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

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Armenia and Azerbaijan announce deal to exchange POWs and work toward peace treaty
https://archive.is/wip/XT3Pi
https://apnews.com/article/armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-agreement-climate-talks-196c8d12c75b92ace7516dee44cdb2f4
►The joint statement said that “the Republic of Armenia supports the bid of the Republic of Azerbaijan to host the 29th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, by withdrawing its own candidacy.”
►Azerbaijan said it would release 32 captured Armenian military servicemen, while Armenia will release two Azerbaijani soldiers.

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Putin will seek another presidential term in Russia, aiming to extend his rule of over two decades
https://archive.is/wip/pzbjQ
https://apnews.com/article/russia-vladimir-putin-president-election-f68dfd9139d232929e3da8db639a55c4
Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win.

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Sprinter
@Sprinter00001
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Targeting the American occupation base in Al-Jabsa housing in the city of Al-Shaddadi, south of Al-Hasakah, with missile strikes now.

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Lord Bebo
@MyLordBebo
11m
Leaflets dropped by Israeli aircraft over neighborhoods in Gaza City that urge residents to evacuate.


Current Gaza time: 8:15PM

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Indeed shocking!!!
This is admitting war crimes. https://t.co/yOMO5QycG1

— Susann (@ZenWorld16) December 8, 2023

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The Biden administration called Iran a “strategic archenemy”

Washington is exploring the possibility of sending a “military signal” to Tehran about its intention to counteract it in the region, said Kurt Campbell, nominated by Biden for the post of US Deputy Secretary of State.… pic.twitter.com/sY77JBVbb9

— Sprinter (@Sprinter00001) December 8, 2023

try it. find out.

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Sprinter
@Sprinter00001
31m
Two of the five Su-35 fighter jets that escorted Putin's plane to the Persian Gulf did not return to Russia, the Turks said. They are believed to have landed in Iran. If this is so, then the first Su-35s were delivered to Iran.

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https://t.me/multipolarmarket/7164

US has defense supply chain problem

The US sells, lends, and donates weapons to its allies around the world, while running short of ammunition, artillery shells, and other weapons it might need in the event of war, according to the Bloomberg's Big Take podcast.

The Army Science Board reports to Congress that the Army's defense base has serious "deficiencies" because there may not be enough supplies for the US itself.

The States has difficulty adapting its manufacturing base.

For example, the US has only one plant that can produce the black powder needed for the most common Ukrainian artillery shells.

As for the 155-millimeter artillery shells that Ukrainian fighters use at a rate of 8,000 rounds a day, the US was producing 15,000 a month before the conflict began.

The Pentagon hopes to increase production by 500% over the next two years, at a cost currently estimated at $1.5 billion.

However, there is a lot of work to be done.

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https://t.me/multipolarmarket/7164?comment=25778

There are two problems: one is production capacity, the other is labor. They simply don't have staff that know how to produce those weapons. They're already calling in retirees to train the new workers hired to raise production at existing facilities.

https://t.me/multipolarmarket/7164?comment=25780



Ya think. Maybe the supply chain is too expensive? Lol

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blame the victim. always.

Apparently, inflation in the USA is your fault. The economic magazine "The Atlantic" filled the shelves with a publication entitled "Inflation is your fault." It argues that the American people are "broken" despite Washington's best efforts on the economy. Of course, this… pic.twitter.com/FJWFmBvFJl

— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) December 8, 2023

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Zlatti71
@djuric_zlatko
The Kyiv Post: Zakharova explains Russia's negotiating position
Russia believes a lasting peace with Ukraine can only happen if the West stops sending arms and if Kyiv accepts "new territorial realities", Russia's foreign ministry told AFP.
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an interview that Moscow was open to negotiations but added: "At the moment, we do not see the political will for peace either in Kyiv or in the West".



She also said that, for any deal to happen, Ukraine should have neutral status and the rights of Russian-speaking residents should be protected.
"We will not allow the existence on our borders of an aggressive Nazi state from whose territory there is a danger for Russia and its neighbours," she said.
Zakharova accused Kyiv of not wanting to "take into account current realities and... pursuing a completely different aim -- the capitulation of our country with the help of the West".
"Of course, based on these conditions, we will not speak with anyone from the Ukraine leadership," she added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in 2022, triggering unprecedented Western sanctions that have largely isolated Russia from the West.
Zakharova said that those sanctions had "boomeranged" on the West and had instead had the effect of "confirming the Russian state's international authority".
"The collective West's illegal restrictions have not diminished Russia's geopolitical influence," Zakharova said.
On the first anniversary of the conflict this year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for a full Russian withdrawal from Ukraine.
The resolution was backed by 141 member states, with 32 countries including China and India abstaining, and seven countries including North Korea voting against.
But Zakharova pointed out that a large majority -- 80 percent -- of the world's population lived in countries that have not adopted any sanctions against Russia.
Instead, she said Moscow's ties with many countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America are developing "steadily" despite "desperate" efforts by the West to turn them against Russia.
She said new systems for interbank relations, international settlements and trade routes not tied to the West were "being actively developed and set up".
In Asia, she said China was "a like-minded partner" with whom Russia was pursuing ties based on "comprehensive partnership and strategic co-operation".
She said Russia was also strengthening relations with North Korea and accused the US of "pursuing a path of escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula by increasing miliary activity".
"This US course is dangerous and fraught with serious consequences," she said.
During a visit to Seoul in November, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that military ties between North Korea and Russia are "growing and dangerous", and urged China to restrain Pyongyang.
Zakharova said Russia would support any country with a foreign policy not aligned with the West, offering "honest and good-faith co-operation not based on diktat".

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Electric Car in Milan... pic.twitter.com/tLWQlbMSi2

— Jung (@betterworld_24) December 8, 2023

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You’re supplying Israel with American bombs used to blow up Gaza’s children into pieces. https://t.co/YRk5hPhMzM

— sarah (@sahouraxo) December 8, 2023

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Sprinter
@Sprinter00001
1h
It turned out that the US and British air forces carried out operations in the Gaza Strip from their bases in Cyprus without informing the Cypriot government

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https://t.me/MiddleNationChannel/958

"Every major corporation is a political actor. It is not that they don’t want to be political, it is that they don’t want to be responsive. They don’t want their political power in the society to be accountable. They want to be able to use their power exclusively for the benefit of shareholders."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-f7heqOGw4

" Starbucks vs Global Anti-Imperialism: Unraveling the Impact of the Boycott" 

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-- GEROMAN -- time will tell - --
@GeromanAT
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Ukraine lost 4,900 troops, 6 tanks, 150 armored vehicles, 64 howitzers and 5 aircraft in just a week

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war is peace.


https://www.theonion.com/politicians-explain-why-criticizing-israel-should-be-il-1851082190

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taking out multi-million dollar assets with a few hundred dollars. fun 2 watch.

The new Lancet with a thermal imager hits a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank with a bulldozer blade.@Slavyangrad pic.twitter.com/4cRTqLPj2c

— Zlatti71 (@djuric_zlatko) December 8, 2023

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https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/ExxonMobil-Shares-Fall-for-the-Third-Day-in-a-Row-20231208-0010.html

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The Biden administration says Israel needs to continue exterminating the people of Gaza, because if not they might resist the genocidal Israeli invaders again. https://t.co/omfixB6vcC

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) December 8, 2023

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I thought it was about fighting HAMAS not claiming territory? https://t.co/ijdz2R4K92

— Spetsnaℤ 007 (@Alex_Oloyede2) December 8, 2023

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I thought it was about fighting HAMAS not claiming territory? https://t.co/ijdz2R4K92

— Spetsnaℤ 007 (@Alex_Oloyede2) December 8, 2023

Palest.ine flag now everywhere in all of the world pic.twitter.com/Mln9WlMaci

— Suzan (@mtr_sue1976) December 8, 2023

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Interesting, the other tweet didn't load, I opened it in nitter, but with the answer it opened. 

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future glimpse: GMLRS  under development....
►guided and correctable. ►ramjet thrust. ►300km+ range. ►backward compatible w/ Smerch/Tornado launchers.

SIMPLICIUS The Thinker Ѱ
@simpatico771
https://twitter.com/simpatico771/status/1733193663793041513
More evidence Russia is producing GMLRS rockets for Smerch/Tornado-S systems.

New Tricks of the Tula Scientific and Production Association "Splav". Aiming for a furore in the field of XXI century rocket artillery

Tula-based Scientific and Production Association "Splav" continues the programme of upgrading 300-mm corrected and guided rocket projectiles of 9M55F/K and 9M544/549 families for Smerch and Tornado-S MLRSs



SIMPLICIUS The Thinker Ѱ
@simpatico771
https://twitter.com/simpatico771/status/1733193875844485185
A few days earlier, an informed source of TASS in the press service of the company disclosed some technical details of the upgraded rocket projectile, providing an increase in range.

First of all, it is the improvement of aeroballistic parameters of the product. Probably, we are talking about reducing the aerodynamic drag of the product by reducing the cross-section of the aerodynamic rudder opening nodes, as well as numerous joints protruding beyond the shell bodies.

Also, according to "Русского оружия", the new 300 mm will receive new boosters with higher-pulse propellant charges. The range may increase to 180 - 200 kilometres, approaching the capabilities of the 9M723-1 Iskander-M operational-tactical ballistic missiles.

It should be reminded that "Splav" also has the project of a guided missile with a supersonic integral direct-flow rocket engine with 4 retractable air intake units (photo #3).

In case of successful implementation of this project, we will get a 300-mm rocket that maintains a high speed of about 1000 m/s even at the terminal section of the trajectory due to the long adjustable burnout period of the propellant charge.

The range of such a projectile may approach 300 - 330 km, which will open new horizons for 300-mm rocket artillery.

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Sam Bismuth
@SamBismuth_
3h
Why do I support Venezuela? Guyana's borders were set by the British. They're a neocolony that still recognizes the crown. They are majority Indian and African because of imported slave/serf labor. And Guyana gives HALF of their oil profit to Exxon. Why should it exist?

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The Spectator Index
@spectatorindex
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BREAKING: Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas calls for 'negotiations based on an international peace conference and under international auspices that would lead to a solution that will be protected by world powers'

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BREAKING: The town of Gernika in the Basque Country stands in solidarity with Palestine.

This same town was heavily bombed by the Nazis in April 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. #ShutItDown4Palestine pic.twitter.com/5rgPXAFDtQ

— Manolo De Los Santos (@manolo_realengo) December 8, 2023

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Rise & shine, Secretary Blinken #ShutItDown4Palestine activists give Antony Blinken an early morning wake up call outside his home. Ceasefire now! pic.twitter.com/n0E2nWbyKt

— Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) December 8, 2023

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Olga Bazova
@OlgaBazova
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Cognitive dissonance of the UK media.



Corporate media in a nutshell...

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RUSSIA: Captured Ukrainian Army Fighters Chant "Slava Russia"

According to these men, they are all mobilized soldiers, zero volunteers.

Things are going from bad to worse for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

For the record, I do not endorse forcing prisoners to denounce their… pic.twitter.com/Z5ll0sfMG1

— James Porrazzo (@JamesPorrazzo) December 8, 2023

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