Trump rules out Iran talks as missiles target UAE, ship in Strait of Hormuz

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Washington is considering a complete withdrawal from the Gulf and the evacuation of U.S. bases in Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar.

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington has no talks planned with Iran and will maintain its naval blockade, as missiles were fired toward the United Arab Emirates and a ship came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz.

Sirens sounded in the UAE on Aug. 18 after authorities in Abu Dhabi reported that missiles had been launched toward the country.

Separately, a British maritime trade agency reported an Iranian attack against a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, saying one person was injured by missile fire.

“There are no talks or discussions taking place, or planned, with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The naval blockade remains in full force. The Strait of Hormuz is open and operational. All naval mines have been removed or detonated,” Trump wrote on his social media platform.

Trump also spoke by phone with the president of the United Arab Emirates.

The two leaders discussed bilateral cooperation and ways to strengthen ties in the interests of both countries. They also reviewed recent developments in the Middle East and exchanged views.

The developments came as The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the Pentagon is reassessing the U.S. military presence in the Middle East, including whether American forces should withdraw from the Persian Gulf.

Washington is considering a complete withdrawal from the Gulf and the evacuation of U.S. bases in Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar after the facilities proved particularly vulnerable during the war, the newspaper reported.

Eight people, including officials and others familiar with the issue, told The Washington Post that the Pentagon was conducting the broader review.

Two people familiar with the ongoing assessment said one of the central questions is whether forces should be withdrawn from the Persian Gulf, where major U.S. military bases have sustained damage during months of Iranian attacks.

The damage has given the Pentagon an opportunity to reconsider how it deploys forces in the region. The Defense Department has already indicated that the affected bases may not be rebuilt to their pre-conflict condition.

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IN the summer of 2019, I was seated in the wine cellar of a walled Medieval town high above the Dordogne Valley of France, not far from Sarlat-la-Canéda, making phone calls, writing reports. I have given this story in other places and it appears as though you’re about to hear it again. Rob Skiba is a name you that you might be familiar with. Though he had made a name for himself as a Nephilim researcher, more recently Rob had taken a dive into the deep end of the pool via flat earth research. The recorded interviews I conducted between he and Rick Hummer, a fellow flat earth investigator and close friend of his, was published while still occupying that very wine cellar. Read all about it. Chicago Is Not a Mirage.

Word quickly spread. Within a few short weeks, dozens of flat earth researchers began accepting my invite for a private interview, if not a series of interviews. From a 17th-century tower built by King Louis XIV, and with a stunning view of the Alps, I sat down with Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International Conferences, conducting multiple sessions. While staying in Dumfries, Scotland, David Weiss agreed to take part in the interviews, as did Bob Knodel of Globebusters. There were others. But when I asked the interviewees to discuss the moments that shaped their lives, among the many PSYOPs, false flag attacks, and hoaxes that were discussed, only these men committed commentary to the false 9/11 narrative.

The resulting recordings ballooned into The Unexpected Cosmology, a book which became a website and was even intended as an anthology. And of course, the following discourse was originally a chapter. It was Walt Disney who stated, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Those sentiments remain applicable here as well. American Sensationalism: The 9/11 Interviews was always intended to be expanded upon with the inclusion of new researchers. So I’m sorry to say the project became stagnant during the Covid-19 psychodrama. I took a break to tackle other projects. We lost Rob Skiba. Rob offered hours of private conversation regarding his life but we never got around to the big one. 9/11. It was in the cards. Sadly, Bob Knodel died soon afterwards. Voices are being squeezed from an entire generation. Gnosis passes with them.

In the aftermath, the FE community became fractured. People began going their separate ways. Robbie Davidson, among a noted few others who were interviewed for the project, got up and left the movement altogether. It is not my intent to erase his or the contributions of others if only brief. They came, they went, their testimonies remain.

The original vision may have hit roadblocks but it is not forgotten. I expanded this paper a few years later to include testimony from author Pauly Hart, a dear friend of mine. I had wanted to continue that trend every year thereafter but you know how it goes. For the 25th anniversary of the attack I have redirected my efforts to its first large scale expansion, including Andrew Hoy and Darrin Geisinger into the mix. Perhaps others will lend their experiences to the recorder in time.

The following is their report.

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