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@OS26

Defense Analyst. Talking weapons on the tv. Syria ➡️ AR ➡️ AZ ➡️ DC & beyond. Int’l Security Fellow. State Dept travel warning lvl 3 & above.

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    Jun 19

    As heads to meetings with the Foreign Ministers of & to discuss peace, I encourage everyone to watch our award winning documentary on the conflict, its origins, and its humanitarian dimensions. Watch HERE:

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    Another update from — CENTCOM is developing a multinational maritime effort:

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  3. 1 hour ago

    . should make a grand tour and visit to the Baltic states. He'd receive a hero's welcome.

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    Iran has seized a second tanker, the Liberian-flagged MV Mesdar, according to a US official. The order of seizure of this one and the British-flagged tanker isn't clear at this time.

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    Second tanker, Liberian-flagged Mesdar, owned by Glasgow firm Norbulk, has taken a sharp northwards turn in the Hormuz Strait towards the Iranian coast

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  7. So..... administration is empowering and arming European allies to push back against Russian encroachment. Shouldn't be happy about this?

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    The USS Boxer brought down a drone in the Strait of Hormuz as tensions with Iran rise. ⁦⁩ was on board when it happened. Here’s the story from aboard the Boxer

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  9. Per , Shia militia base just struck by a drone in housed Iranian ballistic missiles. This could be an inflection point for Adel AbdulMahdi. Either opportunity to stand up against Iran surreptitiously using Iraqi land for regional attacks or more kowtowing

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  10. Per the drone strike against the Hashd shaabi Shia militia base in Salahuddin province known to host Lebanese Hizballah and Iranian Rev Guards elements

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  11. Defending Europe's eastern flank from . Interesting 🤔

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  13. Jul 19

    This. The Burmese government & junta have long banked on the hope that the world would turn blind eye to the systemic, planned, & cold blooded executed genocide against Muslim Rohingas. Continuing to spotlight the abuses & impart consequences is important👇

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  14. Jul 19

    Imagine a hypothetical future scenario: hacks into drone. Brings it down in soft landing. Re-programs it. Sends it back to crash into point of origin. Accidents happen.

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  15. Retweeted
    Jul 18

    It’s gotten so hard to tell parody from reality. This confusion is a part of the plan of the space aliens. Once the entire world is locked into a rabid shrieking tantrum and no one has any idea what the fuck is going on, they will land and we will welcome their wisdom.

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  16. Jul 18
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  17. Jul 18

    Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy put on notice by

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 18

    Russia has sent special forces in recent days to fight alongside Syrian army troops in northwestern Syria where they have been struggling for more than two months to seize the last opposition bastion.

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  19. Jul 18
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  20. Jul 18

    Aaaaand the trolls are on the case in record time

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  21. Jul 18

    Tanker wars heating up as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards confirm reports that have been circulating for the last few days that they've captured a foreign oil vessel in the Arabian Gulf

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