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🇮🇶🕊🇺🇸 — In a way, ordering forces into a defensive posture means that the group can, after a possible wave of attacks by the USAF - which seem more imminent than ever now, so to speak - come to take tougher actions against American forces in the Iraq.

The Order, while clearly soft in tone, clearly denotes that:
— They are expecting a major event in the coming hours/days
— Any action after this could lead to another escalation and they could retaliate harshly after it

https://t.me/BellumActaNews/114322

🇺🇸🇬🇧✈️❗️ — Observers report that Heavy US Navy & UK RAF Activity over the Persian gulf is taking place over the past hours, mostly tankers & cargo planes

US Navy C-2A (162161), C-130T (165158), KC-130 (165316) aircrafts & Royal Navy A400M (ZM419), KC2 (ZZ330), C-17A (ZZ176) all were seen airbone over the skies of the Gulf's Arab Monarchies

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🇵🇰❌🇵🇰 — 📰 Balochistan Post: Major Offensive in Balochistan: BLA’s Elite Units Initiate ‘Operation Dara-e-Bolan’

➡️ The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has initiated ‘Operation Dara-e-Bolan’ in the Mach and Bolan regions of Balochistan. This significant armed operation involves the BLA’s elite units, including the Majeed Brigade, Special Tactical Operations Squad, Fateh Squad, and Intelligence Wing.

➡️ Jeeyand Baloch, the spokesperson for the BLA, announced the operation’s commencement in a media statement. He advised residents in Mach city and the surrounding areas to stay indoors and avoid highways due to ongoing activities.

➡️ Initial reports from Mach city indicated a massive explosion followed by intense gunfire. The operation has reportedly resulted in extensive damage to Mach Jail and several government buildings. BLA forces are believed to have seized control of multiple railway stations and are engaging in combat at various locations, including the FC Commandant’s Office and Jail Colony.

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🇨🇳🕊🇺🇸 — 📰 CNN: Xi promised Biden China wouldn’t interfere in 2024 election

➡️ Chinese leader Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that China would not interfere in the 2024 US presidential election when the two men met in November — an assurance reiterated by the Chinese foreign minister to Biden’s national security adviser this past weekend, two people familiar with the conversations told CNN.

➡️ The previously unreported exchange between Xi and Biden took place during a high-stakes, hourslong meeting in California that was aimed at easing historically high military and economic tensions between the two superpowers.

➡️ It was Biden who raised the issue, according to one of the sources, who described the exchange as brief. In a meeting this past weekend in Bangkok with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan again brought up the topic.

➡️ Wang offered Sullivan the same assurance Xi had given Biden months prior — that Beijing would not meddle in the American election this fall, the source said.

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