What Happened in Beirut?

Dr. David Wurmser, Foundation for American Security and Freedom
c/o & pic Center for Security Policy
h/t BifBewalski on A♠
Aug 7, 2020

What we know about the blasts

Some effects of the blast are only beginning. Eighty percent of Lebanon’s grain supply (Lebanon’s strategic reserve) was incinerated, and the port through which most of Lebanon’s imported food arrived has been rendered dysfunctional. Lebanon relied on imported food for 90% of its needs, so this is a disaster which yet will unfold. Beirut port is the entry point for 70% of all imports of all goods. So Lebanon has a grave logistical challenge – few operating docks — in finding a structure to bring seaborn loads of goods and foodstuffs.…

Hangars 9 and 12

Regarding hangars 9 and 12, Lebanese are universal in their belief that Hizballah rules the critical areas of the port as a government within a government. …

The Ship [This is quite a saga just in itself]

The official version is that a ship, the Moldovan registry Rhosus, was sailing in 2013 from the Crimea to Mozambique to deliver fertilizer or explosives for mining.…

The ship’s captain, Boris Prokoshev, said the ship was not seaworthy, and nor was he. The inspector noted the captain was consistently drunk. But both the captain and the inspector understood that is why this ship or captain were chosen. No respectable ship owner or captain would do this mission. The whole crew were desperados essentially. In short, there was something untoward about the very nature of the shipment from the start.…

So what now?

As such, as hard as they are working to build their narrative, the Lebanese population with the exception of the few benefitting from Hizballah rule personally, are not buying it…at all.

What we are witnessing may indeed be the beginning of the end for Hizballah and the Syrian-Iranian Quisling government – either the official one, or the real one which has been dominating Lebanon with a steal grip since 2008.…

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At War With GOD

They chose poorly.

A fire at the cathedral in the French city of Nantes is believed to have been started deliberately

…prosecutors say.
BBC – July 18, 2020
h/t Village Idiot’s Apprentice on A♠

Three fires were started at the site and an investigation into suspected arson is under way, Prosecutor Pierre Sennes said.

The blaze destroyed stained glass windows and the grand organ at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral, which dates from the 15th Century.

It comes a year after the devastating fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.

But the local fire chief said the fire in Nantes had been contained and was “not a Notre-Dame scenario”.

Florida, California churches set on fire as authorities question if it is connected to recent protests

Caleb Parke, Fox News – July 14, 2020
h/t April, Freedom Now! on A♠

A slew of Catholic churches from Florida to California were burned and vandalized over the weekend…

A man in Florida plowed his vehicle into the Queen of Peace Catholic Church as it was preparing for morning Mass on Saturday, poured gasoline in the foyer, and then set the building on fire before driving off… [24yo] was arrested and charged with attempted murder, arson, burglary, and evading arrest.…

…told investigators what he did was “awesome” and that he was on a “mission” as he smiled and laughed

The random nut may be a solo operator, but inspired by news and social circumstances.

A statue of the Virgin Mary was set on fire outside a Boston church Saturday night, NBC 10 Boston reports. …flowers in the hands of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, were set on fire, damaging her arms up to her face. … Another statue of the Virgin Mary was vandalized in New York City on July 10th.…

Around the same time… a 249-year-old Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles caught fire. …was undergoing renovations… The cause of the fire is under investigation.… Also, another church fire in San Diego is being investigated by police as the 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning blaze seems “suspicious….”

CLAIMED HE WAS TAKING A SHORT CUT

Yup, as I remembered, a man was arrested in April inside St. Patrick’s carrying matches and two gasoline cans.

https://tinyurl.com/yxdvz8cv

Posted by: Huck Follywood, protester on A♠ at July 18, 2020 08:40 AM
Link is to NY Times. Photo: Kevin Hagen

…He explained that he was trying to take a shortcut through the iconic sanctuary to reach his van, which he claimed had run out of gas. … just before Easter and two days after a devastating fire tore through the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. … transported from the Midtown North Precinct to Bellevue Hospital Center for a psychiatric evaluation…

The random nut may be a solo operator, but inspired by news and social circumstances.

Mark of the Beast by Microsoft

Africa to Become Testing Ground for “Trust Stamp” Vaccine Record and Payment System

A new biometric identity platform partnered with the Gates-funded GAVI vaccine alliance and Mastercard will launch in West Africa and combine COVID-19 vaccinations, cashless payments, and potential law enforcement applications.

by Raul Diego, Mint Press News – July 10, 2020
h/t Lizzy on A♠

The program, which was first launched in late 2018, will see Trust Stamp’s digital identity platform integrated into the GAVI-Mastercard “Wellness Pass,” a digital vaccination record and identity system that is also linked to Mastercard’s click-to-play system that powered by its AI and machine learning technology called NuData. Mastercard, in addition to professing its commitment to promoting “centralized record keeping of childhood immunization” also describes itself as a leader toward a “World Beyond Cash,” and its partnership with GAVI marks a novel approach towards linking a biometric digital identity system, vaccination records, and a payment system into a single cohesive platform. The effort, since its launch nearly two years ago, has been funded via $3.8 million in GAVI donor funds in addition to a matched donation of the same amount by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Democrats chose a side

Dianny at Patriot Retort – July 18, 2020

After 49 days of unremitting Antifa riots in Portland, the Department of Homeland Security deployed officers to crack down on the violence, and immediately the Democrats chose a side.

Instead of supporting a return to civil order and the rule of law, Democrats sided with civil unrest and lawlessness. And to justify their support of violent insurrectionists over America’s civil society, the Democrats flat-out lied.

The talking points are unhinged: “Unidentified agents” (or “Secret Police”) “kidnapping” “protesters” and “throwing them” into the back of “unmarked vans.”

They were DHS officers and the shoulder patches on their uniforms reflected that. So, no, they weren’t “unidentified” nor were they “secret police.”

“Kidnapping protesters” in this instance is what we on Planet Earth call “arresting criminals.” That’s what police are for, you know.

And for decades, police have used of “unmarked” vehicles. This is absolutely nothing new.

So let me translate the Democrats’ lying talking points for you. Federal officers from a clearly designated branch of Federal law enforcement began arresting violent Antifa rioters after city and state leaders refused to enforce the law for 49 days.

That’s it. That’s the story.

But the Democrats chose a side. And they sided with the violent Antifa rioters.

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ISIS Roots

h/t Jane D’oh on A♠

Could Have Been Much Worse

NaCly Dog on A♠:

September 11th.

We got lucky. Even if the hijackers were not stopped by those security people or the police in their traffic stops, as known wolves.

The towers held together long enough to get most out. A tribute to sound design, solid Union workmanship, and heroes leading people out of the buildings.

If the attack was later in the morning, the towers hit lower, and the towers fell quickly, that is 70,000 dead. A nuke hit level of dead.

Plus the Pentagon had one wall (of 5) just upgraded in strength. The wall the jet hit. Could have been a lot worse there.

And finally, the brave passengers and crew of Flight 93 fought back, and stopped 25% of the attack, when the Air Force was not effective in stopping any of it.

That day is vivid in my memory. I will never forget.

Milady and I had gone to town late in the morning, turned on the news, and heard, “The World Trade Centers are gone.” I didn’t yet know how, but I knew who, damn them.

Came back to the ranch and told the kids the news, as much as we had at that point. I told them, this is your Pearl Harbor.

Sort-of.

They utterly destroyed the Axis in only four years.