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Bodhidharma: The Mysterious Indian Prince Behind Kung-Fu and Zen
(Odd Compass) Bodhidharma is a fascinating Indian historical figure in East Asia. His life is shrouded in mystery. Much of it has to be pieced together from a fragmented mix of sources, some contemporary, some written many centuries after his death in 528 CE.
However, there is no denying that he played a significant part in creating what we now know as "kung fu" and that he propagated Zen Buddhism in the East. Let's dive into Bodhidharma's incredible legacy.
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Scott Ritter: Will Iran take the bait that Dictator Bibi Netanyahu has set out to start a war?
Israel's illegal terror, assassinations, bombings
(Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom) US Marine and Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter is the guest to discuss the Israeli (USA/IDF) war the CIA and Mossad have been planning and praying for for years. Has it finally arrived as Iran shoots missiles in retaliation for Israel's war crimes, shooting. This streamed live yesterday with military analyst Scott Ritter, and now reports are that Iran indeed took the bait and missiles are flying with U.S. and Zionist Jewish Israelis celebrating with glee that they are finally about to get the regional war they have been pushing for in the Middle East. It may spread all out of control as Russia comes to the defense of Iran and China steps in to chasten the American Empire and its puppet state in Palestine.
LIVE: Iran launches retaliates to Israel (and US) aggression with missile strikes into Israel
(ABC News) Started streaming approximately 9:45 am. Israel claims missiles have been launched from Iran toward Israel. Sirens are sounding across the self-declared country. The strikes come after Israel "eliminated" (by the war crimes of internationally illegal assassinations) around 30 top Hezbollah (Lebanese political party) leaders over the past several weeks, including alleged Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was murdered in an Israeli airstrike on a foreign capital of a sovereign country, Beirut, U.S. and Israeli officials are saying. More: abcnews.go.com/US/live-update...
“It’s always about oil”: CIA, MI6 staged coup in Iran 70 years ago, destroying democracy in Iran
(Democracy Now!) Aug. 23, 2023: Featured. DN! looks at the 70th anniversary of the August 19, 1953, U.S.-U.K-backed coup in Iran, which took place two years after Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized [took out of private capitalist hands] Iran’s oil industry that had been controlled by the company now known as British Petroleum (BP).
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“If nationalization [socialism] in Iran of oil was successful, this would set a terrible example to other countries where U.S. oil interests were present,” explains Ervand Abrahamian, Iranian historian and author of Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup d’Etat and The Coup: 1953, The CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations.
While the CIA has historically taken credit for PM Mosaddegh’s internationally illegal overthrow, “the British have not admitted their leading role,” notes Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani, whose documentary film Coup 53 uncovers the influence of MI6 agents who sought to preserve their imperial-era access to Iranian oil and pulled in the Americans by promising a “slice” of the greedy pie.
Seventy years later, says Amirani, “We are still living with the ripples of this disastrous event.” Transcript: democracynow.org.
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Iran attacks Israel with ballistic missiles | Vantage with Palki Sharma
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Oct. 1, 2024: Iran, after being intolerably provoked, has finally retaliated as Israel and the US (CIA) planned. Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel, leaving Israel with all the time an justification to retaliate in an endless back and forth seen as justifiable in the public court of opinion even as Israel's actions are completely illegal in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which is helpless to do anything if no country will step up (against the economic and military powerhouses of the US and Israel) to enforce its rulings.
Iran has shot a barrage of missiles in the Israeli region, escalating the on-going conflict between the two regions in West Asia (the geopolitical Middle East). This comes after the United States funded, aided, and urged Israel to commit further war crimes it would diplomatically cover in the U.N. and ICJ.
(Firstpost)Israel strikes Lebanon: IDF kicks off ground operation, strikes Beirut: The Israeli military has initiated a "limited, localized, and targeted" ground operation against Lebanon claiming they are only killing Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, while continuing airstrikes on the capital of Beirut and shelling near the border. Israel has ordered evacuations from 30 villages in southern Lebanon, citing concerns over Hezbollah’s military presence. Israel’s military spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, vowed to prevent another attack like the one on October 7. Lebanon reports 1,000 deaths, 6,000 injuries, and one million displaced as the conflict escalates. Palki Sharma tells you more. #israelhezbollah #airstrikes #lebanon
The U.S. warned [that their conspiracy might work as planned] against a possible [retaliatory] attack by Iran on Israel.
"The United States has indications [through its immense spying apparatus in space and on warships stationed nearby] that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack," a White House official said in a statement.
The official further said the U.S. is ready to "defend" Israel [join the fray in an all-out attack on Iran] in a similar way as it did in April [and previously as it did to Iraq when the U.S. bombed former puppet Dictator Saddam Hussein's country back to the Stone Age] when Iran launched a wave of drones and missiles towards Israel.
The U.S. also warned that, "a direct [retaliatory] military attack by Iran against Israel will have severe consequences." Tensions between Israel and Iran have [been stoked and] increased in the recent weeks as Israel intensified its attacks against [Iran-linked political party] Hezbollah in Lebanon.
On September 30, Israel launched an illegal ground offensive against sovereign neighboring country Lebanon [which it previously occupied for 14 years before annexing territory for itself, claiming it will keep the Golan Heights to grow Israel's terror state] targeting Hezbollah.
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