{"id":5371,"date":"2023-12-19T13:12:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T19:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2023-12-23T10:41:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T16:41:52","slug":"5371","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/12\/19\/5371\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/us-led-coalition-of-10-nations-to-counter-houthi-attacks-on-vessels-in-red-sea\">\u201cUS-led coalition of 10 nations to counter Houthi attacks on vessels in Red Sea,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 12-19-23.\u00a0 CTF 153 has 10 countries participating.\u00a0 Here is the key passage\u2014\u201cTo date the US has not struck back at the Iranian-back Houthis operating in Yemen or targeted any of the militants\u2019 weapons or other sites. On Monday, Austin did not answer a question as to why the Pentagon had not conducted a counterstrike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/cyber-security\/fears-over-citizens-privacy-as-iran-reveals-new-mandatory-antivirus-mobile-app\">\u201cFears over citizens&#8217; privacy as Iran reveals new mandatory antivirus mobile app,\u201d<\/a> Tech Radar, 12-19-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myjournalcourier.com\/news\/world\/article\/germany-protests-after-a-court-ruling-implicates-18564004.php\">\u201cGermany protests to Iran after a court ruling implicates Tehran in a plot to attack a synagogue,\u201d<\/a> My Journal Carrier, 12-19-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202312195355\">\u201cIRGC Navy Establishes Shadow Basij Navy,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-19-23.\u00a0\u00a0This allows the IRGC navy to more easily use resources on deep ocean trips.\u00a0 The Basij will patrol some key ports and coastal regions, depending on funding, and the regular navy will putter along.\u00a0 More bureaucracy, more wasted money on intimidation tactics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/malware-app-to-become-mandatory-in-iran\">\u201cMalware app to become mandatory in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Read Write, 12-19-23.\u00a0 For mass surveillance.\u00a0 It will be a tool that I doubt is used country-wide because of the expense.\u00a0 But it is one more spying tool for the Regime.<\/p>\n<p>It is rare that strikes by Jordan against Iran occur, or are reported.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.royanews.tv\/news\/47629\/2023-12-19\">\u201cDetails of Jordan&#8217;s airstrikes on drug traffickers&#8217; sites in Syria,\u201d<\/a> Roya News, 12-19-23.\u00a0\u00a0See also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.royanews.tv\/news\/47625\/2023-12-19\">\u201cJordan strikes Iran-linked drug traffickers inside Syria: Reuters,\u201d<\/a> Roya News, 12-19-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUS-led coalition of 10 nations to counter Houthi attacks on vessels in Red Sea,\u201d Times of Israel, 12-19-23.\u00a0 CTF 153 has 10 countries participating.\u00a0 Here is the key passage\u2014\u201cTo date the US has not struck back at the Iranian-back Houthis operating in Yemen or targeted any of the militants\u2019 weapons or other sites. On Monday, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/12\/19\/5371\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5391,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions\/5391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}