https://freerepublic.com/tag/colormeshocked/ en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:31:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392259/posts Russia is shipping parts for drones, missiles and explosives to Iran to replenish its weapons stockpiles decimated by US and Israeli airstrikes during the war, according to a new report. More than two dozen Russian ships, many of them under US and European sanctions, traveled across the Caspian Sea to deliver the arms to Iran’s port in Amirabad, NBC News reported, citing documents and a Western official. While the development demonstrates Moscow and Tehran’s deepening alliance, it also proves that the US-Israeli strikes against Iran’s production plants have been largely successful, Jim Lamson, a former CIA analyst, told the outlet.... The New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392259/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:31:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703936/posts BEIRUT, Lebanon - The French general commanding U.N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon said Monday his troops would not intervene to disarm Hezbollah, even as French President Jacques Chirac said the militant group should not keep a military wing. Maj. Gen. Alain Pelligrini told reporters the main task of his U.N. force is to ensure southern Lebanon cannot be used as a base for attacks on Israel. "The disarmament of Hezbollah is not the business of UNIFIL. This is a strictly Lebanese affair, which should be resolved at a national level," he said. Pelligrini's assessment underscored the constraints facing the beefed-up... AP on Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703936/posts#comment Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:38:12 GMT