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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate

Mohammad Mansour
Aljazeera
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00 UTC
people battle fire
© Ramadan Abed/ReutersPeople try to extinguish a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 14, 2024
Al Jazeera investigation reveals how US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians.

At dawn on August 10, 2024, Yasmin Mahani walked through the smoking ruins of al-Tabin school in Gaza City, searching for her son, Saad. She found her husband screaming, but of Saad, there was no trace.

"I went into the mosque and found myself stepping on flesh and blood," Mahani told Al Jazeera Arabic for an investigation that aired on Monday. She searched hospitals and morgues for days. "We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part."

Mahani is one of thousands of Palestinians whose loved ones have simply vanished during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 72,000 people.

According to the Al Jazeera Arabic investigation, The Rest of the Story, Civil Defence teams in Gaza have documented 2,842 Palestinians who have "evaporated" since the war began in October 2023, leaving behind no remains other than blood spray or small fragments of flesh.

Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel's systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit].

Comment: You do not want to read these words. No sane person wants to know that what is described above is operational in this world...except the makers and users.

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The Obama administration's prostitution scandal and the Ruemmler-Epstein connection

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:44 UTC
Obama and woman
© UnknownFormer US President Barack Obama and Kathryn Ruemmler
Remember Obama's 2012 Colombian prostitution scandal? Turns out, Jeffrey Epstein was involved...

Newly released Department of Justice documents from the Epstein files have exposed a previously unknown connection between a 2012 White House advance-team scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, and Kathryn Ruemmler - the former Obama White House counsel who later became Goldman Sachs' top lawyer.

Ruemmler resigned from Goldman late last week, after the latest Epstein document dump revealed her extensive, affectionate, and years-long correspondence with the convicted sex offender. The emails show she called him "Uncle Jeffrey," accepted expensive gifts, and turned to him for advice on sensitive legal and reputational matters - including how to respond to a 2014 Washington Post report that accused her of helping suppress evidence of prostitution involving a rich kid White House aide whose daddy was a huge Obama donor.

The WaPo report, by all accounts, cost Ruemmler a job as Obama's Attorney General.
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Epstein - 'Concierge of Evil' - Dangerous Questions

Peter Hanseler
Forum GeoPolitica
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:44 UTC
The masses revel in the downfall of the rich and powerful, who are drowned in a cocktail of perverse entanglements that were previously dismissed as conspiracy theories. We ask dangerous questions, because sexual perversion is not the most significant issue.
Epstein, Trump, Gates, Rothschild
© Forum GeoPoliticaFriends? - Epstein, Trump, Gates, Rothschild.
Introduction

Trump Releases Documents but Loses Control of Narrative

The Epstein Files were formally published by the United States Attorney General's Office. This was required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was passed by the US Congress. President Trump signed the bill into law.

However, his subsequent behavior is contradictory. He seeks to push the matter out of the public eye. But when an American president says, "it is time to move on," one should do exactly the opposite; and that is what is happening.

Trump has at least one solid reason for wanting to sweep the matter under the carpet: his wife Melania has been outed as an "Epstein girl" and rumors are circulating that she was even Epstein's ex-girlfriend - news that is unlikely to please the president. These circumstances have not yet ended the president's career, but we do not know what else might come to light - possibly facts that could catapult Trump out of office.

It is evident that nerves are frayed in the Trump administration. Last Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi completely lost her temper during a tense hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, citing the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices and announcing that this topic should be discussed, mind you, in a hearing dealing with the Epstein files.

As a critical observer, one must assume that Ms. Bondi, or rather those who are actually making the selection, will present the Epstein files as they see fit. The truly powerful figures behind the scenes will attempt to use these scandals, which in my opinion have not even begun yet, to eliminate their enemies and protect those who deserve to be dragged into the public eye.
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Peru Removes President After Scandal Tied To Chinese Contractor

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:48 UTC
Jose Jeri
Peru's Congress voted on Tuesday to remove President Jose Jeri from office following a series of undisclosed late-night meetings at a Chinese restaurant with a Chinese state contractor, setting off a political scandal dubbed "Chifagate", a reference to the country's Chinese-Peruvian fusion cuisine.

According to SCMP, lawmakers voted 75-24, with three abstentions, to censure Jeri over the unregistered encounters with businessman Zhihua Yang, whose companies have supplied the state and who owns the restaurant and a wholesale outlet in Lima.

The vote took place during an extraordinary session in which seven censure motions, filed between January 21 and January 27, were admitted and debated together. An attempt by Jeri's party, Somos Peru, to argue that only a presidential vacancy procedure could remove him was defeated 71-34.

Jeri did not attend the debate, maintaining that the censure process denied him the right to mount a defense.

Comment: What plans could the US be involved in with the upcoming Peru elections?

2 days before coup in Peru the US ambassador, who's also a veteran CIA agent, met with the country's defense minister

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Beijing moves to contain Mossad's expanding reach in Iran

Nadia Helmy
The Cradle
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:56 UTC
The dragon and Mossad
Chinese military experts and intelligence agencies increasingly describe Mossad's deep infiltration into Iran as opening a "Pandora's box" of global security risks.

From Beijing's perspective, Israeli and US intelligence operations - particularly those expanding after 2015 and accelerating through 2025-2026 - mark the evolution of a new battlespace. Mossad's ability to embed agents, compromise sensitive databases, disable radar networks, and facilitate precision strikes from inside Iranian territory is interpreted as a shift toward what Chinese analysts call 'Informationized and Intelligent' Warfare.

This represents the convergence of cyber sabotage, internal recruitment, technological penetration, and operational coordination - a hybrid model in which intelligence operations hollow out defensive infrastructure before kinetic action begins.

For China, the implications extend well beyond Iran.

Comment: See also:

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Trump and Netanyahu align on Iran pressure but split on endgame

Mohammad Mansour
Al Jazeera
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:00 UTC
Neti and Donny
© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/FileIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu • US President Donald Trump
While US and Israeli leaders agree to choke Iran's oil exports to China, analysts warn Netanyahu is sabotaging diplomacy to force a military confrontation.

United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have solidified a strategy of "maximum pressure" against Iran, targeting the country's vital oil exports to China, even as deep rifts emerge regarding the ultimate goal of the escalation.

According to a report by Axios, the two leaders agreed during a White House meeting last week to intensify economic strangleholds on Iran. The strategy relies heavily on a recent executive order signed by Trump, which empowers the imposition of a 25 percent tariff on any nation conducting business with Iran - a direct threat to China, which currently buys more than 80 percent of Iranian crude.

However, while the tactics align, the strategic endgame remains contested.

Trump has expressed a willingness to cut a deal, reportedly telling Netanyahu, "Let's give it a shot." In contrast, the Israeli prime minister has privately argued with Trump that any agreement is futile, a stance analysts argue is designed to drag the US into a direct war with Tehran.

Comment: The tone and caliber of interaction with Iran has alarmingly increased. How long Trump is able to stall Netanyahu if that is his role is anyone's guess.

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Trump should revive the JCPOA to prevent war with Iran

J.D. Hester
Antiwar.com
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00 UTC
2 flags
© Collective Think
When Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States, he famously declared that his "proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker." However, US involvement in the Middle East has only grown with the President previously authorizing strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, officially entering the short-lived Twelve-Day War with Iran on behalf of Israel. Now, amidst new protests in Iran, Trump has openly called for regime change and has signaled that he is willing to use military force to this end.

As negotiations conclude in Oman, the Trump administration must consider that a hypothetical war would be politically disastrous with 85% of Americans saying they don't want to be at war with Iran. If Trump wishes to improve his 39% approval rating and prevent a potentially catastrophic regional war, it might be time to return to a time-tested framework that is capable of containing Iran's nuclear program and reducing the risk of war. By reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Trump would signal to the American people and the international community that he is worthy of his self-proclaimed title: "the President of Peace."

Comment: To not do this is to suspect there are other factors between Netanyahu and Trump that have not come to light.

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Iran files complaint against secret US financial operations

Amir Saeid Iravani
Voltairenet.org
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC
Bessent/Iravani
© World Economic Forum/CBS News.comUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent • Iranian Diplomat Amir-Saeld Iravani
Iranian diplomat Amir-Saeid Iravani wrote the following letter:

On the orders of my Government and further to our previous letters dated December 30, 2025, and January 2, 9, and 13, 2026, concerning the deliberate interference of the United States of America in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and their sustained campaign of coercion, destabilization, and incitement, I am once again obliged to draw your urgent attention to a new explicit and public admission by a senior U.S. official, who openly acknowledges that the economic measures taken by the United States against Iran were deliberately designed to cripple the Iranian economy in order to provoke unrest in the country.

On January 21, 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated the following in an interview: "It worked because in December, their economy collapsed. We saw a major bank fail. The central bank has started printing money. There's a dollar shortage. They can't import, and that's why people have taken to the streets."

Comment: See also:

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The big lie: Iran supports terrorism

Larry C. Johnson
Sonar21
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:51 UTC
american bases around iran map
"Why did Iran put their country so close to our bases?"
US policymakers, particularly under the current Trump administration (as of February 2026), consistently describe Iran as the world's leading or foremost state sponsor of terrorism. This characterization has been a cornerstone of U.S. policy toward Iran for decades, with Iran designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S. State Department since January 19, 1984 — the longest-standing designation on the current list (which also includes Cuba, North Korea, and Syria).

But what does the data actually show? My old office — i.e., the Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, which is now known as the Bureau of Counter Terrorism — has published an annual report on international terrorism since 1990 that was titled, Patterns of Global Terrorism... The 1990 report, which was mandated by Congress, covered incidents for 1989. Patterns of Global Terrorism was replaced by a new title, Country Reports on Terrorism... That annual report covers every year from 2004 thru 2024 (note: the 2025 report is due in April 2026).
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No fuel, no tourists, no cash - this was the week the Cuban crisis got real

Ruaridh Nicoll
The Guardian
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:39 UTC
Eagle and Cuban flag
Among the verdant gardens of Havana's diplomatic quarter, Siboney, ambassadors from countries traditionally allied to the United States are expressing increasing frustration with Washington's attempt to unseat Cuba's government, while simultaneously drawing up plans to draw down their missions.

Cuba is in crisis. Already reeling from a four-year economic slump, worsened by hyper-inflation and the migration of nearly 20% of the population, the 67-year-old communist government is at its weakest. After Washington's successful military operation against Cuba's ally Venezuela at the beginning of January, the US administration is actively seeking regime change.

The Guardian spoke to more than five top-level officials from different countries, and heard complaints that the US charge d'affaires, Mike Hammer, has failed to share any sort of detailed plan beyond bringing the island to a standstill by starving it of oil. One said: "There's talk of human rights, and that this is the year Cuba changes - but little talk of what happens afterwards."
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