🇺🇸 🇯🇴 'Multiple' Arizona National Guard troops injured in drone strike that killed 3 in Jordan
🔶️ The agency said more than 40 service members were injured in the attack but didn't specify how many were with the Arizona National Guard.
🔶️ Capt. Erin Hannigan, an Arizona National Guard spokesperson, said the Arizona service members were deployed in September 2023 as part of Operation Spartan Shield to provide "law and order and personal security capabilities" for roughly one year.
🔶️ On Monday evening, Hannigan issued an update saying multiple troops with the Arizona National Guard 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Bushmasters were injured. Three were medically evacuated for further care but were expected to recover.
📢 Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs posted a comment on X, formerly known as Twitter, lamenting those injured in the attack.
🔶️ "I am heartbroken to hear reports of the Arizona National Guardsmen wounded in action during the attack in Jordan," Hobbs stated. "I’m actively monitoring the situation and my administration is in contact with AZ NG Adjutant General Muehlenbeck. We are ready to offer support for the Guardsmen and their families, and will be prepared to take action as the situation develops."
🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.