🏴🏴❌🇺🇸⁉️ — On the back of the Ford F-150 Lightning truck used by the man in an apparent terrorist attack, a black flag - rolled up by local police officers - can be seen, very similar to the flag used by the Salafist terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS)

🏴🏴❌🇺🇸 — Daily Mail reports that US FBI is probing on whether New Orleans militant was linked to ISIS or not

➡️ On social media, the corpse of the militant can be seen scattered on the streets of New Orleans after he was killed by the local Police department with his dead body craved with bullets

🏴❌🇺🇸 — The mayor of New Orleans in the US called the car driving into a crowd a terrorist attack

➡️ The FBI reported that on the Ford truck, an amount of improvised explosive devices were discovered planted on the car, Fox News reports.

🏴🏴❌🇺🇸 — NOLA reports that Local Police identifies the suspect in New Orleans attack as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, who had an ISIS flag

🏴❌🇺🇸 — ABC New reports that the Ford F-150 Lightning truck used in the attack was apparently rented through the Turo app -- a car sharing company.

➡️ According to Rodrigo Diaz, the owner of the truck. Diaz told ABC News he rented the truck to an individual through the app and is currently talking to the FBI.

➡️ Diaz wife, Dora Diaz, told ABC News that she and her husband are devastated by the incident.

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🏴🏴❌🇺🇸 — According to US media, Shamsud Din Jabbar, was raised in Texas and was in the U.S. Army Reserve from 2015 to 2020.

➡️ According to Daily Mail, he had a ISIS flag with him and FBI is probing on possible possession of Terrorist material.

➡️ Jabbar also worked for US tech companies, specially on Cloud Governance, after leaving the US Army Reserve as a Cloud Data engineer and Data Architect

🏴🏴❌🇺🇸 — CNN confirms that Shamsud Din Jabbar had an ISIS flag on his truck when killing at least 10 people in New Orleans this morning.

🏴🏴❌🇺🇸 — Fox News reports that there are at least 4 to 5 other individuals involved in the New Orleans Terrorist attack

🇵🇸❌🇶🇦❗️ — The Palestinian Authority has decided to shut down all Al Jazeera operations within its territories, following a negative coverage of the ongoing crackdowns on militant activity in Jenin Refugee Camp

🏴🏴❌🇺🇸 — Pipe bombs were found in truck used in New Orleans attack and were wired for remote detonation

➡️ The devices, which were concealed within coolers, were wired for remote detonation, the bulletin said, and a corresponding remote control was discovered inside the vehicle.

➡️ The FBI said other potential explosive devices were also located in the French Quarter.

➡️ According to the intelligence bulletin, surveillance footage captured three men and a woman placing one of multiple improvised explosive devices.

🇺🇸⚠️❗️ — Louisiana Governor declares state of emergency.

🏴🏴❌🇺🇸 — Video shows the moment that terrorist attack suspect Shamsud Din Jabbar, raced onto a packed Bourbon Street from Canal Street in a pickup truck with Texas plates and a wrapped up ISIS flag

🇩🇪🎆 Happy New Year from Germany!

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🇧🇷🔫📹 — Video shared by Brazilian netizens shows how Narco-terrorists in Rio de Janeiro decided to celebrate the arrival of the New Year: Firing tracers on the horizon from their controlled areas.

🔗 Wargorr 🅾️ (@Wargorr1)

⚡️🇫🇷🇩🇪 France and Germany: Electricity Compared in 2024

This chart shows all 8784 hours in the year.

Germany averaged 349 grams of CO2 per kWh with wind, coal, solar, gas, and biogas.

France averaged 19 grams with nuclear, hydro, wind, solar, and gas.

France was 18 times cleaner.

📎 Mark Nelson

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🇺🇦🇫🇷 The cannibalization of the French brigade

Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov wrote a detailed post about issues with the new 155th Mechanized Brigade. He reports that more than 1,700 soldiers went AWOL before deployment to the front line, including over 50 during training in France. Among the challenges, over 2,500 soldiers were reassigned to other units as combat replacements during the brigade's formation, and it deployed to the front with insufficient equipment.

The reality is that Ukraine lacked the personnel and equipment for a new brigade and attempted to use the formation of a new unit as propaganda. Except for the 2A4 tanks, this brigade lacked vehicles capable of withstanding shell splinters. Some news labeled it as one of the most heavily-armed Ukrainian brigades, yet it was missing crucial equipment. Initially, 31 Leopard 2A4 tanks were promised, later revised to just 10, but the exact number deployed remains unclear.

The brigade also had an anti-aircraft defense battalion, but with what equipment? Similarly, there was an absence of Electronic Warfare units.

Realistically speaking, 50 troops went AWOL during training in France—where it was well-known that none were contract soldiers, but forcibly mobilized. Who decided that forcibly mobilized men would remain loyal during training in a foreign country? Everybody prefer to eat croissants in some cafe in Paris.

Moreover, several officers left the brigade after deployment due to a lack of organization and equipment. The brigade was essentially cannibalized, reflecting total disrespect for its members. After deployment, the brigade suffered heavy losses, resulting in further desertions.

Additionally, Ukraine recently lost two of its newly delivered F-16s, one in Ivano-Frankivsk and another in Zaporizhzhia.

These F-16s, equipped with stealth missiles, have the potential to significantly slow the Russian advance on the eastern front if operated with more caution.

Ukraine need to solve the manpower question with financial incentives and less brute force.

📎 Patricia Marins