Forwarded from Geopolitics Prime | Iran War Updates
A bombshell report circulating in Arab media claims current Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam was recruited by Mossad in 1979.
The document alleges Salam was recruited during his student days in Paris by David Kimche—a senior Mossad spymaster, Israeli diplomat, and the alleged link between the US and Iran, who worked with Lebanon as well.
The connection deepens. In 1983, Salam was involved in preparing the May 17 Agreement, a US-backed deal to normalize relations between Israel and Lebanon.
The Israeli signatory was David Kimche—the very man accused of recruiting him.
Geopolitics Prime cannot independently verify the document’s authenticity. But the circumstantial fog is thick.
What’s undeniable is the present.
While Israel’s carpet bombing devastates Beirut and southern Lebanon, Salam’s government has offered no clear diplomatic response.
Instead, his focus is singular: banning Hezbollah’s military activities and restricting it to politics.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Forwarded from Dr Mike Yeadon
OpenAI's head of robotics resigns, specifically citing that they are building fully autonomous lethal robots and mass-surveillance.
Apparently we are openly crossing that line now: killer AI robots without human judgement/oversight.
...
I rate the probability that this is true and is what it seems is low (being generous).
As I jokingly say, though I’m not joking, if information is given to us from government or mass media figures, if you can’t check something because it’s too small, too far away or two complex, it’s a lie.
Why would they ever tell the truth? A variation will always be more useful to them.
This is fear propaganda. Autonomous robots are going to be noisy for, unless they have a very long mains lead, they’ll need an internal combustion engine to power it.
This isn’t mentioned. Many will imagine robots like in Terminator. Most unlikely, imo.
And anyway, this guy gets a conscience now? Give me a break.
And, having realised what evil things he’s enabling, and wants to speak out, the perpetrators just allowed that?
None of this makes sense.
Best wishes
Mike
👉 https://t.iss.one/DrMikeYeadon
Apparently we are openly crossing that line now: killer AI robots without human judgement/oversight.
...
I rate the probability that this is true and is what it seems is low (being generous).
As I jokingly say, though I’m not joking, if information is given to us from government or mass media figures, if you can’t check something because it’s too small, too far away or two complex, it’s a lie.
Why would they ever tell the truth? A variation will always be more useful to them.
This is fear propaganda. Autonomous robots are going to be noisy for, unless they have a very long mains lead, they’ll need an internal combustion engine to power it.
This isn’t mentioned. Many will imagine robots like in Terminator. Most unlikely, imo.
And anyway, this guy gets a conscience now? Give me a break.
And, having realised what evil things he’s enabling, and wants to speak out, the perpetrators just allowed that?
None of this makes sense.
Best wishes
Mike
👉 https://t.iss.one/DrMikeYeadon
❤1🔥1
Effects on the South Korean economy:
The oil refining and petrochemical sectors face the most direct impact. Korea imports 70.7 percent of its crude oil and 20.4 percent of its LNG from the Middle East. “We are trying to secure crude supplies, but if the situation continues we may have to reduce refinery operations,” an industry representative said. “If that happens the impact could spread to other industries.”
Yeochun NCC, which can produce 2.29 million tons of petrochemical products a year, told major customers on Wednesday that deliveries may be delayed because supply problems have disrupted production. As factories needed less raw material, companies kept only one to two months of naphtha — a petroleum-based liquid used to make plastics and other chemicals — in storage.
A prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could delay shipments of vehicles and auto parts while increasing logistics costs.
The semiconductor industry is also watching shipping costs closely. Helium, a key material used to cool lithography equipment and check wafer leaks in semiconductor production, largely comes from Qatar. About 90 percent of the helium used in Korea is imported from the country.
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-03-08/business/industry/Strait-of-Hormuz-closure-affecting-Korea-Inc-from-oil-to-petrochemicals-chips-and-autos/2539546
The oil refining and petrochemical sectors face the most direct impact. Korea imports 70.7 percent of its crude oil and 20.4 percent of its LNG from the Middle East. “We are trying to secure crude supplies, but if the situation continues we may have to reduce refinery operations,” an industry representative said. “If that happens the impact could spread to other industries.”
Yeochun NCC, which can produce 2.29 million tons of petrochemical products a year, told major customers on Wednesday that deliveries may be delayed because supply problems have disrupted production. As factories needed less raw material, companies kept only one to two months of naphtha — a petroleum-based liquid used to make plastics and other chemicals — in storage.
A prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could delay shipments of vehicles and auto parts while increasing logistics costs.
The semiconductor industry is also watching shipping costs closely. Helium, a key material used to cool lithography equipment and check wafer leaks in semiconductor production, largely comes from Qatar. About 90 percent of the helium used in Korea is imported from the country.
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-03-08/business/industry/Strait-of-Hormuz-closure-affecting-Korea-Inc-from-oil-to-petrochemicals-chips-and-autos/2539546
Joins
Strait of Hormuz closure affecting Korea Inc., from oil to petrochemicals, chips and autos
Korean industries are facing growing pressure from rising oil prices and shipping costs after military clashes between the United States and Iran have led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
An 80-year-old nonprofit that advises conscientious objectors says its phone is "ringing off the hook" as American service members who object to the US-and-Israel-initiated war on Iran are seeking guidance on how to avoid being a part of it. Ominously, the group's executive director says the breadth of force mobilization is much like the run-up to the ground invasion of Iraq.
"Phone has been ringing off the hook," wrote Center on Conscience & War executive director Mike Prysner on X. "A LOT more units have just been activated for deployment than the public knows about." Founded in 1940, the Center on Conscience and War provides guidance to military service members pursuing a conscientious objector (CO) status or a discharge. The group also opposes military conscription.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/conscientious-objector-group-phone-ringing-hook-huge-mobilization-underway
"Phone has been ringing off the hook," wrote Center on Conscience & War executive director Mike Prysner on X. "A LOT more units have just been activated for deployment than the public knows about." Founded in 1940, the Center on Conscience and War provides guidance to military service members pursuing a conscientious objector (CO) status or a discharge. The group also opposes military conscription.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/conscientious-objector-group-phone-ringing-hook-huge-mobilization-underway
ZeroHedge
Conscientious Objector Group: Phone 'Ringing Off Hook' As Huge Mobilization Underway
"A LOT more units have just been activated for deployment than the public knows about"
So in addition to a looming shortage of fertilizer, promising badly for next harvest, farmers in Australia, one of the world's biggest food exporters, can't get hold of diesel to harvest their current crops.
🤬4