Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Trump’s Assassination of Iran’s Suleimani Was a Colossal Strategic Blunder
https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-iran-suleimani-iraq/
In one blow, Washington has strengthened Iran’s hard-liners, revived its nuke program, drawn Iraq closer to Tehran, stymied popular regional uprisings, and endangered Americans around the world.
In one blow, Washington has strengthened Iran’s hard-liners, revived its nuke program, drawn Iraq closer to Tehran, stymied popular regional uprisings, and endangered Americans around the world.
Iran announces arrests over downing of plane; Rouhani: Must punish all involved
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-announces-arrests-over-downing-of-plane-rouhani-well-punish-all-involved/
Iran’s judiciary said Tuesday arrests have been made over the
accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane just after takeoff
from Tehran last week. killing all 176 people on board.
The announcement came shortly after Iran’s president called for a
special court to be set up to probe the downing last week of the plane
by Iranian forces, and amid an upswell of anger and protests by Iranians
in recent days over the downing of the jetliner last Wednesday and
attempts by senior officials in Iran to cover-up the cause of the crash.
The Brilliance of Common Sense - RABBI FRAND
https://torah.org/torah-portion/ravfrand-5763-korach/
According to the Talmud, Korach’s wife goaded him on and encouraged him to stand up against Moshe
and his family’s nepotism. O’ne ben Peles’ wife, on the other hand,
counseled her husband to avoid the dispute. “Listen, O’ne, what are you
going to get out of this? Whichever way things play out, you will still
emerge as just a ‘bit player’. Either Moshe will emerge as the
unchallenged leader or Korach will emerge as the leader. In either case
you will be nothing more that a ‘second fiddle’! You stand to gain
nothing by getting involved in this fight!”
The Talmud quotes the pasuk “Chochmas Nashim bansa baysah” [The wisdom of a wife can save a household] [Mishlei 14:1]. The Gemara
explains that this refers to the wife of O’ne ben Peles. She exhibited
tremendous wisdom by convincing her husband that there was nothing to be
gained by getting involved in Korach’s rebellion. Shlomo was alluding
to this wisdom in the above quoted pasuk.
The question can be
asked, however, where was the great wisdom here? It was a rather
elementary conclusion that her husband would not be the leader either
way. Where was the great brilliance? She did nothing more than point out
an obvious fact to her husband.
Rabbi arrested on suspicion of holding 50 women 'as slaves' in Jerusalem commune
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/BkFESRYe8
The investigators believe the women of the alleged Haredi cult were sexually exploited and had their hands burned to learn 'what hell feels like'; the elderly cult leader also apparently abused the children held in the residential complex
The investigators believe the women of the alleged Haredi cult were sexually exploited and had their hands burned to learn 'what hell feels like'; the elderly cult leader also apparently abused the children held in the residential complex
Trump Considered Killing Qassem Soleimani Several Times Since 2017, Report Says
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-considered-killing-qassem-soleimani-iran-several-times-2017-report-1481887
President Donald Trump had been floating the possibility of killing
top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani since 2017, according to
a new report detailing the commander in chief's discussions with senior
administration and military aides.
The Washington Post
reported Sunday that the president had discussed assassinating Major
General Qassem Soleimani—the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps' clandestine Quds Force—several times since taking office.
Citing unnamed former administration and Pentagon officials, the Post
said Trump first suggested killing Soleimani in the spring of 2017, in
response to a ballistic missile attack launched by Iran-backed Houthi
rebels in Yemen against the Saudi capital Riyadh. The attack came just
before Trump traveled to the kingdom as his first foreign trip since
taking office.
Then-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis reportedly
resisted the idea. But the suggestion would not go away and Trump raised
it again several times in the months and years since, according to the
newspaper.
Donald Trump authorized the killing of Soleimani seven months ago
https://www.jpost.com/International/Donald-Trump-authorized-the-killing-of-Soleimani-seven-months-ago-614078
US President Donald Trump authorized the killing of IRGC chief Qasem Soleimani seven months ago, according to a report released by NBC news.
The
report also indicated that the presidential directive was issued in
June, on the condition that he would sign off on any specific operation
to kill Soleimani. On this basis, it explains why Soleimani was given as
a option for Trump following the attacks on the American embassy in
Iraq and the death of an American contractor, according to NBC.
US A-G: Shooting at Florida air base was act of terrorism
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/274514
US Attorney General William Barr said on Monday that the shooting at a Naval air base in Pensacola, Florida, last month was an act of terrorism motivated by "jihadist ideology".
Three US sailors were killed when 21-year-old Mohammed Alshamrani, a
member of the Royal Saudi Air Force who was training at Naval Air
Station Pensacola, entered a building on base and "proceeded to walk
around shooting down his unarmed victims in cold blood," Barr said at a
press conference, according to CNN.
Alshamrani, who was killed by law enforcement during the attack, had a
history of airing his anti-American, anti-Israel and jihadi messages
views on social media, including in a post on September 11 stating that
"the countdown has begun," and another post made two hours before the
attack, Barr said.
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