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| | Breaking Updates | | US Navy Rescues Hijacked Israeli-Managed Oil Tanker and Captures Houthi Pirates | A US destroyer intercepted a hijacked Israeli-managed oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden earlier Sunday, freed the crew, and took the Houthi pirates into custody.
Shortly after dawn local time, the Central Park, a small Liberian-flagged oil and chemical tanker managed by an Israeli company registered in London, sent a distress call saying it was being boarded by armed men. The USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was operating in the area. According to reports, the Mason directed the crew to take refuge and not turn the ship over to the pirates….
The crew had locked themselves in the Citadel (safe room). A Japanese destroyer assisted the USS Mason with the interdiction. 2 Chinese Navy warships in the area did not render assistance. The gunmen tried to beat down the door to the safe room but failed.
The hijackers exited the vessel and were making their way back to the shores of Yemen when the US Navy personnel pursued and arrested them. Warning shots were fired by the U.S. Navy personnel and a U.S. helicopter gunship flew cover.
The two PLAN warships that ignored the distress call are part of a six-ship flotilla that rotates through the Persian Gulf. The fact that they refused to acknowledge a distress call simply underscores the hostile nature of Chinese presence in any environment: political, economic, military, or academic…
The Navy has become more aggressive in engaging Houthi missiles and drones | Read more updates here |
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| | Biden Apologized for Questioning Palestinian Death Toll Tallies | President Biden actually said something true in October, questioning the death tolls coming from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health as the Israel-Hamas war was heating up...
"I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed," Biden said on October 25. "I'm sure innocents have been killed, and it's a price of waging war," he added.
This being Joe Biden, it didn't take him long to backtrack like a crayfish and apologize for his remarks. According to the Washington Post, in a meeting the next day, the president expressed remorse and shame for noting that the Gaza Health Ministry could not be trusted.
The following day, Biden met with five prominent Muslim Americans, who protested what they saw as his insensitivity to the civilians who were dying. All spoke of people they knew who had been affected by the suffering in Gaza, including a woman who had lost 100 members of her family.
Biden appeared to be affected by their account. "I'm sorry. I'm disappointed in myself," he told the group, according to two people familiar with the meeting. "I will do better."
The meeting, scheduled for 30 minutes, ended up lasting more than an hour, according to one White House official, and ended with Biden hugging one of the participants.
When he has to apologize for saying something that is provably true, you know it's bad… | Read more updates here |
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