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Feb 1 7 tweets 5 min read
NEW: #Russia adding to combat capabilities but also "sustainment & logistics" to forces surrounding #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec "That includes field hospitals & doctors & nurses"

"[Putin] has enough capability to move now if he wants to...he could move imminently" per Kirby
With #Russia|n naval movements, "We would not characterize what we're seeing as deescalatory" per @PentagonPresSec
"It should be up to #Ukraine who they associate with"
per @PentagonPresSec

"It's not something that Mr, #Putin gets to have a veto on. It doesn't work like that" he adds about Ukraine-@NATO relationship
Minors caught up in fighting between #SDF and #ISIS in #Hasakah - "We try to take every precaution possible to ensure we are mindful of any civilian harm"
per @PentagonPresSec
"It is true that #ISIS did have a population children there...using [them] as human shields or grooming them to become fighters themselves" per @PentagonPresSec

Called #ISIS' behavior barbaric

re #Hasakah
#SDF has not yet released information on what happened to the 700-800 boys & teenagers held in part of the al-Sina'a prison facility
"#Hypersonics is not an area we're ignoring" per @PentagonPresSec

"We understand the attention...we have other capabilities we need to advance & pursue as well" he adds

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More from @jseldin

Feb 3
Happening now: @POTUS talks about operation that led to the death of #ISIS leader Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, aka Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi and as Hajji ‘Abdallah

Says al-Malwa "responsible for the recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast #Syria"
.@POTUS says #ISIS leader al-Malwa "chose to blow himself up...in a final act of cowardice...just like his predecessor did"
.@POTUS says operation was aided by #SDF and US intel
Read 10 tweets
Feb 3
BREAKING: US KILLS #ISIS LEADER Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi - PER @POTUS
BREAKING: "Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi—the leader of #ISIS" per @POTUS statement
MORE: "Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place" per @POTUS "All Americans have returned safely from the operation"
Read 4 tweets
Feb 3
BREAKING: Pentagon confirms major US counter-terror op

“US Special Operations forces under the control of US Central Command conducted a counterterrorism mission this evening in northwest #Syria. The mission was successful" per @PentagonPresSec
MORE: "There were no US casualties" per @PentagonPresSec "More information will be provided as it becomes available”
Worth noting: @CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Kenneth McKenzie had been scheduled to speak Thursday morning US ET at @MiddleEastInst BUT the event was canceled late Thursday Image
Read 12 tweets
Feb 2
NEW: US intelligence experts examining #HavanaSyndrome say the only plausible explanation for a small number of cases is a device or a weapon of some kind
“Pulsed electromagnetic energy, particularly in the radiofrequency range, plausibly explains the core characteristics" according to a new report on #HavanaSyndrome, released Wednesday
“Sources exist that could generate the required stimulus, are concealable, & have moderate power requirements" per the US intel report “Using nonstandard … antennas & techniques, the signals could be propagated w/low loss through air for tens to hundreds of meters..."
Read 14 tweets
Feb 2
NEW: Latest @SIGARHQ report finds overall violence in #Afghanistan is down since US forces left BUT...

"significant violence persists, including mass-casualty attacks by the #IslamicState-#Khorasan (#ISIS-K); civilian disturbances from abusive Taliban forces and others" Image
.@SIGARHQ reports calls #ISIS-#Khorasan the "current greatest security threat" to the #Taliban

ISIS-K attacks killed at least 90 ppl from October-December 2021 in #Kabul #Kundiz #Kandahar
#ISIS-#Khorasan attracting new members

"A violent organization with a significant bankroll, IS-K often appears as the last & most extreme option for disaffected individuals or groups" per @SIGARHQ
Read 6 tweets
Feb 2
BREAKING: @NATO SecGen welcomes US decision to send more troops to the alliance's Eastern Flank - #Poland #Romania #Germany

"This is a powerful signal of US commitment" per @jensstoltenberg
MORE: "Other Allies are also contributing addt'l forces to @NATO on land, in the air, & at sea" per @jensstoltenberg "We have increased the readiness of the NATO Response Force & we are considering the deployment of addt'l battlegroups to the south-eastern part of the Alliance"
MORE: "Our deployments are defensive & proportional" per @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg "...send the clear message that NATO will do whatever is necessary to protect and defend all Allies"

re: #Russia-#Ukraine standoff
Read 4 tweets

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