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Mysterious Trail of Hezbollah’s Exploding Pagers
The supply chain for the sabotaged Hezbollah pagers spans multiple countries and involves several companies with unclear connections.
The trail leads from Taiwan through Eastern Europe, ultimately reaching Hezbollah in Lebanon.
1. Taiwan
Company: Gold Apollo
Role: Initially identified as the manufacturer of the pagers.
Key Points: Label on exploded pager indicated Gold Apollo as manufacturer.
Company denied making the pagers.
Claimed licensing was sold to BAC Consulting in Hungary.
2. Hungary
Company: BAC Consulting
Role: Alleged buyer of pager manufacturing license.
Key Points: Registered in 2022.
Listed activities include selling telecommunications devices.
Sales of about $600,000 last year.
Key Figure: Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono (CEO and sole employee). Her background includes claimed work for European Commission and internship at IAEA
Described as elusive by acquaintances.
Company website taken offline after the incident.
3. Bulgaria
Company: Norta Global Ltd.
Role: Allegedly sold pagers to Hezbollah.
Key Points: Registered in Sofia in April 2022 by a Norwegian citizen.
Transferred €1.6 million to BAC Consulting.
Listed activity: "Technological project management"
Revenue of around $750,000 from consulting activities.
4. Norway
Company: NortaLink (connection to Norta Global unclear).
Key Figure: Rinson JoseListed as head of Norta Global
Self-described as "entrepreneur" at Oslo-based NortaLink.
5. Lebanon
End Point: Hezbollah.
Outcome: Pagers exploded in Hezbollah-controlled areas.
Source: WSJ
📝🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 - On the Brink: Showdown in the Middle East
Amid an escalating American buildup, it’s clear Witkoff’s list of demands is more of a request for surrender. Accepting the abolition of its nuclear program and limitations on its ballistic missile force would leave Iran powerless to defend itself in any future conflict, which is the entire point of asking for these “concessions”. This demarche is a poison pill meant to justify further action when Iran rightly refuses it or, should they be foolish enough to actually accept it, will make the job of Israel and the U.S. easier when they inevitably tear up any agreement to conduct strikes anyway. The goal here for Tel Aviv and Washington isn’t peace and anybody who thinks they actually care about protesters needs to get their head checked; they want a final showdown with Iran to remove it as an obstacle to themselves in the Middle East.
For those that don’t remember, in the lead up to the 12 Day War last year...
The Democrats got new talking points, but the question is why this sudden shift in direction that betrays a part of their lunatic base. Something really shifty is going on over there.
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🇺🇸 White House: U.S. exits Hague tribunals and Venice Commission
The United States is withdrawing from two international criminal tribunals based in The Hague and from the Venice Commission, as part of a broader disengagement from 66 global organizations, according to a White House statement.
The U.S. will no longer participate in the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, which prosecutes remaining cases from the former Yugoslavia and the Rwandan genocide. The move reflects a wider recalibration of American foreign policy under President Donald Trump, aimed at distancing the U.S. from bodies seen as undermining national sovereignty or offering limited return on investment.
This withdrawal underscores Washington’s shift away from multilateral judicial structures and toward a more unilateral, interest-driven approach in international affairs.
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