Naval operations
THE WEAPON’S TRAIL TO YEMEN & SOMALIA
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The USA Navy said in a statement Monday 04/04/2016 it has seized a weapons shipment in the Arabian Sea from Iran likely heading to war-torn Yemen.
The Navy said that the USS Sirocco on 03/28/2016 intercepted and seized… Continue reading
OVER 150 AL-SHABAB KILLED BY U.S AIRSTRIKE
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An USA airstrike has killed more than 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia, the Pentagon said on Monday 03/07/2016 evening. Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the strike hit a training camp where a “large-scale” attack was being planned. “Initial assessments… Continue reading
10 US SAILORS ABDUCTED BY IRAN IN THE GULF
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On Tuesday 01/12/2016 gulf time Iran seized 2 small USA Navy boats, with 10 sailors on boards, on a patrol mission from Kuwait to Bahrain, near the Iranian claimed Farsi Island just in the middle of the… Continue reading
2 WEAPON BOATS HIT BY SAUDI JETS
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Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition hit, on Saturday 11/28/2015, two small boats allegedly carrying weapons to Iran-backed Houthi militias on the southern coast of Yemen, a military official said.
Weapons were being unloaded from the two fishing boats near… Continue reading
BAHRAIN SUSPECTS IRAN BEHIND HUGE EXPLOSIVE STASH
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Since t
he Bahrain Crisis of early 2011 and the beginning of the Arab Spring Bahrain is, actually, a Saudi proxy in constant tension between the ‘original” Sunni population, now a minority in Bahrain. and the foreign workers, almost… Continue reading
YET ANOTHER IRANIAN WEAPONS SHIPMENT SEIZED
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Arab coalition forces, not the failed American led coalition against I.S.I.S but the Saudi led coalition against pro Iranian Houthi Saada Rebels in Yemen, have announced,. on Wednesday 09/30/2015, the capture of an Iranian boat carrying… Continue reading
ILLEGAL WEAPON SEIZED ON A SHIP SAILING TO LIBYA
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The Greek Coast Guard has seized, on Tuesday 09/01/2015, a vessel carrying ammunition and weapons near the southern island of Crete, authorities said, according to the Associated Press. The shipment is believed to be linked to the Islamic… Continue reading
ISIS STRUCK AN EGYPTIAN PATROL BOAT
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An Egyptian Navy patrol boat was hit, on Thursday 07/16/2015, in a firefight between security forces and suspected militants loyal to the Islamic State ( I.S.I.S ) off the Egyptian Mediterranean coast near the restive town of… Continue reading