Foreign Policy
State Contradicts White House- Denies Iraq Informed of Strikes
White House Spox John Kirby Minutes after Iraq’s military condemned them as a violation of that nation’s sovereignty, White House spokesman John Kirby stated the United States informed Iraq ahead of Friday’s strikes against three militant sites inside that country. “We did inform the Iraqi government prior to the strikes,” White House National Security Council […]
Navy Sinks Houthi Gunboats
US Navy sinks 3 Houthi boats attacking merchant ship in Red Sea, US says U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire and and sank three small boats carrying Houthi militants in the Red Sea on Sunday, after U.S. warships responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel, military officials said. A Maersk container ship, the Singapore-flagged […]
Extradited!
Fat Leonard ‘Fat Leonard,’ fugitive in Navy bribery case, facing extradition to US By Lolita C. Baldor and Julie Watson The extradition of convicted defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis to the United States as part of the Venezuelan prisoner swap on Wednesday is the latest twist in a decade-long salacious saga and bribery scheme […]
SECDEF Announces Operation Prosperity Guardian
“Cool name, Bro.” Pentagon announces international mission to counter attacks in Red Sea By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain — The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic […]
BREAKING NEWS!
White House Spox John Kirby White House: Iran Aiding Attacks on U.S. Bases in Iraq and Syria JOHN HAYWARD White House communications official John Kirby said on Monday that Iran is “actively facilitating” rocket and drone attacks by Shiite militias against bases housing American troops in Iraq and Syria. Kirby said the White House has […]
Israel Strikes Syria
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan State Media: Syria’s Two Main Airports Disabled by Simultaneous Israeli Missile Strikes Syria’s two main airports were taken out of service Thursday by simultaneous Israeli missile strikes, Syrian state media said, in the first such attack since Hamas terrorists launched their assault on Israel. AFP reports Israeli missile […]
Nigerian Soldiers Stage Coup, Need Account For Trapped Funds
Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV By Laurence Peter Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation’s borders. Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by troops from the presidential guard since early […]
Ukraine related updates – Egypt, Finland, Poland, France
The Washington Post and others are reporting that Egypt changed course on its armament sales. We knew they decided not to supply 40,000 122mm rockets to Russia per documents released by Airman (soon to be ‘inmate’, hopefully) Texeira. Egypt was planning to manufacture rockets for Russia but then suspended that effort and decided to supply […]
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