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US military carries out 1st land operation against cartels in Ecuador: SOUTHCOM
ABC ^ | 3-3-26

Posted on 03/04/2026 3:56:46 AM PST by nuconvert

The United States and Ecuador conducted joint military operations against "designated terrorist organizations in Ecuador," U.S. Southern Command announced on Tuesday.

This marks the first time that the U.S. military has engaged in a land operation against South American drug cartels.

(Excerpt) Read more at 6abc.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drugcartels; ecuador; military; narcoterrorists; southcom

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1 posted on 03/04/2026 3:56:46 AM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Let me guess. Someone in congress is going to demand to be notified in advance.


2 posted on 03/04/2026 4:03:08 AM PST by Nifty
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To: nuconvert

GREAT.


3 posted on 03/04/2026 4:04:52 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: nuconvert

Seal Team 2 and CAG doing joint ops south of the border. French Foreign Legion in French Guiana along with GIGN recently. Go get em boys!


4 posted on 03/04/2026 4:17:32 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: nuconvert

Everyone: “There are a lot of problems in the world.”
Trump: “I will fix them.”
Democrats: “This is outrageous! We need to stop this guy!”


5 posted on 03/04/2026 4:36:28 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: ClearCase_guy
"There are a lot of problems in this world! And now I'm going to do something about them!"


6 posted on 03/04/2026 4:52:31 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: Larry Lucido

I think Jerry Stiller (died 2020) is one of the funniest Seinfeld characters. Don’t know what he was like as a person.


7 posted on 03/04/2026 5:11:38 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: nuconvert

Trump World Tour 2026

Venezuela
Iran
Ecuador
Cuba
North Korea


8 posted on 03/04/2026 5:20:00 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Ben Stiller put together a documentary about his parents. I think it’s on Netflix. It’s worth watching.


9 posted on 03/04/2026 6:00:29 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: DCBryan1

Wonder what’s gotten into the French lately? Foreign Legion down in SA, and them sending a carrier group to help out in Iran.


10 posted on 03/04/2026 6:06:07 AM PST by pangaea6
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To: DCBryan1

Indeed. A live fire joint exercise with Equadorean (sp?) forces.


11 posted on 03/04/2026 6:21:54 AM PST by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: pangaea6

There are perhaps some elements of the French that understand the existential threat their nation is facing, and they can see the US has begun the war that is doing something to end it. The tolerance of the West is coming to a close.


12 posted on 03/04/2026 6:22:55 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Nifty

Someone from KT most likely.


13 posted on 03/04/2026 6:23:08 AM PST by Zathras
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To: dfwgator

Cuba is next.
“Pull”


14 posted on 03/04/2026 6:24:35 AM PST by Zathras
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To: ClearCase_guy

Ben Stiller is too much like Kathy Griffin.


15 posted on 03/04/2026 6:25:17 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: nuconvert

Obama and Biden, for twelve year, refused to project Amerian power. That left a power vacuum, which resulted in the coagulation of despotism and organized international criminal violence. The world found out what it was like without an United States to maintain order. This has left Trump a large amount of cleaning up to do for national survival.


16 posted on 03/04/2026 6:38:26 AM PST by odawg
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To: pangaea6

Do you have a source for the Frog Carrier group helping out in Iran? I just checked with Chatgpt and the answer is no, however AI is not always correct.


17 posted on 03/04/2026 6:55:43 AM PST by redfreedom (The Forth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Frank Drebin

“The tolerance of the West is coming to a close.”

************

And hopefully some sense of societal and cultural self-preservation is being restored.


18 posted on 03/04/2026 7:02:18 AM PST by Starboard
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