Day: June 14, 2024
Machine intelligence reignites China’s century-old dream ‘to seek a continent’ South China Morning Post
Tonight, Ukrainian drones (reportedly over 30) targeted Russia’s Morozovsk airbase, home to a number of Russian Air Force Su-30/34/35 strike aircraft.
Numerous explosions could be heard near the base, with smoke and flames also spotted rising nearby. pic.twitter.com/YHPQV2uJWL
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 14, 2024
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Last month, the U.S. and Niger announced that 1,000 American troops would withdraw from Niger “no later” than September 15, following an order from the military officers ruling the West African nation. The first U.S. troops left Niger last week, the beginning of the end of a significant and longstanding counterterrorism partnership in the Sahel region.
It’s also a deployment that has drawn limited public attention in the U.S. – despite the fact that it is larger than the American presence in Syria or Somalia. In 2017, when 4 U.S. special forces were killed in an ambush in Niger, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, acknowledged that he “didn’t know there was a thousand (American) troops in Niger.”
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It’s now been 7 Hours since the Israeli Strike on a Multistory Building within the Town of Janta in Southern Lebanon and we still don’t know who it was Targeting, despite there being reports from Lebanese Sources that at least 14 Individuals were Killed in the Attack. Now that…
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2024
Hezbollah-affiliated channels have been posting messages along these lines for months.
TBD whether it has finally received orders from Tehran to escalate into full-blown war. https://t.co/3mWRze0jqQ
— Aleph א (@no_itsmyturn) June 14, 2024
According to U.S. and U.K. Officials, the Palauan-Flagged and Ukrainian-Owned Bulk Cargo Ship, M/V Verbena who was Struck earlier today by at least 2 Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles launched by the Houthi Terrorist Group in Yemen while transiting the Gulf of Aden, has been Struck once…
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2024
U.S. Central Command has announced that over the past 24 Hours several Actions have been taken against the Houthi Terrorist Group in Western Yemen; with 2 Patrol Boats, a One-Way Aerial Attack Drone, a One-Way Surface Attack Drone, and an Air Defense Radar having been Destoyed by…
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2024