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Hegseth on the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group: 64 Iranian vessels sunk, 77 one way attack drones downed, 21 anti ship cruise missiles destroyed, 450 Tomahawks fired in Operation Epic Fury.
The carrier pulled into San Diego today after 321 days at sea.
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Hegseth on Nidal Hasan:
"He's gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be. We'll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it's public. Because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things."
Hasan, the Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at the same Texas base, more than 17 years after the attack.
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NATO is trying to cool tensions with Moscow before Steadfast Noon, its annual nuclear exercise running October 13 to 23 in Italy with 17 countries. Officials: routine, predictable, no live nuclear weapons. Russia had threatened strikes on NATO territory, including nuclear use, after August drills near Kaliningrad.
POLITICO
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Hegseth on Trump:
Trump wants peace, but he's willing to do what it takes to get there in a real way, in a historic way.
U.S. Mission Saudi Arabia security alert, October 8:
Attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Americans told to exercise heightened vigilance and expect flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions. Travel near the Yemen border is advised against.
U.S. government employees now need special authorization to use the Riyadh airport.
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Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vows to continue the civil war until “every inch” of the country is retaken from the RSF, rejecting any negotiations.
Trump:
"We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran. I want to make it clear to everybody that, while Iran is in very bad condition, both Economically and Militarily, and while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, with Oil flowing in Record Numbers of Barrels through the Hormuz Strait (22 Million Barrels, last night alone, with not one barrel coming from, or going to, Iran!), we will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd. IRAN WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami, responding to JD Vance: Iran will not give up its right to enrich uranium, and will not hand over its enriched uranium stockpile.
UK Counterterrorism Police have taken over the case of two Latvian men detained near RAF Molesworth.
The Metropolitan Police first held the pair on suspicion of trespassing on a prohibited site. Both were then rearrested under the National Security Act 2023, on suspicion of entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK.
Authorities say no apparent link has been found to previous threats against British bases.
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Nicolás Maduro now faces U.S. charges of torture and other human rights abuses under a new indictment filed by American authorities. The counts come on top of the drug trafficking charges already pending against him.
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CENTCOM held a virtual briefing with international shipping partners on the Strait of Hormuz, noting increased commercial traffic and growing momentum for freedom of navigation. Commander Adm. Brad Cooper thanked industry leaders and U.S. government agencies for their support and acknowledged the sacrifices of civilian crews under Iranian attacks.
CENTCOM
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Saudi Civil Defence:
Falling debris from an intercepted ballistic missile caused material damage to a kindergarten and a medical clinic complex in Riyadh.
Saudi state news agency.
The Houthis have claimed a ballistic missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday.
A ballistic missile fired by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushait was intercepted and destroyed, the Saudi-led coalition announced.
Moscow will respond to any aggression from Western Europe while denying it has plans to attack the region, Russia said. NATO was previously warned that Russia could use its entire arsenal, nuclear weapons included, if the alliance moved to cut off Kaliningrad.
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Zelenskiy: Putin seeks escalation "as much as possible."
On the EU lifting sanctions on two Russian oligarchs: "terrible mistake."
You can't hold peace talks with Russia and talk future business deals at the same time.
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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:
Turkey will not send troops to another country to launch an attack there under the Mecca Agreement because the agreement is defensive in nature. We are studying ways to help Saudi Arabia confront Houthi attacks, particularly through air defenses.
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South Korea's first domestically developed hypersonic missile system underwent a test firing, according to the presidential office in Seoul.
Pakistani fighter jets are flying strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
A senior Pakistani military official, to The New York Times.
A Congressional Research Service report puts U.S. aircraft losses and damage in the war with Iran at 81 airframes, worth between $1.9 billion and $3.3 billion. MQ-9 Reapers account for over half. An F-35, an E-3 Sentry and eight lightly damaged F-15s are also on the list. Total war costs stand at a minimum of $45 billion, not counting damage to American bases in the region.
CNN
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