Konstantin Toropin

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I have finally found the perfect crossover of my passions -

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Sgt. Rampersand is “Duty Status–Whereabouts Unknown and is believed to be deceased.”

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NEW: The Pentagon has ID’d the third soldier presumed to be killed in the Jordan attack.

Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command.

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🚨NEW: The number of wounded personnel in the Iran war has grown to well over 500 troops, a U.S. official told me.

The total is higher than the Pentagon's official tally on DCAS, which currently shows 482 wounded.

On July 6, ahead of the renewed fighting there were 413 WIA.

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This may sound like a lot, until you realize this is about 6.5 days' worth of pre-war Strait of Hormuz traffic and 22 days of pre-war oil shipments.

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@idreesali114 @AlexHortonTX 🔥

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@AlexHortonTX The FBI will be by to ask you how you could do such a thing.

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NEW: @PeteHegseth says the cost of the Iran war is now $37.5 billion "for certain aspects of it" and says it covers the pay for troop as well as operation and maintenance costs through Sept 30.

The last estimate was $29B, of which $24B was to replace munitions and for repairs

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@DefenceGeek 👀

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Pentagon officials like Sean Parnell pointed to this site earlier today as proof of their transparency on casualties in the Iran war.

There’s been no explanation for this removal and @CENTCOM officials previously told me they don’t own this system and won’t speak to its data.

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As of 2300z, the Defense Casualty Analysis System for Operation EPIC FURY has removed the +4 KIA and +20 WIA and reverted back to the earlier numbers of 14 KIA and 427 WIA.

https://t.co/U4rCZ15QrH

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CENTCOM notes that these strikes “…also targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces that launched attacks against U.S. service members in Jordan on July 17.”

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https://t.co/K11184scG0

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — US defense secretary shares photo of Iran's Chabahar port tower appearing to collapse after repeated strikes on facility.

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“Brouillette was initially rejected by military recruiters because of his mental health diagnoses, but recruiters encouraged him to go off his medications for a year and reapply, which he did, his immediate relative said.”

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ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say. https://t.co/Kwt8CdMwRf

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — At least 7 people killed as US airstrikes target bridges in southern Iran, Iranian state television reports.

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https://t.co/WELRnHKhtf

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Uhhhh. What? 🤨

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Watters: Women on base, you better be careful. Port calls, women in Asia, you better be careful. Because these guys are going to be wild animals and you better watch out.

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“When we let this slide we send a message to everyone from the T-6 drivers to the B-52 drivers that they can get away with it, too. And they will try.”

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@rArmyReddit Doh!

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The Abraham Lincoln is a ship.

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.@POTUS "111 missiles shot a few weeks ago were launched by our lovely friends from Iran — they were aimed at the Abraham Lincoln, which is a beautiful aircraft, by the way...

Out of the 111 missiles shot, 111 were knocked into the sea."

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@judahforreal Which beggars the question why @DOWResponse didn’t include that in the quote in their post.

That said, POTUS also calls it the “SS Abraham Lincoln” which is incorrect.

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🚨BREAKING:
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — US military says it ends a wave of overnight airstrikes that rattled parts of northern Iran for the first time.

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https://t.co/8lYsAIspma