Honor the sacrifice of Navy Seals who risked everything. #JoeBiden and #DonaldTrump have used our troops to fight proxy wars in the Middle East, prioritizing the interests of other nations over our own. It’s time to bring our troops home and put America first! #Israel #MiddleEast
Russian military personnel arrived at an airbase in Niger that was hosting US troops, a senior US defence official announced, according to Reuters.
Authorities in Niger ordered the US to withdraw nearly 1,000 troops from the country, which was a key partner of Washington prior to the last year’s coup. A senior US Defence Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claimed the Russian troops were not mingling with US troops but using a separate hangar at Airbase 101, close to Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger’s capital.
The deployment of Russian forces to the country’s airbase raises questions about the future of US facilities in the country after the withdrawal. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin downplayed the risk to US forces or the likelihood that Russian troops could approach US military hardware.
The Russians are in a separate compound and don’t have access to US forces or access to our equipment. I’m always focused on the safety and protection of our troops … But right now, I don’t see a significant issue here in terms of our force protection.
It must have been very important for the US troops to find some entertainment during World War 2. We know about the USO, who hired big stars to sing or act for the troops, but there were other ways too.
The American Red Cross rodeo and “Wild West�� show staged a rodeo in Foggia Stadium in Southern Italy, July 4, 5 and 6, 1944.
Picture above: Private Dorothy E. Wood of Phoenix, Arizona, a member…
Iranian-backed Iraqi militias renew attacks on US troops
Iranian-backed Iraqi militias on Monday announced renewed attacks on US troops in the region, hours after Iraq shelled a US military base in Syria, the first such attack since early February, The National News reports.
The statement by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, was published on a Telegram channel affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah, one of Iraq’s most powerful armed groups.
The statement said the decision to resume the attacks came after Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani’s visit to Washington last week failed to make progress in talks on the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
“What happened a short while ago is the beginning,” it said, referring to the launch of five rockets from the northern Iraqi town of Zummar towards a US military base in north-eastern Syria on Sunday night.
Iraqi security forces are searching for perpetrators near the Syrian border in Nineveh province, the Iraqi Security Media Group said in a statement published on its website X.