Middle East
Good Luck With That, Pakistan
Pakistan threatens to ‘obliterate’ Taliban after peace talks fall apart Pakistan’s defense minister says the country doesn’t need its full arsenal to push Taliban ‘back to the caves for hiding’ By Landon Mion Pakistan’s defense minister on Wednesday threatened to “obliterate” the Taliban, which controls neighboring Afghanistan, after negotiations toward lasting peace between the two […]
It SEEMED Like a Good Idea
Gonna lead off the week with a couple of unsurprising items. Doctors without Borders. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) officially – well known for going into areas sometimes that even troops don’t want to visit. Sometimes called out for helping folks we don’t necessarily want to help, but they have in many cases been a cause […]
Gaza Peace?
Over? Israel and Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of peace plan, Trump says By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press and Samy Magdy, The Associated Press Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday […]
Peas In Our Thyme
Trump: ‘Peace in the Middle East’ Is ‘Very Close’ Nick Gilbertson President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is “very close” to reaching “peace in the Middle East” after Hamas agreed to peace talks. Trump released a video on Truth Social, thanking key Middle East countries that helped foster the potential for serious peace […]
Hezbollah and AP
I had a couple of column topics ready to go – some interesting missile stuff – and then I ran across this AP article in several news feeds. The Associated Press released an article – an extremely sympathetic article, including a lead picture of a scarred up little boy – about the horrors and recovery […]
Uranium Enrichment a “Right of the Iranian People”
Mad Mullahs Win Coin Toss, Opt to Receive Iran Insists on No Compromise, Won’t Shutter Nuclear Sites After U.S. Talks Frances Martel Four rounds of talks with a team of American diplomats have done nothing to soften Iran’s position on ending its illicit nuclear weapons development, Iranian officials insisted on Thursday. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, […]
Spirits on the Footprint of Freedom
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed To Diego Garcia Have Been Striking Targets In Yemen At least six of America’s prized B-2 bombers are deployed to the island outpost and are now participating in combat operations against the Houthis in Yemen. Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway The U.S. Air Force has used B-2A Spirit […]
Hostage Hell
Interesting article about a recently freed Israeli hostage, Tal Shoham. Captured in the initial Hamas attacks, he was held until last month in Hamas tunnels. Shoham said he and three others were kept in a 120-square-foot tunnel shaft for more than 200 days, nearly half of the total 505 days he was held captive […]
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