Operation Retrospect
@OpRetrospect
aka Paul Endris; updates from faraway places, journal now book, mil history & commentary, occasional bad joke...sometimes, whiskey. Activity ≠ DoD endorsement
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Today’s 1 year since launching this book. Sold more books than anticipated, raised a little coin for a good cause & brought together another reunion. One of the best parts is the feedback of those that felt compelled to reach out to their fellow #veterans. Op Retro is a success.
Thank you readers—another donation complete this #VeteransDay for the #GWOT Memorial Fund. Hopefully, a few of you reached out to fellow #veterans today. It’s always a pleasure to catch up with those I’ve served alongside. #InspiredbyService
Memorial Day 2020: another round of book profits have been donated to the GWOT Memorial Foundation. Thanks for your support. Be sure to take a pause for the spirit of the day, but also get out there and live life for those that paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Small sign of normality, but protestors were still pushed away from the bridge using gas and rubber bullets. nytimes.com/reuters/2020/0…
It’ll be interesting to see how the protestors respond. reuters.com/article/us-ira…
IW on the cheap—$333.
We bought 3,500 comments, 25,000 likes, 20,000 views and 5,000 followers from 11 Russian and five European companies -- all fake engagements. Social media platforms barely responded. Read about it in @Forbes bit.ly/2tF675n
Iraq still remains in a political crisis npr.org/2020/01/22/798…
npr.org
'We Are Not Going To Leave': Iraq's Protests Escalate
Tactics such as blocking highways and forcing closure of government offices have now set the protest movement, which began in early October, on a more dangerous collision course with security forces.
**BREAKING** Iran says it has launched “tens” of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq’s al Asad air base housing U.S. troops over America’s killing of a top Iranian general. stripes.com/news/middle-ea…
BREAKING: @EsperDoD says memo on withdrawal is not accurate “there’s been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq.”
This does not bode well for the Iraqi people who, only months ago, were protesting lack of basic goods and services.
About the fastest Iraq’s parliament has worked in months. thehill.com/policy/interna…
thehill.com
Iraq’s parliament votes to expel US military
Iraq’s parliament reportedly voted on Sunday to expel the U.S. military from the country after an American airstrike killed top Iranian military commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghda…
The War Powers Act of 1973 mandates that the president report to lawmakers within 48 hours of introducing military forces into armed conflict abroad. stripes.com/news/us/white-…
They chose the Federal Library Depository Program. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
For the #miltwitter folk and the last 48 hours...Sometimes, whiskey. (Nothing on this list is 52%) firstwefeast.com/drink/best-whi…
Confirmed.
At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
To Iran & its proxy militias: we will not accept continued attacks against our personnel & forces in the region. Attacks against us will be met w/ responses in the time, manner, & place of our choosing. We urge the Iranian regime to end malign activities. go.usa.gov/xpeNU
4:30 AM (IQ time): Iraqi protesters at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square are celebrating the death of Qassem Solaimani in a US airstrike. #Iraq
At least three rockets were fired at Baghdad International Airport Friday, killing four people politico.com/news/2020/01/0…
This was sent 4 hrs before a major rocket attack at BIAP.
Crisis over U.S. Embassy Baghdad appears to be easing. But Iran should stop arming, training and financing Iraqi Shia militia groups and others, and get the terrorist Revolutionary Guards out. And don't even think about attacking American targets again.
UPDATE | The Iraqi government reported two vehicles near the airport were hit by a drone strike, killing Mohammed Redha, a senior member of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units — an umbrella group that includes Iran-backed Shiite militias. stripes.com/news/middle-ea…
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