Search for missing pilot of downed F-15E jet now in second day

The ejector seat

The desperate search for the missing American pilot of an F-15E that was shot down over Iran stretched into the second day after his co-pilot was rescued in a daring search and rescue mission that saw other US aircraft targeted.

Crews were racing against time to find the second pilot of the Strike Eagle, which is believed to have gone down Friday in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in the southwestern part of the country near Iraq, The New York Times reported. Iranian officials quickly placed a bounty on the pilot’s head, calling on civilians to help capture him or her.

Retired Marine combat pilot Capt. Ron Alvarado told The Post the timing of the attack may bode in the US’s favor in terms of finding the pilot because of better night vision and infrared communication technology than Iranian combatants.

“We own the night,” Alvarado said. “Hopefully, he or she will be rescued by morning.”

By early Saturday local time there were no updates on the status of the missing pilot.

Both pilots reportedly ejected from the plane, with one located and rescued by US forces hours later. That pilot was being medically treated.

The Strike Eagle has an emergency locator beacon as part of a survival kit that can be activated automatically or manually, Alan Diehl, a former investigator for the Air Force Safety Center, said.Other US aircraft were caught in the crosshairs as crew members rushed into action after the first plane plunged to the ground.

Another US aircraft was also targeted after the initial attack that took down an A-10 Thunderbolt [aka Warthog]. 

The Warthog crashed in the Persian Gulf area after it was struck by Iranian forces, but the lone pilot was safely rescued, according to US officials.

The A-10 Warthog was able to reach Kuwaiti airspace, where the pilot ejected and the plane crashed, an official told liberal network NBC News.

Iran terrorists using rifles also struck a pair of US military helicopters involved in the F-15E rescue, but all crew members are safe, a US official told NBC News.

Some of the crew were injured, but the choppers safely returned to their base, the Washington Post reported.

The F-15E is the first US aircraft to be shot down in Iran during Operation Epic Fury, in which the US and Israel have launched 20,000 strikes on the evil regime as the war stretched into its sixth week.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed its “newly developed and advanced air defenses” had downed the jet, which was “completely destroyed and crashed,” Tehran’s Press TV reported. 

A photo circulating online appeared to show one of the ejected seats seen at the top of the post.

The anchor of a local affiliate of the state TV broadcaster earlier urged Iranians to hunt down the downed “enemy” pilots and the regime is offering a reward for his capture.

“If you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police, you will receive a precious prize,” the anchor said, according to the Associated Press.  Sources at Brain Flushings believes the reward to be 72 virgin goats.

President Trump, in a brief NBC News interview Friday afternoon, declined to discuss the specifics of the ongoing search for the outstanding pilot but insisted the series of strikes against US jets and choppers won’t sidetrack negotiations.

“No, not at all. No, it’s war,” he said. “We’re in war.”

The good news is that the pilot has not been captured and is likely using tactics to avoid detection, giving him a good chance of escape and return to friendly forces.

Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have boasted about how the operation against Tehran has knocked out much of Iran’s capabilities.

Hegseth said in early March near the start of the war that the US was “establishing total dominance over the skies we fly over and seas we fly over.”

Meanwhile, President Trump, in a primetime address to the nation Wednesday, said thanks to progress made during the war, his administration was “on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly.”

More than 90% of Tehran’s missile and drone capacities have been eliminated in the month-long war, US officials have said. Still, Trump has refused to rule out putting American boots on the ground during the conflict.

On Friday, Iran used the successful attacks to taunt the US, reminiscent of Monty Python's "Black Knight."

Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf criticized the US in an X post Friday that its “no-strategy war … has now been downgraded from ‘regime change’ to ‘Hey! Can anyone find our pilots? Please?’”

A US F-35A was also damaged over Iran on March 19 during a combatmission, and 16 MQ-9 drones have been shot down. Three American F-15 fighter jets were also shot down over Kuwait in a friendly fire incident.

Hegseth revealed in a Pentagon news conference that the six downed crew members in those jets had “never left the theater” and returned to drop bombs on Tehran Tuesday.

Since the start of the war, 365 US service members have been wounded in action while the death toll is at 13, according to the Pentagon data available online.

It’s unclear if Friday’s incidents have been included in those figures.

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World's biggest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrives in the Middle East

The world's largest aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy nuclear-powered Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) (photo credit: Seaman Abigail Reyes/U.S. Navy)

The US military is gearing up for what could be weeks-long operations against Iran if President Trump gives the green light. Two US officials told Reuters this could turn into a far more serious conflict than anything we've seen before between the two countries.

"Sometimes you have to have fear. That's the only thing that really will get the situation taken care of," Trump said.

These officials spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive planning involved. It definitely ramps up the pressure on the ongoing diplomacy with Iran.

US and Iranian diplomats met in Oman last week to try reviving talks on Tehran's nuclear program, after Trump built up forces in the region and sparked fears of fresh military action. On the military side, US officials announced Friday that the Pentagon is deploying another aircraft carrier to the Middle East, along with thousands more troops, fighter jets, guided-missile destroyers, and other assets for both offense and defense. Carriers typically house over 5,000 personnel, and the USS Gerald R. Ford is bigger than them all.

Trump spoke to troops at a North Carolina base Friday and said it's "been difficult to make a deal" with Iran.

"Sometimes you have to have fear. That's the only thing that really will get the situation taken care of," Trump said.

When asked about preparations for potentially prolonged operations, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said: "President Trump has all options on the table with regard to Iran. He listens to a variety of perspectives on any given issue, but makes the final decision based on what is best for our country and national security." 

The Pentagon had no comment.

Last year, the US sent two carriers to the region for strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. But June's "Midnight Hammer" was basically a single strike: stealth bombers flew from the US to hit nuclear facilities, and Iran responded with a very limited attack on a US base in Qatar. This time, however, the planning is more involved, officials said.

In a sustained campaign, the US could target Iranian state and security facilities, not just nuclear ones, one official noted, without giving specifics. You can bet the Ayatollah isn't diddy-bopping above terra firma at the moment.

Experts warn the risks to US forces would be much higher against Iran, given its strong missile arsenal. Iranian retaliation could easily spark a wider regional war.

The same official said the US expects Iran to hit back, leading to ongoing strikes and counter-strikes over time. Iran is also preparing [allegedly] to strike Tel Aviv in the near future, and you can bet the IDF isn't playing with their dreidels and are instead preparing to retaliate.

The White House and Pentagon didn't answer questions on retaliation risks or regional escalation.

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Trump has repeatedly warned he'd bomb Iran over its nuclear and missile programs, plus its crackdown on internal dissent. On Thursday, he said the alternative to diplomacy would "be very traumatic, very traumatic." [Two 'very traumatics' is very, very serious.]

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have threatened to strike any US base if Iran is hit. The US has bases across the Middle East: Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Turkey.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met President Trump in Washington on Wednesday and said any deal with Iran "must include the elements that are vital to Israel." 

Iran says it's open to discussing nuclear curbs for sanctions relief, but won't tie it to missiles because they obviously plan to go nuclear or already have done so.

So, with the IRGC killing Iranian citizens and both Israel and the US ready to launch an attack if necessary, it looks like history is soon to be made in the Middle East.

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The Pentagon press for the Fort Hood shooter's execution

Let us confront the grim reality of Nidal Hasan, a name that ought to evoke not just revulsion but a piercing clarity about the consequences of ideological blindness. The Pentagon, we are told, is poised to seek President Donald Trump’s approval to execute this former jihadi Army major, convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, a slaughter that left 13 dead and 32 wounded. If granted, this would mark the first U.S. military execution in over six decades, a milestone that forces us to grapple with the weight of justice and the cowardice of obfuscation.

The facts are stark. On November 5, 2009, Hasan, then an Army psychiatrist, strode into Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Center, armed with a semi-automatic pistol, and unleashed carnage on his fellow service members: men and women preparing to deploy in defense of their nation. 

At his trial, he offered no pretense of remorse, declaring the act necessary to shield an imagined "Islamic Empire" from American forces. Such is the mind of a man who, born in Virginia to Palestinian parents, served nearly two decades in the U.S. Army only to betray it, seduced by the siren call of radical Islam.

For years, Hasan has languished on death row at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, his appeals snaking through the courts like a slow poison. In April 2025, his final legal gambit was rejected, clearing the path for the Pentagon to act. 

The Department of War, under Secretary Pete Hegseth, is unambiguous: "I am 100% committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan," Hegseth told Fox News Digital. This savage terrorist deserves the harshest lawful punishment for his 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. The victims and survivors deserve justice without delays." 

One can almost hear the exasperation in his voice, a righteous demand for closure after years of bureaucratic nose picking.

And yet, the story is not merely one of a traitor's overdue reckoning. It is a searing indictment of institutional denial. The Pentagon, in a decision that defies reason, initially labeled this massacre "workplace violence." Workplace violence! That's like calling the Charlie Hebdo massacre 'a workplace misunderstanding.' It's as if Hasan's rampage, fueled by his outspoken defense of suicide bombings and hatred of U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, were akin to a disgruntled employee's outburst over a parking dispute. Lawmakers, victims' families, and national security experts rightly excoriated this absurdity, pointing to the ideological and terrorist roots of the attack. To call it anything less is to dishonor the dead and to embolden those who would emulate Hasan's treachery.

Now, with the Army secretary's recommendation in hand, the Department of War presses forward, seeking Trump's authorization to end Hasan's stay on earth and send him to meet his goats. He remains one of only four prisoners under military jurisdiction facing the death penalty—a small, grim fraternity. The question is not whether justice demands his execution; it does. The question is whether we, as a society, have the moral courage to see it through, or whether we will once again retreat into euphemism and delay, leaving the wounds of Fort Hood to fester.

This is not merely about one man's fate. It is about whether we can still name evil, confront it, and destroy it, or whether we will continue to avert our gaze, pretending that the ideologies that animate such atrocities are mere workplace grievances. The victims of Fort Hood, and the nation they served, deserve better.

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U.S. Troops Smoke Senior ISIS Bigwig in Syria Raid

ATMEH, Syria — Before the sun even thought about rising Wednesday, U.S. forces swooped into northwestern Syria and sent a top-tier Islamic State honcho to meet his maker, a U.S. official spilled to Reuters.

This marks the second time since Bashar al-Assad got the boot in December that U.S. troops have stormed northern Syria. The new Islamist-led crew running the show has sworn to keep ISIS from clawing back, and they're cozy with the U.S.-led coalition still pounding the terror group.

The official, keeping it low-key and anonymous, said the raid took out a heavy-hitting ISIS member who was in the running to be the group's top dog in Syria.

"No U.S. troops were killed or injured in the raid," the official added, cool as you like. A Syrian security source and Syria's state-run Al-Ikhbariya said the target bit the dust while trying to make a break for it.

Another Syrian source dropped that the guy was Iraqi, hitched to a French woman. No word yet on what happened to her.

The Pentagon's lips were sealed, no comment for now. The op kicked off around 2 a.m. (1100 GMT), according to Syrian security folks and locals in Atmeh, Idlib province. Helicopters and drones buzzed overhead, providing cover, while local Syrian forces locked down the neighborhood. U.S. troops, though, handled the dirty work, a second security source confirmed.

Abdelqader al-Sheikh, a local who was up late with his kid, heard some racket in the yard next door. "I called out, 'Who are you?' and they started speaking to me in English, telling me to put my hands up," Sheikh told Reuters.

He said the armed crew posted up on nearby rooftops for two hours, and he caught someone close by barking Arabic with an Iraqi accent.

Back in July, the Pentagon bragged about a raid in Aleppo province that dusted a senior ISIS leader and his two grown sons, both tied to the group.

Idlib's been a rat's nest for ISIS big shots for years. U.S. forces took out ISIS head honcho Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Barisha, Idlib, back in 2019, and his successor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, got the same treatment in Atmeh in 2022.

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Appeals court unappealing to 9/11 mastermind KSM's plea deal

On Friday, a panel of federal appeals court judges, in a 2-1 gut-punch ruling, obliterated a plea deal that would’ve let 9/11 mastermind and scumcrumpet Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators dodge the death penalty for guilty pleas. The agreement, hammered out over two grueling years, promised Mohammed and his crew life without parole, a cushy escape from the needle of eternity.

The military prosecution of Mohammed and his fellow plotters has been dragging on for over two decades, mired in endless preliminary hearings and defense lawyers screaming about evidence tainted by torture.

Back in July, the Biden administration’s Defense Department announced pretrial agreements with Mohammed and three other 9/11 orchestrators. But then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in a power move, spiked the deal just two days later, declaring himself the sole gatekeeper of such agreements. 

A military appeals court in December slapped back at Austin’s play, reinstating the plea deal to sidestep execution. But on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit said, “Not so fast,” torching the agreement and backing Austin’s authority to kill it.

Judges Patricia Millett and Neomi Rao didn’t mince words: “In light of the clear and indisputable errors committed by the military judge, which implicate issues of immense national importance, we conclude that issuance of the writs is appropriate under these circumstances.” Boom. Done.But Judge Robert Wilkins wasn’t having it. He came out swinging in his dissent, calling the majority’s move to overturn a military judge “stunning.” His words cut deep: “Our deference should be at its zenith when military courts follow persuasive military precedent in the construction of military rules. I am befuddled.” Ouch.

Mohammed, the alleged brain behind the deadliest attack on American soil, when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, still sits at the center of this legal storm. And it’s far from over.

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200 Marines deploy to support ICE in Florida

Two hundred Marines from North Carolina’s Marine Support Squadron 272 are headed to Florida to back ICE, U.S. Northern Command says. They’re part of 700 troops, active duty, Guard, Reserves, tapped by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after DHS begged for help May 9.

Florida’s first up, with Texas and Louisiana next. The Marines will handle “critical administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed by ICE,” per Thursday’s release. Think paperwork and transport, not handcuffs. 

“Their roles will focus on administrative and logistical tasks, and they are specifically prohibited from direct contact with individuals in ICE custody or involvement in any aspect of the custody chain,” the news release hammers home.

This isn’t new. The military’s been law enforcement’s wingman for ages. The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin in ’91 said it best: “Contrary to what many police officers believe, the Posse Comitatus Act permits civilian law enforcement agencies to seek military assistance under some specific circumstances.” 

Guard units, for example, regularly sling “training, technical support, services, intelligence analysis, surveillance, communications towers, vehicle barriers, and pedestrian fences,” per a 2010 report.

The Pentagon’s doubling down on border security, with four new military zones in Texas and Arizona to curb illegal migration and drugs. Pentagon flack Sean Parnell says 8,500 Joint Task Force Southern Border troops have run 3,500 patrols, some with Mexican forces, and Marines have backed 170+ missions across 130 spots for nine agencies, including DHS and DEA.

Where in Florida? NORTHCOM’s lips are sealed. Rumors point to Alligator Alcatraz, ICE’s new Everglades lockup, but they ain’t confirming. Details? Forget it—NORTHCOM’s clamming up. Marines are coming to stack boxes, not to kick butt and take names.

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SecDef Hegseth demands stricter orders on credentials to "protect national security"

Secretary of Defense, Peter Brian Hegseth, has issued orders Friday for journalists with access to the Pentagon, as the Trump administration is trying to plug the holes where sensitive information had been leaking like a used three-day-old baby diaper.

According to the new rules, credentialed reporters from most DoD headquarters in Arlington, VA, will not have access without official approval and escort, Hegseth's memorandum states.

The SecDef describes this move to protect classified national intelligence information and even sensitive unclassified information regarding operational security as "an unwavering imperative for the Department."

"While the Department remains committed to transparency, the Department is equally obligated to protect [Classified National Security Information] and sensitive information - the unauthorized disclosure of which could put the lives of U.S. Service members in danger," the secretary, a former US Army Major, said.

The new order will soon have members of the Pentagon press corps sing a form acknowledging their responsibility to protect national intelligence and sensitive information. [It's amazing this hasn't been standard operating procedure prior to Hegseth's appointment.] Journalists will also be issued new shiny badges that clearly identify them as members of the Pentagon press corps.

"We also anticipate a forthcoming announcement of additional security measures and enhanced scrutiny on the issuance of [credentials]," the memo said. "Failure by any member of the resident or visiting press to comply with these control measures will result in further restrictions and possibly revocation of press credentials."

The Pentagon Press Association (PPA), a membership organization representing the press corps covering the U.S. military, whined that the new rules seem to demonstrate a "direct attack on the freedom of the press." [What, is the PPA funded by China?]

"The decision is purportedly based on concerns about operational security," the group said in a statement. "But the Pentagon Press Corps has had access to non-secured, unclassified spaces in the Pentagon for decades, under Republican and Democratic administrations, including in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, without any concern about OP-SEC from DoD leadership."

Yes, and thus the leaks, you dolts. Just last month, the Pentagon fired three officials after announcing a leak investigation in March at the Department of Defense, so Hegseth is getting out ahead of the curve.

The Pentagon has also required legacy news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, NPR, CNN and NBC News, to vacate their office spaces in the building, and will have their offices fumigated from the stink. They plan to bring in more administration-friendly outlets like the New York Post, the Daily Caller, One America News Network, and Breitbart. 

The department said the rotation system aimed to allow other media outlets the opportunity to cover the Pentagon as resident members of the press corps.

Hopefully these outlets will report honestly and not simply be typists for the administration. Based on their track record, it's likely we will get a better, more honest perspective of government than we did in the past.

Finally, the administration has begun using lie detector tests to probe unauthorized leaks at federal agencies. Some Department of Homeland Security officials were told they could be fired for refusing polygraphs. It's like a cop asking you to take a breathalyzer test to see why you rear-ended a car parked in a driveway and you sound like Joe Biden when you speak but you refuse the test. You're going to jail and lose your driving privileges for a period of time.

The White House said President Trump will not tolerate leaks to the media and that federal employees who leak material should be held accountable.

Hegseth is ensuring it doesn't happen on his watch.

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Boeing contracted to produce NGAD fighter jet F-47

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” — George Washington

The Pentagon has given Boeing the contract to build the Air Force’s new fighter jet, labeled the Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, President Donald Trump announced on Friday. This long-awaited deal means Boeing will create a super advanced sixth-generation plane to replace the older F-22 Raptor. Trump said it will be called the F-47.

This new jet will have “state-of-the-art stealth technologies [making it] virtually unseeable,” and it’ll fly with robot drones, called collaborative combat aircraft, as its wingmen. “It’s something the likes of which nobody has ever seen before,” Trump said during an announcement in the Oval Office with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, and Lt. Gen. Dale White. 

“In terms of all the attributes of a fighter jet, there’s never been anything even close to it, from speed to maneuverability to what it can have [as] payload. And this has been in the works for a long period of time.”

“America’s enemies will never see it coming,” he added.

Gen. Allvin said the F-47 will be “the most advanced, lethal and adaptable fighter ever developed. We are not just building another fighter. We are shaping the future of warfare and putting our enemies on notice.”

Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin for the NGAD contract after Northrop Grumman said in 2023 it wouldn’t try to lead the project. “We recognize the importance of designing, building a sixth-generation fighter capability for the United States Air Force,” said Steve Parker, a top Boeing official. He added that Boeing made a huge investment to get ready for this job and will build the best NGAD plane possible.
Lockheed Martin was bummed about losing but said it gave a solid pitch. “We will await further discussions with the U.S. Air Force on any next steps,” the company said.

Fortunately, Boeing's F-47 will have a canopy and no doors that can fall off in flight.

The F-47 will be the main part of NGAD’s “family of systems,” which includes robot drones plus high-tech sensors, weapons, and gear to connect with satellites and other aircraft. The Air Force says NGAD is key to beating tough enemies like China.

Other companies, General Atomics and Anduril, are working on their own drone wingmen, called RFQ-42A and RFQ-44A, to fly with the F-35 or F-47. The Air Force wants these drones to be affordable, run by smart software, and able to do things like spy missions, attacks, or confuse the enemy. They’ll also have special engines that adjust for the best power and fuel use, made by either General Electric Aerospace or Pratt & Whitney.

Experts say Boeing winning this deal is good for America’s defense industry. It keeps all three big U.S. plane makers—Boeing, Lockheed (which makes the F-35), and Northrop (which builds the B-21 Raider)—busy with cutting-edge projects. “For the country, that’s a really important thing, to have that innovation, that competition and frankly, the volume production,” said Doug Birkey from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

But Boeing’s had some tough years. 

Its 737 Max planes crashed, killing nearly 350 people, and last year it made a deal to avoid a big trial. Another 737 Max had a door blow out mid-flight in 2024, and workers went on strike over pay issues. Plus, some military projects like the T-7A trainer and KC-46 tanker have had delays and cost overruns. In 2024, Boeing fired its defense boss, Ted Colbert, after losing tons of money.

Birkey said this win is big for Boeing, but “It’s up to Boeing to make this opportunity a win. Only time will tell on that.”

The contract Boeing got on Friday pays them to build and test the F-47, with extra rewards if they do well. They’ll make a few test planes and could build more later if the Air Force likes the results. Gen. Allvin said test versions of NGAD have already flown hundreds of hours over the past five years, proving the tech works.

“The F-47 has unprecedented maturity,” Allvin said. “While the F-22 is currently the finest air superiority fighter in the world, and its modernization will make it even better, the F-47 is a generational leap forward.” He also said that it’s better than China’s supposed sixth-generation jet, the J-36, saying, “Despite what our adversaries claim, the F-47 is truly the world’s first crewed sixth-generation fighter.”

The F-47 will cost less than the F-22, which was $143 million a pop, and the Air Force plans to buy more of them. Trump wouldn’t say the exact price, but the Air Force expects to spend $20 billion on NGAD by 2029. 

Last year, the program nearly got canceled when costs soared too high, but after a review, they decided to keep it going.

Trump hinted that allies might get a simpler version of the F-47 someday, saying, “Because someday, maybe they’re not our allies, right?”

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Biden's handler[s] releases 11 Yemeni terrorists with probable al Qaeda ties from Gitmo: 2 were bin Laden bodyguards

Everyone knows, whether they admit it or not, that Joe Biden is not and has not been running the White House for years. Some unelected leftist[s] is/are pulling the strings and Joe is too demented to fully appreciate what he's been signing. All the probably knows is that it's pissing off President-elect Trump and that's good enough for him.

On Monday, the Pentagon announced that it has set free 11 Yemeni prisoners with likely ties to al Qaeda from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba.

The detainees, who have not been charged with any crime, will be resettled in Oman as the Biden administration works to close down operations at Gitmo.

"Although different processes, each of the 10 Yemeni detainees underwent a thorough, interagency review by career professionals who unanimously determined all detainees as transfer eligible consistent with the national security interests of the United States," the Department of Defense claimed.

It's not clear if Biden handler[s] plans to move more detainees [aka likely terrorists] out of Guantanamo Bay before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but if it hurts America, it's a good bet the person[s] behind the curtain will go ahead with the plan.

The Pentagon announced that D.E.I. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin informed Congress in 2023 of his intent to send the 11 Yemeni detainees back to Oman.

"The United States appreciates the willingness of the Government of Oman and other partners to support ongoing U.S. efforts focused on responsibly reducing the detainee population and ultimately closing the Guantanamo Bay facility," the DoD said.

Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi, thought to be an al Qaeda fighter and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, was among the 11 men released. He is known to not be a good guy.

An unclassified 2016 US intelligence file on al-Alwi warns that as a GITMO detainee he "has made several statements since early 2016 that suggest he maintains an extremist mindset." 

The file also notes that al-Alwi has committed several disciplinary infractions while in detention that were "pardoned" as part of an "incentive for detainees to improve their conduct."

Al-Alwi "has made several statements since early 2016 that suggest he maintains an extremist mindset," a 2016 intelligence file on the alleged terrorist reads. DOD

Suhayl Abdul Anam al Sharabi, another alleged bin Laden bodyguard, was also set free.

Al Sharabi's 2020 intelligence file notes that he "may have been associated with an aborted 9/11-style hijacking plot in Southwest Asia" as a member of al Qaeda. Al Sharabi was accused by the US government of being one of Osama Bin Laden's bodyguards in Afghanistan.

The nine others being released to Oman are: Uthman Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman, Khalid Ahmed Qassim, Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah, Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani, Omar Mohammed Ali al-Rammah, Sanad Ali Yislam Al Kazimi, Hassan Muhammad Ali Bib Attash, Sharqawi Abdu Ali Al Hajj and Abd Al-Salam Al-Hilah.

The latest group of transfers comes after the Pentagon's December announcement that detainee Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi had been resettled in Tunisia.

Fifteen detainees remain at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, of whom three are eligible for transfer and three are eligible to have their detention status reviewed, according to the Pentagon.

Another seven inmates are involved in the military commissions process, and two others have been convicted and sentenced by military commissions.

The Biden administration offered plea deals last year to alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-conspirators Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi. All three have been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2003.

The deals, criticized by 9/11 families, Republican lawmakers, and the defense secretary, will spare the alleged terrorists from the death penalty.

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Iranian agent Pentagon Chief of Staff: is there a connection to the 3 dead soldiers?

Why in the world did the Biden administration allow Ariane Tabatabai, an Iranian immigrant who in September 2023, had been accused of having worked as an agent of the Tehran regime, to be hired as Pentagon Chief of Staff? 

How were the terrorists able to perfectly time their drone attack to coincide with the return of an American drone in order to confuse our military into believing it was friendly? How could they do it without inside information?

Dissident media outlets produced emails that appeared to show that Tabatabai had joined an initiative by the Iranian Foreign Ministry as a way to coordinate operations and that she had even run her congressional testimony on Iran’s nuclear program past the head of an Iranian Foreign Ministry think tank. 

Holy cow!

The David Horowitz Freedom Center and Front Page Magazine had been among those to take the lead in warning about the potential danger posed by her and enemy agents in the Pentagon.

[H/T JihadWatch.org]

Tabatabai, a Shi'a Muslima, had served under Biden's Iran Envoy, Robert Malley.

Malley, in turn, had been suspended from the Obama campaign for his backchannel contacts with Hamas, and has been under investigation for mishandling classified documents. But the emails appeared to show that Tabatabai had personally worked for Iran and its influence operations aimed at the U.S. government.

Despite that she continued to be promoted until she is now the Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC). 

This month, Iranian-backed terrorists launched their most successful single attack against an American base to date and three young soldiers died. The bastards targeted the living quarters where U.S military personnel were stationed on an obscure support base in the Jordanian desert known as Tower 22. The two women and one man who died, were killed in their beds, 30 more were wounded.

Normally, the drone would have been intercepted, but somehow, some way, the Iranian-backed terrorists had the timing of the arrival of their weapon perfectly timed, making anyone tracking it think it was ours.

How did the Iranians know the location of the living quarters on the base as well as knowing what our procedures for drone arrivals and departures were, and when one of our drones would be returning?

Tower 22 is located close to Syria and Iraq. It was one of the bases that we helped Jordan build up during the Syrian Civil War. Under President Barack Hussein Obama, it was a key element for supporting the Syrian Sunni rebels, while under Trump, it focused on fighting ISIS forces in Syria. 

Syrian Sunnis fleeing the country passed by, some were allowed to enter Jordan, while most, including some Sunni Jihadis, had to remain in what became known as the Rukban refugee camp.

The proximity of the Rukban camp to Tower 22 and the nearby Al-Tanf base would provide plenty of options for “refugees” to monitor and track the movements of American drones. But Tabatabai’s presence in Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict raises another troubling possibility. Tower 22 was used as a jumping off point by special operators and the U.S. presence in that area falls under the shadow of the SO/LIC office--her domain.

Special operators had been stationed at Al-Tanf and the SO/LIC office would have potentially had access to a great deal of information about what was going on at Al-Tanf and Tower 22. This is probably why she ended up in the office, not in spite of her ties to Iran, but directly because of her ties.

Tabatabai could have been seen as a potentially useful backchannel for an office that was likely unofficially coordinating with Iran anyway. That would explain her initial role as a senior advisor.

But by elevating a former Iranian agent to a chief of staff of an office overseeing special operations, the Biden administration, the Pentagon and the SO/LIC may have been gambling that they could control that backchannel and that would have been a catastrophic mistake.

Late last year, 30 Senate members had urged the Pentagon to suspend her security clearance. Guess whih Party they belonged to.

“Iran continues to threaten U.S. military personnel in the Middle East and remains intent on assassinating American citizens here in the United States. Given these facts, we find it simply unconscionable that a senior Department official would continue to hold a sensitive position despite her alleged participation in an Iranian government information operation,” the Senators warned.

“Dr. Tabatabai was thoroughly and properly vetted as a condition of her employment with the Department of Defense,” a Pentagon spokesman claimed. “We are honored to have her serve.”

You can take that honor and, you know where to shove it.

When the lives of our brave military personnel are on the line and there are doubts as to their safety based on doubts of the personnel in place to help ensure their safety, then it is far better to err on the side of caution.

And it is later discovered that Tabatabai was involved in their deaths based on intelligence she may have provided the enemy, then a firing squad would be in order.

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No Plea Deal for 911 terrorists: GOP House Reps + 1 Dem. Urge Biden Regime

In a virtue-signaling move for incarcerated terrorists who killed Americans at home and abroad, the Biden regime has considered a potential plea deal to show them that there are no hard feelings.

However, a bipartisan group of House Representatives are demanding that Biden's handler[s] do not go forward with such a deal for the accused 9/11 scumcrumpets, which would spare the death penalty for mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and other defendants.

The note was drafted by Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY) and was joined by Democrat Rep. Pat Rylan and 32 other GOP members of Congress including Reps. Elise Stefanik, Nicole Malliotakis, Nick Langworthy, Andrew Garbarino, Anthony D’Esposito, Claudia Tenney and Nick Lalota. 

The remainder of congress members who did not sign the bill are apparently okay with KSM having beheaded Daniel Pearl, a Jewish reporter for the Wall Street Journal, on video in Pakistan.

“If true, this would be a grave miscarriage of justice, especially for the families of the 2,977 innocent civilians and first responders we lost that fateful day,” the NY lawmakers said in an Aug. 23 letter to so called President Biden. 

[H/T The New York Post]

“We owe it to the victims and their families to deliver justice – and that should mean the death penalty for these murderers. We urge your Administration not to enter into any pre-trial agreements which would remove the possibility of the death penalty and to work to conclude this process to see justice meted out on those who have committed these evil acts,” the letter stated.

“As we approach the 22nd anniversary of September 11th, it is both outrageous and deeply disappointing that the Biden administration would even consider negotiating a plea deal with the masterminds of the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history. They must immediately cease any plea deal negotiations, especially if it doesn’t include the death penalty,” said Rep. Lawler.

The woke and highly diverse Pentagon sent a letter to families of those murdered on September 11, 2001 stating that deals are being considered in which five terrorists would  “accept criminal responsibility for their actions and plead guilty….in exchange for not receiving the death penalty.”

Big deal. We know they did it--they bragged about it.

The prosecution of KSM and four other terrorists held at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been a clusterfrack of repeated delays and legal disputes, especially over the legal ramifications of the interrogation under torture that the scumbags initially underwent that likely saved American lives, while in CIA custody. 

No trial date has been set.

“The Office of the Chief Prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into pre-trial agreements,” the letter informed families, adding that while no plea agreement “has been finalized, and may never be finalized, it is possible that a [pre-trial agreement] in this case would remove the possibility of the death penalty.” 

Some relatives of the 2,977 people killed outright in the terror attacks rightly expressed outrage over the prospect of ending the case short of a verdict.

The military prosecutors pledged to take their views into consideration and present them to the military authorities, who would make the final decision on accepting any plea agreement.

The outrageous plea negotiations have understandably provoked a backlash from families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks and first responders, including then-city Fire Department Commissioner Tom Von Essen, who lost 343 firefighters when the World Trade Centers collapsed.

The 9/11 hearings have been on hold while military officials examine whether one of the defendants is competent to stand trial. Hearings are set to resume Sept. 18.

My own house in Brooklyn was about 4 miles from where the Twin Towers had stood and I had to remove burnt paper from the gutters of my roof. I performed psychotherapy for some of the family members who lost loved ones and others who escaped the buildings. I say death is too good for those bastards, but it's a good start.

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Accused Pentagon leaker indicted by federal grand jury for mishandling classified documents

Ex-Air National Guardsman, Jack Teixeira, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury after being accused of leaking classified military intelligence, according to reports.

The 21-year-old dummy was indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense secrets in Massachusetts, kind of as a wacky goof with his online buddies he was apparently trying to impress. He was arrested in April and the magnitude of his stupidity is coming back to bite him.

The alleged idiot was identified as the probable Pentagon leaker after a load of classified documents were discovered in an invite-only Discord group before they were subsequently shared to every Tom, Dick, and Mohammed interested in secret military matters.

The schmuck pleaded not guilty to charges tied to a criminal complaint earlier this year, but has not been arraigned following the newly unsealed indictment against him, the news outlet reported.

As this is a developing story, stay tuned.

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The Fang Fang-ish Spy Balloon is 'maneuverable'--changed direction at 60K feet

The Department of Defense said Friday that the suspected Chinese spy balloon that is flying over the United States is able to maneuver and was able to change direction at 60,000 feet.

Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder didn't reveal how the balloon could be maneuvered and has also refused to say if Fang Fang or anyone in the communist Chinese government was controlling the balloon. He is also not saying if so called President Joe Biden was paid to allow the balloon to fly over our airspace, or even if Biden's handler(s) want(s) it shot down. 

Perhaps as he walks out the door, Ron Klain can throw a rock at it.

Ryder also said that the balloon was “maneuverable” and that the Pentagon believes “it will probably be over the United States for a few days.”

“We know that balloon has violated US airspace and international law — which is unacceptable. And we’ve conveyed this directly to the PRC on multiple levels,” he told reporters Friday. “The fact is, we know that it’s a surveillance balloon, and I’m not going to be able to be more specific than that.”

But by doing nothing about it, evidently it is acceptable because talk is cheap.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed in a statement that the balloon was a “civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological purposes,” which is total crap.

The statement laughingly claimed that the balloon “deviated far from its planned course.” It is currently over Montana assessing cattle flatulence, it is believed.

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US Army suggests troops apply for welfare if they can't feed themselves

The Pentagon is recommending that if a soldier cannot cover the cost of soaring inflation, they can apply for food stamps, aka SNAP benefits. This comes at a time when the Biden administration is spending like a drunken sailor and the supply chain is in trouble, causing prices to skyrocket.

The U.S. Army cites the higher prices on a range of goods due to inflation in its recently released official guidance.

“With inflation affecting everything from gas prices to groceries to rent, some Soldiers and their families are finding it harder to get by on the budgets they’ve set and used before,” the guidance by Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston reads.

“Soldiers of all ranks can seek guidance, assistance, and advice through the Army’s Financial Readiness Program.”

How freaking sick is that? Under this administration, we have a military that is underpaid, but at least it's diverse with a Rear Admiral who wears a dress and a General who believes that a woke military is more effective than a combat-ready military.

Brothers in Arms: Gen. Milley and Rear Adm. Rachel Levine

The guidance points soldiers to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and links them to the federal welfare program’s website.

“SNAP is a U.S. government program that provides benefits to eligible low-income individuals and families via an electronic benefits transfer card that can be used like a debit card to purchase eligible food in authorized retail food stores. Service members and their families may be eligible,” the Army guidance reads.

“To determine qualification, visit the SNAP website or call the SNAP information line at 800-221-5689.”

“Based on the Pentagon’s own data, 24% of enlisted personnel are food insecure,” said Mackenzie Eaglen, an analyst at the American Enterprise Institute. 

“While food stamps are a Band-Aid, they’re also an admission that basic pay for enlisted troops and their families is too low — further exacerbated by unyielding inflation causing paychecks to shrink more.”

“The food index increased 10.9 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending May 1979,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Federal inflation data released in August shows that food prices have risen at the fastest rate since the 1970s thanks to the incompetent leadership in the White House.

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China fires hypersonic missile around the globe stunning US "experts"

The Communist China government tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic "bat-out-of-hell" missile late this past summer, and it has the Biden administration as stunned as Hunter Biden gets stoned. After the missile circled the Earth, it went on to take aim at its target, which missed by over 20 miles--with nukes, that's close enough for government work.

Fun Fact: hypersonic speed is considered to be over 3,800 mph to 7600 or mach 5 to mach 10. That is about as fast as a red light turning green and a New York cab driver blowing his horn at the driver in front of him. Missiles traveling that fast are almost impossible to shoot down with our current technology.

“Five people familiar with the test said the Chinese military launched a rocket that carried a hypersonic glide vehicle which flew through low-orbit space before cruising down towards its target,” Financial Times reported. “The missile missed its target by about two-dozen miles, according to three people briefed on the intelligence. But two said the test showed that China had made astounding progress on hypersonic weapons and was far more advanced than US officials realized.”

“We have no idea how they did this,” one of the five people told the outlet, and Joe Biden has no idea how this will affect his and Hunter's personal financial situations with China.

“The US, Russia and China are all developing hypersonic weapons, including glide vehicles that are launched into space on a rocket but orbit the earth under their own momentum,” the report added. “They fly at five times the speed of sound, slower than a ballistic missile. But they do not follow the fixed parabolic trajectory of a ballistic missile and are maneuverable, making them harder to track.” And a bitch to shoot down.

Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe warned earlier this year that the Biden administration was in for a shock once they were finally brought up to speed on the advancements that the Chinese military has made in recent years.

Ratcliffe said that “China has closed the gap” in certain areas which he could not reveal because “it poses a national security threat to acknowledge that, but there are places where China’s frankly doing a better job, and it’s further down the curve on some technology issues than we are, and that’s never been the case before.”

Translation: do not laugh at missiles with small print saying "Made in China."

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The Pentagon is trying to figure out ways to drive down the cost of hypersonic missiles, which are far superior to cruise missiles, but also more expensive. Perhaps if the Biden administration would stop suggesting a $3.5 trillion dollar spending spree, money could be allocated for the technology and costs to that end.

In July, Reuters reported:

Russia said on Monday it had successfully tested a Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin has touted as part of a new generation of missile systems without equal in the world.

The defense ministry said in a statement that the missile had been fired from the Admiral Gorshkov, a warship located in the White Sea, and travelled at around seven times the speed of sound before hitting a ground target on the coastline of the Barents Sea more than 350 km (217 miles) away.

The Chinese military unveiled hypersonic weapons back in 2019.

“We’re no longer in a period of overwhelming American dominance but rather one in which our armed forces are adapting to fight against near-peer competitors who are fielding increasingly sophisticated capabilities,” said Randall G. Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs. “Instead of expecting to dominate an opponent, our armed forces are learning to expect to be contested throughout a fight while achieving the political objectives set for them.”

The French have preemptively surrendered in the event a war breaks out.

The Wall Street Journal discussed one of Communist China's weapons that was revealed that has defense experts concerned:

The Dongfeng-17, or DF-17, is thought to be China’s first operational missile mounted with a hypersonic glide vehicle — capable of flying at more than five times the speed of sound — and the first such weapon deployed anywhere in the world, defense experts said. Once launched, the missile is designed to release a hypersonic glide vehicle that can cruise at relatively low altitude and speeds above Mach 5, or about 3,400 miles an hour, changing direction if needed. That allows it to evade current missile defense systems.

As it stands now, Pentagon military analysts are so worried and up tight over the situation that one official, who wishes to remain anonymous until he actually exists, said he could put a lump of coal up into his nether regions and make a diamond from the pressure he is feeling.

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Biden ends Memorial Day veteran's motorcycle tradition because he hates vets

The Pentagon via the Biden-Harris administration will not be allowing veterans to use their parking facility after rescinding a permit for a more than 30-year American Memorial Day tradition. [H/T Fox News]

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), blasted the [anti-American leftist and radical] Biden administration for rescinding the permit for veterans that has always been staged in the Pentagon parking lot.

"Memorial Day traditions like Rolling to Remember have been granted permits by every administration, Democrat and Republican, for the past 30 years. The Biden Administration's decision to end this Memorial Day tradition flies in the face of the freedoms that so many have died to protect," Rep. Mast wrote to Fox News in a statement. 

"We are blessed beyond words to be citizens of the greatest country on Earth and only live free thanks to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. But sadly right now, in Joe Biden's America, it is easier to cross the border illegally than it is to get a permit to pay our respects to our nation's fallen heroes."

Originally, Pentagon Special Events confirmed AMVETS' permit for Rolling to Remember on March 11 but later revoked the permit after Biden's ginkgo biloba kicked in and he realized what he needed to do to show how he feels about our military.

Mast is a 12-year Army veteran who worked as a bomb disposal expert and lost both his legs in Afghanistan, wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urging him to "promptly approve" the permit in April.

"Our biggest disappointment with the Pentagon's decision here was that they never gave us an opportunity, despite us asking many times, to be able to present a plan of how we would be able to meet at the Pentagon parking lot outdoors in a safe, responsible way," AMVETS' national executive director Joe Chennelly told "Fox & Friends First" on Monday.

It almost seems as if the Pentagon didn't want to hear any plan on how to safely meet--they just wanted to pee on the AMVETS parade of motorcycles.

"What, traditionally, this event has been all about is our missing in action. We have more than 80,000 Americans who are still missing in action since World War II," Chennelly explained. "We are committed to still having a central staging area. ... We have a Plan B and a Plan C."

AMVETS will know by week's end whether Plan B, staging near RFK Stadium, pans out.

The Pentagon blamed coronavirus risks for the decision. The Biden-Harris administration blames systemic racism for the coronavirus and the weather.

The coronavirus pandemic forced Rolling to Remember to go virtual in 2020 and for the United States to go socialist in 2021.

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Pentagon blasts Sleepy Joe who claims his people aren't getting access to information

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Presumptive President-elect's team [and he has a President-elect office an unofficial seal to prove it] has claimed, with zero evidence, that they have not received all the information needed in Biden's transition from useless US Senator, to brain-compromised babbling POTUS. 

“My team needs a clear picture of our force posture around the world and our operations to deter our enemies. We need full visibility into the budget planning underway at the Defense Department and other agencies in order to avoid any window of confusion or catch up that our adversaries may try to exploit,” Biden mush-mouthed yesterday. “But as I said from the beginning, we have encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the Department of Defense and the Office of Management and Budget. Right now, we just aren’t getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. It’s nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility.”

Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller slammed the claims from Biden, noting that the department has given Biden’s team more, not less, access to resources than they initially requested. Perhaps Biden forgot what he and his team asked for--not unlike him forgetting what state he was speaking from during his presidential campaign. 

“The Department of Defense has conducted 164 interviews with over 400 officials, and provided over 5,000 pages of documents – far more than initially requested by Biden’s transition team,” Miller said in a written statement. “DOD’s efforts already surpass those of recent administrations with over three weeks to go and we continue to schedule additional meetings for the remainder of the transition and answer any and all requests for information in our purview.”

The statement added: “Our DOD political and career officials have been working with the utmost professionalism to support transition activities in a compressed time schedule and they will continue to do so in a transparent and collegial manner that upholds the finest traditions of the Department. The American people expect nothing less and that is what I remain committed to.”

Biden, who either lied or forgot, made similar claims last week, saying, “The Defense Department won’t even brief us on many things.”

The DOD said that Biden was being "patently false" and added that they will continue to give his team the information and meetings necessary to ensure continuity between the administrations. "As we've said, meetings will begin again in early January, and in fact we've begun scheduling them," they said.

Miller explained that it was Biden's transition team who agreed to a holiday break from meetings and briefings. Their heads were spinning from all that information and Biden obviously isn't able to process more than "what's for supper" type input. In spite of this, Biden's team claimed that Miller was lying. "There was no mutually agreed-upon holiday break." 

Well someone is going to go to hell.

Biden has been criticized over his foreign policy and national security ideas, both of which shown the same accuracy of what Helen Keller's kill rate would have been if she was a long-distance sniper. 

Even Obama knew that Biden was clueless in these areas and said so.  Robert Gates, former secretary of defense under Obama, said Biden has “been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”

And he is due to become our POTUS on January 20, 2021. 

G_d save us from this mentally deficient, corrupt loser.

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Breaking: US strikes Iraq, Syria after contractor killed

The U.S. military flew combat sorties in Iraq and Syria on Sunday just days after a U.S. defense contractor was killed in a rocket attack on a military compound. The "precision defensive strikes" successfully targeted five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia, according to a report to Fox News by Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.

Two defense officials added that Air Force F-15 jet fighters carried out the strikes.

In addition to the defense contractor, four U.S. troops and two members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) were wounded.

According to military reports, over 30 rockets were fired in Friday's assault, making this the eleventh rocket attack on U.S. and Iraqi forces since the end of October.

Hoffman said the U.S. strikes will weaken Kataeb Hezbollah's ability to carry out future attacks on Americans and their Iraqi government allies.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had blamed Iran for two separate rocket attacks on Baghdad International Airport on Dec. 9 and Dec. 11. [BIA is one of the airports that CNN probably does not pay $100 thousand for airing their TV coverage.] U.S. and Iraqi forces are located on the far side of this airport.

Pompeo said if any Americans were harmed in the future, it would "be answered with a decisive U.S. response."

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Assange indicted on 18 counts, alleged coordination with Manning to leak security docs

A federal grand jury returned an 18-count superseding indictment on Thursday and charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with a number of offenses over his alleged role in one of the largest leaks of classified information in U.S. history.

It's alleged in the indictment that Assange coordinated with former Army intelligence analyst then-Bradley, now-Chelsea Manning to leak classified documents related to U.S. war and diplomacy efforts around the world.

U.S. officials say Assange worked in concert with Manning to hack into a classified government computer, kind of espionage-ish.

Manning, who served only a few years in prison for leaking to WikiLeaks, was again jailed in March after he refused to testify to a grand jury regarding WikiLeaks.

Ben Brandon, a U.S. government attorney, said in court earlier this month that American investigators had acquired details of communications between Manning and Assange in 2010. The two had allegedly “engaged in real time discussions regarding Chelsea Manning’s dissemination of confidential records to Mr. Assange.” 

Brandon said that the downloaded records from a classified computer included 90,000 Afghanistan war activity reports, 250,000 State Department cables, 400,000 Iraq war reports, and 800 Guantanamo Bay detainee assessments.

Earlier this month, Assange, 47, told a British court he would not agree to be extradited to the U.S. where he’s facing the charges of conspiracy to hack a classified Pentagon computer.

He addressed the court on May 2 via video link from a prison in London, saying he wouldn’t “surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many awards and protected many people.”

Hacking into a classified computer isn't journalism. It's espionage and if Assange is found guilty, which he probably would be, he would face extremely long prison time.

That May 2 hearing came just a day after the WikiLeaks founder was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison in the U.K. for jumping bail in 2012 and hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in an effort to avoid extradition to Sweden where he was wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations.

More to follow.

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Secret U.S. weapon only kills terrorist scumcrumpets, not civilians

The Hellfire R9X missile has been secretly developed by the US and it is incredible.

The missile contains no exploding warhead but that is the cool thing about it. Now Islamic jihadis and their leftist media lapdogs will have to lie about civilian deaths, especially those of children, like they do with Israel.

The missile doesn't explode, but instead, it brandishes knives and shreds the target. It has already been used in high-profile strikes in 2017 and continues to be used. The missile can pinpoint targets and significantly minimize collateral damage, causing virtually no innocent civilian deaths.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the  CIA and the Pentagon have used the R9X while closely guarding its existence. A modified version of the well-known Hellfire missile, the weapon carries an inert warhead. Instead of exploding, it is designed to plunge more than 100 pounds of metal through the tops of cars and buildings to kill its target without harming individuals and property close by. It's like a paper shredder except for paper, it substitutes terrorists.

To the targeted scumbag, it's as if a speeding anvil fell from the sky, the officials said. But this variant of the Hellfire missile, designated as the R9X, also comes equipped with a different kind of payload: a halo of six long blades that are stowed inside and then deploy through the skin of the missile seconds before impact to ensure that it shreds anything in its tracks, like guys trying to kill people while shouting "Allahu akbar!" and such.

Details about the secret R9X and its deployment were confirmed by more than a dozen current and former U.S. officials. Its development and use haven’t been previously disclosed, though its existence has been the subject of speculation.

The R9X is known colloquially to the small community of individuals who are familiar with its use as “the flying Ginsu,” for the blades that can cut through buildings or car roofs and kill the target. The sobriquet is a reference to the popular knives sold on TV infomercials in the late 1970s and early 1980s that showed them cutting through metal cans, tree branches and tomatoes. The weapon has also been referred to as the Ninja bomb.

Terrorists who come in contact with it call it . . . nothing. They don't hear it nor have the time to call it anything.


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