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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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  1. Pinned Tweet
    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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    11 hours ago

    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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  4. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    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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    16 hours ago

    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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  6. 20 hours ago

    Plot thickens...

    Pentagon: "We are aware of open source reports of possible aggressive actions against a Popular Mobilization Force unit in Salah ad Din (Iraq). US forces were not involved. We have no further information about this report."
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  7. 21 hours ago

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

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  8. Retweeted
    Jul 18

    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. 23 hours ago

    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. 23 hours ago

    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. 24 hours ago

    Defending Europe's eastern flank from . Interesting 🤔

    “The Resistance Operating Concept promotes critical thinking on resistance and creates a basis for collaboration and understanding with our Allies and partners,” stated U.S. Air Force Major General Kirk W. Smith, Commander of
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  12. 24 hours ago

    Whoa. Big!

    First photos of base of pro Iran militias in Iraq on fire as result of overnight raids by unknown (believed to be US) raids
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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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    Left-wing protesters throw a tantrum in front of an facility while also pole-dancing at a stop sign. Just because.
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  16. Jul 18

    Must read 👇

    My big report is finally out: examining the collapse of the &, more interestingly, the attempts at rebuilding. The last half of the report has detailed unit structures for EVERY SAA CORPS as its stands in 2019
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  17. Jul 18

    Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy put on notice by

    JUST IN: USS Boxer, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, loaded with 2,000 Marines and dozens of helicopters just entered Persian Gulf following Strait of Hormuz transit hours after Iran says it seized oil tanker carrying…
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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

    To which I say:

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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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