Author: Michael

In late 2017, while traveling to Moscow on official duty, I experienced a sudden, debilitating health incident. After a long and arduous battle with the CIA to obtain treatment, military doctors at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington ultimately diagnosed and treated me for a line-of-duty traumatic brain injury. I was never the same after the incident and years of painful recovery continue to this day.I served for 26 years in the U.S.

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United States officials speaking to the Washington Post on March 10 confirmed that the U.S. Army has begun moving parts of its THAAD anti-missile system from South Korea to the Middle East, a week after South Korean sources first reported that a withdrawal of components of THAAD systems, and possibly full systems, was under consideration. This follows confirmation from South Korean government sources on March 9 that U.S. Army MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems have also been preparedfor redeployment from South Korea to the Middle East, and that heavy U.S.

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Footage take at Almamzar Beach in Dubai has show a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force F-16E/F fighter in hot pursuit of an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Shahed 136 single use attack drone. The F-16 carried two AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, but appeared to be closing in to attempt to achieve a gun kill. The outcome of the engagement is unknown. Iran has launched large scale missile and drone attacks targeting bases across the Persian Gulf region hosting U.S.

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The Ukrainian Air Force on March 9 reported the death of one of the country’s most experienced airmen, Colonel Alexander Dovgach, the commander of the 39th Fighter Aviation Brigade, during a combat sortie. “In the eastern direction, in the conditions of a significant advantage of the air enemy and powerful counteraction of hostile air defence systems, Colonel Alexander Dovgach was killed,” the Air Force announced. Dovgach carried out combat missions in the Kiev, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions, and also carried out strikes on Snake Island in the spring of 2022.

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As the Islamic Republic weathers U.S. and Israeli missile strikes on its infrastructure and the killing of key political figures, China remains on the sidelines, offering words and technical expertise rather than arms to its closest partner in the Middle East.

To be sure, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has strongly condemned the U.S.-Israeli intervention in Iran, calling it “unacceptable” for Washington to launch attacks amid ongoing negotiations with Tehran, “still less to blatantly attack and kill a leader of a sovereign country and instigate government change.

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