Middle East News

[Fletch]

REVEALED: The 'woke' media outfit that's actually a UK counterterror programme

This glitzy, youthful 'news company' warns of the dangers of fake news. In fact, it's part of the Home Office's Prevent strategy

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A social media network for young people that has been launched around the term “woke” is actually a covert British government counterterrorism programme, security officials have admitted.

A Facebook page and Instagram feed with the name This Is Woke describes itself as the work of a “media/news company” that is engaging “in critical discussions around Muslim identity, tradition and reform”.

In fact, it was created by a media company on behalf of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) at the UK Home Office.

The OSCT is refusing to disclose information about the network, however, and will not explain the reason it was created, claiming that to do so would “prejudice the national security of the UK”.

National security concerns

The content of the Facebook page and Instagram feed was created for the OSCT by a London-based communications company, Breakthrough Media, several people with knowledge of the project have confirmed.

When Middle East Eye asked the Home Office for information about the project, under the terms of the UK’s Freedom of Information Act, the OSCT confirmed that it held such material but refused to disclose any, citing the section of the act that concerns national security.

While acknowledging that there was a public interest in transparency surrounding such projects, the OSCT said that national security concerns were “of overriding importance”.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/reve ... -programme

Look out for them on social media...and later posted as fact...

[Fletch]

Three Saudi Brigades Annihilated in Devastating Houthi Offensive in Saudi Arabia

Many may have hitherto been led to believe that the Houthis were a ragtag armed force lacking in sophistication. Many, seeing the drone and missile attacks on Saudi oil plants, may have declared it to be a false-flag attack carried out by Riyadh to boost Aramco’s market value; either that or it was an operation carried out by Iran or even Israel. On Saturday September 28, the Houthis put paid to such speculation by confirming what many, like myself, have been writing for months; that is, that the asymmetrical tactics of the Houthis, combined with the conventional capabilities of the Yemeni army, are capable of bringing the Saudi kingdom of Mohammed Bin Salman to its knees.

The Yemeni army’s missile forces are able to carry out highly complex attacks, no doubt as a result of reconnaissance provided by the local Shia population within the Kingdom that is against the House of Saud’s dictatorship. These Houthi sympathisers within Saudi Arabia helped in target identification, carried out reconnaissance within the plants, found the most vulnerable and impactful points, and passed this intelligence on to the Houthis and Yemeni army. These Yemeni forces employed locally produced means to severely degrade Saudi Arabia’s crude-oil-extraction and processing plants. The deadly strikes halved oil production and threatened to continue with other targets if the Saudi-conducted genocide in Yemen did not stop.

On Saturday 29 the Houthis and the Yemeni army conducted an incredible conventional attack lasting three days that began from within Yemen’s borders. The operation would have involved months of intelligence gathering and operational planning. It was a far more complex attack than that conducted against Aramco’s oil facilities. Initial reports indicate...

https://www.globalresearch.ca/three-sau ... ia/5690729

NOT Iran.

[Rolluplostinspace]

The house of Saud must be getting a bit rattled.
The refineries couldn't be protected by the American missile defence systems.
This along with thousands of Saudi troops captured or killed including high ranking officers wouldn't have been possible without help from people within the kingdom.
The royal family may well be next they'll be thinking or those close to them.
Remarkable what has been achieved.

[Cannydc]

The house of Saud must be getting a bit rattled.
The refineries couldn't be protected by the American missile defence systems.
This along with thousands of Saudi troops captured or killed including high ranking officers wouldn't have been possible without help from people within the kingdom.
The royal family may well be next they'll be thinking or those close to them.
Remarkable what has been achieved.

I wonder if the Houthi rebels have a plan to rebuild Saudi Arabia once the Saudi despots are usurped.

[Rolluplostinspace]

The house of Saud must be getting a bit rattled.
The refineries couldn't be protected by the American missile defence systems.
This along with thousands of Saudi troops captured or killed including high ranking officers wouldn't have been possible without help from people within the kingdom.
The royal family may well be next they'll be thinking or those close to them.
Remarkable what has been achieved.

I wonder if the Houthi rebels have a plan to rebuild Saudi Arabia once the Saudi despots are usurped.

That'd be doubtful going off the forever wars of the west out there .... never a plan for what to do after annihilation

[Fletch]

The house of Saud must be getting a bit rattled.
The refineries couldn't be protected by the American missile defence systems.
This along with thousands of Saudi troops captured or killed including high ranking officers wouldn't have been possible without help from people within the kingdom.
The royal family may well be next they'll be thinking or those close to them.
Remarkable what has been achieved.

Yep, they are getting their asses kicked and revealing to the world how useless the overpriced MIC junk really is.

Yemen’s Houthis Released Combat Footage Of Second Stage Of Their Large-Scale Advance In Border Area

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On October 1, the media wing of the Houthis (Ansar Allah) released combat footage showing the second stage of their advance on Saudi-led forces in the Yemeni-Saudi border area.

https://southfront.org/yemens-houthis-r ... rder-area/

[Fletch]

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The courage and determination of the flip flop army is incredible.

Posted in this thread on Tue Dec 11, 2018

That's why they are kicking Saudi and their mercs asses.

[art0hur0moh]

In 2016, guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) fired three missiles to ward off two suspected Iranian cruise missiles fired from Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, in what amounted to a multi-million dollar engagement.

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/08/navy-q ... rs-deckgun

how did the yemeni manage to target them? "International waters" 200 miles way beyond the horizon.
https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-ma ... les-attack

[Cannydc]

In 2016, guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) fired three missiles to ward off two suspected Iranian cruise missiles fired from Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, in what amounted to a multi-million dollar engagement.

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/08/navy-q ... rs-deckgun

how did the yemeni manage to target them? "International waters" 200 miles way beyond the horizon.
https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-ma ... les-attack

It was 4 years ago. Did you find out? The world needs to know, we can't hold our collective breath forever.

[LordRaven]

In 2016, guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) fired three missiles to ward off two suspected Iranian cruise missiles fired from Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, in what amounted to a multi-million dollar engagement.

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/08/navy-q ... rs-deckgun

how did the yemeni manage to target them? "International waters" 200 miles way beyond the horizon.
https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-ma ... les-attack

It was 4 years ago. Did you find out? The world needs to know, we can't hold our collective breath forever.