End Times Headline News. February 24 2024
High-Altitude Balloon Over US. Israel reaches agreement on updated hostage deal. AT&T Outage Not Caused By Cyberattack. Bank Collapse Imminent. Is America the Modern Nineveh?
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Here We Go Again: Military Tracking High-Altitude Balloon Over US
One year after a Chinese spy balloon drifted over the continental US for several days and was blown apart off the coast of South Carolina with an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile by a fifth-generation fighter jet, a new report from CBS News indicates the US military is tracking a high-altitude balloon flying over the Western part of the country.
Sources familiar with the matter said the balloon was drifting towards the eastern part of the country on Friday. The balloon was over Colorado earlier in the day.
US attacks Houthi missile base – military
The Yemeni rebel group has vowed to launch more strikes in the Red Sea, including with submarine weapons
The US military says it has successfully destroyed seven mobile anti-ship cruise missiles which the Houthi rebels were preparing to launch at targets in the Red Sea. The missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen presented “an imminent threat” to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region, US Central Command said in a statement on Friday. Since mid-October, the Yemeni-based militant group has launched repeated drone and missile strikes targeting vessels in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden.
Qatar’s regime under fire for training Hamas terrorists: 'Qatar is Hamas and Hamas is Qatar'
US expert urges ‘designation of Qatar as state sponsor of terrorism.’
A shocking new report by the Middle East Media Research Institute revealed that Qatar’s authoritarian state trained Hamas operatives at the country’s police college as recently as 2023. According to the early February MEMRI report, “Qatar – which is known for supporting Hamas, financing its military activity and sheltering its leaders, and for extending media support to Hamas by means of its Al-Jazeera channel – also trained, in its Police College in Al-Rayyan, officers from Hamas' Interior and National Security Ministry, which is part of Hamas' governing authorities in the Gaza Strip.”
Netanyahu’s post-war plan for Gaza gets cool US reception
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says Washington had been “consistently clear with our Israeli counterparts” about what was needed in post-war Gaza, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his plan to the security cabinet and later released it to the public overnight in Israel.
“The Palestinian people should have a voice and a vote… through a revitalized Palestinian Authority,” he says, pushing the US position for a reformed PA to take over the governance of Gaza. Netanyahu has rejected the idea repeatedly.
Israel reaches agreement on updated hostage deal outline in Paris talks
The war cabinet is expected to receive an update from the negotiating team and decide on further steps, which may happen as early as tonight.
PARIS – Israel’s cabinet is set to discuss a new outline for the liberation of the hostages held in Gaza, following talks held in Paris Friday evening.
The Israeli delegation – which included – Mossad chief David Barnea, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, IDF's hostages' affairs coordinator Nitzan Alon, and Head of IDF Strategic Affairs Division Oren Seter returned to Israel from the French capital Saturday morning after a long-hours discussion, apparently with positive results.
Terror Victims Sue Associated Press over Alleged Link to October 7 Attack
Victims of the Hamas terror attack in Israel on October 7 announced Thursday that they have filed a federal lawsuit against the Associated Press (AP) for allegedly paying members of Hamas who also functioned as “stringer” photographers for the company.
The AP was forced to cut ties with one freelance photographer, Hassan Eslaiah, who was seen holding a grenade near the Gaza border during the attack, and who had earlier posed for a photograph with Gaza-based Hamas terrorist leader Yahya Sinwar.
'An explosion is coming': Hamas warns against Ramadan al-Aqsa restrictions
[Our] anger is imminent… and an explosion is coming in response to any restrictions on the entry of Muslims to Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan,” Hamas wrote.
Hamas issued a warning to Israel on the terror organization’s Telegram channel on Saturday, threatening an ‘explosion’ of rage should Muslim access to al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount be restricted during Ramadan. “Let our enemy know that souls are boiling… [our] anger is imminent… and an explosion is coming in response to any restrictions on the entry of Muslims to Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan,” Hamas wrote.
IDF jets strike Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon
Israeli aircraft struck Hezbollah launch positions and infrastructure in the Jabal Blat area of southern Lebanon, the IDF stated on Saturday.
The strikes on the Hezbollah positions took place overnight on Friday. In addition, an observation post of the organization was attacked in the Ayta as-Shab area.Also, the IDF attacked the Hanine area and the Marwahin area with artillery to remove a threat.
Debris from North Korean missile in Ukraine could expose procurement networks
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Revelations that a North Korean missile fired by Russia in Ukraine contained a large number of components linked to U.S.-based companies underline the difficulty of enforcing sanctions against Pyongyang, but could help uncover illicit procurement networks, experts say.
Conflict Armament Research (CAR), a UK-based organization that tracks the origins of weapons used in conflicts, examined the remnants of a North Korean ballistic missile used by Russia against Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv on Jan. 2.
US Sees Ukraine As "Active & Bountiful Military Research Opportunity"; WaPo Reports
American officials speaking with the Washington Post described the ongoing war in Ukraine as providing Washington with ample information about Russian war-fighting strategies. The report comes as Kiev struggles to field enough forces to prevent Moscow from capturing more territory.
"The war remains an active and bountiful research opportunity for American military planners as they look to the future, officials say," the Post reported. A senior defense official explained, "We immersed them in this conflict to make sure they were understanding the implications for warfare." A second official told the outlet that the Ukraine war will be "an enduring resource."
Pentagon Probing Over 50 Cases of 'Theft, Fraud or Corruption' Linked to Ukraine Aid
US officials failed to properly track over $1 billion worth of American weapons sent to Ukraine, a report by the Pentagon’s inspector general revealed in January. This echoed last year’s admission by the Department of Defense's Office of the Inspector General that it was facing “challenges” monitoring US military equipment being funneled to Kiev.
Criminal investigators in the US have opened over 50 cases related to Ukraine aid amid a growing chorus of concerns over insufficient oversight and potential for misuse.
Alexei Navalny's Death And Curious Well-Timed Coincidences
There is propaganda by commission and propaganda by omission, the former often serve to conceal the latter. Timing is crucial.
That the U.S. President Joseph Biden, his British, NATO, Israeli allies, and their corporate media mouthpieces are in need of a major propaganda victory is obvious. They are losing the war in Ukraine, have been condemned throughout the world for the genocide in Gaza, and are ruling over a disintegrating empire. Biden and Netanyahu’s political lives are at serious risk. And so they have just rolled out a full-court propaganda press effort aimed at covering their losses. It should be crystal clear to anyone who can use logic to see the timing involved.
Ukraine can deploy F-16s to attack deep inside Russia – NATO
Kiev will be able to use the fighter jets outside its claimed borders, the bloc’s head has said
Ukraine will be free to use F-16 fighter jets it will receive from NATO against military targets 'inside Russia,' or beyond Kiev's claimed borders, the US-led bloc's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told American state-run media. Stoltenberg was speaking to RFE/RL for an interview scheduled to air on Friday. According to snippets released in advance, the NATO head has argued that Ukraine has the right to self-defense against Russian “aggression,” which would include “striking legitimate Russian military targets outside Ukraine.”
Transnistria May Face Conflict Escalation Risk Amid Negotiation Process Stagnation
TIRASPOL (Sputnik) - There is a risk of conflict escalation in Moldova's unrecognized breakaway region of Transnistria due to the stagnation of the negotiation process, the region's head, Vadim Krasnoselsky, told Sputnik.
"Against the backdrop of the negotiation process stagnation, including the politically motivated blocking of the 5+2 format, there is a risk of a conflict escalation. The peacekeeping mechanism effectively fulfills its mission in this sense, and at least ensures the manageability of the situation in the security zone, on the line of direct demarcation. This is the key factor," Krasnoselsky said.
Polish Farmers To Block Critical Border Road As Tusk Government Faces First Serious Challenge
Polish Farmers are planning to block a key frontier road into Germany as part of a growing protest over Europe's green agenda and cheaper imports - primarily from Ukraine.
Protesters will block the main A2 highway from Warsaw to Berlin on Sunday for 24 hours, TRTWorld reports. According to Dariusz Wrobel, a spokesman for the farmers' protest movement, the EU's so-called Green Deal on energy, transportation and taxation in a bid to reduce greenhouse emissions "is unacceptable in its current form."
AT&T Reveals Cause Of Major Outage, Not Caused By Cyberattack
AT&T said Friday that the 12-hour-long outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday didn’t appear to be caused by a cyberattack, blaming it on an “incorrect process.”
On Thursday, numerous customers reported that AT&T and Cricket, its subsidiary, were down for hours. Some 75,000 customers reported to DownDetector.com they were without cellphone service, texting, or internet access across the country, although that number is likely quite higher.
Bank Collapse Imminent: 90% Facing Risk Of Failure
In this video, you will see the impact bank failures have on the housing market and the broader economy. These Bank failures shocked the US Citizen's occurrence, often causing ripples throughout the economy. Besides the economy, the housing market, in particular, is vulnerable to the effects of bank failures. The collapse of banks like Citizens Bank in Sac City, Silicon Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (N.A.), Columbus, Ohio, and more had a significant impact on the housing market.
UNRAVELING BILL GATES’ GLOBAL WEB OF INFLUENCE.
As a result of his vast wealth both “Bill Gates & the Gates Foundation directly & aggressively seek to influence any field he chooses. “There are few people on Earth richer or more influential than Bill Gates. For many years, the former Microsoft CEO was the planet’s most wealthy individual and used his power to corner and monopolise as much of the tech industry as he could. From there, Gates has moved to become perhaps the most powerful man in global health, agriculture and education.” says senior writer of the MintPress, Alan MacLeod.
WARNING: Self-Spreading Vaccines Are Closer Than You Think
If this gets released, “you’re going to have no choice effectively but to take it.”
US Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Has 10-Year Backlog Of Claims
It may take more than 10 years for someone injured by a COVID-19 vaccine to receive a decision on whether their claim is eligible for compensation by the government’s vaccine compensation program—if they receive a response at all.
U.S. health officials responded to questions on America’s failing vaccine injury compensation system in a hearing that left the vaccine-injured feeling like addressing the system’s shortcomings is not a priority on Capitol Hill.
Canadian serial killer 'cannibal' who murdered at least 26 women and fed them to his pigs is now eligible to apply for PAROLE, outraging stricken relatives of his victims
Canadian prison officials are under fire as the nation's most notorious serial killer has become eligible for parole.
The outraged families of the victims of Robert Pickton, now in his 70s, say they are 'disgusted' by the fact he has aged into parole eligibility, despite killing at least 26 women on his pig farm. He was jailed for life without the possibility of parole for 25 years in 2007. But a Canadian law means prison sentences can only be served concurrently - at the same time - rather than consecutively - one after the other. That means Pickton is now eligible to apply for day parole and can apply for full parole from 2027.
New Biden Regulation Would Force Gov’t Schools To Bow Before ‘Gender Identities’
Under the guise of protecting the “civil rights” of students, the Biden administration unveiled a new regulation purporting to force government schools nationwide to bow before all the invented “gender identities” and sexual perversions that now dominate the “education” system. The rule would also purport to overturn state laws banning males in girls’ sports. The controversial mandate, which would apply to any government schools accepting federal funds, seeks to demolish Trump-era protections for girls — especially their privacy, sports, and ability to have sex-segregated spaces. If it ends up going through, government schools would supposedly be required to allow males in girls’ school bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and sports.
Scientists Recreate Fingerprints from the Sound of Swiping on a Touchscreen
Hackers may have a new way of obtaining your biometric data – by secretly listening in to the sound of your finger swiping on your smartphone.
A team of scientists from China and the United States say they have devised a side-channel attack on minutiae-based automatic fingerprint identification systems (AFISs) which allows them to extract fingerprint patterns from the sound of friction produced by swiping on a touchscreen. Side channel attacks exploit information that is inadvertently leaked by a system.
Meta’s experimental ‘neural’ wristband controller will be a real product that lets you type just by thinking because Zuck doesn’t want ‘a chip that you jack into your brain’
Fancied some hot neural-machine interfacing action but not totally sold on a chip buried in your head by Neuralink’s slightly (completely) terrifying robosurgeon and its nightmarish needle? Then good old Zuck’ and Meta have something for you.
It’s a wristband that tracks hand and finger movements by detecting the neural electrical signals passing through the nerves in your arm using an entirely non-invasive technique called electromyography. Sounds much more friendly? Yes. And yet no.
Is America the Modern Nineveh?
America has greatly sinned against God through abortion, homosexuality, adultery, rampant pornography and fornication. We have no fear of God, and America is rapidly becoming a pagan nation.
Our only hope is to humble ourselves in fasting and prayer. Nineveh was a great city. In fact, the Bible states that it was so vast it took three days just to tour it. Historians say Nineveh had walls 100 feet high with watchtowers that stretched another 100 feet. The walls were so thick that chariots could race on top of them. Surrounding the city of about 120,000 people was a vast moat 150 feet wide and 60 feet deep. Nineveh was proud, strong and impregnable.
“When I saw Julian Assange I was SHOCKED by his appearance” Glenn Greenwald
Journalist Glenn Greenwald joins Redacted to discuss the extradition hearing of Julian Assange.
Partially.
Are we modern day Jonahs?
God help us.
Awesome and depressing, as always. Great job!