UPDATE: The next law enforcement update has been rescheduled for 10:30 AM EDT. The next law enforcement update press conference is scheduled for 9:30 10:30 AM EDT. The link to the live feed at WFTV Channel 9 in Orlando is below. Please remember: this is a fluid situation, the information being reported out is going …
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D-Day: The 72nd Anniversary
Today is the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day. On 6 June 1944 over 160,000 Allied troops landed on the Normandy coastline to kick off the Land component of Operation Overlord. Alwyn Collison has been tweeting the events of WW II as they occurred – sort of a today in WW II retroactive live tweeting – and …
Memorial Day: Final Honors
Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Many Balloon Juice readers have served or have known and/or been related to those who have. And, unfortunately, some Balloon Juice readers know those who never made it back from the wars they’ve served in. In honor of those who served, here are two videos of Soldiers of the Old Guard …
The Battle for Fallujah (Has Once Again) Begun!
* Earlier today, which is already tomorrow in Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi announced that Iraqi Forces (regular Iraqi Army and [most likely the National] Police, as well as irregular forces from the sectarian and tribal militias) had begun their operations to retake Fallujah. From the Iraqi perspective, specifically the Iraqi leadership’s perspective, …
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EgyptAir Flight MS804 Update
Despite reports that wreckage from EgyptAir flight MS 804 had been found, the plane is still missing. The airline is reporting that the wreckage that has been recovered is not from their missing aircraft. While it will be impossible to know exactly what happened until wreckage, including the flight recorders, is found, speculation has already …
Iraqi State of Emergency: The Parliamentary Occupation
Yesterday a large number of Iraqi Shi’a stormed into the Green Zone in protest and occupied the Iraqi Parliament. The immediate driver of this activity was a call by Muqtada al Sadr for the Iraqi Parliament to actually convene and take a vote on pending legislation to force Iraqi Prime Minister al Abadi to replace ministers …
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Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech Part the Second: The Trump Doctrine
I’ve had a chance to read and reread the transcript of Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech, as well as reflect on both what was written and what was delivered. I will leave the fiskings and point by point takedowns of the contradictions, flaws in logic, petty vindictiveness, and inconsistencies to others. I want, instead, to …
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