Iran rocket attack on Iraqi military base injured 11 US service members, official reveals

Eleven U.S. service members were flown out of Al Assad Air Base in Iraq and treated for concussion symptoms after Iran‘s rocket attack targeting two Iraqi military bases earlier this month, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command revealed Thursday night. President Trump and U.S. … Read More

Israel intelligence helped US kill Soleimani

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People gather to protest the US airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani on 6 January 2020 [Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency] American reports have revealed that intelligence from Israel helped confirm information that led to the killing of the Iranian General … Read More

Germany’s Merkel Heads to Moscow Amid Heightened Global Tensions

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reads documents after she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 8, 2020. LONDON – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to travel to Moscow Saturday … Read More

Putin Gets ‘Nothing But Praise’ From Merkel at Kremlin Talks, German Media Claims

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Sputnik/Sergey Guneev Merkel reportedly used “much cooler” words when speaking about the US, as compared to those she reserved for Putin, and she also spoke about the prospects for closer cooperation between Brussels, Berlin, and Moscow. German Chancellor Angela Merkel … Read More

Air Force Sends B-52 Bombers to Diego Garcia Amid Middle East Buildup: Report

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A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for a routine training mission in the vicinity of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, on Sept. 23, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 10 January 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, The media goes out of its way to keep us on edge most of the time, but this week has been unusual.  Last week President Trump made the decision to take out the murderous Iranian general, Suliemani … Read More

Iran commander warns of ‘harsher revenge’, Iraq’s PMF vows retaliation against US

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Iranians take part in an anti-US rally to protest the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani by a US airstrike in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, at Palestine Square in the capital Tehran, Iran on 4 January … Read More

Iran-backed militia warns ‘powerful’ response yet to come

An official in an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq claimed that the militias still haven’t carried out their response to the US assassination of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and that the coming response will be “very powerful,” according … Read More

Iran: Total ‘Annihilation of Israel’ Will Be Price for Soleimani Killing

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Iranian mourners at the burial of general Qassem Soleimani in his hometown Kerman / Getty Images Iranian leaders are issuing renewed calls for the destruction of Israel, saying the “annihilation” of the Jewish state is the only fair price for … Read More