this morning's bread…suggestions that the ayatollah was really the one killed and Suleimani long dead
What is a hypersonic weapon?
Hypersonic weapons can travel at five times the speed of sound (Mach 5 and faster), covering vast distances in minutes. They fall into two categories: boost glide and scramjet.
In a boost glide system, “a rocket accelerates its payload to high speeds. The payload then separates from the rocket and glides unpowered to its destination,” according to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, website.
Scramjet technology uses a booster to reach cruising speeds. The scramjet engine is designed to compress the high-velocity, incoming air before combustion. This technology, also called “air breathing,” renders a highly efficient engine at hypersonic speeds.
https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/hypersonic-weapons
arent they literally reversing the course of events?
the embassy bombing in beirut, the first one I remember happening.
is the guy just a chub or does the impact of the weapon cause the swelling. Hand looks swollen
I Saw Qasem Soleimani’s Brand of Evil Firsthand — It’s Worse Than You Could Possibly Imagine
Just how evil was Tehran’s former top terror chief, Qasem Soleimani? While reporting in Iraq in 2015, I came face to face with his brand of terrorism and it’s been seared in my mind ever since.
In 2015 I went to Iraq to report on the state of ISIS after one year had passed since they unleashed a murderous reign of violence against the Iraqi people.
I met the family in the above picture at an IDP camp outside of Erbil, Iraq. The father explained their desperate situation, homeless because of the latest ISIS reign of terror.
His body was severely burned, his son lay silent on the cot in the tent. When we asked about these things, he explained how Iranian Shia militias had killed his wife, tortured him and his children, including his young boy. The militias, who would have been under the control of Qasem Soleimani, proceeded to drill holes in the boy’s legs as a means to further threaten the father.
The boy stared silently at the ceiling, seemingly void of all emotion. Dad explained that he still has nightmares daily, and often soiled himself because of them.
Listening to the details of such horrific violence and seeing the results of it face to face was hard enough to go through. One can only imagine what it was like to actually live it.
Qasem Soleimani was in charge of about 15,000 in Iran’s Quds force, which is mainly responsible for “military” operations that take place out of the country.
According to an extended piece in The New Yorker back in 2013, Soleimani’s Quds Force was responsible for thousands of American casualties in Iraq (emphasis mine):
In 2004, the Quds Force began flooding Iraq with lethal roadside bombs that the Americans referred to as E.F.P.s, for “explosively formed projectiles.” The E.F.P.s, which fire a molten copper slug able to penetrate armor, began to wreak havoc on American troops, accounting for nearly twenty per cent of combat deaths. E.F.P.s could be made only by skilled technicians, and they were often triggered by sophisticated motion sensors. “There was zero question where they were coming from,” General Stanley McChrystal, who at the time was the head of the Joint Special Operations Command, told me. “We knew where all the factories were in Iran. The E.F.P.s killed hundreds of Americans.”
Suleimani’s campaign against the United States crossed the Sunni-Shiite divide, which he has always been willing to set aside for a larger purpose. Iraqi and Western officials told me that, early in the war, Suleimani encouraged the head of intelligence for the Assad regime to facilitate the movement of Sunni extremists through Syria to fight the Americans. In many cases, Al Qaeda was also allowed a degree of freedom in Iran as well. Crocker told me that in May, 2003, the Americans received intelligence that Al Qaeda fighters in Iran were preparing an attack on Western targets in Saudi Arabia. Crocker was alarmed. “They were there, under Iranian protection, planning operations,” he said. He flew to Geneva and passed a warning to the Iranians, but to no avail; militants bombed three residential compounds in Riyadh, killing thirty-five people, including nine Americans.
While it is perfectly understandable to be concerned about what happens next with Iran, it’s hard to look at it as anything but positive that Soleimani is no longer walking the face of this planet.
Soleimani’s Quds Force was a designated a terrorist organization by the United States and Canada, as he was in charge of committing acts of terror outside of Iran’s borders.
https://www.faithwire.com/2020/01/03/i-saw-qasem-soleimanis-brand-of-evil-firsthand-its-worse-than-you-could-possibly-imagine/?
WSJ News Exclusive | California Democratic Party Pays More Than $1 Million to Settle Harassment, Discrimination Claims
In one of the cases involving three plaintiffs—Tina McKinnor, the party’s former operations director; John Vigna, its former communications director; and Spencer Dayton, an activist—who alleged sexual assault, harassment, and racial discrimination, the state Democratic Party is paying more than $1 million to settle, according to a person with knowledge..
https://www.wsj.com/california-democratic-party-pays-more-than-1-million-to-settle-harassment-discrimination-claims-11578076342
Former Maryland lawmaker Tawanna Gaines sentenced for federal wire fraud
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/former-maryland-lawmaker-tawanna-gaines-sentenced-for-federal-wire-fraud/2020/01/03/a9f50f52-2e35-11ea-9b60-817cc18cf173_story.html?
Coroner blasts exclusive Greek resort over lack of safety measures after son, 19, of Princess Diana's lady-in-waiting drowned in free-diving accident while working as water sports instructor
Harry Byatt, 19, died while free-diving at a luxury resort off the Zakynthos coast
He dived into the Ionian Sea using a monofin and snorkel but did not come up
Mr Byatt had been working as a water sports instructor at the Peligoni club
His mother Alexandra held the role of Diana's lady-in-waiting until 1997
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7849553/Greek-hotel-son-Dianas-lady-waiting-died-blasted-coroner.html?