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Tomconroy

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October 18, 2023

And if there was any doubt about Hamas hitting the hospital PARKING LOT.

Malcolm Nance has persuasive analysis of the audio released of two Palestinians talking about their rocket going astray:

https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1714578755203793125

ANALYSIS: I wore headphones for @NSAGov for nearly 2 decades. This @IDF Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) is a telephone voice intercept between two individuals. It is the exact conversation (called Hot Copy) any SIGINT team would have been furiously searching for b/c we know senior terrorists MUST be discussing it. But for Israel to release this raw SIGINT shows how serious the damage the explosion has done to its narrative of professionalism

Also before you ask Yes, the Arabic is Palestinian/Levantine dialect. Also Yes, the translation is word perfect. Could it be faked? Yes, but it’s easier for @IDF to release the actual real copy. It also burns the operatives who may be forced to do TV interviews to refute what they said. The Israelis know their names & can release other calls. This is SIGINT 101.

October 17, 2023

Illia Pomonarenko asks a question about the hospital bombing that I was wondering about myself.

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1714387521558208910

"Serious question: is it even possible to clear debris and establish the number of fatalities after such a short period of time following an attack?
500? 700? 900 dead? How do they know so early?

From our own experience in Ukraine as we had dozens killed in devastating Russian missile attacks on concert halls/shopping malls/apartment blocks, that should realistically take at least many hours."
October 12, 2023

The Prime Minister of Israel has released some of the photos some on DU are in denial about.

https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM/status/1712471782303867144
https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/1712474529048768864





You have to click on the link I guess because xitter is trying to hide them. And then click again on the blurred image. My advice though is: Don't do it. You won't be able to unsee the pictures.

This is my last post here on DU for awhile. The tankies make me ill.
October 11, 2023

Necessity, Proportionality and the Rules of War

An important xitter thread that explains the rules of war, and explains why there is a difference between beheading a child and bombing a building where a child may die.

You may not agree but this is how western armies are supposed to operate:

https://twitter.com/JayNDonde/status/1711792581821301249



Maybe someone with more skills than I, can unroll and repost the thread for those who understandably hate xitter. The thread is long.

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Name: Tom Conroy
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