Iraqi resistance wants to bring about a sea change in the Israeli genocide issue

Iran promised to retaliate against Israel for its attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria that killed several military personnel.

The US shrieked hysterically that Iraq may attack at any moment.

I have not posted much on the Iraqi resistance, because their activities are not as conspicuous as the others, although yesterday I wrote about the different fronts of the Axis of Resistance.

I had said that there are essentially 5 Resistance fronts and that the most prominent ones in the news since Oct 7 have been Hamas (of course) and Houthis in Yemen, but there are also Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Popular Mobilization Units (al-Hashd al-Shaabi) in Iraq, and the various pro-Assad militias in Syria.

Working in coordination with each other, but with little or no inter-communication (because each one knows the common goal, namely the liberation of Palestine), they are each taking bites out of the Israeli economy and worrying the Satanic elites in Tel Aviv.

The Houthis are costing Israel money by seriously disrupting Israel foreign trade with attacks on Israel-related shipping in the Red Sea, the Strait of Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

Hezbollah is attacking northern Israel by firing rockets into illegal settlements and prompting their evacuation.

Syrian popular resistance units (not to be confused with the “resistance” to Assad) are escalating their attacks against the US-sponsored Kurdish separatist SDF terrorist group in the northern region, their latest operation included targeting two of the separatists’ posts in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside, where the US is plundering oil resources belonging to the impoverished Syrian people.

The Popular Mobilization Units and their factions are launching attacks on US bases

in Iraq, where the US military continues to exist without the blessings of the Iraqi people and parliament. These units plainly state that they will not halt their attacks until Israel pulls out of Gaza.

I will mention Hamas only for the sake of completeness. We all know who they are.

These fronts are all acting like a swarm of hornets, attacking individually but yet in perfect harmony, creating major discomfort for the Combined West and especially Israel.

Hyperlink to alkhanadeq report on Iraqi resistance’s arming of Jordanians

Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

April 5, 2024

Iraqi Resistance Front: Increasing qualitative escalation

Iraqi resistance operations

The operations of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq continue at a steady pace, within the framework of the front of support for the Palestinian resistance during the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood. But last week it was marked by escalation, in terms of the identity of Israeli targets.

In recent days, the Iraqi resistance launched its operations as follows:

_A vital Israeli target in the Galilee region, whose identity was not revealed (Sunday, March 31, 2024).

_ A drone was launched towards the naval military base in Eilat, and it exploded near the “Sa’ar 6” ship (Monday, April 1, 2024).

_Tel Nof Israeli Air Base (Tuesday, April 2, 2024).

_ Targeting Haifa Airport, which is used for civilian and military aircraft, and attacking a vital Israeli target in occupied Ashdod (Wednesday, April 3, 2024).

_Ramat David Air Base in northern occupied Palestine (Thursday, April 4, 2024).

This sample of operations confirms what the American camp of weakness has always tried to deny, that the capabilities of the Iraqi resistance will not be able to cross Jordan and its systems, which are devoted to defending the temporary entity, so that the Iraqis were able to target the entire geography of occupied Palestine from the sea to the river.

Al-Nujaba: Readiness to take any action against Israel

In a related context, the Islamic Resistance - Al-Nujaba Movement, confirmed last Tuesday that it is ready to take any action in response to Israel’s violations, following the Israeli Air Force’s targeting of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, and its assassination of a number of leaders of the Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. At the forefront of the martyrs is Major General Mohammad Reza Zahedi.

Various Iraqi resistance factions also warned the United States of America that they would increase the number of armed operations, in response to the Biden administration's continued provision of military assistance to the Israeli army, which is killing civilians in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon.

Arming the Jordanian resistance

As for the unprecedented step, which if it happens will constitute a strong strategic blow to Israel, America, and the Arab rulers behind them (who sold out the Palestinian cause decades ago), it is due to what Kataib Hezbollah announced this week of its readiness to arm and equip 12,000 fighters in the Islamic Resistance in Jordan, with the recommendation of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements. This threatens to open a wide front against Israel that may be more dangerous than all the other fronts, due to its geographical advantages that threaten the various occupation settlements, and many of its very sensitive targets (the capital, Tel Aviv, the nuclear facilities, etc.).

Following the assassination of Commander Zahedi, the Hezbollah Brigades announced that it had prepared weapons, anti-armor launchers, and tactical missiles for 12 fighters in the Islamic Resistance in Jordan. The security official for the Brigades, Abu Ali Al-Askari, added, in a post on his channel on the Telegram application, that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has prepared its equipment to equip the Islamic Resistance in Jordan to meet the needs of 12,000 fighters with light and medium weapons, anti-armor launchers, tactical missiles, millions of rounds of ammunition, and tons of explosives, so that we can be one hand to defend our Palestinian brothers. He expressed the readiness of the resistance in Iraq to begin preparations, and that it is sufficient for this to be recommended by the Hamas or Islamic Jihad movements, in order to then begin first by “cutting off the land road that reaches the Zionist entity.”

The resistance axis hand is the highest

All of these Iraqi developments indicate that the Palestinian resistance, and behind it the supporting and nurturing axis of resistance, have many options and power cards (which cannot be used all at once, but rather at an incremental pace), making its hand - i.e. the axis - the highest and capable of achieving certain victory and thwarting all... Israeli and American… plans, and all these sacrifices (particularly of the martyrs and wounded) only lead to an increase in determination and will until all ambitions are achieved

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Now for news on another front: Ukraine

Here’s your daily air strike update for April 6, 2024

Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

https://www.rbc.ru/politics/06/04/2024/661125c29a7947098289df3b?ysclid=luodsqju5b452055387

6 Apr, 2024

The Ministry of Defense reported on a group strike on Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises

The Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of two launchers of the French-Italian SAMP/T air defense system near Kharkov. During the day, air defense shot down more than 200 drones, a Hammer bomb and HIMARS shells

On the night of April 6, Russia attacked enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, where armored and automotive equipment were produced and repaired, as well as military airfields and points of deployment of foreign military personnel, as reported by the Ministry of Defense.

During the attack, the military used long-range, sea- and air-launched precision weapons [that would be missiles] and drones, the ministry said, adding that the targets of the strike were were hit.

Aviation, missile forces and artillery destroyed two launchers of the SAMP/T anti-aircraft missile system made in France and Italy, in the Kharkov area, the department said. SAMP/T Mamba is the first European medium-range anti-missile system. It was developed by the Eurosam consortium, and its Aster missiles are capable of intercepting air targets at a distance of 600 km.

During the day, air defense systems shot down 205 Ukrainian drones, a Hammer guided bomb, six HIMARS missiles and a Hurricane.

The Ministry of Defense reported 39 strikes on military and energy facilities in Ukraine

The head of the Kharkov regional administration Oleg Sinegubov and the mayor of Kharkov Igor Terekhov previously reported a night attack in the city, which killed six people and injured 11 more. Terekhov reported a damaged gas station.

Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporozhye, said the head of the local military administration, Ivan Fedorov. According to him, industrial enterprises came under attack. In the Khmelnitsky region, Strana writes, the city of Starokonstantinov, where a military airfield is located, was attacked. [This airfield gets hit really often]

The Russian Ministry of Defense emphasizes that attacks are carried out only on military and energy facilities of Ukraine and related infrastructure.

Ukraine continues to pay a high price for doing the Devil's bidding. 

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Strikes on Ukraine today: which important Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities were destroyed on April 6

April 6, 2024

Author: Ivan Smirnov

Last night, the Russian armed forces carried out a massive attack on military-industrial facilities in Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. Here's the latest news about this.

What the Russian Ministry of Defense said

According to the Russian military department, the Russian Armed Forces launched a strike with precision weapons and UAVs on various objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.

“Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with high-precision long-range sea- and air-based weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine that produced and repaired armored and automotive equipment, UAVs, military airfields and temporary deployment points of foreign mercenaries. The objectives of the strike have been achieved. All designated targets were hit,” the department’s press service noted.

The Ministry of Defense said that two French-Italian SAMP-T launchers were destroyed in the Kharkov area.

“Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area of ​​the city of Kharkov destroyed two launchers of the SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile system of French-Italian production, and also defeated the personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 133 areas. Air defense systems shot down 205 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, a Hammer guided aerial bomb made in France, as well as six HIMARS and Uragan missiles,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

What military correspondents write about the night strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces targets

Military expert Boris Rozhin reported in his Telegram channel that last night the Russian Armed Forces attacked the Planeta Mall shopping center in Kharkov, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces stored missiles for MLRS.

“Destroyed Planeta Mall shopping center in Kharkov. It contained rockets for MLRS, which were used to fire at Belgorod. [The Russian city of Belgorod, not far from the border with Ukraine, has been plagued since the start of the war by terror attacks on civilians. The destruction of these MLRS missiles should provide some respite] Scattered rockets were found on the street after the detonation,” he wrote.

The Telegram channel “Two Majors” reported that attacks were also carried out on factories located in the Kiev-controlled part of Zaporozhye.

“The results of the morning strikes on enemy targets: the Progress plant, the Ivchenko-Progress design bureau, the Kommunar plant, also known as the Zaporozhye Automobile Plant,” said the authors of the channel.

According to the Rybar channel, as a result of a massive attack, explosions were heard in parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye oblasts controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

“Explosions were heard in parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye oblasts controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine - in the latter, industrial enterprises of the regional center were hit. In the Kiev oblast, one of the enterprises in Makarov was hit. Another target was the temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Slavyansk. In Kharkov, the Shevchenko district came under fire: judging by the emerging footage with the sounds of secondary detonation, one of the ammunition depots was hit,” the publication says.

The Russian Ministry of Defense did not comment on this in any way.

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Russian forces carried out precision strikes on military targets in different parts of Ukraine

The Russian army launched strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces targets. Arrivals were reported in the area of the Starokonstantinov military airfield in the Khmelnitsky oblast.

The following footage appears in Telegram channels: they write that this is a district of Kharkov. Strong explosions. Presumably, an ammunition depot was hit. There is also a base where equipment was stored.

Russian troops are carrying out precision strikes on everything related to the Ukrainian military industry. This is a response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attempts to damage Russian energy facilities.

And news from the special military op zone. Dnieper. Intelligence spotted a boat with saboteurs who were trying to get to the other side. Target destroyed. North Donetskregion of the front. Su-25 attack aircraft disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Hit with unguided aircraft missiles.

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06.04.2024

Ivan Chuprov

Foreign mercenaries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces blown up.

The destroyed shopping center "Planeta Mall" in Kharkov, where missiles for MLRS were stored, which were used to fire at Belgorod. Reuters

 

Over the past week, the Russian Armed Forces launched a series of high-precision strikes on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine and points of deployment of Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

“From March 31 to April 5, in response to the Kiev regime’s attempts to damage facilities in the oil and gas industry and the Russian energy sector, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 39 group strikes with high-precision ground- and air-based weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles, against Ukrainian energy industry facilities, as well as military-industrial enterprises. complex, air defense systems, arsenals, fuel bases, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian units and foreign mercenaries,” the department said.

The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the strikes reached their target. All targeted objects were hit.

Russian underground fighters helped destroy two Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouses

According to intelligence information from the “Russian Kherson” underground, the Russian military destroyed weapons depots of Ukrainian formations in Kherson and the village of Tokarevka on the right bank. Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo reported this in his Telegram channel.

“Also, our partisans identified two ardent accomplices of the Kiev Nazis in the village of Mirolyubovka: one of them finances Zelensky’s militants, and the second helps the TCC people to catch and send Ukrainian men to slaughter. The information has been taken into account, and after our return, and maybe earlier, both will suffer a well-deserved punishment,” added the head of the region.

Five Ukrainian Armed Forces boats sank to the bottom of the Dnieper

Last night, soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson oblast tried to cross the Dnieper in five boats. However, the enemy was detected and eliminated in time by the Russian military.

“Five enemy boats were hit by artillery and attack UAVs at the landing sites and when trying to approach the left bank,” Roman Kodryan, head of the Dnepr group’s press center, said in a statement.

Recreation centers for Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were covered with artillery

In the city of Ochakov, Odessa oblast, the Russian military carried out precise strikes on recreation centers, which were the location of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. The coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, reported this in his Telegram channel.

“Today there was a very powerful explosion on the coast of Ochakov... at the recreation centers where the Armed Forces of Ukraine live. A lot of ambulances went to the coast,” Lebedev said.

The underground coordinator also stated that after the “arrival” in Ochakov, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) became more active. Its employees plan to check residents’ computers and smartphones in order to find the partisans who informed the Russian Armed Forces of the coordinates of the locations of the Ukrainian military.

Minus half a thousand Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers

According to the Russian Ministry of Armor, over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 470 soldiers killed and wounded in the Donetsk direction. In addition, the Russian military destroyed here two armored combat vehicles, eight cars, a 155-mm M109 “Paladin” self-propelled artillery mount and a 155 mm M777 howitzer made in the USA, four 122-mm “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery mounts, and a 100 mm “Rapira” anti-tank gun ", as well as a field ammunition depot.

Our fighters took more advantageous positions in the DPR and LPR. They also repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 10th mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Razdolovka (DPR).

The Russian Armed Forces will liberate Terny and drown Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the river

The situation in other directions

In the Kupyansk direction, enemy losses amounted to up to 35 people. Here, Russian soldiers knocked out a tank and two cars. In the Avdiivka direction, the Ukrainian army lost more than 280 troops during the day, having carried out 12 unsuccessful counterattacks.

In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 35 people. In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces disabled over 90 enemy soldiers, improving their position along the front line.

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Flying coffins

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05.04.2024

Dmitry Nevzorov

"Coffins" fall from the sky. Russia's missile and bomb attack threw Ukraine into an inferno

It is unlikely that Ukrainian air defense expected such a massive repeated Russian strike. No sooner had they trumpeted the 100% destruction of all Russian missiles and drones than these flew across Ukraine again. The light disappeared in the Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kirovograd, Poltava, and Sumy oblasts. In Zaporozhye, the blow hit the workshops of the Motor Sich plant and the locations of units prepared to be sent to the front line. In Kharkov, newly restored transformer substations were again destroyed: several districts of the city were left without electricity. The substation that supplies the Malyshev Tank Plant with electricity is out of order again. Military facilities are burning and detonating in the Odessa and Kherson oblasts.

The sky is cracking at the seams. Russia's missile strike leaves Ukraine howling in horror

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Kharkov is on fire, but without light

According to Ukrainian media, after the latest Russian strikes in Kharkov and nearby areas, almost half a million subscribers lost power. The Kharkov administration is talking about a possible complete blackout in some areas of the city, given the emerging crisis situation. The operation of electric transport in the city has been stopped.

As Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said in an interview with Estonian television, there are now practically no entire thermal power plants left in Ukraine.

“80% of Ukrainian thermal power plants were destroyed. Russia continues to attack our energy facilities, destroying transformers and generators,” said the Ukrainian minister.

A few hours ago, the mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, said that in addition to cruise missiles, objects in the city were attacked by “smart” high-explosive bombs. There is significant destruction of administrative buildings.

Darkness-darkness. Russia forces Kiev to capitulate or live by candlelight

According to information from Kharkov partisans, in addition to areas with equipment at the Kharkov Military Tank School, barracks and dormitories where personnel and instructors were housed were destroyed.

“Large FABs are not used against small targets,” said Air Force Major General, military expert Vladimir Popov. “If a FAB-500, or even more so a FAB-1500, arrived, then the military object was really important.”

Of particular note is the strike on the city of Merefa, located in close proximity to Kharkov. Several large industrial enterprises operate here, producing products for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. One of the strikes with FAB-1500 strikes with UMPC hit the reinforced concrete structures plant, which produces structures for defensive structures. According to eyewitness accounts published on social networks, the explosion of the bomb sent concrete “dragon teeth” flying around the enterprise like champagne corks.

By the way, Ukrainian soldiers call Russian high-explosive aerial bombs (FAB) “coffins.”

“Many people are going crazy waiting for the ‘coffins’ to arrive and explode,” the militants write in their Telegram channels. “There is simply no escape from them.”

“FABs are waiting for them.” NATO units that can enter Ukraine have been named

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Iskanders visited Zaporozhye in the evening

The head of the public movement “We are with Russia”, Vladimir Rogov, spoke about the arrival of Russian missiles in the workshops and sites of the Motor Sich plant.

“Arrivals of two Iskander-K OTRK missiles. At the very least, there was a hit at the Motor Sich industrial site,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.

The Zaporozhye plant currently assembles engines for military aircraft and repairs various military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine coming from the battle zone. A few days ago, Russian missiles were already flying through his workshops. Citizens heard four powerful explosions, two of which were followed by detonation.

Now the explosions in Ukraine have subsided. But no one promises that the night will be calm...

"Smart" aerial bomb FAB-1500

 

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Israel faces possible embargo, war crime accusation threats, Biden, Iran

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Australia to appoint envoy to probe aid worker strike, says Israel steps insufficient | The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/australia-to-appoint-envoy-to-probe-aid-worker-strike-says-israel-steps-insufficient/

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Nebenzya: Sanctions must be imposed against those who obstruct aid to Gaza Strip - SabaNet

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CNN wrote about the evacuation of Israeli settlers from the settlements, but the reporter, Tara John, did not mention the inconvenient fact that these settlements, including Kiryat Shmona, are illegal and violate the UN-established borders for Palestine.

My letter to Tara John at tara.john@cnn.com:

Dear Tara John,

Your report on the evacuation of Israelis from settlements disappointed me because you failed to mention that the Israelis displaced by Hezbollah rockets were from ILLEGAL settlements.

Kiryat Shmona is illegal and those settlers were there in violation of international law, which explains Hezbollah’s attacks.

If you admit these inconvenient facts to your readers, fewer Israelis will get hurt or lose their homes. When these settlers decided to build homes in the illegal settlements, none of the Western news sources – including yours – told them that they would be living there illegally and that the Resistance might frown on that.

Incomplete reporting is hurting Israel.

I might add that Israel is hurting Israel.

Don Hank

tara.john@cnn.com