Europe key to US ops in Iran

Another very interesting piece from the WSJ. These details have been available through OSINT sources but it's a good roundup showing how key Europe is to US operations against Iran:

• The central command center for US operations against Iran is within Ramstein Air Base in Germany (unsurprising)
• US drone operations are conducted from there as well
• Ramstein is increasingly being used as a hub by the Americans. Military transport aircraft, in particular, land there and took off for the Middle East, including several Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (77.5 tons of load) and Lockheed C-130 aircraft (20 tons).
• American media reported that F-16 fighter jets had been transferred from US Spangdahlem AFB, Germany to the Middle East. According to the trade magazine Air and Space Forces, they are to be used in Iran to combat air defenses. BBC reported that the base is now operating “around the clock.” 
• Sigonella air base (intensified cargo aircraft movements and the deployment of US reconnaissance aircraft, including a P-8A Poseidon operating toward the Eastern Mediterranean) and MUOS (provides global secure communications for US Navy and allied forces) in Niscemi, both in Sicily (Italy)
• American aircraft stationed in Spain have been relocated to France and Germany after the Spanish government denied the use of the Morón and Rota air bases for attacks on Iran
• Bomber aircraft sorties out of bases in the UK like RAF Fairford
• Refueling operations are based out of Aviano Air Base in Italy and Tubé Air Base in France
• Lajes Air Base in the Azores (Portugal) is serving as a major logistical hub, with dozens of aircraft stationed there at various times during the conflict
• RC-135 Rivet Joint spy planes are operating out of Souda Bay in Crete
• Unspecified "logistics and intelligence assets" are being hosted by Romania

The piece paints an amusing picture of European attitudes towards this. Keir Starmer's justification for overcoming his reticence to allow the US to base out of British facilities in the initial wave of strikes is that bomber operations are now "defensive" in nature. 

Merz has said publicly that this "isn't [Germany's] war," but he has no choice but to allow US operations out of German air bases due to pre-existing legal agreements. 

Meloni has spun Italian involvement as minor because only refueling missions are flown out of Aviano. Similarly, French defense minister Vautrin said, “a refueling aircraft is a gas station, not a fighter jet."

These technicalities may work on the European public, but it's difficult to imagine they'll work on the Iranians.

Let's focus not on what Trump says, but on what he does.

These are the U.S. military units recently deployed to the Middle East against Iran.

• 160th SOAR (Night Hunters): An elite helicopter unit that secretly inserts and extracts special forces, often at night, using skilled pilots and modified aircraft.
• 75th Airborne Brigade: A light infantry force for rapid raids, airfield seizures, and close-quarters combat missions against high-value targets.
• Delta Force (1st SFOD-D): A top-tier counterterrorism and hostage rescue unit focused on high-risk, precision missions targeting high-value individuals.
• 1st Special Forces Group (1st SFG): Operates primarily in the Asia-Pacific; trains allied forces, conducts unconventional warfare, and supports insurgencies or partner militaries.
• 5th Special Forces Group (5th SFG): Focused on the Middle East; It specializes in counterterrorism, unconventional warfare, and advising local forces.
• US Navy SEALs: Special operations focused on the sea—raids, reconnaissance, direct action, and covert missions from the sea, air, or land.

But for what mission?

• Islands within or near the Strait of Hormuz—Small but strategically important islands used by Iran to control shipping lanes. US special forces could quickly seize them to reopen the strait.
• An island outside—Iran's main oil export terminal. Seizing or destroying it would cripple Iranian oil revenues.
• Iranian nuclear facilities or other high-value sites—Potential raids to destroy stockpiles of enriched uranium or related infrastructure.  

Cuban history lesson by Professor Zenkus

Prof Zenkus  @anthonyzenkus

Cuba 1950s was a Mafia-controlled Epstein Island where women were forced into prostitution by organized criminals who promised poor women from the countryside work as dancers or maids. At one point upwards of 30,000 Cuban women were exploited in the sex trade. 

1950s Cuba, run by the American Mafia led by Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Santo Trafficante, Jr. in conjunction with dictator Fulgencio Batista and backed by the CIA - was a decadent paradise for US elites; business moguls, politicians and celebrities who went to Havana to partake in gambling as well as sex parties often arranged by the Mafia, giving the mob blackmail to guarantee allegiance from investors and US politicians alike. 

One of Castro's first moves after the revolution was to make prostitution illegal. And instead of punishing sex workers and trafficking victims, the revolutionary government offered them re-education and job training.

Needless to say, the "customers' weren't happy when Castro and the revolutionaries from the mountains stormed into Havana on New Year's Eve 1958 and sent the mob and Batista packing.

Danger of Kessler Syndrome in LEO

The Kessler Syndrome is the idea that filling Earth’s orbit with too many satellites will inevitably cause failures to occur, leading to a cascading series of collisions that eventually distributes a layer of debris across the entire orbit, making it impossible to reach space from our planet. 

According to new research, we’re actually closer to this scenario than we thought. 

If this happens much of the Earth will go dark.

Nations ignore this at our own peril. 

Lula drops the truth bomb

Lula speaks the truth that Washington, Israel and the global Epstein class don't want to hear.

Time for us all to get real. 

Quotable quotes from the war zone

• Israeli submarine shot the ballistic missiles toward Diego Garcia according to Russian and Chinese satellites. Another false flag operation by Israel - like the drone attack on Cyprus which later was confirmed as launched by Israel .
• Former US State Department Chief of Staff, Colonel (retired) Lawrence Wilkerson, reveals a shocking statement about Rumsfeld: "As you know, this isn't fiction; it's pure fact. One day, as I was told—I didn't hear it myself, but the source was reliable—Rumsfeld stormed out of his office, threw his papers on the floor, and said: 'I'm not in charge here; Mossad is.'" Wilkerson indicates that former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (under George W. Bush) believed that the Israeli Mossad, not he, effectively controlled the Pentagon's decisions. This statement reopens the debate surrounding "Israeli influence" within the US military establishment, amidst the current war with Iran, which many believe is driven by Israeli pressure. 

• Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "There are no talks between Tehran and Washington. The U.S. president’s statements are part of attempts to lower energy prices and buy time to implement his military plans. Yes, there are initiatives from regional countries to de-escalate, and our response to all of them has been clear: we are not the party that started this war, and all such requests should be directed to Washington." 

• After 24 hours out of the 42-hour deadline Trump set to destroy Iran’s power plants, the fool now states again: "I have ordered all military strikes against Iranian power stations and energy infrastructure to be postponed for five days."

• How many U.S. troops will Trump get killed in this war? How many in Iran will die at the hands of the US-Israel?

• Walla (citing a senior Israeli official): "Any U.S. withdrawal at this stage of the war, while Iran controls traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, would amount to a strategic surrender, and such a move would make U.S. allies—especially the Gulf states—hostages in the hands of the Iranian regime."
• Israeli media: "The healthcare system in Israel is preparing for a scenario of a prolonged power outage."
• Hebrew Channel Kan reveals that the Israeli army has begun opening missile and bomb stockpiles, established 50 years ago for any confrontation with Egypt before the peace and normalization agreement, to use them in bombing Iran and the current war.
• The New York Times: Israel played a role in organizing violent riots in Iran on January 8–9, 2026, which claimed the lives of around 3,000 people, and were presented in the West as democratic protests. Mossad hoped this would prompt the United States to take military action, convincing President Donald Trump that strikes on Iran would quickly topple the regime.
• Advisor to the President of the UAE Union asks: "Where is the Arab League when we face brutal Iranian aggression? Where are the major Arab countries?" He is the same one who supports armed militias in Libya, Sudan, and southern Yemen, and has contributed to the destruction of these countries.
• Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak: "Israel, at the political level, does not know—or does not want to know—how to end the war. They don’t know how to end wars." 

• According to reports, Iran’s oil production has reached its highest level since 1978, before the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The country is also selling crude oil at the highest prices in its history.  
• A British court has heard evidence that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) “misled” its audience during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. The evidence was presented as part of documents in a case being heard by a UK employment tribunal, in which five journalists of Arab origin accuse the BBC of discrimination and of unfairly dismissing four of them for refusing what they described as racist and discriminatory practices within BBC Arabic service.

• Defense analyst Jack Buckby warns that the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier faces a potential 12-to-14-month maintenance period after being sidelined by a March 12 'laundry room fire'. Currently docked at Souda Bay, Crete, the supercarrier has completed a grueling nine-month deployment supporting over 7,000 strikes against Iran.
• Israel built the only military prison in the world designated for children. Children are subjected to beatings, torture, and rape on a regular basis. Conviction rates in courts reach 99.7%. This applies only to non-Jewish children. 
• The Houthis (Yemen) have officially declared war on the USA on the side of Iran. ”We will strike American ships in the Red Sea. This war is a war of the entire Muslim umma”, the organization stated. 
• The President of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Qalipaf: "Iran is fighting for humanity, the world is either with Gaza and against the criminal regime or stands with the Epstein class and the killing of children, and there is no place for neutrality."
• Fox News: The cost of a war with Iran could reach $200 billion for the United States.
• American Automobile Association: The average gasoline price has increased by 33.2% since the start of the military operations in Iran. 
• It's not about two political parties opposing one another, now it is simply the 'billionaires against the people'.

U.S. government & war corporations cheat Malaysia

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says in an interview:

In 2004, Malaysia purchased eight F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets from the United States, which were among the most advanced aircraft at the time. The value of this deal exceeded $640 million.

After receiving the aircraft, Malaysia formed a team of experts and engineers to conduct a detailed study of their features and combat capabilities.

👈 The Malaysian experts discovered that the aircraft was transmitting every flight's information to a US military base, such as:

- Flight altitude
- Speed
- Location
- Route
- Mission details
- And the pilot's communication with the ground control room

Not only that, but the aircraft's operating system and autopilot feature could also be controlled from the US base. This means that if a US officer on the ground simply presses a button, the aircraft's route can be changed, it can be crashed, or even the target of its attack can be altered.

When Malaysia tried to modify the aircraft's operating system, the United States and manufacturer McDonnell Douglas strongly objected. They even threatened to stop supplying parts and maintenance, and impose restrictions.

Even when Malaysia requested specific parts to activate certain capabilities of the aircraft, the company rejected that as well.

Ultimately, Malaysia realized that it had bought aircraft that could not be used in actual combat without US approval.

This issue is not limited to Malaysia alone; many Arab and Muslim countries face the same reality.

The lesson is clear: Until a nation develops its own defense technology [and sovereign foreign policy], it will remain dependent on others."

~ (Source: TV interview on Al Jazeera with Mahathir Mohamad)

See more on this story here

Blackstone attempt to take over public utilities

Private equity giant Blackstone is trying to buy New Mexico’s largest utility provider. 

The Public Service Company of New Mexico serves over 500,000 people. 

Blackstone would make billions and execs would make millions, while the 40% of PNM customers in poverty get screwed.

What is next? Public transit, water systems, sewer systems, public parks, and more.

Corporations are out to own everything across the nation (and world)....they will bleed these public entities and leave the taxpayers with virtually nothing. It's high-tech led neo-feudalism. 

China sends massive aid to Cuba

China has reportedly sent around 30,000 tons of rice to Cuba as part of an emergency food aid program.

The goal?

To help ease ongoing shortages and support millions of people facing economic hardship.

Officials described the move as a sign of longstanding ties and cooperation between the two countries.

The rice will be distributed for free across the island, offering relief during a time when access to basic food supplies has become a growing concern due to the increasing hostile US military naval blockade of Cuba. 

As China, Russia, Mexico and others attempt to help Cuba will the Pentagon move to stop them?

Can the US afford to keep escalating globally in order to vainly save its crashing colonial project which only benefits the 1%?

Help from Italy

Aid from American people

 Mexico delivers and Cubans are deeply grateful for the solidarity

Fairford air base in UK protested for hosting U.S. bombers/Another MQ-9 shot down

 

Watch four heavily armed B-52 and B-1 strategic bombers launch from England for West Asia, as a U-2 spy plane prepares for  surveillance ops. This is RAF Fairford (near Oxford) at its busiest during major US military Operation Epic Fury. 

Children's clothes have been hung at RAF Fairford in anti-war protests in memory of the school children killed in Iran.

The base is being used by U.S. bombers and other aircraft involved in the war with Iran - although the British government said it did not support the initial attack on Iran, it has allowed the U.S. to use its bases for what it described as 'defensive measures'.

Footage shows the crash of another American MQ-9 drone after it was shot down by Iranian air defenses above Bushehr, Iran. 

The US military has lost 12 MQ-9 Reaper drones during the US-Israel war on Iran, according to US officials cited by CBS News, marking one of the most significant equipment losses of the war. 

The total cost of the lost aircraft is estimated at more than $360 million. 

MQ-9 Reaper drones are unmanned aerial vehicles used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, as well as precision strike operations.

These MQ-9 losses prove that Trump's claim that Iranian air defense has been destroyed is just one more Pentagon lie.

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