{"id":5150,"date":"2023-10-31T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2023-11-02T17:03:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:03:16","slug":"5150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/10\/31\/5150\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/10\/31\/us-navy-israel-hamas-iran-gulf-carriers-warships-china\">\u201cIran\u2019s chess game is going well, but US Navy carriers are queens not pawns,\u201d<\/a> Telegraph, 10-31-23.\u00a0\u00a0The Iranian government\u2019s desire to escalate the Gaza war and open up Hezbollah is tempered by the presence of the Ford off the coast of Lebanon.\u00a0 In other words, radical Shia expansion is being deterred (hopefully) by Western democratic-minded power.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/lawyer-arrest-fuels-outrage-over-iran-teen-s-death-d42325b6\">\u201cLawyer Arrest Fuels Outrage Over Iran Teen&#8217;s Death,\u201d<\/a> Barron\u2019s, 10-31-23.\u00a0\u00a0Nasrin Sotoudeh, 60, was arrested at the funeral on Sunday in Tehran of Armita Garawand, 17, whose death was reported by Iranian state media at the weekend after a month in a coma.<\/p>\n<p>Be assured that Iran through its Quds Force is NOT discouraging these plans and threats by various groups.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-director-wray-warns-terror-threat-americans-whole-other-level-after-hamas-israel-attack\">\u201cFBI Director Wray warns terror threat to Americans at &#8216;whole other level&#8217; amid Hamas-Israel conflict,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 10-31-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasiantimes.com\/amid-israel-gaza-war-iran-tests-massive-haydar-missile-fro\">&#8220;Amid Israel War, Iran Tests Massive Haydar Missile From Bell Helicopter That Can Hit Tanks 30 KMs Away,\u201d<\/a> Eurasian Times, 10-31-23.<\/p>\n<p>Nasrallah doesn\u2019t want to die.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/31\/world\/middleeast\/hezbollah-lebanon-israel-gaza.html\">\u201cHezbollah Hesitates as Israel Strikes Gaza,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 10-31-23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIranian hackers caught spying on governments and military in Middle East,\u201d The Record, 10-31-23.<\/p>\n<p>The only foreign minister (Abdollahian) in the world to meet with Hamas\u2019 leader (Haniyeh).\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202310313854\">\u201cIran\u2019s FM Meets With Hamas Leader In Qatar,\u201d<\/a> 10-31-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longwarjournal.org\/archives\/2023\/10\/profiles-of-15-iranian-backed-militias-in-the-middle-east.php\">\u201cProfiles of 15 Iranian-Backed Militias in the Middle East,\u201d<\/a> Long War Journal, 10-31-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/iran-nuclear-envoy-threatens-israel-annihilation-hamas-meeting-russia\">\u201cIran\u2019s nuclear envoy threatens Israel\u2019s annihilation after return from Hamas meeting in Russia,\u201d<\/a> Washington Examiner, 10-31-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran\u2019s chess game is going well, but US Navy carriers are queens not pawns,\u201d Telegraph, 10-31-23.\u00a0\u00a0The Iranian government\u2019s desire to escalate the Gaza war and open up Hezbollah is tempered by the presence of the Ford off the coast of Lebanon.\u00a0 In other words, radical Shia expansion is being deterred (hopefully) by Western democratic-minded power. &hellip; 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