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Israel said early Tuesday that its forces had crossed into Lebanon in an operation aimed at Hezbollah targets in the border region, the first Israeli ground invasion in the country since 2006.
Israel appears to have committed fewer soldiers to the opening phase of its Lebanon invasion than it did to the invasion of Gaza last October. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that a single division — which typically numbers more than 10,000 soldiers — was involved in the Lebanon operation overnight, and it was unclear how many of the troops had crossed the border. By contrast, the military invaded Gaza with two divisions, even though Gaza is far smaller and flatter than southern Lebanon.
Israel and Hezbollah have fought wars before, most recently in 2006, a monthlong conflict that ended with a United Nations cease-fire resolution calling on both sides to retreat from a 20-mile buffer zone in southern Lebanon along Israel’s northern border.
But Hezbollah never withdrew from the region, and
Pentagon Sends Additional Troops to the Middle East
The additional forces, which one official placed at between 2,000 and 3,000, will bolster security for the 40,000 U.S. troops already in the region and help defend Israel, officials said.
Israeli commando units have made brief incursions into Lebanon in recent days to prepare for a possible wider ground invasion, according to several Israeli officers and officials and a senior Western official. But American officials said on Monday that they believed that the invasion would be limited.
The Israeli and Western officials said the raids were focused on gathering intelligence about Hezbollah’s positions near the border, as well as identifying the Iranian-backed group’s tunnels and military infrastructure, in order to attack them from the air or the ground. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military matter. The Israeli military declined to comment.
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Israel’s New Campaign Against Hezbollah: An attack on a secret weapons lab in Syria was one of the most daring Israeli operations against the Iranian proxy group in years, covert in name only.
html><head></head><body style=”overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;”>Nyt<div><br></div><div> <span style=”caret-color: rgb(54, 54, 54); color: rgb(54, 54, 54); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 26.25px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);”>Israel said early Tuesday that its forces had crossed into Lebanon in an operation aimed at Hezbollah targets in the border region, the first Israeli ground invasion in the country since 2006.</span></div><div><span style=”caret-color: rgb(54, 54, 54); color: rgb(54, 54, 54); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 26.25px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);”><br></span></div><div><span style=”caret-color: rgb(54, 54, 54); color: rgb(54, 54, 54); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 26.25px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>Israel appears to have committed fewer soldiers to the opening phase of its Lebanon invasion than it did to the invasion of Gaza last October. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that a single division — which typically numbers more than 10,000 soldiers — was involved in the Lebanon operation overnight, and it was unclear how many of the troops had crossed the border. By contrast, the military invaded Gaza with two divisions, even though Gaza is far smaller and flatter than southern Lebanon.</span><span style=”caret-color: rgb(54, 54, 54); color: rgb(54, 54, 54); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 26.25px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);”><br></span></div><div><p class=”live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0″ style=”margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(54, 54, 54); width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px;”><br></p><p class=”live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0″ style=”margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(54, 54, 54); width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px;”>Israel and Hezbollah have fought wars before, <a class=”css-yywogo” href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/world/middleeast/14mideast.html” title=”” style=”margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: var(–color-signal-editorial,#326891);”>most recently in 2006</a>, a monthlong conflict that ended with a United Nations cease-fire resolution calling on both sides to retreat from a 20-mile buffer zone in southern Lebanon along Israel’s northern border. </p><p class=”live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0″ style=”margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(54, 54, 54); width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px;”>But Hezbollah never withdrew from the region, and</p><p class=”live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0″ style=”margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(54, 54, 54); width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px;”><br></p><h1 class=”css-1lqf1bh e1h9rw200″ data-testid=”headline” style=”margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 2.5rem; line-height: 2.875rem; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, cheltenham-fallback-georgia, cheltenham-fallback-noto, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18);”>Pentagon Sends Additional Troops to the Middle East</h1><p class=”css-12vf16z” style=”margin: 0.5rem auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.4375rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, cheltenham-fallback-georgia, cheltenham-fallback-noto, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px; color: rgb(54, 54, 54);”>The additional forces, which one official placed at between 2,000 and 3,000, will bolster security for the 40,000 U.S. troops already in the region and help defend Israel, officials said.</p><p class=”css-12vf16z” style=”margin: 0.5rem auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.4375rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, cheltenham-fallback-georgia, cheltenham-fallback-noto, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px; color: rgb(54, 54, 54);”><br></p><div class=”css-k964ob” style=”margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 21px; line-height: inherit; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: rgb(18, 18, 18);”><p class=”css-1il0jfh evys1bk0″ style=”margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(54, 54, 54);”>Israeli commando units have made brief incursions into Lebanon in recent days to prepare for a possible wider ground invasion, according to several Israeli officers and officials and a senior Western official. But American officials said on Monday that they believed that the invasion would be limited.</p></div><div class=”css-k964ob” style=”margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 21px; line-height: inherit; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% – 40px); max-width: 600px; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: rgb(18, 18, 18);”><p class=”css-1il0jfh evys1bk0″ style=”margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(54, 54, 54);”>The Israeli and Western officials said the raids were focused on gathering intelligence about Hezbollah’s positions near the border, as well as identifying the Iranian-backed group’s tunnels and military infrastructure, in order to attack them from the air or the ground. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military matter. The Israeli military declined to comment.</p><p class=”css-1il0jfh evys1bk0″ style=”margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.875rem; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(54, 54, 54);”><br></p><ul class=”css-1gfen40 ez3869y0″ style=”padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 22.3125px; line-height: inherit; font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; caret-color: rgb(54, 54, 54); color: rgb(54, 54, 54); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”><li class=”css-1s64q9z eoqvrfo0″ style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings:
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Is protection of the army why the disappearance of students is unsolved?
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THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2024
We are waiting for a hurricane. Everything is calm out there. The cats are not calm in here because nine cats were not allowed out for their morning walk. There’s a stunning little bird on the feeder with an orange chest.
Eric Adams has been indicted. Evidently, people tried to warn him not to drag old friends into office with him, but he didn’t listen. He’s another one who thinks “loyalty” is the most important quality. The charges center on money from other countries like Turkey. There is also the selling of permissions that affect people in his administration.
What will be interesting is to see who is not charged, therefore, who might be cooperating with the government. The indictment is sealed at the moment.
New York could have had Maya Wiley, but that would have upset all the pre-existing apple carts.
F…ing Trump blew off Zelensky and did not meet with him. And, Trump made a statement that Ukraine should just give up. “I spoke to Putin about it a lot.” Trump is referring to the invasion of Ukraine. “Ukraine is gone.”
It’s getting dark. The hummers are coming to stock up on nectar before the storm and winds hit.
10 AM.
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WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2024
Richard Haas is much more conservative than he seems on Morning Joe. A new book by Paola Ramos with interesting insights about the new Latino right. Israel. Eric Adams’ continuing corruption scandal. Georgia vote Counting.
BOOK: Paola Ramos, “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What it Means.”
A new generation of Latinos are young, English speaking, and wanting to be and be seen as part of America. Thus, they join the assumed resentment for new immigrants and loudly claiming their status as Americans.
An alarming percentage of the Latino population is saying they will vote for Trump.
MSNBC: Morning Joe
- Long time guest (Richard Haas) joins the chorus that Ukraine should make peace by accepting the theft of a quarter of their country. (Note: Bull Shit).
- Zelensky was at the UN for Biden’s speech yesterday.
Democracy Now (9/25/24)
- People have fled south Lebanon. The death toll of the current attack is high. Interviews with Gallant indicate that Israel is ready to assemble troops to possibly go into Southern Lebanon.
- (Note: Israelis are notoriously risk averse, and fatality averse.
- More shootings in the West Bank.
- Gabriel Boric,, President of Chile, spoke at the UN. (Young man). Says he will not choose between Hamas or the destruction of the Palestinians. (Note: Seems an interesting figure, worth researching.)
- Continued Russian attacks of Ukraine.
- Harris’ office was defaced with gunfire overnight.
- Manchin says he will not support Harris for president. (Note: It will be great to see the back of this SOB).
- Bribery investigation in Eric Adam’s government.
- Execution in Missouri despite evidence that he was wrongfully convicted. Supreme Court denied stay.
- Another case in Texas about execution.
- The death toll is about 600 in the attacks across Southern Lebanon.
Georgia: AMVO
Sharlene Alexander, Submitted a petition to the State Election Board. They passed it.
- Hand count of the ballots is called for in the new rule. Reconcile the number of ballots with what the machine is reporting. There is no tally, just total of pieces of paper.
- Exact signature match on Absentee Ballots is out, Alexander says.
- She maintains that drop boxes have to be “watched.” (Note: By whom, in what manner?)
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This is infuriating. The president and his foreign policy and national security team were alerted and warned for months that they were being taken for a ride by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who does not want and will resist any deal. But the Americans were confident they could rein him
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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has not had contact with anyone outside his organization for an extended period. Sinwar has been hiding in Gaza’s tunnels since the massacre in southern Israel on October 7, trying to evade Israeli pursuit.
For nearly 11 months, Sinwar maintained communication with his operatives outside the tunnels and, indirectly, with countries mediating a hostage deal with Israel, usually through intermediaries.
Recently, however, communication between Sinwar and the outside world has been cut off. This has further complicated the already difficult negotiations due to significant gaps between the parties’ positions.
Security officials told Haaretz that Israel has bombed tunnels in areas where Sinwar is believed to be hiding. However, they noted there is no clear evidence he was harmed, as no remains of his have been found. There have been previous instances during the war where Sinwar cut off communication.
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Who Is Influencing Trump’s Foreign-Policy Views?
— Read on foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/26/trump-foreign-policy-influencers-us-election-china-trade-nato-ukraine/
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