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…Cruise missiles were used to deploy such devices over Baghdad during the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003, with thin graphite wires being trailed over the top of exposed substation transformers and electrical connectors. More recently…

…https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/05/massive-explosion-reported-at-diesel-facility-in-northern-mexico/ Israeli media on Iran: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-readying-to-quickly-strike-iranian-nuclear-sites-if-us-iran…

//The Wire//2300Z May 26, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: UNITED STATES STRIKES FASTBOATS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ, IRAN RESPONDS BY DOWNING AMERICAN DRONES. MASS SHOOTING REPORTED IN MISSOURI. COUNTER-ICE RIOTS CONTINUE IN NEW JE

//The Wire//2300Z April 17, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: IRANIANS CONDITIONALLY OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, SURGE OF SHIPS ATTEMPT TO DEPART THE PERSIAN GULF. CRIME WAVE STRIKES WASHINGTON DC. TERROR ATTACK SCARE STRIKES LO

//The Wire//2300Z August 31, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: WAR REIGNITES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER AMERICAN STRIKES REPORTED IN IRAN. RETALIATORY STRIKES REPORTED IN JORDAN AND THE UAE.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----   -Intern

//The Wire//2100Z April 24, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: INDIA AND PAKISTAN ON THE BRINK OF WAR. ARREST MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW JERSEY WILDFIRE.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----   -International Events- India/Pakistan: T

…In years past, insurgents in the GWOT era from Iraq to Afghanistan eventually got wise to the vulnerabilities posed by their cellphones. Now, thanks to Israel, the cat is out of the bag and insurgents around…

…the terms of Iraq and Syria and that's accurate uh because Isis the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria that's where the acronym comes from really they are in Iraq and Syria or they…

strikes and some have been released). In Palestine, approximately 9,500 people have been killed, and 23,000 wounded mostly resulting from Israeli airstrikes. Included in this figure are 89 UN aid workers. In addition, 2.

//The Wire//2000Z July 17, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: TENSIONS CONTINUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AMID RENEWED TARGETING IN GAZA AND WEST BANK. CONGRESS WEIGHS IMMIGRATION AMNESTY BILL.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -Internatio

…pakistan are turkmenistan uzbekistan tajikistan that's really pretty much all you've got some of the northern options are not going to be spectacular because the rugged terrain just makes it really hard to get…

//The Wire//2300Z March 20, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: WAR CONTINUES IN MIDDLE EAST AS CHINA BEGINS MAKING DIPLOMATIC MOVES. UNITED STATES DEPLOYS SECOND MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT TO CENTCOM.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----

…Concerning fortifications, after the invasion of Iraq, not much was

//The Wire//2300Z October 3, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: ISRAEL STRIKES TARGETS IN SYRIA, CONTINUES INVASION OF LEBANON. RECOVERY CONTINUES IN AMERICAN SOUTHEAST.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Global

//The Wire//1800Z February 5, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: TRUMP ANNOUNCES AMERICA WILL SEIZE GAZA STRIP. USA WITHDRAWS FROM UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- Washington D.C. -

…days of World War II as the Soviet Army Advanced across the Polish Countryside towards Berlin the Iraq sphere SS himself Heinrich Himmler decided that his Grand military expertise needed to be put to use in…

…In Northern Ireland, the unrest has continued with limited riots popping up randomly in Belfast over the past week. More peaceful protests have also taken place fairly regularly throughout the city, even though media coverage has…

ground in the vicinity of the airport as best we know it this is the general perimeter of hamid karzai international airport known colloquially as hcaya the northern part of the base or airport is under…

//The Wire//2300Z May 08, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CONDUCTS STRIKES IN IRAN, IRANIAN RETALIATION STRIKES TARGET DUBAI AND SHIPPING IN THE STRAIT. USA INCREASES TARGETING AND INTERDICTION OPERATIONS

…I think the ayatollah's representative so basically a helicopter full VIPs crashed in a valley in Northern Iran again details have been very very hard to kind of nail down because well the nature of…