The War on Terror /Central Asia/Mid East/Africa thread

[dimejinky99]

[simple schoolboy]

I like the use of 'shrapnel' in this conflict. 1/3 of a rocket body (presumably intercepted at altitude) falls through someone's roof: shrapnel.

Does that make it easier for the insurance adjuster?

[dimejinky99]

That article completely skips the fact that this all kicked off because of a new round of evictions of Palestinians from their homes in the month leading to this. It does mention the neighbourhood but not the evictions, not the The attacks on the camps those evicted had to set up, with emergency aid supplied and funded by the EU, which then were also destroyed by IDF.
They kicked them outta their homes and then Burned the camps they set up.

Is it any wonder it’s all fucked when the media aren’t telling the whole story and only one side. Every single Fucking time

With all sincerity, if you have something you feel is more balanced (i.e. NOT Twitter), I am happy to read it. I'm always interested in being better educated.

February 19th

I mean where do you start?
‘ The Israeli government has designated the area a military firing range, and insists its soldiers are repeatedly breaking up and seizing the donated tents and animal shelters because the village is illegal and the Palestinians need to move on for their own safety.’

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/e ... -1.4489881

[BurtReynolds]

[dimejinky99]

Biden has been lifelong in his commitment to Zionism though. He’s never made a secret of that.
He seems to be in an awkward situation now as it’s lurched far right as is possible to go. It’s in government in Israel and now on the streets lynching Palestinians. How much longer can he support that?

[BurtReynolds]

How much longer can he support that?

infinitely

[simple schoolboy]

Sounds like we may need to deliver the replacement JDAMS by boat if Israel's airspace stays closed.

[elliseamos]

It does seem odd to say Israel is defending itself when they started these recent events. No? I could be wrong (won't be the last time).

[simple schoolboy]

Is this how it went down or? The whole "we are starting ground operations" followed a few hours later by, "that dude was misquoted" was kinda weird.

[elliseamos]

Yeah, death, lol indeed. I know, terrorists are eager for it, but the lol seems misplaced.

[simple schoolboy]

Yeah, death, lol indeed. I know, terrorists are eager for it, but the lol seems misplaced.

I must have missed the official account where the IDF claimed high casualties in tunnels due to their bombing after announcing imminent ground invasion. This was the first account I saw of this claim.

[simple schoolboy]

Can we do a poll on which Gazan militant faction you would be?

Hamas: B for sure, he's from the government and he's here to help. (Quds force is one of their direct militant arms)

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: this will offend Mickey, but who comes closest to a Marxist-Leninist? A great acronym, without needing to see anything other than "PF" to know where this is going. Strong sense of nostalgia.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad: uhh, do we have any integralists in the house?

There are several more fun factions to add to such a poll.

[dimejinky99]

They’ve informed aljazeera and all the media outlets occupying one building that they’re hitting it.

One way to stop the world seeing what they’re doing I guess

[dimejinky99]

And it’s gone. ‘Both sides’ that

[Bammer]

Someone should show this to all the WNBA players who live and work in such an oppressive environment

[simple schoolboy]

Yeah, death, lol indeed. I know, terrorists are eager for it, but the lol seems misplaced.

I thought this was speculative but it seems that the IDF claimed this was what occured. If Hamas actually did enter the infiltration tunnels based on IDF spokesman/ western press reports as opposed to observations on the ground, their losses (if real) would be due to fake news.

[elliseamos]

Yeah, death, lol indeed. I know, terrorists are eager for it, but the lol seems misplaced.

I thought this was speculative but it seems that the IDF claimed this was what occured. If Hamas actually did enter the infiltration tunnels based on IDF spokesman/ western press reports as opposed to observations on the ground, their losses (if real) would be due to fake news.

And I don't care either way. I just hate the lol in that tweet.

[simple schoolboy]

Yeah, death, lol indeed. I know, terrorists are eager for it, but the lol seems misplaced.

I thought this was speculative but it seems that the IDF claimed this was what occured. If Hamas actually did enter the infiltration tunnels based on IDF spokesman/ western press reports as opposed to observations on the ground, their losses (if real) would be due to fake news.

And I don't care either way. I just hate the lol in that tweet.

It was merely the first mention I saw of it.

[simple schoolboy]

[dimejinky99]

They’ve lost the propaganda war if nothing else. Bombing the media building has gotten far more coverage than some of the other events this week. IDF released a pure propaganda tweet explaining their reasoning. If you’re explaining you’re losing and all that.
we’re expected to believe media orgs from around the world AP to BBC were housed in the same building as HAMAS militants and they never noticed or said anything.
Hardly.
Targeting journalists is also a war crime but they seem not to care about that much.