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Two Clocks Over Taiwan

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Special Edition · Asia and the Pacific · Day 257 · Thursday 12 November 2026 Two Clocks Over Taiwan In one week the chief executive of the world's most valuable chipmaker admitted an affair with a woman American officials believe was a Chinese intelligence asset, his board moved towards removing him, and Elon Musk said hiring him would be an honour. On Thursday Xi Jinping spoke of peaceful reunification, while his coast guard kept patrolling the sea Taiwan would need in a blockade. This edition asks what the week says about the two questions under all of it: is Beijing readying to take Taiwan by force, and is the reason America would fight for it, the chips, wearing away? The answer the record supports is that the second clock is the one to watch, and Washington is winding it. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence · Sydney Previous editions: 6 Nov · 7 Nov · 8 Nov · 9 Nov · 10 Nov · 11 Nov · 12 Nov The week in five facts One...

The Caretaker Cabinet Readies For Iran

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #194 · Day 257 · Thursday 12 November 2026 The Caretaker Cabinet Readies For Iran Israel's security cabinet, chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the army to step up preparations for a possible attack on Iran, the public broadcaster Kan reported on Wednesday evening, after the man trying to replace him had asked him in writing, in a letter that did not name Iran, to avoid dangerous moves until a new government is sworn in. Can a government without a majority start a war? By law, yes, by a cabinet decision, though past operations short of war were decided by two ministers alone. Twice now, on Israeli television's account, the army's chief has pushed back. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 5 Nov · 6 Nov · 7 Nov · 8 Nov · 9 Nov · 10 Nov · 11 Nov The ledger Israel's security cabinet has ordered the army to prepare for a possible attack on Iran. The cabinet, c...

New York Charges The Alleged Fairford Organisers

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #193 · Day 256 · Wednesday 11 November 2026 New York Charges The Alleged Fairford Organisers The United States Justice Department on Tuesday charged three men it calls Iranian-backed operatives, accusing one of running September's plot at RAF Fairford from Iran through a hired British network, and another of trying to coordinate it with coded messages from a New York jail. Britain blamed Iran's Revolutionary Guards a month ago. What does a charge sheet add to that? Names, a chain of tasking and a timetable, all of them allegations until a court tests them. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 4 Nov · 5 Nov · 6 Nov · 7 Nov · 8 Nov · 9 Nov · 10 Nov The ledger Washington has charged three men over the Fairford plot. An eight-count superseding indictment unsealed on Tuesday names Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, and alleges they acted for Iran's Re...