US military assists Ecuador in 1st land operation against cartels: Source

The United States and Ecuador carried out a joint military operation against “designated terrorist organizations in Ecuador,” though the U.S. role was limited to advising Ecuadorian troops, and they did not participate in the actual ground operation, a source familiar with the operation told ABC News.

The joint operation was announced by the U.S. Southern Command on Tuesday.

"The operations are a powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of narco-terrorism," U.S. Southern Command wrote in a post on X.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-military-carries-1st-land-032348009.html?

The U.S. Supreme Court Just Handed Trump a Massive UNANIMOUS Win on Immigration With the Opinion Authored by Justice Jackson

by Mike LaChance Mar. 4, 2026 9:40 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court does not reach unanimous decisions very often, especially when it has something to do with Trump, but it happened today.

The nation’s highest court just ruled in Trump’s favor on immigration and immigration judges, saying that federal courts must defer to rulings by immigration judges. The decision makes it harder for people to abuse our asylum system.

The opinion on this decision was even written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a liberal Biden appointee.

FOX News reported:

Justice Jackson authors unanimous SCOTUS opinion handing Trump an immigration win

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson authored the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling Wednesday ordering federal appeals courts to defer to immigration judges when reviewing asylum decisions, bolstering the executive branch’s authority in immigration cases and handing the Trump administration a win as it pushes an aggressive deportation agenda.

Jackson, a Biden appointee and one of three liberal justices on the high court, wrote that immigration laws require federal courts to use a “substantial-evidence standard” when reviewing immigration judges’ decisions about whether an asylum seeker could face “persecution” if deported.

Jackson emphasized the high bar courts must meet before overturning an immigration judge’s findings, potentially making it more difficult for migrants to challenge their deportations as the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration.

“The agency’s determination… is generally ‘conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary,’” Jackson wrote.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/u-s-supreme-court-just-handed-trump-massive/

Secret U.S. Army Lab Shipped Live Anthrax to 194 Facilities Worldwide for Over a Decade

AI analysis reveals systematic failures at bioweapons facility linked to 2001 attacks

Dr. Robert W. Malone

Mar 05, 2026

A comprehensive, artificial intelligence-driven analysis using publicly available information concerning one of the most serious laboratory biosafety failures in modern history reveals that the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground systematically shipped live anthrax spores to 194 laboratories across all 50 states and nine foreign countries for more than a decade without detection.

The incidents, which occurred between 2005 and 2015, involved the same Utah facility that produced the parent material for the 2001 anthrax letter attacks that killed five people and terrorized the nation. The analysis, conducted using a new six-layer verification framework, raises urgent questions about previous US Government oversight policies and practices for dual-use biological research as the Trump administration launches an artificial intelligence initiative to strengthen international bioweapons monitoring.

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https://www.malone.news/p/secret-us-army-lab-shipped-live-anthrax

Whose sub?

4 Mar, 2026 09:04

Submarine sinks Iranian warship off coast of Sri Lanka – Reuters

Sources in Colombo have told RT that some 30 sailors have been rescued following a distress call

A reported submarine ​attack ​has sunk an Iranian naval frigate off the coast of ⁠Sri Lanka, according to Reuters, citing sources in Colombo's ⁠navy and defense ministry.

Earlier reports indicate that the IRIS Dena, a Moudge-class frigate of Iran’s Southern Fleet, issued a distress signal on Wednesday morning from the Indian Ocean, about 40 nautical miles off the city of Galle in southwestern Sri Lanka.

“We first received a distress call at around 5:08 AM,” Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said on Wednesday. “We immediately dispatched two navy ships to assist the Iranian Navy Vessel. Thereafter, a joint operation was conducted by the navy and air force to rescue those in need of help. Thirty persons in need of urgent help were immediately rescued. They have been admitted to the Karapitiya Hospital in Galle.”

Some 180 people were believed to be on board the warship.

“We are bound by the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979, to help any ship in distress, irrespective of its nationality,” Herath added.

Sources close to the rescue operation told RT that the ship had likely been torpedoed.

A ​Sri Lankan navy spokesman has also told Reuters that reports of 100 sailors missing following the sinking are not true and that 32 people ⁠injured in the incident had been rescued by Sri Lankan ​navy and were under treatment in hospital.

more:

https://www.rt.com/news/633720-sri-lankan-navy-rescues-30/

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Hmm…ship was hit about 40 nautical miles south of Sri Lanka…

Is the US just taking out it's whole navy?

“In the Indian Ocean—an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,” it said. “Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo—Quiet Death. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.”

Or was the ship suspected of doing something nefarious?