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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – August 30, 2024
Greetings from Tyler, Israel continues on its mission, clearing tunnels and finding hideouts. So many hostages have been declared dead that we’re wary about getting our hopes up. But some, against all hope, are still alive. One has just been liberated, and there are how many more? Over 100? And the Arabs have the audacity to be calling Israel’s response…
Report: Houthis Sever Undersea Communications Cables Linking Europe and Asia
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The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia – and has global ambitions
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – August 7, 2026
Greetings from Tyler, The Strait of Hormuz has always been strategic, but now more than ever. All that oil has to pass, though, and we’ve been talking about the passageway forever. Dad did programs where that was front and center. How’s the war going? There are many reports, and I’m sure every news organization wants…
Italian island Lampedusa declares emergency as 7,000 migrants arrive in 48 hours
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