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Tensions ratchet up a tad
Sunday was hardly a day of rest in the Mideast… both Israel and Hezbollah rained heavy rocket fire on each other. Thankfully, since the exchange there seemingly has been no escalation. Israel and Hezbollah exchanged their heaviest fire in years yesterday as Israeli fighter jets struck thousands of missile launchers in southern Lebanon and […]
Pier One should be a retailer, not an Army boondoggle
Let’s look at the infamous Hamas pier one last time. The pier was announced by President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address in March. Deputy Commander of US Central Command, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, told reporters in July that the pier helped deliver 19.4 million pounds of aid to the desperate population in Gaza. […]
Tuesday follow-ups
As predicted, Ellsworth AFB is going to suffer in the aftermath of the damning report on the B-1 bomber crash we talked about last week. Col. Mark Kimball, the 28th Operations Group commander, was relieved of command Friday “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command, based on the findings […]
Israelis take out Shukur, Beirut Marine bomb leader
Twelve Israeli children were killed by an Iranian Falaq rocket only supplied to Hezbollah over the weekend near the Golan Heights. The strike left a crater about 2 yards wide, breaking through the carpet of artificial grass where the children were playing. Around it were scattered burned-out bicycles and scooters, some electric bikes with their […]
Israel Eyes Hezbollah Targets
Hezbollah-Israel conflict not inevitable, U.S. defense secretary says By Reuters MANILA/JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, July 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. defense secretary said on Tuesday he did not believe a fight was inevitable between Hezbollah and Israel though he remained concerned about the potential for escalation after a deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Tensions have […]
Hamas admits torture, threatens more
We’re all familiar with the attack Hamas didn’t make on Israel, in which they didn’t target civilians, didn’t rape women and didn’t kill infants and children. But all along, they have denied torturing captives, right? Well, that’s over now. Hamas is filming the torture of Israeli hostages in an attempt to force Israel to […]
Protesters lower American flags, raise Palestinian ones in their place
Protesters responded to Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit with protests that included lowering American flags and raising Palestinian flags in their place. They also burned U.S. flags and an effigy of Netanyahu. People cheered the lowering of the American flags in Washington’s Union Station, and then praised the hoisting of the Palestinian flags. You could hear some […]
Hamas Pier Final Follies?
US military’s Gaza aid pier will be permanently removed By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently, several U.S. officials said. It would […]
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