Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant met his US and UK counterparts to brief them on an expected Iranian retaliatory strike for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh. In preparation, no doubt, for direct US and UK intervention in the conflict on Israel’s behalf
Most people around the world understand that the Israeli lobby owns Congress … Their basic goal is to cleanse Gaza and Biden and Blinken are not very sophisticated when it comes to thinking about Israel
As well as an additional fighter squadron being deployed to the Middle East, the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group will also sail to the eastern Mediterranean where it will join 3 amphibious assault ships carrying 2,200 Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit
In other words, in addition to Israeli targets Iran may also be considering retaliatory strikes on U.S. sites too
In ominous signs that a wider regional war may be looming, France has advised its citizens to leave Iran as soon as possible. While the UK Foreign Office has advised against travel to Lebanon and Iran and a number of airlines have suspended flights to Tel Aviv
The vessels include the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier group and a three-ship amphibious group with more than 4,000 Marines and sailors
Israel is stepping up its actions against Hezbollah. No doubt in the expectation that the U.S. will step in if Hezbollah’s retaliation takes its toll. However, there is only so much the U.S. can do. For months now it has been trying to eliminate the lightly armed Houthi with no tangible results. It’s unlikely to do any better against Hezbollah
Israel is probably too deeply entangled in conflicts closer to home – with Hamas, Hezbollah and now the Houthi – to launch a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Will the U.S.?
Insiders have informed Politico that Iran may be planning to assassinate Donald Trump, in revenge for the murder General Soleimni during Trump’s last term. Of course, this doesn’t rule out the involvement of deep state actors, who maybe trying to duplicitiously pin the blame on Iran. Either way a much bigger conflict could ensue
This may explain why we have heard so little about Western naval operations in the Red Sea. They were intended to ensure the safe passage of shipping to Israel’s southern port of Eilat. However, they encountered such fierce resistance from the Houthi that U.S. aircrews confessed to being “traumatized” by the experience
Former British Army commander urges NATO members to focus on re-arming to quell a threat rising from what he dubs the new axis powers – Russia, China and Iran
How has a band of maritime terrorists in the small, impoverished country of Yemen managed to spook the global economy and befuddle some of the world’s biggest navies?