Vladimir Putin's ally makes deadly warning as he vows to target UK weapons  Richard Ashmore & John O'sullivan General Sergei Shoigu, an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has chillingly declared that Russia will "increase the intensity of attacks" on British and allied weapons supplied to Ukraine. The general, who has been at the helm of one of Russia's most brutal conflicts since the unlawful invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, has seen his forces make some headway in the vast eastern front as tanks capitalise on the firmer ground provided by the warmer weather. In a ..read more

Congressional Spending Goes Full Weimar Jeff Lukens It has become a speculative game in the blogosphere to predict what black swan calamities could lead to a breakdown in civil order and the imposition of some form of martial law. Wars and rumors of war abound. We have already seen a container ship mysteriously knocking down a bridge and closing a key port. Other such scenarios include massive cyber-attacks that shut down the grid and block communication and transportation networks nationwide. The speculation on the variations of such events is virtually endless. However, one crisis is no ..read more

UN Nuclear Official Warns: Iran “Weeks, Not Months” Away from Having Sufficient Uranium for a Bomb Emmitt Barry Rafael Mariano Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Deutsche Welle that Iran is “weeks rather than months” away from having enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb. “But that does not mean that Iran has or would have a nuclear weapon in that space of time,” Grossi told Deutsche Welle. He noted that while uranium enrichment at near weapons-grade levels is concerning, it doesn’t directly imply that Iran possesses a nuclear weap ..read more

The goal of the campus Jew-haters: To render Israel indefensible, in both senses of the word David Horovitz While Jews have been celebrating the first days of Passover, the ancient festival of freedom, antisemites and their useful idiot collaborators on a swelling number of American university campuses have been rallying and issuing murderous threats in a strategic effort to end Jewish freedom, in the here and now, by destroying the world’s only Jewish majority state. The underlying goal of the encampments and marches at Columbia, Yale, NYU and the other campuses is to render Israel indef ..read more

IDF hits 40 Hezbollah sites; Gallant says group’s south Lebanon command decimated Emanuel Fabian Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday claimed that the military had killed half of Hezbollah’s commanders in southern Lebanon, as the Israel Defense Forces carried out a large wave of strikes against dozens of sites belonging to the terror group. “Half of the Hezbollah commanders in south Lebanon have been eliminated… and the other half hide and abandon south Lebanon to IDF operations,” Gallant said, after holding an assessment at the Northern Command headquarters in Safed with the chief ..read more

WHO, Media Drum Up Fear of Bird Flu Spreading to Humans Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. The WHO’s Chief Scientist Jeremy Farrar warned bird flu has an “extremely high” mortality rate for humans and could mutate to pass between humans, despite no record of human-to-human transmission of H5N1. The World Health Organization (WHO) again sounded the alarm about bird flu last week, warning it has an “extremely high” mortality rate among humans. The disease, the H5N1 avian influenza virus — also known as “highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A,” and simply as “bird flu” — can pass ..read more

NATO Maneuvers Near Russian Borders Raise Risks of Possible Military Incidents Sputnik The NATO maneuvers near Russia's borders scheduled to kick off on Friday in Finland increase the risks of possible military incidents, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told Sputnik.  "The alliance continues its practical military exploration of a once neutral state, a respected participant in discussions on strengthening stability and security. The mentioned maneuvers near Russia's borders increase the risks of possible military incidents," Zakharova said.  Russia, fo ..read more

Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired?  Brandon Smith In October of 2023 in my article ‘It’s A Trap! The Wave Of Repercussions As The Middle East Fights “The Last War”’ I predicted that a multi-front war was about to develop between Israel and various Muslim nations including Lebanon and Iran. I noted: “Israel is going to pound Gaza into gravel, there’s no doubt about that. A ground invasion will meet far more resistance than the Israelis seem to expect, but Israel controls the air and Gaza is a fixed target with limited territory. The problem fo ..read more

IDF: Fighter jets, artillery forces hit 40 targets in south Lebanon in short period Emanuel Fabian Israeli fighter jets and artillery forces carried out a wave of strikes against dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, the military says. According to the IDF, some 40 targets in Ayta ash-Shab were hit by aircraft and artillery shelling within several minutes. The targets included weapon depots and other assets belonging to Hezbollah, the military says. The IDF says the strikes are “part of the effort to destroy the organization’s infrastructure in the border area.” Ayta ash-Shab ..read more

Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine TYLER DURDEN Russia's response to the Republican-led House passing Biden's foreign aid package which includes $61 billion in new military assistance for Ukraine has been to promise stepped-up targeting of the Western weapons store houses. A new statement by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu additionally said "The Kiev regime has failed to achieve the goals of its counteroffensive prepared by NATO instructors" and that Russia has "dispelled the myth of the superiority of western weaponry" while its ..read more