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The Thomas Crown Affair, Houthi style

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Please do not interpret this piece as making light of the U.S. and U.K. bombing of the Houthis in Yemen. There are people dying on the ground and that is no laughing matter. The reason for my title is that the U.S. and U.K are acting like the clumsy cops chasing Pierce Brosnan in the movie, The Thomas Crown Affair. Watch the following snippet from the movie and I think you'll grasp my point:


Yep. The Houthis are moving their missiles and drones around in the same fashion that all of the Bowler hatted, wool-coat wearing, Pierce Brosnan look-alikes are doing as they run around the museum exchanging fake briefcases. In the same fashion that the police were frustrated in trying to arrest Brosnan and prevent the theft of a piece of art, the U.S. and U.K. keep launching airstrikes at sites where they think the mobile missile platforms are and still cannot stop Yemen from launching more missiles.

Tiny Yemen is frustrating the world's self-professed "greatest" military power in the world.

War Whore

Mercenaries and neo-Nazis: Why French citizens keep dying senseless deaths for Ukraine

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© Olivier Chassignole/AFPUkrainian soldiers stand near a building during a training exercise with French soldiers at a French military camp in France
Paris says it has no fighters on Kiev's side - after all, plausible deniability is the whole point of guns for hire...

It used to be a point of pride for Western nations that their citizens were so eager to go play Rambo in Ukraine with dreams of 'smoking' Russians. Or at least they didn't seem too keen on stopping them. Now, they don't even want to admit they exist.

Such patriots, fighting for nothing less than Western freedom! It all seemed like fun and games until the missiles started flying and they realized (too late, in some cases) that the Russian army isn't just a non-playable entity in a video game.

Just this week, Russia's Defence Ministry said it had hit a nest of 60 foreign fighters in Kharkov — most of whom, it claims, were French. If true - although the French government denies that's the case - it would raise a lot of questions, like why are French nationals fighting Russia in Ukraine? Who are these people, exactly? Why the Gallic shrug from Paris over their presence in an armed conflict zone when the ubiquity of Western intelligence in Ukraine suggests that France should be well aware of what's happening?

Comment: Follow the money.


House

"End of the world bunker" listed on Zillow: 10,000SqFt, blast-doors, & EMP shielding

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Elites have spent the last decade building and or purchasing underground doomsday bunkers. Whether it's to survive the next global conflict, civil war in America, a tyrannical government that locks down the economy because of a virus, out-of-control BLM riots, and or possibly a solar storm that zaps that nation's power and communications grid, bunker demand has been smokin' hot.

X account "Zillow Gone Wild" posted Thursday about a 10,000 sqft bunker hidden in Polo, Missouri, that was recently listed.


"In an era where even technology titans are grabbing headlines for their investments in personal safety, such as this end-of-the-world bunker, this property emerges as a true testament to visionary planning," the Zillow listing said.

USA

Several US troops wounded after heavy missile attack on Iraq airbase

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FILE: Al-Harir Airbase that houses the American troops in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
Several U.S. personnel were injured in a missile attack Saturday night by Iranian-backed rebels on Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, the Pentagon said.

At about 6:30 p.m. local time, multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were fired by Iranian-backed militants from western Iraq, U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted on social media.

The base's air defense systems intercepted "most of the missiles," but "others impacted the base," CENTCOM reported.

Propaganda

Russia releases names of French mercenaries in Ukraine, includes son of a General of France's Armed Forces

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The Russian federal mass media have published the names of French mercenaries fighting in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to journalists information, the International Legion of the AFU has been joined by at least 14 French citizens over the past six months. Thus, the Ukrainian army is fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian army:

Comment: Macron, however, dismissed claims that there were French mercenaries fighting in Ukraine.


USA

$14M engine of US Air Force F-35 destroyed after engineer left flashlight inside it before test run

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A F-35 is pictured at Luke Air Force base in Glendale, Arizona - where the accident occurred in March 2023
A $14 million fighter jet engine was irreparably damaged after an engineer left a flashlight inside the engine, sealed it up and turned it on, a military investigation has revealed.

The accident happened at Luke Air Force base in Glendale, Arizona, in March 2023, on a plane with the 56th Fighter Wing.

The F-35 jet was undergoing a routine check of its propulsion system, and a metering plug was inserted into an engine fuel line.

Comment: Meanwhile, more recent blunders include this just yesterday: British warship is out of action after CRASHING into another Royal Navy vessel, ship 'got stuck in reverse'

And 2 weeks ago: And these are the same powers who think they are up to this: NATO set to mobilize 90,000 soldiers for biggest drill since Cold War, rehearsing rapid US deployment near Russia's borders


Star of David

Palestinians accuse Israeli forces of executing 19 civilians in Gaza

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© Adel Hana/APPalestinians walk through destruction by the Israeli bombardment in the Nusseirat refugee camp in Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.
Footage, witness accounts shared with Al Jazeera reveal how Israeli soldiers carried out executions in Gaza last month.

Israeli soldiers executed at least 19 civilians in Gaza City in December, said witnesses who recounted how women and girls were separated from their families, beaten and strip-searched.

Human rights groups have been gathering testimonies of the alleged summary executions and Al Jazeera has obtained footage and witness accounts from members of one family about the assault that took place on December 19.

"Tanks and bulldozers surrounded the building. Shells had been hitting the building for days. The situation was desperate," said Umm Odai Salem, whose husband was among those killed.

Comment: Al Jazeera's video report (graphic):

Israel has a long history of psychopathic behavior, but the U.S. has consistently turned a blind eye. Their 'aircraft carrier' in the Middle East has been to valuable to them:


Rocket

Strikes on mercenaries in Ukraine 'painful for the West' - Finnish editor

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© AP/Kharkov Regional AdministrationA building damaged in a Russian missile attack • Kharkov, Ukraine • January 17, 2024
Russia killed 60 foreign fighters in a missile attack on Kharkov, the Russian Defense Ministry has said...

Russia's elimination of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine hurts the West because it demonstrates how Moscow can inflict "huge losses" with single precision strikes, Finnish news editor Janus Putkonen has told RT.

The Russian military said that it targeted a "temporary assembly point of foreign fighters" in Kharkov on Tuesday, killing 60 foreign fighters and injuring more than 20 others, the majority of whom were "French mercenaries."

The French foreign ministry on Thursday denied the presence of any French mercenaries in Ukraine, although a pro-Russian resistance group in Kharkov told RIA Novosti that French-speaking personnel were present at the targeted building, and that some foreigners there had been "supervising" the RDK, a Ukrainian paramilitary unit associated with the country's military intelligence agency.

Rocket

Exclusive: Iraqi oil tycoon killed in IRGC strike was Mossad's key man in Erbil

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At the stroke of midnight on Monday, IRGC launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at targets of terrorist groups in Syria and an Israeli spying base in Iraqi Kurdistan.
At the stroke of midnight on Monday, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a barrage of missiles at an espionage center of the Israeli spy agency Mossad in Iraqi Kurdistan, destroying it completely.

Among those killed in the operation was Peshraw Majid Agha Dizayee, a Kurdish multi-millionaire oil tycoon who shared close ties with Mossad and made a fortune from illegal export of Iraqi oil to the Tel Aviv regime.

The presence of Dizayee and his accomplices at the spying complex in Erbil suggested that a meeting of great importance was underway at the time of the attack, according to an informed security source.

The building that was destroyed in the IRGC missile strike, he said, was owned by him and regularly hosted meetings between him and Mossad officials, and was the place where many terrorist and sabotage attacks were planned against Iran.

Dizayee headed the Falcon Group conglomerate, with business interests in security, oil, gas, construction and agriculture, according to Kurdish media.

Interestingly, the company website says they are "pleased to provide security services to many international oil companies," pointing to the founder's deep links in the security and intelligence apparatus of Iraqi Kurdistan, which brought him closer to Mossad.

Comment: Update: Some pictures previously published in this article, received from a security source, have been duly removed as Press TV could not independently verify their authenticity. However, we stand by the story and information provided in it related to Dizayee and his accomplices killed in the January 15 strike by the IRGC.


Ice Cube

EV drivers urged to preheat and charge overnight due to cold weather

EV owners are advised to preheat their cars and charge overnight to counter the effects of harsh weather, following numerous reports of challenges faced by Tesla drivers, leading to abandoned vehicles in the US.
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In the wake of the coldest night of the winter in the UK, Edmund King, President of the AA, has issued guidance to electric vehicle (EV) owners, emphasising the importance of preheating their cars and charging overnight.

As the nation grapples with snow and ice that led to the closure of numerous schools, Mr King warns that colder temperatures can adversely affect EV batteries, leading to longer charging times and reduced efficiency.

The AA noted that electric cars may experience a reduction in range ranging from 10% to 20% in colder temperatures.