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May 31, 2024
Jack Montgomery
NatSec
War

$30 Million Drone Captured by Houthis in Biden’s Latest Failing War.

Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper went down over Yemen on Wednesday, video footage and images circulating on social media suggest. It is the sixth U.S. MQ-9 Reaper to have been captured by Yemen’s Ansarallah movement and Armed Forces, also known as the Houthis.

It is not confirmed whether the $30 million drone was shot down or if it crashed. Video shows the downed drone seemingly in near-perfect condition. The fourth and fifth MQ-9 Reaper drones were reported downed on the 17th and 21st of May.

Since January, Washington and London have been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis in response to strikes against Red Sea shipping in support of Gaza.

The Joe Biden-led operation has failed to deter the Houthis, however, and U.S. and European Union (EU) maritime task forces have struggled to prevent attacks on ships. These have strained both the Israeli economy and global shipping.

On Wednesday, six ships were targeted in three different seas. They included three ships in the Red Sea, two U.S. ships in the Arabian Sea, and one oil tanker in the Mediterranean. The Houthis have also expanded their missile and drone attacks to the Indian Ocean.

The Houthis have declared that they will continue their operations until the conflict in Gaza ends and adequate aid reaches the Palestinians. Yemeni officials have expressed that the famine in Gaza is a pressing humanitarian crisis warranting global concern and action. “We are working day and night to develop and expand our operations to lift this injustice and stop these crimes against the people of Gaza,” they warned.

In January, Biden openly admitted that his war was not working but vowed to continue it anyway.

“Well when you say ‘[are the strikes] working,’ are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes,” he told reporters.

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Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper went down over Yemen on Wednesday, video footage and images circulating on social media suggest. It is the sixth U.S. MQ-9 Reaper to have been captured by Yemen’s Ansarallah movement and Armed Forces, also known as the Houthis. show more
May 30, 2024
War

Israeli Official Predicts Gaza War to Extend Through 2024.

Israel’s war against Hamas is anticipated to extend through the end of the year, according to a senior Israeli official on Wednesday. Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel’s national security advisor, acknowledged during an interview with Kan public radio that he expects “another seven months of fighting” in Gaza in order to dismantle Hamas, the terrorist group responsible for the October 7 massacre.

The ongoing conflict has prompted increasing international calls for a ceasefire, alongside near-constant pro-Hamas protests in the United States — predominantly funded by progressive dark money groups and Democrat mega-donors. More than 100 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza following the surprise attack by Hamas last year.

From the outset, Israel’s military declared the “war will be long,” designating 2024 “as a year of war,” Hanegbi stated during the interview. Hanegbi’s remarks occur as Israeli forces advance further into Rafah, identified as one of the last significant Hamas strongholds in Gaza and the location of a substantial population of war refugees. An Israeli airstrike on Sunday resulted in the deaths of two senior Hamas fighters but also sparked a fire that killed at least 45 displaced civilians sheltering in the area.

The Israeli military alleges that an explosion from a Hamas weapons cache likely caused the inferno. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated that the airstrike utilized two of the “smallest munitions” available, which he asserted could not have caused the resultant deadly blaze.

On Wednesday, Israel announced it had gained control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt, aiming to sever smuggling routes utilized by Hamas. Beyond Rafah, Israeli forces continue to engage Hamas fighters in other regions of Gaza that have been under IDF control for months. Hanegbi underscored the need for resilience and patience, remarking in the radio interview, “This resilience is what has allowed this nation to survive for 75 years, and even for 3,000 years before that. Just don’t use a stopwatch on ourselves or set ultimatums.”

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Israel's war against Hamas is anticipated to extend through the end of the year, according to a senior Israeli official on Wednesday. Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel's national security advisor, acknowledged during an interview with Kan public radio that he expects "another seven months of fighting" in Gaza in order to dismantle Hamas, the terrorist group responsible for the October 7 massacre. show more
May 30, 2024
William Upton
War

Hamas May Be Using U.S. Weapons, Explosives Sold to Egypt.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) say they’ve recovered M112 explosive charges from a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)-run school in Jabalia, Gaza. According to investigative journalist Laura Loomer, the IDF claims these M112 explosive charges are U.S.-made.

Batch numbers found on the explosive charges indicated they’re likely from a weapons sale the U.S. government made to Egpyt in 2007. For years, Israeli officials have suspected that elements of the Egyptian military have provided guns and other munitions to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. The terror group perpetrated the barbaric October 7 attacks in Israel last year, sparking renewed conflict in the region.

The National Pulse previously reported that UNRWA employees appear to have actively participated in Hamas‘s terrorist attacks against Israel late last year. Even more concerning, Western nations have contributed at least $8 billion to UNRWA over the past decade. At least some of this money is believed to have ended up in the hands of Hamas terrorists.

According to data compiled by UNRWA, in the ten years from 2013 to 2022, the United States gave $2,558,830,210, the EU and its member states collectively gave $5,246,475,932, and Australia, Canada, and New Zealand gave a combined $313,429,066 to the controversial agency — a grand total of $8,118,735,208. Following the revelations that UNRWA staff aided Hamas, at least 11 Western governments announced they would be suspending contributions to the United Nations group. 

The Biden government has been under increasing pressure from Arab-American and Muslim political organizations to renew UNRWA funding.

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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) say they've recovered M112 explosive charges from a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)-run school in Jabalia, Gaza. According to investigative journalist Laura Loomer, the IDF claims these M112 explosive charges are U.S.-made. show more
May 29, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War
World

Baltic States, Norway, Finland, & Poland Building Anti-Russian ‘Drone Wall.’

Norway, Finland, Poland, and the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, all NATO members, are creating a “drone wall” along their shared borders with Russia. Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets says the technology will detect and repel hostile drones. Estonia plans to install the barrier along its entire eastern border and around its major cities.

“As we can see on the Ukrainian front, there is a constant technological race between adversaries and new ways to use drones in warfare,” said Läänemets. “The same is true for the various drones that people have access to. Being even a small step ahead of the opponent leads to greater success, but this success can be measured in days, as countermeasures are discovered with alarming speed for each measure, and the cycle continues,” he added.

Expensive U.S. drones have struggled to make an impact in Ukraine, proving highly vulnerable to Russian jamming. Ukrainian forces favor cheaper, off-the-shelf Chinese drones due to their greater reliability.

Like Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are all former Soviet Socialist Republics. Estonia and Latvia are also home to large Russian minorities, which, coupled with their small size — both boast total populations of under two million — arguably renders them vulnerable to future Russian aggression.

In addition to the “drone wall,” Poland is starting a line of fortifications along its borders with Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, formerly Königsberg.

Dubbed the East Shield or ‘Tusk Line,’ after Prime Minister Donald Tusk, it will include hundreds of mines of anti-tank traps, ditches, and minefields.

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Norway, Finland, Poland, and the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, all NATO members, are creating a "drone wall" along their shared borders with Russia. Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets says the technology will detect and repel hostile drones. Estonia plans to install the barrier along its entire eastern border and around its major cities. show more
May 28, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War

‘Ukraine Is Losing’ – NATO Chief Urges Strikes on Russia with Western Weapons.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says “the time has come” for NATO governments to greenlight direct strikes on Russia using Western weapons. Before now, Western governments have asked that the Ukrainians not launch Western missiles into Russia proper — excluding the Crimea and other territories annexed from Ukraine. Stoltenberg and 24 NATO governments now want to escalate the alliance’s proxy war with Moscow.

“The time has come for allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions they have imposed on weapons donated to Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said in Bulgaria. “NATO’s main goal is not to fight war. It should prevent war. NATO’s goal is peace,” he added, despite the proposed measure being likely to intensify and potentially expand the war in Ukraine.

Of 32 members of NATO, 24 support lifting restrictions on the use of Western weapons against Russia, with the British government being among the most hawkish.

“We have to admit that Ukraine is losing this war right now. We cannot continue to tell Ukraine not to fire its missiles at Russia, which is happily firing its missiles at Kyiv. It will be very sad if we don’t accept this amendment,” said the British representative, per Bulgarian media.

Despite Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s past support for Ukraine, Italy is among the countries opposed to escalation. “I don’t understand why Stoltenberg would say such a thing,” Meloni said, also criticizing “questionable statements” from France’s Emmanuel Macron in recent weeks.

“NATO cannot force us to kill in Russia, nor can anyone compel us to send Italian soldiers to fight or die in Ukraine,” added Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.

Ukraine is already striking Russia using non-Western weapons, including artillery and drones.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says "the time has come" for NATO governments to greenlight direct strikes on Russia using Western weapons. Before now, Western governments have asked that the Ukrainians not launch Western missiles into Russia proper — excluding the Crimea and other territories annexed from Ukraine. Stoltenberg and 24 NATO governments now want to escalate the alliance's proxy war with Moscow. show more

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May 28, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
War

REPORT: Trump Told Donors He’ll ‘Throw Out Foreign Students’ Rabble Rousing on American Campuses.

Donald Trump sharply criticized far-left protests occurring on U.S. college campuses, characterizing them as a “radical revolution” and pledging to deport foreign students involved if he is re-elected. “One thing I do is [with] any student that protests — I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students,” Trump is alleged to have said during a May 14 donor roundtable in New York.

The former president told donors that subversive activities on college campuses “have to be stopped now,” according to The Washington Post.

One donor expressed concern that radical professors and protesters involved in the campus crisis might eventually hold positions of power in the U.S. government. “Well, if you get me elected, and you should really be doing this, if you get me reelected, we’re going to set that movement back 25 or 30 years,” Trump pledged.

BIDEN.

Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt attributed the protests to the Joe Biden regime. “Joe Biden has sided with radical leftist Democrats like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib and empowered antisemitic protesters destroying our college campuses and threatening to undermine our democracy,” Leavitt said.

“President Trump will side with Jewish Americans and American citizens, period, and he will not tolerate terrorist sympathizers on our college campuses.”

Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack that killed approximately 1,200 Israelis, Trump vowed to deport “resident aliens” participating in “pro-jihadist” protests.

“If you hate America, if you want to abolish Israel, if you sympathize with jihadists, then we don’t want you in our country, and you’re not going to be getting into our country,” Trump declared. “I will cancel the student visas of Hamas sympathizers on college campuses and all resident aliens who join in pro-Jihadist protests. Come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you,” he added.

Trump has expressed some criticism of Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, however, and said the conflict in Gaza should be resolved swiftly.

Biden is suffering as a result of attempting to play both sides of the issue, with Democrats, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib, suggesting they will punish him at the ballot box for not criticizing Israel enough.

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Donald Trump sharply criticized far-left protests occurring on U.S. college campuses, characterizing them as a "radical revolution" and pledging to deport foreign students involved if he is re-elected. "One thing I do is [with] any student that protests — I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students," Trump is alleged to have said during a May 14 donor roundtable in New York. show more
May 27, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War
World

Populist PM’s Health Improving Following Assassination Attempt.

Robert Fico, the populist Prime Minister of Slovakia, a European Union and NATO member, is gradually recovering after being shot multiple times by a would-be assassin, according to government and hospital officials.

“Based on the examination results, today’s medical board meeting confirmed the gradual improvement of the Prime Minister’s health condition,” the government said in a brief statement.

The attack occurred on May 15 in the central town of Handlova when Fico was greeting supporters. The assailant shot the 59-year-old premier four times at close range, striking him in the abdomen. Fico was evacuated and taken to the F.D. Roosevelt University Hospital in the regional capital of Banska Bystrica in life-threatening condition, undergoing five hours of surgery. A second operation was carried out two days later.

The suspect, detained at the scene, has been officially identified only as Juraj C. The 71-year-old has been charged with premeditated murder, though he claims he only intended to injure Fico, not kill him.

Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, an ally of Fico, described Fico’s attempted assassin as a “left-wing activist.” He implied the Slovak was targeted because, like Orban himself, he opposes ongoing Western involvement in Ukraine’s war with Russia, favoring a negotiated peace.

Pro-Ukraine social media users reacted to Fico’s shooting by expressing hope Orban would be targeted next.

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Robert Fico, the populist Prime Minister of Slovakia, a European Union and NATO member, is gradually recovering after being shot multiple times by a would-be assassin, according to government and hospital officials. show more
May 25, 2024
William Upton
War
World

Putin Again Presses For Ceasefire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is prepared to accept a negotiated ceasefire in its invasion of Ukraine along current battle lines but will continue hostilities if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country’s Western allies decline. In recent weeks, the Russian military has managed several critical breakthroughs along Ukrainian defenses and captured more territory than Ukraine took in its 2023 counter-offensive.

The Russian leader is rumored to be frustrated with U.S. and British efforts to dissuade Ukraine from accepting a negotiated settlement to the conflict and President Zelensky’s refusal to engage in talks. “Putin can fight for as long as it takes, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire—to freeze the war,” an unnamed senior Russian official told Reuters.

“Let them resume,” Putin said at a press conference in Belarus on Friday, adding that Ukraine must accept “the realities on the ground.” Meanwhile, Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, stressed that Russia does not want “eternal war.” The recent comments from Russian officials, as well as Putin, appear to indicate they are satisfied with their recent territorial gains and can sell a ceasefire as a victory at home.

Responding to Putin in a post on X (formerly Twitter), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia was sending “phony signals” in an effort to derail peace talks initiated by his government slated to start next month in Switzerland. Kuleba wrote: “Putin currently has no desire to end his aggression against Ukraine. Only the principled and united voice of the global majority can force him to choose peace over war.”

Zelensky adviser Mykhailo Podolyak accused Putin of demanding Western democracies capitulate and accept their defeat.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is prepared to accept a negotiated ceasefire in its invasion of Ukraine along current battle lines but will continue hostilities if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country's Western allies decline. In recent weeks, the Russian military has managed several critical breakthroughs along Ukrainian defenses and captured more territory than Ukraine took in its 2023 counter-offensive. show more
May 24, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War

WATCH: We Have Boots on the Ground in Ukraine Already, Raheem Kassam Explains.

National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam, who was present in Kiev during the Western-backed Euromaidan coup in 2014 that set the stage for the current full-scale war in Ukraine, believes there are already NATO “boots on the ground.”

Speaking to War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, he said people should not be surprised to hear U.S., British, and other Western specialists could be helping Ukrainian forces strike targets inside Russia with specialist missile systems, despite Moscow warning it would regard this as an “act of war.”

“The [Maidan] coup itself was an act of war, and here’s why that’s important: because if they were willing to do that, then there is nothing that they’re not willing to do. They already overthrew a government,” Kassam stressed.

“[W]hen you talk about boots on the ground, and we try to bring that up as a conversation point with establishment people… they kind of scoff at it, as in, like, ‘Yeah, dude, that’s already been happening, this wouldn’t be a new development.”

NO OVERSIGHT, NO LESSONS LEARNED.

“In my estimation, by my sourcing,” it is “absolutely the case” that Western personnel are already assisting the Ukrainians, Kassam said.

“Listen, there’s been no proper congressional oversight over this since day one,” Kassam continued, lambasting Congress for failing to properly interrogate and subpoena the likes of Victoria Nuland.

The National Pulse previously reported on the establishment of a dozen Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy bases near the Russo-Ukrainian border starting at least a decade ago.

“I thought the lesson was learned. I thought Iraq, Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, the interventions in Libya, in Syria, I thought when they had Hillary Clinton up there, in a post-Benghazi world, that there had been some lessons learned. Clearly not. Clearly nobody is interested in getting to the bottom of how this has occurred,” Kassam lamented.

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National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam, who was present in Kiev during the Western-backed Euromaidan coup in 2014 that set the stage for the current full-scale war in Ukraine, believes there are already NATO "boots on the ground." show more
May 24, 2024
William Upton
War

America’s Expensive, High-Tech Ukraine Weaponry is Being Jammed By Russia.

The Russian military has been able to render much of the American high-tech weaponry provided to Ukraine obsolete through the use of jamming technology. Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid from Western nations, the Ukrainian military has recently suffered a series of defeats that suggest it may be unable to hold off the Russian invasion of its territory much longer.

Confidential Ukrainian assessments have shown the accuracy rate, for instance, of U.S.-produced Excalibur 155mm GPS-guided artillery rounds dramatically dropped after only a few months of use once the Russian military began introducing counter-measures. The initial rate of successful strikes was around 50 percent. That number now stands at just 10 percent. Each Excalibur round costs an estimated $100,000 to produce.

Other U.S. weapons systems that have fallen prey to Russian jamming technology include the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), the M30/M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, and the JDAM-ER missile. The Russian electronic jamming network deployed over eastern Ukraine is so extensive and advanced it has even impacted the navigation systems in fighter jets flown by Ukrainian pilots.

Russia’s GPS jamming technology has also had a catastrophic impact on Ukraine‘s use of U.S.-sourced drones. In April, The National Pulse reported that the war has exposed significant deficiencies in the American drone industry, with glitchy, expensive drones made in the U.S. failing to meet expectations and being supplanted by off-the-shelf Chinese products. In one instance, an entire fleet of drones flew off course after encountering Russian jammers.

Even more concerning is that Ukraine’s off-the-shelf Chinese drones are purchased — using American taxpayer dollars — from SZ DJI Technology, a company sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

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The Russian military has been able to render much of the American high-tech weaponry provided to Ukraine obsolete through the use of jamming technology. Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid from Western nations, the Ukrainian military has recently suffered a series of defeats that suggest it may be unable to hold off the Russian invasion of its territory much longer. show more