Iran
Iranians seize US bound tanker, release footage of the attack
Somewhat old news: last Thursday Iranian forces seized a tanker bound for the US using a helicopter-borne ‘commando assault’. The capture on Thursday of the Turkish-managed, Chinese-owned Advantage Sweet represents the latest seizure by Iran amid tensions with the U.S. over advancing nuclear program. While Tehran says the tanker was seized over it running into […]
Iran demands that the U.S. leave the Middle East
Iran recently held it’s Army Day activities which included a military parade showing off what military toys that the Iranian military has. As aircraft flew overhead, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, provided the usual anti-Israel, anti-West rants. Raisi warned the U.S. that if it did not leave the Middle East, that it would share Isarel’s fate. […]
And we are somehow the bad guys….
I know, this isn’t news. But China, Iran and North Korea are all getting stroppy – and from their public statements, we are the bad guys. Starting with China. Chinese Army naval and air forces are simulating sealing off Taiwan after one of their politicians had the temerity to visit the US.: Between 6 a.m. […]
Iranian backed forces fire rockets at US base in Syria
The United States had launched retaliatory strikes against Iranian backed forces for killing a US contractor and wounding other Americans. American military service members were among those wounded. Eight of the Iranian backed fighters have reportedly been killed by two of the strikes. Iranian backed forces retaliated by firing rockets at a US base in […]
Encouraging news from Islam
Never thought I would see the day…an Islamic legislative group declared a ‘fatwa’ against Hamas for their treatment of Palestinians. The unprecedented declaration, published by the Islamic Fatwa Council, a non-government body of Shiite, Sunni and Sufi clerics headquartered in the Iraqi spiritual capital of Najaf, states that Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood […]
Friday quickies – Iran, author update, tankers lose naming rights
Our favorite folks in the Mideast, those crazy mullahs of mayhem, have announced the discovery of one of the world’s largest deposits of lithium. Think lithium-ion batteries – with all the push toward electrification, you can safely describe it as a strategic asset and Iran claims to have found about 8.5 million tons’ worth. If […]
Iran’s activities in the Persian Gulf area has everyone’s attention
It’s not just what they’re doing with a nuclear program, it’s the other things that they are also doing. Iran is conducting nonproductive activities in relationship to other countries in the region, including the hostile use of drones. Last year, the Iranians tried to confiscate a Navy water drone, but the U.S. Navy “convinced” them […]
Ah, those trustworthy mullahs
Several sources are reporting that Iran, that paragon of upright honest dealing, has been detected with uranium enriched at 84%. Iran has been enriching uranium to up to 60% purity since April 2021. Three months ago, it started enriching to 60% at a second site, Fordow, which is dug into a mountain. Weapons grade […]
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