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Foreign Affairs › Hypocrisy: Pompeo Says Iran Must Be Held accountable for Its Satellite Launch by dermmy(op): 7:34am On Apr 23, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said Iran must be held accountable for its latest military satellite launch, which he says could have violated a United Nations resolution.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hours earlier said it had successfully launched a multipurpose military satellite into orbit, marking a first for the paramilitary group.

The “Noor” satellite — whose name means “light” — is orbiting 425 km (264 miles) above the earth’s surface, according to state-run media.

“I think every nation has an obligation to go to the United Nations and evaluate whether this missile launch was consistent with that Security Council resolution,” Mr. Pompeo said during a press conference.

According to a 2015 UN resolution, Iran has been “called upon” to stop working on ballistic missiles that are made to deliver nuclear weapons as part of a deal with six global leaders. However, some nations have said the language of the charter does not apply to the latest launch, Reuters reported.

Despite Iran’s repeated claims that it is not developing nuclear warheads, the U.S. has maintained concerns that the long-range ballistic missile technology used to launch the satellites could be part of a longer-term effort to launch nuclear weapons.

Mr. Pompeo added that he does not think that the launch was “remotely” compliant under its UN agreement, “and I think Iran needs to be held accountable for what they have done.”

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/22/pompeo-iran-must-be-held-accountable-military-sate/
Foreign Affairs › Re: Abolfazl Shekarchi To Trump: Save Us From Coronavirus, Not Make Threats by dermmy(m): 7:01am On Apr 23, 2020
SenecaTheYonger:
This people are something else, I remember that Iran was the first country Trump offered help for corona virus and they said they’ll rather die than accept America’s help
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/irans-supreme-leader-just-declined-us-coronavirus-help-because-of-a-conspiracy-theory/
Bullshit. Give us your definition of help. You've placed a country under harsh economic sanctions for 40yrs because she refused to be your puppet now you think it's time to offer them help lolssss. America should help herself first cause they have the highest death rate in the world now.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Abolfazl Shekarchi To Trump: Save Us From Coronavirus, Not Make Threats by dermmy(m): 6:53am On Apr 23, 2020
Edusouls:
Trump is a resounding failure to the Americans and the world as a whole, the result is so confirmed to everyone, war rhetorics to Iran when tens of thousands of Americans are dying daily of corona virus daily, no solution in sight, most of their navy aboard the USS carrier are infected and battling for their lives, Iran is already controlling this virus with 4000 deaths compared to USA 46000,...anyone still hailing trumphuh Joe Biden is next American president November
The man does not have what it takes to be a leader. So childish, he keeps exposing his ineptitude.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Abolfazl Shekarchi To Trump: Save Us From Coronavirus, Not Make Threats by dermmy(m):
Mr Trump is confused at the moment. Pressure is on him to do something about the corona virus that has brought America to its knees so he just need to distract Americans from the important issue the way he tried to distract the public from his impeachment trial by ordering a military strike on Iranian general.

Mr Trump is just speaking like a confused man as usual, how will America handle a war with Iran and fight corona virus at the same time. It is a lie he didn't give U.S. military any order to sink any Iranian boat. You couldn't retaliate when Iran smashed your military base in Iraq injuring over 100 troops it is now that you are struggling with a virus that has killed 45,000 people in your country that you want to engage a country in a war. Mr Trump is a clown
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Launches First Military Satellite Into Orbit After Months Of Failure by dermmy(op): 5:57am On Apr 23, 2020
Mightymanna:
In other news Trump orders US Navy to sink Iranian gunboats, I blamed Iran for being geographically located close to US Warships.
Mr Trump is confused at the moment. Pressure is on him to do something about the corona vurus that has brought America to its knees so he just need to distract Americans from the important issue the way he tried to distract the public from his impeachment trial by ordering a military strike on Iranian general.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Launch Military Satellite Into Space(video) by dermmy(m): 5:46am On Apr 23, 2020
MightySparrow:
If only US or Israel will not hack and destroy it
Lmao
Celebrities › Re: 10 Years After, Dagrin Lives On by dermmy(m): 5:32pm On Apr 22, 2020
incogni2o:
Let me twll you something.

Any musician has two things to offer.

Lyrics and Musical style.

When it comes to musical style, he is a pace setter.

I understand your concern about lyrics though which is what affects the society.

I am also not into all his songs bit try to listen to his song with Omawumi . You know he also sings good and clean lyrics
Youve said it all bro. That "thank God" ehn i'll listen to that song till .............
I'm a strong christian but if you have good lyrics i'll sing your song i don't care if you are a smoker even if all your lyrics aren't pure i'll look for the pure ones and sing them. May his soul rest in peace.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Instructs US Navy To Shoot Down Iranian Gunboats If They Harass US Ships by dermmy(m): 3:22pm On Apr 22, 2020
Eteka1:
Why are you still arguing like this. I showed you its in the US news and you are still arguing?
My brother just leave that dullard alone. The guy na clown.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Instructs US Navy To Shoot Down Iranian Gunboats If They Harass US Ships by dermmy(m): 3:12pm On Apr 22, 2020
OgogoroDegree:
Even if the leftist media says anything you will swallow it without any atom of reasoning grin

Same media you followed blindly, and their partner "CNN" announced Hilary Clinton as the winner of the last election with great margin grin

Iran only fired their missiles close to the us army camp (boarder camp) n not into their camp
Hahaha. Even when Mr Trump even said i heard they had headache.. The leftist media bla bla is what you guys use to console yourselves. No problem it's even on bbc, fox voa it's all over the internet I'm surprised you didn't hear Iran fired missiles at U.S. base in Iraq.

Well just give me that your location that is cutting you from the world me sef need a rest from all these sad news I'm hearing everyday. grin grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Instructs US Navy To Shoot Down Iranian Gunboats If They Harass US Ships by dermmy(m): 3:01pm On Apr 22, 2020
OgogoroDegree:
Who told you they shot dozens of missiles? grin
The brain injury part got me laughing
grin
Oh. I'm sorry it was stick Iran threw at the base then. So pentagon was lying. Are you sure you are on planet earth

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-tbi-exclusive/exclusive-more-than-100-u-s-troops-diagnosed-with-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-officials-idUSKBN2041ZK

That's a cure for your ignorance.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Instructs US Navy To Shoot Down Iranian Gunboats If They Harass US Ships by dermmy(m):
Lostz:
you guys have started with singing praise for Iran again.



the praise got to their head last time out and they lost a powerful general. they also shot down a passenger flight.
You guys are just shouting the killing of soleimani. Did you remember Iran retaliated by firing dozens of missiles into U.S base in Iraq injuring over 150 troops some have been diagnosed with life long brain injury. Who knew Iran would do that. America wasn't even expecting it.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Instructs US Navy To Shoot Down Iranian Gunboats If They Harass US Ships by dermmy(m): 2:48pm On Apr 22, 2020
beamtopola:
You speak with your anus. What happens when the second in command of Iran was killed?
The question you should be asking is what happened after Iran rained missiles on American base in Iraq injuring over 150 troops the pentagon has said some sustained life long brain damage. Remember Mr Trump threatened to destroy Iran should the country retaliate the killing of Soleimani. We are still expecting Mr POTUS to do something since January grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Launches First Military Satellite Into Orbit After Months Of Failure by dermmy(op): 2:42pm On Apr 22, 2020
Omotaday:
Iran no dey gree. The money they should have used to cater for their citizens.

I don’t blame them to many enemies around. Saudi, Israel, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, US, Jordan.
@ the bolded Iran has always catered for its citizens from the beginning. In the 50's Mossadegh expropriated the oil industry that was being exploited by British and American oil companies and gave it back to the people he did that because of the love he had for the Iranians but it's a pity that America and Britain had to unseat him in a coup and replaced him with a dictator that looted the country dry.

America hasn't forgiven them since they took the country back from U.S exploitation in 1979 revolution. That is why uncle Sam is still waging economic warfare on the country. Don't swallow western propaganda every nation has the right to defend itself from aggression. It is western sanction that is making life difficult for ordinary Iranians and they won't give up their military programme for the removal of western sanctions it's suicidal.

The military programme is the only thing deterring America from invading.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Launches First Military Satellite Into Orbit After Months Of Failure by dermmy(op):
basilico:
The Yankees will shoot down that satellite down
Why would the yanquis shoot it down? They have their own sats in space. Well anything can happen during wartime but for now they have no right to shoot it down. The outer space belongs to no country under the international law of the outer space so every nation is free to place anything up there except weapons of mass destruction.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Launches First Military Satellite Into Orbit After Months Of Failure by dermmy(op): 11:50am On Apr 22, 2020
Flyingngel:
In many years ahead, America will have so many countries to contend with such that unnecessary sanction will be the last part though the effect will not be that much.
America shld start now to practice sustained negotiations cos they will need it more in years to come.
You've said it all. This successful launch is another evidence that shows that those sanctions have little effect on their military programme. Very soon America will start barking and calling for UN security council meeting on this latest launch from Iran.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Launches First Military Satellite Into Orbit After Months Of Failure by dermmy(op): 11:48am On Apr 22, 2020
Righteousness89:
Iran Leaders seem to be more interested in Power tussle than on its Citizenry!

This has little or no effects on the Country
Whenever Israel does things like this people would shout. Israelis are God's people, God bless Israel this and that but if Iran does the same thing it becomes a problem. As long as America continues its hostility towards Iran the country would feel compelled to defend herself.

Iran sees America and its western thugs as threat and a nuclear armed foe like Israel in the region will only make the country to go on the defensive. Iran is not out there to bully any country project like this has kept America and other hostile actors from invading the Islamic republic. They will continue to advance their military programme to defend themselves.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Launches First Military Satellite Into Orbit After Months Of Failure by dermmy(op): 11:37am On Apr 22, 2020
Nbote:
Dis ones have sworn to build up their military capabilities whether America likes it or not
Exactly. Sanctions or no sanction they are hell bent on advancing their military capability. The country has good scientists only God knows how far they would have gone without these crippling sanctions.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Launches First Military Satellite Into Orbit After Months Of Failure by dermmy(op):
ignis:
For what?
For intelligence gathering and the ability to guide intercontinental ballistic missiles to their target in the near future if they are ready to build them. As world powers are eyeing the outer space for power projection regional actor like Iran does not want to be left out. Iran now has the ability to spy on any country from the outer space.
Foreign Affairs › Iran Launches First Military Satellite Into Orbit After Months Of Failure by dermmy(op): 11:29am On Apr 22, 2020
Iran has announced it successfully launched the country's first military reconnaissance satellite after months of failures, a programme the United States alleges is a cover for missile development.

"The first satellite of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been successfully launched into orbit by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC]," said the elite forces' official website on Wednesday.

It said the satellite - dubbed the Nour - was deployed from the Qassed two-stage launcher from the Markazi desert, a vast expanse in Iran's central plateau.

The satellite "orbited the Earth at 425km [264 miles]", said the website. "This action will be a great success and a new development in the field of space for Islamic Iran."

The IRGC called it the first military satellite ever launched by Tehran. It used a Ghased, or "Messenger", satellite carrier to put the device into space, a previously unheard-of system.

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and historically low oil prices, the missile launch may signal a new willingness to take risks by Iran.

"This raises a lot of red flags," said Fabian Hinz, a researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California.

"Now that you have the [US] maximum pressure campaign, Iran doesn't have that much to lose any more."

Hinz said, based on state media images, the launch appeared to have happened at a previously unnamed IRGC base near Shahroud, Iran, some 330km (205 miles) northeast of Tehran. The base is in Semnan province, which hosts the Imam Khomeini Spaceport, from which Iran's civilian space programme operates.

Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi, reporting from the capital Tehran, said it was the first time the IRGC took credit for the launch of a military satellite.

"As a military satellite, what we're likely to see is this to be used specifically for intelligence gathering and secure communications for the navigation of forces on land and sea," he said.

Tehran has had several failed satellite launches in recent months. The last one came in February when Iran failed to put its Zafar 1 communications satellite into orbit.

That failure came after two failed launches of the Payam and Doosti satellites last year, as well as a launchpad rocket explosion in August. A fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in February 2019 also killed three researchers, the authorities said at the time.

The rocket explosion in August drew the attention of US President Donald Trump, who later tweeted what appeared to be a classified surveillance image of the launch failure.

The successive failures raised suspicion of outside interference in Iran's programme, something Trump himself hinted at by saying the US "was not involved in the catastrophic accident".

Arch-foes Iran and the US have appeared to be on the brink of an all-out confrontation twice in the past year.

Long-standing acrimony between Tehran and Washington was exacerbated in 2018 when Trump unilaterally withdrew from a deal that froze Iran's nuclear programme, and issued new demands that Tehran curtail its development of ballistic missiles.

Washington has also raised concerns in the past about Tehran's satellite programme, saying the launch of a carrier rocket in January 2019 amounted to a violation of limits on its ballistic missiles.

Iran maintains it has no intention of acquiring nuclear weapons, and says its aerospace activities are peaceful and comply with a United Nations Security Council resolution.

Over the past 10 years, Iran has sent several short-lived satellites into orbit, and in 2013 it launched a monkey into space.

Wednesday's launch comes amid tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal and after a US drone attack in Iraq killed IRGC General Qassem Soleimani in January.

Wednesday also marks the 41st anniversary of the founding of the IRGC by Iran's late leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. An image of the rocket that carried the satellite showed it bore a Quranic verse on overcoming adversaries.

The IRGC, which operates its own military infrastructure in parallel to Iran's regular armed forces, is a hardline force answerable only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

It was not immediately clear if Iran's civilian government knew the launch was coming. President Hassan Rouhani gave nearly a 40-minute speech on Wednesday before his cabinet that included no mention of the launch.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/iran-launches-military-satellite-200422062126491.html

Foreign Affairs › Re: Missouri Is Suing China Over Coronavirus Impacts by dermmy(m): 11:18am On Apr 22, 2020
E b lyk say Lagos sef go sue China grin
Celebrities › Re: 10 Years After, Dagrin Lives On by dermmy(m):
Rest on Dagrin, Barrack Ogrin, Akogun loju ogun. I'll be playing his "Thank God" with Omawumi today. You remain a legend. Thank you Dagrin.

mynd44 lalasticlala
Foreign Affairs › Russian SU-35 Intercepts U.S Navy Plane For The Second Time In Four Days by dermmy(op): 8:58am On Apr 20, 2020
A Russian Su-35 fighter jet conducted an "unsafe" intercept on Sunday of a US Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Mediterranean Sea, the US Navy said in a statement.

For the second time in just four days, a Russian fighter jet conducted an "unsafe" intercept of a US aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea, the US Navy said Sunday.

According to a Navy press release , in a period of roughly an hour and a half on Sunday, a Russian Su-35 fighter twice intercepted a US Navy P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft operating in international airspace over the Mediterranean. While the first intercept was acceptable, the Navy considered the second to be "unsafe and unprofessional."

During the risky intercept, the Navy says the Russian fighter executed a "high-speed, high-powered maneuver that decreased aircraft separation to within 25 feet, directly in front of the P-8A, exposing the US aircraft to wake turbulence and jet exhaust." The P-8A descended in order to create space between it and the Russian fighter jet.

The Navy accused the Russian pilot of "seriously jeopardizing the safety of flight of both aircraft."

The service captured the incident on video.

Sunday's intercept follows a similar incident on April 15, when a Russian Su-35 intercepted a P-8A over the Mediterranean, conducting "a high-speed, inverted maneuver, 25 ft. directly in front of the mission aircraft," the Navy said in a statement issued at the time.

The Navy said the actions of the Russian aircraft were "irresponsible" and accused Russia of putting "our pilots and crew at risk."

In both cases, the Navy said, the US aircraft did not provoke the Russian fighters.

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-russian-fighter-jet-unsafe-intercept-of-us-navy-aircraft-2020-4
Education › Re: African Origin Of Civilisation by dermmy(m):
IMO01:
Great piece. Funny enough nobody ever talks about a period when blacks ruled Spain for 800 years. A period when Timbuktu was center of world civilization.

We have been a great race.
Yea you are right, i once read about the Berbers that conquered the Iberian peninsula. People like Tarif Ibn Malik and Tarq Ibn Ziyad. According to English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). Tarif accompanied by 400 African berbers successfully carried out mission in South Iberia. An important port city in Tarifa in southern Spain is named after him. This city was the first port in history where fees were charged from merchants for the use of berths.

This is where the term "tariff" comes from.

On the basis of Tarif's intelligence operation, Arab general also of Berberian origin from the Nafza tribe, Tariq ibn Ziyad (670-720) Tariq commanded an army of 10,000 people, mostly berbers from Sanhaji union.

In 711, brave Tariq with his expeditionary forces of 7,000 berbers crossed the strait and landed near a rock that was latwr named in his honour, Gibraltar. The word "Gibraltar" is a hispanicized version of an Arab phrase "Jabal Tariq". In August of 711, Tariq won a decisive victory over the European army.

Topic like this should be making front page but NL mods won't do the needful.
Christianity Etc › Re: It's So Hard Practising Envagelism As A Single Female by dermmy(m): 9:50am On Apr 19, 2020
tempex88:
Had to go check it profile pix .....from there, I rest my case
She fit be christ embassy member na. Na dem dey dress like dat to do evangelism.
Education › Re: African Origin Of Civilisation by dermmy(m): 6:13pm On Apr 18, 2020
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blueAgent:
Crap as usual.

The picture of a black man in a lab, that lab looks western, is that how an African lab will look like?
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Education › Re: African Origin Of Civilisation by dermmy(m): 6:13pm On Apr 18, 2020
Amujale:
Medical Science

Although all civilizations had discovered how to use some form of medicine, Africans invented a concrete system of medical science that involved schooling for practitioners and written documentation of these methodology. And let’s not forget that Africans are also the first civilization to perform surgery.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/ancient-african-inventions.html

The most remarkable physician of all time and the greatest medical practioner in the history of orthodox medicine is a Nubian scientistsic known as Imhotep.

Its from all his medical journals and write-ups that Western Orthodox medicinal knowledge is derived.

According to the "Edwin Smith Papyrus" that which was authored by Imhotep, he is said to have diagnosed and treated hundreds of ailments in his lifetime, is amongst the first to have performed successfull surgeries and is said to have found the first ever School of Orthodox Medicine.
Imhotep the greatest sage of all time.
Foreign Affairs › Re: ‘Stop Playing Politics With The Pandemic’ – China Warns U.S. by dermmy(m): 4:33pm On Apr 18, 2020
Kylekent59:
See someone in a third-world country settling dispute between two advanced countries. grin grin grin
grin grin grin
Politics › Re: Abba Kyari's Death: Obaseki, Keyamo, Dino Melaye, Others React by dermmy(m): 7:43am On Apr 18, 2020
Evangelist Dino Melaye
Foreign Affairs › Re: US Space Command Denounces Russian Anti-satellite Weapon Test by dermmy(op): 4:46pm On Apr 17, 2020
Olominira:
Why is US crying....didnt they laugh Space Force a clear violation of United Nations' use of outer space law?
Don't mind the hypocrite.
Foreign Affairs › US Space Command Denounces Russian Anti-satellite Weapon Test by dermmy(op): 10:23am On Apr 17, 2020
The U.S. Space Command said Wednesday it is tracking a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test Russia conducted to prove if it can interfere with or destroy satellites in low earth orbit.

"Russia's DA-ASAT test provides yet another example that the threats to U.S. and allied space systems are real, serious and growing," Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, SPACECOM commander and U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations, said in a released statement. "The United States is ready and committed to deterring aggression and defending the nation, our allies, and U.S. interests from hostile acts in space."

Space Command officials said the most recent test follows unprofessional behavior observed in February when two Russian satellites, Cosmos 2542 and 2543, tailed an American satellite, USA 245, also known as the KH-11. Time Magazine reported the Russian satellites loitered within 100 miles of KH-11, activity Raymond called "unusual and disturbing," similar to Russia's past risky, high-velocity confrontations in international airspace.

The U.S. Space Command said Wednesday it is tracking a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test Russia conducted to prove if it can interfere with or destroy satellites in low earth orbit.

"Russia's DA-ASAT test provides yet another example that the threats to U.S. and allied space systems are real, serious and growing," Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, SPACECOM commander and U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations, said in a released statement. "The United States is ready and committed to deterring aggression and defending the nation, our allies, and U.S. interests from hostile acts in space."

Space Command officials said the most recent test follows unprofessional behavior observed in February when two Russian satellites, Cosmos 2542 and 2543, tailed an American satellite, USA 245, also known as the KH-11. Time Magazine reported the Russian satellites loitered within 100 miles of KH-11, activity Raymond called "unusual and disturbing," similar to Russia's past risky, high-velocity confrontations in international airspace.

"This test is further proof of Russia's hypocritical advocacy of outer space arms control proposals designed to restrict the capabilities of the United States while clearly having no intention of halting their counterspace weapons programs," Raymond said.

After its deactivation in 2002, Space Command reactivated in August to become the military's 11th combatant command.

"Space is critical to all nations and our way of life. The demands on space systems continue in this time of crisis where global logistics, transportation and communication are key to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic," Raymond said. "It is a shared interest and responsibility of all spacefaring nations to create safe, stable and operationally sustainable conditions for space activities, including commercial, civil and national security activities."

The Russian test follows two new reports that infer disruptive anti-satellite actions by adversary nations are on the rise.

According to a March 30 Center for Strategic and International Studies analysis, "Space Threat Assessment 2020," more countries, including big players like the U.S., Russia and China, are launching or experimenting with next-generation technologies in space; some are gradually normalizing non-kinetic ways to disrupt operations. Those methods include disguising information and communications through GPS spoofing, jamming connections and even dazzling, or blinding, satellites with lasers.

The report warned of increased co-orbital adversary activity, such as close inspection of satellites in geostationary orbit, and said that "the rate of satellite jamming and spoofing incidents will only increase as these capabilities continue to proliferate and become more sophisticated in the coming years."

That report followed another study released last month by the Secure World Foundation, which stated countries around the world should not discount the reality that some bad actors may be stepping up both offensive and defensive measures in space.

"The evidence shows significant research and development of a broad range of kinetic (destructive) and non-kinetic counter-space capabilities in multiple countries," according to the annual Global Counterspace Capabilities study, as reported by Space News.

According to a 2019 SWF report, Russia has been working on stepping up its on-orbit experiments -- to include anti satellite weapons -- since at least 2011.

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-space-command-denounces-russian-215709476.html

Foreign Affairs › Iranian Navy harassed American Warships In Arabian Sea by dermmy(op): 3:28pm On Apr 16, 2020
The US Navy released video that it says shows Iranian naval vessels repeatedly conducting "dangerous and harassing approaches" towards US Navy warships in the North Arabian Sea on Wednesday and claimed that one Iranian vessel came within 10 yards of colliding with a US ship.

The video of the incident appears to show multiple Iranian flagged vessels, with men manning guns at the front of those ships, passing in front of a US naval vessel. The guns do not appear to be pointed at the ship, which sounds a horn multiple times as the Iranian vessels approach.

According to a statement from US Central Command, 11 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessels "repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches" of the USS Lewis B. Puller, USS Paul Hamilton, USS Firebolt, USS Sirocco, USCGC Wrangell and USCGC Maui "while the US vessels were conducting joint integration operations with US Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopters in the international waters of the North Arabian Gulf."

"The IRGCN vessels repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the U.S. vessels at extremely close range and high speeds, including multiple crossings of the Puller with a 50-yard closest point of approach (CPA) and within 10 yards of Maui's bow," the statement said.

The dangerous encounter comes as tensions between Iran and the US remain high after more than a year of the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign against Tehran and its January killing of Iran's second most powerful leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
President Donald Trump tweeted in early April that the US believed that "Iran or its proxies are planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops and/or assets in Iraq" and warned that "if this happens, Iran will pay a very heavy price, indeed!"
US military commanders have developed options for Trump to respond in the event of other incidents, according to two defense officials.

In the meantime, Iranian leaders have accused the US of economic terrorism, saying Washington's sanctions have made it hard to get medical supplies even as the country struggles with the coronavirus. Most recently, the US has moved to block the International Monetary Fund from providing aid to Iran to respond to the pandemic.

Wednesday's Navy statement said US crews "issued multiple warnings via bridge-to-bridge radio, five short blasts from the ships' horns and long range acoustic noise maker devices, but received no response" from the Iranian vessels for approximately one hour until they "responded to the bridge-to-bridge radio queries, then maneuvered away from the U.S. ships and opened distance between them."
CNN has asked the Iranian government for comment.

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that the US has been closely monitoring the behavior of Iran and other adversaries amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"While we continue to support the whole-of-nation, whole-of-government response to this global pandemic, we continue our very important national security missions such as performing counterterrorism missions from Africa through the Middle East to Afghanistan; conducting freedom-of-navigation operations and patrolling the high seas to ensure freedom of navigation around the globe; monitoring North Korean weapons tests; improving our defensive posture in Iraq; escorting Russian bombers out of U.S. airspace; deterring Iranian bad behavior," Milley said at a Pentagon press conference.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/15/politics/us-iran-ships-arabian-sea/index.html

Christianity Etc › Re: Corona Virus:how Miracle Healing Pastors Became Powerless by dermmy(m): 10:45am On Apr 16, 2020
beardlessdude:
please can you put a link to the book. Is it a 34 paged book?
I have the hard copy but let me search internet for the electronic version.

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