@raymondpert

#USpol #Yemen #Houthis

Agh, this is what came to my mind (with less details) when I thought how a petty psychopath might feel about some ragged rebels on the other side of the globe potentially making him look less royal....

"At least 6 bombers now at #DiegoGarcia in Indian Ocean, nearly a third of all nuclear-capable B-2s in #US arsenal;..."

... I very strongly hope still that the "nyclear-capable" is just a coincidence...

https://abcnews.go.com/International/satellite-images-show-multiple-us-2-nuclear-capable/story?id=120431730

Spectacular, only today Trump was dealing with Diego Garcia, now he's put tariffs on his own air base.

Westminster thinks a brilliant Trade Deal is coming shortly.....perhaps it will be written in crayon, and they'll have to pretend it isn't?

#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #USAF #DiegoGarcia

From CNN.com: US moves B-2 stealth bombers to Indian Ocean island in massive show of force to Houthis, Iran

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/middleeast/us-b2-bombers-diego-garcia-intl-hnk-ml?cid=ios_app

US | IRAN
US Deploys B-2 Bombers as Iran Tensions Rise

Pentagon sends up to 6 nuclear-capable B-2 bombers to Diego Garcia amid threats from Tehran.
Trump warns Iran of bombing & new sanctions over stalled nuclear talks.
Iran’s Khamenei & RG commander vow retaliation; call U.S. bases “glass houses.”
U.S. now has 2 carriers, boosts air defenses, and expands Yemen strikes.

U.S. B-2 Bombers from Diego Garcia Bomb Houthi Base: Rehearsal for Iran Attack?

https://defensemirror.com/news/39181/U_S__B_2_Bombers_from_Diego_Garcia_Bomb_Houthi_Base__Rehearsal_for_Iran_Attack_

U.S. B-2 Bombers from Diego Garcia Bomb Houthi Base: Rehearsal for Iran Attack?

https://defensemirror.com/news/39181/U_S__B_2_Bombers_from_Diego_Garcia_Bomb_Houthi_Base__Rehearsal_for_Iran_Attack_

The Chagos Islands Were Never Britain’s to Give Away
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/13/the-chagos-islands-were-never-britains-to-give-away/
Mark Curtis says Nigel Farage and the Conservatives are having a meltdown about Britain “giving up sovereignty” of illegally occupied land. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy will this weekend in Munich meet his new U.S.…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #CivilRights #Commentary #IndigenousPeople #Legal #Militarism #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.StateDepartment #UnitedKingdon #UnitedNations #ChagosIslands #DiegoGarcia #ForeignSecretaryDavidLammy #MarkCurtis #Mauritius #Neocolonialism #NigelFarage #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio

#BBCNews - UK denies it faces paying more for Chagos deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj3w9k7gxxo
#DiegoGarcia

#BBCNews - UK unlawfully detained migrants on Diego Garcia, judge finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpe7721qwo
#DiegoGarcia

Life in a refugee camp on Diego Garcia —
(TLDNR: pretty awful)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9nnr4gel2o

This BBC article describes a visit to Diego Garcia by a reporter after a lengthy legal fight to gain access to the secretive military outpost: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckdg7jjlx2go
#refugees #Tamil #SriLanka #DiegoGarcia #Chagos #UK #US #military

A group of around 60 migrants brought to UK from Diego Garcia after years of legal battles
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy45d954yzo
#DiegoGarcia

UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/3/uk-agrees-to-give-sovereignty-of-the-chagos-islands-to-mauritius

#UKGov
#Mauritius
#Chagos
#DiegoGarcia
#USMilitary

Chagos Islanders fear loss of identity as birth certificates altered to remove disputed homeland

Exiled islanders from the disputed British-owned Chagos Islands are finding their heritage has been removed from new identity documents in an apparent move by Mauritius to stake its claim to the territory.

To qualify for UK citizenship, people must prove they were born on the Chagos Islands or are a descendent of somebody who was.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/02/chagos-islanders-fear-loss-of-identity-as-birth-certificates-altered-to-remove-disputed-homeland