RSSIsrael

Israelis End Beirut Bomber

| September 20, 2024 | 44 Comments
Israelis End Beirut Bomber

Clueless White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby told media the U.S. was not notified ahead of time about Friday’s strike. Hezbollah commander involved in US embassy and Marine Corps bombings is killed in targeted Israeli strike By Mike Brest A senior Hezbollah commander, Ibrahim Aqil, has been killed in a targeted strike in […]

Continue Reading

Thursday quickies – schools, walkie-talkies

| September 19, 2024 | 39 Comments
Thursday quickies – schools, walkie-talkies

  The sheriff in Port Orange, FL took the unusual step of doing a public perp walk with someone who threatened to shoot up an middle school… who is 11 years old. “And starting Monday, your little cherub? We’re going to start publishing his face and doing perp walks with him when we take him […]

Continue Reading

Paging Hezbollah

| September 18, 2024 | 188 Comments
Paging Hezbollah

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands By BASSEM MROUE, ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB BEIRUT (AP) — Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old […]

Continue Reading

Tensions ratchet up a tad

| August 28, 2024 | 7 Comments
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 […]

Continue Reading

Pier One should be a retailer, not an Army boondoggle

| August 27, 2024 | 20 Comments
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. […]

Continue Reading

Tuesday follow-ups

| August 6, 2024 | 20 Comments
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 […]

Continue Reading

Israelis take out Shukur, Beirut Marine bomb leader

| July 31, 2024 | 34 Comments
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 […]

Continue Reading

Israel Eyes Hezbollah Targets

| July 30, 2024 | 29 Comments
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 […]

Continue Reading