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Day: October 17, 2026
🇮🇷 Iran’s IRGC says a SECOND oil supertanker hit a naval mine this morning, setting off a powerful engine-room explosion and fire that left the vessel immobilized. Tehran says the tanker entered an “unauthorized” route amid its restrictions on passage through Hormuz.
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On Saturday, protests broke out across France.
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🇺🇸 A former U.S. Army sniper claims AMERICAN SPECIAL FORCES FOUGHT REPTILIAN BEINGS In a secret underground base NEAR AREA 51
And somehow the story gets even crazier.
Nick Betts says an elite JSOC operator told him about an emergency mission to investigate a secret facility that had suddenly gone silent.
The first team sent inside allegedly disappeared.
A second team arrived carrying advanced energy weapons, only to encounter three reptilian-looking creatures armed with the same technology.
According to the account, one American soldier was killed before the creatures were eliminated.
His body was allegedly cremated, the death disguised as a training accident, and the survivors ordered to keep quiet.
And here’s the part Betts says convinced him.
When he questioned another operator about the incident, the man allegedly grabbed him by the throat and threatened him.
There’s just one rather important detail: The entire story came from an unnamed soldier during a night of HEAVY DRINKING in Poland…
Source: Daily Mail, Insider Paper / Writer: Oliver
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Economic sanctions are intended to alter behavior by increasing costs. Waiving key measures before implementation shifts the debate from whether the sanctions would have worked to why they were never given the chance. For supporters of a tougher Russia policy, that distinction matters.Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews)Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Legislation
Trump waived key Russia-related US sanctions and tariffs days before they were to take effect under a law he signed last month, including penalties for buying its oil and gas.
reuters.com/world/europe/tru…— https://x.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/2111293323776536580
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