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Israel’s pounding of Lebanon is ‘deeply damaging’, says UK foreign minister
Britain wants Lebanon included in the ceasefire, warning that excluding it could destabilise the entire region
Yvette Cooper said Britain can stay close to Washington while pursuing a different approach in the region. (EPA Images pic)
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Thursday that Israel’s pounding of Lebanon was “deeply damaging” and risked destabilising the ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
“We want to see Lebanon included in the ceasefire,” she told Times Radio. “We want it extended to cover Lebanon, because otherwise that will destabilise the whole region.”
“That escalation that we saw from Israel yesterday was deeply damaging, and we want to see an end to hostilities.”
Britain, which has faced heavy criticism from US President Donald Trump for failing to provide more support for Washington’s war on Iran, has sought to help defend its allies in the Gulf and is now working with other countries on ways to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz.
Asked about the strains with its key US ally, Cooper said it was possible for London to remain close to Washington while also taking a different approach in the region. But she said some of Trump’s rhetoric, including when he threatened to destroy Iran’s civilisation, had been dangerous.
“I think that the rhetoric that we’ve seen used has been completely wrong,” she told Sky News. “That sort of escalatory rhetoric can have escalatory consequences.”
On Wednesday, Israel launched a wave of attacks in densely populated areas across Lebanon, drawing criticism from many sides including the Red Cross, which said it was “outraged by the devastating death and destruction”.
Albo jets off to Singapore on petrol buying spree.....
ReplyDeleteAustralia is opening its chequebook to outbid rivals in a global scramble for fuel, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies to Singapore seeking deals to secure extra shipments and avert a looming shortfall.
Despite early hopes that a fragile two-week ceasefire in Iran would unclog oil shipping routes and bring relief at the petrol pump in the coming weeks, Australia remains dangerously exposed to the risk of a supply crunch unless the government can negotiate extra deliveries of petrol, diesel and jet fuel.
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For 75 years , Israel has had to endure pounding from Lebanon.
ReplyDeleteWhat does Yvette Cooper have to say about that ?
wow… yr kind of meeting
Delete'For 75 years , Israel has had to endure pounding from Lebanon'!!!!!
This is Clear Treason.
ReplyDeleteLike the King of Another Country "donating" money to Bolehland's PM to Win Elections and Keep him in Power.
In Taiwan, it’s easy to spot traitors…
🇹🇼’s KMT chair: 🙏 🇨🇳 invite me
🇨🇳: sure if you blocked the defense spending
🇺🇸: deadline on 3/30
🇹🇼 KMT: we’ve successfully blocked the $40 billion defense budget
🇨🇳: We’re inviting KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun
🇹🇼 KMT: “I’m on a peace mission”
Taiwanese: than why is PLA surrounding us still?
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mfer, read AGAIN yr fart chamber leaks - who invites who!!!!
DeletePakistan does not recognize Isaac. But insists that the Ceasefire deal includes Isaacs?
ReplyDeleteLebanon expelled the IRGC Ambassador last week, he is refusing to leave.
IRGC President openly declares: "We Will Not Leave Lebanon".
That Country has been screwed Kaw Kaw. Only Isaac can Save It. But It Will Be Very Painful.
mfer, who has the most support within the populace of Lebanon?
DeleteOr US pilots flying Saudi F15s.....ha3...smart move.
ReplyDeleteJUST IN: The Pentagon approved an $11.4 million software upgrade for Israel’s F-35I fleet on the same day the IDF executed its largest coordinated strike in Lebanon since the war began. One hundred Hezbollah targets in ten minutes. The timing is not coincidental. It is architectural.
ReplyDeleteIsrael flies the only sovereign-customised F-35 variant on earth. No other country receives what Israel receives. The United Kingdom flies a standard F-35B with US-controlled software. Japan flies a standard F-35A with US-controlled upgrades. Australia, Italy, South Korea, the Netherlands, every other operator in the programme receives American hardware running American code under American scheduling.
Israel receives something categorically different. The F-35I Adir is built on the same airframe and engine as the American F-35A, but it carries Israeli-made electronic warfare suites from Elbit Systems, Israeli command-and-control software layered over the US baseline, Israeli weapons integration for munitions like the Python-5 and SPICE, conformal fuel tanks extending range beyond 1,700 kilometres, and a plug-and-play open architecture that allows Israeli engineers to modify, upgrade, and adapt the aircraft independently without American approval. No other nation on earth has this permission. It is codified in American law.
The Qualitative Military Edge policy originated after the 1967 Six-Day War, was formalised under Reagan in 1981, and was written into binding statute in 2008. It requires the President of the United States to certify that any arms sale to any other nation in the Middle East will not adversely affect Israel’s qualitative military edge. When Saudi Arabia negotiates for F-35s, the aircraft must be deliberately downgraded relative to what Israel already flies. The law does not merely prefer Israel. It mandates Israeli superiority as a condition of every other transaction in the region.
This is the bond that produced the 100-target strike today. The F-35I Adir that flew over Beirut this morning carries Israeli sensors seeing through Hezbollah’s electronic countermeasures, Israeli weapons hitting Radwan Force command bunkers, and Israeli software coordinating with American intelligence feeds in real time. The $11.4 million upgrade the Pentagon just approved adds three new software data loads for enhanced sensor fusion, electronic warfare, and weapons integration, ensuring the next generation of strikes is even more precise.
The upgrade connects directly to Trump’s 50 percent tariff threat posted hours earlier. China shipped sodium perchlorate from Gaolan Port to Iran on five vessels in the past six weeks, enough propellant precursor for hundreds of ballistic missiles. Those missiles are what Hezbollah fires at Israel. The F-35I is what destroys the launchers. The tariff is what prices the cost of supplying the launchers at 50 percent of China’s entire American trade. The software upgrade is what ensures the F-35I stays ahead of whatever China ships next. Hardware, software, tariffs, and intelligence form a single integrated architecture that no other alliance on earth replicates.
Trump declared total and complete victory today. Netanyahu said the US is committed to shared goals. The IDF struck 100 Hezbollah targets in ten minutes. The Pentagon approved the next generation of the aircraft that made the strike possible. And the tariff threat ensures the adversary’s suppliers pay for the privilege of arming the targets.
This is not an alliance. It is an operating system. And today it executed at full capacity.
https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2041866425628000378?s=20
ooop… mfer, u buat tak tau that most of the F35 upgrades require a combination of SW & HW.
DeleteW/O the required REE HW, any SW upgrades r just kiddy show!
Go Go UAE....
ReplyDelete🚨Breaking: The attack on Iran’s Lavan refinery was carried out by Emirati fighter jets.
▪︎ Fars News Agency
https://x.com/A_M_R_M1/status/2041976112771690937?s=20
Wakakakaka…
DeleteEmirati fighter jets!
Wow… 无间道 fart.