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India gives initial approval for purchase of French fighter jets and submarines
India on Thursday approved in principle the purchase of 26 French marine Rafale jets and three Scorpene-class submarines, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be guest of honour at the Bastille Day parade in Paris. New Delhi‘s Defence Acquisition Council approved proposals for the purchases, the defence ministry said in a statement, but…
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – September 23, 2022
Greetings from Tyler, The world watched this week as Queen Elizabeth was laid to rest. The dignity with which all this played out was impressive. When they showed the line to Westminster Abbey where people came to pay their final respects, I couldn’t help thinking what that line would be like in a heathen nation. …
US launches Syria strikes after contractor killed, 5 troops wounded
The U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-linked sites in eastern Syria Thursday after a suicide drone attack killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five troops and another contractor at a U.S. base there. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the airstrikes targeted “facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps” after intelligence officials…
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – December 9, 2022
Greetings from Tyler, The usual suspects are out in force. They’ve got to explain away, given how smart they are, the fact that they were trying to get a panic going in the 1970’s, and some of us are old enough to remember. Not only that, the material is available on the internet. It was…
Syria’s interim president signs deal with Kurdish-led SDF to merge forces
CAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) – The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria’s oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria’s new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday. Photos showed interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi shaking hands in Damascus…


