Rantburg

Today

Sun 04/19/2020

Sat 04/18/2020

Fri 04/17/2020

Thu 04/16/2020

Wed 04/15/2020

Tue 04/14/2020

Mon 04/13/2020

Archives

		582860 articles and 1985037 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 83 articles and 466 comments as of 17:10.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Politix
Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	12 23:53 Harcourt Glerelet7840 [1785]
Mexican Drug Tunnel Exits in U.S. Warehouse Run by Illegal Aliens Near CBP Crossing	8 23:50 Dron66046 [1777]
Germany Arrests Five Tajiks in Suspected IS Terror Cell	0 [1799]
Turkey carries out multiple strikes in northern Iraq: officials	0 [1754]
Taliban militants open fire on youths who were playing cricket in Laghman	0 [1754]
7 Taliban militants killed, 11 wounded in Jawzjan province	0 [1762]
Bid to detonate a large bomb in Helmand foiled; 1 Taliban militant killed, 2 others wounded	0 [1758]
Taliban attacks repelled in Ghazni province; 6 militants killed, 8 others wounded	0 [1755]
Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham Expands Its Forces With Three New Brigades Thanks To Ceasefire	0 [1795]
Libyan Army shoots down French-made aircraft with Russian defense system	2 17:29 swksvolFF [1762]
Video Of Terrorists In Idlib Destroying The Ancient Church Of Saint Simeon Stylites	9 23:08 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [1773]
300 Spanish soldiers leaving Iraq at Iraqi gov’t request	0 [1784]
Disgruntled jihadists threaten to behead Turkish soldiers in Idlib	3 14:12 Lex [1761]
GNA Ministry of Justice Calls on Escaped Prisoners from Surman Prison to Surrender	0 [1744]
Al Saiqa: We Await Orders To Takeover Abugrein, Zamzam and Al Qaddahiyah	0 [1788]
13 families from Subrata were kidnapped by the terrorists and militias of the GNA	0 [1757]
48 covid19 cases in libya	0 [1748]
Al-Ammo: today after entering Sabratha: ‘We believed that Sabratha people would welcome us and help us secure the city, but we found otherwise.’	0 [1758]
Unknown armed men attacked the personal residence of the governor of Wasit province	4 12:25 Cesare [1763]
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen: Iran-backed Houthi militias' violations of UN-sponsored ceasefire reached 547	0 [1755]
Speculation Hezbollah official targeted in car on Syria-Leb border was Mustafa Mughniyeh	0 [1804]
Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf	10 22:06 Skidmark [1851]
IDF arrests 3 armed suspects caught crossing Gaza border into Israel	0 [1755]
UNIFIL soldiers break up ‘short standoff’ between IDF and Lebanese troops	0 [1753]
Gaza health ministry: 34-year-old Gazan dies in mysterious explosion	0 [1761]
Page 2: WoT Background
5,300 Prisoners Released Over COVID-19 Fear: Official	1 09:00 Woodrow [1758]
58 Boko Haram members to appear in court Thursday	0 [1798]
4 policemen held after aerial firing to control mob kills woman in Karachi	1 06:34 Procopius2k [1751]
5 foreign Tableeghi Jamaat members test positive in Swabi	3 16:45 Canuckistan sniper [1758]
LEA personnel among 6 booked for murder of JI worker in Karachi	0 [1753]
Hamas said demanding release of 250 prisoners for info on missing Israelis	0 [1762]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Poll: More Americans Fear COVID-19 Than Financial Harm	15 23:29 Bobby [1772]
As Coronavirus Fades in China, Nationalism and Xenophobia Flare	19 17:19 Frank G [1743]
Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods shutters two more meat processing plants in Missouri and Wisconsin after massive coronavirus outbreak closed South Dakota factory, threatening the American food supply chain	7 19:25 SteveS [1763]
Brooklyn 'cannibal kills and eats his father' in one of five shocking NYC homicides in just 24 hours	6 23:45 Dron66046 [1821]
California's Governor Newsom reveals $125million plan to give $500 checks to undocumented immigrants in the state to help them cope during Covid-19 crisis	13 23:11 Nero [1779]
Coronavirus in Israel's Arab sector 'was a matter of time'	1 15:20 Matt [1750]
Florida man threatened to shoot up supermarket because not enough people were wearing masks: police	4 23:41 Dron66046 [1772]
Elon Musk: "What I Find Most Surprising is That CNN Still Exists"	6 15:23 M. Murcek [1753]
Coronavirus: 668 infected on French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle	9 15:22 Fat Bob Grumble5961 [1757]
US commercial crude inventories.	0 [1753]
USS Gerald Ford finishes Combat Tests.	7 20:26 trailing wife [1750]
Zeihan: China upsets absolutely everyone.	8 16:09 Bubba Claing1437 [1754]
China might be secretly conducting nuclear tests with very low explosive power	3 11:31 Skidmark [1746]
US officials visited Wuhan labs several times in 2018 and warned of safety issues.	2 11:22 Bobby [1759]
Sobering United Airline flight details	2 22:10 Clem [1773]
Russia’s Oil Pain Deepens as OPEC+ Prepares to Cut Output	1 08:16 Lex [1753]
Rocket Man a 'no-show' at annual commemoration of North Korea's founder	5 17:52 Mullah Richard [1760]
Andrew Cuomo Issues an Executive Order: In Lieu of Social Distancing, New Yorkers Will be Masked	19 18:41 KBK [1756]
List: When stay-at-home orders are set to expire in all 50 states	3 16:14 swksvolFF [1753]
MIT study: Subways a ‘major disseminator' of coronavirus in NYC	22 22:17 Skidmark [1771]
Kenyan governor blasted over plans to include Hennessy in coronavirus care packages	6 18:46 KBK [1759]
Some countries taking first steps ease lockdown	12 11:51 Skidmark [1748]
India sending 500,000 HCQ tablets to Afghanistan to help treat the coronavirus patients	2 20:29 trailing wife [1758]
Corona plague roundup	0 [1750]
25 die in Taraba communal clash	0 [1756]
Apprentice breaks Lagos sales boy’s skull with coconut	5 17:55 Lex [1750]
Senior Iranian commander at the IRGC says that their "scientists" have invented a new remote device that can detect coronavirus "within 100 meters"	10 18:38 John Frum [1741]
WHO says it 'regrets' US decision to halt funding	22 16:14 Lex [1749]
China should forgive U.S. debt as 'restitution' for coronavirus, senator says	4 13:55 swksvolFF [1746]
VIDEO: Florida Doctors Arrested After Stealing Senior Citizen's Trump Flag – With Their Kids in Tow	7 19:48 Silentbrick [1752]
RFK widow Ethel Kennedy ‘loves' Che Guevara, ‘has a subversive streak'	18 18:49 KBK [1758]
Pfizer's digital chief: Technology can speed the race to a COVID-19 vaccine	2 08:51 Vernal Hatrick [1749]
Explosion in cybercrime targeting Netflix users detected since the coronavirus outbreak with hundreds of phishing schemes and fraudulent websites set up to trick viewers	2 12:33 Skidmark [1752]
Page 4: Opinion
As COVID-19 cases spike in Russia, the Kremlin struggles to respond	1 12:23 Besoeker [1741]
The Lockdown Is Loosening Whether Government Likes It Or Not	11 17:22 KBK [1748]
No matter how you crunch the numbers, this pandemic is only just getting started	10 21:35 Frank G [1781]
French found 4 additional amino acids in coronavirus, enhancing transmission	25 21:20 Lex [1778]
Dead Patient Infects Medical Examiner With COVID-19	16 21:07 Lex [1747]
GOP chairman warns: Without more coronavirus testing, hard to go back to work, school	0 [1747]
Some Things Will Never Be the Same After the Chinese Coronavirus	9 21:16 Lex [1788]
Sources believe coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab as part of China's efforts to compete with US	4 11:16 49 Pan [1749]
China Impressed By Michigan Governor's Totalitarian Policies	4 18:08 Lex [1746]
America Is a Sham	11 21:13 swksvolFF [1778]
Page 6: Politix
Michigan Gov says her coronavirus authoritarianism doesn't matter because it's snowing…	29 16:18 Lex [1787]
Omar Funnels Nearly $300,000 More to Her Husband's Firm	5 13:52 M. Murcek [1765]
Georgia Democrats promise retribution against lawmaker who endorsed Trump	3 12:42 DarthVader [1762]
Navarro Challenges CBS To Release His Full '60 Minutes' Interview	9 15:27 M. Murcek [1759]
Declassified Horowitz Footnotes Show Obama Officials Knew Steele Dossier Was Russian Disinformation Designed To Target Trump	4 20:48 trailing wife [1754]
Google Subpoenaed For Hillary Clinton Emails Believed To Contain Backup	5 09:09 Lex [1754]
Bill Gates says Donald Trump is 'dangerous' for cutting $500million in funding to the WHO	17 14:46 magpie [1753]
Hunter Biden Still Listed As Board Member Of Chinese Company He Pledged To Resign From In October	4 12:53 Abu Uluque [1760]
AOC: 'Let's Talk About Joe Biden's Sexual Assault Claim'	4 15:18 g(r)omgoru [1759]

    
                23:53 Harcourt Glerelet7840

                        23:51 Bobby

                        23:50 Dron66046

                        23:45 Dron66046

                        23:41 Dron66046

                        23:29 Bobby

                        23:19 Lex

                        23:11 Thaith Elmeresing6163

                        23:11 Nero

                        23:08 Thaith Elmeresing6163

                        22:47 rom

                        22:17 Skidmark

                        22:13 Dron66046

                        22:12 Skidmark

                        22:10 Clem

                        22:06 Skidmark

                        22:05 Thaith Elmeresing6163

                        21:35 Frank G

                        21:20 trailing wife

                        21:20 Lex

                        21:16 Lex

                        21:15 Frank G

                        21:13 swksvolFF

                        21:12 swksvolFF

Who's in the News
47	[untagged]
6	Commies
5	Arab Spring
4	Taliban
3	al-Nusra
3	Hamas
2	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic State
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Narcos
1	Tablighi Jamaat
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)

On Sale now!

A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.

Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...

Steve White

Seafarious

tu3031

badanov

sherry

ryuge

GolfBravoUSMC

Bright Pebbles

trailing wife

Gloria

Fred

Besoeker

Glenmore

Frank G

3dc

Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2020-04-16
Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf

Wed 2020-04-15
China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy

Tue 2020-04-14
GNA carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman

Mon 2020-04-13
Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein

Sun 2020-04-12
Houthi militia has sentenced four journalists to death in Yemen for ‘treason and espionage,’

Sat 2020-04-11
Krakatoa volcano blows up

Fri 2020-04-10
Iraq names its third prime minister in 10 weeks

Thu 2020-04-09
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy

Wed 2020-04-08
Pakistan Scrambles to Quarantine 100,000 Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat Event

Tue 2020-04-07
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country

Mon 2020-04-06
Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran,

Sun 2020-04-05
Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon

Sat 2020-04-04
China orders 200,000 body bags from Taiwan!

Fri 2020-04-03
Iran’s Speaker Reportedly Diagnosed with Coronavirus

Thu 2020-04-02
Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl

Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.

216.73.217.21

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

Better than the average link...

San Remo Manual (Laws of War at Sea)
The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries
Internet Outages Map
E. W. Dijkstra Archive

WoT Operations (25)

WoT Background (6)

Non-WoT (33)

Opinion (10)

Politix (9)