Seaport is latest hit by Iran mystery fires
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Seven ships catch fire at Iran’s Bushehr port, agency says
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No casualties have been reported, the agency said. Plumes of dense black smoke billowed into the air, in a photograph of the incident published by the official IRNA news agency. State broadcaster IRIB showed fighters tackling clouds of smoke at … Read More
Iran’s bizarre, giant fake US aircraft carrier towed to Straits of Hormuz
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The fake carrier will be at sea as US Rear Admiral Jim Kirk’s USS Nimitz arrives at the 5th Fleet’s area of operations. Iran’s refurbished mockup aircraft carrier, used previously as a simulated U.S. target during a February 2015 Iranian … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 24 July 2020
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Greetings from Tyler, It may not be news on the mainstream outlets, but we’re in the middle of an insurrection to overthrow everything to do with the United States. Months after the fact, “protesters” are still battling police in the … Read More
Iran, Hezbollah are unable to fully respond to increase in Israeli attacks: Experts
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An Israeli artillery gun fires into Lebanon, 2016. (File photo: 2016) Iran and its proxies in Syria and Lebanon do not have the maneuverability to respond to increasing Israeli attacks against them and are unlikely to carry out a large-scale … Read More
Hezbollah playing with fire: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a statement at the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel with the Alternate PM and Defence Minister Benny Gantz July 27, 2020, following the high tensions with the Lebanese militant group of Hezbollah … Read More
Why the Lebanese Hezbollah is escalating against Israel
On Monday, Israeli forces fired on Lebanese Hezbollah fighters who had infiltrated Israel from Lebanon. The incident reflects Hezbollah’s increased interest in carrying out lethal attacks. Hezbollah media said it suffered no casualties and that the incident was one simply … Read More
Iran could flood the market with millions of barrels of oil if Joe Biden becomes president, one of Wall Street’s top analysts says
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The oil market is not considering the threat of a Joe Biden victory in the US election, a renowned oil analyst warned this week. RBC Capital Markets’ Helima Croft told Business Insider that a Biden victory could lead to the renegotiation … Read More
Yes, Israel’s Navy Is Nuclear-Armed
Israel isn’t fooling around with its defense. Key point: Israel does not officially confirm it has nuclear weapons. But it does and it has the submarines with which to launch them. Israel’s navy is the smallest branch of the Israel … Read More
Iran’s nuclear facilities are mysteriously under attack
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Black smoke rose as flames engulfed the Shahid Tondgooyan petrochemical plant in the Khuzestan province of Iran late Sunday afternoon. Hours earlier, more than 500 miles away, detonations rocked the basement of an old, nondescript home in a northern pocket of … Read More