The Daily Mail
"Israel 'strikes Iran' as explosions rock hostile state"
Story by Will Potter For Dailymail.Com
19 APRIL 2024
Israel has conducted airstrikes on a target in Iran, US officials say.
An official told ABC News that strikes hit a site in Iran, however it is unclear what target was hit or the extent of the damage.
Footage shared on social media appeared to show anti-aircraft fire striking over the city of Isfahan in central Iran, which hosts one of Iran's nuclear facilities.
It comes in response to Iran launching a barrage of hundreds of drones and rockets at Israel on Saturday, which was largely thwarted by Israel and its international allies.
The Biden administration had stressed the need for de-escalation from Israel following Saturday's strikes.
Further explosions have reportedly hit Iraq and Syria.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio tweeted soon after reports of the strikes: 'Israel has the ability to conduct strikes against targets inside Iran without entering Iranian air space from aircraft over Syrian and Iraqi airspace.'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/is ... 620a&ei=31
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The New York Post
"The week in whoppers: WH’s John Kirby flips reality on Iran, AG Merrick Garland goes blind to Biden’s ‘impairment’ and more"
Opinion by Post Editorial Board
19 APRIL 2024
Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions
This claim:
“When Biden says, ‘don’t escalate’ . . . [Iran] didn’t.”
— WH National Security spokesman John Kirby, Monday
We say: What cojones!
Kirby claims Iran heeded Biden’s warning to its leaders not to “escalate” and attack Israel after it killed Oct. 7 planner Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
Yet in his very next sentence, Kirby himself admits, “Yes, they fired an unprecedented amount of munitions” at the Jewish state.
How is that heeding Biden’s warning?
Kirby notes the attack failed and “very little infrastructure” was damaged.
Sorry: That doesn’t mean Tehran didn’t try to inflict damage in an outrageous and dangerous escalation.
And in clear defiance of Biden.
This remark:
“The president has no [mental] impairment.”
— Attorney General Merrick Garland, Tuesday
We say: We get it.
Garland has to stand up for the guy who gave him his job, Joe Biden.
But does he really think people can’t see for themselves the prez’s obvious decline?
They see it every time he slurs words, mangles sentences, rambles on, misstates names, dates and facts, fails to recall key events and roams around looking lost.
Special counsel Robert Hur even cited the prez’s confusion as the key reason prosecuting him for his classified-docs misdeeds would likely fail.
This self-appraisal:
“I’m more about deterring a crime than reacting to crime after it’s been committed.”
— Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Tuesday
We say: Heastie admits he isn’t hot on imposing penalties on criminals after they commit a crime.
Hello?
How do you deter crime if not by making clear that perps will face penalties if they commit one?
With such perverse thinking from one of the state’s three top leaders, it’s no wonder New York is in such awful shape.
This boast:
“Gas prices remain well below the peak back in 2022 . . . The average gas price is cheaper than this time last year.”
— WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Monday
We say: As a reporter noted after Jean-Pierre’s grotesque, uh, gaslighting, fuel at the pump is cheaper today (at $3.62 a gallon) than at “this time last year” ($3.65) — but by just three cents!
And, yes, prices have fallen since Bidenflation and Biden energy policies drove them as high as $5.01 in 2022.
But they’re still 52% more than when President Donald Trump left office ($2.39).
Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/ ... 620a&ei=42
"The week in whoppers: WH’s John Kirby flips reality on Iran, AG Merrick Garland goes blind to Biden’s ‘impairment’ and more"
Opinion by Post Editorial Board
19 APRIL 2024
Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions
This claim:
“When Biden says, ‘don’t escalate’ . . . [Iran] didn’t.”
— WH National Security spokesman John Kirby, Monday
We say: What cojones!
Kirby claims Iran heeded Biden’s warning to its leaders not to “escalate” and attack Israel after it killed Oct. 7 planner Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
Yet in his very next sentence, Kirby himself admits, “Yes, they fired an unprecedented amount of munitions” at the Jewish state.
How is that heeding Biden’s warning?
Kirby notes the attack failed and “very little infrastructure” was damaged.
Sorry: That doesn’t mean Tehran didn’t try to inflict damage in an outrageous and dangerous escalation.
And in clear defiance of Biden.
This remark:
“The president has no [mental] impairment.”
— Attorney General Merrick Garland, Tuesday
We say: We get it.
Garland has to stand up for the guy who gave him his job, Joe Biden.
But does he really think people can’t see for themselves the prez’s obvious decline?
They see it every time he slurs words, mangles sentences, rambles on, misstates names, dates and facts, fails to recall key events and roams around looking lost.
Special counsel Robert Hur even cited the prez’s confusion as the key reason prosecuting him for his classified-docs misdeeds would likely fail.
This self-appraisal:
“I’m more about deterring a crime than reacting to crime after it’s been committed.”
— Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Tuesday
We say: Heastie admits he isn’t hot on imposing penalties on criminals after they commit a crime.
Hello?
How do you deter crime if not by making clear that perps will face penalties if they commit one?
With such perverse thinking from one of the state’s three top leaders, it’s no wonder New York is in such awful shape.
This boast:
“Gas prices remain well below the peak back in 2022 . . . The average gas price is cheaper than this time last year.”
— WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Monday
We say: As a reporter noted after Jean-Pierre’s grotesque, uh, gaslighting, fuel at the pump is cheaper today (at $3.62 a gallon) than at “this time last year” ($3.65) — but by just three cents!
And, yes, prices have fallen since Bidenflation and Biden energy policies drove them as high as $5.01 in 2022.
But they’re still 52% more than when President Donald Trump left office ($2.39).
Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/ ... 620a&ei=42
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REUTERS
"Micron set to get $6.1 bln in chip grants from US"
By Reuters
April 18, 2024
April 18 (Reuters) - Memory chip maker Micron Technology is set to receive $6.1 billion in grants from the U.S. Commerce Department to help pay for domestic chip factory projects, Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday.
The award, which is not yet finalized, will fund chipmaking facilities in New York and Idaho from the CHIPS & Science law, the New York senator said in a statement.
“This monumental and historic federal investment will power and propel Micron to bring its transformative $100+ billion four-fab project in central New York to life, creating an estimated 50,000 jobs,” he said.
Micron plans to build a complex of chip plants in New York over the next 20 years, the senator added.
The news caps off a string of Chips Act grants announced by the Biden administration in recent weeks as the United States seeks to reduce reliance on China and Taiwan and supercharge its own lagging chip production.
The U.S. share of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity has fallen from 37% in 1990 to 12% in 2020, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Lawmakers have warned that U.S. dependence on chips manufactured in Taiwan by the world's top contract chip manufacturer, is risky because China claims the self-governed island as its territory and has reserved the right to use force to retake it.
Intel won $8.5 billion in grants last month while Taiwan's TSMC clinched $6.6 billion in April to build out its American production.
Samsung followed this week with a $6.4 billion award to boost production in Texas.
The historic Chips Act allocates $52.6 billion to support the sector.
The Commerce Department is dedicating $28 billion for government subsidies for advanced chips manufacturing - although it has more than $70 billion in requests - and also has $75 billion in lending authority.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement that the largest private investment in American history is on its way to Central New York.
Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh, additional reporting by Angela Christy; Editing by Shailesh Kuber and Subhranshu Sahu and Chizu Nomiyama
https://www.reuters.com/technology/micr ... 024-04-17/
"Micron set to get $6.1 bln in chip grants from US"
By Reuters
April 18, 2024
April 18 (Reuters) - Memory chip maker Micron Technology is set to receive $6.1 billion in grants from the U.S. Commerce Department to help pay for domestic chip factory projects, Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday.
The award, which is not yet finalized, will fund chipmaking facilities in New York and Idaho from the CHIPS & Science law, the New York senator said in a statement.
“This monumental and historic federal investment will power and propel Micron to bring its transformative $100+ billion four-fab project in central New York to life, creating an estimated 50,000 jobs,” he said.
Micron plans to build a complex of chip plants in New York over the next 20 years, the senator added.
The news caps off a string of Chips Act grants announced by the Biden administration in recent weeks as the United States seeks to reduce reliance on China and Taiwan and supercharge its own lagging chip production.
The U.S. share of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity has fallen from 37% in 1990 to 12% in 2020, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Lawmakers have warned that U.S. dependence on chips manufactured in Taiwan by the world's top contract chip manufacturer, is risky because China claims the self-governed island as its territory and has reserved the right to use force to retake it.
Intel won $8.5 billion in grants last month while Taiwan's TSMC clinched $6.6 billion in April to build out its American production.
Samsung followed this week with a $6.4 billion award to boost production in Texas.
The historic Chips Act allocates $52.6 billion to support the sector.
The Commerce Department is dedicating $28 billion for government subsidies for advanced chips manufacturing - although it has more than $70 billion in requests - and also has $75 billion in lending authority.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement that the largest private investment in American history is on its way to Central New York.
Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh, additional reporting by Angela Christy; Editing by Shailesh Kuber and Subhranshu Sahu and Chizu Nomiyama
https://www.reuters.com/technology/micr ... 024-04-17/
Re: AMERICA'S FIGHTING BULLDOG JOE BIDEN
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR APRIL 19, 2024 AT 8:18 PM
Paul Plante says:
And hey, hey hey, people, JOBS JOBS JOBS!
Millions and gazillions of them, all high-paying union manufacturing jobs thanks to BUILD BACK BETTER BIDE-O-NOMICS, Joe Biden’s ultra-new, ultra-chic economic plan that is building a new American economy to replace the other American economy with this one being built from the bottom up and the middle out, so that everybody who isn’t yet in the middle class, the class everybody knows really built America, and the class to be in, can get into the middle class and be just like everybody else in the middle class with the Escalade in the driveway for her, the Corvette and super-loaded fwd pick-up for he, and the McMansion on its own eighth-acre, all thanks to Joe Biden and BIDE-O-NOMICS!
Joe Biden is good!
Joe Biden is great!
Joe Biden is going to give us all chocolate cake!
But if that is the case, where are all these JOBS, JOBS, JOBS?
Consider a Reuters article titled “Smaller US manufacturers warm to Biden’s big industrial plan, survey shows” by Timothy Aeppel on April 16, 2024, where we had as follows:
April 16 (Reuters) – America’s small and mid-sized manufacturers may be warming up to the Biden administration’s push for an aggressive industrial policy.
Biden’s industrial policy, headlined by legislation passed in 2022 that sparked a surge of factory construction, is aimed at boosting semiconductors, electric vehicles and green technologies, as well as other sectors.
The efforts so far have not produced many manufacturing jobs.
end quotes
I love that last sentence because it tells the ******* truth about BIDE-O-NOMICS, as opposed to the BULL**** Joe Biden and his crowd keep spewing, which thought takes us back to that story, to wit:
And so, as the presidential campaign shifts into higher gear ahead of November’s election, Biden is touring factories to tout his accomplishments, especially to voters in battleground states.
end quote
And here I am, helping Joe “tout” his accomplishments by pointing out he doesn’t have any to tout which takes us back to that story about BIDEN TRICKLE-DOWN BIDE-O-NOMICS, to wit:
“This is the first time in a long time that we’ve had a deliberate industrial strategy being pushed by the executive branch – that’s unique,” said Randy Altschuler, chief executive of Xometry.
Altschuler said federal investments have yet to filter down to smaller producers, with many of the most high-profile projects favoring giants like Intel and Samsung, which are both planning new semiconductor plants.
“You’re going to see a bigger benefit (for smaller companies) further down the road,” said Altschuler, as those projects create demand for the underlying pipeline of goods and services needed to complete and supply those factories.
end quotes
Yes, people, Joe Biden is using taxpayer dollars to reward the richest corporations in the world and the richest people in the US in his own version of TOP-DOWN, TRICKLE-DOWN economics, which takes us back for more on Joe Biden’s CENTRALLY-PLANNED ECONOMY where it is Joe Biden who gets to pick who the winners and losers are going to be, to wit:
Altschuler, who ran for Congress in New York in 2010 and lost and remains a registered Republican, said the political divide over industrial policy – which was once opposed by many Republicans as picking winners and losers – has narrowed sharply in recent years.
end quotes
Which brings us to another Reuters article titled “Philly Fed manufacturing gauge charges to 2-year high” on April 18, 2024, where we have more reality about JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, to wit:
Factory employment, meanwhile, continued to fall, dropping to its lowest level overall since May 2020, in keeping with other gauges showing sluggish employment in the sector.
Manufacturing job growth has been next to non-existent over the past year, with the Labor Department’s measure of new factory jobs averaging just 2,000 a month in that span, among the weakest-performing industries in the private sector.
end quotes
That’s what Joe’s government is saying, while this is what Joe himself was spinning in Joe’s so-called State of the Union Address on 7 March 2024, to wit:
Folks, I inherited an economy that was on the brink.
Now, our economy is literally the envy of the world.
Fifteen million new jobs in just three years.
A record.
A record.
end quotes
Yeah, right, Joe, so other than on paper, where are they actually?
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/paul-p ... ent-919498
Paul Plante says:
And hey, hey hey, people, JOBS JOBS JOBS!
Millions and gazillions of them, all high-paying union manufacturing jobs thanks to BUILD BACK BETTER BIDE-O-NOMICS, Joe Biden’s ultra-new, ultra-chic economic plan that is building a new American economy to replace the other American economy with this one being built from the bottom up and the middle out, so that everybody who isn’t yet in the middle class, the class everybody knows really built America, and the class to be in, can get into the middle class and be just like everybody else in the middle class with the Escalade in the driveway for her, the Corvette and super-loaded fwd pick-up for he, and the McMansion on its own eighth-acre, all thanks to Joe Biden and BIDE-O-NOMICS!
Joe Biden is good!
Joe Biden is great!
Joe Biden is going to give us all chocolate cake!
But if that is the case, where are all these JOBS, JOBS, JOBS?
Consider a Reuters article titled “Smaller US manufacturers warm to Biden’s big industrial plan, survey shows” by Timothy Aeppel on April 16, 2024, where we had as follows:
April 16 (Reuters) – America’s small and mid-sized manufacturers may be warming up to the Biden administration’s push for an aggressive industrial policy.
Biden’s industrial policy, headlined by legislation passed in 2022 that sparked a surge of factory construction, is aimed at boosting semiconductors, electric vehicles and green technologies, as well as other sectors.
The efforts so far have not produced many manufacturing jobs.
end quotes
I love that last sentence because it tells the ******* truth about BIDE-O-NOMICS, as opposed to the BULL**** Joe Biden and his crowd keep spewing, which thought takes us back to that story, to wit:
And so, as the presidential campaign shifts into higher gear ahead of November’s election, Biden is touring factories to tout his accomplishments, especially to voters in battleground states.
end quote
And here I am, helping Joe “tout” his accomplishments by pointing out he doesn’t have any to tout which takes us back to that story about BIDEN TRICKLE-DOWN BIDE-O-NOMICS, to wit:
“This is the first time in a long time that we’ve had a deliberate industrial strategy being pushed by the executive branch – that’s unique,” said Randy Altschuler, chief executive of Xometry.
Altschuler said federal investments have yet to filter down to smaller producers, with many of the most high-profile projects favoring giants like Intel and Samsung, which are both planning new semiconductor plants.
“You’re going to see a bigger benefit (for smaller companies) further down the road,” said Altschuler, as those projects create demand for the underlying pipeline of goods and services needed to complete and supply those factories.
end quotes
Yes, people, Joe Biden is using taxpayer dollars to reward the richest corporations in the world and the richest people in the US in his own version of TOP-DOWN, TRICKLE-DOWN economics, which takes us back for more on Joe Biden’s CENTRALLY-PLANNED ECONOMY where it is Joe Biden who gets to pick who the winners and losers are going to be, to wit:
Altschuler, who ran for Congress in New York in 2010 and lost and remains a registered Republican, said the political divide over industrial policy – which was once opposed by many Republicans as picking winners and losers – has narrowed sharply in recent years.
end quotes
Which brings us to another Reuters article titled “Philly Fed manufacturing gauge charges to 2-year high” on April 18, 2024, where we have more reality about JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, to wit:
Factory employment, meanwhile, continued to fall, dropping to its lowest level overall since May 2020, in keeping with other gauges showing sluggish employment in the sector.
Manufacturing job growth has been next to non-existent over the past year, with the Labor Department’s measure of new factory jobs averaging just 2,000 a month in that span, among the weakest-performing industries in the private sector.
end quotes
That’s what Joe’s government is saying, while this is what Joe himself was spinning in Joe’s so-called State of the Union Address on 7 March 2024, to wit:
Folks, I inherited an economy that was on the brink.
Now, our economy is literally the envy of the world.
Fifteen million new jobs in just three years.
A record.
A record.
end quotes
Yeah, right, Joe, so other than on paper, where are they actually?
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FOX News
"Biden takes heat over gaffe urging Americans to 'choose freedom over democracy:' 'Get this man out of office!'"
Story by Gabriel Hays
20 APRIL 2024
Critics of President Biden slammed him on social media for making a puzzling statement encouraging voters to "choose freedom over democracy" by re-electing him to the presidency.
Conservatives expressed confusion over Biden’s message, and others insisted it was yet another gaffe showing his cognitive decline.
Biden made the claim while accepting the formal presidential endorsement of the Kennedy family in Pennsylvania on Thursday.
During the political rally, half a dozen Kennedy family members appeared alongside President Biden to publicly back him over Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is running as an independent candidate for president in 2024.
Kennedy Jr.’s own sister Kerry Kennedy spoke at the event, stating, "President Biden has been a champion for all the rights and freedoms that my father and uncles stood for."
After being introduced by the Kennedys, Biden addressed the crowd.
Towards the end of his speech, he asked "Are you ready to choose unity over division?"
"Dignity over demolition?"
"Truth over lies?"
"Are you ready to choose freedom over democracy?"
"Because that's America."
The last stanza turned heads with its seemingly contradictory message.
Author and Canary CEO Dan K. Eberhart commented, "He's fine."
"Everything's fine."
"Biden is definitely not in severe mental decline."
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
Commentator Ian Miles Cheong appeared confused by Biden’s statement, posting, "What did he mean by this?"
Conservative journalist Nick Sortor also asked, "What the hell is this guy saying?"
Journalist Marlo Nawfal posted, "Dems really need to upgrade his [operating system] or something..."
Conservative political influencer "Bad Hombre" remarked, "Biden says he wants you to ‘choose freedom OVER democracy.’"
"Joe’s DOJ, state prosecutors, and Secretaries of State have been working tirelessly to get rid of democracy."
"Just another Freudian slip."
The account for outlet "The Conservative Brief" posted about the gaffe, stating, "When people were concerned about Ronald Reagan having cognitive decline near the end of his second term, it was nothing like this."
"When Dan Quayle couldn't spell 'potato' correctly, people lost their minds."
"But it was nothing like this."
"When George W. Bush was in the Oval Office, and people said Dick Cheney was running the country because he couldn't, it was nothing like this.
"Look in the mirror and ask yourself, truthfully, if this is the man you want in charge of our security, our economy, and our country for another four years?" the post added.
Conservative podcast host Rob Coates urged voters, "Dear lord, get this man out of office!"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... e47a&ei=20
"Biden takes heat over gaffe urging Americans to 'choose freedom over democracy:' 'Get this man out of office!'"
Story by Gabriel Hays
20 APRIL 2024
Critics of President Biden slammed him on social media for making a puzzling statement encouraging voters to "choose freedom over democracy" by re-electing him to the presidency.
Conservatives expressed confusion over Biden’s message, and others insisted it was yet another gaffe showing his cognitive decline.
Biden made the claim while accepting the formal presidential endorsement of the Kennedy family in Pennsylvania on Thursday.
During the political rally, half a dozen Kennedy family members appeared alongside President Biden to publicly back him over Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is running as an independent candidate for president in 2024.
Kennedy Jr.’s own sister Kerry Kennedy spoke at the event, stating, "President Biden has been a champion for all the rights and freedoms that my father and uncles stood for."
After being introduced by the Kennedys, Biden addressed the crowd.
Towards the end of his speech, he asked "Are you ready to choose unity over division?"
"Dignity over demolition?"
"Truth over lies?"
"Are you ready to choose freedom over democracy?"
"Because that's America."
The last stanza turned heads with its seemingly contradictory message.
Author and Canary CEO Dan K. Eberhart commented, "He's fine."
"Everything's fine."
"Biden is definitely not in severe mental decline."
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
Commentator Ian Miles Cheong appeared confused by Biden’s statement, posting, "What did he mean by this?"
Conservative journalist Nick Sortor also asked, "What the hell is this guy saying?"
Journalist Marlo Nawfal posted, "Dems really need to upgrade his [operating system] or something..."
Conservative political influencer "Bad Hombre" remarked, "Biden says he wants you to ‘choose freedom OVER democracy.’"
"Joe’s DOJ, state prosecutors, and Secretaries of State have been working tirelessly to get rid of democracy."
"Just another Freudian slip."
The account for outlet "The Conservative Brief" posted about the gaffe, stating, "When people were concerned about Ronald Reagan having cognitive decline near the end of his second term, it was nothing like this."
"When Dan Quayle couldn't spell 'potato' correctly, people lost their minds."
"But it was nothing like this."
"When George W. Bush was in the Oval Office, and people said Dick Cheney was running the country because he couldn't, it was nothing like this.
"Look in the mirror and ask yourself, truthfully, if this is the man you want in charge of our security, our economy, and our country for another four years?" the post added.
Conservative podcast host Rob Coates urged voters, "Dear lord, get this man out of office!"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... e47a&ei=20
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RED STATE
"It's 'Vietnam All Over Again' As Defense Department Prepares to Beef Up Number of US Advisers in Ukraine"
By streiff
April 20, 2024
The Department of Defense is considering upping the number of US military advisers stationed in Ukraine.
Politico said, "The advisers would not be in a combat role, but rather would advise and support the Ukrainian government and military."
“Throughout this conflict, the DOD has reviewed and adjusted our presence in-country, as security conditions have evolved."
"Currently, we are considering sending several additional advisers to augment the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) at the Embassy,” Ryder said in a statement to POLITICO, noting that “personnel are subject to the same travel restrictions as all embassy employees."
The ODC “performs a variety of advisory and support missions (non-combat), and while it is staffed exclusively by DOD personnel, it is embedded within the U.S. Embassy, under Chief of Mission authority like the rest of the Embassy,” Ryder added.
Ryder declined to discuss specific numbers of personnel “for operational security and force protection reasons.”
According to the most recent data (December 2023), 18 Army/Air Force personnel and one Department of Defense civilian are assigned to Ukraine.
Two anonymous US officials say that number could rise to 60.
The role of the current group of soldiers assigned to Ukraine is to provide security for the US embassy, as Defense data indicates there are no Marines in Ukraine, and oversee the accountability of weapons and equipment.
The new group will assist the Ukrainians with developing maintenance facilities for US-made weapons systems.
While necessary to comply with the level of accountability of weapons and ammunition demanded by Congress and the Department of Defense, the atmospherics are terrible.
One of the constant drumbeats one hears on social media is the inevitability of US "boots on the ground" (where else would boots be? Other than up your butt).
The unfortunate use of the word "advisers" will cause split aortas all over the rather large pro-Russia, pro-Putin segment of the online right.
The US has successfully deployed advisers into hot conflicts without mishaps or the US becoming embroiled in a war.
The last such instance was in El Salvador during Reagan's campaign to roll back communism.
The role of advisers in South Vietnam (Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand) did not lead to war but reflected a greater US role in a war inherited from the French.
The role of those advisers was combat-oriented; this is not the case in Ukraine.
One of the critical roles of US advisers in Southeast Asia was training indigenous armies.
This is done today by sending Ukrainian units out of Ukraine to the UK, Germany, or other locations for training.
Under a worst-case scenario, a Russian attack on US advisers only results in direct combat between US and Russian troops if the US president decides to pursue that course of action.
There is no legal requirement that the deaths of American servicemen be followed by a massive troop deployment.
In fact, the last forty or so years of US diplomatic history indicate that the quickest way to get America out of an area is by killing some Americans (see Beirut and Mogadishu).
Calling US troops in Ukraine "advisers" is the kind of footshot that we've grown accustomed to from the Biden Defense and State Departments.
Claiming that advisers inevitably mean direct conflict with Russian forces is the kind of hyperbolic conspiracism that parts of the right insist on trafficking in because they don't want to be taken seriously.
Streiff
Former infantry officer, CGSC grad and Army Operations Center alumnus. Also an amateur historian (Colonial America) and a dabbler in historical fiction.
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/04/20 ... b7cc655b1d
"It's 'Vietnam All Over Again' As Defense Department Prepares to Beef Up Number of US Advisers in Ukraine"
By streiff
April 20, 2024
The Department of Defense is considering upping the number of US military advisers stationed in Ukraine.
Politico said, "The advisers would not be in a combat role, but rather would advise and support the Ukrainian government and military."
“Throughout this conflict, the DOD has reviewed and adjusted our presence in-country, as security conditions have evolved."
"Currently, we are considering sending several additional advisers to augment the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) at the Embassy,” Ryder said in a statement to POLITICO, noting that “personnel are subject to the same travel restrictions as all embassy employees."
The ODC “performs a variety of advisory and support missions (non-combat), and while it is staffed exclusively by DOD personnel, it is embedded within the U.S. Embassy, under Chief of Mission authority like the rest of the Embassy,” Ryder added.
Ryder declined to discuss specific numbers of personnel “for operational security and force protection reasons.”
According to the most recent data (December 2023), 18 Army/Air Force personnel and one Department of Defense civilian are assigned to Ukraine.
Two anonymous US officials say that number could rise to 60.
The role of the current group of soldiers assigned to Ukraine is to provide security for the US embassy, as Defense data indicates there are no Marines in Ukraine, and oversee the accountability of weapons and equipment.
The new group will assist the Ukrainians with developing maintenance facilities for US-made weapons systems.
While necessary to comply with the level of accountability of weapons and ammunition demanded by Congress and the Department of Defense, the atmospherics are terrible.
One of the constant drumbeats one hears on social media is the inevitability of US "boots on the ground" (where else would boots be? Other than up your butt).
The unfortunate use of the word "advisers" will cause split aortas all over the rather large pro-Russia, pro-Putin segment of the online right.
The US has successfully deployed advisers into hot conflicts without mishaps or the US becoming embroiled in a war.
The last such instance was in El Salvador during Reagan's campaign to roll back communism.
The role of advisers in South Vietnam (Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand) did not lead to war but reflected a greater US role in a war inherited from the French.
The role of those advisers was combat-oriented; this is not the case in Ukraine.
One of the critical roles of US advisers in Southeast Asia was training indigenous armies.
This is done today by sending Ukrainian units out of Ukraine to the UK, Germany, or other locations for training.
Under a worst-case scenario, a Russian attack on US advisers only results in direct combat between US and Russian troops if the US president decides to pursue that course of action.
There is no legal requirement that the deaths of American servicemen be followed by a massive troop deployment.
In fact, the last forty or so years of US diplomatic history indicate that the quickest way to get America out of an area is by killing some Americans (see Beirut and Mogadishu).
Calling US troops in Ukraine "advisers" is the kind of footshot that we've grown accustomed to from the Biden Defense and State Departments.
Claiming that advisers inevitably mean direct conflict with Russian forces is the kind of hyperbolic conspiracism that parts of the right insist on trafficking in because they don't want to be taken seriously.
Streiff
Former infantry officer, CGSC grad and Army Operations Center alumnus. Also an amateur historian (Colonial America) and a dabbler in historical fiction.
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/04/20 ... b7cc655b1d
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THE GUARDIAN
"‘Lost for words’: Joe Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents - President’s suggestion that his ‘Uncle Bosie’ was eaten by cannibals harms US efforts to build Pacific ties, say local experts"
Rebecca Ratcliffe and Bethanie Harriman
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Joe Biden’s suggestion that his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea during world war two has been met with a mixture of bemusement and criticism in the country.
Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt Ambrose J Finnegan Jr, while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, describing how “Uncle Bosie” had flown single engine planes as reconnaissance flights during the war.
Biden said he “got shot down in New Guinea”, adding “they never found the body because there used to be a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea.”
Official war records say Finnegan was killed when a plane on which he was a passenger experienced engine failure and crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
The records do not mention cannibalism or state that the plane was shot down.
Analysts in Papua New Guinea who were shown his comments described the claims as unsubstantiated and poorly judged, pointing out that they come at a time when US has been seeking to strengthen its ties with the country, and counter Chinese influence in the Pacific region.
“The Melanesian group of people, who Papua New Guinea is part of, are a very proud people,” said Michael Kabuni, a lecturer in political science at the University of Papua New Guinea.
“And they would find this kind of categorisation very offensive."
"Not because someone says ‘oh there used to be cannibalism in PNG’ – yes, we know that, that’s a fact."
“But taking it out of context, and implying that your [uncle] jumps out of the plane and somehow we think it’s a good meal is unacceptable.”
Cannibalism was practised by some communities in the past in specific contexts, said Kabuni, such as eating a deceased relative out of respect, to prevent their body from decomposing.
“There was context."
"They wouldn’t just eat any white men that fell from the sky,” said Kabuni.
The practice was not due to people lacking food, he added, pointing out that archaeological evidence illustrates that agriculture was practised in Papua New Guinea more than 10,000 years ago.
About 79,000 US soldiers remain unaccounted following the second world war, Kabuni added.
“They’re spread from south-east Asia to the Korean peninsula and Europe."
"What is [Biden] implying?"
"All 79,000 that were never found were eaten?”
Others were simply bemused by the remarks.
“I am lost for words actually,” said Allan Bird, governor of the province of East Sepik, who was recently selected as the alternate prime minister for the opposition.
“I don’t feel offended."
"It’s hilarious really."
"I am sure when Biden was a child, those are the things he heard his parents say."
"And it probably stuck with him all his life.”
Maholopa Laveil, economics lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea, said the claims were unhelpful, and pointed out that it comes after Biden cancelled a brief trip to the country last year.
“It paints PNG in a bad light."
"PNG has already had a lot of negative press around riots and tribal fighting and this doesn’t help, and [the claims are] unsubstantiated,” he said.
“For a US president to say that – particularly after a lot of deals have been struck with PNG and the work they’ve been doing in the Pacific – even off the cuff, I don’t think that should have been said at all,” said Maholopa.
According to the Pentagon’s Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Biden’s uncle died on 14 May 1944, while a passenger on an A-20 havoc aircraft that departed Momote Airfield, Los Negros Island, bound for Nadzab airfield, New Guinea.
“For unknown reasons, this plane was forced to ditch in the ocean off the north coast of New Guinea,” the agency says.
“Both engines failed at low altitude, and the aircraft’s nose hit the water hard."
"Three men failed to emerge from the sinking wreck and were lost in the crash."
"One crew member survived and was rescued by a passing barge."
"An aerial search the next day found no trace of the missing aircraft or the lost crew members.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... new-guinea
"‘Lost for words’: Joe Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents - President’s suggestion that his ‘Uncle Bosie’ was eaten by cannibals harms US efforts to build Pacific ties, say local experts"
Rebecca Ratcliffe and Bethanie Harriman
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Joe Biden’s suggestion that his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea during world war two has been met with a mixture of bemusement and criticism in the country.
Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt Ambrose J Finnegan Jr, while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, describing how “Uncle Bosie” had flown single engine planes as reconnaissance flights during the war.
Biden said he “got shot down in New Guinea”, adding “they never found the body because there used to be a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea.”
Official war records say Finnegan was killed when a plane on which he was a passenger experienced engine failure and crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
The records do not mention cannibalism or state that the plane was shot down.
Analysts in Papua New Guinea who were shown his comments described the claims as unsubstantiated and poorly judged, pointing out that they come at a time when US has been seeking to strengthen its ties with the country, and counter Chinese influence in the Pacific region.
“The Melanesian group of people, who Papua New Guinea is part of, are a very proud people,” said Michael Kabuni, a lecturer in political science at the University of Papua New Guinea.
“And they would find this kind of categorisation very offensive."
"Not because someone says ‘oh there used to be cannibalism in PNG’ – yes, we know that, that’s a fact."
“But taking it out of context, and implying that your [uncle] jumps out of the plane and somehow we think it’s a good meal is unacceptable.”
Cannibalism was practised by some communities in the past in specific contexts, said Kabuni, such as eating a deceased relative out of respect, to prevent their body from decomposing.
“There was context."
"They wouldn’t just eat any white men that fell from the sky,” said Kabuni.
The practice was not due to people lacking food, he added, pointing out that archaeological evidence illustrates that agriculture was practised in Papua New Guinea more than 10,000 years ago.
About 79,000 US soldiers remain unaccounted following the second world war, Kabuni added.
“They’re spread from south-east Asia to the Korean peninsula and Europe."
"What is [Biden] implying?"
"All 79,000 that were never found were eaten?”
Others were simply bemused by the remarks.
“I am lost for words actually,” said Allan Bird, governor of the province of East Sepik, who was recently selected as the alternate prime minister for the opposition.
“I don’t feel offended."
"It’s hilarious really."
"I am sure when Biden was a child, those are the things he heard his parents say."
"And it probably stuck with him all his life.”
Maholopa Laveil, economics lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea, said the claims were unhelpful, and pointed out that it comes after Biden cancelled a brief trip to the country last year.
“It paints PNG in a bad light."
"PNG has already had a lot of negative press around riots and tribal fighting and this doesn’t help, and [the claims are] unsubstantiated,” he said.
“For a US president to say that – particularly after a lot of deals have been struck with PNG and the work they’ve been doing in the Pacific – even off the cuff, I don’t think that should have been said at all,” said Maholopa.
According to the Pentagon’s Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Biden’s uncle died on 14 May 1944, while a passenger on an A-20 havoc aircraft that departed Momote Airfield, Los Negros Island, bound for Nadzab airfield, New Guinea.
“For unknown reasons, this plane was forced to ditch in the ocean off the north coast of New Guinea,” the agency says.
“Both engines failed at low altitude, and the aircraft’s nose hit the water hard."
"Three men failed to emerge from the sinking wreck and were lost in the crash."
"One crew member survived and was rescued by a passing barge."
"An aerial search the next day found no trace of the missing aircraft or the lost crew members.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... new-guinea
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FOX News
"White House defends Biden's claim his uncle was eaten by cannibals: 'We should not make jokes' - White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre takes jab at Donald Trump while defending Biden's 'cannibalism' comment"
By Stepheny Price Fox News
Published April 19, 2024
During his visit to a war memorial near his hometown in Pennsylvania, President Biden appeared to imply his uncle was eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down during World War II.
"He flew single-engine planes, reconnaissance flights over New Guinea."
"He had volunteered because someone couldn't make it."
"He got shot down in an area where there were a lot of cannibals in New Guinea at the time," President Biden said.
"They never recovered his body."
On Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre acknowledged that President Biden’s maternal uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, who he refers to as "Uncle Bosie," did die in WWII when his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, but confirmed he was not eaten by cannibals, as Biden seemed to suggest on two separate occasions during his visit on Wednesday.
When asked about his comments on Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the President was having an "emotional moment" when he made his remarks.
"The president had an emotional and I think a symbolic moment."
"He had an opportunity as president to honor his uncle's service in uniform."
"He had an opportunity to be there as president, you know, to speak to people that put their lives on the line on behalf of this country," Jean-Pierre said.
She went on to explain what Biden's comment meant.
"So his uncle, who lost his life when the military aircraft he was on crashed in the Pacific after taking off near New Guinea."
"The president highlighted his uncle's story as he made the case for honoring our sacred commitment to equip those we send to war and take care of them and their families when they come home," Jean-Pierre said.
"And as he reiterated, the last thing American veterans are or the last thing Americans should be called are suckers and losers."
"And those types of words should not come from a commander in chief, as we have in the past."
Jean-Pierre's last statement was in reference to former President Trump, who President Biden claimed called soldiers "suckers and losers."
Trump was alleged to have made the comments as he was set to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery during a trip to France in Nov. 2018 while he was president.
The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, described multiple offensive comments allegedly made by Trump toward fallen and captured U.S. service-members, including allegedly calling the World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France as "losers" and "suckers" in 2018.
"This is more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to influence the 2020 Election!" Trump wrote in a post on Twitter about the comments made against him.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Fox & Friends" that he was with the president for a good part of the trip to France.
"I never heard him use the words that are described in that article," Pompeo said.
Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted that she was part of the discussion about visiting the cemetery.
"This never happened."
"I have sat in the room when our President called family members after their sons were killed in action and it was heart-wrenching."
"... I am disgusted by this false attack."
Fox News' Peter Doocy continued to question Jean-Pierre about President Biden's comments about his uncle, acknowledging that Second Lieutenant Ambrose Jay Finnegan was a war hero, but stating that the Pentagon said, for unknown reasons, the plane was forced to ditch in the ocean.
"Both engines failed at low altitude."
"Why is President Biden saying he was shot down?"
"There's no evidence of that."
"And why is he saying that his uncle was eaten by cannibals?"
"That is a bad way to go," Doocy questioned.
"He lost his life."
"It's not."
"Look, I'm not, we should not make jokes about this," Jean-Pierre said.
Doocy reiterated that it wasn't a joke, but said again, that is what Biden said.
"I mean, your last line is, it's for a laugh, it's for a funny statement."
"And he takes this very seriously."
"His uncle, who served and protected this country, lost his life serving."
"And that should matter."
"You have a president that lifts our U.S. troops, our American veterans every day."
"Who thinks about them?"
"Who actually thinks they're all heroes?"
"And they are," Jean-Pierre sparred back.
Doocy asked one more time why he used the term "cannibalism" as Jean-Pierre gave her last comment.
"I think you're missing the point."
"The point is you have a president that lifts up American veterans, who lifts up our U.S. service members."
"And that's what matters."
"He understands how critical and how important it is to be commander in chief," Jean-Pierre finished.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white- ... make-jokes
"White House defends Biden's claim his uncle was eaten by cannibals: 'We should not make jokes' - White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre takes jab at Donald Trump while defending Biden's 'cannibalism' comment"
By Stepheny Price Fox News
Published April 19, 2024
During his visit to a war memorial near his hometown in Pennsylvania, President Biden appeared to imply his uncle was eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down during World War II.
"He flew single-engine planes, reconnaissance flights over New Guinea."
"He had volunteered because someone couldn't make it."
"He got shot down in an area where there were a lot of cannibals in New Guinea at the time," President Biden said.
"They never recovered his body."
On Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre acknowledged that President Biden’s maternal uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, who he refers to as "Uncle Bosie," did die in WWII when his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, but confirmed he was not eaten by cannibals, as Biden seemed to suggest on two separate occasions during his visit on Wednesday.
When asked about his comments on Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the President was having an "emotional moment" when he made his remarks.
"The president had an emotional and I think a symbolic moment."
"He had an opportunity as president to honor his uncle's service in uniform."
"He had an opportunity to be there as president, you know, to speak to people that put their lives on the line on behalf of this country," Jean-Pierre said.
She went on to explain what Biden's comment meant.
"So his uncle, who lost his life when the military aircraft he was on crashed in the Pacific after taking off near New Guinea."
"The president highlighted his uncle's story as he made the case for honoring our sacred commitment to equip those we send to war and take care of them and their families when they come home," Jean-Pierre said.
"And as he reiterated, the last thing American veterans are or the last thing Americans should be called are suckers and losers."
"And those types of words should not come from a commander in chief, as we have in the past."
Jean-Pierre's last statement was in reference to former President Trump, who President Biden claimed called soldiers "suckers and losers."
Trump was alleged to have made the comments as he was set to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery during a trip to France in Nov. 2018 while he was president.
The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, described multiple offensive comments allegedly made by Trump toward fallen and captured U.S. service-members, including allegedly calling the World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France as "losers" and "suckers" in 2018.
"This is more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to influence the 2020 Election!" Trump wrote in a post on Twitter about the comments made against him.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Fox & Friends" that he was with the president for a good part of the trip to France.
"I never heard him use the words that are described in that article," Pompeo said.
Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted that she was part of the discussion about visiting the cemetery.
"This never happened."
"I have sat in the room when our President called family members after their sons were killed in action and it was heart-wrenching."
"... I am disgusted by this false attack."
Fox News' Peter Doocy continued to question Jean-Pierre about President Biden's comments about his uncle, acknowledging that Second Lieutenant Ambrose Jay Finnegan was a war hero, but stating that the Pentagon said, for unknown reasons, the plane was forced to ditch in the ocean.
"Both engines failed at low altitude."
"Why is President Biden saying he was shot down?"
"There's no evidence of that."
"And why is he saying that his uncle was eaten by cannibals?"
"That is a bad way to go," Doocy questioned.
"He lost his life."
"It's not."
"Look, I'm not, we should not make jokes about this," Jean-Pierre said.
Doocy reiterated that it wasn't a joke, but said again, that is what Biden said.
"I mean, your last line is, it's for a laugh, it's for a funny statement."
"And he takes this very seriously."
"His uncle, who served and protected this country, lost his life serving."
"And that should matter."
"You have a president that lifts our U.S. troops, our American veterans every day."
"Who thinks about them?"
"Who actually thinks they're all heroes?"
"And they are," Jean-Pierre sparred back.
Doocy asked one more time why he used the term "cannibalism" as Jean-Pierre gave her last comment.
"I think you're missing the point."
"The point is you have a president that lifts up American veterans, who lifts up our U.S. service members."
"And that's what matters."
"He understands how critical and how important it is to be commander in chief," Jean-Pierre finished.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white- ... make-jokes
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REUTERS
"US commerce secretary downplays chip in advanced Huawei phone"
By Reuters
April 22, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The chip powering the Mate 60 Pro phone of sanctioned Chinese company Huawei is not as advanced as American chips, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday, arguing that it shows U.S. curbs on shipments to the telecoms equipment giant are working.
Huawei, which has been on a trade restriction list since 2019, surprised the industry and the U.S. government when it released a new phone powered by a sophisticated chip last August.
The Huawei Mate 60 Pro was seen as a symbol of China's technological resurgence despite Washington's ongoing efforts to cripple its capacity to produce advanced semiconductors.
It was also seen by many as a slight for Raimondo, who was visiting China when it was released.
But in an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes," Raimondo pushed back against that view.
"What it tells me is the export controls are working because that chip is not nearly as good, ... it's years behind what we have in the United States," she said.
"We have the most sophisticated semiconductors in the world."
"China doesn't."
Washington has been locked in a years-long effort to deprive Beijing of advanced semiconductor chips and the tools needed to make them over concerns they would be used to strengthen China's military capabilities.
Huawei, a symbol of that tech war, was added to the so-called entity-list in 2019 amid fears it could spy on Americans, forcing its U.S. suppliers to seek a difficult-to-obtain license to ship to it.
But its suppliers, including Intel, have received licenses worth billions of dollars to keep selling to the company.
Huawei's revelation of its first AI-enabled laptop powered by an Intel chip this month has fueled anger among Republican China hardliners.
When asked if she was tough enough on big business, Raimondo was emphatic.
"I hold businesses accountable as much as anyone," she told Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes."
"When I tell them they can’t sell their semiconductors to China, they don’t love that, but I do that," she added.
The Huawei phone also prompted a review by the Biden administration to learn the details behind the chip that powers it, the most advanced semiconductor China has so far produced.
But details of the review have been scant.
Reporting by Alexandra Alper; Editing by Leslie Adler
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-c ... 024-04-21/
"US commerce secretary downplays chip in advanced Huawei phone"
By Reuters
April 22, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The chip powering the Mate 60 Pro phone of sanctioned Chinese company Huawei is not as advanced as American chips, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday, arguing that it shows U.S. curbs on shipments to the telecoms equipment giant are working.
Huawei, which has been on a trade restriction list since 2019, surprised the industry and the U.S. government when it released a new phone powered by a sophisticated chip last August.
The Huawei Mate 60 Pro was seen as a symbol of China's technological resurgence despite Washington's ongoing efforts to cripple its capacity to produce advanced semiconductors.
It was also seen by many as a slight for Raimondo, who was visiting China when it was released.
But in an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes," Raimondo pushed back against that view.
"What it tells me is the export controls are working because that chip is not nearly as good, ... it's years behind what we have in the United States," she said.
"We have the most sophisticated semiconductors in the world."
"China doesn't."
Washington has been locked in a years-long effort to deprive Beijing of advanced semiconductor chips and the tools needed to make them over concerns they would be used to strengthen China's military capabilities.
Huawei, a symbol of that tech war, was added to the so-called entity-list in 2019 amid fears it could spy on Americans, forcing its U.S. suppliers to seek a difficult-to-obtain license to ship to it.
But its suppliers, including Intel, have received licenses worth billions of dollars to keep selling to the company.
Huawei's revelation of its first AI-enabled laptop powered by an Intel chip this month has fueled anger among Republican China hardliners.
When asked if she was tough enough on big business, Raimondo was emphatic.
"I hold businesses accountable as much as anyone," she told Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes."
"When I tell them they can’t sell their semiconductors to China, they don’t love that, but I do that," she added.
The Huawei phone also prompted a review by the Biden administration to learn the details behind the chip that powers it, the most advanced semiconductor China has so far produced.
But details of the review have been scant.
Reporting by Alexandra Alper; Editing by Leslie Adler
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-c ... 024-04-21/
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Bloomberg
"US-Led Military Base in Syria Hit by Rockets Fired From Iraq"
Story by Sherif Tarek
22 APRIL 2024
(Bloomberg) -- A military base in Syria belonging to a US-led coalition came under rocket-fire late on Sunday, the government-affiliated Iraqi Security Media Cell said in a statement.
At least one rocket landed at the base, said Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in an interview with Al-Arabiya.
It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any casualties.
US Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, is yet to comment.
The attacks are the first against US bases in the region since early February, when Washington struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
That was in response for a drone assault that killed three American soldiers in Jordan and was blamed by the US on an umbrella group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
Iran backs a number of anti-US and anti-Israel militias in Iraq and Syria and they ramped up attacks on American bases after the Israel-Hamas war began in October.
Iraqi forces are conducting a search operation west of Nineveh, near the Syrian border, to try to capture the perpetrators of the latest attack, according to Iraqi Security Media Cell.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq didn’t explicitly claim responsibility for the strike, but in a statement on Telegram the militant group said it decided to resume military operations against American troops after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani visited the White House and met President Joe Biden this month.
The group gave Al-Sudani three months to negotiate the departure of the roughly 2,000 US forces in Iraq.
“What happened a short while ago is the beginning that must be escalated,” according to the group’s statement.
The attack followed an explosion on a base in Iraq this weekend controlled by the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, killing one person and injuring eight, the Associated Press reported.
The US said it wasn’t behind that incident.
--With assistance from Kateryna Kadabashy.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us ... acfc&ei=49
"US-Led Military Base in Syria Hit by Rockets Fired From Iraq"
Story by Sherif Tarek
22 APRIL 2024
(Bloomberg) -- A military base in Syria belonging to a US-led coalition came under rocket-fire late on Sunday, the government-affiliated Iraqi Security Media Cell said in a statement.
At least one rocket landed at the base, said Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in an interview with Al-Arabiya.
It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any casualties.
US Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, is yet to comment.
The attacks are the first against US bases in the region since early February, when Washington struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
That was in response for a drone assault that killed three American soldiers in Jordan and was blamed by the US on an umbrella group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
Iran backs a number of anti-US and anti-Israel militias in Iraq and Syria and they ramped up attacks on American bases after the Israel-Hamas war began in October.
Iraqi forces are conducting a search operation west of Nineveh, near the Syrian border, to try to capture the perpetrators of the latest attack, according to Iraqi Security Media Cell.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq didn’t explicitly claim responsibility for the strike, but in a statement on Telegram the militant group said it decided to resume military operations against American troops after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani visited the White House and met President Joe Biden this month.
The group gave Al-Sudani three months to negotiate the departure of the roughly 2,000 US forces in Iraq.
“What happened a short while ago is the beginning that must be escalated,” according to the group’s statement.
The attack followed an explosion on a base in Iraq this weekend controlled by the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, killing one person and injuring eight, the Associated Press reported.
The US said it wasn’t behind that incident.
--With assistance from Kateryna Kadabashy.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us ... acfc&ei=49