Verizon outages reported across Chicago, multiple other cities

More than 100,000 Verizon outages nationwide were reported by the site Downdetector Monday morning, with thousands of outages reported in Chicago

 

Hundreds of Verizon outages were reported across the Chicago area Monday morning, with thousands more nationwide.

 

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/verizon-outage-chicago-is-verizon-down-what-is-sos-mode/3560804/

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 11:35 a.m. No.21684675   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4888 >>5226 >>5259 >>5359

FBI to pay more than $22 million to 34 women who claimed sexual harassment at training academy

 

The payout, if approved, would be among the largest in FBI history

 

 

The FBI has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by paying more than $22 million to 34 female recruits alleging they were sexual harassed and dismissed from the agency's Quantico, Virginia, training facility, according to news reports Monday.

 

They women allege having been routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need to take contraception “to control their moods,” according to the Associated Press.

 

The settlement is still subject to approval by a federal judge. But if the payout is approved, it would be among the largest lawsuit settlements in the history of the FBI, the wire service also reports.

 

“These problems are pervasive within the FBI and the attitudes that created them were learned at the academy,” said David J. Shaffer, the lawyer for the women. “This case will make important major changes in these attitudes.”

 

The suit was filed in 2019 and also contends the female recruits were judged more harshly than their male peers and “excessively targeted for correction and dismissal in tactical situations for perceived lack of judgment” and subjective “suitability” criteria.

 

The FBI did not immediately comment on the settlement. However, mny of the allegations in the lawsuit were confirmed in a 2022 internal watchdog report.

 

In the settlement announced Monday, the FBI would offer the plaintiffs an opportunity to continue training toward becoming agents and “guaranteed placement,” for those who pass, in one of their top three preferred field offices, the Associated Press also reports.

 

The suit follows sexual misconduct claims against several senior FBI officials, who were identified in an Associated Press investigation and who quietly left the bureau with full benefits even after allegations against them were substantiated.

 

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/fbi-pay-more-22-million-34-women-who-claimed-sexual-discrimination

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 11:38 a.m. No.21684683   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4696 >>4813 >>4888 >>5226 >>5359

Netanyahu: Iran’s Islamic Republic will fall sooner than people think

 

Netanyahu claims Iran's regime will fall soon and envisions future peace between Israel and a free Iran amid reported IDF strikes on Hezbollah targets.

 

“When Iran is finally free – and that moment will come a lot sooner than people think – everything will be different,” he said.

 

“When that day comes, the terror network that the regime built in five continents will be bankrupt, dismantled,” Netanyahu explained, adding that Iran will “thrive as never before.”

 

“There is nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach,” Netanyahu said on Monday. “There is nowhere we will not go to protect our people and protect our country.”

 

On Monday, he released a statement in English aimed at the Iranian people, explaining that “at this pivotal moment, I want to address you – the people of Iran. I want to do so directly, without filters, without middlemen.

 

“Yet every day, that regime plunges our region deeper into darkness and deeper into war,” he said.

 

“With every passing moment, the regime is bringing you – the noble Persian people – closer to the abyss,” he stated.

 

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-822557

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 11:48 a.m. No.21684705   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4888 >>5226 >>5359

Biden Admin Uses Taxpayer-Funded Email Blast To Praise Kamala Ahead Of Election

 

Using government resources for campaigning is generally prohibited under the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Several recipients flagged the email for The Daily Wire after they received it on Friday, noting that it was inappropriate.

 

“It is nothing but a campaign ad for the Biden Administration and Kamala Harris,” one recipient told The Daily Wire, noting that the email “even states that VP Harris cast the tie breaking vote.”

 

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

 

https://www.cuzzblue.com/2024/09/biden-admin-uses-taxpayer-funded-email.html

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 11:52 a.m. No.21684718   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4727 >>4888 >>5226 >>5359

Israeli FM: Israel Won't Agree to a Ceasefire; Expects The West to Fight Their Wars

 

Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz told his counterparts on Monday that the Jewish state will not agree to a ceasefire in Lebanon unless Hezbollah agrees to disarm and abandon their own border with Israel.

 

From The Times of Israel, "Report: Katz tells 25 FMs Israel won't agree to ceasefire until disarmed Hezbollah moves away from border":

 

Foreign Minister Israel Katz has conveyed a message to over 25 of his counterparts that Israel will not agree to a ceasefire in Lebanon without a number of conditions, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

 

According to the outlet, countries that received the message include Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Canada.

 

Kan says that ministers involved in talks for a potential truce were also sent the same message.

 

Katz reportedly says that the only acceptable situation for a ceasefire would see Hezbollah pushed away from Israel’s border and remaining north of the Litani River, disarmed.

 

Katz said last month that the Jewish state is expecting its Western allies to attack Iran if they're hit with retaliatory strikes for assassinating Hamas's leader in Tehran.

 

From AFP, "Israel FM says expects allies to attack Iran if it strikes":

 

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Friday his country expected support from foreign allies "in attacking" Iran if it strikes Israel, comments deemed "inappropriate" by France's visiting top diplomat.

 

Iran and its regional allies have vowed retaliation for high-profile killings late last month blamed on Israel, including an attack in Tehran that killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, which Israel has not claimed responsibility for.

 

"If Iran attacks, we expect the coalition to join Israel not only in defence but also in attacking significant targets in Iran," Katz told his counterparts, France's Stephane Sejourne and Britain's David Lammy, according to a statement from the Israeli foreign minister's office.

 

[…] Israel said US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin reiterated that Washington was ready to "defend Israel".

 

As we saw over the past week with the Biden-Harris administration celebrating the assassination of Nasrallah without a care in the world for the innocent civilians slaughtered, we can just expect the US to go along with whatever.

 

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64669

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 11:54 a.m. No.21684730   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4746 >>4888 >>5226 >>5359

Iran's President Says U.S., EU Lied by 'Promising Ceasefire' for Not Responding to Israeli Attack

 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is claiming that Iran was promised a ceasefire by American and European officials in exchange for not retaliating against Israel for their assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

 

From Anadolu Agency, "Iran says US, European promises of truce for not responding to Haniyeh's assassination were 'false' ":

 

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said the promises of cease-fire made by Americans and Europeans if Iran did not respond to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were "false."

 

He made the remarks during a Cabinet meeting in Tehran on Sunday evening, condemning the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

 

Pertinently, Iran had vowed a strong response to the assassination of Haniyeh a day after he attended the swearing-in ceremony of Pezeshkian in the Iranian capital.

 

Nasrallah was targeted in a deadly bombing carried out by Israel in the southern suburb of Beirut on Friday. The Lebanese group confirmed his death on Saturday.

 

Pezeshkian termed it a "heinous crime," saying that it once again proved that the "criminal regime adheres to none of the international norms or frameworks."

 

He said the claims of American and European leaders, who had promised a "cease-fire in exchange for Iran not responding to the assassination" of former Hamas leader were "entirely false."

 

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64668

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 11:57 a.m. No.21684736   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4740 >>4754 >>4888 >>5226 >>5359

Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer tells UK Covid Inquiry hospitals were inundated with covid patients – hospital records show the opposite

 

UK Government’s Response to Covid was Inhuman

 

Speaking to NTD’s British Thought Leaders, Professors Martin Neil and Norman Fenton spoke about their new book which explores the science and data used to make decisions during the covid-19 pandemic.

 

Prof. Neil explained that although deaths were slightly elevated in the UK in 2020 there was no excess mortality. “There wasn’t really a pandemic,” he said. “The cause of those upticks and death tolls is either statistical manipulation of data or it was what we call iatrogenic effects,” he said.

 

Iatrogenic effects are harmful effects of medical treatment. “The way that people were treated in old people’s homes, hospitals – primarily the elderly and the vulnerable had a treatment regime imposed on them which was essentially inhuman,” he said.

 

When there’s a respiratory viral infection, it’s not the flu, for example, but bacterial pneumonia that might ultimately kill someone. So, during an epidemic or pandemic, there is supposed to be a stockpile of antibiotics to treat the pneumonia.

 

“In the UK they introduced new protocols that antibiotics were not to be given to those who were suffering from severe covid. People had ‘do not resuscitate’ orders imposed on them … The social isolation people had to suffer would have a crushing psychological effect on people’s ability to keep going, especially in an old people’s home. And so on and so forth. It’s those interventions that were causing the death ” Prof Neil said.

 

“A lot of this has actually come out publicly in the Scottish Covid Inquiry over the last year but hasn’t been publicised in the national press,” he said.

 

“Another one that needs special mention is the use of opioids to care for people with severe covid,” he said. “And ventilation … Ventilators in [ ] respiratory aid … had up to 90% fatality rate of people put on the ventilators … and alongside that were changes to the treatment regime that involved the administration of palliative care medicines in the form of opioids. Midazolam in the UK was heavily overprescribed during March [2020] … The dosage rates were so high that they don’t even conform to a palliative care regime – they were beyond that.”

 

https://expose-news.com/2024/09/29/scotlands-chief-medical-officer-tells-uk-covid-inquiry/

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, noon No.21684752   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4802 >>4834 >>4874 >>4888 >>4947 >>5137 >>5226 >>5359

Georgia biolab shelter-in-place order extended indefinitely as fire triggers unstoppable chemical reaction

 

A shelter in place order has been extended indefinitely after a fire at a chemical plant in Georgia sparked an unstoppable chemical reaction.

 

The order was issued for more than 90,000 residents of Rockdale County after the fire at BioLab in Conyers sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could been seen from miles away.

 

The fire was extinguished on Sunday but officials say air quality surveys have detected chlorine in the air coming out of the lab.

 

BioLab manufactures pool and spa treatment products - including chlorine.

 

The Sunday afternoon fire led to about 17,000 evacuations after a sprinkler at the facility malfunctioned and sprayed water on a chemical, sparking an explosion.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13907263/shelter-place-order-extended-georgia-biolab-fire-conyers.html

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:03 p.m. No.21684762   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4769 >>4888 >>5063 >>5214 >>5226 >>5227 >>5359 >>5378

H.R. McMaster: Biden-Harris Need To Step Up To Help Israel Against Iranian Terrorism

 

Retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster said during an interview over the weekend that the Biden-Harris administration needed to step up to help Israel dismantle Iranian terrorism in the Middle East.

 

McMaster made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” while discussing Israel’s military operation late last week that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

 

“There already is a war between Israel and Iran,” he said. “And it’s a war that Iran has been waging for four-plus decades. Nasrallah, who was there at the beginning of Hezbollah, who was there when they killed 241 Marines in Beirut and began a campaign against not only who Nasrallah called the cancerous boil of Israel, but the great Satan of the United States.”

 

“I think Israel is taking the right approach to escalate against an enemy who has been able to escalate really on their own terms with impunity, and I think increasingly the United States has to act like we know what the return address is in Iran,” he continued. “Now is the time to double down on the pressure on Iran, to dry up the cashflow available.”

 

He said that there was already a “military role” that the U.S. needed to be filling in pushing back on Iran in the form of both airstrikes and boots on the ground.

 

 

“All of this should be kind of on the table. And I think we should act like we know where those rockets are coming from,” he said. “The 150,000 rockets that Hezbollah has pointed at Israel. The 40,000 or so members of Iran’s proxy army in Syria. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Hamas in the West Bank, what remains of Hamas in Gaza, those were all trained, equipped, supplied by Iran to create this ring of fire around Israel and to destroy Israel and kill all the Jews.”

 

https://youtu.be/I6IHrCgweVs

 

https://www.domigood.com/2024/09/hr-mcmaster-biden-harris-need-to-step.html

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:05 p.m. No.21684765   🗄️.is 🔗kun

NHS Spiking Man's Drink To Force COVID Vaccination

 

A mother is taking legal action to stop her Down’s syndrome son from being sedated and covertly vaccinated against Covid-19.

 

The man, in his thirties, has had sedatives secretly added to his tea and orange juice so he could receive the vaccine and booster shots. His mother, however, plans to sue the local NHS care board for "forced vaccination," calling it "tantamount to assault" and a violation of his human rights.

 

Known as Adam (a pseudonym), he is under Court of Protection orders because he cannot make decisions for himself. In 2021, the care board obtained a court order allowing the sedative method, deemed necessary due to Adam’s risk factors, including Down’s syndrome, autism, and obesity.

 

https://youtu.be/TWBEnVYxWJ0

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:07 p.m. No.21684768   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Biden-Harris admin supports China buying US land

 

The Biden-Harris administration released a statement on Tuesday opposing a bill that would ban Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials from buying U.S. land if they increase Chinese aggression towards Taiwan, violate Hong Kong’s autonomy, or commit human rights violations toward certain groups in China, such as the Uyghur Muslims.

 

In a White House press release, the Biden-Harris administration announced, “The Administration opposes H.R. 3334, the ‘STOP CCP Act,’ which would impose mandatory sanctions and visa restrictions on members of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party determined to have played a significant role in certain People’s Republic of China (PRC) policies regarding Hong Kong, Taiwan, and minority groups in China, among others.”

 

The sanctions proposed by the Stop CCP Act include blocking CCP officials from purchasing land in the United States and blocking CCP officials from obtaining visas and admission into the United States. However, the bill would enable the president to waive sanctions for up to 60 days to allow CCP officials into the country for national security reasons.

 

While the Biden-Harris administration said it had “deep concerns” regarding multiple PRC policies, it warned that the sanctions suggested by the Stop CCP Act would “cut off any channels of communication between our two governments and undermine the Administration’s efforts to build diplomatic consensus on China, thereby destabilizing US-PRC relations.”

 

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/09/biden-harris-admin-supports-china-buying-us-land/

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:13 p.m. No.21684785   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Former Head of the FBI confirms that 9/11 was orchestrated at the highest level by the U.S. Government. Oklahoma city bombing, JFK, RFK assassinations, World Trade Center and Child Sex Trafficking by the Military, CIA and Politicians.

 

https://x.com/i/status/1840506304042795437

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:19 p.m. No.21684807   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4952

In Lebanon carnage, Biden deepens US ‘obligation’ to Israeli aggression

 

Israel has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, emboldening a US-backed war for hegemony in which Arab civilians are an open Israeli target.

 

One week after Israel began its US-backed rampage in Gaza last October, President Biden was asked by CBS News if fueling a Middle East conflict on top of the proxy war in Ukraine was “more than the United States can take on at the same time.”

 

“No,” Biden shot back with indignation. “We're the United States of America for God's sake, the most powerful nation in the history – not in the world, in the history of the world.” Not only does the US “have the capacity to do this,” Biden intoned, “we have an obligation to. We are the ‘essential nation’… And if [we] don’t, then who does?”

 

In an overlooked comment, Biden gave his blessing not only to an Israeli scorched-earth campaign in Gaza, but Lebanon as well. For Israel, Biden said, “going in” and “taking out the extremists” in “Hezbollah… up north” along with “Hamas down south… is a necessary requirement.”

 

As the first anniversary of Biden’s hegemonic démarche approaches next month, the US is playing the “essential” role that he envisioned. Israel’s current bombardment of Lebanon, which has killed (at least) hundreds of people including Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, is the direct result of Biden’s self-conceived “obligation” to Israeli aggression.

 

Since it began launching rockets at the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms on Oct. 8th and then expanded its targets to within Israel itself, Hezbollah has stressed that its goal is to pressure Israel into a permanent Gaza ceasefire. Just as Biden proclaims an “obligation” to fuel two regional conflicts, Hezbollah a group founded in response to Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon proclaims the same duty to resist Israeli hegemony, which has killed tens of thousands of Lebanese in the last 42 years. Hezbollah’s intervention for Gaza, which displaced tens of thousands in Israel, has been limited in scale. Of more than 10,200 cross-border attacks in the last year, about 81 percent were carried out by Israel.

 

During this period, the Biden administration has adopted a strategy of pretending to pressure Israel all while offering it the weaponry and diplomatic cover to kill tens of thousands of people in Gaza and make it unlivable for survivors; expand its long-running terror and land theft in the West Bank; regularly bomb Syria; and now pursue its longstanding intent to destroy Hezbollah, the main force in the region that can significantly fight back.

 

https://www.aaronmate.net/p/in-lebanon-carnage-biden-deepens

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:22 p.m. No.21684821   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4888 >>5226 >>5359

20 rescued, 144 arrested in major child abuse operation across South America

 

An international operation targeting child sex offenders has led to 144 arrests and enabled the safeguarding of 20 victims across South America.

 

During Operation Orion International, 12 South American countries joined forces to combat the production, distribution and possession of online child sexual abuse and exploitation material, focusing particularly on victim identification and rescue.

 

As a result of the operation, undertaken with the coordination and support of INTERPOL, 18 direct abusers were caught and 111 people were charged with possession and distribution of abuse material. Seven individuals wanted internationally for child sex offenses, who were the subjects of INTERPOL Red Notices, were also arrested as part of the crackdown.

 

The arrested individuals, predominantly men, were aged between 14 and 86 and came from diverse backgrounds. Their occupations included: professor, graphic designer, security guard, mechanic, musician, journalist, psychologist and taxi driver.

 

Case studies: child victims safeguarded after years of abuse

 

In Argentina, local authorities had identified abuse material circulating on messaging applications. With the support of INTERPOL and its additional data, authorities were able to identify and safeguard a nine-year-old victim who had suffered at least six years of abuse.

 

In a separate case in Chile, police identified an offender sharing child sexual exploitation material in messaging groups. Following his arrest, investigators analysed the seized information and established that the same person had also produced child sexual abuse material at the arrest location. This made it possible to identify and safeguard a 14-year-old girl, the daughter of the perpetrator’s partner.

 

As part of Operation Orion International, participating countries were also asked to assess existing Red Notices for child sexual offenders believed to be living within their borders.

 

In one such case, Korean authorities had provided information about the manager of a website which shared child exploitation material. Thanks to the collaboration between Korea and Ecuador, with coordination from INTERPOL, the individual was apprehended.

 

https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2024/20-rescued-144-arrested-in-major-child-abuse-operation-across-South-America

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:25 p.m. No.21684833   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4836

Israel hacks into Beirut Airport tower controller, stops Iranian plane landing

 

Israel reportedly hacked into Beirut Airport's control tower and made threats to an Iranian plane which was about to land

 

Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport requested that an Iranian aircraft refrain from landing at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport or use the country’s airspace, following Israeli threats.

 

The statement was made after the Israeli army reportedly hacked the airport’s control tower on Saturday morning, before issuing threats that it would target the airplane with "force" if it landed, a source at the ministry told Reuters.

 

The ministry initially said it was "unclear" what was on the plane, and stressed that the priority is "people's lives". Minister Ali Hamieh later stated that the aircraft was "exclusively civilian", to the Turkish Anadolu agency.

 

The plane was identified as "Qasem Air" Flight No. QFZ9964, as it was approaching for landing, according to Israeli media.

 

https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-threats-prevent-iranian-plane-landing-beirut-airport

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:26 p.m. No.21684838   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Former California Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder Two Jewish Men Leaving Los Angeles Synagogues Last Year

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-california-man-sentenced-35-years-prison-attempting-murder-two-jewish-men-leaving-los

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:28 p.m. No.21684848   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4871 >>4888 >>4902 >>4911 >>4924 >>5226 >>5359

Israel Destroys ‘almost 80% of Agricultural Lands’ Vital to Survival in Gaza – Euro-Med Rights Group

 

Israel has destroyed hundreds of dunams of agricultural land, depriving Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip of agricultural land and resources vital to survival, according to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.

 

“This destruction is part of a larger Israeli plan that dates back to last October,” Euro-Med said in a report published” on September 26.” Under this plan, Israeli forces have worked to eliminate almost 80% of the agricultural land in the Gaza Strip from use by Palestinians.”

 

Israel has done this either “by isolating it in preparation for its forcible annexation to the so-called ‘buffer zone’ or by bulldozing or destroying it by other means, such as bombardment—all of which are in violation of international law.”

 

“This is an expression of Israel’s insistence on committing genocide against Palestinians in the enclave,” the Geneva-based rights group said.

 

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-destroys-almost-80-of-agricultural-lands-vital-to-survival-in-gaza-euro-med-rights-group/

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:30 p.m. No.21684862   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Siemens Energy, Inc. pleads guilty to stealing confidential competitor information in $104M resolution after former corporate executive and others were sentenced

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/siemens-energy-inc-pleads-guilty-stealing-confidential-competitor-information-104m

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:32 p.m. No.21684872   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Why does the US still control every penny of Iraqi oil revenues?

 

Washington has maintained control over Iraq’s oil revenues since its illegal 2003 invasion – a financial and economic subjugation that undermines Iraqi sovereignty and denies it access to its own national treasure.

 

In July, the Iraqi Central Bank halted all foreign transactions in Chinese Yuan, succumbing to intense pressure from the US Federal Reserve to do so. The shutdown followed a brief period during which Baghdad had allowed merchants to trade in Yuan, an initiative intended to mitigate excessive US restrictions on Iraq’s access to US dollars.

 

While this Yuan-based trade excluded Iraq’s oil exports, which remained in US dollars, Washington viewed it as a threat to its financial dominance over the Persian Gulf state. But how has the US managed to exert such total control over Iraqi financial policies?

 

The answer lies in 2003, with mechanisms established following the illegal US-led invasion of Iraq.

 

A legacy of ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’

 

Since the signing of Executive Order 13303 (EO13303) by President George W Bush on 22 May 2003, all revenues from Iraq’s oil sales have been funneled directly into an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

EO13303, titled “Protection of the Development Fund for Iraq and Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest,” has been renewed annually by every US president, including Joe Biden in 2024. This executive order essentially places control over Iraq’s oil revenues under the discretion of the US President, leaving Baghdad with limited control over its resources and earnings.

 

The roots of Iraq’s financial dependence on the US stretch back to the 1990s. Following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, UN Security Council Resolution 661 imposed severe economic sanctions to isolate Iraq from international trade. These sanctions, exacerbated by former president Saddam Hussein’s refusal to comply with withdrawal demands, crippled the Iraqi economy.

 

Control over Iraq’s finances

 

UNSC Resolution 687, passed in 1991 after the Persian Gulf War, extended these sanctions while introducing the controversial “Oil for Food” program. Although it allowed Iraq to sell oil in exchange for humanitarian goods like food and medicine, the sanctions resulted in immense human suffering, with over one million Iraqis, half of them children, dying during this period. Then-US secretary of state Madeleine Albright infamously defended the sanctions in a 1996 interview, stating that the deaths were “worth the price.”

 

Following the invasion of Iraq, the US occupation of the country became a reality after the collapse of Saddam’s government. Faced with a fait accompli, the UN Security Council had to accept the new status quo.

 

According to International Humanitarian Law, occupation forces – in this case, the US and UK – become responsible for the well-being of the populations they occupy. So, UNSC Resolution 1483 was issued on 22 May 2003 to establish the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) as Iraq’s administrator and create the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) to manage Iraqi oil revenues.

 

Note that Resolution 1483 did not mention the US Federal Reserve as the depositary of Iraqi funds, nor did it assign a location for the DFI headquarters or account. In fact, the resolution specifically states directed that the DFI should “be held by the Central Bank of Iraq.” It was the CPA, led by Paul Bremer, that decided unilaterally to house the account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

This decision allowed the US government to maintain tight control over Iraq’s oil revenues. From that point until today, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance has had to submit requests for funds to the US Treasury, which then approves or denies these requests based on its own criteria.

 

This monthly transfer of US dollars – which are literally flown into Baghdad in pallets of hard cash – determines Iraq and its 40-million-population’s ability to pay for basic needs like salaries, food, and medicine.

 

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/27007

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:35 p.m. No.21684885   🗄️.is 🔗kun

U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 18 Defendants In Scheme To Manufacture And Distribute Millions Of Deadly Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Through Fake Online Pharmacies

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-charges-against-18-defendants-scheme-manufacture-and-distribute

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:45 p.m. No.21684930   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4956 >>4973

Tory Candidate Robert Jenrick says Star of David should be displayed at every point of entry to the UK

 

Tory leadership frontrunner addressed Conservative Friends of Israel event in hoodie emblazoned with words ‘Hamas Are Terrorists’

 

He said that, while immigration minister, he had pushed for Israelis travelling to Britain to be able to use e-gates. He said this would mean “at “every airport and point of entry to our great country”, there was a Star of David, as a “symbol that we support Israel”.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/robert-jenrick-israel-tory-conference-b2621106.html

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 12:49 p.m. No.21684943   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4946 >>4967 >>5226 >>5359

For Netanyahu's Government, the Endgame of War Is War

 

Between us and Jordan lies the reality Israel fights to ignore: millions of Palestinians with nowhere to go, waiting – like many Israelis I know – to live in peace. Yet, Israel's refusal to recognize a Palestinian partner and pursue a solution persists, despite Arab neighbors willing to help it get there

 

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2024-09-30/ty-article/.highlight/for-netanyahus-government-the-endgame-of-war-is-war/00000192-43b3-d755-add7-63f7b7700000

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 1:17 p.m. No.21685021   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5056 >>5113

Why a mural of Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Justin Bieber outside a tobacconist has enraged Aussies - forcing the owner to take drastic action

 

A tobacco shop has sparked outrage after a 'sickening' mural featuring rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Justin Bieber was painted on its shopfront wall.

 

Pro Art Sydney, a store that sells snacks, paint supplies, tobacco and smoking paraphernalia, shared a picture of its newest mural to Instagram over the weekend.

 

The artwork emblazoned on the store's shopfront on Cleveland Street in Surry Hills shows Combs glaring at a wide-eyed Bieber, with the rapper and singer separated by a bottle of baby oil.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13905607/Why-mural-Sean-Diddy-Combs-Justin-Bieber-outside-tobacconist-enraged-Aussies-forcing-owner-drastic-action.html

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 1:23 p.m. No.21685040   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5049 >>5051 >>5071 >>5081 >>5092 >>5111 >>5226 >>5359

Bluebeam

 

'Impressive' footage showing skies of China lit up with 10,000 drones sends social media into frenzy but some people are concerned

 

Footage showing skies in China lit up with 10,000 drones has sent social media into a frenzy, with Elon Musk labelling the video as 'impressive'.

 

Posting to his official account on X, the platform he rebranded from Twitter after purchasing it in October 2022, Mr Musk, 53, was seemingly mesmerised by what he saw on the platform.

 

Footage posted online showed 10,197 drones lighting up the night sky in a blaze of colour that resembled a large firework display.

 

A post from investor and social media personality, Mario Nawfal, who has over 1.6million followers on the platform, read: 'China outdoes itself again.

 

After setting a world record with over 8,000 drones in a light show. Now they have a 10,000 drone light show.'

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13907639/china-drones-sky-viral-video-twitter.html

Anonymous ID: 1def9a Sept. 30, 2024, 1:51 p.m. No.21685139   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5154 >>5226 >>5359

Israel Launches 'Limited' Ground Invasion Of Lebanon, US Confirms

 

Update1630ET): The Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon has begun, with various regional news correspondents saying IDF tanks have been spotted breaching areas earlier deemed 'closed military zones'.

 

"Israeli forces have launched limited incursions in Lebanon, the United States said, as Israel vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah and sealed part of the border after killing the Iran-backed militants' leader," AFP reports.

 

"This is the moment," Retired Israeli Brig. Gen. Aviv Amiri has told CNN. The southern areas were reportedly subject to carpet bombing raids within the hours prior to the border breach. "We cannot create terms for Israelis to return to their homes without pushing Hezbollah out of South Lebanon, certainly at minimum eight miles, which would be anti-tank missile range," Amiri has said.

 

Israel's military has also issued new warnings telling Lebanese civilians in the southern suburbs of Beirut to evacuate, ahead of more imminent airstrikes on Hezbollah locations.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahus-war-seven-fronts-massive-new-attacks-yemen-syria-central-beirut