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| US military ship heading to Gaza to build port |
| 2024-03-10 |
| [BBC] A US military ship is sailing towards the Middle East, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza, the army says. The support ship, General Frank S Besson, set sail from a military base in the state of Virginia on Saturday. It comes after President Joe Biden said the US would build the floating harbour to help get aid into Gaza by sea. The UN has warned that famine in the Gaza Strip is "almost inevitable" and children are starving to death. The US and Jordan carried out an airdrop on Sunday, parachuting in more than 11,500 meals that included rice, flour, pasta, and canned food, the US military said. The US ship departed "less than 36 hours" after Mr Biden made his announcement, US Central Command wrote on X. It is "carrying the first equipment to establish a temporary pier to deliver vital humanitarian supplies" to Gaza, the statement continued. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 Camp San Luis Obispo had Italian POWs who literally worked on local farms while on parole. After the war, many asked to remain or return and were welcomed. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-03-10 17:24 |
| #9 Our area had one camp - surrounded by farms n nothing but - and the prisoners were put to work. More than a few would return to this area with one ex Africa Corps applying to and getting hired by the farm he worked on as a prisoner. The access road sign for Camp Rd is still there - though few know why the road has that name. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2024-03-10 16:13 |
| #8 One of the seldom discussed side benefits of POW camps on US soil during WWII; many Germans stayed on and added much to the country. I believe this photo is of German soldiers headed to Camp Grant South of Rockford, IL. Not suggesting anything, just a point of trivia.
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-03-10 15:20 |
| #7 "It will take up to about two months to construct the temporary port, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters on Friday. It will likely take more than 1,000 U.S. troops to build it. Once it’s constructed, large vessels carrying aid will approach a floating pier that’s offshore. The aid will then be offloaded and put on Navy support vessels — known as logistics support vessels (LSVs) — to go the rest of the way to a causeway, where the aid will then be brought ashore." So a US Military concentration just off the Gaza strip, while technically having no boots on the ground, offering a stationary target within mortar and even small arms ranges not to mention potential kidnapping ops! All to deliver MREs to a place where they are already feeding them to the stray cats? F*cking brilliant. https://twitter.com/i/status/1766625216015294835 |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-03-10 15:04 |
| #6 Setting up another 80s Beirut type scenario. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2024-03-10 14:02 |
| #5 Arromanches Mulberry "Mulberry harbours were two temporary portable harbours developed by the British Admiralty and War Office during the Second World War to facilitate the rapid offloading of cargo onto beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944." Yes, I expect some sinking of ships. Making breakwaters is a secondary effect. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-03-10 13:16 |
| #4 It follows an EU announcement that a new sea route would be opened over the weekend to allow aid to sail directly from Cyprus - the closest EU country to Gaza. The ship, Open Arms, belongs to the Spanish charity of the same name, and the food on board has been provided by US charity World Central Kitchen. Oscar Camps, the founder of Open Arms, told the Associated Press that at the destination point - which remains a secret - a team from the World Central Kitchen has been building a pier to receive the aid. Not good enough for Team Brandon, and The Squad. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-03-10 12:55 |
| #3 /\ Refloat the Arromanches Mulberry? Geez, please don't give them any ideas. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-03-10 08:02 |
| #2 Last as long as Mulberry A? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-03-10 07:34 |
| #1 "Temporary pier" isn't exactly a port. Still not something the US should be doing. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-03-10 05:45 |