Re: #43 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[KneelB4Zod!]

Backdoors Embedded in DoD Microchips From China
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95282643/Backdoors-Embedded-in-DoD-Microchips-From-China

article
https://www.military.com/defensetech/2012/05/30/smoking-gun-proof-that-military-chips-from-china-are-infected

many articles on this

D&D: i'm not arguing with your premise about protected code i'm expanding the discussion about ways/means to alter/steal.

Yes - that is possible and probably attempted for common FPGA (Field-programmable gate array) used in certain military applications..
Here is how it can work - a certain area of the integrated circuit is designed in such a way to resonate and be accessed and controlled on a certain frequency which then takes control over the chip functionality.
Typically, FPGAs run a boot code that later permits loading a certain set of firmware. The hack cannot control that in an intelligent way but may alter the circuit response to instructions rendering it unuseable for its main purpose.
That again, is not hacking - it requires physical access to the electronics itself. Being it during design, production or usage.

Well, but this is how the most common air-gapped systems are hacked - by someone, who brings in US flash drive for example. There are other ways, too. Noise, heat, light...

[KneelB4Zod!]

Trump arrested in Hague. Only the fake one so far...

Bij de demonstratie in Den Haag door Iraniërs tegen de VS en Israël. pic.twitter.com/DG0IaStXbm

— Bob van Keulen (@BobHGL) January 12, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
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The battle for Aleppo is very, very close, everything is ready.

Fourth_div.

After achieving the desired and desired goals in the countryside of Latakia, the destination is now to Aleppo, to crush the skulls of the terrorists and to achieve more victories. pic.twitter.com/XUdKb7N3nN

— Y.N.M.S (@ynms79797979) January 12, 2020

[dumb and dumber]

Well, but this is how the most common air-gapped systems are hacked - by someone, who brings in US flash drive for example. There are other ways, too. Noise, heat, light...

No, that is not the same.
Those USB air-gapped systems rely on some wireless abilities, even if not directly connected and meant for certain known system or common architectures. For example, you cannot use a virus designed for a Windows system on a PC architecture to attack an unknown architecture running custom firmware/software.
I posted a link to a youtube video that showed the interior of a TOR-M1 system - do you see anything resembling a PC in there? Any keyboard, mouse touchscreen? Can you tell if and what hardware/software they run?
No - all you can see are manual switches and radar displays.

[KneelB4Zod!]

#RUSSIA-#SYRIA-#TURKEY MEETING IN #MOSCOW #BREAKING https://t.co/m1Ea4Dwjd0 pic.twitter.com/djANV2IFjV

— DoC (@DocPakistan) January 13, 2020

[Zambeezi]

New footage of last week's Iranian attack on the American-led coalition's Al Asad airbase, Iraq. WARNING: the airman who filmed this curses like a sailor. Contains strong language. pic.twitter.com/Nx7xliGyIm

— Quentin Sommerville (@sommervilletv) January 13, 2020

So much for all the personnel hiding in bunkers

[KneelB4Zod!]

Well, but this is how the most common air-gapped systems are hacked - by someone, who brings in US flash drive for example. There are other ways, too. Noise, heat, light...

No, that is not the same.
Those USB air-gapped systems rely on some wireless abilities, even if not directly connected and meant for certain known system or common architectures. For example, you cannot use a virus designed for a Windows system on a PC architecture to attack an unknown architecture running custom firmware/software.
I posted a link to a youtube video that showed the interior of a TOR-M1 system - do you see anything resembling a PC in there? Any keyboard, mouse touchscreen? Can you tell if and what hardware/software they run?
No - all you can see are manual switches and radar displays.

Well, I was speaking in general.

However, if we come back to the Tor then it really can operate autonomously:

"The TOR-M1 combat vehicle can operate autonomously, firing from stationary positions or on the move."

https://www.armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_missile_system_vehicle_uk/tor-m1_9a331_sa-15_gauntlet_technical_data_sheet_specifications_information_description_pictures_uk.html

It means it has some operating system that decides for itself, computing trajectory, distance etc. And yes, I would expect physical access to the unit, similary as in my mole within the airdefense unit.

[KneelB4Zod!]

‘Stay Strong, You Will Be Free!’ Watch Julian Assange Get Cheered On Outside London Courthttps://t.co/8fN993Xv1D#FreeAssange pic.twitter.com/B9xogztbiv

— Ian56 (@Ian56789) January 13, 2020

[Zambeezi]

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel says Pompeo has declined to appear for testimony tomorrow on Iran. pic.twitter.com/Zfm5aIvFRB

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 13, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

Al-Masdar News
@TheArabSource
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Russian warships enter eastern #Mediterranean as Syrian Army gears up for new offensive: photos https://is.gd/T5jjga #Russia #Syria

[Zambeezi]

"US Ambassador to Iraq delivered to Iraqi officials a copy of all the possible US sanctions to Iraq if govt insists on the total withdrawal of all US forces. Has triggered an immediate reaction from Iraqi groups willing to fight US forces once declared an occupation force by Iraq https://t.co/XDwMT3Bvpg

— Dino Afuera (@DinoAfuera) January 13, 2020

All Iraqi [militia] groups, including Sayyed Moqtada al-Sadr' Jaish al-Mahdi, agreed to unite their objective and force the US forces out of Iraq
if the withdrawal request is ignored.

[Zambeezi]

The President of the United States is engaging in hate speech against an entire religion. And because he is President, it is in our name. It is on all of us - especially our elected officials- to demand that it stop. And to demand that @Twitter put an end to it. https://t.co/YU9nCCxBFm

— Dana Shell Smith (@AmbDana) January 13, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

Marwa Osman || مروة عثمان
@Marwa__Osman
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UAE's Mohammad Bin Zayed and the New #OmanSultan Haitham Bin Tarek.
A photo that reveals the future between the two countries.
Imagine if they had laser beams in their eyes.
Mind you they are at odds concerning #Yemen.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Not that I'm surprised. Trump and his regime lies, that's standard thing, nothing new...

Trump authorized Soleimani's killing 7 months ago, with conditions

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-authorized-soleimani-s-killing-7-months-ago-conditions-n1113271


Luke Rudkowski
@Lukewearechange
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I think its pretty clear now that Trump lied to you about an "imminent threat" to Americans that was the justification of the Iranian general assassination!

[Zambeezi]

Trump Deleted...

"it doesn’t really matter"
- it does matter
- you've no evidence, or show it
- you repeat regime change lies, remember WMDs?
- you sound like Bush, Obama, and Clinton
- you were elected to end this crap
- you've betrayed everyone who voted for you#Soleimani https://t.co/Ij3hw1Uz08

— (@Navsteva) January 13, 2020

[Zambeezi]

State Department security officials weren't notified of "imminent" threats to US embassies, further undermining President Trump's claims that Qasem Soleimani posed an imminent threat to four diplomatic outposts https://t.co/UQG4r3cEWg pic.twitter.com/znCqSVKsei

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 13, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
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[Syria] "Aleppo. Wounded City"

[KneelB4Zod!]

We're not just saying Washington is financing coup efforts in Venezuela.

The U.S. government openly admits to funneling cash to opposition figures, parties, media, etc. through USAID + the State Department's Democracy & Human Rights Bureau.

Elliott Abrams this week: pic.twitter.com/G2VWliJW2d

— Camila (@camilateleSUR) January 12, 2020

[Zambeezi]

hadn't seen this one...

#breaking #breakingnews Fateh-110 ballistic missiles launched by #IRGC hitting Ain al-Asad Air Base in #Iraq during Operation #Soleimani. According to #Pentagon, all claims of #IRGC regarding to killing 80 #US They have destroyed only helicopters pic.twitter.com/B9bJcWUPOH

— Elpresidente (@Elpresi48839381) January 8, 2020

[Talos]

More footage of massive damage to US airbase.

[KneelB4Zod!]

More footage of massive damage to US airbase.

Even more reasons consider that this is why the airliner was downed...

[KneelB4Zod!]

Looks like damage is in hundreds of $. Some sensitive sites were already cleaned or excluded from msm view. Manpower loses still unclear.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Caitlin Johnstone
@caitoz
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"The US is the exception to all its own rules. That’s how American exceptionalism works. This is one of those 'do as I say, not as I do' situations."


This is not from Caitlin, actually. This is Ron Paul...


“Iran Must Begin Acting Like A Normal Nation,” Says Totally Normal Nation

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2020/january/13/iran-must-begin-acting-like-a-normal-nation-says-totally-normal-nation/

[KneelB4Zod!]

The #MEK are inserting their people into the #IranProtests2020 in an attempt to hijack the protests. Here is one woman trying to direct protests to shout a pro-MEK slogan, "Hail to the MEK," but nobody follows. pic.twitter.com/teOpHXkjMW

— Pouya Alimagham پويا عالي مقام (@iPouya) January 13, 2020

[Zambeezi]

#عاجل
زيارة مرتقبة لقائد فيلق القدس الايراني اسماعيل قاآني الى العاصمة بغداد

— ناشط حقوقي⁦⁩⁦⁩ (@LOWY_MOSH) January 13, 2020

# Urgent expected visit of the commander of the Iranian Quds Force Ismail Qani to the capital Baghdad

[KneelB4Zod!]

Ian56
@Ian56789
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Craig Murray: Lies, the Bethlehem Doctrine, and the Illegal Murder of Soleimani
https://original.antiwar.com/Craig_Murray/2020/01/10/lies-the-bethlehem-doctrine-and-the-illegal-murder-of-soleimani/

#Soleimani
#NoWarWithIran

[Zambeezi]

عشائر مياح في واسط تنزل الى الشارع باسلحة خفيفة معلنة تضامنها مع القوات الامنية لفرض القانون و طرد المتظاهرين من ساحات الاعتصام . pic.twitter.com/QcwtdnZbUB

— ناشط حقوقي⁦⁩⁦⁩ (@LOWY_MOSH) January 13, 2020

Mayah clans in Wasit


take to the street with light weapons, declaring their solidarity with the security forces to enforce the law and expelling the protesters from the sit-in squares.

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On Sunday, a security source from inside Karbala Governorate reported that the French Press Agency correspondent had been kidnapped in the province.

The source said, "Gunmen are riding in the wheel of the (Elantra) type, and they kidnapped the journalist, Salman Al-Yasiri, the correspondent of the (French Press Agency), from the front of the restaurant in the center of Karbala."
https://twitter.com/LOWY_MOSH/status/1216431664861192192

National Security decides to give powers to security managers to use force in the unstable south and central regions
https://twitter.com/LOWY_MOSH/status/1216777398403895297

Karbala Police Command: We will strike with an iron hand all those who violate public and private properties
https://twitter.com/LOWY_MOSH/status/1216784348172705792

Hear violent explosions amid Nasiriyah
https://twitter.com/LOWY_MOSH/status/1216831185332195331

Gunmen assassinate two people in Al-Wafdat Street, in the middle of Basra.
https://twitter.com/LOWY_MOSH/status/1216832705712787459

A security source in Dhi Qar Governorate reveals the explosion of three sound bombs near the headquarters of the Special Task Force Regiment.
https://twitter.com/LOWY_MOSH/status/1216836177124384768

[Zambeezi]

#Breaking #Libya media is confirming that #Hafter has left #Russia without having signed the ceasefire agreement.#LNA #Haftar #Erdogan #Libya #Moscow #Erdogan #Tripoli pic.twitter.com/7wkEzlyfdH

— A. Mountzouroulias (@andreasmoun) January 13, 2020

M.LNA (@LNA2019M)
There will not be any signing for several reasons, the most important of which is the ill intention of #Turkey by imposing itself as a party in #Libya to legislate the illegal #MoU.
#Libya is for the Libyans

Breaking: #Haftar terrorists have resumed shelling of #Tripoli districts after Haftar & accompanying UAE diplomats ignore #Moscow ceasefire agreement signed by #Libya PM Sarraj earlier today

— Ahmed Sewehli (@LibyanIntegrity) January 13, 2020

General commander of Libyan National Army.
The document presented in front of me was a document of sham and betrayal, something the #GNA are always happy to sign, but our real Libyan hands could never.
We live in honor and we die with honor.#Libya #LNA #Hafter pic.twitter.com/Ijzi8QHVpd

— M.LNA (@LNA2019M) January 13, 2020

[Zambeezi]

The Long Planned U.S. Assassinations In Iraq Will Increase Its Political Chaos
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/01/the-long-planned-us-assassinations-in-iraq-will-increase-the-political-chaos.html

as always another great analysis by MoA
take away: Soleimani/Muhandis can be 'replaced' as military figures..
but their political roles in smoothing out tensions are almost irreplaceable
hence US will benefit from coming chaos left between factions and their 'missing' peacemaking efforts.
Soleimani replacement Ismail Qaani for instance doesn't even speak Farsi
all his experience comes from Afghanistan, not Syria, Lebanon nor Iraq.
as above, Qaani was expected to attend the same meeting today with Sadr & shiia militia commanders in Baghdad.
Soleimani left a black hole. very black.

[FoShizzle]

Well Im just about done with my efforts,where I usually post is now full of Hasbara and Langley trolls and their brainwashed idiot sheep followers whom seem to believe Trump can take on the whole world whilst walking on water whilst farting loudly the star spangled banner,when I get some time I'll sign up here.