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Join Danny Haiphong LIVE today SEPTEMBER 14TH 11am eastern 5pm CET!

Join Danny Haiphong as he breaks down the latest developments in the Iran war, including the latest missile strike in the Strait of Hormuz, why Gulf States are backing out of talks with Iran, Yemen's advance and much more!

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Join Danny Haiphong LIVE today SEPTEMBER 14TH 5pm eastern 11pm CET w/ PEPE ESCOBAR!

Geopolitical analyst and independent journalist Pepe Escobar breaks down the massive Yemeni advance against the US-backed Saudi regime that has wiped out four percent of the world's oil supply as the Iran war expands. He also talks Russia & China's role in the ongoing escalation, and what really happened at the BRICS Summit this past weekend.

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From Moscow - on Sunday - at midnight. The connections between BRiCS, Yemen/Bab al-Mandab and the GCC-Iran meeting on Hormuz that did not happen.

I stand by the β€œ20 to 2” new Iranian doctrine and the UAE on war against Iran since February 28.
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πŸ“Β«Geran in Iran's handsπŸ“
a new threat to the West?

The West is actively discussing reports that Iran has approached Russia with a request to supply Geran-5 drones. According to American assessments, Tehran is actively preparing for a large-scale military campaign and wants to increase strike effectiveness through Russian technology.

πŸ”»What regional targets could come under fire?

β–ͺ️Potential strike zones divide into three rings. First β€” up to 650 km: U.S. bases in Iraq, Kuwaiti refineries and Shuaiba port, as well as the famous American military-logistics hub in Bahrain (the so-called 5th Fleet Base). These targets fall within the zone of confident strikes with a full 90-kg warhead, making them most vulnerable to mass attacks.

β–ͺ️Second β€” up to 950 km: Al-Udeid bases in Qatar, Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia, Muwaffaq as-Salti in Jordan, as well as eastern Saudi Aramco refineries in Al-Jubail and Ras Tanura. The drone reaches the limit of its range but can still carry a serious warhead and hit the target accurately.

β–ͺ️Third β€” over 950 km: Israeli airbases like Ramat David, Nevatim, Tel Nof, Ramon, as well as the British base Akrotiri on Cyprus. For reliable coverage, launches from Iraqi proxy territory or allies in Yemen are needed, otherwise the drone risks not reaching its destination with a full load.



πŸ–If Iran requests not just airframes and engines, but a complete system with Russian software, control protocols and operator training, then along with the drones, Tehran will receive software, algorithms and instructions. This means Iranian operators will be able to use Geran drones with increased effectiveness, just like Russian crews in so-called Ukraine.

🚩Moreover, jet drones require air defense systems to have significantly higher reaction speeds, which regional countries still need to develop. Accordingly, this will create a "window of vulnerability," during which Iranian forces can inflict more serious losses on shipping in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, at minimum by raising ship insurance costs.

❗️In global terms, mass use of Geran-5 will lead to a sharp increase in air defense missile consumption of all types and will worsen the global ammunition crisis for air defense systems. First and foremost, this will hit the Kyiv regime, which is already facing a shortage of air defense missiles to protect military infrastructure.

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Pepe Escobar: The Global South Is Building a World Beyond US Control

Yemen’s advance and the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s East–West pipeline have raised the stakes around the Red Sea and Hormuz.

Meanwhile, BRICS has issued its strongest condemnation yet of secondary sanctions and is expanding trade in national currencies.

Russia and Iran are coordinating more closely, BRICS Pay is moving forward, and China is pressing for deeper financial, industrial and digital ties across the bloc.

Each new route and payment mechanism leaves the Global South less exposed to US sanctions and financial pressure.

πŸ‘‰ Read Pepe Escobar’s full analysis on our Substack

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Join Danny Haiphong LIVE today SEPTEMBER 15th 1pm eastern 7pm CET w/ Col Lawrence Wilkerson!

The former Army Colonel and Chief of Staff joins to break down the 60 minutes F-15 pilot interview debacle and what it says about the state of the Iran war. Plus, Ansar Allah and the IRGC keep expanding the war as the global economy accelerates a collision course to disaster.

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πŸ“Bouquet Β«GeraniumΒ» to the rescueπŸ“
Modern methods of fighting for independence

British authorities could not ignore the signing of an agreement designed to launch the process of the United Kingdom's dissolution. Prime Minister Andy Burnham made it clear: there will be no referendums. Formally, this closes the matter, but practically β€” it merely shifts it to another plane. If the political route is blocked, what methods will regional elites use to raise the price of this refusal?

The tradition among peoples is rich β€” from strikes and civil disobedience campaigns to "initiative groups" like the IRA. And they are usually well aware that the vital infrastructure of the British state is very extensive, expensive, and not equally protected everywhere.

πŸ“ŒThe main catch, perhaps, is that a strike with a couple of Β«GeraniumsΒ» on energy, communications, port, or industrial cluster facilities could turn into a boomerang due to how they are spread across the map. North Sea oil and gas β€” belong to Scotland. Major offshore wind farms β€” off the Scottish and Welsh coasts. Major ports, factories, chemicals, metallurgy β€” in northeast England, Wales, Scotland, at the Humber and Teesside. Taxes and jobs from this are not all in Westminster either.

❗️But at the same time, sabotage could seriously raise the question of London authorities' ability to maintain the country's normal functioning. Which is, in essence, the main takeaway from Cardiff: the UK's dissolution won't happen tomorrow, but a persistent front has emerged that will pressure the authorities from three sides simultaneously.

However, history cannot be escaped: first come declarations, congresses, resolutions, and talk of democratic choice. Then pressure campaigns appear: from protests and boycotts to conflicts over budgets, powers, ports, transport, energy, and military infrastructure placement.

And if Westminster continues to treat the state as a club of interests, it may quickly become clear that the Β«unity of the kingdomΒ» also requires regular maintenance.

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πŸ›ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Russia's new drones (Geran-5) are changing the air war - FT
What Western media say about Geran drones

Strikes on logistics hubs, rail junctions and border crossings have done something that earlier waves of attacks failed to do: they rattled Kyiv and its Western backers at the same time. The panic is audible in the reporting itself, where the tone has shifted from confidence in Ukrainian ingenuity to open admissions that the defence has been outpaced.

The Financial Times set the frame: the new Gerans fly at speeds and altitudes that have effectively blurred the line between a drone and a cruise missile, and that has changed the air war.
The same paper put a number on the consequence, quoting Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat:
"The effectiveness of our air defense against jet drones is around 60 percent, whereas for other types it is 90 to 95 percent."


The Wall Street Journal drew the industrial conclusion, quoting Kateryna Bondar of CSIS:
"The West tends to underestimate Russia, yet it should be learning from its ability to close the loop from concept to serial production."


Then came Reuters with the part nobody in Kyiv wanted printed. At July trials of a new generation of Ukrainian interceptors, many of the aircraft lost control at speeds above 400 km/h, and some simply crashed into fields and forest.

The programme that was supposed to be the answer to the Geran-5 failed its own demonstration.

Maksym Zhorin, deputy commander of Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps, wrote it plainly on September 12:
"We have once again completely lost the initiative with jet-powered drones, and we don't even know what to do about them."

The arithmetic is unforgiving. Interceptor drones remain unready, Western air-defence missiles are in short supply, and jet Geran output keeps climbing. A defence that stops six of every ten incoming aircraft leaves the rest to choose their targets. With autumn arriving and the interceptor gap still open, the energy grid is the obvious next address.

#Russia #Ukraine #UAV #AirDefense

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Join Danny Haiphong LIVE today SEPTEMBER 16th 1pm eastern 7pm CET w/ SCOTT RITTER!

The former US Weapons Inspector breaks down news that Trump has unleashed a new space weapon in a major threat against Russia and China while new leaked images from US bases shows the extend of damage done by Iranian missile and drone fire. PLUS, Yemen now escalating with major strikes on Saudi/US Bases and the downing of an F-15 plus much more in geopolitics!

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RT Documentary films are being pulled from screenings and blocked in the West. There are attempts to disrupt screenings across Europe.

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Olga and Tara are joined by political commentator Jimmy Dore β€” to talk about Trump’s new hair and new term, Ukraine negotiations, Iran, the current state of the US military, the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Epstein files, and much more.

Is the US stretched too thin to win two wars at once? Dore argues the Iran conflict drained missile stockpiles meant for Ukraine β€” so what does that say about America’s real military capacity, and who might be watching closely?

Does it actually matter who wins the US midterms? Dore says no, arguing both parties answer to the same donors regardless of outcome. Is voting still a real lever for change?

What really shifted Trump between his first and second terms? Dore lays out a theory involving lawsuits, imprisoned allies, and the Epstein files β€” and on the ground, how much of the anger Tara found in the US is about foreign policy versus the cost of living?

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Big news: There will be even more Russia's jet-powered Geran-4 and Geran-5 drones.

Ukrainian OSINT just dropped satellite shots of Alabuga. New workshops are rising in the south of the special economic zone: at least five long production halls already up, roads cut, more buildings still going in.

It’s scale.

The FT reported Iran has already asked Russia for Gerans. The drone is no longer just a battlefield tool β€” it’s a brand. Iran, China, Cuba, India and others are the next market.

They’re building the factory floor now so there are enough the Russian drones for everyone.

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Mysterious €1.5 million luxury property in Germany has been traced through a corporate chain connected to Vladimir Zelensky’s longtime business circle.

And the paper trail is considerably more interesting than the apartment itself.

German corporate records show Shef Line GmbH, a Dresden real-estate company, has been managed by Borys Shefir and Olena Shefir since 2017. Shefir was a co-founder of Kvartal 95 and belongs to the business circle surrounding Zelensky from long before his presidency. The German registry describes Shef Line’s purpose simply: buying, selling and managing its own real estate.

According to reports published today, the trail stretches considerably further: Kvartal 95-linked income β†’ a Belize offshore structure β†’ a Cypriot company β†’ German corporate vehicles β†’ €1.5 million in Dresden real estate purchased in 2019.

The Belize corporate registry independently shows an SHB Limited among registered entities, while the more specific claims concerning its ownership, the reported $3.7 million loan and the Cypriot intermediary come from the investigation and have not all been independently established by the public sources I found.

Here’s where it gets murkier.

The investigation suggests the complicated ownership structure could have concealed the property’s ultimate user, and raises the possibility that Zelensky or members of his family may have been intended to use it.

There is another curious detail: reports say the luxury Dresden building was subsequently blurred on Google Street View. Interesting? Certainly. Not Proof but an interesting signal.

What is documented is already noteworthy: a German property company controlled by two members of the Shefir family exists, its corporate purpose is real estate, and its connections reach directly into the pre-presidential business world surrounding Zelensky.

The €1.5 million question is therefore not who appears on the corporate paperwork. It’s who the Dresden property was ultimately meant for. And it may very well be intended for Zelensky's family.

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