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Israel looks to disengage from the south of Lebanon after a month of direct battles with Hezbollah.
The US embassy has been working around the clock to ignite civil strife inside the country.
The US embassy in Lebanon has blocked the establishment of a humanitarian air bridge between Baghdad and Beirut, insisting instead that any humanitarian aid for those displaced by the Israeli war be delivered via Jordan “for inspection first,” according to a report by Lebanese daily Al Akhbar.
Washington reportedly also threatened Lebanon’s national airliner, Middle East Airlines (MEA), with sanctions if its planes were used to transport those wounded by Israel’s terror attack that caused communication devices to explode across the country.
Furthermore, the US embassy in Lebanon receives a “daily manifesto” of all passengers traveling through Beirut airport from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Since the expansion of the US-Israeli war against Lebanon at the start of October, Iraq became one of the top providers of humanitarian aid via land to Lebanon. Nevertheless, Israel’s destruction of the main road connecting Lebanon to Syria has hampered those efforts.
As Washington continues to meddle in Beirut’s internal politics, Al Akhbar reports that the US embassy is behind “mysterious” road works in the Dbayeh area north of Beirut.
“[Bulldozers] began at the beginning of the aggression to open a passage between the sea road adjacent to the [Lebanese Armed Forces’] Al-Fuhoud barracks in Dbayeh and the sea … After some residents became suspicious of these works and asked the army about their nature, the military institution denied any knowledge of the matter,” the report states.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport has also denied any knowledge about the construction, which the report says is being undertaken at the request of the US embassy under the “implicit approval” of the Lebanese army’s command to allegedly “prepare for the evacuation” of US citizens.
The news comes on the heels of an Israeli commando operation that saw about two dozen soldiers make land in the northern Lebanese city of Batroun to kidnap a civilian sea captain who Beirut says was “receiving his education at a civilian institute.” Under cover of night and reportedly working alongside the German navy, the Israeli forces took the man, identified as Imad Amhaz and escaped back to sea using speedboats.
Last month, local media reported that the US embassy in Lebanon has been in talks with their local allies to ignite an “internal uprising” that would help Israel achieve its war goals.
US bolsters Israel defense, deploys B52 bombers, warships to West Asia
The Pentagon is sending additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to West Asia to strengthen the US presence in the region, US officials announced on 1 November.
The AP reported that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered several B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft, tanker aircraft, and Navy destroyers to deploy to West Asia, citing four US and defense officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The officials stated that an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, and its warships are preparing to leave the region. The additional bombers and warships are allegedly being sent to fill the gap until a replacement aircraft carrier arrives.
The announcement comes as tensions remain high between Iran and Israel. The Israeli Air Force attacked anti-aircraft batteries and radar sites across Iran on 26 October.
The US has vowed to defend Israel, which is now awaiting Iran’s retaliation.
On Saturday, the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, threatened Israel and the US with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies in the Axis of Resistance.
The AP notes that long-range nuclear-capable B-52 bombers have been repeatedly deployed to West Asia to threaten Iran and that the “addition of bomber aircraft beefs up US combat strength.”
The AP adds that the warships now being sent “are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles,” which are a key weapon in Iran’s arsenal.
Earlier this month, B-2 stealth bombers were used to strike underground military facilities in Yemen.
The Yemeni armed forces regularly attack Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
“This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified,” Defense Secretary Austin stated after the strikes.
Any US and Israel war on Iran would require hitting Iranian ballistic missile sites buried deep underground.