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2 Navy SEALs lost at sea were helping seize Iranian warheads being sent to Houthis
Business insider ^ | 1-16-24

Posted on 01/16/2024 7:39:01 AM PST by nuconvert

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To: piasa

In the 2011 plot to blow up the restaurant in Washington DC, the Iranian now in charge of Yemen operations, Abdul Reza Shahlai, was in contact with the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas.


41 posted on 01/16/2024 9:02:43 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa; nuconvert

Speaking of Iran’s current commander in Yemen, Abdul Reza Shahlai:

Iranian Murders in the West
Weekly Standard ^ | Oct 18, 2011 | Stephen Schwartz
Posted on 10/19/2011, 8:00:30 AM by nuconvert

Americans were stunned on October 11 when the Justice Department unsealed its complaint against Mansour Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old used-car dealer from Corpus Christi now in federal custody, and Ali Gholam Shakuri, a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force. Shakuri remains inside Iran. The pair have been charged with conspiring to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington, Adel Al-Jubeir.

As disclosed by the Treasury Department, the plot was coordinated by Arbabsiar’s cousin, Abdul Reza Shahlai, a top Quds Force functionary whom the Treasury designated in 2008 as one of several “individuals and entities fueling violence in Iraq.” Shahlai was described then as the planner of “special group attacks” by the Mahdi Army, headed by Moktada Al-Sadr, against Coalition forces on the territory of Iran’s western neighbor....


42 posted on 01/16/2024 9:10:05 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

“That’s true of all governments.
In fact, that is true of people in general.”

Sadly, that is true. I saw a meme that said if you think the news is fake, wait until you learn about history.


43 posted on 01/16/2024 9:27:55 AM PST by MNDude
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To: piasa

In addition to the density of water, the property of hydrogen bonding, the attraction of hydrogen in one water molecule to the oxygen in another, contributes a lot to the formidability. Water molecules have 2 negative points and 2 positive points which are slightly attractive. It resembles a tetrahedron. The attraction is enough to create the effect most commonly recognized as surface tension. It’s also the force responsible for the way water forms hexagonal crystals when it freezes.


44 posted on 01/16/2024 9:36:32 AM PST by webheart
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To: piasa

Liberals love to use foreign words and names. They also periodically change the spelling and pronunciation of those words just to make themselves sound smart. The Qods Force used to be called the Quds Force. Why is Pakistan now pronounced Pockeeston while Offgoneeston is pronounced Affganistan? They love to talk about Erdogan who really is not that important in the world but has a cool name. Remember Achmedinijad? His name was a real tongue twister but you could become a host of the Today Show if you could pronounce it correctly. I think Khomeini came to power because his name was more exotic than Shah. Obama was a very different name from Smith and Jones, or Bush or Clinton.


45 posted on 01/16/2024 9:51:05 AM PST by webheart
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To: No!

“”””Seals don’t drown.””””

Four SEAL Team 6 members drowned when we invaded Grenada.


46 posted on 01/16/2024 10:13:37 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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LOL, you can’t just sink cargoships for no reason, you have to board them to determine if they are doing anything wrong.


47 posted on 01/16/2024 10:16:37 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Levy78

“”””VBSS at night is prob one of the most dangerous/tough missions for many reasons.””””

That is what they say.

Navy SEALs describe how boarding a ship is a team’s ‘sketchiest’ mission’
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-seals-sketchy-vbss/


48 posted on 01/16/2024 10:21:13 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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The Navy said it was a ship they have encountered several times smuggling. And that would be news to Admiral Nimitz.
We are not prosecuting them for crimes and gathering evidence and making arrests... we are attacking terrorist activities.

LOL


49 posted on 01/16/2024 10:38:50 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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I think the thing that bothers me is that this is a warm water area. So, they didn’t die of hypothermia.

And, they are highly trained, excellent physical condition and highly motivated to survive. Plus, there were (according to articles), helos IN THE AIR backing them up.

So, I’m beginning to believe it’s a Biden White House lie.


50 posted on 01/16/2024 10:49:15 AM PST by Cen-Tejas
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To: DesertRhino

You can’t just attack boats and kill the crew for no reason, you have to board them to see if they are committing a crime and if the crew are then you arrest them, and if the rules call for it you scuttle the boat.


51 posted on 01/16/2024 10:51:51 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: No!

4 Drowned in the invasion of Grenada.


52 posted on 01/16/2024 11:08:21 AM PST by suasponte137
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53 posted on 01/16/2024 12:26:29 PM PST by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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