🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 #Iran Has Asked the #UnitedStates to “Step Aside”, Attack on #Israel Expected Soon:
On April 6, the President of Iran’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Political Affairs, Mohammad Jamshidi, wrote on X that Iran had delivered a message to the #American government that asked them to “step aside” and that had “warned the U.S. not to get dragged into Netanyahu’s trap”, according to Bloomberg.
According to Jamshidi, the U.S. responded by asking Iran to “not hit American targets”. When asked about Jamshidi’s post, a spokesperson for the State Department told CNN, “We responded by warning Iran not to use this as a pretext to attack US personnel and facilities. We did not ‘ask.’”
A senior administration official described the US’ warning to Iran as: “Don’t think about coming after us.”
The Iranian government pledged to punish Israel for the recent killing of seven senior officers of the Islamic Republican Guard Corps at the Iranian consulate in Syria.
According to a senior U.S. government official, the U.S. is on high alert and is actively preparing for a “significant” attack that could come as soon as “within a week”, as reported by CNN. Via theatlasnews.co
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Iranians burn an Israeli flag during a rally in Tehran on April 5, 2024, marking Quds Day and the funeral of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Photo by Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters
On April 6, the President of Iran’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Political Affairs, Mohammad Jamshidi, wrote on X that Iran had delivered a message to the #American government that asked them to “step aside” and that had “warned the U.S. not to get dragged into Netanyahu’s trap”, according to Bloomberg.
According to Jamshidi, the U.S. responded by asking Iran to “not hit American targets”. When asked about Jamshidi’s post, a spokesperson for the State Department told CNN, “We responded by warning Iran not to use this as a pretext to attack US personnel and facilities. We did not ‘ask.’”
A senior administration official described the US’ warning to Iran as: “Don’t think about coming after us.”
The Iranian government pledged to punish Israel for the recent killing of seven senior officers of the Islamic Republican Guard Corps at the Iranian consulate in Syria.
According to a senior U.S. government official, the U.S. is on high alert and is actively preparing for a “significant” attack that could come as soon as “within a week”, as reported by CNN. Via theatlasnews.co
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Iranians burn an Israeli flag during a rally in Tehran on April 5, 2024, marking Quds Day and the funeral of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Photo by Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters
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Footage taken by a #Russian drone purportedly showing a #Ukrainian Baba Yaga drone armed with some kind of automatic weapon.
We have seen photos of this before, but only during testing, where software modifications were done for targeting and recoil management. This appears to be the first time a drone armed with a rifle or machine gun has been deployed in a combat setting.
One could speculate the drone is being used to fly over Russian positions and trench lines to fire on troops, however, its effectiveness remains unknown. Via theatlasnews.co
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The first video is filmed from a Russian drone. The first photo is from a Ukrainian military unit, and the second video is filmed by Ukrainian drone operators of a Baba Yaga using it drop explosives.
The next two videos show one attempt and one success by Russian drone operators to drop grenades onto a Baba Yaga. The last photo shows Russian soldiers with a shot down one.
We have seen photos of this before, but only during testing, where software modifications were done for targeting and recoil management. This appears to be the first time a drone armed with a rifle or machine gun has been deployed in a combat setting.
One could speculate the drone is being used to fly over Russian positions and trench lines to fire on troops, however, its effectiveness remains unknown. Via theatlasnews.co
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The first video is filmed from a Russian drone. The first photo is from a Ukrainian military unit, and the second video is filmed by Ukrainian drone operators of a Baba Yaga using it drop explosives.
The next two videos show one attempt and one success by Russian drone operators to drop grenades onto a Baba Yaga. The last photo shows Russian soldiers with a shot down one.
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Latest Developments Following the Crocus City Hall Attacks: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/08/latest-developments-following-the-crocus-city-hall-attacks/
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Latest Developments Following the Crocus City Hall Attacks | Atlas News
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🇨🇦 #Canada Publishes National Defense Policy, Fails to Meet #NATO 2% GDP Requirement: https://theatlasnews.co/northamerica/2024/04/08/canada-publishes-national-defense-policy-fails-to-meet-nato-2-gdp-requirement/
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Canada Publishes National Defense Policy, Fails to Meet NATO 2% GDP Requirement | Atlas News
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🇺🇸 #LasVegas Shooter Update – 3 Dead Including Suspect:
Three people have died after a gunman entered the offices of the Prince Law Group in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas.
The shooting reportedly occurred during a deposition, with the shooter killing two before ending their own life.
The shooting was reported at 1000 local time. Charleston Boulevard near Pavilion Center Drive has been closed to traffic due to heavy police presence. Las Vegas Metro Police have advised all civilians to avoid the area until further notice.
https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/las-vegas-shooter-update-3-dead-including-suspect/
Three people have died after a gunman entered the offices of the Prince Law Group in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas.
The shooting reportedly occurred during a deposition, with the shooter killing two before ending their own life.
The shooting was reported at 1000 local time. Charleston Boulevard near Pavilion Center Drive has been closed to traffic due to heavy police presence. Las Vegas Metro Police have advised all civilians to avoid the area until further notice.
https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/las-vegas-shooter-update-3-dead-including-suspect/
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🇱🇧 #Lebanese Christian Leader Reportedly Kidnapped and Murdered
https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/08/lebanese-christian-leader-reportedly-kidnapped-and-murdered/
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Lebanese Christian Leader Reportedly Kidnapped and Murdered | Atlas News
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🇻🇪🇨🇴 Former #Venezuelan General Sentenced For Arming #Colombian Rebel Group: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/08/former-venezuelan-general-sentenced-for-arming-colombian-rebel-group/
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Former Venezuelan General Sentenced For Arming Colombian Rebel Group | Atlas News
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🇧🇩 Chief Coordinator of #Bangladeshi Terror Group Captured
On April 7, the central committee Chief Coordinator for the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), Cheosim Bom, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion, an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the #Bangladesh Police, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.
The Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) is a militant group that seeks to improve the rights and interests of members of the Kuki-Chin ethnic group. In their mission to accomplish this, the group is active in armed insurgency, extortion, clashes, and other violent engagements.
Cheosim Bom formed the KNF in the Bandarban region of Bangladesh, and he is related to KNF chief Nathan Baum.
The prior Tuesday, armed members of the KNF, attacked government officials and pedestrians, looted two banks, kidnapped a bank manager, and looted police firearms. https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/chief-coordinator-of-bangladeshi-terror-group-captured/
On April 7, the central committee Chief Coordinator for the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), Cheosim Bom, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion, an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the #Bangladesh Police, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.
The Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) is a militant group that seeks to improve the rights and interests of members of the Kuki-Chin ethnic group. In their mission to accomplish this, the group is active in armed insurgency, extortion, clashes, and other violent engagements.
Cheosim Bom formed the KNF in the Bandarban region of Bangladesh, and he is related to KNF chief Nathan Baum.
The prior Tuesday, armed members of the KNF, attacked government officials and pedestrians, looted two banks, kidnapped a bank manager, and looted police firearms. https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/chief-coordinator-of-bangladeshi-terror-group-captured/
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🇪🇨 Former #Ecuadorian VP Attempts Suicide in Police Custody:
Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas has reportedly attempted suicide through an overdose on medication while being held in a prison in Guayaquil.
Following the attempted suicide, Glas was reportedly transported to a nearby military hospital in a comatose state. The condition of Glas is currently unclear.
The attempted suicide comes after Ecuadorian authorities raided the Mexican embassy, which was in the process of granting Glas asylum, after an arrest warrant was issued against the former Vice President following his conviction on two separate charges of corruption.
Ecuadorian authorities stated this sought-after asylum was “not lawful” as the former VP had already been convicted on the charges established. The arrest follows an increase in tensions between the two Latin American nations, with the Ecuadorian government declaring the Mexican ambassador a “persona non grata,” requesting that the ambassador leave Ecuador “soon.”
https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/former-ecuadorian-vp-attempts-suicide-in-police-custody/
Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas has reportedly attempted suicide through an overdose on medication while being held in a prison in Guayaquil.
Following the attempted suicide, Glas was reportedly transported to a nearby military hospital in a comatose state. The condition of Glas is currently unclear.
The attempted suicide comes after Ecuadorian authorities raided the Mexican embassy, which was in the process of granting Glas asylum, after an arrest warrant was issued against the former Vice President following his conviction on two separate charges of corruption.
Ecuadorian authorities stated this sought-after asylum was “not lawful” as the former VP had already been convicted on the charges established. The arrest follows an increase in tensions between the two Latin American nations, with the Ecuadorian government declaring the Mexican ambassador a “persona non grata,” requesting that the ambassador leave Ecuador “soon.”
https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/former-ecuadorian-vp-attempts-suicide-in-police-custody/
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🇰🇷🇺🇸 #SouthKorea Launched 2nd Spy Satellite From #UnitedStates:
South Korea launched their second domestically built military spy satellite from a SpaceX 9 rocket taking off from the JFK Space Center in Florida on April 7th.
The rocket took off at 7:17 p.m. local time, with the first and second sections separating around 2 minutes and 18 seconds after launch.
This is the second satellite launched this year as South Korea plans to build five total by 2025, to monitor North Korea.
The satellite is equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) which can capture images regardless of weather. All five will be equipped with SAR.
Additional electro-optical and infrared sensors can take detailed images of the Earth.
When all five satellites are launched and active, they will be able to provide continuous coverage at two-hour intervals. https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/south-korea-launched-2nd-spy-satellite-from-u-s/
South Korea launched their second domestically built military spy satellite from a SpaceX 9 rocket taking off from the JFK Space Center in Florida on April 7th.
The rocket took off at 7:17 p.m. local time, with the first and second sections separating around 2 minutes and 18 seconds after launch.
This is the second satellite launched this year as South Korea plans to build five total by 2025, to monitor North Korea.
The satellite is equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) which can capture images regardless of weather. All five will be equipped with SAR.
Additional electro-optical and infrared sensors can take detailed images of the Earth.
When all five satellites are launched and active, they will be able to provide continuous coverage at two-hour intervals. https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/south-korea-launched-2nd-spy-satellite-from-u-s/
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🇲🇲🇹🇭 #Thailand Airlifts #Myanmar Military Members and Families from Rebel Conquered Territory:
Yesterday, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) achieved a significant military victory in Myawaddy on April 7th, 2024. Up to 500 members of the 356th and 357th Light Infantry Battalions and the 275th Light Infantry Battalions have surrendered in the last 24 hours to the KNLA.
However, a number of junta forces have reportedly been able to evacuate the region by Thai military aircraft after Naypyidaw requested supported from Bangkok. Local media began reporting these developments for the first time at 0400 EST on April 7th, 2023. By 1000 EST on April 7th, Myanmar National Airlines and a military ATR72-600 aircraft were coordinated to land at Mae Sot Airport in Tak, Thailand to fly the survivors to Yangon, Myanmar. This is the first bi-lateral coordination of this kind since the 2021 coup in which a foreign partner has directly intervened in the ongoing civil war.
https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/08/thailand-airlifts-myanmar-military-members-and-families-from-rebel-conquered-terriroty/
Yesterday, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) achieved a significant military victory in Myawaddy on April 7th, 2024. Up to 500 members of the 356th and 357th Light Infantry Battalions and the 275th Light Infantry Battalions have surrendered in the last 24 hours to the KNLA.
However, a number of junta forces have reportedly been able to evacuate the region by Thai military aircraft after Naypyidaw requested supported from Bangkok. Local media began reporting these developments for the first time at 0400 EST on April 7th, 2023. By 1000 EST on April 7th, Myanmar National Airlines and a military ATR72-600 aircraft were coordinated to land at Mae Sot Airport in Tak, Thailand to fly the survivors to Yangon, Myanmar. This is the first bi-lateral coordination of this kind since the 2021 coup in which a foreign partner has directly intervened in the ongoing civil war.
https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/08/thailand-airlifts-myanmar-military-members-and-families-from-rebel-conquered-terriroty/
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Thailand Airlifts Myanmar Military Members and Families from Rebel Conquered Territory
As this publication reported on yesterday, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) achieved a significant military victory in Myawaddy on April 7th, 2024. Up
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 #Israel Admits Strike Killed 7 WCK Aid Workers, Dismisses Two Officers and Reprimands Others:
Israel’s military said they dismissed two officers from their positions on April 5th, Friday, and reprimanded others after an IDF strike in #Gaza, #Palestine, killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers after previously striking two other vehicles they were fleeing in. After the aid workers disembarked from the first car, they reportedly even called military contacts at the WCK, but seconds later another missile hit their car, according to Haaretz, before finally a third drone missile hit their third car in the aid convoy, killing those inside who had just fled inside the vehicle. Over 220 humanitarian workers have been killed so far since October 7th, with 30 killed in the line of duty, according to the UN.
“At some point, when the convoy was driving along the approved route, the war room of the unit responsible for security of the route ordered the drone operators to attack one of the cars with a missile. Some of the passengers were seen leaving the car after it was hit and switching to one of the other two cars. They continued to drive and even notified the people responsible that they were attacked, but, seconds later, another missile hit their car. The third car in the convoy approached, and the passengers began to transfer to it the wounded who had survived the second strike – in order to get them out of danger. But then a third missile struck them. All seven World Central Kitchen volunteers were killed in the strike.”
According to the IDF, a truck, among other aid vehicles, had joined the convoy half an hour earlier, and on top of that truck's roof there had been an armed Hamas suspect who climbed on. Later, at a warehouse, the WCK convoy split from the aid trucks and left without the truck on which the targeted man was located. Despite this, as well as the clear markings on the vehicles on the sides and top, the security detail for the convoy ordered the drone operators to attack. Israel's military had full awareness of the affiliation of the NGO and the plans for the route on which the three aid cars were taking, a route that was preapproved and coordinated with the IDF. An Elbit Hermes 450 drone was used to carry out the strikes.
In a Washington Post article written on the same day, it is reported that aid groups in Gaza "warned that the system used to coordinate their deliveries with Israel’s military was broken, putting the lives of relief workers at risk... Over the past six months, humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), have publicized at least nine accounts of aid convoys or buildings coming under attack, despite their routes or coordinates being shared with Israeli authorities in advance. Nearly 200 Palestinian aid workers have been killed, according to Humanitarian Outcomes, an organization that tracks aid-worker deaths."
These recent strikes have led to a massive decrease in aid to Gaza, where in the north people have been surviving on an average of 245 calories a day since January, according to humanitarian group Oxfam.
https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/israel-admits-strike-killed-7-wck-aid-workers-dismisses-two-officers-and-reprimands-others/
Israel’s military said they dismissed two officers from their positions on April 5th, Friday, and reprimanded others after an IDF strike in #Gaza, #Palestine, killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers after previously striking two other vehicles they were fleeing in. After the aid workers disembarked from the first car, they reportedly even called military contacts at the WCK, but seconds later another missile hit their car, according to Haaretz, before finally a third drone missile hit their third car in the aid convoy, killing those inside who had just fled inside the vehicle. Over 220 humanitarian workers have been killed so far since October 7th, with 30 killed in the line of duty, according to the UN.
“At some point, when the convoy was driving along the approved route, the war room of the unit responsible for security of the route ordered the drone operators to attack one of the cars with a missile. Some of the passengers were seen leaving the car after it was hit and switching to one of the other two cars. They continued to drive and even notified the people responsible that they were attacked, but, seconds later, another missile hit their car. The third car in the convoy approached, and the passengers began to transfer to it the wounded who had survived the second strike – in order to get them out of danger. But then a third missile struck them. All seven World Central Kitchen volunteers were killed in the strike.”
According to the IDF, a truck, among other aid vehicles, had joined the convoy half an hour earlier, and on top of that truck's roof there had been an armed Hamas suspect who climbed on. Later, at a warehouse, the WCK convoy split from the aid trucks and left without the truck on which the targeted man was located. Despite this, as well as the clear markings on the vehicles on the sides and top, the security detail for the convoy ordered the drone operators to attack. Israel's military had full awareness of the affiliation of the NGO and the plans for the route on which the three aid cars were taking, a route that was preapproved and coordinated with the IDF. An Elbit Hermes 450 drone was used to carry out the strikes.
In a Washington Post article written on the same day, it is reported that aid groups in Gaza "warned that the system used to coordinate their deliveries with Israel’s military was broken, putting the lives of relief workers at risk... Over the past six months, humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), have publicized at least nine accounts of aid convoys or buildings coming under attack, despite their routes or coordinates being shared with Israeli authorities in advance. Nearly 200 Palestinian aid workers have been killed, according to Humanitarian Outcomes, an organization that tracks aid-worker deaths."
These recent strikes have led to a massive decrease in aid to Gaza, where in the north people have been surviving on an average of 245 calories a day since January, according to humanitarian group Oxfam.
https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/08/israel-admits-strike-killed-7-wck-aid-workers-dismisses-two-officers-and-reprimands-others/
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🇧🇾 #Belarusian Army Colonel Dies in Prison After Insulting President #Lukashenko: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/11/belarusian-army-colonel-dies-in-prison-after-insulting-president-lukashenko/
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Belarusian Army Colonel Dies in Prison After Insulting President Lukashenko | Atlas News
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🇵🇸 🇮🇱 #Hamas Allegedly Does Not Have 40 Hostages to Fulfill Ceasefire First Round Requirements: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/10/hamas-allegedly-does-not-have-40-hostages-to-fulfill-ceasefire-first-round-requirements/
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Hamas Allegedly Does Not Have 40 Hostages to Fulfill Ceasefire First Round Requirements
According to an Israeli official and sources familiar with the matter, Hamas has indicated that they do not presently have 40 living hostages which fulfill the
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🇭🇺 The Case of The #Budapest Two – #Hungary: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/10/the-case-of-the-budapest-two/
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The Case of The Budapest Two
The "Day of Honour" demonstration is a yearly demonstration that takes place in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates Nazi forces who escaped the Russian
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🇹🇼 🇨🇳 Former #Taiwanese President Meets #Chinese Leader #Xi Jinping In #Beijing: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/04/10/former-taiwanese-president-meets-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-in-beijing/
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Former Taiwanese President Meets Chinese Leader Xi Jinping In Beijing
On April 10th, former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The meeti
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