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REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - 'Paging Hezbollah' Presents a New Look at a Fantastic Counter-terror Op

Some time back, terrorist goblins like Hezbollah stopped using cellular phones, presuming correctly that those could be tracked. If it was an Israeli aircraft with smart weapons attached doing the tracking, that could ruin a terrorists’ whole day. So, Hezbollah and groups like them went old-school, adopting pagers instead. But that didn't work out so well for them either; turns out that Israel was already several steps ahead of them.

Why did Hezbollah and similar groups switch from using cellular phones to pagers for communication?
Hezbollah and similar groups stopped using cellular phones because they correctly presumed those devices could be tracked, specifically by Israeli aircraft equipped with smart weapons, which could ruin a terrorist's day. Consequently, they adopted pagers as an "old-school" alternative.
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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Nicastro) - Iran War Day 195: Trump Says War to End ‘Immediately After’ Midterms, Despite Advisors’ Warnings It Could Last Through the Rest of His Term

State of the Union: Damage to U.S. warplanes was reported from an earlier Iranian strike, and Yemen's Houthis captured a strategic Red Sea port. The post Iran War Day 195: Trump Says War to End ‘Immediately After’ Midterms, Despite Advisors’ Warnings It Could Last Through the Rest of His Term appeared first on The American Conservative .

On Wednesday, President Trump said the Iran War would end right after the November midterm elections. “I think the war is going to end immediately after the election,” Trump told reporters as he left to address the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas, adding that the Iranians “can’t hold out any longer.” He made a similar statement during his speech later in the evening: “The war will be over very shortly after the election… [The Iranians are] hanging out for dear life, hoping that we lose, so they can deal with dumb, weak Democrats and they can have their nuclear bomb.”  Also on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that top White House officials have warned Trump the Iran War could continue through the rest of his…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Iran War Day 112: Tehran Withdraws From Switzerland Talks Over Israel’s Lebanon Attacks

State of the Union: After Hezbollah killed four Israeli soldiers occupying southern Lebanon, Israel intensified its strikes. The post Iran War Day 112: Tehran Withdraws From Switzerland Talks Over Israel’s Lebanon Attacks appeared first on The American Conservative .

Iran withdrew from Switzerland talks scheduled for today, pointing to Israel’s ongoing bombardment and occupation of Lebanon as incompatible with the memorandum of understanding (MOU) President Donald Trump signed earlier this week, as the Iran War entered its 112th day on Friday. The MOU conditions an end to the conflict on the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon” and “ensuring the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon.” Trump signed the agreement on Wednesday in France, kicking off 60 days of negotiations on a final agreement. Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon from midnight into Friday morning killed at least 47 people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.…Open