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NATO Chief Rutte: Trump's Iran Mission Has Broad Allied Support
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told Newsmax on Wednesday there is
"widespread support" among alliance members for President Donald
Trump's campaign targeting Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities,
even as some European leaders have voiced public criticism of the
operation.
"NATO is not involved," Rutte told "The Record With Greta Van
Susteren." "But obviously allies are basically, on a massive scale,
supportive of what the president is doing and are also enabling what
the U.S. is doing now in the region, taking out this nuclear capability
of Iran and, of course, the missile capability."
Rutte said European allies have strong security concerns about Tehran,
pointing to threats and assassination plots tied to the Iranian regime.
US will ‘bitterly regret’ sinking Iranian warship, Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi warns — as ayatollah calls for Trump’s blood
The US will “bitterly regret the precedent it has set” after an
American submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship in an attack that left
more than 80 sailors dead, the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister
warned — while an ayatollah called for President Trump’s blood.
“The US has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from
Iran’s shores. Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost
130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning,” Abbas
Aragchi wrote on X on Thursday.
“Mark my words: The US will come to bitterly regret (the) precedent it has set.”
Iranian Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli called for the “shedding of
Zionist blood, the shedding of Trump’s blood” in the wake of the deadly
naval attack.
Condoleezza Rice Urges Trump to 'Take Care of Iran for Good'
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged President Donald Trump
to "take care of Iran for good," praising "Operation Epic Fury," which
resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Rice said in a TV interview that the Iranian regime has been hostile
toward the United States for decades and argued the latest military
operation is part of a long-overdue effort to neutralize one of
America’s most persistent adversaries.
"Iran has been at war with us for at least 47 years," Rice said, the
New York Post reported. "If you ask people about Iraq, what was the
source of many of our casualties in Iraq, you’ll get estimates as high
as 75% or 80% of them were due to Iranian-made roadside bombs."
Rice said the goal of the military campaign should be to severely
weaken Iran’s ability to threaten the United States, Israel, and other
allies in the Middle East.
Laser weapons deployed in Operation Epic Fury, as Space Force stops Iran’s missiles in their tracks
Iranian weapons debris, blown to pieces or mechanically crippled, keeps dropping from the Middle East sky.
For that, we can thank heat-seeking satellites, military-grade malware and radar-jamming software, all made in America.
New-technology laser weaponry has also been deployed against Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, The Post has learned.
The laser is a state-of-the-art device with a steerable head, able to
concentrate an “intense, tightly focused beam” of energy and take out
drones, according to keen-eyed military watchers.
House to vote on Iran war powers resolution a day after Senate rejected
similar bid
Iran continues firing missiles, drones at neighboring states, with multiple interceptions reported
Iran said the US would 'bitterly regret' sinking one of its warships
Iran launched a new wave of attacks on Thursday, with explosions
reported in the region and Tehran threatening that the U.S. would
"bitterly regret" sinking an Iranian warship.
Iran's strikes on Thursday targeted Israel, American bases and
countries in the region. Israel announced multiple incoming missile
attacks as air raid sirens blared in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense on Thursday said Iran used unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) in an attack on Nakhchivan International Airport
and other civilian infrastructure. The ministry said the details of the
attack and the capabilities of the UAVs were being investigated.
Austin bar shooting bodycam due out as DA makes major call about cops who shot suspected terrorist
Travis County DA José Garza instituted 2021 policy requiring all officer-involved shootings go before a grand jury
Bodycam video from the Austin mass shooting, which is being
investigated as a terrorist attack, will be released on Thursday as the
county's liberal district attorney announced he would take no action
against the three officers who killed the suspect.
In a news release on Wednesday, Travis County District Attorney José
Garza announced no action would be taken against the three police
officers who killed 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne. Diagne shot and killed
three people and left more than a dozen other people injured on Sunday
outside a bar in Austin, Texas.
"Today, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office notified the
Austin Police Department that it has formally concluded its review of
the mass shooting on 6th Street and will take no action against the
three officers who stopped the shooting," the news release stated.
Top 5 wildest moments as GOP lawmakers clashed with Walz, Ellison in heated fraud hearing: 'Unbelievable'
Walz and Ellison faced calls to step down during the contentious hearing
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison faced a
barrage of tough questions from Republicans during a Wednesday House
hearing on the massive fraud scandal in the state, with most of the
questions focused on one key theme: What did they know, and when did
they know it?
Walz and Ellison were asked multiple times for specifics regarding when
they were first made aware of the fraud problems and faced sharp
rebukes from Republican members, including Rep. Virginia Foxx.
"You did not do your job, you did not do your job," Foxx told Walz.
"You did not protect taxpayer dollars. You allowed massive fraud. You
and Mr. Ellison allowed massive fraud to go on in the state of
Minnesota. It is unfortunate, as somebody said, that you can't be held
personally responsible at this stage in the game."
An exchange between GOP Rep. Jim Jordan and Walz sparked immediate pushback from conservatives on social media.
Zelenskyy: US, Mideast Seek Kyiv's Drone Expertise
The U.S. and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Kyiv's expertise
in countering Iran's Shahed drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy said.
Russia has fired tens of thousands of Shaheds at Ukraine since it invaded its neighbor four years ago, Zelenskyy said.
Iran has responded with the same type of drones to joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian targets.
Judge Orders Imports Cleared Without Struck-Down Tariffs
A U.S. trade court judge on Wednesday ordered the government to
finalize goods entries into the U.S. without assessing tariffs that
were struck down by the Supreme Court last month, according to a court
filing.
The order could affect millions of shipments of goods.
As of Dec. 10, there were 19.2 million entries into the U.S. for which
a final tariff or duty had not been assessed, which are known as
unliquidated.
How ‘watermelon’ radicals made Democrats the party of appeasement
By Julian Epstein
The case for a military strike in Iran is stronger than any we’ve seen in decades.
The ethnonationalist, imperial regime in Tehran enslaves and murders
its own by the tens of thousands, threatens genocide on infidels
throughout the region and promises death to the United States.
Yet the Democratic Party is pulling out all stops to block President Donald Trump from continuing this war of liberation.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer calls the attack “unpopular, immoral and illegal.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says it “will end in failure” —
ignoring its unprecedented initial success in decapitating Iran’s
leadership and destroying its defenses.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls it “illegal” and “dangerous.”
Raging attempts to shame Team USA hockey players are exactly why Trump was voted back into office
By Kirsten Fleming
On Wednesday night, golden boy and New Jersey Devil Jack Hughes
returned to his home ice in Newark. The half edentulous star embraced
his USA teammate turned opponent, Buffalo’s Tage Thompson, expressed
his national pride and thanked the crowd.
He recieved a thunderous ovation.
And to think, a day earlier, The Athletic columnist Jerry Brewer wrote
of Team USA’s post-win celebration — including that now-famous call
from President Trump — “They’ve already lost some of the room.”
The “room” of which he writes isn’t the real world, where Hughes and Thompson were showered with love.
Rather, it’s a lefty echo chamber, made up of journalists and a bizarre
ecosystem of online hockey fans, that wants to tear the sport down to
its studs and remake it in their progressive likeness, complete with
pronouns in the bio.
