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❗️🇮🇷 Crash of a helicopter with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi:
what is known as of 9:00 pm on May 19, 2024
▪️In the evening, the IRNA agency reported that rescuers were able to "establish contact" with two passengers of the helicopter that disappeared from radar. Later, this was confirmed by the country's Vice President Mohsen Mansouri, but he did not specify who exactly they managed to contact and whether Ibrahim Raisi was among them.
▪️Night fell in the area of the alleged crash site, which further complicated the search operation against the backdrop of difficult weather conditions and inaccessible mountainous terrain. However, closer to nightfall, unconfirmed reports began to arrive that the aircraft had been located.
▪️The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made a statement in which he expressed the hope that "the Almighty God will return our respected and honored President Raisi and his companions to the embrace of the Iranian people."
▪️The Russian Foreign Ministry reported its readiness to provide assistance in the search for the crashed helicopter, as well as to assist in the investigation of the incident. A similar statement was made in Turkey, and the European Union promised to use satellites to determine the crash site.
At the same time, there is still no official information on the status of President Ibrahim Raisi, as well as Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian and other passengers and crew members.
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🇺🇸📰 There is a flurry of reports over the past 72 hrs from the US media (NYT, WSJ, WaPo, Axios, CBS, etc) raising questions on US readiness for major war with Iran.
There's too much for it to be coincidence. Either the WH is trying to signal to its allies that they're taking a deal or the Pentagon is trying to tie Trump's hands or make sure they're not blamed for the result of war.
To be clear, the Pentagon has its own press people who go behind the White House's back all the time to shape media narratives. Its often done to manipulate the President by having the press describe his as weak or indecisive. So this certainly does not go without precedent.
USS Gerald Ford's blocked toilets are becoming a meme. Complaining about the toilets on a $13 billion ship seems like a cheeky way to draw attention to the "readiness deficit" of a carrier that's been at sea for too long, which would raise questions about air defenses and air wing systems. Navy Dept had opposed the USS Ford's ...
