My dear brother Mahmoud is experiencing profound grief & is doing all he can for his beloved family in Gaza.
The Al-Masri family needs our help to obtain basic necessities for the coming days.
Please support them, they need us more than ever. ❤️🙏🏻🇵🇸
https://t.co/chiAWojNcl
A little update from me:
These days, loneliness has become part of my life.
I miss my parents and my siblings more than words can express.
And while I'm safe, they are still trying to survive in the hell of Gaza. 💔
Purchasing submarines will bolster a belligerent Canadians navy’s capacity for aggression.
On Monday Mark Carney announced a plan to purchase up to a dozen German submarines at a lifecycle cost of $100 billion. Beyond the huge outlay of public resources, the purchase should be opposed for greatly expanding a violent force’s stealth warfighting technology. Yet there has been little discussion about the submarines weaponry or Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) imperial history.
A week ago PeaceQuest’s Steven Staples wrote, “Lurking beneath the surface of the debate about Canada’s new submarines is the power to attack other countries using cruise missiles. A thorough media scan reveals practically no discussion about this important escalation, which would put Canada among only a few Western navies (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) that operate submarine-launched land-attack weapons.”
In recent years the RCN has participated in US-led naval operations to monitor Yemen and run provocative manoeuvres off Iran’s coast. Alongside US ships, Canadian vessels have also repeatedly been involved in belligerent “freedom of navigation” exercises through international waters that Beijing claims in the South China Sea, Strait of Taiwan and East China Sea.
In early 2011, 15 days before the UN Security Council authorized a no-fly zone over Libya, HMCS Charlottetown left Halifax for the North African country. Two rotations of Canadian warships enforced a naval blockade of Libya for six months with about 250 soldiers aboard each vessel. On May 19, 2011, HMCS Charlottetown joined an operation that destroyed eight Libyan naval vessels. The ship also repelled several fast, small boats and escaped unscathed after a dozen missiles were fired towards it from the port city of Misrata. After those hostilities the head of Canada’s navy, Paul Maddison, told Ottawa defence contractors that Charlottetown “played a key role in keeping the Port of Misrata open as a critical enabler of the anti-Gaddafi forces.”
On one occasion a Canadian warship, part of a 20-ship NATO flotilla purportedly enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya, boarded a rebel vessel filled with ammunition. “There are loads of weapons and munitions, more than I thought,” a Canadian officer radioed Charlottetown commander Craig Skjerpen. “From small ammunition to 105 howitzer rounds and lots of explosives.” The commander’s response, reported the Ottawa Citizen, was to allow the rebel ship to sail through.
A month before the commencement of the illegal March 2003 US invasion of Iraq, Canada sent a command-and-control destroyer to the Persian Gulf to take charge of Taskforce 151 — the joint allied naval command. Opinion sought by the Liberal government concluded that taking command of Taskforce 151 could make Canada legally at war with Iraq.
In 1998 HMCS Toronto was deployed to support US airstrikes on Iraq and in subsequent years Canadian warships were part of US carrier battle groups enforcing brutal sanctions on Iraq. In the five years before the full-scale US invasion Canadian frigates often accompanied US warships used as platforms for bombing raids in Iraq.
During the First Iraq war at the start of the 1990s Canada dispatched destroyers HMCS Terra Nova and Athabaskan and supply vessel Protecteur to the Persian Gulf. About 1,000 soldiers were aboard the three vessels sent before a UN resolution was passed.
Immediately after US forces invaded Korea in 1950, Ottawa sent HMCS Athabascan, Cayuga and Sioux to the region. Ultimately eight RCN destroyers completed 21 tours in Korea between 1950 and 1955. During three years of fighting — July 1950 to July 1953 — 3,500 sailors were aboard the warships.
Canadian ships transported troops and bombed the enemy ashore. They hurled 130,000 rounds at Korean targets. According to a Canadian War Museum exhibit, “during the war, Canadians became especially good at ‘train busting.’ This meant running in close to shore, usually at night, and risking damage from Chinese and North Korean artillery in order to destroy trains or tunnels on Korea’s coastal railway. Of the 28 trains destroyed by United Nations warships in Korea, Canadian vessels claimed eight.” RCN attacks likely killed many civilians.
Since its creation the RCN has repeatedly flexed its muscles in the Western hemisphere. The first recorded instance of Canadian gunboat diplomacy was during the Mexican Revolution. In 1915 Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Rainbow was dispatched to protect British interests and the expatriate community in the Pacific port city of Mazatlán. Later that year, Ottawa sent HMCS Athabasca further south to Manzanillo.
A more brazen case of gunboat diplomacy occurred in Central America a few years later. In 1917 the Royal Bank loaned $200,000 to unpopular Costa Rican dictator Federico Tinoco just as he was about to flee the country. A new government refused to repay the money, saying the Canadian bank knew the public despised Tinoco and that he was likely to steal it. “In 1921,” Canadian Gunboat Diplomacy notes, “in Costa Rica, Aurora, Patriot and Patrician helped the Royal Bank of Canada satisfactorily settle an outstanding claim with the government of that country.”
In 1932 RCN destroyers Skeena and Vancouver provided support to a month-old military coup government that brutally suppressed a peasant and indigenous rebellion in El Salvador. With two vessels in the region, London informed Ottawa that a “communist” uprising was underway and there was “a possibility of danger to British Banks, railways and other British lives and property” as well as a Canadian-owned utility. Bolstered by the RCN’s presence, the military regime would commit “one of the worst massacres of civilians in the history of the Americas” with 10,000-40,000 killed in weeks.
In a chapter titled “Maple Leaf Over the Caribbean: Gunboat Diplomacy Canadian Style” Sean Maloney writes: “Since 1960, Canada has used its military forces at least 26 times in the Caribbean to support Canadian foreign policy. In addition, Canada planned three additional operations, including two unilateral interventions into Caribbean states.”
Unbeknownst to most of us, the Canadian navy participated in the 1962 US blockade of Cuba. A few years later when 23,000 US troops invaded the Dominican Republic in April 1965 a Canadian warship was sent to Santo Domingo, in the words of Defence Minister Paul Hellyer, “to stand by in case it is required.” Two Canadian gunboats were deployed to Barbados’ independence celebration the next year in a bizarre diplomatic maneuver designed to demonstrate Canada’s military prowess. Maloney writes, “we can only speculate at who the ‘signal’ was directed towards, but given the fact that tensions were running high in the Caribbean over the Dominican Republic Affair [US invasion], it is likely that the targets were any outside force, probably Cuban, which might be tempted to interfere with Barbadian independence.” Of course, Canadian naval vessels were considered no threat to Barbadian independence.
During the 1970s and 80s the RCN planned and exercised an invasion of Jamaica. Code-named NIMROD CAPPER “the objective of the operation revolved around securing and protecting the Alcan [bauxite] facilities from mob unrest and outright seizure or sabotage.”
In recent years the RCN has been assisting the US with drug interdiction in the Caribbean. As part of Operation Caribbe, the Canadian navy has likely assisted the murderous US strikes in the Caribbean.
A dozen new submarines will give Canadian officials greater means to bully weaker countries. Surely, one of the opposition parties sees a better way to spend $100 billion dollars.
Carney is enthusiastically supporting the United States in their illegal wars of aggression against Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba. And Israel in their genocide of Palestinians. He and his entire regime belong in the Hague.
What I have written now for you stems from the bottom of my heart, you know what my life dream is, it is just a natural day that you go through without feeling it.
How I want to feel free, my dream is a daily routine for you, be grateful for your life, your homes and your families.
Stay safe.
From inside my tent, with nothing but paper and determination,
I’m learning how to design the electronic circuit of a neonatal incubator through a medical device design course I invested $400 in.
No lab.
No equipment.
Just a dream that refuses to stop growing. 🤍
Imagine your cat's greatest wish is a cool, humid spot to escape the heat.
Today, Misho searched for a cool place to escape the sweltering heat, until he finally fell asleep next to the laundry area.
War has deprived even animals of their most basic rights: a safe, cool, and comfortable place to rest.
I hope the day will come when Misho can live as all cats deserve.
ياااااااااااااااااااااااا اخواااااااااااااااااااااانننننننن
اللي تشوفونه بالصورة هذي صدققققققق 😵😵😵😵😵😵😵
توي مجرب محاكي الـPS5 الجديد SharpEmu و جربت اشغل Demon's Souls Remake و حاليا بس تشتغل شاشة الـSplash حق اللعبة ثم بعدها تجيك شاشة سوداء، اقسم بالله شيء تاريخيييييي
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Families are crowding Gaza's seashore today—not for leisure, not to change the atmosphere, and not for a day out. They are fleeing the tents, which have become unbearably scorching as temperatures continue to rise, making them virtually impossible to live in.
Gaza's beach today is not a place of recreation—it is a refuge from the unbearable heat of the tents.
Mahmoud's little brother, Mohammed, one of the radiant faces below, is sick.
They need mutual aid as soon as possible so they can afford the medicine.
Anyone who can, please share & consider aiding this family in a time of urgent need.
Any amount at all is immensely helpful
Mahmoud's little brother, Mohammed, one of the radiant faces below, is sick.
They need mutual aid as soon as possible so they can afford the medicine.
Anyone who can, please share & consider aiding this family in a time of urgent need.
Any amount at all is immensely helpful
My dear brother Mahmoud is experiencing profound grief & is doing all he can for his beloved family in Gaza.
The Al-Masri family needs our help to obtain basic necessities for the coming days.
Please support them, they need us more than ever. ❤️🙏🏻🇵🇸
https://t.co/chiAWojNcl
🚨🚨🚨 Ali needs our help.
Access to safe food in Gaza is incredibly difficult, many people suffer from stomach problems.
Mahmoud & Ali's little brother, Mohammed, is sick. He needs medicine, which isn't free. Most Palestinians can't earn income in this genocide.
Please help.
Peace be upon you and God’s mercy and blessings.
Dear brothers and sisters,
I kindly ask for your prayers first, and if you are able, your support as well.
My little brother, Mohammed, has been suffering from severe stomach pain since this morning and has been vomiting repeatedly. I took him to the doctor, and after examining him, the doctor prescribed medication that he urgently needs. Unfortunately, the cost of the medication is $100, which I am unable to afford at the moment.
I sincerely appeal to kind-hearted people to help us during this difficult time. Every donation, no matter how small, brings us closer to getting the medicine he needs and easing his suffering.
May Allah reward everyone who helps us or shares this appeal with the best of rewards, accept your good deeds, and grant my brother Mohammed a speedy and complete recovery.🙏😭💔
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Is there any reason you didn’t report this story when it first came out?
I was among the first to share the photo on June 30.
Why did it take you 10 days to report on it?
You don’t trust Palestinians, do you? You still run cover for Israel, don’t you?
It’s too very clear you were simply waiting for Israel to confirm the story, come up with a version of it, before you showed up here to present yourselves as an objective news outlet?
NEW: I wrote a small guide explaining how to archive things you see online and why you should. Archiving is essential for journalists, researchers and activists, and the more of us who get in the habit of archiving what we find, the better.
https://t.co/RoerUuDibo
My dear brother Mahmoud is experiencing profound grief & is doing all he can for his beloved family in Gaza.
The Al-Masri family needs our help to obtain basic necessities for the coming days.
Please support them, they need us more than ever. ❤️🙏🏻🇵🇸
https://t.co/chiAWojNcl
Two new mirrors for the website are up. If you find our main site is down for whatever reason, use them:
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https://t.co/MwQ6Cq4PWr
We also added a share button under each video to generate a link for single video sharing.
In 2023, @AHousefather took over $10,000 from the Israel lobby as part of a travel junket. On May 5th & 20th, Housefather had meetings with the lobby about "national security" & "justice and law enforcement". Soon after, pro-Israel laws were passed in Parliament. @MarkJCarney