The Friday Five – Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
At least six KC-135 tankers have been deployed overseas, possibly to assist in strikes against Iran-backed groups responsible for the deadly attack on a US outpost in Jordan last weekend.
At least six KC-135 tankers have been deployed overseas, possibly to assist in strikes against Iran-backed groups responsible for the deadly attack on a US outpost in Jordan last weekend.
At least nine nations have paused funding for the UN agency for refugees in Gaza after a report that at least a dozen UN employees took part in the attack on Israel October 7.Continue Reading
Three American soldiers were killed and 34 others injured in a suicide drone attack early Sunday at a military outpost in northeastern Jordan, raising the possibility of more direct involvement by the US in the proxy war between Iran and Israel.
Hostilities involving nations like Yemen, Turkey, Jordan, Iran, and Pakistan leads Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis (US Army–Ret.) to conclude that the Iran-Hamas conflict has escalated into a regional Mideast war.
The government of Hawaii’s bizarre response to the West Maui disaster is raising more questions than it answers. Why is Gov. Josh Green blocking media access to the site and information about the investigation into how the fires started?
The Biden administration wants to send Patriot surface-to-air missiles and more American troops to Ukraine, a move the Russian embassy in Washington says may lead to “unpredictable consequences.”
AT THE SOUTHERN END of the Jordan River, Sodom and Jericho were destroyed, Moses was buried, and Elijah was carried up to heaven in a whirlwind. But there’s also a link to the other end of the Jordan, which in ancient times belonged to Og, king of Bashan.Continue Reading
AT THE SOUTHERN END of the Jordan River, Sodom and Jericho were destroyed, Moses was buried, and Elijah was carried up to heaven in a whirlwind. It’s also where the prophet Ezekiel foresaw the destruction of the army of Gog of Magog.Continue Reading
What happens when you take a maverick archaeologist and a filmmaker and drop them into Petra? A film that probably wasn’t sanctioned by OSHA. Aaron Judkins and Ty Towriss discuss their “travelogumentary,” Qumran 2 Petra.
Avi Lipkin discusses Middle East geopolitics and religious civil war in Syria.Continue Reading
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