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  • [2026-04-07] @\CarlZha: Neocon think tank AEI fellow taking a break from China Bad “analysis” to complain that China should rein in private Chinese satellite imagery provider MizarVision from providing satellite info to Iran. L(Mao)

    [2026-04-06] @\RyanFedasiuk: The @\abcnews is out this morning with a disturbing

    This is confusingly unclear language, he clearly means badass based on context

    story: The IRGC is actively making use of detailed satellite imagery and analysis published by MizarVision, a Chinese geospatial analytics company — and has used this data to target American, Australian, and allied forces in the Middle East.

    Expand the remaining utter wonkslop (if you must)

    This is a fluid and fast-moving situation and I want to be clear about what we know so far.

    1️⃣ It’s clear U.S. forces in the Gulf are operating in an environment that is very different from any other they have encountered previously.

    Commercial satellite imagery collected by foreign companies is now available at a quality and frequency that is good enough to put U.S. combat forces in harm’s way.

    This is ultimately why U.S. collection platforms like @vantortech and @planet chose this weekend to suspend their coverage over the Middle East.

    Unfortunately, predictably, foreign competitors like MizarVision see no reason to censor their own product offerings.

    2️⃣ The implications are grim: ostensibly private Chinese AI companies are directly helping the Iranian regime target U.S. and allied forces in the region.

    The ABC has information that the IRGC is striking U.S. facilities “within hours” of MizarVision publishing them.

    I told @henryzwartz that this would effectively amount to Iranian forces outsourcing targeting data to a Chinese company: It is “the greatest degree of support we have seen China provide to a proxy force against the United States” — there is really no other way to read it.

    3️⃣ If the Chinese government wanted to rein in the actions of MizarVision and other imagery providers, it could. And it should.

    Spokespersons from @\MFA_China have so far attempted to downplay the significance of this development. I’m willing to buy that Chinese officials haven’t been aware of the importance of this particular imagery or the extent of its use by the IRGC — but China should recognize this is an extremely serious development. We’re talking about Chinese enterprises directly supplying actionable intelligence to wartime enemies of the United States.

    MizarVision has spent weeks zeroing in on U.S. forces and bases in the region and publishing their activities on its Weibo account. It hasn’t done the same to Iran. It’s very clear what is going on here — and it is unacceptable.

    This doesn’t have to be a story about China. It’s clear the United States is also learning about the battlefield potential of commercial sat imagery in real-time.

    Beijing should understand that U.S. concerns at this moment are deadly serious. I expect the U.S. government will do everything in its power to defend its personnel.

    China should mirror the U.S. suspension of commercial satellite imagery collection over the Middle East.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-06/chinese-satellite-intelligence-helping-iran-target-us-forces/106535420


  • He knows who he did + what he is,

    Nikkei Falls Amid Volatile Trading – SABA [2026-04-07]

    Tokyo – Japan’s Nikkei index fell in a volatile trading session on Tuesday.

    The Nikkei fluctuated between gains and losses, and in the latest trading, it was down 0.4 percent at 53,202.56 points, after rising 0.9 percent earlier in the session. The broader Topix index also declined 0.1 percent to 3,642.53 points, after advancing 1.1 percent, according to Reuters.

    On the Nikkei, 113 stocks advanced while 109 declined.

    Shares of truck manufacturer Archeon plunged 7.3 percent, exerting the most downward pressure on the Nikkei, followed by Disco, a semiconductor precision cutting tool manufacturer, which fell 5.8 percent.

    Meanwhile, shares of software testing company Shift were the biggest percentage gainer, rising 4.1 percent.





  • Iranian strike injures 15 US troops in Kuwait, report says amid Washington’s ‘cover-up’ drive – PressTV [2026-04-07]

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    File photo of Iranian attack drones

    An Iranian retaliatory drone strike at an American airbase in Kuwait has injured 15 American personnel, a report says, amid Washington’s attempts at understating the extent of the American casualties resulting from Tehran’s retaliatory operations.

    CBS News carried the report on Monday, citing two US officials, who identified the target as the Ali al-Salem Airbase, a key hub for US operations in the West Asia region.

    Also on Monday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced carrying out the 98th wave of Operation True Promise 4, as part of which it struck several military aircraft stationed at the base, using missiles and drones.

    The retaliatory operation began immediately after the United States and the Israeli regime began their latest bout of unprovoked aggression targeting the Islamic Republic on February 28.

    The operation has dealt heavy blows to American bases and interests across the region as well as sensitive and strategic targets throughout the occupied territories, with the Iranian Armed Forces pledging to sustain the counteroffensive until the enemies’ “complete defeat.”

    On Friday, The Intercept reported that hundreds of US troops had been either killed or wounded in Iranian strikes, adding that the US Department of War was playing down the casualties.

    The outlet cited an instance when CENTCOM, which oversees military operations in West Asia, withheld information about the injury of at least 15 US troops during an Iranian counterstrike targeting an airbase hosting American forces in Saudi Arabia.

    It quoted a spokesperson’s note that, since the start of the American-Israeli aggression, “approximately 303 US service members have been wounded,” besides citing a defense official as saying that CENTCOM was apparently engaged in a “casualty cover-up.”


  • Hey netherlands guy just so you know it immediately sets off my pattern-matching when a European comments in the thread at the same time as me & then only likes the worst post I made. Twitter etcetera has fashioned me into an inhuman entity & my wife has the same brain disease. Nobody will ever stop me. Anyways,

    [2026-04-07] @\globaltimesnews: US President Donald Trump lashed out Monday at NATO allies, who did not support the US in the war in Iran and reiterated his desire to annex Greenland, AFP reported on Monday. He also named South Korea, Japan, and Australia for not assisting with the war. Trump’s remarks came ahead of a visit by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte scheduled for later this week, according to AFP.

    (video of Trump talking etc)



  • [2026-04-07] @\ME_Observer_: ⚡️Saudi Arabia closes King Fahd Bridge connecting it to Bahrain amid US threats to launch an attack on Iran’s infrastructure and Iranian threat to retaliate

    [2026-04-07] @\MujammaHaraket: *The Palestinian Islamic Movement & the Centrality of Mosques as a Political Site of Resistance* ʿAbd Allāh Yusuf al-Laddawi, who led the Imad 'Aql battalion of the al-Qassam brigades in Northern Gaza, wrote in his book, “Seeds of Hamas” (2025), that:

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    "Hamas regards mosques as the movement’s primary strongholds. It regards any attempt to push the Hamas movement out of them as a red line that cannot be tolerated. In a 1998 statement condemning the Palestinian Authority’s decision to close mosques after prayers and restrict their activities, Hamas declared:

    ‘Our steadfast mosques have always stood as fortresses of revolution against every form of occupation since the beginning of this century. They constitute one of the central pillars of an independent Palestinian civil society, separate from any occupation or tyranny. Our people will not tolerate any violation of the mosques’ free and independent status.’

    Hamas has relied on mosques and Islamic institutions to turn its social and daʿwa discourse into a practical reality. Lacking many other such avenues, it has used the mosque to carry out myriad [socio-political] functions. Over time, the mosque became a central axis of the intifada. It served as a key site of mobilization. The largest demonstrations, marches, and clashes often began at mosques. Fridays, in particular, have consistently galvanized popular action with momentum and fervor. Mosques also fulfill an important social role. Hamas organizes relief committees that provide mutual aid and distribute essential goods.

    Mosques further serve as alternative centers of education when the occupation authorities close schools and universities in the Gaza Strip. The phenomenon of collaborators and spies publicly repenting in mosques reflects both the influence of Hamas and the momentous power of these spaces. Many choose mosques as the place to declare their repentance."

    With the influx of young collaborators seeking repentance following the open call from village Mukhtars, it also worth underscoring how the mosque has functioned as a site for penitence and forgiveness.

    As al-Laddawi continues: "For a large number of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the mosques have become genuine symbols of religious and social identity. From the beginning, the movement arduously worked to turn these mosques into safe havens, gathering spaces, and launching pads for their affiliated cells and study circles. Deprived of the ability to express itself politically in public, the movement sought to use the mosque as a space from which to articulate its views and political positions. Persecution and violent attacks by Jewish extremists on holy places have strengthened the Palestinian people’s attachment to the mosque.

    The movement succeeded in gaining access to mosques by fostering good relations through visits to mosque imams, and by having their members conduct fundraising campaigns, clean the mosques and their surroundings, and repair any malfunctioning equipment. In turn, they became an integral part of the mosque families and their governing bodies, and the imam could not do without them. Throughout this time, the mosque was not merely a site of worship; rather, most social occasions took place there—prayer within its walls, sit-ins against the occupier under its dome, communal iftar in its courtyard, the repentance of collaborators within its halls, and the collection and distribution of alms within its premises."



  • [2026-04-06] @\m1t_caa: MIT is a proud ‘pipeline for missile, cyber, and dual-use military programs’. But if you disrupt or target MIT, then ooh noo you’ve desecrated a sanctuary of ‘fundamental’ research! Meanwhile Iran’s universities are open-season to the F-35s.

    The double standards of empire.

    [2026-04-06] @\MargBarAmerica: boycott Wonderful Company brand products, owned by the resnick family. they spent years lobbying DC for war to decrease iran’s global market share of pistachios. this strike was a personal gift to the family, who also donate their money to the IDF.

    [2026-04-06] @\mhmmiranusa (machine translated from Persian): The Iranian postal company’s postal warehouses near rafsanjan Airport were targeted by American/Israeli fighters in the first week of February. Geolocation: 30.3149, 56.0312

    (video)


  • Trump may delay strikes on Iran’s civilian, energy infrastructure — Axios via TASS [2026-04-07]

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    According to the sources, the US president holds the most “hawkish” position on Iran among members of his Cabinet

    WASHINGTON, April 7. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump may delay strikes on Iran’s civilian and energy infrastructure, Axios reported on Monday, citing a senior US administration official.

    “If the president sees a deal is coming together, he’ll probably hold off. But only he and he alone makes that decision,” the source told Axios. An unnamed Pentagon official, in turn, expressed skepticism about the possibility of another extension of the deadline for reaching a deal with Iran.

    According to Axios sources, the US president holds the most “hawkish” position on Iran among members of his Cabinet. At the same time, US Vice President JD Vance, special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner believe he should try to reach a deal with Tehran if possible. As the news portal’s sources noted, Tehran’s response to Washington’s ceasefire proposal was seen at the White House “as a negotiating gambit, not a rejection.”


  • Still can’t believe Hezbollah hit a ship they’re so strong bro 😿 they didn’t tell us… they knew we didn’t make a difference

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    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a logistical base belonging to the Israeli army in the “Karem Ben Zimra” settlement in the Upper Galilee with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Kiryat Shmona” settlement with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of Israeli settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Misgav Am” settlement with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Margaliot” settlement with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Metulla” settlement with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers at the Hadabat Al-Ajal position north of the “Kfar Yuval” settlement with a swarm of attack drones.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Margaliot” settlement for the second time with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers at the Al-Malikiyah site with an attack drone.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “Margaliot” settlement with a swarm of attack drones.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “Kiryat Shmona” settlement for the second time with a swarm of attack drones.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “Hanita” settlement with a swarm of attack drones.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “Kiryat Shmona” settlement for the second time with a swarm of attack drones.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in occupied northern Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Yiron” settlement with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “Shlomi” settlement with a swarm of attack drones.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “Malikiya” settlement for the second time with a swarm of attack drones.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted multiple gatherings of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Maroun Al-Ras with rocket barrages.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at Tallet Farez in the town of Ainata with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Maroun Al-Ras with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the “Al-Malikiyah” settlement for the third time with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “Hulata” settlement with a rocket barrage.
    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles at Tallet Freiz in the town of Ainata with a rocket barrage.

    Yemeni military:

    • In a joint operation with the IRGC, the Iranian Army and the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, launched a batch of cruise missiles and drones that targeted several vital and military targets belonging to the Israeli regime in “Umm Al-Rashrash” in southern occupied Palestine.

  • ngl the Hezbollah statements r moderately repetitive but you can’t deny the splendid phrasing bro

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    Hezbollah:

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Liman” settlement with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Hurfeish settlement with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted the “Shlomi” settlement with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Nahariya” settlement with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at Fatima Gate on the Lebanese-Palestinian border with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at the Ibl al-Qamh site with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Rashaf with a direct guided missile.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of Israeli settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Nahariya” settlement for the second time.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Kiryat Shmona” settlement with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Metulla” settlement with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli military in the “Ma’alot Tarshiha” settlement with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the settlements of “Kiryat Shmona” and “Metulla” for the second time with rocket barrages.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy’s continued shelling of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Givat Olga” base, which belongs to the northern command of the Israeli army, located 75 km from the Lebanese-Palestinian border west of the city of “Hadera”, with a qualitative missile and a swarm of qualitative attack drones.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles east of the Khiam detention center with artillery shells.

    • Shot down an Israeli military “Hermes 450 - Zik” drone in the skies over the town of Ainatha in southern Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Al-Bayada with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Rshaf with a rocket barrage.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted two Merkava tanks at Ghadmatha hill in the town of Ainata with attack drones.

    • Targeted a “Merkava” tank and a “Namer” vehicle belonging to the Israeli army in the town of Rshaf in southern Lebanon with attack drones.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at Tallet Al-Hamames south of the city of Khiam with rocket barrages and artillery shells.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Al-Bayyada with rocket barrages and artillery shells.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at the newly established Namir Al-Jamal position with a swarm of attack drones.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “Kiryat Shmona” settlement with a swarm of attack drones.

    • In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the “Tsenobar” logistics base in the occupied Golan with a rocket barrage.


  • True Promise 4: Iran and resistance axis ops. against US-Israeli assets on April 6 – PrsssTV [2026-04-06]

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    On Monday, April 6, 2026, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army conducted multiple operations as part of Operation True Promise 4, which was launched immediately after the US-Israeli coalition carried out an unprovoked act of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28.

    Iranian armed forces have so far carried out 98 waves of missile and drone strikes with advanced weaponry targeting Israeli military facilities in the occupied territories, as well as US occupation bases and assets scattered across the West Asia region.

    The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq have also joined the front against the external aggressors, inflicting heavy blows on the enemy.

    Hezbollah’s operations have been primarily focused on Israeli military sites in the occupied territories. Its operations are both in response to the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the relentless ceasefire violations by the Israeli regime over the past year.

    Iraqi resistance groups have also been carrying out daily operations, primarily against American military assets in Iraq and other Arab countries.

    Below is a list of operations carried out by the Iranian armed forces, as well as resistance movements in Lebanon and Iraq, against the US and the Zionist regime on April 6:

    Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC):

    • An advanced US MQ-9 drone was intercepted and destroyed by the IRGC air defense system, within the country’s integrated defense system, in the skies over Isfahan. This is the fifth enemy drone to be destroyed in Isfahan in the past week.

    • An Orbiter 4 drone was also intercepted and destroyed in the skies over Kermanshah by the new advanced defense system, which operates under the control of the country’s integrated air defense network.

    • The command, operational, and logistics headquarters, as well as the industrial-military infrastructure of the US-Israeli coalition, were targeted in the 98th wave of Operation True Promise 4.

    • The IRGC Navy and Aerospace Forces, following the warning communiqués from the Khatim Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, initiated combined and effect-based operations in this wave, under the blessed code name “O Sayyed al-Sajideen, peace be upon him,” and dedicated to the martyr Major General Majid Khademi.

    • In the first part of this operation, fighters of the IRGC Navy accurately targeted the container ship “SDN7” belonging to the Israeli regime with a cruise missile, which caught fire extensively after being struck.

    • The north and south of Tel Aviv, strategic centers in Haifa, chemical companies and factories in “occupied Bir Al-Sabi’”, and locations where Israeli army forces are present in “Petah Tikva” were precisely struck by Iranian ballistic missiles, given the inability of the regime’s ultra-advanced air defense to intercept the missiles.

    • The LHA7 helicopter carrier and amphibious assault ship of the terrorist US army, with more than 5,000 sailors and marines, was also targeted by lightning-fast Iranian projectile barrages, which, after this attack wave, was forced to retreat into the depths of the southern Indian Ocean.

    • In another part of the wave, the joint drone production center of the UAE and the Zionist regime, along with a number of aircraft stationed at Ali Al-Salem base, were hit by precise drone and missile strikes.

    • In the continuation of the same wave, with the blessed code name “O Master of the Sajidin,” and dedicated to all the women of the country who manage the street front, the “Al-Udairi” base in Kuwait was subjected to missile and drone attacks by the fighters of the IRGC Aerospace Force.

    • The gathering and command control centers of the US “Victoria” base in Baghdad were also targeted by successful and powerful strikes with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.

    • At least five hiding and organization sites of terrorist groups in the regions of northern Iraq were also effectively targeted by drone strikes following intelligence identification.

    • A US MQ9 drone was downed over the skies of Qeshm Island. The operation was conducted jointly by the advanced air defense systems of the IRGC Navy and Ground Force.

    • A “Hermes 900” drone was intercepted and downed in the skies over Andimeshk by a newly developed advanced air defense system integrated into the country’s unified air defense network.

    Iranian Army:

    • Intercepted and destroyed an Orbiter drone in Tabriz, bringing the total number of downed drones to 168.