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  • Chinese hackers use Microsoft loophole to hit US nuclear weapons design group

    07/23/2025 5:09:09 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 17 replies
    Interesting Engineering ^ | July 23, 2025 | Sujita Sinha
    Microsoft warns patched systems remain vulnerable as attackers find new ways to infiltrate SharePoint servers. Microsoft has issued a critical warning about Chinese state-backed hackers exploiting security flaws in its SharePoint software. These vulnerabilities have been used to compromise a growing list of government agencies and private organizations worldwide, including the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). In a detailed blog post, Microsoft identified three hacking groups with ties to China. The groups, known as Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603, are believed to have taken advantage of SharePoint weaknesses that mainly affect customers who operate the software on their...
  • Di Leo: Measuring the Effectiveness of Lessons and Punishments

    07/19/2025 11:38:37 AM PDT · by jfd1776 · 1 replies
    American Free News Network ^ | July 17, AD 2025 | John F. Di Leo
    Did we hit Iran hard enough before we stopped? This is always the question, anytime you engage in diplomacy, warfare, or a combination of the two. When it becomes necessary to do something, the question is “How much?” Israel has led the effort against Iran, as Iran has been the chief aggressor against Israel. For 46 years now, the mullahs who rule that poor country have not only threatened Israel (and the USA too) on a constant basis, they have also funded, trained, and directed numerous terrorist organizations in the region, chief among which are Hamas of Gaza, Hezbollah of...
  • The Druze Test: A Deep Dive into Why Israel is Bombing Syria Again

    07/17/2025 9:44:44 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 10 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 7/17/2025 | Seth Frantzman
    Following the fall of the Assad regime, Israel has established a new “red line” in Syria, launching major airstrikes on Damascus on July 16 to warn the new government against attacking the Druze minority in the south. The strikes, which targeted military headquarters, came after clashes erupted between Druze and other armed groups near Suwayda.
  • Code Pink threatens DataRepublican with lawsuit — so she releases damaging evidence on social media

    06/30/2025 4:50:25 PM PDT · by Twotone · 53 replies
    The Blaze ^ | June 27, 2025 | Carlos Garcia
    The famous DataRepublican data analyst dropped damaging information she had gathered about Code Pink's connections to the communist Chinese government after the group threatened legal action against her. The database kernel engineer, whose real name is Jennica Pounds, said Wednesday on social media that the group sent her a message accusing her of libel. "We are writing to formally address and correct the false and defamatory statements made in your recent social media posts regarding CODEPINK," the group reportedly wrote. "These claims — which falsely allege that our organization is funded by China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any...
  • Jeffrey Epstein requested multiple passports to travel through Middle East and Africa, new documents reveal

    07/14/2025 4:46:09 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 40 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 04 15 2025 | JEN SMITH
    Jeffrey Epstein traveled throughout the Middle East and Africa in the 1980s, frequently requesting multiple passports for the trips, according to newly obtained documents. Between 1980 and his death in 2019, Epstein visited Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mali, Gabon and countless European countries. He often reported lost passports and requested multiple to accommodate his many travel visas, the documents obtained by ABC News, reveal. 'Please issue me a second passport so I may have the 3 visas issued for Africa while I am using my current passport in France.' At the time, he carried a conviction for soliciting child...
  • What Will Become of the Jews of Iran? Part One

    06/24/2025 9:34:36 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 1 replies
    Jewish Journal ^ | Jan 2024 | Tabby Refael
    Many scholars believe that Jews are Iran’s oldest religious minority, having lived there nearly 2,700 years (if you count the first 100 years of Jewish captivity in Babylon, after the fall of the First Temple). Jews lived in Iran, which until 1935 was known as Persia, for over 1,000 years before the arrival of Islam. The land — its language, culture, prose and history — is ingrained in us, whether we still live in Iran or escaped in the last four decades and resettled in countries such as the United States, Israel, Canada or Italy. Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution...
  • Hakeem Jeffries on Iran Strikes: Trump ‘Failed’ to Bring Peace to Middle East

    06/21/2025 7:20:07 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 100 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 06/21/2025 | Sean Moran
    House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Saturday night said that President Donald Trump has “failed” to bring peace to the Middle East after Trump ordered the bombing of Iranian nuclear sites. Jeffries, the leader of House Democrats, said in a written statement: Donald Trump promised to bring peace to the Middle East. He has failed to deliver on that promise. The risk of war has now dramatically increased, and I pray for the safety of our troops in the region who have been put in harm’s way. President Trump misled the country about his intentions, failed to seek congressional...
  • Putin should end war in Ukraine before mediating in Middle East – Trump

    06/18/2025 12:42:13 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 18 replies
    APA ^ | 6/18/2025 | Staff
    Russian leader Vladimir Putin should first end the war that Russia started in Ukraine before talking about mediating in the Middle East, stated US President Donald Trump during a conversation with journalists, APA reports citing RBC Ukraine. "I spoke to Putin yesterday, he offered to help mediate. I said, do me a favor — mediate your own. Let's mediate Russia first, OK? I said, 'Vladimir, let's mediate Russia first, you can worry about this later," Trump said. According to the US President, he told Putin that he should deal with Russia first before involving himself elsewhere. "So many people have...
  • Donald Trump tweet from October 2019

    06/17/2025 6:36:52 PM PDT · by Mount Athos · 64 replies
    @realDonaldTrump on twitter ^ | 10/9/19 | President Trump
    The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....
  • Finish them! "Significant" Middle Eastern country (not Israel) asks Trump to join war

    06/17/2025 3:21:22 PM PDT · by daniel1212 · 30 replies
    .jfeed.com ^ | JUN 17, 2025 | Avi Woolf
    A senior Israeli source speaking to Israel Hayom today (Tuesday) says that a "significant" Middle Eastern country - not Israel - has asked President Trump to join the war against Iran's nuclear program to end it quickly. According to the source, the country - which is a bitter foe of Iran - is concerned that Israeli strikes on Iranian economic targets, especially their oil and oil processing facilities, could send prices skyrocketing and harming their economy. At present, the United States is maintaining a defensive posture, providing Israel with weapons and defensive tools, but refusing to attack Iran unless Iran...
  • Congress Challenges Trump’s Iran War Powers as Tensions Flare Congress is racing against history, trying to pull the emergency brake before the U.S. plunges headfirst into war. Tim Kaine..The American people have no appetite for another endless war

    06/17/2025 3:21:07 PM PDT · by daniel1212 · 36 replies
    jfeed.com ^ | JUN 17, 2025 | Gila Isaacson
    The Israel-Iran conflict has entered its fifth day, casting a shadow over Washington as Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, move to curb President Donald Trump’s authority to wage war against Iran without congressional approval.... Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, launched on June 13, 2025, struck over 100 Iranian targets,...The underground Fordo facility, however, remains largely unscathed, fueling speculation about further Israeli or U.S. action. In response, the U.S. bolstered its regional presence, deploying 12 F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II jets, supported by 30 KC-135 and KC-46 tankers, to bases like Al-Udeid in Qatar, as reported by...
  • Four obvious signs US is about to attack Iran It's pretty obvious: The White House and Trump are sending clear signals of possible imminent US involvement in the war against Iran's nuclear weapons programs.

    06/17/2025 3:20:06 PM PDT · by daniel1212 · 52 replies
    jfeed.com ^ | JUN 17, 2025 | Gila Isaacson
    Today (Tuesday), the White House posted on X, quoting President Trump: “Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” Trump’s rhetoric has oscillated between advocating for diplomacy and issuing threats of military action. For instance, he has pushed for a new nuclear deal since taking office in January 2025, As Iran passed the 60 day limit Trump had given them to come to a deal regarding their nuclear...
  • Saudi Arabia Executes a Journalist After 7 Years Behind Bars

    06/15/2025 1:25:24 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    ABC News ^ | 6/15 | Gabe Levin
    Saudi Arabia has executed a prominent Saudi journalist who was arrested seven years ago and convicted on terrorism and treason chargesA prominent Saudi journalist who was arrested in 2018 and convicted on terrorism and treason charges has been executed, the kingdom said. Activist groups maintain that the charges against him were trumped up. Turki Al-Jasser, who was in his late 40s, was put to death on Saturday, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, after the death penalty was upheld by the nation’s top court. Authorities had raided Al-Jasser's home in 2018, arresting him and seizing his computer and...
  • Iran’s Ballistic Missiles Have a ‘Forgotten Source’: North Korea

    06/16/2025 8:12:19 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 19 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/16/2025 | Bruce Bechtol
    North Korea has played a critical, though often overlooked, role in developing the very Iranian military capabilities now being used against Israel. Iran’s Emad and Ghadr ballistic missiles, deployed in its recent retaliatory strikes, are advanced derivatives of the North Korean No Dong missile, developed with direct North Korean assistance and parts.
  • US aircraft carrier heads west as Israel and Iran exchange strikes for fourth day as fighting intensifies

    06/16/2025 6:25:10 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 21 replies
    lbc uk ^ | 06 16 2025 | Asher McShane
    The US aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz has left the South China Sea and is heading west as the conflict between Israel and Iran descended into open warfare. Donald Trump has issued a warning to Iran, saying the country will experience 'the full strength' of the American military if it attacks the US. It comes amid reports he vetoed Israel's plans to assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader. The USS Nimitz had a planned port call in Vietnam later this week, but this has been called off as the conflict escalates. Tracking websites show the vessel moving west along with its strike...
  • D-Day update and thoughts on the ongoing Iran-Israel War [Twitter post]

    06/14/2025 7:38:19 AM PDT · by Ultra Sonic 007 · 16 replies
    X (f/k/a Twitter) ^ | 6-13-2025 | @ArmchairW
    D-Day update and thoughts on the ongoing Iran-Israel War - I was hoping it would be known as the One-Day War, but the sides seem to have resumed fire just now. Items to discuss: 1. Israeli assassination campaign 2. Israeli air campaign 3. Iranian missile campaign 1. Israeli targeted killings The Israelis kicked off their attack on Iran early yesterday morning (local time) with a series of targeted attacks aimed at assassinating senior leaders in the Iranian armed services as well as nuclear scientists. Alongside several scientists and Ali Shamkhani (a very prominent diplomat), three prominent figures in the Islamic...
  • Israel’s Iran ‘Decapitation Strategy’ Is Reshaping the Middle East

    06/14/2025 6:05:38 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 7 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/13/2025 | Seth Frantzman
    Israel’s surprise attack on Iran in the early morning hours of June 13 saw more than 200 aircraft strike more than 100 targets in Iran. Among the targets were key Iranian commanders, including the head of the Iranian army and also the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This type of decapitation strike is how Israel dismantled Hezbollah, Iran’s ally in Lebanon.
  • If Iran Falls, America Must Hunt Down Those Who Killed Its Troops

    06/13/2025 6:58:41 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 21 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/13/2025 | Michael Rubin
    Should Israel decapitate the Iranian leadership and should the regime fall, the Trump administration must send in investigator to track down, detain, and interrogate those responsible for killing Americans and funding the insurgency. Some should be extradited to the United States to serve the rest of their lives in prison; others can be offered the opportunity to turn state’s evidence.
  • Feds: Calif. man ran student visa fraud ring [Middle Eastern applicants]

    03/08/2010 2:54:03 PM PST · by freespirited · 3 replies · 35+ views
    Google News/AP ^ | 03/09/10 | Gillian Flaccus
    A California man was charged Monday with operating a ring of illegal test-takers who helped dozens of Middle Eastern nationals obtain U.S. student visas by passing proficiency and college-placement exams for them. Eamonn Daniel Higgins, 46, of Laguna Niguel made an appearance in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud as immigration agents arrested 16 of his suspected clients who remained in Southern California... The allegations revealed a potentially dangerous security breach in the country's student visa system and underscored the vulnerability of a tracking process that relies on schools to verify...
  • Pope urges Middle East Christians not to abandon homelands

    05/17/2025 6:19:42 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 27 replies
    Arab News ^ | May 14, 2025 | AFP
    Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday hailed Christian communities in the Middle East who “persevere and remain in their homelands, resisting the temptation to abandon them” despite war, marginalization or persecution. “Christians must be given the opportunity, and not just in words, to remain in their native lands with all the rights needed for a secure existence. Please, let us strive for this!” he told a meeting of Eastern Catholic Churches at the Vatican. On Sunday, the pontiff called for an "authentic and lasting peace" in Ukraine, a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all Israeli hostages held by militant group...