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

[speculation]

Ibn Riad's take on Iran incident:

Thread: a deeper investigation of the downing of the Ukrainian flight during the Iranian attack on the US at Ain al-Assad base in Iraq.

— Ibn Riad - (@IbnRiad) January 13, 2020

The second highly unlikely possibility is the US stationing a friendly element (possibly MEK) on the ground with a shoulder-mounted MANPAD. If nothing else, the IRGC would simply not admit responsibility missile had not come from their actual AD systems.

— Ibn Riad - (@IbnRiad) January 13, 2020

It is important remember that the US and Iran have long been engaged in a cyber warfare battle, including events like this:https://t.co/ght5jkTaja

— Ibn Riad - (@IbnRiad) January 13, 2020

Suter can:

- Show normal air traffic screens to hide bombers

- Show screens with fabricated hostile aircraft, even when none exist

- Intercept comm's

- Shroud enemy in a debilitating fog of war

In short, just the kind of thing that would lead to a mistaken downing... pic.twitter.com/HKB5AAi8LB

— Ibn Riad - (@IbnRiad) January 13, 2020

(The Tor M1 has been identified as the air defense unit responsible for downing the flight - you can read more in the Moon of Alabama article, which can be found here, and which I will discuss in a bit more detail later):https://t.co/aQd1N8QXrQ

— Ibn Riad - (@IbnRiad) January 13, 2020

This explanation would also perfectly fit the IRGC statement: the flight did not change course, it did not need to - it was enough to trick the AD readings of the Tor M1 in question into showing a hostile target there where there were none.

— Ibn Riad - (@IbnRiad) January 13, 2020

WikiLeaks: Russia gave Israel Iranian codes
Latest round of leaks suggest Russia gave Israel codes to access Iran’s Tor- M1 air-defense systems.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN MARCH 1, 2012
WikiLeaks: Russia gave Israel Iranian codes https://t.co/K3IrZ9hydH

— Brainstorm Mi (@Br8nstorm) January 13, 2020

[Böhse Tante]

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.

OK, to make it short, it is not hacking. Which word would you prefer, for me it's getting boring. 

Can it be that you are pehaps able to accept that a non-expert may call it "hacking", even if it's not the right word for it?

[Talos]

Iran needs to ditch the Russian made air defence systems as Russia is in bed with Israel. Iran has the Bavar 373 system to replace the S300 and Iran has the Raad system that shot down US drone to replace the M1 Thor system, I wonder if the Thor system would of shot down that drone or not?

[khnum]

Iran needs to ditch the Russian made air defence systems as Russia is in bed with Israel. Iran has the Bavar 373 system to replace the S300 and Iran has the Raad system that shot down US drone to replace the M1 Thor system, I wonder if the Thor system would of shot down that drone or not?

Putin probably does double deal with Israel there are 1975,000 Russian jews in Israel including 30 Russian Oligarchs such as Abramovich whose worth
alone is $11 billion,you have a point I remember at one point it was suggested Israel has Syrian Russian Sam codes,they probably are better off
developing their own,they are certainly smart enough.Would the middle east be even worse without Russia-yes-but Russia has considerable reason not to sell out Israel.

[Böhse Tante]

Oooops, what does that mean?

Wow. Extraordinary intervention. Israel’s Foreign Ministry publicly condemns public glorification of Nazis, and others who have murdered Jews, in Ukraine. https://t.co/0UZ8IEOmvg

— Bryan MacDonald (@27khv) 13. Januar 2020

[khnum]

Oooops, what does that mean?

Wow. Extraordinary intervention. Israel’s Foreign Ministry publicly condemns public glorification of Nazis, and others who have murdered Jews, in Ukraine. https://t.co/0UZ8IEOmvg

— Bryan MacDonald (@27khv) 13. Januar 2020

There is a strong undercurrent on Nazism in the Ukraine,last year they had commemorative stamps of WW2 SS commanders etc there also has been marches and rallies for neo-nazi's if you go looking use Duck Duck go or such Google has done its damndest to hide all this.

[Talos]

Böhse Tante

"Putin probably does double deal with Israel there are 1975,000 Russian jews in Israel including 30 Russian Oligarchs such as Abramovich whose worth
alone is $11 billion,you have a point I remember at one point it was suggested Israel has Syrian Russian Sam codes,they probably are better off
developing their own,they are certainly smart enough.Would the middle east be even worse without Russia-yes-but Russia has considerable reason not to sell out Israel.

The Iranians are definitely smart enough to change the codes on their Russian made SAM systems but I don't know about the Syrians.

[Talos]

Böhse Tante

"Putin probably does double deal with Israel there are 1975,000 Russian jews in Israel including 30 Russian Oligarchs such as Abramovich whose worth
alone is $11 billion,you have a point I remember at one point it was suggested Israel has Syrian Russian Sam codes,they probably are better off
developing their own,they are certainly smart enough.Would the middle east be even worse without Russia-yes-but Russia has considerable reason not to sell out Israel.

The Iranians are definitely smart enough to change the codes on their Russian made SAM systems but I don't know about the Syrians.

looking at Iran's Air-Defense they have

200 upgraded American made MIM-23 Hawk systems
400 Upgraded Russian made S200s systems
50 Russian made 2K12 Kub systems
30 upgraded British made Rapier Missile systems
29 Russian made Tor missile systems
4 Russian made S300 systems
4 Russia made S-300PMU2 systems

Iranian homemade Air-Defense systems are

400 Sayyad-1 Systems
12 Bavar-373 Systems
300 Mersad systems
400 Raad-1,2 & Khordad-3 systems is the system that shot down US drone
200 Ya Zahra-3 systems
200 Herz-9 systems
150 Khordad 15 systems Most experts agree that this system is about as good as the S300 russian system

[The Original Mind]

Some new photos from the Motor Pool at Al Assad north of the ATC tower after foreign journalists got access to the base: pic.twitter.com/RqKkWXQiMJ

— TØM CΛT (@TomtheBasedCat) January 13, 2020

Dayum, Iran made its point loud and clear.

[dumb and dumber]

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.

OK, to make it short, it is not hacking. Which word would you prefer, for me it's getting boring. 

Can it be that you are pehaps able to accept that a non-expert may call it "hacking", even if it's not the right word for it?

Just look at the fucking map.
No way in a million years an airplane or a cruise missile could have gotten there without being detected 20 times before.
The only thing to suddenly show on a Tehran radar would have been a ballistic missile which TOR cannot engage.
All discussions about hacking and EW are for idiots.

[Talos]

Keep an eye on Lebanon reports that Israel will try to assassinate Hassan Nasrallah which will unleash hell with Hezbollah having 200,000 rockets,missiles and suicide drones ready to attack Israel.

[Zambeezi]

#Libya pic.twitter.com/dSg2Toryu2

— R&U Videos (@r_u_vid) January 12, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

Just a quick note regarding the Tor M1 codes given to Israel - it's over 10 years old email speaking about events prior the Georgian war (so prior August 2008). As email claims, it was a swap between Israel and Russia. Israel gave Russia the 'data link' code for Georgian UAVs made by Israelis, Russia gave Israel the codes for Iran's Tor-M1s.

Email also calims that Russia won't give S-300 to Iran most likely and is based on "source's friend" story. The whole email here:

https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/64/64027_insight-russia-israel-georgia-mexico-defense-deals-and-swaps.html

[KneelB4Zod!]

Pompeo likens #Soleimani to Bin Laden, says #Iran should act like #Norway: video https://t.co/RMYTNg4Vum

— Al-Masdar News (@TheArabSource) January 14, 2020

[Böhse Tante]

Oooops, what does that mean?

Wow. Extraordinary intervention. Israel’s Foreign Ministry publicly condemns public glorification of Nazis, and others who have murdered Jews, in Ukraine. https://t.co/0UZ8IEOmvg

— Bryan MacDonald (@27khv) 13. Januar 2020

There is a strong undercurrent on Nazism in the Ukraine,last year they had commemorative stamps of WW2 SS commanders etc there also has been marches and rallies for neo-nazi's if you go looking use Duck Duck go or such Google has done its damndest to hide all this.

I know this since 2014 and how the AZOV-types look like. But I wonder why Israel condemns it, and why now. For around 6 years it seemed they were fine with it, the same like they were/are supporting IS.

[Böhse Tante]

Böhse Tante

"Putin probably does double deal with Israel there are 1975,000 Russian jews in Israel including 30 Russian Oligarchs such as Abramovich whose worth
alone is $11 billion,you have a point I remember at one point it was suggested Israel has Syrian Russian Sam codes,they probably are better off
developing their own,they are certainly smart enough.Would the middle east be even worse without Russia-yes-but Russia has considerable reason not to sell out Israel.

The Iranians are definitely smart enough to change the codes on their Russian made SAM systems but I don't know about the Syrians.

That was not me, I usually do not know such specifics about Israel. 

[Zambeezi]

Happy 2020
WHO says new China virus could spread, it's warning all hospitals
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-who/who-says-new-china-virus-could-spread-its-warning-all-hospitals-idUSKBN1ZD16J
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/wuhan-virus-has-limited-human-to-human-transmission-but-could-spread-wider-who
(no worries... just a variation of another respiratory affliction - nose/throat/sinus.meh.)

[Zambeezi]

#Syria Grants Gen. #Soleimani 'Hero of the Syrian Arab Republic' Award Granted by Al-Assad#Iran #Unews pic.twitter.com/5RMtreYlWd

— Unews Press Agency (@UnewsAgency) January 14, 2020

#Iran #Syria
Imad Khamis, Syria’s PM, in the meeting with vice president of Iran submitted the highest medal of honor of Syria to martyr Qassem #Soleimani.https://t.co/n68lMgVCYz pic.twitter.com/Psh03Xw75K

— IWN (@A7_Mirza) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

Yemen:

Child Killed, Other Wounded, in Cluster Bomb in #Saada#Yemen #Unews pic.twitter.com/n6KrDe6b0I

— Unews Press Agency (@UnewsAgency) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

Ibn Riad's take on Iran incident:

His take on the anti-gov protests

A thread regarding the anti-government protests that sprung up today in Iran, and the failed imperial plot that they point towards.
https://twitter.com/IbnRiad/status/1216217400598761474

[Zambeezi]

BoJo  
Replace Iran nuclear plan with 'Trump deal' – PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51104386

►this was the result of Pompeo's EU threat visits last week.
EU's balls shrink even smaller.

In light of the Iranian non compliance with the nuclear agreement, Germany, France and Great Britain have triggered the Dispute Resolution Mechanism within the framework of the #JCPoA.

joint statement of the three Foreign Ministers: https://t.co/SRmAXQ0RaF

— GermanForeignOffice (@GermanyDiplo) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

Erdo's 'pride' ego now at stake. here. we. gooooooooooooooooooo

https://t.co/2ucGgjrSex

— ZOKA (@200_zoka) January 14, 2020

Michael Tanchum
‏ @michaeltanchum
LIBYA LATEST:
HAFTAR in Amman, Jordan (Jordan supplies LNA)
UAE sends 2 Soviet-era  military cargo planes
                 to Libya (now KZ private cargo use)
ERDOĞAN: Turkey is ready "to teach a lesson" to Haftar

►but wait.......
there's moar!

#Erdogan threaten #Assad with military action pic.twitter.com/xMaTbae1I6

— ZOKA (@200_zoka) January 14, 2020

Looks like Erdogan is going full berserk
- He want to "stop" SAA in Idlib
- And "stop" Haftar in Libya
...

— -- GEROMAN -- (@GeromanAT) January 14, 2020

Breaking: #Erdogan vows to stop Syrian Army's advance into Idlib https://t.co/WdPAPIH22K #Syria #Turkey

— Al-Masdar News (@TheArabSource) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

more proof of US goatfucker warehouse/storage in al Tanf pocket

Urgent:

Border Guards and Iraq Army blocked an attack by ISIS elements north of Al-Walid crossing.
Americans really secured Al Tanaf "oil field" pic.twitter.com/G8DEGP69fz

— ZOKA (@200_zoka) January 13, 2020

[Zambeezi]

When the US is fomenting war with another country, the people deserve to hear that country’s perspective. YouTube just did Trump’s bidding by censoring Iran’s state media channel. https://t.co/9VMniGFjtw

— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

They look like extras from a  Mad Max movie pic.twitter.com/sA76qOTA5x

— R&U Videos (@r_u_vid) January 12, 2020

A Closer Look At ISIS Terrorists' Operations In Africa https://t.co/ICeh9yOIis

— SouthFront (@southfronteng) January 14, 2020

BBC News: "France summit: Macron and Sahel partners step up jihadist fight" https://t.co/onC8SDg6MB

— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

How many lies can you FIT into one statement?

Erdogan: "#Libya may look distant on the map but it is not a remote place for us. It became an important part of the Ottoman Empire. We have deep historical and social ties with Libya."

Someone tell him the Ottoman Empire is gone. For nearly 100 years now too!

— Paul Antonopoulos (@oulosP) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

looming election.
It's already starting...
yeah. we're going THERE again. smh

NYT: "Russians Hacked Ukrainian Gas Company at Center of Impeachment" https://t.co/5HlyRKrdIn

— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) January 14, 2020

Here's the editor-in-chief of the Daily Beast tabloid basically warning his colleagues that if they report on leaked documents that could possibly harm Biden's presidential ambitions, they will face professional censure and be branded as Russian assets.https://t.co/pzwper7QZ3

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

CNN: "Barr and Pompeo shift justification for Iran strike from 'imminent' threat to deterrence" https://t.co/3zSnKI9pzG

— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) January 14, 2020

[Zambeezi]

6 hrs warning.
precision targeting.
now (of course) 'it's a muricle'. lawzzzz yes.

Reuters: "U.S. troops describe 'miraculous' escape at Iraqi base attacked by Iran" https://t.co/AyDvDkhb3t

— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) January 13, 2020

God and Reuters.
Wat more do you need?

[Zambeezi]

see any irony here?

Reuters: "U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Sudan bid to limit damages over embassy bombings" https://t.co/Ui67n7dKaR

— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) January 13, 2020