Amazing that the 2 finalists are setup in the principle of team collective. Spain always has had this culture but Argentina has changed thanks to Scaloni's focus on the group. I think that Argentina is setup to do well in future without Messi.
Lisandro Martínez has been the best defender at this World Cup, yet barely anyone is talking about it. ⚽️🛡️
Elite positioning. Aggressive defending. Calm on the ball. Leadership. He keeps delivering every single game while the spotlight goes elsewhere.
The silence around his tournament is genuinely baffling.
Why liberals are panicking on the success of #Dhurandhar ? Because the craft of cinema has crossed over the ideological boundary.
Interesting take by Aditya Devulapally in Times of India.
🇦🇺 BONDI BEACH BLOODBATH: NAVEED AKRAM CONFIRMED, SECOND SHOOTER IDENTITY STILL LOCKED DOWN
Naveed Akram - Pakistani national, confirmed by ABC News and law enforcement sources.
That's shooter number one. Police raiding his Bonnyrigg home while his co-conspirator fights for life in critical condition.
Second shooter's identity? Authorities holding that tight. Social media's running with unconfirmed claims, but nothing official yet.
They know who he is - they're choosing when to release it.
12 dead. 2,000 Jews came to light the first Hanukkah candle. 50 rounds answered them. Rabbi Eli Shlanger executed.
Civilian hero tackled one gunman mid-reload - saved dozens before cops arrived.
Here's what the silence tells you: When authorities sit on a shooter's identity this long after neutralization, they're managing the narrative. Either the background complicates the story, or they're tracking associates.
Both, probably.
PM Albanese convened National Security Committee, still calling it "shocking and distressing."
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said the quiet part loud: "This attack occurred as our Jewish community came together."
They'll leak the second shooter's identity when it serves the investigation. Watch for raids in western Sydney tonight.
This network has more than 2 nodes.
Source: ABC News, Guardian AU, SMH, @visegrad24
Sargodha, Kirana Hills, Nuclear Weapons and Missile Strike
- Why the US intervened?
- There is ONLY one possible scenario running in my head.
- Pakistanis being Pakistanis, they made a dog and pony show of moving their nuclear assets.
- It could be movement of missile TELs or nuclear weapons form known storage sites.
- Now we know we hit Kirana Hills next to Sargodha.
- Kirana Hills is the motherload of weapons, ammunition and of course, nuclear arsenal.
- Just look at the area -
- It houses a Central Ordnance Depot, Central Ammunition Depot and Pakistan's nuclear stockpile within those hills.
- Which should not be surprising if you consider the following facts -
(1) Kushab Nuclear Plant is ~50km from Kirana Hills as the crow flies. It is part of Pakistan nuclear weapons making infrastructure.
(2) Sargodha Air Base - Home to Pakistan's aerial nuclear delivery platform ->F-16s! Hardly 10km from Kirana Hills in a straight line.
See the map below - The tip of the triangle rests on Kushab Nuclear Plant.
- So, my guess on the sequence of events is something like this -
(1) Pakistanis moved nuclear weapons at a time or in a manner where they knew it would be picked-up by the Americans.
(2) It is very much likely that India also picked-up these events in parallel.
(3) And fired a missile right into their nuclear weapons mothership - No, not to destroy the weapons or make them explode but to tell the Pakistanis that 'We See You' and we're ready to call your nuclear bluff.
(4) But the Americans panicked and well, rest is history.
PS: To see details of where exactly strike hit and details of the area, please see excellent work by @JaidevJamwal on his TL.
India demonstrated both the strength of its layered air defenses—many indigenously built, alongside Israeli and Russian systems—and its ability to penetrate Pakistan’s Chinese-made defenses like the HQ-9/P, LY-80, and FM-90.
Outstanding press briefing by the Indian armed forces. Detailed, supported by imagery & full Q&A. Unlike the histrionic rubbish by ISPR.
Super impressed. Should be a standard template going forward. 🇮🇳
BREAKING: Have definitely downed a few PAF planes. Don’t want to get into the numbers even though we have a number. But their aircraft were not allowed to enter our airspace: DG Air Ops
I am starting a thread here to compile PAF losses. Reply with sat images etc. of damage to PAF airbases and assets. Do not share stuff that is obviously fake. Share what seems genuine and we will analyse it anyway.