WARS & RUMORS

• China has surrounded Taiwan with three aircraft carrier groups. China wants Taiwan, claims it is a breakaway province. America is pledged to defend Taiwan.
• There is a massive cyber attack going on targeting the Russian Foreign Ministry. I wonder who could be behind that?
• Report: Russia sank 22 Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea.
• Hezbollah was found to be hiding $500 million under a hospital in Beirut. The IDF is routinely accused of targeting strictly civilian targets in Gaza and Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon, while terror groups routinely fire salvos of rockets at Israeli civilian    [Little gets mentioned about that.]  Report from Amir Tsarfati: Hey look at this ‘innocent residential building’ in Lebanon that the IDF had ‘no reason to target’…A rocket launcher is hiding behind….”
• Israel struck hard at Hezbollah, targeting airports, banks and ports, aiming to cripple Hezbollah’s economic support system.
• Early in the week, Iran’s Embassy to the UN in New York City announced that because the US knows, “when and how” Israel will strike, “The United States will bear full responsibility for its role in any Israeli act of aggression against Iran.” Hal Turner: “It is widely believed that this means Iran WILL make good on its word to ‘hit all U.S. Bases in the Middle East’ if/when Israel attacks.”  America has numerous bases in the region.
• Israel continues its’ preparations to hit Iranian targets in retaliation for the 200 missiles launched by Iran weeks ago. The Israeli response has been delayed following the leak of at least 2 Top Secret documents from the American intelligence community.  The documents disclosed the specific plans of attack to be used by the Israelis.  The Times of London reports: “Israel is concerned the leak could help Iran predict certain patterns of attack.  It has been forced to develop an alternative plan, one that requires detailed war gaming before any order is given.”  Israel’s semi-secret nuclear weapons were mentioned in the leaked documents.  Israel was NOT planning to use their nuclear arsenal.  But Hal Turner reports that that poses an issue for the American government.  Turner says that by law, the US cannot provide aid to a nation with nuclear weapons that has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.  We’ll see how that goes.[i] [ii] [iii] [iv]
• HEADLINE: Ukrainian Troops Increasingly Refusing Orders, Desertion Rates Explode – “The Ukrainian prosecutor’s office has opened 51,000 cases of desertion through the first nine months of 2024. The number of soldiers abandoning their posts is likely to double last year’s total. It’s not just critics who say that US policy in Ukraine is to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian.”[v]

[i] Israel Delayed Iran Strike After US Intel Leak Of Attack Preparations, Zero Hedge, October 24, 2024

[ii] Israel delays Iran retaliation after US intelligence leak, Times of London, October 24, 2024

[iii] Leaked Classified US Documents Mention Israeli Nuclear Weapons, Hal Turner Radio, October 24, 2024

[iv] For this entire section: Various Headlines & Stories found on HTR and viewed on October 24, 2024

[v] Ukrainian Troops Increasingly Refusing Orders, Desertion Rates Explode, Zero Hedge, October 25, 2024