Month: January 2020

Iran believed to have deliberately missed U.S. forces in Iraq strikes: sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran is believed to have deliberately avoided U.S. military casualties during retaliatory missile strikes on bases housing American troops in Iraq, following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general, according to U.S. and European government sources familiar with intelligence assessments. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday the Iranians…

By HearthstoneYarns January 10, 2020 0

A Border Patrol agent who separated migrant families says it was 'the most horrible thing I've ever done'

YouTube/Frontline PBS | Official A Border Patrol agent says separating migrant families in the spring of 2018 was “the most horrible thing I’ve ever done.” The officer, Wesley Farris, told PBS’s “Frontline” that he had to separate a devastated two-year-old boy from his family, and that he refused to do it again afterwards. “The world…

By HearthstoneYarns January 10, 2020 0

We Know How China Plans To Use Its Aircraft Carriers In A Conflict

Key Point: China understands that in a maritime conflict with virtually any nation but the United States, its carriers would be would be a powerful combat advantage. China’s recent release of its first strategic white paper signals its official emergence as a maritime—and therefore global—power. Little in the document should surprise those who have monitored China’s…

By HearthstoneYarns January 10, 2020 0

Mike Pence Claims Intelligence Behind Soleimani Hit Too Sensitive For Congress

The information supporting the Trump administration’s rationale for assassinating Iran’s top commander is simply too sensitive to share with Congress, Vice President Mike Pence flatly insisted in an NBC interview Thursday. Gen. Qassem Soleimani had to be killed last week because he was orchestrating an “imminent” attack on Americans, the Trump administration has claimed. But…

By HearthstoneYarns January 10, 2020 0