💲US Weapons Exports Hits Record High in 2023 – No Sh*t, Sherlock

The US sold a whopping $238bn worth of weapons overseas last year - with the Kiev launderette fueling the biggest demand.

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❗️BIDEN: US Not Looking for Wider War in Middle East

Biden also claimed to reporters that Iran "supplied the weapons" that killed 3 US soldiers in recent attack.

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🤬 IDF Troops Continue to Demolish, Ethnically Cleanse Gaza while Whooping and Hollering

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⚠️ IDF Confirms Operation to Flood Gaza Tunnels with Seawater

The IDF claims that before it floods tunnels, it carries out “professional and comprehensive” preemptive checks, including an analysis of the soil and water system in the area, to ensure groundwater is not contaminated.

Expect the worst - after their “precision” preemptive carpet bombing of civilians in Gaza. 🤬

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😳REMINDER: US President John F. Kennedy and AG Bobby Kennedy forced the American Zionist Counsel to register as a foreign agent - blocking them from donating to US officials

JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963. RFK on June 5, 1968.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) replaced AZC without opposition…

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⚠️ NEW: Biden admin, Germany oppose plan to give Ukraine NATO invite at alliance's upcoming summit in DC - Foreign Policy citing sources

“The US has been telling allies, ‘look, don’t put this on the agenda,’” one former official said.

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🤔 Zaluzhny Refused Zelensky’s Offer to Take Post of Secretary of the National Security & Defense Council of Ukraine - The Economist

Although Zelensky has not yet announced his dismissal, this does not mean that it will not happen, the British outlet reported – asserting that the Ukrainian president is indeed looking for a replacement commander-in- chief.

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Budanov, and the commander of the ground forces, Syrsky, are being considered as candidates for the position.

Budanov had reportedly been offered the position, but he “refused at the last moment.”

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⚠️ De-Dollarization: UAE Makes First Cross-Border Digital Dirham Payment to China

The historic transaction of AED50 million ($13.6mn) was sent by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of the board of the Central Bank of the UAE, to China.

It was facilitated through the “mBridge” platform - a collaborative effort of four founding central banks including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Central Bank of the UAE, Digital Currency Institute of the People's Bank of China and Bank of Thailand, and over 25 observing members.

The Global South is ditching the dollar in 2024. Payback time.

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❌ The IDF Claimed Footage of a Man Being Murdered Whilst Waving a White Flag was 'Clearly Edited'

ITV News has now released a new video of the war crime and this time it is continuous…

Blinken’s “highly, highly credible sources” have once again been caught lying.

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🇺🇸🇺🇸⚔🌍Brink of an Epoch: Russia's Checkmate in the Face of US Nuclear Escalation

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❌Over 700K Cases of Infectious Diseases in Gaza Refugee Camps – Palestinian Health Ministry

About two million displaced people are living in catastrophic conditions in overcrowded shelters as winter conditions intensify.

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⚠️ Canada’s Foreign Affairs Dept Hit by Massive Data Breach

Global Affairs Canada is investigating a cyberattack and data breach that has prompted the department to restrict remote network access.

In a series of notes sent to employees beginning Jan 26 and obtained by National Post, the dept said that a ‘month-long’ data breach occurred after a VPN used to sign in was ‘maliciously compromised.’

During that time, it appears hackers gained access to an undisclosed number of GAC employees’ emails as well as personal and shared servers on their laptops connected to the compromised VPN.

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🤔 Pentagon Puts Out Call for Swarming Amphibious Attack Drones that ‘Could Blunt a Taiwan Invasion’ – USNI

The US military has taken the next step in building thousands of lethal sea-borne attack drones – after putting out a solicitation for companies to submit pitches for small, unmanned surface vehicles.

The US Navy has been quietly experimenting in the Pacific with a lethal drone concept called “hellscape” that would disrupt an amphibious invasion of Taiwan with a combination of loitering munitions and lethal attack drones, US Naval Institute reported.

The war machine keeps turning…

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🔴Iran Will Respond to Any Threat from the US – IRGC Chief Hossein Salami

"We hear threats coming from American officials. We tell them that they have already tested us, and we now know one another. No threat will be left unanswered," Salami said.

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