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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-18/australian-airbase-used-in-us-strike-on-houthi-stores-yemen/104490578

::: spoiler australia puts another target on its back, asks you don't look at the target

The Department of Defence has confirmed Australia provided support for the US strikes on underground bunkers used by Yemen's Houthi rebels "through access and overflight for US aircraft in northern Australia".

The ABC understands air-to-air refuelling aircraft were part of the mission, although the defence department has declined to confirm.

"We obviously are part of a global effort to make sure that terrorists are not able to interdict free trade, are not able also to threaten the lives of Australians or indeed Australia's interest around the world," he said.

"So of course we work with our allies and our partners to achieve that aim."

Mr Gosling said there are "no deliberate messages being sent from Australia, other than we are in lock-step with our allies in order to uphold a rules-based order upon which Australia's security and prosperity is so dependent".

In October 2022, Four Corners revealed that the US Air Force would build a "squadron operations facility" at RAAF Tindal air base, south of Darwin.

Two US B-2 bombers landed at Amberley Air Force Base near Brisbane in August, according to a post on X from an account calling itself the Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

Whiteman is where the US Air Force bases its fleet of B-2 bombers, which is believed to number 19 operational warplanes, according to the New York Times.

Halting US arms shipments to Israel, not killing Sinwar, will lead to Gaza ceasefire: Analyst

Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and international adviser to Jewish Voice for Peace, told Al Jazeera the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar will not lead to a ceasefire in Gaza.

“There has been a path to a ceasefire all along and it has to start with the US ending its shipment of arms that enables the war to continue,” Bennis told Al Jazeera.

“I don’t think that there is going to be any change if Blinken goes to the region or if Biden calls Netanyahu. None of that really matters. Their words don’t matter if their actions don’t change and if the actions continue to be sending Israel all of the weapons that they require to enable this war, this genocide to continue,” Bennis said.

“There is no reason in the world that they should see the death of one more Hamas leader – this time Yahya Sinwar – as a change. The war has been against the entire population of Gaza not against one man,” she said.

Sinwar died like an anime character, and I don't mean to trivialize his death with that statement, I mean it in the most respectful way possible. Defiant to the end, almost brings a tear to my eye how powerful it was.

I'm convinced that the Zionists sent the drone to kill him out of fear that if any of them tried to do so in person, he would have merc'd them with the stick.

excuse me I'm gonna wax poetic for a bit, except poorly written because I only have a couple minutes.

All through this it's become more and more clear that the oppressed of the world, the very people the "civilized" world consider to be "sub-human savages", have exhibited far more humanity than any of the ghouls in the "civilized" world ever has. In them I see the kind of strength, bravery, compassion, and fire that the "civilized" world arrogantly believe themselves to possess; the oppressed and their defiance to the savagery of the "civilized" world are truly inspiring, they have shown what humanity truly looks like. The "civilized" world believes themselves to be the bastion of compassion and humanity. But that cannot be further from the truth. The "civilized" world is a world of evil, cowardice, and barbarity. Their only desire is to satiate their own greed and desire to crush and dominate others. They have no values, and I can hardly believe they can exhibit human emotions. The "civilized" world are the true savages and barbarians, only hungering for blood, slaves, and sacrifices. Only... when it comes to the "savages" they look down on, they don't consider any of them to be "sacrifices" in any sense.

This isn't limited to Palestine, this goes throughout all of history of anti-colonial struggles.

EDIT: I had to edit this because a line I added while writing it fucked up the sequence.

I kneel before Sinwar, the entire resistance seen him fight to the last moment along his men.

And indeed Israel's bank of low-risk high-award targets is shrinking, they will eventually reach a point where all the targets are Iranian.

Two days ago there was an interview with a high-ranking former IRGC official who was part of committee responsible for acquiring, building and modernizing weapons. He said:

No country is empty-handed. We have equipment that is far superior to nuclear bombs. The request of honorable parliamentarians to change the nuclear doctrine is right, but they do not know some matters, because not everyone knows these matters. These information are confidential, completely confidential. We can't reveal many things and the day may not be known. But if one day a direct war happens or the Americans enter directly, then they can and will understand. I will just point out and give a hint; when Trump wanted to reduce our oil exports to zero, some tactical operations happened.

I don't want to say who did it. But five oil tankers exploded in the port of Fujairah. What exploded? If it was in the sea, a torpedo would have hit them or gunboats, unknown boats or drones would have hit them. But they were hit in Fujairah port, which is almost the most secure port. They don't even know where they were hit. Two oil tankers were also attacked in the Oman Sea, when the Prime Minister of Japan came to Iran as Trump's envoy. By the way, both tankers were Japanese.

It's completely insane to me that the Israelis actually released the video of Sinwar's death, along with a bunch of details that confirmed that he died fighting until his last breath on the front lines. Do they not understand how that looks?

Update with information from the fedshit I posted before. Might be iffy info tbh but the rumour mill is churning and this is the closest to possibly-correct information I've found on what might be happening out there.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵❗️ — South Korean forces on Yeonpyeong Island have been placed on alert as unusual movements have been detected at North Korean coastal artillery positions.

➡️ There has also been a sudden withdrawal of Chinese fishing boats from the waters near the island.

➡️ Days ago, South Korean media reported that, exactly as reported by North Korean State Media KCNA, as of 8:00 PM on the 13th, it had switched eight artillery brigades in forward areas to a “fire standby” posture.

➡️ These eight artillery brigades were ordered to be fully armed, and it is known that over 700 170mm long-range artillery pieces, 240mm multiple rocket launchers, 300mm multiple rocket launchers, and the North Korean version of the KTSSM (tactical surface-to-surface guided weapon) “Hwasong-11Ra” are deployed.

➡️ This means that 700 long-range artillery pieces and multiple rocket launchers are armed and aimed at our military and key facilities, and can be used immediately if necessary.

➡️ On this day, North Korea’s coastal artillery was also captured in the open in the West Sea border area.

WHY WOULD ISRAEL RELEASE THAT VIDEO OF HIM THROWING A STICK AT THE DRONE

This is like releasing footage of Che shouting "Shoot coward, you will only kill a man" right before his death. They've released the exact footage you should not release when a leader dies a hero's death.

I think this image is from the video taken by our very own @MohammedTheCommunistPalestinian@hexbear.net which I uploaded to my youtube account just moments after it was taken https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_tjxR1LC58U